Redding jiu jitsu business opens up, defying stay-at-home order
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Says that only "essential" businesses should be open.
But one local business in redding is defying that order---opening their doors early.
Action news now reporter karen alvarez is live in redding.
Karen, what do the owners tell you?
The owner of rice brothers jiu jitsu---tanner rice--- tells me they had no other option but to open their doors, so that they could pay their bills.
Rice says the business loans that he applied to and the stimulus check that he received weren't enough to allow him to keep his doors closed.
Rice made the announcement that he was going to open monday via social media---since then he tells me he's been getting a lot of support from the community, but also has received some backlash.
He says his landlord plans on raising their rent next month.
We were kind of put in a situation where we kind of had to, and it was either we loose everything just kind of listening or lose everything kind of standing up for what we believe in.
Tanner tells me they temporarily closed their doors back in march.
He cites the low number of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in the county as one of the reasons why he chose to reopen.
Since opening--- he says he's noticed that less people have come back.
His kids class that typically received 40 to 50 kids is now down to around 10.
Live in redding, karen alvarez, action nbews now, coverage you can count on.
Rice brothers jiu jitsu say they have stepped up their cleaning and sanitizing procedures since opening.
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