To welcome customers back so soon. Good evening and thanks for joining us at everybody im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus not as bad as it was last night, but this Atmospheric River continues to pass through parts of the bay area tonight. Prompting several weather alerts in our region. The rain is falling in Santa Cruz County tonight streets there as you can see. Pretty slick and water is standing in some areas of Boulder Creek. Flood advisory has expired within just the past hour. But a Flash Flood Watch is in effect that curation orders and warnings remain in place near the burn zones in san mateo and santa cruz counties see her on the map the areas shaded in yellow are under evacuation warnings. The areas in red have evacuation orders in place. Is rain and snow knocked out power for more than half a million pg e customers in northern california. Nearly 75 of those customers have their power back on right now, but 16,000 customers in the bay area. Theyre still in the dark tonight a
Were seeing just a couple hours ago. But come sunrise tomorrow, all of the citys beaches will be blocked off and closed. Yet, that wont be the case up the road in half moon bay. Conflicting messages between two coastal cities a mere mile apart. I think the whole things been confusing. It gets confusing. Pacifica has closed a lot over weekends recently. And i get the closures because of the fire evacuations and all that. But it gets confusing. Reporter surfs up in pacifica for now. But it wont stay that way for Labor Day Weekend. All four of the citys beaches will be closed. We are urging people to just stay home this Labor Day Weekend. Reporter there will be enforcement, but theyre hoping for voluntary compliance. Well have officers monitoring the beach. And well have additional park rangers augmenting our efforts and discouraging people from coming on the beach. Reporter yet, just a mile u tide in half moon bay. The sandy beaches will all be open. Now hearing that the other beaches ar
The equities. New tonight, Jana Katsuyama here with the decision. Reporter frank f city county said tonight that they realize the flag is just a symbol. But they are planning to take a very deep look at all city policies to try and improve racial equity. Reporter the u. S. , california and city of piedmont flags grace the corner oversea and highland avenues in the heart of piedmont. But soon, the black lives matter flag will replace that in the coming months. The five counsel members heard Public Comment from more than a half dozen measures. I want to be proud to to tel kids that we lib in a city thats on the right side. Reporter along with fliers a black lives matter matter flag for one month theres also a policy for racial discrimination. The history of piedmonts first black residence, sydney and thelma and their two children who were driven from their home in 1984. Reporter theyre calling for ordinances for any stereotype. Im always cognizant of the lack of diversities in the area.
Safely lets bring it back into our salons governor newsome hashtag open salons now. Some hair salon owners in the bay area say they plan to reopen later this month despite orders from the governor and local Health Officials to remain closed. Over the weekend several salon owners in the tri valley area met up and decided theyll reopen on august 17th with or without approval on 4 michelle kingston talked with the attorney ernie of the professional Beauty Federation of california about the plan. Salons are unable to reopen here in Alameda County, not even outside on the sidewalk. But some salon owners here say that theyre going to reopen anyway on august 17th 5 months after initially having to shut down i 17 its been 5 months said salons across the state had to shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic some beauty salon owners and the tri valley and across the bay area decided over the weekend that they will reopen on august 17th even for just a day despite the state in their county H
Places of worship also had to stop indoor services. A San Mateo County supervisor plan tuesday introduce an ordinance tomorrow that would fine people that do not wear masks. The fines are proposed to start at 100 for first time vie violators, with fines going up to 500 for repeat offenders. Businesses could be find up to 3,000, depending on the violation. Families received boxes full of produce, milk, eggs, and other essentials today. Its a joint effort with the city of san jose. The Heritage Plaza normally hosts plays and musical events. This working class area they say is one of the hardest hist by the coronavirus in the bay area. They they county have the luxury of living in a house and not having, you know, other households there, or, you know, living with grandparents, and younger generations. Right . I mean, its just you look at all of that together, and its why this community is being impacted. The Food Distribution happens every first and third monday offering the month from 10