Simply concerning. Could the bay area run out of hospital beds . We continue to be at risk of exceeding our hospital capacity. Its not all bad news. Tonight a positive trend doctors and nurses are noticing. Plus what will it take to flatten the curve . Tonight we ask the experts. And cant wait to clear your head and hit the slopes . California just releasing its covid rules for ski resorts. We begin now with this. At this rate we could see a statewide lockdown as early as tomorrow. As of tonight, many people are simply defeated, especially business own. They already see the writing on the wall. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana leads our coverage from the east bay. Reporter after governor gavin newsom hinted at a possible statewide stayathome order on monday, members of his cabinet had a Conference Call with Business Leaders yesterday. Should we consider this imminent . We should. In fact, i think were understanding that were expecting that the governor is going to be making an announcemen
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
Very important study. Temperatures as we approach the labor day weekend. Dr. Vanita shaw, we appreciate with labor day coming up we would usually be talking about yourtime and good luck the plans for the long weekend, or who is going where pack. But rest of the way me. Coming up, a huge star hit the pandemic now has made traveling take the backseat for some people. Hard, by the pandemic. Those that are taking trips up next, fans are rallying in support of dwayne the rock johnson , after he and his have been shamed. They get angry messages on minor passiveaggressive family tested positive for the comments from friends, or coronavirus. Telling people that it just is not fair. They are being reminded of civility and in scotts cheap flights, deleting posts due to ugly comments and urging to not post judgmental posts when others ask about trips. Basically, be nice. And, gasia, anderson people lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book clu
The states wildfire devastation. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala has a preview on what we can expect from his visit. President trump is reportedly flying here into Mcclellan Park in sacramento, which is serving as a command station for state Emergency Management officials white house Officials Say state leaders will provide the president with a briefing on californias wildfire situation which so far has been historic with 5 of the states largest fires burning callow yes officials confirmed the visit but say they dont have logistical details yet because of covid members of the state Republican Caucus tell us who the president will meet with is limited. Im told so far he set to be joined by congressman doug lamalfa Kevin Mccarthy and possibly governor Gavin Newsome trumps visit will come just days after Governor Newsom slammed the president s leadership on the environment noting the 100 lawsuits california has against the administration most of them environment related the governor
At cal fire currently has its hands full with a number of wildfires burning up and down california a fastmoving wildfire in butte county has burned more than 250,000 acres, its killed at least 3 people. The creek fire in Fresno Madera counties has burned more than a 175,000 acres. Its 0 contained and in Southern California, the eldorado fire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 12,000 acres. After that fire was sparked by a smoke machine at a gender reveal party over the weekend. As wildfires continue to ravage a state with some of the largest fires burning here in the bay area. It seems like every year these wildfires break new record and what is most concerning is that experts say things are likely going to get worse kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia takes a look at the wildfire trends in california. The state of california is typically associated with sunshine, sandy beaches and surfers. But now it seems like wildfires are making the list what used to be a rare event is now commonplace