To reopen, governor gavin newsom pleaded with californians to take covid19 seriously, he cited sobering trendlines including tuesdays record new cases, and a surge in hospitalizations and icu patients. Estate performed 96,000 tests in the last day, the Positivity Rate rose to 5. 1 over two weeks. Weve seen increased numbers. Seen a lot of numbers reflecting increases in the bay area. Thats the part of the state that has moved last into the new phase. The governor also pointed to memorial day and statewide receipt protests, and icu capacities at 30 . The state remains confident in preparation. We have crushed the curve and we made it Crystal Clear when we did that, we never experienced the big spike, where we were not prepared for an increase. The governor also threatened to withhold relief funding from counties who refused to comply with the state reopening criteria, including a new facemask order. We are going to attach some considerations and consequences to that. Two and half billio
The largest fundraiser of the year for the jcccnc, the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Northern California. The event this saturday will feature Culinary Creations from the bay area, hawaii, and japan and will help the center continue to serve its 185,000 visitors every year. And we will end with a unique mission as a former child interned at the manzanar camp searches for his classmates. Well show you how he hopes to track them down. All that on our show today. Well, were big fans of books and the written word here; and thats not always an easy thing to promote in this digital age, but it is a Crucial Foundation in education and understanding your own culture and community. Joining me now is christina newhard, the publisher of sarisari storybooks. She was born in the philippines and moved to the us when she was 10, but has held onto her roots and is helping to pass it along to others. Sarisari storybooks are geared to english and many of the other languages associated with the p
Yesterday afternoon and to answer your question i did speak briefly with an investigator from the faa who told me they did conduct interviews yesterday but when i asked if they knew the cause of the crash, he said no theyre still investigating. The man from the ntsb told me this was his first time at the crash site and might be able to update us later in afternoon if they learn anything. The aircraft was a fourseater robinson r44, the Gold Standard when it comes to helicopters of this size. It went down around 2 30 yesterday and landed on its side in the grass just off the runway. Two men on board, a Flight Instructor and he was Wayne Prodger of sunnyvale and he died and his student was critically injured and able to walk over to First Responders who put him on a gurney and transported him to the hospital. The airport tells us this was an instruct after flight. Practicing how to hover. Wayne prodger the Flight Instructor was wellknown as an avid motorcycle rider very active and when ou
Now at 11 00, breaking news a magnitude 7. 1 earthquake rocks Southern California. The fallout tonight from this new massive tremor. To this quake was evened out here in the bay area and tonight the new video justin showing san jose highrise apartments swaying from the shaking. Good evening. Im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Lets get right to that breaking news. 7. 1 earthquake rattled the ridgecrest area around 8 30 tonight. This is the second very strong earthquake there in just days. Our betty yu is in the newsroom with the latest details reporter this video is just in to our news room. It shows chandeliers swaying at a restaurant in ridgecrest. We are also hearing from cal tech officials about this latest quake. It is on the same fault system, it is larger. So we are extending up the little lake falls fault and it is still up in the owens valley it is actually further away from the los angeles area. My expectation is that ridgecrest is having a pretty difficult time tonight re
Kid that does not like the cold. If you see me wearing gloves, it is officially cold by california standards and beyond, temperatures right now in the 40s but falling fast. Leading to the possibility of a lot of shivering tonight. Even before sunset, the chill had started to set in, downtown san jose is bundled up for the winter. Will you walk quickly or softly . Quickly. Yes, definitely. Reporter at the time that the mercury is that a freefall all means to tame to stay warm around the table. Reporter the manager, Brian Johnson said that this has heated up sales. And he says they are purchasing items to keep warm and there are bare spots on the shelves. This is the big item, the heater, Everyone Needs to be a little bit warmer. Reporter late monday, a friend from the norton north, it was cold. The airplanes needed steady hands to land. The sky is falling. Reporter on the ground, people and animals were puzzled by hail caused by collision of warm and cold air. He is continuing his crusa