Welcome, everybody is welcome and i am not asking for anything. Reporter the city does plan to expand in mid october. On october 15th, the Vaccination And Testing proof will also be required at adult care facilities and dental offices and pharmacies and home care. Berkeley is divided on the issue of having Government Mandate Anything when it comes to saving lives in a global pandemic. Its like segregation, its dividing the nation. If thats what prevents more covid spread from happening in berkeley then i think thats a price that we should pay. Reporter in berkeley, thom jensen, Nbc Bay Area news. Lets take a look at berkeleys number. The city has a Positivity Rate of about 1 . Thats considered pretty good. The winter surge, you can see 32 cases per 100,000 people. The Summer Surge and it went up to 22 cases for 100,000 and now its at 19. Possibly signaling that the city is on the other side of this latest peak. Berkeley follows San Franciscos lead in requiring proof of vaccination to g
Good evening. This is nbc Bay Area News tonight. Im raj mathai. There is an interesting Bay Area Angle to the Joe Rogan Covid case and the Horse Medication he used. That is a bit later. Lets start with the climate issues. Like weve never seen before. Its all unfolding simultaneously across the country. It is really crazy to wrap your head around all this. Floods, hurricanes, and, yes, fires here around us. Dont forget our Air Quality. The smoke were seeing now coming from the wildfires burning across california. We know that part of the story. That leads us to south Lake Tahoe right now. This morning some favorable weather. Not much wind. That is great news. Containment up to 25 . It was 20 this time last night. Firefighters are throwing everything they have at this. Our Tom Jensen is on the fire lines. This is a fire, firefighters were trying to burn off fuels here. This is a back fire lit this morning. Also in south Lake Tahoe taking advantage of inversions this morning that did have
Been kind of focusing my attention in this direction because were constantly hearing these falling limbs and the possibility that were talking about weakened trees that could fall down any second. This is a dangerous fire. It has shown its ability to be unpredictable. Reporter today the only predictable thing youll find in south Lake Tahoe, this Communitys Gratitude for our firefighters. And what better way than to show that appreciation than by obeying Cal Fires evacuation order. Cal fires captain says those who live just outside south Lake Tahoe in the Christmas Valley area also did an excellent job of fireproofing their homes. A lot of prep work was done ahead of time, and a lot of good work by the people who own these homes and come to maintain these areas. They know that they live in fire country. Reporter typically homeowners forced to evacuate leave their sprinklers on. But this homeowner took it one step further. To protect their home, you can see they completely covered it fro
A special Nbc Bay Area news at 3 00. We are on early because of the Giants Game in atlanta which you can watch right here in an hour. Giants might be glad they are in the Bay Area right now. Thats because the spare the Air Alert is in affect in today and tomorrow. No blue skies at all, the haze is hitting the skies and really, its smokey outside. Theres one person that we want to hear from. Its rob, tracking all the changes we are going to see this weekend. Rob . And quite a few changes. We have seen them in just the last 24 hours. Areas now around the East Bay are unhealthy for all groups. Aqi around 150. And unhealthy for sensitive groups in to oakland. All of it is brought on by a change in the winds. Winds out of the north bringing the wild Fire Smoke that was bottled up in the Interior Northern California down in the Bay Area. Unfortunately the next 24 hours, really doesnt show much in the way of any change. Notice how the unhealthy air is likely to stick around, not just for Tomo
With the rise in cases as pfizer is seeking Fda Approval for its booster shot. What about Johnson Johnson . J j also recommending a booster for its singledose vaccine. Reporter Johnson Johnson is the latest Covid19 Vaccine Manufacturer recommending a booster shot. The company releasing early clinical trial data, supporting a second dose eight months after the original shot, to boost its single shot vaccine. The data were seeing emerge suggests that a second shot of the J J has a profound effect on your antibody levels. Reporter meanwhile, pfizer has started the Fda Process for approval for its booster. Unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized, as medical centers are seeing their units fill up with covid cases. Its been very bad, very hard. Every shift now, we see people struggling to breathe. Theres always a Nurse Kind of right here ready to intervene at any moment. Reporter across oregon, medical units are pushed to the limit. Nbcs Portland Affiliate kgw got exc