Streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from our exclusive salesforer looking west as we start this new week. Good morning. It is monday, december 7. Im len kiese. Im anne makovec in for Michelle Griego this week. Lets get right over to mary lee. We are looking at a high fire danger. This is a rare and late season offshore wind event. Tracking the winds picking up. Up in the mountains, when discussing up to more than 60 Miles Per Hour and it is windy for many locations this morning. A red flag warning is in effect for most of the bay area until 5 00 p. M. All the airlines highlighted in red. Higher elevations with gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour. Our valleys and coasts up to 40 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. The wind advisory for most of the bay area until 11 00 a. M. So watch out for flying debris, broken blanches and the possibility of power outages. You can see how strong the winds are, the camera really shaking in the wind this morning. Our temperatures are running in the 40s and 50s. A
The breezy us for the north bay and then right along the coastline, right now Half Moon Bay sonoma in petaluma all looking at winds at or above 20 Miles Per Hour and thats not even including gusts which will be as high as 45 Miles Per Hour at times red flag warnings expire at 5 in effect right now all across the north bay, the inland east bay and the san mateo coast line temperatures are mild right now were low 60s in alameda and hayward as well as napa at 6061 degrees little cooler for dublin in concord in the 40s. Im talking what to expect this afternoon and when these winds will really come down in your forecast rebecca all right john look forward to that because that we do have a high wind advisory issued a since about 4 oclock this morning. Because its been some blustery out there for the bay bridge. So both hands on that Steering Wheel if youre going to be heading into downtown San Francisco. Traffic really starting to thin behind the tolls because we did have a couple of problem
Antioch, as well as morgan hill. A look at the rest of the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Looking great right now. We have a little different pattern for the week. Golden gate bridge, no problems on the span. How very light the traffic flow is and as we look at the map ive circled the area where the sensors are slower heading towards the bridge. Theres a crew that should be clearing right about now right on schedule so i think that should be shortlived. Ill doublecheck and let you know if anything is going on there. No slowing for oakland. I see changes in the trivalley. Well have that coming up. Mike, thank you. President elect bidens transition is now official with the green light from the Trump Administration to get to work. Here is a live look at the white house. This is where, despite the new development, the president is not giving up his fight against the election results. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with the very latest. Good
50 increase in new coronavirus cases this month. The new order restricts nonessential Business Operations and from 10 pm until 5 am. As well as social activities and gatherings with people from other households. The order takes effect at 10 00 saturday night and will remain in place for a month. But it could potentially be extended. The order affects counties in the states most restrictive tear, the bay area counties are shown in light green and include every local county except marin, San Francisco and san mateo, which are still in the red tier. Jana katsuyama begins our coverage tonight. Reporter the state Officials Say they hope this curfew will really help slow the spread of the virus that has spiked in terms of cases in the state heard and they have extended the order through december 21. Todays actions will help us bring down transmission and flatten the curve. Californias health and Human Services secretary says instead of a statewide stayat home order the curfew targets the 10
Covid infections. More than 187,000. As the new surge grinds on, we are closer to a vaccine that could end the outbreak. Pfizer announced it asked for emergency use approval of the vaccine candidate which the company says is 95 effective in large scale trials. We hope that they will review the data and give us the green light so we can start distributing the vaccine. Reporter moderna is expected to send data to the fda later this month. Astrazenica says it is showing strong immune responses in older adults. No corners were cut in the rush to production. The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity. Reporter states are puttinger restrictions in place as they try to slow the spread cdc recommends against traveling. The best way to stay safe is to stay at home. Covid19 sites are struggling to keep up with demand. We have seen long lines. In los angeles lines around the building. Five people are recovering from minor injuries after a