This once a year, i have a really old alarm clock probably 15 years old, that still recognizes the old daylight savings change time. So i thought i was waking up at 5 30 am. It was 4 30 am. Get an iphone. A little and a nap later on today for sure. Were looking at rain falling over the bay area as the next wave moves through. Moderate to heavy rain is expected at times. That is what we are seeing outside right now. Lets shift into areas worth highway 101 between morganville and gilroy. Some moderate rain is falling. Shifting through we can sees emphasis go in san mateo are dry at the moment but there are a few sprinkles possibly coming through. Shifting into the northbay we have it trending across the coastline moving into areas like santa rosa and nevada. The east bay is seeing some light rain as well. There were showers today in periods of heavy rain. Along with the possibility of thunderstorms. The center of the circulation is a bit closer to the bay area and that will provide us wi
Industrial mobilization to make adequate ventilators particularly a short one to help the people of new york, detroit, new orleans, chicago, denver, seattle, all around this country as this virus bears down. The ventilators of the most important things for the patient to become more seriously ill. They are the lifeline for people. I personally have been working with fema and with hhs and Ventilator Companies making sure we can get what we need as quickly as possible. Virtually, every one of those companies whos been cooperative, patriotic, moving and trump time with us as soon as possible but we did have a problem with gm. On the one hand, we have ford and g moving forward on a similar project. Patriotically moving as fast as possible over the last several days, we ran into roadblocks. We cannot afford to lose a single day, particularly in the next 30 to 60 days. President trump, the defense production act is enhancing and accelerating, i salute him for doing so. Its going to make my j
On slowing the spread of the virus. New cases of it on the decline in major hot spots including new york. Dr. Tony fauci saying the death toll in the u. S. Could be 60,000 versus earlier estimates of 240 people dying. Donald trumps Approval Rating hit alltime high for him amid coronavirus pandemic and also showing an overwhelming majority of americans are concerned about a recession. The virtual opec plus meeting which included saudi arabia and russia ending in a tentative agreement to temporarily cut production by about 10 millionbarrels per day. But mexico could derail the plan. Oil declining near the trading session over concerns about the Production Cuts that they wouldnt be deep enough. U. S. Markets are closed today in observance of good friday but yesterday u. S. Stocks rallied, dow, nasdaq, s p all up more than 10 for the week. S p having the best week since 1974. In asia overnight markets were mixed, you can take hang seng and hong kong closed for good friday. European markets
A new study says coronavirus cases in california ll peak in late april this is the bay area again xtending the stay at home order until may 1st a model released by the university of washington is projecting the state will hit its peak in cases by april 26 that study takes into account strongsocial distancing other protective measures. Researchers say the state will need more than 10,000 hospital beds at maximum capacity. And as the bay area tries to flatten e curve a lot of local residents are considered very vulnerable. One doctor from highnd hospital in oakland talked to cnn about whats being done to prepare for new cases. I think especially study new york has been especially valuable that like elmhurst hospital in ueens, the hospital that i work at Highland Hospital in oakland. Is a safety net hospital we do care could only for Vulnerable People unstable housing or are frankly homeless and that. Has helped us tremendously plan for when we work to play and discharge is when we tell p
Coming up with the plan that the president will recommend . I think that what we need to do, we need a nuanced approach. I think in pennsylvania weve got too far. The governor shut down construction, even online car sales. That is too much. We need to make sure were not hurting the economy unnecessarily while were still protecting Public Health. So for example, we should let local counties make the decision, even local muse municipalities where population is most dense, most rural, combat this with nuanced, balanced approach rather than painting with a very broad brush stroke. Elizabeth here is what the president is saying. Governors, you will call your own shots. You can start reopening before may 1st. Well give you county by county basis when it comes to outbreak of covid19 on a county by county basis. He will say the onus is on you, the buck stops with you governors to reopen. Half of u. S. Cities are facing lay offs of their own city workers, that means cops and firemen. No federal