A climate weather alert. Tracking the changes to your week. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Its not the uk strain that dominated the headlines in recent weeks its another strain that is now circulating here. Something that is not unexpected. But also not without concern. Its been detected in San Francisco and saint claire. As well as up and down california. We will learning this strain is linked to ma massive out break at san jose kaiser hospital. We have more. The kaiser out break involved dozens of employees including one who died. A dozen patients contracted covid and tonight Public Health Officials Say this new coronavirus variant is part of the out break. They are trying to figure out why it spread so quickly. Was there a change in ventilation or personal protective equipment. Or some turn over. Staff. Or other condition present. Officials do not have enough data to conclude this variant called l 452 r is more transmizable or deadly. In the places it has been spotte
A climate weather alert. Tracking the changes to your week. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Its not the uk strain that dominated the headlines in recent weeks its another strain that is now circulating here. Something that is not unexpected. But also not without concern. Its been detected in San Francisco and saint claire. As well as up and down california. We will learning this strain is linked to ma massive out break at san jose kaiser hospital. We have more. The kaiser out break involved dozens of employees including one who died. A dozen patients contracted covid and tonight Public Health Officials Say this new coronavirus variant is part of the out break. They are trying to figure out why it spread so quickly. Was there a change in ventilation or personal protective equipment. Or some turn over. Staff. Or other condition present. Officials do not have enough data to conclude this variant called l 452 r is more transmizable or deadly. In the places it has been spotte
A Military Coupe and people demanning the release of aung san suu kyi. For welcome from new york to viewers in you United States and around the world. Cnn newsroom starts right now. This week americans will be witnessing a first in president ial history when donald trump faces an Impeachment Trial for a second time. The senate will have to decide whether hes guilty of inciting a mob of his supporters resulting in a deadly riot at the u. S. Capitol last month but with democrats with only slim majority it seems unlikely he will be acquitted for a second time. The trial begins on tuesday but Many Senate Republicans are dismissing it as a waste of time. More now from the capitol. Reporter some republicans it if are saying they are reserving judgment until all evidence comes in, some comparing them selves to members of a jury, but for whatever reason in republicans over the weekend said they were reluctant to convict donald trump in this trial thats expected to begin on tuesday. They are we
19 vaccine soon will be on the way to california and the bay area. An army of medical personnel is ready to take delivery. As abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard shows us, the vaccine countdown is on. So just a really bright, shining time, even though the weather is not so great today. Reporter you see the chief pharmacy executive excited for a special delivery, about 1,000 doses of pfizers covid19 vaccine. Shes leading the distribution. We hope to receive vaccine at ucsf monday, tuesday at the latest, and well start vaccinating on wednesday. Reporter Frontline Health care workers will be first in line to get the first of two doses of the vaccine. Ucsf, one of seven medical facilities in the state to take delivery first. She says the vaccine wont be mandatory for ucsf employees. Folks can decline, folks can pause and then maybe in a few weeks or a month later decide they want to become vaccinated. We are not making it mandatory. Reporter u. P. S. And fedex will be transporting the firs
To move through the east bay. Here is live doppler 7. You can see mod hat rainfall in yellow and orange starting to move east right now and the system will continue to slide southeast throughout the day so some heavier rainfall along interstate 80, through oakland, also as well in san leandro and hayward. Check out heavy rain moving across the dumbarton bridge there, that red is causing some driving difficulties in that area. Heres a look at outside with your day planner for today. The storm system ranks one out of five on the storm impact scale. Widespread rain over the next couple hours. Temps in the 40s and 50s. Lighter by noon as the system continues to slide south but it will be breezy in the hills and then turning into scattered showers this afternoon before lingering chances this evening and drying out overnight. Liz . Frances, thank you. The first doses of pfizers covid19 vaccine will soon be on the way to california and the bay area. About half an hour ago, fedex tweeted that