Boarded up due to worries about postelection civil unrest and are ready for holiday shoppers. Its been a challenging time for our retailers to say the least. Many have adapted, though. The stores are all open, and there certainly is curbside pickup, theres instore shopping. Reporter with the Christmas Tree up, the need for an instaworthy photo op is back. Im all for christmas. Reporter and drawing in shoppers. Got this at macys, 40 off. Want to be out with the people. I want to i dont feel as much anxiety as i did before in the grocery store. Reporter now, of course, things became more complicated yesterday when the mayor announced that Indoor Dining would sho shut down here in restaurants in San Francisco. They say thats a problem with the holiday season, people wanting to take a break from shopping to seat and drink. Nevertheless, the Tree Lighting ceremony for the tree behind me in the middle of union square happens a week from today. They hope it will draw people back into the area
Is limited to 25 capacity just in time for the holidays. Owner Jennifer Smith is strictly adhering to all health guidelines, but she does have one question. Yeah, i havent heard anything about, you know, any particular retail establishments here being, you know, traced back to an outbreak. Knowing that people are getting sick because theyre gathering at home, theyre gathering with their families, going to house parties, so why are businesses closing . Because theres no way to control whats going on in homes and whats going on in private gatherings. Reporter the pandemic fatigue in our community is completely understandable. Weve been at it for months. Reporter the supervisor is also frustrated. He says the states approach to virus control may be unfairly punishing businesses and creating skeptics. The data being utilized contributing to these decisions, they take into account the local conditions to make sure communities can stand behind those decisions being made. Reporter the decisio
Who earlier imposed aeurocentric Education System on the philippines following the spanish american war. The chairman says barrows writings stated nonwhites were intrinsically illiterate and ignorant. How filipinos are not suited for selfgovernance. Those kinds of things. Reporter the name leconte hall was literally etched in stone until workers covered it today. The Physics Building is named for brothers john and joseph leconte, a pair of confederate scientists who fled the south during the reconstruction. John became ucs first acting president and joseph produced writingings about the inferiorities of the black race. Everything that happened after reconstruction from the backlash. Reporter physic student cecily has studied in the building every day and says she had no idea who it was named for. I wasnt aware of this. And to bring awareness about this and say that thats not okay and that uc berkeley wants to change it, that in itself is a huge step forward. Reporter ironically, the fo
Neighborhood to tell us its not back to business as usual, huh, maria . Reporter thats right allen. Here in santa clara county, instore retail and Outdoor Dining are now allowed. Here, this was once a ghost town, no longer, but not all Business Owners are rejoicing. It feels good to walk in somewhere other than a grocery store. Reporter for the First Time Since march, irma is shopping for clothes inside a store. People were excited to come in, feel the items. Try things on. Reporter many Business Owners are finding opening up after a significant Financial Impact and to modifications in order to continue social distancing guidelines is not that easy. A lot of us think, well, these restrictions are being loosened and these businesses will be excited. Business owners will be excited. Thats not really the case, right . No, unfortunately, we just dont have enough space. Reporter restaurant ores like jenny coopman of yuki sushi are now allowed to offer sit down Outdoor Dining but says if you
Met with the local councilman and Police Officers multiple times. The last meeting was 10 days ago. Its an insult to our police and firefighters to say its their fault. Thats ridiculous. Feelings, feelings are not always the same as facts. Reporter city leaders say they red tagged the warehouse a few times already. They place the blame on the owner. The owner did not pick up any of my phone calls. The Fire Department is investigating the cause, but the people who lived here believe it may be an electrical fire. They say there were extension cords all over the place. Me thieves are not waiting for packages to hit your porch. A Delivery Driver was held up at gun point in oakland today. Chopper 5 was over the scene about noon at 73rd and doorwood avenues. The driver told police there were 2 suspects, and they had a gun. They stole packages out of the truck. No injuries were reported. A candle light vigil is planned at dublin high this weekend for 3 students killed in a Christmas Day crash