Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
More humidity. You can see the visibility dangerously low around petaluma and your neighbors heading up towards santa rosa. That will be there throughout the morning commute. You can see in emeryville, its quieter as we look northbound there. How about lets look at these temperatures, there you go. 70 to 74, except for mid to upper 60s along the coast. We have rain on the way, even healthier than our last storm. Ill map that out coming up. Some major news about a potential covid19. Mo tederna revealing its vaccins nearly 95 effective. What is the health and Human Services secretary saying about this. He says this is something to celebrate. With todays announcement moderna says theyre on track to ask for fda authorization in the coming weeks. The Moderna Vaccine can be scored at normal refrigeration temperatures making it easier to store and transport than pfizers vaccine. This morning on gma, health and Human Services secretary alex aszar says there are ongoig talks about distribution.
Right now, giving you a live look from the sales force camera. Looking at the city of San Francisco. Good morning to you. Its wednesday, november 18th. It is rainy out there if you are going on the road you want to be careful. We will check in with mary. It was tricky getting across the bay bridge this morning, mary. I bet. Yeah. We are dealing with more wet weather as we start off our day. As we head through the afternoon, just keep the umbrellas handy as we look at that unsettled weather for the bay area. Here is High Definition doppler. You can see the showers lighting up our radar screen. Zooming in, and you can see especially for the east bay, some light to moderate rainfall right over san leandro and heyward this morning. Right over the san mateo bridge and along the coast by Half Moon Bay and over the peninsula over wood side. Putting this into motion you can see the showers pushing through the bay area overnight and this to this morning. We are really looking at that low pressu
Could see a little bit of sun but there is the possibility of isolated thunderstorm snuck instant in the atmosphere as we head through the afternoon. Here we go with the temperatures this morning. Mid to up ears as we start off the day and head through the afternoon. In the low to mid60ss. We will talk more about what you can expect on future cast for today coming up but now lets check in with gianna. We have slick roadways out there. Just with in the last half hour i had seven new crashes reported in the bay area. Be careful as you the roads. I will hit the biggest trouble spots. One is as you work from the San Francisco area over toward the east bay. Its the noncommute direction but involving two vehicles and a larger truck. They have two lanes shut down as well as that fremont off ramp. They will try to exit the vehicles to get them off the freeway. Expect the brake lights. The other side of the bay bridge we arent seeing any delays. Traffic is moving at the limit but a lot of sick
Than yesterday. Temperatures warmer than average. 61 at Half Moon Bay to 66 today in santa rosa. Places like San Francisco, 62. Oakland, 64. San jose 65. Heres kumasi. Thank you. New overnight in San Diego County firefighters in Rancho San Diego stopped the spread of a fastmoving brush fire that destroyed one structure. It started just before 11 00 last night. It grew quickly to 25 acres fanned by santa ana winds. Residents in the area have been evacuated. Earlier last night San Diego Gas and electric shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of the wildfire risk. In Orange County more than 240 firefighters are battling this 1,500 acre blaze. It is threatening homes. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for several areas this started with a house fire and the embers sparked new fires. More than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 this morning. In Santa Clara County a dire warning. It could run out of hospital beds. But there is hope as plans to distribute v