Johns Hopkins University data shows california has about 1200 more cases now the new york. However, new yorks 72,000 deaths are by far the highest total in the country. And 9 times more than people who have died in california. Today theres a new covid testing site opened in alameda and you get the results in 15 minutes kron fours reyna harvey is live at the testing site with the details good morning lena. Good morning. Daryn other lot of things i can think of that you can do in 15 minutes and now you can get a coronavirus tests. Right behind me this line that you see this is for people who are arriving at the location who do not have an appointment and its not as are like let me correct myself this is the line of people who have an appointment so you can see the line is not that long right next to that line is the line for people who do not have an appointment and it is significantly longer now they just started doing the testing. A few minutes ago actually at 9 oclock that is when the
Oakland 56 in San Francisco and 59 in san jose. Im looking at mild to warm temperatures around the bay area. Well have those coming up in just a bit back to the news. Thanks a lot. Lets start with the coronavirus the cdc is sounding the alarm that the number of cases in the u. S. Might be much greater than we know there was show you map which illustrates now the rise in cases. In the past week compared to the week before and you can see actually california has improved. It has been in the orange and even in the red indicating anywhere from 10 to 50 . Increase from week to week now were just in the yellow which indicates a steady rise but not an alarming one. But if you look at the total numbers across the country weve got now more than a 142,000 recorded deaths with more than 3. 9 million infections reported so far to our area. In the wake of the rising number of cases and the dropping poll numbers for the president he appears to be changing his tune. During his first covid19 briefing
And get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. Sonoma county bracing for big crowds this weekend. Amid a spike of coronavirus cases. How families are celebrating small here in the east bay. Getting a group together for july 4th, while you may be tempted Health Experts suggest you resist. Building a better bay area, this is abc7 news. We are facing a very different fourth of july this year. Coronavirus cases are surging and hospitalizations are on the rise. Bay area residents who hoped for return to normal will instead find beaches closed, wos, the officials are outdoor hoping all of us will just stay safe and stay at home. Tonight, marin county was added to californias watch list after an increase in transmission rates and hospitalizations. Many of them are from the outbreak at san quinton prison. And also added to the states list, montrae and san diego counties. Firefighters in San Francisco have already been busy. A house was damaged in a fir
Fireworks explosion, this evening. The San Francisco fire drain pipe, it blew ice larger three windows out of the house, no injuries. 15 especially were displaced by fire in San Franciscos Mission District that may have been started by fireworks. Two buildings burned and no one hurt. Bu warning. San francisco, fireworks are illegal for a reason. We could lose entire communities by fireworks. In the east bay, contra costa fire crews are busy as well. Fireworks are blamed for a grass fire off of highway 4 and also they are fighting a barn fire. The cause of the fires is under sth up a hill side in san jose. It started at about 7 00. That is near the happy hollow zoo. You can see the flames burning the grass there. It took san jose firefighters a little more than an hour and a half to get it under control. The lack of legal fireworks venues and an increase in illegal fireworks has firefighters, police and residents on alert. From the peninsula, to the Oakland Hills there will be volunteer
And both the increase of illegal fireworks and lack of open places for people to light their legal Francisco Fire Department says a device largen than an m80 was setoff in a drainpipe. It blew three windows out of a house. Investigators say there were no injuries. And also yesterday 15 people were displaced by a fire that hit two buildings in the mission district. Multiple witnesses saw and heard them just before smoke was seen at nearby buildings but no official cause yet. In San Francisco fires are illegal for a reason. We could lose entire communities by fireworks. Law enforcement is trying Something Different to catch sites of fireworks this year. From the peninsula to Oakland Hills volunteers are going to be stationed in parks and hilltops in the bay area this weekend. Theyll actually have binoculars to report any sights of flames or smoke to authorities. Well bring camp chairs as you say, well have our hand held radios. Well be scanning the horizon for fires, for telltale smoke.