It restricts all nonessential activity between the hours of 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. , but will a mandatory quarantine for travellers be next . And if so, how soon . Reporter as covid cases continue surging across the bay area, San Francisco is embracing its purple status and the rstrictions that come with it, but just how bad are the numbers . I think were very close to santa clara. Reporter abc 7s Analysis Shows covid cases per capita between San Francisco and santa clara are both reaching the high 1,700s. To put it in perspective, San Francisco was averaging 139 new covid cases per day. Whereas santa clara is averaging 517. We may well have to act like santa clara has. I dont want to get in front of the City Health Department here, but theyre obviously weighing all these things and looking at the same numbers were all looking at. Reporter Santa Clara County Public Health officials have implemented even stricter rules, like limiting hotels to only essential travel and requiring peo
Mid60s for San Francisco and oakland. Upper 60s for san jose and concord. Highs about 5 to 11 degrees above average. Well talk about the changes in detail coming up. Lets check in with gi an na. Youre tracking two crashes. Reported by chp. One report of a trouble spot in the right lane. The other in the left lane. This is near the alma bridge. I do know lanes are blocked at some point. We wouldnt see these delays otherwise. Well keep a close eye on that. Were monitoring a minor fender bender. Traffic is getting a little slow anyway near the incline. Anne . Tracking the coronavirus, the u. S. Has passed the 14 million mark. It took 248 to reach the first 7 million cases and 69 days for the other 7 million. In california more than 18,000 new cases and 113 people died. The test Positivity Rate is also rising. Governor newsom will have new orders if the rate falls. Kiet. Reporter this is the new metric. Icu bed capacity down to 17 . Looks like we are weeks or days away from the new order.
Win the 2nd highest u. S. Office. Writes down barriers and highlights sacrifices made by american women the president though donald trump remains defiant showing no signs of conceding we will look at what band could mean for the transition of power. In other news as a by johns president says his military has taken the 2nd largest city in the disputed region of. And in sports tokyo is testing its ability to host a safe olympics next year the city staged its 1st International Competition at a games venue since the infix headspace i spoke to to coronavirus. It is just on 10 am on the u. S. East coast where the next president s promising to restore the soul of the nation while the current president still refusing to concede defeat joe biden has made his 1st address to the nation as president elect. Speaking of an end to an era of demonization and promising to heal americas deep political divide donald trump though threatening legal action in an attempt to overturn the election which was ca
On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still no
And be prepared. The roadways may be a little extra slick remember the first rain of the season brings up some of the oils off the pavement there could be extra slick out there actually right now we are seeing some high clouds moving up above no rain here just yet part of the bay area get pretty close in fact we may be seeing a few showers in northern Sonoma County, the brunt of the storm still up to our north you plowing right up in toward the pacific northwest, seattle portland. Theyre seeing some rain and again thats going to be cold storm thats a head in toward the bay area. Doppler radar scanning your skies we are seeing now warm frontal part of the storm begin to make in the parts of the north bay northern Sonoma County taking for a close look how about that couple raindrops pop up out there certainly a chance some of that hitting the ground headed towards santa rosa right now. But the brunt of the system still on the back side it will be moving in a little bit later so lets see