Season is expected to be a problem. Governor newsom hit the emergency brake across california because of covid he mentioned something else. Imposing a statewide curfew. The possibility of it. And a lot of people didnt like what they heard. Dr. Fauci weighed in on that idea. We sat in on the speech to students. Dr. Fauci today received the award from san jose state school of journalism for integrity and honesty. Truth telling builds credibility. We must always tell the truth. He was asked by a professor about the idea of implementing a curfew. Sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the state and city. To make that. If they make that decision, i certainly think the basis upon which i would back that. Its worked in other countries where restaurants close early. The curfew is understandable in concept. But i have serious concerns. County supervisor is about to be sworn in as state senator and worr
Now, kira. We have got 30s on the map. A little frosty to start off this morning. A live look over san jose. You can see the sunrise there and this is what i mean when i talk about how cold the temperatures are. Were in the 30s in san jose. 39, morgan hill. It will get even colder probably within the next hour or so, but heres a look at your microclimate highs for the afternoon. In the 60s and a lot of people were asking me about the rain. Do we have any rain, good news, it is expected to remain dry at least for this weekend and of course people have questions about thanksgiving, whether youre going to be, you know, inside or outside. Likely inside, eating. It looks like we have a pretty decent weather pattern setting up and that will set us up for the lovely start. Heres a closer look at the headlines that ill take a look at during my full forecast. Kira . All right. See you in about 15 minutes. Thanks. At 10 00 tonight, the curfew for the majority of california goes in to effect beca
Good evening. Weve got a lot to get to tonight. An hour from now most of the state goes backward to the most restrictive tier. And jessica, heres why. This graph shows the average number of cases in the bay area not quite as high as july, but you can see covid cases are spiking. The far right of your screen is the recent number. Lets begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas ian cull with what this means and whats changing. Reporter today Governor Newsom says hes pulling the emergency brake to slow the spread of covid19. In the last two weeks hospitalizations are up 30 . The number of cases has doubled. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter 41 of the states 51 counties including most of the bay area are pushed back into the most restrictive purple tier. San francisco, san mateo and marin fell to red. Most like santa clara jumping back two full tiers. We have done this before. We can do it again. We really need every Sing
Cause a high fire danger by sunday into monday. As we check out our temperatures for today, San Francisco will reach 67 and some sunshine for the inland areas reaching into the upper 70s. Well talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, we have a couple of notes. So, folks, while we show you the big view, and you do see its dominated the map green, thats the color we want to see with Speed Sensors at the limit. A lot of slowing for a couple of minutes on the right side. South 880 through hayward and whipple just cleared. Marcus, were also looking at eastbound 580 just past North Livermore. Word of a roadside fire im tracking. It sounds like its all right. The time of year were worried about any reports of fire. Back to you. Very true. Keep your eye on that, thanks. Pg e this morning is still in the progress of restoring power to customers who lost it from this weeks high fire danger. The latest shutoffs now appear to be just a small
You sound like oprah. Well be celebrating in cooler weather, too, what were expecting today, a calming wind as we go into the next couple of hours and throughout this afternoon as our temperatures continue to drop. But, unfortunately, there is another high wind event well be watching by sunday into early next week as our temperatures today reach mostly into the 70s across the bay area. Well talk about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning drive . Kari, its looking like friday. Im not going to sing it like marcus because what i do is not called singing. Over to the bay bridge where your traffic is humming along through the area with no metering lights. A little brake tapping earlier. It started itself out. Green sensors and the approach. Over to the maze and the upper east shore freeway. The north bay without any problems. The south bay and hayward, 880 south showing slowing just building a bit. Thats about it. Back to you. All right, thanks, mike. Pg e this morning is