Bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. You know, we appreciate the Little Things right now, you know . Athers day. Fathers day across the bay area was anything but typical thanks to the covid19 pandemic and nationwide protests. Hello, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Today many people had to rethink their plans to best celebrate dad. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us from San Francisco. At least the weather was good. Dion, gorgeous day in the city. So many families have become so adaptable during the pandemic that pivoting plans was really no problem today. Fathers day reimagined. Or dad today is celebrating black fathers. She organized this free event inspired by the black lives matter movement. I feel like in light of everything going on, i wanted to take time to appreciate life instead of, you know, just death. There was lots of good food, free haircuts, and family pictures by the lake. Nice event for the climate which we are in r
People. The president and the Campaign Said it would be a packed house and prepared for an overflow, crowd. The president is drawing fire for some of the comments he made during the rally. Casey steagall has more from tulsa. Growing concerns about the spread of coronavirus, this is several states continue to see a spike in the number of cases. Nearly 120,000 people have died in the u. S. From covid19. Officials say testing is critical to identifying cases and stopping the spread of the virus. At the rally, the president said he does not support widespread testing. You will find more people and more cases. I said to my people, slow the testing down. Is getting the attention of critics, including the election rival, joe biden who he portrayed as weak and mentally incapacitated. The presumptive nominee wasted no time in responding tweeting speed up testing. To the rally was concerning. That said the president was just joking. While unleashing month of grievances, the president tried to de
Business but the mayor says she was to get the city back up and running especially now with more than a billion deficit projected for the next fiscal year. Open for business. Its the news that many San Francisco retailers have been waiting months to finally here. Starting monday retailers directly connected to streets can begin offering Curbside Service to customers were talking about many of those Small Businesses in various neighborhoods where you see many of those shops that are closed. They will be able to open for pickup and or. Curbside pickup and delivery which is going to be incredible mere breed says that wednesdays announcement will have a positive impact on 95 of businesses in the city. Theres the malls will still be closed and retailers must comply with social distancing guidelines. But she calls it a first step in getting folks back to work and getting the city back up and running from the Coronavirus Crisis even though we continue to see in some cases, the numbers increas
Expected to reopen monday for Curbside Pickup and delivery thanks for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis both counties are easing restrictions after seeing no spikes in cases and a flattening of hospitalizations good News Conference Taylor Bisacky spoke to a san mateo board supervisor in the San Francisco Business Owner about the changes. We have to balance 2 things one stadium lights. And the second thing that we have to balance which is critical as well in years. How do we get this economy back from any of the businesses in San Mateo County that were forced to shut down and lay off employees supervisor david campos says theyre taking a small step in the right direction on wednesday. Both san mateo and San Francisco counties announced that they will allow most retailers to reopen with Curbside Pickup and delivery on monday. The new water includes manufacturing and warehouse is not shopping malls. Weve seen. Small some of them in terms of sale
Mateo board supervisor and San Francisco Business Owner about the changes. For many of the businesses in San Mateo County that were forced to shut down and lay off employees supervisor david campos says theyre taking a small step in the right direction, its time to loosen it up. A little hopefully what this does. It gives the small Business Owners. A glimmer of hope. Theyre not fully closed and now how the ability topper on wednesday both san mateo and San Francisco counties announced that they will allow most retailers to reopen with Curbside Pickup and delivery on monday. The new order includes manufacturing and warehouse is not shopping malls. Weve seen. A some of them in terms of sales down between 60 to 90 . However. What were hoping for is that with ease curbside sales. Helps those businesses because right now. They can operate over in San Francisco, small fries is one of those businesses and 95 of our business is gone my daughter who is the manager was laid off as were other oth