Season is expected to be a problem. Governor newsom hit the emergency brake across california because of covid he mentioned something else. Imposing a statewide curfew. The possibility of it. And a lot of people didnt like what they heard. Dr. Fauci weighed in on that idea. We sat in on the speech to students. Dr. Fauci today received the award from san jose state school of journalism for integrity and honesty. Truth telling builds credibility. We must always tell the truth. He was asked by a professor about the idea of implementing a curfew. Sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the state and city. To make that. If they make that decision, i certainly think the basis upon which i would back that. Its worked in other countries where restaurants close early. The curfew is understandable in concept. But i have serious concerns. County supervisor is about to be sworn in as state senator and worr
Just you know being to wishful its sometimes it happens all. We have friday light traffic sometimes the entire. Morning commute. I hope that food case for you today, its picking up a little bit here on the san mateo bridge taking a live look at west 92 you see the brake lights are filling and indeed fridays you know doesnt mean were not going to have traffic, its just lighter compared to thursdays right here in the bay toll plaza to see the traffic flowing into San Francisco and its looking good. No problems no hot spots, no stalls under 10 minutes for the drive time to make it an and ill give you one more the Richmond Center fell west 5. 80 wide open for your driving pleasure so get out there make that trip to the north bay well check more traffic throughout the morning drive and check in on some other bridges and see how its moving out there but for right now. Were looking at roughly 7 minutes off to one o one connecting into sandra fell james darya thanks a lot rob our breaking news
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all
Mta looks at the Surveillance Video on a week by basis. Were able to take a look at the service on the streets from week to week to see how well the mask compliance is going. Reporter the sfmta also reported having trouble with a few passengers when told to mask up. According to their data from april to august 31st, this are 63 verbal altercations specifically dealing with masks and nine operators have been assaulted. One driver was struck several times with a wooden bat in july. There was a minute toiature involved, as well due to facial compliance or lack thereof. Its a scary situation, indeed. Reporter roger out Transit Workers Union local 250 a believes many more drivers are not reporting passengers who dont compile to avoid any interruption to their bus route. We would like to see more assistance out there, boots on the ground in terms of people, workers, assisting us with more compliance. Reporter the sfmta says a few things are helping. Its mandatory for bus drivers to use the p
No place or at least no other place than the street. The city shelters cant go in there because they would be too close to one another. Instead, nonprofit organizations are giving them tents and tell them to shelter in place. And in this case, in the tenderloin, that place is the sidewalk. The idea is that theyre contained, not going to be spreading the virus. But theyre going to stay in the tents. But the reality is different. Just take a look. Theyre not staying in the tents. Theyre out on the streets. And with it are the other problems, the Mental Illness, the drugs, the other things associated with population that are going with them. Its one thing what youre seeing on the streets. The other thing is what youre not seeing all the time. Those are the people that are living in the hotels here and apartments here that are virtually being held prisoner because they cant go out on the streets and mingle with this. Theres tents right down there. Theres people passed out. Theres tents dow