to novel coronavirus cases in san francisco. also an elderly resident in plaster county died frvi the s, the first such death in the state. the man who died had returned from a crews to mexico when he started experiencing symptoms. there are now least 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus and california, second only to washington state. where at least 14 people have died. joining me now is kqed science l reporter leslie g. thank you for being with me today. let s this crew ship, the man who died had just been on a crews that wentto xico came back, disembarked of the passengers and then picked up another 2500 passengers went on to hawaith and on way back, passengers started complaining of flulike symptoms, things that seem similar to covid-19. so the ship is now offshore, and people are being tested on board. tell me about the testing, and also about the risk to those who were not showing symptoms. sloter jumpers came in yesterday and help public officials lower off a helicopter
to novel coronavirus cases in san francisco. also an elderly resident in plaster county died from the virus, the first such death in the state. the man who died had returned from a crewto mexico when he started experiencing symptoms. there are now at least 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus d california, second ly to washington state. where at least 14 people have died. joining me now is kqed science reporter leslie mcclurg. thank you for being with me today. let s this crew ship, the o man ed had just been on a crews that went to mexico came back, disembarked of the passenedrs and then piup another 2500 passengers went on to hawaii. and on the way enback, pars started complaining of flulike symptoms, things that seem similar to covid-19. so the ship is now offshore, and people arbeing tested board. tell me about the testing, and also about the risk to those who were not showing symptoms. sloter jumpers came in yesterday and he public officials lower off a helicopter and wen
to 3.6%. despite the economic outlook, federal reserve chairman jay powell announced a rate cut. he took questions following the announcement. good afternoon and welcome. my colleagues at the federal reserve and i are dedicated to serving the american people. we do this by steadfastly pursuing the goals that congress has given us. maximum employment and stable prices. we are committed to making the best decisions we can based on facts and objective analysis. today we decided to lower the interest rates for the third time this year. we took this step to help keep the u.s. economy strong in the face of global developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks. as i will explain shortly, the policy adjustments we ve made since last year are providing and will continue to support meaningful support to the economy. we believe monetary policy is in a good place. the u.s. economy is in its 11th year of expansion. the baseline outlook remains favorable. the overall economy
the bay area with a heat advisory until this evening, bay area wide, it includes the sacramento and san joaquin valley s is a look at the afternoon highs, 86 san francisco, 92 at oakland and 105 in livermore i will have a look at the cooling trend and extended forecast coming up in a little bit and how are the highways this morning sal ? rosemary right now things are doing pretty well i do have one thing i want to tell you about and that is a deadly crash that happened early this morning. on 101 southbound, this is a video from a little while ago and the scene has been there for hours although they are making progress in getting the lanes (southbound 101, there was someone clearly distraught who is also somehow involved, southbound 101, the activity is confined to the right shoulder. moving along, looking at westbound 580, slow traffic on the altamonte pass and 205 and 580 starting slow, coming in to livermore looks alright and into haywood traffic moving along okay if you r
number four, people can smell the smoke miles away in orinda, but no active fires are there and that is just the smoke as it goes in that direction. we will follow the latest developments and bring you more information as it becomes available. the heat up does continue across the bay area. today is expected to be the hottest day of the week with temperatures climbing into triple digits above the 1000 mark. meteorologist mark tamayo joins us with more on how long this is to stick around and heat advisory in place. day number two of the heat advisory in the bay area reflects temperatures in the mid-80s to 90s and all the way to over 100 and the hottest spots could approach 105. a heat advisory in place until 9 pm tonight and a spare the air alert in place as well with all of the haze being trapped in the lower levels of the atmosphere you were talking about the fire, the red flag warning has expired and thankfully the strong wind has backed up out of the bay area but that fir