Is limited to 25 capacity just in time for the holidays. Owner Jennifer Smith is strictly adhering to all health guidelines, but she does have one question. Yeah, i havent heard anything about, you know, any particular retail establishments here being, you know, traced back to an outbreak. Knowing that people are getting sick because theyre gathering at home, theyre gathering with their families, going to house parties, so why are businesses closing . Because theres no way to control whats going on in homes and whats going on in private gatherings. Reporter the pandemic fatigue in our community is completely understandable. Weve been at it for months. Reporter the supervisor is also frustrated. He says the states approach to virus control may be unfairly punishing businesses and creating skeptics. The data being utilized contributing to these decisions, they take into account the local conditions to make sure communities can stand behind those decisions being made. Reporter the decisio
Who earlier imposed aeurocentric Education System on the philippines following the spanish american war. The chairman says barrows writings stated nonwhites were intrinsically illiterate and ignorant. How filipinos are not suited for selfgovernance. Those kinds of things. Reporter the name leconte hall was literally etched in stone until workers covered it today. The Physics Building is named for brothers john and joseph leconte, a pair of confederate scientists who fled the south during the reconstruction. John became ucs first acting president and joseph produced writingings about the inferiorities of the black race. Everything that happened after reconstruction from the backlash. Reporter physic student cecily has studied in the building every day and says she had no idea who it was named for. I wasnt aware of this. And to bring awareness about this and say that thats not okay and that uc berkeley wants to change it, that in itself is a huge step forward. Reporter ironically, the fo
High sierra. Around the bay area, starting to see a few cracks in the cloud cover. Well talk about whats next in the forecast coming up. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Also right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow and right now some people are rushing to get tested before their big family gatherings. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich is in pleasanton where people are having a hard time getting a test. There are many testing options, but getting a test seems to be the hard part these days. And when you do get your test and you get the results, doctors say that doesnt mean youre in the free and clear come next week. Karma chang and her two sons got their covid test today in the cv s drivethru line. No, we just wanted to before the holidays just make sure we were healthy. And we plan to just stay with our own family. Reporter but securing appointments meant booking them at the strike of midnight, and even then
Since the pandemic began with more than 10,000 cases reported since yesterday. More than 18,000 people with the virus have now died in our state. Including 94 deaths in the past 24 hours. In the last week or so, a lot of items sold out early in the pandemic are selling out again amide this new second wave and rise in cases and the holiday rush. Ktvu has been looking into the increased demand and tells us what Grocery Stores are doing in the face of this second surge in sales. When the pandemic began, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectants, sugar, rice, flour, and other items were swept from the shelves. Consumer Brands Association executive, katie denis says though actual pandemic sales went up only 21 above normal, that was enough to create months of shortages that forced rationing. Ultimately, putting in some of those restrictions is responsible in that people buy what they need and not more than what they need. Some over buyers bought massive amounts of items then resold them on
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