Ma message from the very beginning was this is not Public Health visit the economy. If we dont get the Public Health part right, you cant do the economy. Reporter is it still possible that we could still reopen cautiously if people wear masks . The masks are the most important thing we can do. If people reliably wore masks in all the activities where theyre coming in contact with other people, we would markedly decrease the transmission rate and stay on top of this. The virus doesnt care that we had a really good march, april and may. Reporter just to make something really clear, here in the bay area, the numbers have been trending upwards, but for the most part, we are still flattening the curve. Dr. Wachter believes we can come back as lo wear these masks. The bottom line here is that people have been getting inconsistent messages from government officials, from politicians, but this is whats going to save us and keep us on that course. The storys not finished being written. Right, a
The mayors to try to but the message from the very beginning was this is not Public Health visit the economy. If we dont get the Public Health part right, you cant do the economy. Reporter is it still possible that we could still reopen cautiously if people wear masks . The masks imrtant thwe can do. If people reliably wore masks in all the activities where theyre coming in contact with other people, we would markedly decrease the transmission rate and stay on top of th. The virus doesnt care that we had a really good march, april and may. Reporter just to make something really clear, here in the bay area, the numbers have been trending upwards, but for the most part, we are still flattening the curve. Dr. Wachter believes we can come back as long as people wear these masks. The bottom line here is that people have been getting inconsistent messages from government officials, from politicians, but this is whats going to save us and keep us on that course. The storys not finished being
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, taking a live look from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera. East this morning. It is thursday, thank you for joining us, it is july 2nd. Im anne makovec in for michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning to you. Lets get a check of your weather first with mary lee. Mary, good morning to you. And good morning to you len and anne. And we are looking at cooler temperatures to start off the day. With that stronger sea breeze kicking in for us and as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will be just a little bit cooler as well. Heres a live look with our Mount Hamilton camera from the lake observatory. Check out the temperatures40s and 50s this morning. 9 in santa rosa with clear skies. Mid 50s san jose and San Francisco and for livermore upper 50s for oakland as well as for concord. So as we head through the afternoon, 66 in San Francisco and 72 in oakland and 83 for high in san jose and 84 for concord. So daytime highs righ
Coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. New this morning, a fast spreading fire in the foothills just east of concord has now been contained. It broke off near highway 4 and fire crews from cal fire and contra costa brought the fire under control despite the windy conditions. It was a real challenge. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Now to the governors new coronavirus crackdown. Dine in restaurants and bars are now closed for three weeks in 19 counties including contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. But those arent the only bay area counties seeing some restrictions. Next up, beaches. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from pacifica this morning where today is your last chance to catch some sun and some surf before the Holiday Weekend. Reporter yeah, better get on it. So yesterday the governor announced the closure of the parking lots of the state beaches. Not the beaches themselves, but the parking lots. Well, then the mayor of pacifica then took it a step fu
Featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competition. Middle School High School middle and High School Students completed videos answering the question what do they want the president ial candidates to address. In the midst of these challenging times, i have some exciting news. A team of talented High School Students from Long Beach Polytechnic High School are the first place winners in cspans National Documentary competition. Studentcam. Cspan partners every year with spectrum for this competition which has dunes create short documentaries about an issue of national importance. 5000 400 students from across the United States participated creating films that reflect their interests and passions. I was honored to be interviewed by the long beach High School Students for their winning film so it is and i am incredibly proud of their talent, hard work, and persistence. Congratulations to hamid, catherine, and pia. Our first prize High School West award goes to hamid torabzadeh,