Cases across our state. 42 more people died yesterday, bringing the number of deaths statewide to more than 1200. And the number of people in intensive care units is up 2. 8 . We are coming out of the states deadliest week since the pandemic began and today at his briefing Governor Newsom said californias curve is bending at still rising. Progress is being made, you are bending, the curve, beginning to flatten the curve, but it is still nonetheless rising. Yes continue to rise, hospitalizations modestly continue to rise, icu numbers, beginning to flatten. We are not seeing that downward trend, we need to see in order to provide more clarity on that roadmap to recovery. Governor also produced number of deaths on race and activity 6 of the states population account for 12 of the coronavirus debts. We are also learning new information about growing number of coronavirus cases at Skilled Nursing facilities across the state, at least 32 Nursing Homes in the bay area have reported outbreak C
Its an early primary states and the candidates are seizing on this opportunity. Ktvu is live where the convention will get under way about two hours from now. Christina . Well, good afternoon. Events are already under way and people heading down to the convention floor. Theyre going to check out exhibits that are already open. In just a few minutes we saw governor gavin newsom taking selfies with people. We understand this is going to be a very big event for the Democratic Party. Take a look at the video inside that actual convention. Roughly 5,000 people expected to converge as well as 14 democrats running for president including california senator camilia harris, bernie sanders, Elizabeth Warren and corey booker among others. The spokesman for the Democratic Party says delegates are excited especially since the state moved up the primary from june to march and the theme for this convention is blue wave rolling. What were really worried about is that whats been happening in the white
Shooting in San Francisco, but tonight a picture is emerging of the shooter, a disgruntled employee who apparently felt overworked. First we have identified the gunman as 38yearold jimmy lam. He and the victims all worked as drivers for ups. We saw investigators removing potential evidence from lams home in the richland district this afternoon. He shot and killed three people before killing himself. Three other ups workers were treated and they have now been released from the hospital. But the warehouse is the distribution facility situated alongside highway 101. It sits between 16th and 17th streets and utah street and san bruno avenue. Ktvu Heather Holmes is here tonight to begin our coverage, heather . Well julie and ken can, we learned the gunman had worked for ups for 17 years. The official with the teenster unit said he complained of excessive overtime, but no one foresaw what happened this morning. The shooting took place at the ups package Distribution Center at the hood of the
The scene that you see behind me. This, as you said, started an hour ago. Theyre still on scene processing and putting down bullet casing markings. Take a look at our video. I can tell that you witnesses tell me this started at valley fair Shopping Mall about an hour ago, maybe a little more than. That they say that the suspect was harassing children. Someone called police, and that started a police chase. He wound his way from there to here. The safe Way Shopping Center on Stevens Creek boulevard right now lawrence expressway. He tried to pull into the Shopping Center and crashed into a San Jose Police suv. I saw the suspect crash into either a patrol car or a tree, and i saw smoke coming out of the engine, and then ace pulled up closer, i started to hear popping sounds, which i saw was gunfire. I saw one officer firing into the vehicle. I heard roughly about, i think 12 shots, but i was mainly hiding behind my service car. You heard about 12 shots, and officers were firing into the v