Mta looks at the Surveillance Video on a week by basis. Were able to take a look at the service on the streets from week to week to see how well the mask compliance is going. Reporter the sfmta also reported having trouble with a few passengers when told to mask up. According to their data from april to august 31st, this are 63 verbal altercations specifically dealing with masks and nine operators have been assaulted. One driver was struck several times with a wooden bat in july. There was a minute toiature involved, as well due to facial compliance or lack thereof. Its a scary situation, indeed. Reporter roger out Transit Workers Union local 250 a believes many more drivers are not reporting passengers who dont compile to avoid any interruption to their bus route. We would like to see more assistance out there, boots on the ground in terms of people, workers, assisting us with more compliance. Reporter the sfmta says a few things are helping. Its mandatory for bus drivers to use the p
Here are just a few bay areabased companies that have announced big job cuts recently. Uber is laying off 3700 workers. Lyft is cutting 982 positions. Airbnb laying off 1900 people. And we dont know how many local workers are affected at those three companies. We do know that the oakland as are laying off nearly 800 people. The San Francisco giants cutting 1200 jobs, and bon appetit management is laying off more than 1500 workers in San Francisco. I think in the shortterm, there are going to be some sectors that are going to have trouble coming back, even under the best Public Health response. Uc berkeley Public Health policy professor Jesse Rothstein says that includes restaurants and Small Businesses, but includes even powerhouses like uber who thought treating drivers as independent contractors made them less susceptible to layoffs are finding thats not true in this pandemic. But even when all this begins to quiet done, some things may never go back to the way they were. Set your ex
Their temperatures taken before they go inside. Also, Public Schools could stagger the times when students arrive to maintain social distancing. Now the governor also said things wont be back to normal for quite a while, but says its basically all up to you, us. And thats the curve thats got to flatten out. Abc7 News Reporter liz kreutz joins us live from her home with a closer look at what the governor outlined today. Liz . Larry, thats right. Governor newsom laid out six key indicators that the state will need to meet in order to begin the process of getting back to normal. But even when we meet those indicators, well be entering more of what he calls a transitional phase. A month into the bay areas shelterinplace order, finally a moment of optimism. Governor newsom laid out what it will take to begin easing the openings. We have a parameter, a framework that will guide our Decision Making. That framework requires the state meet these six indicators. One, the ability to expand testin
And community, we had a chance. They said they often worry about the traffic around here because some People Choose to drive a little faster than they should and traffic, of course, picks up at 7 00 in the morning or thereabouts while people are trying to get to and from work on these busy east county streets. Once again, they want to remind everyone, please, school is back in session, as you can hear behind me. Please drive carefully and Pay Attention because young people may be crossing the street in front of you some time soon. Live in brentwood, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Eric, did School Officials school this incident with the students . They could understandably be really shook up . Reporter i asked dr. Dana eaton, the superintendent that question as well. He said they directly told students who share a class with the young girl, told them about what happene oer unli to anhoee it today. Keep the counseling available for as long as it is needed. Eric thomas reporting. Thank you. Her
This area. Firefighters hope it does not reignite sometime thank you, list sa. A pair of earthquakes rattled the area. They pinpointed the epicenter. The water you see in the background is north of livermore. The first earthquake measured 4. 3. The second one was 3. 5. You can see the big spike that first quake made on our abc 7 si graph when it struck at 1 00 p. M. Today. It was 12 to 13 kim lol tlom. Thats common. Bart briefly slowed trains after the quake stalling passengers about ten minutes. No reports of damage. These children at the school of imagination evacuated following what they had been taught in emergency drills. The school says they quote enjoyed a nice walk on this beautiful sunny day. Abc 7 News Reporter lessee brinkley joins us live from danville with more reaction, leslie . Reporter i talked to a lot of folks down here in the area, nearly everyone has a story to tell. Most people did feel the shaking. For instance in the theater behind me, imagine a darkened theater