Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11 20240713 : comp

Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11 20240713

And need some fresh air . Plan accordingly. The friday forecast is going to be into the 90s. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Theres some latenight maneuvering and latenight confusion. In the last few hours, we have learned napa, sonoma, and solano counties will partially reopen tomorrow as part of phase two. However, the bulk of the bay area isnt budging. The six remaining counties all in red will remain in phase one. This comes with some mixed emotions. Heres nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter workers at the marketplace in downtown napa are putting finishing touches on a new business owned by chuck meyer. He got the news tonight that he could gradually reopen his business under state guidelines. But, he says, hes not going to do it. Although its a good thing for the economy, but theres some mixed feelings of course too, right . Like are we going to be able to be safe . Is there enough testing . Thats the big question. Reporter napa, sonoma, and solano counties are all following state guidelines starting tomorrow. We have been reporter this afternoon, gavin newsom talked about the longawaited unveiling of phase two, where Retail Stores can reopen with curbside pickup. We have been working with counties large and small all across the state, including those that may have gotten ahead of themselves a little bit. Reporter six bay area counties releasing a statement thursday saying the shutdown of nonessential businesses remains in effect and changes havent been made to the shelter in place order. Thats news to ashby flowers owner marcy simon. She was preparing to open up and do curbside business under state orders, only to final out that was against Alameda County rules. She says its all too confusing. Because if you go online, there is nothing written on the Alameda County website or the city of berkeley website stating what any parameters are that we need to follow. Reporter simon says she will only do deliveries now. Meanwhile, people who live and work in napa are concerns about how we reopen the state. We need to make sure that were not opening up businesses and then exposing people who are then going to get sick and die. Reporter in napa, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. When we do it, its still going to be fluid, but heres the roadmap. The governor says the second part of phase two will include reopening offices for people who cant work from home, also dinein restaurants and shopping malls can reopen. Phase three, you can see the chart here, includes salons, gyms, movie theaters, and churches to reopen. Our other top story this evening, the heat. Not many ways to escape it here. A live look in walnut creek. Hot today and its about to get even hotter. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, who is tracking these rising temperatures as we head into mothers day weekend, jeff. And, you know, the one real good respite here with all of this is the coastal ocean breeze will still stay in effect. So at least everybodys not going to be in the 90s. So theres some good news. Now, today we did get up to 91 in santa rosa. That was close to a record. Concord, 92. San jose, 87. And the San Francisco airport at 84. Tomorrow morning we get some relief. If you want to be outside, we have mid50s. If youre without airconditioning, this will make it more comfortable for you. Once we hit 11 00, look at that rapid warming, up to 84 in concord. 84 livermore. 82 san jose. As we start the early afternoon, 1 30, were already in the low 90s inland. Well show you who reaches into the mid90s and, yes, we are talking about some rainfall chances and much colder temperatures. So hang on. One more day of that heat, and then well be talking about that rain. Ill have details in about ten minutes, raj. A lot of green on that forecast there. Thanks, jeff. Mark your calendars for may 18th. Heres a live look now in San Francisco. Pretty quiet of course, but in 11 days, were going to see some significant changes. The city plans to loosen some restrictions for retailers and will allow storefront pickup at a small number of shops. So what are the rules here, and will this be enough to keep businesses in business . Heres nbc bay areas jean elle. So it will be better than home delivery, but its still not going to be great. Reporter just for fun has been delivering art supplies, games, and gifts in San Francisco since the shutdown started in march. David island says being allowed to offer storefront pickup starting may 18th is a step forward, but it wont pay the bills. It will serve the community well. It wont do anything for our business because we simply cant do enough volume to even pay the rent. Reporter across the street at small fries i want a fair and equal opportunity to succeed. Reporter confusion about the mayors announcement allowing inperson pickup at businesses like bookstores, hobby and toy stores, and sewing stores. Small fries sells mostly childrens clothes but it also has merchandise in the other categories. But asia yeni isnt sure if shes allowed to meet customers at the door on the 18th. This is the thing thats really been bothering me is ive gotten Nothing Official from the city to say what i can and cannot do. Reporter she says she and her employees are ready to get back to work. Were at 5 of normal, and thats normal sustainable. Reporter the owners of just for fun are hoping safety precautions and financial pain now will prevent a second wave of infections and give everyone a chance to have a holiday sales season. If this thing rebounds and it comes back and shuts us all down in the fourth quarter, then ill liquidate. There will be no reason to even pretend that i can do anything else. Reporter the Public Health Department Says it will be releasing specific details next week about how storefront pickup will have to operate, giving retailers a chance to prepare before they greet customers on the 18th. In San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. Jean, thank you. Here are the latest numbers. More than 9,000 reported cases in the bay area and 337 deaths. In the past 24 hours alone, San Francisco added 52 new cases. For the past several weeks, weve heard this from Health Leaders demanding more testing. Contra costa county will now quadruple the number of people getting tested. Anyone who lives in the county can get tested free at any one of the eight sites. You dont have to have any symptoms, but you do have to call the county and make an appointment. Right now the county is testing about 500 people daily. The goal is to test at least 2,200 people each day. Well, eight weeks into this, and we just knnow got a piece o information about how this virus started to spread in the bay area a nail salon. Governor newsoms admission is raising new concerns for the entire industry. Heres nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Reporter governor gavin newsom did not reveal if the First Community infection in california was a nail salon customer or employee. Heres what he did say. This whole thing started in the state of california, the First Community spread, in a nail salon. I did not know that, nor did any of my colleagues or maybe anyone else in the bay area. Reporter Michelle Saunders owns saunders and janes nail salon in oakland. We havent heard anything about that, and we dont know what to do when it comes to protecting our ourselves, protecting clients, protecting customers. Were going to need ppe too. Reporter some businesses like blossom nail salon in san jose have already been installing plexiglas dividers. Some of the industry had been questioning why salons are not included in phase two. This microbiologist says scientists know coronavirus can be vaspread through coughing an even breathing. The fact that you cannot practice social safe distancing in a nail salon. Youre sitting within arms reach of somebody. Reporter Public Health officials have not released any further details about California First coronavirus cases. A dose of Financial Reality even for our Health Care Workers. They protested at the Stanford Medical Center today. Theyre upset that the hospital is asking them to take paid time off or a 20 pay cut as it deals with declining revenue. The hospital says almost all of the workers decided to take the time off over the next ten weeks as the hospital operates below capacity. Now, this week stanford started performing elective surgeries that were put on hold during the shelter at home order. The ceo says theyre working to clear a threeweek backlog, but the surgeries will also provide some much needed revenue. We talked with a san jose man who had to wait an extra month and a half to have a hernia operation. It was a sigh of relief overall. I had peace of mind mentally, physically, and anyone that is pending to go into stanford, i would just ask them to keep your hopes up high. Some of those patients may be orthopedic, and you think that can wait. Those patients are still in pain. Thats one of the things youre wanting to make sure that youre also easing the discomfort that people are challenged by. The hospital is working at about 75 of capacity. Well, every thursday we get the numbers. Today its the same trend. Layoffs and furloughs continue. Another 3 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week alone. While that number is big, its the lowest total since midmarch when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. In these last seven weeks and this is the big number 33 million americans have lost their jobs. More than 4 million of them right here in california. A handful of dmv offices are reopening tomorrow. San jose, oakland, concord, and santa rosa. Social distancing and masks will be required. Up next here at 11 00, youve heard the theories that the coronavirus came from bats, but are we looking at the wrong animal . We investigate how the smuggling of an endangered mammal could be the link doctors have been searching for. And taking contactless deliveries to the sky. The Startup Company based in the bay area testing drone delivery on the peninsula. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the heat for tomorrow. Then a major dip in temperatures and our chance for some rain. Ill have it for you in about seven minutes. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Its an animal you probably never heard of but it may be at the center of the coronavirus crisis. Its called a pangolin. Researchers in china confirmed this animal carries a form of the virus that looks strikingly similar to the disease thats sweeping the world. Heres Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen. Reporter in the search for the source of covid19 and how it traveled from animals to humans, scientists have been exploring food markets, bats, science labs, and now the plight of the pangolin and how it may have affected us all. The pangolin is a scaly mammal that hunts for ants and termites in Subsaharan Africa and parts of asia. While it may appear to be an unlikely link in the chain of the coronavirus infection, chinese researchers discovered the virus in a sick pangolin was a close cousin to the virus that causes covid19 in humans. Some genes were a perfect match, and despite protein used in the virus to enter a cell was nearly identical. So how could the virus move from a solitary bug hunter to humans . In january, an elderly man died in wuhan, china, after suffering from what appeared to be flu symptoms. Suspicion grew around the live animal section of a market he visited regularly where bats are sold. Bats live with a lot of virus that are just in their body for a long time and dont bother them. Reporter this uc berkeley biochemist says viruses can mutate inside the bat and then infect humans through contact or a bite, like with rabies. But what really happened with patient one is difficult to say. Reporter Lab Tests Show that the coronavirus in those locally sold bats was different from the human version. So scientists started looking for another animal that could have changed the virus before infecting humans. Attention shifted to a Massive Underground smuggling operation. Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world, more than tigers, more than elephants, more than rhinos, anything. Reporter Paul Thompson is the director of conservation programs at the Wildlife Conservation network. He says the world market for pangolins has skyrocketed in the last five years, even reaching some american ports. Were going to contact the center for Disease Control and give them oversight of this shipment. Reporter last month, the United Nations announced seizures of illegally sold pangolins have risen from 14,000 per year in 2014 to 142,000 animals in 2018. The number of pangolins actually killed each year from illegal trade is estimated to be in the millions. They are in high demand in places like asia for their meat and for their scales. Pangolin scales were used in chinese medicine for over 1,000 years. Reporter eastern medicine uses the scales to treat a variety of ailments, but the president of the American College of traditional chinese medicine in San Francisco says the 1,000yearold tradition needs to stop. As the world is changing, traditional medicines or the way how traditional medicines are practiced have to change. Reporter since the outbreak, the Chinese Government banned eating wild animals, an important step in preventing the spread of diseases. However, wildlife can still be used for healing. We could give up this old tradition. Its a wakeup call. Reporter but the big problem, says thompson, is a Global Crime Network that traffics wildlife and when it, deadly viruses. Some of the biggest, most damaging or highrisk diseases weve seen all stem from wild animals and either the trade or consumption of wild animals. We saw it with sars, with ebola, with mers, and now were seeing it covid19. So this entire thing could have been prevented if we werent consuming animals like pangolins. Reporter scientists are still searching for the true source of covid19. Theyre looking at pangolins and the horseshoe bat. There is little doubt, though, that the illegal trade of wild animals plays a role in the transporting of Infectious Diseases around the world. Candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. If you have a story tip for Candice Nguyen or anyone else in our investigative unit, give us a call. 1888996tips, or you can visit our website, nbcbayarea. Com investigations. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. Its gbeen two months since youve been in studio and it might be another couple months before you return. How are you holding up . Im about to put a logo outside of my house, make it the official nbc bay area weather studio. You know, just when things start to become habit, ive said this before, you think, wait, what about Everything Else i used to do before . So its encouraging to see parts of the north bay trying to get up to that phase two. At least personally i can say that. As we head into tomorrow, we have one more day of this warmer weather, and then were going to see a big, big flip up here in that weather. Lets start it off with whats causing the heat. Its all about this hot area of High Pressure thats basically sitting not over california but the entire west. Everybody feeling those aboveaverage temperatures. This is primarily pulling in some hotter air from the south, and then its ridging that storm track off to the north. So theres no way were not going to see the heat tomorrow. It is going to be with us. But the good news, i know youve noticed it if youve been out in the past couple hours, is we have that ocean breeze. So temperatures are dropping off. If you dont have airconditioning, this is great for you. 50s and 60s all across the bay area. So that means tomorrow morning, we start off nice, cool, and also refreshing. 52 in the trivalley. Peninsula at 54. South bay, 56. Right here over the east bay, looking all good at 58. 55 in San Francisco. The north bay, nice and bright with 53 degrees. So if you want to avoid the hottest part of the day tomorrow, thats going to be 7 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. After that, things are just going to get exponentially hotter. Down in the south bay, were back in the 90s. 92 in san jose. 90 in milpitas. 94 in gilroy. The hottest widespread weathers over contra costa, alameda count counties. 93 livermore. Oakland and hayward, low 90s for you. Peninsula, youre lucky. Thats probably why a lot of you live there. Well still have that ocean breeze in effect and a little bit of breeze off the bay will keep you getting too hot. Palo alto at 90 degrees. Look at this dropoff. Heading up to daly city, down to a much chillier 67. Microclimate in effect with that westerly wind at 15 miles per hour. Thats all it takes is that cooler breeze, and thats why well have those 60s here in San Francisco. Throughout the north bay, 92 in napa. 91 in santa rosa. 94 in ukiah. Tomorrow will be close to records. I dont expect a lot of Widespread Records here. 94 in concord. Stil

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