triggering a regionwide stay-at- home order. here s more now on how hospitals in several counties have become overrun with covid- 19 patients. reporter: inside marin county hospitals are sick patients taking up every available icu bed. they have reached capacity. now with surge plans in place, nurses are working overtime and making room for others needing critical care, all as the first vaccines arrive. this is really the light at the end of the tunnel for us. we are experiencing surges in cases, icu stays. obviously we are in a really dark period in this pandemic. this is the beginning of the solution. but the problem is widespread, skyrocketing cases in the bay area. so many new patients, so much death. in santa clara county alone two dozen deaths in one day. we have lost 553 people in our county. reporter: bringing even health officials to tears. covid son track to be among the five leading causes of death here in our county. reporter: averaging more than 1,0
in england could be just the tip of the iceberg according to inspectors and planting 100 wildlife meadows across historic sites to mark the coronation of king charles. and coming up on the bbc news channel. wimbledon would allow russian and belarusian players to compete as neutrals this summer lifting a ban in place from last yearfollowing russia s invasion of ukraine. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. donald trump has become the first former us president, to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him haven t yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records, to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, during the 2016 presidential campaign. it s alleged ms daniels was paid off, in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference . 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, has our top story.
as the bright lights of the motorcade passed. 2-year-old addie grips the flag. we haven t talked to her much about it. reporter: her grandfather is a dispatcher. we can t believe that these things happen to the people trying to take care of us. reporter: referenceverence for those who go out everyday. you just never know what will happen to them. i feel for them. i respect them so much. i m proud of residents today for just showing an lending their support. reporter: whether a sign of gratitude or salute the message is the same. i just love law enforcement and i support them. reporter: what were you thinking as the motorcade went by? it brought tears to my eyes. i was so welled up with so much emotion and pride. reporter: pride in the city and those who protect it. prayers that this loss so senseless never happens again. i just hope we will stick together and continue to be as one as a city and just show our support for our hayward police officers. r
so any hot spots will need to be monitored very closely. this fire is well to the north and also to the east of concord, right throughout the delta and the locater on the fire that we have right now has this just to the south of california 12. winds southwest at 22 miles per hour. blowing this smoke off to the north towards isleton. temperature, 92. humidity of 35%. we will continue to see these winds gust anywhere from 15 to about 25 miles per hour as we continue throughout tonight. we ll be tracking that of course coming up in that full forecast. thanks, jeff. in other news tonight, we have new details now on the maddy middleton murder case in santa cruz. you are looking at the suspected killer, 15-year-old adrian gonzalez. appearing in court for the first time this morning. he s accused of kidnapping sexually assaulting and murdering maddy who was just 8 years old. nbc bay area s michelle roberts is live at the courthouse in santa cruz. you spoke with a childhood frien