Morning drive for everyone heading out, our essential workers especially. And theres Nothing Holding them up over there getting across the bay. Instead of fog we have an issue of visibility. Youll notice its dark between Treasure Island and the oakland toll plaza. It is dark there. The Street Lighting or the roadway lighting has been out since at least midnight. I saw that noted on twitter. Headlights and taillights no problem. Be extra cautious. Back to you. A look at the latest u. S. Confirmed cases tops 460,000 including more than 16,000 deaths, the second most of any nation behind only italy. Nonessential businesses remain on hold. Today in the bays tracie potts live for us in washington and, tracie, congress was talking about adding more cash to help Small Businesses but thats hit a snag. Reporter exactly. They didnt get it done because republicans want to put more money in the pot where the money hasnt been dispersed yet and democrats are concerned about that because they say the
Unity and the best of society. American held welcome pope francis has said a live streamed easter mass as the worlds 1300000000 catholics civil rights holiday under lockdown but it is traditional it will be a message to what he called this years easter of so he spoke in front of a small audience in some pages basilica instead of the 10s of thousands who normally gathered in the Square Francis called for Global Solidarity in fighting the coronavirus the pontiff also appealed for debt relief for poor countries and cease fires in all conflicts. Lets cross now to. Religious Affairs Correspondent martin what issues did the pope touch on in his speech. Clearly we have got a problem that will come back to martin if we can well its not just the pope for whom the coronavirus has forced a dramatic we think of face to celebrations but for christians of all denominations so lets take a look at how theyre marking a holy day lord jesus we love you today this texas church holds more than 16000. 00 wo
Have come to a standstill plus. How one business woman in belgium is defining the economic downturn with some seasonal tasty treats she says orders for the Easter Bunnys with the difference being absolutely hopping out the door. Im anthony held welcome the pope has broken with centuries of tradition and live streamed his to sunday mass for the 1st time as the worlds 1300000000 catholics celebrate the holiday and the coronavirus lockdown he smoked he spoke to a small audience in some papers pacifica instead of the hundreds of thousands who normally gathered in the Square Francis devoted his traditional. Message to what he called this is east of solitude and called for Global Solidarity lets listen to what he had to say. In the light of the present circumstances may International Sanctions be relaxed. Since these make it difficult for countries on which theyve been imposed to provide adequate support to their citizens. And to make all nations be put in a position to meet the greatest nee
Drivers to slow down, especially with all these people out on the roadway. To be clear, oaklands slow streets is not to close any city streets, rather to limit traffic to locals only on certain residential streets and quarters. That means if youre driving in your own neighborhood, maybe getting a delivery to your home, those are okay, that is local only. This will apply to 74 miles of oakland streets, as you mentioned. Thats 10 of the citys roadways. Were taking this opportunity to try some new things. Oaklanders are very anxious right now, and really trying hard to adjust to a radically different reality. And we hope that this slow streets movement will help give some joy, some recreation, some exercise, in a safe and physically sdadistanced way to oakland families throughout the city. Reporter if you drive on a slow street without knowing it, you will not get a ticket at this point. This is an education campaign. But a city councilman is urging the sheriff to crack down on speeding a
Well, the rain this week is now moving out. And warmer weather is moving in for the week ahead. We will take a look at the numbers in the accuweather forecast. Today, President Donald Trump extended the social distancing guidelines to april 30th. Now, many businesses in our area are wondering how to stay afloat. Firefighters near daly city and another crew in su city were busy bringing joy to the lives of children. Abc 7 news starts right now. Good evening, im eric thomas. Right now, there are 1,951 coronavirus cases here in the bay area, 49 people have died, and Santa Clara County still has the most, with 646 cases, and 25 deaths. San francisco has 340 cases, with five deaths. San mateo county reports 277 cases and six deaths. Almeda county has 270 cases with seven deaths. Contra costa county, 175 cases, three people have died. And as you can see, there are fewer cases in the north bay. Santa cruz county has recorded its first coronavirus death out of 44 case, the victim was a man in