Getting concerns that Outdoor Dining will be shut down on saturday, this weekend. Good evening. Im ken wayne. And im Vicki Liviakis are conference taylor she checked in on one of the johns grill tonight she joins us now live with more boy they are on edge whats going on. Thats right vicki can you know for many Restaurant Owners and employees their worst fears seem to be coming true that Outdoor Dining could pause as soon as this weekend. Now many of those restaurants are forced to make the tough decisions for their they transition to take out only were closed down completely during the restrictions. Restaurant friends restaurant colleagues everyone that we all we all were you know very optimistic about you know potentially keeping outdoor been but i guess thats not the case manager at johns grill on ellis street in San Francisco john constand junior says he got the call thursday night from friends in the industry and those close to planning in the city he says they learned him that the
I think that is what you notice about thanksgiving probably more than anything else. Back over to you. A new record this were nothing for california. 18,350 new daily cases were reported yesterday. There were also more than 100 deaths tuesday as the Positivity Rate hovers right below 6 . Santa clara county Health Officials issue a grave update about a covid surge. We are learning latinos continue to be the demographic most impacted by infects. The group represents nearly 60 of all cases in the county despite only accounting for roughly a quarter of the population. Also troubling, Health Official say fewer than 50 bed are available for icu patients. 500 new cases were report tuesday alone. Officials urging people not to gather with people outside of their household. What were asking people to do is call your family members, enjoy them via the telephone. Enjoy people in 12 feet distance wearing your mask. We are urging all residents, do not have gatherings and do not travel. In north bay
Americans to actually get the vaccine. When they have the chance to do so and joining us now is doctor George Rutherford with ucsf thank you for being with us. Doctor rutherford. I have a friend a nurse. She says she would the first in line to get the pfizer or the moderna but not so much astrazeneca is that theory steeped in science or knowledge and well regular people who live here in the bay area be able to choose the manufacture of their covid vaccine. I think its i think the answer steeped in timing. The astors and a comeback see it is is couple of months off i would guess. I dont think side and i think youre either going to get youre going to get whats what but your provider has if youre a kaiser member for instance, its going to be what kaiser has well just have to go from there. Here in person you are first in line. I understand to get what would you be reticent at all to get the jab. No not i now believe it. Its 68 i i dont have that that much live in left, but i want to make
Down his restaurant to Outdoor Dining the owner of says that it is not fair to force restaurants to close when retail, especially large chains are allowed to operate. But for some reason was in danville tonight, she spoke with the owner of crimes and has more to reset. And good evening here in danville the owner of crum says that he is not a rule breaker and that this was not an easy step to take, but he said these are very uneasy times and they require a unique steps taken. On tuesday people sent crumbs restaurant in danville eating even though they were not supposed to and Contra Costa County Outdoor Dining is now not allowed anymore. The county making that decision along with other Bay Area Public Health departments to try and deal with they say the rapid rise in covid cases. But owner jimmy heliopolis says that he didnt feel that closing was the right step to take right now. No this is survival this is not. Or we can just handle this now we can get through no, i dont know when were
Just moments ago we spoke with california lawmakers as tension is shifting from the state and now the focus is on bank of america which distributes most of the money. At last count 105 billion through debit cards we discovered were vulnerable to hacks. Kenny choi has been following the story and joins us with the very latest. Reporter bank of america has finally responded to a letter that was sent by lawmakers a couple of weeks ago and confirmed that approximately 200 million were stolen so far. Many questions we have asked are still unanswered. This is a very sad situation, we are talking about innocent people seeing their accounts frozen and they cant access their funds. And as weve been reported on, victims that have had everything taken from their accounts by fraudsters. It is just absolutely unacceptable that we have a bank that is not responding. Not responding to you, to me or to the people they serve. That was the Assembly Members first reaction after watching our reports about