Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
Suns up here shortly before 6 00 a. M. And find a warmer and brighter afternoon compared to yesterday. Low 60s along the coast and around the bay and inland, feel much warmer in the 70s. Even warmer weather is coming in for the upcoming holiday weekend. Well detail that. Big news out of the north bay. Napa county just got the green light to move further into phase two. That means sit down restaurants, shopping malls and other businesses can now reopen. Our effort to build a better bay area focuses on four key things the reopening of the counties is a key part of the bay area recovery. Lets go to Amy Hollyfield with what we can expect today. Amy . Hi, reggie. They just got this approval at 6 00 last night. Restaurants can now reopen here in napa county. You can just imagine the food orders Restaurant Owners are placing right now. The county meets all of the states requirements to open early. This is before the rest of the state. Wineries and their tasting rooms cannot reopen. County off
Ahead. Bay bridge camera showing you peeks of sunshine and breaks in the cloud. Cloud cover will decrease throughout the afternoon. Sunshine in the afternoon and not too hot today. Pretty comfortable. Were in the 60s to mid and upper 70s away from the coast and well find those hotter temperatures over the weekend. Have those numbers in just a few minutes, guys. All right, drew, thank you. In the north bay, napa county just got the green light to move further into phase two. That means, sit down restaurants, shopping malls and other businesses can reopen. On four key areas, including the economy. The reopening of the county is a key part of the bay areas recovery and ab xrc7 news repor Amy Hollyfield is live in napa. Hi, amy. Hi, reggie. Dont forget your mask. Still precautions in place and social distancing still required. Restaurants you can sit outside or go inside to enjoy your meal at a restaurant in napa. The city or the county just got permission at 6 00 last night. This is new.
Class those. Who would use it. And brazils president defends his controversial appearance with protestors on sunday and says he wants social distancing measures lifted this. Hello and welcome to the program for the 1st time benchmark u. S. Oil prices of crashed into negative territory meaning producers are now paying buyers to take it away in a massive one day drop west texas intermediate fell from about 17. 50 dollars a barrel to below 0 it was trading at around 60. 00 a barrel at the start of the year Global Demand has plummeted because of the coronavirus related lock downs and travel restrictions are stricture and fears of a lack of Storage Space this is despite continuous attempts to counter the havoc in Global Energy markets well earlier this month Russian Saudi arabia agreed to an unprecedented cut in output of almost 10000000 barrels a day to try to boost virus hit markets. Anish capacity is the rector of energy and Police Advisors an independent Research Provider in the oil and
Can. Carry that in shock as the death toll from a shooting massacre rises to 8. And lets take you straight now to the white house donald trump is answering questions in the Coronavirus Briefing i think that sent up of thousands and thousands of hospitals and you know we built just in new york alone 4 hospitals and. 2900 beds and got them done so quickly nobody nobody said anything like it fortunately we havent had to use too many of them and thats ok thats probably better news than having to use them all right because a lot of good things are happening in new york and elsewhere so through the Public Private partnerships and deregulation the federal government has already made immense testing capabilities available but some states need to take action to fully utilize it. To date the United States has conducted millions more tests than any other country you can add them all up and they dont catch us and our numbers are doubling almost on a certainly in a monthly basis but almost on a wee