Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, new statewide guidelines tonight for phase 2 of the reopening, but only two Northern California counties are currently meeting the criteria to move forward. This round includes offices if you cannot work from home. Shopping malls, strip malls and outlets for Curbside Pickup only, carwashes and pet grooming with modifications and botanical gardens. As for when restaurants can reopen their dining rooms, the governor is leaving that up to individual counties. Butte and el dorado counties are the only ones that need the states meet the states readiness criteria. It would include constant cleaning of constant high used areas and high touch services. The space is just going to be the biggest challenge. Our idea was to have eight tables in here and eight on the patio somehow, realistically we are realizing were probably going to have to get rid of a couple more tables than we had anticipated. We take a look at what the new r
Screaming of guests is suggested, not required. Masks and also not mandatory for customers. They want you to change linens after every dining experience. They recommend you go reservation only but they are not mandating that. Reporter across the state restaurant others are trying to figure out how they will make a go of it. You are already running on low margins to begin with. Im not nacve about any of this. Mechanism often refers to his former career and restaurants before politics. He acknowledges that some will fail, even in normal times. Costs are fixed, even with fewer people planning. Some venues cant expand outdoors or at plugs last partitions. Two, three more weeks and i think we are going to see a large chunk of our industry throw in the towel. Reporter a big loss, restaurant bars. Alcohol can only be served with food to keep customers apart from each other and servers. But booze is one of the profits. Somebody just comes in and has a couple of cocktails, is going to prove to
Businesses will have to implement a sitespecific plan to protect employees and customers including disinfecting and social distancing. None of this means anything if customers dont feel safe. And none of this matters, in the spirit of your question, and direct response if employees dont feel safe and dont want to come back to work i dont see the issue of economic opening and growth disconnected from health. Other businesses include pet groomers and dog walkers. The governor said counties can remain under stricter orders if they decide to do so because of local conditions. That includes these six bay area counties that have collectively decided to remain under stayathome orders through the end of may. Mini bay area Restaurant Owners are trying to see how they can adapt to these new guidelines. Ktvus rob roth spoke to some of them. They see opportunity, but also struggles ahead. Reporter when slow hand barbecue i did have it to take out orders only the owner didnt know what to expect. We
But well start to see more clouds moving in as a new storm system approaches. Temperatures in the low 50s and well see it only reach into the upper 60s today and looking at where that rain is now still to our north but moving in later today. The forecast is coming up in a few minute. Laura . All right, thank you very much. Going to take you to washington because on capitol hill a dire warning on states just opening up too soon. A top expert with president Trumps Coronavirus Task force tells congress the disease is certainly not under control and it could affect students going back to school in the fall. Tracie potts is live in washington this morning with more steps on that and all the steps that are even being taken in our state of california. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning. California making National News because of the states schools deciding not to reopen in the fall and part of what we heard from the top Infectious Disease experts speaking to congress, dr. Anthony fau
We are going to start out clear but will see our rain chances going up as we go today. We are having a dry start, temperatures with low 50s. Rain could start to fall this afternoon. Thank you very much. On capitol hill this morning a dire warning from the states top expert on the coronavirus saying that states could be opening just too soon. It could affect students going back to school in the fall. Tracie potts is live in washington this morning with that. Good morning, tracie. Reporter california and other states trying to reopen and thats participate of what we heard with remote testimony from dr. Anthony fauci with this morning that if we reopen too soon we could see unnecessary deaths. He talked about students going back to school saying a lot more testing for parents to be comfortable sending their kids back to school and talked about the more than 80,000 deaths so far in the United States explaining why that could be an undercount. The people who died at home who did have covid