Im not much of a homeward bound community here this evening. But as you said off the top. Chp out in force here over the summit of highway 17 and across the bay area for that matter theyre on the lookout for drunk drivers for distracted drivers and they tell me theyre watching for people who are taking advantage of relatively light traffic these days by stepping on the gas, heres more. Urged to stay close to home amid the still surging pandemic there was some beach traffic here on highway 17 today, lots of people are shopping for Christmas Trees and black friday deals as well since its thanksgiving holiday maximum enforcement period began wednesday evening. The south bay chp has made 5 arrests for driving under the influence. But even one is one too many says the chp is officer ross led if we have anybody is out then. Then make that choice and decision to drink and drive and put their lives and the lives of of. The general public, the passengers. Anybody on the line. It is too much for
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
San francisco is losing its battle against covid19. Her current case place us on a trajectory to be in the purple tier, potentially as early as sunday. During an online briefing friday, San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax said cases of covid19 of nearly quadrupled in over a month from 217 new cases the week of october 12th to 768 new cases this week if our numbers continue to go up at this rate some we could conceivably hundreds of in the hospital. By late december early january according to our model range a purple designation will lead San Francisco to the governors 10 00pm to 05 00am curfew bad news for struggling Restaurant Owners and their employees because that means not accepting reservations after 08 30pm. This will further. Because cash losses people will be trying to decide can we stay open do we close more moving to the purple tier will also mean the closure of indoor museums, Fitness Centers houses of worship. Movie theaters and Outdoor Entertainment centers,
Bring them to you. Golden gate fields remains closed in berkeley as the horse racing track deals covid19 outbreak can force of to all reports that dozens of employees have tested positive for the virus. Throughout the day friday cars and people were seen moving on and off the property, but the worst track is not open to the public live racing at Golden Gate Fields in berkeley has been suspended through november this after the venue announced the weeklong temporary closure last friday following an announcement that it was addressing a covid19 outbreak on the property in a written statement, Golden Gate Fields says quote. All positive cases are overseen by the Berkeley Public Health division through their case managers, positive cases are required to isolate as per Berkeley Public Health division protocols and are not able to return to Golden Gate Fields until Health Clearance has been provided by the Berkeley Public Health division. The statement goes on to say the 1300 horses stabled o
Season is expected to be a problem. Governor newsom hit the emergency brake across california because of covid he mentioned something else. Imposing a statewide curfew. The possibility of it. And a lot of people didnt like what they heard. Dr. Fauci weighed in on that idea. We sat in on the speech to students. Dr. Fauci today received the award from san jose state school of journalism for integrity and honesty. Truth telling builds credibility. We must always tell the truth. He was asked by a professor about the idea of implementing a curfew. Sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the state and city. To make that. If they make that decision, i certainly think the basis upon which i would back that. Its worked in other countries where restaurants close early. The curfew is understandable in concept. But i have serious concerns. County supervisor is about to be sworn in as state senator and worr