James ridge. It is a positive on saturday. Officially testing everyone abouts the saudis including step. The scent of her Probation Department is now working with county Health Officials to try to identify the source of the exposure. In the meantime, a plan to distribute the covid19 vaccine is now taking shape in Santa Clara County. South reported jesse gary joints is now live from saturday with more on this vaccine rollout strategy as well as some clarifications to the countys new travel quarantine. Jesse . It afternoon. County Health Officials tweaked the travel quarantine policy. Now, people who travel who are required to travel for their jobs as well as Healthcare Providers are all exempt as well as people who are in transit through Santa Clara County. For example, passengers at San Jose International airport. With all that said, travel during the holiday. While there is a coverts bike and progress is still discouraged. We know that volume of mixing of household and the surge in ca
Orders amidst new highs in covid19 case counts and hospitalization rates. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the warning. Reporter as the bay area prepares for a thanksgiving unlike any other, Santa Clara County has another urgent warning for the public. Do not have gatherings and do not travel. Period. Reporter today, 512 new cases of covid19 were reported county wide. A new record for the highest daily case count since the start of the pandemic. Perhaps up to 60 of the time when people are infecting others or infectious themselves, they have absolutely no symptoms. Reporter the county also saw its highest daily number of covid19 hospitalizations at just under 200 patients. Troubling numbers at a time of year when most hospitals are already busy because of the cold and flu season. Were extremely concerned about what this means for our hospitals ability to care for not only people with covid19 but for other people who need access to care in our hospitals. Reporter stanford hospital i
Faithful around the globe celebrate christmas. Pope francis delivering his traditional Christmas Day blessing. He prayed for comfort for the syrian people. President trump attended services in west palm beach, florida, near his maralago estate. The queen will deliver the message. From the small steps, not the giant leaps that bring about the most lasting change. After north korea said it was planning a Christmas Gift for the u. S. , President Trump downplayed the threat. Maybe its a present where he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test. Bethlehem hosted the annual christmas celebration. Bethlehem said to be the birth place of jesus christ. All that. Last minute shopping paid off. A person in a grinch suit showed up with bags of cash. And made it rain. A all that matters. Time to check santa in north america air Space Defense command or nor add. Follow santas trip around the globe every Christmas Eve. The International Space station is teaming up with norad to track sa
Here is the information we were told by chp before our last live report. They tell us just after midnight a female driving alone in a volkswagen, one of those cars we just showe you, drove the wrong way on northbound 101 near the third street overpass. Now they say that she hit a taxi that was carrying a driver and two passengers in it. All four individuals have died as a result of this deadly wrongway crash on northbound 101 in San Francisco. We know that one passenger in the taxi was apparently ejected from the taxi when this crash took place. Chp is investigating right now exactly why this driver was going the wrongway on the freeway causing this deadly crash, but we do know there was some luggage on the freeway from the taxi. Its unclear exactly where they were heading to as we take you back out here live to the situation, the deadly wrongway accident in San Francisco. We see the one and two lanes are reopening. When it does actually, since it is reopening theyre going to close off
Icy patches on the sidewalks and the roads. First alert chief meteorologist tammie souza is tracking the frigid conditions out there right now and the rebound in temperatures later. Tammie. We are going to have a nice rebound and it is bitterly cold out there. Were in the teens and 20s across the area. Live look across the city. We do have clear skies. Its cold though. Its pretty, but it is cold. Lets take a look at the wide map. Im not showing you omaha and rapid city for no reason at all, the reason im showing you is all of the warmth. Look 40 right now in omaha. 38 in denver. You know when its warmer out there and colder where we are all of that warmth is coming our way. Thats what were looking forward to. So as we scoot to the east, you can see right now 21 in philadelphia, 31 in pittsburgh. We do have a nice warmup on the way. And that warm weather is going to stay with us for much of the week ahead. So were going to get up above freezing and stay there i think all the way until t