73 santa rosa, 82 by the delta and livermore and we talked about the dangerous heat wave throughout next week it is going to get even stronger. Heat advisory closer to the bay and the changes today come in as breezier on shore winds arrive in the afternoon. Few more clouds. Still a oppressively hot inland with 80s to 90s and near 100 around the bay but coming down at the coast and San Francisco. Power has been restored to the 220,000 pegme who lost power last night after a day of record breaking heat. Power grid operators declared a stage 3 electrical emergency last night due to increased electricity demand. It is if first time they have done this since 2011. The utility because of the emergency was unable to notify customers in advance of the wide spread outages and rolling blackouts. San mateo has 30,000 without power at one point and san rafael nearly 50,000 customers. Abc7 News Reporter spoke with businesses who arerad er tac f of communication. Reporter thousands were left in the
Coronavirus. Reporter do you feel like a prisoner . Absolutely, i feel like a prisoner in my own home. Reporter she heard commotion outside her window. It was jasmine fighting with a woman who began choking her dog. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. Reporter i went back this morning to talk to lisa about witnessing such a thing. This dog is innocent. It didnt hurt anybody. Reporter she told me the police wouldnt take action unless the dogs owner pressed charges. So you can just abuse a dog in San Francisco. Reporter so i contacted public officials, franciscan mal Casan Francisco care and control. They saw the disturbing video. Weve heard anecdotal reports of rapes, of middle of the night violence. I didnt like seeing that video, but it just confirmed what we already know. Reporter pascan tells me hes working on finding alternative sites for homeless tents, including testing for hotels. Hes been working on homelessness in his 20 years as supervisor. Reporter i hear that youre trying your best, but m
Renewal noor california offering hope for those suffering. Total number of individuals in the icu, that number of 1,132 represents a drop of 1. 9 . From yesterday, one data point is not a trend, but nonetheless it is encouraging. And more positive signs, Governor Newsom says the states backlog of tests has dropped to 13,900 and the state says it will provide free or discounted hotel rooms for medical workers. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. In east bay a group of a activists, civil rights lawyers and public defenders calling for the release of all inmates from alamedas jail to keep from getting or spreading the coronavirus. Law enforcement says releasing inmates accused of Violent Crimes will be unwise and unsafe. Abc 7 news anchor aaron thomas is live at the jail. Eric . Reporter and those activists say a crowded jail is like a petri dish for covid19. The only way to stop the spread is to release everybody. The sheriff says not so fast. Before the coronavirus pandemic the jail was home
Supplies across the board but these n95 respirator masks in particular are in high demand and short supply. I have this one left over from fire season. 3m is pledging double output but i have spoken to Health Care Workers in San Francisco, oakland and san jose who say the shortage of supplies in their hospitals is a problem. We have to have gowns, masks, and face shields p. All in limited splice. He is a nurse at Santa Clara Medical center in san jose and the Vice President for a nurses union rnpa. The mask you have one mask a shift. Reporter he says they dont have enough n95 to change masks between patients. We are put in a patient we have to do a job we really want to do but we dont have the supplies to do that job right. Reporter the cdc has guidance on their website how to work around a mask shortage. When no face masks are available, the website says for Health Care Providers to use a bandanna or scarf as a last resort to care for patients with covid covid19. They say we are runni
This morning. The coast staying in the 50s. 64 to 68 which is comfortable at noon. 68 to 70, very comfortable at 4 00, just not record setting like the last three days. More on the chance of rain saturday. Heres jobina. Thank you, mike. We have a couple crashes to get to right now that are coming into the studio. The first is in castro valley, this is westbound 580 at redwood road. The right lane is shut down. Injuries may have been reported. This is a single car spinout in the area. Moving over to oakland, southbound 880 before 98th avenue. A single car spinout that hit the center divide. Rej sqggie and kumasi . Investigators are working to figure out what sparked this fire in santa rosa. Crews were called to the fire near frazier avenue and lotus court before 2 00 this morning. Were told the fire was contained to this one commercial building. The death toll from the coronavirus is climbing in the u. S. It has now killed 11 americans. Most of them in the seattle area. The latest death