Contained but the smoke isnt going away yet. You can still smell it in the air. Good evening. Im frank somerville. And im jewel jul. Experts tell us the longer the exposure the more potential for damage. We have Team Coverage tonight. Chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the smoke and where its the worst. First, its ktvus Jana Katsuyama with the prolonged effects andesh poseur. Reporter julie, they say that smoke particles can inflame the lungs even in healthy peoplement and air quality told me today they might have to extend the spare theair alerts through the week. Reporter smoky skies have hovered over the bay area through the weeks. In the north bay and santa cruz and east bay. Our house smells like smoke and my husband insists that we close the windows instead of letting in the cooler air. You can still smell the smoke now. Reporter the bay area air Quality Management district sparetheair alerts have been extended to tuesday, a record 15 days. Thats one more day issued in 2
Disadvantaged communities and the cases are attributed to a lack of Face Coverings and social distancing. More than half of those are a symptomatic. Once this virus takes off at a high rate, its very aggressive and we need to take this pause now and as much as possible stay at home for the fourth of july. Contact tracing has been going fairly well in the city. The Health Department is surveying 82 of the positive cases notifying 88 of their contacts. This afternoon Santa Clara County will discuss a new health order and watch that live at 2 00 p. M. On the cbsn bay area streaming on kpix. Com. The message from all of our local Health Departments stay home if you can and cover your face if you go out. Learn. Thank you, anne. The u. S. Surpassed 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day. Wednesdays total shatters the previous record of roughly 45,000 cases, which was set just last friday. California had the most new cases with nearly 10,000. And the last two weeks, cases in california
Getting personal with coronavirus and donald trump teaches us about manners. So lets get into it. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick it off as we always do with some good news of the day. This morning republicans and democrats in the senate reached a deal to pump 2 trillion into the economy to help deal with this pandemic stvment biggest stimulus in the United States history and it basically spreads money everywhere. Direct payments to americans. Expanded unemployment insurance, aid to Small Businesses, aid to the Airline Industry and billions of dollars to help prop up the Healthcare Industry which is vital right now. So all over america people are going to be getting checks from the government. And i know a lot of people out there are des trait desperate for toy lit paper but please do not use those checks to wipe your ass. Yo
Alone will not be enough. We have to complement those efforts with a thirdparty investigation appointed by the board of supervisors, tasked with effecting change. We will continue to provide direction where the focus of this special investigator will be and better defining this scope of work, but this is the next step in terms of actually moving forward. The motion allows us to move forward with the process of procurement, and i ask for everybodys support. President yee okay. Seeing no other name on the roster, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, motion passes. [gavel]. President yee next item. Clerk item 16 is an ordinance to amend the health code to require the medical examiner to report the information to the mayor and board of supervisors once every four months of deaths arising from Drug Overdoses. President yee supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, president yee. I want to thank the cosponsors of this, supervisors walton, fewer, ronen, and mar. As
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