Two on friday. Education, your money, your health are areas tt toabc7 i effort to build a better bay area. As we see progress opening the bay area, we know well have to adapt to a much difficult world. Chris nguyen is live with a look at todays announcement. Chris . Reporter hi, kristen. Some businesses will be allowed to reopen as you said. And now county wide, youll start seeing signs like this one indicating that an establishment has a social distancing plan in place that they are taking seriously. This afternoon, signs of progress in Santa Clara County making way for certain parts of the economy to get back to business. Our effort has significantly reduced the spread in our county, and we now have a little bit of head take another step forward. Reporter starting friday, the updated health order will allow Retail Businesses to open for Curbside Pickup. It also allows warehouses supporting retail to reopen. The number of new cases in our county is stable and decreasing significantly
Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala joins us live now to explain the difference between what will be opening up tomorrow actually. Yeah well under state guidelines retailers like toys stores Clothing Stores Sporting Good stores, flowers stores. Can all reopen only with Curbside Pickup. The days of shopping instore are still indefinitely away. This by no stretch of the imagination is over state leaders thursday released new guidelines and a checklist encouraging employee symptom in temperature checks, new training touchless Payments Systems special hours for the elderly and dozens of other recommendations allowing retailers and their supply chains to go back to work as soon as friday, we know that this is going to be a gradual move into stage 2. We are going to be able to and more businesses and sectors. As the date allows us Governor Newsoms administration acknowledging some counties and cities want to reopen at a faster pace than the state the requirements include know could tha
Unemployment numbers show 3 million more americans filed for unemployment claims pushing the number of jobless claims in america to more than 33 million during the coronavirus pandemic. Today Neiman Marcus became the latest Big Name Company to feel the impact financially from this pandemic the retail giant announced that it has now filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. More than 4 million californians have filed for unemployment during the 7 week crisis. Perry leaders say weve still got to hit rock bottom. We see Companies Making really tough decisions to lay off workers left and everybody and neiman making really tough decisions to keep their companies afloat any that that represents is that we are not at the bottom yet you cannot people need to prepare for this to get worse. The chamber of commerce also says restarting Construction Projects was a critical step in getting people back to work in helping the economy and now theyre encouraging city leaders to do more for Small Businesses incl
Pam moore and im ken wayne just 3 of the 9 bay area counties say they will follow the states guidelines and reopen. Governor Gavin Newsome released guidelines today to move into phase 2 thats when some nonessential businesses such as Clothing Stores bookstores floor, Sporting Goods manufacturing and warehouses can reopen, but they will have to implement new Safety Measures downpours noelle bellow joins us from our newsroom tonight to explain what some of those measures are and why the bay area is staying put for now noel. And can those protocols include offering Curbside Pickup or delivery only for california shoppers today state leaders released guidelines to. Businesses for phase 2 of reopening they encourage employee symptom and temperature checks, new training, touch list Payment Systems and special hours for vulnerable populations, but the current stay at home restrictions will remain in place for San Francisco mer in Alameda Santa clara contra costa counties and the city of berke
About that. Cant get him down. Eight catches, 103 yards. Keeping it coming. It was nice. A good win for them on the road. Against the division rivals. I think the 49er faithful are filling out once again. Is beginning to feel like it used to back in the day. Noon news happening in San Francisco. It is happening now. People from native american tribes across the west coast are meeting in the city to commemorate a proposed that happened 50 years ago today. In 1969, native american protesters took over the island of alcatraz. It was a demonstration promoting the rights of Indigenous People on columbus day. Reporter we are at San Franciscos park near the hyde street pier were you can see behind us there is a few hundred people who he gathered out here. They have come from all over the western United States and north america. They were watching what they are calling the alcatraz canoe journey. All morning long, we have seen participants from different tribal organizations heading out in the