Upstate University Hospital say working this Holiday Season isnt an option. Part of their care now includes connecting patients with loved ones hoping with phone calls and video chats and their families. I also like to read a little message on a whiteboard which is not the way towards our for but i dont care on thanksgiving. All right happy thanksgiving on and try and draw that turkey, theyre feeling the same pain of missing family time even when given the opportunity to go home. Rachel nolan is working christmas but had thanksgiving off, im personally not seeing any of my family members unfortunately thats just how it i do have high risk family members of my own and for these nurses at odessa, Regional Medical center. They say the hardest part of the job is being honest with families. When you wants to see their family. You have to be the one to during their next place that them the reason to buy we can allow visitors up here as their hospital hit capacity, this month employees are in
Needed if we cant flatten the curve quickly. We know and have seen in the past covid goes from zero to 60 Miles Per Hour quickly that were in a place today but that can rapidly change. Maybe not statewide, maybe just in the hand full of counties but further restrictions is what we open to avoid. We hope todays actions, our collective coming together and resolve to, you know, keep our protective behaviors up will help us stem the tide and bring the surging numbers down. Now, the states 14day Positivity Rate is 5 . Two weeks ago, it was just 3. 3 . Dr. Galley says cases have risen higher and faster because of a combination of factors like colder weather, more mixing, more reopening and greater travel. It is still unclear how the limited stayathome order will be enforced but dr. Galley is asking residents for their compliance and try to stay home between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Live in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Thank you, here is look where the coronavirus cases stand
Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
2 contained it has destroyed 80 homes in napa and sonoma counties and more than 22,000 structures are threatened right now. Nation, this red flag warning has been issued for the north bay mountains takes Effect Tomorrow afternoon. At 1 oclock and that could certainly spell trouble for firefighters already stretched pretty thin as it is. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with what were looking at. Alright scary as were going to see those winds make a return to the bay area, the winds. Going to be stronger now weve had the effect of that sea breeze kicking in some higher humidity in around the fires to kind of slow things down now very dry northerly wind is going to start to move in and gusting 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping way down 15 to 25 . So certainly were watching that very closely. Weve got active fires already right now and certainly in and around those are going to be very dangerous right now the winds are beginning to pick up a little bit were sta
3 large wildfires burning in the bay area and the good news is crews are making headway. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken wayne and im pam moore at this hour cal fire says the scu lightning complex fire in parts of the east bay and the south bay is 35 contained with more than 369,000 acres burned the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is now 35 contained with more than 369,000 acres burned and the czu august lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties is now 24 contained with more than 81,000 acres burned you see where that fire is burning on this map in the Santa Cruz Mountains and into San Mateo County. So far. The fires have destroyed more than 700 structures and majority of those. Our homes are still several mandatory Evacuation Orders in effect tonight. But the good news is those orders have been lifted for the you see santa cruz campus which was threatened at the southern edge of this fire tonight kron fours gayle ong live for us in Santa Cruz County