Sick leave. Health Officials Say the goal is to slow the spread of the virus in Alameda County where many people who test positive continue to work for fear of getting fired. Heres a look at the numbers in the bay area. There were 973 new cases for a total of over 56,000. San francisco and santa clara had the highest numbers with about 240 new cases each. 16 deaths were reported in the bay area including six in marin county and four in contra costa county. The bay area has now seen 858 deaths. As for the state numbers today, a total of more than 524,000. And there were 202 deaths bringing in the state death toll above 9700. The superintendent of california schools says work is underway to connect up to a Million Students to help with distance learning. The state is getting help from two high tech giants to get those kids connected. The start of school is just days away for some School Districts. Hundreds of thousands of students in california dont have access to computers, have poor in
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
To children. As they keep growing theyre wearing bigger clothes and im doing something i rarely do and im buying online. This is from my 11. 5yearold wearing man size socks now. I have ordered socks and pajamas and shorts all online. Typically you have to adjust. Michael, ill start with you. Are you changing your Shopping Habits and noticing time marchs on even though some aspects of life have slowed dramatically. They were buying more for the children and becoming simplified and obviously, theres needs growing. I think within that, we realized now that were home and organizing stuff we realized we have a lot of stuff. We have a lot of stuff. Theres an attack of trying to get rid of stuff. Just wait until the pandemic is over. Theres going to be a lot of people donating to places Like Salvation Army and good will. Youll see it. Just wait. Yeah, all right. Lets get right into the coronavirus coverage. Governor new . Says the number of covid19 cases has been moving in the right direction
The night. It is unclear to me why folks need to, at 2 00 in the morning, need to be dropped off that far north and doesnt terminate at the terminal. So, ive got a lot of questions. Reporter in 2018 San Francisco was part of a Class Action Lawsuit against the state of nevada after it was discovered that patients were being put on a oneway bus from vegas to the city. Mayor london breed says she wants the City Attorneys Office to look into it. San francisco cant do it alone, and its not fair to expect that we can. So i would want a county to be a good partner in trying to work with us. Reporter samtrans says the story is not clearcut, that Homeless People are not being put in buses only to be dropped off in San Francisco. What we understand this is Homeless People who end up at sfo and are specifically given a sanfrans token to take them back to San Francisco. Reporter sometimes police give homeless tokens at sfo when bart service ends. A bus either takes them to San Francisco or palo al
Well look back at his bold, brash, and oftentimes controversial career. And setting a space milestone. This morning, Christina Koch takes the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Well show why she hopes her record falls soon. First, we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter this is going to become a very big storm, and its going to move across literally the whole country. Pack your patience as you head to the airport. A monster winter storm moves east. Good news, the ball drop in new york city will stay dry. Reporter crews say they found the wreckage of a sightseeing helicopter that disappeared over kauai with seven people on board. Reporter the cause remains under investigation. The former Vice President saying when it comes to the Senate Impeachment trial he would even defy a subpoena. This is all about a diversion, and we play his game all the time. Do we have to put these morons on the radio . Don imus has died. Full of [ bleep ]