Only 68 icu beds available in the entire county of santa clara. That is part of the reason why Health Officials are now ramping up these enforcements no businesses because they want to keep people safe and doing this because of the Holiday Shopping season. Yesterday alone, Santa Clara County reported 512 new cases and setting a new record. 213 hospitalizations were also reported yesterday, including 45 new ones. Another new record. County believes those numbers will be even higher tomorrow. Those staggering numbers are part of the reason why enforcement efforts are being enhanced and the county Fire Department will now assist with compliance officers who have already been tasked with making sure businesses follow capacity restrictions and require face coverings and apply social distance guidelines. We are extremely concerned about what this means for our hospitals ability to care for, not only people with covid19, but for other people who need access to care in our hospitals. Reporter
The floor of the church, but hope was running high because of an offer from the governors office. They were going to receive some brandnew trailers to temporarily house these teens, part of a fleet dispatch from sacramento. 15 trailers were dropped off in the city of oakland lot but nine months later, they are still there. Sitting empty. Some of the trail is not reallocated before we could use them. Frisking the pandemic so oakland told they had to reclaim the trails to house covid patients. That never happened but he waited patiently. That in july a positive update. They were going to make available a lot in west oakland, at third and peralta for all 15 trailers. Within a few months we had a plan that was ready to execute so our youth were prepared to move, our staff was prepared to move. Then another roadblock. This time from washington. Much of administration revoked federal approval to use highway land for any homeless projects across california. And this comes after President Trum
Weve had great coordination, great relationship. I know we come from different sides of the plan it. Reporter the Governors Team thanked the president for federal support, and acknowledged the need for better Vegetation Management and made their case for Climate Changes role. The science is in, and the evidence is several everyone dent that Climate Change is real and that is exacerbating this. If we think its awful about Vegetation Management, were not going to seed together protecting company california. Okay. It will start getting cooler. You just watch. I wish science agreed with you. Well, i dont think science knows, actually. Reporter democrats criticized the president s downplaying of Climate Change, and today joe biden spoke on the issue. Donald trumps climate denial may not have caused these fires and record floods and record hurricanes, but if he gets a second term, these heldish events will continue to become more common. Reporter the president honored 7 members the National
Clippers means they are back in business, starting monday, Indoor Services are now allowed. We are seeing a lot of clients that have all this hair. Reporter locks of hair a lot longer afters xmas of the pandemic locks down. I would say more than half of my clients today had told me that they did not get a haircut since before the lockdown. Reporter now the sound of sanitizing spray is one of the many new protocols to prevent the coronavirus spread. We have them sign a waiver, take the temperature, we have the meet outside. He is the owner of the muse nail bar. This is the. We extra barriers. We try to separate between technician and technician. She only had 10 clients, the income is welcome. She is a parttime student at city college and a mother of a sixyearold. Clients also are relieved to be back. I got to la, to get my nails done, get a haircut, so im thrilled that San Francisco is finally reopening. Reporter along with personal care salons, indoor fitness gyms and studios are now a
Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas