Right now this frid morning over e city. We look ahead to the weekend. Good morning. Its friday, january 29th. Another rainy morning. You saw all of that green on the radar. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee to talk about the weather. Hi, michelle. We are looking at light rain. We are dealing with wet weather as we start off the day. Zooming in on hidef doppler, you can see the green and orange colors. Orange and yellow colors. Light rain over san jose and down through 101 into morgan hill. You can see its pouring over you and light rain over fremont, hayward and livermore and san ramon at this hour. A live look at the San Francisco camera. You can see that light rain from concord, oakland and for livermore. Temperatures in the mid40s as well as San Francisco and san jose. 37 in santa rosa. As we head through the day, we are looking at a little bit of sunshine. So, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. Highs in the low 50s on the coast and nd the bay inland. Can see ashead through the
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
To 15 , yet they are still opting to shut down. On the other hand, Santa Clara County is down to 15 , which equals 31 empty icu beds remaining in the south bay. Marianne favro is in san jose to see how hospitals are handling the covid surge. Reporter Regional Medical center of san jose is now at capacity, but it continues to accept new patients here in the emergency department. There are at least 66 Covid Patients at Regional Medical center, and the surge is straining hospital resources. We are at capacity. Theres essentially no more beds in the hospital to rapidly put the patients into their inpatient unit. Reporter the hospital continues to perform surgery and accept emergency patients. But elective surgeries have been put on hold. The Medical Center is also using beds in the postacute care unit to accommodate additional patients. But it wont be using the pandemic tents set up in the parking lot back in april. We think its going to be better to circle the wagon, have our Team Togethe
Business was buzzing where the crew worked extra hours into the evening. We dont know when they will end. Reporter they will take effect in berkeley, San Francisco, and santa clara, with them following by tuesday morning. Personal Services Must be shut down. Gyms and fitness People Limited to 12 people. Retail limited to 20 capacity. Im really afraid were going to see the other wave of businesses closing up. Reporter the Fillmore Merchant Association says already the fillmore district has 20 vacant store fronts. This is the record. We have never had 20 this many vacancies. Reporter some people had a final meal out before the shutdown. We needed to make it a point to go out to get some lunch today. Reporter restaurants will be limited to takeout and delivery with no more indoor or Outdoor Dining. Dog walking and outdoor exercise, they are still fine, but the order will call for no mixing with the other households. One group would have a final game of bochi on the lawn near golden gate p
Hospitalizations in real time to make a determination if there should be tougher restrictions for counties in the purple tier. Based on covid cases on the last number days and thanksgiving gatherings, california will see an increase of cases in the next few weeks. Things will only get worse if we do not change our ways. We could see an increase in hospitalizations. It is greater than the current sentence in just one calendar month. Reporter what is concerning is an increase in hospitalizations and the state growth rate and Positivity Rate. The sevenday averages close to 15,000. The peak in the summer was roughly 9881 in july. The Positivity Rate is 6. 2 . 50. Percent are occupied. They could increase to 62 . Currently 72 percent are occupied. It could reach 91 by christmas eve. They could be at capacity in january. California could see another stayathome order. The potential for stay at home order for those regions and purple because of hospitalizations in icus. That is the quibbling,