Is this live . Can everyone hear me . Welcome. My name is kyle byrd im the executive director of the leon leavy center for biography. Over the past 12 years the leavy center has awarded 44 major fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is not worth 72,000 so its not chump change. To date some 20 biographies have been published including ruth franklins biography of Shirley Jackson which won the Prestigious National book critics circle award biography. I also want to spread the news about our brandnew holy unique Masters Program in biography and memoir is just started this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal. Brenda is actually both former director of the leon leavy center and teaches the core courses in new Masters Program. Our next program is next wednesday, september 25 at 6 30 p. M. With david netzel giving the annual leon leavy lecture on biography. Tonight im very delighted to have Benjamin Moser in conversation with brenda one apple.
A bay area couple stuck on a cruise ship carrying a dozen coronavirus patients and the coast guard refuses to let the ship dock, while the situation grows more dire. The cbc joins the state of california in recommending that everyone wear a face mask in public, this comes after new information emerges about how the virus can spread. Tougher restrictions on marijuana dispensaries in Santa Clara County, why recreational users could be turned away. 6 am on this saturday, april 4, good morning im devon feeley, emily turner is off. Lets get over to the Weather Center with darren where we have some rain. Devon its a good thing that the traditional notion of the weekend doesnt apply right now cause lareweends have has rained. That rain probably is more effective than any message by Public Officials about stay out of parks and off the beach. And crowding together. This weekend Mother Nature is going to help with social distancing. Let me show you why. There is a lot of green on radar, it hasnt
He patient passed away in a San Francisco hospital. Hundreds of other crew members isolated on that ship will end their 14day quarantine tomorrow. San Francisco Police are cracking down on people not following social distancing orders. The police chief said they are now issues vietations for people gathering out doors and not staying six feet apart. A short time ago ispect spoke with a local doctor via skype and asked her about the new guidelines of wearing masks, and if california has seen a big difference seen the shelter inplace mandates. The cdc is recommending that everyone start wearing a mask when they go outside. What are your thoughts on that. Is this necessary . The reason that cdc is now recommending that everyone wear cloth masks is something that you can make at home or, and we have no studies that show this can be passed from breathing, yawning, talking, so you can imagine if youre in the vicinity of someone doing that, and they dont know that theyre considering the virus
Now at 11 00, a bay area couple stuck on a cruise ship carrying a dozen coronavirus patients. Tonight, the coast guard is refusing to let the ship dock while the situation on board grows more dire. Tougher restrictions on dispensaries in Santa Clara County. Why recreational users will be turned away. And were tracking a good chance of rain in the forecast as we head into the weekend after a dry start to april, well track it hour by hour coming up in the forecast. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a bay area couple stuck thousands of miles from home on a cruise with coronavirus patients, good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Kpix 5s betty yu reports that they dont know when theyll be able to land. Betty . Ken, when the coral princess departed south america at the end of february, the coronavirus was not recognized as a serious threat. Now its hovering off Fort Lauderdale in limbo, and Princess Cruises says 12 people on board have tested positive for covid 19. F
Until it comes up with an approved plan for disembarking and hospitalizing people on board. We just cant have more people with our medical system. We dont have the capacity. Julie is a retired nurse practitioner. She says the coral princess is also overburdened. The medical staff is overwhelmed. So theyre not going to have all the resources they need to manage this. Thats why its going to be really important to get the ship somewhere where its safely docked. Already at port everglades, 2 Holland America ships docked. They were allowed to dock with scores of people with cod19pts. 4 people the ship. Tonight some of the passengers landed at sfo, screened and cleared to take flights home. Meanwhile others were quarantined on the grand princess cruise ship for over a month. Tonight we learned a crew member has died from the coronavirus at a San Francisco hospital. Were told that person was from the philippines. Some of the crew members still on board posted this video, asking to be evacuate