In june of next year. Natural gas is dangerous. Reporter rafael, who sponsored the legislation. Maybe most significantly, natural gas is a potent Greenhouse Gas that contributes to climate change. Reporter since 2010, as hundreds of coalfired power plants have closed, natural gas plants in many cases have replaced them. Natural gas produces about 40 of u. S. Energy needs. Former San Francisco mayoral candidate and activist Richie Greenburg doesnt believe california can make the transition from natural gas to all electric. The state of california does not have the ability to meet the energy needs, electricity needs and home heating through electricity at this point in time. Were not going to be relying on fossil fuels anymore in our buildings. Theres huge Greenhouse Gas savings. Theres Huge Public Health savings. And cost of construction goes down because youre not needing to install a gas pipeline. Reporter groups like earth justice cite the wildfires as a reason to move away. The sky
Restaurants are being asked to scale back. Families celebrating a 60th birthday at their favorite restaurant, a milestone also because its their first Indoor Dining since march. I feel perfectly safe with the distancing, even though we are inside. Reporter steps away under heat lamps, other customers dined alfresco on a 50 degree evening. And buckeyes owner expects to shift more dining out here now that the Health Officer wants occupancy cut in half. If he thinks thats a good idea we are happy to go to that, go back to 25 . As long as we can stay there. Reporter marin has been back at 50 capacity over a few weeks. Though the need to keep guests six feet apart dictates how many people can actually be served. There have been several super spreader events described from restaurants. Reporter reporting to county supervisors doctor willis is 25 occupancy lines up with most of the bay area and restaurants are risky because people move masks to eat and drink and tend to linger. Research point
To try to avoid sliding backward. And marin restaurants being asked to reduce and what Indoor Dining to 25 occupancy. At 10 00, live with how that message is being received. Reporter they have seen about nine new cases a day jumped the past week, even doubled. Restaurants are being urged to scale back. Families celebrating his 60th birthday at their favorite restaurant, a milestone also because its the first and dining since march. The bug i might feel perfectly safe with the distancing. Even though we are inside. An steppes of utter heat lamps, other customers dining on a 50 degree evening. And they expect to ship more dining out here now that marin top officer once and for occupancy cut by half. If he thinks thats a good idea, we are happy to do that and go back to 25 . As long as we can stay there. Reporter arendt has been a 50 capacity in only a few weeks. The need to keep guests of part dictates how many can be served. There have been super spreader events described from restauran
Possible cases in contra costa county. Andria borba kpix 5. The number of people getting tested in the state has gone up significantly with a Record Number of 92,000 test just yesterday. More than 3 million tests have been given since midmarch. With the number of tests going up, so has the positivity rate. Thats the number of people who have tested positive divided by the total number of tests administered. The rate went from 4. 5 last monday to 4. 8 today. California governors past and present coming together to urge residents to wind those ace masts. Maybe you didnt vote for me. News flash, i voted for greg amos. No matter who you voted for our if you didnt vote at all, it doesnt change the fact that californians look out for one another. The state released this video on social media today putting safety above politics. Former governor jerry brown, greg davis, arnold schwarzenegger, pete wilson all sharing the same message. Newsom has issued a statewide order requiring masks any time
Scale. Chance of scattered showers. Live look at doppler 7, our sweep of rain changing to snow up in parts of the lake county, yountville is wet. Over to guerneville and jenner, south from hercules to western marin. A break archound walnut creek a scattered showers milpitas through san jose. Its 50 santa clara. 47 in mountain view. A chillier start out there with 44 in 1 00 the showers become more scattered and through the afternoon a few weeks of sun, a possibility of a thunderstorm arrives throughout the day and the evening hours and well talk about a chilly and wet start to the week ahead. In just hours, well be getting an update on the first case of Community Spread coronavirus in Sonoma County. Leaders say this is an employee at the rower in Park Health Center believed expoelex exposed from a source outside the facility. A second patient has been tested with result pending. Details today at noon. While you were sleeping new bans on public gatherings took effect in a few counties.