Amy hollyfield is live in sonoma with more on these new restrictions. Reporter good morning. Look behind me at this sign, it needs to come down. It says but not anymore. Restaurant, winery, tasting rooms cant have customers inside any longer. Movie theaters and bars must close again. This just went into effect at midnight. County Officials Say they just cant have crowded bars right now as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. Were particularly talking to the young folks. They seem to feel invulnerable to what is happening around them. And this is not party land. We want to be safe as a community, we want you to be safe. Reporter county officials hope these new restrictions will motivate residents to do what they can to flatten the curve. They really need people to wear masks and socially distance so they can get the businesses open again. And these closures will be in place for the rest of the month, as of right now they are set to expire august 2. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 ne
ahouse, and im sure its the a same elsewhere. a elsewhere, it is. a Steve Paulson has all the a numbers for you, steve . a they can produce some heavy rain, gasia and dave. a mister a that is just one, but that a is the second time it has a popped up over san pablo bay. a there is also a good line from a san leandro and you can see a that coming on shore as well. athats been pretty persistent for about the last half hour, apicking up in intensity a bit,a there are some cells moving throug alsoa through marin a county, and they are just scooting throuha. All signs pont towards ait coming over us alater tonight, so thats realla going to keep the possibility aof thundershowers in the a forecast past 24 hours, about 2 1 4. amt. Diablo is about 3 1 4. a they might have that by now, a and napa and hayward, 16 and a san jose, 8. Expect highs today in the 60s, thunderstorms, a possible hail, and all right. Lets head over to sal , you a never know what is the case. a there is a crash on the bay
On her own. Reporter like many other Family Members, barbara said she found out about the outbreak on the news. Six seniors have died from the virus. 29 others have tested positive. 24 Staff Members also infected. Right now shes comfortable. Shes good. Shes not showing symptoms. Reporter jaime patino, a councilmember, has a grandmother who lives here. He checked on her through the windo they have enough people working today, they tell u these nursing assistants tell me a Staffing Agency sent them here toda yesterday, two nursing a ides said they were urged to come back to work even though theyve tested positive. Theyre currently working to develop a new policy that would allow asymptomatic workers to work with positive residents. Contra costa county already has a similar policy in place. If in extreme cases, if staffing is extremely limited and every possible option has been exhausted, then the employer can make a request of Public Health. Reporter the county says it sent a taskforce t
Tonight we begin with local efforts to slow the transmission of the coronavirus, and covid19, the disease it causes. This wee counties extended a stay at home directive until the beginning of may, new w restrictions are in place. They include banning most new construction, closing dog parks, puplaygrounds, and ic picnic areas. Also, california students will likely ntinue distance learning, for t academic year. So far california hospitals have not seen the rapid surge in covid19 cases, which have overwhelmed new york and other hosopot regions. This week, Top White House scientists revealed data showing that actions like social distancing and shutting nonessential businesses do work. They can slow a surge in new rl cases if done and aggressively. Joining us now is doctor anorge rutherford and Infectious Disease epidemic knowledge is epidemiologist, thank u for joining us. Thank you for having me. We know this is a busy time for you, you have been gi epidemio for 4 decades. You worked on
Royal. This is the frontal boundary back to the west. This now moving our way, just going to bring us showers as we move on through the night tonight. Some of those showers could linger through tomorrow morning. Two more warm days. Tomorrow and thursday looking very warm. Here comes the cold and we do mean cold again this weekend. Were going to be tracking our snow chances as well. Download the nbc 4 app. Get your local forecast and the radar right there at your fingertips. We are following some breaking news in Prince Georges County where police say a man has been shot and killed. News4s pat collins is live at the scene in suitland. What have you learned . Reporter pat, another broad daylight shooting, another case of murder. Were at the capitol crossings its a large apartment complex off southern aefr right across the district line. You can see the detectives are here working the scene. They say around 2 12 this afternoon a young man was shot here in the parking lot. You can see a bu