Today napa the company says it has recorded its first cases of coronavirus, the last bay area county to report a case. The Napa County Department of Public Health made that announcement today. Specifics were not released, but the Health Department says one patient is in isolation in the city of napa and a legal order was issued for the close contacts of the patient in quarantine. Another case was confirmed in st. Helena. Public Health Officials say the two cases are not connected. As of today, there are more than 32,000 confirmed cases in the United States and more than 400 deaths. Of those cases nationwide 178 people have recovered. In california there are more than 1,700 cases and 30 three deaths. Here in the bay area there are 786 reported cases and the death toll has gone up to 13 after two more deaths in Santa Clara County. This afternoon President Trump said he activated the National Guard in california, washington and new york. Those are the three states that have been hit the h
Place but think sense most businesses are closed and people have been cooped up in their homes local parks become a big draw that in turn forces more people to come together. I think social distancing is. Hopefully i can imagine the slot but at the same time york reading a lot of situations where a lot of people watch from the are the spots like these and then not to miss one or is this actually working or in county Health Officials have been urging people to not travel outside of their community. This picture shows cars lining the streets of coastal marine as the area saw an influx of visitors signs with in local parks echo keeping a safe distance from others during the shelter in place Kristin Oliver says her family is following the its not a hard and all the space to be 6 feet away but not for the most part everybody seems to be respecting that. Despite the signs warning of a full want inside of this park, it seemed there was plenty of room to enjoy. Parkour say police might be tryi
Now. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im Garvin Thomas in for terry mcsweeney. From the federal level to the state level, new action tonight to protect americans from the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as the number of covid19 cases rise in the bay area. Within the past few hours, Alameda County has now added 26 new cases. New road closures are in place in marin county to deal with the people flooding the parks and beaches this weekend. And Governor Newsom announcing several new steps to help slow the virus spread. That includes a new executive order that allows the state to increase its health care capacity, in other words, find places to put patients. Plenty of venues are being called on to participate including santa clara a convention center. Nbc bay areas roz plater has the latest. Reporter as the number of covid19 cases rises, weve learned the Santa Clara Convention center is being prepped as a justincase scenario for a temporary hospital. A federal medical stat
Replete with its own weather map. Yeah, hopefully theyre letting me borrow it this morning, the astrology and meteorologist center, our twin boys. They should be waking up here pretty shortly. If youre heading around your house or going for a short walk around your community, the morning is the time frame to do it. Youll notice the radar looks quiet but not too far offshore. Part of the weather system that will move in that should bring some rather rapid changes to our own weather passing midday. Not a lot happening but here we go from 2 00, 4 00, early evening with the heating of the day helping to drive and fire up some of those showers, we could see active thunderstorms. Highs in the mid60s. Ill have a closer look at the updated rainfall totals which has been given a bit of an upgrade today. We look forward to seeing you then, rob. See you in 15. The battle is changing by the day, even by the hour. And last night governor gavin newsom pulled out a new weapon in the fight, a new exec
According to this latest engineering report, there are 68 different buildings owned by uc berkeley that engineers now find problematic. Its an issue that is so serious cal berkeley officials this afternoon sent out this faculty and staff, sometudents, 50,000 people in all, detailing these latest findings. When students moved into their dorms last week, they likely had no idea that dozens of buildings on berkeleys campus now are considered by experts to pose a serious danger of collapse in the event of an problematic, the very dorms these students were moving into. Jack meile is professor of Structural Engineering at cal berkeley, an expert at making buildings able to withstand earthquakes. Weve learned more about what earthcake ground motion close to a fault could be like. Were now incorporating that new knowledge into the assessment of these buildings. And as that new knowledge comes into play many buildings that were deemed safe in the past now have some open questions. Reporter look