Area counties will be under this new regional stay at home order. And then 2 more counties are to follow soon after the new rules coming us coronavirus move closer to reaching itals capacity. Thursday governor gavin newsom announced that order would go into effect in 4 regions intensive Care Capacity fell below 15 so thursday icu capacity here in the bay area was above 25 . Yesterday it dropped by more than 4 to just over 21 where it stands right now, although capacity did rise by half a percentage point today it is still dangerously low, which is now prompting several Bay Area Health officials to implement those new stay at home orders earlier than necessary. So heres one the orders officially begin San Francisco santa clara and contra costa counties will begin starting these rules on sunday night at 10 which is when the states curfew goes into effect. And the Alameda County it will take effect just after midnight on monday. A marine county doesnt start until tuesday at noon and once
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And the picture of devotion. The er doctor who hasnt been able to hug her baby son for seven weeks. What keeps her motivated to fight on the front lines. Good thursday morning, everyone. Weve been reporting for weeks about the scale of the Health Crisis in this country. Now were getting new figures on the economic crisis. In just the last month 20 million jobs were lost in the private sector alone and figures out this morning are expected to show that 33 million americans have filed for unemployment benefit. Heres proof of the economic hardship. This line outside a food pantry in queens, new york, was half a mile long. A new study finds 17 of American Families with Young Children are going hungry. Most of the country is reopening, but the restrictions are causing tension. In Oklahoma Police say two workers at this mcdonalds weree dini roowa feteateng. But we begin our coverage with the growing concern about the economy. This morning, as unemployment numbers soar across the country, cov
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
Today, and then he said he did not think they needed to do 50 basis points. That is one of the key questions wall street has had. How far do they go if they go on july 31 . Suggestions from jay powell suggest the center of the fed has not changed. They will closely monitor the data and act as appropriate, which is exactly what he said at his News Conference a week ago after the fed meeting. He said the economy is in pretty good shape, describes in the same way that he did with strong consumer spending, weak business spending, concerns about trade. Nothing new from powell in his remarks that would change the calculation. However, he will be taking questions from people at the council on Foreign Relations, so we may look for some elucidation there. Vonnie repeating again that the fed is weighing whether uncertainties call for using. Call for using. Call for easing. I was struck by what kathleen asked, bond buying in europe, and also japan. He made comparisons in some ways to both economi