Professor thanks for being with us tonight just your basic reaction we all knew she was battling cancer, but it kind of caught everybody off guard tonight didnt it. Yes, i mean i think like so Many Americans i was shocked even though of course she was 87 and had had a lot of mental, i mean excuse me physical Health Issues when i when i heard the news like many people i got very teary eyed because it was shocking and we thought of her as kind of a rock and someone who even though shes been through a lot of physical adversity an emotional unversity her husband passed away had been someone who we thought and we would be here forever. The second woman on the United States Supreme Court made quite an impact more than many of the men over these many many years why do you think that is. I think she had this really extraordinary combination incredible forward thinking this with respect to the kind of race that she wanted to promote and that was especially the rights of people who are marginali
Is closing all beach parking lots through the Holiday Weekend. Parking lot closures include but are not limited to the following baker beach china beach crissy field, fort funston 4 point the Golden Gate Bridge lands end the marina green and ocean beach, Half Moon Bay is also closing its beaches through sunday, the closures come after Governor Newsom ordered parking lots at all state beaches to be closed for the Holiday Weekend. The citys mayor is also actively discouraging people from visiting Half Moon Bay. In fact, the mayor announced the stretch of the popular coastal trail between the seymour bridge and kelly avenue will be closed for the next 3 days. In the span of one month california has gone from optimistic to sour in the fight against covid19 especially because cases surged after memorial day. Now Health Experts are sounding the alarm as we head into another Holiday Weekend. Kron fours dan thorn talked with Health Experts on what went wrong and how we can get back to beating
Number of workplace and business licensing agencies like cal osha, alcohol Beverage Control and the california highway patrol. But there are still questions on how rules will actually be in force. This comes after approved permits for a 300 person protests. 2 weddings and a 50 person demonstration all on the 4th of july. How you address what some might perceive a mixed message in here. I dont have the benefit of the details of the permits chp is evaluating those permits now to see about how that can be done. Taken into account, the the governors orders and directives that we want for appropriate social distancing and limiting. To come together while still protecting rights assemble for for peaceful protest. Well for now the state is primarily targeting businesses out of compliance with guidelines, including the face mask men day. All right here in the bay area there are over 29,000 cases and over 590 deaths, were still seeing the most cases in Alameda County with over 5700 infections.
Lets get right to our top story this friday morning. Bay Area Health Officials encouraging everyone to stay home this 4th of july weekend. Now this comes as the state and the bay area continue to see a rise in coronavirus cases kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in Contra Costa County this morning. She has all the details sarah good morning. And theyre good morning marty i live here in Contra Costa County one of counties in the bay area that seeing a major surge in cases terrible time they cant believe were heading into the 4th of july weekend and were seeing a spike in cases when we were doing so well and now were seeing that resurgence. So officials are asking us to stay home and be safe. Why lets take a look at the increases that were seeing across the bay area in all of our take a look at your screen there are quite a lot of numbers but just to name a few Contra Costa County is seeing a 129 increase in cases in a 111 increase in deaths from may 31st until yesterday that the county saw a 207
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th