As you cross the bay bridge this morning. Were mainly in the 50s and well be barely 60 at the coast. So average to a little bit below. A lot warmer weather coming up in the 7 day forecast. Fire crews battling the czu lightning complex are making steady progress after burning more than 81,000 acres. Julian glover is live in Scotts Valley where wont again they will hold a briefing in about an hour. Reporter yeah, they are making progress. And it is slow, methodical, but it is happening. We got an update that the fire is 21 contained, only growing less than 1,000 acres throughout the day on wednesday. Weather once again playing a role in making the firefight a success. To allowed the firefighters to work some controlled burn operations to protect the areas of felton and also ben lomond. But as firefighters make progress, evacuation warnings and orders are slowly being lifted. So good news to the north, Santa Clara County no longer being threatened by the fire. And to the south, uc santa c
It is in other parts of the state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen, its clear the bay area isnt out of the woods yet. How bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worsthit conditions, not as bad as los angeles or imperial. Reporter take a lookat this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10, there were 809 new cases, not including at san quentin. Now compare that to los angeles county. On july 10, they had 2,620 cases, more than three times the bay area. Still, cases and hospitalizations are surging in every bay area county. Even in San Francisco, which is one of the two bay area counties not on the states watch lift, the number of patients in the citys hospitals is nearly three times what it was at the lowest point a month ago. There is also new concern about the reproductive rate, the average number of people that someone who has coronavirus will spread it to. Before the shelter
San francisco and san jose and low 50s for santa rosa at the moment. 66 right now in San Francisco as we head through our afternoon, 72 oakland and 83 in san jose and 89 for a high in concord. Well talk about that cooldown as we go through tomorrow and ils onthat coming up as well as your holiday forecast. Back to you. This morning, Governor Newsom is expected to tighten stayathome orders ahead of the Holiday Weekend. The recent spike in covid19 cases fueling fears of a bigger surge. Kpix 5s kiet do is live in morgan hill this morning with the governors warning on those big gatherings. Kiet . Reporter good morning. So everyone is adapting to the july 4th holiday ahead of the pandemic. And response that everyone is trying to figure out what to do here. So here in morgan hill, this is home to one of the longest running parades in california. They have now moved it online and its going to be virtual this year. And so here were again waiting for yet another big announcement from Governor N
Dr. Anthony fauci the top disease expert and three other members of the task force testified before a House Committee on capitol hill. They were grilled on the claim made by trump in tulsa over the weekend and again Tuesday Morning that he asked for the testing to be slowed down because more infections were revealed that made the country look bad. Would you just kidding . I do not kid. Let me make it clear. To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. Reporter the other factors the search of coronavirus cases including here in california which had a single day record of more than 5000 new infections on monday. Hospitalizations have crept up to 5000. An increase in Community Spread is something i am quite concerned about. Reporter the bright spot is the fast results of operation warp speed. The head of the National Institute says he is cautiously optimistic that one will be available by late this year or early next year. Several are moving along at various pi
Occasion. Because this action on the part of the ilwu is the first time in American History that an International Union has commemorated the emancipation of africanamerican people in the United States of america. Reporter organizers are saying its time for a new generation and that generation saying they are ready to answer the call. We are tired and exhausted and this is a different generation. We will not sit by and accept what is happening. We will speak up and start the action. Reporter speakers talked about this moment of National Reckoning coming on juneteenth. Reporter on the other side of the bay there were scattered protests including a rolling protest with drivers holding up signs and honking their horns in solidarity with black lives matter. At city hall, hundreds gathered demanding the city shift funding away from police and remove officers from city schools. Reporter those protests were not limited to San Francisco and oakland. There are we are monitoring those rallies and