Tomorrow. A lot of businesses here in the east bay are still closed but tomorrow morning the new rules say some of them can reopen. For some of them, its just in the nick of time. They just picked up their first load of Fresh Flowers in weeks. Theyre excited that the stayathome orders will allow their floral arts store in lafayette to be open for business in time for mothers day. For us, mothers day is actually the busiest week of the year. Its busier than valentines because everybody has a mom. Reporter its good timing for other activities as well. Skate parks can reopen and tennis can once again be played. Although the order forbids multiple people touching the ball so it will be interesting to see how that works. And with the good weather, even rusty golfers will be thrilled to get back on the greens and play the maddening game they love so much. It will take time to get back in to it and to really be able to hit the ball and that sort of thing. Reporter speaking of greens, if your
Child care programs are also allowed to reopen, but are limited to just 12 children per facility, certain outdoor businesses such as nurseries landscapers and gardeners are allowed to resume business. But outdoor restaurants, cafes and bars are not allowed to reopen under this revised order other shared outdoor spaces such as skate parks and golf courses are also allowed to reopen tomorrow. But physical distancing guidelines are still going to be enforced. Kron fours dan thorn has a closer look at whats allowed and whats not allowed during the month ahead starting tomorrow. What you can and cannot do beginning may 4th is the question for many seeking normalcy in this pandemic some of the restrictions under the shelterinplace order will be eased like all construction activities being allowed to continue. Tennis courts will not be open across the bay area but Contra Costa County will let people play. Some however got a jump start on sunday. Golf courses can also reopen but social distanc
From the residents who have tested negative. And are a systematic. We have advised that the staff do not intermingle between these two groups. Rather dedicated staff are assigned to work with one group only. Reporter tests will be conducted regularly to monitor the spread. Now to San Francisco where the police chief is announcing the first citation for violating the social distancing order. Christian is live in the city were leaders are urging residents to of course shelter in place. San francisco has been on lockdown for 2 1 2 weeks. Officials stress that social distancing and Health Orders are still the greatest tools to stop the spread of coronavirus. By and large the police chief says residents are following the orders but he says his officers have issued one citation to a business that repeatedly flouted the order, and an individual who refuse to shelter in place. If we had to go back were not going to ask twice. We have had to cite a business in the last 24 hours and we have cite
It will be a pretty wet day. Good morning. Good morning. Yes, sitting here looking outside, it doesnt look bad but the rain is coming. I know we are watching that. Also anchoring at home this morning with a look at the forecast, good morning rosemary. Good morning. Youre right, the rain is on the way. Its actually moving into areas of the north bay as we speak. We have a look at whats going on outside at this time. We have rain moving in and its not going to go away. A live look over oakland where its a mostly cloudy start. Many locations are still not seeing the rain just yet. We are showing you where its beginning to move in, areas over the bay and the north bay coastline, seeing this all the way down to the inverness area. Santarosa, just the north edge of you, and farther to the east, we have some there. Getting into your bay area saturday and sunday, it will be breezy, cool and cloudy and its going to be rainy. We are looking at anywhere from a half inch to an inch for most urban
Engineers and doctors working together to make your c pap machine an emergency ventilator. Could wearing cloth face masks make a difference in the fight against covid19 . The guidelines just issued in the bay area. You may have heard of the bachelor. But have you heard of quarantine bachelor . Its an online series where instead of a rose, you get a roll of toilet paper. Im meteorologist sandhya patel tracking a pair of storms for your weekend. Hourbyhour timeline is coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. There are now more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. More than 11,000 are here in california. But there could be far more. The state has a massive backlog of 59,000 pending tests, and its growing, leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread this outbreak really is here. A stunning surge in weekly unemployment claims. 6. 6 million across the country. 111,000 californians file for unemployment every d