I want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member mr. Smith and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before i turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Finally, we have several members who are waving on to the subcommittee for todays hearing. Given the large number i will recognize members in an
News at 5 30. Right now, more local news at 5 30. A trip to the marin head lands took a scary turn for one family when the tide started rising. The heroing rey , the governors crack down hitting more Southern California counties. Whats changing for hot spots where the coronavirus is heading. A years long battle, now a controversial Housing Project in lafayette is taking another step forward but only because the city was almost forced to do it. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. The fight is over a 315 unit apartment complex. They call it terraces of lafayette. Its near Pleasant Hill and deer hill roads. Kpix 5s john ramos on why the plan is going forward. Lafayette has been fighting over what to do. But the Planning Commission made its decision. Not because they wanted to but state law forced their hand. Mr. Majio. You could tell by the sound of their voices, they werent thrilled about it. Aye. Zeke so the motion carries. After a seven hour meeting the Planning Commission approved t
Governor gavin newsom announced the closure of state beach parking lots in Southern California and the bay area ahead of the holiday. The state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend. But we are modifying our Parking Facility operations and closing them to traffic. The parking lot of pacifica state beach was packed. Even on a gray wednesday afternoon. The governors announcement got mixed reviews. I think its frustrating because were all ready limited in what we can do. As far as Recreational Activities go. Were all getting a little stir crazy. I think its a good move. I think it will open peoples eyes to how much this second wave is actually hitting us. And hopefully, hopefully people will not get in big groups on the 4th of july. And its one less place where they can go. In pacifica closures go a step farther. Stretching from the parking lot to the sand itself. The city is closing local beaches and at their request, state beaches will also be closed. The ma
Joe vazquez is live at oracle park where the disoriented Mountain Lion was caught in a net in front of a mission bay building. Joe. Reporter not your normal habitat for a Mountain Lion. This is a pretty densely populated area in San Francisco, this is mission bay. You can see oracle park just a block away with the giants play. This is channel street between third and fourth and you can see there are condominiums here, gus mark it on the next corner and right there halfway down the sidewalk, that is for animal control officials were able to capture that Mountain Lion. Reporter kpix 5 photographer brian kiley captured this moment early this morning. A Mountain Lion carefully scampering back and forth on a San Francisco sidewalk. Animal control officials cornered him, then slowly and bravely put a net over him and got him into a cage. They decided not to use a tranquilizer dart because the creature was young, perhaps 10 months to a year old and they were worried the tranquilizer could pro
Stalling, the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, this as the white house is still blaming beijing. Elon musk scoring a win in his battle with california really Alameda County getting green light to open alameda factory after orders to stay close. Futures are searching for direction. This after markets gave up early gains over concerns about a possible spike in coronavirus cases, that leading to a selloff yesterday. Uber looking to take over grubhub in possible all stock deal as food demand surges during lockdowns. More controversy in the Michael Flynn case, a federal judge delaying a decision on the Justice Departments move to drop the case against the former National Security adviser. One programming note, tomorrow, do not miss marias sitdown with President Donald Trump. Latest on getting america back to work, more stimulus, china, the 2020 race and a whole lot more, you dont want to miss any moment of it right here starting at 6 00 a. M. Eastern. Meantime mornings with maria is liv