Exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. As we look out east with the sparkling bay bridge there. It is wednesday, september 9th. Good morning everyone, im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Lets get right to meteorologist mary lee for a look at your wednesday forecast. Good morning, mary. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at those smoky and hazy skies. We had all of that smoke for the bay area yesterday and thats why temperatures were even cooler than what we expected. Were going to cool it down a little bit more as we today as checking air quality conditions. And you can see unhealthy air, the red dots indicating that on our current air quality map. And as we head through the day, we still have the spare the air alert in effect. Were going a record 23 days in a row with the spare the air alert in effect for the bay area. Its not a record that we want to break by any means and we are looking at that high fire danger that does continue. So still tracking
Early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. The number of Coronavirus Infections continues to grow as this pandemic rages on there are now over 6 million infections in the u. S. And more than 186,000 covid related deaths the series of International Trials found that treating critically ill covid19 patients with corticosteroids reduces the risk by 20 . Actor and former wrestler the rock johnson is the latest celebrity to be infected by the coronavirus. He announced his wife, two young daughters along with himself all tested positive about three weeks ago. This as a man in his 60s has become the first covid19 death erelated to sturgis in south dakota reporter its the scene they fear will unfold in the days to come from pool side parties to bars and beaches these are the holiday hot spots often behind a spike in coronavirus cases. After memorial day, 4th of july and a motorcycle rally drawing hundreds of thousands, u. S. Health officials sounding th
Now at 11 00, thousalain. Tonight, wait until you hear how many citations are being issued for health order violations. If we dont get serious, we all fall down. The giants game ended less than two hours ago, will it be their last of the season . A san quentin inmate dropped off to quarantine and no one was notified. I am diabetic. I am sick because i have not had anything to eat. Restaurants in crisis. A shocking new estimate about how many could close for good because of the pandemic. And why the cbc is warning us to throw out onions if you dont know where they came from. Now streaming, california is closing in on half a million cases of coronavirus. Nearly 270,000 were recorded this month alone. New at 11 00, friday night is not nearly as busy as it used to be, this was the scene in north beach and san francisco. And it is estimated that a third of restaurants are facing permanent closurbecausof covid19. There are fixed costs. There are labor costs that are going to go up by 20 in n
Nearby Business Owners upset. They were appalled and that it was very, very bad and negative for their businesses. Reporter the president of the north beach Business Association, and a Business Owner himself, says cause of concern started coming in a couple of days ago. The restaurant messages are a mix of italian and english. Political, provocative and polarizing. Some of the things hes saying, clinton, obama, i cant believe this stuff. Reporter one message austins the gender of former first Lady Michelle obama. Another suggest a race war is coming, while another causes San Francisco a cesspool. Thats just a sample. It doesnt represent this neighborhood, nor the commercial district, north beach commercial district in any way, shape or form. In terms, in terms of what he projected on the window. Reporter restaurant workers in north beach is a the place was owned by giovanni zanka. We cannot reach them for common. And man is she knows the owner says he was upset about losing his busines
We just pulled this whole thing out and busted the wind apart right there. A break and at a bay area school. And thief is seen on security video going from room to room before leaving with 100 laptops meant for students. The question for me was, you know, what do we do now . School starts in just a few weeks. Those computers are needed for distancelearning. The security video shows that thieves spent five hours inside that school. Those laptops he stole and the damage he caused, estimated at around the school is st. Thomas the apostle located on ottawa street in the Outer Richmond district. School officials said this could not have happened at a worse time. Reporter these laptops were supposed to be distributed to students before the first day of class. Now School Officials hope the Surveillance Videos will help identify the thief. So this is our computer cart with 100 laptops and there. Reporter ms. 100 laptops now stolen after a thief broke into st. Thomas the Apostle Elementary Scho