Lagos and joining me of course is my colleague sandra teen o. B. O. And hello there sandra. And hello from company or i one welcome to you all of you is from all across africa and the rest of the globe so glad you joined us for the program once again examples of how to make a wild a little bit cleaner and thereby making it a bit better heres a quick look at a few of this weeks report. In rhonda we will learn how communities can live in harmony with the mountain gorillas. In cynical we will find out how simple it can be to go full steam kitchen west. And in ghana well meet a man who calls himself a forest saver. The heart of the tom hasa nomics it is a small scale Affordable Housing project in South African ownerships and its main mission is to replace informal bucket shots we do rebel structures and whats even more important recycled construction waste is used to build the homes made in the founder and director was already won a number of awards for his innovative business idea and als
Historic bill was voted on just last night John Lawrence has details. The nays are 0. The 60 fo vote threshold having been achieved the bill is passed the American People have 2 trillion reasons to feel a little more comfortable about the us economy. Thats the amount of the stimulus package, the Senate Passed wednesday night its a historic day. Because it matches a historic crisis. It includes billion for direct payments to individuals and families. Another 250 billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits. 350 billion for Small Business loans and billion in loans for distressed corporations senate has pivoted from one of the most contentious. Partisan periods and the nations history. Passing this rescue package now goes to the house of representatives for a vote which will most likely happen on friday. Im John Lawrence reporting. So you may be asking what does this mean well heres what the stimulus package means for you take a look at the screen adult making 75,000 or less youll get a 12
The time and sweeps are made to make sure customers were not stranded on platforms, the suspension will continue until further notice all trains will undergo a thorough cleaning in the meantime operators have been told to shelter in place until further instructions are given about who needs to be quarantined or tested. Transit Officials Say during the shelterinplace order ridership has declined. 82 across Santa Clara County. Now focus resources on bus services to adapt to Community Needs were standing by for any updates from the vta but in the meantime it looks like riders are going to have to. Make other plans other arrangements for their public transportation. In san jose Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. And new this morning, the Senate Approved one of the largest emergency aid packages in the countrys history to help with the coronavirus shortly before midnight they passed a trillion stimulus package to help boost the us economy suffering from the pandemic heres what the stimulus package
Cases and one death. Alameda county has 35 cases were in county. Just learned went up to 38 confirmed cases today. Solano county has 10 cases. Sonoma county has 9 cases napa county though still has 0. Now what the rest of california starting to experience San Francisco has been doing now for 4 days and this is the result of empty streets and most stores are shut down. Lets go now to kron fours dan kerman. What the rest of california starting to experience francisco has been doing for 4 days. Anthis is the result of the stay at home order empty streets and most stores shut down we can tolerate this for a while i dont think we can tolerated for too long Jim Wunderman with the Bay Area Council supports the stay at home order as the best way of slowing the spread of the coronavis but says it will pack quite an economic punch leisure and Hospitality Industry is somewhere around 12 of the states own workforce around 2 million workers now is just getting are killed. The Construction Industry
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