No. Absolutely not. What is the target you have set for your department for call back time . We are trying to get out of the business of doing callbacks and that is why we are upgrading the call center so we can have fully trained staff from eight a clock to eight a clock. Reporter she wouldnt say when exactly that would come online and meanwhile this week the state saw more than 470,000 new claims. We see a combination of the initial furloughs now turning into layoffs given the continuation of the lockdowns and we also see businesses that have tried to hang on closing and not only closing but closing permanently. If i was not married, i dont know what i would be doing. I would be homeless. The governor is saying he will send a strike team to help the massive backlog. When will that happened . Reporter we are told within 45 days, that is when his team is expected to deliver recommendations and solutions to the ed and the edd has said that while it has hired 5000 new people, 2500 have c
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. But perseverance finishes its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, doctor Martin Luther king jr. To pay my respects of perhaps his finest disciple. An american, whose faith was tested again and again, to produce a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance. John robert lewis and to those who have spoken, president bush and president clinton, madam speaker and the reverend, johns family, friends, his beloved staff and i have come here today to because i like so Many Americans, owe a great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision of freedom. Now, this country is a constant work in progress and we are born with instructions to form a more perfect union, explicit in those words is the idea that we are imperfect a
Up inland, milder around the bay and cooler around the coast. Here is the Treasure Island camera with the bay bridge and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s. There are low clouds and areas of fog around the coast and catching clearing for most of us. Midsixties in san frano, and n ttle babage foofye. Wl cool do details on that her coming up in just a few minutes. We are keeping our eye on the situation going on in portland where yesterday there was another demonstration, the 60th straight night that they had protests against police and racism. Crowds have been much laer pas thar the stice center and ning send additional 100 federal agents to portland and he has other on standby for other cities. Here is capitol hill where today, attorney general william barr is going to tell the House Judiciary Committee that the unrest in portland is a quote installed on the government of the u. S. According to a copy of his prepared remarks. Now, oakland, this evening, the city council is
Is honored at the capitol where he served for more than 30 years. How his colleagues and future leaders are honoring his legacy. And safe to ride . Electric moped rentals are on the rise during this pandemic. How a series of rececent accidents, including one that killed a tv reporter, is leading to new questions about their safety. Very scary stuff. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The Moderna Vaccine has officially entered the final stage before approval. Theres never been anything like this in terms of speed. A huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. We go from not even knowing what the virus was in early january to a phase three trial is really record time. Republicans unveiled another covid19 relief bill. It would reduce emergency benefits from 600 a week to 200. What the heck is going on . A Top National Guard officer will testify before a committee disputing the white houses account of events that led to protesters being
Yes, you do need those sunglasses. Most of us for the inland areas are starting out clear. Lets check out martinez and our temperature trend looks beautiful. We are going to have a really nice day with some low 60s to start. Clearing out with our sunshine continuing into the afternoon. Some upper 70s for 2 00. Now you will notice a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday. Its going to heat up again this weekend. Well talk more about whats ahead in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for this friday morning drive . Well zoom in to san jose where weve been watching just a little bit of slowing for north 101 at 680. Our live camera shows you the headlights and starting to thin out quickly here. Shortlived as we look at the map. A short section from where the camera is up past the arrow. Weve gotten some yellow and back to green. Should be back at speed. The same thing for the bay bridge toll plaza, no backups. Back to you. A live look at c ticking. Added Unemployment Benefits are