Mid60s for San Francisco and oakland. Upper 60s for san jose and concord. Highs about 5 to 11 degrees above average. Well talk about the changes in detail coming up. Lets check in with gi an na. Youre tracking two crashes. Reported by chp. One report of a trouble spot in the right lane. The other in the left lane. This is near the alma bridge. I do know lanes are blocked at some point. We wouldnt see these delays otherwise. Well keep a close eye on that. Were monitoring a minor fender bender. Traffic is getting a little slow anyway near the incline. Anne . Tracking the coronavirus, the u. S. Has passed the 14 million mark. It took 248 to reach the first 7 million cases and 69 days for the other 7 million. In california more than 18,000 new cases and 113 people died. The test Positivity Rate is also rising. Governor newsom will have new orders if the rate falls. Kiet. Reporter this is the new metric. Icu bed capacity down to 17 . Looks like we are weeks or days away from the new order.
Degrees right now santa rosa in petaluma each at 34 degrees. So as you get out into the car may be warming up a couple extra minutes, i know that was rebeccas advice a few minutes ago, youre still some pretty easy going conditions on our roads and definitely no fog out there. Either yeah nothing in your way right now a lot of cars the visibility is great, its just a little bit cold of course youre see a crank up those car heaters for sure. The door right now though look at this its a nice a shot of bay bridge toll plaza approach. And this is our camera looking out across the macarthur maze here nothing in your way for westbound 80 your commute is going to be a straight shot in the San Francisco across the upper deck and its going to be a total drive time about 10 minutes over to the fremont street exit, switching things over now to the cemetery rich men rather the Richmond Center fell bridge now west bound 5. 80 looking great theres more cars on the roadway, the lefthand side of your s
Clear and crisp start to the morning all over again. This view of senator tower is not looking too bright, but i think its just the shading of the shot because it is actually quite sunny out there right now we do have some haze overhead and thats a cold for it of the High Pressure ridge thats in place thats kind of keeping a lot of those pollutants we put up as we drive around right here in the bay area seal notice that haze today but abundant sunshine with that 30s 40s and even a few 50s on the map this morning berkeley right at 50 degrees oakland europe, 42 well 30s for livermore dublin conquered as well as all across the north bay fairfield our coldest of spots at 31 and petaluma nevado and santa rosa beach, a 34 to kick off this morning. So of course get that jacket ready to go as youre venturing outside you want to stay cozy out there this friday morning. Then this afternoon, yeah we got the sunshine and of course the 60s back to you. It is friday, so were hoping for friday light
Fairfield one of our only spots still hanging on to the 30s. Im talking the rest of the weekends forecast still to come of course you got to get a look at traffic and we have Rebecca Strom in this morning for robin and rebecca it is such a nice view at the paper right now really is because its so sunny, its dry. I know we need the rain but at least it makes it easy on the roads and drivers the outside right now. The bay bridge has been a perfect commute all morning long in fact this is going to be a really nice trip for you its friday light is we like to call it. 8 minutes on your westbound 80 right coming out of the macarthur maze across the upper deck and into San Francisco, not a bad commute all i am still tracking a hot spot, a Traffic Alert northbound 2. 80 magdalena its an overturned big rig. Its been out there much of the morning. The 2 right lanes are still tied up so definitely want to avoid this area if you can take one to one. Thats a good alternate for now ill be back with
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