Reporter san jose and santa clare county would be some of the last places in the bay area to enact a mandatory mask ball, and vice mayor chappy jones says its time. It prevents you from infecting someone else. Reporter and ordinance he proposes that would require people to cover their faces practically anytime they are in public or outdoors risk the possibility of getting a ticket will likely be passed by the city council june 2. Its been proven that face coverings will prevent or mitigate the spread of the covid19 virus. Reporter many people walking the streets are already voluntarily Wearing Masks in san jose but i think this is something we probably shouldve had in place weeks ago. Reporter during a City Council Discussion on how the ordinance would be enforced, please chief eddie garcia said his officers would not enforce it. From a Law Enforcement perspective, this is simply not our role. I do fear enforcement would impact our most vulnerable, the homeless and less affluent commun
Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, its the next big social distancing test, and there is big concern for crowds tonight ahead of the warm Holiday Weekend. We have Team Coverage tonight starting with the social distancing circles. This is just one part of the warning tonight. Reporter that is right, there are measures up and down the state of california, many State Park Beach parking lots have been closed, they are beginning to reopen but only at 50 percent capacity, its one of a handful of measures parked departments are taking to make sure crowds do not over run them. Midpandemic with travel destinations essentially locked down to tourists, they area parks are trying to prepare for dnt even remember it was a Holiday Weekend until about an hour ago. Reporter in contra costa county, hikers were getting the steps in before the crowds to send but say trail etiquette has been very good. Which is trying to keep our distance when walking and for the most par
Bay, and getting away from the people expecting to take vta this morning. Reporter yeah, a lot of folks that use mass transit are bay bridge, a vehicle was cleared on broadway. Essential workers at this point and dont have another choice to just Police Activity leftover get where they are going. And we just heard from the vta here, guys, just writing a ticket. Back over to you. Spokesperson and they are trying to figure out what possible as we start out, we will exposure might have been to the public. All vta train operators will have chilly temperatures, mike. Stay home for the foreseeable as we go into today we will see future, until they get more a slow warmup happening. We do have a frost advisory in instructions or are effect for parts of the north bay. Wanted to give you a heads up on that, because we started out with 20s and 30s, and then the lingering showers for the peninsula. We are seeing some very chilly temperatures as well as some spotty rain that will stay with us after
Driving through. No major problems driving on 880 two downtown oakland or on 580. At the bay bridge toll plaza we can see traffic is going to be okay as you drive through. No major issues but there is a backup. The metering lights went on around 5 30. At the Altamont Pass we have slow traffic on 580 but its not a huge delay more than you would normally see. If youre driving from livermore to dublin, a looks good. Southbound 880 has slow traffic approaching a crash clearing at decoto. Traffic is slowing down in haywood, union city, as you drive through toward the decoto exit pick a magnitude 7. 9 earthquake struck early this morning off the coast of alaska. The usgs said it happened around 1 30 our time. A warning went out every possible tsunami but that has been canceled. In the bay area we are under a tsunami alert for the next several hours. The sonoma alerts one from alaska down to the california mexico border. About 90 minutes ago tsunami warnings and watches have now been canceled
One of the big ripple effects is utilities. Take a look at this chart behind me were seeing the death cross thats what some technicians call it when the shorter term 50day moving average of a stock or etf falls below longer term trend, the 200day average were seeing it with the excel, the spdr sector utility, xlu this does not portend bad things but something to Pay Attention to its not the only that were keeping an eye on. Were seeing some action play out in some parts of the market. Namely in the real estate stocks the vanguard reit index is sinking down to multiyear lows. As we take a look at whats happening with this, its already in correction territory, off about 10 plus the highs we saw a couple years ago well take a look at another part thats perhaps a brighter spot while all these guys are making these multiyear lows, one thats not is the consumer staple sector. This is actually just a stones throw away from alltime highs would you believe it or not, more than half of the index