Currently in the hospital with the virus. Moments ago the nation surpassed a sobering 20 million coronavirus cases. Lets begin in california. Health officials in Los Angeles County are warning that their hospitals are on the brink of catastrophe as covid cases skyrocket. Paul vercammen is live in los angeles. Paul, i know officials are bracing for a post holiday surge on top of the surge happening there now. Reporter thats exactly right, alison. Theyre horrified by what they think could happen if people had the get togethers and gatherings last night. Lets look at the statewide average deaths. In Los Angeles County, you see thats not a curve, it is a skyrocket upward. In Los Angeles County alone, 290 deaths at the very last count. And the hospitalizations that you alluded to, alison, in california are taxing the entire system. So many people are being hospitalized. More than 20,000. You have a situation here where resources are thin, staffing is thin, equipment is running low, and for
Even the eastshore freeway not seeing any tapping of the brake lights through richmond or berkeley. Mass transit a great option. Bart all trains on time more than 20 in fact. Muni looks good. Caltrain and ace train number one so far no delays out of the central valley. And a quick check of the san mateo bridge, looks like another kind of glary start but westbound 92 at the limit 13 minutes between hayward and foster city. That is your latest kcbs traffic. Developing this morning, the recent death of two transit workers is putting the death on worker safety issues at bart. Today a state Assembly Committee will look into it. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us know from walnut creek where last months accident happened. Anne. Reporter it happened here on the tracks behind me. At this point, the memorial is gone. But this accident is not forgotten. It is going to be put under the microscope today by the Assembly Committee of labor and employment. We are going to hear from bart workers an
You see it everywhere. Its in tvs, ads, everything. The at sign and hashtag sign is ubiquitous. Its the biggest social media ipo since facebook and while Mark Zuckerbergs baby didnt break big the first time, experts say its recent recovery and growth was a big cue for twitter to take a stroll on wall street. These events are really important because they set the mood and benchmark for other companies and when facebook had so many problems, after that, companies werent getting funded the same. There was a sense that, ohoh, companies arent going to go public again so it took a lot of time. Reporter contract nets paul sloan says twitter took a lesson from facebooks failure and investors took notice. Twitter is taking its business to the New York Stock Exchange valued higher than facebook despite the fact that the company is not making any profits. But once twitter goes public, sloan says management will have to make thanks that could trickle down to the app on your phone. Youll probably s
Does this woman look black or asian . Those were the first two in a series of epic blunders in the diss peerns of lynne spalding. The problem started at 10 25 a. M. When her doctors and nurses grossly misidentified her. Shes english. Twice during the conversation, the deputy was told that the missing woman was African American and wearing a hospital gown. Reporter fast forward 14 hours. The identity problems continue. This time by deputies. Ms. Ford was identified as an asian female in the log book. Reporter when video was checked five days later it was useless. The supervisor attempted to review the video footage as requested by spfd but was unable to do so. Reporter nine days after her disappearance her case fell through the cracks of employee incompetence. The search did not include all the stairwells. Reporter a proof to clean up the search proved just as sloppy a few days later. Only half of the stairwells were searched. Reporter and then. There was somebody laying on the landing
Campaign for schools to teach self defence in her memory. They will be here to talk to us later. Good morning. The government wants to ban petrol, diesel or hybrid cars as early as 2032. But are we really ready . Ill ask to the boss of one of the worlds biggest car makers. Good morning. Late drama in south africa as england fluff their lines and lose their opening t20 international by a single run. Good morning. We have a band of heavy rain moving northwards and eastwards. Snow across Northern England and southern scotland. That could be disruptive. Behind it, some girls across southern counties and u nsettled girls across southern counties and unsettled weather right into the weekend with storm dennis. Ill have more later. Good morning. Its thursday, february 13th. Our top story a further 240 people died from coronavirus in china yesterday the deadliest day of the outbreak. There was also a big increase in the number of new cases although doctors have started using a broader definitio