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.
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
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