Wide Open Walls board member out amid fallout from NYE Granite Bay party Zayn Silmi, who attended the NYE party and received backlash for being at the event, later apologized for going to the mansion party Share Updated: 10:50 AM PST Jan 8, 2021 Hope Miller Wide Open Walls board member out amid fallout from NYE Granite Bay party Zayn Silmi, who attended the NYE party and received backlash for being at the event, later apologized for going to the mansion party Share Updated: 10:50 AM PST Jan 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WHAT PROTESTERS ARE ASKING FO TONIGHT, A CONTROVERSIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY IN A GATED GRANITE BAY COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE. PICTURES AND VIDEO OF THIS PARTY HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING CROWDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE FORMER MANSION OF ACTOR EDDIE MURPHY. THE PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO A MANSION ON THE 9100 BLOCK OF VISTA DE LAGO COURT IN THE GATED COMMUNITY OF LOS LAGOS AFTER RECEIVING A NOISE COMPLAINT ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CURRENT OWNER, DEPUTIES SAY THEY DIDN’T RECEIVE ANY MORE COMPLAINTS AND DID NOT HAND OUT A CITATION, DESPITE THE PARTY VIOLATING REGIONAL STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS. DEPUTIES SAY AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED BUT VIDEOS CIRCULATING SHOW WHAT COULD BE A LOT MORE. THE PARTY COMES AS MUCH OF THE STATE REMAINS UNDER A STAY-HOME ORDER AND COVID-19 CASES OVERWHELM HOPSITAL ICU’S. KCRA 3’S EMILY MAHER SPOKE WITH A DOCTOR WHO EXPLAINS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CONTACT TRACE LARGE PARTIES LIKE THIS ONE. >> 32 THE FIRST EMOTION I HAD WAS ANGER, TO BE HONEST. EMILY: FOR DOCTOR VANESSA WALKER, SEEING VIDEOS OF A NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY INSIDE A GRANITE BAY MANSION, IS FRUSTRATING. >> I SEE MY COWORKERS DOING SO MUCH TO SAVE LIVES AND FIGHT THIS DISEASE AND TO SEE PEOPLE JUST SO FLAGRANTLY FLAUNT THE RULES AND JUST GO FOR THEIR OWN GRATIFICATION. EMILY: PLACER COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE CROWDED THE MANSION, FORMERLY OWNED BY ACTOR EDDIE MURPHY. THIS IS VIDEO FROM 2007, WHEN THE HOUSE WAS UP FOR SALE. VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTED OVER THIS WEEKEND, SHOW THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MANY MORE PEOPLE INSIDE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TRACE ANY SPREAD OF COVID-19. >> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT COMES FROM A PARTY LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL PEOPLE THEMSELVES. EMILY: WALKER SAYS IT’S LIKELY IN CROWDED SITUATIONS, LIKE A PARTY, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW EVERYONE THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH. >> SO THAT’S GOING TO BE THE HARDEST PART WHEN YOURE TRYING TO DO THESE MASSIVE PARTIES LIKE THIS. EMILY: PLACER COUNTY, WHICH IS PART OF THE GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION, REMAINS UNDER AN EXTENDED STAY-HOME ORDER AFTER ICU CAPACITY WAS PROJECTED TO DIP BELOW 15% OVER THE NEXT MONTH. WALKER SAYS PATIENTS WHO SHOULD BE IN THE ICU, AREN’T, THERE’S NOT ENOUGH SPACE. >> BECAUSE WE’RE HAVING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WE PUT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS ARE THE SICKEST OF THE SICK. EMILY: HEALTH OFFICIALS EXPECT COVID-19 CASES CONNECTED TO HOLIDAY GATHERINGS, LIKE THIS NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY, TO SURGE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. MAKING IT CRITICAL, WALKER SAYS, TO GIVE CONTACT TRACERS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. >> BECAUSE WHEN YOURE GIVING THEM INFORMATION, YOURE JUST HELPING THEM IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY YOU MAY HAVE POSSIBLY PUT AT RISK ARE ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED. EMILY: EMILY MAHER, KCRA 3 NEWS. BR