Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i wish to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. I just want to make sure that i captured supervisor stefani or did i miss you, supervisor . Supervisor stefani madam clerk, i believe that you did, and i am present. Thank you. Clerk i believe that, and i apologize to you, and yes, mr. President. All members are present, just to make sure. President yee mmhmm. Clerk and yes, i do have a communication. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 health emergency, members of the board participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the staple extent as though physicall
Workout a deal for our tenants that they can stay in japan town. We cannot lose these tenants as they account t account to 90 in town. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Operations, lets hear from the next caller, please. Thank you, very much. Its a hard job. I cant do what you guys do. I would fall asleep. Sir, can you speak into your phone. We can barely hear you. Ok. Well, i guess he hung up. Operations is there another call, please. Caller can you hear me . Hi, my name is joyce and im a resident of district 3 in speaking in support of the ordinances introduced by supervisors peskin and preston. To stoppie convictions and extend the moratorium on rents for Small Businesses effected by covid. In the 1970 i was involved in commuting organizing to stop the further destruction of the japan townchinatown malil a town communities created by redevelopment. Fast forward to 2020 and the effects of the covid19 pandemic. Small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being
Visibility holding up well across the bay, no worries there as youre heading into work. As far as air quality goes also something thats a positive to kick off this new day were going to be seeing good conditions throughout the course of your wednesday that sea breeze its been steady the past few days really helping to keep the air swept out and those problem spots over into the Sierra Nevada or theyre actually also seeing some improvements these past couple of days. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with berkeley at 57 right now oakland at 59. While alameda hayward and fairfield each in person though 60s north bay temperatures are some of our coolest in the low 50s as for later on today do expect daytime highs to be very similar to yesterday upper 80s inland with bayside areas in the 70s and some 60s hanging on near the coast, im talking changes come this weekend in your forecast ahead robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at your Earl