San francisco has been touted as a Success Story for containing the pandemic. So why is the city suddenly rethinking reopening. When the virus takes off it takes off quickly. The south babies group under fire for a racist attack ad. In just a matter of hours, bay Area Voting Centers will open their doors, what election workers want you to know. Plus how the Postal Service is taking major steps tonight to ensure mailin ballots are received on time. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live tonight over the city of San Francisco, a city that has the lowest coronavirus death rate of any major city many the nation. But tonight, city leaders are pumping the brakes a bit on some new reopenings. Kpix 5s andrea borba on the troubling new data. Reporter this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid19 pandemic. Dr. Grant colfax with the department of Public Health says its unsurprising. Outside north be
Population to 4. Thats a 25 increase. That might not sound like a lot. But when this virus starts taking off, it takes off quickly. That case rate put San Francisco in the orange and the hospitalization rate jumping from 21 to 37 patients is in the red tier. Heres what the pause means, indoor pools, bowling alleys, and gym locker rooms will stay closed. Restaurants and houses of worship will stay at 25 capacity. Schools however are still a go with approval. This grill in the financial district that planned to reopen at 50 capacity will continue to stay closed because of the pause. Managing partner of water bar calls the pause on increasing restaurant capacity to 50 disappointing but understandable. Its a little bit of a set back to us from a pure Business Economic standpoint. Also of concern for businesses that have taken advantage of Outdoor Dining and the shared spaces program, the changing weather. Heat lamps are up now but wont stand a chance against the rain. Sometimes these parti
Other president. And the people he appointed are very conservative. And it will change the courts for decades to come, longer than we will remember him as president. Amy we will speak with retired judge Shira Scheindlin about how trumps new team of judges will radically change american society. Then we look at what some have called one of the most Progressive City Council in new york citys history and the woman who helped lead the agenda, speaker Melissa Markviverito. She holds the secondmost powerful post in new york city. 12 years ago when i was first sworn in as the first latina to represent my district of east harlem and the bronx, i try to process what that all men. I was a labor organizer, community activist. Not a politician. Amy her term winds down at the end of this year due to term limits. We will look at how under Melissa Markviveritos sickrship, expanded paid leave, and municipal identification card for undocumented immigrants, and got mayor bill de blasio to agree to close
Nationwide safety guidelines. And civil rights, 50 years after bloody sunday. The struggle continues. Our special report race in america, selma. And we begin with a reality check on the enthuse jobs report. Last months on the new jobs report. Last months numberser released, awhats trouble is what they dont show, paul beban is here paul. Thats right john. In february nearly 300,000 295 to be exact found jobs. The sixth month in a row that the economy added nearly 300,000 jobs. Whos hiring . There were 66,000 in Entertainment Hotels and restaurants, another 54,000 in health and education and 30,000 almost in construction. Its no surprise the Unemployment Rate went down. 5. 5 nationwide. But there are still nearly 9 Million People who are out of work who would rather not be. In that 9 million are 17 of all the countrys teenagers close to 7 of all u. S. Hispanics and more than 10 of all African Americans, while job growth should be the signal of robust economy, its pay hourly rose less tha
Of kleenex just in case. I have to tell you, i was a bit worried about this inaugural having a feeling of just being the resistance to what we saw on 1 6, just being an answer to that and sort of being defiant. You know, i was sure it would be, in being this sort of attempt. We talked about it earlier, to sort of grab back, you know, the traditionalism of an inaugural. But what the organizers of this event managed to do is that they gave us that which we needed, right, we needed an answer, we needed that resistance. But they also gave us joy. They gave us fashion. They gave us celebrity. They gave us hope. We had an incredible inaugural earlier in the day where we saw the first black woman, first Asian American woman, first woman, period, Vice President , you know, do the walk, get sworn in, do all of that great stuff. We saw joe biden, who has lived his whole life for this moment. Look at all he has lost and all he has sacrificed to get here and have this chance to really change the c