A bigger fog bank as it will be cooler for the next couple of days before we warmup on the weekend. Some breaks in the low clouds but a much bigger coverage on the bog. Still 53 to 58 degrees in most areas. Cooler for most today. More than onshore breeze. Cool and very warm across the embarcadero. Low clouds and fog filling it rapidly as low pressure moves in along the west coast but look for that to continue. Cooler into friday and a rebound on the weekend. But when the low starts to move in, temperatures will be near average today which is 60s and 70s and a few near 80 degrees but not that much above. Lets see if theres anything new. The bay bridge is quite. This is strange because most commutes are slowing. Lets talk about the bay bridge because a lot of people are taking their own car and fewer people are riding on part. Tarte people many people are using their car. If youre driving on interstate 880, no slow traffic. We see a little bit of congestion here and there. If you are use
The governors update comes a day after he ordered bars and 7 counties to close and urged another 8 counties to consider doing the same. And we will be in Constant Contact with our county partners to understand how this might impact what theyre seeing and experiencing in their communities and how this plays out in their data. The states latest action comes as coronavirus cases increased here in the state by 45 over the last week with the Positivity Rate that continues to creep upward now at 5. 9 . California also continues to see increases in icu patients and hospitalizations. It is because of those rising numbers that Health Officials across different counties are scaling back their reopening plans. Alameda county isnt reversing any but county officials are pressing the pause button on entering the next phase kron fours alsothe ammonium is live in our newsroom with that decision l a a lot of moving parts here definitely grand Alameda County has seen the highest number of confirmed infe
Questions in realtime on Facebook Live and youtube live, so extend us your questions right now and well get chatting. Good afternoon, doctor. Thanks for joining us. My pleasure, liz. Thanks for having me on. So doctor, for people who are just joining us right now, as theyre starting to put their questions in, tell us a little bit about what the fda has announced today regarding hydroxychloroquine. For many of us in the field, its kind of about time, i think we were all surprised that it got an eua designation in the first place. Eua emergency authorization, theres enough evidence the drug actually works. We never really had enough evidence. It was only in the test tube in a petri dish that killed virus but never in a human and i think more than three studies now that havent been rerbuked shows this doesnt work. How much of a change to revoke this emergency use . Are we surprised by it . I think were not surprised by it. A lot of people in the scientific community, actually happy becaus
Positivity rate. Yesterday we were at 5. 1. We went from a yellow to what were now what i think of as a high orange. If that continues over the next couple days, we could be in a red, in our red zone. It would be the most concerning zone. Live in San Francisco, lyane, said the numbers looked good. What changed in the last 24 hours . Reporter Health Officials say what changed was that dramatic increase. The change in the numbers. They are very concerned. They say these numbers can multiple very quickly. We were as surprised as you are when we heard the mayor say, lets pause. It was made to honor 99 workers at San Francisco general hospital. Our plans to businesses and places that we have committed to, those plans will be put on pause. Reporter but listen to how only yesterday mayor breed was painting a positive picture in San Francisco, praising people for wearing masks. It is why we are seeing lower numbers here in San Francisco for the number of cases, and as we see, the numbers incre
Where out door dining has begun perhaps not a moment too soon and oakland where restaurants are still waiting and want more help from the state. Abc7 is dedicating more resources to building a better bay area, including issues like this affecting our local economy. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley starts us off. There are so many obstacles. The owner and chef of ms. Ollys in downtown oakland a popular caribbean restaurant said that being closed for months and then the curfew overwhelmed her. She was pleased when Governor Newsom met her staff and sat down to talk today. People need to hear how businesses are suffering. Small business in general. So it is great to see him here. I hope he listens to what he we have to say. The black chamber of commerce told the governor it is one thing to open the doors again. It is another to have customers feeling confident and safe. Business owner saying look im conflicted. Im grate desperate to reopen my business. Also desperate to keep myself, my c