Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. With covid19 cases growing, millions of people here in the bay area will see indoor operations at restaurants and several other businesses come to an end. And with the holidays coming up, many are doing what they can to survive. Some are getting creative in expanding services in ways never seen before. Good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. It is sunday, november 15. Im liz kreutz. Well have much more on the changes and restrictions many counties are facing this week. First, as always, a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, liz. Good morning, everyone. Its a beautiful start to the day although its pretty chilly out there. We have low dew points and a dry north wind. Thats also going to warm us up pretty quickly. As we look at the visible picture, check out the clouds in northern california. The top of mt. St. Helena shows you where that line is. East bay, 49 in San Francisco,
First we have to talk about these cold temperatures this morning. It is a downright cold morning. It is and weve had to bundle up. Some of us had to turn on the heaters this morning. Some cool afternoons as well with a lot of sunshine. The rain has moved out. Im watching these freeze warnings that we have in effect for parts of the north bay and frost advisories. So the plants need to be taken care of. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, its looking great. Were looking at no problems on the big map as we showed you. The dumbarton bridge got wind advisories from chp saying they got gusty conditions overnight an issue for folks driving over i80. Marcus you have an issue some of my drivers might see. Breaking news, mike. This is a live look where firefighters are in the midst of battling a fire at the Georgia Pacific paper plant. Crews are pulling out what they can. That thick cloud of smoke and you can see there the waterspout right there. Smoke has cleared. New cardboard box
Valley, down to the 20s and 30s this morning. It is definitely a colder start than what we have been noticing. One of the coldest mornings this season. 31 right now in santa rosa. 38 in napa. Right now, 39 in redwood city. Down to 33 in mountain view. 36 in san jose. Right now, 39 in in San Francisco lets talk about that frost advisory for the northbay Interior Valleys. Temperatures down to the 20s and 30s. So, below freezing. That is why the frost advisory is in effect until 9 00 am today. As we go through the afternoon, we will see the sunshine cool below average. Daytime highs in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon. I will let you know how long this will last and when we see our next chance for showers coming up. It is cold and windy. Plus, we have a Traffic Alert around westbound 4. Right in martinez, we still have lanes blocked because of this trouble spot involving some sand in the roadway. Caltrans should be on scene shortly but in the meantime, you have quite a bit o
A thanksgiving unlike any other. But here in San Francisco, its. Why many families say there is still so much to be thankful for. Im Spencer Christian with a look at mild afternoons and chilly mornings. Im have the accuweather forecast. Lighting up downtown san jose. A smaller celebration, but well share with you their big message of hope. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Its time to be grateful and truly give thanks. Were so extraordinarily fortunate. Oh, it was a thanksgiving unlike any other, and it comes towards the end of a profoundly difficult and unusual year. And despite how different celebrations may feel and look, families across the bay area tonight told us they are thankful. And we are thankful for you. With that, we say good evening on this thanksgiving. Im dion lim. Focusing on the new way to holiday is important to us here as we work to build a better bay area. Tonight abc7 News Reporter kate
Economy running at full speed again. Reporter joe biden says a team of 123 scientists, physicians and publicment experts will help guide his administration in dealing with the covid19 pandemic. He introduced his board, co chairs include dr. David kesler, dr. Murphy, Surgeon General under the Obama Administration and dr. Smith. Two others are doctors. All three have impeccable credentials. We have to interrupt the story and take you live to gavin newsom. Some cases in the high teens, 20, 30, 40 Positivity Rates. Its raised alarm, some concern, i want to jump in and give you the latest in our state. Our case numbers have been trending up as well. Theday average, 5889. Number of tested positive for covid19 yesterday, the number came in over 7000. 7212, that number was familiar four to six weeks ago. In the early part of october, we havent seen an average of 7 days above 5800 in quite sometime. Lets look at the Positivity Rate. As you can see, here the Positivity Rate, the passenger of peo