on paper, humboldt county is one of the poorest counties in california, with a poverty rate well abovessibility that marijuana may one day help this region turn a corner, but that hasn't happened yet. i left fortuna, and headed to a city that's opened its doors to the pot business. eureka wants its share of the $7 million in marijuana tax money the county expects to take in each year. but even here, not everyone's on board. hi there. -how's it going? -i'm marcus. -i'm adam. nice to meet you. -adam, how are you? i met adam dick. he's the cofounder of a craft chocolate company. it's one of the holdouts against the marijuana movement. that's amazing. -thank you. have people approached you about make cannabis edibles? yeah, we've been approached about that. that's just not kind of our scene. i think that, to a certain degree, it would cheapen our brand. adam's not in the marijuana industry, but he's definitely feeling its effects. with all the pot businesses moving onto his block, rents are climbing. why are rents so high? because of the zoning for cannabis in this particular area. -oh. -i

roll out more than 80 testing sites that were recently announced, including the first site and humboldt county. six rural counties from northern california have asked gov. newsom to let them reopen for business now. officials in butte, colusa, glenn, sutter, tehama, and yuba counties that they have had just 69 cases of coronavirus and only one patient in the icu. the counties combined have a total of 500,000 residents. so far, the governor has refused to lift stay-at-home orders anywhere in the state. he said that nevada and colorado are joining a coalition of western states that will cooperate or, excuse me, coordinate efforts to reopen. nevada's governor had earlier declined to join the west coast group which includes california, oregon and washington. the governor of nevada said today that it is important for states to work together because millions of westerners visit and vacation in nevada each year. all five governors are democrats. >>> across the country, georgia reopen and restaurants for limited dine in service as other states also take steps toward reopening. the governor of texas sa

slight chance of a north bay sprinkle on sunday favoring mendocino county up towards portions of humboldt countyport mendocino. some clouds in the morning, clearing skies into the afternoon hours with temperatures ranging from low 60s to the low 80s. we will continue to cool off into the weekend. it looks like maybe a bit of a warming trend into next week. keep an eye on sunday showers. there's a tiny chance for the north bay but in the short term it looks like the cooling trend is here to stay. >>> the well-known bay area restaurant chain curry up now is launching an initiative amid the pandemic called roll it forward. joining me now to talk about it is the founder and ceo. thank you so much for being here. tell the viewers how this program works. >> we launched this on monday were customers or fans or whoever can donate toward a meal and we are matching meal for meal. it would be nurses appreciation day which is the 6th the first day and then we will continue with healthcare workers and those that are furloughed or unable to afford meals. or, even homeless shelters. and this is available anywh

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the rain line looks to move north around santa rosa and down toward humboldt county.looks quiet going forward. claudine is right and we start off with cooler temperatures and by the time we get to friday low to mid 80s and a few brief heavy showers showers. i think this is it. temperatures below average on the cool side and we will stay there for one more day and then they warm up wednesday and they can pick them up wednesday and friday. a little cooler with clouds, you guys. >> county leaders across the nation calling for more federal funding. still to come. "mornings on 2", we are catching up with santa cruz county supervisor to talk about the need for financial relief during the pandemic. >>> big changes from walmart. what employees will required to do. step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, peop

counties are closing in on 500. mendocino, four confirmed cases. lake, zero cases. humboldt is reporting at least 40 positive cases from the virus. te big headline beginning the weekend with new shelter in place guidelines, the cdc is recommending you wear cloth masks or facial coverings going outside to work or to the grocery store. these are not n-95 or surgical masks but they are hand made cloth coverings or bandannas. the n-95 and surgical reserved workers and first responders. san francisco and other bay area counties issued similar guidance on this. president trump says he will not be wearing a mask. >> this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. >> the policy of social distancing has been put into place as a wau to prevent the virus from spreading. this is an additional precaution that is necessary to help continue to flatten the curve. >> so what kind of face coverings are you okay to use? abc7 news reporter kris reyes spoke with a doctor to get the answers. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face cover