They are telling people to avoid that area. Twoalarm fire that we are monitoring. Thick smoke active right now. We will continue to follow that and bring you the updates as we get them. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Im marcus washington. The other big story. We are closely monitoring the guidance from the state this morning. Its been nearly 24 hours since governor gavin newsom announced new possible rollbacks. The number of available icu beds are dangerously low. A new statewide stayathome order could take effect. Bob redell is live for us in livermore. I know it looks like Alameda County could pull the trigger ahead of the order on the rest of the bay area. Reporter correct. Even though icu bed capacity here in Alameda County at 30 , the Health Department says it might order new shelterinplace order preemptively to preserve that capacity and to save lives. If and when this order goes into effect it will last three weeks and among other things would shut down indoor and Outdo
Next hit. For now lets talk about what will happen this afternoon. After being in the 30s and 40s this morning, well hit the low to mid 60s around the bay. 61 to about 63 degrees. Then you can see inland about 63 to 68. The cool spot will be Half Moon Bay at 56. Liz . All right. Thank you. New this morning, moderna will ask the fda for emergency authorization use for its covid19 vaccine today. The massachusettsbased Company Released its latest trial results today. It says so far it found the vaccine is just over 94 effective. Moderna following pfizer in requesting emergency authorization use. The fda is scheduled to meet and review the Pfizer Vaccine next thursday. The agency could do the same for modernas vaccine as early as december 17th. Surging covid19 cases have forced San Francisco and san mateo counties back into the purple tier. And that means new restrictions and a curfew. Gyms have to close indoors but can operate outdoors. Top attractions like the academy of sciences are clo
Nonessential work, movement and gatherings are prohibited between 10 0 oc0 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Dr. Mark galley says cases are rising higher and faster and more stringent actions may be needed if we cant flatten the curve quickly. We know and weve seen in the past that covid goes from zero to 60 Miles Per Hour very quickly. That were in a place today but that can rapidly change. Maybe not statewide, maybe just in the hand full of counties but further restrictions is what we hope to avoid. We hope todays actions, our collective coming together, our resol resolve to keep our protective behaviors up will stem the tide and bring the surging numbers down. Now the states 14day Positivity Rate is at 5 . Up from 3. 3 just two weeks ago. The Santa Clara County is one of the counties affected by the curfew. The Sheriffs Office saying quote the sucurfew will be anotr tool to enforce the law. The primary focus will be on more serious crimes in the community. We heard from San Francisco county not
Tracking the chance for rain returns to the bay area. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good tuesday, no, thursday. Goodness. Thursday morning. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first lets start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari . We are starting much cooler again now that the skies have cleared and well see a mostly clear sky today and comfortable afternoon. And then by tomorrow evening rain chances go up as a cold front arrives it brings in scattered showers and its all out of here by early saturday morning. We will have a nice weekend ahead. As we check out what to expect for today. Look at for those highs to reach into the low 60s and, once again, that sunshine continuing. Well talk about the timeline of the rain coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, things are clear on the roadway for the most part except for road crews. Lets
Few smaller scattered crashes and well double check on the crash in san leandro coming up. Well check back with you. Thanks, mike. A live look at the white house this morning and we get to hear from the president on Election Results. But this morning, president elect joe biden is lining up his cabinet. The president , meanwhile, doing the exact opposite. Tracie potts live for us in washington. Tracie, growing concerns on what mr. Trump could be doing with the pentagon. Exactly. The changes at the pentagon some are concerned may also be related to his refusal to accept the Election Results and now National Security officials retired generals, retired Intelligence Experts and others are raising concerns, sounding the alarm about the impact of those changes. Mark me down as alarmed. Reporter military experts are concerned about President Trump replacing mark esper and other pentagon officials with loyalists. This is just a tantrum of a president trying to accommodate himself to the outcom