Handing out fines to rule breakers. I dont think giving somebody a fine is going to do much good, except for stress them out even more. In oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. With all of the rules and all of the restriction, the goal here is to avoid another outbreak. Santa cruz county is investigating several different clusters of covid19 cases, involving family gatherings. One of the clusters popped up after a large mothers day celebration, including people who traveled from out of state. Santa cruz county has seen a 20 increase in new cases in the past week. The weather will play a big role in what we do this week. Hot, hotter and maybe hottest. Jeff ranieri joins us now with the time line. What are you seeing . Well get back to jeff when we bring him in. Janelle, over to you. President trump, he is ordering states to consider all places of worship, raj, as essential businesses, and allow them to reopen immediately. Less than two hours later, californias governor responded
Big news tonight. The Bay Area School district planning to open up classrooms and welcome back students in july. And anxious to get some fresh air . Check the forecast first. Were tracking rising temperatures this memorial day weekend. Good friday evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle the state is making it easier for businesses in wine country to serve people this Holiday Weekend. In about an hour, Sonoma County restaurants, breweries and bars and pubs will be allowed to operate outdoors. Wine tasting rooms can also get into the action if and only if they offer food. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd says the move is welcome but caught some Business Owners off guard. Reporter chefs at cusina pair dee sew in petaluma have gotten used to making takeout orders for their loyal customers. Were not ready to open tomorrow or sunday. Reporter the California Department of Public Health deciding Sonoma County was ready to step further into phase two. That sounds like good news, but Dennis Fernande
Its dangerly because people are staying home but warns we are not out of the woods yesterday. The latest numbers in the bay area. Almost 4,000 errorereported cas every county except sonoma has new cases today. Doctors and nurses are hailed as the heroes of the pandemic. And now they are also paying a price. Community fear and social isolation. In part its because of what they wear. The scrubs. Damian spend the day in san jose. You will see it in nbc bay air yoonchts you see them coming and go but doctors and nurses say they have to watch they what they wear when theyre in public. They leave the hospitals and clinics after of a long shift, dealing with the unknown. And now to make matters worse, nbc bay area learned the scrubs are becoming a stigma. We have had nurses that have been in the Grocery Store after they left work and while people are grateful, they dont want them around them in the scrubs because there is a fear they are carrying covid 1. We heard from nurses at hospital with
Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california bending. It is bending, but its also stretching. Also, only on nbc, an east bay warehouse raided in the midst of this pandemic. The stockpile inside that caught the attention of these state agents. And the reason some africanamerican men are refusing to cover their faces. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Good evening. We begin with two major developments. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. Governor newsom says for the first time, california is reducing the spread of the virus. He also arranged the purchase of 200 Million Masks. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney joins us at Kaiser Hospital in san rafael with the new details. Terry . Reporter yeah. Governor newsom making the announcement to a National Television audience on the Rachel Maddow show, saying he used californias buying power to get this deal done. He also sounded like he was taking a swipe at the trump administration. In the last 48 hours, we have secured
Slammed the process calling it a travesty. For the for third time in a century and a half the House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president. Reporter a historic step in the House Judiciary Committee. A vote on party lines approving articles of impeachment against President Trump mr. Chairman there are 23 yeses and 17 owes. The articles agreed to. Reporter after 14 hours of debate and partisan fights thursday, the democratic controlled committee move forward with charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Charges tied to the allegation the president leveraged a white house meeting and nearly 400 million in military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating joe and hunter biden. They predetermine they were going to do it and they did it come or high water. They had no proof, no evidence , no crime but they went ahead anyway and they are tearing the country apart. Today is a solemn and sad day. The house will act expeditiously. Reporter dem