Its quiet and i just want to remind people that certain parking restrictions are still being enforced. I dont think you can just go and not pay the meter. Theyre still trying to keep businesses open. This is traffic moving along very well. Transit system still working. A little rain here at the Richmond Bridge as steve has been saying. So that may complicate your drive wherever youre going. New numbers this morning. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University Say the number of coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 200,000. China, italy, iran, spain, germany have the most infections. Here in the bay area, there are 367 confirmed cases. Santa clara county has more than double any other county with 155 cases including five deaths z. San mateo is second, followed by San Francisco, contra costa, and alameda counties. Two of the bay area shelterinplace order. Once again the order says stay at home as much as possible. We expect to see empty streets and neighborhoods again and areas that are nor
Public health, the total number of confirmed cases in the state, 598. 13 people have died. But todays Santa Clara County did announce another death bringing the death toll to at least 14. State officials are warning the coronavirus here in california could get better before it gets worse. The governor signed a bill to spend as much as a billion dollars to help hospitals handle an expected rush of patients. He says california could need as many as 20,000 hospital beds. The governor would not comment on the shortage of supplies saying he didnt want to cause further concern. National guard troops across the country are now on notice in case theyre needed during r Governor Newsom said he guard on alert. The troops should be prepared to perform humanitarian missions. Troops will also support Public Safety when required. Today is day two of a shelterinplace order. People are being told to stay at home unless they are going out for a walk, buying groceries or picking up medication. Sky fox fl
Checkpoint and sent home on monday. In washington, President Trump has just signed a coronavirus funding bill that would provide relief to businesses and people impacted by the virus. It offers more than 100 billion in food assistance. It includes guaranteed sick leave for workers and to make testing virus for the costfree. The United States and canada have agreed to temporarily close their share boarder to nonessential travel. Both President Trump and canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, say trade will not be affected by this closure. In california, Governor Newsom has told the National Guard to be ready to step in if communities need extra help during the coronavirus crisis. The governor says the troops can provide humanitarian missions like distributing food and supporting public safety. Health officials in napa county have ordered a shelterinplace directive as farring tomorrow at midnight to avoid spreading the coronavirus. There are no confirmed cases of covid19 in napa. A pas
Difficult theres a Navigation Center right behind me with the governor wants to do is to spend million get 100 million of that million to local governments because they know their needs intimately to make sure that the homeless are taken care of because when theyre taken care of he believes society as a whole will be much better because at any given time in california 108,000 people are homeless said he believes unless they are taken care of about 12,000 of them could be sent to the hospital either because are exposed to coronavirus or test positive for coronavirus and could overrun the hospital and all the workers which is why lets face it thats where we have in the shelter in place to flatten the curve and if you dont take care of the homeless according to the governor it can really spike in overwhelm are already overwhelmed systems and thats why he wants to get his hands on as many rooms from hotels and motels to send the homeless there because then theyll have social distance, here
Stages of the Champions League. That is despite losing to Bayern Munich in theirfinal group game. Good morning. Weve got cloud and rain spilling in from the south west. Its moving north and eastward through the course of the day, possibly leaving some snow on the hills. Its going to be a blustery day, but the wind will strengthen from the south west later. I will have more in 15. Silent night. Christmas comes early for terrence, the age uk volunteer who wont be home alone for the first time in 20 years. It is thursday 12 december. Our top story after six weeks of campaigning, polls are about to open across the country for voting in the general election. It is the third ballot in less than five years, and the first to be held in december in nearly a century. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminster for us this morning. Jonathan, talk us through the day ahead. Good morning, yes, decision day has arrived. The time for politicians to do the talking is over and it is tim