happy sunday. áit is may 17. á good morning to you. á woke up to the sound of the á rain. this is on the roof this ámorning. áthey had this this morning to á see how this day is going to shape áup. á and rosemary, i think you said á yesterday morning it will be a á little bit off and on. good morning. á waking up at the cloudy skies. á the rainy conditions. áwe will begin to see peaks of á sunshine and blue skies. áalthough we will be completely. áá giving a live look bear over á the east bay shore where it is á a bit foggy and cloudy and á soggy. we are looking at temperatures áin the 50s. let s átake a look at the radará i do imagine we have some á drizzle out there falling belowá the radar. just a few sprinkles being ápicked up around the east shorá and areas over the north bay. á shifting and around the á peninsula. not muách going on at the moment. áá we have inside the bay and as áwe go towards the sierra we áhave snow falling here
reopening. how officials are weighingoo arn streamingnrealistic andthattile on cbsn bay area, another bay area county poised to allow more businesses to reopen. good evening. elizabeth cook. and i m ken bastida. tomorrow morning contra costa county will become the latest that will relax restrictions. and tonight reporter joe vazquez has the balancing act the counties are facing when it comes to reopening. as more bay area businesses wrestling with questions. if the virus is just as dangerous, how can they afford to reope open? and how can they afford not to? many businesses deemed nonessential are opening their doors. the bay area has gotten international acclaim for shutting down early, flattening the curve. but he wonders if we ll become victims of our own success, given so many other parts of the country are opening more quickly. san francisco took the most cautious approach relative to almost anywhere else. i m really proud of the city for doing that. i imagine we r
abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. liz? hi, kristen. we ve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how they re doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. we spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. we ve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80% off ann taylor, 60% off j crew, macy s. while it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. but just how bad it is? what is the state of the retail industry right now? it s at a stand still. the president of richmond-based mountain happ hardwear. despite curbside pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. i don t see that changing anything significantly.
retailers get the green light to take down the plywood and partially reopen their doors. anything that gets our small businesses open and lets people know that they are open is very important. starting monday, many stores will offer curbside pickup. we have our factories opening up again tomorrow. so we ll be playing catch-up. derek owns sofa creations in san francisco and san rafael. both stores will offer curbside delivery. one customer at a time will be allowed inside stores. i think the mask is a big thing. as long as the employees are wearing a mask and the customer is care withing a mask. the city tweeted out guidelines in four languages, but not ever business will be allowed to unlock their doors. we closed last monday when i got a citation. he has on the other hand smoke signals for 25 years, but police shut him down last week, saying his business was not essential, even though he sells. when you sell on average 500 different newspapers a week, there
this is a level one storm system we have on our hands overhead. live look from the exploratorium camera showing mostly cloudy skies. today you can see the first half of the day is where we find much of the wet weather. a chance of a thunderstorm possible midday. we ll keep our eye on that. otherwise some peeks of sunshine in the afternoon and cool afternoon temperature and only stuck in the 60s. have the rain gear handy if you re out and about later, guys. carrie lane is where i got this shirt, drew. when i put it on, this is very drew tuma. i inspired you. now on to the actual news. governor newsom in napa with the state s response to covid-19 and that visit comes as more bay area counties are entering phase two of our reopening. so today that means some businesses in marin and san francisco and san mateo are allowed to reopen. napa and solano counties in this part of phase two and move on to that next phase soon. santa clara has not set a date for that part of the reo