Estuary there. Alameda opened on the right and San Francisco in the background. Welcome to the 9. I know that will be open, the 8bayshore and the n and t bus lines. Some of the middle days of the week seem kind of jumbled but they expect more people will we can always tell when its start writing trains as they go monday and friday. And i can ask my coanchors if back to work. Muni is increasing service to theres anything to do this avoid over crowding and of weekend . Because you know we are also feel staying home. I will start with you. Are you staying home or are you course, more operators are available. We are really focused on the going out . Data to see where our writers are and over the past couple weeks, we have been incrementally adding muni outside of a big trip to the service to make sure that people have the appropriate Grocery Store every seven or social distancing when they do eight days, i have only been have to use our service. Looking at the same three other faces in my
Uncovered of covid19 cases, 859 people have now died. Governor newsom said the state reported its highest death toll yesterday at 71, today there were 63 deaths. Santa clara, the bay areas hardest hit kenny is reporting a big increase in new cases and one more death. There are 71 new cases in the county bringing the total to 1793. The death toll there now stands at 71. Santa clara county Health Officers say that daily increase in the number of cases and deaths is proof that the county is not yet out of the woods. Our collective action as slow the spread, but we have to keep at it. It is not the time to let up. If we let up, what we will see is a resurgence in cases, this has been the experience in other parts of the world, and weve been watching this pattern carefully. The Health Department also says there are 76 covid19 patients in intensive care units in hospitals in Santa Clara County. Santa clara county has also seen increases in the number of cases and deaths involving independent
Americans are receiving stimulus payments from the federal government for those who havent, you are able to track the status on a new website created by the irs. Cristina rendon shows us how it works. Reporter millions of americans are checking their Bank Accounts for direct deposit on the federal government. It will help to pay off some of the bills, you know, it is not enough. The irs launched a new feature on their website wednesday called get my payment. It allows taxpayers to file their returns for 2018 or 2019 to input their Bank Information to receive the payment by direct deposit. You can also check the status of your payment. Many say they are receiving messages like this one, payment status not available. The irs said the site is operating at record volumes. Physical checks are expected to be sent out to the end of the month. I do understand its not delaying anything and im satisfied with that. I dont imagine its a big deal. Im sure people will be very happy to get a big, fat
Issue . It is better. Bridge. I want to show you that traffic is very light and hopefully it will stay this way for this thursday morning. Something we have to remind you of. It is thursday, and traffic is moving well as you head south. There have been no problems on bay area bridges and it continues to look good for now. It is 4 31. Lets go back to pam. All right, thank you, sal. Topping our news. The irs is advising people to check its stimulus webpage to check the status of their corona virus relief payment. The money has already been direct deposited to 80 million americans. You can find the status of your payment by going to ktvu. Com and then click on web links. But the irs is also warning people about stimulus scams. Be suspicious. If someone calls and asks ifer your Social Security and bank account numbers, do not give that information over the phone. California is now the first state to provide stimulus benefits to give each undocumented adults 500. Undocumented immigrants mak
We have a lot of shaken up people, including one of our muni drivers and other people who who saw this situation and saw people trying to save their lives. Now, at five, authorities are trying to find out what caused a driver to veer off the road and plow into a crowded bus stop, killing two people here in San Francisco. Good morning. Its sunday, march 17th. Im stephanie sierra. Well have more on that story in just a moment. But first, lets check on the forecast with lisa. Good morning. Hi, stephanie. Good morning to you. Happy Saint Patricks day for those of you celebrating that a yesterday today the entire weekend. Right. With a lot of sunshine around the bay area. Temperatures have cooled off though. And as we look at live doppler seven, not a whole lot to show you there. Fog has crept into the north bay, and as we look at the next several hours, you can see it inside the bay, the marin county coastline, and the san mateo coast throughout the day. And that will usher in a cooler coa