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The sky and temperatures will feel cool out there, as well. Moderate onshore winds are kicking out fog. But we are going to see more most of the day is cloud cover. Chance of drizzle and more moisture. Theres rain to the north. Some may drop down. We have High Pressure thats building but it hasnt reached us. So any storms to the north may dip down but its bringing rain for eureka and Crescent City along highway 101. Expect rain and snowfall. We have a wind advisory for the san mateo bridge so any drivers heading across the span as we were saying earlier, both hands on the wheels, a firm grip. Other than that, things are quiet along the eastshore freeway looking good in the green heading over towards the maze there. No backups, no metering lights, speeds in the green into San Francisco. 10 minutes. Over to you. A federal judge blocked trumps efforts to end daca the program to protect Illegal Immigrants from being toward the. Jackie ward has more. Reporter good morning. The ruling means
101. 101 seeing the usual crowds starting to develop there. 25 minutes from hellyer to san antonio. We have a wind advisory for drivers heading across the san mateo bridge. But no major backups. Its getting crowded westbound. Bay bridge toll plaza we have the metering lights on. We have the delays. We are in the yellow approaching the reds. 18 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. The roads have had a chance to dry up a little bit but were watching cloud cover and a very light chance of showers out there. So may see a little mist outside. Its going to feel like theres moisture in the air. Light rain in the Higher Elevations and light rain at the foothills and a little in sacramento but San Francisco nice and clear. The storm passed through our area and brought rain. Northwest winds, 11 Miles Per Hour sustained right now. Sfo was around 23, 24mileperhour winds so its calmed down a lot there. San rafael now picking up a little bit at 8 but ber
Productivity, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act or the aca, has a provision in it that the Current Administration is not taking any actions to remove, which sets payment reductions dooring to the growth and general productivity and payment reductions to Healthcare Providers, and as the trustees say, Healthcare Providers will have to realize productivity improvements as a fasterraise than experienced historically for this policy to avoid leading to serious erosion in the access to care and quality of care. Very serious issues, and then finally let me cite the i like to thong the as the Public Trustees in exile. Former trustees who wrote a paper before they saw the report yesterday but made a very important point, which is that delaying action on medicare fiscal challenges, until a crisis is imminent, which too often has been congress approach, would not only have adverse impacts on beneficiaries but would severely restrict the remedies available to address the problem. Wait
Productivity, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act or the aca, has a provision in it that the Current Administration is not taking any actions to remove, which sets payment reductions dooring to the growth and general productivity and payment reductions to Healthcare Providers, and as the trustees say, Healthcare Providers will have to realize productivity improvements as a fasterraise than experienced historically for this policy to avoid leading to serious erosion in the access to care and quality of care. Very serious issues, and then finally let me cite the i like to thong the as the Public Trustees in exile. Former trustees who wrote a paper before they saw the report yesterday but made a very important point, which is that delaying action on medicare fiscal challenges, until a crisis is imminent, which too often has been congress approach, would not only have adverse impacts on beneficiaries but would severely restrict the remedies available to address the problem. Wait