No word yet on the cause. And its a very s ofea. Bunojust om ngnto the bay area. Including one thats burned 11,000acres. The mineral fire erupted monday in Fresno County near highway 198 in colinga. The wind whipped flames exploding to 11,000acres with 5 containment. Smoke from this fire is collecting now over the east bay. And in san bonito county the socalled coyote fire has grown to over 200acres in just a matter of hours. Chief meteorologist paul hagan tracking those conditions for us, paul . Yeah, you can see the haze out there right now as we look out from mount hamilton. It almost looks like high cirrus clouds overhead. Fortunately, the fire crews are able to get a handle on that martinez fve testimony scenic fire. And the fire danger really wasnt that high today. Not by our standards this time of the year. We ranked that on our fire danger index. And these are the values we have out there this evening. This is a scale from 0 to 10. Its very simple. We want to be as close to zer
Streaming on cbsn bay area, a move by San Francisco supervisors could spell the end for cal train. Ridership has hit record lows and money is running out. Im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz in tonight for elizabeth. Wilson walker in menlo park with a decision that could prove to be catastrophic for the transit agency. We got a tip at the beginning of the meeting after the meeting started. It was a total shock. Reporter even for those who hang on bay area transit issues, it came as shockwh San Francisco suistodvancea vember balloasfoa cal is operate insco erontallymake e sis as to what happens. We were never hot about a sales tax. Reporter explaining the decision today, the supervisors pointed to the long standing rift over how the system is managed and funded. San francisco county has saved cal train multiple times. We stepped up with money when San Francisco and Santa Clara County didnt want to. Reporter he represents San Mateo County on the board of directors saying a three count
Morning drive for everyone heading out, our essential workers especially. And theres Nothing Holding them up over there getting across the bay. Instead of fog we have an issue of visibility. Youll notice its dark between Treasure Island and the oakland toll plaza. It is dark there. The Street Lighting or the roadway lighting has been out since at least midnight. I saw that noted on twitter. Headlights and taillights no problem. Be extra cautious. Back to you. A look at the latest u. S. Confirmed cases tops 460,000 including more than 16,000 deaths, the second most of any nation behind only italy. Nonessential businesses remain on hold. Today in the bays tracie potts live for us in washington and, tracie, congress was talking about adding more cash to help Small Businesses but thats hit a snag. Reporter exactly. They didnt get it done because republicans want to put more money in the pot where the money hasnt been dispersed yet and democrats are concerned about that because they say the
All times. Here is a question so many are asking tonight. Should we all wear masks . The Trump Administration may recommend that americans wear masks or something similar when out in public. Californias department of Public Health is now recommending it, along with many Bay Area Health departments. But Governor Newsom still urges caution. Masks are not a institute for physical distancing. If you are going into an environment where physical disastering is all but impossible, for example, into a Grocery Store with small aisles and a long queue, that we do believe it would be additive and beneficial to have a face covering. Bear in mind medical grade masks like the n95 you hear so much about should be reserved for medical workers since there simply arent enough. The public can use a fabric covering like a bandanna or a homemade mask. The bay area and Santa Cruz County have nearly 3,000 confirmed coronavirus cases tonight. There have been 73 deaths. Santa clara county has more than a thous
I have been told i need to stay close to the microphone, so i will do a lot of pointing. Each bar represents the cumulative number of cases on a given day during this past month. The blue portion of the bar represents the newest cases. I think, just eyeballing this, everyone can see this does not represent linear growth but this is termed exponential growth. We dont know what the days to come hold, but we can anticipate everything will get higher. I want to remind you it was only two weeks ago, we had one case in vermont. We have in excess of 100 now. 123 to be exact. The last day on this graph is the 23rd. But in my hand, i have the most updated data which came after midnight last night, and there is now 123 and the blue portion is 28 new cases. The appearance of the graph is more important than the numbers. The other perspective is that it has only been about two weeks that we have been involved with coronavirus at this level in vermont. And in that period of time, we have experience