It is in other parts of the state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen, its clear the bay area isnt out of the woods yet. How bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worsthit conditions, not as bad as los angeles or imperial. Reporter take a lookat this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10, there were 809 new cases, not including at san quentin. Now compare that to los angeles county. On july 10, they had 2,620 cases, more than three times the bay area. Still, cases and hospitalizations are surging in every bay area county. Even in San Francisco, which is one of the two bay area counties not on the states watch lift, the number of patients in the citys hospitals is nearly three times what it was at the lowest point a month ago. There is also new concern about the reproductive rate, the average number of people that someone who has coronavirus will spread it to. Before the shelter
Some parents are relieved but others exasperated. Here is leslie brinkley. Reporter it may be a struggle logistically and financially for many families, but the School District with 31,000 students just made a tough call for fall. The board gave very clear direction that they would like to see the district go to 100 Distance Learning in the fall. Reporter last week, west contra costa unified with 28,000 students opted to kick off the year with only remote learning. There are more than 3,000 people at our town hall last friday night who came out to hear about the framework. And from our initial feedback, more than 50 are okay with the framework. Obviously it is not the best situations for anyone. Reporter berkeley, oakland and los angeles are all opening with Distance Learning only. Health and safety of the children come first. And the teachers and administrators. It is changing day by day and it seems to be getting worse, so i think we need to take that into consideration. Reporter thi
He was a big guy, definitely it gentle giant. Reporter Terry Blanchard was known for his big heart. His daughter said me tells me his love extended to the many at risk children he mentored, serving on the board of the east Oakland Youth Development center for 10 years. The last two, as president. He had an amazing sense of humor. He made everybody laugh. Reporter in early march blanchard and his wife deborah, both 56, contracted covid19. Possibly, their daughter says, friend falling on hard times and was staying with them. It was really hard on our family because we couldnt check on them. We can only call. Reporter sydney says her mother recovered, her father didnt have a fever at first, but eventually developed one, was hospitalized and placed on a ventilatorsunday. My dad wasnt supposed to die. He never expected to die. This is not anything we wouldve imagined. Reporter now family and friends are taking solace in remembering his impact on the east Oakland Youth Development center. Th
The capacity to detect coronavirus spreading could be the key to opening the country, but the white house and the states are clashing on if there are enough tests to go around. The governors are responsible for testing and i hope they will use the tremendous amount of capacity that we have. President trump says hes putting safety first, but critics say millions of people need to be tested before the nation can truly get back to work tick thank you for joining us tonight, im andre senior. Im Cristina Rendon on peer california has been fortunate to have fewer cases on a lower death count and smaller states. Still, the humans will hear continues to grow peer governor gavin newsom said today the 95 people died in the last 24 hour period. Also today, california sadly surpassed 1000 deaths. There are nearly 6000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the bay area and 196 people have died locally. Six bay area counties are now requiring people to work Face Coverings while out in public. The ru
Wednesday. Everything continuing to march in as advertised. Meaning well get some rain out of this. Temperatures though, upper 50s now low 60s. A little bit below average. Sal is here now and he will talk about this time on his weather. It is actually doing very well today, steve. Now, on fridays sometimes people do work from home or perhaps they work four day weeks because were having a lighter commute. It could be related to just many things. People are staying home for other things. This is a look at interstate 880 north and south. You can see traffic is moving well and at the bay bridge toll plaza we do have a light commute. So, this is going to be hopefully a good day here at the bridge. 6 01. Lets go back to the kes desk. There are now about three dozen coronavirus cases here in the bay area. All nine counties have at least one person who have the illness. Santa clara county has the most. 20 of them. Four are travel related. Nine come from close contact with someone and, the rest