AMAZON
AMAZON DOES NOT HAVE A COMMENT. AS FOR HIM, HE SAID THAT HE IS
SAID THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT
HE IS NOW BREATHING FREELY.
IN SEATTLE TONIGHT, KING 5
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>>
NEWS. >>> SO FOR THE FIRST TIME WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A DATE WHEN SOME
BUSINESSES COULD REOPEN.
TODAY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH
SAID THAT HAIR SALONS,
RESTAURANTS AND SOME RETAIL
WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN ON JUNE 1.
THOSE BUSINESSES ARE PART OF
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO REOPEN OUR
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. SO TOMORROW THE FIRST PHASE OF
THIS LAND BEGINS.
UNDER PHASE 1, HUNTING, FISHING
AND HIKING ARE ALLOWED.
DRIVING SPIRITUAL SERVICES CAN
TAKE PLACE.
TAKE PLACE. MOST LANDSCAPING AND
CONSTRUCTION CAN ALSO START UP
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>> GOLF COURSES CAN ALSO
REOPEN TOMORROW WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. KING 5 TALK TO THE OWNER OF A
SNOHOMISH COUNTY OF COURSE WHO
SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT QUITE
READY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
WERE TO HIT THE GREENS.
>> IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCOME.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN
THE GOLF COURSE.
>> Reporter: GOLF COURSES THERE
ON THE GOVERNOR'S LIST OF
BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO
OPEN AGAIN AS PART OF PHASE 1
OF REOPENING THE STATE.
A SURPRISE TO FRED JACOBSON,
THE OWNER.
THE OWNER. >> WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THE
TO SOME RESTRICTION.
SO PEOPLE ARE BOOKING FOURSOMES
AND WE WERE NOT SET UP FOR IT.
>> Reporter: UNDER THE ORDER,
THEY MUST ABIDE BY NEW RULES TO
HELP WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.
ON THAT LIST GROUPS OF FOUR CAN
GOLF TOGETHER IF THEY ARE FROM
THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.
SO HE FINDS THIS HARD TO
ENFORCE, CITY IS NOT ALLOWING
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT SAYS THAT PEOPLE COULD HAVE
PARTIES OF FOUR AND GO AT GOLF,
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE FROM THE
SAME HOUSEHOLD.
SAME HOUSEHOLD. SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO
ENFORCE THAT?
ENFORCE THAT? >> THEY CAN ONLY BOOK A TO
SOME.
SOME.
SOME. EACH SLOT IS A TEATIME.
WE ARE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
IF THEY DO HAPPEN TO BRING OUT
FOUR, WE ARE LETTING THEM KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE TO GO IN TWO
CONSECUTIVE TEETIMES.
CONSECUTIVE TEETIMES. THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WE
THAT. WE ARE JUST GOING TO TELL THEM
THAT YOU CANNOT JOIN UP.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
EXCITEMENT TO BE BACK ON THE
GREEN HE HOPES THAT CUSTOMERS
UNDERSTAND THE NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> THERE COMING OUT, OH
EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.
NO, IT IS NOT THE SAME.
WE NEED TO DO THINGS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT FOR A WHILE.
UNTIL THE NUMBERS GET MORE
UNDER CONTROL.
UNDER CONTROL. AND THEN WE CAN VENTURE BACK TO
WHAT THEY SAY IS THE NEW
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. >> Reporter: KING 5 NEWS.
>>> SOME DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
RESTAURANTS ARE CALLING ON THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO GIVE THEM
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
REOPENING SO THEY CAN START TO
GET READY.
GET READY. >> CAN WE GET VERY CLEAR
GUIDELINES AND BE VERY SPECIFIC
ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AND AROUND DISTANCING IN
LOCATIONS THAT ENSURES A
HELPING SAVED ENVIRONMENT?
>> THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION SAYS THAT BASED ON
REGIONAL DATA, AN ESTIMATED
57,000 JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST
DOWNTOWN SINCE MARCH 1. SO
BUSINESSES ARE ANXIOUS TO
REOPEN.
REOPEN.
REOPEN. >>> SNOHOMISH COUNTY WILL NOT
COVER THE COST TO DEFEND THE
SHERIFF IF AN EFFORT TO RECALL
HIM MOVES FORWARD.
A RESIDENT FILED A RECALL
PETITION TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER HE
WROTE ON FACEBOOK THAT HE WOULD
NOT ENFORCE THE GOVERNOR'S STAY-
AT-HOME ORDER.
AT-HOME ORDER. IN A LETTER TO THE SHERIFF'S,
HE SAID THAT HIS POST COULD BE
READ AS A CALL TO DEFY PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS. HE WROTE SIMPLY YOUR WORDS WERE
AKIN TO YELLING FIRE IN A
CROWDED THEATER.
CROWDED THEATER. IN A FACEBOOK STATEMENT TODAY
THE SHERIFF WROTE THAT HE HAS
NEVER ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO
BREAK THE LAW.
A GOFUNDME PAGE TO PAY FOR HIS
LEGAL DEFENSE HAS RAISED MORE
THAN $20,000.
THAN $20,000. >>> TOMORROW TYSON FOODS IS
EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE WHEN IT IS
GOING TO REOPEN ITS MEATPACKING
PLANTS IN THE TRI-CITIES.
CORONAVIRUS FORCE THE PLAN TO
SHUT DOWN LAST MONTH.
ACCORDING TO WALLOWA COUNTY,
MORE THAN 12% OF THE WORKERS
THERE, ABOUT 150 PEOPLE HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
>>> COSTCO IS NOW LIMITING THE
AMOUNT OF MEET THAT PEOPLE
COULD BUY BECAUSE OF THE
INCREASING CONCERN ABOUT
NATIONWIDE SHORTAGES.
NATIONWIDE SHORTAGES. IT IS NOT ALONE.
OTHER STORES ARE ALSO SETTING
LIMITS AND SOME ARE ALREADY
SEEING HIGHER PRICES.
KING 5 HAS MORE ON WHY THIS IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. >> Reporter: COSTCO SHOPPERS
WILL NOTICE A FEW BIG CHANGES
STARTING THIS WEEK.
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO WEAR
FACEMASKS WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE OF
THE STORE.
THE STORE. SAME THING AT WHOLE FOODS.
ALSO, THERE ARE NEW LIMITS ON
HOW MUCH FRESH MEAT YOU CAN PUT
IN YOUR SHOPPING CART.
COSTCO IS LIMITING SALES OF
POULTRY, BEEF AND PORK TO
THREE ITEMS PER PERSON.
THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THE
CHANGES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE ARE ENOUGH PRODUCTS FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. SHOPPERS TOLD US WHAT THEY ARE
SEEING.
SEEING.
SEEING. SANDY SAYS THAT THERE WAS HARDLY
ANY MEAT AT OUR COSTCO
YESTERDAY AND THE CHICKEN HAS
FLOWN THE COOP.
SHANNON SAID THAT SHE WENT TO A
COSTCO IN SPOKANE AND THAT
THERE WAS NO ME, OTHER THAN
CHICKEN AND SAUCES, THEN.
PEOPLE ARE BUYING IT LIKE
TOILET PAPER, SHE SAYS.
MEET PLANS HAVE HAD TO
TEMPORARILY CLOSE AND REDUCE
THEIR OUTPUT AS WORKERS HAVE
FALLEN ILL WITH CORONAVIRUS.
TYSON FOODS SAID ON MONDAY THAT
IT FACES CONTINUED PRODUCTION
SLOWDOWNS AS THE VIRUS SPREADS.
ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE
DEMAND FOR MEAT INCREASES.
KROGER, WHICH OWNS FRED MYERS,
IS ALSO LIMITING MEANS SALES.
CUSTOMERS PLACING ONLINE ORDERS
CAN PURCHASE NO MORE THAN TWO
PACKS OF CHICKEN.
>> Reporter: I SPOKE WITH THE
MANAGER OF THE LOCAL BUTCHER
SHOP, MOST OF THEIR MEAT IS
RAISED IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THEY SAID