Name: Durham restaurants feel strain of pandemic, winter weather
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Description: Restaurants throughout the Triangle are working to rebound from COVID-19 and are now facing winter weather, which has many restaurants closing early and losing business.

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BEFORE MONDAY AND NOW THEY HAVE TO WAIT. IT IS FRUSTRATING. THANK YOU. >>> LOCAL RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS BATTLING TWO STORMS. LATEST WAVE OF OMICRON HAS HURT FOOT TRAFFIC, STRAINED STAFF, AFFECTED SALES. A SECOND WINTER STORM IN LESS THAN A WEEK IS FORCING MANY PLACES TO CLOSE FOR DAYS. >> Reporter: LOCAL RESTAURANTS HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING FROM OUTDOOR DINING, YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL PATIO, TO SERVING THROUGH THE TAKE OUT WINDOW. THIS TYPICALLY IS OPEN UNTIL 8:00 P.M. BUT LIKE MANY THEY'RE PREPARING TO CLOSE EARLY DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE WEATHER. THEY JUST OPENED INDOOR DINING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER WHEN THE OWNER FELT THINGS WERE LETTING UP. NOW HE SAYS HE FEELS THEY'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE. THE SKILLET IS SIZZLING HOT TODAY BUT NOT FOR LONG. >> WE LOVE A GOOD SNOW DAY WHEN IT HAPPENS. FOR RESTAURANTS WE WISH IT WAS A MONDAY, NOT A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. THAT KILLS US. >> Reporter: STAFF IS PREPARING TO CLOSE UP SHOP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS INCLEMENT WEATHER MAKES ITS WAY IN. >> THAT IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER. YOU HAVE A COUPLE BAD WEEKENDS IN JANUARY AND YOU BASICALLY LOSE THE ENTIRE MONTH AS FAR AS ANY CHANCE OF PROFITABILITY. >> Reporter: THE LATEST WAVE OF OMICRON HAS DEPLETED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. >> SOME RESTAURANTS ARE BEGINNING TO LAY PEOPLE OFF. THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO. AND PEOPLE WANT TO WORK. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CUSTOMERS YOU HAVE TO MAKE THESE CHOICES. >> Reporter: COUNSEL MAN WILLIAMS AND CO-OWNER ECHOS THE SENTIMENTS. >> OUR LABOR COST IS THE SAME. FOOD COSTS HAVE GONE UP. RENT AND UTILITIES COST IS THE SAME. OUR REVENUE HAS DROPPED 60% AT LEAST IF NOT MORE. >> Reporter: HE GATHERED PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC LEADERS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS HOW TO GET BEYOND THIS ROUGH PATCH. >> REVIVING PROGRAMS, WE HAVE TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK UP. >> Reporter: EMPHASIZING THE BULL CITY HAS DONE ITS PART IN VACCINATIONS, MASKING, LEARNING TO LIVE SAFELY WITH THE VIRUS. >> LET'S GET THE CITY GOING AGAIN. LET'S GET THE COMMUNITY THRIVING AGAIN. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS ABOUT. >> Reporter: THE OWNER SAYS THEY DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON THE PAST BUT INSTEAD LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT IT IS SAFE TO EAT LOCAL. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE SAYING THEY'RE EXPECTING AND PREDICTING TO SEE A DECLINE IN CASES IN THE NEXT WEEKS. IF YOU ARE STILL HESITANT ABOUT EATING AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO GET IT

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I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. It's going to be an interesting week for us. We're going to have a very summerlike pattern. It's going to be hot and humid, but a lot of cloud cover and a good chance for afternoon and evening storms. Some of those likely to be severe. We don't have as great a chance today, but it's not a zero chance that chance goes up for the next several days as we have a level one risk for both Tuesday and Wednesday, that chance may go up even higher on Thursday. Let's take a look. You can see a cluster of thunderstorms coming through Tennessee toward the mountains of North Carolina. We're going to see some of that rolling through here later on this, uh, this afternoon and evening, uh, check in Futurecast, heading out the door. We've had fairly quiet conditions. Um, you can see a little bit of sun there at lunch time and that will set the stage for a better chance for storms. Any sunshine that we see will energize the atmosphere and, uh, make it an even better recipe for scattered storms you can see there, uh, between three and five o'clock scattered thunderstorms that continues on through the evening, past midnight, tomorrow morning, we may end up with a few isolated showers and then some scattered thunderstorms on through the afternoon. This version of Futurecast doesn't show as much coverage but previous runs certainly have. So we are looking certainly at that chance for some scattered storms. We have that chance all the way through Friday. The biggest event may come with a cold front late Thursday into early Friday and we'll be watching the timeline for that gets closer. Highest this afternoon, mid to upper eighties. 84 in Raleigh, 83 in Durham, 88 in Fayetteville. Our muggy meter is climbing. It seems so early for this. We have yet to hit seventies with our dew 0.70 dew point really feels sticky. It's going to feel like the middle of July or August for us by mid to late week. But by Friday, we see much cooler air coming in behind Thursdays front and our due points drop back into the fifties. That's going to feel so much better. But 87 tomorrow, 90 Wednesday, 88 Thursday, that front though even though it may bring some humidity and some storms with it behind it, it will deliver some cooler drier air. Saturday looks phenomenal. At 74 morning, lows are back into the fifties Mother's Day. Just a small chance of thunderstorms otherwise very pleasant.

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Good evening. I'm Roxy Garity. Welcome to tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 5th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick 31. Is your first number. Second number zero. Third number is two and our pick three. Fireball number is nine. Joining me for tonight's strong as our auditor from the Con and Jones L LP. Now let's move to Carolina pick for your first pick. Four. Number is six. Second number seven. Third number two. Fourth number is here. It comes it zero. And our pick for fireball number is three turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $354,000. Your first cash five number is 38 2nd number 21. 3rd number four. Fourth number is 16, 5th and final number tonight. 18, the North Carolina Education Lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support. Get your winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the lottery. Thanks for playing and good night.

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Good afternoon. I'm Melo. Welcome to this news drawings for Sunday. May 5th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is seven. The second is zero. The third is nine and our pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for this news drawing is our order from the Con and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to Carolina pick for the first four. Number is six. The second is one, the third is zero, the fourth is zero and our pick four. Fireball number is six. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and thanks for playing.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS. >> GOOD EVENING. A MAJOR WOFFORD IS FRIDAY MAY 3RD AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED AT NEAR TICE 284 MILLION DOLLARS TO WIN THE JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH ALL 5 WHITE PLUS THE GOLD MEGA BALL. SO GET YOUR TICKETS. OUR FIRST NUMBER TONIGHT IS 13 AFTER THAT. YOU HAVE 53. THAT'S ALL MY 15 UP NEXT IS 56. AND FINALLY, 6 ENOUGH YOU'RE MAKING. YOU'RE MAKING ALL NUMBER IS 11 OR 13. 53 15, 56 6. AND THE MEGA BALL IS 11 NOW FEELING MATCHES ALL 6 NUMBERS. TUESDAY'S JACKPOT COULD BE MORE

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