Hes ready to reveal the secret contracts for those mass that were made with a chinese company. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala joins us now live from sacramento to explain ashley. Yeah justine governor newsome has kept those contracts secret for about a month since he announced on msnbc but the governor today promising to make them available. Governor Gavin Newsome says california is now in possession of nearly 20 million surgical masks which he says is allowing the state to move into its next phase sooner newsome said wednesday, the state is in the process of distributing the masks, theyre part of a billion deal newsoms Administration Made to secure personal protective equipment for california, but weve never been in this we were the beneficiary of these larger contracts and some security in our supply chain the governor first announced the contract last month saying it would bring in about 200,000 units of personal protective equipment monthly into the state we just make su
Nothing more important in the fight against this virus then developing a vaccine in washington, im karin caifa. Irs wants stimulus money accidentally sent to people who have died to be returned the irs use tax returns for the past 2 years to determine eligibility for those payments. It was previously thought surviving family members might be able to keep the money but the irs now saying it must be sent back so he received a check intended for a loved one who is now deceased. You have to mail it back to the Treasury Department money received through direct deposit can be sent back by check or money order. Lets talk now about our forecast a little some hot weather is on the way for the next few days and of course that mothers day forecast for sunday is something i got my at lawrence. Oh yeah, you and many everybody around dont forget moms day this weekend and certainly we all are kind of restricted is how we can celebrate so make sure at least give a call moms always love that you can se
From coronavirus and ready to go back on the front lines to help others. And thanks for joining us this saturday morning, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher today is expected to be a nice sunny day and the bay area. And across california for that matter and that has governor Gavin Newsome concerned that people will go outside and potentially ignore social distancing was wondering on about that this morning as i went down the embarcadero and saw a nice sunrise. They still want people to stay home now is not the time Health Experts say. To let up on our efforts to flatten the curve. Were walking into a very warm weekend. The most beautiful weekend to the extent we love our weather. Since january at least or since arguably last summer the state of california. That means people are prone to want to go to the beaches parks playgrounds and go on a hike. I anticipate will be a significant increase in volume. But i also think if there is and people are practicing physical distancing, ill be
Increased employment insurance and money for Small Businesses to pay their employees will have to wait and see, but again Speaker Pelosi saying some time potentially in the next hour or 2 we could hear some good news out of congress will see businesses are doing what they can on a local level in the south bay, several Silicon Valley companies are opening their wallets to help low income families. Yeah weve got kron fours rob fladeboe with a closer look at that. Telling us about a new Assistance Program theyre doing. Well the covid 19 crisis is affecting the entire community low income an hourly wage residents who live paycheck to paycheck are struggling amid canceled events in reduced hours. Now they can apply for help with the rent and other basic needs through a new Public Private partnership announced during a virtual News Conference monday by destination homes jennifer loving. Our goal is to get resources immediately into the hands of low income people in Santa Clara County whove l
The areas where he worked are now being disinfected. A southwest worker at the airport contacted dan nows and shared these pictures with us. That person says that the airport employees are pretty worried about the sick agent and anyone who worked with him. The airport has given no further information about the man. The number of coronavirus cases keeps increasing with more test results being completed. There are now a total of 1,206 in the bay area and 27 people have died. Marin, napa and Sonoma County reported more cases and five more people died in the bay area yesterday. Four of those people who died are in San Mateo County which has a total of five deaths. Santa clara also reported another deadly infection. Two confirmed cases in mendicino cases and related to highrisk travel and the person is now isolated at home. Lake county is still not reporting any cases. Konsh is moving moving forward with the 2 trillion relief deal. Abc news ines de la cuetaracuett more on the people who are