Us. First, the fiscal glory days for california are over because of covid19. The states budget is 54 billion in the hole and everyone will feel it. Its about our firefighters. Its about our nurses. Its about our teachers. Its about front line employees that we call heroes every single day for good reason. The governor tonight also revealing new coronavirus safeguards as more businesses prepare to start the next phase of reopening. The governor making those announcements as he said the states First Community spread was in a nail salon. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. The states phase two of restrictions include extending opportunities to three sectors in particular. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has the details. Those sectors are retail, manufacturing and logistics. Today we got a glimpse at what could be opening later during this next phase. Reporter governor gavin newsom outlining phase two of modifying californias stayathome order today. Wer
The governor says that under phase two lower risk businesses can reopen for curb side pick up. That includes places like clothing stores, book stores, florists and retail stores. This is an optimistic day as we see a little bit of ray of sunshine. State Officials Say it is still too soon for dine in restaurants, offices and shopping malls to reopen. More specific guidelines are expected on thursday. The return of retail will mean major modifications for businesses that can restart. New at 10 tonight, amber le, with a different way theyll be doing things. Amber. Reporter both tell me they have a Business Plan that will change how they operate. Reporter kevin ryan tell me hes hopeful about the possibility that the city will allow for small pick up on friday for his store green apple books in San Francisco richmond district. Were ready to go. We have been thinking about this for a while. Reporter ryan says the store is large enough. Hes brining back his employees with social distancing. M
Timeline some even pushing back their opening dates until least may 15th. Beyond the president may first goal tonight there are more than 2 million confirmed cases of covid19 in the world and more than 143,000 deaths, this is all according to Johns Hopkins university. In the United States there are more than 660,000 cases and more than 32,000 deaths in california there are more than 27,000 cases of coronavirus and it has claimed the lives of more than 900 people. Today President Trump unfolded his major plan to reopen the country as Americans Still continue to battle the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic as kron fours Theresa Stasi reports, the plan leans heavily on governors and how each state is uniquely dealing with the virus. America wants to be open and americans want to be open. The president flying to buy his experts on the White House Coronavirus task force diving into the details of how the country is going to reopen. Our approach outlines 3 phases and restoring our economic li
50s as we of 51 for san jose and 52 in santa rosa and 53 for concord. Through the day, midsixties in San Francisco in upper 60s at oakland in the 50s for san jose as well as for concord. We will cool down for the weekend and i will let you know what you can expect for saturday and sunday coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check in with gianna for look at traffic. Happy friday, we are looking at the roadways. There was an overnight closure and it is still in effect and we hope to have yt clear and wrapped up for most of the southbound 101 lanes today by 7 00. They will keep the right lane closed to make sure they can finish up everything they need to do over the weekend. Everything should be clear for both directions by may third. The closures are southbound 101 right at 280 and they are diverting traffic onto 280 in both directions and it is quiet. We will check more in the next report. Lets take a live look right now at the whole foods store in San Francisco. You might be seeing pr
Americans are receiving stimulus payments from the federal government for those who havent, you are able to track the status on a new website created by the irs. Cristina rendon shows us how it works. Reporter millions of americans are checking their Bank Accounts for direct deposit on the federal government. It will help to pay off some of the bills, you know, it is not enough. The irs launched a new feature on their website wednesday called get my payment. It allows taxpayers to file their returns for 2018 or 2019 to input their Bank Information to receive the payment by direct deposit. You can also check the status of your payment. Many say they are receiving messages like this one, payment status not available. The irs said the site is operating at record volumes. Physical checks are expected to be sent out to the end of the month. I do understand its not delaying anything and im satisfied with that. I dont imagine its a big deal. Im sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat