Almost a 109,000 every day covid related deaths are up 18 over the same time span averaging 939 per day over the last 2 weeks. The virus has killed more than 237,000 americans. To the south bay now officials are warning of a possible return to tighter Health Orders in the wake of the surge in new covid19 cases. Santa clara countys Public Health officer and other officials calling on the community to stay on guard against the virus. 358 new covid19 cases reported yesterday. It is the most since the middle of july. Theres also been a sharp increase in hospitalizations to more than a 100. The newest infections are mostly in people between the ages of 1834 years old the county is stepping up enforcement of the health order and so far 79 businesses have received notices for noncompliance amid more than 1000 complaints state leaders are already gearing up to work with the president and Vice President elect joe biden and kamala harris. Although President Trump has yet to concede in the presid
To welcome customers back so soon. Good evening and thanks for joining us at everybody im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus not as bad as it was last night, but this Atmospheric River continues to pass through parts of the bay area tonight. Prompting several weather alerts in our region. The rain is falling in Santa Cruz County tonight streets there as you can see. Pretty slick and water is standing in some areas of Boulder Creek. Flood advisory has expired within just the past hour. But a Flash Flood Watch is in effect that curation orders and warnings remain in place near the burn zones in san mateo and santa cruz counties see her on the map the areas shaded in yellow are under evacuation warnings. The areas in red have evacuation orders in place. Is rain and snow knocked out power for more than half a million pg e customers in northern california. Nearly 75 of those customers have their power back on right now, but 16,000 customers in the bay area. Theyre still in the dark tonight a
We try to take a little bit of the california ingenuity and innovative spirit we are well known for and we reached out to perkin elmer, and we reached out to a number of other partners to develop a strategy. The governor said the lab has already created 300 new jobs with 400 more expected in the spring. To the south bay, a San Jose Church that says it will continue holding large Indoor Services in defiance of Public Health orders ring the covid19 outbreak, now the county is taking the church to court. Henry lee is here with more on this standoff. Reporter for months, Calvary Chapel in san jose have been holding in their services for as many as 600 people each week, despite a ban on gatherings because of the coronavirus. On friday, Church Leaders say nothing will change, even in the face of a 350,000 fine by Santa Clara County, which is now taking them to court. The pastor says he knows coronavirus is still active, but he is worried about a Mental Health pandemic. People are hurting, pe
But i felt like it was going to be safe. Reporter more than 40 of ballots sent out have been returned, but with a major jump in Voter Registration from 2016, secretary of state alex padilla says it means there is still a lot to people who need to cast their vote. The math is simple, there is more than 22 million registered voters in the state of california. A little bit more than nine a half million ballots already back, that is great early voting number, but that means there is more than 10 million voters who have yet to participate. Reporter several sports arenas will be converted into early voting and ballot drop off locations, starting saturday, and three election day, that includes levis a stadium in santa clara, and the oakland coliseum, the warriors have transformed the practice facility in downtown oakland on broadway, and Kaiser Permanente arena in santa cruz into pulling sites, the area around the chase center will serve as a ballot dropoff location, with more options opening
This road, it will be suicide. I mean, no other word for it. And so we decided that were going to go to my mothers in the south bay for a few days tomorrow. And we have a 84yearold father living with us. Timmy is 3 1 2 and we also have two other People Living in the household so it is a six person preemptive evacuation. The more the people pre evacuate the more easy it will be for people to evacuate and for fire engines and Police Vehicles to get up. 15 coverage on the fire danger, and power shutoffs, we begin with john ramose in Sonoma County tonight. Many of the same communities that are affected by wildfire are also affected by power shutoffs. And in Sonoma County, they have gotten pretty good at preparing for them. Here is of the current north bay power outage map looks like, today. Here is what is expected to look like tomorrow. Into the hills for santa rosa, the people in jon mills are kenwood neighborhood have gotten used to it. Love you neighbors are hooked to generators now. I