Good evening. Weve got a lot to get to tonight. An hour from now most of the state goes backward to the most restrictive tier. And jessica, heres why. This graph shows the average number of cases in the bay area not quite as high as july, but you can see covid cases are spiking. The far right of your screen is the recent number. Lets begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas ian cull with what this means and whats changing. Reporter today Governor Newsom says hes pulling the emergency brake to slow the spread of covid19. In the last two weeks hospitalizations are up 30 . The number of cases has doubled. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter 41 of the states 51 counties including most of the bay area are pushed back into the most restrictive purple tier. San francisco, san mateo and marin fell to red. Most like santa clara jumping back two full tiers. We have done this before. We can do it again. We really need every Sing
After learning coronavirus was here much earlier than anticipated. Also one bag was opened. Someone had been rummaging through the items. Reporter swiped from her porch. One womans warning about organized groceries online. Good wednesday evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im jessica aguirre. One of the last to issue a shelter athome order now one of the first to ease restrictions. Napa county pulling back on some of its rules, golfing, house shopping and some landscaping businesses are now a go with precautions. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd joins us from napa with more on the cheryl. Gut not ter napa county is requiring face coverings. Six bay area counties are making that mandatory. Even though some of the rules here are being loosened a bit, the stayathome orders are still in full effect. Downtown napa remains a ghost town tonight. But in other parts of the city there are signs of life in the middle of this coronavirus crisis. This is my onebedroom, onebathroom. Report
Are anxious to hear. Definitely if it goes past june, i dont know. Also not just a recommendation, its an order. The bay area county that just got stricter on face coverings. Plus its extremely dangerous for the operators. Not six feet apart. The crowded city buses that have muni drivers demanding change. Good evening and thanks for being with us as we begin week five of our shelter at home. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Tomorrow Governor Newsom will lay out details on what will happen to get the state back to work. Nbc bay areas ian cull is in san jose with how businesses are eager to hear that message. Ian . Reporter yeah, they certainly are, jessica. Closed. Its happening around the state, around the country, and t a all reopen, and what will that look like . The financial toll of the virus is clear, but the uncertainty of when it will get better has businesses like james carters innovating. Hes holding online classes from his dojo to get by. If we dont get parents back to
Little bit harder on us. Plus on the front lines and are you looking for a frustrated. The changes whole food employees are calling for and what theyre basketball fix . With the season on indefinite doing tomorrow that might get your attention. And the search for a cure. Hold, the nba has a plan to get the north bay Research Team with players back on the hardwood unique expertise that could help this week. The league plans to launch a save lives. Players only nba 2k tournament good evening. Beginning this friday. Each team is reportedly expected thanks for joining us. To have a representative in the tenday tournament. Im janelle warning ng in the s some teams have already been Live Streaming simulated games and im jessica aguirre. Another month. At least four more weeks of some for fans to watch on twitch. Very lean times for thousands of all games of the players only bay area businesses and their tournament will also be broadcast on national employees. Many are wondering if they can t
Critical if those blackouts do happen. Reporter exactly. The city is pointing out to the west, south and east parts of the city, thats where that power could be shutdown. And because of it, pg e is g ce here out of avaya stadium where the earthquakes play so folks can stop by and get some water, some air conditioning and power if they need to charge their phones. Take a close look. More than 38,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated south bay could be in the dark starting early wednesday. That includes entire blocks of shops, more than 60 schools in san jose alone, and this veterans housing facility. That would be a catastrophe for an institution like ourselves. Reporter theyve neverad backup generator to service the hundreds of veterans who live here. A black out would put a halt to their operation. If the internet goes down, if we lose power and internet, thats night and day. We would lose the ability to keep and store food which is the majority of which is donated. Report