CAPK Food Bank is partnering with Daisy's Supporting Living Services for a curbside food drive.
Plus, a storage space in Delano is allowing small businesses to store items for free for a limited amount of time.
COVID-19 STAY AT HOME ORDERS ANDBUSINESS REGULATIONS.
WE'LL TAKEA LOOK AT SEVERAL STATES THATARE PREPARING TORE-OPEN.CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO THISYEAR'S ELECTIONS.
WHAT THE BOARDOF SUPERVISORS IS SET TO DISCUSS--- AND HOW ITCOULD IMPACT YOU IN NOVEMBER.PLUS --- HOW ONE KERN COUNTYCOMPANY IS OFFERING HELPTO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES DURINGTHE ONGOINGPANDEMIC.GOOD MORNING... AND THANKS FORTUNING IN FOR 23ABC NEWS ATSIX A-M..
I'M MIKE HART.AND I'M DANIELLE KERNKAMP.LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER IN SOMEAREAS THIS MORNING BUT AREEXPECTED TO CLEAR BY THISAFTERNOON.
EXPECT AWARMING TREND WITHDRY CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDEROF THIS WEEK DUETO HIGHPRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA.WELL ABOVE AVERAGETEMEPRATURESARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTOEARLY NEXT WEEK.(THERE ARE NO MAJOR TRAFFICINCIDENTS TO REPORT THISMORNING.)(THERE ARE NO MAJOR TRAFFICINCIDENTS TO REPORT THISMORNING.)TOPPING OUR NEWS THIS HOUR---PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDINGTHE ECONOMY BE REOPENED --- ANDNOW SEVERAL SOUTHERNSTATES ARE TAKING ACTION.ABC'S ANDREA FUJII HAS THELATEST.THIS MORNING... PLANS ARE INPLACE TO OPEN SOME PARTS OFTHE COUNTRY AMID THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC.GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR - ANNOUNCINGGYMS,BARBERSHOPS, AND BOWLING ALLEYSCAN REOPEN FRIDAY.
SOMERESTAURANTS AND THEATERS TOO,WITH SOCIALDISTANCING.
THE GOVERNOR SAYINGTHEIR CURVE ISFLATTENING.
BUT ATLANTA'S MAYORSAYS IT'S TOO SOON.SOT - MAYOR KEISHA LANCEBOTTOMS: "I AM EXTREMELYCONCERNED ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTTHE GOVERNORMADE.
I HOPE THAT HE'S RIGHTAND I'M WRONG BECAUSE IF HE'SWRONG THEN MORE PEOPLE WILLDIE."SOUTH CAROLINA - SET TO ALLOWMOST RETAIL STORES TO RE-OPEN - BUT ONLY AT 20 PERCENTCAPACITY.SOT - CATHERINE GOUGE: "WE AREEXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE ANDWE'RE POSITIVE AND WE'RE JUSTREALLY GLAD WE CAN HAVE PEOPLEIN THE STORE AGAIN."TENNESSEE - SET TO RE-OPEN MOSTBUSINESSES MAY 1ST.AND CRITICISM - AS BEACHES INJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA RE-OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND- DESPITETHE COUNTY'S 13PERCENT INCREASE IN CASES.
EVENWITH STRICT SOCIAL DISTANCINGREQUIRED-IMAGES OF CROWDS SPARKED THEHASHTAG "FLORIDAMORONS".BUT THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE'SDR. DEBORAH BIRXPRAISED FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH.SOT - DR. DEBORAH BIRX: "I KNOWFROM JACKSONVILLETHAT THEY HAVE HAD LESS THAN 20CASES PER DAY.
"HONKING NATSAND PROTESTS CONTINUE... WITHDEMANDS THEIR STATES OPENBACK UP.IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA -THOUSANDS PROTEST THESTATE'S STAY AT HOME ORDERS-MOST CAME WITHOUT MASKS.SOT - NO MATTE: "WE'RE NOTSUBJECTS, WE'RE CITIZENS, WE'REFREE PEOPLE."IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA - PROTESTERSFACE OFF WITHPEOPLE DRESSED IN SCRUBS- ASHUNDREDS SAY THEY WANT THEIRECONOMY RE OPEN.AND A SIMILIAR PROTEST TOOKPLACE IN BAKERSFIELDYESTERDAY -- WITH RESIDENTSRALLYING FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TOREOPEN.AROUND 6 OR 7 PEOPLE WEREPROTESTING IN FRONT OF THELIBERTY BELL OFF OF TRUXTUNAVENUE.THEY SAID THEY WERE PROTESTINGTHE ORDER TOSHELTER AT HOME DUE TOCORONAVIRUS.
ORGANIZERS SAY THATTHE ECONOMY IS TAKING A HITBECAUSE OF THIS AND BUSINESSESSHOULD BE ABLE TO REOPEN.THEY ALSO ADDED THAT THEY PLANTO HEAD TO SACRAMENTO FOROPERATION GRIDLOCK CALIFORNIA.THE OIL INDUSTRY IS SEEINGRECORD BREAKING LOWSAS U-S OIL PRICES PLUNGED.THE LOSS IN DEMAND FOR OILCAUSED THE MARKET TO TAKE AHIT AMID THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC...WEST TEXAS INTERMEDIATE, A TYPEOF CRUDE OIL USED IN THEU.S. AS THE BENCHMARK IN OILPRICING, DROPPED BELOWONE DOLLAR A BARREL WHICH IS THELOWEST PRICE ONRECORD.AND WHILE CONSUMERS MAY SEE AWIN WITH LOWER PRICES ATTHE PUMP... FOR SEVERALBUSINESSES -- IT COULD BE SIGNOFHARD TIMES AHEAD."WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOMEBANKRUPTCIES IN THE OIL INDUSTRYBECAUSE OF THIS." DAVIDANDERSON,CO-OWNER AND MANAGING PARTNER OFMONEYWISE.SOME MONEY EXPERTS SAY THELONGER BUSINESSESREMAIN SHUT DOWN THE LONGER THERECOVERY PROCESS IS FOR THEECONOMY.ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A --NATIONALLY -- THE AVERAGE GASPRICE IS DOWN MORE THAN A DOLLARA GALLON FROM WHEREPRICES WERE A YEAR AGO.TRIPLE A FIGURES ALSO SHOWAVERAGE GAS PRICES LAST YEARIN CALIFORNIA WERE ABOUT 4DOLLARS.... THAT'S DOWN TO ABOUTTWO-80 A GALLON ACROSS THESTATE.CALIFORNIA REGULATORS ARE BEINGADVISED TO APPROVE PACIFICGAS & ELECTRIC'S PLAN TO EMERGEFROM BANKRUPTCY.OFFICIALS SAY THE PLAN HAS NEWCONTROLS DESIGNED TOPREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THEUTILITY'S PAST BADBEHAVIOR THAT HAS RESULTED INDEADLY WILDFIRES,BLACKOUTS AND HIGH ELECTRICITYRATES...IF APPROVED, A PROPOSED DECISIONISSUED MONDAY BYADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE PETERALLEN WILL ENABLE P-G AND ETO CLEAR ANOTHER KEY HURDLE INENDING ITS BANKRUPTCYCASE.THE DECISION RECOMMENDS FORCINGTHE COMPANY TOOVERHAUL ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS--- BUT IT WON'T REQUIRETHE UTILITY TO REPLACE ITSENTIRE 14-MEMBER BOARD.THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIESCOMMISSION WILL VOTE ON THERECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT ONMAY 21ST.TODAY --- THE KERN COUNTY BOARDOF SUPERVISORS ISSET TO ADDRESS THE NOVEMBERELECTION AND DISCUSS IFACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN SO PEOPLECAN VOTE SAFELY.THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS ARESOLUTION RECOMMENDINGGOVERNOR NEWSOM ISSUE ANEXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING THEGENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER3-RD.THE ORDER WOULD AUTHORIZECOUNTIES TOCONDUCT AN ALL MAIL-IN BALLOTELECTION.THE SUPERVISORS MEETING IS SETFOR THISMORNING AT 9.AND A RESOLUTION WILL ALSO BEBROUGHT TO THE BOARDDURING THE MEETING.THE PLANNING AND NATURALRESOURCES DEPARTMENT ISCALLING FOR A COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INRESPONSE TO COVID-19.THEY ARE ASKING THAT 2.5 MILLIONDOLLARS IS ACQUIRED FROMTHE STATE'S CORONAVIRUS AID,RELIEF AND ECONOMICSECURITY ACT.OFFICIALS SAY IN ORDER FOR KERNCOUNTY TO RECEIVE THATEMERGENCY FUNDING -- THE BUDGETPLAN FOR THIS FISCAL YEARMUST BE AMENDED TO INCLUDEADDITIONALSERVICE PRIORITIES FROM THECARES ACT.THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS IT DURINGTODAY'S MORNINGMEETING.IN OTHER NEWS --- CAP-K FOODBANK IS PARTNERING WITHDAISY'S SUPPORTIVE LIVINGSERVICES TO HOST ACURBSIDE COLLECTION FOOD DRIVETHIS MORNING.THE DRIVE IS TAKING PLACE AT1-6-4 H STREET FROM 8 A-M TO 1P-M.TO DONATE --- YOU CAN DRIVE UPTO THE CURB -- ROLL DOWN YOURWINDOW -- AND HAND FOOD TO THESTAFF IN FRONT OF THE DAISY'SS-L-S OFFICE.THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MINIMALCONTACT BETWEEN PEOPLEAND HELP KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.ALL FOOD DONATED WILL BE USED TOFEED PEOPLE IN THECOMMUNITY.DURING THIS TIME, THE COMMUNITYIS COMINGTOGETHER TO HELP SMALLBUSINESSES OVERCOMEECONOMIC TURMOIL.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO HASDETAILS ON A STORAGE FACILITYIN DELANO OFFERING FREE SPACE.MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HAVINGTO DOWNSIZE ORCOMPLETELY SHUT THEIR DOORSDURING THIS TIME.
A STORAGESPACE IN DELANO IS ALLOWINGSMALL BUSINESSES TO STOREANYTHING THEY NEED TO FOR 2 TO 3MONTHS..
FREE OF CHARGE.ELI MAY/OWNER OF STORE MOREAMERICA IN DELANO: "ITS A SMALLGESTURE BUT IF IT CAN JUST HELPA COUPLE COMPANIES HOLD ONDURING THIS TIME THEN WE HAVE TOTRY ITS WORTH IT"AS SMALL BUSINESSES CONTINUE TOSTRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THEPANDEMIC, A LOCAL STORAGE UNITIS STEPPINGUP IN HOPE OF ALLEVIATING SOMEOF THAT WEIGHT.."WE'RE OFFERING SMALL BUSINESSESTHAT HAVE BEENAFFECTED BY COVID-19 FREESTORAGE THAT HELPS THEMWAIVE THE STORE AND GET TO THEOTHER SIDE..
THAT INCLUDES NO UPFRONT COSTS..
COME ON AND WE'LLHELP YOU ON AND MOVE INFOR FREE"THE OWNER OF STORE MORE AMERICAIN DELANO AND HISSTAFF ARE GIVING SMALLBUSINESSES WHO NEED TODECLUTTER, MOVE STORAGE, OR EVENCOMPLETELYMOVE OUT..
AN OPPORTUNITY TOSTORE THEIR ITEMS FOR 2 TO 3MONTHS UNTIL THE PANDEMIC ISEXPECTED TO END."A LOT OF BUSINESSES WHETHERTHEY HAVE OFFICESPACE OR ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESSTHEY HAVE ITEMSSTORED IN DIFFERENT PLACES SOJUST HAVING EXTRASPACE WOULD HELP THEM OUT"THE STORAGE COMPANY SAYS THEYHAVE UNITS RESERVED FORTHIS OPPORTUNITY."WE HAVE A HANDFUL OVER VACANTUNITS A RANGE OFDIFFERENT SIZES 5X5 5X10 AND10X20 AND WE HAVE SEVERALOPEN AND WERE RESERVING THOSEFOR SMALL BUSINESSES WHONEED THIS OPPORTUNITY"ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SPACE MIGHTBE SOMETHING MANYDON'T THINK ABOUT, THE COMPANYHOPES THIS SMALLGESTURE WILL INSPIRE OTHERS INTHE COMMUNITY TOSTEP UP AND HELP SMALLBUSINESSES."AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WEKNOW HOW HARD THIS IS ANDHOW STRESSFUL IT IS OUT THEREAND WE DO HOPE OTHERBUSINESSES WHETHER SMALL OR BIGHELP OUT ITS THE ONLY WAYWERE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS"THE COMPANY SAYS IF YOU'RE ASMALL BUSINESS, YOU CAN GIVETHEM A CALL TO THE NUMBER ON THESCREEN ABOUT THISOPPORTUNITY AND THEY CAN HELPYOU MOVE IN TO ONE OF THEIRUNITS.LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER IN SOMEAREAS THIS MORNING BUT ARE
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