Napa sonoma and solano counties, those are the areas that are in the purple most restrictive tier where there is widespread covid19 moran, San Francisco and San Mateo County are in the red substantial tier. Were not sure yet though if all the bay area counties are going to join together and insist enforce this curfew what we know about the curfew is that it will be in effect from 10 00pm until 05 00am and it will start this saturday and then end on december 21st. This is for all nonessential businesses and gatherings and all the effort to stop the spread of covid19 this is a limited stay at home order. Were expected to hear new information about this any minute now from the states Top Health Official. Its very similar in some ways to the stay at home order that was listed in march, but this will only be applying to nonessential businesses and gatherings between the hours of 10 00pm and 05 00am and only in the purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases of h
It is tuesday, august 25th. Is it smoky in there this morning, kumasi. I find it gets smokier as the day goes on. Early in the morning, oh, its not too bad. And then it comes back. No, were not done here. For anyone without air conditioning, you might be like me. The windows open in the middle of the night woke you up. I hope that did not happen to you. Mike is back right now to give us a forecast for today. Mike, i hope you have some good news. I do. But let me tell you, even those of us with air conditioning are suffering as you can probably tell from my voice this morning. It tends to draw it in. We cant our houses air tight enough. Everyone is suffering, just different degrees, i guess. I want to show you the fog out there because it is mixing with the smoke and low visibilisibii in many areas and slowly funneling off towards the east. Air quality is unhealthy in the south bay. Unhealthy for everybody in the east bay valleys. Its moderate around the bay, thanks to that localized se
Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
Clock to show you how much time is remaining. All members and witnesses need to be especially mindful of the fiveminute clock. At 30 seconds remaining ill , gently tap the gavel to remind members their time has expired. To simplify the speaking order process, the commission has decided to order ourselves alphabetically. With that, welcome to this virtual hearing convened by the congressional oversight commission, pursuant to section 4020 of title 4, subtitle of the cares act, the Commission Must conduct oversight of the 500 billion authorized for the Exchange Stabilization fund. As part of our oversight work, the commission has decided to hold this hearing today which will examine the main Street Lending facilities. The Federal Reserve established the main Street Programs to support lending to small and mediumsized businesses, and nonprofit organizations that were sound before the covid pandemic. The program operates through five facilities which we will learn more about this morning.
Small and mediumsized businesses that were in sound Financial Condition before the virus impact of the economy we will hear from the head of the fed in boston and banking and business leaders. Will come tog order. This is a hybrid hearing meaning some of our commissioners are appearing in person and witnesses will testify remotely. Let me offer a few Video Conferencing reminders. Before you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. Click the mute button until your turn to speak or to ask a question. If there is a technology issue, well move to the next speaker until it is resolved. You should all have one box on your screens labeled clock to show you how much time is remaining. Congressional Oversight Commission pursuant to section 4020 of title 4, subtitle of the cares act, the Commission Must conduct oversight of the 500 billion authorized for the Exchange Stabilization fund. As a part of our oversight work, the commission has decided to hold