Taco tuesday. Look, im here for that, too. We can combine them, terrific taco tuesday. All right, well check the commute with mike in just a moment. Kari, how are we looking weatherwise . A cold one again . Yeah, its cold and its foggy, so were seeing the combination of two things well have to deal with heading out the door this morning. This is a live look outside in san jose and for the most part weve seen the visibility looking a little bit better near the ground level in the south bay but higher up weve seen some of those low clouds rolling by. We will see this clearing out for a mild day and theres still dry weather in the forecast, so well talk about that coming up. Mike, how is it looking as a lot of people deal with the foggy conditions for the commute . Well, kari, chp has two Traffic Alerts going on right now and one is near a foggy area over my shoulder. You see the yellow highlighting. Ive circled 121 which is closed for a crash up there in sonoma. No mention of fog in that
In napa and clear lake and weve seen cold temperatures elsewhere as well. Well continue to watch that as well as the fog. How is it looking for the commute . Things are changing right now. We do have that deadly crash at camino diablo. Fog registering in the south bay. The metering lights just turned on before 6 00. Quickly filled in all of these lanes right here and a bigger factor looking at the oakland camera with that fog. The low clouds creeping down across the nimitz, the peninsula, south bay and east bay. Stay with us. Well give you updates. Back to you. Thank you very much. We begin with the rising number of covid patients. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson live in San Francisco this morning monitoring the already overloaded hospitals. And i know state Health Leaders there are being very clear the next few weeks could be critical especially as we move into the winter months which could make things worse. Reporter weve been talking about that surge expected after thanksgiving and
3, 2, 1. This hearing will now come to order. Is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. To minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. Issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. I remind senators and our witnesses the fiveminute clock still applies. Those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. Weve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able to find them and follow them. We are going
Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health, governor Gavin Newsome and mayor breed have lifted restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of sfers board, sfers staff, and members of the public. While this allows us to hold meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as it normally would be. A reminder to the public to mute your microphones to minimize background noise. Madam secretary, roll call, please. [roll call] clerk we do have a quorum. President bridges . Thank you, madam secretary. At this time, the board will be going into closed session. The board will begin with general Public Comment, but no earlier than 2 00 p. M. Well take Public Comment ongoing into closed session at this time. Madam secretary, please open the phone lines. Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comm
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