Francisco now stay at home ordes that is allowing more businesses to reopen in the city. Could even everyone im Frank Somerville and im julie julie haener. It was a Long Time Coming for many business owners. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now live shes in the citys Castro District tonight with more on what the re openings looked like amber, julie, i spoke with merchants here in castro and along valencia street. They tell me theyre thrilled to be able to offer more services, but that this is just the beginning. They need a whole lot more to survive. For the First Time Since the stay at home order in december, mx three fitness in the castro is able to offer indoor gym services such as personal training on lee. Three people are allowed inside at a time that gives us hope not enough to pay the red, but at least its going the white way nearby at catch outdoor dining, even on a cold january night is appealing to some somebody like making a delicious meal for me. Something different normalcy retu
Story over in oakland and San Jose International airports, Oakland International is expecting half the amount of travelers they saw last year. San jose International Says it normally sees 178,000 passengers over the holiday week. But this year theyre expecting just 30 to 45,000 when all is said and done wednesday the day before the holiday obviously is going to be one of the busiest days are also looking at the weekend sunday and monday in particular mask and social distancing requirements are well marked around the airports San Jose International has even implemented you ve lights on its escalator handrails. Officials are also reminding out of state travelers of the 14 day self quarantine once they returned to the bay area. You can expect to see and hear a lot of messaging that talks about some of the Current Health requirements, including that quarantine requirement because we really want people to understand and adhere to that in San Francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news. Tonight at 5
Moving into the yellow tier. Governor newsom says that it is necessary as the positive rates increased. Every age group, every demographic, racial, ethnic, in every part of this state. We are seeing case rates increase and positivity rates increase as well. No longer concentrated and just a handful of counties we are seeing Community Spread broadly. Now throughout the state of california. Governor newsom said the state has been preparing for this moment and has 11 surge facilities that can be activated if hospitals become overwhelmed. Some of the counties going purple actually dropped not one but two tiers at once. Napa county is among them. Ktvus Deborah Villalon responds. They used to get a few days notice now its just one day so people are surprised. Reporter its last call at tarla grill. From now on its just take out or delivery. Were going to make sure it stays here. 24 employees here now, they will drop to 10. They only two 20 seats under cover outside. Im not sure how were going
Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all