Whats happening is a covid spec. Cases in the state of california have doubled just in the last 10 days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, contra costa is one of 60 counties now in the most respect to purple tear. Joining napa, santa clara, and so dominant counties. Only San Francisco, san mateo, and marin counties are one step above in the right ear. Even so, Indoor Dining is also coming to a halt. Health officials say, the spike is occurring even before the holidays or the heart of the flu season. Thanks giving hasnt occurred yet. The weather just started getting cold. We havent seen anything yet. The fact that we already see surges in cases before all of this that events is particularly concerning. It seems restaurants and bars are getting the blood to the plane for whats happening. People sit at tables even if outside are pretty close to folks who the are not with all the time with the masks down. Those are th
Our storm ranger scanning the skies. Meteorologist kari hall timing out the wet weather as today in the bay on Tuesday Morning starts right now. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. First well start with the forecast for you. Meteorologist kari hall tracking that rain. Has it already started to fall here . Not yet but we will see it the rest of the day moving north to south. We can still see the rain approaching the far northwestern california coast and were going to see that moving in as we go into today. As we power up storm ranger it is starting to pick up on some very light sprinkles but the heavier stuff comes this morning. Ill time it out in a few minutes. Mike, any issues for the Early Morning commute . No major issues but one in martinez. Lets look at the big view. You see green. That will put you at ease. A major connector coming off the carquinez bridge area. Theres glass on the roadway. There is glass from what, i dont know. T
Commute . Overall, kari, the commute looks great. We take a look at the big map and you see green sensors except for one spot. Well zoom in on it. Tough to see from this view. Its over in brentwood. Highway 4 is closed because of im not sure. Its either a headon crash between a car and a big rig or a car that hit a guardrail. A big difference there. No big injuries reported but you can travel along the eastern side of the golf course to avoid the closure. The bay bridge is just fine, completely clear. Back to you. Thank you, mike. A live look at capitol hill for you this morning. President elect joe biden pushing for lawmakers to reach a deal on new covid relief package. He is turning to National Security experts as the Trump Administration continues to block the transition of power. The president elect still not receiving classified Intelligence Briefings but today is expected to meet with defense experts to get him better prepared for day one. Today in the bays tracie potts to explai
Forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. And were starting out this morning with some fog in parts of the south bay as well as the north bay up around santa rosa so once we get through this fog well be clearing out. The rest of the week is looking dry with some mild temperatures. I want to show you what youll feel today as we start out with some 30s and 40s. Well reach into the mid60s for a lot of our afternoon highs. Looking ahead to the rest of the forecast coming up, mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Kari, our maps just put up this yellow here, the road weather index. A yellowish orange shot. Our live camera shows a glow for some low clouds. Look at the map, fremont on the right side and the yellow highlighting on the left side. Both may be affected by the low clouds. No major problems, though, theres already slowing through livermore for 84. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Some breaking news for you that morning. Police are still at the scene at a San
Morning. So if this is your neighborhood or part of your route you are going to have to drive around a different way. We have been asking for suspect information. There was some conflicting information about a possible arrest last night but police have not confirmed that but, again, they are up this morning and starting to tweet about it. Just an update on the traffic drama its created. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. All right, thank you very much for the latest there. 6 01. New phase three raults fresults astrazeneca is 90 effective. While its less than pfizer and modernas vaccine results, which is at 95 , astrazeneca says its vaccine can be kept at refrigeration temperatures making it easier for storage at many hospitals. Pfizer and moderna vaccines must be stored in much colder conditions. A surprise announcement from governor newsom. His entire family now quarantining for 14 days after being exposed to the virus. Late last night he tweeted they have all tested negative but will fo