President decides not to dismantle his Covid Task Force good morning. Im darya folsom and thanks for joining us on this wednesday were going to go local first because 2 new coronavirus testing sites are open this morning in Santa Clara County more than a 100 people be tested at each site east a conference will tran is live in san jose with more hi will. The tests will continue all the way until 7 oclock tonight, this open at 7 oclock in the morning its at James Lick High School in East San Jose more specifically a soft alum rock right there at the Fire Service Center so dont go to the front of the high school its on the side there. In fact let me show you whats going on it started. Early this morning. But people did not have to rush into those locations because it was appointment only thats whats a little bit different from this site than the all the other sites that weve shown over the past couple of weeks where people came in across the bay area and this particular location. You have
To accept an arms embargo thats about to expire while other nations join us or can we see a diplomatic war all right so tight its time to boost your new i. Q. 10 years to unfold with cases now topping 3700000 with 260000 reported deaths now here in the u. S. There is more than 1000000 cases 71000 deaths as the number of infections are decreasing in some states others havent reached their peak yet still more than half of the country is easing up on restrictions now but what does that mean for the Coronavirus Task force especially since theres still no vaccine well to answer these questions heres arties eternity. Just one day after President Trump said the Coronavirus Task force would be phased out today hes striking a different tune saying the task force will remain in place but rather shift its focus to reopening indeed come to me that i think next year. I think were going to one of the best years weve ever had this as rick wright a government scientist takes aim at the president in a
Able to have local pickup like that. Tonight well take a look at phase 2 of the states reopening and why some might be left disappointed. With droughtlike conditions, fire season may come early this year. How the pandemic may change the way firefighters fight fires. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, concern over Cinco De Mayo crowds in associate tomorrow. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. This after a packed celebration was busted over the weekend. Joe vazquez reports that police plan to be out in force but they may only be ableuch. Reporter Cinco De Mayo has be the case tomorrow. Theyre preparing for the possibility, especially considering what happened this weekend. Id say 5,000 people here easily. Reporter carlos couldnt believe his eyes. He was doing his sunday shopping when he was watching this parking lot in East San Jose fill up with cars doing stunts. The crowd that gathered to watch was not social distancing. There were so many people standing around
Cinco de mayo is just hours away. Authorities in san jose are hoping there wont be street celebrations but some activity this weekend has them concerned. Bay area businesses eagerly anticipating relaxed shelter in place rules. Its a big improvement to be able to have local pickup like that. Tonight well take a look at phase 2 of the states reopening and why some might be left disappointed. With droughtlike conditions, fire season may come early this year. How the pandemic may change the way firefighters fight fires. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, concern over Cinco De Mayo crowds in associate tomorrow. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. This after a packed celebration was busted over the weekend. Joe vazquez reports that police plan to be out in force but they may only be able to do so much. Reporter Cinco De Mayo has drawn large crowds in the past. Because of covid19 theyre hoping that wont be the case tomorrow. Theyre preparing for the possibility, especia
Modifications are made, people can start reopening with those modifications in these particular set theres as early as friday. Its too soon for offices, dine in restaurants and shopping malls. Those will stay close for now. Of the modification that will happen are a result of the data we are ready. Californias Health Report card released monday indicate key metrics are on schedule like inventory of personal protective equipment, healthcare surge and contact tracing. Plus hospitalizations are stable. It looks like it might be going down a little bit. Thats cautious optimism. Regardless has been stable and that supports making the decision. Counties can move quickly through stage two and on the other hand he is not forcing counties to comply with the modifications if they have stricter guidelines. The bay area is an example. If they choose not to come with the state guidelines, they have that right. This is an optimistic day as we see a ray of sunshine on the horizon. Newsom is not nacve