Deborahears, my wife and i have traveled across the country, especially across the towns, to learn about those parts of the american story. For conversation about future travel, i am glad to welcome the. Eo of airbnb, brian thank you so much for joining us. I have questions about your business in the olden times, in the future times. I want to start with one big picture question about all the enterprises that have an affected by the enterprise, yours has to be most affected. You are about mobility, and people have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get
People have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get on planes, they were not necessarily traveling for business, they did not want to go to a hotel or crowded tourist district, but they did want to get in a car with a tank of gas and go to a community, and often some of them were getting homes with airbnb. So i think there is just a fundamental desire that people have to travel, to connect, the see the world, and i dont think that anything can stop it, let alone a pandemic. Obviously, people have to do it responsibly, but there is still a very strongwil
Memorial day. Because of that, a heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area and coast and immediate shoreline and that is in effect now till 7 00 p. M. Itll continue tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Limit outdoor exposure and stay hydrated looking at hotter days ahead for tuesday and wednesday. Your memorial day forecast with that sunshine topping out in the mid to upper 90s inland this afternoon. Around the bay, low to mid 80s and low 70s along the coast. Looking at 99 for a high in concord, 95 in san jose, 85 in oakland and 82 for a high in san francisco. Watching the high ridge of pressure building for tuesday and wednesday. Ill let you know what to expect in that seven day forecast, my full forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. Today oaklands chapel of the chimes is hosting a memorial day event to thank and honor our veterans. ubut rules are in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. All visitors are require to wear face masks, groups must be ten people or less and all
Are in the pool business. 40 to 50 percent busier than the year before. It seems during a recession, pools are the first to go, but during a covid pandemic, Denny Williams with pool professionals says business couldnt be hotter. It appears as though with the virus situation that people are tending to focus more on their backyards and worried about vacations. Denny with pool professionals telling me a lot of people are installing new pools, resurfacing thols, addingtheir pools, in preparation for a long, hot summer ahead in their backyard. By the way, the breeze has started which feels quite nice. Any relief from the heat. Its 100 degrees right now in fairfield, its 96 degrees and livermore, 97 in concorde, 90 two in san jose and 83 in sfo. The downtown temperature in San Francisco was 78 degrees but the high did get up to and even a little bit above 80 and still 85 degrees in oakland, the only relief, Half Moon Bay at 61 degrees. The heat advisory continues not just this evening but to
A spike in curb it 19 related deaths in sweden 170 people die in 24 hours sparking criticism of the governments soft approach. South koreas governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and Hand Sanitizer. Theres been strong condemnation of u. S. President Donald Trumps announcement that he and the u. S. Funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has been leading the american effort against covert 19 and has praised its relationship with the w. H. O. T. D. C. And jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so weve had a very productive Public Health relationship we continue to have. The European Union says theres no justification for washingtons decision when quote the efforts needed more than ever and china is urging the u. S. To fulfill its obligations to the agency saying the decision to cut fundin