national park rangers regularly go out on patrol. as a risk. fishing even illegal tourism. fishing people come here to freshen the channel separating the islands and lay shrimp traps for. them i keep coming back to check what's in the traps and. fishing in the national park is illegal fish lay their eggs in the tangled roots of mangrove trees usually only research boats are allowed in these waters. tourists can only visit the islands as part of guided tours they have to be accompanied by rangers and have to abide by strict rules because you know what they don't take anything with you and don't leave anything behind in court. the islands are home to rare flora and fauna you see this species of plant is in danger in this and it's one of 38 that are endemic to the west african region. west african. the biodiversity is more or less intact and can be appreciated by locals and visitors alike. how about security checks in these areas is very important i think. i've learnt that it plays a vital role in protecting the ecosystem as someone who lives in a city i don't often think abou

today they have a gift for the park ranger a boy to mark the $25.00 metres own. village chief. wants to teach the younger generation about the importance of conservation. when we were young we never did what our elders told us to do but today it's different i know that our young people will follow our example. the conservation program ensures that fish stocks remain healthy so the fishermen benefit to the rangers also make sure tourist numbers don't get out of hand. park a national park in the islands which have a surface area of just $720.00. mass tourism would jeopardize the ecosystem. so we can control all the traffic in and out of the past in order to protect its resources it's. the national park is over 40 years old and has proved successful thanks to the respect shown by visitors rangers and people who live in the protected area. welcome to the end of this week's show i hope you enjoyed it i learned a bit about the environment if you want to know more join us on our social media platforms and comment thanks for watching 'd on the call the vision foundation in lagos nigeri

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a park ranger in a mask at golden gate park spoke with visitors near hippie hill letting them what to at hippie year has been cancelled this year. >> reporter: the coronavirus pandemic and the stay a the home order mean no, sir gathering here. thousands of people come here to light up. >> the meadow is already fenced off and on monday, starting very early, there be road closures, all the entrances to the each end of the park will be closed and there will be no parking any where. >> the mayor urged people not to come in to san francisco and the police chief spoke on friday reminding people to stay home. >> if you don't the follow that advice, we will be there. and again, we will cite, we will arrest if we have to. we want to make this city as safe and healthy as we can. >> reporter: there are sirnlg celebrations happening online. >> celebrate at home. use delivery service if you can. if you're buying product for 4/20. and just stay in the comfort of your home. >> reporter: san francisco police and park rangers plan to be in the area tomorrow. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> san

this year during the pandemic park rangers will be busy doing something different keeping people away from the park. gates started going up in preparation over the weekend and more will be installed starting in just a couple of hours. the area will be closed and gatherings are not allowed. >> on monday starting very early there's going to be some road closures. all the entrances to the east end of the park will be closed and there will be no parking anywhere. >> for those looking for alternatives, artists will be a part of the virtual 4/20 celebrations online for people to take part at home. >>> san francisco health leaders say the outbreak at laguna honda is widening. the senior center now has 19 confirmed cases. that's up from 14 two weeks ago. four of the cases involve patients, the others involve staff members. health leaders also stress they don't believe they've seen the last of the outbreak there. >>> one of the bay area's largest cities, fremont, is seeing a drop in crime levels during the shelter at home order, but property crimes are up 30%. the police department says the hi

and you showed that video from sky ranger, hardly anybody in the park, compared to normal years. we haven't even smelled a whiff of marijuana smoke out here today. and you can't say that on most days around most parks of san francisco and this is where the celebration is, and it is empty today, the roads are blocked off, and keeping people away. >> it's an event that dates back to the early 1970s. but today, everyone steering clear of golden gate park and the annual 4/20 celebration. park rangers on atvs and on foot along with police and fire department volunteers. >> normally, trying to respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters, now making sure 4/20 celebrations stay home. >> we're basically looking for anybody that is not meant to be out here, using marijuana, to close the park. >> and to make sure people understand how important it is to do the physical distancing and to do a presence and an assistance for emergency responders, so we can take a little pressure off of them. >>> they're not focusing on writing tickets but instead educating people. and people across san

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we have seen park rangers roaming about, the patrol cars, they have left the scene if you look closely might be able to see a couple of them still on foot, but they are diverting traffic. trying to get ahead of whoever might be coming here to smoke out. this is what it looked like just a few moments ago. san francisco police are out there already, the warning is out, anybody trying to enter the grounds will be arrested or cited. we were out there earlier at the fence line as they kicked us out, even. they mean business. arcelebrion draws upwards of 10 to 20,000 people it is not an officially sanctioned event by the city but it is allowed to go on unchallenged. that is not the case this year as the mayor gave a stern warning trying to prevent any celebrations from popping up on hippie hill. >> during 4/20, we are going to be at golden gate park. we went to fence up golden gate park. we will have police officers out in force.>> a number ensaa instagram a , u guessed it, zo flight from san francisco, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> a san mateo county and made us asking to -- for the judge to grant h

we're seeing signs flashing out here saying event canceled and we're seeing park rangers warning peoplenot show up. normally today tens of thousands of people celebrate marijuana in all forms. this is video of last year's event in golden gate park. the city is trying to make sure people follow the stay-at-home order. san francisco is keeping people away from hippy hill. gates were put up yesterday in preparation. park rangers had been walking around reminding people the area will be closed today and gatherings are not allowed.gery there's going to be road closures. all the entrances to the east p and there will be no parking anywhere. >> reporter: some artists are doing virtual 4/20 celebrations online that people can watch from home and cannabis stores will have zoom meetings. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >>> san francisco health leaders say the outbreak at laguna honda is widening. the senior care center has now confirmed 19 cases of covid-19. that is up from 14 just two weeks ago. four involved patients, the others staff. they don't believe they've seen the last of the out

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democratic republic of the congo the attack took place in the national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. brazil's justice minister said your model has resigned over what he called political interference by president. took the step after both are now to dismiss the head of brazil's federal police moro is a former anti corruption judge who is one of the most popular members of both scenarios cabinets. and doctors nurses and other frontline workers have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic expressions of gratitude have become a ritual in countries thanks to places like spain and italy and the u.k. where people applaud medics caregivers and others from their balconies and doorways but elsewhere frontline workers bear the brunt of public anger in sudan some doctors say they've been attacked by patients families who blame them for the health systems failures many medical workers left the country under the previous dictatorship that has left mostly young doctors to handle the coronavirus break. a moment of rest before the early shift begins doctors and nur

democratic republic of the congo the attack took place in the national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians brazil's justice minister sergey moto has resigned over what he called political interference by president. took the step after balls and out of dismissed the head of brazil's federal police motto is a former anti corruption judge who was one of the most popular members are now discovering that. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires and so bierria burned huge swathes of land. and here in berlin fridays for future activists have placed thousands of posters in front of germany's parliament to demand action on the global climate crisis the protesters obeyed coronavirus restrictions climate strike events were also staged in other cities and online. the chancellor angela merkel has reiterated germany's willingness to help fill the world health orga

republic of congo the attack took place in the they don't got national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia have burned huge swaths of land. political demonstrations are no longer possible in most countries because of the coronavirus the climate action movement fridays for future has switched to protests online but one group here in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government quarter of germany's capital without it seems breaking any loss. burleson in $29000.00 and normal friday for climate change protesters but not this year with schools still largely closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for climate change action has become tricky to mock the faith global climate strike fridays for future protesters let the sl

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that's what this park rangers doing as we speak making sure people are parking right here to then go enjoy the park which we've already seen happen today a lot of people in this neighborhood actually policing the area themselves take a look at your screen. so you can see the sign they put up here it's a great sign that they're putting up at all the parks in sonoma county. and it reads crowded park's lead to close parks county officials closed the park because people were driving a from all over and crowding them and to prevent this from happening again the parking lots will remain closed at every park say should only go again if you can walk or bike there. so if want to go to the make sure you do that there are playgrounds in the public russians are still closed. people aren't also still required to bring a facial covering when you join this outdoor recreation because there could tie the time when you can't keep that 6 feet of distance and they also want to make sure that you are using those practices the social distancing 6 feet of distance. county officials say additional changes t

our cadets were teamed up with officers and worked in conjunction with our park rangers and we were able to spread the message and education. there were 67 warnings given on sunday, just sunday alone, in our parks. i'd like to say, by and large, after warnings were given, people complied. that's what we're after. we're after compliance and after, in the bigger context, of people separating and staying six feet apart. how we get there is really not important. what's more important is that we get compliance. we know how difficult this pandemic is on the public and we know how difficult it is on all of us, but we ask for the public to stay the course. we need your compliance. and the best-case scenario is if that compliance is voluntary. in terms of enforcement, there are two additional citations since our last press conference that i'd like to inform you about. they were both businesses. one was a salon that was cited. it's a non-essential business that was operating and we closed it down and we cited the management/owners. the other was a liquor store that was opened after the hours of 8:

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. >> she's hoping for help from law enforcement, and we did see park rangers reminding people to social distance, and there have been four people and five businesses that were cited for violating the health orders. >> laura, those birthday parades, nothing like them. a lot of people are excited to see them. one in antioch was special for one teenager. 19 and first responders and her friends made signs. >> we were talking about it, and i said it would be cool if we followed our friends to work on the ambulances, and one of them popped out of the door. it was really cool. >> her mother, of course, is thanking everybody for staying home during the crisis, because she said abby is one of those people that is considered high risk. >>> next, the bay area responds. together we are going to ease you into a difficult but important conversation, next. >>> but first, happening now, this morning apple says it's planning to release new over the ear wireless headphones. they are making two versions of the the model. the ear pad would attach to the headband. wow! i'm original. one of a kind. you feel

but this year park rangers are making sure people stay away. good morning to you, thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. we're entering the fifth week of the state at homeorder, that means no large gatherings and parties. sharon katsuda is in golden gate park with more. >> reporter: the only haze we're seeing out here right now is from the fog. take a look, you can see golden gate park here. that is hippie hill. you're seeing the chain link fence, and nobody is inside there. organizers say they're doing a lot of online streaming today where they'll show a lot of things going on that normally happen in golden gate park behind me. normally people celebrate parwan in an in all forms at the event. but this year with the pandemic, the city is making sure people follow the stay-at-home order. this video is from last year. park rangers have been walking and driving around this morning reminding people that the area will be closed today and gatherings are not allowed. organizers says marijuana was legalized in californ

. >> neighbors want a park ranger to staff the location. but park officials say they don't own the road and they'll work with other agency to see monitor traffic conditions. near mount diablo, kpix 5. >>> a live look outside ocean beach. warm weather is bringing crowds to the coast. we saw dozens of people on the beach today, most of them appear to be social distancing from others. meteorologist, darryn is here with us, hey darryn. >> this is the first notable warm up of the season. and the first notable warm up since we've been in this situation. so i think the pictures we're seeing make a lot of sense in light of that. not that they're the best behavior. but this is our challenge. how do we deal with it when we're trying to get outside. and the numbers look like this. 88 today in santa rosa. 88 in concord. here's the difference going into tomorrow. tomorrow will be a little bit cooler. those high clouds are telling us of a bit of a change for tomorrow's numbers. and i'll be back with more on that and why that short lived cool down for sund

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look at a couple of san francisco park rangers are a fair one and his civilian ar and another and a marked unit, they are driving around cracking down on anybody possibly even thinking about entering golden gate park we've been here years past and. any other year we would already see barricades and security guards at this location, but now not this year theyha the authorities out here because if you don't listen to the san francisco. police deptment and mayor of san francisco you could get a ticket and in worst case enario you uld be arrested for 20 is a huge celebration in san frcisco drawing thoands of people every year next to hippie hill in golden gate park. but no this year the fear of coronavirus simply too much which is why the mayor of san francisco. london breed she canceled it last ek she even old the vendors and it seemslike the vendors are on board as well and one particular person he is extreme influential to a lot of young people who show up to the celebrations. 40 here is his message to the ople thinking about coming to this location. >>i love you all and i speak from the he

also killed in the ambush the worst in the park's history is home to half the world's population of mountain gorillas and in the past 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed while protecting animals there in 2018 the park was closed for 8 months after a series of attacks including one that left 6 people dead. phil clark is a professor of international politics of the school of oriental and african studies he joins me live now via skype from london sir thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera 1st of all your reaction to this attack. in many respects is not that surprising there have been big clashes between the major rebel group that suspected of carrying out this attack and a group called the f.d.a. . and the congolese army i've been at each other's throats to several weeks now and it does look like the f.d.a. a lot have used this attack on the national park rangers as a white to show their strength and as a white city trying to put pressure on the congolese army to back off i think that if there is a surprising elements about this attack it's the style of the civilian death toll typically when there are attacks in the ring of national

. >>> a park ranger in a mask spoke with visitors near hippie hill letting them know what to expected tomorrow. >> 4/20 at hippie hill has been canceled. >> no gatherings here. typically thousands of people come out to light up and celebrate the cannabis culture. >> the meadow is already fenced off. on monday starting very early, there will be some road closures. all the entrances to the park, at the east end of the park will be closed and there will be no parking anywhere. >> the mayor urged people not to come into san francisco and the police chief spoke on friday reminding people to stay home. >> if you don't follow that advice, we'll be there. we will fight, we will arrest if we have to, but we will make sure that we keep the city as safe and healthy as we can. >> there are virtual celebrations happening online. >> reporter: san francisco police say they'll be out managing traffic closures and advising people to comply with the shelter at home order. again, it is possible people could be cited or even arrested. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >>> demand for gasoline continues

park rangers are working wig fish and game if try and ca t cote. >>> a dramatic scene southern california. an engineer intentionally drove a speeding train off the tracks of the port of los angeles because he was suspicious of a navy hospital ship docked there. u.s. navy hospital ship mercy is in los angeles to help treat coronavirus patients. he drove that train through a series of barriers before it stopped just 250 yards from the ship. prosecutors say he mitted to running the train on the tracks because he believed the ship was not there to help with the coronavirus crisis. >>> taking a live look at our sierra nevada camera right now. despite a few storms in march, the snow pack remains a little belowage. department of water resources says its monthly snow survey showed the snow pack about 53% of normal. this is video of last months survey. they hope for a march miracle after a nearly rain-free february, but we could see some rain this weekend again, right, paul? >> we are going to see some rain around the bay area this weekend, and if the sierra is going to pick up some additional sno

you will see us in the parks with park rangers. you will see us in the business corridors and your residential communities, and we're gonna continue to spread thssage of social distancing. >> and beginning tomorrow, oakland will be shutting down streets to cars to help encourage that social distancing. andria borba on the mayor's plan to give people a safe space to get outdoors and exercise a bit. >> reporter: now this idea of shutting down some streets to through-traffic, not local traffic, but through-traffic, has once been contacted a round in oakland before and actually had a full study, but the pandemic pushed it into use. this is p.e. class where the peak family of oakland shooting hoops in the front yard, spilling on to the sidewalk. in the era of covid-19 mandated social distancing, making sure that everyone has space to walk is tricky. today mayer libby schaaf introduced a plan to give people looking to get fresh air more space to keep six feet of physical distance. >> by opening up our streets to bikes, joggers, pedestria

but for park rangers sworn to protect the dominican forests it can have deadly consequences. witness discovers the head in world where the stakes for the environment and those who make their living from it couldn't be higher. death by a 1000 cuts on al-jazeera. from moulin to the world. that 19 has gone blow for killing tens of thousands. and terrifying millions which are very big. trouble if i do question the leader. meanwhile another virus has emerged the symptoms suppression misinformation and panic. china was an open transparent democratic nation. then this whole thing might not have happened. one of many student besta gates to fight the truth in a time of contagion. were . young has a lot of time to think. he's a resident of. the chinese city at the center of a covert 19 outbreak. quarantined in a school don't. he's unable to interact with anyone around him. when he speaks to us it's via social media his only contact with the outside world. during the cold winter months of last december john was working as a kitchen have. like the rest of hand he had no idea that a deadl

park rangers will be watching you know, to respect the social distancing, and the facial covering. >> of all pike counties, sanoma has the second lowest number of cases. 222 since the outbreak with 117 active cases currently. 103 poem have recovered. it is a delicate balance of keeping the spread in check while slowly trying to usher the community into some sense of normalcy. >> this is the first step. it is not the final step. i am hoping that we can get our locals to get in regional parks. coastal beaches and parks are not part of this news. they will remain closed. they will study the soft ownening and determine whether they should lift more restrictions in the future. ktv, fox 2 news. >> all right, andre. >>> well, beaches in santa cruz county may be closed. officials are debating that now after huge crowds enjoying the warm weather converge on some beaches along highway 1. 210 citations were issued at beaches according to the mercury news last friday and sunday night. 23 citations for violating the sheller in place orders. county officials warned that beaches won't stay open if s

park rangers say as long as people are social distancing and covering faces it is not a violation of the order. >>> police are looking for the suspect in a series on vandalism attacks on wednesday. three asian businesses had windows and doors smashed along the road. investigators are looking into whether they are hate times connected to the outbreak. >>> two major companies facing money trouble. google slashing budgets for the second half of the year. cnbc say google will cut marketing budgets by as much as half and hiring freezes for both full-time and contract workers. the change appears to be drastic. the ceo from the parent company said google would pull back some of the investments with firing. we did reach out to google and waiting for, or check san francisco-based gap is running low on cash and has stopped paying rent. the retailer said it is burning through $1 billion since february. the company has implemented for lows across the store and now it will not pay april rent. gap is working to negotiate with the landlord but will likely make more job cuts. >>> a live look at the

we did see park rangers out at dolores park reminding people to social distance. sfpd says it has cited four people and five businesses for violating the shelter at home health order. covering your nose and mouth is recommended but not required here in san francisco. and back here at cassava the owners of the restaurant say they plan to continue paying their 17 employees with money from a go fund me campaign, loans from the city and the feds. they want their employees and everyone else to stay home. in san francisco jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> jean, thank you. >>> a difficult task is about to begin in the city. it's called contact tracing and it involves tracking everyone who tests positive and everyone they had contact with. the goal is to find and isolate newly infected patients before they can spread the virus. to get it done the health department is working with ucsf. it will put in and train -- it will pull in and train every available researcher, librarian, and staffer that they can work to work as tracers. >> our goal is to chase down all of those peop

sunday police and park rangers were busy reminding packed crowds at dolores park that shelter orders require social distancing even on sunny days understand lots of people have cabin fever in want to be out and about and particularly young few people feel like. >>well they're not just that vulnerable to the stars. well young people are vulnerable to this piracy maybe not as vulnerable as those who are older, but they are vulnerable gladstone institute for allah just doctor warner greene says early action by california and specifically the bay area has crushed the curve greatly reducing the amount of coronavirus cases initially projected we now have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6500 total infections and 199. deaths in the 9 county area which is just spectacular compared to what the early predictions were and similarly california which is predicted to have 78,000 deaths. it's going to be a far far far less. but green says the significant success can quickly go away. >>if residents become complacent is we do not continue to. >>do all the right things that we could lose ground agains

typically flock to the poppy fields in the he javy dess weren't but with are the current pandemic, park rangers are asking everyone please stay home. the good news, though, you can still see the flowers without ever leaving your couch. we'll put them on tv. the reserve has also created a youtube channel. >>> two suspects have been arrested for the murder of a man in san jose. detectives tracked down jason copland and violet smith in las vegas. they believe the two are connected to the stabbing of zone groves. the 23-year-old was found dead inside of car two weeks ago. >>> concord police on the lookout for a suspected dog napper. an 11-month-old puppy named max, taken from the owners garage on montgomery avenue. surveillance video captured a man on a gold and white buy cycle carrying the dog, leaving the house saturday morning. anyone who sees max or recognizes that suspect is asked to call police. >>> coming up, daycare with a social distancing twist. the creative invention from a furniture maker. >>> americans have been staying at home for weeks, but this house hold essential is still hard to