The curve. Good afternoon reporter california secretary of health and Human Services doctor galley confirmed the state is in the midst of a coronavirus surge, saying he is telling it the californians the way he would tell any patient. As i said, my patients, often when im worried i will tell you, she penry with me and we are there. Reporter infection, hospitalization and icu rates, all up sharply over the course of the last two weeks. Here, since the beginning of november in the same oneweek period it has been a 47. 1 increase. This is almost a 20 faster rate of rise in the fastest rate of rise we have seen in california. Reporter with thanksgiving less than two weeks away and families considering gathering, dr. Galley also announced a travel advisory, urging people to not travel and if they must come asking them to quarantine for at least a full two weeks, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Travel, having others travel to your home could potentially cost increased transmi
That breaking news is from the south bay. Highway 17 in campbell is now closed a a wrongway driver crashed. Lanes are blocked right now and this is, of course, impacting the Early Morning commute. Good morning on this friday, january 17th. Im reggie aqui. Im liz kreutz. Lets get over to Amy Hollyfield live in campbell. Good morning. Good morning. Weve just learned the driver who died in this crash was an asian woman in her late 20s. She was driving an avalon. They got the call she was going the wrong way on 880 at coleman and then crashed here in the northbound lane on highway 17 around hamilton. She crashed head on she crashed into an avalon. She was driving an accord. The driver of the avalon was transported to the hospital, but the chp tells me he was conscious and Walking Around. So it sounds like hes going to be okay. They dont the coroner is here on the scene. The car is still here. It has not been towed away. They are thinking these lanes will be closed for another hour. They ho
Live in saratoga. Reporter for more than seven hours, this section of southbound highway 85 has been shut down. You can see tonight the arrows diverting traffic onto saratoga highway. Tonight, investigators are trying to piece together how a police stop turned deadly. Tonight an officerinvolved shooting investigation in the middle of highway 85. A line of cops. The cars had caution tape on it. Reporter San Jose Police say when officers pulled a car over around 3 00 this afternoon, a man in the passenger seat pulled out a handgun. Police say thats when one officer shot and killed the suspect. The officers were not hurt. Chp shut down this section of southbound highway 85 near saratoga so the Santa Clara County d. A. s office and the homicide unit could safely investigate. That left hundreds of drivers grinding through gridlock. This woman says it took her more than a half hour to drive about a mile. Yeah. I was about to run out of gas. I was like on my last bar, and i was like, okay, i
Its 70 contained. Before we show you the fire and give you the updates i want to point out that behind us is st. Monicas church. This is were some of the evacuees were told to go to get updates. A short time ago they got the word that half of the people who were told to evacuate ca w return home. We are seeing a little bit of traffic. People who just got the notice are leaving this Evacuation Center and heading up the hill. Up the hill from us in the distance you can see some of the fire trucks and vehicles on standby, watching this fire. Merrill fire broke out around 1 00 last night. It spread to 40 acres but is now 70 contained. At one point it was threatening 140 homes in the Sanders Ranch neighborhood, one mile south from st. Marys college. The university was not threatened. Firefighters say they have a good handle on the fire and will start to switch to mop up mode, and watching things. The spokesperson want to thank the residents were evacuating so quickly. When police came to th
It is the cold air that is associated with that giving us winter storm warnings. 35 hundred feet but above lake level there will be some snow with a higher ratio. Usually it is a 1 to 10 but there is colder air so this could be more of a powder than cement. 50s for the temperatures with a few upper 40s, not much changing just a little south wind so everything is turning in the direction of the front and it is a cold front. Most of the systems have been mild but that will be swinging through tomorrow with the cold unstable air which could bring hail and other unstable air. Today rain will develop. 7 what we have on the roads . The usual slowing. We have had a smattering of fender bender accidents but nothing too serious. Mostly slow traffic with Poor Visibility in some areas. 40 minutes for the drive on 80 westbound from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and when you get to the macarthur maze add on another 20 two weight through this at the toll plaza. This is typical but you c