61, sunny for all today, it looks pretty good here. Any fog, there could be fog ramping up. It looks good, nice, warm, mild and that low is going to reposition itself along the west coast starting tomorrow. Today is all about sunshine and temperatures pretty close to where they should be this time of year. Lets head over to sal now. Is there a place you would like to begin besides the bay bridge toll plaza . We are going to start at the Richmond Bridge and we do have a little bit of slow traffic there as you come up on the Richmond Bridge. Traffic is going to be a little slow. It is improving a little bit but it was slower about 10 minutes ago. You can see it and this might improve right away but we will keep an eye on it for you. We are also looking at the actual toll plaza of the bay bridge westbound, and that is backed up you and the 880 over causing but 880 itself looks okay. Did a 7 01, lets go to the headlines. Breaking news coming in right now from europe about Global Travel dur
In the bay area specifically, there were more than 24,000 cases and 574 deaths. Hospitalizations across california also continue to rise. 100,000 new covid cases a day in the u. S. , more than double our average right now. That is the prediction from dr. Anthony fauci, is telling us we have to do more. Sara zendehnam joins us live with more on his testimony. Good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon, mike. The focus on the Senate Committee hearing was post how to safely reopen schools and businesses and they did talk about that. They gave us an update with alarming new numbers. Dr. Anthony fauci was joined by the heads for the center for Disease Control and convention. The. The fda and the department of health and Human Services on capitol hill for this three hour long hearing. Talty testified he would not be surprised if the country seas 100,000 coronavirus per day. There are 40,000 new cases per day per 10030 counties across the country with coronavirus hotspots. California is one stat
Governor gavin newsom announced the closure of state beach parking lots in Southern California and the bay area ahead of the holiday. The state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend. But we are modifying our Parking Facility operations and closing them to traffic. The parking lot of pacifica state beach was packed. Even on a gray wednesday afternoon. The governors announcement got mixed reviews. I think its frustrating because were all ready limited in what we can do. As far as Recreational Activities go. Were all getting a little stir crazy. I think its a good move. I think it will open peoples eyes to how much this second wave is actually hitting us. And hopefully, hopefully people will not get in big groups on the 4th of july. And its one less place where they can go. In pacifica closures go a step farther. Stretching from the parking lot to the sand itself. The city is closing local beaches and at their request, state beaches will also be closed. The ma
Coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. New this morning, a fast spreading fire in the foothills just east of concord has now been contained. It broke off near highway 4 and fire crews from cal fire and contra costa brought the fire under control despite the windy conditions. It was a real challenge. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Now to the governors new coronavirus crackdown. Dine in restaurants and bars are now closed for three weeks in 19 counties including contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. But those arent the only bay area counties seeing some restrictions. Next up, beaches. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from pacifica this morning where today is your last chance to catch some sun and some surf before the Holiday Weekend. Reporter yeah, better get on it. So yesterday the governor announced the closure of the parking lots of the state beaches. Not the beaches themselves, but the parking lots. Well, then the mayor of pacifica then took it a step fu
Fullon identity politics for the democrats. Mr. Biden now has a strong lead over the president. Hes 12 points ahead in the latest fox news poll. However, look at this. There is a huge Enthusiasm Gap and it is in mr. Trumps favor. 31 say they would vote for mr. Biden because they are enthusiastic about him. Double that number, 62 , said they were enthusiastic about President Trump. His base is clearly staying with him, obviously, and that will be into play tomorrow at his the city. They have already started to line up outside the stadium. We will take you there in just a few minutes. And we will take you to wall street and you will like it. Another rally this morning. Look at this. The dow will be up over, what, 350 points, 1. 3 . A similar gain for the s p and a 1 gain for the nasdaq composite. 10,100 on the nasdaq. Whoa. Amazon roaring ahead again today. They are clear lockdown winners. Jeff bezos is a clear lockdown winner as well. Hes by far the richest person in the world. Hes now