Documented. So much seems to be hanging in the balance, but the gravity of Election Night changes a bit because of the covid19 pandemic. Voting is happening by mail or by early vote, and it means were starting to notice some trends coming in. Abc 7 has a complete voter guide that you can pull up while you watch with us, its on our website with the california proposition information as well and your voting questions answered. Lets get right to it. Were getting those answers on the election trends were starting to see. Joining us is paul mitchell, the Vice President of Political Data ink which analyzes californias trends and polls, among other thin things. Glad to be here. What do your numbers show . We just passed the 2 million mark, meaning 2 million voters have already returned their ballots. For a frame of reference, by this time in 2016 we were about 500,000 people had voted. So its really just an order of magnitude larger turnout so far this year. The real question is, is this a si
Spread of covid19. In one case alone, a los gatos man with Cystic Fibrosis has been waiting nearly two weeks for his results to come back. Nearly two weeks ago, ricky came down with a if he ever and quickly scheduled a covid19 diagnostic test. Since then his condition hasnt gotten that much better and hes been id lating at home. Ive been sleeping with that 16 hours a day. Ive had achy joints. He has yet to get the results back adding to the uncertainty, he is a Cystic Fibrosis patient making him especially vulnerable during this pandemic. His mother, herself a contact tracer for santa clara county, is puzzled by this disparity. It is unnerving. You dont know who is out there. Who could be infecting you. Locally youre more likely to get a fasterturearound from an academic lab such as stanford or ucsf but public labs can take longer. His medical provider went through Quest Diagnostics which is among the large corporations nationwide now competing. A turnaround time of a week or more does
Nerve racking. Its still very unclear about how colleges will be treating testing. A lot of schools are going test optional. Im not sure what that means in terms of how they weigh other aspects of their student. What is your advice for the high schools right now in quarantine . What should we be focusing on . And what is the most important thing that youd recommend us anxious and confused High Schoolers to do to stay on track . And welcome to this special edition of our 3 00 p. M. Show, getting answers. Today were devoting our time to a topic thats extremely impactful and stressful to High School Students and their families, the College Admissions process, which has been thrown into chaos. As you just saw, High School Students have lots of questions. So today were going to get some clarity and guidance from a bay area leading Bay Area College counselor and none other than the director of undergraduate admissions for the entire university of california system. Thank you so much for join
The north bay. That will allow for cooler conditions as it sets up along the shoreline. Good morning to you. 55. Mid 50s. Throughout the day today, it will be not as warm as it was yesterday. Were up from yesterday. Well look at the fog at the coast. 10 00 in the morning, clouds will increase in the north bay throughout the later afternoon, 2 00 were in the 80s again inland. Thats cooler than yesterday. 60s at the coast. Clouds throughout the later part of the day. The second half of the weekend, even cooler temperatures to come in a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. At this point weve heard plenty about covid19 patients fighting for their lives in new york. Doctors anri nurt with th inclug that brave team from ucsf. Were hearing from one of those doctors about whats its like on the front lines. Luz pena has the story. Reporter pandemic in the u. S. ,0,0 cases and over 11,000 deaths. More people have died in this city per capita than in italy. I dont think anyone has ever seen anythi
The stories theyre sharing this morning. Its saturday, april 25th. Im liz freutz. Well have more from those heroic Health Care Workers in a moment. As we continue to shelter i weather with lisa argen. Last weekend in april a little cooler than we had yesterday. Few high clouds in the north bay will continue to increase throughout the day. Stronger sea breeze and patchy fog at the coast. From our roof camera, you can see a clear start here in the city. 56. 54 on the peninsula. This is where youll feel that sea breeze. Anywhere from five to seven degrees cooler today. Golden gate bridge, looking nice here with 53 in santa ro, bu. Yo90 ye loto uppe50sar of our east bay, cooler in the north bay. As we go through the day today, well have a few clouds around and they will increase from the north. Well stay warm inland. See those low 80s. Temperatures in the 60s at the coast. With that sea breeze, its getting gusty at our beaches and well talk about further cooling for your sunday. Liz . Lisa