Use Alhambra High School in martinez as a temporary care sig site. The county expects to use the gym and kitchen area, but not the classrooms. The bay area is now up to more than 2400 coronavirus cases. Santa clara county continues to have the most case, closing in on 900. 30 people in the county have died. In the entire bay area, 64 people have died. Alameda, San Francisco and san mateo counties all have more than 300 cases each. To the north, mendocino and lake counties continue to see smaller numbers. There are still four cases in mendocino and no cases in lake county. Today the stay at home order for most of the bay area that took effect two weeks ago was expanded. The new rules affect marin, San Francisco, san mateo, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties for the most. And they be in effect until may 3rd. Californias action today drew praise from one of the top members of the White House Coronavirus task force. California and washington reacted very fast to this. And makin
Essential. These new guidelines are in place until may 3rd. Leaders across the bay area did acknowledge all the sacrifices that were all going emotional, social and the financial strain. Theyre asking that we embrace the shared sacrifice and embrace this moment to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Reporting live in fremont this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. School campuses might be closed through the end of this school year according to a letter that the state superintendent wrote yesterday. Due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social distancing, it currently appears that our students will not be able to return to School Campuses before the end of the year. Thermans letter is not an order and San Francisco Unified School District says they havent made a decision yet to extend the closure through the academic year. They passed out chromebooks to help the 4,000 students that dont have access to the Electronic Devices they dont have at home. Oakland is sti
Evening hours. Now on abc 7 news live desk update. A new shelter in place order is in effect for much of the bay area. Here at the live desk, im breaking down the new restrictions that are in place. So, first off, well start with this. Health officials in seven bay area counties have extended their stay in place now, moving forward some of the new rules here. Playgrounds and dog parks are closed. Golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, pools and rock climbing walls are also closed. We spoke with people who are not happy about this. Closing the dog park seems draconian. Do we need to do that . When you are walking on a trail, how often do you get within six feet of people . I will support it, but im not happy about it. I would assume it is based on valid data. Essential businesses like Grocery Stores can stay open, but they must have social distancing protocols and limits on buying certain items and you cannot bring reusable bags. We should mention that most construction is prohibit
Very strong downpours and as we go through santa clara, cuperti cupertino, more rain through saratoga and up towards fremont, fremont boulevard into newark, looking at a pretty soggy start to your sunday. Pleasanton and livermore, 580, rain. Lighter rain through berkeley, kensington and richmond. Heavy showers from napa, moving into around American Canyon highway 12, just over the watter there, highway 37, sears point and very light shower activity scattered from guerneville, through dylan beach. Santa rosa is quiet. Light to moderate rain today, storm impact scale of one. A chance of a thunderstorm, gusty wind. At 10 00 we have heavy rain in the north bay. Through the noon hour it sinks south and east and were looking at a soggyernoon from1 00, more ewnast bay, a break later on this evening into the overnight hours, but weve got more rain for your monday. Well detail that in a few minutes. Liz . Thanks, lisa. As of this morning, close to 90 people have died of coronavirus in the bay a
Weve been getting wild weather all day. Torrential downpours, whipping wind, thunder and lightning just a mix of everything. Well have more on that in just a few minutes, but first lets get you up to the sierra. Take a look. This is video exactly why people have been warned just to stay away this weekend. Its an absolute mess. This is along highway 80 heading into the sierra. Trucks, big rigs just stopped right now. The road shut down for hours and truckers and drivers are just stuck. This is why the highway is closed. Blizzard conditions are creating an absolute whiteout and travel nightmare right now. Heres how its looking in downtown truckee. Look at all the snow in the past 24 hours. Everything buried. You need snow shoes just to walk around town. Thats where kelsi thorud is right now. I wont waste your time, take it away reporter yes, blizzard conditions is what were seeing right now. Its super gusty. Were in downtown truckee right now. This is probably the worst weve seen it sinc