WE'RE
WE'RE LOOKING AT FORTY THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL HAVE YOUR NEXT TRAFFIC UPDATE COMING UP
IN 16 MINUTES WHILE BRITNEY.
>> THANK YOU.
A RECORD BREAKING SURGE IN
COVID CASES CONTINUES TO GROW
WORSE.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND NEW CASES REPORTED
YESTERDAY.
>> THAT'S THE HIGHEST SINGLE
DAY TOTAL SO FAR.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL ALSO HITTING A RECORD
HIGH FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT
DAY.
MORE THAN 67000 PATIENTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TODAY.
ELEVEN COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA
WILL HAVE MORE RESTRICTIONS PUT
ON THEM AS THEY MOVE BACK AT
TEER IN THE STATE'S CORONOVIRUS
MONITORING SYSTEM.
WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU ON THIS XXXX FOR WINTER
STANDS BY OUTSIDE A LOCAL
CHURCH IN FAIR OAKS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD IN-PERSON
SERVICES IN DEFIANCE OF LOCAL
HEALTH ORDERS.
BUT FIRST KEVIN JOHN IN
SACRAMENTO'S OAK PARK.
A TOUGH DAY FOR A LOT
OF BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT
SACRAMENTO.
YEAH.
SACRAMENTO. YEAH. TOUGH DAY IS REALLY ONE WAY
OF DESCRIBING IT, WOLF.
ALSO JUST DEVASTATING OF WHAT
THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH IT BACK.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
ABOUT 30 SECONDS AGO I WAS
LITERALLY JUST TALKING TO AN
EMPLOYEE HERE AT OLD.
SO SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT
BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING INTO THE
RESTRICTED TIER, OF COURSE THEY
HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
BUT THIS IS THE THING WHAT IT
JUST STARTED RAINING OUTSIDE.
SHE'S CONCERNED THAT IF THEY
HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND
IT'S RAINING THEY WON'T BE ABLE
TO HAVE ANY BUSINESS.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE IDEA OF HOW
THIS HAS REALLY CAUSED JUST A
LOT OF STRESS AND FRUSTRATION
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS NOW HERE IN
OAK PARK.
THERE ARE A LOT BUSINESSES
SPECIFICALLY BLACK OWNED
BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE JUST
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN.
NOW WITH SACRAMENTIO COUNTY
RETURNING TO THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE TIER TODAY, THAT
MEANS MOST BUSINESSES ARE ONLY
ALLOWED TO OPERATE OUTDOORS.
LIKE I SAID, WHILE SOME PLACES
HAVE TO SHUT DOWN ALTOGETHER.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
RAISES CONCERNS WITH
SACRAMENTO'S BLACK CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AS THEY UNDERSTAND
THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS
CAUSED.
>> IT'S STRUGGLING.
THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING ALMOST
ALL YEAR LONG AND JUST AT A
TIME WHEN THEY WERE GETTING A
LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE FACT THAT THEY COULD
BE HANGING AROUND A LITTLE
LONGER THAN WE DID.
THEN THIS HAPPENED NOW.
>> CHECK THIS OUT.
A VOLUNTARY ONLINE POLL IN
AUGUST SHOWED 68 PERCENT
OF LOCAL BUSINESSES HAD TO
REDUCE HOURS OR SHUT DOWN
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THE POLL ALSO FOUND THAT FOUR
PERCENT SAID THEY HAD NO
INTENTION OF REOPENING NOW WITH
CORONOVIRUS CASES SURGING.
THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO HAS
APPROVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR GRANT TO THE BLACK
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THESE
BUSINESSES JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO WEATHER THIS
STORM AND KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN
AND SOMEHOW TAKE BUSINESS IN
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO SEAT
PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE EMPLOYEE
IT ALSO SAYS SHE'S GOING TO TRY
TO PUT A CANOPY OR SOME KIND
OF TENT UP TO PROTECT PEOPLE
BUT DOES START RAINING HEAVILY
TODAY.
>> NOW ZACH, I KNOW YOU'RE IN
FAIR OAKS WHERE A LOCAL PLACE
OF WORSHIP IS TRYING TO KEEP
THEIR DOORS OPEN.
>> KEVIN THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS GRACED BIBLE CHURCH OUT
IN FAIR OAKS AND THEY SAY THAT
DESPITE THE PURPLE TOUR
RESTRICTIONS SAYING THAT
CHURCHES CAN'T HOLD INDOOR
SERVICES ANYMORE, THEY'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEXT
OF AN E-MAIL THEY SENT TO THEIR
CONGREGATION.
IT SAYS THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH
OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IS
GREATER PRIORITY THAN THE
CONCERNS OVER THE HEALTH OF THE
PHYSICAL BODY.
THAT E-MAIL GOES ON TO SAY IT
WILL LIMIT TO ATTENDEE'S TO ONE
HUNDRED PRACTICED SOCIAL
DISTANCING WHERE MASS.
AND MORE AND DOES SAY IT WILL
COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTY AS
LONG AS IT'S REASONABLE.
THEY ADD THOUGH THAT WHERE
THOSE THINGS CONFLICT WE WILL
BE CHOOSING OUR SPIRITUAL
PRIORITIES.
NOW THIS IS JUST ONE CHURCH
MAKING THE CALL TO DEFY
RESTRICTIONS CAPITAL CHRISTIAN
CENTER IN SACRAMENTO SAYS THAT
THEY WILL BE MOVING SERVICES
ONLINE.
AND DON'T SEE THE RESTRICTIONS
AS AN ATTACK AGAINST THEIR
FAITH AND ARE SAD THAT SOME
CHURCHES DO SEE IT THAT WAY.
THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S A RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY ISSUE, RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION INCUE.
>> AND THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THE
WAY WE SEE IT.
>> SACRAMENTO COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICER SAYS A DECISION LIKE
KEEPING INDOOR SERVICES COULD
KEEP THE COUNTY FROM MOVING
FORWARD IN TEARS AGAIN.
THE HEALTH OFFICER, DR OLIVIA
CASESE SAYS THESE ORDERS ARE
HEALTH OFFICER ORDERS AND THAT
THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL
ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE NOT
FOLLOWED.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THAT
LIFE STORY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OTHER
LOCAL COUNTIES MOVING BACK OUT
HERE TODAY.
STANISLAUS COUNTY JOINS
SACRAMENTO AND BACK TO PURPLE
ALTHOUGH SANITZER LOSS IS
APPEALING THE MOVE WITH THE
STATE CLASS OR ELDERADO AND
AMADOR COUNTIES ALL MOVED FROM
ORANGE TO RED.
SO WHAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ORANGE AND RED?
WELL, HERE IS COUNTIES IN RED
WILL HAVE TO CLOSE THEME PARKS,
BARS AND BREWERIES ALTOGETHER
CARD ROOMS, WINERIES AND FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS.
WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE OUTDOORS.
PRO SPORTS CAN HAVE ANY
AUDIENCE AT ALL.
AND RESTAURANTS, GYMS,