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
What is happening now . Here is robert handa in san jose. Reporter the president s announcement has raised the stakes in the debate. And for religious leaders, it was and couraging sign. Hallelujah, it was an answer to prayer. Reporter the kacathedral ha been vacant since the stay at home order. If they dont it, i will override the governors. Reporter Governor Newsom said no state guidelines are coming as early as monday. We are moving to work it forward. Reporter the pastor for the gospel helped lead a service, said he is going to reopen on pentecost sunday. If this conversation is resolved and we are able to go back, that is what we will do. If not, we will have service in the park ping lot. Reporter dr. Donna white careery of true ministries says since Alameda County okayed carbased celebrations, she is fine with outdoor gatherings. It will be a number of monitors walking through the rows of cars and making sure that social distancing is met and that people remain in the car. Report
The flames, which burned about seven acres so its not just the fire danger but hot days like this when everyone is stuck inside their homes and it causes a lot of problems as well. We will bring in nbc bay area robert handa who joins us in concord. Well, it was hot, all day, and it is still pretty hot right now. That caused a lot of problems, big and small. The biggest, more fuel for fires. Its been a tough week for firefighters in contra costa county. There were several fires in the clayton area alone. And cal fire says the current heat wave isnt helping. It is really turning very quickly. So that makes it a little leery for the coming fire season. The fuels are drying quick limit our ground moisture is disappearing. For many people in had concord neighborhood, an extra challenge on the hottest day when were all asked to stay in our homes, people are cutting off their, have their power cut off to install Safety Equipment and they are trying to cut the power remotely during high fire d
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And other rec areas. Essential businesses also must provide Hand Sanitizer to shoppers, limit the number of people inside the store at one time, and create and post specific social distancing rules in their stores. This will help ensure that even those places that do need to remain open are adhering to careful guidelines and thoughtful guidelines specific to their own facility to ensure maximized social distancing. Stricker rules are in effect at least until may 3rd. We must do our part to slow the spread of disease to ensure essential Services Remain open. County leaders say they know kicking people out of park Social Security a tough order but right now believe it could be the difference between life and death. And the District Attorney says his office has received more than 2,000 complaints about businesses that might be violating that order. He says his office does investigate those complaints. Now those calls might be coming in about parks as well. Were live in san jose. Im damian