To 15 , yet they are still opting to shut down. On the other hand, Santa Clara County is down to 15 , which equals 31 empty icu beds remaining in the south bay. Marianne favro is in san jose to see how hospitals are handling the covid surge. Reporter Regional Medical center of san jose is now at capacity, but it continues to accept new patients here in the emergency department. There are at least 66 Covid Patients at Regional Medical center, and the surge is straining hospital resources. We are at capacity. Theres essentially no more beds in the hospital to rapidly put the patients into their inpatient unit. Reporter the hospital continues to perform surgery and accept emergency patients. But elective surgeries have been put on hold. The Medical Center is also using beds in the postacute care unit to accommodate additional patients. But it wont be using the pandemic tents set up in the parking lot back in april. We think its going to be better to circle the wagon, have our Team Togethe
We start off the day. In San Francisco, 48 degrees with that fog. Check out santa rosa, another foggy spot down to freezing morning. Could be dealing with some black ice there, 41 in concord. Oakland at 45. 45 for san jose. As we look to our afternoon we will see plenty of sunshine and those mild temperatures above average. 62 in San Francisco. Mid60ss for san jose and concord. Three to eight degrees above average. We will talk about the rest of the week coming up and now lets check in with a look at traffic and some patchy fog out there this morning. We are see something of that fog on the san mateo bridge near the toll plaza. I do want to start off with ia trouble spot in brentwood, chp has issued a Traffic Alert on vasco road this is due to a deadly accident so that investigation will take some time. The closure will be out for quite some time. Highway 4. Its completely shut down until further notice. It was a two car crash that happened around 3 45. Use alternates in the meantime.
In napa the rising numbers surprise no one. They have been watching them. Those numbers are two weeks behind reality but to go from orange tier to the purple in a day. People will lose their jobs this week. Businesses are going to consider whether they keep the doors open. From supervisor alfredo, that is the hard abstract. So it has a hint of sweetness on sister wine. For adam housley, its a tough reality. Purple means no Service Inside and limited tasting outside. Hes frustrated by the state sending mixed messages how to keep people safe in his business. Its a dangerous thing were facing. At the same time, with e kne kn were facing. Let us live and figure this out. Reporter napa county is particularly vulnerable because it relies so heavily on tourism. Good for business but not so much for health. Were doing turkey breast. Reporter toe knny owns a ba. She cant count how many times shes had to tell customers to wear masks. Everybody is tired of it. I get it. Were tired of it. Everyone
Sure. We are looking at mainly clear skies with those patchy dense fog, tracking the own shore flew, especially along the coast and along the bay. You can see the fog on the Treasure Island camera. Right now in San Francisco, 47 degrees with that fog, foggy in san jose and santa rosa, 45 san jose. Down to 31 degrees, subfreezing for santa rosa. 40 in concord. Oakland at 45. Good morning to you and livermore at 36 degrees. As we head through the afternoon enjoyed the sunshine. Mild temperatures above average for this time of year. Three to eight degrees above average. Low 60s in San Francisco, mid 60ss oakland and san jose and concord. We will talk about the rest of the week ahead into next week coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check in for the latest in the east bay. The east bay in brentwood. We have that trouble spot along vasco road where lanes still shut down this is vasco road between highway 4 and this is a fatal incident. The investigation will take time. Avoid the area. Us
Care of you in the hospital. Thats everyone. This morning i will talk to deborah birx, white house coordinator. And after months of discourse, help may be on the way. There is momentum, there is momentum. Compromise is within reach. But will it be enough . Democratic senator joe manchin of West Virginia joins me. And President Trump holds a rally for the two republican senators in georgias january runoff. They cheated and they rigged our president ial election, but we will still win it. Focusing more on his own personal grievances than in helping the actual candidate. It has to stop. Someone is going to get shot. Someone is going to get killed. Ill talk to georgia Elections Official gabriel sterling. Joining me for insight and analysis are Nbc News National Correspondent steve kornacki, dim kerr by atkins, senior opinion writer for the boston globe, Reuters White House writer jeff mason and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Pre