Santa clara. It will last through the end of may. And updated order from the county Health Officers will be released in the coming days. And it is expected to ease some restrictions for a small number of lower risk activities. More now from christien kafton, in San Francisco. Reporter most of the bay area already six weeks into a selfimposed quarantine now extending the Stay Home Order for at least another month. Mayor breed making it official. Today, we will need to extend the deadline for the stayathome order through the month of may. Reporter they all agreed to onwide strategy. Napa county extended its order indefinitely last week. Solano county has already extended the order through mid may and Sonoma County Stay Home Order is set to expire this coming weekend. The director of Public Health says among other factors, he would like to see a sustained decrease in the number of coronavirus cases before lifting the order. I do think we need to see some of the changes in the data that i
Hitting the suspect in the torso. Well have more details ahead on abc 7 news at 6 00 and on abc7news. Com. Hello and thanks for joining us, im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic where starting today several bay area counties are rolling out requirements for people to wear Face Coverings outside their homes. San franciscos order went into effect at midnight. Contra costa, marin, san mateo, alameda and sonoma counties will also be requiring face masks. Cornell bernard is getting reaction to the new rules. Reporter life is changing for us once again here in the bay area. That includes wearing a Face Covering in public. Dropped the food off at the door and go, you know. Reporter ares jackson is working his food delivery job in San Francisco where hes now required to wear a mask. It is what it is, you know. At least our the rates of the virus is going down. Reporter San Francisco now one of five bay area counties requiring people to wear Face Coverings in public.
In san leandro a man was shot and killed by Police Inside this walmart. Now police are interviewing at least 20 witnesses. The governor announces 15,000 hotel rooms will house the homeless amid this pandemic. Some spring showers are in the forecast. Ill show you when they arrive in accuweather. Announcer now, your health, your safety. This is abc 7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. Governor gavin newsom has emphasized since the start of the pandemic the need to help and protect the states most vulnerable people. Today part of the effort took a monumental step forward with the announcement that california has a deal for thousands of rooms to house the homeless. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez spoke with neighbors that live literally behind one of the locations to get their thoughts. We didnt have any forewarning this was going to be going down, and it just was a little bit of a shock. Reporter residents in the south bay were surprised from the announcement g
Reinstatement of the captain of the u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt. He was ousted after raising the alarm about an outbreak on the rc cbs david martin has the story. Reporter the recommendation to give captain Brett Crozier back his ship was made by the chief of naval operations, admiral michael gilday, who had ordered an investigation into the headspinning tale of coronavirus at sea. Gildays recommendation to reinstate crozier in effect exonerate the captain for blasting out an email warning sailors would die if the navy did not act faster to get them off the infected ship. Acting Navy Secretary thomas modly fired crozier for sending his plea for help outside the chain of command. That demonstrated extremely poor judgment in the middle of a crisis because what its done is its created a firestorm. Reporter crozier, who has since tested positive for coronavirus, was cheered as he left the roosevelt in guam for what seemed like the last time. Captain crozier reporter modly flew there and de
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