There continues to be concern that gatherings could lead to more transmission. Liz kreutz joining us live with the latest from the state on exactly where things stand, liz. Larry, yes, things continue to be not so great in california while San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties did not get moved into the purple tier today. Numbers continue to go up and another number on the rise, hospitalizations. With thanksgiving just two days away, californias covid19 cases are not showing any signs of slowing down. The 14day Positivity Rate is 5. 6 , a 51 increase from two weeks ago on november 10th when it was 3. 7 . At that point, there were 7,000 cases a day. Today there is more than 15,000. Hospitalizations have increased since then, too by a whopping 81 . Statewide, i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions increased like we did just in the past 24 hours. This message critical ahead of the Holiday Season. Today californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galle
Group, reports Public Health officials in bay area counties are planning to extend the shelter in place order to may 1st. The official announcement could be made some time this week. At last check, there were close to 2,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the bay area. 49 people have died. Starting today in San Francisco, muni is stopping Light Rail Service and closed all of its subway stations and replaced trains with buses. This just in, a new opening date has been set for the tokyo summer olympics. The Opening Ceremony is expected to take place july 23rd next year. Thats 2021. So, big news for that, reggie. And relief is coming here for Health Care Workers on the front lines of covid19. Today Governor Newsom is expected to announce an initiative to boost the workforce. Right now Health Care Workers are working very long hours as we know. Starting this week Governor Newsom is scheduled to take up an update on the pandemic and he will do this every day at noon going forward. A secon
Many are relaying on insacart to get food. Workers are now demanding more protections against coronavirus. Julian glover is live with those details for us. Good morning, julian. Good morning, jobina. Convenient for us. We open up an app and place our order and someone does the Grocery Shopping for us and so many people have depended on that during this pandemic. But now many of the instacart workers are saying it is not safe for them to do their jobs and to go shopping with so many large crowds packed inside of these stores. Threatening to stay home demanding that the San Franciscobased Company Provide Hand Sanitizers and disinfectant wipes and 5 per order and expanded sick pay order. They are playing russian roulette every time they shop. If shoppers arent provided with necessary equipment to shop safely, customers are absolutely at risk. Reporter now the demand for this service has boomed in the pandemic. The Associated Press reporting that instacart ordered 50,000 new shoppers last
Provide you with updates as they come in. Were live here in oakland. Pete serratos, nbc bay area news. All right, pete, thank you. So pete was mentioning that other protests in oakland will hundreds of workers rights activists rallied at the federal building. The group, made up of workers Students Union and nonunion members, marched through downtown, stopping traffic and calling for a cease fire. And the end of u. S. Military aid to israel. It is our tax dollars at work that pay for the bombs to be sent over there. And were here to say, not in our names. If were workers, were on strike today. This is may day, this is International Workers day, and were not having our tax dollars and our earnings go to bomb people in other countries. Yeah. These demonstrators say the violence in gaza is a workers right issue. What do we want tracks. What do we want it now . Demonstrations also taking over the streets of San Francisco, Terry Mcsweeney sent in these videos from union square, where another
Expected today as we prepare for a heat wave that kicks in starting tomorrow. High pressure is going to settle into our area for the next 6 days, meaning hot temperatures for everyone. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge than 30 min from 37 to the Richmond Bridge drive min from the toll to 101 mark breaking news. President trump has just confirmed that he is under investigation by a special counsel. The president taking to twitter this morning to say quote i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director witch hunt. In this latest tweet, in this latest tweet, the president seems to confirm he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. Its not clear whether he was basing his tweet on direct knowledge or on media reports. Former fbi director Robert Mueller is leading the investigation into the president and his