Flames. A lot of smoke in that area. Topper five was overhead, the fire sent up a column of thick black smoke, it was seen for miles. Seven street between fay on east alma avenue have been shut down. Pg e and santa clara Emergency Responders are also on the scene. No reports of any injuries. Traffic alert on the peninsula. A big rig overturned on interstate 280. It flipped over at about 6 30 this morning as it was heading north. It for stay shut down of the two right lanes. Chp is asking drivers to avoid the area. To our coronavirus coverage. Statewide in the last 24 hours there were more than 22,000 new cases. The Positivity Rate now over 7 . Hospitalization rate taking a huge day today jump, more than 9500 patients are in the hospital. Governor newsom is responding with a region by region crackdown. We are live in san jose with where things stand right now. Reporter here in the south bay we are keeping a close eye on this graph. This shows the number of icu bed at least high availabi
Another chilly start and its clear. Were not seeing the patchy dense fog throughout the week so we are starting out with a clear commute for you but look at these numbers. In the east bay were in the upper 30s in the next hour and then well see our temperatures gradually warming up, a lot of sunshine and it will be a nice day, our highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. There are some things im concerned about in the forecast. Ill talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Vianey, how are you looking what are you seeing right now as you look at the commute . Well, as we start to get into that heavy traffic hour of the day which is near the 6 00 a. M. Hour, we are getting reports of a new crash along highway 17, right after the alma bridge. The slow lane is blocked because of a crash. Anytime there is a crash that is blocking any of the delays it can cause heavy delays. If that is part of your morning commute drive times coming up in a few minute. The governor warning
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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.