Not follow the city stay at home order. She would have to close city parks to help combat the coronavirus outbreak mare bring said the city has also hired 82 nurses over the weekend to help in the outbreak in addition, she said the private sector has stepped up to help provide protective gear for frontline workers, including masks, gowns and gloves, but the mayor urged saffron sisters, san franciscans to continue to take social distancing seriously. The folks who are. Out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. Requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting Public Health in jeopardy. To help those who cannot practice self quarantine such as residents of longterm care facilities or people in the Homeless Population San Franciscos Human Services agency is working with the Hotel Council to secure available rooms in fact 320 rooms are expected to be available by the end of the night tonight with hundreds more needed in the c
Announcement was met with some confusion and also some disappointment but we got a clarification tonight from the states Parks Department saying that not all of the states parks parking lots are closed. Its about 3 dozen of them and most of them are in the bay area in an effort to flatten the curve a California State Parks governor Gavin Newsome says its time for soft closures he announced monday Effective Immediately that 36 of the states 280 parks will be closed to vehicular traffic. It breaks my heart but i understand the reasons. We know a guy ive been wondering how long it would last that were still able to access the stuff, rock climber adam sandler says for the most part hes seen people on the trails of Mount Diablo State Park practicing social distancing right now the East Bay Park does not fall under this closure ambler says thats a good thing because the outdoors have been helpful for leaving his anxiety over the pandemic it today in a church is always good for the soul and t
On a nearly trillion coronavirus response. Bill what we have a basic philosophical conflict, democrats blocked republican proposal oregon senator jeff merkley calls it a slush fund for big corporations like the Airline Industry so theyve invested 50 billion in profits during the good times and buying their own stock. And giving huge bonuses to to their their management. That time they want to see what the public male us now republican senators say bipartisan negotiations were going well until House Speaker nancy pelosi showed up back in washington and got a call and angry senator john thune of south dakota said the bill included many provisions democrats walk like direct checks for americans increased Unemployment Insurance and money for Small Businesses to pay their employees that right there is billion. Going to workers soon says there is billion worth of money for big corporations but stresses that money will be given out as loans and they all higher millions of employees in this co
The strong message from San Francisco mayor london breed after people were getting together in San Francisco. And not social distancing. Thank you so much for joining us tonight at 5 im Justine Waldman now mayor breed along with other city leaders urge people to comply with the shelterinplace order and warned if they do not the city will have to take action to enforce it as kron fours kate rooney explains this is happening amid a surge of coronavirus cases. In a Virtual Press Conference Today mayor london breed and other city officials shared the latest on San Franciscos response to the coronavirus pandemic the city now has 131 confirmed cases of covid 19 and director of Health Doctor grant colfax said a major surge is still to be expected. I am sad to have to say that the worst is yet to come. Every community where the virus has taken hold. Has seen a surge in kind of a coronavirus patients who need to be hospitalized to prepare for the anticipated rise in patients needing treatment m
Reported case to reach the first. 100,000 cases. 11 days for the second 100,000 cases. And just. For. Days for the senate. 100,000. Cases. Now its 6 those are staggering statistics from the World Health Organization coronavirus cases around the world climbing at a rapid pace. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im justine waldman. Globally there are now more than 375,000 cases of the coronavirus and over 16,000 people have died. And then in the us there are 43,000 cases and the number of deaths has topped 500 in california alone there are more than 2000 cases and 38 people have died. This information is all according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus tracker map. An Alameda County has confirmed its first death related to the Coronavirus Health Officials Say the person had no known travel or known contact was someone who had a confirmed case of the virus. Officials are releasing very limited information about the patient. Only saying that they were elderl