News at 5 starts right now. Im terry mcsweeney. A break through in the bay area. For the first time at ucsf, doctors have transfused convalescent plasma into a covid19 patient. That means using blood from people who have recovered from the virus and have antibodies from the disease in their blood. The global death toll has topped 200,000. More than 1 4 of those deaths in the u. S. To put things into perspective on how fast this number is rising. Just 15 days ago, april 10th. The global death toll stood at 100,000. Now its doubled. Here at home cases continue to climb. More than 7200 reported cases. At least 259 people have died. Today every county with the exception of marin, solano, sonoma and men doe seen know counties added new cases. Cases in San Mateo County have now topped 1,000. Despite masks and social distancing, testing will be a crucial part of moving forward in this pandemic. Ucsf is trying to take action. Nbc bay areas tom jensen reports from the mission district. Reporter
Some of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch online, booktv. Org. Later story of hello girls of world war i. We begin the special features of the mayors of bryan and college station. One of the wonderful things of bryan, college station, you have two cities, the city of bryan started a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. Stopped before the civil war and after civil warred and it continued on and bryan for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created and was able to do that. The University Got its first six students and city of bryan was getting going and the area that you see around us today are still some of the first buildings that were being built at the time, 25 years ago this was a ghosttown. Because of area of state, geographically blurred too. Texas a m was one of the land grant institutions and over time it grew but it was 5 miles from a town
Napa airport is 51. Theres a little bit of a breeze. Not strong. Similar to that we had over the weekend. Neak by to the north. Its all High Pressure after today start to go burp the temperatures up. Today is a little bit below average on the temperatures again. Sal is here, lets see if theres anything new going on in the 5 00 hour. Good morning, sir. Good morning to you , steve. Its nice and quiet. Just the way that we like it. We can see that traffic is okay if youre driving on the bridge, it looks really good. Heading out, theres no major issues on the bay area bridges. Seems like more people are out there, but it dud not seem like theres any traffic jams at the moment. 5 01. Back to pam. Thank you, sal. Police in dan say that a gunman dressed as a Police Officer carried out the worst mass shooting. 16 people die in a 12hour shooting rampage. It started in a Rural Community where several bodies were found at a home. Now, several nearby homes were also set on fire. More bodies were f
Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and commissions, making it possible to hold Commission Hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through may 3, 2020, recognizing that the commissi commissions condition of concern projects is an essential consideration. It needs to consider action items pertaining to infrastructure, housing, and Small Businesses. Today, the Planning Commission reconvenes for the first time in its history remotely using telecommunications. It may at times be slow, and it may be clumsy. Therefore, we ask your patience. Commissioners and staff will be participating in the meeting remotely but participate as if we were physically present. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is televising this meeting live. Sfgov is streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Comments and times to speak duri
Orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and commissions, making it possible to hold Commission Hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through may 3, 2020, recognizing that the commissi commissions condition of concern projects is an essential consideration. It needs to consider action items pertaining to infrastructure, housing, and Small Businesses. Today, the Planning Commission reconvenes for the first time in its history remotely using telecommunications. It may at times be slow, and it may be clumsy. Therefore, we ask your patience. Commissioners and staff will be participating in the meeting remotely but participate as if we were physically present. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is televising this meeting live. Sfgov is streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Comments and times to speak during the Public Comment appearing are available by phone by