Mount Shasta Mall reopens for the first time in over a month

The Mount Shasta Mall reopened its doors for the first time in almost two months.

Doors for the first time in almost*2-months.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live at the mall-- where she got to check out some stores reopening for the first time.

Over a dozen stores were open for shoppers today.

Some not quite ready just yet.

Several shops planning to open either later this week or next.

But store owners i spoke to tell me: they're glad to be*back& to business.

Take pk* lifting their stores were open for shoppers today.

Some not quite ready just yet.

Several shops planning to open either later this week or next.

But store owners i spoke to tell me: they're glad to be*back& to business.

Take pk* lifting their gates for the first time in over a month.

This jewelry shop is back.

Several stores owners 'champing at the bit' to open back up.

Take so* trt:07 dan burton owner of kaleidoscope it's hard to pay the bills when you're not making money, but we're excited to get going again.

Suzie dunn's boutique closed back in march.

And today she and her husband worked to get everything ready for shoppers.

Take so* trt: 09 suzie dunn owner of suzie's well we hope to see people feeling comfortable being out that we can service them// everybody's just anxious to get back to normal// as you can see we've filled up the shelves.

Shopper tim wilkins is causley optimistic.

Take so* trt:09 tim wilkins lives in redding i think i would go, i think i would just be vigilant and cautious with where i put my hands, wearing a mask, and spacing from people at this point.

Ana stand u* trt: 21 ana torrea atorreanews and to help keep customers safe while they go around and shop, the mall put these six feet social distancing stickers on the ground, like the one i'm standing on, and as you can see limited the amount of tables at the food court to 2 chairs per table, and lined up against the wall are hand sanitizing stations.

Stores like zumiez even taking their own- precautions to keep shoppers safe.

Such as limiting the number of people inside... take so* trt:05 tim wilkins lives in redding i still think having caution while we get things moving slowly and prudently is probably a smart way to do it.

To cleaning down the merchandise... take so* trt: 10 suzie dunn owner of suzie's we're going to wipe everything down after every customer// every dressing room we're just going to wipe down, we're going to take the clothes in the back and keep them out of the store for a bit or even limiting workers... mall security will be offering masks to shoppers - stores will require customers to wear masks before they can come in.

But the mall itself does not require shoppers to wear masks.

Reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.

And just last week, the chico mall reopened for business.### governor