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
Definitely a cold start for some areas, especially the north bay looking outside free of any fog over suture tower cam it is nice crisp and clear looking all the way out to the east bay there so definitely enjoy what will be a very clear start to this morning radar shows a quiet picture right now as we make our way just past 4 oclock and looking out towards the region. Theres definitely still some more rain and snow up in oregon and washington. Were still staying dry here in the bay area as well as across the rest of the state. Now san jose dublin livermore concord up into the north bay all these areas in the 30s right now dublin and livermore youre just above freezing by a couple of degrees santa rosa right at freezing while fairfield just below it down to 31 degrees this morning. So it is cold, it is about the same as yesterday was a few spots a little bit more mild but you get the picture here as you get outside you need the extra jacket layer up as we do head back to work this mond
[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
At this point we do not know what led up to the stabbing and we have no information on a possible suspect. We are working to find out more and we will bring you the latest information as we get it. Back to the coronavirus pandemic, some counties are seeing sharp rises in the number of hospitalizations. If rates continue to climb hospitals could exceed capacity. This week california recorded its highest number of cases since the start of the pandemic. They reported 15,000 new cases on saturday. That is the first time that many people have been hospitalized since mid august. Smith is here now after talking with healthcare workers about the new numbers. Reporter the resounding message is hospitals are able to treat patients now but if cases continue to rise at the same rate, hospitals will become overwhelmed. As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise, hospitals in the area are seeing the impacts. Our unit is approaching full capacity for coronavirus patients. Reporter Regional M
Conquered, youre at 39 dublin at 37 while oakland, a cool 45 degrees or north bay temperatures are really the cool spots fairfield at 35 degrees will santa rosa at 36 degrees. This is a big cool down from the same time yesterday nevado down 11 degrees from the same time 24 hours ago, so it looks beautiful, but it feels quite crisp out there. Id recommend putting that jacket on before you step outside this morning. And then you get to look forward to some slightly warmer temperatures later on today as far as your travel goes this morning on into work it looks like roadways are all right. But bart thats been whats causing us issues absolutely theyre struggling to recover jon so bart is our hot spot. We had a couple of Different Things going on so we have some equipment problems that cause major delays on the else Real Del Norte a line was along that stretch been impacted trains heading to bury and millbrae they are recovering so they fix the equipment issues are working to get the trains