Its just absolutely, its, to me its beyond belief. Tonight a bay area congressman said the resignation of the Navy Secretary is not enough. And many essential workers feel theyre not getting enough support from their employers during the crisis. Theyre afraid of losing their incomes, theyre afraid of losing their job, and they want their family protected from getting covid19. The legal rights for workers putting their health on the line. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in california appear to be working. But state leaders say this is not the me do. Ning, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Governor newsom announcing today that multiple projections now show californias curve is flattening. That means we shouldnt see a huge surge in patients all at once. That will undoubtedly save lives. But it also means that well likely have to spend some extra time using social distancing measures. It means our peak comes down, but it also
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Right now on kpix 5 mac and streaming on cbsn bay area. Live from our Salesforce Tower camera as we look east. You can see some fog in the distance. Good morning. It is wednesday, april 8. I am michelle griego. I am kenny choi. Time to wake up the area. Lets see how once the weather is chipping up. We are starting off with temperatures in the 40s and 50s and if you like yesterday you w the afternoon. This is a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Temperatures in the low 40s for santa rosa, low 50s for the rest of us. Concorde, San Francisco, san jose. Now through the afternoon we have 60s for many of us and seasonal for this time of year. Those 60s San Francisco. Mid60s oakland later today. Upper 60s san jose and concord. What you can expect for the rest of the week coming up. Lets look at traffic. Looking at the roadways. So far so good. No major issues or wind advisories or issues with fog on 280 this morning. The bridges are looking good. Traffic
Oakland, 68 san jose, 67 concord. A big rm up thug week. More on that coming up. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Right noe Construction Projects happening. If you are an essential working your or Healthcare Worker and getting out and about, you may run up to a few trouble spots along the onetoone were busy spots because of the road work. Lane closures through san mateo and both directions of 101. You can squeeze pipette a heads up. Golden gate bridge quiet as is all bay area bridges. Just north of here there is roadwork on the southbound side of onetoone as you apart approach the waldo grape. Today the second way the schedule changes for muni, reducing service. They now focus on 17 core routes. A bay shore, 22 fillmore, 38 curie, a few. The frequency will vary by line so the lines experiencing crowding will have more frequent service than others. If you plan on using muni, make sure you check the schedule before you head out the door and we will have this information o
Down to 38. 13 Miles Per Hour winds in fairfield, 12 Miles Per Hour out of the westin San Francisco. Those in the 60s. Upper 60s for fairfield and concord and san jose. The full forecast coming up. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. If you are headed on the roadways, so far we are accident free. There is construction work in the clearing stages along 680. Slight delays on the southbound side as you 680 at concord avenue, there is a closure there. Roadwork in hayward along 880 not far from 92. Lots of Public Transit changes. Muni reduces service and will now only focus on 17 core rats. Some for example, the eight bay shore, 22 fillmore, just to name a few. Lines experiencing some credible have more frequent service than others. Ongoing changes and changes for bart as well. Take a look at the schedule kpix. Com. We will have that information there with these ongoing Public Transit schedule changes. I am anne makovec. Breaking news from tesla in fremont. They areslashing sal
But she also says San Francisco is doing better in flattening the curve. Hello everyone, im Catherine Heenan a big update today in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic mayor breed announcing a program to streamline Contact Tracing thats one of the Things Considered essential in california before restrictions are loosened kron fours kate rooney explains how the program will help. Its called contact. Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people. And to either help them if theyre covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. The department of health is partnering with ucsf to get the program up and running 50 people have already been trained to work on Contact Tracing with a 150 expected to