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
California is the first state to top a half a million coronavirus cases its a record first that no one is envious of the state will have to endorse stricter shutdowns or the stopping of indoor activities if the numbers dont improve in the coming days. Stephanie elam has the story. California was the first state to shut down. And now its the first to have more than half a million coronavirus cases on sunday, the state recorded almost 509,200 total infections. But back when california began reopening in may. There were roughly 64,600 cases. There is some contained the and controls how this spread in the beginning when the opening up took place. We have more cases and that should be. Instructive to others. The the virus is vicious and you have to have. City shelter in place as long as you need it. California added over 9,000 new cases yesterday on may 8th, it was just over 2000. The rise hitting major cities like San Francisco, hard and state leaders fear its because residents are becomin
The Sunshine State returned to the classroom this week, nine of them with Positivity Rates higher than the cdcs recommended mark for reopening. Next door in georgia, the governor today applauded its first week back to school in many counties. This week went real well other than a couple virtual photos. Reporter thats despite hundreds of Public School students and faculty quarantined, testing positive after returning for inperson classes. That includes this high School Northwest of atlanta in this viral image, now temporarily moved to Online Learning after nine reported cases. Teachers throw themselves in front of bullets when there is an active shooter in the building. But this time we are being asked to potentially sacrifice not ourselves but also our family. And that is the difference. Reporter the numbers paint a spark picture for the backtoschool season. The American Academic of pediatrics says nearly 100,000 children tested positive for covid in the last two weeks of july. A 40 in