With an update on the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Once again set to pass another grim marker with a 141,000 americans dead from the virus across america nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized with infections. The cdc now forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will likely be killed by the virus by august 8th, has just in a few weeks time and now as Health Officials and government leaders push for americans to mask up. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended it President Trump is now finally telling americans to wear. Masks he tweeted a photo of himself wearing a mask and encouraging others to do the same. The president also announced that he is bringing back the daily Coronavirus Press briefings at the white house. They are set to begin again today, however last night to hear the fundraiser at the trump hotel in dc and did not wear a mask as i know. It s
And breezy. Southwest 6. 55 degrees. Same as mint hill. Everybody is stuck there. Ive seen he 53 to 55 in the city. A robust onshore breeze. Fairfield gets stronger gusts to 32. Those two lows will sync up and keep us on a cooler pattern for this time of year. So temperatures below average, coast, bay and especially inland. Over to sal now. See if theres anything new at 5 01. Good morning, sir. Nothing new right now, steve. As a matter of fact, we look pretty good so far. As a matter of fact, i am looking to see i have a picture of downtown oakland up. So let me change that to the bay bridge and see if i can get that for you. You can see traffic is moving along very noisily. Lets look at one more thing. What can i dial up here. Lets talk about the Golden Gate Bridge i am sorry the richmond bridge. This traffic looks very light. So, we are off to a good start. At 5 01, lets go back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. We are following breaking news out of oakland this morning. F
And you can see the blanket of clouds over top of us and the drizzle that is out there along the coast and our Higher Elevations. Now, my accuweather 12hour planner from 7 00 to 7 00 pretty much the same this morning. Mid to upper 50s and along the coast barely make it to 60 today and get rid of low clouds and have high clouds this afternoon for our bay and inland neighborhoods. 68 to 76 at noon and 74 to 81 with those refreshing breezes and 68 to 71 for your evening stroll. All right. Well talk more about how long this lasts coming up. Lets get to reggie for the news. Thanks, mike. A fire that tore through a building in oakland early this morning has been contained. This started before 3 00 a. M. On a building on Martin Luther king jr. Way and 29th street. The roof collapsed forcing fire crews to move into a defensive mode and stay outside. We dont know right now about any injuries, but our camera did see a few people outside in their pajamas holding some cats. Well keep monitoring th
This week is cool, cool, cool. We are looking for a lot of low clouds and fog and drizzle will pick up over the next couple of days. 50s on the temperatures and 60 in san jose. If you enjoyed yesterday, it will probably be better today because it wont be as windy. It will be breezy but we were rolling on that wind yesterday. Napa and concord and oakland and santa rosa in between 510 miles per hour. It will be sunny and breezy with thunderstorms erupting over the sierra but we are all below average on the temperatures present cisco and oakland and especially in the areas. Over to sell now. The area there is the slowest traffic. Lets go right to and show the the macarthur maze leading to the bay bridge and you will see that traffic is okay at the maze. But when you get to the bay bridge, there is a backup for 1015 minutes. This is normal and it should start going away after 7 30 am and by 8 am it should be completely gone. This is interstate 880 n. And south moving well. No slow traffic
City is agreeing to pay out the families of 32 of the victims and one man who survived that fire. 23. 5 million will go specifically to the families of the fire victims who died and 9. 2 Million Dollars for sam maxwell who barely made it out alive, but now has to live with that awful memory and permanent injuries as well as a medical expenses despite the payout oakland city leaders do not agree that the city is liable for the tragic loss that she marry alexander represents the families of some victims and instead said that more could have been done to prevent that deadly fire. Im sorry usually see warm summer months, not the defendant does not liability. But we feel that we proved our case against the city that they knew what they were police know that were in there and saw the People Living there. And one policeman said that when they saw party going on so we dont have a way to put it in one batch. As Police Report nothing was done. The firemen went to a party there. And so the. Turne