Grim milestone tonight, 15,000. We are hearing details about a san jose woman who appears to be the nations first coronavirus victim. Reporter friends tell me they cant believe it. A southbay mother and wife who has now become the nations first covid19 death. That was 12 days earlier than the previous case. Patricia dowd of san jose was 57 years old when she died february 6th. This week, a new wave of grieving as many learned their friend tested positive after her death from covid19. ; was absolutely shocked, speechless. Reporter s be steve banner worked with her at research. Her linkedin page shows she was there for 27 years. She was a wonderful friend and colleague. She was warm, engaging, friendly. She was a great teammate, both at lam research and even after work. She was one of those people you like to be around. Reporter friends tell ktvu she was a graduate of st. Francis high school in mountain view, a wonderful, caring person. She became sick in late january with flulike sympto
This 18 day project will replace part of 101 where it crosses with 280. More on the shut down hour away. Sparks fly thursday night. This is the biggest project we had planned for 2020. Originally set for july and referred to as the they moved up the project. So it could be done now when most are sheltering and roads arent as busy. Eliminating six mile back ups in both directions. Crews will be replacing the deck of the bridge. Were seeing cracking and concrete. And its time. Traffic is still expected and so are loud sounds as workers break apart the concrete. Noises that have already impacted nearby neighborhoods. I have heard prep work. Construction. Cal transsay the contractor is using saw hammers instead of jackhammers. It will be loud and there will be back ups. Neighbors say thats okay but. The faster you do it the less noise i have to deal with. If you think its loud now it will get louder when the project gets under way at 6 00 a. M. Friday morning. Ha is when all northbound lan
Normal because members voted in eight separate groups to keep social distancing. Speaker nancy pelosi says the new funding should help more women and minorities, veterans, native americans and Rural Businesses along with hospitals. All of it in interest of Job Retention and first and foremost to address the key issue of health. However, Banking Industry groups say the 310 billion that was added to the paycheck protection act may already be spoken for. They say that money may go to businesses that were already in the pipeline. On wall street a rally faded after a report that gilly gets drug was ineffective as a treatment for covid19. The dow had been up 400 points and ended with a gain of 39 points the nasdaq was down a fraction and the s p lost a point. The Labor Department says another 4. 4 million americans filed for unemployment last week. The new claims bring the total u. S. Job losses to more than 26 million for the coronavirus shutdown. Here in california the four weeks total is
They moved up the project. So it could be done now when most are sheltering and roads arent as busy. Eliminating six mile back ups in both directions. Crews will be replacing the deck of the bridge. Were seeing cracking and concrete. And its time. Traffic is still expected and so are loud sounds as workers break apart the concrete. Noises that have already impacted nearby neighborhoods. I have heard prep work. Construction. Cal transsay the contractor is using saw hammers instead of jackhammers. It will be loud and there will be back ups. Neighbors say thats okay but. The faster you do it the less noise i have to deal with. If you think its loud now it will get louder when the project gets under way at 6 00 a. M. Friday morning. Ha is when all northbound lanes will be closed. San francisco Transportation Agency is closing golden gate avenue in the tenderloin. The entire block will be closed off to give social Services Room to work. Only vehicles bringing donations can pass through. The
Like retail and manufacturing. But gyms, entertainment, and inperson religious services are higher risk and fall under stage three. And finally, stage four will be the end of the stayathome order. The governor also mentioned the possibility of starting the next school year in late july or early august to make up for the learning lost. As for testing, we are currently at 20,000 per day with a goal of 60,000 to 80,000. Californias total number of confirmed cases just went up by more than 1500. Hospitalizations went up 2. 5 . But icu numbers are down. And relief is finally on the way for californias struggling gig workers. Today was the first day that they could file for unemployment benefits. Kpix 5s Wilson Walker spoke with one bay area woman who was among the first to take her place in a very long line, wilson. Yeah, ken, more than 3 million californians have filed unemployment claims over the thats five weeks and as of today, millions more californians are eligible to file those claim