In daly city today, congresswoman jackie spear she was helping hand out food at a food bank event, thousands of people showed up kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well here in daly city on thursday Second Harvest food Bank Sponsored a Food Distribution event here at Jefferson High School now it started about 11 oclock this morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says that the man now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up
And guidelines to get this we can reopen very very quickly but weve got to weve got to lpmake sure we can get this right. Tonight governor newson is saying california is getting closer to reopening, but hes also expressing frustration with groups crowding the beaches in Southern California, at least some parts of it. Thanks for joining us tonight at 8 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and Vicki Liviakis tonight, beaches and some state parks across the state. Will remain open except for one county. The decision is a drastic change from last night when a memo from the Governors Office circulated warning that all beaches throughout the state would be closed our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Still perturbed by its packed beaches last weekend governor Gavin Newsome thursday ordered a temporary closure of beaches in Orange County only have to own that and you have to figure that out Orange County area. Republican senator john moore lock released a statement saying in part Go
According to data from john hopper Johns Hopkins university. Those who projections come as Governor Newsom says california could begin reopening its economy by friday, retail and manufacturers will be the first to enter into californias next phase of the stay at home order. The governor says flower shops Clothing Stores toy stores and books books, an eyes this morning, the tours can all reopen by the end of the week with new mandatory guidelines like Curbside Pickup. The state is also set to release those new rules on thursday seated restaurant dining shopping malls and office is not included in this next phase. So we need active Monitoring Surveillance to make sure that the disease is not spreading. It is one of the criteria is a trigger to re modify. Governor newsom said phase 2 would also include reopening public spaces like parks and beaches. Were expecting more details on that on friday on thursday rather as well. According to Johns Hopkins aniversity there are currently over 1 mi
Morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says the demand now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up asking for help. So that really hits home because i see these families that use to help us. Volunteer once a month. Now theyre just. The representative jackie spear was also here she wanted to send out a message that the need is great and shes asking that if anyone can help out that they should do what they can to help those in its
California advocates for nursing home reform says its difficult to get a handle on the problem without testing i think one reason we may not be saying that kind of language yet is because testing is so still so hard to get California Public Health Officials released the number of deaths of Nursing Homes earlier this week for the first time. The numbers show one 3rd of confirmed covid19 deaths have come from these facilities. The numbers, however, could actually be much higher really surprising. Actually how little we know how that many of those numbers actually are. Thursdays Nursing Homes announcement came as President Trump declared may Older Americans month. The president says the commission on safety for Nursing Homes will be meeting soon and issuing recommendations to further protect seniors. Reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. Life on the streets during this pandemic is especially dangerous for people who are homeless in alameda on the state has donated trailers to h