On the states response to the devastating wildfires and the covid19 pandemic. On wednesday newsom announced big plans to expand covid19 Testing Capacity while also cutting costs and shortening the turnaround times. All of this is part of a new plan that the state is launching to rep ahead of flu season. You can watch it live at noon on abc 7, on our news app and also on abc7news. Com. A widespread covid19 outbreak is forcing a poultry farm to shut down. Eight workers at the foster farms plant have died from the virus. 358 workers tested positive. And the Health Department says that this is the largest and most severe coronavirus outbreak in the county. The county says that it is giving the plant 48 hours to implement this closure. In california, there are more than 44 new covid19 cases from wednesday to thursday. The number of hospitalizations stands at about 4300. Coronavirus tests claimed 143 lives in the most recent 24 hour period which is still above average. Health officials at th
And lack look at this shot, thi, can see how low the clouds are. 60s will dominate the coast today. 73 to 80 around the bay. 83 to 92, yep, it will be significantly warmer this afternoon. Spare the air will linger through the weekend. Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education is a major focus of abc 7s effort to build a better bay area. And now a South Bay School has reopened its campus for inperson learning, that is the first time were seeing that in the bay area. And Julian Glover is live at Sunnyvale Christian School with that. Reporter good morning. Yes, we expect inperson learning classes to start here at 7 00 a. M. For a second straight day at the sunnyvale Christian Academy. We expect about 57 Elementary Students to show back up here. And like you said, this is something that weve not seen so far in the bay area. The private school here started the school year with Online Learning but they quickly transitioned to inperson larning in the classroom when the state 6 californi
We cant be complacent. Just because weve had two wet years. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley and im ama daetz. State water officials recently unveiled the new proposals, which they hope will bolster our water supply and make it more resilient to Climate Change. But as abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey explains, some activists and environmentalists dont like what theyre seeing. Making Water Conservation a way of life has been a mantra in california for many years. Thats why the state Water Resources control board has approved new regulations for the agencies that provide water to people and cities for things like toilets, showers, landscaping and car washing. The rules aim to combat Climate Change in the hotter, drier weather it brings, but environmentalists believe theyll actually do more harm than good. The updated regulation makes it too easy to kick the can down the road, and we have no time to waste. Our next drought is right around the corner. We
Rebound following a big drop in 2021, shown here with the light blue line. As a chef, a lot of my friends had left statewide. California lost more than 75,000 people from 2022 to 2023, but things are starting to turn around, says chef danny mirza, a San Francisco resident. I just started getting the phone calls asking if i know of anybody with Jobs Available in our industry. Again which is huge for us. Weve spent a lot of time in tahoe, a lot of people went to tahoe. They werent prepared for year round life in tahoe, so im not surprised that people want to come back. The pandemic allowed people to work remotely and in places that were a lot less expensive, but thats now changing, says the Public Policy institute of california. Now employers are being a little bit fussier in some cases about people showing up in person at least a few days a week. And i think thats drawing people back to california because the dynamic and high paying jobs, especially in the bay area, are still here. The
Were learning more about San Franciscos plan to install cameras across the city. Then, one more time, everybodys feeling fine. Nsync reuniting and Justin Timberlake dropping a new album. Good morning to you. On this friday, march 15th, start check of our forecast with lisa. All righty. Yeah a pretty nice one out there. We still have the wind to contend with through 11 00. Our wind advisory up by the delta and the carquinas until 5 p. M. As low pressure tries to move away. Eventually High Pressure building in for several mild days ahead, so north winds 20 to 35 miles an hour. You felt them since yesterday . Overnight gusts to 65 miles an hour in the upper elevations. And weve seen that as well. So right now san mateo gusts to 20. Santa rosa still 32 and augusta 28 miles an hour. Hayward and upper elevations 45 miles an hour. East foothills with 42 up in marin county. So low 60s with all of that wind out there to the upper 50s this morning, so it will be breezy to gusty throughout the ne