Risk this year. You have your bubble but do you want to take your bubble to them . Its going to be different. It will be more families staying on their own. You have to make choices after the holiday parties. Reporter they know this is the season to see loved ones. But their recommended get togethers be outdoors, no bigger than three households, and last no more than two hours. We will keep it safe, we are going to keep it short. We want to keep it small. Reporter make tradeoffs, to minimize risk. Go to a party one day, dont dine out or get a haircut the next. Dont accept every invitation. Whether they going from one group to another, to another, so. Reporter they are direct. Dont. Current airports are more than hassle, real hazard. The flight carries risk and ground transportation, as well. Holiday travel is not essential and in some ways you can show your love for your family and friends by not gathering this year. Reporter also the Bay Area National covid rates can run 10 times high
Spots, lets get a look at the numbers, san jose you were in the 30s now youre back at 42 degrees palo alto morgan hill, dublin and on up to the lay whole all in the 30s welfare fielder last spot along with sailing actually still hanging on to the upper 20s right now santa rosa you are there at 29 degrees within the last hour. You now see temperatures rise to 34 degrees. So it is a chilly morning more than chilly frigid for many areas and talk to the rest of your forecast still to come robin all right, lets check in on the morning commute shall we starting off with some residual delays on capital quarter. Theres a problem in oakland where car was stalled out on the tracks they finally got it cleared so train 5. 23 which was on hold is now on the move but running about 20 minutes late so if you take capitol corridor do expect delays on 5 23, but at least its moving right here in the bay bridge toll plaza were not moving too fast at the pay gates and stocked up from the bottom. Of the maz
People in Santa Clara County are already registered to vote and the registrar of voters hopes by the end of today that number will jump to more than a million. Recently became a u. S. Citizen and register fing to vote for t first time ever. He doesnt want to throw away his shot. So just want to make sure that i proactively be a part of that voting process and make a difference. Reporter across the bay area on this National Voter registration day we saw stepped up efforts to get people to vote including this teen Voter Registration event in richmond. 16 and 17yearolds can even preregister. In Santa Clara County the registrar Voters Office offered free swag to people registering. Thats a lot higher than it was four years ago. Reporter others are trying to get your ballot counted. Thats why the sap center says therell now be a drop off point. The Sharks Foundation has now launched a Voter Campaign to help people register. We now have a landing page created on our website and there we have
Skies today in san jose. The skies werent as orange there, but you can still see the thick of smoke around the city. Even at 12 30 this afternoon. Tom vacar is live in beauty county with the latest on the north complex fear that has for thuses of people to evacuate. We begin, though, with Cristina Rendon for a closer look at todays weird weather. Cristina in. Reporter well, julie, weird is right. Its still raining ash here in my backyard. The Patio Furniture is still covered in ash. It was the difference, he, this morning of that or an sky. It felt like night in the middle of the day. My wife said its yellow. Would say its more orange. Reporter wednesday felt like we woke up on a different planet, mars perhaps, or a world filled with falling ash . It looks like nighttime. Its insane. Reporter angela was a bit disoriented when her alarm went off. I woke up this morning and it was a really eerie feeling. I felt like did i mess up . Is it nighttime . Whats going on. Its disorienting. Feel
Smoke so thick the sunlight could barely shine through. Across the bay area people woke up confused as they looked like night. Ktvu was flooded with photos from our viewers who pulled out the cameras to capture the eerie orange glow that lasted for much of the day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama joins us with more on how it all unfolded. Reporter this really was a first for many people here. This darkness during the day and the orange glow, for many businesses this was yet another setback. Almost like a dream, the entire bay area woke up to this. It felt like we were living on mars. Weed couldnt figure out what time it was, even if the afternoon was so dark and orange and red. It was apocalyptic. By 10 00 it was darker than it was at 7 00 a. M. Reporter the darkness and orange tent stretched from the bank and east contra costa county, like a nuclear fallout. Ash flying from the sky covered cards and straits. In San Francisco my friend said she had a hose down her car twice before it got all off.