Transit and sanitation will continue. So your garbage will be picked up. Police officers will be out there on the front line. Our fire safety officials and others. Also Grocery Stores and pharmacies and banks and gas stations will remain open. An astounding clampdown on life as we know it here in the bay area. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. Im julie haener. The coronavirus is changing everyday life, where we go, if we work, the things we buy, things education, person to person interactions and financial stability. On wall street today stocks took another blow over fears of a recession. The dow plunged more than 12 , nearly 3,000 points, its largest point drop ever. Nasdaq fell 970 and the s p lost 324. Emergency action by the fed to lower Interest Rates and buy treasuries and mortgagebacked securities was not enough to stop the slide. Tonight Governor Newsom went on facebook to announce a number of new measures to help people in california get through this crisis includin
A few weeks. Some signs let patrons know when they may reopen. Its about being prepared so that, you know, if worse comes to worse, the police dont have Something Else they have to worry about. Reporter ryan hill owns knobs, a party store. He boarded up the windows so his business will be intact once hes able to reopen. Its depressing. Its scared especially since were not all able to get tested. Reporter inside johns grill Near Union Square the owner closed the restaurant and gave away the remaining food to his 50 employees. Christopher kupp, a bartender and server, just bought a home. Very scared right now and kind of just like worried about when money is going to be able to come in. Reporter and hes concerned about his wife. Theyre expecting their baby april 3rd. Theyre worried about whether the hospital will be overcrowded when their baby comes. Just concern and a little bit of panic. Reporter paychecks were being distributed to workers. The uncertainty of when theyll be working aga
50s, but low 60s here on a lot of these temps. East bay temps, again, upper 50s, low 60s. Livermore is down about 8 degrees compared to yesterday at this time. The fog has moved in. With that in mind, the high, though, while it backs off today, will be in for a rapid warmup. 60s, 70s, 80s, low 90s. Sal, i should add, youre playing Rolling Stones because its mick jaggers birthday. 76th birthday. Theyre on tour. Their set is fantastic. And why wouldnt it be . Sometimes you get bands come in and youre like, eh. But theirs is really good. We could go on. Lets take a look at the commutes now. I want to mention that the east shore freeway. I have a map of it. Its looking pretty good. Look at hercules, el sobrante and richmond. A lot of green there. And highway 4. Heres the tell tale sign. Theres a little lighter traffic approaching concord. Special that is about all. If there is a crash. Things will change. Looking good. This is a look at interstate 880. In oakland. Were in good shape, headi
You can see it shaking from our east bay hills camera. By the afternoon, there is when we see winds kick up. We will see some gusts in excess of 40 miles an hour at the coast. We will detail that for you and talk about a cool down in the next few day he as welcoming up. Carolyn . Lisa, thank you. We are following developing news in Half Moon Bay where chp officer struck and killed a pedestrian last night. This morning, agencys Accident Investigation Team is looking into what happened. The chp says an officer was driving north on highway 1 when he hit a 74yearold man from burling game outside sams chowder house. A restaurant worker and bystanders tell abc 7 news, the victim was attending a wedding reception there. He died at the scene. So far chp has not identified the man or the officer. Investigators closed part of highway 1 overnight. It has since been reopened. Breaking overnight, after nine years in prison, o. J. Simpson is a free man this morning. He was released just after midnig
And tranquil weather tonight. A modest inland warming trend expected thursday and friday with long range trends showing seasonable july temperatures and persistent marine layer along the coast. will morning will our top story this morning. A mother whose two young kids were killed in a car crash in the east bay is demanding justice this morning. The crash happened last friday night on highway four in concord when the family of four was leaving a movie. 35yearold Lemuel Wilson junior is now facing two counts of murder, and driving under the influence. Two boys, ages 5 and 10, were killed in the crash. A threemonth old remains in Critical Condition this morning. Police say wilson has at least two prior duis, and was released from jail just one day before the crash for charges related to terror threats in pleasanton. The mother of the boys spoke to kron four about making sure there is justice for her children. will wilson is being held on two Million Dollars bail. A go fund me page has be