Dinein to happen again. So hearing from governor Gavin Newsome today will be crucial as he will be releasing guidelines for reopening restaurants for dinein as we wait to hear from him. We know last week the California Restaurant Association sent a draft or recommendations to the got office its going to look a lot different they include know sharing tables only family members or people who live together will be able to sit at the same table. Getting rid of the fas salad bars anything thats shared like bread baskets and restaurants will have to be wearing face masks all the servers something theyre already doing and some paper salt and pepper shakers could be replaced by bottles of hand sanitizers so it still looks a lot different restaurants are used to send a sanitizing practices but now they will have to be doubling down on cleaning surfaces and removing tables to ensure social distancing. Restaurants are hoping to regain 25 to 50 of their old Seating Capacity to survive financially
Either boarded up and not open at all where you see them with the writing all over the window saying open for takeout and delivery people had to get creative because its been an extremely difficult time for Restaurant Owners take a look at video. You can see some of the restaurants on Chestnut Street writing all over the windows trying to get people to come to the restaurant just to even the window so that they can stay in business but dining in allowing customers to do so would really get them more money it would allow them to make more money and be a little bit back to normal so hearing from governor Gavin Newsome today will be crucial hell be releasing guidelines for reopening restaurants for dinein in while we wait for that last week the California Restaurant Association sent a draft of recommendations to the governors office, they included no sharing tables unless youre sitting with family members of people you live with. Not you can sit at the same table with them, but its going
Those restaurants that is still doing Something Special in spite of everything going on today theyre going to be offering a special mothers day brunch take out that starting at 07 00am so you can place in your order and come down here and pick it up. Now many of us are used to taking mom and grandma out from others david since that is not an option for many of us this year we can still do something very nice for them and restaurants throughout the bay area are going to be opening up their doors for takeout so families can still treat mom and grandma. Now its still fairly early but were going to be talking with families as the morning goes on to find out how theyre celebrating in spite of everything on this mothers day. Now reporting in walnut creek Reyna Harvey Kron 4 news. And the rain while the coronavirus pandemic has hit a new milestone with more than 4 million positive cases worldwide. Here in the u. S. Were looking at 1. 3 million cases in growing. Federal officials are looking a
60 the distance all over their windows making it clear to customers to come on over just follow the rules hearing from governor Gavin Newsome today will be crucial as many Restaurant Owners are hoping to be able to open up for dinein purposes soon until then we know the California Restaurant Association sent a draft or recommendations to the Governors Office last week that included no sharing tables unless its a family members or people who live with and thats only people will be able to sit with an attorney at the same table to look a lot different dining in get will be getting rid of the fas salad bar shared anything like bread baskets hot sauce is requiring servers to wear face masks in salt and pepper shakers could be replaced and bottles of hand sanitizer. Eateries are hoping to regain 25 to 50 of their old Seating Capacity to survive financially. We talk with people on the street its kind of a mixed bag, some people are ready for this next step of dining in others are happy with
Well get to that in about 30 seconds. Right now, across the bay area, a mixed bag as far as which counties are reopening and in which phase theyre in. Most of the counties will begin phase two this monday or sometime this week. That involves curbside pick zwrpickup and other loosening of restrictions. The one holdout, Santa Clara County, is still in phase one. In downtown livermore today, chants of open up filled the area. Dozens rallied to support struggling businesses not yet able to open because of covid19. Christie smith reports. Reporter there were dozens of people out here at the rally today, and many we spoke with believe they could take steps to safely reopen much sooner. [ horn honking ] in downtown livermore, a group gathered carrying signs that read all business is essential nancy runs mimosa salon. I want to open. I just want to survive for my family. I have two kids. Reporter she says she has plans for social distance and sanitizing but nail salons are considered a high ri