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We begin in San Francisco where just last night police dispersed crowds in the marina district. Someone flagged officers down concerned that people were not following covid19 safety rules. Now there are calls for expanded enforcement. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana begins our coverage tonight in the city. Reporter on a normal weekend seeing lots of people bunched together on the sidewalk would be of no concern. But during the covid19 pandemic, its a much different story. Outside businesses in the...

Covid19 cases and 1725 people have died. Santa clara county was the first county to reach 100 deaths due to coronavirus. Icu cases in the bay area hit a low for the month. The chronicle is reporting that there are currently 161 coronavirus patients in intensive care. The number of overall hospitalizations is also down in the bay area. 369 people are currently in the hospital. Maryland and breeds had getting personal Protection Equipment it is not as simple as clicking a mouse. We are now joint l...

Oakland including allegations of abuse of power and harassment of city staff. If any Oakland Police officer treated a member of the public the way this commission treated the chief and the command staff, they would have been reprimanded or fired. Reporter that is her lawyer and says the Police Commission and mayor orchestrated her termination as a result of her whistleblowing. The filing is an administrative claim for compensation including lost wages, future earnings, pension and Healthcare Ben...

The state reported 2500 new cases just yesterday making it the biggest oneday gain in confirmed cases here in the bay area. We have nearly 90 hundred coronavirus cases in the bay area and 328 people have died. We will bring you the governors News Conference once it gets underway. The San Mateo County Sheriffs Department is investigating after the date shot and killed the woman in Half Moon Bay. The bow woman fired at the deputys first. Sara zendehnam has the details. You dont hear about this hap...

Were advancing a layout and you happen dates on amount of be, pe weve been able to distribute in the last few weeks, which is foundational in terms of our efforts to begin to meaningfully modify our stay at home order and begin reopen update you on the daily numbers and trend lines and preview a few things coming up later this week. But first, let me begin by making a statement reinforcing some words over the course of the last few weeks. It was just substantially outperforming the rest of the n...

Store has been here here for 14 years. The owner says Santa Clara Countys tighter restrictions will and should prevail. The day that the governor said open up, as we get this alert saying stay home. So its confusing, but were following the county. Reporter along with clothing stores, the governor wants to reopen music shops, florists and sports goods stores. A big development. Today the county opened two new Testing Centers in san jose and gilroy. Thats significant, because Health Officer dr. Sa...

Spread to advanced stayathome orders for seniors. R seniors processing closing down our schools. Populationbased strategies to atigate spread, that included statewide stayathome order. And then the efforts to continue to practice physical distancing. We then started to move into the third phase. The phase that could broadly be described as the phase of surging. Surging not only a Hospital System but an alternative care system to meet a potential demand. That require not only physical assets, roo...

Included at scale a statewide stayathome order. And then the efforts to continue to practice physical distancing. We then started to move into the third phase. The phase that could broadly be described as the phase of surging. Surging our system not only a , hospital system, but an alternative care system to meet a potential demand that required not only physical assets, rooms, but also people and protective gear. Ventilators, masks, downs, coveralls and the like. The next phase, the phase i wan...

In the meantime we are keeping an eye on the numbers in the bay area. They are now over 5,000 cases. And a good morning to you. Im marcus washington. Mike will have a look at traffic in just a bit. First, a look at the its friday, right . It is friday. It could be freak friday, who knows . It is one of those days we want to kind of enjoy and think about the weekend is here. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the forecast for us. Kari, what is it going to give us today . Yeah, it looks rea...

Employed workers can apply for benefits in many states. It looks like the actual peak in new unemployment claims may have occurred at the end of march and beginning of april. But that is cold comfort when you are still having millions of people applying every week. We will taking out to the governor with that News Conference this afternoon. My friend the governor of illinois, 21 out of the 24 largest student loan servicers in the state of california have agreed to a 90 day forbearance on Student...