If someone is positive and theyre performing an essential role because thats a Public Health importance. Reporter today the county made it official, making sure First Responders are at the front of the line. If you dont have covid19, put the boots back on and lets get to work. Reporter the reserve Police Officer told the chief today that hes doing better, but it feels like he has a very bad flu. The other officers, if they do not show symptoms by next tuesday, theyll be able to go back to work for their parttime jobs. Damian trujillo. Within the past 90 minutes, santa rita jail in dublin announced its setting prisoners free to keep the virus from spreading. The Alameda County sheriffs say they are nonviolent offenders and most are near the end of their sentence. Santa rita will have 2,500 inmates remaining inside the facility. The goal is to keep the jail population low and allow for distancing among the inmates. The sheriff also says hes ordered Police Departments to limit new inmates
Broke both stories on Twitter Joins us from the Los Altos Center with the latest on the effort from the virus spreading there. Robert . Reporter well, as you said, the cdc has always warned that senior care facilities face a lot of risks, even if all the residents follow the rules. Now were here at that los altos site that just had its first case and are trying to be very upfront about it. The los altos subacute and Rehabilitation Center says it took precautions when the coronavirus outbreak started, but last friday, march 13th, a 75yearold man was admitted from a local hospital who came down with a fever the next day. The center then found out last night he tested positive for covid19. Neighbors familiar with the facility say it shows there is only so much you can do. Its a very nice place. Reporter are you surprised at this . Not really. I know there is going to be more cases coming up. And people in the rest homes of that age and compromised immunity, its its a place where its bound
Bank in place, a little drizzle out there, but temperatures, 5060s low clouds filling in nicely here. Not much change here compared to yesterday. All that tropical moisture we talked about is visiting Southern California for the high desert. And a little bit towards the central sierra. But for us, i think we have to wait a little bit before that maybe makes a move probably later in the weekend, 60s, 70s and 80s on those temps. All right. Sal is here. I dont know, picking up cones. Something else right now we have a crash, steve, that has all lanes here on 880 blocked southbound 880 at 16th. Let me put it on the map here for you. Southbound, 880 at 16th. The couple of trucks got into it in the 3 00 hour and its been theyre closed in that southbound direction. People are being taken off the freeway. Now. It is early enough that its not causing a major delay, but i would use eastbound 580 and forget about 880 south unless you are getting on the freeway after 16th. If youre getting on at t
The super bowl on cbs but lets get to sara donchey in our studio now. Sara . Hi juliette, thank you very much. We are getting a picture of the devastation on maui. Fastmoving fires have basically destroyed parts of the island. We are set to get an update a half hour from now. The death toll has jumped and could get higher. At least 53 people have died. This makes it the deadliest wildfire since the campfire leveled the town of paradise. Dozens were heard on maui as well. The white house has approved a disaster declaration to free up federal aid and Governor Newsom has deployed the urban search and rescue team. Firefighters are fighting three separate fires on maui. The Army National guard is also fighting these fires from the air. Two helicopters have been dropping water. As you just heard, that was how strong the winds were when this fire exploded on tuesday in part because of Hurricane Dora passing to the south. The winds have mostly died down. A lot of people who had to race out of
Know about todays california primary race, then the recall effort against Alameda County District Attorney pamela price a timeline of how soon it could happen and why organizers say theyre confident they have enough signatures that could force a special election to get her removed from office, plus another set of finalists of those applying to beuoaklands next police chief have been presented to oakland mayor shengtao. She will join live in studio about the looming decision she must now make. Live from Jack London Square. This is morning time two. The nine. Today is tuesday, march 5th. Were looking live at highway four anduthe Sacramento Delta here in contra costa county. As steve has said, its going to be a cloudy day. Wegre going to talk about the weather in just a little bit. Okay check this out. If youre hoping to impress someone over dinner, im thinking maybe a dating situation. Maybe your boss. You might want to think twice about your manners. Researchers from one poll surveyed 2