Health and safety. Reporting from home, julian glover, abcdp 7 news. Happening right now most bay area counties are enforcing mandatory mask rules. San francisco, san mateo, alameda you need to cover your nose and mouth in public. Bay Area Health Departments will require all b. A. R. T. Passengers to wear coverings. A lot of passengers are already wearing them and now people who dont comply will be charged with a misdemeanor. B. A. R. T. Says it will take all reasonable steps to stop anyone who is not wearing a face coveringthe system. The earliest deaths in the United States from the coronavirus happened in Santa Clara County and it was back in february. The cdc says tests on tissue samples indicated two people who passed away at their homes on february 6th and february 17th were positive for coronavirus. They died three weeks before the first publicly reported death in washington state, which was in early march. Now, this finding adds to increasing evidence that the virus was in the
Through the 6 00 hour. 60 at the coast where the rest of us try to reach 70 at noon and mid 70s at 4 00 and back down to the upper 60s. A gorgeous evening on the way. Low clouds at the coast this afternoon. Kumasi. Thanks, mike. New overnight, a person who was barricaded in San Franciscos glide Memorial Church for more than 15 hours has been taken into custody. Abc7 news was at the scene at ellis and taylor streets this all started around 7 00 yesterday morning. Police were responding to the report of a man with a knife. The person ran inside the church and was hold up for hours. Police announced it all came to a peaceful end just before midnight and thankfully no one was hurt. Governor newsom expected to give an update on when california can reopen its economy and begin to ease our shelterinplace. The governor will provide a timeline and discuss testing and Contact Tracing. One of those things that experts say is needed to reopen comes straight from the white house guidelines. States
Muchneeded rain well away from us. Heres a look at some of those low clouds as we look back from the east bay hills camera. Lets talk about how this earth day camera is going to break out. A few high clouds join all of our neighborhoods today. 60s at the coast you can see. Near 70 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods and mid to upper 70s by 4 00 and a wonderful evening on tap. Upper 60s at 7 00. All right, lets get back to reggie for the news of the day. Mike, thank you. Governor newsom is expected to give an update today on when california can reopen its economy and begin to ease our she shelterinplace rules. Discuss testing and Contact Tracing. One of the things that experts say is needed to reopen comes from the white house guidelines. States can begin if there is decrease in covid19 cases in 14 days. That has not happened yet. Nearly 36 thoub people tested positive for kcoronavirus in california. Make sure you have the Face Coverings in today. Contra costa, san mateo and so
[inaudible conversations] all day here at the library of Congress National book festival we are recognizing and celebrating the importance of reading and authors and books. The library of congress mix it seem easy to do this each year but the truth is the National Book festival is a huge undertaking. Its a huge financial undertaking. And it has been made possible by generous support from our sponsors. You can see who they are in the programs and video monitors around the Convention Center but they ca tend to take for granted that this will continue to exist. So id ask you to consider making the contribution right now using your cell phone and you can send a text to make a onetime gift that will be added to your mobile phone bill. The details are on the screen and on the back of your program. Once you are to please silence your cell phone. Onto the main event id like to introduce the cochair of the National Book festival, david rubenstein. [applause] we are very honored today to have on
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