Tonights other top headlines, on the coast beaches in santa cruz will be open again tomorrow. Theres a lot of concerns today about overcrowding as police patrolled the beaches. This comes as demonstrators across the country took to the streets demanding States Reopen for business, something Governor Newsom has said california is not quite ready for. The governor updating the state from the south bay today. He highlighted local efforts to help some of those most vulnerable to the virus, providing an update on whats been a difficult 24 hours in the fight to stop the spread. Heres nbc bay areas roz plater from campbell. Reporter Governor Newsom says this motel behind me is an example of whats working well in the states pandemic plan. But on two other fronts, the news is not as good. New numbers out from the California Department of Public Health give us a clearer picture of the states nursing homes. More than 250 have been hit by the covid19 crisis. 31 of those facilities are in the bay a
Plus pro sports without fans, the mayor of los angeles as californians might not be going to sporting events until 2021 at the earliest. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people and to either help them if their covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. And San Francisco mayor london breed announcing a program to help find out who has coronavirus in an effort to flatten the curve. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday on this thursday april 16th, im James Fletcher and of course our top story is the coronavirus and its impacts President Trump well be announcing plans today to reopen the country and the economy at some point. He hopes in the near future this comes as the president says the u. S. Is past its pandemic peak. We have karen caifa now with the very latest from washington. The battle continues, but the
Uncovered of covid19 cases, 859 people have now died. Governor newsom said the state reported its highest death toll yesterday at 71, today there were 63 deaths. Santa clara, the bay areas hardest hit kenny is reporting a big increase in new cases and one more death. There are 71 new cases in the county bringing the total to 1793. The death toll there now stands at 71. Santa clara county Health Officers say that daily increase in the number of cases and deaths is proof that the county is not yet out of the woods. Our collective action as slow the spread, but we have to keep at it. It is not the time to let up. If we let up, what we will see is a resurgence in cases, this has been the experience in other parts of the world, and weve been watching this pattern carefully. The Health Department also says there are 76 covid19 patients in intensive care units in hospitals in Santa Clara County. Santa clara county has also seen increases in the number of cases and deaths involving independent
You dont think your print services of america in craig and was a member of the board of trustees for the chabot las piscinas Community College district. He word Council Member marc salinas knew him for 20 years. Salinas is chair of the friends of Chabot College foundation, the really misses her husband and supports an investigation into gateway. The Alameda County District Attorneys Office is looking into it night. I dont know, but it when reached over the phone a gateway manager telling kron 4 that their nurses are putting their lives on the line for their patients and that the negative perception of their operation is unfair felipe should all kron 4 news. The pandemic has infected dozens of Homeless People at the msc self homeless shelter in San Francisco, one city supervisor says that could have been prevented for weeks he says he has been calling for the cities. Nearly 8,000 homeless to be moved to shelters and into hotel rooms kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia talked to supervisor matt haney.
Though as of yet. Lets get you updated on the latest for mass transit. Bart is closed at some stations in downtown oakland and San Francisco. South street will be closed through the center and south side of the station. Four downtown San Francisco stations will be accessible from the north side of market. And the south side entrances will be close where had the elevators are. It is a lot to remember. All the information is on our website at kpix. Com. Lets check our forecast. It will be nice today. Here is mary lee. It will, gianna. A Beautiful Day ahead with plenty of sunshine and temperatures on the rise. We are starting off a new week with High Pressure building in for us. Here is a live look at the Treasure Island camera. You can see the clouds in the sky. Many of us in the 40s and 50s to start the day. We are tracking breezy condition, especially for fairfield. 15mile per hour winds. And in oakland 13mile per hour winds this morning. As we head through the day we will catch the cl