Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
62 to 67 around the bay and inland. Warmer weather tomorrow. Ill have that coming up. Here is kumasi. Thank you. Developing news right now a high rise fire forces San Francisco residents out of their homes overnight. Look at this video. You can see the flames shooting from the middle of the building at the Gateway Apartments. Now the fire broke out in the East Building on davis and washington and firefighters had to rescue and evacuate several people. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is joining us live there this morning. How many apartments are we talking about . Two dozen apartments damaged here . Yeah. Thats right. 23 apartments with damage. Three had fire damage. The others had smoke and water. They just cannot be lived in. Those people not in their homes. The fire started on the 11th floor. Thats a long way to go when youre trying to evacuate and escape a fire. Also a long way to get up to that fire when you have to fight it. Firefighters had to help people evacuate and haul that
School. These kids need some normalcy. Reporter 8year old bellamy this shirt for a School Board Meeting. Dozens of students and parents showing up to tell Livermore Trustees they want classroom learning to resume. Other districts around us are doing it and i dont know why ours feels like they have to reinvent the wheel. Reporter the district has a plan to split Elementary Students who want to come back into morning and afternoon groups four days a week. Families can also choose to stay home. Everyone was asked to commit. A hybrid schedule was created along with many other options. This was determined to be the best for students that we know will still create challenges for families. Reporter explaining it to parents. The district wants classes will have to be remade. To make the overhaul worth it, to entry students must be willing and there are conditions. Many students may end up with a new teacher and new classmates. It is even possible some students may end up with a Different Schoo
And another retired plumber had brought up in the place last february, just one month before the pandemic. 46 days in we found that we had a close and we were devastated. They wouldnt give us a pp loan because we werent in business long enough. Starting friday, a return to tighter restrictions. We are seeing cases connected to social gatherings as well as those indoor businesses where large number of people gathered together like restaurants. Reporter the county Health Officer says thats why theyre returning to restrictions. Outdoor bars without food must close. Retailers just returned a 50 capacity. Shopping mall courts, 25 . Gyms and Fitness Centers 10 and bowling alleys, Entertainment Centers and pools must close. Concerned there is some amount of coded fatigue going on where people are getting tired of the restrictions, tired of staying home, tired of wearing masks. That may be contributing to things as well. I think its a very sad thing we are back to red tier. I think people cove
Bay area at this time. Take a look at the lightning strikes that are there. This is just a 10minute time frame here. And it continues to be active with hail reported in santa rosa earlier today, in addition to all of that thunderstorm activity that moved through early on. If i pull you way back, you can see where that moisture is coming from, but with the cloud cover in place today, we are actually a little cooler in many spots. Take a look at napa, down by 11 degrees, down by 9 in hayward. Temperatures right now low 60s to low 100s. 79 in oakland. Low 100s reported in livermore and brentwood. Thats where we continue with the advisories. The excessive heat warning is down along the San Francisco peninsula and the north bay and east bay. That entire orange there, that shaded area, along with santa cruz and monterey. When i come back, ill have a look at what we can expect as we move forward. Tomorrow morning, temperatures are expected to be relatively mild once gain before we heat it up