Health officials are issuing a curfew from 10 pm until 5 am for all counties in the purple tier, it goes into effect saturday and it is expected to last one month. Essential workers are exempt. The new restrictions target people who may be gathering with others outside their household, but for this new restaurant owner, the restrictions are devastating. 25 in Alameda County and now we are back to square one, for us, it is devastating because we dont have the clientele, we are not completely known yet. Figure i dont approve it, but if its going to happen is going to happen. Is going to be any bite to this curfew . Reporter Law Enforcement has been reacting, what i found interesting was that many Law Enforcement agencies said they had no idea the state would be imposing a curfew, so this came as a surprise to them, many of them saying in tweeting and sending out news releases, that they are going to focus on education, as opposed to citations. It should be a big wake up call to take it v
California going under curfew. The new order comes exactly a week out from thanksgiving. There to hold all nonessential activities from 10 pm to five p. M. That is every county except San Francisco and marin. The order be in effect for at least a month maybe even longer. So, what exactly is the plan to enforce this . We are in livermore with that part of the story tonight. Restaurants will have to close up shop by 10 00 bm come saturday night. Health Officials Say covered cases are on the rise. In fact, they say covid can go from zero to 60 rapidly. They need these Health Measures in place. There is no single culprit. It is a combination of factors. It is certainly the colder weather, more mixing which comes with more opening. Reporter state and Public Health officials are issuing the curfew until 10 00 p. M. Until 5 00 a. M. In the looked here. It goes into effect saturday and expected to last one month. Essential workers are exempt. I dont approve of it, but if it is going to happen,
It started with a traffic stop. Then an officer and a tow truck driver began feeling sick. Now investigators are looking into whether they and other First Responders were exposed to fentanyl. We are gathering information. Reporter we can tell you that seven people have been transported to the hospital. At last check, those folks are in stable condition. That is good news. This area directly behind me is an area that was closed off for much of the day. We are near the Marin Headlands north of the golden gate bridge. This was a hazmat area much of the day. They have opened this area back up. I want to go to video. Here is what happened. The california Highway Patrol says they received a report of a driver swerving on the bridge. When they arrived, the car was stopped in one of the northbound lanes. The driver was unshown koconsci. They drove the car to the first exit north of the bridge. That officer then got sick a short time later. He was transported to the hospital along with a tow tr
Then tourism driedup. Now that San Francisco is starting to ease restrictions, many people hope tourism can make a comeback. Reporter finding Tourist Attractions has been challenging. Just finding a hotel was difficult. Some remained open primarily for essential workers and essential travel. Beginning monday, hotels will be allowed to open again. Industry insiders expect demand to begin slowly. The biggest thing is getting employees back to work. Before covid we had 25,000 employees just in the hotels. Hotels are vital to the tourism comeback. They bring in revenue in taxes and to the hotels themselves. Small businesses, restaurants and attractions will all benefit if we can get people in. Attractions are where boats come in. There one of the many things that lure people to the city. The bigger operators have not been allowed to go out and operate. They will be allowed to operate as of monday. Reporter it is anticipated that larger boats will be allowed to take on limited passengers un
In San Francisco, starting tomorrow, nail salons, hair salons, and gyms, along with other Indoor Services will be allowed to reopen. Well have the details. Seven people, induding four chp officers, taken to the officer for possible f f exposure near the golden dagate bridge. I will let you know when you can expect some cleaner air. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure abc 7 ne wre b stories, tonight. Several chp officers say they were exposed to the powerful painkiller, fentanyl, at a crash scene. San francisco hair salons and gyms opening for Indoor Services tomorrow. Also, tomorrow, 28th consecutive sparetheair day. Good evening, im eric thomas. Lets get right to meteorologist Frances Dinglasan. Frances. Winds are starting to shift so air quality will be improving but we have got one more day of unhealthy air. Notice that the smoke is starting to veer towards the east. Yesterday, it was just blowing completely, directly towards the bay area. A