Good evening. Welcome. Im larry biel. Thank you so much for joining us. New developments tonight. Santa clara county is now getting ready for phase 2 under way tomorrow. The spotlight is on Face Coverings and how big a role they should play. What will it take to reopen schools here and across the state . Oakland is asking parents directly what they want to see. United looks to technology in the new coronavirus era. The goal, of course, to make surfaces safer and reassure reluctant travelers to fly again. And a rare look tonight inside cash creek casino. What its doing to reopen, it hopes, in june. A look at the headlines and one of them the new Public Health order starting tomorrow in santa clara county. It says w Face Covering when at any business as well as on public transit. However, as abc 7 News Reporter chris winn explains officials in san jose could take it further with stricter are regulations and enforcing this could be an issue. Reporter in the bay areas largest city the San
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
Parts of the bay area. Some from as far away as san joaquin county. The county wanted the company to take the temperature of all its workers at each bus stop. Instead of waiting until workers arrived in fremont. But then after a couple of back and forths, they said yeah, were going to do that. Hagerty says the company and the county were making progress, until today. I wish elon would have waited one more week. So we could have just done this in a methodical fashion that really put people back to work safely. Even governor gavin newsom was caught by surprise saying today he just spoke to musk days ago. I cant attest to the fact that hes reopened today. Not aware of the details of that. Musk has an an lie in washington, d. C. , treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin told cnbc this morning california needs to stand by tesla because thousands of jobs and billions of tax dollars are on the line. California should prioritize doing whatever they need to do to solve those Health Issues so that he
Youre watching kron 4 news at 10 triage right now words like just utter devastation, San Franciscos once vibrant nightlife is crippled for now Business Owners are desperately searching for. Creative ways to try to reopen once they are given the green light. Thanks for joining us at 10, im ken wayne, im pam moore city leaders and night live operators met virtually last night for a summit. To talk about the challenges ahead and some possible options for sale of the sack is live tonight in the city with what could be ahead for bars and entertainment venues. Taylor. Well those concert and event venues will be the last to reopen according to the governors reopening a road map and for them to even make it to that point theyre going to need other ways to operate so some of those ideas toss around were allowing in nightlife venues to host outdoor shows in concerts in city parks and now there excuse me and while their indoor facilities remain closed or at a cut capacity. The stoning canceling s
Able to reopen making that decision not to reopen for inclass instruction on june 1st now the businesses out here must comply with state requirements making sure things are disinfected they have those face coverings in place also making sure physical distance scene is required inside of the restaurant. Now they also must display some sort of sign at their business with these changes so that when customers are coming into the restaurants they can see these. Now the county is still waiting for guidance from the state has to whether or not they can open a summer school. Now as far as bars wineries and tasting rooms here in e area. Those are going to be close and those are not going to reopen until stage 3 so again theyre starting to open certain things around the county out here in napa but in terms of schools of parents are wondering whether or not those are going to be open. Theyre saying no robin. All right, thank you rain and well check back with you throughout the morning. Now its ti