Skies today in san jose. The skies werent as orange there, but you can still see the thick of smoke around the city. Even at 12 30 this afternoon. Tom vacar is live in beauty county with the latest on the north complex fear that has for thuses of people to evacuate. We begin, though, with Cristina Rendon for a closer look at todays weird weather. Cristina in. Reporter well, julie, weird is right. Its still raining ash here in my backyard. The Patio Furniture is still covered in ash. It was the difference, he, this morning of that or an sky. It felt like night in the middle of the day. My wife said its yellow. Would say its more orange. Reporter wednesday felt like we woke up on a different planet, mars perhaps, or a world filled with falling ash . It looks like nighttime. Its insane. Reporter angela was a bit disoriented when her alarm went off. I woke up this morning and it was a really eerie feeling. I felt like did i mess up . Is it nighttime . Whats going on. Its disorienting. Feel
Bazaar, surreal, ominous, how would you describe it . This day was different. Good evening, im julie haener. It was crazy, julie. Im frank somerville. Just when you thought 2020 might run out of surprises we are created with one of the most bizarre days in memory. Im 62, grew up in the bay area and never seen anything like it. Headlights on noontime, ash falling from the sky and body clocks wrist disrupted. For some, a sense of being completely out of sync. The dark sky during the daytime had folks grabbing their cameras. Ktvu was flooded with pictures from our viewers. Photographer kevin shane sent this picture from the embarcadero in San Francisco. And john warren sent this this picture from the Golden Gate National conservancy. It was taken on alcatraz island. You can see there is San Francisco completely disappearing in the background. And karen keller sent us this picture from hillsboro with trees creating silhouettes against the backdrop. We have Team Coverage tonight. Our chief
Teacher. Yes, all students need to Register School starts on monday and so we see tex just this week. Well we or School Stores asking parents to register accident parents have access to electronic devices. That is the look of some parental frustration on the face of jon jones, the 3rd. He says he received the text this week from Horace Mann Elementary School in oakland regarding what he has to do to get his 5 yearold son josiah ready for the first day of conflicting messages this to access all students need to register but he says on the Oakland Unified School districts website says returning students dont have to reapply if they are in school but it still could be some. He says he received this text containing 3 links for completing the registration and it didnt help either. And also learned that someone savvy when it comes to navigating the web sites. And im having that difficulty i can imagine for parents who have a hard time hes now that with the option of completing the registrati
Deaths in the bay area San Francisco and santa clara are both reporting more than 200 new cases alameda and contra costa counties more than a 100 solano 80 send the tail napa marin counties all have about 20 new cases, but every county except San Francisco and napa have reported at least one new death from the virus. And the numbers again could be even higher because of a technical problem which has led to an undercount in other cases across the state. While the latest case numbers do indicate the virus is spreading again the numbers could be higher than we think kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live in san jose with the latest rob. Thats right catherine. Well, the 2 burning questions right now as you said number one just how much higher might the case count be a number 2. What are we going to do about it the south face Top Health Official says the answer to both of those questions is quote we just dont know. Heres more. You dont know if our cases are rising. Plateauing or decreasing S
And good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim. We begin tonight with the first real signs of reopening santa clara county, and it is clearly designed with the knowledge that covid19 will be here for a long time. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the update from san jose. Reporter departing from the sectors specific plan that has been used in recent months in santa clara county, Health Officer dr. Sarah cody offered a longterm containment strategy for covid19. We need to adapt to a new way of being, a new way of living that keeps us all safe and that allows us to do some of the things that we miss and that we cherish and that we find most meaningful. Reporter multiple activities that were previously restricted ca resume, including gyms, hair and nail salons and small gatherings. However, the mandatory use of Face Coverings, strict social distancing protocols and significant capacity limits will be in place. It will come back with a vengeance if you let you