3,600 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the bay area. A third of those are in hard hit Santa Clara County. The bay area is expected to reach its peak later this month, but will we building be ready . They are predicting we would not have shortages in regular or icu beds even at the peak. Reporter professor tara dion says early shelter in place orders may save californias Healthcare System from running out of beds, but cautions the system will still be under enormous strain. There is an issue of where those beds are and are they in the right place . So as a whole across the state, i think we probably have enough icu beds. The question is are they in the places where well have the patients coming in . Reporter shifting beds, equipment or patients around the state the professor says will be a huge logistical and administrative challenge and while the state has done what it can to slow the spread of the disease and flatten the curve, there may still be shortages looming of ventilators and oth
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Were looking wine from our exclusive sales force to camera as we the quest on this monday morning. Good morning, everyone. It is monday, april six. I am michelle griego. It is 4 30 when i now. Lets get you ready for the work week and this monday morning. How is looking out there . Good morning. We are starting off our day at least dry in locations at the what we can that we have lets go right back to high def doppler. You can see the showers offshore as well as across santa cruz and manor a and down across the far, far south bay. Zooming in on high def doppler come you can see the showers that are right over morgan hill down 101 and we are looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s and is we head through the day a month little brother for us, we could see an isolated thunderstorms. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Good monday morning. We do have a couple of things going on in the south bay, one along 87, one along
Getting that wet start your day. High def doppler, tracking it offer you this morning after a wet weekend, picked up that beneficial rainfall and we are still looking at showers as we head to our day. Lets zoom in on high def doppler for the south bay. Los gatos, san jose, morgan hill and gilroy you can see those light showers pushing through. As we head to are day we will see scattered showers, good even feel i said isolated thunderstorm later on this afternoon, daytime highs in the mid 60s and San Francisco, upper 50s for concord and fairfield, low 60s and santa rosa i will timeout the rest of our showers on future cast coming up but now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. We do have a couple things going on in south bay, an area where you said we are seeing some rain this morning. 101, 87, 280, careful if you are hitting the roadways to the south and our. A couple things going on, northbound 87 just south of airport boulevard, youve got an overturned vehicle, they have
The day, below average temperatures again scattered showers and the chance to see an isolated thunderstorms. I will take you hour by hour through traffic. Lets take a look at the roadways right now. Chp was working on but was first reported as an accident, it is now a broken down vehicle on 24 eastbound. Not too far from broadway. We saw some slight delays earlier that looks like they may have now moved this over. Traffic moving a lot better. Not a lot of volume, not a lot of cars in the roadway of these incidents pop up, doesnt look like they are causing a ton of delays, but if you are a delivery truck driver or a healthcare worker, and essential worker getting to go on the freeways this morning you should be able to go for the most part, there is a traffic hazard, a fallen tree on highway 90 is blocking the roadway in both directions right at 35 skyline boulevard. Utilize an alternate they are instead. The bay bridge looks pretty good with no delays here, traffic very light over ligh
Did we take . We had a great time seeing everybody. Reporter im not kidding it might have been 300. There was a lot of action news fans out there. Reporter they were chanting at you. Reporter they were. Reporter im talking too much. Reporter lets gets to the weather thing, thank you for being to kind. It was great and hanging out with you. We have cloud cover increasing overnight. Mostly cloudy skies getting thicker with the clouds as we go through the day. 23 in allentown. Colder than yesterday. Although the wind isnt as bad today theres hardly any of it in someplaces. Well not worry you with windchills. 21 in millville. 18 in reading. All these temperatures are good enough for a coat and extra gear. We had nice bright sunshine yesterday. Today a little bit milder. Noon, 39. Well hold at 37 straight through the evening. Overnight at midnight. The numbers will rise. We talked about a snow shower up north. Maybe, maybe not. If the poconos gets anything it will be a quick hit. All that i