Everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 im grant lotus and im justine waltman in for vicki tonight. Now Assemblymember Phil ting and other members of a San Francisco delegation are calling on superintendents in their districts. To reopen schools as soon as possible this is new coronavirus cases reach new heights in the last 24 hours. The country has reported more than 195,000 new covid cases and close to a 100,000 patients are currently in the hospital because of covid this is according to the covid tracking project in california nearly 21,000 new cases were reported in a single day. This is the most new cases recorded in a single day in the state since the pandemic started california has recorded more than a million total cases so far. In the bay area more than 153,000 cases have been recorded and nearly 2000 people have died. And despite a surge in infections, a San Francisco delegation has now sent letters to several School Districts in the bay area demanding that school
Far no major hot spots, no traffic to really get into but were going to. See that pick up as the day goes on because its still pretty early you can see here the bay bridge traffics moving along just fine here from the maze of fremont street. 8 minutes were still in the green, but you know that could change as the day goes on and take look at the san mateo bridge can see the westbound here brake lights right here traffic starting to build up especially from the last hour into now about 13 minutes for your drive into that 8. 80 to the one o one and the Richmond Bridge pretty quiet too quiet. All morning. The tolls to one o one about 8 minutes for your drives you. Coming in there and last, but certainly not least the Golden Gate Bridge about a 21 minute drive, so one minute uptick from what we saw last hour still looks great on the road robin all right, thank you for the update rain well check back with you a little later. Well breaking news that were following for you from overnight. The
That vehicle was traveling at highway speeds, they would have been hard to see. Reporter the chp says this is the 25th accident involving a wrong way driver in the bay area. Ten were fatal resulting in 19 deaths. 18 of the 25 accidents involved dui drivers. Its very sad to here. Reporter solomon knew the driver who was killed. He said the night shift is tough, drivers on the road can be tired or drunk which is a big concern for taxi drivers. This is the second wrong way accident in which he knew the taxi driver. Its not safe. Its not the first time. We see a lot of that. Reporter chp is also investigating whether the passengers in the taxicab were wearing their seat belts because on tofe he p was ejected. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is admitted building a better bay area. Some b. A. R. T. Riders are worried the systems vision or the future will undermine their needs for today. As part of the longterm plan, b. A. R. T. Is converting many of the parking lots at its east bay st
Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Friday, the Trump Administration declared war on state legalization of marijuana. As they come out on the wrong side of history and the american public. The Obama Administration recognized that the vast voterdriven movement to legalize marijuana at the state level was something that couldnt be stopped and, in fact, that the federal government shouldnt interfere. Their Justice Department issued guidance known as the cole amendment. That as long as these voterapproved, state legalization efforts were enforced, rigorously and thoughtfully, the federal government wouldnt interfere with what the voters wanted. Friday, sessions and the Trump Administration overruled that guidance and declared open war on the part of 93 u. S. Attorneys who
Leshan, wusa9. Thank you, bruce. That search warrant also says investigators seized cell phones, letters, lap tops, but we do not know what they found on those letters or those devices. Lets get to a developing story out of wyoming where three people from our area have been killed in a plane crash. It happened saturday in cody. That is in northwest wyoming near the montana border, killed in the crash were joyce bartoo of d. C. , diane stubbs and her husband Gerald Stubbs both from annapolis. The pilot from colorado also died in that crash. The group took off from share Sheridan County airport and turned toward cody and then crashed. The flag flown at half staff in honor of the Service Members killed in chattanooga les week. It happened only after last week. It happened only after criticism from House Speaker john boehner. Scott broom is on the hill with reaction to how it all happened today. How did this just get started, scott . Reporter well, theres a lot of symbolism that goes with