We have some issues on the road. Lets turn it over to jobina right now. In San Francisco an intersection is closed after a crash involving a police car. We have new video right now. Police tape surrounding fillmore and waller streets. The police are seeing that theres a damaged cruiser there on the scene and also it appears theres a muni bus involved. It is believed that this was a Police Pursuit that ended in a crash injuring the suspect and the officer. A call is in to sfpd to confirm that. We want to take a live picture of the scene. Officers are still there investigating. The intersection of fillmore and waller is closed now. Well bring you an update on this as soon as we hear back from police. Now to the pandemic. Can cases spiking across the country and bay area counties moving into more restrictive tee tiers, one east bay county is cracking down to make sure businesses not only know the rules but are obeying them. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with how this will work. Y
Capacity in three weeks. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. A lot to get to tonight. Officials say the Hospital Capacity could be maxed out in a matter of weeks. Tonight an urgent call to action ahead of thanksgiving. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Over the past week, covid19 hospitalizations in the Santa Clara County have gone up by 50 . Health Officials Say at this rate, hospitals county wide could exceed capacity in just three weeks. Other if youre going to have people from outside your household, limit to it two other households, wear just Face Covering and keep your distance. Today 407 new cases were reported county wide. The highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. The county is in talks with hospitals. Theyve also stocked up on ppe. Were talking about surge planning, what contingency plans are with hos, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from noncritical are areas. To inpatient care. Reporter with demand for test
About this . This is a big change. Reporter well, marcus and laura, yes, its hard to keep up with all of the changes. Last weekend here it was packed, people eating indoors and outdoors and now Indoor Dining has shut down because were in the purple tier and now the curfew starts this weekend, tomorrow. This is, of course, in response to covid numbers rising throughout the state. The bay area is maintaining a nightlife and the curfew will make it tougher. They will have to adapt. On the weekends we were allowed until 11 00 and we were happy with the extension while we had it. Some type of spread from the nightlife, i believe so. Reporter many streets were blocked off to help restaurants survive with outdoor seating all summer long. Now its a lot colder and businesses are trying to survive with no Indoor Seating and a curfew that goes from 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Starting tomorrow night through december 21st. Reactions are mixed. San mateo county, marin and San Francisco are in the red
62 to 67 around the bay and inland. Warmer weather tomorrow. Ill have that coming up. Here is kumasi. Thank you. Developing news right now a high rise fire forces San Francisco residents out of their homes overnight. Look at this video. You can see the flames shooting from the middle of the building at the Gateway Apartments. Now the fire broke out in the East Building on davis and washington and firefighters had to rescue and evacuate several people. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is joining us live there this morning. How many apartments are we talking about . Two dozen apartments damaged here . Yeah. Thats right. 23 apartments with damage. Three had fire damage. The others had smoke and water. They just cannot be lived in. Those people not in their homes. The fire started on the 11th floor. Thats a long way to go when youre trying to evacuate and escape a fire. Also a long way to get up to that fire when you have to fight it. Firefighters had to help people evacuate and haul that
The highest voter turnout we have seen yet, just to put it in the bay area. First, closer look at a crime crackdown, prop 20, it would stiffen penalties for some property crimes and would force some misdemeanor offenders to turn over their dna. Good evening, im alan martin. I am was with cook. Kenny choi spoke with a woman was originally going to vote no until a burglar changed her mind. Reporter yes for the proposition 20 would make it more difficult for some convicted felons to qualify for early parole, and released. Prosecutors are divided on this issue, and whether it is the right way to tackle some crimes. Theyve been witnessing more car breakins and other kinds of that in San Francisco. We dont feel like they are on our side, and we feel like those criminals are so out and about. Will have no effect on that. Best is off the charts in the state. Off the charts. They would lead to an increase in the prison population, that will take money away from programs like drug treatment, men