Heodel mainturnt has and us the time well within the next few weeks to have enough ventilators we believe to meet the needs of 40 million californians. In fact, Governor Newsom is so confident of the states ability to meet the demand he is now sending 500 ventilators to the national stockpile. They can quickly be redirected to hard hit areas like new york. Governor newsom says the state will get the ventilators back if the need arises here. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight. While the governor is loaning out ventilators to the federal government, Santa Clara County is looking for some. Local officials held a News Conference today issuing a bounty for a thousand ventilators, new, used, or broken. Well be giving a thousand dollars per ventilator but were also really excited to take donations. I mean, so if you can donate it, it would be great. Santa clara county is the hardest hit county in the bay area with more than 1200 cases and 39 deaths. Right now the county has some 650
Are going to be watching closely and monitoring our parks, were going to be monitoring various locations where we know large groups of people gather. And i hope that we wont be forced to close any parks or make any adjustments because people are not following the order. San Francisco Mayor london breed talking about the concern that nice weather this weekend will bring people outside, likely overcrowding, as the city and other locations crack down on access to open space. Oaklands mayor wants to create more room for people to get outside and spread out a bit. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im kristen zhse, thank you for joining us. Some neighborhood streets in oakland are nearly empty. Thats given mayor libby shaft an idea. She said closing the streets would allow residents to walk, jog and bike while practicing social distancing at the same time. Abc 7 anchor eric thomas joins us from oakland with the story. Eric . Reporter and look right here at 42nd and broadway, this cross walk, crew
Camera cell phone video shows a man brandishing a back moments before he was shot dead by San Leandro Police during the detention. Boy that hasan. A taser was in effect. The same officer then fired one shot at the suspect striking him in the torso. At the same time simultaneously the second officer for their taste. The incident happened just before 3. 15 saturday afternoon inside the walmart on his spear in boulevard we spoke to a customer off camera who was inside the store and i heard. People ran towards. The back from the front of the store saying there was someone with a gun and then there was someone shooting. This video shows the chaos inside then more people started to come towards them. And thats when everybody kind of started getting in panic mode and everybody kind of just wanted to find an exit and everybody was scared everybody huddled together San Leandro Police initially responded to a robbery but that was not the case when they arrived police say the officers attempted t
Martinez joining us live now in the newsroom with the Details Behind todays announcement. Lauren . The governor said were at a point where we can begin a very thoughtful phased in approach to reopening the state of california, and ultimately, reopening our state economy. Were at a point where we can start toggling back and begin a very thoughtful phased in approach to reopening the state of california. No dates will be attached to the announcement of reopening california. But at todays news conference, Governor Newsom did announce a new Advisory Committee of 80 leaders who will work on a strategy to get californians back to work. Its cochaired by bay area philanthropist and former democratic president ial candidate tom steyer. We will try to come up with a Recovery Plan that is worthy of californias past and pushes us to a Better Future and remedies some of the injustices that the covid19 pandemic have revealed in our society. Steyer is the governors chief of staff. Other members inclu
Renewal noor california offering hope for those suffering. Total number of individuals in the icu, that number of 1,132 represents a drop of 1. 9 . From yesterday, one data point is not a trend, but nonetheless it is encouraging. And more positive signs, Governor Newsom says the states backlog of tests has dropped to 13,900 and the state says it will provide free or discounted hotel rooms for medical workers. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. In east bay a group of a activists, civil rights lawyers and public defenders calling for the release of all inmates from alamedas jail to keep from getting or spreading the coronavirus. Law enforcement says releasing inmates accused of Violent Crimes will be unwise and unsafe. Abc 7 news anchor aaron thomas is live at the jail. Eric . Reporter and those activists say a crowded jail is like a petri dish for covid19. The only way to stop the spread is to release everybody. The sheriff says not so fast. Before the coronavirus pandemic the jail was home