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 mailin ballots are received on time. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im 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 5s andrea borba on the troubling new data. Reporter this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid19 pandemic. Dr. Grant colfax with the department of Public Health says its unsurprising. Outside north be
A heat advisory is in effect for today, likely record breaking high temperatures as we head through the afternoon. Mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland. Around the bay heating to the low 90s and even along the coast in the low to mid 80s. Because of this extreme heat, Santa Clara Cooling Centers will be open today starting at 10 00 a. M. Murphy Park Building at 11 00. Cupertino Senior Center and Mountain View Community Center at 1 00 to help folks beat the heat with the hot temperatures. Well talk about the weekend and some relief is coming. Details are coming up. Good morning. As we look at the throads, wev got a back up at the bay bridge. Metering lights are turned on and things are starting to stack up. Delays to the 880 over crossing, not beyond that yet but the morning drive is busier as you make the drive out of the east bargaining i to San Francisco. The Early Morning road work we had on the upper deck of the bay bridge, that is gone. Once you are passed this things look
You look to the end of our weekend. In the meantime we are dealing with extreme heat as well as dangerous fire conditions. In the mountain peaks, winds gusting 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour, a big concern with the critical fire weather conditions. Thats the reason why we have a red flag warning still in effect until 11 00 a. M. Due to the extreme fire danger. Also the heat. The heat advisory is still in effect for the bay area. We are going to see temperatures soar hotter than yesterday, mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland today, around the bay, low 90s, low to mid 80s for the coast. San jose is opening cooling centers at Camden Community center, vietnamese american cultural center, Joyce Ellington library today. Well talk more about the weekend forecast. Lets check with gianna and that bay bridge commute. The bridge commute is doing okay. We are not seeing brake lights. I am tracking slow and go conditions on the upper deck of the bay bridge. It looks like there could be some const
Population to 4. Thats a 25 increase. That might not sound like a lot. But when this virus starts taking off, it takes off quickly. That case rate put San Francisco in the orange and the hospitalization rate jumping from 21 to 37 patients is in the red tier. Heres what the pause means, indoor pools, bowling alleys, and gym locker rooms will stay closed. Restaurants and houses of worship will stay at 25 capacity. Schools however are still a go with approval. This grill in the financial district that planned to reopen at 50 capacity will continue to stay closed because of the pause. Managing partner of water bar calls the pause on increasing restaurant capacity to 50 disappointing but understandable. Its a little bit of a set back to us from a pure Business Economic standpoint. Also of concern for businesses that have taken advantage of Outdoor Dining and the shared spaces program, the changing weather. Heat lamps are up now but wont stand a chance against the rain. Sometimes these parti
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