Can see from our east bay hills camera. Expect this light wind to keep pulling that fog to the west as we head through the morning commute. It will turn to hazy conditions and high clouds this afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to average with upper 50s along the coast and about 60 to 63 degrees for the rest of us. Reggie . Thank you. This morning another major announcement about a covid19 vaccine. Oxford university and a astrazeneca revealing the vaccine theyre developing shows a strong immune response in older people. Jobina, this is important since these are the people so vulnerable to the virus. Older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions that make coronavirus more dangerous. Having a vaccine just as effective in older and younger patients is significant here. Participants also showed few side effects. The last steps of oxfords phase three trial are under way now so they could be seeking approval for the vaccine in a matter of weeks. This comes as americas d
Volume of traffic and notice the low clouds in this shot that getting across the bridge the low clouds have hit the bridge there and the fog is an issue for the rich mamond san rafael bridge. All have fog advisory from chp and a possible crash near the toll plaza and well track that off the berkeley curve and dense fog through the trivalley a major issue for drivers. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, mike. So, lets check in with bob redell for more on the breaking news overnight. This is were talking about a third player just announcing some promising results with its vaccine this morning, bob. Correct, marcus and laura. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford announced their vaccine is safe and is triggering an immuno response in all adults. This is according to preliminary results from a phase two trial that was published in the medical journal. You have pfizer and biontech and they found they are 95 effective. That is higher than initial results suggested. The companys p
Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
Than yesterday. Temperatures warmer than average. 61 at Half Moon Bay to 66 today in santa rosa. Places like San Francisco, 62. Oakland, 64. San jose 65. Heres kumasi. Thank you. New overnight in San Diego County firefighters in Rancho San Diego stopped the spread of a fastmoving brush fire that destroyed one structure. It started just before 11 00 last night. It grew quickly to 25 acres fanned by santa ana winds. Residents in the area have been evacuated. Earlier last night San Diego Gas and electric shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of the wildfire risk. In Orange County more than 240 firefighters are battling this 1,500 acre blaze. It is threatening homes. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for several areas this started with a house fire and the embers sparked new fires. More than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 this morning. In Santa Clara County a dire warning. It could run out of hospital beds. But there is hope as plans to distribute v
Kumasi already said it was. Maybe reggie will hear me and let me know later. We have the potential for unhealthy air and record setting spare the air alert day. Lets take a look and go up to the north bay. You can see around u green and yellow as we go through the bay and into the south bay where were also green and yellow. So, heres a look at san jose where we have that cleaner air and 58 degrees. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. The same. Temperatures this afternoon almost exactly the same place we were yesterday. 60s at the coast. 70s around the bay and 80s inland. Heres reggie with more news. Its definitely better this morning smoke wise, thank you, mike. Now, lets look at the strong earthquake that struck off the coast of northern chile overnight. A preliminary magnitude of 6. 8. All right. People felt it far from the epicenter, 800 miles north and 400 miles south in the capital of santiago. At least ten aftershocks were reported. The chilean navy says no tsunami threat. Some