There continues to be concern that gatherings could lead to more transmission. Liz kreutz joining us live with the latest from the state on exactly where things stand, liz. Larry, yes, things continue to be not so great in california while San Francisco, marin and san mateo counties did not get moved into the purple tier today. Numbers continue to go up and another number on the rise, hospitalizations. With thanksgiving just two days away, californias covid19 cases are not showing any signs of slowing down. The 14day Positivity Rate is 5. 6 , a 51 increase from two weeks ago on november 10th when it was 3. 7 . At that point, there were 7,000 cases a day. Today there is more than 15,000. Hospitalizations have increased since then, too by a whopping 81 . Statewide, i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions increased like we did just in the past 24 hours. This message critical ahead of the Holiday Season. Today californias health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galle
Monday. It was noisy last night due to the winds. Thats part of the equation for the red flag warning. Outside the Santa Clara Valley were still dealing with the potential of damaging winds through at least 11 00 this morning. Now, you factor in drier air thats rolling in after 11 00, thats why we have the red flag warning thats going to extend until 5 00. It does not include the Santa Clara Valley. Youre missing out on both of these. The San Francisco bay shore and San Francisco also not in the red flag warning. Lets look at the winds right now, up in the Higher Elevations, still pushing well over 40 Miles Per Hour. Weve been up around 50 and 60 during the night. Thats why its been noisy in some neighborhoods. Down at the surface, seeing 37 at Half Moon Bay. 33 at fairfield. 24 in San Francisco. 31 in santa rosa. This is also going to help us push into record territory this afternoon from 66 in Half Moon Bay to 74 today in santa rosa and also in antioch i should say also in fairfield.
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
Valley. Everywhere in red there the potential for a high fire danger. Look at the winds. These are at the surface. 37 at fairfield, 32 in novato, 43 in santa rosa. Theyre even faster up in the hills. That means theyll get faster down in the surface once the sun comes up. Thats why we have that wind advisory through 11 00. Near record high temperatures today also from 66 in Half Moon Bay to about 74 in santa rosa. We have hazards at our beaches also and another potential red flag warning coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. Thank you. Bay area firefighters were busy this weekend preparing for the potential fire danger that is stretching into today. Red flag warnings in december are rare. The last one happened in 2017. So with winds through tonight, firefighters are remaining vigilant. I dont think any of us thought we would be upstaffing and moving into a red flag and wind advisory for december. Its not typical for the bay area. The concern for winds like this, they will likely b
You can see just around napa American Canyon and vallejo about a half mile visibility. This is going to drift maybe slightly south and slightly east and the winds are light and variable this morning. Definitely not going to be a big player like it was yesterday. Sunshine will be this afternoon and look at these temperatures 58 the cool spot at Half Moon Bay and 61 in San Francisco and oakland 64 along with san jose and san rafael and napa and 67 today in concord and santa rosa. Ill give you an update on the thanksgiving forecast. Heres reggie. Californias Health Secretary is warning that more counties could go into the purple tier, which is the most restrictive as soon as today. We anticipate some tier movement. A handful of counties moving to a more restribbive tier. Three counties in the red tier but could slide back to purple. San mateo and marin counties. Dr. Mark ghaly defended the restrictions in the counties in purple. It is necessary to help curve the spread. Watch at abc7news.