Hospitalizations are surging out of control in california, 45 counties are now in the states most restrictive tier meaning the spread of covid19 is widespread. Thanks for joining us today at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia hospitalizations have increased 81 over the last 2 weeks in cases here in the bay area have now surpassed 138,000. All of these numbers increasing right ahead of the thanksgiving holiday when many people are hoping to gather with their families our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala is live for us in sacramento with more on californias latest covid19 update ashleigh. Yes and as well the states Top Health Official doctor mark galli says that those hospitalizations and covid19 cases are surging in the state thats leading he and other state leaders to request a 7 counties to take a step back in the states tiered reopening system with an even larger majority of counties and the states most restrictive tier. Statewide i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions. Incr
Economy running at full speed again. Reporter joe biden says a team of 123 scientists, physicians and publicment experts will help guide his administration in dealing with the covid19 pandemic. He introduced his board, co chairs include dr. David kesler, dr. Murphy, Surgeon General under the Obama Administration and dr. Smith. Two others are doctors. All three have impeccable credentials. We have to interrupt the story and take you live to gavin newsom. Some cases in the high teens, 20, 30, 40 Positivity Rates. Its raised alarm, some concern, i want to jump in and give you the latest in our state. Our case numbers have been trending up as well. Theday average, 5889. Number of tested positive for covid19 yesterday, the number came in over 7000. 7212, that number was familiar four to six weeks ago. In the early part of october, we havent seen an average of 7 days above 5800 in quite sometime. Lets look at the Positivity Rate. As you can see, here the Positivity Rate, the passenger of peo
Fire danger in effect from 11 00 tonight to 8 00 a. M. Wednesday for many of the Higher Elevations of marin county, parts of napa and Sonoma County and lake county, wind gusts could reach 40 Miles Per Hour or higher. Once again, this is in the Higher Elevations and for the nxt two days. Fires can start and spread easily under thesications. For the remainder of the bay area above 1,000 feet, a fire weather watch in effect from wednesday into friday. Similar conditions, only we expect only occasional gusts during that period of time, not the stronger, steadier gusts were expecting the next two days. All right. We will be watching it closely. Spencer, thank you. We are just 15 days away from the election that will decide our next president. And so far here in the bay area voters are responding in record numbers. Ballot boxes and Election Centers are swirling with activity, all of this as today marks the deadline for registering online in california. Heres abc 7 News Reporter laura anthony
You might say better late than never. Adam that is exactly what i would say. Better late than never but also powell and Richard Clara for the process. There is a reality going back to well before the Global Financial crisis that the phillips curve has been flat. This is a fancy way of saying you can have deviations in inflation deviations in employment to the upside and you do not get that much inflation for it. Then you combine that with the reality we have seen in japan for a long time and in the u. S. And europe for the last 12 to 15 years that when youre too close to zero on your Interest Rate balance, you cannot react as well as you should to policy and adjust policy. Fomc powell and the they unanimously adopted the statement before he spoke what jay powell and the fomc are saying is they are catching up with reality. And jay powell was framing this as we have to be realistic and pragmatic. This is how the economy has changed in our process must reflect the way the economy has cha
To afford Monthly Payments could be forced to either come up with all of their past due rent immediately or face eviction. A bill now in the state assembly would keep that moratorium in place and offer Property Owners a pass on orchids six to 12 months. The supporters say having renters homeless or doubling up with the family and in a crowded house would help the virus spread more quickly exacerbating the problem. We brought you a conference about looming evictions on cbsn the area, keep up to date 24 7 by streaming on our website and other platforms. California has more than 5700 you coronavirus cases and 32 new deaths. A test positivity percentage of 7 . All the numbers are very high, the positivity is going down. The california leads the nation with the most cases. Indoor operations at several as this is her shutting down. One gym is getting creative. Reporter were here at a testing site, some folks have been waiting in line since well before sunrise, today the county is telling pri