Financial issues brought on by the pandemic project leaders now have to make some big adjustment kron fours Taylor Force Act he has more from Market Street. After a decade of planning and collaboration. The bitter Market Street project launched its plans to transform the citys busiest transit corridor and now less than a year later. Those plans to make marquetry more walkable and bike friendly are changing. Its in an effort to cut costs during the pandemic and address an increase in bicyclists, this plan needs to make Market Streets safer. For people who walk by can take transit. The new design i think for a lot of is questionable as to whether it does that well enough for the cost some of those changes compared here instead of a sidewalk level dedicated bikeway seeing green on the left 2020 plans on the right could bicyclists back on a slightly larger roadway shared with other vehicles disappointing and several certainly from the perspective of people who buy on Market Street are peop
The forecast i thought yesterday was a pretty nice day if we can just sort of rents are repeat. Id be fine with that. But thats me, lets check in with john lets check in with the expert and see how its shaping up hey john yeah, robin lets were going going to do a lot of rain singer repeating because were going to keep it going this good weather that weve been saying we would love to see some rainfall at some point. But if weve got to be stuck with some dry conditions at least it was the kind of weather we had yesterday, clear skies comfortable temperatures keeping it all around today we do have an increase in marine later today, so humidity is gradually starting to rise really not seeing much of the evidence of fog out there though its another clear morning at your sitter its our view as far we go with winds another calm day to red flag warnings those expired a couple of days ago now and we are not seeing any advisories in effect across the bay area as far as fire weather goes, were st
Northwest. Sweeping in cooler, cleaner marine air. I should point out, its not going to last very long. That counterclockwise circulation will start bringing some northerly flow. Which means smoke from the fires to our north. Well start sweeping to the bay area over the weekend. Lets enjoy the clean air over the next few days. Ill have more a little later. Thank you. The governor gave an update on wildfires and covid19. Those fires have been the source of all the smoke have been clouding our skies. Stephanie sierra has the latest. On the wildfire front, there are some staggering totals that were released today. Yes. We report on these wildfires every day. It is pretty sobering to comprehend these as the big picture. There are more than two dozen anprarg ito getng across ere ar wiliresave scorched the state so far, forcing more than 38,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. Staggering statistics that the governor says underscores a sense of urgency to address climate change. We ne
Pain as the krona virus has led to massive layoffs and struggling businesses whats the plan for recovery we have expert analysis on hand to break it all down we have a packed show today so lets go and dive right in. And there are Big Questions surrounding badly needed medical supplies and facemask that are currently sitting in warehouses in china the u. S. State department claims that u. S. Bound face masks test kits and other medical equipment urgently needed to fight the corona virus is not leaving china thanks to new chinese export restrictions those supplies are supposed to either already be here in the United States or at least should be on their way and yet they are not according to the wall street Journal Health care equipment maker perkin elmer ank based in massachusetts is an able to ship 1400000 test kits for cope with 1000 the disease caused by the new corona virus from their sous out factory because it lacks certification required by the new rules and then there is 3 m. Cor
From their sous out factory because it lacks certification required by the new rules and then there is 3 m. Corporation based in minnesota which says that its and 95. 00 respirator masks are stuck in shanghai the claim from 3 m. Is that a shanghai vice mayor has told the company that lifting restrictions on distribution of Companies Mass would require instructions from beijing directly to joining us now to break this all down of boom bust cohost an investigative journalist ben swan so ben explain what these new restrictions are that are creating such a backlog of supplies yeah and brand is actually a couple of things that are happening 1st of all chinas National Medical Products Association and administration sees me as telling essentially companies that they cannot sin products medical products to the United States without to go through a certain level of checks and then double checks by that administration and essentially theyre saying you know everything has to be halted until it ca