But the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And which. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was still spread very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew it before. Models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more than 140,000 americans will have died from the virus doctor stacy says these numbers are predictions based on an increase in Human Interaction over the next few months even as we start activities free up that it doesnt mean that we. Dont need to start very cautious
Obrien. And the blaze also destroyed a warehouse. There are no questions about the Structural Integrity of the pier it self. Reporter this fire was massive. San francisco fire chief Janine Nicholson says the fire likely started inside the warehouse. Because the warehouse was so big, it took a while for anyone nearby to notice the smoke and flames. Bright hot flames shut up into the dark San Francisco sky early saturday morning. The four alarm fire on pier 45 was attacked by land and water. 155 firefighters, 50 trucks and engines, and a couple boats did not allow the flames to spread out of warehouse c. Throughout the progress of this fire, we did see almost every portion of this Building Collapse in one area or another. Reporter the San Francisco Fire Department says one firefighter was injured. But no windows was hurt. Pier 45 in the heart of Fishermans Wharf is home to the historic ss Jeremiah Obrien and the uss penn penny know. Both are safe. The one major loss is the warehouse, a b
United states to go back to where they came from. Police say she put those letters on 5 different homes and a family neighborhood. Greg lincoln join ises us live and you spoke to one of the people targeted by these messages. Tell us about it. Yeah, indeed i did, andre and some of these victims woke up this morning the find these racist and threatening letters right outside their front doors and most of the victims in this case if not all are of asian descent. This video shows a woman leaving a letter on the home. The letter begins quoting the constitution, then goes on to say, if you were born from another country, return, go back to your country fast with urgency. It ends, one american, white brave that served the nation or u. S. A is going to live here. Its kind of intimidating because my son came from,. Police say similar notes were left at 5 homes friday directed at minorities as well as women and children, thursday police investigated a similar incident when a related note was fou
Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
Retailers get the green light to take down the plywood and partially reopen their doors. Anything that gets our Small Businesses open and lets people know that they are open is very important. Starting monday, many stores will offer curbside pickup. We have our factories opening up again tomorrow. So well be playing catchup. Derek owns sofa creations in San Francisco and san rafael. Both stores will offer curbside delivery. One customer at a time will be allowed inside stores. I think the mask is a big thing. As long as the employees are wearing a mask and the customer is care withing a mask. The city tweeted out guidelines in four languages, but not ever business will be allowed to unlock their doors. We closed last monday when i got a citation. He has on the other hand Smoke Signals for 25 years, but police shut him down last week, saying his business was not essential, even though he sells. When you sell on average 500 different newspapers a week, there is a lot of customers upset w