Commitment to addressing this issue as well. Even though weve reached this incredible milestone here in our city, we know that there are still disparities that exist, specifically by race and ethnicity, by age, by gender, and, sadly, by housing status. These disparities highlight the work we have to do to continue to get to zero and really trying to remove the barriers, the stigma, the discrimination, so that we can truly end new infections, which is our ultimate goal. In fact, in 2018, africanamerican men had the highest diagnosis rate. Africanamerican women also had the highest diagnosis rate. Fighting this should be our focus and we are taking steps to do so. This week the department of Public Health will launch a competitive bid process where we will allocate 8 million in additional funding to Community Organizations primarily serving the africanamerican, latino, transgender and substanceuser communities in order to strengthen the work that we are already doing. [ applause ]. Mayor
Rates for only the second time since the 2008 financial crisis. It warns of slowing global growth. Manchester city are up and running in the Champions League. They comfortably beat shakhtar donetsk in ukraine, whilst spurs are held to a draw by olympiakos. And more wardrobe dilemmas out there today. The chilly start to your thursday morning but with plenty of sunshine overhead it will feel pleasa ntly warm sunshine overhead it will feel pleasantly warm later. I will have the full forecast here on breakfast. It is thursday 19 september. Our top story the number of robberies in england and wales is increasing much faster than in other wealthy countries. A new report shows robberies with knives have risen by 45 between march 2014 and march 2018. The increase is being blamed on police cuts and the growth in smartphone use. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw reports. It isa it is a frightening crime. Every hour about ten people become victims of robbery, sometimes by thieves riding m
Sucker punched, the moment caught on camera during a basketball brawl. A teenage girl slammed by a man almost twice her size falling to the ground. I was completely shocked. The Police Investigation this morning. And royal visit. The duke and duchess of sussex ready to embark on their tour of Southern Africa with baby archie in tow. Where theyll go with harry ready to follow in his mothers footsteps. Good sunday morning, everybody. Great to have you with us. We have a lot to get to. Joe biden is in iowa this weekend with strong words about a potential fire Storm Brewing in washington. Did President Trump pressure the leader of ukraine to dig up dirt on bidens son . This comeiff neleinow least according to one new poll that shows Elizabeth Warren pulling a ahead. Well have a live report from des moines in just moments. Well start with a developing weather story. We have a new Tropical Storm this morning. Karen has just formed in the atlantic, and it may well hit puerto rico which is of
Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning, its sunday, september 22nd. Im liz kreutz aaron. Heres lisa argen with the weather. You can see doppler 7 from marine county through san mateo and extra cloud cover as we widen the perspective. Theres a system to the north. Its not going to bring us rain but it does bring us that onshore flow. The marine layer isnt tall or deep. The influence will be felt at the coast. 66 in san jose, oakland 65. A few high clouds drifting in not only now but throughout the afternoon. Were looking at 70s by the delta. Is morningt was 48 in fairfield, now its 72. Thats with that dry air. How quickly we warm. So we are cooler this morning by seven degrees on the coast. Here is the warmup, not as pronounced today, liz. Sounds good, thanks, lisa. New this morning, two people are in the hospital after a fire broke out at a care home on massachusetts drive in san jose. The fire started just after 4 00 a. M. On the back porch, sp
One of you for supporting the warriors foundation, for supporting the chamber. Welcome to the new chase center. Congratulations to rodney fong, the new executive director. I am looking forward to the future and the work to do to make San Francisco an incredible place just like this Amazing Center you are enjoying here this morning. Thank you all so much. [applause. ] thank you very much, mayor breed, we celebrate the opening of chase center. I invite you to welcome to the stage the San Francisco chamber of commerce board chair and chief revenue officer, john gingrich. Get ready. Thank you all for being here today. Nice to see a lot of Friendly Faces in the crowd. I serve as board chair for the San Francisco chamber of commerce. I do want to say thank you to all of the sponsors and especially my former colleagues. Thank you for being the presenting sponsor today. The San Francisco chamber is excited to watch the Business Community grow throughout mission bay and here with the retail, re