Now at 11 00, thousalain. Tonight, wait until you hear how many citations are being issued for health order violations. If we dont get serious, we all fall down. The giants game ended less than two hours ago, will it be their last of the season . A san quentin inmate dropped off to quarantine and no one was notified. I am diabetic. I am sick because i have not had anything to eat. Restaurants in crisis. A shocking new estimate about how many could close for good because of the pandemic. And why the cbc is warning us to throw out onions if you dont know where they came from. Now streaming, california is closing in on half a million cases of coronavirus. Nearly 270,000 were recorded this month alone. New at 11 00, friday night is not nearly as busy as it used to be, this was the scene in north beach and san francisco. And it is estimated that a third of restaurants are facing permanent closurbecausof covid19. There are fixed costs. There are labor costs that are going to go up by 20 in n
Group told bloomberg that we could see 230,000 restaurants go out of business. And top duchess disease experts tell us we could see a vaccine in a matter of months. Ultimately through 2021, i think we will have a safe and effective vaccine and americans will be able to get it. If researchers create an effective vaccine, it would be distributed in phases. For the first time in 30 years there are fewer than 100,000 californians behind bars in part due to the pandemic. An Early Release program was implement to prevent infections. The goal, to release 8000 inmates by the end of the next month. Andrea reports a send Clint Quinton and made claims he was dropped off at a hotel to quarantine for two weeks, only to be left stranded without support or a single meal. He told me he was dropped off at this hotel on tuesday, since then he has been scrambling to find something to eat. I feels hopeless, his cries for help have gone unanswered until now. Are not free now, it has gotten worse. He traded
Coming down towards hilltop drive, and no slowing has showed up just yet. And theres the bay bridge toll plaza, and they had a little slowdown. Theres a trash reported that i will check on, and not as bad as 580, which is fine. Your ride on bart could soon become safer. Bob is live with the details. I am hearing a lot of Police Officers are ready to roll out . Reporter bart tells us they hired 40 new Police Officers this year alone, to give you perspective, thats the same number of new hires at the previous two years combined. Look at the numbers on your tv screen. Bart has been recruiting more officers after an independent review, and they want to hire 94 more officers over a fiveyear period and the report recommends they create a team to patrol just the bart stations. Under the most recent fouryear labor contract, new recruits receive a 15,000 signing bonus, and bart Police Officers received a onetime 6 Salary Increase and annual raises ranging from 2. 5 to 2. 75 . Many wouldbe hires
Clearing out, and overall thats a nice day, and that will keep the temperatures down as we reach into the low 80s, and there will be upper 80s but this is nothing compared to the way we started this week, so i think we will enjoy it. Mike, why is the bay bridge commute so light . Yeah, holding study, kari. You have a preview and its a lighter flow over here. The metering lights are on. The traffic held up in this Contra Costa County, theres a break there for the crash, and we have all the traffic feeding in off of pittsburg, and its slowing through walnut creek. The other crashes are cleared to the shoulders. 6 01 right now. New details. Bart could soon become safer. We are joined live at the warren station in fremont. The agency Just Announced they hired a lot more Police Officers, i understand. Reporter correct. Bart tells us they hired 40 new Police Officers so far this year alone, and to give you perspective thats the same number of new officers from the previous two years combined
The areas in yellow. San jose is included in that heat advisories so temperatures will continue on the very warm side to outside. Heat is a big deal. When it gets hot in line it becomes dangerous not only for your health which it definitely does but fire danger, and air quality picked a spare the air date has been issued again tomorrow. We had one today because of the heat lingering. When we come back we will get specific with numbers and what you can expect and when the cooldown gets here. The hot weather prompted a swim center in walnut creek to open up today after it received more than 100 requests from the community. We get live coverage from ktvus out in a gomez in walnut creek tonight where many people want to head to the pool when it gets so hot outside. Reporter yes, julie we were surprised that there were so many Aquatic Centers throughout Contra Costa County in the east bay that had closed this week and started fall hours because of finding out that staffing is an issue with