Closed but in the stopped peopl. Places like lake merritt are to blame for the spike in covid cases and that has the city repeating a line weve heard time and time again, give the lake a break. We have more on what oakland is doing this weekend to stop the clusters. Reporter Health Officials here in oakland say even if youre socializing outside but not careful, you, too, could catch covid19. The county is seeing a surge in covid19 cases and Health Officials say social gatherings are to blame. Whether it is happening in backyards or in parks like lake merritt. Music, food and sun are the staples of any summer and you find it at oakland lake merritt in the middle of a pandemic. Today we watched as vendors set up tents along lake shore avenue to sell food, drinks, clothing and even jars of honey. The unregulated vendors are all illegal. It is crescendoing, it is not dropping. As the virus is worth, were getting more people at the lake. Reporter the city of oakland is once again urging peo