Bridge. Its slow. Im just looking at this and showing you that there is no break today. Traffic is going to be slow driving across here. And it has been slow getting into marin. And well talk about marin in just a moment. I can also show you the traffic on the eastshore freeway. 30minute drive right now coming in from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and at the bay bridge, we have a 25minute drive. New accident in san bruno. Well talk about that and some of of these other commutes when we come back in just a few minutes. Straight to new information this morning about a fire at a highrise Apartment Building in the south of market district in San Francisco. Firefighters are now telling ktvu an electric scooter was the source of this Early Morning fire. Flames broke out before 5 a. M. Inside a building on clementina street and gallagher lane. One person was hospitalized with moderate injuries. Looks like firefighters also rescued a dog from that burning building. Time is now 7 0
Or Health Department must be vetted by the Vice President s office. President trump does not seem worried about the outbreak. Theyre doing a great job. Its going to disappear, one day its like a miracle, it will disappear. Every single delay in testing means potentially the virus could go to hundreds or thousands or more people. Health Officials Say theyre concerned about the virus. Governor newsom talked about this last night. Clearly more Tech Companies are concerned about the coronavirus as theyre pulling out of conferences because of the virus. Overnight docusign canceling its annual users event scheduled for next week. They will hold a Virtual Conference instead. Facebook says it will not be holding its annual f8 conference in san jose. The company says it must prioritize the health and safety of everyone putting on the event and planning to attend it. In japan, Tokyo Disneyland will be closed starting tomorrow through march 15th, this is all due to coronavirus concerns. That mean
Livermore and the south bay commute is off to a good start. Its 4 00 and lets go to the desk. New this morning, two are in custody after hitting a San Francisco police car in the twin peaks neighborhood. At 9 30 last night, police said a driver intentionally hit their marked patrol car. The officers were not injured and they realized the car matched the description of an suv that had hit Homeless People earlier in the Haight Ashbury district. We made contact and the pedestrians were struck on the street. Two were Homeless Individuals that received nonlife threatening injuries at this time. Police said as the car drove off, it hit a building and we have no report on the condition of the pedestrians or the passengers in that suv and the driver received minor injuries. China and south korea have new cases of the coronavirus, raising concerns that its reaching a pandemic level. Hours ago, china announced another 550 new cases, including 71 deaths. Overall, nearly 78,000 people have the vir
237. 6 00. Lets go back to the desk. New this morning, firefighters are working to clean up a fire in a highrise Apartment Building in San Francisco. This happened just before 5 00 a. M. Near cle clementina street. We also noticed firefighters rescuing a dog from the building. At this point firefighters have not determined a cause. Californias now under a state of emergency because of the coronavirus. Now, there are 53 confirmeded cases in california. Santa clara county reported three more cases. So, now, they have 14. The emergency was declared after a man from Placer County died yesterday from the coronavirus. This marks a pro found moment in our state and most importantly a pro found moment for the family members that lost a loved one and, our hearts go out to that individual. Now, the Emergency Declaration means there will be money available, resources available, personnel and information will be shared. Also, california will get 37 million 37 million in federal grants. Its part of
5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look at east at the beautiful bay bridge. In the east bay there. Hey, everyone. It is tuesday, february 23rd, that tuesday. A little bit up. Im michelle griego. Tomorrow is ash wednesday. Good morning. Im kenny choi. 4 31. Lets get a look at that forecast. It looks like it is going to be a viavant warmer. Get ready for record highs this afternoon. As we look at those temps climbing into the 70s and even into the low 80s in some spots for our normal locations. Heres a live look with our roof cam tower shining brightly. 40s and the 50s with many clear skies. And as we head through the afternoon, looking at the upper 60s in San Francisco, low 70s in oakland, mid70s san jose as well as for concord. So highs about a to 12 degrees above average looking at 80 for a high in santa rosa. 82 in napa. We will talk about the rest of the week and the possibility of a few s