Government says apparently this is the sharpest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis. Experts say this is probably going to get a lot worse kron fours rob fladeboe tells us about the growing demand for help from local food banks. The California National guard is helping Second Harvest food bank track and distribute thousands of boxes of food to hungry people across and the tail and santa clara counties as the demand for food amid the covid19 pandemic keeps growing every day says Vice President casts then go see for the month of april we think were going to distribute 9 Million Pounds of food. Before this it was about 5 and a half million per month. That kind of need is only going to continue this was the scene today at most Holy Trinity Church in san jose one of more than a 1000 Distribution Sites where and hearing to physical distancing rules is only adding to the challenge to this is taking many different shapes you know before the pandemic we were serving folks. And kind o
And guidelines to get this we can reopen very very quickly but weve got to weve got to lpmake sure we can get this right. Tonight governor newson is saying california is getting closer to reopening, but hes also expressing frustration with groups crowding the beaches in Southern California, at least some parts of it. Thanks for joining us tonight at 8 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and Vicki Liviakis tonight, beaches and some state parks across the state. Will remain open except for one county. The decision is a drastic change from last night when a memo from the Governors Office circulated warning that all beaches throughout the state would be closed our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Still perturbed by its packed beaches last weekend governor Gavin Newsome thursday ordered a temporary closure of beaches in Orange County only have to own that and you have to figure that out Orange County area. Republican senator john moore lock released a statement saying in part Go
Hiring fluctuations. The raw number was 3. 5 million Cnns Jim Acosta report. Okay, thank you very much hysteria what is shaping up to be the worst us economy since the great depression, President Trump said he has a feel for what americans are going through i feel that i think sometimes what i feel is better than what i think i view what we have now is obviously a period of. In here we are just it is what it its just a very tough situation for the people of our country. All the loss the death. Nearly 4 million americans filed unemployment claims last week making for a staggering 30 million over the last 6 Weeks White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the numbers havent been this bad since the great depression. The fact is that right now you know 30 Million People have while for unemployment insurance. The Unemployment Rate is probably up around 19 and those numbers are startling as anything weve seen since the great depression. The president has been lashing out at age in recen
Youre watching kron 4 news news at 9. Kennedy to move into this next phase only they will assess back is is you know behavior thats not conducive with those guidelines that are currently in place and. And now 9 Governor Newsome saying even though we are making progress slowing the spread of the coronavirus we cannot let up now. Thanks for joining us at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the governor urging everyone to continue to practice social distancing as he allows. More executive a tease out doors, including a playing catch skateboarding in golf and here in the bay area were just days away from the new shelter in place guidelines taking effect in 6 of the counties here restrictions will be eased in certain businesses and parks deemed lowrisk will reopen but Law Enforcement and medical experts say this is not the time to get complacent kron fours gayle ong joins us live with details about how are moving forward, i do it. Hi granted. Yeah were not out of the woo
California advocates for nursing home reform says its difficult to get a handle on the problem without testing i think one reason we may not be saying that kind of language yet is because testing is so still so hard to get California Public Health Officials released the number of deaths of Nursing Homes earlier this week for the first time. The numbers show one 3rd of confirmed covid19 deaths have come from these facilities. The numbers, however, could actually be much higher really surprising. Actually how little we know how that many of those numbers actually are. Thursdays Nursing Homes announcement came as President Trump declared may Older Americans month. The president says the commission on safety for Nursing Homes will be meeting soon and issuing recommendations to further protect seniors. Reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. Life on the streets during this pandemic is especially dangerous for people who are homeless in alameda on the state has donated trailers to h