Frtz reporter the governor says california is ahead of schedule in securing hotel rooms for the homeless. And today he was joined by a bay area mayor who calls this a longterm solution. Were at a site of a molt 6 here in clair county. The reason were sheer to mark an important milestone. Reporter with nearly 11,000 rooms secured plus a new 5,000room deal with motel 6, Governor Newsom is now ahead of the goal. He said two weeks ago, it is called project room key. 1,123 rooms. That can be available now for those covid19 positive individuals, those Homeless Individuals who are vulnerable to come in from the cold. Reporter part of the appeal for mayors is that they dont carry much of the cost. Getting that 75 reimbursement from fema. Reporter but there have been challenges. Cities and counties have struggled to find the staffing required to manage the hotels. We are in process of identifying and offering hotel rooms for our vulnerable persons. I can say not all of them have accepted our of
With us tonight at 10 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis some positive news from the state Health Officials today. Showing declining trend lines of covid19 all across california. Governor newsome crediting that too well practice, social and physical distancing. But urging the state to continue its effort even with temptations like Easter Sunday this weekend. The future happens inside of us its decisions not. Conditions that will determine the fate and future of this your individual decisions. Tonight there are more than 21,000 cases in california and nearly 600 deaths here in the bay area we have more than 4600 confirmed cases in Santa Clara County continues to be the hardest hit locally with more than 1400 cases, theyre 47 people have died in that county, San Mateo County has 638 cases in 21 deaths, San Francisco county. Almost 800 cases and 13 deaths Contra Costa County has 511 cases and 9 deaths, 766 cases to go along with 20 deaths in alameda county. Meanwhile in the north bay ma
Now at 11 00, new restrictions take effect in just one hour as most bay area counties expand the shelter in place order. The changes posing more public spaces. The bay areas newly unemployed very worried about how theyre going to pay their bills. Tonight workers from all walks of life say they need more help. Another coronavirus clusters at a bay area nursing home. Now at 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, nearly the entire bay area is extending stayathome orders with the peak of the coronavirus outbreak expected in the coming weeks. Good evening im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. The extension will come with new stronger guidelines that are set to take effect at midnight. Now tonight snow ma county became the seventh in the bay area to extend their restrictions until at least may 3 leaving napa and solano as the only counties not to make a similar move. Critical businesses will need to develop a comprehensive plan for social distancing for customers and employees. And the list of busi
Bills. Tonight workers from all walks of life say they need more help. Another coronavirus clusters at a bay area nursing home. Now at 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, nearly the entire bay area is extending stayathome orders with the peak of the coronavirus outbreak expected in the coming weeks. Good evening im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. The extension will come with new stronger guidelines that are set to take effect at midnight. Now tonight snow ma county became the seventh in the bay area to extend their restrictions until at least may 3 leaving napa and solano as the only counties not to make a similar move. Critical businesses will need to develop a comprehensive plan for social distancing for customers and employees. And the list of businesses that qualify as essential has been adjusted. That change will bring most Construction Projects to the bay area to a grinding halt. The chance the virus may spread. A Record Number of californians have filed for unemployment and many
Lead coordinating role cope with femas administrator pete gaynor largely out of the public view one congressional aide tells cnn no one really knows whos in charge whos making decisions. We are briefing the president earlier he asked me to come and talk a little bit. Trump Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner has taken a more prominent role in the federal response at times taking charge unapologetically i got a call from the president. He told me he was hearing from friends of his new york at the new york, Public Hospital system. I was running low on on critical called a barrel plus check out make sure we have the inventory we went to the president today and earlier today the president called mayor de blasio to inform him that were going to send a month of supply. In a letter to femas administrator the House Oversight committee is now questioning kushners involvement stating in part. It appears that mister kushner is unclear about basic facts regarding the purpose of the Strategic