3,600 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the bay area. A third of those are in hard hit Santa Clara County. The bay area is expected to reach its peak later this month, but will we building be ready . They are predicting we would not have shortages in regular or icu beds even at the peak. Reporter professor tara dion says early shelter in place orders may save californias Healthcare System from running out of beds, but cautions the system will still be under enormous strain. There is an issue of where those beds are and are they in the right place . So as a whole across the state, i think we probably have enough icu beds. The question is are they in the places where well have the patients coming in . Reporter shifting beds, equipment or patients around the state the professor says will be a huge logistical and administrative challenge and while the state has done what it can to slow the spread of the disease and flatten the curve, there may still be shortages looming of ventilators and oth
Dead on board. Wilson died last night at a hospital. His family told the miami herald that they begged for the 71yearold to be taken to the hospital but the ships doctors declined saying ambulances were on lockdown. Eventually the family dialed 911 but it was too late. Wilsons wife is also sick. Today an ambulance took her to the hospital. Princess cruises is not saying anything about what happened. We will get passengers to their homes as quickly as possible. Another assistedliving facility has been hit by the five is. A resident has tested positive for covid19 it comes as the number of cases that laguna honda continues to rise. There were 14 patients infected and all are said to be in ion. R r for thhome. As this week. People will be screened for the virus and there will be a curfew. Moments ago there were 59 cases confirmed ringing the total to over 1200. There were more than 3600 cases with a total of 90 reported debts. The navy captain who was fired after warning of the coronaviru
Workforce to stay at home it will be less business in the restaurants and the other establishments the count on that traffic. Corporations are going to whether the effect. Reporter smaller businesses are far more vulnerable. This is with the lunch crowd looks like at a deli in North San Jose in the age of coronavirus tables that would be full tech workers are now half empty. And business is down 15 to 20 . Especially with the start up that we are trying to build our business is Something Like this to hit us. It is not crippling us by no means. It is significant. Reporter for now they managed not to cut employees. Even as a worsening and widening outbreak takes a big bite out of business. This is of course a dynamic situation that changes virtually by the day. He put in the concert and Convention Industry estimate could easily be 3 to 6 months before business returns to normal. People in the concert and Convention Industry. The kpix news at 6 pm begins right now. Chopper 5 over the gran
Thats what we will zoom in here on, youve got delays west on highway four because of this it was blocking one lane looks like delays are thinning out so it looks like they push that over to the right shoulder. Much better news coming out of antioch into pittsburgh this morning. There is a trouble spot, south 880 right as you approach 92, a couple of things locked in those lanes due to a traffic hazard of the roadway, seen some slightly that of hayward. Here is a live look above the port of oakland, where more passengers quarantined on the ground princess cruise ship will be released later this morning. The ship arrived at the port of oakland around noon yesterday, kpix lives in quibec is live now with what it takes to get thousands of passengers off that ship. It is quiet operation. But is being done methodically. Only a small percentage of passengers were able to get off of the ship yesterday, luckily they are at least waking up to new view as far as the thousands that are still on th
Evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley, and im ama daetz. Although mail in ballots are popular and more convenient, some people still made time to vote or drop off their ballot in person, saying taking part in the democratic process was important to them. Im just doing my duty. I want to see changes. I mean, good changes come in my neighborhood for my society and for the people that you know that live in the city. So i have to do this so they see a change and for the Better Future for our children generally. I think you should get off your butt and vote, okay, if you can. I know a lot of folks think that their their vote does not count, but it definitely does. And so i always like to say at the local level, thats where you always get stuff done. If you havent voted yet, polls are open until 8 00 tonight. You can also hand deliver your mail in ballot at a drop box. County Election Office or polling place, as long as its delivered by 8 00 tonight. If you prefer to mail it, your