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Sacramento, northern sacramento from 17 valley, and Southern California are hovering around 20 . Greg lee tells us how soon the bay area could see the order take effect. If we do not act now our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. If we do not act now we will continue to see a death rate climbed. Reporter saying sharp increases in cases, hospitalization, and deaths, Governor Newsom issued a regional stayathome order with strict new rules. Back to back days with 113 deaths just in the last 14 da...

Open four hours a day with x number of people. The church i go to only allows 40 of the people to come into the church. It is not shutting down everything. It is calibrating based on what the trend is. Thank you, mr. President elect. Thank you. Thank you, mr. President elect and Vice President elect harris. First, whichr you is, what do make of the fact that the president is having these calls with michigan county officials amid his bid to overturn the election . He is going to be having this ag...

Work and no relief in sight. Speaking of relief, the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer has republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell agreed the rekindle talks about a stimulus package the senate is on recess through next week. We will speak with Colorado Governor Jared Polis who just moved 15 counties including denver into level red restrictions he is also part of a group of governors speaking with president elect biden this weekend. Plus we will talk with the ceo of the National Associa...

A confrontation. The officer was patrolling the area when they noticed a theft in progress involving multiple people. The officer tried to detain those suspects there was a confrontation and the officer opened fire. Still not clear this morning what caused the officer to use their gun. The officer sustained a foot injury and was taken to the hospital has also been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. We have breaking news from overnight. One person had to be r...

Been following all week here in the bay area are calls to defund the Oakland Police department and joining us to talk about the latest on that as well as the citys continuing fight against the coronavirus is oakland mayor libby shaft good morning there. Good morning marty good to see you lets begin by talking about the new Community Task force that is centering on reconstructing the Oakland Police department this is a big task force 17 people i can you tell us to give some insight on how its goi...

In the bay area our analysis found that sites serving mostly hispanic neighborhoods were 20 busier than those serving white neighborhoods. Its not too surprising. Reporter hes professor of Public Health at uc berkeley. This country has a long history of disparities in health care and access to health care with poor people and communities of people of color having less access. Reporter he said one factor driving longer wait times in hispanic neighborhoods is that they a rates of infection and pre...

Xfinity. The future of awesome. Half a million College Students here in california will soon be seeing some major changes. Occupational hazards. Underlying Health Conditions and more. Filipino americans face an alarming rate of covid19 death. Stanford just got the okay to do pool testing. How it works and who it could benefit. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Summer warmth is in the forecast. Ill show you whenomgup. Ld safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight a significant change for n...

University system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. Campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then theyll approve courses. Reporter wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. Those we talked to on campus said to them this is a nobrainer. She recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. Like i said, i was a Public Health major. I feel like it was built in our curriculum. Of c...

Coast today. Breezy by noon for the bay and inland neighborhoods where well hang out 70 to 77. 77 to 84s as we head to 4 00. And a comfortable evening on the way. There is a rush going on right now throughout the bay area to get students the items they need to go back to school. Tony thurma will be talking about will Digital Divide later this afternoon. There is some good news, you can actually do something to help out if you have some electronics laying around the house you dont use. Julian glo...

Really are ramping up our testing efforts. But we also saw an increase in hospitalizations and ive talked with our heart Health Officer doctor erica, hahn and shes quite concerned by this increase in cost for patients, shes not at this time planning to roll back the recent loosening of restrictions but she is going to proceed very cautiously before see allows any additional or new activities so please the current restrictions to be in place remember that the most recent shelterinplace order from...