First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Francisco now stay at home ordes that is allowing more businesses to reopen in the city. Could even everyone im Frank Somerville and im julie julie haener. It was a Long Time Coming for many business owners. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now live shes in the citys Castro District tonight with more on what the re openings looked like amber, julie, i spoke with merchants here in castro and along valencia street. They tell me theyre thrilled to be able to offer more services, but that this is just the beginning. They need a whole lot more to survive. For the First Time Since the stay at home order in december, mx three fitness in the castro is able to offer indoor gym services such as personal training on lee. Three people are allowed inside at a time that gives us hope not enough to pay the red, but at least its going the white way nearby at catch outdoor dining, even on a cold january night is appealing to some somebody like making a delicious meal for me. Something different normalcy retu
To speak via couple comment are available by calling 4156550001 and entering access code 1461951064. When we reach the item that you want to speak on that we are discussing, press star, three to enter the queue. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating that you have 30 seconds left. Be when your time is up, i will indicate that your time has allotted to speak. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly and clearly, and turn down your volume. Id like to call roll now. [roll call] clerk we do expect commissioner moore to join us shortly. She is experiencing some technical difficulties, so hopefully, shell be able to resolve those soon. Commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. Item 1, case number 2020002743d 2020002743drp at 1555 oak street, proposed for continuance to december 3, 2020, item 2, 2019015984 cua, at 590 second avenue, proposed fo
Rules go into effect, aimed at stopping the effect of covid. The stay at home order is not as restrictive as the one in march. But it applies to all counties in the purple tier. That means all bay area counties except for three. That could change if the counties slide from red to purple. To find out what it means and how people are getting ready, Marianne Favro joins us live. Reporter well, so far today, all of the people we spoke with said they support the curfew. They say its a small price to pay to curb the spread of the virus. This was absolutely bustling today with people shopping, dining, and enjoying live music. All things they wont be able to do after 10 00 tonight, when state leaders implement what they call a limited stay at home order. The curfew will end at 5 00 tomorrow morning. People here seemed to take it in stride. I think its great. We need to stop the virus, stop the spread, and i think its going to be great for everyone in the long run, even if it doesnt feel that w
All things they wont be able to do after 10 00 tonight when state leaders implement what they call a limited stay at home order. The curfew will end at 5 00 tomorrow morning and people here seem to take it in stride. We have no problem with it. And whatever helps curb the virus is great with us. I think 10 00 is a reasonable time. I think the restaurants are only open for Outdoor Dining anyways and its colder now so i think no one wants to sit outside after 10 00 anyway, so i think its a reasonable time. And its not going to be forever so i think we can do it. Reporter once a curfew starts at 10 00 you cannot gather with people outside your household, and youre not allowed to work or travel outside your home unless you are an essential worker. What you can do is after 10 00 tonight is work at an essential job as we mentioned, go to the grocery store, walk your dog or get takeout or drivethru food. Again, the curfew starts at 10 00 tonight. Goes until 5 00 tomorrow morning, and this is