Members are infected. Excel has a history of Violations Including in december, when inspectors us at the facility failed to follow a doctors order for oxygen administration. Longterm care advocates say that they are almost certainly more cases Nursing Homes that have yet to be publicized. It is not a surprise. Tip of the iceberg is right. The reported numbers are likely just a fraction of the real number of cases that are already out there. Reporter he advocates or is he says that can be scattershot. Some counties have declined to provide information instead referring to a state database that does not offer specific numbers. Reporter the data being collected is selfreported, the facilities have to volunteer the information to state and county authorities and they dont want to because it is bad for business. Reporter both facilities are working with local and state officials in hopes of stabilizing the communities. The number of coronavirus cases in california take higher today, the sta
Deaths are linked to nursing facilities. 10 residence at a redwood city nursing home have died from the coronavirus or its complications. The virus also infected other residents and employees. The facility typically causes about 65 people. The director says she is close to all of them. Its been a really hard two weeks or three weeks, or a month, that weve been under lockdown, and my main concern is for my residents. They are my friends, you know. Is working with healfur infection. You might think with vulnerable residents Nursing Homes would lead the way in testing, but it is spotty at best and only done only after people get sick or have died. Debora villalon is the here now with more. Roma quarantined for almost 2 months, elderly residents cant leave their facilities and families cannot come inside. And the lack of testing keeps everyone in limbo. Gail stephani visits her mother each day from outside her assisted living facility in novato, checking on 86yearold beverly on the second
Police presence in marin county. Still no word on why chp was chasing this car. We will bring you more details as we get them. At the live news desk, back to you. New at 6, we are learning more about the victim who died in the laptop theft in oakland. The victim, an ibm engineer, died on his 34th birthday. Da lin is live at the starbucks where it all happened. What are friends and neighbors think about this young man . Reporter the victim lived about a mile and a half away from the starbucks where the theft occurred. They say he was a very smart and kind man. They say was a hard worker, one of the best engineers at his emeryville company. Really, a bright guy, bright guy. It is just hard, itll be neighbors are grieving the death of this man who moved to this oakland apartment five months ago. In that short time neighbors got to know him as responsible, engaging, and friendly. We talked, he was happy to be here and enjoying life. When we found out about it, we just consider it a sad tra
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Now at 4 30 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera on this friday morning pick good morning. We made it to the end of the week. It is january 3, 2020. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. Lets get a check of the friday forecast first. Good morning. Good morning. Happy friday to you. So glad it is the end of the workweek. If you had to work like we did. Heres a beautiful live look with our Treasure Island camera and we are starting off the day with partly cloudy skies to mostly clear. It is a chilly star. The temperatures as you head out the door looking at 39 in livermore and santa rosa, 41 kolker, 46 oakland, 50 in downtown San Francisco. And 43 for san jose. As we head through your afternoon were going to see plenty of sunshine. It will be a really pleasant day across the bay area with these mild temperatures above average for this time of year. We will see plenty of sun at the
50and increasing clouds later in the afternoon ahead of our next weather system. Will time out light showers pushing to the bay 880. We are getting a new accident into the Traffic Center from chp for a crash involving an overturned vehicle right around alvarado. Traffic is slow as you approach the crash. Things are really backed up. 27 minutes is your drive time south 880 this period to 237. The crash, an overturned vehicle on the southbound side the delays keep growing on the southbound side of back 0. 68into pleasanton. It looks like this crash still stuck in that left lane. There to dealing with debris in the roadway and tried to clear everything but the damage is done. You have a big backup along 680. 38 minutes from 580 to 237 and they just cleared a crash on the northbound side of 101 right at oakland road. It was blocking the left lane edits to the shoulder. Still slow as you work your way out of the south bay. Break lights to that point and want to pass the crash things look be