first time today about a connection between former san francisco mayor ed lee and three people charged in a corruption scandal at san francisco city hall. lee appointed former public works director mohamed nuru and former public utilities commission general manager harlan. both now facing federal charges. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor fi contributor phil matier says a criminal complaint uses the code name 35 for lee. lee was a longtime friend of wong, an influential character who has plead guilty to fraud charges in the case lee died of a heart attack in december of 2017, and you can read phil's articles in "the chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. >>> one juvenile is dead and three others badly hurt after the stolen sedan they were in crashed in east san jose overnight. an ambulance took one of the victim as way from the collision along story and king's road. police say a honda accord was traveling fast down story road when it slammed into a tree and a light pole. there were two young males and two young females inside. one of the young females died from the impact. the other suffered major injuries. investigators say

first time today about a connection between former san francisco mayor ed lee and three people charged in a corruption scandal at san francisco city hall. lee appointed former public works director and the former public utilities commissioner and general manager harlan kelly both now facing federal charges. "chronicle" insider and abc 7 news contributor phil mattier today reports a recently released criminal complaint details personal messages between lee and walter wong using the code name 35 for lee. lee was a long time friend of wong and influential contractor who has pled guilty to fraud charges in the case. the complaint does not accuse 35 of any wrongdoing. lee died of a heart attack in december of 2017. you can read phil's articles in "the chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. >>> a baby is safe today after she was rescued by mill valley police and the california highway patrol. according to the chp the 4-month-old was being carried by her mother as the two walked into lanes of traffic along northbound highway 101 in mill valley saturday afternoon. drivers swerved around the 2 to avoid an accident many calling 911. a mill valle

san francisco. live at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you dan, some revisions announced today in the covid-19 quarantine port protocols in santa clara county kron four's rob fladeboe has an update on that and details about the first shipments of vaccine that are expected to arrive in the south bay tomorrow. we're following the priorities that were determined by the cdc and the state clark county health officials announcing monday that the first shipment of covid-19 vaccine will arrive here sometime tuesday. >>with more due to arrive on friday. the county is expecting 17,550 doses of the pfizer vaccine. the first to receive the vaccine will be people and caregivers associated with the long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, followed by other health care workers all hospitals will get some vaccine from that first shipment says doctor marty fenstersheib. >>this is only the very first allocation and more vaccine will be coming over the next several weeks and months to eventually vaccinate everyone in our community. we also exp

. >> san francisco's small business owners protested the city's new stay-at-home order in front of city hallay. protesters say the shutdown is unfair, and it will make it tough to live her. >> unemployment isn't enough to pay rent in san francisco. so if you're going to force people to be out of work, you need to make sure they can pay their rent and feed their families. deferring rent, deferring bills isn't enough. they're never going to make that money up. >> she says the economic effect will be catastrophic for many working-class people across the bay area. >>> napa, sonoma, solano, and san mateo counties are choosing not to proactively enact the stay-at-home order. but if the bay area region sees icu capacity fall below 15%, a stay-at-home order will kick in. right now we're at just above 24%. the latest state numbers show california recorded just more than 30,000 new cases yesterday, a new record. that brings the total to 1.3 million cases in the state. another daily record for the state, the number of covid-19 victims in the hospital, more than 9,700. the san joaquin valley and souther

. >>> san francisco city hall is aglow tonight in green, red, and black all in celebration of kwanzaa it's day two of the seven-day celebration of african harvest, culture, community, and family. one of seven principles is reflected upon each day. the second day honors self-determination. >>> party preps are under way for the nation's biggest new year's eve celebration. crews today started setting up stages for live performances during this year's ball drop in times square. the live event is closed to the public. j.lo will headline with nelly, miley cyrus, megan thee stallion and cyndi lauper also set to perform. you can watch dick clark's new year's rockin' eve. it all starts at 8:00 on new year's eve. >>> drew tuma once again joining us with the forecast on what you can expect if you happen to be out and about. drew. >> we're going to find some showers over the next seven days. in fact, tonight we're tracking a return of wet weather for some, especially in the south bay right now. let's show you live doppler 7. the active sweep. we had a shower, a light one move over san francisco o

tonight, this statue of abraham lincoln in front of san francisco city hall. >>there's been vandalized why it may have been targeted. >>the lincoln statue outside san francisco city hall here was vandalized yesterday morning. you can see red paint all over the face there. christopher beale snapped these pictures yesterday morning, he said he believes lincoln's face was to his role in the genocide of native american people, san francisco police say when officers arrived the suspect had already taken off. the statue has since been cleaned up. next on kron 4 news adding 30 new body cam video shows the moments after that bomb went off in downtown nashville christmas morning. the new chilling words heard from the suspect just days before that explosion. >>and the most travel that we've seen all year long is happening right now how many people passed through american airports just this past weekend and the chp is holiday enforcement over the christmas weekend resulted in more than 500 dui arrests when the next enforcement for hi, i'm mike. jack hired me to tell you a

say they don't want a way to implement new restrictions kron four's dan kerman is live in san francisco city hall with more on that part of this story, dan. >>well pam san francisco health officials say if they wait until the end of the month it's going to be too late. >>that's why they're considering putting in restrictions earlier they say as things stand now they will run out of icu beds here in san francisco the day after christmas. >>the virus spreading like wildfire, san francisco health director doctor grant colfax says with covid hospitalizations more than doubling over the past 2 weeks, san francisco is on the verge of a catastrophe. >>in terms of our icu capacity were scheduled to run out all things equal december 26. and again that's a situation where if we hit that point there will likely be no place to put people in other parts of the state that's why san francisco health officials are considering implementing additional restrictions. >>even before bay area icu capacity drops below 15%. >>we do have a time period where if we take action aggressive action we can hopefully avoid overwh

we saw it with the san francisco city hall centennial. we seen it with the conference of mayors meeting in san francisco. all of those were one-time nonprofit set up by the mayor and by his appointees and staff. it's not any secret to the people of san francisco that this is how the game is played here. for us to pretend it's not played that way, not addressing it is wrong. in my view. >> i like to understand better under the proposed rule of prohibiting officials and employees from soliciting from interested parties. taking your example of whatever, the america's cup, this would prohibit or for that matter, the mohammed nuru investigation. this rule would prohibit city officials elected or appointed and employees from soliciting from interested parties from the ecology or other entities that have contracts. at least on that point, i'm going to assume that somebody is going to be prepared to make a motion to recommend that we move forward with communicating that commission endorses that change. commissioner bush, your point about who the -

. >>> taking a live look at san francisco's city hall. whiplash from mayor london breed. she is now congratulating alex padilla on his senate seat after calling it a blow to the african-american community. governor newsom appointed the secretary of state last night to replace vice president-elect kamala harris. in the last hour the mayor tweeted "this is a historic day, especially for the latino community, we have a lot of work to do to advance the rights of immigrants and people of color and i know you will be leading that fight in dc." >>> andria borba is live in the city with what the mayor has to say. >> reporter: there was a sense of disappointment from the mayor over the fact that a black woman did not replace kamala harris and that there are no more black women in the senate. >> i monitored, man. and i'm humbled. >> with that secretary of state alex padilla accepted the appointment to the senate. he will become the first ever latino senator in california. but his election to replace kamala harris is not without controversy. without harris there are not any black wo

officials don't plan to wait to implement restrictions kron four's dan kerman is live at san francisco city hallh more on that part of the story dan. >>and san francisco county health officials are reviewing their options right now they say if they wait it will be too late they refer to this covid surge as a wildfire back in early november. we saw about 30 cases a day in san francisco now we're seeing a 150 cases a day hospitalizations are up to about a 100 right now this doesn't even include the activity over thanksgiving. that's still to come in a couple of weeks and that's why they are looking at look putting in restrictions now and not waiting until we drop below that 15% icu capacity. >>in san francisco. we're scheduled to run out of those all important intensive care unit hospital beds. by december 26 if things stay the way they are with covid cases and hospitalizations surging in the prospect of running out of icu beds in just 23 days, san francisco health officials are considering implementing additional restrictions even before. >>bay area icu capacity drops below 15%. our hope is that

vaccine to go around it is a point san francisco's health director emphasized during an update today. >>kron four's dan kerman live for us at san francisco city hallthe details dan. >>well all of the cases in all of the hospitalizations those numbers all going in the wrong direction as you mess. cases have gone up 50% since thanksgiving and hospitalizations

it's a point san francisco's health director emphasized during an update today kron four's dan kerman is live at san francisco city hall with more. >>citizen can we can tell you that that is exactly the case not enough doses to go around for this to really have an impact the san francisco's health director indicating that not only have cases gone up 50% since thanksgiving, but hospitalizations have doubled. this search. continues. >>with no signs of slowing during an online briefing monday, san francisco health director doctor grant colfax said covid cases in san francisco have ticked up 50% since thanksgiving with nearly 2900 now diagnosed and hospitalizations have doubled during the same period from 73 to a 148. >>if the hospital census keeps rising at the current rate, san francisco will run out intensive care unit beds within the next 3 to 4 weeks. >>while graham that's better than the initial projections which had san francisco, running out of icu beds a day or 2 after christmas colfax also made it clear the new vaccine is not going to help with the current search. >>the hope of this vaccine will not crush this cu

. >>> taking a live look added san francisco city hall. they will endure another round of budget cuts to make up for a $650 million deficit over the next two fiscal years. maryland and breed has ordered city department heads to shrink their budgets by up to 10%. the mayor said that the shortfall is the result of weaker than expected city revenue, increased cost needed to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and a ballooning city budget. one contra costa county city has reportedly voted against school resource officers. the antioch city council opted not to accept the $750,000 federal grant that would have helped pay for six school resource officers on campus. the split 3:2 vote came last night after hours of debate. the city council had initially voted to accept that grant at the end of july. >>> new data shows more people are leaving california for other states and the number of people coming in. the official population is 39.78 million. the gross rate leading up to july was just .05%. that's the lowest dating back to 1900. economists say hig

>>and other local statue was damaged over the weekend, the lincoln statue outside of san francisco's city hall was vandalized early yesterday morning. you can see red paint was painted over lincolns face christopher beale took these pictures sunday morning. he says he believes lincoln's face was painted due to his role in that genocide of native american people, san francisco police say when officers arrived the suspect are already fled. the statue has since been cleaned up. >>actress lori locklin was released from federal prison in the east bay today she 2 month sentence for her role in a the college admissions cheating scandal, paying half-a-million dollars in bribes to get her to daughters into college lockland did her time at the federal correctional institution in dublin, her husband fashion designer must seem on a gm giannulli is serving his 5 month sentence at a prison near santa barbara. >>in the north bay marin county officials have released new resources for residents who need help paying their rent. so far about 3 million in rental assistance has been provided since program started

>> reporter: parents an kids marched to san francisco's city hall, a small group with a big message. >> we moat learning doesn't work at all. >> reporter: daniel katzen says his 5-year-old is falling behind. >> i'm a stay at home parent, and we have reliable wifi. it still doesn't work. my son doesn't know how to read since he's in kindergarten. >> reporter: these parents say they want to see the district open schools for in-person learning. here in berkeley, these parents echoing the same complaint, that distance learning has been a big failure. >> we're all very frustrated with our school districts. >> reporter: this rally at mlk park brought families together. eighth grader ella haynesworth talked about her struggles. >> it's hard for a lot of people, and my mental health hasn't been so great during zoom school. it's all been pretty chaotic. >> we really believe that guided by science, our schools could be reopened. >> in a statement, the district said berkeley unified is currently working diligently to be ready to reopen our schools in a hybrid model that will balance families' d

. >>> a statue of president lincoln at san francisco city hall is now cleaned up and fixed after someone defaced it. the statue's face was painted red as was the name lincoln. the vandalism happened december 26th the same day in 1862 when 38 sioux warriors were hanged during lincoln's presidency. >>> today former san jose police chief eddie garcia began laying out his game plan for dallas, texas. he's the new police chief over there. garcia who grew up in san jose says he wants to make positive strides in policing communities of color. >> but it's also important for us we're reaching out to our communities that we acknowledge the fact we've made a lot of mistakes in the history of law enforcement particularly as we deal with our communities of color. and we need to own up to that. >> he says another priority will be reducing violent crime in dallas. chief garcia retired from the san jose pd earlier this month. he'll begin his new job in dallas in february. >>> all right, take a look. we had snow. not much of it, but it counts. a light dusting on mt. hamilton. this was hard to see this mo

. >>> new details on the ongoing corruption scandal at san francisco city hall. istrator naomi kelly is now taking a leave of absence two days after her husband stepped down as general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission. federal prosecutors are accusing harlan kelly of accepting bribes from a contractor as part of a pay to play scheme. naomi kelly has not been charged wait crime, but the criminal complaint against her husband said she attended a family vacation that was a paid for by the contractor. she is the 5th department head to step down due to the city's growing corruption scandal. >>> also in san francisco, civilians rather than police officers could soon be responding to nonviolent calls involving mental health issues and homelessness. the prosecute of san francisco's police union has signed a letter of intent with the city to move forward with the plan. the union agrees there are 17 types of calls for service where civilians could be the primary responders. they include homelessness and quality of life calls. noncriminal mental healt

>> reporter: parents and kids marched to san francisco city hall. a small group with a big message. >> remote learning doesn't work at all. >> reporter: daniel cotsen says his 5-year-old is falling behind. >> my son doesn't know how to read. >> reporter: these parents want to see the district open schools for in-person learning. rear here in berkley, the parents are issuing the same complaint, distance learning has been a big failure. >> we're all very frustrated with our school district. >> reporter: this rally brought families together. 8th grader ella hainsworth talked about her struggling. >> my mental health hasn't been great during zoom school. it's all been pretty chaotic. >> we really believe that guided by science, our schools could be reopened. >> reporter: in a statement, the statement said berkley unified is currently working dill gently to be ready to open our schools in a hybrid model that will balance families' different needs at a point that state and county health officials indicate it is safe. they have approved mid january for pre

. >>> a live look at san francisco city hall. the board of supervisors is extending an emergency ordinance housing the homeless. right now many are sheltering in place in hotel across the city that. was all about to end. about 2,000 were told they would have to leave by the end of the month. this new ordinance would prohibit the city from removing them from their rooms until they are able to find stable housing. >>> alameda has voted to extend the lease at four homeless hotels and shut down two others. >>> update on the stay at home order in san francisco. if you live in the city you can now spend time with a friend outside. before you could only gather with in your same house. health officials say they made the change to balance the negative impacts on mental health. meeting the friend is now allow the under lining messages still to avoid gatherings as much as possible. >>> contra costa won't raise fees -- they pointed to restaurants openly operating in danville. they say the current ones aren't high enough to force compliance b

san francisco city hall corruption investigation is revealing yet another city official was taking bribes. the fbi charged 58 year-old harlan kelly. >>with multiple charges including taking bribes in the public bidding process. kelly served as general manager since 2012 for the san francisco, public utilities commission. the fbi is accusing him of a corrupt partnership with walter wong who had a construction company in controlled several entities. the did business with the city the complaint claims as part of the scheme wong wined and dined kelly at times paying cash and treating him to international family vacations all that in exchange allegedly for benefiting long's business ventures kelly is married to city administrator. naomi kelly. if convicted he faces 20 years in prison and a fine of a quarter of a million dollars he has resigned and is not in custody. kelly is expected in court. december 8. >>still ahead at 8 the latest on president elect joe biden and v p elect kamala harris. we're finally getting access to classified info after weeks of the white house refusing to cooperate wi

. >>> right now san francisco city hall lit up in red and green for the holidays. this is one tradition that looks the same this year but many others have changed. abc7 news reporter luz pena found that more people celebrating at home has changed demand for many traditional christmas items. >> reporter: they come in all sizes and picking the perfect christmas tree for the family is a tough job. 1 1/2-year-old miri would agree. >> last year we did it. >> last year we got one of those. >> last year she was 7 months old. >> reporter: for the anderson family, there is one professional christmas tree picker, and she's humble. >> all of us. >> she did. >> you did. we approved. >> reporter: but this year they almost didn't get to choose their favorite tree. more people staying at home means more demand for trees. christmas tree farms are reporting a tree shortage. at the guardsman tree lot in san francisco's fort mason, they are running out fast. >> normally we go through about 7,500 trees. this year we're down to about 6,000. >> last year, two weeks from christmas, they

>> reporter: parents and kids marched to san francisco city hall, a small group with a big message. >> remote learning doesn't work at all. >> reporter: daniel cotson says his 5-year-old is falling behind. >> i'm a stay-at-home parent, we have reliable wifi. it still doesn't work. my son doesn't know how to read, since he's in kindergarten. >> reporter: these parents want to see the district open schools for in-person learning. in berkeley the parents echoing the same complaint learning has been a big failure. >> we're all very frustrated with our school district. >> reporter: this rally at mlk park brought families together. eighth grader ella haynesworth talked about her struggles. >> it's hard for a lot of people and my mental health hasn't been so great during zoom school and i don't know, it's all been pretty chaotic. >> we really believe that guided by science, our schools could be reopened. >> reporter: in a statement the district said "berkeley unified is currently working diligently to be ready to reopen our schools in a hybrid model that will balance families' differing need

it's a point san francisco's health director emphasized during an update today kron four's dan kerman is live in san francisco city hall with more dan. >>that's right you know the bottom line is people need to stay in their own household and with people in their own household and wear their mask because as you mentioned not enough vaccine to go around in those 2 really the only ways we're going to quotes this search. health director had a news update today basically he tells us cases have surged 50% in san francisco since thanksgiving and hospitalizations have doubled and if we keep along this current rate we're going to run out of icu space in the next 3 to 4 weeks. >>the hope of this vaccine will not crush this curve. and was limited supply vaccine will not save us from this current increase searching hospitalizations. only her immediate actions actions that we have been taken since taking since the beginning of this pandemic that we know work to slow the spread of the virus. those are more to that all important than ever before. police don't travel for the holidays, protect your loved ones. do your part sacrifice th

coming up on ktvu news at 6:00 it would be details on the ongoing corruption scandal al at san francisco city halldministrators is taking a leave of absence. >>> plus at lee least one coronavirus testing site in the bay area is seeing a surge in demand. now nearly one week after thanksgiving, a look at the covid numbers in alameda county, and the plan for vaccine distribution. budget, i lead the charge. and for this multitasking number cruncher, time is money. so, no more chasing sales. because at floor and decor, i get rock-bottom prices on top-quality products. and with free in-store design services, i score expert advice and project planning. not like free with purchase either, like free-free. mission accomplished. now that's time well spent. explore floor and decor in person or online at flooranddecor.com >>> nancy pelosi resumed talks with steve mnuchin today on an end of the year economic relief package. speaker pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer said yesterday they support the $908 billion package that includes an extra $300 per week in unemployment, $160 billion for state and

>> reporter: parents and kids marched to san francisco city hall, a small group with a big message. >> remote learning doesn't work at all. >> reporter: daniel cotson says his 5-year-old is falling behind. >> i'm a stay-at-home parent, we have reliable wifi. it still doesn't work. my son doesn't know how to read, since he's in kindergarten. >> reporter: these parents want to see the district open schools for in-person learning. in berkeley the parents echoing the same complaint, distance learning has been a big failure. >> we're all very frustrated with our school district. >> reporter: this rally at mlk park brought families together. eighth grader ella haynesworth talked about her struggles. >> it's hard for a lot of people and my henl health hasn't been so great during zoom school and i don't know, it's all been pretty chaotic. >> we really believe that guided by science, our schools could be reopened. >> reporter: in a statement the district said "berkeley unified is currently working diligently to be ready to reopen our schools in a hybrid model that will balance families' differ

live in dublin dan thorn kron 4 news all right dan an fbi investigation into corruption at san francisco city hall has revealed yet another city leader may have been taking bribes that's the allegation kron four's also the monae live in the studio with. >>more on this developing case l a grant and vicki 50 year-old harlan kelly being accused of taking bribes in exchange for work on city projects since 2012 kelly served as general manager for the san francisco, public utilities commission. >>he resigned today after the fbi revealed claims that he had a corrupt partnership with the head of the local construction company. investigators allege walter wong wined and dined kelly pay them in cash work on his home and treated him to international family vacations. all that in exchange for business ventures like a multimillion dollar contract for upgrades to city street lights mayor london breed released a statement saying that she accepted kelly's resignation today and that the allegations are disturbing and unacceptable for anyone serving in government. let alone the leader of one of the largest departme

we saw it with the san francisco city hall centennial. we seen it with the conference of mayors meeting in san francisco. all of those were one-time nonprofit set up by the mayor and by his appointees and staff. it's not any secret to the people of san francisco that this is how the game is played here. for us to pretend it's not played that way, not addressing it is wrong. in my view. >> i like to understand better under the proposed rule of prohibiting officials and employees from soliciting from interested

san francisco. >>live in city for city hall. thank you dan.>well this comes as we are now just hours away from the entire bay area region falling under the state's stay at home order this order of course triggered by the number of available icu beds in our region falling to 12.9% it goes into effect tonight at 11:59pm and will last at least 3 weeks those bay area counties that voluntarily shut down earlier than that was necessary the 3 we countdown will actually reset tonight so here's what's closing indoor playgrounds personal care services such as hair salons wineries someone other sectors must shut down. >>retail can remain open, but at 20% capacity and restaurants can only offer take-out or delivery. there's also a curfew in effect from 10:00pm to 05:00am they always find the details of what is and is not allowed on our website kron 4 dot com. >>well san mateo county was one of the 3 counties in the bay area not to implement the shut down early and today, many businesses saw a last minute rush of customers trying to get their appointments

we saw it with the san francisco city hall centennial. we seen it with the conference of mayors meeting in san francisco. all of those were one-time nonprofit set up by the mayor and by his appointees and staff. it's not any secret to the people of san francisco that this is how the game is played here. for us to pretend it's not played that way, not addressing it is wrong. in my view. >> i like to understand better under the proposed rule of prohibiting officials and employees from soliciting from interested parties. taking your example of whatever, the america's cup, this would prohibit or for that matter, the mohammed nuru investigation. this rule would prohibit city officials elected or appointed and employees from soliciting from interested parties from the ecology or other entities that have contracts. at least on that point, i'm going to assume that somebody is going to be prepared to make a motion to recommend that we move forward with communicating that commission endorses that change. commissioner bush, your point about who the

we saw it with the san francisco city hall centennial. we seen it with the conference of mayors meeting in san francisco. all of those were one-time nonprofit set up by the mayor and by his appointees and staff. it's not any secret to the people of san francisco that this is how the game is played here. for us to pretend it's not played that way, not addressing it is wrong. in my view. >> i like to understand better under the proposed rule of prohibiting officials and employees from soliciting from interested parties. taking your example of whatever, the america's cup, this would prohibit or for that matter, the mohammed nuru investigation. this rule would prohibit city officials elected or appointed and employees from soliciting from interested parties from the ecology or other entities that have contracts. at least on that point, i'm going to assume that somebody is going to be prepared to make a motion to recommend that we move forward with communicating that commission endorses that change. commissioner bush, your point about who the

today, we are at city hall in san francisco. girl: what do we want? girls: climate justice!: when do we want it? girls: now! announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; the orange county community >> creator gave us what we needed to take care of ourselves, and he also told us, "this is what i gave you. this is what you need to protect." we need this air. we need this grs. we need the trees. we need everything. it belongs all of us, not just one person to go out and harvest and take for themselves, and it's not to be used to get rich and to fill your pockets. >> terra-gen identified monument ridge and bear river ridge as having high potential for wind development. i met with them early, and i expressed concerns about there being native ground there. >> i think, because this project would have been so visible, it would be a constant reminder of how the tribe's land was taken

today, we are at city hall in san francisco. girl: what do we want? girls: climate justice!: when do we want it? girls: now! announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; the orange county community d quickly shay doron shape it see any has to be my name is ariel to ecuador on shane my native language my name means thunder woman. i'm so happy to be here and i want to recognize the special territory of the coast me walk- for allowing me to be here today and it's so good to be here pioneers thirtieth anniversary. as a board member of pioneers i remember when i sit on this stage three years ago as a keynote. and one of the things that helped ease my time up here was the introduction provided by clayton th m

today, we are at city hall in san francisco. girl: what do we want? girls: climate justice!: when do we want it? girls: now! announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; the orange county community 12/14/20 12/14/20 amy: from new york, this is democracy now! the list,read through you realize that cmate a ecological crisis nnot be solved without system change. it is no longer an opinion. that is a fact. amy: five years after the landmark paris climate accord, we hear from 17-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg on why more ti

. >>> still ahead tonight, a top san francisco official steps down as a city hall corruption investigation takes a new step. >>> also the break the university of california system is giving to applicants after a server crash sent it into panic mode. >>> now a 50-year-old scientific we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>> today federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against the general manager of the city of san francisco's public utilities commission. 58-year-old harlan kelly resigned today. he's accused of a long running bribery scheme in partnership with a company executive waller wong. investigators say kelly received cash and other perks from wong. kelly issued a statement saying he's not guilty but choosing to resign anyway. his attorney calls the charges disappointing. >> we've ben entirely cooperative with the government in every respect. we've explained everything harlan kelly has done that has been the subject of the inquiry. we have explained eve

san francisco is just glowing tonight as we look at city hall and sales force tower, absolutely beautiful view right now. you need the jacket if you're stepping out. 59 in san jose. by the way, our warmest location like fairfield got up to the low 70s today. golden gate bridge camera showing you a nice shoe right now. currently live moore 58 degrees. here's a post sunset view. emoryville camera showing wispy clouds. chilly conditions inland. dry mild pattern into next week. temperatures near or above average for december. as you look at this view from our santa cruz camera, things look so serene but things are changing. the largest and the next two days there is a beach hazard statement until 4:00 p.m. thursday. the wave heights will be 14 to 18 feel. we'll have a high to extreme risk of sneaker waves and rip currents, so watch out if you're out there. we don't have any rain to speak of. the coast is clear. tomorrow morning may see a few watches of fog. as united states look at the high temperatures for the south bay, 64 in san jose, a lovely day in san jose. a few high clouds and sunshin

san francisco's director of health doctor grant colfax. >>kron four's dan kerman following the story he's live outside city hall right now with more on what's prompting this directive dan. >>well cases continue to surge in san francisco. they are trying to tamp down on that they're trying to encourage people not to travel. they also know that the case rate is worse almost everywhere compared to san francisco. so they don't want people leaving and then coming back and bringing the virus here to spread it. they don't want people coming here to visit and spreading the virus and that is the reason for this 10 day quarantine. >>please cancel on those airline reservations, don't plan to gather. i remember that asymptomatic people without symptoms can still spread the virus with covid cases continuing to search san francisco is doubling down to discourage people from traveling over the holidays to that end new health order starting friday requires a 10 day quarantine for anyone traveling moving are returning to san francisco from outside the bay area. >>there will be limited exemptions for essential activity and it won't apply to those connecting

mail, the board's address is the san francisco board of supervisors, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, city hall, room 244, san francisco, california 94102. if you're using e-mail, send it to bos@sfgov.org. that's b-o-s-@-s-f-g-o-v.org. you may watch the proceedings by going to sfgtv.org or you may go to television channel 26. to provide public comment, turn down your television volume and listen through your touch phone. the telephone number is streaming across your screen. it's 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. number. that's 146-758-5325. press pound twice, and you will have joined the meeting as a listener. when you hear your item called, you should press star, three, and that is when you will enter the queue, and you may begin your public comment when your line is unmuted. there are two scheduled public hearings on our agenda. they are both set to begin no earlier than 3:00 p.m., and as specifically identified, we will have public comment, but in a specific manner. items 32 through 35, that's the appeal of determination of a community plan evaluation for the san

san francisco's take over the next few weeks. it will really determine what the next few months will look like. at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>and san francisco kind of quietly loosened its stay at home order restrictions last week, the original order said that you can't meet anyone outside of your household. but now the order says you can see one other person that you don't live with you can also meet this person outside for a walk go to the park or whatever assuming, everybody has a mask on and supervisor matt haney noted in person dating is no longer band but. no double dates. in santa clara county health officials have shortened the time that people must quarantine after being exposed to covid from 14 days down to 10 days said as we switch gears now and get it check on our forecast. it a nice day out there there's some good rain this weekend. yeah, the air is all cleared for first erica caturay is with us said tonight with a look at what we can expect for the week, yeah, it was nice seeing that rain over the weekend. we really need it here in the bay area, san francisco got over an inch of rain

city makes decisions about the restrictions. people with safe san francisco say they have momentum. they've protested at city hall. they did that last week to have playgrounds reopened, and playgrounds have since reopened. now they're asking for outdoor dining to be restored immediately. we've reached out to the mayor's office for comment but have not yet heard back. >>> he was a healthy and a fit triathlete, but covid landed him in the hospital fighting for his life for nearly four months. we told you his emotional story. now he's reflecting on that fight and providing a clear message about the vaccine. nbc bay area's marianne favro reports. >> reporter: 112 days after he first went into the hospital with covid, tom of san jose was wheeled out in july. while in the hospital he spent 79 days in a coma. and his family feared he wouldn't make it. months later tom still has lingering health problems caused by covid. >> yeah. i have difficulty with breathing. i can't read a full sentence without having to stop and take a breath. i have neuropathy. >> reporter: with the new covid vaccine on its way to the bay area, we

new at 5:00, a top san francisco official steps down as the city hall corruption investigation takes plus, the perils of running a business these days and the plea from owners for everyone to be patient. >>> and one of science's biggest challenges has just been sofld. solved. those stori for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa shoppers reported problems with online retailers- including walmart - as gamers flocked to the web yesterday, when sony released the new gaming console.walmart says their site experienced "slowness" for a few minutes.. but "quickly caught up with the g out in japan.the p-s-five features cutting- edge >>> black friday shoppers camping out for days at this dublin ga

mail, the board's address is the san francisco board of supervisors, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, city hall, room 244, san francisco, california 94102. if you're using e-mail, send it to bos@sfgov.org. that's b-o-s-@-s-f-g-o-v.org. you may watch the proceedings by going to sfgtv.org or you may go to television channel 26. to provide public comment, turn down your television volume and listen through your touch phone. the telephone number is streaming across your screen. it's 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. number. that's 146-758-5325. press pound twice, and you will have joined the meeting as a listener. when you hear your item called, you should press star, three, and that is when you will enter the queue, and you may begin your public comment when your line is unmuted. there are two scheduled public hearings on our agenda. they are both set to begin no earlier than 3:00 p.m., and as specifically identified, we will have public comment, but in a specific manner. items 32 through 35, that's the appeal of determination of a community plan evaluation for the san

city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you well tonight, we're learning san francisco mayor london breed attended a birthday party athe french laundry in that is the same upscale restaurant where governor newsome died last month. >>the mayor's press secretary press director released a statement today reading in part back on november, the 7th. she may be the mayor attended a small family birthday dinner for a friend, 8 people were there including herself. the mayor paid for her own dinner at the time of the gathering san francisco was in the yellow to year and napa county was in the orange tear both allowing outdoor and indoor dining. the statement went on to say when cases were lower the mayor would visit restaurants in san francisco to support local businesses. now that most of the bay area is back in the purple covid here she is once again limiting her actions and encouraging all san franciscans to do the same. >>meantime another high-profile public figure has come under scrutiny for apparently failing to adhere to the covid safety rules urged by health officials, san jose mayor sam liccardo's in the hot seat for

>>we're downtown san francisco looking pretty dry for the city hall still. >>read in green for this holiday week our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking a whole lot of green on the radar in the coming week, yeah, it looks impressive headed in the new year grant we're going to see a lot of rain coming our way in fact tomorrow we may start to get a couple across the bay area tonight skies, clear and that's allowing the temperatures are really drop off around the bay area, a gorgeous day though today lot of sunshine. all day long that brought much warmer than normal up in the 60's in many spots, 60 in san francisco, 16 oakland, 62 in san jose 61 degrees and live more 63 in concord and look at santa rosa 10 degrees above the average is 64 so impressive numbers outside all due to this ridge of high pressure overhead sending the jet stream well to the north and all the storm clouds but the good news is there's not one of those real permanent bridges sitting over head. this one is going to continue to push eastward and weaken as it does school these clouds

mail, the board's address is the san francisco board of supervisors, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, city hall, room 244, san francisco, california 94102. if you're using e-mail, send it to bos@sfgov.org. that's b-o-s-@-s-f-g-o-v.org. you may watch the proceedings by going to sfgtv.org or you may go to television channel 26. to provide public comment, turn down your television volume and listen through your touch phone. the telephone number is streaming across your screen. it's 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. number. that's 146-758-5325. press pound twice, and you will have joined the meeting as a listener. when you hear your item called, you should press star, three, and that is when you will enter the queue, and you may begin your public comment when your line is unmuted. there are two scheduled public hearings on our agenda. they are both set to begin no earlier than 3:00 p.m., and as specifically identified, we will have public comment, but in a specific manner. items 32 through 35, that's the appeal of determination of a community plan evaluation for the san

postal service to city hall, 1 doctor carleton b goodlet place, san francisco, california, 94012.ted upon today are expected to appear on the agenda of december 1st unless otherwise stated. mr. chair. >> commissioner peskin: thank you, can you please read the first and the only item. >> clerk: yes, an ordinance to amend the administrative code to temporary restrict landlords from evicting commercial tenants for non-payment of rent that was not paid due to the covid-19 pandemic. those who wish to call should call 1-(415)-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 146 331 8244. after entering the meeting i.d., press pound and pound again. mr. chair? >> commissioner peskin: thank you, miss major and colleagues. as you both know this item was continued from last week's meeting when we duplicated the file following substantive amendment that was made to clarify that the termination provision for tenants, those with 10 or fewer employees applies notwithstanding any other contract terms. i want to be very clear about our intent here with respect to the termination provision for those tier one ten

mail, you can address the envelope to the board of -- to the san francisco board of supervisors, the number one dr. carleton city hall, room 244 and san francisco 94102. if you are accepting by e-mail, send to capital bos as in bos at sfgov.org. you may watch the livestream going to www.sfgovtv.org. you may watch on your television by going to charge 26, however, due to the turn down your television and listen to your touch phone. if you intend to provide public comment, you will be able to be provide public comment without delay. the telephone number and access number is streaming on your screen and it's (415)655-0001 and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d., 146561 and press pound and you have joined the meeting as a listener and to provide public comment should you then press star 3 and listen carefully for the prompt, you have been unmuted and you may be begin speaking your comments. now that you have the access and agenda knowledgeable for public comment. there are three scheduled public hearings and noticed to begin and since 3:00 p.m. and each will have a public comment opportunity associated with

>>a switching gears to take a live look at down south downtown san francisco on this chilly chilly tuesday nights city hallre lit up in red for aids awareness or chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has a good look at that and every other building in the city before because it's a it's a clear cool nice night lawrence yeah cold night across the bay area you know, chilly least and stormy in other parts of the country right we're seeing some that wintry weather kind of kicking up so that folks in the northeast really seeing the stormy conditions. >>as much as 6 inches of snow coming down in the ohio valley today and there's more to come so that lake effect snow see all that moisture rotating around that area of low pressure out ahead of it we've had some rain but now that cold air is kind of mix and then and they're going to be in for that tonight and tomorrow to out west we go you see a whole different situation, a big dome of high pressure sitting along the west coast keeping us really storm free in mainly cloud-free around much of the bay area to but that's going to change a little bit i think even by tomo

and i'm an 11 year san francisco resident and the mother of three native san franciscans and small business are the heart of the our city and the children are our future. the way city hall expects small businesses like gyms and nail sal constructor and without providing any resources or solutions to keep them own is wrong and cruel to let them open for a few weeks spend tons to shut them down again. after supervisors to find a middle ground to protect public-health without destroying our cities. thank you. >> we have the next caller, please. >> caller: my name is (inaudible) i'm the director of fill more merchants and small business advocate and i work with a lot of associations and cbds around the city. it's really important to open up shared spaces and some capacity and shared spaces only help benefit the restaurants and it also helps ensure and demonstrate to our customers that the streets are safe, clean, and fun to be in again and it's also encouraging other merchants to open up as well and i was? golden gate park and there were hundreds of people looking at the beautiful lights at night so just an observation and the farmer's market is open too. if they can be ope