There continues to be concern that gatherings could lead to more transmission. Liz kreutz joining us live with the latest from the state on exactly where things stand, liz. Larry, yes, things continue to be not so great in california while San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties did not get moved into the purple tier today. Numbers continue to go up and another number on the rise, hospitalizations. With thanksgiving just two days away, californias covid19 cases are not showing any signs of slowing down. The 14day Positivity Rate is 5. 6 , a 51 increase from two weeks ago on november 10th when it was 3. 7 . At that point, there were 7,000 cases a day. Today there is more than 15,000. Hospitalizations have increased since then, too by a whopping 81 . Statewide, i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions increased like we did just in the past 24 hours. This message critical ahead of the Holiday Season. Today californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galle
Another troubling day for the state with more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases, the Positivity Rate is jumping and checkout hospitalizations, they are of 81 . We show you why the state believes the search right now could be the worst one yet. Reporter generally speaking counties are doing a lot better than the rest of the state, hospitals in Northern California are not experiencing that crisis level where there are not enough icu beds but we dont know when that surge will and thats why Health Officials are still concerned and preparing for the worst. Hospitalizations have spiked by more than 81 over the last 14 days. My parents definitely have a high risk so i would be terrified and scared if they got sick. I talked to Hospital System leaders many times per day to hear how things are going on the ground. Reporter the numbers arent as bad in the bay area compared to counties like los angeles where even Outdoor Dining has been shut down. For example there are 53 patients in intensive ca
It needs to be fixed. Reporter and again. The sidewalk is sinking or the buildings are going up. Reporter the sidewalks are singing, you can see the gaps at just about every single seat corner. Its more complex than putting in cement on the cyber. Reporter Rachel Gordon is with the Public Works Department at San Francisco, she says the problem was predicted when the neighborhood was envisioned. The bay is built on a landfill. We knew going in, it used to be the old rail yards. It is made on landfill. We knew there would be settling. Reporter it is up to the Building Owner to flip the bill to shore up the sidewalk. It i joked its like venice. Because, you know, it really could just be water around all of these buildings. Reporter Jennifer Smith stolen is the Vice President of operations at mercy housing. She says for longterm the nonprofit cannot afford to continue to pay for this. The fixing in the amount of money we have available to make the fixing is really not going to add up. Repo
At sacred heart, the need is painfully obvious. Every day there is a winding down out winding line out front who need help with housing and food. Its hard. You have to pray a lot. They failed to meet the goals, especially when it comes to low income housing. The region only issued permits for 9 . It was required to create. At 71 of the way toward hitting that goal. May be the state says hey, here is a big housing minimum goal come you have to hit this minimum. And cities treated like a ceiling instead of a floor. They also come with teeth. This time we seem to mean it which is very exciting. The state has said okay, we are serious this time. If cities dont hit the goals, they are just intervening. You get to choose how you meet the goals, not whether you meet the state housing goals. Of the goals represents a real opportunity to execute, and that if this goes well, we could see some scandal impacts. We can adjust that if we all just do our part and all sacrifice little for the greater
So please stay indoors if you can. Because we are looking at that air quality you can see those red and purple dots from unhealthy to hazardous air quality conditions. So looking at very unhealthy air to hazardous for redwood city and down through san jose and fremont and the trivalley as well as for concord. The east bay, walnut creek. Looking at very unhealthy air for oakland and hazardous air in the San Francisco area. Up through sausalito. You can see all of those purple dots. That is very unhealthy air to hazardous up through san rafael and petaluma and for santa rosa. We also have, because of the foggy conditions, the smoky conditions, low visibility. We have a dense fog advisory for the San Francisco area as well as the peninsula, coast and north coast. Visibilities down to a quarter mile or less. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic and the foggy conditions. Yeah, most of the foggy conditions affecting the bridges as well. Fog advisories for the Golden Gate Bridge as