Im julie haener. Im Frank Somerville tonight working from home. Lots of new developments to tell you about this evening. Governor newsom has put out an urgent call for doctors to help treat the expected surge of coronavirus patients. The governor says the number of people in the hospital in california has now doubled and the number of icu patients has tripled in just the past four days. Across the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the outbreak. Among them the first u. S. Service member, a new Jersey National guardsman. Today the Navy Hospital ship comfort arrived at new york harbor to ease the burden on hospitals by caring for people not suffering from covid19. At the White House Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said the u. S. Has tested more than 1 million coronavirus samples, more than any other country. He also says the u. S. Is now testing nearlysamples a day. Experts say the u. S. To test between 100,000 and 150,000 patients a day to contain the virus. S
With infection rates and the number of deaths increasing, it is too early to say definitively how much social distancing is helping. For now, his office is working with other bay area tech counties to develop plans to extend the state home orders. It is far more effective from a regional approach, the order that will be released tomorrow will be another regional approach going forward. It is essential that we collaborate and share information and act together to reduce the spread. Dr. Colfax says he is hoping that social distancing that we are all practicing right now is effective in trying to reduce the patient load going forward. When we face adversity, that is still the best tool that we all have to try to we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Protect those among us. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. New developments tonight at San Franciscos laguna hospital were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis
Board of trustee members desire to create a separate school for the districts africanamerican community. The school was established within one year the district began cutting programming at the intentionally segregated k 8 school. In 2016 a district report found millions of dollars were being taken away from bayside mlk and funneled into willow creek academy. A wealthy sausalito charter school. Terry green has grandchildren in the Sausalito Marin City School District. She said as disturbing as the findings are she has seen the discrimination up close. It did not come as a shock to us. Reporter she is inspired by the attorney generals solution to the problem. A settlement that mandates a series of changes to desegregate the secretary the district. Within 90 days they have to form a desegregation advisory group. Come up with a comprehensive Education Plan that would attract diverse students. All of it overseen by a third party monitor. Strict superintendent garcia said he is inspired to
Im kate larson in San Francisco. Tonight, thisexclusive video of smpbl sundays deadly tesla crash. What people in city hall want to do about it. The city is hosting three community meetings. What theyre hoping to do and how you can be part of it. Theres somebody in the car. Im amanda del castillo in fremont with incredible footage of the Police Officer rescuing a man from his burning car. We spokehhe now, news to build a better bay area. From abc 7. Developing news out of oakland, where a freeway shooting left at least one driver wounded. You can see what appears to be a bullet hole. The shooting happened around 6 30 near the 98th avenue exit. The chp shut down the freeway, causing a huge traffic jam. Both the driver and passenger in that suv went to the hospital. The chp does have a description of the suspect. A man in his 30s to a dark colored sedan. New at 11 00, two people died this evening in separate cal train incidents. The most recent in Mountain View where a train hit a perso