Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. Now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. Tonight new cases of coronavirus in the bay area. Three confirmed and two presumptive positive cases. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Heres what we know about the new santa clairau county cases. One is a woman with Chronic Health conditions. Theyve just begun their investigation into how she contracted the virus. The other two cases are a husband and wife that recently travelled to egypt. However, egypts Health Ministry says there have only been two cases in the country and one has already recovered. There are seven total cases in Santa Clara County. Meantime, in salono county two Health Care Workers testing positive. They were exposed to the patient with the virus. One of the workers lives in alameda county. Lauren martinez joins us live with the very latest details. Lauren. Reporter eric, those two Health Care Workers tested positive at the state level. The cdc still needs to confirm those resul
We will continue to monitor the governors remarks but first we want to get you upto date on the coronavirus outbreak in the bay area. Right now on kpix 5 day one of the coronavirus lockdown, closed stores nearly empty streets as millions in the bay area are told to stay home. Here are the latest headlines on the coronavirus pandemic. Minutes ago Santa Clara County reported its fifth coronavirus death, the patient was a man in his 50s, he was hospitalized march 9 and died today bringing the state total to 12, that news on the first day of the historic shelter in place order. Nearly 7 million bay area residents are being told to hunker down. Nonessential travel is banned, people are warned to stay six feet apart, you can go out for exercise if you follow the rule, violating the shelter in place could lead to a fine or jail time. Essential businesses are operating including grocery stores, Hardware Stores auto repair shops plumbers and financial institutions. We have learned coronavirus h
Today marks 2 weeks since a 4 yearold boy was killed just outside his richmond home. Hector guerrero was helping his father bringing groceries when a car sped by. Hitting the young boy and taking off. Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight time can and im pam moore police did arrest the suspect and now. The family is preparing to bury their little boy kron fours michelle kingston live tonight in richmond where a vigil will be held tomorrow afternoon, michelle. Thats right. Hectors mom is asking the public to join her after the funeral tomorrow for a vigil to raise awareness and to remind people to slow down on city streets. The rest fast hector cuyos mother describing how people drive in her neighborhood she says they speed and because of this she says her son was hit and killed today marks 2 weeks since the 4 yearold was hit by a car helping his dad bring groceries sit inside their wow. The his mother ran outside after the accident and couldnt believe what happened she was in
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
Fall. The incidents triggered a community rally for change, but merchants i spoke with say they have seen no improvement since, despite the sfpd increasing patrols, so theyre taking matters into their own hands. Police need to police people. If theres no people here to police, of course theyre going to go somewhere elsewhere theres more action. Reporter for the past six months, steven lee, a Business Owner and entertainment commissioner for San Francisco has been working with the sfmta, San Francisco recs and park and the garage to lower evening time parking rates to draw in business and get the city to step up safety efforts. This will hopefully boost our nighttime economy. Reporter from 5 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. Used to cost 36. Now its just 8. Spent 40 or more at participating merchants and the rate goes down to 3. While it seems like a step in the right direction, there are skeptics the program will actually work. I dont think that is the key. The key is you need to have something l