Bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. And good evening. Im dan ashley good and im ama daetz. Contra costa county Health Leaders delivered a stern message to the community this afternoon. They say theyve reached a critical point in the pandemic. There have been three deaths today, seven over the past three days. Grocery clerks should not have to fight a grown man to wear a mask. Thats not their job. Contra costa county officials held nothing back telling the community to take covid19 seriously and taketa healthy and safe. After a period where we significantly slowed the spread of covid in our community, coronavirus has not only made a comeback, but were seeing new record numbers of cases and hospitalizations. More than 110 Contra Costa County residents have died from the virus. There are now 2 1 2 times the number of people hospitalized than there were at the beginning of the month. We had the National Guard come out to stem nonviolent protesters who have killed no o
Citys black community. I want black boys growing up today to drive because we chose to change how this city and how this country treats our young black men, not as a statistic or an inevitable tragedy but as an important part of our citys future. Reporter chief William Scott while the cuts are significant, they are cuts we can absorb. But the Police Officers Association Says Response Times could suffer if the department cant hire new officers. It could impact our ability to respond to emergency calls for service if we dont have the necessary staffing. Reporter the mayor says the city is also focused on Police Accountability and bias. The pandemic has made San Franciscos homeless crisis even more dire. The new budget includes an additional 1,500 units of supportive housing. Advocates say its definitely needed. I think especially during pandemic, people are just so distraught and just so disconnected without electricity. Reporter to save more money and avoid layoffs, mayor breed is now a
Headlands but San Francisco in the distance under the great this morning as low clouds sweep into the bay area. Temperatures right now are nice and cool were in the 50s and 60s. You factor in winds on top of this though we do have a brisk wind chill as youre stepping outside so jacket will do you well this morning Petaluma Nevado timber on a 52 degrees double in alameda 57 concord at 58 degrees right now later today, were going to see those winds remaining with us in fact only increasing into the afternoon. Daytime highs will remain in the 60s for San Francisco. Look how much cooler for san jose down over 10 degrees from yesterdays daytime high. More details in your forecast still to come daryn. Thanks a lot john 71 breaking news from overnight. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases now around the world has surpassed. 10 million. This latest had tally from Johns Hopkins university so far covid19 has claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 people globally. A 4th of those deaths have bee
Weeks. The schedules they have to follow to keep places open. For example, coronavirus hospitalizations can only go up 10 over a threeday average. In Sonoma County, theyre up 44 . The state wants at least 20 of beds available. Right now Sonoma County is down to 9 . Sonoma county is on the states watch list. If the situation doesnt improve, some businesses will have to close. Wayne freedman got reaction to the ripple effect. Reporter by now youve read about, heard and lived this narrative before. Having reopened once, the coronavirus numbers are pushing Sonoma County and places like petaluma back toward shutdown mode. Who do you blame for the numbers . Thats a good question. Its an act of god. Lets just say that. Reporter but also, state and local government like the Sonoma County board of supervisors. We wont believe announcing closures today and tomorrow, but potentially as early as monday. Reporter meaning this could be a last gasp weekend for bars and restaurants like this place wit
Right now the focus is on states and cities that are holding back on reopening and phased reopening plans at this stage here. Looks like it is relatively contained but all of this in an environment where the number of cases has picked and the World Health Organization says the worse could be yet to come. Interesting development as well in england they were reordered to institute lockdown measures. That is follows on heels with other Foreign Countries bedevil ed openings not going necessarily to plan. Im not talk being about what is rapping in russia, india, spikes in cases in japan and the seoul, south korea area. The fear this seems to way on the markets eventually. Something that will slow certainly the reopenings and the economy and recovery that many hoped to see from that. Very tepid. No matter what happens today. Looking like a boffo month for all the major market afterrings, certainly a very strong quarter. The strong first half of the year, well get into all of that, first to c