That we saw over the summer in july. Weve talked so much about the twindemic, that covid surge combined with flu season. This could overwhelm hospitals in a matter of weeks, and despite the gloomy outlook, many local Health Leaders are feeling much more confident this time around. Here is nbc bay areas anousha rasta. Reporter if the latest surge in covid19 cases wasnt bad enough, now hospital workers and Health Care Workers need to worry about the looming flu season as well. We have been preparing for capacity. Making sure that we have equipment and supplies and just making sure that our protocols are in place to keep our patients safe as well as our Health Care Workers. Reporter dr. Sam shen is an emergency medicine doctor at Stanford Health cares palo alto campus and tells me he thinks the team and the hospital are ready to face a surge in covid patients. Should we hit a surge scenario, you know, we have prepared different backup plans. We have a scenario to manage surges and then we
Fire is burning near bear island. Not far from Redwood Shores in the hillary va should museum the bay area air Quality Management district has confirmed the smoke is coming from sims metal. Thats a recycling facility. This is a live look. You can see all the smoke there. The fire started about 3. 20, this afternoon. Air district inspectors are investigating what caused it. Its not clear if there are any injuries. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. That fire is sending off large plumes of smoke. As you saw there, there is no shelterinplace order. But the air district is advising people nearby to avoid exposure by staying indoors with their windows and doors closed. Our kron fours dan thorn is headed there right now. Stick with us here on kron 4 for more updates now to another big story were following this evening. A High School Student has been sent to the hospital after he was stabbed by another student. This is in gilroy happene
Sfo out to brentwood and up to santa rosa and lake port. Glenallen 51. Be have any 40s. Mill valley. This says 49, napa53. Its cool for some. The breeze is front and center out toward the delta again. West southwest at 21. Low cloud wills give way. This is stratus quo. Fog nights and mornings. 60s to the 80s through the inside. The traffic, i think is getting lighter. Thats just one mans opinion. Whats the main man think . Its been normal steve. I think that we are going to know later. We dont know for sure. I hope you are right. We do see some of the early traffic for example on the pass that is normal on 580 and 205. These things in increments. Tomorrow even more and by the end of the week you will notice its lighter. Look agent the commute from livermore to dublin. Haywood area. Castro valley. This is a look at interstate 880. You can see traffic here doesnt look bad and the bay bridge we dont have a big back up. As we get closer to the holiday city next tuesday you are going to see
60s. 70s and 80s. Is that me . Im just looking at the mcarthur maze. I see that traffic is going to be a little busy. As we can start with the maze if you want. I was looking at it. Let me show you what i see. Thats traffic come around the corner to a crowded bay brim toll plaza. I was just noticing the brake lights got my attention come around there and getting to the bay bridge. Lue see the traffic at the toll plaza will be backed up here and it could be because the metering lights turned on and they are a little extra slow. We had a little bit earlier a stalled vehicle. Westbound 80 at 9th. I dont think thats what caused it. Not a lot of people coming in here. Looking at interstate 880. This still doesnt look back past the coliseum and driving on northbound 880 to downtown oakland. Westbound 580 traffic is doing well as you drive past the lake shore and continue. This is a look at the freeway southbound. You can see traffic is slow already. Southbound starting at 238. It gets better
Was not the case several hours ago. This woman took video of a white big rig that got lost at the dead end at 37th street. The big rid hit a power pole and the wires fell across both areas of 880 between high and fruit roll around 1220. He keeps trying to back out. People are telling him to make a u turn but he would not listen and tried to back out. When he backed out, he hit the pole. The truck driver left the scene. She showed the video to the chp and the Highway Patrol and Oakland Police had made contact with the driver. Both southbound and northbound driver came to a standstill where traffic is bad to begin with. Luckily this happened before the start of the rush hour and no motorists were hurt. Pg e crews removed the wires including from underneath this car on the southbound side. The c hp opened the free way at 1 40. As we come back out traffic flowing on 880 in both directions and at this point, police have contacted the driver of that big rig and unclear if charges are citatio