November alone about one quarter of all us cases since the pandemic began. More than 256,000 people have awesome that died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in the bay area. Local Health Departments now reporting 185 new cases of covid19. Nearly 139,000 cases have been reported in 1900 deaths have been recorded here in the bay area since the start of the pandemic california seeing 14,000 new cases today. The states Positivity Rate over the past 2 weeks has now jumped to more than 5 . With cases skyrocketing all across america tonight, the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Now strongly warning folks not to travel for the holidays. The cdc says the safest way to celebrate thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people that you live with yet the tsa says friday and saturday. Where the busiest day since the pandemic brought air travel to a near halt in march and wednesday and sunday are expected to be the busiest travel days of t
Its burned 2700 acres near lake hennessey, east of st. Helena. From sky fox, you can see several fires up in napa county. Actually, we just read that, so lets move on here to our next story. Hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires in extremely hot conditions. Ktvus rob roth tells us with so many fires burning, crews are being stretched then. Reporter cal fire calls the three most serious fires burning in the north bay, the complex fires including the hennessey fire, the gamble, and the 1510. About 400 people said Evacuation Orders wednesday tuesday to low along with those from yesterday. Just as i picked the cat up, lightning struck. Reporter but this man who lives on lower Childs Valley road where the hennessey fire looms above hasnt left yet. Its a very stressful time right now. Our house is just a couple of hundred yards from here, and it doesnt look good. Reporter firefighters say lightning strikes are responsible for these fires. This video was taken by a photographer la
And that crew is picking up or the diablo range as our should be picking up right now. That is the slower drive. Temperatures have been in the 60s and 70s. We still have closures for mike, we have more people highway 9 and highway 1 over evacuating this there because of the fire where kris is monitoring and also more closures. Updates on the overall lols should stay out of the areas hi situation, laura. Thats right. Its been a very busy overnight and a very busy morning. Your map. We have reporters covering it all. Were talking about the area as you saw fires throughout the bay mt. Hamilton road and alum rock area and Cierra Johnson is covering what is going on in vacaville and we know a pg e worker has died and kris sanchez is covering what is going on in we look at closures for highway santa cruz county. Lets start out with bob redell 9 and the freeways you see on in san jose and weve been the map, though, theyre all in the greens for your commute. Talking about the evacuations the n
61, sunny for all today, it looks pretty good here. Any fog, there could be fog ramping up. It looks good, nice, warm, mild and that low is going to reposition itself along the west coast starting tomorrow. Today is all about sunshine and temperatures pretty close to where they should be this time of year. Lets head over to sal now. Is there a place you would like to begin besides the bay bridge toll plaza . We are going to start at the Richmond Bridge and we do have a little bit of slow traffic there as you come up on the Richmond Bridge. Traffic is going to be a little slow. It is improving a little bit but it was slower about 10 minutes ago. You can see it and this might improve right away but we will keep an eye on it for you. We are also looking at the actual toll plaza of the bay bridge westbound, and that is backed up you and the 880 over causing but 880 itself looks okay. Did a 7 01, lets go to the headlines. Breaking news coming in right now from europe about Global Travel dur
The background as well and the bay waters there of warmed up a little bit but theyre still cool and thats providing some relief for folks along the east bay shoreline in anywhere near water that are not technically in the statements, lower 60s line up the east bay shoreline for now 50s up to the north bay, 64 antioch 58 for livermore and 60 per concord as we take a look at the statement that is in place here. This is what we have a heat advisory which technically kicks and 11 00am today and its with us until 7 on thursday. Were talking highs in the 90s to near one o 5 Contra Costa County is one of the counties that usually gets hit by this solano counties in there as well, coastal numbers meanwhile will be in the lower 70s to even middle 70s, heat, exhaustion and heat stroke all possible. So just take it a little easy too breaking it down for you in the morning 80 or so already by 10 00am by 01 00pm were talking 92, sunny and again sultry picture with very very moderate traffic going o