Covid19. This is at the msc south shelter right off of fifth street. Abc7 News Reporter stephanie sierra following with the latest, and she joins us live from the newsroom. Stephanie . Yes, larry, this is one of the largest known covid outbreaks in the bay area at a homeless shelter of the 70 people tested positive, 68 are living at the shelter. The other two are Staff Members. Here is what we know about the shelter. Its part of the st. Vincent de paul society of San Francisco. Mayor breed made it clear this shelter was a known hot spot on any given night. The shelter accommodates more than 340 people. But as of last night, there were only 100 people in the shelter as many others are now being housed in hotel rooms. Because of that, breed says the shelter was able to quickly transition into a medical facility, even touting the city was both prepared and quick to respond to this outbreak. But San Francisco supervisor matt heaney, an outspoken advocate for the homeless says just the oppo
Chinatown. That is a very bad sign. This 7000 squarefoot Chinese Restaurant has gone dark for two weeks. The owner decided to temporarily shut down for the month of march after business fell off the cliff. 70 . Reporter 70 . 70 at lunch. Dinnertime i think almost 90 . Reporter he says customers stopped coming fearing they could pick up the virus by being too close to others. He says the biggest victims of their employees. No work and no paychecks. They still have to pay the rent, pay their food. They are hurt. Reporter many stores have either cut back on hours or temporarily suspended operations, including this seafood restaurant. It is one of the biggest restaurants in oakland. A few doors down, they decided to close early and 2 00. Not a single customer today. Just one customer yesterday at her drycleaning business. Know people. Very quiet. Reporter heres a look at the pacific Renaissance Plaza in the heart of chinatown. Here is what it is like on the streets. Same problem. In San Fr
Eve. Other concerts, you have beach blanket babylon. You haveant to stay home. I dont know. What do you years working, now when i dont have to work or when we have to be up very early in the morning, its nice to stay home. Ill be here tomorrow so i think ringing it in at home is a good idea. Its already 2020 in many parts of the world. At about 3 00 this morning new zealand rang in the new year followed by sydney, australia at 5 00 this morning. North korea at 7 00. Then hong kong at 8 00. Right now i want to bring in a live picture from bangkok, thailand as folks there are stepping into the new decade. Weve seen about a half dozen of these ceremonies making their way west different parts of the world ring in 2020. In the next few hours, india, pakistan, afghanistan will all ring in the new year. I havent been anywhere else but here in the bay area to celebrate. I know new york city has obviously got the biggest in the country right now. Is that a place youd go . I have. Ive done it. I
Been watching the celebrations across the world from new zealand to Sydney Australia to pyongyang, north korea and hong kong. Celebrations were held all across the globe and several more will take place before we ring in the new year on the west coast. Tens of thousands of people will kick off the new year in San Francisco with a Fireworks Show at midnight. In the past, Treasure Island has been a popular spot to see the show. You may have done that yourself but it will not be this year. Tremont Elissa Harrington tells us why. Reporter this is our view of the bay from Treasure Island. If you are trying to find a good point to watch the Fireworks Show tonight, Officials Say to avoid this area altogether. The Treasure Island authority is discouraging people from going to Treasure Island so we are asking folks not to go to Treasure Island to watch the Fireworks Show because there are not a lot of places to park or stand and watch and traffic getting in and out is a nightmare with one westb
Queues of manslaughter and human trafficking. Plus this is all thats left of i will back ill back that hes hideout the u. S. Says the leader of the socalled Islamic State killed himself and special forces stormed his compound in Northern Syria leaders welcomed news of his death but full of surprise will attacks but i asked. Back on top of the post as leader after a win against frankfurt sounds im wondering whether the follows could be the same to break. Up stranglehold on german. Im so go welcome to the program so the European Union has agreed to postpone britains departure from the block for up to 3 months European Council president donald toast between tip that the remaining 27 Member States had agreed to accept the u. Case request for a flex tension until the 31st of january next year. Lets get more on this from d. W. Correspondents Barbara Fazel in brussels and shawn otto pots in london welcome both lets start with you barbara what is the thinking behind this flexible departure dat