Compared to counties like los angeles were even Outdoor Dining has been shutdown. For example, Santa Clara County has 53 covid19 patient in the intensive care unit occupying about 10 of the county icu beds. It should not be a concern a. Reporter across california, more than 1500 Covid Patients are hospitalized and the icu accounting for more than 41 of covid beds. The total number of beds designated for Covid Patients can change. It sounds more alarming that it is. I am not saying we do not have a problem, obviously we have this type of denominator. The numbers we are looking at are bigger, compared to what the actual crisis is. We do know that we can bring on additional heads. Not infinitely but many more than we have today because of our efforts to plan around the surge. We have spaces identified in certain facilities to be brought on. Right now i think the Health System is doing very well. They may have Hospitals Trust more than others. Reporter we saw the spike in hospitalizations
Good wednesday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get to the commute in just a bit. First lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those temps for us. Were starting out cool this morning in the trivalley, checking out whats going on in dublin, and we are seeing some clear visibility for now. We will see some light, patchy fog drifting by, but it will be slightly cooler today. And by tomorrow well have a very cold morning. Some of us may be starting out near freezing. Our dry weather does continue at least throughout the weekend. Well talk about whats ahead coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Kari, its looking really great right now as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Very light volume now and i expect for the earlier morning commute maybe 6 00, 6 15 well see slowing. Well watch that. The maps show no major issues around the bay. Maybe a little fog in the north bay.
A very good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Were halfway there through the workweek, the day before thanksgiving. Mike has a look at the commute. First that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. How is it looking, kari . It looks pretty good. We are all quiet across the bay area. We started out with Cool Temperatures and patches of fog particularly in the north bay. A live look in dublin, it will be cooler but comfortable for the middle of the day. We do have some cool mornings ahead. The dry weather does continue. Well talk about that in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking driving through some of those foggy areas . Yes, folks might have trouble looking around them. The bay bridge for a reference, very light traffic flow. The note as we look at the north bay 29 to highway 1 up to healdsbu healdsburg, thats that warm amber blob where the fog has registered. Lower visibility there. Really no slowing on this map. Back to you. President
Going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. Were continuing to monitor that as well as whats going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. Today were up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and San Francisco will reach 70 degrees. Were going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and ill have more on that in a few minimum. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. And by bad im talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. A look at the map, a smooth drive. Ive circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowin
First, were talking tact weather. So lets get the latest on the Power Outages happening in the area. Put your dwoes us on Facebook Live right now and well try to answer them as well. Is red flag warning is in effect until friday afternoon this fire danger is forcing pg e to warn n customers wherever except francisco and morin for now that there might be these shutoffs. They say theyre expecting any power shutoff to first start around 6 00 p. M. Tonight and others would start in stages after that. Power likely wouldnt be stief restore until its safe to do the powerlines. That could be thursday or friday night. Right now on our website and our free app we have easy tips for how to prepare for these shutoffs and this address guide to find out if your home is in a potential shutoff area. So take a look at that. As do you and as you explore that power outage, as you see it, no public power shutoffs have gone into nekt our area, meaning you still have time to prepare. Joining us, our very ow