The problem with the yoyo effect is if you keep getting on the list and off the list and youre open for Indoor Dining and not open and to go and patio, you cant plan your business based on these ever changing variables. You need to know how many you need to hire, how much staff you need to hire. He is concerned about how much food to buy for six of his diners located across the bay area, several of which are in counties that have been circulating on and off the watch list. The yoyo effect creates so many different variables. Its just not a situation that is going to create a successful atmosphere for businesses in the longterm. Reporter but it will likely become the new reality for many as the number of covid cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. Now the governor also shared an update on enforcement today. Over the holiday weekend, alcohol Beverage Control conducted close to 6,000 inperson visits to both bars and restaurants, and while most were compliant, there were 52 citation
Tonight. We begin this evening with a bay area teen that may be closing in on a potential treatment for covid19. It relies on our own immune systems, our own bodys ability to fight off infegs when invaded by a virus. Now a South San Francisco doctor says his work is taking the next step. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the story. In the race to find a cure for covid19, theres new hope from bay area scientists who have been working around the clock. Good to have big dreams, big dreams got us to the moon. Reporter you might recognize dr. Jacob glenville from the Netflix Docuseries pandemic. Hes the president and ceo of distributed bio, which is developing an antibody therapeutic to treat the Novel Coronavirus. If your loved one has to go to the hospital. We give them the therapy and instead of getting more sick, they get better rapidly and go home. The minute we have an antibody therapy we can end the crisis. Three independent laboratories including one at stanford yufr Stanford Univ
Stephanie sierra has been tracking this for weeks and she joins us with the latest. Stephanie . Congress has single out quantum corporation, a Data Storage Company based in san jose for refusing to return 10 million in federal funding. And as of today, its not looking likely that will happen. If there is anybody out there that misuses this program, we will find you. This is House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy nearly a month ago. The congressman urging big Public Companies to return federal funding intended for small businesses. You will not want the reputation that you will soon get if you take advantage. But it appears that warning doesnt cushion quantum. The data storage giant someone of five u. S. Companies singled out by a congressional select subcommittee that quantum return funds immediately and clearly pointed out the company that has a market value over 150 million doesnt meet the qualifications to be eligible for the help. It is possible that they will get in trouble. I spoke
Suns up here shortly before 6 00 a. M. And find a warmer and brighter afternoon compared to yesterday. Low 60s along the coast and around the bay and inland, feel much warmer in the 70s. Even warmer weather is coming in for the upcoming holiday weekend. Well detail that. Big news out of the north bay. Napa county just got the green light to move further into phase two. That means sit down restaurants, shopping malls and other businesses can now reopen. Our effort to build a better bay area focuses on four key things the reopening of the counties is a key part of the bay area recovery. Lets go to Amy Hollyfield with what we can expect today. Amy . Hi, reggie. They just got this approval at 6 00 last night. Restaurants can now reopen here in napa county. You can just imagine the food orders Restaurant Owners are placing right now. The county meets all of the states requirements to open early. This is before the rest of the state. Wineries and their tasting rooms cannot reopen. County off
For those sleeping here and neighbors living nearby and now for possible future neighbors around homes like this. The question is how its going to be run and how its going impact the neighbors. 811 davis is one of three homes Sonoma County is looking at purchasing and turning into shelters for some of the 200 plus Homeless People living along the joe rodota trail. The board of supervisors want it cleared by the end of this month. After next tuesday, Barbie Robinson is likely to be the interim person in charge of that process. Our goal isnt just to throw individuals into houses. Our goal is to stabilize them to improve their wellbeing. Reporter she said shes not had a single day off in weeks. She already runs the county Health Department and says she plans to take a holistic approach by establishing shelters and treating symptoms ranging from drug abuse to mental issues. The county has given her 12 million in seed money. Can 12 million solve this countys problem . Absolutely not. I see