katie neilson on the alarming trend leading up to the holiday and how this year will look different. usually a holiday weekend means an increase in the number of cars on the road and also in the number of people drinking and driving. but with most of the bay area still under a shelter in place order, officers don't know what to expect. map everyonety freeways have turned into race ways for some drivers. >> i see people doing around 130-140. >> according to a new report released by the california highway patrol from march 19 to april 30 this year, officers wrote about 4,000 tickets to people caught speeding over 100 miles per hour statewide. that's more than double the same time period last year. our freeway systems are not designed for people to travel over 100 miles an hour. and vehicles are not designed for 100-mile an hour impact. >> due to the decrease in the number of cars on the road, the number of crashes is down by 75%. and the number of fatal crashes down by 88% when looking at the same time periods the question now, what will happen on the roads when a shelter in place orde

kpix 5's katie neilson reports extra police officers will keep a close eye on the popular gathering spot. >> hundreds of people gathered in the grassy areas near the lake this afternoon and for the most part, everyone was able to maintain a six foot social distance. but with mother's day on sunday, the mayor is desperately asking people to find somewhere else to go. >> we must give the lake a break. >> oakland mayor is asking people to make other plans this weekend than a trip to lake merit. >> we have seen large gatherings. we cannot continue to allow it. >> but people at the lake say as long as they're staying six feet apart, it shouldn't be a problem. >> i don't see anybody doing anything wrong. everybody is social distancing. >> but according to the mayor's office there are potential health concerns like many not wearing masks and also the number of barbecues and picnics. according to the shelter in place order, people are only supposed to be outside to exercise and aren't supposed to be gathering. please find somewhere else to go. >> you can't go to restaurants. you know, the only t

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in san jose, katie neilson, kpix5. >>> a bit of ashore line showdown in orange county where the governor's county wide beach closure takes effect at midnight and just hours ago city leaders in huntington beach voted to sue the state to try to block that ban and newport beach may follow. the governor ordered it after massive crowds showed up at those beaches last weekend. >>> starting tomorrow, sanna cruise county will ban people from hanging out -- santa cruz county will ban people from hanging out. access allowed for water activities like surfing. as for bay area beaches, they are open. only if you live nearby. the parking lots are off limits. >>> california is rolling out a new web portal to help parents in essential jobs find childcare facilities. the site is mychildcare.ca.gov. allowing parents to enter zip codes and see facilities in their area. the results include contact information, current availability and licensing information. the portal includes a number of new pop up facilities across the state. >>> while hospitals and many doctor's offices are busy treating patients with covi

tim neilson, bbc news. china will be held accountable for the pandemic as soon as us intelligence reports confirm what went wrong. as india completes six weeks into its lockdown, millions of poor who rely on daily wages face extreme poverty. south africa has begun to ease what was one of the world's most severe coronovirus lockdowns. president ramaphosa drew international praise for his swift action, which was announced before a single death had been recorded. in the early stages of the pandemic, both britain and south africa followed a near identical path of infections. but with just over 100 so far dead and no more than a few hundred patients infected in hospital, its death rate has been staggeringly low in comparison to the uk. in johannesburg, the bbc‘s africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been finding out why. it seems inevitable in a land of habitual inequality and misrule, the virus was always going to cause chaos in south africa. how could it possibly be otherwise. in the overcrowded townships

so that's what's going on and i would have to give a lot of credit to joel neilson, deputy director who oversees these programs. she and her teams have really been just working so hard and our staff, all of our staff have been working many, many hours during the week and working on weekends and hopefully, at some point, soon, we'll get back to normal hours, but this is -- because this is an emergency, it's been really important for them to stand up some of these systems and get them going correctly and collecting data and all of the other things that we have to do and i just want to give a huge shout-out to them for the amazing work they're doing. i guess i'm probably going to overstate it a little bit, but i can't tell you how much work they've done and how great it is that our team has come together. i've been down here at the emergency operation's center and i keep hearing about how great our staff and i just want to make sure to overstate it because to me, that's just important and i have seen things working well here and i have seen things not working well here and our team is work

so that's what's going on and i would have to give a lot of credit to joel neilson, deputy director who oversees these programs. she and her teams have really been just working so hard and our staff, all of our staff have been working many, many hours during the week and working on weekends and hopefully, at some point, soon, we'll get back to normal hours, but this is -- because this is an emergency, it's been really important for them to stand up some of these systems and get them going correctly and collecting data and all of the other things that we have to do and i just want to give a huge shout-out to them for the amazing work they're doing. i guess i'm probably going to overstate it a little bit, but i can't tell you how much work they've done and how great it is that our team has come together. i've been down here at the emergency operation's center and i keep hearing about how great our staff and i just want to make sure to overstate it because to me, that's just important and i have seen things working well here and i have seen things not working well here and our team is work

and then again in 2019 then secretary neilson wanted congress to give dhs the authority to allow themove children more quickly. again, these are children who are going back to dangerous countries that they fled from without anyone there to care for them or anyone who even knows they are arriving there by plane. now through the documents we've been able to see that although now they say it's in the interest of public health, it's actually been something they've been trying to do for a long time, just not as successfully as they are now. >> and, julia, is there a -- there was some talk that i guess that they were saying if you wanted to -- the implication was parents were being told pick your child or stay in the country. >> that's right. that's some other reporting that we've had brand new this week. the parents who were in immigration detention were fiven a fo given a form to release your child. you separate or keep child with you in detention indefinitely. think said they gave those out in this terms to a lawsuit. instead of seeing the families together. they are choosing to keep the

jane wells is here >> reporter: neilson reports milk prices are up 10% produce up 10% happy cinco de of five food categories are higher normally food inflation is 1 to 2% over the last six weeks that's doubled. >> in the average week we see 1/3 of units sold in the average grocery store being on promotion. in the latest week we're only seeing 20% being sold on promotions they're trying to get the product on the shelves. >> albertsons is showing 30% jump it is limiting how much meat a customer can buy same with costco the greatest threat to the food supply is the health of the people bringing it to us. >> we are not eating more food we are notnecessarily growing less >> you try to go to door dash, they are out of meat they use fresh beef. if this continues with high unemployment, becky, see the opposite happen with food inflation. more private label products which are cheaper. >> what's weird, jane. i've been trying to figure out how much more i'm spending it's impossible. i've been doing all of my meal prep at home not buying out anything. i'm trying to figure out if i'm spending mor