Latin x community is being disproportionately impacted. The reason seems to be linked to the times of jobs held by members of that community. Governor newsom breaking down the numbers looking more closely at exactly who is gettin covid19. He says it is californias essential workers. Who are these essential workers . Reporter front line workers, people like farm worker, construction laborers, cooks, cashiers and janitors to name a few. This shows the breakdown by ethnicity. Green represents the latin x community. Thats the community that increasingly and disproportionately is being impacted. Not only by the spread of the virus but the mortality. Reporter the governor says the black and asian minorities also make up certain sectors of our economy, also considered essential during covid19. He wants to make sure employers are supporting them to stay home if needed. People feeling sick, people that may be sick. We dont want them going on work, infecting other people. And those on the list f
Neighboring Mendocino County reports at least four confirmed cases. Lake county still unchanged. No one testing positive there so far. And we are plotting the case numbers on to a graph so we really can see the trend here. This trend includes data for 14 counties, the bay area and surrounding areas. As you can see, we are still on an upward curve. And this is our first day with a new extended shelter in place order. It took effect for much of the bay area at midnight and includes new restrictions like the closure of Tennis Courts. There was no one to be seen at these courts in berkeley. Droneview7 gives awes glimpse there. Many courts around town have been closed by the city following the new restrictions. But its more than just Tennis Courts that are now off limits. New at 6 00, abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is live in berkeley to explain. Lauren . Liz, the playground behind me is completely taped up to stop o t equi a lot of these new rules now in place are to prevent you from t
A lot of news coming out. One of the major headlines, the shelterinplace order extended into early may has a chance of being extended even further in the city. The likelihood that that may 3rd date will be extended is possible. Some other keynotes from that press conference. The mayor acknowledging big news out of sacramento, which is all schools will be closed through the end of the academic year. Well have more on that in just a few minutes. The city is starting an official program to give you a chance to help Senior Citizens or those in need. You can do that on sf. Gov or by calling 311. Now starting tomorrow, at least 400 of the citys homeless will shelter at the moscone center. The city is hoping to secure 2500 hotel rooms by the end of the week, mainly to house the homeless who are tested positive or are showing some symptoms. With possible budget losses in the 1 billion range over the next two years, mayor breed says its absolutely critical that everybody complete the 2020 u. S.
In e n plan walmart to take on amazon and save you money. Plus, the shocking figure. How much money americans are spending on coffee each year. And one new way to save big. Cut off, the new cash crisis for prince harry and meghan markle. Later, the new sport catching speed and you dont even have to stand up. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with several developments in the coronavirus emergency. Stocks were down sharply once again overnight amid concern that this crisis could plunge the economy into recession. Yeah, the focus right now is on Northern California where officials are trying to figure out how a woman got infected with no known exposure to the virus. Up to 100 Health Workers were exposed to that patient. Concerns growing after a whistleblower claimed more than a dozen workers sent by the u. S. Government to receive evacuees from china did not have training or protective gear. The first drug shortage related to the Virus Outbreak comes as President Trump promised the
Drop in temperatures. 60s at 4 00. The rest of us in the 70s. Jobina . Happy friday to you. We made it. We have our mass transit updates. Ferries running with no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 12 training running on time. Ace 1 is on time as well. I have a vta commuter alert. The blue and green lines will have a bus bridge in place between the karina and civic center stations. Julian and kumasi . Thank you. Some developing news to get to. Countries around the world are taking steps this morning to protect their Public Transit systems from the spread of the coronavirus. In the bay area, transit officials are preparing. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . Hi, good morning. B. A. R. T. Officials say right now theyre not doing anything major yesterday. Theyre taking a wait and see approach. So its business as usual right now. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors had a lot of questions yesterday for the general manager at the Board Meeting about what was being don trepare