Called in around 5 45 p. M. , and was well underway with flames shooting out of the multistory Apartment Building under construction in the 2000 block of University Avenue near shattuck. A nearby restaurant worker watch build inning get swallowed up in flames shortly after the fire broke out. The fire flames, too much fire flames, middle part of the building. Its, like, going higher and higher. The entire middle of the building was up in flames. Reporter mutual aid from at least half a dozen departments were called in to help wrest the flames down. We saw a bunch of firefighters coming down the street, blearing away, and we looked out, and it looked like just the top of the billing was on fire for a minute. Reporter firefighters garden evacuating businesses. We had fire threatening the buildings around it, multiple apartments and businesses, all of which have been evacuated. Reporter unable to again access inside, firefighters were forced to play defense, attacking the flames from outs
Officials say if this rate continues, hospitals could exceed capacity in three weeks. I just spoke with the nurse at Regional Medical center in East San Jose who says the unit are nearing capacity and she expects it could reach capacity in the coming days. She also says more than half the patients in the icu are covid19 patients. That nurse is concerned about the rise in hospitalizations, calling it troubling and unsure what caused the spike. The hospital is prepared if there is another surge, with enough personal protective equipment and if needed, the hospital will open up another unit. I feel prepared, i feel fatigued, i feel a little discouraged. I feel a little dcc vu. We also spoke to an Infectious Disease specialist who says for the first time at ucsf, hospitalizations doubled in the last two days. He calls that a breathtaking pace. Icu beds have not been overwhelmed yet. Health officials are encouraged by news of a vaccine, but they say in the meantime, people need to continue
Identifying what the key issues are and taking steps to deal with that. And its expected hell serve quite some time in the role as chief of staff. Something that will be a real contrast to the trump white house, where weve had 4 in the last 4 years. Be wrong, claim that will be organizing calls with world leaders. Those calls that weve seen joe biden make just in the last few hours. Hes spoken to the leaders in japan in south korea under still. Yeah. So those 3 leaders have acknowledged that joe biden is the president elect in the united states. 15 of hong kongs prodemocracy politicians are expected to formally resign after chinas hardest Decision Making body disqualified. 4 of their colleagues, the government accuses them of being a threat to national security. The u. S. Is one china further sanctions off the move. The coronavirus turtle continues to mount in europe. The u. K. Has reported 595 deaths in 24 hours, while 623 new fatalities were recorded in italy. Restrictions are being
Trump updated americans on his response to the coronavirus pandemic. According to some estimates, a National Lockdown course 50000000000. 00 a day and hundreds of thousands of jobs every single day. Ideally, we wont go to a lot. I will not go, this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, the, the, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administrator will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. The United Nations says its concerned war crimes may have been committed in ethiopias, northern tigre, a region Government Troops are battling local fighters, but said they conflict has already killed hundreds of people. Thousands have fled to sit on. Rival factions in libya have agreed to hold nationwide elections in december of next year. The date is considered a sign of progress from talks in neighboring. Chad is here. Thats where 75 libyan delegates have been the go see it in a vote. Map of civil war. A 30 year
Thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. Im in for marcus washington. In fewer than 24 hours a new overnight curfew starts for all 14 counties in the purple covid19 tier. The stayathome or covers nearly 95 of the states population. Here in the bay area, that means escalator, allameda and the counties listed here. What can and you cant do . Same for businesses. Sharon is here for. Reporter workers are trying to get prepared for the weekend and holiday diners main street kitchen and bar the owner is trying to adapt by creating a structure that will allow some in but protect outdoor diners from rain when needed and said this will cost him 30,000 and he had to lay off ten employees since Indoor Dining was shut down due to the purple tier with rising covid numbers. Restaurant owners and residents say they have to be flexible yet again. 10 00 p. M. Through 500 a. M. Curfew starts tomorrow night and goes through december 21st. Bhig thing i would do on thanksgiving we see friends afte