Peniel joseph. Good morning. I was about to read to our viewers a column you have call thehere you George Floyd Death a moment of generational opportunity. What youxplain to us mean by generational opportunity here . Guest these protests we are at longrovide, finally, last, this generational opportunity to confront and have a plan to end institutional racism in all facets of our society, to defeat white to institutionalize black dignity and citizenship, and to finally achieve our country. This is about more than the criminal Justice System. It needs to be transformed from top to bottom in the United States, but the Justice System is a gateway to panoramic systems of oppression connected to welfare, education, housing, employment, childcare, health care, segregation, inequality in neighborhoods, inequality in our tax policy, homelessness, Mental Health and physical health. Whate so hopeful is hopeful about this moment is the number of people who have come out peacefully, the large numbe
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This is the 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. President trump pledging up to 50 billion to fast track the nations capacity to test for the coronavirus. We want to make sure that those who need a test can get one very safely, quickly and conveniently. We dont want people to take a test if we feel they should not be doing it. Preparing in the rose garden saying the action he was taking will save lives. A lot of fastmoving developments to tell you about tonight begin with headlines, including a lot of School Closures in the bay area. All classes have been canceled across several counties with hundreds of thousands of students now being told to stay home for the next three weeks. Nationwide the u. S. Now has 50 rotavirus adapts with confirmed cases in all but one state. California is a sixth death from the virus was reported tonight in Santa Clara County. Officials say a woman in her 80s died from covid19. Santa clara county and San Francisco are imp
On the final weekend of winter. Rain in the bay area and snow in the sierra and it looks like it will last the next judaism were giving a look across the south bay where there is a cloudy and mainly dry start in areas over the north bay pick up a few the last hours. As he rolled through the second part of the morning and early afternoon youll notice it pick up over the central and south bay receipt a few scattered showers. In and around santa rosa and towards napa and American Canyon and over towards iad is a wet when from vallejo into fairfield and stretching towards richmond and the Richmond San Rafael bridge. This will be the start, temperatures will be falling, it will be breezy with often on rain not only for today but into sunday, monday and maybe into to stay, better details coming up in just a little bit. 167 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the bay area and Santa Clara County has seen the largest jump at 79 total, two of died in the county including a person in the 8
Behind new york. And transportation Officials Say the city is seeing more cars than ever due to uber and lyft. So chances of conflict are much higher between bicyclists, pedestrians, and cars, all competing on these narrow streets. Keep in mind, most of the daytime population is concentrated in the downtown area. Thats also where many of the fatalities occur. In 2014, the city launched vision zero to reduce fatalities. Since then, city workers added more protective bike lanes. Constructed street calms measures and updated Traffic Signals to give pedestrians more time and a head start in the crosswalk. But critics say without drastic measures they wont be able to cut pedestrian fatalities down to zero any time soon. Walk sf is a nonprofit that advocates for pedestrian safety. What more can the city do . We need drivers to Pay Attention to the rules of the road and follow them and we need the sfpds help in enforcing those rules. We also need to change speed limits in San Francisco, 20 is