A budget crisis for the Golden Gate Bridge district. Good evening, im alan martin. Im elizabeth cook. Board directors were faced with either raising the toll or cutting jobs. Don ford on the tough decision made just a few hours ago. Reporter the Golden Gate Bridge is in financial trouble. Serious financial trouble. Today, the board of directors took action. The Golden Gate Bridge is looking at a 48 million shortfall. The bridge says southbound traffic crossing the gate is significantly down. Bus ridership is down by 75 . And is down a shocking 96 . About 155 employees would be laid off. The total number of affected positions is a little over 200 and we have about 840 employees. So about a quarter of our workforce will be impacted. Reporter the decisions were made this morning on a conference call. One of the choices was to raise the total by two dollars, making it eight dollars to cross. That idea was rejected. Our board decided that on ballots, the best thing to do is to strike a bala
For the first time, all 50 states seeing a rise in daily coronavirus cases, according to cbs news analysis. Governors across the country practically begging residents to follow Health Safety guidelines. Its a very dangerous situation. And our hospitals have been sounding the alarm. Reporter in new mexico, the governor ordering all nonessential businesses to close for the next two weeks, residents ordered to shelter in place. Tonight, this stark warning from idahos governor we are in the middle of an unprecedented and dangerous time in our states history. Reporter colorado again shattering record for new cases and hospitalizations. These are our darkest days as i nation. They are our dark e days as a state. Reporter in new york, the Positivity Rate on the brink of the 3 threshold that would trigger the closing of all Public Schools and inperson learning. The citys mayor with this message for parents have an alternative plan for beginning as early as monday. Reporter california now passi
Thats really heart breaking. Some mist, drizzle and fog all thats left of the rain that moved through the bay area this evening, but im already tracking the next chance of rain that will be heading our way and could fans return to chase center next month . The revolutionary new testing program, we ask an expert would it work . We have an exclusive look at the next generation of electric vehicles hoping to give tesla a run for its money. Its definitely very interesting time for the ev business. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area a live look outside, were drying out a bit after a pretty rainy friday night around the bay area. See. Theres proof. Hey, thats heavy rain, man, for these parts coming down at times in San Francisco a little earlier. Our chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now. Are we done with this for the time being or is it going to stick around . We are done with this for the weekend. So the rain has moved out.
Now at 11 00 new coronavirus restrictions taking effect in less than an hour and tonight this is just the beginning. Were the feeling overly happy or confident right now. Thats really heart breaking. Some mist, drizzle and fog all thats left of the rain that moved through the bay area this evening, but im already tracking the next chance of rain that will be heading our way and could fans return to chase center next month . The revolutionary new testing program, we ask an expert would it work . We have an exclusive look at the next generation of electric vehicles hoping to give tesla a run for its money. Its definitely very interesting time for the ev business. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area a live look outside, were drying out a bit after a pretty rainy friday night around the bay area. See. Theres proof. Hey, thats heavy rain, man, for these parts coming down at times in San Francisco a little earlier. Our chief meteorolog
The 2020 president ial election. Joe biden flips georgia blue for the first time in 28 years, getting him 306 electoral votes. Well have the latest on the white house lawsuits still trying to change the results. League of her own. She started as an intern and is now the most powerful woman in baseball. Details on how king ng became the first female general manager . Any of the four major sports leagues. And the next chapter. As the pandemic rages on, architects and designers are already looking toward the future. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opene opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is a rheed alert, all hands on deck. The coronavirus is now surging in every single state. The death toll could hit 440,000 by march 1st. Hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell. President trump spoke to the public for the first time in more than a week while still not acknowledging joe bidens victory. It wou