How are you doing, will . Super bowl weekend. Will right here. Good morning to you both. Thats right. Im live here in tampa. Super bowl lv. I know you are very excited about that jedediah. We will get your picks later. We know you will change the chiefs or the punxsutawney. For now a hometown battle in tampa. Hometown bucs look to be pretty popular, pete. Pete whats the feel . You are there on the ground. Its a little bit different everything is a little bit different whats the vibe in tampa . Will its excited because there is a Hometown Team for the first time Playing In Home Stadium for the super bowl. Its tampered by the bittersweet relation what would it be like if it were a normal year. Street packed and cash registers ringing they recognize its a little down from expectations. Pete absolutely. Jedediah i know you are waiting for my pick. Im waiting for yours, will cain. I had a conversation about it yesterday. You know what . Im going to wait and hold my pick and see who will pic
More reopenings rolled back. Business owners in San Francisco talk about closing up shop once again. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. During this coronavirus pandemic, were focussing on building a better bay area of health, education, our changing workplaces and the economy. Right now, the economy right now right now the economy and but shutdowns are starting tomorrow in San Francisco and abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard reports tonight from japan town and cornell, i can imagine this being a huge blow to businesses excited to be back open again. Reporter dion, its been really tough to retailers that struggled for the last three to four months. In fact, this weekend, the first weekend for picnic on the plaza, tents and tables setup for Outdoor Dining just outside the mall but the future of this is really unclear. Were told this morning that we have to shut down all indoor operations. Reporter it when many retailers inside the Japan Center Mall had
It is a hardship for everybody. It is hard to overcome this. But safety is first. Reporter this mall has been the anchor of japantown for 53 years. Dozens of longtime Specialty Stores call it home. The pandemic has forced some out of business. Ive seen the shutdowns around here and a few people are saying they wont be able to sustain it. Were thinking the same thing. Restaurants say they cant do takeout if customers cant get inside the mall. We have to do it right. For Peoples Health and everything. Reporter indt close because San Francisco made the states watch list due to a significant increase in covid19 infections and hospitalizations. And the conditions in our city dont improve, we can also choose to close additional businesses and activities as well. Reporter have the on market street, theyre preparing to close. This man just reopen his Perfume Store just yesterday. How do you feel about all of this . Its really sad, actually. This pandemic, we cannot do anything. You just have t
Are we doing enough testing for the coronavirus . Some bay area cities say its hard to get an appointment. We look at just how long it takes to get tested these days. This as the clock continues to ticket for the last county not on the States Coronavirus watch list. What you can still do in San Mateo County for now. We were prepared today for what we believe in. And it was this feeling that somebody had to do it. We couldnt wait another 50 years. Another 100 years. And the bay area remembering d honori the late civil rights leaders, congressman john lewis. But we start with covid testing troubles in covid19. Good evening, im juliet goodrich. California reported more than 9100 new cases over night. Bringing the total number of infections to more than 375,000. The state also saw 120 more deaths, researchers at the Harvard Global Health Institute say california needs to triple the amount of testing thats currently being done to mitigate the coronavirus. Kpix 5s kenny choi takes a closer l
Its cloudy in oakland at 62. Its 60 in hayward. Taking you back closer to the coast, mid50s in pacifica as well as santa rosa so we still have that air quality advisory for the so some of the hazy pconditions from the coast to te central bay and santa clara valley, this is from the smoke from the mineral fire as the smoke drifts up to the north and west. As we look at live picture outside from our roof camera we begin to see sun after 9 00 for some of you, the rest of you maybe 10 00 and noontime 808 inland. Mid70s around the bay and it will stay warm throughout the afternoon inland but the sea breeze picks up and well talk about a setup for cooler days for the week ahead. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Lets get to the latest coronavirus headline this is morning. More than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and Officials Say the Positivity Rate is trending upwards over a 14day average. A key indicator of community spread. In the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 6