Obviously, i could do this privately and i have but i would like to say a public thank you to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. So terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, vices sciencefiction chro
For the love oh. Watching kron 4 news. People wanted to wear them. They can the people wanted to use cards which they have many people have them. They can in many cases the scarf is better. And now a 9 President Trump announcing his administration will soon release nationwide recommendations about wearing face masks. This reversal is coming after federal Health Officials first told us masks were not necessary if you felt healthy, thanks for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus Vicki Liviakis scientists are also reporting. The new coronavirus sec could possibly be spread not just by sneezing and coughing, but also just by talking and even breathing. And Health Officials in San Francisco, san mateo contra costa. And the only many counties now recommend wearing something to cover your face. Whenever you leave the house for essential travel. So lets go and take a look now at the number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in the bay area. So far there are 2,800 confirmed
Ong joins us now live with why doctor says, although the number of cases is going up theres a glimmer of hope tonight, gayle. Vicki and grant were told Ucsf Medical Center is stable with 15 to 16 patients in the last week and that other bay area hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers. Thanks to people sheltering in place. Well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 p
Basketball championships will happen. The California Interscholastic Federation says it will reveal more at 9 00 this morning. The games scheduled for tomorrow and saturday. Thousands more coronavirus sprouting up across the world has prompted President Trump to boost travel restrictions in a very big way. Hes also now working with lawmakers to provide medical and financial relief. Abc News Reporter Andrew Denver has the latest efforts. Andrew . So much has changed overnight. Waking up this morning the forecast on coronavirus so much different than it was just 24 hours ago and now lawmakers here in washington are scrambling to fight the effects of the outbreak. A country in crisis. I have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and well being of all americans. Reporter here in the u. S. And around the world, coronavirus now a global pandemic. The first in a decade according to the World Health Organization. The death toll at home and abroad rising. Pr
The National Hockey league is going to be up day both of these are developing stories all of this is developing as we saw how fast this all happened last night. Governor newsome is calling for large gatherings with 250 people to be rescheduled or canceled. And it is not an order only a recommendation at this point. Heres the message. She said quote not holding that concert a Community Event can have cascading effects saving dozens of lives and preserving Critical Health care resources that your family made need a month from now state Health Officials also advise smaller events can only happen. If the organizers can implement social distancing and that means keeping people says at least 6 feet away. And here in the bay area, several schools and events have been canceled over growing concerns in this includes Lake Shore Elementary School in San Francisco, the school will be closed for 2 weeks after 4 students and some Family Members reported having a respiratory illness. There arent any