Lets bring in nbc bay areas melissa colorado at city hall where a demonstration is about to begin. Reporter raj, a lot has changed since we last spoke. Weve got a crowd, well over a hundred people, gathering outside oakland city hall. They have speakers including that person, known as uncle bobby, you heard him yesterday during a live interview with our own janelle wang. The speakers are saying that what happened in louisville brings up memories of what happened to their relatives at the hands of police. There are portraits of people who died at the hands of police. In the sea of portraits, the picture of Breonna Taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Breonna taylor. Reporter activists in oakland are not letting the bay area forget about Breonna Taylor. Today, more than a hundred people showed up to this mural of taylor wearing a crown of flowers. No. No. No tears. No tears. Reporter to vent their frustration after a grand jury in kentucky decided to not charge any officer in the killin
A close eye on. But first, pushing pause. The surge in cases has several bay area counties rethinking their reopening plans. Well, first it was San Francisco hitting the brakes. Now contra costa and alameda counties are following suit. Restaurant owners gearing up for Indoor Dining will have to wait as well as bars, barbers, and hair salons. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd joins us from oakland with what another setback means for them. Reporter many people i talked to tonight really arent surprised that two counties are waiting before going into the next phase. Many are happy that Health Officers are being very careful during this surge. So what does it all mean . Well, it means that barbershops, salons, sporting events without fans, and Indoor Dining will have to wait. Yeah, it is disappointing. Reporter octavio diaz is the owner of agave uptown in down oakland. It is frustrating but we have to obey by the guidelines. I dont want to rush anything to open a restaurant. Reporter not only rest
Clara county. Whats going to change this week and how long before other bay area counties make even more moves. And when will the lights be flipped back on at oracle park and the Oakland Coliseum . What the governor said today that has sports fans and local businesses feeling upbeat. Good monday evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. The global race to find a vaccine appears to have one company out in front. A bostonarea company saying its seen promising results from its first test on humans. Keep in mind, though, there are more than 100 Companies Working on a cure, including several, janelle, here in the bay area. And theyre hoping to become household names when that vaccine becomes a reality. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney reports. I was so excited. Reporter that from a woman who received the vaccine in march. She could be speaking for moderna, the Massachusetts Biotech Company behind the vaccine. Moderna says its experimental vaccine was safe for all 45 p
Back in business. The bay area counties where hair salons and barbershops can reopen, and the new rules they must follow. But first, nearly 40 cases linked to a south bay business. The coronavirus outbreak at a fish packing plant. Good evening. And thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Im jessica aguirre. Santa clara county Health Officers is confirming some 40 cases have been traced to a morgan hill fish Packing Company that distributes seafood to restaurants. Tomorrow employees will be tested, but tonight the girlfriend of one of the infected workers is talking about her fear. It could impact a lot of people here. Heres nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. They should shut down their company, test everybody. Reporter frustration from a young mother who doesnt want to share her identity. She says tonight that her boyfriend, who is a truck driver for morgan hills supplier for fish, recently tested positive for covid19. He had no symptoms. He was out in the public, was always told that he woul
Racist post on instagram. A south Bay Private School issuing an apology tonight. And my heart is overwhelmed. Im still in mourning, but im grateful. Im grateful that we can keep his name alive. And a call for action after a Police Shooting inside an east bay walmart. Tonight the death of george floyd renewing calls for justice in other cases. We begin tonight with that breaking news in the south bay. Evacuations just lifted where six separate brush fires broke out in san joses santa teresa neighborhood. Those fires have now merged into a larger fire burning off colleen drive. Lets bring in nbc areas ian cull. Ian, do investigators at this point, even early on, think it was arson . Reporter in fact they do, jessica. They say when they arrived, there were a string of fires along the hillside here. And when some of the crews were going up, they say they saw three people running down the hill. Two of them got in a car and took off. One was quickly detained. The good news is no homes were d