The letter, urging districts to reopen schools and get kids back into the classrooms came from Assembly Members and state senator and say they are backed up by Public Health experts. There is a roadmap for schools all over the state to really be opening up. The letter cited excessive screen time for young minds as well as until Health Issues students are facing. Also spoke about how many Public Schools remained closed for in Person Learning while private schools have reopened. We are seeing an even your gap between those who have the means to get private education versus those going into public education. That is it sentiment echoed by an Infectious Disease expert who calls opening schools a moral imperative. Im worried that will lead to downstream effects that are really difficult to see unless we reopen schools. Eight months into the pandemic, the science and data from european schools indicates it is safe to reopen with precautions. The science says kids under 12 are particularly pr
Time in looking at the Golden Gate Bridge 37 to the tolls a 20 minute drive coming up well have a look at your drive times around the bay area james and darya back to you. Thanks a lot. 9 oclock the time the big breaking news overnight. The fact that us now has set a new record for the most covid related deaths in a single day. Theres a number were talking about more than 3100 people who died from the virus on wednesday and more than ever people in the hospital to now a 100,000 americans. Are hospitalized with coronavirus 20,000 of them are in the icu now this comes as california now setting records as well for numbers of new cases kron 4 Sarah Stinson live for us in San Francisco to talk more about that sarah. Cases are rising rapidly not only in california, but also right here in the bay area so were waiting to hear from governor newsome we expect he could have some kind of announcement with more restrictions within the next 24 hours. But we dont know if hes going to put a stay at ho
Im not running a false promise and being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch. But what i can promise you is this, we will start on day one doing the right things. We will let science drive our decisions. We will deal honestly with the american people. Biden and his wife jill cast their ballots in wilmington today. Meanwhile, democrat, democratic Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris held two drive in rallies in arizona. She criticized President Trump for putting the health of his supporters at risk by packing them together. Stocks tumble today because of worries that the pandemic in the u. S. And in europe will mean more restrictions on businesses and drag down the economy. The dow dropped 943 points, the nasdaq lost 426 and the s p was down 119. Early voting numbers continue to break records nationwide and if the trends hold, we could see historic levels of turnout. Our political reporter greg lee tells us whats driving the numbers. Reporter with less than one week until
Make for a bit of a grey start right now were in the 50s for most areas with a few 40s on the map in both livermore 49 degrees. Although napa you were there just a minute ago that youre actually right up to 50 degrees so temperatures wobbling around just a little bit for some of our spots, San Francisco oakland and san jose in the 60s to 70s for high temperatures later today really nice afternoon conditions to be looking forward to and i know it will be a beautiful friday and saturday to get out there and hopefully enjoy the 70s but will it be all right on the roads is question robert is here to tell us more about that i guess it kind of depends on where theyre heading this morning job because some fox look great other spots not so much, but ill start off with a look at the bridges around the bay area this morning a live look. At the bay bridge toll plaza this is one of the good commute 80 west in San Francisco doing fine as you can see its wide open here at the toll plaza so no worrie
The Prevention Services in particular qualified as essential services under health quarters. It was really an effort to clarify and provide clear guidance to the c. B. O. And other prevention providers in particular around how to provide services safely and develop resources for home testing, for example, options for people to minimize clinic visits and looking at low barrier approaches to delivering some of the services. Zoom doesnt work for everyone, but are there other ways to continue to provide services in a safeway. Next slide. And then off on policies side, there has been, when the shelter in place occurred, all the clinics closed due to activation many of the people were activated for covid response. And also in response to ensuring that staff are safely in these clinical settings. But as a shelter in place has been lifted, there is a need, in particular because of the Prevention Services that have been declining, to reopen and provide care for young people particularly and so