south lake tahoe sat empty. the threats of $1,000 fines kept visitors far away. reporter anna giles with mounting frustration over the controversial travel ban. >> tahoe businesses lost out big this memorial day weekend. the summer kickoff they depend on, instead a bunch of empty tables and beaches. locals say it didn't even feel like memorial day. >> this is just kind of crazy to look around and see this. >> reporter: south lake tahoe's travel ban left businesses dead in the water. >> it's a ghost town out here compared to what it is. this beach behind me would be packed here. >> reporter: ryan brown is a dock hand. on memorial day he normally rents out 135 boats. today it was just 10. >> south lake tahoe is fully on terrace. that's what we depend on here. >> reporter: so naturally banishing them has become%-úunp. the city says it's necessary to prevent covid-19 spreading in a hospital system that can't handle it. >> the fact that they're making people stay away i think is a little absurd. >> reporter: someone started a gofundme to, quote, move the south lake tah

they can recreate in lake tahoe.art getting into phase 3, is open come the lakes are full and it's beautiful right now. >> i'm sure based on been outside today, people will flock there once we get to the next phase. kevin cooper ally from tahoe this evening thanks for joining us. >> you have a great night, have a great memorial weekend. >>> let's check in with rosemary. have an update on a very warm condition in the bay area. >> i have to admit i miss lake tahoe. of the weather is amazing there. lake tahoe beautiful no matter what the season is. we're looking forward to getting back up there. outside our doors it's a warm one. and we're looking at 70s and 80s long the coastline. 80s and 90s along the bay. inland hitting 100 degrees this afternoon. here's a live look at sfo. blue skies overhead, widespread sunshine. the temperatures where we should be this time of year. santa rosa 92 degrees outside your door. the typically 76. md call for seven cisco right now reporting 78. it topped 80 degrees earlier. oakland 85. i

south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing that ban with $1000 fines. and now there's a new effort to force the city's mayor out of office. mike lawrie brings us the details. >>that's south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without tourists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor eat it has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people i'm in the vacation rental business so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>the hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the ch

>>it might already at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without tourists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor eat it has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people. >>i'm in the vacation rental business so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>the hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i can't sit by the words let my people go we at all we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately responsibly today mayor jason

it looks like our rain is done, even though it is raining, up at chucky and south lake tahoe. we had a good fog bank in place, i don't think we will get too much warming, inland temperatures will make a move near average, slightly above. there is no being reported at the higher elevations, chucky has light rain, south lake tahoe says rain, the system is falling apart. for the past seven days, i am sure we'll see modifications to this, but 2 3/4 inches of rain, santa cruz, vallejo, santa rosa, and the city gets a third of an inch of rain. the oakland hills had a lot more rain than that, 1 inch and a half. in the past 24 hours we had that ban set up from hayward to fremont, newark and fremont, and the most rain -- this was the last rain of the season, it would mean fremont has the most. somewhere around the county, that might be it for the last rain of the season for the north, and fremont had the most. after the clouds clear, we are starting off with 40s and 50s. clouds will keep mid-50s for a few, 41 a lakeport, 45 at the napa airport, and there are 40s. mid-40s, lower 40s, mi

>>at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at the business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without her it. we don't. >>survive the new visitor eat it has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people i'm in the vacation rental business so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>the hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i can't sit by the words is let my people go we had we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately we spot today. mayor jason colli

. >>> up in lake tahoe, memorial day will be a little different. the city is still asking tourists to stay away, to avoid the spread of covid-19. but boating will be open this weekend for some locals. jeff cohen, public information officer with the lake tahoe regional planning agency, says to get out on the water, you have to pass the aquatic inspection program. >> you either have just recently been in lake tahoe and you just have an inspection wire attached from the boat to the trailer, or you don't. so the ones that have the inspection wire, they're typically locally-stored boats, locally-owned and operated boats, so we call them tahoe-only even though they're not necessarily from right in the region, just nearby. >> any of the boats that don't have that inspection wire cannot launch in lake tahoe. >>> and laura garcia is here with our favorite part of the newscast. laura is bringing a smile to your face, i bet. take a look. >> and now to something good. a northern california chp officer rescues a little girl's stuffed animal. its name is toffee

the net impact on business has been hard especialy for the lake tahoe in, which has a no vacancy signfront. owners are due gupta told us she has had to turn away potential customers. >> sometimes my regular customers come in and i said no, it's going to be very hard for me. maybe they go some other place and they are never going to come back. and i am kind of scared. >> scary times in paradise. but a town that loves visitors but not this weekend. >> we want to make sure that this place he get to call home and we want to share with everyone stays safe during this pandemic and we can open our doors backup as quickly as possible. >>> we now go to south korea where the ocean has come to the city of seoul. a giant virtual wave is on the led facade of the city's biggest digital billboard. it appears for exactly 1 minute every hour. the public art project took about four months to finish. >> look at that, very mesmerizing. >> very cool feeling. we could use. >> which we will need. are we talking trickle digits, therein, in some places? for you, yes. >> in the burbs. >>> by for you, i am talk

especially in lake tahoe. they are discouraging people from visiting, but opening some businesses. >> to be asking our visitors not to come up to tahoe right now, it is incredibly difficult, because it's the lifeblood of our economy. >> reporter: in south lake tahoe, phase two means businesses are allowed to reopen once they have met certain requirements. what it does not mean is that tourists can return. >> this next step of moving into phase two is really about businesses reopening and servicing locals primarily. >> reporter: that includes the lake. voting was approved this week for those who already have tahoe only stickers and a seal on their boat. last year, that was about half of the 16,000 votes on lake tahoe. bob hassett runs for arenas on the lake, including this one at camp richardson. >> the phone is ringing off the hook right now. >> reporter: he is happy to have his employees back to work and preparing for the season. even though marinas have been given the green light, he says it will take some ti

>>in much already at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors.s we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without tourists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor edict has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people. >>i'm in the vacation rental business. so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>while hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i guess it by the words let my people go we at all we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately responsibly today mayor jason

it's not the normal lake tahoe, welcome. >>but part-time residents who own property here are allowed to stay in their own homes, but the net impact on business has been hard especially for the lake tahoe in which has a no vacancy sign out front and order star jugue up to told us she's had to turn away potential customers some time i did not and coming. >>and i said no it's going to be video hard for me to maybe they go to some other place and they not neighbor gonna come back and i kind of a scary scary times in paradise in a town that loves visitors but not this weekend want to make sure that this place that we get to call home and that we want to share with everybody stay safe during this pandemic and we can open our doors back up as quickly as possible. >>well more coverage now the coronavirus we have a new report that shows millions more americans have filed for initial unemployment benefits for the 9th week in a row. but employers say that there's more to these numbers some save their employees just refusing to come bac

county officials say the state 's order still prohibits visitors from traveling to the lake tahoe basin it's beautiful but the governor stay- at-home order still bans travel to popular tourist destinations for the purpose of a vacation, hiking, or boating. violation still carry a hefty fine up to $1000 paid by the way the same goes for the nevada side of lake tahoe. >>> a man accused of raking into a san diego bank told police all he was after was a microwave to heat up his hot pockets. officers were called to the wells fargo early yesterday morning after the alarm company spotted the man on security camera in the banks break room. he was indeed using the microwave and apparently broke the drive-through window to get in. the man was arrested but told a reporter on scene, it was worth it. he just had to have that cheesy hot pocket. >>> our which our chief meteorologist joins us now saying we are expecting some rain. >> it's unusual enough but especially after the heat wave that is just now wrapping up, and you are seeing a lot of fog out there right now. it's a completely different persp

>>so just put a little pause on some south lake tahoe plans for now you want people just not at the moment. thank you so much for joining us timmy wallace, the essentially the vice mayor and i have a different title than that, but that's their fault and not everyone to understand that the vice mayor. thank you so much to me was for joining us here on kron 4. thank you so much for having me on the bay area and we hope you come back a full. >>i wash your hands. as california leaders prepared to make billions of dollars in budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year governor, newsome is setting aside millions for a new controversial state law. >>newsom plans to put that money towards enforcement of 85. the law requires a number of independent contractors to be read redefined as employees our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>nearly 9 months since its passage, the drama is nowhere near over with california's ab 5 the law redefining many independent contractors as employees is at the center of numerous repeal efforts regardless governor gavin newsome proposing to put more than

>>it might already at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. tourism based. without tourists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor edict has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people. >>i'm in the vacation rental business so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>while hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i guess it by the words is let my people go we at all we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately responsibly today mayor jaso

are just enforcing the governor's orders. >> reporter: this is not a problem exclusive to south lake tahoere hearing similar reports from around the tahoe region. property owners say they are being threatened with fines for using their own homes. they say it's an infringement on their rights as property owners. police say it's a clear violation of the governor's order. >> within the house, take care of our business, by ourselves and then go home. they are not at risk for anything. >> reporter: michelle garcia and david johnson live in vallejo and own a second home in the tahoe keys. they would like to use this time when they can't rent their home due to state and local orders to trim trees, check on a water leak and make seasonal repairs. >> we are not renting and we are already living without lost income and that's okay. we recognize that's part of doing business are not doing business. but then to deny us the right to even maintain our own place seems really heavy-handed. >> reporter: the police department says they are just trying to enforce the governor's order that bans nonessential t

and now, there's a campaign to remove the mayor of south lake tahoe. mike has the story. >> reporter: at south lake tahoe, officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. but, there's pushback. a gofundme campaign has raised more than $13,000 so far. to move mayor jason colin out of tahoe. the message to resign resonating with a variety of business owners, hurt by defense on out-of-town visitors. >> is a business owner, a lot of us are tourism base and without tourists, we don't survive. >> the no visitor rule has hits the hospitality industry hard. >> i had to close my business way back in march, layoff 24 people. i'm in the vacation rental business, so i have done no rentals. at all. >> while hotels and motels are closed and south lake tahoe the chamber of commerce told us they are open on the nevada side. >> what is the message from the chamber of commerce about the span on visitors? >> i guess in other words, it is let my people go. we think that we ought to be allowed to open immediately but responsibly. >> mayor jason colin told us he

and for people outside who are itching to head up to lake tahoe for a visit will face consequences. m get away to the beautiful shores of south lake tahoe, the pristine mountain views are only accessible to property owners. >> if you are a second homeowner, it is okay to come here and live in your house. while we definitely love visitors, right now is not the time. >> the el dorado county public health office issued an ordinance back in march, prohibiting visitors in an effort to help enforce shelter in place orders. if violated, any visitors are lodging facilities will face a $1,000 fine. >> that would effectively fine either guests and property or business owners in the city of south lake tahoe who offer lodging and actually have people stay. >> jerry vindel is forest suites resort at heavenly village. his 115 suites spanning the five-acre property remain empty. >> this is very difficult for someone in the tourism industry to say this, but we do ask that you not come up until we're ready. >> but a few miles past the nevada state line, some small hotels not affiliated with casinos

here to talk more about that this morning is the public information officer can the lake tahoe planning agency. thank you for joining us, jeff. >> you're welcome. good morning. >> who can hit the water this weekend, and who can't? only, i guess, the boats that have been in tahoe before? >> yeah, that's right. so uniqueau we ha if you have an inspection wire attached from the boat to the trailer or you don't. the ones that have the inspection wire are typically locally stored boats, owned and operated. we call them tahoe only though they're not from right in the region. and those that don't are traveling boats that are a part of our experience in tahoe. [ no audio ] >> sounds like our audio is breaking up with you and we're not able to hear you. >> so sorry. >> oh, there we go. are you back, jeff? >> yeah, i'm still here. sorry, i thought we tested all this out. >> no, that's okay. i know, it's just technology is what we're dealing with here. so the boats, if you're a non-tahoe, you don't want the noninvasive species coming in. will there be enough checkpoints? what boat ramps are open?

$13,000 to remove the mayor of south lake tahoe, jason collins. business owners say that they were hurt by the ban of out-of- town visitors, the no visitor rule has hit the hospitality industry hard, along with those who rent out vacation homes. >> i had to close my business back in march, i am in the vacation rental business. no rentals at all. >> people who ignore the local orders could face 1000 dollars in fines. south lake tahoe allows sitdown dining, although it comes with restrictions and the mayor says he wants everything to reopen as soon as possible. he wants to ensure the health and safety of the community. >>> an interesting debate, many people want to get away. people who rent out homes, as long as you can social distance, you know, why not allow people to come back and eat at the restaurants? it is a big debate. a lot of people want to get away , it will be hot for a few days. let's check in with steve. >> wednesday, thursday, it is sunny side up, water temperatures are very cold. it will help going forward. through tuesday or wednesd

you may want to think twice before heading out to lake tahoe this weekend. citations are being issued for anyone disobeying the stay-at-home order on the california side of the lake. only people who own second homes in the city of south lake tahoe can use them. about half of all homes in lake tahoe are staying closed for now. >> still not the time to come up and visit tahoe. we are just moving in to phase two and we expect to be here for probably three, maybe four weeks. >> it's a different story on the nevada side of the state line. hotels there began opening yesterday. >>> closer to home in the north bay, petaluma is hosting a virtual small. featured on shoppetaluma.com. shop creators hope you enjoy a similar window shopping experience. >> walking down the street of the stores that are available, the brick and mortar stores, independent small stores that, you know, retail, restaurants, you know. >> shoppetaluma.com is also designed to help merchants who hadn't marketed themselves onien or reached customers on social media until now. there are some pretty cu

. >>> a reprieve with a catch or two in lake tahoe. leaders are now lifting the travel ban for lake tahoe basin. the area is still off-limits to tourists with the state ban on nonessential travel still in effect. they're asking anyone thinking about heading there to only visit if it is absolutely necessary. south lake tahoe leaders will lift fines for violators. we're looking at baby steps to get back to some type of normalcy. >>> are they going to get rain up in lake tahoe, kari? >> we could see rain there as well as the bay area. there could be some storms there, too. as we wake up to a beautiful sun rise, most of us can't see it because there's a layer of fog over it. let's go above the clouds and we are looking at a beautiful start to this friday morning. it's going to be cooler today as a result of this fog rolling by. we're reaching into the low 80s for concord and 78 degrees will be the highs today in san jose. some low 60s for half moon bay. a high of 73 but it's going to be hotter in ukiah. we'll see a high of 88 degrees there

>>in much already at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without tourists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor eat it has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people. >>i'm in the vacation rental business. so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>while hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i guess it by the words is let my people go we at all we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately respond today. mayor jas

south lake tahoe actually resides incuff counties and two different states. on the nevada side tourism has already begun but in california visitors are being told to stay at home. the mayor is focusing on safety but says it's tough. >> to be asking our visitors not to comp t tahoe right now it's incredibly difficult because it's the lifeblood of our economy. >> boating season has also partially begun on lake tahoe. watercraft inspection stations aren't opened yet so all boaters must have an intact inspection seal and a local license. >>> well, a fire in the east bay has left dozens of people looking for a place to safe and it's not due to fire itself. coming up on abc 7 news why the building is now off-limits. >>> working together to feed the community. >> joining forces to do good. the partnership today that led to this event which helped nearly 1,000 bay area families. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. with a mild start to the weekend today, but tomorrow we're talking about cooler temperatures and the we're all doing our part by staying at home. that cou

>>it might already at south lake tahoe officers are actively enforcing the city's ban on visitors. as we first showed you last thursday but today there is pushback. a go fund me campaign has raised more than $13,000. so far to move mayor jason collins out of tahoe. the message to resign, resonating with a variety of business owners hurt by the ban on out of town visitors at a business owner here i mean a lot of us are. >>tourism based. without terrorists. we don't. >>survive the new visitor eat it has hit the hospitality industry hard along with those who rent a vacation homes like former mayor tom davis well i had to close my business way back in march layoff, 24 people. >>i'm in the vacation rental business. so i don't know rentals. >>at all. >>while hotels and motels are closed in south lake tahoe, the chamber of commerce here told us they are open on the nevada side. what is the message from the chamber of commerce about this. >>ban on visitors. >>i guess it by the words is let my people go we at all we think that we have to be allowed to open immediately responsibly today mayo

. >> it is an enticing site, lake tahoe at summertime, only this memorial day weekend, do not calm. the police chief is telling tourists to stay away. >> we want people to enjoy their weekend at their home, where they live, with their families, not in tahoe unfortunately. for pick it comes as stores and restaurants have started to reopen, as part of the virus recovery. but the el dorado county travel ban remains in place, allowing for civil fines for violators. >> it is a hefty fine, thousand dollars if you're up here vacationing. >> the city passed the travel ban in april and so far they have issued only five citations total, two to hotels in two to vacation home rentals and one to a bar. they are reminding the public they could issue more but education is their priority. >> the police department is not stopping cars. we are not asking people where they are coming from. >> this postcard perfect place to say hello to the summer -- the message from south lake tahoe is to stay away. >> iforce an order, we could. >>> we're learning more about that strong warning sent to governor newsom

the mayor between south lake tahoe and business owners. >>> the innovative way one tri-valley man isreating some desperately needed masks. >>> suspicious in nature. that's what investigators are calling that fire. it broke out shortly after midnight. it was at a port-a-potty yard on capital express way. when firefighters got there, at least 20 port-a-potties were engulfed in flames. the second fire there in the last few days. >>> and a pop-up testing site tomorrow on. from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 everyone. you don't need insurance, documentation, you don't need an appointment. people over 60, those with pre-existing conditions and essential workers exposed to the public are encouraged to get tested monthly. >>> normally south lake tahoe would be packed some of the are demanding the mayor resign because they want to trp area and the mayor doesn't want to do that. the mayor spent the weekend enforcing the ban on visitors. that has angered some started a go fund me for the mayor to move out of town. they've already raised $13,000 to get the mayor to move somewhere else. it comes as a number

you will see areas with scattered showers the north of lake tahoe.s it's just a day of mild temperatures, high clouds sweeping across the bay area and for some it is a bit breezy. winds will continue through the first part of the evening before they die down. half moon bay wind gust 26 miles per hour. sfo sustained at 25. san jose reporting 17 miles per hour. tomorrow morning partly cloudy skies with temperatures ranging upper 40s to upper 50s in most areas. antioch 60 degrees right out the gate. as we get into the afternoon temperatures come up by a few degrees over what we had for today. mid 60s expected on the coastline. 70s around the bay. a low to mid and upper 70s expected. inland cities warming up into the 80s. 80 in antioch, 84 in santa rosa. the beginning of a robust warming trend. there are hotter spots reaching into the mid to upper 90s. a details on the rest of the weekend and the extended forecast, coming up. >> get ready for the heat. thank you. leaders in san francisco and announced plans for modified summer camps for kids in the city.

speaking of south lake tahoe, we have a great piece of video just in time for mother's day.othing like a mama bear. firefighters who posted it said mama came down to the keys marina with her three cubs for a dip in the pool. one got separated but fortunate lima ma hailed to swim it to safety. because that's what mamas do. it's the last of the year. going to reach its peak at 3:45:00 a.m. thursday. but the moon will appear full tonight until friday morning. so plenty of opportunities to catch a glimpse last night. so bright i thought the lights were on in the house. paul hagan joins us now. >> yeah, it actually casts a shadow. which is not something we usually associate with moonlight. but that's what happens when we get that bright full moon. closer in its orbit to earth. we expect mostly clear skies tonight. breezy near the coast and near the bay as well. but warmer across the board as we head through the day on wednesday. temperatures up in the 70s. well in the 80s farther inland. the peak of the heat wave will head our way friday. let's take a look outside now from mount

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. >>> to south lake tahoe where tourists are pushing back on a ban on visitors. a go fund me campaign raised more than $13 thousand to move the mayor jason holland from our visit. the known visitor rules in the hospitality industry has been hit hard along with those who've rented out their vacation homes. >> i had to close and lay off 24 people. i'm in the vacation rental business. i've had no rentals at all. >> people who ignore the local orders could face a $1000 fine. south lake tahoe is allowing sitdown with restrictions and they want everything to reopen while ensuring the health and safety of the community. nevada's governor said he is a me to have the strip reopen one week from thursday, june 4th in the final decision is based on whether or not the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to trend downward and you can get an update on their tomorrow. how casinos are changing their operations to cut the risk of new infections. everything looks good and the reopening would apply to casino and hotels in reno and on the nevada side of lake tah

i will have a closer look at the timing and the latest lake tahoe forecast as welcoming up. stay with us. [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong public schools make a better california for all of us. >>> 7:15 on your saturday morning. a live look outside. cloudy skies over walnut vehicle. vianey arana will be along to detail a mild saturday forecast. >>> well, many of us may be dreaming of a vacation after all of this shelters at home. if you have your sights set on hawaii, the state's governor says you're not invited. the governor says the islands will continue their mandatory quarantines for all visitors through at least the end of june, a policy calls for travelers to self-quarantine in their hotel or their home for 14 days. so that means the beaches are off limits. violators face a $5,000 fine even possible jail time. >>> back here locally, south lake tahoe is trying to keep tourists away, especially during memorial day weekend. tahoe is planning to issue $1,000 fines to anyone staying there who isn't a homeowner. hotels are still closed. if you find an a

and how south lake tahoe is manning on keeping visitors away overe liday weeken ♪ here's what we wantveryone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. new at 11:00, the coronavirus claims another corporate casualty. hertz rent a car filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy tonight. global travel restrictions and the economic collapse destroyed demand for rental cars, hertz began laying off workers in march but says it has has to have a billion in cash to continue operations while it restructures its debt. hertz which owns dollar and thrifty car rentals operates more than 12,000 s worldwide. . >>> a lot of people are hoping for some luck after the hock down. first casino to reopen in the los angeles area was packed today. reporter nicole comstock takes us inside. a

>>but officials at lake tahoe are still warning visitors to stay away. we have christensen most to explain. >>these marina employees are happy to be back on the job after the tahoe regional planning agency announced a phased in approach to boating on lake tahoe, if you have an intact inspection seal then you'll be able to launch during the first phase of the program. >>and then later on we'll be able to invite boats from outside of the region, you are traveling and visiting. >>part of the delay water craft inspection stations around the lake remain closed due to covid and inspecting boats for aquatic invasive species that may hitch their way from other waters is something taco takes very seriously flawed of invasive species. >>if they're introduced they can knock off the ecosystem, the natural food web. they can harm public water infrastructure systems attaching themselves to boats and docks. >>now this is the seal that boaters have to have if they want to get their boat on this lake. the way it works is this goes around the boat and the trailer and it l

in south lake tahoe tourists are pushing back against a ban on visitors. a go fund me campaign raised more than $13 thousand to remove the mayor, jason powell in. business owners say they have been hurt in the band of out-of- town visitors in the no visitor will hit dock at the county industries hard along with those who rent out vacation homes. >> i had to lay off 24 people back in march. i am in the vacation rental business and have done no rentals at all. >> people who ignore the local orders could face up to a thousand dollar fine in south lake tahoe is allowing sitdown dining with restrictions in the mayor says he wants everything to reopen as quickly as possible by ensuring the health and safety of the community. >> bay area air quality management district issued the first spare the air alert of the year today and high temperatures combined with light wind and vehicle exhaust and it makes for unhealthy air and there is an excessive heat warning for inland areas starting today as well. >>> all right. with that in mind let's check in with steve now and

if the vacation house, accounting for about more than half of homes in lake tahoe, those are staying closed for now. >> still not the time to come up and visit tahoe. we are just moving into phase two, and we expect to be here for probably three, maybe four weeks. >> a different story on thevadae hotels began reopening yesterday. a tale of two states on the lake tahoe border there. >>> closer to home in the north bay, leaders in petaluma are launching a virtual shopping mall hoping to attract customers while many small businesses stay closed in stage two. 100 shops and restaurants are featured on shoppetaluma.com. they hope you can enjoy a similar window shopping experience. >> almost like walking down the street. the brick-and-mortar stores, the independent small stores that, you know, retail, you know, restaurants, you know. >> shoppetaluma.com is designed to reach customers through social media. >>> a cup molls ago we told you a story of a california lottery sales representative testing positive for covid-19. he i ek he has a story of recovery and resilience. he now has a message f

last year that was about half of the 16,000 boats on lake tahoe. bob has it runs for marine us on the lake including this one at camp richard said. >>the phone's ringing off the hook right now people wondering what's going on he's happy to have his employees back to work and busily preparing to open for the season, even though marinas have been given the green light. >>houses says it will take some time to prepare the boats and meet new safety requirements this year we're shooting for along with many of the other marinas on lake for a june first opening. but again that opening is for taco only boaters the restaurants that are prepping can only be visited by locals and the city that gets at least half its revenue from tourists isn't exactly sure when they can come back. and that was kristen smalls reporting for us tonight. >>meanwhile, some sad news for the entertainment world this evening actor fred willard has died at the age of 86 is known for movies like best in show and waiting for gottsman his improv style captive relevant in the business for

lake tahoe, airbnb owners and hotels are not allowed to rent to visitors yet. you could be fined. >> what about some other california tourist destinations, are they ready for an influx of tourists the next few days? >> how will they survive if they don't pull out the welcome mat. jessica aguirre joins us with more. >> i'm actually coming to you from my house here in calaveras county, made famous by mark twain and the celebrated jumping frogs. it is a popular retreat for bay area folks and a tourist destination for up and down the state including the bay area this. little town thrives on tourism. right now, it is struggling. now, originally, murphy's was a gold rush mining town. it was founded in the 1860s, and it later became known for its vast ranches. in the '70s, the wine industry took off here and pre-pamd it was a hot spot for wine tasting in the historic downtown. for weddings and outdoors. then covid-19 hit. and like with most small tourist towns up and down the state, main street went dark. now, it is coming back to life cautiously. some restaurants are

it will not take long. 34 and lake tahoe. 55 at santa barbara, 50s for sacramento. crescent city looks cooler, 49 degrees. through wednesday and thursday, and lynn temperatures will be way above average. i think that tomorrow, there will be records highs said. the system to the southwest, the low will move towards us by friday. it will really bring in the fog and it will give us a lot of scattered showers. probably in the higher elevations, but that is something to watch. today, 70s, 80s and 90s, few near 100 degrees. wednesday will be very close to the hottest day. a tad cooler on wednesday and a big change thursday. >>> many states impact on families and san francisco, struggling to stay afloat. >>> social distancing rules ignored over the weekend. take a look. the issue that states face as the weather heats up area and stay there. >>> take a look, a video clip from a missouri pool party getting national attention. for good reason. a large crowd gathered near the lake of the ozarks, no one is re not practicing social distancing. officials have allowed businesses t

for vacation houses, which account for about half of all homes in lake tahoe, those are staying closed for now. >> still not the time to come up and visit tahoe. we are just moving in to phase two and we expecto bhe prably three, mawes. >>different sty nevada s yesterday. tale of two states thercler to bay, petaluma is hosting a virtual shopping mall to attract customers while many small businesses stay closed in stage two. many shops are now featured on shoppetaluma.com. site creators hope you can enjoy similar window shopping experience. >> walking down the street of the stores that are available, the brick and mortar stores, independent small stores that, you know, retail, restaurants, you know. >> shoppetaluma.com is also designed to help merchants who hadn't marketed themselves online or reached customers on social media until now. there are some pretty cute shops in petaluma. something to check out. >> a couple of weeks ago, we told you a story about a california lottery sales tive f the virus put him in the hospital in the icu and in a coma for weeks. his is a story of recovery

it's looking like about a 125 miles east-southeast of south lake tahoe. so where it is fairly remote, but still there are few cities in and around the area to possibly felt in fact on the phone with us this morning and let me double check make sure we still have ms. leonard. actually out manage lake but leonard you're originally from the bay area correct and you felt it. >>yeah i think the morning their guy a yeah i woke up to the earthquake about out world 05:00am and you know my initial thought i thought don't break into my trailer bear was trying to get in. i think that you know it was still rock more trailers still rocking i'm actually working from my travel trailers and by can work remote think. thanks to technology and cellular service.

it's looking like about a 125 miles east-southeast of south lake tahoe. so where it is fairly remote, but still there are few cities in and around the area to possibly felt in fact on the phone with us this morning and let me double check make sure we still have ms. leonard. actually out manage lake but leonard you're originally from the bay area correct and you felt it. >>yeah i think the morning their guy a yeah i woke up to the earthquake about out world 05:00am and you know my initial thought i thought don't break into my trailer bear was trying to get in. i think that you know it was still rock more trailers still rocking i'm actually working from my travel trailers and by can work remote think. thanks to technology and cellular service. and i usually start work around 05:00am i get up you know than that in the 4 o'clock hour start monday in. and i thought it was my alarm and it just it started rocking and it was about good 10 seconds in i'm not here at about 8500 east and between man it in june late come soon. it's modern county, not too far from an

ask the people only and then and if that advice is not taking we will take the >>and speaking of lake tahoetake a live picture up there castle peak on interstate 80 this is near donner summit on the north side of the lake and it's pretty quiet up there. a lawrence joins us now with the forecast low arts. >>yeah, guys you know it's interesting up there this weekend we're going to be talking about some more snow in the sierra nevada here in the bay area got some rain coming our way so yeah, i think one last storm of the season that's way it's looking right now right toward the golden gate bridge is a quiet night out there just a few high clouds up above but and no rain to speak of and i think for the better part of your saturday no rain either, but that we've got storm clouds are gathering just off the coastline. those will be on the increase as we head throughout the day tomorrow though it will be mostly dry a little warm actually too little suddenly wind may just a less and temperatures a bit bring up so how about this 61 degrees mostly cloudy in the san francisco and oakland though you're

lake tahoe visitors authority says it looks forward to the day when visitors can return. r now, the agencies of an outbreak of the coronavirus quickly overwhelmed tahoe's limited healthcare resources. >>> another warm day tomorrow. it warmed up today, actually the last couple of days. tomorrow it warms up further. is with the highs from today. it was really pleasant out there today. along the coast to have breezy conditions, patchy fog, but then clearing. tomorrow will be a lot like today, but a little bit warmer. we will see temperatures generally tomorrow at the coast in the mid-60s, which is pretty nice. that transition you will cool little on friday, but echoes right back in the warming as we head into saturday and sunday. even under monday. so the holiday weekend looks to be pretty warm and above average in temperatures. the system right now was at the green to the northeast of us in billings. that was the system that brought the snow to the lake tahoe area, brought the rain for us. on the ground we have a little bit of wind. winds are blowing about 25 at sfo right no

treat this morning to get to look over lake tahoe. pretend we're there. we live vicariously. it would be nice to be up there. gorgeous looking. pretty nice in the bay area as well. >>> happening today, show your school spirit for the cal football team during today's virtual fan fest. see exclusive content and watch interviews with the coaches. they will be showing the replay of the 2003 game against usc when then bear aaron rodgers led to team to win in triple overtime. go to the facebook page at noon. >>> the covid-19 is upsetting off-season plans for one of the 49ers. larry beil has the details. >> good morning, everybody. 49ers defensive lineman arik armstead signed a huge contract with the red and gold. some would go to his wedding in italy, but the coronavirus halted those plans. he's been active in the community. so good, helping local restaurants out, zooming into schools. as for the wedding plans, he and his fee yiancee mindy are pushi back the plans but hoping to avoid a wedding via zoom. >> supposed to get married in unin it

they live most of their time up in lake tahoe, and they just don't know how to fight this, so basically, they wished me good luck, and they said they wished it wasn't going to be a deck because technically, the deck is going to be right outside their bedroom window. there are three floors. the applicants have the ground floor, the coowner has the third floor, and they split the second floor, and they want to put a deck outside their side of the second floor when the coowner is going to be looking right outside this huge deck, but that's their business. i thought there were a couple of issues here. the technical issues, the practical issues of putting a large deck in that spot, and from our point of view, as i mentioned in my brief, we live on a very steep street, fillmore street that intersects to leavenworth street. in the back, it's looking up. i wish i could take this camera and take you out there. i mean, we're already in a well, and -- [inaudible] >> -- into which we're falling, and they're really -- forget the view. obviously, there's no view, but there's an air and a light and a

and how south lake tahoe is manning on keeping visitors away over the holiday weekend. new at 11:00, the coronavirus claims another corporate casualty. hertz rent a car filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy tonight. global travel restrictions and the economic collapse destroyed demand for rental cars, hertz began laying off workers in march but says it has has to have a billion in cash to continue operations while it restructures its debt. hertz which owns dollar and thrifty car rentals operates more than 12,000 locations worldwide. . >>> a lot of people are hoping for some luck after the hock down. first casino to reopen in the los angeles area was packed today. reporter nicole comstock takes us inside. a quick temperature check at the door clears each guest to go inside. people have to wear face masks now inside morngo casino and resort in kabazan. hundreds awaited outside as the destination reopened following a nine-week long closure following the covid-19 pandemic. inside the casino, plexiglass shields separate the slot machines and surround table games. employees are on

and people started to inquire about coming up. >> south lake tahoe is used to seeing more than 100,000 people on a typical memorial day weekend. the mayor there maintains that hotel, motel, and vacation homes allowed per the governor's order at the time. part-time residence due on property in that area, we should mention, are allowed to stay in their own homes. >>> san francisco is offering a pretty creative way to help with social distancing this coming morro bay weekend. some people are calling for new workings of city parks human parking spaces. there are circles spaced at least six feet apart to make sure partygoers do not get too close to each other. you will be to find them on the northern waterfront, also in washington park, north beach, and dolores park. >> we also wanted to put at the supper corners of the city, because this is a pilot program. we wanted to see how it would work out for memorial day weekend. >> the spaces are being drawn up at virtually no cost to the city. the parks department is using chalk it would normally use to mark sports fields in san francisco. >>> ac

. >>> authorities in south lake tahoe are making sure that hotels and motels are following guidelines ahead of the holiday weekend. people from out of town are not allowed to visit the tahoe area and hotels are only supposed to rent rooms to essential owners, business owners say that it hurts their bottom line. >> i'm scared of my regular customers will not come back. >> reporter: south lake tahoe officials say that they have issued three citations that carry a $1000 fine. >>> the number of jobless claims continues to rise , we will look at the weekly numbers released and hear what an employment expert says about the trend? >>> we will meet the newest member of the santa clarita district attorney's office. z3w63z z1s6z y3w63y y1s6y >>> the national unemployment rate is almost 3 times greater than it was during the 2008 recession, the labor department says an additional 2.4 million jobless claims were filed this past week. here's more on that story from tom vacar. >> reporter: the weekly number of new unemployment claims is edging down, california continues to increase. labor lawyer is

the house and enjoy spending time with nature. >> reporter: at fulsome lake, fox news. >>> south lake tahoeoked different this holiday. today people whoonal vacation homes in tahoe or were allowed to return. we talked to kevin cooper. he's the marketing director. >> i'm definitely seeing a lot of people up here and enjoying. the physically, absolutely. socially connected? absolutely. >> reporter: anyone who violates the locals only order buretting by renting out a home could face a $1000 fine. >>> we're checking into some of the weather. we have got the temperatures in setting a record. and now we have an excessive heat warning in the inland bay valleys. it's going to continue hot. as we go into the next few daze r really into thursday. so this heatwave. one of the upshots to this pattern is we're seeing on on shore flow. and you can kind of see it here. see the greens right there? that's sort of a bit of a seabreeze. and it's keeping the bay region cooler and that's how it's going to go through thursday. and by thirds night into friday if fog is back, temperatures really come down. so you