Rail and Subway Service. Well let you know when. Two celebrity authors in bay area are helping restaurants and doctors and nurses at the same time. Ill explain. Staying in and social, online pushup competition is catching on. And competition is fierce. A frosty cold night is ahead. Ill let you know how low the temperatures will go. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Sobering headline, u. S. Has passed china with most diagnosed coronavirus cases in the world. John Hopkins University reports more than 85,000 cases and more trying to heads around fact shes gone. California tests are still pending, 55,000 people waiting for results. Millions out of work. More than 180,000 claims in california alone were processed last week. Thousands of people looking for work simultaneously. California department of Motor Vehicles has shut down all field offices to protect employees. 1,451 confirmed cases in bay area, more than we had last nigh
Today we are announcing a new effort, healthcore. Ca. Gov that will provide a platform to match individuals that may have retired in the last five years that are nursing students or medical students that are nearing to incorporate and encourage them to be good on the platform to provide for the platform and meet the moment over the course of the next number of weeks as they continue to rise. We couldnt be more pleased by the incredible professionalism of nurses and doctors, our professional representatives that came together across many differences and organized to provide more flexibility, more Surge Capacity for the system. Allowing us to utilize our existing resources in a more resourceful way. I want to thank all the representatives for putting aside those differences and meeting this moment head on. To provide the flexibility that is required to meet this moment. We have an executive order that went out that will provide flexibility through june 30. This is temporary flexibility o
We are going to be talking live with a Washington Post reporter to break down the number of cases of whats happening inside the citys hardest hit hospitals and how lawmakers are responding to the health crisis. Also feeling the emotional pressure on their shoulders will fighting against the virus. Who healthcare workers are turning to for their health. Good morning and welcome to mornings on 2 as we broadcast from my backyard as a dog is barking. The open estuary, that dog is in my house. This is the way it is. This is the way it is the dog is barking at something walking across the street. Welcome to mornings on 2. Work at home. Actually have taken over my husbands office. Its is real life. Its my first time added and everyone is kind of wondering what you doing home dad . That is life. That is what we are doing. With all the technology we have these days, im happy we are able to produce a newscast to get the information the people need and still do what we do. And what we have been d
Practice medicine. The state is looking to add at least 50,000 hospital beds and other sites. I hope the state can add as many as 37,000 more doctors, nurses, and specialist. We are hopeful with the effort we will see a surge of individuals to be paid and compensated to participate in the workforce and distribute throughout the caregiver system around the state of california. Reporter new retired professionals can find more information on the state covid 19 website. A bay area leaders preparing to extend stayat home orders until at least may 1. Christian captain joins us live from San Francisco where the mayor is expected to make an official announcement tomorrow but city officials there are stressing social distancing is still the best tool to combat the spread of the virus. Thats right. Most of the bay area under a state order to stay at home for two weeks. Now they expect the order to run all the way through april. Empty streets and closed businesses a common site the last two weeks
Morning. Partly cloudy and warm to the south. We will have fog and drizzle continuing. We see 50s for many and 60s for some. We are starting off very warm, but for a little break, we have slight rain to the north. Mid60s for a few on the high side. 6 01 am. Palo alto, 101. That is open, is that right . Sumlin still recovering from the closure that took four hours to clear from the accident that was there. We will hear exactly about what happened in a moment. But what you need to know is traffic is better. It is getting better. 280 is still a good bet. Lets go to the east bay where we see some slowing in hayward at 880 s. We also see traffic on 880 and oakland. There is stop and go traffic at the bay bridge. 6 01 am. Lets go back to the desk. A crash in the gravel filled directions and palo alto. The northbound lanes, it just reopened. Ktvus Elissa Harrington is right there with the latest on what happened. Morning, elizabeth. Reporter good morning, day. As you mentioned, northbound lan