Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Some criticism and some support for californias new curfew. But are people in the bay area following the new rule . With that we say good evening and thank you so much for joining us, everybody. Im dion lim. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in palo alto now with the check on how the first night of curfew went. Corn y el . Reporter Police Agencies from santa rosa, Alameda County reporting to me that they had no major issues with the curfew overnight. And were here on University Avenue where a lot of restaurants will be serving for a few more hours before curfew begins. Of course not every county is part of the curfew. But many feel like they should be to avoid confusion. Day one of californias overnight curfew and Many Bay Area Police departments are giving the all clear. As of last night and this morning we have not had any issues, and we appreciate everybody following as best they can. We know this i
How hot are we talking about on day one of the heat wave . 110 antioch, 103, 98 in santa rosa, 95, san rafael, 77 in San Francisco, 70 degrees in half moon bay. This is just the start of the dangerous heat wave. It is only going to get hotter as we head to the second half of the Holiday Weekend. Ill be back with the details coming up. Now in morgan hill, this Ace Hardware Store is already out of large fans but they do have generators. Theyve been struggling to keep the shelves stocked since the last heat wave just weeks ago. Generators, misting, hosing, all of that. Were pretty solid on it. The store manager says pools have been hard to come by with people looking for any way to stay cool. A lot of beaches in the bay area are closed this Holiday Weekend. In marin county, visitors are not allowed at point reyes, pacifica has closed all of its beaches. The fitzgerald Marine Reserve and Tunitas Creek beach is closed. Lake berryessa because of the wildfires is closed. Santa clara has close
Lets take a closer look. The blue line, the positivity rate. 7. 6 . That is the average number of people infected over a 14day period. Most of the people who are tested in the beginning had symptoms and tested positive. Now, a lot more people are being tested, about 100,000 more a day compared to the beginning. Governor newsom says this is the threshold, 8 . If we get there, we will see more close sures. There is some good news when it comes to hospitalizations. Those numbers dropped for the first time in over a month. Check this out. We saw 7170 on july 1st. And then 6825. That is a sign that people are getting better. Today, the governor added Santa Cruz County to his watch list. More closures are likely for areas. It joins eight bay area counties already on the governors list. Its a familiar story. They have seen a surge in cases in the past couple weeks. Today, the county also announced its fourth death. If the countys on the watch list for four days, gyms, personal care salons and
Concern, and remember the number 1. 1. For every one person who contracts the virus in the state thundershower 1. Is people on average are now infected. The state wants to drive that down to 1 or below as quickly as possible, so we asked just how bad is it right now . Are we essentially back to square one with all of inform . Nbc 1s news joins us know. Reporter theres good news and bad news. The bad news is cases are on the rise, the good news things being things are really not as bad as they could be or compared to the rest rast state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen its clear the bay area is not out of woods yet, but just how bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worst hit counties in california, not as bad as los angeles, not as bad as imperial. Reporter to break it down, take a look at this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10th there were 809 new cases, not including a
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