At this point we do not know what led up to the stabbing and we have no information on a possible suspect. We are working to find out more and we will bring you the latest information as we get it. Back to the coronavirus pandemic, some counties are seeing sharp rises in the number of hospitalizations. If rates continue to climb hospitals could exceed capacity. This week california recorded its highest number of cases since the start of the pandemic. They reported 15,000 new cases on saturday. That is the first time that many people have been hospitalized since mid august. Smith is here now after talking with healthcare workers about the new numbers. Reporter the resounding message is hospitals are able to treat patients now but if cases continue to rise at the same rate, hospitals will become overwhelmed. As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise, hospitals in the area are seeing the impacts. Our unit is approaching full capacity for coronavirus patients. Reporter Regional M
Interchange. Shes going to join us later in the newscast to talk to people evacuating their homes and well talk to jeff ranieri about the wind. Youve seen the smoke overtake the firefighters as they come in that foreground there in cordelia and fairfield. Another fire in Contra Costa County in rodeo east of i80 between the cummings skyway and Willow Avenue exits. The flames coming dangerously close to the phillips 66 refinery. You can see the tanks there. 60 acres have burned and one lane of eastbound 80 is closed. Thankfully, at this time no homes are threatened. We have trouble near the beniciamartinez bridge. All lanes on the benicia side of the bridge were closed. This fire is mostly knocked down, but crews are still on site as the mopup process continues. In other news, a black lives matter mural in the east bay sparking tensions and angry confrontations. It happened after a white couple painted over a city approved mural. Things escalated with one man accused of pointing a gun at
The Livermore Valley area. We will get to that in a second. First lets start with the south bay to give you a check and things look good. A lot of gray on the map. No problems. Earlier problem on 101 has been cleared out of the way. Problems we are following for you in the pleasanton area Livermore Valley area southbound 680 north of sunol a crash involving a vehicle that hate couch. So good reminder for anyone hauling furniture or anything to tie up your items on the back of your truck so stuff doesnt fall off a crash on 5 0, 680 interchange. Bay bridge toll plaza is busy this morning. We are not sure if metering lights are on but looks like it. And this is because of a stalled vehicle earlier this morning. This was a garbage truck blocking one of the lanes. Thats been cleared out of the way. But you can see the backup continues because of it. 5 01 now back to the desk. New this morning, just after midnight, Oakland Police moved in, cleared out a protest by homeless activists outside
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Inside keep your windows and your doors closed because of course of the a heavy smoke. The refinery fire set off some vegetation fires in the area surrounding the facility. The new star fires burned about 17 acres so far it is 20 contained. But firefighters say they have stopped the spread. Cal fire says several agencies are helping to respond to all of this. And i want check in with kron fours dan kerman hes got the latest from the scene including some a new information dan what are you saying. Well interstate 80 in the coming skyway you can see what weve been looking at all day long which is thick black smoke, going to step out of the way so you can get a better idea of what were looking for as you know, 3 tanks here that ended up exploding and catching fire. We had a brief bit of a respite for a while after it happened just before 2 oclock and then one of the tanks collapsed and when it collapsed, we got a lot more thick black smoke again was but as you see whether its more or less