California there has been 100 confirmed cases spirit not have been found in Alameda County. Officials say none of the cases were contracted here in the u. S. Thrift theyre all contracts with outside of the u. S. Thriftoutside reporter anyone who can contracted can get symptoms including red eye, joint pain and rashes. The many people do not have symptoms at all. If you have been traveling any of these countries and have the symptoms please contact your doctor as soon as possible hit. Vicki thank you charles for that report. Steve president obama. Blasting vacation, before approving his requests for funding to fight the zika virus. The president says the situation is getting critical here in the united states. Our Public Health experts do not expect to see see the kind of widespread outbreaks of zika here that we have seen in brazil or puerto rico. The mosquitoes that are most likely to carry zika are limited to certain regions of our country. But cannot be complacent because we do expe
Reporter last night a driver hit a 13 year old igniting a conversation about a Pedestrian Safety here. Police said is the third accident at the intersection in five years. The other two did not involve a pedestrian. The intersection has to stop signs. One for both the existing skyline plaza and the other comes out of the neighborhood across the street. This is kind of scary because people getting off the freeway do not have a stop sign and they just the right through it and not Pay Attention to pedestrians. I have gone to two City Council Meetings twice. I have complained over the fall about it and the only thing that they have done about it was put up a sign a little yellow ciba said stop for pedestrians which is useless. It has been 24 hours since the accident. Pedestrians and need to be aware that a crosswalk, a signal, and a stop sign that this not ensure one security. You have to be alert. You have to take responsibility for yourself as you are crossing the street because view of
Medical center. We dont have any information beyond that. Reporter now, Health Officials are declining to say where the baby was born for several reasons. First, they want to protect the privacy of the mother and her family. And second, they do not believe that there is any chance that zika virus will be spread locally. Reporter thats because the virus is primarily spread through contact with infected mosquitoes, a type of mosquito that we do not have here in the bay area. Reporter across california there have been 114 confirmed cases of zika virus, 21 of those cases were pregnant women, and 9 were here in Alameda County but Health Officials believe that all of the people contracted the disease because they travelled to places outside of the u. S. Where the virus is endemic. This afternoon i spoke with the Alameda County Public Health department, they are advising people to use caution if they plan to travel to countries with known zika virus either pregnant women should be advised not
Morning and so plan for that on the bus stop this morning. Between six and 8 oclock, 59 by six, 69 by 8 00 a. M. In philadelphia a bit on the breezy side but mainly clear and generally speaking pretty comfortable. As we roll through the day 61 by 9 oclock, 66 by noon and definitely cooler this afternoon, 71 by 3 oclock and a high of 72 that i think will probably slide in around 3 30 or 4 oclock and 69 degrees by 6 oclock abit on the breezy side with winds gusting as high as 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Your pollen count is a little bit on the rise but only staying in the medium high range the next several days into the holiday weekend. Speaking of which well have new details from accuweather on just what your weekend looks like, memorial day already here karen, can you believe it. I can believe it because i have been counting it down since winter. Looking outside on the schuylkill under 30th street. Traffic moving fine, construction clearing out. Just a couple cones left over in the right
Up over the horizon. There are a few clouds overhead right now but theyre thin enough where i think theyre going to evaporate fairly quickly. We should wind up with a fair amount of sunshine. A bit of a breeze coming down out of the northwest thats very cool and refreshing. 62 degrees in philadelphia right now. In the northern suburbs still in the 50s. In fact wilmington has now dropped to 57 and millville in the upper 50s so maybe a light jacket as you head outside. And as we take a look at your day, not going to be as warm as yesterday but plenty of sunshine and pretty nice overall. 60 by 8 00 a. M. By noon, 66. We probably wont make the 70s until about 2 oclock this afternoon and then a high of 72 around 4 00 before sliding back into the upper 60s by 6 oclock this evening. As we take a look at pollen counts of course we had that great break yesterday where you could breathe deep and not have any problem. Now were back into the medium high range so medications possibly needed again f