To the protests. This did happen in the area around the time of those protests. The federal protective service under the department of Homeland Security provides security and Law Enforcement services at u. S. Government facilities. Oakland police say there are no current protests going on right now but officers have been patrolling the streets through the night. Protests turned violent after demonstrators clashed with Oakland Police officers and shut down interstate 880 for some time last night. There is that dramatic video. Youre seeing that here. Hundreds started marching around 8 00 last night, made their way onto the interstate as officers monitored the situation from afar. There they are getting onto a big rig truck. The man driving stuck in the midst of all of this. The demonstration did continue to escalate. About an hour later, when officers who lined up to block police headquarters, they sprayed tear gas while protesters set off fireworks and threw bottles. Police say multiple
Uncovered of covid19 cases, 859 people have now died. Governor newsom said the state reported its highest death toll yesterday at 71, today there were 63 deaths. Santa clara, the bay areas hardest hit kenny is reporting a big increase in new cases and one more death. There are 71 new cases in the county bringing the total to 1793. The death toll there now stands at 71. Santa clara county Health Officers say that daily increase in the number of cases and deaths is proof that the county is not yet out of the woods. Our collective action as slow the spread, but we have to keep at it. It is not the time to let up. If we let up, what we will see is a resurgence in cases, this has been the experience in other parts of the world, and weve been watching this pattern carefully. The Health Department also says there are 76 covid19 patients in intensive care units in hospitals in Santa Clara County. Santa clara county has also seen increases in the number of cases and deaths involving independent
Confirmed that two people had traveled on the grand princess cruise ship that was held in the port of oakland earlier this month have also died from complications from the coronavirus. As for testing, Governor Newsom said today the 66,800 tests have been performed. The results for those tens of thousands tests are being delayed due to a shortage of necessary chemicals to process them as well as materials such as swabs and files. Your in the bay area, more lives are being lost. San mateo county reported upon the death, bringing the total up to five. Three of the people who died are older adults. The fourth person was described only as an adult. In a statement, the county help officer said he believed the virus is growing adequate exponential rate. Santa clara county continues to have the highest number of deaths with 17. That is an increase of one compared to yesterday but Alameda County now has two death. San francisco, sonoma, and carter countys each have one death from the virus. Hea
And Steve Paulson is here as well. Hell tell you if you need an umbrella. Maybe in the morning. We do have a weak part of the system coming through and thats going to give us light rain. 40s on the temps is what were looking at right now. 44. 40 livermore 49 in the city. That low in nevada some energy coming around that and also down towards Southern California. The main low is giving us a lot of cloud cover and some very light rain. It could be steady here. A point. 10. Not before they get a little bit more rain. Maybe some snow. 40s on the temps and highs today will still be below average. Cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. I doubt theres anything new but well ask the source. Anything new . Nothing new. But i have realized there are some things that happened on the road. So be careful. Lets go to 28 and talk about san jose. Traffic is moving on pretty well. Accidents still happen and you can see traffic is still moving on pretty well and construction is still happening. So be careful out
Unshiered hyundai. There are vehicles that are moving faster than what is allowed by law. Reporter the officers says if you think the chp is taking a hands off or lenient approach during this time, they are mistaken. We are still out making sure were the proper enforcement for people who are speeding, driving distracted, driving under the influence, and that were still maintaining and providing the high level of safety. Reporter Pleasant Hill Police Tweeted this shot of an alleged speeder getting a ticket in that city under the hash tag we are still here. And one man who drives for a living helps his fellow motorists get the message. And just slow down. Drive safe, be safe out there. Were all in this together, you know. Reporter despite the tickets that we just showed, some chp officers are writing, you might think theyre writing more tickets, but that is not the case. In fact, we just got shocking figures from the san jose chp office. They said that in 2019 in the month of march, they