Health director doctor grant colfax says that San Francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24 . A number of Health Leaders across the bay area say they dont want to take any chances. So stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because those regions have already fallen below the 15 icu bed capacity in less than an hour the stay at home order will go into effect for 3 bay area counties. Those are San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. Today, restaurants and hair salons and east bay took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they are forced to shut down. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some of those businesses and some of the customers he is joining us live now from walnut creek good evening. Dan. Well johnson and justine has you mentioned this is the unfortunate reality that these businesses are going to have to dea
Destroyed or actually homes on Mountain Hawk drive thats in santa rosa kron fours dan kerman went to the sky hawk neighborhood to show us the damage. Were in the sky hawk neighborhood of santa rosa and as you can see behind me burned down homes, however this is not like 2017, yes. There are numerous homes that have burned but numerous homes are Still Standing its not like entire neighborhoods have burned down. Fire Officials Say thats because this fire is completely different than the one in 2017. This was not one solid wall of fire that moved in the city limits, its spotted in the city and sometimes some areas a mile ahead of itself. So a lot of areas with a lot of work that needs to be done. And we understand that the evacuations of affected 10s of thousands of in santa rosa as well as in Sonoma County. We definitely want to be able to get people back home but its going to potentially be several days in order to do that neighborhoods that have been evacuated include rincon valley. As
As we look, this is out of the northeast for the shady, boyson and glass fire, and nothing really changes until about 9 00. So current winds at 43 miles per hour. Mounts diablo is at 35 miles per hour. So watching the winds and the temperatures already in the 60s and 70s ear, even 80s up in napa. And where the fires are, we are well into the 80s. 83 relative humidity at 13 . So throughout date today, tthe quickly warm and near 100 inland. And breaking news now, fires are forcing evacuations in napa and Sonoma County. This is new video showing flames burning in santa rosa overnight. And you are looking at the shady fire believed to be a spot fire from the glass fire which started in napa county early yesterday morning. Thousands have been forced to evacuate and there is a list scrolling at the bottom of your screen. The cause of the glass fire is still not known right now. And were waiting for an official update on the exact size of the fires. We already know several structures have bur
Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
A boutique in the Mission District may have to close its doors for the second time now because of the pandemic. On the coronavirus watch list and facing closures. Now Business Owners in Santa Cruz County are looking to operate outdoors. A major new testing plan in San Franciscos Mission District. Who its geared towards and how it could affect the entire city. Were in a seasonal summer pattern. Whats changing this week coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Take a good look at this map right now because in about an hour, Santa Cruz County will join the eight bay area counties on the states watch list. The only count not being monitored is san mateo. Landing on that list means a number of indoor business also have to close at 12 01 a. M. Or come up with a way to shift their operations indoors. And the biggest impact will be on hair salons and gyms. Amanda del castillo explains how some gyms are already p