Sky. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. That building is located right in the heart of Downtown Berkeley on university avenue. We have new details, tonight, about the challenge firefighters faced and the scramble to get those nearby to safety. Matt boone joins us live where fire crews are still hard at work. Matt. Good evening, dion. Yeah. As you can see, behind me, firefighters still blasting water onto the sevenstory Apartment Building under construction. This is at university, right in the heart of berkeley and its been burning for hours, likely causing significant damage to this building. Just after 6 00, flames erupted. Watched it literally go up. Reporter he saw from his apartment, across the street. Whats going on . Check the window and all you see it flame up. Reporter his comfort did not last long, as firefighters came door to door. He managed to take his dog, apollo, but forgot his mask. Firefighters say no other structures were burned. Though, th
Technical issue. Er with here. Temperatures in the low 30s in san ramon, a little frost in the valley there, as well as the delta, santa rosa is at 32, a little fog to the north bay, but low 40s in oakland. So these numbers are pretty typical with the clear sky, good radiational cooling and in fact, with two to seven degrees of cooling overnight in the south bay and the peninsula, its awfully cold out there. As we look towards the rest of the day, were looking at numbers rebounding quite nicely within a narrow range of low to mid60s for most of you, with high clouds increasing in the north bay. West winds will pick up as well along the coast, but otherwise its a quiet sunday afternoon. Well get into more sunshine for your monday, temperatures fluctuating a bit here and there, and well pinpoint that forecast for the holiday and beyond coming up. Liz . Lisa, thank you. We begin with the worsening coronavirus emergency the state and country setting new case records by the day. The u. S. H
Here is live doppler 7 where you can see mostly clear sky and as we look at novato 32 there. 33 in san ramon valley. 35 in napa and livermore with 36 in fremont and gilroy. By 7 00, still plenty of 30s and 40s but by noontime, were in the upper 50s to low 60s. Mid60s should do it with high clouds once again today and well be looking at that sunset once again pretty early, 4 53 but weve got a nice outlook for thanksgiving. Does it include some rain . Ill let you know, and talk about the week ahead in just a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. We begin with the worsening coronavirus emergency the state and country setting new case records by the day. The u. S. Has now passed 12 million covid19 cases according to Johns Hopkins data. To give perspectives on how quickly the rate is rising there were 1 million cases reported in the u. S. In just six days, the very first million cases took 96 days. Now here in california, the percentage of tests come up over a 14day period, the transmission r
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Covid curfew now in effect, affecting nearly every corner of california and the bay area as San Francisco may be right behind. Questions still linger over whether these silent streets do enough to stop the spread of covid19. Good morning, everyone, its sunday, november 22. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Well get right to those curfews taking effect overnight and new Holiday Travel concerns this morning. But first, as always, lets start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Liz, good morning to you. If you were with us early this morning, temperatures dropped below freezing. Were beginning to recover. If youre just weiaking up, it might be hard to believe. Its a chilly sky out there. Its 47 downtown, balmy 53 in oakland. As we look at the north bay, mt. Tam. Inland valleys, upper 30s from santa rosa to novato. The fog has cleared. Low 40s, youre below freezing in danville thi
Stores with reduced capacity could mean a 40minute wait. The National Retail federation on its website predicts online sales will be capturing 20 to 30 of the holiday market, up from last year. There are no corporate parties and reduced inventory and fewer employees are in many stores according to consumer expert and San Francisco State University marketing professor. The projections are that because the consumer demand has been suppressed so far, starting with today, which is black friday and the start of the Holiday Shopping season, there is some kind of penalty up demand that people, you know, they want to give gifts to family and friends to uplift their spirits in a very challenging year. Reporter walnut creek downtown there is a 20 vacancy rate right now but Property Owners say they are getting inquiries about renting the vacant sites according to the walnut creek Downtown Business association. Whats missing is probably, you know, the ice rink. Were unable to host the ice rink thi