Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical di
People out here and its not even as warm as it has been over the weekend will you seen all of these people coming out you can see people walking their dogs down there people taking strolls on the beach. So the catalyst for news of the decision if youre wondering were going to show you what those large crowds looked like over the weekend in ventura and orange county. Its actually reported the nearly 800,000 people. Were at a Newport Beach over the weekend you can see them with their surfboards out there gathering. Now also the role is if you live within 5 miles of beach thats the beach that he could vote who they were trying to keep you away from beaches outside of that Governor Newsome sane the large crowds were an example of what we should not be doing. About a 100 beaches and sort of easily defined 100 beaches. And there were 5 where we had some. The ticker johns overwhelming there were no major issues quite frankly, no issues of note. Particularly. La san diego parts of the bay area
Economy. Thats where well begin this morning. First things first with money correspondent jill schlesinger. And then at a time when all of us are using the internet, we ask our david pogue if the internet can handle all of us logging on at the same time. Thats our cover story. Reporter as more and more americans do their work and take their classes at home, over video, more of them are having problems with the internet. It is almost as though it were buffering, and i hear every third or fourth word, then it would freeze completely, and that would be it. There are a lot of signs that traffic is increasing pretty dramatically, especially during working hours. Reporter as we move our entire lives online, can the internet hold up . Ahead on sunday morning. Pauley and then it is on to the toll all of this is taking on our emotional health. Susan spencer is on the case. The stress, the anxiety, the emotions that are provoked by this crisis are truly significant. As new York Governor Andrew C
Peak oil which is usually focused on supply. What the story talks about his oil demand is peaking sooner than a lot of governments, a lot of executives may have thought. That is down to several factors. Electric cars are really gaining in popularity. Chinas growth has slowed and there is pushback on a mission for cleaning up the environment. That has led to a quicker slowdown in demand for oil, obviously coupled with extraordinarily low prices. That is pressing on the demand side of the equation. Oliver what i thought was interesting is that when you think about potential peak demand for oil, there is a lot of cataclysmic theories you can come up with because so much of the worlds biggest powers rely on that for income. In the story none of these institutions really seem too alarmed about it yet. Megan i think it will get more alarmed. The number one example of a place that is reinventing what is doing is saudi arabia with aramco and how they are trying to reinvent their economy Going
Facebook or microsoft watch him go positive in the wall street journal corporate profits likely best in six years investors love that this morning, news of strong job creation in the private sector, investors love that, too. Lets get to politics, here is a plus. Intense discussions through the night of new Health Care Bill they will keep talking and mark meadows chair of the Freedom Caucus says do not rule out a vote this week. It felt president takes gloves off to supporters a plus he proclaims president obama for the syrian gas attack he says enough to the North Koreans about to hold a difficult meeting his word with zichinas leader if you are if he had up with negatives spewed out by media stay right there we cover politics and money and there is reason to smile wednesday morning, Varney Company is about to begin. Of the e. Stuart that is the floor United States senate and that is senator merkley democrat from oregon all night marathon speech to protest neil Gorsuch Nomination to Su