We are in bit. That is some good news for today. But the bad news is of course that we have fires that are out there that are being combated right now and i taking you down to court is a ridge. This is the biggest fire right now that they are dealing with. 54 humidity, so the wind is expected to pick up as we get into the afternoon and unfortunately, that could make things a little more difficult for them. 21 Miles Per Hour at sfo but other than that we are pretty calm across the bay area with wind, but well see that change this afternoon to get a little bit dusty but what a beautiful morning this morning shot of the golding gate bridge. Relay are not in play this morning really, 52 degrees, 55 in San Francisco, 51 in oakland, warming up in livermore to so today we are going to see those low 60s at the coast, so it should be low to mid 70s around the bay. A gorgeous day and then we are talking mid to upper 80s, this couple spots might heat the 90 spots. That is going to hold for a coup
80s inland and its a very nice monday here in the bay area. We have some whale news for will watchers. A blue whale was spotted off the coast of pacific grove. A videographer captured these images yesterday. It is the first blue whale sighting of the year. I know that getting those pictures, for a lot of people was really exciting. Lets bring in allie and gus. I know many people are taking times off today and trying to do things they can safely do. I note during the pandemic many of us felt like we could not go out. But now our bosses here are seeing to take a moment for yourselves. It does wonders for your Money Mental Health and your overall treatment of each other. I know allie, we love our work and we feel necessary but just a day or two away can work wonders. Absolutely. Especially when a lot of the news is pretty heavy and serious. It is important to disengage for a while. And we have had gorgeous weather in the area. The fog has been absent and it is nice to get a break from tha
Theres a mutuality that requires of this moment we issue a statewide order for people to stay at home. The governor is warning that many of us could get the virus if we do not follow his orders. The data shows 56 of the state could get coronavirus. People of all ages are contracting the virus. These are the latest numbers from the cdc, about the age of the patients in california. 448 cases are people ages 18 to 64. 13 cases are children and more than 200 cases are people 65 and older. Here is where we stand in the bay area. Now at least 468 cases. As those cases grow, local hospitals are rushing to meet the demands for testing. Right now lets get a check of the forecast with kari. Good morning. Lets head outside with a live look in dublin where weve seen quite a few people out this morning still heading to work, and we are going to have a cool start to the day as we see temperatures that will be in the mid40s even dropping down to 39 degrees in the next hour or so and then rising into
You heard at the top will close for 3 weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic were covering every angle of the outbreak governor Gavin Newsoms executive order to slow the spread of the virus and in the south bay for firefighters have tested positive for covid 19 well have more. On the firefighters now in quarantine 50 of them, well have that in just a few moments, but we want to go to kron fours justine waltman. Who has more on the San Francisco School Closures just well the entire San Francisco Unified School District will shut down on monday and this is what the district can deal th the ever evolving coronavirus. What i want to get to right now is some of the information we got from the School District because ty had this emergency meeting earlier this afternoon and then came out with this decision late this afternoon. The decision the district decided instead of shutting down schools, one by one as cases popped up shutting down the entire district at once it gives them a chance to get a
The reason was, the person and not travel to any of the regions hit by the outbreak, or come in contact with anyone known to be infected. Epidemiologists say they did expect transmission through community what happen eventually. It does not come as a particular surprise to epidemiologists that study viral, respiratory infections. All of us assumed this would happen eventually. The question is, how extensive is the circulation of the virus . Reporter dozens of hospital workers that came in contact with the patient are being monitored. The hospital issued a statement saying, we launched a meticulous tracing of anyone in the vacaville hospital that had any contact with that patient. Those that met the moderate or high risk category are asked to stay home and monitor themselves for any sign of covid19. The schools in the Fairfield Unified School District are taking precautions. The district has ordered all commonly shared services at each school to be wiped with a disinfectant. This comes