In covid19 cases spike, Health Officials are now requiring new changes for Outdoor Dining and churchings. Some cities in Alameda County are pushing back and proceeding with Outdoor Dining after the county said they were not allowed to. It was a hot afternoon today. But were tracking hotter temperatures for your sunday. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news at 11 00, starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. More concerning numbers tonight with the surge of coronavirus cases in california. More than 8,000 new cases are being reported in the state. The number of deaths, also, is trending upward. Rising by 94. Hospitalizations, also, set a new record today, topping 6,300. Now, the bay area also set a record today with its numbers of hospitalizations, with 567. Also, of concern. The Positivity Rate over the past two weeks continues to rise. The
The Iranian Military commander was plotting new attacks against american personnel. Expect a bay area teams up preventing a war in the u. S. And iran. More work protests happening today. Just about 6 00 a. M. On the saturday, january 4th. I am devin fehely. We have some drizzle out there and here is your high def doppler and you can see various spots and patches of green zooming into the center part of the bay area and if you are crossing the bay bridge you are likely seeing a few sprinkles as well along 580. Also quite a bit in nampa and sonoma county. The vast majority of the showers we see her in the morning and in the coast and north bay. As you see its making its way on shore its starting to drop some rain but nothing significant as far as totals are concerned. Your current temperatures quite a bit warmer than we were. You can see where its clear and chilly. In livermore 42 and 46 in santa rosa. 51 in san jose and 53 degrees in concorde. Her breasts this forecast depends on where
Theyre waiting for sun light as well and how they can tackle it even further. Manned attorneydatory evacuatio for northern healdsburg and geyserville including River Rock Casino. This map shows where the flames have spread. That fire started after 9 00 last night outside of the geysers near kinkade road and byrne mountain road. Crews tell us they are on edge. The unpredictability. You dont know if it will travel ten miles right away or in two days. Two years ago it was traveling so fast that people didnt have time to escape even in a car. I have all my stuff packed up and ready to go at a moments notice. Thats why were here to keep an eye on things. We are as well. We have two reporters in the fire zone this morning. Right now we want to start with pete suratos. He is out there and, pete, i see you have a mask on now. Has the smoke intensified out there . Reporter yeah, it definitely has. Good morning, marcus. We are wearing these masks similar to past fires as this begins to pick up.
Ber3eley Crystal Clear just as it is everywhere else across the day. Berkeley you been warm all morning long you are in the upper 60s for much of the morning. So hardly even needed a jacket in some areas as youre stepping outside. Now today. We remain calm as far as winds go tomorrow that all changes though winds are going to pick up as we work our way into your wednesday night leading into thursday and that combined with what weve already been seeing the hot dry weather means fire danger is increasing in for the north bay. This means potential Power Outages areas lit up in yellow these are where fire weather watches are taking Effect Tomorrow afternoon. And we are going to be seeing winds in these areas gusting as high as 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. Why youve got to take this so serioushy because with winds that strong any potential spark could result in a rapidly spreading fire as for right now temperatures are comfortable upwinds are calm today. One of our better days to get outside sp
Then 80s by noontime around the bay and inland. Coast stays clear in the 60s. By the afternoon were warmer mid and upper anyone. By 4 00, 96 around livermore, around 87 perhaps in fremont. Then well talk about a slight cooldown for the holiday. Lisa. Thanks. Developing news, terror in texas as a gunman steals a u. S. Postal Service Vehicle and goes on a mass driveby shooting spree. Last check five people died in the shooting. According to abc news, that number includes the shooter. 21 people injured in the states second mass shooting just this month. Abc 7 News Reporter Corina Mitchell tell us it all started with a traffic stop. A chaotic scene in neighboring cities of odessa and midland after Law Enforcement says a gunman randomly firing. The suspect killed outside a Movie Theater in odessa after a massive response from Law Enforcement. Hes a while male in his mid30s. It began with a traffic stop, suspect then reportedly firing at the officer before driving off. Initially the Midland