Hours ago a strong response from Governor Newsom to three counties who have been defying his stay at home order. Good evening. The warnings go to yuba, sutter and those businesses that allowed gyms, businesses and malls to reopen in defiance of the governors orders. He says they are endangering Public Health. The Governors Office sent a letter to the counties warning they could lose disaster funding if they continue to defy orders. The county leaders say they opened up because the areas had fewer covid19 cases and other parts of the state. Just yesterday, Wilson Walker visited Sutter County were Business Owners told him the shutdown order was the right call but it is also right to start reopening. Napa and sonoma counties have aligned their orders with the state space to guidelines. That mean some retail shops are open for business tonight. That is for the first time in more than a month. One florist in napa was overloaded with orders ahead of the big mothers day weekend. The owner of
News. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking at hoyt tower lit up in blue this morning to honor the hospital and Healthcare Professionals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning everyone, it is thursday, april 30, i am michelle griego. Good morning to you this thursday morning. Lets get your first check of weather and traffic. First up is it mary lee. Mary, good morning. Happy thursday to you. We are looking at low clouds and areas of fog along the coast and right around the bay. You can see a live look at the salefour tower camera. You can see that patchy fog out there. Our temperatures are in the 50s. Low to mid 50s as we start off our day. Looking at clearer skies from concord as well as livermore and santa rosa along the coast and right around the bay. As we go through the afternoon looking at the time highs a little bit above average for this time of year. 67 for a high in San Francisco. 72 in oakland, mid70s in san jose and concord. We will talk more a
Some clearing as we go through our day, a little bit more sunshine compared to yesterday. Here is a live look with the san jose camera. Looking at downtown san jose, the temperatures are running low to mid 50s as we start our thursday. Looking at those clouds, areas of fog along the coast in the bay, clear skies for concord and livermore. As we head through our afternoon we have a mix of sun and clouds. 67 degrees for a high, mid 70s in san jose and we will talk about the rest of the week and a cool down with temperatures cooling down. Lets check in with the traffic. Today off to a great start. Overall the bay area bridges are quiet, we have a couple things to watch out for is you take 101 this morning. Heading in and out of San Francisco, the project is still underway. They are on schedule, there on place for north and south, you are being diverted onto 280. The south bay, another portion of 101 at blossom hill road, accident involving an overturned truck. This is blocking lanes. This
For supplies in the last shut off. One of the few spots in marin county with power. Pg e says they understand the frustration when the weather is calm and theres still no power. Our lines run hundreds of miles, so even though youre not experiencing extreme weather in your area, farther up the line there could be more extreme weather and we have to deenergize the entire law. Reporter some customers are looking at their third power shut off of the year, there was frustration. Im tired of this crap. Reporter and surprisingly some sympathy for the utility giant. Theyre in a no win situation. rifthey do, if they dont. I feel sorry for them. I think theyre doing everything they can. I feel for the shareholders. Reporter if theres one upside to the constant psps events here in the bay area, i spoke with Contra Costa County fire, they say theyre prepared. They know what to do and where engines need to go and firefighters need to go in case the power does in fact go off again here. Live in Cont
An up to 300mile range and go from 0 to 60 in 3. 5 seconds. The marketplace is changing. If ford is acknowledging this as well, it show it is entire automotive economy in america is also pivoting. Reporter ford has partnered with Electrify America to install these fast charging stations across the country offering up to 150kilowatt speed. This one in milpitas is the first and only one in the south bay with more on the way. And yes, its right next to the tesla superchargers. If ford enters that space and creates an economy where it supports electric charging infrastructure and supports a pivot to new type of vehicle, it absolutely improves the entire market segment. Reporter this tesla owner agrees. He says without healthy competition, companies stagnate. Because of the competition, they want to stay ahead of each other. Reporter by the way, ford responded saying thanks elon, we couldnt agree more. See you at the charging station. Kpix 5. Heres a look at our top stories at 5 30, an east