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Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet...

I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the...

15 in early december. Maybe in a couple of days. The bay area is projected to be mid to late december. Now, once in affect, bars, wineries, personal services, hair salons, barber shops must close. These things will stay open. Schools with a waiver. Critical infrastructure, retail 20 capacity, and restaurants can can be own for takeout and delivery. Meaning no more Outdoor Dining. The governor encouraged everyone to get outdoors for Mental Health and all nonessential travel is banned statewide, r...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told reporters he was still interested in passing targeted legislation for Coronavirus Relief and he remained focused on the Senate Business and not the president ial election. He spoke from capitol hill after Senate Republicans met behind closed doors for their weekly luncheon with the Vice President in attendance. Good afternoon, everyone. We had a good discussion about wrapping up the next couple of months. I think this is a bipartisan and bicameral desi...

Morning. Looking good. I like it. Your friday forecast is pretty quiet, it has been a crazy week here. High temperatures monday. A huge cooldown on wednesday. A bit of a rebound yesterday and we are looking at the same today. Near average with temperatures, 50 to 60, 59 downtown oakland, 56 and the city. While temperature week. Overall, look for fog. There is not a lot. Warm to hot and lynn, temperatures bump up a teeny bit. Theres an okay breeze, nothing crazy. It is not like 35 or 40. There is...

Today looks to be a tiny bit warmer. It doesnt take long to get up to the 80s and 54 in santa rosa. There is west, southwest 20. A little bit of fog there but otherwise another sunny day. Temperatures are near average to above. Here is my good friend, sal castor. Good morning to you. We dont have much the day bridge, it is very quiet. You would expect that at this time of the morning and that is exactly what we have. Lets get back to the headlines. Almost 70,000 customers in manhattan lost power...

George floyd and of police brutality. This has built so many of us into the street to stand with our neighbors and communities of color. Entertainingly and systematically abused by the criminal justice system. The committee in the house as a whole, is committed to swiftly enacting profound reforms. To punish police misconduct. Holding Police Department accountable to oversight. In eliminating the financing of police militarization. We hope have more to say in the coming days. And as my friend se...

This is live coverage of the hearing on cspan3. The country is returning to work here. Many of us here in washington having this hearing while the spearer pelosi and House Democrats continue to stay at home Holding Virtual hearings. We have got to get back to doing the real live work that the people sent us here to do and i would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to come back to washington and do what we have been elected to do. And with that, madam chairwoman, i yield back. Than...

Brutality. This has built so many of us into the street to stand with our neighbors and communities of color. Entertainingly and systematically abused by the criminal justice system. The committee in the house as a whole, is committed to swiftly enacting profound reforms. To punish police misconduct. Holding Police Department accountable to oversight. In eliminating the financing of police militarization. We hope have more to say in the coming days. And as my friend set us we, my protest is my s...

Out a clarion call to any and all in the community. Im here today to let folks know that we are building 1000 person workforce to conduct Case Investigation and Contact Tracing for covid infections here in the county. Reporter Public Health officials are actively seeking volunteers to bolster the countys small team of contact tracers. The job, tracking down the of anyone infected with covidts1ac9. Ucsf coepidemiologists doctor George Rutherford says once Children Place is lifted, more infections...