So people can walk or bike to a park. Reporter during tuesdays board of supervisors meeting they announced a soft opening of parks in the county, the first easing such restrictions she put in place on march 17th to prevent the spread of covid 19. Try to judiciously maintain the measures that will allow us to be open in these areas. Reporter among the parks that will see and even restrictions, annabelle state park in santa rosa, and Jack London State Historic Park in glenallen, the playground, picnic areas and restrooms will be off limits. When parks do open, parking will remain offlimits from the concern of supervisor david raven, worried about the accessibility for people with disabilities. There will be certain parts that have parking lots. Reporter residence can only visit the parks in the neighborhood. At the to people to respect the social distancing and facial covering requirements. Reporter of all nine counties sonoma has the Second Lowest number of cases, 222 since the outbreak
Mallicoat. Good morning i am Claudine Wong and lets go to like being the first to check in. Meteorologist Rosemary Orozco for the forecast and we all got or the first to try you hand at the culinary arts. The purple memo today, frank or all the arts. Be the first to volunteer. Or the first to say its all going to be okay. Pointed out first and i love we are all on the same wavelength if not in the same building. And when the day comes, that is right i am feeling your when were no longer looking at our worlds from the inside out. It will be what we did in here vibe. And we have potted plants with that will make us stronger out there. Purple behind me, waking up the cloud cover along the coastline and parts of the bay, cooler whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Temperatures for many around the bay area and this is a look from the east bay towards the lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance bay bridge and into San Francisco where you can see the please,
We are a little bit behind the states that didnt take those actions. We are still on that upward trajectory. We now have in the region more cases. ,000 total we are still on the upswing with ,espect to hospitalizations with respect to people going into intensive care beds. What is the current timeline you are working with. Reopens, will you have to pull back again . We have these twin problems we are dealing with at the same time. We are trying to save lives and protect people. I thinkt this terrible every one of us. As quickly as we possibly can. As long as we do it in a safe and smart map way. The states in the washington baltimore corridor or are at that point yet. You can do things in a smart and effective way. Weve been working on this for three or four weeks with some of the smartest people in the country, people from johns the people who wrote the report for hopkins. We have an fda commissioner. He put together the plan for aei. Nga, our plan is taking the best ideas from six or
Unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous weeks record of 3. 3 million. Ringing the total to almost 10 million. Here in california 878,000 people filed first time and implement claims last week compared to 186,000 the week before. California has twice as many claims as any other state. Relief is now available for Small Businesses in california affected by the outbreak. Governor newsom today announced a relief package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses to july 1. Businesses with less than 5 million in taxable sales will be able to defer payment of up to 30,000 for one year without a fine or penalty. In essence it is a bridge loan. The money youve already collected, you will not have to pay the state for 12 months, no penalties or interest, de facto, alone. Governor newsom also announced a new job search website called on rca. Org. It will assist people that are laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic find employment and other resources. Today th
In the past two weeks. Good evening, everyone. Im julie haner. And im frank sommerville. Tonight we have another statistic thats as staggering. 1 million cases and rising. Today the worldwide coronavirus pandemic reached and then quickly exceeded that number, along with more than 53,000 deaths. And here in the bay area theres more sad news, all nine counties have reported deaths from the coronavirus. Everyone should work a Face Covering out in public. Regional Authorities Say wearing a cloth mask or bandanna may prevent transmission of the coronavirus. This in medical grade masks should be reserved for healthcare rkers. According to the Labor Department a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 870,000 people filed firsttime claims. California has twice as many unemployment claims as any other state. The flood of new requests for jobless benefits is now threatening to overwhelm the States Employment offices. Now we have advice