Health. He says while planning early in the pandemic focused on icu capacity thats changed to some degree. Were say a more widespread. Im Community Spread of the virus and thats going to impact a wider number of a wide variety of people so i think that although we are prepared with the icu capacity that we could need. I think were seeing and i think others things well, but there are a lot of that search will not buy this issues as well as were seeing different demographics percent the other thing thats changed is just what kinds of illnesses the hospital will treat. Initially it was shut everything down and so it was clearly on this one back but micah says that single focus on covid19 left a lot of people. With other urgent needs not getting the care they needed he says Going Forward serge are no surge will be focusing on a more balanced approach i think any of us want to get back to the base for people are sitting at home with just paying the freight to leave their houses because they
Checking in at about 80 meanwhile 88 or so well do it by 3 oclock the some areas, a look at some lower 90s today in a little warm up is expected as we head into the weekend. Well have details coming up mark all right dave, thanks a lot well new this morning the Berkeley City Council has approved a plan to end Traffic Enforcement by police and this makes berkeley the first city in the country to make this change kron fours reyna harvey is live in berkeley. She has all the details for us reyna. Yeah well marty this is a historic move by the council here this shes Traffic Enforcement entirely this takes it from an armed Police Officer to an an armed city worker, the main question a lot of people have this morning is how they plan on implementing this if someone is an armed and forcing traffic stops. Well again the Council Cites many Different Reasons why they want to put this change in place theyre citing that theyre trying to stop Racial Disparities also racial profiling when people are
Livermore and particularly up here the north bay for today, well try about 84 by 1 oclock by 4 were going 89 is some locations reaching about 90 marty all right dave thanks a lot new this morning the Berkeley City Council has approved a plan to end Traffic Enforcement by Police Officers now this makes berkeley the first city in the country to make this change. Kron fours reyna harvey has the details. This historic proposal changes the way the city conducts Traffic Enforcement issues from armed police to an armed city workers now again one major question a lot of people have is how do they plan to enforce this when we reached out to city council were still waiting to hear back. Now again this is an attempt to curb racial profiling and reduce Law Enforcement encounters that can turn deadly, especially for africanamerican drivers. Berkeley City Council Approved the proposal overnight. This is going to create a new arm of the department of transportation that would handle traffic incidents
We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
We need you to get out there and do the test. Protect yourself. Protect your coworkers. Protect your community. And especially your family. Thats the call today from the head of a new covid19 task force. Doctor says anyone who has frequent contact with the public can receive a test for free even if they have no symptoms. Meanwhile hayward announce td its keeping the coronavirus testing site open through the end of the month. People do have to exhibit at least one symptom like a fever or cough. And all of this raises the question of how often should we be tested and will the state be able to accommodate the need. I Team Reporter is digging into the answers and she joins us now. Covid19 testing statewide has stayed consistent. The latest data shows a significant increase in early april. Nationally california ranks 27th. It begs the question as life starts to reopen, will our testing needs to be met . Thats why the testing has to substantially increase. We want you to be able to be tested