A bay Area Business owner is selling her house thats been in the family for over 100 years just to stay afloat. Then ordered to shut down businesses in san mateo count county. It starts at midnight. We talk to the disappointed Business Owners. It was a bright and breezy start to the weekend. And soon those winds will bring cooler weather. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening and thanks ojoining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. A couple of grim milestones today for california. The state set record 19 deaths. That broke the record set just a few days ago. There are more than half a million confirmed covid19 cases in the state, by far the most in the u. S. And the sevenday positivity rate, which is an indicator of testing and transmission, is now a 6 1 2 . On the peninsula in about an hour indoor businesses like hair salons and gyms will be shut down in San Mateo County. It was the last ba
Franciscos mayor london breed. Were not reopening until we get this under control. The mayor announcing the city has had 4975 cases of covid19 ad 52 deaths. Also, that after being exposed to someone with covid19, she has now tested negative twice. This does not mean that im immune or i can let my guard down moving forward. Reporter city officials are reminding san franciscans that a negative covid19 test does not mean they are immune either. Gatherings remain inherently dangerous and you need to give a lot of thought to if theyre worth it and how you can do it safely. Reporter mayor breed said california is now on the watch list. A list of counties being monitored for worsening trends. Meaning malls and nonessential offices must close monday. The doctor said a health order will be announced monday requiring private providers to test patients with symptoms. Those who have come in contact with someone infected with covid19 or who are asymptoatic essential workers. This testing must be do
Right away we got the kids out and got them in our van and tookaic loo in the back and sure enough a big theidat whe hats throughout the morning to mop o abc7 news app as the firefighters were battling the fires across the bay area. You can download the app so you can get breaking news alerts wherever it happens wherever you live. 23 counties including marin and contra costa are now on the watch list of places with rising coronavirus cases. Santa clara has been removed from the list. Counties added showing concerning covid trends for three days and they are ordered to roll back reopenings. This back and forth is taking a toll on local businesses. The problem with the yoyo effect if you get on the list and off the list and open for Indoor Dining and not open for idoor dining and to go and patio, you cant plan your business based on these everchanging variables. You need to know how many people you need to hire. Well, the governor says alcohol Beverage Control conducted nearly 6,000 visi
Business on the sidewalk over there. But the mayor strongly feels the city should have authority over public orders because the berkeley has its own Public Health department and the case count is far lower. Then the rest of the county. I respectfully disagree. But the states decision i think its going to really burden or Small Businesses and neighbors alternate places their jobs. I think its going backwards. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin speaking out at a virtual town Hall Saturday against the states guidance banning Outdoor Dining in Alameda County or fiction writers under like some of our other neighboring jurisdictions and so i think you know we should have the ability to be able to make our own decisions about. Orders city manager Dee Williams Ridley says berkeley will be reaching out to state officials to try to obtain its own variance to allow Outdoor Dining but in the meantime we are going to have to comply with that order we are hoping that this will be a very short temporary h
Incredible video shows a former College Football wide receiver making an incredible catch in phoenix. Wow. Thats philip blank snatching a 3yearold out of midair after the boys mom dropped him out of the top floor of a burning threestory building. The boy is in critical condition. His mom, unfortunately, did not survive this. Another child was saved in a nearby building when neighbors caught him in a blanket after his mom dropped him to safety. Incredible. Wow, to see those videos. Turning now to the grim reality check from hundreds of scientists that the coronavirus can linger in the air for much longer than wed initially thought. It now has a growing number of us taking a second look at air purifiers and filtration systems. Heres abcs bec w reporter its in the air. Thats what a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries reported to the World Health Organization, asking for a revision to the w. H. O. s recommendations for covid19 due to evidence showing the disease is airborne.