Here are just a few bay areabased companies that have announced big job cuts recently. Uber is laying off 3700 workers. Lyft is cutting 982 positions. Airbnb laying off 1900 people. And we dont know how many local workers are affected at those three companies. We do know that the oakland as are laying off nearly 800 people. The San Francisco giants cutting 1200 jobs, and bon appetit management is laying off more than 1500 workers in San Francisco. I think in the shortterm, there are going to be some sectors that are going to have trouble coming back, even under the best Public Health response. Uc berkeley Public Health policy professor Jesse Rothstein says that includes restaurants and Small Businesses, but includes even powerhouses like uber who thought treating drivers as independent contractors made them less susceptible to layoffs are finding thats not true in this pandemic. But even when all this begins to quiet done, some things may never go back to the way they were. Set your ex
Phase 2 on friday. Only napa and solano counties told us they do plan to do so. San Francisco Mayor london breed explained it this way. The numbers are still going up. The number of deaths are still going up. And we have not lowered the curve. So we have to be mindful of that, and we have to be responsible when we look at ways to bring various industries back. Even as parts of the state begin phase 2, a Bleak Outlook today from Governor Newsom who said its still a long road to reopening and recovery. Its going to take a lot longer than people think. Its going to take a lot longer than people are saying. This is serious. Weve never experienced anything like this in our lifetime. This is depression era numbers in terms of the unemployment youll see across this country, not just in the state of california. Still, as we all try to get through this together, a reminder even the governor has some relatable challenges. I think its pretty obvious to you i have not had a haircut. Im a little em
Weve never seen on the record books either. And european markets opened just around an hour ago and seeing gains of 2 . Back to you. Sounds promising but still a little shaky. A tragic update on tranl gic in indy car driver wilson, died. Wilsons brother, stephen tweeted cant eve begin to describe my loss. He was a champion. He says his brother had chosen to donate his organs. He was 37 years old and leaves behind a wife and two daughters. Kelly has been on vacation and returned to the air last night and trump took notice saying, i liked the kelly file much better without megyn kelly. Bush criticized trumps immigration plan as unrealistic. And he had to explain what he meant fwhoi term anchor baby. I was talking bute specific case of fraud being committed and frankly, its more committed to asian people coming into ourb country, having children and taking advantage of a noble concept, which is birth right citizenship. Hes faced controversy because the phrase is considered offensive and t
Look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This notion that russia wanted donald trump to win is nonsense. Team trump takes aim at a bombshell cia report. President obama ordering a full review into russias attempts to hack the u. S. Election. Did russia try to disrupt american elections . Of course they did. We need to get answers, get to the bottom of it. The u. S. Is upping the stakes in the war on isis in syria. I can tell you today that the United States will deploy approximately 200 additional u. S. Forces in syria. The ayes are 63, the nays are 36. Stopgap spending bill that averts a Government Shutdown. Very cold temperatures. You guys okay . Donald trumps thank you tour made a stop in grand rapids, michigan, and it was like old times. Get them out of here. Where do these people come from . Violent road rage stops traffic on a freeway in houston, texas, and it was all caught on camera. All that lebron james jr. Starting like his daddy. Not even 13 yet. And all that ma
Stops traffic on a freeway. It was all caught on camera. Rogue one is expected to be the biggest block buster of the holiday season. Early tracking suggests the movie could pull in upwards of 130 million in the Opening Weekend but then again early tracking suggested that Hillary Clinton would be president right now. So you never know. You still have to go see the movie. Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Im Anthony Mason with alex wagner. We have a great lineup. Later well take you to a wine shop older than the United States. There you will meet a man whose job it is to sniff out fake bottles. Some sold for tens of thousands of dollars. You will see how he does it. Plus, an interesting side effect of nearly every major election. People dont travel. Well show you why global disruptions and a weakening euro could save you money. His job is simple replace a legend. Well talk with chris thile, the Young Musician taking over for garrison kieler as host of a prairie home companion. Russias ap