Come home and today we spoke to a bay area resident stuck with his wife in lima peru. We are coming back from lima. We were at that airport when we found out. We found what was going on. We tried everything we could to get on this flight. Everything was booked or canceled. Weve been at an air bmb where weve been for 12 days. We dont know whats going on. We dont know when we will get that phone call or when we would get the email that we could go home. Im an essential worker in San Francisco at a Grocery Store in San Francisco. My team is just having a hard time there. I want to be able to help them but i cant. Do you feel safer down there or would you feel safer here . You know, theres a lot of things they are saying you dont want to go back right now. Theres fewer cases here. I want to see my animals, my motherinlaws taking care of our house and our animals, shes 75 years old. She doesnt need to be exposed to this. From the day i received the email from them that they were trapped in
Now at 11 00, beds at the ready inside the makeshift hospital just set up for coronavirus patients. How Santa Clara County is preparing for a surge in cases. Some changes at parks and beaches this weekend as california Governor Newsom deploys the National Guard. What you can expect if youre not following the social distancing precautions. A lifeline for california renters during this pandemic. The new statewide eviction ban, and why some worry its only a bandaid fix. Tonight, the bay area and country preparing for ses. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im juliette goodrich, in for elizabeth cook. California cases grew 26 percent in a day, with the results of 65,000 tests still pending. Calling up reserve military units to help expand hospital capacity. Hes now ordering General Motors to make the urgently needed ventilators. The president also signed that massive Economic Relief bill to send checks to americans. And the number of cases in the u. S. Has now topped 100,000. Thats the most
20. But county leaders say what theyre most concerned about is public, we, are using the 1 tool to fight the virus, and they say thats social distancing. The treatment is still social distancing. Whether youre infected, sick, not sick. Reporter nearly 2 weeks after the states stay at home order went into effect, Santa Clara County chief executive officer dr. Jeffery smith, gave the community a b plus in social distancing. We can always do better, but people are trying hard. Reporter he says with no vaccine, obeying the order will not only help bring down the rate of infection, as well as save lives, it will also give the Health Care System to serve the seriously ill as they expect an upcoming surge in the covid19 cases. Allow the Health Care System to take care of the really sick people in a safe and efficient wa safe people at home quarantined. Reporter the county just transformed the Santa Clara Convention centers main hall into a makeshift hospital, bringing in 250 cots for recoveri
Park avenue and mceleny street. The driver of a flatbed truck was traveling west on park and making a lefthand turn. At the same time the driver of a Pontiac Firebird was traveling east on park and apparently did not see the trk and drove into it getting wedged under the trailer. People working in the area say the blinding Early Morning sunshine may have played a role. Going east on park avenue is very hazardous in the morning. The sun truly gets to you. You can hardly see a thing going east on park avenue. Reporter is it possible that that sun could blind a driver not to see a truck. Definitely. Reporter the male driver of the firebird was killed in the crash. A tenyearold girl sitting in the back seat who witnesses identified as his daughter was taken to an area hospital as a precaution. Investigators clekd evidence at the scene and then reopened the intersection about fourandahalf hours after the accident. There will be more information based on the whatever their measurements are a
Hopes new evidence could lead them to her killer and her missing daughter. Last night people gathered at mclaren park in San Francisco where the body of nicole fitz was found last april. There is a 10,000 award for information leading to her daughters return. Abc 7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson has more on the new lead in the case. Reporter ariana wants to hold her in their arms. The toddler was reported missing last april after her mom nicole failed to show up for work at best bay. Nicoles body was found a few days later in a shallow grave in mclaren park covered with a piece of plywood. No one has seen ariana since. Her aunt has a theory. I do believe someone is caring for her. I believe that the whole reason that this happened is because someone wanted ariana. Reporter one year since nicole was seen alive, several people gathered for a vigil. San Francisco Police confirmed that they recovered a car possibly connected to the case. The fbi is now testing it for evidence. It makes me fe