Abc7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is live with the story tonight. Stephanie . Dan, tens of thousands of retail employees across the bay area are facing the same question. Are we going to make it . And as we found out, two counties in particular are most likely to be impacted. Mark taylor is the general manager of mikes bikes in sausalito. Been hectic. His bike shop is deemed essential. People have been told to stay at home or go for a walk or ride a bike. So its no surprise sales are skyrocketing. Bu county. According to an abc7 iteam analysis, marin countys Retail Sector is expected to be the second hardest hit across the bay area. Roughly 15 of all private employees countywide work in retail jobs. Whereas San Francisco has the lowest with roughly 7 . Yeah, of course im concerned. Yeah. Its going to be hard on a loft businesses. Retail will be particularly hard. So what area is bracing for the worst . Its solano county. Abc7s Data Analysis found nearly one in five employees ac
Quarter gdp. All coming up at 8 30 a. M. Eastern and investor reaction. Reaction from u. S. Labor secretary Eugene Scalia, hes here live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Ahead of the numbers, markets mixed. Markets surged yesterday but this morning dow futures up 75 but the s p and nasdaq futures negative. This on top of yesterday when the dow closed above 25,000 for the First Time Since march tenth with big rally yesterday at the close on wall street. As you see the dow industrials up 553 points at the close yesterday, nasdaq was up 72 and s p 500 yesterday up 44. President trump versus social media. White house reportedly set to take executive action to hold companies responsible for stiffing free speech and the Michael Flynn controversy deepens this morning. Attorney general william barr announcing brandnew investigation more unmasking, looking at what happened before and after the 2016 election. Plus major travel destinations returning, las vegas resorts ready to welcome guests once again, d
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
Semester online. 4 of the 23 campuses happen to be in the bay area. Lets start with Governor Newsom here issuing strict and detailed guidelines today for restaurants, malls, and offices once they are actually allowed to reopen. Its not going to be anything like what youre accustomed to. Were in a whole new world now. Abc7 news anchor dan ashley live in the newsroom with more. Hi, dan. Hi, larry. Youre right. Clearly, we are not going back to the way it was. It is the new normal. The governor announced the new statewide guidelines at his new News Conference today. Keep in mind just because we have these new guidelines doesnt mean we can start making restaurant reservations. Were a long ways still from that. The final decision on reopen willing be up to the state not to the state, but to each california county. And here in the bay area, we are just not there yet. To date we are now making public the guidelines a number of other industries in this state, including the restaurant industry.
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