In the east bay, the Richmond Police department is welcoming its newest chief come the saturday although she is a veteran of the department the new chief will be making history in the top position. On force theresa spoke with the new chief about her life and how it has prepared her for this moment. They have been the interim chief for now almost 11 months, ive already had a kind of a head start moving forward. Richmond police chief besa french on stepping into the official role as the police chief affective august 1st, there will be several first when she assumes the role she will be the youngest chief on record. And the first female chief. I think that bring a unique perspective this position, especially here as police chief has are africanamerican and latina. Female thats from this i think i bring a perspective too. Our department that nobody else has brought before and so im going to use my personal history and experiences really try to integrate the cultural. Competencies that i th
Today. The county has reported nearly 1000 new cases in the last 2 weeks and 4 new deaths if the county cannot get the case rate under control in the next 3 days. It will be forced to shut down into operations for several businesses 93 of the states population is now on the states covid19 monitoring list tonight, the bay area death toll is more than 750 this is california reports a singleday high. Of a 197 deaths and the United States surpasses a 150,000 fatalities. More than 48,000 covid19 cases have been confirmed in the bay area most of the cases have been reported in Alameda County. More than 10,000 infections. There. Theyve also been a 181 deaths there Santa Clara County has seen the most deaths in the bay area though at 187. And legally not allowed to work in the space is how can i be forced to pay for something that im not legally allowed to work in. With many Small Businesses not back to work some landlords are starting to panic many have tried to be flexible. But its been mont
Just how a soft and we are this morning. As we start to get closer to the lunchtime hour things will start to move and we will be opening up to a lot of sunshine for yourself a zone east bay and much of the north bay leaving all that fog hugging a lot of our coastal spots. Temperatures outside right now 50s 60s but im tracking some warm ones in some neighborhoods coming up this afternoon. I will have my full forecast in just a few minutes back to the news. Thanks a lot, lets get to the big story which is california surpassing another terrible milestone in a pandemic a 197 deaths yesterday the highest singleday total and now some doctors say the u. S. May need to hit the reset button altogether in its response to the pandemic. Whitney wild explains. It is time to reset medical experts at Johns Hopkins releasing a new report wednesday titled resetting our response urging the United States to reset its response with policy actions at the federal state and local level to get control of the
Sunshine and chilly temperatures with low to mid50s at noon and mid to upper 50s with isolated showers and a lonely thunderstorm or two. All right, thank you, mike. Now to the latest on coronavirus. The Labor Department says more than 3 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance just last week. The Senate Unanimously voted to pass a 2 trillion economic stimulus package overnight and that is to help people really get through this economic downturn. The bill will now move on to the house for a vote that is set for tomorrow. The deal will help millions of americans who are suffering financially. Now, the numbers that we mentioned from the Labor Department, they show 3. 2 Million People applied for unemployment in one week, which is the largest ever number documented by the weekly jobless claims report. More than 1,000 people have died in the u. S. Because of coronavirus. Nearly 70,000 people have been diagnosed. About 1,200 cases are here in the bay area and 27 people have died. A st
Holiday. Were here working for you. Kari has a look at the forecast. Weve been dealing with dense fog in some spots. Let me show you the san mateo bridge. Where is it . It is in there. This is your drive across the bridge. So use your regular beams and dont put on the high beams. And in san jose the clouds are higher but we start out with a cloudy sky but once it clears up, it is a beautiful day. Reaching upper 60s and low 70s and well talk about what is else is headed our way for the week. And mike is still tracking the breaking news. I am. The chase bank and goodwill and our camera behind the camera is the Fremont Hub Shopping Center so folks familiar know this is a busy intersection. This pole was taken out and are there is a problem with the signal. They are not functioning. And that affects folks away from mallory toward the surface streets and Shopping Centers and affects folks getting back from transit back and forth. That is what the effect is. And the rest of the roadways are