. >> reporter: for the past months jerry williams says their ski and board business has been brisk. > is pretty good. it is definitely not down from last years. >> reporter: on a friday night the rental line was the most crowded place in the store. >> it is a way of having a little fun and going out. >> she came with her son to rent some gear. they were originally visiting family in brazil. >> because of the pandemic, things are really hard. >> even with covid cases surging, skiing seems safer than flying. >> north star and heavenly opened on friday both requiring reservations to limit capacity and do not expect to sit inside a warm lodge. there is still a bit of a gray area for ski resorts. >> when it comes to specific guidance for ski areas, nothing specifically talks about ski areas. >> reporter: they represent dozens of california ski resorts and said that the industry has worked together with guidance from county health departments. >> matt boone, abc 7 news. >> test your knowledge and weigh the risk. >> tonight president trump continues to refuse to concede the election. >> the

. >> reporter: for the past months jerry williams says their ski and board business has been brisk. > is pretty good. it is definitely not down from last years. >> reporter: on a friday night the rental line was the most crowded place in the store. >> it is a way of having a little fun and going out. >> she came with her son to rent some gear. they were originally visiting family in brazil. >> because of the pandemic, things are really hard. >> even with covid cases surging, skiing seems safer than flying. >> north star and heavenly opened on friday both requiring reservations to limit capacity and do not expect to sit inside a warm lodge. there is still a bit of a gray area for ski resorts. >> when it comes to specific guidance for ski areas, nothing specifically talks about ski areas. >> reporter: they represent dozens of california ski resorts and said that the industry has worked together with guidance from county health departments. >> matt boone, abc 7 news. >> test your knowledge and weigh the risk. >> tonight president trump continues to refuse to concede the election. >> the

. >> he was a code enforcement inspector but authorities in san jose believe that william jerry was notto enforce the laws but rather to break them. >> we received multiple complaints from victims alleging that the suspect had sexually assaulted them, had extorted their businesses, had asked for and received bribes. >> at least six victims have come forward, most from vietnamese or chinese dissent, they alleged that jerry was abusing his position of power. >> because he was issuing permits or reviewing properties to determine compliance he used that and held it over the victims had, extorting them either for sex, money or both. >> the crimes allegedly occurred between august 2018 and april 2019. by the time of his arrest he left his job and moved to mckinney texas. authorities executed a search warrant there and he returned to his san jose on his own to surrender. >> he targeted some of the most vulnerable people in our community. people who don't necessarily trust law enforcement, don't know how the system works, and feel compelled to submit to authority. >> because they have such expo

william jerry was a code enforcement inspector. san jose police say several business owners, especially massage parlors have come forward saying jerry sexually assaulted them and extorted their businesses while he was on duty between 2018 and last year. jerry moved to texas and that's where detectives took him into custody. he's being held at the santa clara jail. his bail, more than half a million dollars. >> usually they're considered pets. this season, thousands of wamss were released in neighborhoods. they said releasing the wams there's help prevent the spread rft asian citrus. it carries a disease that could be deadly to citrus trees. >> daly city is turning into a wild kingdom. remember there was a leemure. this week a different animal was rescued. a runaway chameleon had a great look at the skyline. you can see he had that death grim on the power line. when he hadn't moved after three days, the peninsula humane society arrived with a long net and permission from pg&e. the chameleon eagerly climbed on to the fabric but would

police say they were contacted by multiple business owners who reported being sexually assaulted by william jerrys have yet to be released. the victims reported their businesses were being extorted by jerry while he was on duty as a code enforcement inspector. he was arrested yesterday and is being held on $550,000 bail. >>> the u.s. breaks another record for daily covid-19 cases. this is as the countries across europe enter nationwide shutdowns the second time. he's more. >> reporter: the u.s. has another grim record of coronavirus. the cases pass 100,000 in a single day the first time since the pandemic hit. this affirms another surge is underway and shows no signs of slowing down. daily infections are spiking in nearly every state, most pronounced in the midwest and southwest. >> make no mistake, this pandemic is not over, not by a long shot. it's not enough for us to just know more and we have to act differently. >> reporter: serious cases are on the rise. hospitals in multiple states are feeling the strain as a number of patients continue to increase. this time, it's not a shortage of person