Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Scott shafer is off today. Were focusing on high profile local ballot measures and state propositions. In november, voters in some bay area cities will decide whether to tax cigarettes and raise the minimum wage. Proposition 45 could determine how Health Insurance rates are set, property fix would raise the ceiling on damages on medical malpractice suits. Joining me to break it down are Andrew Stelzer, kqed news reporter, lisa aliferis, kqed blog editor. And april dembosky, kqed health reporter. Lets start with prop 45. What would that do . It would give the state insurance commissioner the ability to reject excessive increases for Health Insurance. Right now, the commissioner doesnt have the ability to do that. He mainly regulates property insurance, home insurance, auto insurance. And so this proposition would give him the power to help insurers want to raise rates to a point he thinks will be too much for consumers, he wants to
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Scott shafer is off today. Were focusing on high profile local ballot measures and state propositions. In november, voters in some bay area cities will decide whether to tax cigarettes and raise the minimum wage. Proposition 45 could determine how Health Insurance rates are set, property fix would raise the ceiling on damages on medical malpractice suits. Joining me to break it down are Andrew Stelzer, kqed news reporter, lisa aliferis, kqed blog editor. And april dembosky, kqed health reporter. Lets start with prop 45. What would that do . It would give the state insurance commissioner the ability to reject excessive increases for Health Insurance. Right now, the commissioner doesnt have the ability to do that. He mainly regulates property insurance, home insurance, auto insurance. And so this proposition would give him the power to help insurers want to raise rates to a point he thinks will be too much for consumers, he wants to
Contact with someone who did. With two confirmed cases in their county marin County School officials are gearing up for a possible outbreak. I think theres a heightened concern now out in the community. Reporter to address that concern, Marin County Public Health officer, dr. Matt willis, released this statement. The children have been exposed outside of marin as part of the disneyland outbreak and were not in contact with any of the children at their school. For that reason the county is not ordering unvaccinated children to stay home from school for the required 21 days. But county education officials are urging parents who have not vaccinated their kids to do it now. Marin county has about 6. 5 of children who are not immunized. Are you urging parents who did not get their children immunized to go ahead now . Our messages had always been is that if it is medically safe we would urge families to do that. That is their choice to immunize or not. The state department of hib Health Repo
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Scott shafer is off today. Were focusing on high profile local ballot measures and state propositions. In november, voters in some bay area cities will decide whether to tax cigarettes and raise the minimum wage. Proposition 45 could determine how Health Insurance rates are set, property fix would raise the ceiling on damages on medical malpractice suits. Joining me to break it down are Andrew Stelzer, kqed news reporter, lisa aliferis, kqed blog editor. And april dembosky, kqed health reporter. Lets start with prop 45. What would that do . It would give the state insurance commissioner the ability to reject excessive increases for Health Insurance. Right now, the commissioner doesnt have the ability to do that. He mainly regulates property insurance, home insurance, auto insurance. And so this proposition would give him the power to help insurers want to raise rates to a point he thinks will be too much for consumers, he wants to
Ahmadabad and ran across the street. If she heard i can see a can see some help me somehow of. When she was a little calmer gr she said somebody raped me. Please are saying that the victim is a victim of human sex trafficking. She is stabl and has bee treated and is in stable condition. Breaking news out of redwood city. A tragic and deadly boating accident tonight during a yacht club race. Kron 4 obtained this video from a witness. Of emergency crews on the dock. Right after the race. Firefighters say, a mast on one of the sailboats broke. And one sailor died of a head injury. An official with the Sequoia Yacht Club said, the accident happened sometime during a race that started at 5 oclock this evening. A witness at the marina, off of seaport boulevard, near chesapeake drive. Told kron 4. He saw a body pulled from the water. And put into a coroners van. The victim has not been identified. More than 24 hours after a ferry flipped on its side off the Southern Coast of south korea, abou