Biggest automakers is switching gears in a legal battle with california over clean air emissions. General motors on that issue. Today in the bay starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get to traffic in just a bit. First, meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast on this terrific tuesday, kari. Yes, and its going to be another nice one. Were starting out mostly clear across the bay area. Were not seeing as much of the fog as we were yesterday morning. We are looking at all sunshine throughout the day and it will be a touch cooler as we head towards thanksgiving and the winds will start to pick up as the dry cold front comes through. We are going to stay dry and mild even as we go into the week as our high temperatures reach into the low to mid60s for the south bay. Well take a look at all of our microclimates coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Better, kari. A few minu
Current surges in covid cases, but success hinges on the masses complying on a daily basis. Were making progress in the planning around Vaccine Distribution in our county. Reporter wednesday, dr. Jennifer tong giving a glimpse into the plans for covid19 Vaccine Distribution. They hope to make giving vaccinations more manageable. The doses are unknown and can fluctuate based on conditions. Initially healthcare and front line workers will be the first to receive the vaccine. Like everyone else, we will receive a limited supply at first. More will be coming over time. It might take many months, though, before everyone who is interested in getting a vaccine is able to get one. Reporter officials stress social staples from the past nine months, washing hands, social distancing, and wearing a mask, are still needed to combat the current covid19 surge. Some south bay hospitals, including valley medical center, are postponing elective surgery to ensure bed space. Valley med representatives dec
In the golden state with more than 19,000 deaths. According to the covid tracking project hospitalized patients have doubled from 4,000 on november 12th to more than 8,000 today. Earlier today, San Francisco and san mateo counties joined other bay area counties in the states. Most restrictive reopening tier thats the purple tier, your c theyre that its covering most of the state the only bay area county thats not in the purple tier is marine county but under the purple tier gyms churches and movie theaters will have to operate outdoors were close capacity at retail stores. Right now is limited at 25 restaurants can continue to operate outdoors however counties in the purple tier must follow the states limited stay at home order the curfew which goes into effect every night from 10 00pm until 05 00am the next morning and that stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow night for both San Francisco and san mateo counties tonight there are new concerns about the impact that these late
Santa rosa in 38. Its 39 in livermore right now. 43 concord. 46 oakland. The afternoon is just like yesterday. That means sunny, warm and beautiful. Mid to upper 60s. How is the drive looking . Its getting busy this morning as you work into the pass. Its the usual stuff for the super commuters going westbound into 580. Thats where we are seeing most of the delays. Expect a few brake lights. The good news, no accidents or incident for that portion of the freeway. Travel time 30 minutes 205 toward 680. Right now looking good across the east shore. No delays along highway 4 and that ride out of the south bay so far so good. A few brake lights starting to form for that morgan hill commute. Bay bridge toll plaza quiet, no metering lights and its a very easy ride as you work out of the east bay into the city. Live news desk. We will watch this morning on the investigation into that huge fire that started in a berkeley seven story apartment building. It caused the evacuation of a nearby three
The week into the weekend coming up. Lets check with gianna and how that morning commute is inup. A couple hot spots already. Along 580 working your way east around north glenn weve got a crash in the left lane. I checked with chp and they will run a traffic break to get everything to the shoulder. You will see brake lights temporarily and then things should open up. On the flip side west bound which is the commute direction, we are seeing crowding, a busy ride out of tracy. Starting around Mountain House onto 580, it gets better past north flynn to the dublin interchange. Thanks. New, a woman is in the hospital after she survived falling off devil slide trail cliff in pacifica. It happened just before 10 00 last night. The woman and her boyfriend saw their car trying to be towed so she tried to run toward it. In the darkness she fell off a cliff. Firefighters scaled down the cliff, found her alive and brought her back up. She was taken to the hospital immediately. We are waiting for w