Bloomberg surveillance. This is what the market is looking at if you look at equities. Is what the focus happened with china. Most european stocks are rising following the rally in asia. The offshore yuan falling after meantinese central bank to restrain the rally. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. There is renewed sparring over stimulus in washington. President trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi hit at each other over the lack of progress on a new rescue package. Kudlow said he expects the two sides to continue negotiations with that a new deal isnt essential for the u. S. Recovery. President trump is no longer considered a coronavirus transmission risk. The white house physician says he has met criteria to end his isolation. He said the president s symptoms have improved but didnt say the president tested negative. The president has a rally planned in florida later tonight. The world bank is still in oil fields despite pledging to fight climate change. Thats binde
Regulations in place. Identification for proof of age and limit of one ounce of flowers and eight ounce of concentrates. Limited to 100 milligrams of thc per item. Finally have the protections that other consumers have. Cannabis will be laboratory tested. Reporter taxes, excisetaxes, and San Franciscos first day of sales is this saturday due to debate over where dispensaries can operate. Customers say its about time. For a lot of people helps get through the day, maintain if you will. Life is stressful nowadays. Able to come out as adult and purchase marijuana openly without having to deal with legal ramifications that come with it. Chp wants to remind everyone that Impaired Driving is Impaired Driving. Alcohol, prescription drugs or marijuana. In oakland, matt keller, abc7 news. San francisco and los angeles are biggest cities where recreational pot not available right away. Both late to approve local regulations. San francisco on friday. Unincorp. Ated areas of counties outlawed recr
All at risk of having exacerbations or recurrences of their disease. The spare the air alerts are designed to help this. The management district says smoke from one fireplace can pollute an entire neighborhood and there are an estimated 1. 5 million fireplaces in the bay area. Wood burning is the number one source of fine particulate pollution. And it accounts for 4 0 of thee pollution. Reporter now heading into our 18th spare the air alert this season there is advice for the vulnerable. I advise them to stay indoors on days like this as much as possible. And if they go outside, not to exercise, and if the pollution is really bad particulate masks. One of the challenges of our job is to make sure that people understand this is a continuing issue. Spare the air is not just a slogan. It is the law. Those who cheat can face fines starting at 100 and increasing for repeat violations. In the newsroom, carolyn tyler. So will the new year bring us new weather patterns . It will indeed bring u
A new spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow and one is already in effect today. In fact, you can see the haze over San Francisco in this video from our tower camera. And look at the colors and the time lapse of the sun rise over the bay. Tomorrows spare the air alert is the 18th one this season. We are joined live from the newsroom to explain the health impacts. Health experts are telling us 2017 was one of the worst for bay area air quality because of the wine country fires and then the thomas fire in Southern California which is still burning and has sent smoke drifting our way. Stagnant weather is creating unhealthy conditions. And triggers spare the air alerts day after day after day. There were 30 in two previous seasons, the winter of 2013 2014. So we have not set a record, thank goodness, because these alerts mean our air quality is extremely poor, down right dangerous for some people. According to a pulmonary specialist. People with asthma, chronic pulmonary disease
Toss to eileen frigid start for back to work school; sunny cold afternoon frigid start for back to work school; sunny cold afternoon watching coastal system wed thursday some snow possible east of i95 another bitter blast friday saturday highs in the teens 40s return in the extended outlook today mostly sunny. Continued cold. Highs 2530 winds nw 510 mph tonight clear and cold. Lows 916 winds sw 5 mph to calm wednesday sunny early becoming mostly cloudy. Highs 3136 winds s 5 mph 5 xx and we are news in maryland three people now recovering after a freezing water rescue overnight. Police tell us the three were in a car that tried to cross over an icedover dropping the car into the freezing water. Rescue teams were able to safely pull the three onto a boat. They were very cold, but otherwise ok. Happening right now as julie mentioned. Were monitoring not one, not two, but three water main breaks. In alexandria. Montgomery street turned into a skating rink in old town. The good news no majo