Commemoration at the naval cemetery in vallejo. This is the oldest Military Cemetery on the west coast. It opened in 1858, nearly 1,000 are interred there, including three medal of honor recipients and veterans from the war of 1812, the civil war and world war i. Good afternoon. Im larry beil. And im dion lim. While memorial day is about honoring those who died for our country, for many its also the unofficial start to summer. The heat and holiday sent many people off to beaches and parks across the bay area despite recommendations to stay at home. Leeann melendez spoke to people who said they just needed to get out. She joins us live from the roof top of abc 7. A beautiful picture behind you. Reporter its beautiful up here. We often hear people say, im so tired of staying at home. I am really tired of hearing about covid19. Does this make them a bad person . Absolutely not. It makes them human. Today, humans had the heat, the holiday, and the will. Here at stern grove in San Francisco
Will bring change in the country. We want to show you again sky 7 because i dont think ive seen a crowd this big in a very long time. Again, very young people gathered here, but not only young people, older folks. Families are out here. And if you couldnt be here or you didnt want to be here, they ask that you at least bring something. I want to show you earlier today people responded by bringing water. They brought snacks, face covering, hand sanitizers, and thats how they showed their support. Now the crowd im told will stay here for a bit. It is a very large crowd gathered here in the mission. Then they will march to the Mission District police department. And i have to tell you, i havent seen Many Police Officers in this area. Now i want to also mention that todays event was inspired by the march in oakland a few days ago or earlier this week, also organized by young people. Now lets hear from the organizers of this event here in San Francisco. So my and other folks from oakland pu
Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
29, 30. And thats what were going to hold it right now. A maximum of 30 people were allowed in initially. William pham was first. He says the people waiting were getting a little frustrated. At first it was okay. Maybe when it gets closer to go, it got a little hectic. Shop. 31 and 32 had to wait until two customers left, and they were not happy about folks in line standing so close. Were not going make foolish decisions. Were going stay our six feet. But thats on them. The Sneaker Store was the only really busy business inside. Masks ma. The food court is open but some chairs have been removed to keep diners farther apart. The mall itself is open, but not every store inside the mall is open. The general manager tells me about 50 are still shut down. And some of the big chains like jcpenney and macys, they all reopen next week. But locally owned businesses like slime world, yes, they do make custom slime for kids parties and the like are open and prepare fog see regular customers again
Businesses. And it can only progress when hospitalization rates begin to stabilize. Phase one were currently in, which is planning. Work flow, focusing again on supply chains, physical and environmental considerations. Planning to do what we needed to do on ppe, the planning we need to do to make sure the conditions are set so that we can move forward with modifications of the stay at home for businesses as one example. As we move into phase two, where businesses can begin to reopen, we need to make sure that that guidance is abided by and it is organized in a very deliberative way. So when are we going to be ready for stage two . First well be watching the hospital and icu trends carefully and thoughtfully, and they need to remain stable for us to remain confident that we are in a position where the stayathome orders could be modified in a way that would continue to maintain lower risk. We need to maintain hospital Surge Capacity so that as we move through to the next stage, we can be