so clifford flew to new york and in clifford's memoir, there was this great meal with the ambassador,lled him ambassador kennedy, pleasantries and how well the transition was going. then i had to say, mister ambassador, i have one thing we need to talk about. i really don't think that it's good for jack or bobby or the administration for bobby to be attorney general. he laid out his view on that. according to clifford, at the end of it, he said thank you very much for the compelling presentation, you made some interesting points, bobby will be attorney general. clifford later says, it was sort of scary to see how he operated. it was kind of scary to see how jfk was intimidated by his dad. his dad was this commanding presence. but it's kind of funny because jfk also had a way of needling his father and defusing situations with humor. on when i count, joe kennedy was just being very critical of one of his daughters for spending too much money. just ripping into her. she storms out of the room crying and then she comes back a few minutes later and kennedy says, come down, we decided that

clifford flew to new york and in clifford's memoir i had the great meal with the ambassador, they calledbassador kennedy and pleasantries and how well the transition was going and then i had to say, you know, mr. ambassador, i have one thing we really need to talk about which is i really don't think it's good for jack or bobby or frankly the administration, incoming administration, for bobby to be attorney general and he laid out his view on that. and according to clifford at the end of it, joseph said, clark, thank you very much. very compelling presentation and you make some really interesting points and bobby will be attorney general. and clifford later said, he goes it was sort of scary to see how he operated and it was kind of scary to see how jack, in some sense, jfk was intimidated by his dad. his dad was this commanding presence that had really kind of -- but it is funny because jfk had a way of needling his father and kind of defusing situation with humor and one account where joe kennedy was just was being very, very critical of one of his daughters for spending too much money.

so clifford flew to new york, and in clifford's memoir, he said i had this great meal with the ambassador -- they called him ambassador kennedy, pleasantries and how well the transition was going and he said , then i had to say, mr. ambassador, i have one thing we really need to talk about which i really don't think that it is good for jack or bobby or incomingthe administration, for bobby to be attorney general. and he laid out, you know, his view on that. and according to clifford, at the end of it, joe said clark, thank you very much, it was a very compelling presentation. you make some really interesting points. bobby will be attorney general. [laughter] and clifford later said he goes -- later said -- he goes, it was sort of scary to see how he operated. it was kind of scary to see how, jack, in some sense, jfk was intimidated by his dad. i mean his dad was this commanding presence in a really kind of -- but it is funny because jfk also had a way of kind of needling his father and kind of diffusing situations with humor. there is one account where joe kennedy was just, was being very

let's bring in clifford tuned in here from d.w. business good to see you again clifford you spent several years as a correspondent in china you followed the rise of jack and ali baba. what are you hearing from your contacts about where might be i mean he's so famous he can't just disappear. well this is i think the words too big to fail keep coming to mind when you when you hear this story it just shows that no one can take on the communist party as openly as he has done i think the writing was on the wall from october 24th when he said that the regulatory system in china wasn't working. but a week later this $37000000000.00 i.p.o. was counseled which is going to be the biggest ever and it shows that the congress party has the power to control people like jack ma as to where he is that's the big that's the big the big mystery he could be an administrative detention i doubt it somehow i think because he is as you say a very big figure but it's a reminder that this is all about xi jinping the government is all about domestic consumpt

>>kron four's charles clifford has that story. >>well right now i'm standing at the sonoma county fairgrounds in behind me here you can see people lining up in their vehicles to receive a coronavirus vaccine. this is part of an ongoing effort by the county to really ramp up vaccinations on on wednesday safeway pharmacies and sonoma county teamed up to open the county's first mass vaccination clinic here at the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa. the county is giving the moderna vaccine to people who qualify under phase, one a of the vaccine rollout plan, i'm a 24 7 home health care worker that includes health care workers like katie pendleton who received her first shot today, i'm on the fence about it. yeah katie was hesitant about getting the vaccine but believes it is an important step. >>in ending the pandemic she also did it for her family and i've got family members with chronic illnesses and so on the one that doesn't have. anything so. >>and kind of the one big bank go tryout you're eligible go get it. and we'll see h

clifford and persons knew each other. well they liked each other.and from the outset they said let's make this transition work. let's not do it in the press. they met regularly. they talked on the phone. they trusted each other. they liked each other. one of the first drops that they faced was preparing this first meeting between kennedy and eisenhower. and the briefing books are just remarkable. and kennedy is basically given this 150 paged tour de force about problems in the world. and clifford and persons negotiated what issues were going to be raised. so both were well prepared. kennedy arrived, kennedy was chronically late. chronically late to everything. his aides said this is one thing that you cannot be late to. even more than your wedding. this is one thing if to be a time for. so candy is like i get, it i get it. so kennedy is driven and white catalyst to the white house. they arrive so early, they are approaching so early that kennedy is like i can't get there ten minutes early so they circle, they serve the white house and get caught in

our kron four's charles clifford has details. >>this new vaccination site is a partnership between the city's department of health ucsf and dignity health in order to be eligible to receive a vaccine here someone must live or work in san francisco and qualify under phase, one a of the vaccination rollout plan which includes health care workers and people who work or live in long-term care facilities, the city is also now allowing residents 65 or older to sign up for a vaccination way it works is you first need to make an appointment online then you drive here, you don't even need to get out of your car you receive a vaccine and then you have to wait 15 minutes to make sure there are no severe reactions and then you're done order to get the second dose of the vaccine you have to make another appointment in a few weeks now the problem at the moment is that the supply of vaccines is very limited earlier in the week mayor london breed had said that the city was close to running out of vaccines due to hold being put on the use of a sp

it is part of an effort to speed up the rate of vaccinations for shells clifford has more. >>well here in san mateo county the county has opened up a drive-thru covid-19 vaccination center at the county's events center here in san mateo now the county so far has received about 22,000 doses of the moderna vaccine and they are hoping to get up to 38,000 doses in order to complete vaccinations in people who qualify in the tier, one a category of the vaccination rollout plan that includes health care providers and folks who work at long-term care facilities also lived and long-term care facilities now over the weekend the county did a test run it back said about 200 people this way basically pull up drive through the getting the vaccination you have to wait around for a few minutes until you're cleared. and that's it and then hopefully at some point in a few weeks, they'll have a second clinically be able to come back and get your second dose now i talked to county supervisor david canepa today who says they're hoping to ramp up this effort in the near future if we're able to d

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>san francisco's actually made some progress in slowing the spread of the coronavirus here in the city but statewide the number of cases is still climbing and here in the bay area hospitals are nearing capacity. so san francisco city officials have decided to extend their stay safer at home order san francisco's current stay at home order began on december 14th and was scheduled to end on january 4th, but will now continue indefinitely the decision comes as a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in california city health officials are hoping. >>to slow the spread of this new version of the virus under the stay safer at home order anyone traveling outside of the bay area must quarantine for 10 days when they return to san francisco restaurants can only do take-out or delivery retail is limited to 20% indoor capacity, grocery stores are limited to 35% capacity, the city has decided not to set an expiration date for the stay at home order instead we'll wait until california'

but for now in the north bay charles clifford kron 4 news. >>pfizer says a preliminary study indicates that its vaccine works against the coronavirus variance that are spreading in the uk and south africa, the variant which is also been detected here in california has a slight alteration of the spike protein that coats the virus. vaccines train the body to recognize that protein and then go out and fight it antibodies in the blood of 20 people given the pfizer shot successfully fought off the virus in lab dishes. the study was small and it hasn't been reviewed by other medical experts which is of course the key step in research. president elect joe biden plans to release nearly all available doses of the covid-19 vaccine after taking office. a biden spokesperson says that the trump administration has been holding back half of the available doses to ensure that there's enough supply for everyone who is getting a first dose to later get that second dose as well but the biden transition team says that it's confident that there will be enough man

but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 coming up next go live to washington dc where to washington dc where president biden is we made usaa insurance 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 ♪ >>a big story. we're following tonight. the biden administration wants congress to pass is covid relief package as soon as possible president is said to be making phone calls republicans trying to get them on board our washington correspondent kellie meyer joins us live now to tell us where that plan stands right now on capitol hill kelly. >>good evening ken and pam well president biden was the package to be bipartisan but he's struggling to gain the support of republicans here on capi

>>that was charles clifford reporting for us tonight we do want to add the city college location is only for folks looking for vaccines from the department of health ucsf or dignity health, anybody else who has insurance through a private provider like center health or kaiser she contacts those providers. >>governor newsome is hoping the state legislature take swift action on his school reopening plan which would allow some to reopen for the in person instruction within the coming weeks yeah, but some state lawmakers, they have serious concerns about his proposal that parents are paying attention to this story. capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has more. >>state senators on the education and budget committees have a long list of concerns about the governor's school reopening plan hall is just been a loyal the even folks already or nuisance 2 billion dollar proposed plan targets allowing in person teaching to restart in february promising funds to help with personal protective equipment frequent testing and contact tracing but in a hearing on the proposal thursday, the nonpartisan leg

but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news.oming up next president trump's second impeachment now heads to the senate what that could look like under the biden administration. a big question as president trump prepares to leave office pardoned himself, we'll hear from one of our local political analysts. and stepping up security ahead of president elect joe biden's inauguration. >>the big story we are following tonight inauguration day less than a week away and the nation's capital is being blanketed with security following credible threats of more violence local and federal law enforcement are taking unprecedented steps to try to secure the streets before president elect joe biden is sworn in our washington dc correspondent raquel martin joins us now from the capital so raquel what see out there. >>good evening will be military presence that we're seeing both inside and outside the capital really is extraordinary and talk to people who've lived in dc their entire lives. they say they've never seen anything quite like it. every

but for now in sonoma county charles clifford kron 4 news.>and now back to a big story that we're following for you a massive covid-19 outbreak at kaiser permanente medical center in san jose and as we mentioned earlier one possible focus of the source of this outbreak is that inflatable costume worn by one of the we are staff members are kron four's maureen kelly spoke with an infectious disease expert about the role at the air powered suit may have played in transmitting the virus. >>a kaiser vp has confirmed that a staff member who was not showing any symptoms of being infected with coronavirus briefly appeared in the e r of their san jose hospital on christmas day wearing what's been reported as an inflatable christmas tree costume in order to lift the spirits of their coworkers during this very stressful time at this point it's unknown at that moment of levity accidentally cause an outbreak that left 44 people infected and one person dead doctor john swartzberg a u c berkeley infectious disease expert says it's speculative at this point

but for now in the north bay charles clifford kron 4 news. >>but we have made it to friday.he press everybody it is been a week now it's time for a check on the forecast quite a week 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is going to join us now with a look at the weekend forecast, yes seems like 2 weeks and one doesn't it's been a long one up there that's for sure but tonight we are looking at your skies and beautiful sunset around the bay area we've got some high clouds drifting up above an there you go the sun setting on what looks proving whether as far warmer temperatures are concerned here rain amounts from the storm system 2100's. >>in santa rosa storm moved through last night 700 stare him or in that but check in 400 san francisco 407 inch of rain a little more than a drop in bucket there in oakland woodside checking in with 400 so just a weak little system sliding on by seeing scootin eastward there behind that high pressure sneaking in today and that slaughter skies to clear out in some spots, although we are still continue to see some patchy fog along the coastline

in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>and another big story we're following tonight. a grim milestone at the start of this new year the united states has reached 20 million covid cases. this comes less than a week after the country reached 90 million cases covid deaths have also increased to more than 346,000 and that number is expected to increase significantly due to holiday gatherings. right now the u.s. is racing to vaccinate millions of americans but it's been a slow start falling short of expectations. and here are the latest details on icu bed availability across california in the bay area we're now at 6.3% capacity in northern california as a whole. >>5 times that amount in the sacramento area it is on now down to 11.1% and the san joaquin valley, southern california regions they are still at full capacity no icu beds available. concerns back to back covid surges from christmas and new year's. >>this has prompted san francisco officials to indefinitely extend the stay at home order and the travel quarantine a local health expert explains why that was the right

but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news.onight state leaders have reached a deal to extend the eviction moratorium through june the 30th it was originally set to expire this coming sunday state leaders say they are also moving quickly to deploy the state's share of the latest federal stimulus bill to give up to 2.6 billion dollars in rent or assistance. mandatory evacuations have been ordered for parts of the santa cruz mountains as a major winter storm is bearing down on northern california heavy rain high winds could unleash more trouble for people who were chased from their homes last summer by wildfire kron four's rob fladeboe has the story now from scotts valley in the santa cruz mountains, rob. >>well that's right ken i'm here at the community center in scotts valley which is one of 3 evacuation sites being and then made available to people who may well be in harm's way as heavy rains could trigger debris flows and mudslides in those burn scars in areas very hard hit by wildfires, boy back in august. here's how the com

correspondent clifford kuhn and formerly based in beijing clifford what is going on well you know the question that they have the answer the germans don't like to give but we don't know but we do know is that the most famous businessman in china has disappeared. and there's been no message from his company for money and it came shortly after he made some comments in shanghai on october 24th saying that he believed the regulations in china for were too difficult to foster innovation so a combination of all these things means that we suspect that he is probably one of several things he could be in singapore on a fake passport that's one room or another is that he's been in the ministers of detention that he's been picked up by the police and then the other is that he's been ordered to take to keep a low profile and he's in the wrong job which is the chinese city where he's had courses give us a sense of how big a deal this is well i think i think it's very difficult to overstate how big is in china i mean when you get in there. the shelves are full of books about how to be like jack or

fighting with the lawnmowers and half of us aren't quite sure what a lawnmower is have or think clifford blake is the worst country music singer to ever live completely invented an ideal of a stereotypical american experience in order to appeal to any of suburban southerners who long for a time gone by as crooned by a banger and the other half of us know in the bottom of our hearts clifford blake not a real person i made him up and if you thought it was real then i rest my case we are very different but if the 3rd of american adults got together and said in a noble yet yet yet firm tone. this. then the amount of change created would be incredible no movement in recent history in america has had anywhere near a 3rd of the country devoted to it devoted to it it would be cans of millions of pissed off adults in the streets demanding a government that actually delivers a government that actually works for the people instead of the corporations it would be so powerful it boggles the mind even contemplated $78000000.00 people are bloated politicians marinating in their own corruption we have n

correspondent clifford kuhn and formerly based in beijing clifford what is going on well you know the question that they have the answer the germans don't like to give but we don't know but we do know is that the most famous businessman in china has disappeared. and there's been no message from his company from. came shortly after he made some comments in shanghai on october 24th saying that he believed the regulations in china for were too difficult to foster innovation so a combination of all these things means that we suspect that he is probably one of several things he could be in singapore on a fake passport that's one room or another is that he's been in administrative detention that he's been picked up by the police and then the other is that he's been ordered to take to keep a low profile and he's in hung joe which is the chinese city where he's had courses give us a sense of how big a deal this is well i think i think it's very difficult to overstate how big jack is in china i mean when you get in there. the shelves are full of books about how to be like jack or you know the

>>but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. about this new variant detected in california scientists have been tracking it since it was first discovered in the uk at the beginning of the month. >>the first case in the u.s. was discovered tuesday in colorado during a normal covid-19 nasal swab test. but this new variant has a distinct pattern of those little spikes that we've seen on the covid virus models even there you go even though scientists don't think this new variant is any more deadly. they do think it is much more contagious, especially among young people who already tend to take more risks if in fact this mary and turns out to be more transmissible. >>it doesn't mean masks don't work it means that mask might be 40%. effective instead of 50 to 75 still. a defective way to reduce the spread of the virus and staley 64 mothers avoid gatherings outside your home. >>the person who first came down with this in colorado had not traveled to england or anywhere else which means it was transferred by community spread meaning it

clifford scott, thank you very much for that.say a boeing 737 passenger plane is suspected to have crashed shortly after taking off from jakarta. 62 people were on board. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to pontianak in west kalimantan province. a fisherman told the bbc he saw the plane plummet into the water, and that debris nearly hit his vessel. it's being reported some of the debris from the crash may have been found on a nearby island. flight tracking websites suggest the boeing 737‘s altitude dropped by nearly 10,000 feet, before disappearing from radar. the jet is not a 737 max, the boeing model involved in two crashes that killed more than 300 people in indonesia and ethiopia. authorities and the airline gave no immediate indication as to why the plane suddenly went down, but local officials say a major search and rescue operation is under way. rebecca henschke is asia editor for the bbc world service and gave us this update. we are hearing that the authorities are sending rescue teams into the areas around the bay o

soon start receiving the covid vaccine a critical step toward fully reopening schools for charles cliffordas details. >>we'll hear the north bay marine counties receiving about 2500 coronavirus vaccines per week and those shots are going to frontline health care workers in the first phase of vaccinations but more in health says that teachers and educators could receive shots in the second phase. >>this vaccine, distribution plan is moving forward really quickly marin county health officer doctor matt willis says that teachers and educators across the county could start receiving their first doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of january also says the county is working on getting the vaccine to more locations we're hoping by then there will be enough vaccine available to our healthcare partners like kaiser like summer like health. >>for them to also be able to offer a vaccine to the to members of the school community accident is a critical step to get getting students back but it's not a silver bullet, it's not the one thing that's gotten a call the safety concerns go at. >>morgan agnew

in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>another big story we're following tonight. a grim milestone at the start of the new year the u.s. has reached 20 million covid cases. this comes less than a week after the country reached 19 million covid deaths have also increased to more than 346,000 that number is expected to increase significantly due to holiday gatherings. right now the u.s. is racing to vaccinate millions of americans but it has been a slow start falling short of expectations. we have the latest numbers on icu bed availability across the state bay area we're now at 6.3% capacity. >>northern california as a whole 5 times that amount in the sacramento area it's down to 11.1% and the san joaquin valley and southern california those reagents tow at full capacity, no icu beds available concerns about back to back covid surges from christmas and new year's has. >>prompted san francisco officials to indefinitely extend the stay at home order and travel quarantine a local health expert explains why it was the right thing to do and we'll probably save lives. kron

clifford has been catching up with businesses over in lafayette charles. >>hi early this morning of the state lifted its stay at home order contra costa county health officials followed suit about midday and now many businesses have been closed the last few weeks can reopen that includes barbershops hair salons personal service businesses can reopen they do still have to follow state health guidelines also you can have public gatherings of 25 people or last from 3 different households again you do have to follow state guidelines and restaurants can now resume outdoor dining that's a big one here in lafayette and visited one restaurant that's been open for more than 3 decades and they're eager to return people back to their tent. millions kitchen in lafayette, the lifting of the stay at home order is welcome news. we just heard today about them reopening outside so that's exciting server lori johnson says the millions has been hit hard by the pandemic. >>the owners of had to let go of 11 to 15 employees most of now moved away to find other jobs last fall, t

kron 4's charles clifford reports from el cerrito. on monday, the city of el cerrito held its annual preparing for a pardon wave in his final hours of presidency.. we'll take a look at who he's considering..plus..we'll be joined by a bay area law professor to break down what these pardons officially mean.. and if the president plans to pardon himself..then..northern california protesters vandalize a police station and a city hall..we'll show you the damage.. and what police are learning about the crimes. a big story we're following tonight... before president trump officially leaves office -- he's expected to issue dozens of pardons and commutations. but will he include himself on that list? kron 4's noelle bellow has the latest. so far the list of more than kron 4 newsnoelle bellow in the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news

kron 4's charles clifford reports from el cerrito.n monday, the city of el cerrito (catherine) next - honoring the legacy of doctor martin luther king junior. one of his close friends explains how king's teachings still inspire.. (catherine) and a california man is in trouble after living tucked away in chicago's airport -- for months. how he got away with it for so long. (catherine) also -- vandalism in vacaville. what we know about disturbing messages left at city hall . now at 5:30- we are following breaking news right now- a 12-year-old boy is missing in the surf off cowell ranch state beach in san mateo county. this is video as crews are searching for the boy they say is from fremont. officials say an adult and the child were standing on the beach when they were both swept into the water by a wave. the adult was able to get back onto shore-- and is being checked at the scene. the san mateo county sheriff's office says they will use all available resources to keep searching for the boy. we will bring you more information as soon a

truman backed up clifford and he said he's here because i have to me be here, clifford mexican in the us does recognize israel marshall was so angry he lost his argument he again spoke clifford under his name the rest of his life . one quick story in the eisenhower administration is john foster dulles with the secretary of state and we have is frequent secretary of state and white house people and eisenhower decided to bring in hell, foreign minister a donor to the negotiator on armistice with the soviets and the new york times had a lot of editorials about stassen when he came on board: the secretary of peace . the skirt foster dulles who said what to make me, the secretary for war he was constantly trying to undercut staff and eventually demanded to get rid even with these two residents who really believed in god, and often had these people who were designated by the president sometimes run afoul of the secretary create some tension. >> so another scene that you address is how the president has centralized authority or not within his white house area residents wanted to have a chief

correspondent clifford kuhn and formerly based in beijing clifford what is going on well you know the question that they have the answer the germans don't like to give but we don't know but we do know is that the most famous businessman in china has disappeared. and there's been no message from his company from. came shortly after he made some comments in shanghai on october 24th saying that he believed the regulations in china for were too difficult to foster innovation so a combination of all these things means that we suspect that he is probably one of several things he could be in singapore on a fake passport that's one room or another is that he's been in the ministries of detention but he's been picked up by the police and then the other is that he's been ordered to take to keep a low profile and he's in hung joe which is the chinese city where his headquarters is give us a sense of how big a deal this is well i think i think it's very difficult to overstate how big jack is in china i mean when you get india. the shelves are full of books about how to be like jack or you know th

so they were happier donald trump is no longer president but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you charles. >>and there has been a lot of celebrations in the east bay today, vice president kamala harris was born in oakland raised in berkeley and that's where we find kron four's maureen kelly she joins us now live with reaction. there are events and you're at a very special place to marine. >>justine lots of hometown pride here out in front of 1000 oaks elementary in north berkeley, this is where kamala harris went to elementary school and is you can see behind me they hung up a banner today, offering congratulations to their most. us alumna madam vice president will tell you all day long here i've been seen people come out. >>to take pictures in front of this sign to celebrate this historic day. neighbors and some teachers from the school and other nearby berkeley schools came out to take selfies in front of the banner. >>with now vice president kamala harris's picture hanging out in front of 1000 oaks elementary all the teachers i talked to say they watched

in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up on kron 4 news today, we'll take a look at the psychological toll of the constant opening closing and reopening is having on business owners and their workers. the now a new study may help local and state leaders decide when students can return to in person classes plus weny's bay city just ban smoking at apartments and condos try to improve the health of its residents all that much more coming up. 2 and a half minutes. >>the national news tonight was just a few days left in this congressional session republican senators are ignoring the president's demand to increase covid aid checks to $2000 and today, a senate minority leader chuck schumer again ask for a senate vote on the checks. the senate can start off 2021 by really helping the american people. >>we can start of 2021 by sending $2000 checks to struggling american families to carry them through the darkest. and final days of this pandemic a bipartisan common sense caucus in both chambers is not came to let speaker p

but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>chuck thank you for that. now the astrazeneca vaccine has cleared another hurdle with the european union authorizing it for adults, this is the 3rd covid-19 vaccine, given the green light there. the first one was the pfizer and moderna shots individual countries can still decide how and to whom bill administer doses. and some are indicating they won't give it to older people. and santa clara county is a vaccinating up to 7500 people a day against the coronavirus that's according to county health officials who held a news conference earlier today. currently anyone over the age of 65 is eligible to receive the vaccine and health officials say approximately 8% of adults in the county have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and that at the counties that testing and vaccine officer says they have the capacity to vaccinate more people but simply aren't getting enough supply. >>bottom line is. we have the ability to give the vaccines what we don't have. >>enough vaccines for money thing. >>more than 1

>>but for now in sonoma county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>still ahead as we address the historic day and our nation as president trump becomes the first american president to be impeached twice, we'll go over what happens next with just one week left in the trump presidency. and the changes coming next month for people who take public transportation in sonoma bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. bay area homeowners, learn how your neighbors are accessing hundreds of thousands of dollars with a reverse mortgage loan from the bay area's number one reverse m

but for now in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>thank you for that >>and now to a big story. we're following california has joined other states across the country in increasing security at the capitol. >>ahead of nationwide armed protests an internal fbi bulletin warned. the nationaide protests may start later this week an extended through biden's january 20th inauguration. this is a look at the washington capitol where they have put up fencing now these are pictures of the extreme measures in place in georgia governor newsome addressed increased the security in sacramento during a news conference earlier today. >>and then for anyone been around the capital that everybody is hot. i high alert in terms of just making sure that everybody is safe and protected. people's free speech and the advanced, but there's no violence and so sure you. you have heightened heightened level of security as relates to some concerns. >>the governor also said he leading president trump from office and we'll have more on that coming up at 5 o'clock tod

but for now in the north bay charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up next the good news from a bay area county hit hard by coronavirus we're going to take a look at the vaccine rollout for health care workers in santa clara county. also the governor he's not presenting a much rosier picture for california's budget and after the break disturbing new video from inside the capitol as rioters were forcing their >>welcome back to the news at 8 o'clock our top story tonight, the search is intensifying tonight for the people behind the death of a capitol police officer during the violent siege on wednesday, and this comes as we are seeing disturbing new video from inside the capital as rioters were forcing their way inside reporter brian entin brings us the story from washington d c. >>new disturbing video shows the car rioters punching try to remove police officers, gas masks. the enormous group pushes to get inside. that's when you see a police officer get crushed in the doorway. there's blood coming from his mouth. this is one of the more than

in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>earlier this week, a vacaville police officer was filmed pinning down and punching. his canine partner and video really upset a lot of people sparked outrage in the community. the dog is now in the care of another handler 3rd party handler. >>here's the video tonight the san francisco spca is speaking out. officials releasing a statement condemning the actions by that officer saying in part the san francisco spca being a leader and dog behavior in training would like the public to know physically threatening or harming an animal is never acceptable regardless of the animals behavior. >>other news tonight, president trump is calling for protests next week in washington dc he tweeted today that a rally called stop the steal. what happened on wednesday january 6th at 11:00am eastern time that is when congress is set to certify joe biden's election win. more than a 100 house republicans around a 140 of them plan to vote against counting electoral votes. a record 3 million georgia voters

but the county's using moderna but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you so much, let's go to the peninsula now. >>stanford hospital is accepting hundreds of patient transfers in order to relieve hospitals across our state during this pandemic kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from stanford medicine in palo alto to explain how this works hey rob. >>good afternoon. justine yeah, you know as well as i do in normal times some healthy competition exists between hospitals but these are anything but a normal time so hospitals, no are helping each other out for the greater good. let's take a look at some of the video inside a stanford a hospital here and i can tell you in the past couple of months at least 600 patients now have been transferred here. 2 stanford hospital from other hospitals across the region here at least a 135 from south bay hospitals and going back as far at thanksgiving when the virus started to surge again a stanford took in some patients from as far away as the imperial valley now not all of these patients are covid patien

by later tonight it will pietty calm but for now in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>check. thank you for that now check mention of the winds have come down but right now we have an advisory in effect through 06:00pm tonight. so let's check in with dave spahr who is in the weather center with more on this rare wind event that we've been seeing hey sanaa's how you doing ok so are offshore winds. they're still continuing as you can see this little snapshot of how we stand taken at the top of the hour still have winds. in the 20's over a good chunk of the real estate here open for example, san francisco, it to 16 22 for fairfield. >>still a little bit of lot the side and as you heard the wind advisory in place until 6 o it's another 2 and a half 3 hours or so to go. nice beautiful shot as we can see of the alcatraz island with the city behind us we have the clear skies we start losing the winds tonight and something may notice all day today but on the cool side it's going to be chilly tonight we're looking about 63 or so by 4 by 7. we're at 5449 going on by 10:00pm. ou

but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you so much. >>well turn out to the weather forecast as we take a live look outside here from our walnut creek camera kron four's mabrisa rodriguez is tracking the warm temperatures today letting us know how long they will last yeah it's going to last all holiday weekend long just seen hard to believe we're in mid winter when it looks and feels more like early fall out there in the bay area, plenty of sunshine. >>we should be getting drenched in rain but we're going to stay dry for at least the next week very clear outlook right now and we're tracking quite a few degrees of warming for most bay area cities a little bit cooler in downtown san francisco. but half moon bay. you notice double digit warming earlier today warming up into the low 70's cooling down just a few degrees to 64 degrees. but check out sam, a tail right now in the mid 70's out there right now with the low 70's for those of you in san jose flirting with 70's for berkeley and oakland, currently at 69 degrees as is pittsburgh. but

we have some information some links there as well but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you so much shock. >>another new mass vaccination site has opened its stores now in the south bay. this one is in mountain view and it should make it easier for people in northern santa clara county to rob fladeboe has details now - he's live in mountain view what's the situation there. rob. >>it's all about convenience than sites that open up the faster we can slow the tide of the here at the amount of you community center on race turriff maybe because of the that are not just a little bit slow here but let's go ahead and take a look inside and you can see that our people are getting vaccinated here they've been making appointments here there getting them moderna vaccine. eventually this site here in mount view has the capacity to vaccinate as many as a 1000 people per day as many as 5,000 people per week assuming the vaccine supplies holdout. among the first to get vaccinated here was 87 year-old rita leitner she drove up from los gatos made an appointment at a couple

but for now in the north bay charles clifford kron 4 news will put a link on our website as well kron 4 dot com and we'll move on now to talk about our weather forced it. >>forecast as we take a live look outside right now at the san mateo bridge. not raining there. i think the radar is going to stay dry for a few more days, let's check in now with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez to get details on what can expect especially for this weekend time agree self-pay there just hopefully you enjoyed the overnight showers that lasted through this morning because that's all we're going to see starting today. >>lasting for at least the next week tracking a lot of sunshine out there right now now that we've cleared out from the wet weather brought is about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less for most of the bay area, the highest amounts. no surprise. those of you in the north bay but tracking that drying in clearing trend out there right now wind speeds fairly calm in fact not even tracking any double digit wind speeds in temperatures as you head out the door warming up one to 5 degrees for mos

mass vaccination sites, including one at city college which is where we find kron four's charles clifford he's live for us there now socia can anyone just stop by and get a vaccine or are there certain requirements. >>the other you know the is providing vaccines to a lot of people that really ramping up efforts other going open 3 mass vaccination sites, one of the most coney center one of the sf market and one here at city college you cannot just drive up and get a vaccine you do need to go online and make an appointment. this new vaccination site is a partnership between the city's department of health ucsf and dignity health in order to be eligible to receive a vaccine here someone must live or work in san francisco. >>and qualify under phase, one a of the vaccination rollout plan which includes health care workers and people who work or live in long-term care facilities, the city is also now allowing residents 65 or older to sign up for a vaccination way it works is you first need to make an appointment online then you drive here, you don't even need to get out of your car you receive

loma vista drive is closed eta on when it might be reopened but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news stay dry truck, thank you. >>let's go to the south bay now so far so good but it's raining again in the santa cruz mountains no debris flows are mudslides have been reported but evacuation orders remain in effect as a second day of rain is taking aim at the areas that were ravaged by last winter's last summer's wildfires. kron four's rob fladeboe brings us up to date on what's happening in the mountains right now he's live for us. in boulder creek rob what's the situation there. >>well justine it comes and it goes you know you have heavy rain one minute light for the moment here, let's take a look. one thing we can pass along to you santa cruz county officials meeting at this morning decided to extend a curfew whether or not the curfew rather but the the evacuation order for those who burn scars will remain in fact at least for another day now we did have a low in the rain beginning about 5 or 6 o'clock this morning after heavy rain overnight. that lasted up until about no

but for now in the east bay charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you. >>now over in the north bay hair and nail salons as well as barbershops are eager as they open up for the first time in over a month. marion county reopened yesterday in the purple tier salons are taking people's temperature sanitizing in enforcing the mask policy. many business owners though are on edge, wondering how long they'll be able to stay open. and not everyone is celebrating the decision to lifted the stay at home orders the california nurses association which is the largest union of registered nurses in the state is condemning the move saying it puts health care workers lives at risk the union put out a statement that reads in part quote even if numbers are trending downward we're still in the midst of the most deadly surge of covid-19 yet registered nurses have seen more patient deaths in the past few weeks than we've seen at any other point in our careers. they went on to demand state leaders keep the stay at home orders in place until more people can be vaccinated. and a

but for now in the south south bay charles clifford kron 4 news. thank you so much struck. >>we'll go now to the east bay because there was some serious damage there a car ended up between 2 trees and almost went down an embankment the california highway patrol is warning drivers to stay away from other drivers. keep headlines on miles raining you can see the damage here that can be avoided. and you can track the storm anytime with the kron 4 news app download it from the app store to get the latest updates on this winter storm as it continues to slam the bay area and also that way you can be ready for the next one. you can find it on app store right now not to a story. you will only see on kron 4 we're learning of more fallout from the south the hospital's decision to give covid-19 vaccines to teachers ahead of people who are eligible to get their shots. amid a vaccine shortage, one of the people who got skipped was a patient at good samaritan in san jose kron four's haaziq by noon joins us now live. he is following this story for us and he has zeke. >>just seen a viewer c

but for now in san mateo county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>all right chuck, thank you for and now over to the north bay where safely pharmacists in sonoma county will assist the county in vaccinating thousands of in-home supportive services workers earlier today kron four's noelle bellow spoke to sonoma county spokesperson for details. >>if people know this is this all hands on deck and we on tear areas like safeway like the summit county medical association. and other groups working list too really ramp up our efforts right now we're in phase one a which is for health care workers. and once we had phase one b which we hope to get to you by the end of january is going to be a really a massive group of people. >>phase one b will include teachers and people who work in food and agricultural workers and people over the age of 75 if you are eligible to get a vaccine from a safely pharmacist you'll be contacted and asked to make an appointment. turning our attention now for a to our weather this is a look at the golden gate bridge. it's a live l

in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>also the east bay residents in oakland can now contact police during emergency situations by texting 911. they can use the new service during emergencies where they're unable to safely place a phone call the service can also be used by people with hearing or language problems. police say it might not be available in all parts of oakland just yet. and people should then use the traditional 911 service is there francisco 17 people have been pushed out of their homes after a fire this morning, here's a picture from the scene it happened about 4.15 this morning on del monte street in the outer mission neighborhood. fire crews say the large fire damage for homes and it took more than 2 hours to get it under control. the red cross is helping the residents who are displaced. >>also coming up the pandemic will lead to big changes and the longtime tradition of the rose parade, how today's rose parade was also the perfect opportunity for one family to honor a loved one. >>rising from the ruin