Changed as is the case often thanks for joining us. On this monday night everybody im grant lotus yeah, its a sad fact, im Vicki Liviakis this a death toll in the u. S. Has doubled since just the end of may and the number is projected to climb even higher before the years and the top covid19 projection model is predicting nearly 380,000 coronavirus deaths here in the u. S. By january. If that happens were going to hit half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic. And the united is on the. Grant i believe youre next all right there is some growing confusion tonight over the cdcs latest guidelines on covid last week. The cdc updated its website to say it is possible that covid may be spread through droplets. An airborne particles that are formed to a person infected with the virus. Coughs sneezes sings talks or briefs teaser things that were widely known at least if you talk to medical experts the cdc said it last week but now the city says the cdc says that was a mistake to issue that guida
Couple of days of this bad air quality but i can to urgent care, have an opening and shutting all day long, people going in with elements of hard to breathe times, runny eyes, headache, you name it, some people thinking do i have covid, or is it related to bad air . Despite cabin fever, doctors say hunker down, bay area. That means stay inside with windows and doors shut and yes, that means no outdoor exercising. I figured i would go in, but it definitely is a bit of a concern. Reporter as the bathtub momentarily to do my interview, hes with the bay Area Management district. Justin kier i see some ash coming on tonight peter screen but i dont feel like i am breathing in that particulate matter. That is deceiving, correct . It is, and the ash is large and it is heavy into the wall and out of the air and it is disturbing, and bothersome the truth is, it is the fine particulates that are pretty much invisible to the naked eye. Dr. Say that is what we are breathing deep into our respirator
Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out beast and see the bay bridge on this monday morning. Good morning, it is monday. Where did the weekend go . It went by pretty fast. I am michelle griego. Good morning, i am len keise. Well be had a wonderful weekend. Lets get to the forecast and it will be a bit cool with us , mary . It well, len and michelle. If it was a little too hot, we will cool down. Here is air quality. We will be anywhere from moderate across the bay area through the day and even looking at better air quality for the rest of the work week with a stronger onshore flow kicking in. As we look to the daytime highs, a little cooler compared to yesterday by a few degrees, 87 in concord, 79 in san jose, mid70s in oakland and 70 degrees for San Francisco. We will talk about what you can expect through the rest of the weekend when we will see temperatures climbing later in the forecast. Lets
We also have late word tonight about damage. Cal fire says the bay areas three big fires have burned more than half 1 million acres and destroyed more than 500 structures. The lnu is the secondlargest wildfire in california history, it stretches across five counties and has burned more than 300,000 acres. The good news committed 15 contained. We also learned tonight 480 structures have been destroyed in this fire. The czu fires have burned more than 57,000 acres. Containment is up from 0 percent to 2 . 95 to structures have been destroyed and another 2000 are threatened. And the fire in alameda and santa clara has scorched 275,000 acres and firefighters is a it is 10 contained. Five structures have been destroyed. Team coverage of the fires, we have more on the progress being made in Sonoma County. We also have more on what is happening in santa cruz. First, we taketh our meteorologist with a look at the Current Conditions for firefighters. And fully the moisture levels have been comin
We are above average and that trend is going to continue. There is a lot of rain headed towards the pacific northwest. Patchy fog is going to give way pretty rapidly. We have 60s the bay. Remember monday when we were below average . Not anymore. Lets head over to sell now. We had one issue at 680 earlier. We have had a couple of minor issues but 680 has been the major one. Southbound 680. Traffic has been impacted by a big greg crash. As we take a look at the traditional grade, this is okay but on 680 southbound. As you drive on koopman offramp, you cannot get off there. They are offloading a big greg that crashed earlier. Earlier today enforcement begins around the bay area under requirements to wear a mask. Sarah is working from home and has the details. Good morning sarah. Reporter a few days ago, i went to the store and you cannot go inside some businesses without a mask. There are six bay area counties where the rule is going into effect and you have to wear a mask. If you take a