Continue. Governor newsom signing a proclamation to allow some of the emergency and energy users and utilities to use backup energy sources. This is to relieve that pressure on the grid during those peak times. We have Team Coverage for you this midday. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live for us in brentwood. This is where several crews are fighting those fires. But we want to take a look at the weather with meteorologist kari hall. We saw lightning yesterday. And lightning has been the cause of some of these fires. Right. And were seeing the sky just lit up once again. I want to show you whats going on as we take a live look outside in San Francisco. If we were to just sit here and look at this shot, you could see the sky lighting up as we are seeing another active morning for the bay area. As we get a look at the radar and whats happening right now, a lot of storms across the north bay and right off the coast that are getting ready to move into the bay area. So this round of storms for
Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
Abandoned strip mall in san jose today. Youre seeing sky 7 there. It was quick over the scene with thick black plumes of smoke shooting from the roof. So take a closer look. This was at the strip mall on south bascom, right there on the southwest expressway. No business is currently operating there. The entire lot is fenced off. Firefighters tell us it started around 1 15 this afternoon. No one was injured and the cause is under investigation. Next app that you might be put 00 on your mobile phone or tablet could facilitate your return to work. Developers are trying to find ways to share information to assure customer and employee safety. David louie joining us live with new developments that are coming out of Silicon Valley. Hi, david. Hi, larry. If youve been working from home, its likely that your bosses are starting to plan on your return to the office. New tools to make it safe to do so are either in the works or have just been released. We seem to be inseparable from our smart ph
The fog came roaring back. Coastal variety and if youre going to arizona i expect rain and cloud cover if youre going to spring training i dont think theyre playing today or tomorrow. And, for us, temperatures getting back to near average for some and above for others for at least one more day. Sal castaneda is here. So far so good. Yes, sir. So far so good. We dont have a lot of traffic. There are not a lot of people out there. It has been pretty light. The middle of the commute is where it gets busy. Right now at the bay bridge it looks good as youre driving through. Interstate 880 and 580 it has been a decent commute. As we look at Contra Costa County also petaluma, novato and lynnwood and really the entire bay were off to a good start. We are following a developing story right now out of berkeley. Theres a heavy Police Presence on berkeley way near sacramento street. This is just a few blocks from san pablo and university avenues. At this point, police have not been able to tell us
This time he will focus on. Theyre picking up road work, steve. Thats causing a little bit of a delay. Good morning, to you. If youre driving from berkeley and trying to get to the oakland airport, right now, that direct route on 80 westbound to southbound 880 is a little bit slow. If this were me i would use eastbound 580 temporarily and get on 880 and cut over. But its not going to be there for a long time. Once they clear it up, traffic should recover quickly because the volume is light for example here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Governor newsom has issued an advisory for large groups of events for the next few weeks. It runs through the end of this month. It also says small events can go ahead as planned if organizers create whats called social distancing. Meaning people can get no closer than 6 from each other. Gatherings at higher risk should be limited to 10 people and it does not apply to essential Public Transportation, Shopping Centers or dormitories. San jose sharks have