And Regional Medical center demonstrators there protested against the plant closure of Maternal Health services. Also in san jose tenants took to the streets, demanding a pass on first of the month rental payments. This is part of a nationwide movement, by the way. People are calling for a rent strike in may, since the pandemic has left so many people out of work. We go now to San Francisco to a homeless woman. And is aborted took over a vacant home. They want the city to step up and provide shelter for Homeless People in the pandemic. Reporter protesters tell me there are many vacant Housing Units around the city and they should be used itself to the Homeless People off the streets right away. Reporter at noon dozens of protesters gathered on 19th street in San Franciscos castro neighborhood where two homeless women and a supporter entered an empty home to occupy it. We think this house is better used as Affordable Housing to offer protection to our homeless neighbors. Reporter protes
Low 50s in santa rosa. Plenty of cloud cover through the morning hours. Emeryville, the sun coming up in another 30 minutes. With that, mostly cloudy skies and some 50s throughout the mid morning hours. 60s start to arrive closer to noontime with the clouds be beginning to thin out a little bit, and then well call it sunny by later afternoon with numbers mainly in the mid to upper 60s away from the coast of liz . Lisa, thank you. Before we the new mask orders here, i want to point out that lisa and i have our face masks here and w ar tm ith any toim youre in an essential business or at work, you will be required to wear a mask. Now in effect for these counties, alameda, contra costa, san mateo, San Francisco and marin, a similar order already exists in sonoma county. Employees and shoppers must wear them any time youre at the grocery or drugstore. Youre required to wear one while waiting to enter any of those places. San Francisco Mayor london breed also encouraged everyone to keep you
Is timely. Just past the 1 million mark in terms of the number of claims just since march 13. 1 million californians have now claimed the need to get unemployment insurance. This cannot happen soon enough. Is millions file for unemployment there are some who dont know if they qualify for the governments help. Julie spoke to several self employed californians about the confusion. Reporter you may have seen these means joking about how look without the here in their salons. We spoke with some of the more than half 1 million californians in the cosmetology industry who are desperate for answers and for help. A lot of folks are saying they have to keep on working to survive. What is your reaction . Understandable. Most of our girls are at home. Thei families. While these women are abiding by the state home altar. Youre talking about bailouts for huge corporations. Selfemployed people. Reporter unlike regular employees who can file for unemployment. Independent contractors often pay higher
Now at 11 00 escalating tensions in the middle east after a deadly u. S. Airstrike. Tonight President Trump announcing new threats against iran. A live look outside, more wet weather could hit the bay area this week. Well tell you when we could see a chance of rain. Plus thieves break into dozens of cars in just hours, the brazen crime spree in northern california. Good evening. Im maria medina. Im brian hackney. We begin with President Trump threatening new attacks in iran if iran retaliates for the killings of one of its top generals. Kpix5s joe vazquez has the latest developments. There has been a lot of talk, concern about the possibility of world war iii breaking out. That hasnt happened, but the president continues to threaten violence against iran including against that countrys cultural treasures. Just as an emotional funeral was held for a top military leader today, political leaders in iran shouted death to america. Officials announced the death of a nuclear deal saying iran
Investigation. Again, its still unclear as to how the boy was able to access this area of the tracks. Lets here from captain wahid kazem. This afternoon, received a 911 call of a young male juvenile walking near the train tracks in the area of lafayette street over the 101 overcrossing. As our officers were responding to that call, we received a subsequent phone call informing us that the train had struck the male juvenile. Upon arrival, we did find the young male juvenile deceased. Reporter even though the age of the boy is still unknown, Santa Clara Police did confirm that there was no indication of this being a death by suicide. Theyre ruling it as an accident. Back here live, we did get confirmation from Santa Clara Police that the boys family was contacted after this incident. In santa clara, luz pena, abc7 news. Luz, thank you very much for the report. New tonight, pg e is monitoring weather conditions to assess the possibility of turning off the power to parts of the bay area ne