That moved into the bay area from the south, the remnants of what was a tropical storm. So humidity is up, but we still have conditions that are not so great for firefighting. Let me give you a look at conditions near the czu lightning complex right now, going down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Relative humidity is up. Thats good news. 74 . Dont mind that wind reading there. Our computers are not accurately recording the actual current steady wind right now. But the gusts are accurate. Gusts up to 17 miles an hour right now in the area of the czu lightning complex. Here in gaurnville, its 81 degrees. Relative humidity at 41 . Gusts only 4 miles per hour, so very light wind there. And near the hennessee temperature, relative humidity at 30 and the gusts at 8 miles per hour. So some improvement in the weather in the north bay. In the south bay we could use more help the wind and temperature. Ama . All right, spencer, thank you. Officials in lake county are holding a Virtual Community meet
Promising results from a covid vaccine. I spoke to one to have first people to receive the trial inoculation, as well as experts about whats next. Big decisions tonight. The Police Department could be defunded by 50 and Police Traffic stops could be a thing of the past in berkeley. Several School Districts in the south bay say Distance Learning willikead the i thea ill sw you whenup. Ndecure future. This is abc7 news. I think its great. Its the best news we could get. Tonight, promising news about a vaccine for covid19 developed here in the united states. Abc7 News Reporter kate larson spoke to local experts and one of the first people injected with the vaccine. Reporter an experimental covid19 vaccine developed by Massachusetts Company moderna, produced a rapid and strong immune response in all 45 people. Its a wonderful triumphant. Reporter he says the phase one analysis, published tuesday, is encouraging. Normally it takes some years, six years or longer to develop a vaccine from a
Vaccine from a concept to a phase one trial. This took less than six weeks. Reporter phase two trails are under way and phase three, which will require 30,000 participants, to test safety and efficacy, will begin july 27. A phase one volunteer, neil browning, who lives in seattle, was one of the first people in the world to get the vaccine. Its been a few months since your last dose. How have you been feeling . Completely normal. The only real side effect was each morning after each of the two injections, my upper arm was sore. Reporter he received the lwest of three possible vaccine doses during the trial. Saying that all 45 had all three dosage levels had the same response is like a grand slam. It knocks it out of the park. 100 efficacy is something you want but rarely get in Something Like this. What percentage of the population would need to be de immunitisome 60, 70 . Reporter they are on track to deliver 500 million doses every year, beginning in 2021. Dr. Anthony fauci is cautio
Degree or two warmer but you wont notice. A northwest west wind. But visibilities are fine so far. 56 to 60 at 7 00. And you can see just a touch warmer this afternoon as we hit 61 along the coast. 80 to 89 for our bay and inland neighborhoods. And then mid to upper 70s, still a delightful evening headed our way. Just not quite as breezy as it has been and that is why it will be slightly warmer. And there is promising news about an experimental vaccine for covid19 that is developed right here in the u. S. Kate larsen spoke with local experts and one of the people to get the inject. Reporter an experimental covid19 vaccine developed by moderna and the federal Government Produced a rapid and strong immune response in all 45 people tested. It is a wonderful triumph. Reporter and this doctor is a professor of microbiology and immunology at stanford. He says that the analysis is encouraging. Normally it takes some years, six years or longer to develop a vaccine from a concept to a phase one
That meeting did last until 3 00 this morning. The Council Voted to support a proposal to cut the Police Departments budget in half. And the big headline is that part of that proposal would be to cut Traffic Enforcement from the Police Department so to not have police pull people over for traffic violations, and this is believed to be that it would be the first city in the nation to make this move. Now, this is the first step in creating a City Department of transportation and that would allow for unarmed City Employees to deal with Traffic Enforcement. The vote came hours after a Public Comment session. Here is a sample of what was said. Traffic enforcement does not need to be an armed police concept. I support the proposal to cut 50 from the Police Budget. We as brown folk have been crying for help. You guys are not understanding that the police do not protect us. Reporter the council also voted to support having police stop handling homeless and Mental Health issues. These decisions