Good friday morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Of course vianey is in for mike but first lets get to the forecast. Kari hall is tracking that. And were starting out cold again this morning as we see mostly clear skies. Taking a look at what to expect as you head out the door. We have some freezing temperatures again in ukiah and clear lake. Most of the rest of the bay area in the upper 30s and lower 40s. And then after this chilly start once again well see the same weather weve seen all throughout the week where it warms up nicely for the rest of today and well enjoy some sunshine and light winds. Well talk about the fire danger ahead in the forecast coming up. Vianey, any issues for Early Morning commuters . It looks like overnight crashes have cleared up quite nicely leaving for pretty open space with the exception of a little bit of slowing along 280. Aside from that, though, it could be construction. I havent seen any reports of cleari
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They are telling people to avoid that area. Twoalarm fire that we are monitoring. Thick smoke active right now. We will continue to follow that and bring you the updates as we get them. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Im marcus washington. The other big story. We are closely monitoring the guidance from the state this morning. Its been nearly 24 hours since governor gavin newsom announced new possible rollbacks. The number of available icu beds are dangerously low. A new statewide stayathome order could take effect. Bob redell is live for us in livermore. I know it looks like Alameda County could pull the trigger ahead of the order on the rest of the bay area. Reporter correct. Even though icu bed capacity here in Alameda County at 30 , the Health Department says it might order new shelterinplace order preemptively to preserve that capacity and to save lives. If and when this order goes into effect it will last three weeks and among other things would shut down indoor and Outdo
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Taking a live look outside right now where things appear to be pretty calm. But those winds will start picking up this evening. Tonight, parts of the bay area are under a very rare december red flag warning. With that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Well get to that weather warning in just a moment. But first the new covid lockdown happening tonight in San Francisco. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live now from north beach where diners are enjoying a last outdoor meal for a while. Lots of these restaurants seemed pretty busy today, but employees are worried about paying their bills. Reporter yeah, dion, it is a tough time. So much worry and uncertainty. The countdown is on. Our stayathome ordre starts in just a few hours. Outdoor diners enjoying a last meal here on grant avenue. But many restaurant workers tell me tonight that theyre not show when theyll be back at wo
Health director doctor grant colfax says that San Francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24 . A number of Health Leaders across the bay area say they dont want to take any chances. So stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because those regions have already fallen below the 15 icu bed capacity in less than an hour the stay at home order will go into effect for 3 bay area counties. Those are San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. Today, restaurants and hair salons and east bay took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they are forced to shut down. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some of those businesses and some of the customers he is joining us live now from walnut creek good evening. Dan. Well johnson and justine has you mentioned this is the unfortunate reality that these businesses are going to have to dea