The reporters we will update you with the latest numbers in and when this is over, the state. 39,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 96 we will all, continue, to thrive. Have died just yesterday bringing the total death toll in california now to more than 1500. The deadliest day so far came is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, wednesday when there were 115 so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, who died in one day. Or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Right here in the bay area there are currently more than 7000 confirmed cases of covid 19 with 243 deaths. Half 1 Million People have been tested for coronavirus here in the state and for the first time california has cleared its backlog of tests. That backlog reached 60,000 earlier this month and some people waited nearly 2 weeks or results of the test which slow down treatment. The forecast for warm weather is attracting more and more people back outside
paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he d crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a s. us. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch, because of a fuel leak. it s the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there s a real sense of di
H. S. A Das Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as a caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in, reside in their traditional territory. As guests. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. Secretary, will you please take the roll . Good morning, and thank you, president spears. Commissioners please respond with president when i call your name, president janet weiss. Beers. Present. Vice president nelson lum, president. Commissioner sasha bittner is excused absence. Com
History, in a nut shell, people are working harder, they are working longer hours, and they are getting paid less in real dollars. This is not true for corporate executives. The ceoworker pay ratio was 21 in 1965. Today it is more than 300 to 1. I am fine with paying for Exceptional Results and investing in talent. I believe in that but i believe the gaps in practices should be transparent. I think the state Investment Board can help. I have asked the Investment Board to go further and exercise its Voting Authority to reduce the widening pay gap between ceos and their workers. [applause] i am encouraging the board to promote this policy with other states and instew institutional investors. Small steps like this can be the beginnings of bigger journeys. I started a different journey with my new executive order in Public Health and firearms. You know, more people in washington are dying from firearm fatalities than even from traffic accidents. We have a Public Health crisis. We need a Pu
Modest is unjustified costofliving adjustment adjustment, the first since 2008. Also made paying for college easier on family budgets. The only state in the United States to pass a to wishing cut this year for students. [applause] republicans had a great idea to have the tuition cut and i gladly give them credit. [applause] also gladly give democrats credit that we should cut tuition for every one including community and Technical Colleges. [applause] together we found a way. This is something everyone in the chamber can celebrate. We restore funding for one of our most precious public assets, our state parks. It was heartbreaking to even consider having to close some of these parks last year there is a family frolicking on the beach i remember my own childhood when mom and dad would throw was the back of the Station Wagon and taken sell for the day or the weekend just knowing this tradition will continue is extremely gratifying. One of the biggest performance it will continue to be fe