Bay area we approach 90 hundred covid19 cases and 312 deaths in los angeles is the hardest hit region with 555 new cases yesterday and that brings the total thereto more than 26 thousand. In a minute we hear from the governor as he gets his daily update on the covid19 response. Just yesterday you remember he announced some businesses will reopen as early as friday. Today we see a picture here meeting with Small Business owners and workers as the state prepares to enter phase two reopening the economy. We see the governor wearing facemasks and keeping the 6 foot plus social distance he is keeping with people he is talking to. Distract the bay area is responding to reopening the area and ktvu Sara Zendehnam reports. Some are not following the lead but some north bay counties are. A lot of businesses are anxious to open backup and it will happen faster in some california counties than others. And governor Gavin Newsoms four stage roadmap to reopening the state california is heading into s
And north wind translated the warmer for all with the 60s and upper 70s and may be near 80 and around fairfield they could do it. One of the few. We are well above average on the highest which is not something that we have seen. And now Sal Castaneda is here now and will tell us if anything new is going on. Good morning steve, nothing that is to major out there and you see that traffic will be okay if youre driving on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a smooth drive and i do not see anyone. And by the way it is always this way even when we did not have the pandemic going on. Pretty light at this hour and this morning it is the same but no problems on any of the bay area bridges, now back to dave. Starting today all staff and visitors of contra costa and Alameda County Health Care Facilities have to first be screened before they go inside of the new order requires anyone going into a nursing home or other congregant facility to have their Temperature Check and wear masks and residents also
It already feels like a nice, warm day and dave can you feel it . I did and as you said it is nice and warm. Will come back to mornings on 2 it is now 4 45 am but thats check with steve paulson, will be about the same there was a grass fire in as in the highs last week but Contra Costa County yesterday it feels warmer already. For afternoon right near the Alameda County line started some it will be, upper 80s to about 1 20 in the afternoon at near 90, the coastals will not byron highway and mountain be that high but they will warm house road. Our Officials Say according to early reports it may have been sparked by some fieldwork. Up, High Pressure is kicking in and it is transitory so not firefighters stayed on the scene late into the night watching out for hotspots. Parking and it will continue to move but temperatures rather police in San Francisco say mild with a lot of mid50s and that a Homicide Investigation which began with a gruesome just about everybodys close, Oakland Airport
As we expected. Heres a look at a cloudy sky where it is 51 degrees. Pretty mild this morning. Mid 40s to 50s and sun and clouds with mid to upper 50s at the coast. Near 60 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods and then mid and even a few upper 60s possible at 4 00 and a very comfortable evening mid50s to about 60. Reggie . Mike, thank you. You know, the last thing you want right now is to have essential workers showing up to work because they feel like they cant miss their pay even if they get sick. Well, now some major bay area cities are providing some relief. Abc 7 News Reporter Julian Glover is live for us in san jose. Julian . Hey, good morning, reggie. Yeah, this is really another tool in the tool box to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The idea is to give essential workers like you mentioned enough sick leave. An additional two weeks off so if they do come in contact with the coronavirus or they have it themselves, they dont have to worry about missing a paycheck
In coverage throughout the day by today. Some showers, a lot of great sky from the Golden Gate Bridge with 47 in san jose, 46 on the peninsula. It is sunny, 21 in truckee, 31 at the top of valley airport, 43 today with a winter storm warning for the weekend. Our exploratorium camera looking at the showers beginning in the next hour or so in the city, then traveling to the Central Coast. Its a rainy afternoon on and off. By 4 00, we still have scattered showers. A bit of a break in the later afternoon with our level one system. Then the cold sector of the system comes in tomorrow with heavier downpours. We begin with the brandnew numbers overnight. There are more than 3,200 confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay area and Santa Cruz County with 86 deaths. Sonoma county is reporting five new case, pushing their total to at least 105. Santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1,000 cases. San francisco and san mateo counties are closing in on 500. Mendocino, four co