seen. on capitol hill, house lawmakers are moving forward with impeachment proceedings as the fbi warns of new potential threats. and we look into california s problem with unemployment fraud. tonight an edd employee reveals ongoing tension between the agency some bank of america while victims get the runaround. those people are still locked out of those accounts. now at 11:00, and streams on cbsn bay area, a live look at san francisco where some hospitals are getting dangerously full. tonight less than 1% of icu beds are available across the bay area, and it s possible we still haven t even seen the full effects from the holiday surge. zuckerberg general hospital is now in a code red. reporter: credit with christmas covid-19 patients starting to trickle into the hospital, zuckerberg san francisco general value at its second highest surge level. this is our third surge. these are the highest numbers we ve seen since the beginning of the pandemic. reporter: right n
now at 11:00, with less than one percent of icu beds free across the bay area, hospitals are taking drastic measures. the highest numbers we ve seen. on capitol hill, house lawmakers are moving forward with impeachment proceedings as the fbi warns of new potential threats. and we look into california s problem with unemployment fraud. tonight an edd employee reveals ongoing tension between the agency some bank of america while victims get the runaround. those people are still locked out of those accounts. now at 11:00, and streams on cbsn bay area, a live look at san francisco where some hospitals are getting dangerously full. tonight less than 1% of icu beds are available across the bay area, and it s possible we still haven t even seen the full effects from the holiday surge. zuckerberg general hospital is now in a code red. reporter: credit with christmas covid-19 patients starting to trickle into the hospital, zuckerberg san francisco general value at its seco
it s the last weekend before the election, but it s not too late to cast your ballot. election officials and bay area sports teams are trying to make it as easy as possible to make sure your vote gets counted. several new and familiar voting centers open today. you re looking at two of them right there, levi stadium home of the niners, chase center, home of the warriors. and christy smith has more. reporter: outside the coliseum in oakland arena, voters showed up ready to be counted. we re voting in person. reporter: this is where jennifer cast her ballot. the presidential election on her mind and she took her brother. he was not going to vote. he was going to stay at home. i was like, let s go. let s do it together. this is the first day that we re open for in-person voting at our accessible voting locations. we ll will open here and at our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. reporter: in alameda county, they re seeing a surge in early vot
we re hoping for in-person voting at our accessible vote locations. we ll be open here at this site and all of our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. reporter: tim is registrar of voters for alameda county where they re seeing a historic surge in early voters. just days ahead of the election this location also makes sense. it is an icon for this area, so we know that people will know that this is a spot that they can get to drop off their ballots, to vote in person safely and like i said also vote in their cars and for curbside voting. over at the courthouse on federal street outdoor voting was setup and people dropped off ballots. i was like, okay, i can just do it right now instead of waiting until tuesday morning. in-person voting is available at the warriors practice facility, too. across the bay warriors coach steve kerr came out and dropped off his ballot outside the chase center which is a ballot drop off location. we re in there grindi
san francisco has been touted as a success story for containing the pandemic. so why is the city suddenly rethinking reopening. when the virus takes off it takes off quickly. the south babies group under fire for a racist attack ad. in just a matter of hours, bay area voting centers will open their doors, what election workers want you to know. plus how the postal service is taking major steps tonight to ensure mail-in ballots are received on time. good evening, i m elizabeth cook. and i m ken bastida. streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live tonight over the city of san francisco, a city that has the lowest coronavirus death rate of any major city many the nation. but tonight, city leaders are pumping the brakes a bit on some new reopenings. kpix 5 s andrea borba on the troubling new data. reporter: this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid-19 pandemic. dr. grant colfax with the department of public health says it s u