The name is eddie micah jr. Youre welcome to the program. The theme for this year as well. Aids day is hiv aids, epidemic resilience on the impact. Now, while theres been great progress in tackling the virus in recent, yes, the global aids hiv epidemic is far from over. Especially in africa. South africa is a country where one in 5 people are living with the virus. Our correspondents reports from cape town. For almost 2 decades, the Nonprofit Organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. Like here in the cape town township of delft. 30 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult situation, and accident left her unable to work out the whole problems followed. And then she became infected with hiv. But my family didnt want to have anything to do with me. After my hiv diagnosis, they cut off contact. And even now if my neighbors knew that i had a hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. They wouldnt invit
This ballot box on october 12th. The problem is he doesnt know where it went. Writing from home, they have plenty of options to turn in ballots, we did all that. And, we ended up with a situation where we did everything right, and it hasnt been counted. Reporter zach kept checking the states ballot tracker but it never updated and he began to worry. After posting about his issue online, zach realized he was not the only one in the dark. What bothers me the most is just the fact that other people may not know until now. Reporter with rumors of ballot theft and impropriety swirling on social media, Contra Costa County assistant registrar of voters once to clear the air. Ballot boxes are emptied every day. They are emptied every day by a team of two people. And, ballots were picked up on the 12th, and on the 13th. We cannot explain why we dont explain why we dont have the voters ballots to voters said they dropped in the ballot on monday the 12th. But, what is really important, is that, t
Stark contrast to most of the country now facing a new surge. Roughly 38 states have experienced a 10 increase over the last seven days of total number of cases. This is that dreaded third wave that some had projected for california. But with due diligence, that third wave hasnt couple. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. The bay area is also doing well. Abc7 news News Reporter stephanie sierra joins us live to break down the latest totals. Stephanie . Dion, 25,000 cases were reported nationwide each day. Now that daily average has doubled to 50,000 cases. Even though california isnt seeing as much of a spike, the governor was quick to point out today we could be there soon. A third wave of covid19 is moving quickly and broadly across the u. S. , but if you look closely at california, the r effective number, or rate of spread, shows it has declined slightly to 0. 96. In other words, it is considered stable. Epidemiologist george weatherford. We decreased the effective reproduc
88 for your high in concorde, livermore and around the bay. 70s and mid 60s along the coast. Offshore winds return as early as tonight. A big concern with our fire danger. A fire watch for the north bay mountains and i will have details coming up in a few minutes. Lets check in with gianna and it is slow going through the altamonte. Yeah, theres a lot of brake lights in the altamonte, this morning. It is already getting busy so if you are getting ready to head out the door, it extends at least to northland at this point. Getting a little worse for that monday morning commute. 40 minutes to go from 205 over to 680. Train delays. Train 1 40 minutes. The rest is on time and fog advisories in effect of the Golden Gate Bridge as well as the bay bridge. Just a heads up if you are taking that ride. Things are a little murky at the toll plaza. Today is the deadline to register to vote online or by mail. Emily turner is live with what you need to know in case you havent registered just yet. Emi
Our temperatures are in the 40s for santa rosa. Upper 50s for the rest of the area. As you go through our afternoon, sunshine inland warming up to the mid to upper 80s and around the bay, low to mid 70s with a mix of sun and clouds. The clouds will stick around. A fire weather watch for the north bay and that goes into effect at 11 00 tonight until 8 00 a. M. Wednesday due to gusty, offshore winds. Some extreme fire danger and i will talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. But it is definitely a foggy start on the bay this morning. It sure is that is reflected in our goldengate camera. Just kind of hovering over the Golden Gate Bridge as you work your way into San Francisco. It is not affecting traffic too much. Just keep that in mind. 15 minutes ago from Richmond San Rafael bridge down into San Francisco. It is bearable but foggy and we are seeing some fog at the bay bridge, as well. Chp mentioned it, as well. Be careful out there, this morning. Today is the deadline to regis