safety at first. i would do it again but maybe do it differently. frightening view of someone torching cars. she asks me every day if she will go to school tomorrow. more bay area students head back to the classroom in the morning. tonight, doctors weigh in on the surge of pediatric cases nationwide. it is a choice between absolute guarantee of death and some chance. patients battling a deadly disease looking for a dosage of hope. tonight, a cutting edge treatment could extend their lives but no amount of money can buy it. good evening. now at 11:00 and streaming on cbsnbay area. a good samaritan speaking out after being shot while trying to stop a robbery in oakland. kpix5 betty yu spoke to that brave young man about why he felt he had to get involved. it is an amazing story. reporter: that is right. he said he did not hesitate to step in and help because he knew these victims were in need. the good samaritan was discharged from the hospital this evening. doc
systems this week what you can expect coming up in just a few minutes and of course what you can expect for new year s eve. let s check in with gianna. good morning. we have a few brake lights we are tracking along 880 northbound. no crashing. it s due to construction. they are hoping to have things wrapped up before six. you have a slow and go ride before north bound into oakland. we have a few lanes blocked through there and traffic slow, dipping down seven miles an hour. if you want to use 580 instead i will say this. not a lot of volume on the roadway due to the holiday. you may be okay. waiting it out. depends on where your commute goes. a trouble spot on the upper deck of the bay bridge. everything moving along smooth lie with no delays into san francisco. southbound 101 we are tracking a few brake lights as you head along 101 and 280 into the city. a close every look at that in my next report. live look at san jose this tuesday morning. bay area officials have been
and california hospitals stretched thin. where we stand on capacity amid the coronavirus and what is next for stay at home orders. good afternoon. lynn is off today. we are expecting an update very soon from the state health secretary on the coronavirus situation in california. we will bring that to you live as soon as it starts. first, we are at the live news desk with where our state stands in the fight. once again the state is recorded it s most new cases ever in a 24 hour period. here are the latest numbers just in. california has almost 2.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. more than 31,000 new cases reported with in the past 24 hours. a period in which 242 people died from the virus. that is a 1% increase from the prior day total. in response it s possible that we will see stay at home orders extended, right now the bay area s order is set to expire january 8th. that includes alameda, marin, monterey, santa clara, santa cruz, solano and sonoma. announcement
for that travel time. interpret eye easy commute on that golden gate bridge. pretty much the story for all of the bay area bridges. tail lights heads westbound toward 101. and at the bay bridge toll plaz. we are seeing a few more cars on the roadway out of the east bay in to the city. things at the limit and it s smooth sailing cross the upper deck into san francisco. california continues to report the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country. more than 33,000 new cases reported in just the past 24 hours. there are more than 2.1 million cases, the rate is around 12% and here is a look at icu capacity here in the bay area. it s only around 9% in the valley and southern california. it s full and because of that the governor is warning those stay at home orders will likely be extended as early as today. it s impact of the virus, this pandemic. its being felt on the entire system and that impact could be impacted each and every one of us. as for the bay area our c
let s check with gianna. we are dealing with foggy conditions on the roadways as we start the day. we sure are. chp issued fog advisories for bay area bridges. that includes the bay bridge. you are looking at the toll plaza, metering lights are on and there are a few foggy spots as you work across the span. we did have a broken down vehicle on the upper deck near treasure island. that s now cleared out of lanes but slows things across the upper deck as you work from the incline to the treasure island exit. past that, things look better down the skyway near the fremont exit to san francisco. slow and go in the altamont pass, busy out of tracy as you work towards north flynn. we are following the aftermath of this nasty crash in san francisco this morning. it appears as if it started as a high speed police chief. sfpd has not said what led to the crash. this is fillmore and waller. neighbors say a police car and another car came speeding into the intersection, police car hi