Area counties will be under this new regional stay at home order. And then 2 more counties are to follow soon after the new rules coming us coronavirus move closer to reaching itals capacity. Thursday governor gavin newsom announced that order would go into effect in 4 regions intensive Care Capacity fell below 15 so thursday icu capacity here in the bay area was above 25 . Yesterday it dropped by more than 4 to just over 21 where it stands right now, although capacity did rise by half a percentage point today it is still dangerously low, which is now prompting several Bay Area Health officials to implement those new stay at home orders earlier than necessary. So heres one the orders officially begin San Francisco santa clara and contra costa counties will begin starting these rules on sunday night at 10 which is when the states curfew goes into effect. And the Alameda County it will take effect just after midnight on monday. A marine county doesnt start until tuesday at noon and once
You might have the best time ahead outside with those smoky skies booklets go to meteorologist mary lee with a check of the forecast. We have some good news this morning compared to yesterday. The air quality is a little bit better for most of us. Checking our quality conditions you can see a lot of yellow dots and it is moderate this morning. Those red dots are indicating unhealthy air for portions of the north bay as well as for the peninsula. As we go through the day we are still looking at that unhealthy air quality and that is why a spare the air alert is an effect and will likely be exndedfor t week. Temperatures are seasonal and we will talk more about the rest of the week including the Holiday Weekend forecast and alice check in with gianna and it is a slow ride on the Allatoona Pass. It sure is. We have brake lights into the Allatoona Pass out of tracy and mount house to grant line. The eastbound side has an accident around grant line road that was rocking one lane and they ar
Stating aess owners for help. Today they sidestepped congress and signed an executive order mandating the check. Not having any calls for anything like that. Family in this bay area and across the country are desperate for unemployment help. President called for new benefits but it may not be a done deal. It could face legal challenges. With that, good evening. The economy is one of the key things were focus on as part of our efforts to build a better bay area for all of us during this pandemic. And it has been a tough month for the unemployed the 600 weekly unemployment benefit expired on july 31st. Ppp, which has helped Small Businesses meet their pay roll expires today. Trump signed his plan after talks fell apart this past week. Reporter President Trump blaming democrats after negotiations collapsed friday. Democrats are obstructing all of it. Therefore, im taking executive action. Weve had it. And restarting Unemployment Benefits and cutting the checks to 400. And extending evicti
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Its been really hard, not having a job and not being able to provide for my son. Unemployment uncertainty for area, and across tdeerate for he congress, but now President Trump announcing his own plan for new benefits, but it may not be a done deal. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 9th. Im liz kreutz. Thanks for joining us. Were breaking down where the Unemployment Benefits stand and President Trumps new executive order on evictions but first, as always, lets start with a quick look at the bay area folks with meteorologist Frances Dinglasan in for lisa argen. Good morning, frances. Good morning, liz, good morning, everyone. We have another gorgeous day in store for with us plent y of sunshine right now. Were dealing with fog thick in some spots. Heres live doppler 7 and the satellite radar image, low clouds along the coast spilling into the bay, Half Moon Bay the visibility is down to one mile becaus
That up to the attorneys, it doesnt do the job, it doesnt come its not going to go into effect for weeks and months because its so put together in a crazy way, if he would have renewed the 600 unedge employment, we created over 9 million jobs in three months churches and ymcas to tell students stay on task and interact with kids their age. Its like taking one of our schools and spreading it out over nine different facilities. Reporter but not everyone is on board. Some School Officials are concerned that these pods of students will allow the virus to spread, defeating the purpose of closing schools. I think that things are very different for us than they are for the school district. We are not dealing with the size, scale, and scope that a district has to deal with. We are able to keep kids in pods so if we do have someone with the virus, its only affecting a small number of people. Reporter above all, organizers of these shadow schools say theyre in it for the kids so they dont fall b