As the centers for Disease Control recommends were spaced out at least 6 feet or more from each other were doing this to protect ourselves to that we can stay on the air to bring you the latest information you need during this Health Crisis tonight. One more county has implemented to shelter in place order starting at midnight tonight, Sonoma County will join 6 other bay area counties, San Francisco moran santa clara, san Mateo Alameda and contra costa. The legal order limits activity travel and business functions to only essential needs. Here is what that means all residents ordered to shelter in place in their homes for 3 weeks, leaving only for essential needs this order closes places, including bars gymnasiums movie theaters and dinein restaurants, San Francisco mayor london breed held a News Conference this evening to talk about these new efforts. Our grant lodes joins us now with the details grant taken to the big take away is from mayor breed tonight, shes looking to speed up th
Good morning, im your host dr. Brenda wade. In 2049, the Mary Elizabeth ann will celebrate 100 years of providing safe housing and Supportive Services in towomen in need. The founder, lizzie slider glide also build glide memorial methodist church. Over the years, they have helped thousands of women rebuild their lives. Joining us is the executive director, deon roberts. Good morning, deon. Good morning. And thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. 100 years . 100 years in 2014. Yes. I am a native san franciscan and never knew about Mary Elizabeths end . Neitherdy. And i am also a native plannan. One of the bestkept secrets. Who was lizzie slider glide . Lizzie slider glides of a widow by 1996. Oh. And she was a widow. She had a healthy husband in the cattle business and coming to San Francisco and spoke to women in the city and asked the question if you could have whatever you wanted or what do you think women in San Francisco need. Uhhuh. And this is 1949 now, and they comin
Good. I am your host, brenda wade. I it is Holiday Season. But it is a sad time for all of us. The friday newtown, connecticut shooting raises so many questions, so many feelings. How could this happen . How do we celebrate the holidays in the face of grief and loss . Here to help us understand and heal, we welcome back our dear friend reverend perry lane with the interfaith circle. Thank you for having me here. It is a pleasure. We need you. Now, how do we wrap our heads and hearts around what happened in connecticut . It is difficult to do that because there is such pain. I think we have to feel the pain. Sometimes we need to it is with the hurt or it is with the anger or it is with the disease and then let it move us into positive action. Yes. So, i think people should not race to move from it, but to it is with it and ask, what would god have me do . Yes. And you know, i cant agree with you more. From my other hat as a psychologist, one of the most important things for us to do is
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Many proportionals to france port crude oil on the railroad is proposing health and safety concerns. A train derailed in virginia sparking a fire and forcing hundreds to be evacuated. In 2014, 1. 3 million gallons of oil were spilled nationally more than the combined total of every year since 1975. Many officials and residents are opposing planning to increase crude oil shipments, proposed storage and transfer facility in pittsburgh raised further controversy. How much of a danger does crude by rail pose and are there any alternatives . Joining me now for a look at the issue are tom, consumer editor with ktuv. Yvonne with the California Office of spill prevention and response and molly samuel. Why is there so much concern . There are two on the table in the bay area. The pittsburgh one you mentioned, the west pack oil terminal that would wring in crude by rail, ship and pipeline and there is another, the valero refinery wants to bu
Welcome to kqed news room. California is facing a damagesly high fire risk this year. Wildfires providing a warning sign of what may be ahead. Record temperatures and the statewide drought have heightened concerns. It could be the worst fire season in decades. Joining me to discuss the dangers is paul rogers. Hi, paul. What is the latest on the southern kra california fires. Theres been fires across san diego county. There are ten fires. We had three days of really extremely hot weather. The winds that blow from the land out to the ocean and are connected with high fire risks. 22,000 acres burned, about ten homes have burned down so far. The firefighters today, friday, got the upper hand on a lot of them because the weather cooled down. Humidity levels went up. San diego, at least, for now got off relatively okay. Quite scary but not a lot of houses. There was one fatality. A homeless person who died. This was a warning for the rest of the state of what we could be in for this summer.