Others are returning back to some more strict restrictions. Health Officials Say we are very likely now seeing the beginning of a winter surge. As california joined texas as the first states with 1 million covid cases, bay area counties are tightening restrictions. The owner of delta ball decided to shut down. He says it is tough when elsewhere in the country policies allow bowling. The policies that the state is using for bowling are just way too restrictive. I think there should be a framework and that the community should be able to modify it to whats going on in the community. Weve seen substantial day over day increases in our reported cases of covid19. Alameda county is also pushing pause as the covid case numbers rise. We are not islands, we are connected to the rest of the country and the rest of the world. If there are cases circulating, our borders are not closed. People can come and go. Nationwide states are adding stricter policies, chicagos mayor has ordered a stayat home
Bay area at this time. Take a look at the lightning strikes that are there. This is just a 10minute time frame here. And it continues to be active with hail reported in santa rosa earlier today, in addition to all of that thunderstorm activity that moved through early on. If i pull you way back, you can see where that moisture is coming from, but with the cloud cover in place today, we are actually a little cooler in many spots. Take a look at napa, down by 11 degrees, down by 9 in hayward. Temperatures right now low 60s to low 100s. 79 in oakland. Low 100s reported in livermore and brentwood. Thats where we continue with the advisories. The excessive heat warning is down along the San Francisco peninsula and the north bay and east bay. That entire orange there, that shaded area, along with santa cruz and monterey. When i come back, ill have a look at what we can expect as we move forward. Tomorrow morning, temperatures are expected to be relatively mild once gain before we heat it up
Lightningsparked fires. One is he hennessy fire, and by midafternoon, it had already consumed 750 acres, according to a spokesman for cal fire. While cal fire isnt a cant say for certain it, too, was caused by a strike from the key, the flames did start during a storm. An Evacuation Order has been issued. Theres 20 residents, but theres a number of residents below that Hennessy Ridge road. Reporter it affects those who live at Hennessy Ridge road and sage canyon road from childs pope valley rode to lower childs road. Close by neighborhoods are also under evacuation warnings, standing by just in case. As of right now, we do have resources on these fires, and then using those aircraft with weather permits. Reporter the other blaze, the gam fire at no, sirville road is in a much more rural nare at the north end of lake vari esa. An Evacuation Center was set up. We stop bid. No one had take then county up yet on the offer to use it as a structure. Trying to grapple with this fire and make
The people who do not have air conditioning and suffer from the Power Outages. The longer it extends, it becomes a bigger issue. No pressure there, thank you claudine. Tomorrow does look better. There will not be thunderstorms today which is a consolation but it will be hot for many. We lose cloud cover and temperatures that were held in check yesterday will bump back up. The city act 61. Napa is almost 70 degrees. Very warm air in the Higher Elevations and they will be sitting in the 100s, no doubt about it. It is not a strong breeze, but it is northwest or north. It is a north wind and that along with the hot temperatures will not help today. The cloud cover has lifted north and a little to the south is heading to the valley. The highs today come down a little bit. The bay will be hot with 100s again or upper 90s. It is quiet and i would hope so at this hour. Good morning. Good morning. It is quiet when it comes to the commute. If you are approaching the bay bridge, right now it look
Whats being done about it. Reporter right now at san quinten, they are testing prisoners and getting immediate results in realtime. Thats why the governor gave a specific number today at noon and within a few hours, there were more cases. So they are constantly updating those numbers. We are finding out more about that 71yearold death row inmate who was found dead in his cell last wednesday. According to the marin county coroners office, the examination of the body showed he tested positive for covid19. The baseball field at san quinten has been turned into a triage because of the covid19 outbreak. Since the governor spoke this morning, the number of inmate cases has gone up by 19, to 1,030. Whats concerning is how quickly that number increased. 987 new cases in the past 14 days alone. We have formalized strategies and plans, including the protect of suiting seton hospital if we have to transfer many, many patients. Reporter several months ago, 3500 lowlevel offenders throughout the pr