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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm July 13, 2024

Is the final straw. We will be moving to texas immediately. If we maintain manufacturing at all it will depend on how we are being treated. But that raises the question, can he do that . We went to fremont to find out. Reporter this is a copy of the lawsuit from tesla. There are concerns about it moving out of fremont and it is one of the biggest employers here. This is a erstudtofind employment as well as learn about the technology. Reporter they say that the bay has a fantastic population for workers. We cannot afford to lose tesla. Reporter tesla employees, employs at least 14,000 in the area. I brought tesla to fremont. I brought it to alameda county. I worked with them when they were looking for a plant. The last thing i would want to see during my last year in office is to see it close. It would be devastating to the city of fremont. Reporter haggerty says Public Health officials have been working with tesla on the safety plan and that is still the game plan. We have to do it methodically and safe. Reporter Technology Experts say moving would be a bad financial decision from them. It has not been a steadily profitable company. So, this could be considered rash and irrespe. Rerter every reason region is hoping he will not follow through with the treat and he is just frustrated. People need to stop, pause, count to 10 and take deep breaths. This is not rational discourse. This is just a brash reaction. Reporter many elected officials are reaching out to elon musk offering help and asking tesla tuesday. In fremont i am da lin for kpix5. Lily may says she is concerned about the going impact on the regional economy adding, we know many essential businesses have proven they can successfully operate using strict safety and social distancing practices. The city encourages the county to engage with local businesses to come up with acceptable guidelines. She went on to say that the city is prepared to support tesla when it is safe for them to resume operations. New at 6 00, San Francisco restaurants desperate to reopen our pushing an alfresco option. So people could be dining in parking spaces. Reporter this Economic Disaster is hurting the service industry. So what can be done to mitigate circumstances . People came here for family. For friends. Different than being just in a restaurant. Often with hugs and kisses they have been welcoming guests into their restaurant since 1989. The pandemic has left them no choice but to and and business. A big reason that we realized it would be difficult to continue, other than pure economics, was how were we going to do that . How do we gave the same experience . Reporter they say the business landscape was already changing. For us it was a perfect storm of events that happened. But i think it is part and parcel of what most Small Businesses will be facing when they reopened. When we reopen we will only be able to do it at 50 capacity. So any space we can get outside would be helpful. Reporter craig stole, a pizzeria owner is anxiously awaiting the opportunity to reopen. We are not allowed to serve guess out there right now. And even if we did they could not drink beer, wine or cocktails. If everybody can Work Together we can make this happen. Reporter lori thomas has the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and she sees potential sitting in many places. Seeding into some streets if we can agree on closure timing and public spaces and parks like union square. Reporter but for every potential option, there will be challenges. Maybe some zoning the table and chair permit. But the question becomes, how quickly can that all be resolved . Small businesses cannot run on a deficit. For right now they can only wait and see what the future brings and how it will fall out. When we are allowed to reopen we need to know what we are allowed to do and we need to plan for that now. Reporter the conversation about moving Restaurant Business outside has sparked a lot of discussions with the mayors office. Im Wilson Walker for kpix5. Sonoma, napa and solano are entering phase 2 of reopening. So basically, you could pick up flowers or a gift for your mom but you cannot take her to brunch. El dorado county businesses are getting ready to reopen doors under the phase ii program. One restaurant is jumping ahead in line. The owner says he is planning to welcome diners tomorrow even though restaurants have not been given the all clear. Despite that, he says in his reservation book is full and he is taking precautions, including crowd control and asking customers to sanitize immediately when they walk in. The whole point is to be the anchor restaurant and to do this for the county as an example so that we can get it done the right way. Sutter and murdoch county have already reopened some locations against the orders of the governor. The governor is threatening to withhold disaster funding now. This is one of few counties that has yet to report any covid19 cases. We are closing in on 10,000 confirmed cases in the bay and 350 deaths. At the pace of the spread seems to be slowing. At the port of oakland. Three norwegian cruise ships will be idling here for several weeks. But they will not be carrying passengers. About 100 cruise ships worldwide are looking for safe harbor during the pandemic. We expect to see exa patrols around lake merritt this weekend. They say too many people have been gathering their and it is time to give the lake a break. The city is concerned about in crowds tomorrow with all of the mothers day brunch is canceled. Officers will be out to make sure that people are keeping distance from one another and following shelter in place guidelines. Instead of gathering at the lake for a barbecue, the mayor says try this instead. The mothers day gift of 2020 is to take your mom who is over the age of 65, to get a free covid19 test. We want to get all of our seniors and anybody with medical conditions, an woing ouide of the home without symptoms, we want you to get tested. There is a new program for people to virtually visit loved ones in jail. In person visits have been suspended because of the pandemic so authorities have been working to install wifi and tablets in facilities. The San Francisco sheriff say staying connected with loved ones is vital to the incarcerated population as well as their successful reentry into society. They have scheduled the first video calls for tomorrow. The sheriff hopes to expand the program to more facilities in the next few weeks. President donald trump is slamming Governor Newsom this evening. Why he says the california plan for a male and election opens danger. And a Major Airline departing oakland as travel slows to a trickle. I am john ramose. John ramos. An auto builder is proving you dont have to be a billionaire to be a philanthropist. Some places got a 15 degree cool down. And the headline in the forecast though is rain coming late monday and like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. The story where the chances are low, and the cost is high. The sacrifice is real. Its all around us. But this isnt a story about how tougher times beat us. This is our comeback story. The time when we rally and come from behind. The time when we defy the odds and get back to work while the whole world watches. Yeah, this is your comeback story. And when its time to come back, well be ready. And accessoriesphonesour for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. Where Delta Air Lines is halting service. In our case, it will continue to serve San Francisco while putting a hold on flights through oakland. The airline says the consolidation will last at least until september. Right now bart workers are hitting a jumpstart on Maintenance Work on tracks. Buses will be available for passengers that need trips. We are getting a brandnew look at the bart map. Right now, the Santa Clara County center was a temporary treatment site. Today crews in hazmat suits cleaned every inch of the place. The site has been selected by local, state and federal officials to serve as a place that will work with those that have mild symptoms. Also in Santa Clara County, a nonprofit firm is stepping up to the plate to help food insecure families, especially those hit financially. Today they are distributing free seedlings. Those that are lowincome or recently unemployed will qualify for the program. The director of the farm got the idea when they saw how overwhelmed food banks have been. 230 families signed up for the drive this weekend. We just hope that people will practice Food Sovereignty and grow their own food. There will be issues moving forward in the future around water and e environment d we will problyng no if the ceiling drive is successful, they hope to hold another distribution event on may 23. They will certainly get help from the weather with sun and rain in the forecast. Thats right. Big changes today, first of all. You can see the clouds from Treasure Island lets take a look at what this did to the numbers today. Many of us were as much as 15 degrees cooler than we were yesterday. San jose was 15 degreescooler and so was oakland and santa rosa. But dont worry concorde, tomorrow you will catch up. Most locations are pretty much done though. With most of the cooling. 88 in concorde and if we go back to live cameras, that is e jose and we do have clouds over Santa Clara County. Current numbers right now, santa rosa is all the way down to 65 and concorde is 85. This was not an equal opportunity cool down. Tomorrow, we will do this inland as well. Concorde and livermore will be down into the 70s. The numbers on the screen, most locations are just a few degrees cooler so not a big drop from saturday and sunday unless you are over here. Tomorrow, we will get everybody on the same page. Now, lets take a look at the rain. This is still on track and futurecast picks up on it and brings it onshore. By the time we get to late monday we will have rain moving across the bay area. Not heavy amounts but two separate waves. The first one comes in monday evening and the second one will come during the day on tuesday. A better way to look at it now is to look at how the rainfall will accumulate. We have gotten through the afternoon and maybe we have gotten through the rain but this first wave arraigned will not come until halfway through the day. We have a chance of rain everywhere else but not much. And this is where it is a bit more widespread. By the time we get to tuesday, we could pick up half an inch of rain. Some places could see better totals if you are in the hills but monday night through tuesday, maybe a leftover straggler of a shower on wednesday but not much. We will clear it out of here and by the time we see the next coming week, low 70s for the bay and inland. That we will have some things to talk about over the next three or four days. Moore not coming up. Back to you. So many graduation ceremonies canceled because of the pandemic we want to recognize the class of 2020. This is isabel and she is about to finish up at the high school in concorde and then she will be heading to st. Marys this fall. And Annalisa Miller is graduating from uc santa barbara. She will have a degree in economics. Excellent timing. She will have no problem putting those skills to work. Do you have a graduate in your life . Tag is in your social media post. No professional photos please and include their name and something about them. And you may just see them on tv. Straightahead, a shocker for a local High School Baseball team. And no more backyard setups like this anymore. Not for vern glenn is up to bat now in the big leagues have some difficult decisions. Is back and what a shocker for this High School Baseball team. When are the big leaguers getting back to work . We just dont know definitively yet. But before covid19 suspended hitting. 357. G , carter pence but then he jumped into a baseball zoom chat meeting with londons old high school. I think we have a zoom bomber. Hey oh my gosh. Wow. This is not real this is awesome. How are you doing . What is shot in the arm. Kudos to the coach and the galileo lions. Now, what a night for sports. Braden turns, he throws and he throws. A perfect throw. Mothers day 2010, Dallas Braden through the second s mopassed ent with his other w away when he was in high school. I know you love us. On this day six years ago derek carr was drafted out of fresno state. This season will be his seventh year. When that pic came up and i saw that i was next, and it started ringing, i almost forgot how to answer i was so excited. I am back. Four years ago, after missing two weeks with a knee injury, steph curry came off the bench to score 40 points to be the trailblazers. I dont know if you notice, he 0 from e three point line. You Better Believe in your self when you are shimmying down the sidelines. Tennis is back. Matthew rodriguez, he plays for santa clara and he has a chance to trade blows with his mother, alex. She has been his coach for 19 years. How does that work at home . The coach and mom dynamic . Its complicated sometimes. I think it works out really well and i think he tolerates me pretty well. Right. I appreciate everything you do for me. It jules, you have athletes at home. All of that laundry and lessons, pay that off. Thank you, vern. Coming up in the next half hour, President Donald Trump will ask Governor Newsom why california has gone too far by asking people to stay away from the polls. At a troubling trend in new york. And mysteries illness is turning up in children that could be related to coronavirus. And we remember a rock n roll icon. You are watching kpix5 news. Our top story , President Donald Trump bless the executive order from Governor Newsom. That after enacting a vote by mail system. And this is the same day he endorsed democrat joe biden. The president tweeted today that Governor Newsom will not let restaurants, beaches and stores open but he installs a voting booth in a democratic area but there are supposed to be mail and only. A former Fighter Pilot is locked in a tight race to take over the seat once occupied by katie hill. Garcia is going up against kristi smith and she is backed by nancy pelosi. If garcia wins he would be the first republican in 20 years to pick up a house seat in california. Voters must request a ballot first under the order by the governor. All registered voters will get one automatically. Newsom says in person polling places will be available but he is encouraging people to stay away. We are reaching out to all registered eligible voters and giving them the opportunity and choice to feel like they dont have to go into a concentrated dense environment where their health may be at risk. And the secretary of state says there may be a shortage of election workers because volunteers tend to be older and fall into the high risk category. The Republican National convention says they are considering legal action warning that sending millions of ballots through the mail could lead to widespread abuse. The head of the fda has placed himself in self quarantine for the next two weeks after coming into contact with a covid19 positive patient. The fda has not identified that person. He was tested but came back negative. Hahn is the latest to have a brush with the virus from the white house. Katie miller, the assistant to Vice President mike pence also tested positive. And she is a wonderful woman and she tested positive. She has not come into contact with me. Earlier this week a member of the terry valet for the president tested positive. The white house insists they are taken precautions but the Vice President did not wear a mask recently during a trip to iowa and the president did not wear a mask any world war ii service. We have reports that three new York Children have died of what may be a mysteries new covid19 related illness. As the new york state level of hospitalizations trend downward, a neutron. Dozens of the youngest people are infected with a covid19 like virus. Is it is the inflammation of blood vessels and that can cause problems with their heart. Reporter Governor Andrew Cuomo says three children have died in the state is working with the cdc to respond to the illness. These children happen to have the covid19 antibodies or they have been positive for covid19 but those were not the symptoms that they showed when they came into the hospital. Experts say it is too soon to say what it means. Right now this is new data. We do not know exactly what it means or how to interpret it in the context of the epidemic yet. New developments like in new york why some are worried about opening to quickly. If we want to get to the other side of this, we need to be more thoughtful as a state of the country. Reporter california started to allow curbside retail pick up. Los angeles reopened parks and golf courses. I feel a lot safer coming here under these guidelines and i do going to the grocery store. A small group of protesters gathered at the State Capitol in sacramento today demanding the same freedoms that those in other states are enjoying. In tennessee residents took advantage of the partial reopening of the Great Smoky Mountains national park. Chilly temperatures did not stop stop people frark treats a beaches also. Today there was a walk for justice to honor a young black man who was shot and killed while on a run in february. Together they logged 22. 3 miles. The 2

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