Bus. The latest on the hot spots this morning. School shutdown. The confusion in americas Largest School district, mayor bill de blasio cancelling classes, Governor Andrew Cuomo saying not so fast. Other districts watching closely. What this could mean for students across the country. Hunger in america. Lines stretching for miles as food banks are overwhelmed. With so many in need, why farmers say the crisis is forcing them to throw away their crops. We probably destroyed about 4 Million Pounds of green beans, probably 5 Million Pounds of cabbage. Their plea to the government. Anutea large hail and damaging winds hitting the plains. The threat of strong tornadoes in the south. More than 100 million americans expected to be impacted. Good morning, and happy easter. Millions across the country celebrating the holidays while social distancing. Dan and i are here in the studio. Whit is at home. Good morning and happy easter to you, whit. Eva, dan, good morning. Happy easter to you both. Im
August. Another curveball for parents. Governor newsom is now floating the idea of starting the next school year early to make up for lost time. And the plan is getting mixed reaction from parents this morning. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, april 29th. Good morning, friends in the quad box. Good morning. I think, i know its getting, yes, hello, friend, in the studio. I think some kids might be happy to see their friends with that story. I dont know. Definitely a lot of sides to that one. Well get to that story and also when i was outside this morning, mike, i felt a little drizzle. Im not used to that. Its been really nice this week. What is this . That is the change. You go, going back to the parents, theyre like, when will we take a vacation because we desperately need a vacation now. So, thats something to think about, too. Kumasi nailed it. Thank you for that weather report. Little misty and little bit of drizzle out there along the coast into San Francisco and also as y
Really tough. California has by far sustained the largest job lead out. We had over 925,000 initial new claims filed the week of april 4, added to the over 1 million claims. Filed the previous week, we now have over 2 million new claims just filed within two weeks. The National State and claimant rates are now shirley well over what they were during the worst of the Great Recession and many more job losses are coming. Any federal aid or paycheck protection plans including the more than 2 trillion announced by the Federal Reserve today is just to keep the economy from collapsing. But he says we should not, and cannot wait for the virus to be totally conquered. We need now, to start looking at a plan in california, start opening up the economy and seeing what it will look like. In all likelihood reopening would involve a gradually phasedin combination of regular testing, workplace social distancing, and some residual working at home for some workers. A. Of months, perhaps even a longer,
Placement fell by 1. 9 from tuesday to wednesday. He cautions that one day is not a trend. More than 1100 peopleare curren intensive care in california hospitals. Now to those new jobless numbers, the Labor Department says another 6. 6 Million People filed for Unemployment Benefits last week and since midmarch there have been 16. 8 million new claims. Here in california 2. 17 Million People ill for benefits in the last three weeks, essentially here is what that means to put that in perspective. About one out of every nine workers, one out of every nine workers in the state of california has recently lost their job. With so many people out of work, they area food banks are now busier than ever. Andre senior has more on that and it shows us how School Districts are also pitching in. Weve been seeing the byproduct of the covid19 shelter in place, and that is a slowing economy that has people losing their jobs. A result of those job losses, food insecurity. And those who find themselves in
Streets from the coyotes. Right. You can outrun a coyote. Right. No. Lets talk about whats going on weatherwise. Heres a look at the onshore flow. I put the wind particles to show you the sea breeze is back and some of the gray its creating and heres another advantage point from the exploratorium from pier 15 looking back to the west. It is definitely a change in the guard as far as our weather goes. Look how little sunshine we received today until the afternoon hours and that will hold those temperatures back. 0 50s at the coast and 70s inland. Cooler weather coming for the weekend. Ill have that coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Heres the news of the day with reggie. Thank you, mike. Hundreds of people could have their power cut in marin county today. Prepare for wildfire season. That is, e reoe who are sheltering in place, especially if they have to work from home this morning. And that work is expected to happen in mill valley from 8 30 to 4 30. Pg e says they have 19