From Social Distancing to Shelter-in-Place
Social Distancing Escalates to Shelter-in-Place As of midnight, the Bay Area has the nation’s strictest policy aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. Residents are being instructed to not leave the house for the next three weeks unless it's ...
March 17, 20209m 47s
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Social Distancing Escalates to Shelter-in-Place
As of midnight, the Bay Area has the nation’s strictest policy aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. Residents are being instructed to not leave the house for the next three weeks unless it's essential.
Legislature Passes Emergency Funding
The California Legislature took emergency action Monday night to address the coronavirus, and then it took a break.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED
Food Delivery Workers Hustle to Keep Restaurants Alive
In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered restaurants to stop serving in-house meals as a public safety precaution, but ordering out is still allowed. That's made food delivery people very
important, both to keep people fed and to keep restaurants going. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report co-Host
Inspections of Nursing Homes on Hold
Regulators charged with overseeing nursing homes aren't inspecting nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Advocates for this population, the most at risk of dying of COVID-19, aren’t able to access patients either.
Reporter: Molly Peterson, KQED Science
Dancing Through the Pandemic, Online
The mayor of San Luis Obispo is trying to help others in her community cope in her official capacity. And in her side-gig, which is teaching music to preschoolers. She's taking that project online during the coronavirus crisis.
Guest: Heidi Harmon, Mayor of San Luis Obispo
As of midnight, the Bay Area has the nation’s strictest policy aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. Residents are being instructed to not leave the house for the next three weeks unless it's essential.
Legislature Passes Emergency Funding
The California Legislature took emergency action Monday night to address the coronavirus, and then it took a break.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED
Food Delivery Workers Hustle to Keep Restaurants Alive
In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered restaurants to stop serving in-house meals as a public safety precaution, but ordering out is still allowed. That's made food delivery people very
important, both to keep people fed and to keep restaurants going. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report co-Host
Inspections of Nursing Homes on Hold
Regulators charged with overseeing nursing homes aren't inspecting nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Advocates for this population, the most at risk of dying of COVID-19, aren’t able to access patients either.
Reporter: Molly Peterson, KQED Science
Dancing Through the Pandemic, Online
The mayor of San Luis Obispo is trying to help others in her community cope in her official capacity. And in her side-gig, which is teaching music to preschoolers. She's taking that project online during the coronavirus crisis.
Guest: Heidi Harmon, Mayor of San Luis Obispo
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