Swift. What were learning about chief eddie garcias plans to retire. But first, cautiously optimistic. The new numbers that show california and the bay area are making some progress in the fight against covid19. Amidst all the setbacks there are small yet notable victories during this pandemic. Governor newsom now says cases, hospitalizations, and icu numbers are down. Take a look. Yesterday the state added 5,700 new cases. Thats well below the daily average of 8,800 cases in the last couple of weeks. However, we still have a ways to go. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney has more. Here is extending on the narrative of some early good signs. Reporter Governor Newsom not only a 21 drop in cases the past week, but in the past two weeks, hospitalizations down 10 , icu cases down 5 . Those statewide numbers are good, but the bay area numbers are even better says dr. George rutherford, a professor of epidemiology at ucsf. Similarly in the bay area, the cases are dropping perhaps even more marked
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to mornings on 2, saturday, july 27th. Im mike mibach. Good morning. Im maureen naylor. Claudine is off this morning. Rosemary is here and you have a cooling for us yes, a cooling into the weekend. This morning, starting out similar to yesterday. Gray skies well into the valleys this morning. Temperatures similar to how we started yesterday. Patches of drizzle reported along the coast and around the bay. For the afternoon, well turn mostly sunny, but we will be a tad cooler, only subtle changes in the forecast for the next few days. Ill show you what you can expect for your neighborhood, coming up. Law enforcement in the east bay are preparing for more violent demonstrations. Oakland police are trying to avoid a repeat of recent vandalism after George Zimmerman was found not guilty. The Department Says it is aware of several demonstrations planned for today, including a rally for Trayvon Martin scheduled for this afternoon. Officers say they are prepared