158 billion. Following open remarks, lawmakers offer amendments focusing on high speed rail authority, face mask requirements for mass transportation, and Disaster Relief funding. Our third order of Business Today is consideration of the transportation housing and urban Development Appropriation bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize mr. Price to present the bill. Thank you. Thank you, madam chairman. I guess we can assume everyones now ready for the main event. Im proud to present the fiscal 2021 transportation housing and urban Development Related agencies appropriations bills. Before i mention a few of the bills highlights i want to once again thank our Ranking Member and former chairman of this subcommittee for his unfailing good humor and cooperation and collaboration. Hes a pleasure to work with. I also want to thank full Committee Chairwoman nita lowey for her steady leadership, kay granger for her leader and the committee. Finally i want to recognize our accident staff
Look at the commute here. Traffic is moving along nicely. If youre driving on the east shore freeway getting out to the mcarthur maze, taking 16 minutes. At 4 01 back to headlines. Happening today, a stride by hospitals in santa rosa sat to begin in two hours with almost 700 essential workers preparing to walk picket lines in the middle of a pandemic. Ktvu has more on the reasons why. This whole thing with the strike during the pandemic is horrible. This housekeeper stood with staff outside santa rosa Memorial Hospital bracing for a week long strike they cant avoid. Its mentally draining to be a housekeeper at the hospital right now. I am so scared for my coworkers waelz. Scared because of risks taken. Cleaning rooms without ppe. Also on strike, nursing assistants and respiratory therapists, dietary aids and medical technician, front line workers amid covid19. In my Department Six people have gone home sick. No, we havent been given what we needed. Again, the hospital doesnt really car
Like a cooler week so. Temperatures especially inland, well below average for this time of year. All right. Over to sal, 6 00. Things usually pick up at the bay bridge toll plaza. Want to speak about that or something else. I will speak about that. We will look at the approach from the east shore and look at the toll plaza itself. And also the east bay commute. So first start with interstate 80 the east shore freeway. You can see traffic is going to be moving along okay and its going to take about 17 minute to drive between the carquinez bridge and mcarthur maze. We dont have a big back upat the toll plaza but it may appear. You can see the traffic is moving well. Its 6 01. Now back to the headlines. All right california right now, has close to 400,000 coronavirus cases. More than 386,000 cases are reported and more than 7700 people died. More than 41,000 virus cases are reported in the bay area. 7100 people have died from the virus. California Hospital Health Officials Say 6900 patien
As a board member, ive relied on your leadership. Ill definitely miss you. Its bitter sweet, a loss to the city, but at least youre just across the bridge, so we know where to find you. Greatly appreciate your leadership and support in everything youve done over the years. Ed, along with all the thank yous, what youve done not only for the city and county of San Francisco but for the region is priceless because the things that weve just talked about dont observe city limits or county limits. They extend across the bay, the state, and even across the country. Because of where the money comes from, the connections, the alliances that have to be made, and the passion and commitment that you bring with you as a person comes from inside, and it cant be replaced by, you know, just changing people or changing job descriptions or anything like that. So my compliments to you and my appreciation for you for what youve brought to our region to help move us along the spectrum of transit, of commun
Intoxicated and has no memory of what happened. When she woke up in the morning, he drove her home. She did exactly what we want somebody to do which is go there and dont drive endanger others. She did it and shes a victim. Reporter colo has no record. How do you find someone will take advantage of an intoxicated woman to kidnap and rape her, i dont know the answer to that. Reporter safety is fundamental to lyft what is being described is terrifying and the drivers access to permanently removed. He faces life in prison. His arraignment has been put over until next week. Melanie woodro, abc 7 news. Thank you, melanie. We want you to know how to stay safe. Both the lyft and uber apps allow you to share details with a friend. So someone knows where you are. We have a list of seven steps to take to protect yourself. Youll find it on abc7news. Com better bay area. Or stories about ride sharing, the drivers, the cars, the rules and more during our ride share realities week. You can read the