We need to make sure everyone is Wearing Masks and social distancing. The county has no timeline for allowing customers to physically shop in stores, saying no outdoor displays are allowed. Social distancing plans must be in place including marking where customers can stand. Owners wonder how long they can operate like this with margins so tight before the pandemic. I think at some point people have to pay rent and eat. Shop owners and managers say theyre hopeful they can survive and theyre already preparing for that next phase when theyll be able to invite shoppers back inside their store, whenever that may be. Thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Thom, thank you. El fresco dining in a big way considers the plan to reopen sidewalks and parking lots to outside dining. One of its more popular eating spots reopened today. Were talking about san pay droes Square Market in san jose. Ten restaurants and cafes all now serving takeout. The the Business Owners and managers know this is a good step
Today, the initial businesses officers visited told them they were deemed essential, a theme that visited 53 businesses at least this week, issuing warnings. And will keep patrolling the streets, hope everyone complies to prevent officers from enforcing the law. The mayor says when it is all said and done, there will be a program in place to help some of these Small Businesses that struggle through all of this. And also, the chief says that by staying home, people are actually helping save lives. Live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Thank you, damian. Well, rush hour is also a lot less rush these days, looking like a sunday morning, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, vastly different from last week before the shelter at home. As we mentioned, Governor Newsom has banned pass lanes on bay area bridges. Thats to keep tollbooth collectors and drivers from interacting. They will still be charged though. You will get the charge, through the mail, that starts at midnig
It was a horrendous fire. Reporter leonard and his wife know all too well how quickly a fire can ignite. They lost their long time home two months ago in an electrical fire. We lost everything, everything, all our clothes, everything. The only thing we had was the clothes on our back. Were only one call away from a tragic event happening, so were on borrowed time. Reporter east Contra Costa County says theyre faced with so many fire emergencies they cant keep up. The Fire District covers 250 miles, more than 120,000 residents yet it has just three fire stations. Only nine firefighters are on duty at a time. At any given time when you call t 911 we have three resources working through a very dynamic system and they can be 10, 15, 20, to 25 minutes away. Reporter the Fire District is launching a Public Awareness campaign to let people know they need solutions. Residents will likely be asked to support a partial tax or assessment measure sometime next year. We are the poster child of an u
has talked about the loss for we stood a big fight against giants. it was a fitting day to announce that the group of squatters who brought attention to oakland s housing crisis may soon call themselves homeowners. ready to buy mom s house and continue this movement. oakland mayor libby schaaf called up the ceo of wedgewood, the real estate investment company that owns the three bedroom house on magnolia street that the moms occupied for nearly two months. i had a commitment from wedgewood to give the oakland community land trust that first right of refusal and negotiate in good faith. their heart and sentiment was correct. wedgewood agreed to sell the house to the oakland community land trust for a price that will not exceed the appraised value. the mayor says the trust will fix it up and allow wedgewood is changing the way it does business in oakland and will offer community land trusts or the city the chance to buy their 18 other properties in . right now
Responding and helping people in need. Around town what you are looking at just long lines, the blood centers, people showed up at 9 00, 10 00, 11 00 a. M. This morning to donate blood, wait in line 3 to 40 hours we expect to see the line continue throughout the evening and into tonight. Now also with me here in las vegas is nbc bay area cheryl hurd, covering the local people here and there are many who witnessed this tragedy this tragedy right here at the Mandalay Bay Hotel lets bring in cheryl joins from us city hall. Cheryl. Reporter raj a ridgel is starting right now. As you can see people are still coming in big numbers. Earlier today i spoke with several survivors. As you might imagine all are having a tough time dealing with the reality of the shooting. It sounded like fire crackers top, tap, tap. Maybe 0 seconds. We were confused you dont know whats happening. A matter of moments c. J. Lee figured it out it wasnt fireworks. Zblurch the music stopped and you heard it again. That