deaths. one in san francisco, five in santa clara county. that county continues to be the hardest hit during the pandemic, with 591 cases. we have team coverage tonight. marianne favro is standing by in s sunnyvale. we ll be getting to her in just a minute. but right now, we re finding out how needed the ventilators are. governor newsom saying icu and hospitalizations continue to climb. newsom says icu numbers spiked 105% overnight in california. hospitalizations up about 38% overnight. the governor says cases increased it 22% from yesterday. about 90,000 people have been tested so far in california. san jose mayor sam liccardo spreading the good nows about the new initiative called silicon valley strong. in a few days, 1700 people signed up to provide hope. donations stand at $14 million. it is here in silicon valley where we can confront a crisis with creativity and collaboration. and they have shown that here. to find out how you can get involved, go to silicon valley
what s next? is that if the fda grants emergency use approval, the vaccine could become available for kids 5 to 11 immediately, so that could happen in a matter of weeks. and likely before halloween bay area health and education leaders are expecting this. they re already planning to offer these vaccines to kids at school sites next month. we want to start getting those younger kids vaccinated. we know that their parents wanted schools wanted and it really is important to get us back to, um, something more approaching normal that we all know and love about our schools everyday alameda county office of education overseas 22 different school districts, as well as all private and parochial schools in the county. they ve asked schools to submit interest forms to let them know if they would like to host covid vaccination sites for kids ages 5 to 11 as soon as they re authorized. that s the first step for school districts is if they want to host a clinic. get that in from interest
numbers showing violent sex crimes are on the rison bart property. that report dumz comes as bart plans to meet today to talk about police staffing at its stations. amy hollyfield live for us in berkeley with that story. reporter: we re seeing ann crease on sex crimes on bart property. the most recent one happened here in berkeley when a man exposed himself to a woman. riders we talked to this morning are very surprised to hear about this. let s look at the numbers. had accord to our media partner the san jose america keury news. they are reporting that there have been seven rapes or bart property this year, that s nearly double as all of last year. and the numbers decline from there. riders tell us sex crimes aren t something that they think about happening on bart. that s really crazy. i mean, i ve never really felt that unsafe, but i do ride it times that probably aren t as busy, like this early in the morning. but wow, that s really surprising. there will be a mee
details. good evening. reporter: hi, kate. the families mean business. they want the safety measured between the tom landos tunnels and montara state beach where some have lost their lives. we don t want anyone else dying. this was hard to miss. and that was the point. just being out here today, we have a lot of visibility. reporter: the group led by dan moss wants more safety barriers. barriers which may have saved the life of his son who vanished while driving to work on may 25th. a tire believed to be from his car was located off the side of the cliff last week. there could be 82 reasons why richard s car crashed and went over the edge. i don t know what they are. it doesn t matter because if there was a barrier there, he would have had to get himself a new car and maybe go to the hospital. but the result is death. she basically went over the cliff. reporter: 20-year-old rose dealba died when her car crashed off of highway 1. i believe her life could have
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