Tumlin will talk about this, but last week we did have a press event with supervisors peskin and preston announcing that we will be delaying our fare increases. Obviously when we were voting upon that fare increase, we could not have understood the magnitude of what was before us and not to mention we didnt really have a path forward in being able to fund the operations, so i want to thank you supervisors peskin and preston for working with us to come up with solutions which i cannot tell you what they are today. But to look at how we can fill those funding gaps which primarily effect us in year two of the budget cycle, not so much in year one. That will be coming back to us in the future. And also with that we will not be having a Charter Amendment related to sfmta. Thank director tumlin for his work in working with the supervisors, and just say it was a pleasure to be there to represent the board last week at kirkland lard. And with that, i will turn it on to the next item. All right
Hand sanitizer more because not quite as dry. I can tell the difference. Definitely a great day for Outdoor Activities today and tomorrow and then weve got the mother natures way of sheltering in place this weekend. The breezes are starting to pick up a little bit along the coast. Theyll pick up everywhere near bodies of water this afternoon and a little bit of a difference from yesterday where the breezes were minely confined to the coast. San jose waking up to Clear Conditions than we have the last couple mornings and cooler at 44. All of us are cooler 36 to 46 is our temperature spread this morning and mid to upper 50s at the coast while the rest of us hit the mid to upper 60s. More on that rain coming up, reggie, ku masi. The fight against the Coronavirus Impact and the impact its having on our economy. This morning stock feeutures ar down. According to the Labor Department, 6. 6 Million People filed for unemployment last week. That is double the week before. Now, that report just
Low to mid30s around the bay. Hit 55 to about 60 at noon and 56 at the coast because the breezes will keep your temperatures down while the rest of us hit the mid60s. I wouldnt be surprised if a few upper 60s especially up in the north bay and low 50s at 7 00 this evening. This will be the last really sunny and dry day. Now to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic here in the bay area. More than 2,700 people at this point have been infected. 69 people have now died from covid19. Santa clara county is by far the worsthit county with 1,000 confirmed cases and 32 people have died there. Governor newsom has announced schools will be closed for the rest of the Academic Year and also some tenant Rights Groups are calling for a statewide rent strike next month. Calls for better protection for those on the front lines of the corona crisis continue to get louder and this morning it happens in San Francisco as nurses at ucsf voice their concerns. Amy hollyfield is live in mission bay. Amy .
Up for lot more on the game day forecast coming up with john firstly though anything happeninthis morning that will be impacted people on the roads, you know were looking really good. We had some earlier hot spots on a couple of the bridges but now things are really thinning out just a lot of folks on the roadway, ok, the sure will be on sunday once theyll get to the stadium or at home in and im going to drive just to just going to open road restaurant anywhere. No one for that popeyes chicken sandwich if you havent yet. Appears that that outside this morning. What youve got is some clear skies much like were going to see really through the rest of the weekend were going to enjoy some pretty favorable weather looking across the bay skies, nice and clear just a couple of sprinkles have been seen right along highway one and then in the hills of the east bay as weve been seeing some low cloud cover and some of these areas we clear out for the st of the day today, youll definitely notice c
Spplus, a major freeway in the east bay is shut down this morning. Well have details on why and how long that closure is expected to last from ktvu. Fox twounews this is mornings on two. And good morning to you. Welcome to mornings on two. On this saturday march 16th im Claudine Wong and im Christien Kafton. Great to be here this morning having you here i always love working with you guys. This is always a fun time. And you brought good weather with you yesterday was unbelievable. Unbelievable. Rosemary i went to go pick up my son yesterday at baseball and it was like summer weather. We were all saying, we need to have coolers out chairs. I mean, it catches you off guard just a little bit in San Francisco. Nice. Its going to be gorgeous for the Saint Patricks day parade today. We do have the nice weather continuing. Not quite as warm,ubut we lost the wind, which is a good thing. Heres a look over San Francisco as well. Take a look at that beautiful golden sky. We have a just about 12 h