8th state to reach the 1000 mark following new york, new jersey michigan, louisiana, massachusetts, illinois and connecticut, 29,198 people are infected in the United States more than 37,000 deaths with close to 702,000 cases and across the globe more than 154,000 people have lost their lives and more than 2 Million People have the virus here in the bay area there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 reported deaths and are you stream you can see how the numbers break down county by county Santa Clara County still leads the bay area with 73 deaths. And more than 1800 cases. Alameda county has 40 deaths 28 deaths in San Mateo County 20 in San Francisco. Back to our top story tonight, a daly city fathers out of the hospital after battling covid19 for almost a month. His Community Came together today to celebrate his victory. Kron fours dan thorn was there for the event. Showered with applause ken lewis taking in the fresh air while taking his first steps out of the hospital. Its the end o
Masks are now mandatory in two bay area counties and more to follow. Startling results from a new stanford study that says infection rates are higher than confirmed cases. What the study also reveals. We hear from a bay area pastor ticketed for defying the shelter in place order. Why he is continuing to hold services. It is just about 6 am on the saturday, april 18. Lets start this morning with a check on the weather in the weather center. Foggy and low clouds. Morning if you were eaou evybody gets a 3 degree warmup it. However, the first half will be cloudy, take a look at the view from over my shoulder. That is the scene. Plenty of clouds here, that is how it will look across the entire bay area, this will extend well inland. We are in the low and mid 50s right now. Oakland 58. Santa rosa on the low end at 52. What to expect today cloudy and cool start we will get some breaks of in the afternoon but mainly for the inland locations. If you are near the coast or near the bay you may no
The death toll has increased to at least six after nearly two dozen tornados ripped across the south. One of the largest twisters touched down in southern oklahoma where the entire small town of madill is without power. There was widespread damage to homes and businesses. Another destructive tornado hit southeastern texas north of houston, uprooting trees, knocking down power lines, and slamming into dozens of homes. Turning to Financial Relief for families suffering during this financial and economic crisis. With so many people stuck at home and fewer cars on the road, Insurance Companies enjoying a cash windfall from fewer accidents are now giving back to their policyholders. Bc bory. Kids. T nal that means big cars and big insurance premiums. Their bill, 315 a month for their two cars. But since the shutdown, their needs have changed. We have not moved our cars from our driveway. Theyve basically just been sitting there for almost a month now. Reporter so zero miles on the road, zer
Folks who arrived with a tow truck. Thats the disabled vehicle i was trying to show you. Its a distraction, though, as it arrives we look at slowing. Across all the lanes. No major problems. In fact its split much everywhere. Well show you the bay bridge with the change over in the toll plaza. Back to you. Back to our top story, thousands of passengers are in a Holding Pattern on board a San Franciscobased cruise ship, waiting to get tested for the coronavirus, this after the death of a california man who became ill shortly after the same ship returned to San Francisco from mexico. Spiepete suratos joins us w more. Reporter good morning. The cdc is planning to fly those text kits out of the to the ship, which is still overshore. There are thousands of people on the ship, so it remains to be seen if those folks are affected. A timeline of how we got to this point. We know the ship left from San Francisco on february 21st for hawaii. Health Officials Say three passengers who are on board
Some cloud cover overhead but look at this beautiful start to the morning over San Francisco. Cant complain about that especially after yesterday with the rainfall that we did have and it made for some slick roads yesterday. So yes, pretty quiet here in the bay area i mention that we had some light showers early around sunnyvale those have cleared out. A light sprinkle right around union city, its looking like but even that really not amounting to much now i wish i could say that for Southern California that is definitely not the case weve had some very heavy rainfall. Has actually resulted in some Flooding Risk for a few spots, especially around san diego as for the mountains, its just been snowfall now i 5 grapevine having big problems this morning most of that is closed due to that snow and ice its form the past couple of days. You have a couple of alternatives here at recommend one oh one because to how chippy pass which crosses over into the Antelope Valley is also not looking so