Francisco now stay at home ordes that is allowing more businesses to reopen in the city. Could even everyone im Frank Somerville and im julie julie haener. It was a Long Time Coming for many business owners. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now live shes in the citys Castro District tonight with more on what the re openings looked like amber, julie, i spoke with merchants here in castro and along valencia street. They tell me theyre thrilled to be able to offer more services, but that this is just the beginning. They need a whole lot more to survive. For the First Time Since the stay at home order in december, mx three fitness in the castro is able to offer indoor gym services such as personal training on lee. Three people are allowed inside at a time that gives us hope not enough to pay the red, but at least its going the white way nearby at catch outdoor dining, even on a cold january night is appealing to some somebody like making a delicious meal for me. Something different normalcy retu
Year at berkeley but it has in previous protests. They asked the kiev about staying safe in a protest situation without tear gas. Does our force have any alternative tools to use to protect themselves in a situation like you just described . Firearms. We can shoot people. Thats, no thats, i dont mean to be callous. Im just saying if you are being attacked with lethal force, if we dont have less lethal that can drive back then were absent a too many. Thats my concern. Those words sparked quite a bit of reaction in the community. Being in berkeley all of his life should have taught him that thats not the right answer for a question like that. So i was saddened, because i think it really elicits this fear that some people have about the police. Reporter during the meeting, the city Council Voted to prohibit the use of tear gas in berkeley, something Councilmember Kate harrison was and is in support of. The police chief came back later in the meeting with an emotional apology for what he h
Issues have heated up what emotions do you get . Disgust. Reporter this depicts sir cis drake, west known for making landfall here in 1579, but he history of slave trading. He had to be the baddest bathtub on this boat. I didnt want to make a sculpture of him. I made a sculpture of the event. This is about propelling this narrative of white superiority. Reporter when lauren brown saw protesters on sir Francis Drake boulevard last week, that struck her as ironic. Hence the petition now signed by thousands and counting to get rid of the statue. I would use it as scrap metal. Reporter it is not just the statue. I everyhe boulevd pporrs petitnan gone. Words matter and names matter. And we need to make changes. Reporter for her, this is not the first such reason battle in marin. Last year she forced the dixie eyee grge floyd as a catalyst for awareness and change. It is like somebody threw a pebble in a stream and all of a sudden, or in a lake. Concentric circles go out. Reporter denial it
Facility. San francisco acting on creating more distance. The facility in moscone west. And santa clara county, nbc bay area lili tan is there with more. Reporter yeah, men in the building behind me, it has been used for a carnal, and events. Tomorrow, i will be used to move the nor vul nearnerable homeles population out of the area and out of the way. Today e, cindy chavez. We have a shelter in place order through april 7th. Reporter more time at home and morer time for the bay area to e get a handle on the covid19 crisis, including to help the homeless to slow the spread. They not only dont have act tess to Running Water and soap. They might be living this close waters up to a week. The county is moving 60 to 80 of the next people to shoulders and 15 more in trailers and gifted by the state to isolate those who test positive or are showing symptoms. So they can get out of what are very unhealthy conditions in encampments where they are living and get to somewhere to support them. Rep
Communicating via videoconferencing. Sources tell nbc bay area news all nine bay area counties plan to extend the shelter at home at least until may 1 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. As you know, we have a shelter in place order through april 7th. In this week well likely get a second shelter in place that will extend that date. Reporter word of the upcoming extension in the bay area comes as President Trump moved to extend nationwide social distancing guidelines. The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. Reporter the president once hoping to get people back to work by easter now saying that was just an aspiration, that he expects the country to begin recovering around june 1. Meanwhile, in the bay area, the push continues for social distancing, especially by keeping people out of parks and beaches. After large crowds last weekend, parking lots were closed, and people seemed