All right, lets get back to the big story which is the coronavirus california has just passed. A somber milestone, a 197 deaths yesterday thats the highest singleday total then weve got doctors now across the country saying maybe its time to hit the reset button on our response to this pandemic. John lawrence explains. The United States has yet to flatten the coronavirus curve like welcome all. Without that all over this country is going to keep popping up because its something nationally. President trump is calling on governors to reopen their states. But his Coronavirus Task force is warning the 21 red states on this map that strong restrictions might be needed. The yellow states are also under the microscope. Weve got to help the public understand youve got to be part of the solution and if not i cant even imagine what the next 6 to 12 months for like without a vaccine. It will be close to the gates of l. Johns Hopkins University reports, the u. S. Recorded 50,000 deaths in just ove
Just how a soft and we are this morning. As we start to get closer to the lunchtime hour things will start to move and we will be opening up to a lot of sunshine for yourself a zone east bay and much of the north bay leaving all that fog hugging a lot of our coastal spots. Temperatures outside right now 50s 60s but im tracking some warm ones in some neighborhoods coming up this afternoon. I will have my full forecast in just a few minutes back to the news. Thanks a lot, lets get to the big story which is california surpassing another terrible milestone in a pandemic a 197 deaths yesterday the highest singleday total and now some doctors say the u. S. May need to hit the reset button altogether in its response to the pandemic. Whitney wild explains. It is time to reset medical experts at Johns Hopkins releasing a new report wednesday titled resetting our response urging the United States to reset its response with policy actions at the federal state and local level to get control of the
Off from her restaurant job. It helps with groceries. It is pretty great. To make it as a drive through distribution center. Workers from the nonprofit connects young to Community Load up cars and suvs with food boxes containing fresh fruits and vegetables, chicken, eggs, and milk. They also give out face coverings to people who dont have them. You can make a lot of healthy meals for from what you get here. It is one example of the unprecedented need for food during the pandemic. In february we were serving about 270,000 individuals. Now we are over 500,000. She says e demand doubled in just a few weeks and is not slowing down. We went inside the Second Harvest food bank where it literally takes an army to package all the food boxes which will be sent to hungry people throughout santa clara and san mateo counties. This group is from the 129th rescue wing of the California Air national guard. The guard stepped up when shelter in place nearly wiped out the food bank volunteers. We lost a
We are following news right now. That breaking news involves a situation that still brought traffic to a standstill on the bay bridge. Cars blocking every lane on the westbound span. We saw a patrol car pulle just ten minutes ago. This is a live look as i speak. We heard reports of officers stopping cars on the bridge at t yerba buena island. It may be a protest. No traffic is moving on the western span of the bay bridge. As you look at that shot right there, you can see some of those folks out there on the bridge. Were talking about around a dozen or two dozen people on that bridge. Ive seen some other pictures out there this evening of the standstill and the backup before this area, the area that has been closed down because people literally waiting in their cars for this situation to be cleared where they can open this up to traffic. Now, we will keep monitoring this situation and bring you updates on abc7 news. Thank you for joining us at 5 00, im j. R. Stone. And im dion lim. For
Island, emeryville, even into berkeley. So a situation we will continue to monitor throughout the evening. Not only on air but also at abc7news. Com. So good evening and thank you for joining us. For the most part, it has been the big cities where weve seen a lot of these protests since last months death of george floyd. It was danvilles turn in what was billed as a wakeup march. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard was there and spoke to the organizer. Cornell . Reporter organizers never dreamed they would be leading a protest march in their home wnapne a edsof pplee i support. Several hundred people on the move through the streets of down danville in support of a growing movement. Because black lives matter. Reporter this peaceful march organized we came together and. I think it is time for danville to really wake up. Reporter aqua is 25 years o. She was so moved by the death of george floyd, she knew she had to bring a message to her home town. I never thought this would be my reality