Dipped into the past but was very present in terms of the environment. In fairness, michael, well let you have that bit of Analysis Andy Card former chief of staff, never off duty certainly a rebuke for politics, no question. He did have tough words for the way politics is conducted in this country in 2021. I think he was calling us to a higher position of respect in our democracy. I dont view that as chastising. I think he was really kind of being a leader and a conscience. He has introduced a new conscience to us think about what youre saying think about what youre doing. Cant we be better, people arent we better than that and he was always for that. Seems like unity has been the theme today. I was thinking about the indication we heard, everybody come together. You can view it as political or not political. I was nodding my head when i was listening, thinking, cant we all just get along its a perfect day to remember what it was like and also a perfect day to come together michael, l
Good evening. This is nbc Bay Area News tonight. Im raj mathai. There is an interesting Bay Area Angle to the Joe Rogan Covid case and the Horse Medication he used. That is a bit later. Lets start with the climate issues. Like weve never seen before. Its all unfolding simultaneously across the country. It is really crazy to wrap your head around all this. Floods, hurricanes, and, yes, fires here around us. Dont forget our Air Quality. The smoke were seeing now coming from the wildfires burning across california. We know that part of the story. That leads us to south Lake Tahoe right now. This morning some favorable weather. Not much wind. That is great news. Containment up to 25 . It was 20 this time last night. Firefighters are throwing everything they have at this. Our Tom Jensen is on the fire lines. This is a fire, firefighters were trying to burn off fuels here. This is a back fire lit this morning. Also in south Lake Tahoe taking advantage of inversions this morning that did have
High, students show up with a first day of school with masks on. I think it is great. I think my kids are comfortable wearing the masks. Reporter meeting had to halted after a crowd of demonstrators demanding the mandate to be lifted and among those protesters there was disagreements with some saying no masks ever and others saying they wanted parents to be able to make the choice. Unfortunately because of 10 of you, we look like lunatic. It was disheartening. I am not surprised unfortunately. Yeah, it was hard to see. Reporter while everybody we saw had their masks on, not everyone agrees on whether they should be required. It is not just covering the face, but it is the culture of fear. Reporter Kourtney Cronin decided to Home School her children. I dont want them to be fearful of people and to think that they are causing harm to other people just by living and going to school. Reporter she says she has not seen enough data to support masking mandates for young children. The district
Simple website where you can find the Vaccination Location closest to you. That site is vaccines. Gov. Reporter as for this 12yearold getting vaccinated will mean less screen time and more summer fun. I have also been looking forward to going to six flags. Reporter in the east bay, melissa colorado. Everyone wants to go to six flags. Lets take a look at how cases have dropped. This blue bar, thats the Bay Area. The yellow bar or orange, if you want to call it that, is all of california. You can see back here in january how much taller both of these were back in january. The Bay Area has 46 cases per 100,000 people. California had 82. 9 cases. Then it really goes to drop. Here we are all the way last month in april. The Bay Area had just 5. 8 cases per 100,000 and california 6. 1. Well, a big milestone for San Francisco today. It became the first county in the Bay Area, you can see right there, to move into the least restrictive yellow tier. The rest of the Bay Area you can see mostly i
Go on, keep Wearing Masks and maintain social distancing. In san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. Thank you, robert. Elliot county is opening its eligibility to people 16 and over now. But you must live in one of 12 specific zip codes. It includes neighborhoods in west oakland, chinatown and east oakland. A few neighborhoods in hayward are also there including the ashland area. This is something we have been doing for the past several weeks, answering questions in realtime about this vaccine process. How do you sign up . Is it safe . Which vaccines should you get . A lot of questions here. Our sister station, telemundo is answering your questions. Call us right now. You see the number on your screen. It is free. It is accurate. It is in english and spanish. 4089702999. This phone bank is open until 7 00 p. M. Night. Planyourvaccine. Com. Enter Key Information on your website. Three more bay area counties officially have moved into the less restrictive orange tier. That happened t