The same time. Weve got to mitigate and suppress these fires as we move into fire season. Good evening. It is welcomed news certainly for a lot of people in the bay area. Three counties are about to break off from the regions strict stayathome orders. On monday, marin, San Francisco, and san mateo counties will be easing into stage two. Amanda Dell Castillo explains whats to come. Reporter William Fields is talking about the board game pandemic, ironic since the covid19 pandemic has been far from anything fun. Business is down 93 because of the virus. Staff was back wednesday but fields says it still isnt business as usual. Its one of the biggest days. Monday could bring more customers as san mateo joins marin and San Francisco countys in branching off from the strict stayathome order, easing into stage two with the rest of the california. Er with going to start pick up. But well keep our door closed. I have signs that they can give us a call when theyre outside. Air lollipop cant wait
Mostly a celebration that this planting has been recognized as something that everyone can celebrate. Reporter a new way to celebrate. A bay area legend is using his platform to spread. And i want to express my appreciation to the ambassador of the bay, e 40. Reporter last night we caught up with e40 over instagram live. At least seven people close to him have tested positive for covid19. Hes asking everyone to home. Dispen dispensaries are doing deliveries. This was the scene this morning. This seems long but this industry has also taken a hit during this pandemic. Cannabis businesses are declared essential. Theyre essential but not equal. San francisco has a gross receipts tax thats coming in january thats going to tax cannabis retailers 51 times higher rate than your traditional retailers. Reporter as we speak, San Francisco Police Officers are patrolling golden gate park. Any violators will be cited. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. Today San Francisco released a map of coro
Now its just a matter of getting parents to sign on. I think many parents are afraid to bring their child back to child care facilities until the shelterinplace order is lifted. Also, many parents moved out of the city for this period of time. Child care centers have been able to remain open for families of essential workers or children in vulnerable groups. This new government web portal lists all available centers. As more parents go back to work, at seabird, they said its not their responsibility to check a parents work status. We have availabilities. We would like our existing students to come back as soon as possible, as well as we open to the new students. So seabird told me they actually need about a dozen students to open this friday. So theyre waiting to see if any parents are signing on. That just tells you that different providers have very specific circumstances to deal with before they can open, despite directives that they are allowed to open. Am marks dan . Chris, so if
Of care that they deserve. If it becomes delayed, it becomes acute. Reozone watch willing rely on two factors, testing and tracking the virus. The lack of swab testing has been a major obstacle. Here are the numbers. In march, california was conducting on average 2,000 tests a day. As of april 14th, that number increased to 10,000. Today the number has grown to 16,000 tests a day. The goal by the end of this month is to have 25,000 tests done every day. But newsom said the biggest challenge lies ahead. He wants 60 to 80 thou tests done on any given day. A phone conversation with President Trump an hour before his press conference gave newsom some reassurances. The president secured and gave me the confidence that we will receive just this week a minimum of 100,000 swabs. There are 261 core testing sites in california. Any expansion of these sites will rely on the equipment and supplies the state receives. The governor gave no indication when businesses like barbershops, nail salons, or
Californias shelterinplace ord order. This will go to the obvious questions and queries that all of us are asking, when. Well, when is the big question. Abc7 news news anchor liz kreutz gives you some insight. Its the question were all asking, when will california reopen. There is a lot of anxiety and a lot of need to know. Under public pressure, some states are already beginning to ease their shelter in place orders. In south carolina, some department and Retail Stores opened today, with 20 capacity. Public beaches opened as well. In georgia, starting friday, gyms, barber shopping, bowling alleys, some restaurant and some theaters will open. Next week in colorado residents will be recommended to stay home but not required to. And in tennessee and ohio, a majority of businesses will be allowed to reopen may 1st, if not sooner. We need several things to unwind the current lockdown if you will and get people back into the public arena. As much as possible. One of those things that expert