After accusing the city of repressing religious freedoms, the archbishop took to the streets to demand that churches be allowed to reopen their doors. Here is devon bailey. Reporter across San Francisco, parishioners were demonstrating that they can practice their faith, including in Person Church Services without endangering their health. Hundreds of catholics flooded into the courtyard at st. Marys cathedral in San Francisco. They are frustrated with restrictions that they say unfairly and unassist early limit the practice of their faith. I can see that it is unfair. We are essential. We need to worship. Reporter San Francisco archbishop letter procession from city hall to the cathedral with little social distancing. The crowd was in and out before the official Worship Service began. The parishioners were spilling out onto the sidewalk. The archbishop says the citys restrictions on in person Worship Services unfairly target people of faith. They say parishners do not to choose betwee
Chair and directors, yes, i do. So if youre ready, ill begin with this. Meeting of the citizens im sorry, i think there seems to be a lag here. Chair borden its not the same as what youre seeing on tv. Your audio is a little bit labored. I dont know if your internet quality is well. Okay. Okay. See if that helps. If it gets really bad, just let me know and i can just submit my report as a written report. No problem, go ahead. Great. So at the last meeting of the Citizens Advisory Council, we met director lai and welcomed her to the board. Thank you, again, for stopping by. We always appreciate welcoming Board Directors at our meetings. Also at our september meeting, i expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction with the rollout and subsequent rollback of rail service. And i hope that, if nothing else, the problems with rail revealed opportunities to fix and strengthen our system starting with more support at central on that. At our september meeting we heard from operators and members
President trump arrives in california today in a smoky haze is blaming the wildfires plaguing the west coast. Not on Climate Change but on the failure to properly manage the forests this came up in a public discussion between the president and governor newsome and those 2 kept a very civil very point. The governor has acknowledged that Forest Management is an issue but not the issue newsome pointing out that most forest land in california is federally owned still should our leaders be addressing more thoroughly both concepts Climate Change and Forest Management i asked our political analysts. Over 45 of californias 33 million acres are controlled by the u. S. Forest service and therefore its measured budget has all gone to fighting fires. So trump can blame this all in california. And you can remove Climate Change from the equation. The droughts are killing all vegetation that are tinder for fires. We didnt have fire tornadoes before the world got warmer, super fires are now the norm n
Cool afternoon considering where we have been daytime highs for most of the bay only in the 70s. Robin. Thank you john lets check in on the traffic now which is off to a great start for friday morning. Were checking in on the bay bridge toll plaza the commute into San Francisco is looking good. Heres a live look at we dont have any delays or problems right now leading up to the paid so all is well into San Francisco. Heres 92 our busiest bridge busy does not mean that its a little crowded west of the tolls but its a great trip up and over the high rise into foster city and san mateo darya james thanks a lot rob and 5 oh one this morning Elementary Students in San Francisco are a step closer to heading back to the classroom. Yeah, this after department of Public Health is inspecting Elementary Schools to ensure that they meet both state and county standards from 4 Sarah Stinson live in the city now. With more on the story sure. Yes schools like the one behind me that could be open this
Strike teams operation provide an opportunity to deliver on the governors vision of systems that prioritize the customers experience, informed by data and great expertise. Though nelson is skeptical despite e. D. D. Trying to fix the broken system. I hope they do. Id like to get a phone call to get this squared away. Im sure people would like to get their money out of them. That was ryan hill reporting. Meanwhile, legislation just hit the governors desk that would force the state to follow its own rules about putting sensitive personal information on those employment checks. Well have that story coming up later in the news. New at 6 00, a popular south bay recreation spot is counting down to a closure. Anderson reservoir is about to get an upgrade. And while there is clearly a need for, kpix 5s john ramos reports some are shocked by how long it will be off limits. A lot of people from the south bay grew up playing here at Anderson Reservoir and theyre going to grow up a whole lot more