Counties along with the city of berkeley. Sonoma county will be following the states model and open Retail Stores for Curbside Pickup and delivery solano and napa counties also say that theyre going to do the same thing. And one of those cities that will not begin reopening businesses today is oakland and joining us now to talk about that and other steps that shes doing to help try and keep the city safe is oakland mayor libby schaff american morning. Good morning. Well, the governor is loosening some of the restrictions that tell us about the thought process behind the city and county choosing not to take that step just yet. Well the governor also was clear that if counties didnt want to be more cautious he supported that and the bay area has been wellserved that we were the very first region in the country to impose shelter in place and thats why our rate of infection and death is lower than the california average and certainly that other states like new york and new jersey and so i
Park where in recent years people have come to celebrate all things marijuana. They will be ought patrolling. A very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike will have a look at traffic in about eight minutes. First kari halls look at the forecast. Were starting out this morning with light rain moving through parts of the bay area. And this is our only chance of rain for the whole week. A misty and drizzly start. Its been moving into parts of Contra Costa County from Discovery Bay extending up to santa rosa. Well be watching this over the next couple of hours but clearing out as we go throughout the day and warming up for the rest of the week. Well talk more about this in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. Thanks, kari. Lawmakers are set to be close to a deal to fund more Small Business loans, part of tas the country begins to reopen. Today in the bays tracie potts is live for us in washington with those d
The coronavirus surpass 20,000. You can see numbers right now on your screen check it out nearly 19,000 people have died so far. Yesterday Health Officials reported more than 2000 deaths and thats the highest number of deaths in one day here in the u. S. But despite that number Health Officials say that the curve in the u. S. Is leveling out. You can see for the first time that in the United States were starting to level on the logarithmic phase like italy did about a week ago and so this gives us great that occur not only in specific places but were starting to see that change to well here in california were actually seeing a positive trend, according to state Health Officials right now there are more than 21,000 coronavirus cases in california and nearly 600 deaths now thats according to Johns Hopkins university. And also in the bay area there are more than 4600 confirmed cases since Santa Clara County continues to be the hardest hit locally with more than 1400 cases there, 50 people
Still ahead your forecast rob. Thank you john so far traffic has been light and quiet around the bay area. Weve had some minor issues but nothing major awful we dont have any hot spots or alert. Were checking in on westbound 80 the trip into San Francisco looks really good. It should be light once again today its in so many folks are working from home so 7 minutes off to fremont street. Heres the richmond sandra fell another good commute its easy heading to the north bay 8 minutes for your drive. 92, it is a little crowded so the trip here leaving hayward well be a little sluggish on the flat section but no problems heading to the peninsula. Heres a big traffic tracker were checking more freeways and drive times and they. Look good so far were looking at 10 minutes here for 5. 80 westbound from livermore to dublin, 6. 80 south dublin to fremont is trouble free. I dont see any trouble spots for the nimitz freeway right now so that ripped through hayward san leandro union city will be fi
Rainfall for parts of the state and what else to expect this weekend still to come rob. Checking in on 80 the traffic into San Francisco. I have yet to see it backed up like all the way through the maze so far its holding right at the bottom about 80 west connector that brings you into San Francisco and thats really good. We havent had too many problems one accident much earlier this morning. Thats long gone, but its still crowded here so 13 minutes thats a decent commute into San Francisco for now so get out there now before it gets heavier 6. 80 foot shakil to danville clocking in at 22 minutes, one oh one from brisbane to San Francisco trouble free so far we just have the usual crowd like and stretches heading north from brisbane up to 80 but the skyway in the lower deck heading east. Both are wide open james darya. Thank you very much robinson breaking news in San Francisco, 3 drivers were targeted in attempted carjackings the first one happened on 9th street and harrison shortly a