About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
Accusing Republican Organization of a double standard and say leader Mitch Mcconnell justified blocking president obamas nominee in 2016 because it was an election year, yet republicans claim then it was different, because the white house and senate were controlled by different parties. Its just hypocrisy at its highest level. Meanwhile, President Trump said he is narrowing his selection. I would say that im very close to making a decision in my own mind. Reporter fox confirming he met with judge amy comey bear it on monday. Other frontrunners include judge barbara lagoa, and Allison Jones rushing. This will i think unify republicans, this nominee. Reporter joe biden saying left on the topic from the campaign trail, but greg republicans should hold off until november. In were in the middle of an election. They should wait. Reporter the president said he is wait forecast weekend to announce his mom pa knee out of respect for justice ginbsburg. She will lie in repose at the Supreme Court
Down. One thing that hings can cha better, they can also change for the worse. Reporter wednesday all schools can resume in Person Instruction in Santa Clara County without a waiver, but most Public School districts have indicated they plan to continue with district learning for now. If the numbers continue down this trend, you know, lower cases, lower infection rates, then it is possible for amortize move the next level, which is the orange level. Reporter contra costa ask sonoma counties are the only bay area counties still in the most restrictive purple tier. Contra costas Health Director said this afternoon she expects her county to move up to the red tier by next week. Julie . Maureen, as you reported, Alameda County is moving to the less restrictive red tier, but it still cant open like the other counties. Why is that . Julie, it all comes down to your local county health department. The state has their standards, but it really can be whoever is more strict, and what were seeing
Will that lead to the reopening of more businesses . From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning, thank you for joining us. I am dave clark. I am pam cook. It is wednesday, august 26. Mark tamayo is in for steve paulson. Mark, you said it is hard to predict air quality. I can imagine. Yesterday, we had clear blue skies, then smoke rolled in. It is one of those things. I look outside and see not much smoke. It is quite a gift. Its a break from the smoke filled skies. Nothing is permanent, especially with these conditions. There is great news. It has been cleared out as a result of the spare the air alert. This has been extended through friday. It has been extended into your friday forecast. Here is the plan, this morning. Into the afternoon hours, hazy sunshine is on track to reach low 60s to 70s. The hotspot is near 90 degrees. Santa rosa, 54, san jose, 64, fairfield, a bit of a breeze. Here is the camera looking out towards sfo. We have patchy clouds out there. There are
Return of the wound. Remember how it would get breezy in the afternoon . It seems to always do that and for the past couple of days it has taken a bit of a break. Today the wind comes back along with the clouds and the cooler numbers that are felt tomorrow. Not today. 93 today. Inland, 78. 81 in redwood city. I will see what the rest of the forecast brings in a few minutes back to you. Crews on the east bay at the scene of a fire in pittsburg. You can see smoke coming from all the garbage as fire crews hose it down. It happened about an hour ago. No word yet on the cause. More fire watch, the sykes fire has exploded to 1000 acres in lake and colusa county. Video from the front lines shows being dropped on trees in the area as lames whip up in the hills. Evacuations are on the way alongside. This timelapse captured the moment spate sparks heaven. They have made no progress in containment and when when will be a factor. The wind expected to be strong today. And outofcontrol wildfire burn