Live coverage on cspan2. Celebration is always december 7, in a year where we have new members of the california legislature. I will jump right in the tightest briefest possible and get to a number of the issues of the day. Particularly as relates to some of the regional orders that now are in effect in california but also wanted just to provide some context and some information about some new technology that will bring to bear. To slow the spread of covid19. Its been a lot of discussion around apps, a lot of discussion about how technology can advance our efforts to notify individuals can mitigate the spread of covid19 and address this pandemic headon. Two of californias bestknown headquarter technology companies, google and apple, have joined together in an effort to provide for exposure notification. Not Contact Tracing, right exposure notification. I want to provide you with a bit of information about what california is doing today to help support their efforts come a little bit ab
Have visibility as low as a couple hundred feet around sfo and petaluma. Its going to be here for the entire morning commute. And as you look at the breezes, this will slide slowly south so it could fill in parts of the east bay shoreline also. But i dont think it is going to quite get over to the east bay valleys. This afternoon, a touch of haze behind, but definitely sunglass weather. Above average temperatures. Low to mid 60s. 61 to 65 around the bay. 58 to 66 along the coast. More on this first day of meteor logical winter coming up. Heres reggie. The cdc will meet with the top Health Advisors to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. How the cdc will decide who gets priority. How much good are you going to do . How many lives are you going to save . Second. What is fair. What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly and transparentally so theres no backroom deals. Its clear what is happening. Dr. Fr
With record dry fuels and vegetation. Then, adding the gusty offshore winds, this is a high concern. A red flag warning for most of the bay area highlighted in red. Looking at our Higher Elevations, gusts up to 70 Miles Per Hour. Even our lower elevations, valleys and coasts with gusts up to 40 Miles Per Hour. We have a wind advisory for most of the region due to these windy conditions. Until 11 00, the wind advisory is in effect. As we head through the afternoon, we will see plenty of sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures. We could see some record breaking highs. Mid60s along the coast. Low to mid 70s inland this afternoon. I will show you futurecast as we take you through the day and when this high fire danger will decrease across the bay area. I will have details on that coming up in a few minutes. It is a busy one. We have a wind advisory for the bay bridge this morning. Be extra careful, especially if you are traveling in a high profile vehicle. On top of that, meter lights
Imposed is that when. The regions hospitals fall below 15 percent of intensive care unit capacity then these restrictions kick in and here in Southern California which includes Los Angeles San diego and many other cities the i. C. U. Capacity has been dropping steadily on saturday it was 12. 5 percent on sunday it was 10. 3 percent we dont have the figures for monday yet but it looks like thats going to that trend is likely to continue there were 10500 new cases of cold 19 on sunday so with hospitals being overwhelmed they have no place to transfer up patients and if i see you capacity runs out its not only. 1000 patients that were talking about anyone who has a heart attack a stroke you know be ill with cancer or anything else an auto accident they need to be transferred to the i. C. U. And if the i. C. U. Is full. You know its its obviously its a its a Health Disaster as well as an Economic Disaster for many people in this part of the country in other developments the u. K. Is less t
Were turned on and it is a little busier, more traffic heading over there. Some slowing on the span shows up on our maps because there may be a disabled vehicle. A semi truck perhaps getting close to the Treasure Island so we may see more backup as they slow the metering lights down. Well closely track that and the drive. The rest of the bay shows no major problems. The slowdown in concord is not what it may appear to be. Ill explain that coming up. The rest of the bay lighter than you would normally see. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 6 01 right now. From the bay area to los angeles to san diego millions of californians are waking up after the weekend to a new shelter at home order. Weve got live looks outside. Here is a look at how california is divided into regions in terms of tracking surge cases and hospital rates. All regions are now in some form of that stayathome order. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live for us. I know different counties are rolling out those restrictions