Now at 3 President Trump visits california today amid the states deadly and historic wildfires, several fires have burned more than 3 million acres. So far this year at least 20 people have died in the devastating fires up and down the state. Thank you for joining us at 3 today im Sanaz Tahernia on the campaign trail President Trump made a pit stop in california for a briefing on the states historic wildfire season. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala explains how the briefing went up between the president and the governor actually. Its not yet. This was a very quick trip here to sacramento for the president he was only here for about 2 hours and the primary reason for his visit was to get a briefing from state Emergency Management officials on this wildfire situation here now the president approved 14 federal firefighting grant an emergency disaster declaration along with that so far this season. Trump told reporters just before the briefing he has serious concerns about californias
Likely run oz as early as tonight. No word yet on a new deal which is leaving businesses worried the wait will force them to close. For 60 years, the millbrae pancake house has been an institution. But like millions of others, the iconic familyowned business is in a world of hurt. This is the worst. This is the worst. Were doing everything we can to survive this. Owner erin burk has cut 80 of her staff. More than 30 employees laid off. This is not how we want to end this. Burk tried to apply for a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program but couldnt. The computer was grid locked. You couldnt get through. It froze. There was no way in. Five days later, her application was accepted, but her loan still not approved. So far in april, business is 90 down. Its even worse for joe field, owner of a concordbased comic bookstore who we profiled last week. In lost sales at this point were approaching 1,000. 17 days after filing for a loan, wells fargo told him were not ready to open the applica
Still be closed in the fall. This morning, the news about the s. A. T. And if your favorite bar is closed, why not bring the bar to you . The creative ways people are getting by these days. Good thursday morning, everyone. President trump says he will release guidelines this afternoon for states to reopen their economies. The White House Task force says new cases of coronavirus are dropping each day, but the numbers differ from state to state, so lets take a look at the map. New york is now reporting more than 14,000 deaths. Massachusetts has become the fifth state to surpass a death toll of 1,000 people, and rhode island and maryland appear to be growing hot spots. More Nursing Homes are reporting deadly outbreaks, the latest in suburban virginia where 20 more residents have tested positive, and the New York Times reports in new jersey, police found 17 bodies at a nursing home after getting an anonymous tip. And theres new evidence of the toll on health care workers. More than 900 peo
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
The additional 1 million will allow us to recapitalize the loan program. This will allow us to provide lowinterest rates to invest in corridors. Were looking at about 3. 5 rate. But the loan is also available to citywide businesses or businesses across the city. The last time we actually provided resources to this Revolving Loan fund was in 2013, under mayor lee. And main street lounge is our partner in administering the loan. Were currently actually amending their contract, so we can add the additional dollars. Next piece is the 2 million allocation for the next two years to expand the s. F. Shines program, into the bayview, excelsior and lower haight. The dollars support Small Business owners to make improvements to their storefronts and interiors. With the goal here is to make the spaces more appealing and accessible to patrons and contribute to the overall vitality of the neighborhood. We estimate that the additional dollars will support about 100 businesses over the next two years