Now at 11 00, beds at the ready inside the makeshift hospital just set up for coronavirus patients. How Santa Clara County is preparing for a surge in cases. Some changes at parks and beaches this weekend as california Governor Newsom deploys the National Guard. What you can expect if youre not following the social distancing precautions. A lifeline for california renters during this pandemic. The new statewide eviction ban, and why some worry its only a bandaid fix. Tonight, the bay area and country preparing for ses. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im juliette goodrich, in for elizabeth cook. California cases grew 26 percent in a day, with the results of 65,000 tests still pending. Calling up reserve military units to help expand hospital capacity. Hes now ordering General Motors to make the urgently needed ventilators. The president also signed that massive Economic Relief bill to send checks to americans. And the number of cases in the u. S. Has now topped 100,000. Thats the most
20. But county leaders say what theyre most concerned about is public, we, are using the 1 tool to fight the virus, and they say thats social distancing. The treatment is still social distancing. Whether youre infected, sick, not sick. Reporter nearly 2 weeks after the states stay at home order went into effect, Santa Clara County chief executive officer dr. Jeffery smith, gave the community a b plus in social distancing. We can always do better, but people are trying hard. Reporter he says with no vaccine, obeying the order will not only help bring down the rate of infection, as well as save lives, it will also give the Health Care System to serve the seriously ill as they expect an upcoming surge in the covid19 cases. Allow the Health Care System to take care of the really sick people in a safe and efficient wa safe people at home quarantined. Reporter the county just transformed the Santa Clara Convention centers main hall into a makeshift hospital, bringing in 250 cots for recoveri
Americans during this coronavirus pandemic social dense distancing is very important in our daily lives in no different here thats why we are so far apart to maintthasocial distance were practicing the guidelines to the centers for Disease Control recommends. And we encourage you to do the same thing. Tonight around the world more than 8,800 people have died from the coronavirus is with more than 218,000 cases reported globally. There are more than 9,300 cases in the United States with the death toll up to 150 in california, the total number of cases up his up to 865 with 16 deaths. These tallies come from Johns Hopkins Medical Center and we have that centers interactive map on our website you can see it at kron 4 dot com. As the outbreak grows so do the questions about how long this will continue to affect our day to day lives particularly for families how are schools responding now that campuses could be closed for the rest of the summer. Well boys grant lotus is here to explain what
Berkeley. Is school really out for the summer . New remarks from Governor Newsom and some answers about what the future could look like for your family. Plus social distancing and socializing. The popular new way to hang out with friends and listen to concerts without leaving your home. Well, every night important new information about this unprecedented time we are living in. We have extended this newscast until midnight. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai in the studio. And im janelle wang in the newsroom. We begin with a dangerous situation at a Senior Living facility. Three residents have tested positive for the virus. Nbc bay areas jean elle is in burlingame with the latest. Jean . Reporter janel, this is a danger situation for seniors at atria Senior Living in burlingame. Three residents have tested positive for coronavirus. You can see theres a sign on the front door that says its temporarily closed to visitors until further notice. According to the San Mat
And speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the february 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Chairwoman thank you very much. I apologie apologize for being. Can you call item number one. Clerk item on one to increase the contract amount by 5. 9 million not to exceed an amount of 15. 8 million, with no change to the Contract Term to commence upon board approval. Chairwoman thank you very much. We have Cathy Widener here from the San Francisco airport. Good morning chair fewer, Cathy Widener with the San Francisco international airport. The item before you seeks your approval for a modification to an existing contract with ceta information networking computing u. S. A. , for support services of the airports shareduse passenger processing systems, which includes hardware, technical support, maintenance, system administration, system monitoring and supplies for equipment in our harvey milk terminal one, as we