Can see from our east bay hills camera. Expect this light wind to keep pulling that fog to the west as we head through the morning commute. It will turn to hazy conditions and high clouds this afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to average with upper 50s along the coast and about 60 to 63 degrees for the rest of us. Reggie . Thank you. This morning another major announcement about a covid19 vaccine. Oxford university and a astrazeneca revealing the vaccine theyre developing shows a strong immune response in older people. Jobina, this is important since these are the people so vulnerable to the virus. Older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions that make coronavirus more dangerous. Having a vaccine just as effective in older and younger patients is significant here. Participants also showed few side effects. The last steps of oxfords phase three trial are under way now so they could be seeking approval for the vaccine in a matter of weeks. This comes as americas d
We have some issues on the road. Lets turn it over to jobina right now. In San Francisco an intersection is closed after a crash involving a police car. We have new video right now. Police tape surrounding fillmore and waller streets. The police are seeing that theres a damaged cruiser there on the scene and also it appears theres a muni bus involved. It is believed that this was a Police Pursuit that ended in a crash injuring the suspect and the officer. A call is in to sfpd to confirm that. We want to take a live picture of the scene. Officers are still there investigating. The intersection of fillmore and waller is closed now. Well bring you an update on this as soon as we hear back from police. Now to the pandemic. Can cases spiking across the country and bay area counties moving into more restrictive tee tiers, one east bay county is cracking down to make sure businesses not only know the rules but are obeying them. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with how this will work. Y
Tomorrow night. The stricter rules are being implemented because theyre trying to slow the continuing spread of coronavirus infections. Ive been concerned at how quickly it has skyrocketed. Two weeks ago, we were seeing about 3. 9 to 4. 2 of everyone tested being positive, and we were very concerned that we reached this 8 benchmark. We set a cap at 8 , and now that weve reached that, we realized we need to scale back, keep the community safe, and really encourage people to take these additional safeguards so we can slow the spread. Reporter now, Health Officials are also keeping close tabs on the number of intensive care unit beds available in the county. Right now, about half of the 209 beds are in use either from covid cases or other cases and this recent spread of infections in the county obviously is prompting concerns about the future, the near future availability of those icu beds. Reporting live in lafayette, im sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Sergio, thanks very much. Lets
Weeks. The schedules they have to follow to keep places open. For example, coronavirus hospitalizations can only go up 10 over a threeday average. In Sonoma County, theyre up 44 . The state wants at least 20 of beds available. Right now Sonoma County is down to 9 . Sonoma county is on the states watch list. If the situation doesnt improve, some businesses will have to close. Wayne freedman got reaction to the ripple effect. Reporter by now youve read about, heard and lived this narrative before. Having reopened once, the coronavirus numbers are pushing Sonoma County and places like petaluma back toward shutdown mode. Who do you blame for the numbers . Thats a good question. Its an act of god. Lets just say that. Reporter but also, state and local government like the Sonoma County board of supervisors. We wont believe announcing closures today and tomorrow, but potentially as early as monday. Reporter meaning this could be a last gasp weekend for bars and restaurants like this place wit
This is the 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2. Backtoschool, but not exactly. Oakland Unified School District outlines its plans for the new school year one month from today. We are starting the school year august 10th in entirely distancelearning for all students. How and when to reopen schools has become a national debate. Good evening, im christina run down. And im andre senior. Oakland unified taking a phased approach and its not alone. We have live coverage from ktvus greg lee. We are starting to see districts all over announcing plans to anxious parents, teachers and students. Tonight in oakland, Officials Say safety is at the center of their decisionmaking. We are starting with all students in Distance Learning. Reporter no students will be in classrooms when oakland unified starts the new school year august 10th. The district announced for up to four weeks all students will stay at home and learn remotely. Than some will be phased back into the classroom. Those with the highest needs re