Were going to destroy the american way of life in these families. Thats why officials in leaders are trying to reach a balance there are regions areas counties cities in which you can do that safely now, but there are others that if you do that its really dangerous. And thats the thing youve got to be careful of im John Lawrence reporting. White House Coronavirus Task force members are prohibited from testifying before congress this month. Under new guidance issued by the trump administration. Task force members and key deputies have been instructed not to accept invitations to participate in hearings while other agencies responding to the pandemic are being advised to limit the number of hearings that they attend Top Administration officials argue the Coronavirus Task force and the primary agencies responding to the pandemic the to focus their attention and resources on response efforts and that having them testify could use a critical hours. The move comes just days after the white h
Hopkins there are currently over 1 million cases of the coronavirus here in the u. S. And more than 56,000 of those cases are in california. Were also seeing more than 2200 deaths in the state overall more than 187,000 people have recovered from the pandemic in the u. S. We have updated numbers on coronavirus cases and deaths right here in the bay area as of today. There are more than 8600 cases in the bay Santa Clara County remains one of the hardest hit areas and as for the number of deaths over 300 people have died from the virus right here in the bay area on march 16th when the shelterinplace orders were first issued there are just 4 deaths we have a complete breakdown of the cases and deaths by county and city on our website kron 4 dot com. Well those new projections comments governor newsome says california could get a reopening its economy by friday, retail and its manufacturers will be the first to enr into california its next phase of the stay at home order. Governor newsome s
In daly city today, congresswoman jackie spear she was helping hand out food at a food bank event, thousands of people showed up kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well here in daly city on thursday Second Harvest food Bank Sponsored a Food Distribution event here at Jefferson High School now it started about 11 oclock this morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says that the man now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up
oakley woman s 25th birthday. thank you for joining us on kron. 4 news at 8 tonight. i m pam moore. i m ken wayne. cleanup continues all over the bay area tonight after those strong earlier this week toppled trees and took down power lines in union city. several trees fell onto an apartment building. forcing residents there to seek shelter elsewhere. concours gayle ong has the latest from the neighborhood as residents start to come back. everybody is slowly but surely coming back in cecilia ward low as one of the people back home after having to evacuate on tuesday when trees came crashing down in her union city neighborhood. i literally saw the tree in slow motion. one of those says she thought one of the trees land on her neighbor s living room. she spring interaction. i didn t even think for a second. i just ran over there. i ask. is anybody in there? and i heard them. yes, we re in here as it is. everybody ok? they said, no, please help us. and i called 9-1-1. and
community donations are needed to cover. increased demand and increased costs for staples like eggs and milk for every dollar donated. we can turn that into food for 2 meals. but down the road, food banks are hopeful, greater support will come from the state and federal level. there is a call to action. now here in the state of california, we can set a higher rate calfresh benefits like other states have done. we can incentivize the purchase of home grown product by matching and toppling dollars so that people are have the resources to buy food grown in california. dan kerman kron. 4 news. developing news tonight. dell is laying off about 6600 employees or 5% of its workforce. the company saying today that the steps it s taken leading up to today s announcement just were not enough to stay ahead of, quote, eroding market conditions. the company s profits have slipped over the past 6 months with computer shipments dropping 16%. dell is headquartered in texas, but also op