IN SANTA CRUZ, PHIL GOMEZ, KSBW ACTION NEWSIG EHT ON THE PENINSULA.. BUSINESSES ARE GETTI NG READY FOR A MUCH NEEDED BUSY WEEKEND.. MEMORIAL DAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST SO FAR.. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER ARIANA JASO SPOKE TO RESTAURANTS AND VISITORS TO SEE WHAT TO EXPECT.. SHE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE LIVE FROM FISHERMANS WHARF IN MONTER. EY ARIANA ? DAN... I'M HERE ON THE MONTEREY WHARF NEXT TO ??.. WHERE FOOT TRAFFIC MAY LK OO A LITTLE SLOW RIGHT NOW.. BUT BUSINESSES ARE EXPECTING A BUSY TURNOUT THIS WEEKEND... 00 :39-43// MOE AMMAR//PRESIDENT OF PACIFIC GROVE CHAMBER OF "memorial day is going tbeo the best weekend since the beginning of the pandemi c" GOING INTO THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.. AND HOTELS ARE ALREADY FILLING UP.. 00:54-00:1:10// MOE AMMAR//PRESIDENT OF PACIFIC GROVE CHAMBER OF "right now it looks li ke we're going to sell out on Saturday and Sunday.. there will still be some rooms available but more than likely it will be a sellout.... Which you know, we haven't sold t ou period for the last 14 months.. so it's very exciting." WHICH MEANS A LOT OF TOISTSUR ARE IN TOWN.. 6:36-6:43//Leah Gebreamlak & Zane Brown//Touris st "Yeah, we'll be here. So we'll be out here trying everything we can for sure because we can't get that back home there'a s lot of different things" 15:42-15:50 //Andy Connors & Tammy Winston//Folsom Residents "we decided to come down to Monterey for the weekend, to go on a whale watching trip and to go to e th aquarium tomorrow, which we were lucky enough to get reservations for" A GREAT SIGN OF THIN GS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL... AND BUSINESSES CAN'T WAIT.. 12:32-12:40//Christopher Palma//General Manager Crab House Restaurant "we, uh, we're expecting an onslaught of tourists to come into town, and we're all excited about that. Uh, we're well prepared." 9:18-9:25// JUAN SPONCE//Old Fisherman's Grotto Executive Chef "everybody's excited to go back to work. And right now, with this weekend, it's going to be a lot of people. It's going to be good for everybody" RESTAURANTEURS ALSO SAY THEY'RE BIGGEST CHALLENGE SO FAR HAS BEEN STAFFING.. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WELL