Urging caution. Unfortunately it was positive. Im one of the contact tracers from the county. Reporter jill is a covid detective with a deft touch. Did you have any symptoms yourself . Not really. Reporter informing people they have covid, quizzing them on their contacts and finding out what they need to stay isolated. When she started this work in june she was swamped. There was such a backlog. Since then we have sort of gradually caught up with everything. So yeah, it was really bad. August has been a much better month for us. We have seen reduction by half an hour case counts. Reductions in deaths, fewer outbreaks. Reporter july to august, a turnaround in marin, curving covid spread at san quentin prison in outbreaks among nursing homes. Positivity rates are dropping, but this morning against complacency. We are still vulnerable to losing the gains weve achieved if we relax too quickly. We have seen that happen already, that happened in the month of june. Lets take that as a lesson
Humidity values and we are looking at, with those winds picking up, it should mix up some of the smoke. It is still unhealthy and we have an alert in effect. You can see this morning, looking at unhealthy air proportions of the north bay and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. This morning, were looking at a spare the air alert that is in effect for us, not just today but for tomorrow as well. That will be the case into tomorrow. We are looking at the winds. Those winds are going to be increasing about 10 to 20 miles an hour as we go through the afternoon. So looking at those windup a bi about what you can expect for temperatures, above average for this time of year. Details on that are coming in a few minutes. The woodward fire has grown to nearly 3000 acres, prompting overnight evacuations for parts of olema. We are at the desk giving us the very latest on those evacuations. Evacuations have been ongoing throughout the night and we have a lot of Evacuation Orders and wa
I am tracking that onshore flow. That sea breeze is kicking in a we are tracking that fog around the bay and through the afternoon, we have that sea breeze kicking in and it could mix out the smoke a little bit. But still we are talking about hazy or smoky skies with unhealthy air quality. Here is the current airquality condition. It is unhealthy for parts of the north and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. We are still looking at that spare the air alert that remains in effect today and likely for tomorrow as well due to this unhealthy air. Lets check out the temperatures because were looking at daytime highs around where we should be if not a little bit above average. Topping out in the low 90s for concord and livermore, mid 80s in san jose, low to mid 70s around the bay. Low 70s in San Francisco, mid 70s in oakland and upper 60s for pacifica. And we will let you know what you can expect through the week coming up. Firefighters will have a briefing as they go out to fi
Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking at the beautiful, sparkling bay bridge. Good morning, it is tuesday, september first. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. It is september now. Lets look at the forecast with meteorologist mary lee. Happy september. Good morning to your, were looking at another day of hazy and smoky skies and seasonal daytime highs. It is similar to yesterday. You can see the red dots that indicates unhealthy air for portions of the north bay and even semimelting here for part of the north bay and unhealthy for parts of the peninsula this morning. Because of that, we have a spare the air alert that continues for today because of that unhealthy air quality. Daytime highs through our day are looking at the mid 60s in San Francisco, low 70s in oakland, low it is in san jose and the upper 80s for concord. We are right around where we should be, if not a little bit cooler along the coast and right around the bay. We will talk about the res
We are looking at temperatures that will be similar to yesterday. It is seasonal. We have another day with that haziness and smoke with a spare the air alert in effect. Many locations look better for the air quality, so those yellow dots indicate moderate air quality but those red dots are unhealthy air for portions of the peninsula as well as for the north bay. The spare the air alert is an effective will be extended likely through the area. It is trapping that smoke. Upper 80s in concord and livermore, low 80s for san oak fo anlets chin withon ba the toll plaza and as we look at the traffic extending beyond the 880 overpass, traffic is slow from that portion around incline. Once you past that, things look nice into the upper deck. We see some brake lights and it is crowded off the east shore freeway and westbound 580 into the maze. You have a lot of cars making that track out of tracy into the Allatoona Pass. You are seeing a lot of brake lights as you approach the north flynn accide