>>la county public health officials releasing a statement condemning clinics, tossing a vaccines and working on a plan for a quick turnaround, whenever there's a potential for vaccines to expire. >>not so much of anybody can come here, but if you didn't get it right and there's a couple you know doses left again the day of course put that in the arm of somebody rather than throwing that out. >>now jennifer mcgraw reporting for us tonight, no word yet if that standby list will be created or who will qualify to be on standby meanwhile, la county health officials are working on new wording in their guidelines to make sure this doesn't happen again. >>earlier today people in brentwood gathered for a let them play rally people here calling for use force of all ages and levels to resume this school year rallies just like this one happened all across california today. >>for sports. yesterday was a bit of a bummer in the college hoops world as duke virginia and san jose state's women's basketball programs all announced this to say shun of their seasons due to covid-19 but. >>despite not bein

>>at least 318 new deaths were reported in la county friday. bringing the total number to more than 11,500 deaths or hospitals are comparing. >>the mortuaries words are overwhelmed hospitals are caring for more patients than they typically do the state began issuing expedited waivers to allow more patients per nurse. >>health care workers protested outside henry mayo newhall hospital they say these waivers put workers and patients at risk as a strain on hospitals continues public health officials are indicating that the surge isn't over this very clearly. >>is the latest surge from them. well winter holidays and the new year is no question about said there could slice of that decision over the next week or 2, we know there is a delay between when someone is exposed and first become suspected son when they we'll develop symptoms as far as vaccine availability doctor paul simon with la county department of public health. >>says are trying to increase supply as fast as possible existing supplies. we're not sufficient. >>well if you want to try to

. >> reporter: grim numbers out of california especially hard-hit la county, a person now dies every eight minutes from covid-19 in the county, la county mayor eric garcetti sounding the alarm. >> reporter: i want to say loud and clear vaccination is not happening fast enough. we need more vaccines. california isn't getting enough, los angeles as the epicenter is not getting enough as well. we have the capacity to do many more. >> to speed up the process la county announcing plans to make vaccines available to low priority citizens as well. >> overnight a man is arrested, he was a patient, barricaded himself in a bathroom. is did not take any hostages was a patients and hospital staffers were evacuated and the crisis negotiators got him to surrender. nobody was hurt. police have not released a motive. >> reporter: republican senator kelly lesser concedes to democrat rafael warnock after he defeated her in the georgia senate runoff, releasing a video statement saying she called to congratulate him while pledging to protect conservative values. >> the fight to advance the american drea

officials say the infected man spent time in la county and is currently isolating in orange county.icials say, although this is the first case it is believed that the strain is already spreading within the community. la county now the first county in all of america to rack up more than a million covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. >>despite the stay at home order being lifted for the sacramento region this week coronavirus restrictions are still in place. the mayor of south lake tahoe says businesses will benefit the most from the order being lifted with martin luther king junior day on monday. some people have a three-day weekend. but the mayor says the city can handle the influx of people trying to hit the slopes. >>i think we can handle it. we have mask orders in place or businesses are really good at providing precautions with regards to social distance scene and things like that so i'm comfortable in the fact that we can handle it. >>ski resorts retail shopping centers and restaurants are open but with some restrictions, a mask mandate is in effect anyone found

la public health confirming the county has reached more than 11,000 deaths.bout the roll—out of the vaccine. i don't think anybody knows exactly how many people have been vaccinated in la county. not enough. i don't even believe all of our healthcare workers have been vaccinated yet. the rollout is going slower than we want. and it has us slower than we want. and it has us concerned that we are going to fall way behind. dr anne rimoin, an infectious disease epidemiologist and professor at ucla fielding school of public health, joined me a short time ago to explain just how critical the situation is. we're having tsunami of cases of covid here in los angeles county and our hospitals are really very much feeling the strain. we have almost 8,000 people hospitalised with covid—19, just in la county alone. and our hospitals are really stretched to the limit. ambulances are circling, waiting for hours to be able to offload patients, so even if you can get an ambulance to take you to the hospital you have to wait for care. this is a problem not only for those people

health officials say the infected man spent some time in la county and is currently isolating in orange county. officials say, although this is the first case they do believe the strain is already spreading within the community. la county know the first in all of america to rack up more than a million covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. >>and we're learning more about a phenomenon experienced by people with covid-19 according to studies, roughly 83% of people who test positive lose their sense of smell and taste and the walker talked with a patient and a doctor about why it happens. >>it's a symptom that some people who survived covid are left with and doctors are learning there are some factors that may make you more at risk is one of those things that you don't realize until you don't have money anymore you don't realize what you use it for you know even when you know the kids to us like a safety thing to like i can't tell if something's burning. things you don't even like think i think about like constantly every day now to make a parish tested positive for covid back

>>you're looking at the la county coroner's office as they moved bodies into refrigerated storage unitsal with the surge in covid-19 deaths. the coroner says they plan to expand into a second location to be prepared for future demand we have about 60 about 62 63,000 deaths. >>a year in a lake county in a typical year pre covid which translates to about a 174 today red appoint now at least the last several days for we're seeing clearly more deaths from covid along and then all of the causes behind at least 318 new deaths were reported in la county friday. >>bringing the total number to more than 11,500 deaths or hospitals are comparing. the mortuaries words are overwhelmed hospitals are caring for more patients than they typically do the state began issuing expedited waivers to allow more patients per nurse, health care workers protested outside henry mayo newhall hospital they say these waivers put workers and patients at risk as a strain on hospitals continues public health officials are indicating that the surge isn't over this very clearly. >>is the latest surge from them. well winte

la county is a big exception. notably and all of the other congregate care facilities. walgreens and cvs are administering as a partner with the state and federal government to administer the needs within those facilities. the flexibility into the different phases include the following. again, this is already established. we have created these phases and tears within the phases, but we want folks to know that we now i have flexibility where we can move into these phases and tears, which include 75 people -- 65 and older if they are not present and available. no waste. more flexibility. more capacity. people in the education system can expect to start getting vaccinated. teachers and professionals across the board. those essential workers. all of the support staff and the key members of our support staff. not just teachers. essential to make sure we are taking care of the needs of our children. we talked last week about the extended phase were many of you -- this is the phase that you might be in, and this is now established and up on our covid- 19.ca.gov website. i will

in la county mortuaries are so overwhelmed that national guard workers have been deployed to help with the overflow. they've been seeing overloading and loading bodies into 10 refrigerated trucks parked outside the corners office. it has gotten so bad that health officials are urging people to avoid any nonessential travel that would take them more than 120 miles from home. and depending on which direction you go, that could take you as far as san diego, toledo or indio but a lot of people say there's no reason to travel anywhere right now.>> there are plenty of things to do right here, we just went hiking yesterday two minutes from my house. i don't think that it is unreasonable because there is plenty to do. >> i agree, especially in la county we have the worst cases and i don't think it's worth it. a lot of young people take me, unfortunately, don't really care.>> the updated state travel advisory also asks residents not to travel to other states and countries. visitors are strongly discouraged entering california and anyone visiting is asked to self quarantine for 10 days.>>> back

has now named la county the most dangerous place in the country to live when it epcomes to natural disasters. the federal emergency management agency calculated how often disaster strike in different counties across the country. it took into account how many people are in harm's way how vulnerable the population is socially and how well the area is able to bounce back. la ranked as the riskiest county followed by 3 counties in the new york metro area. riverside and san bernardino counties were also in the top 10. >>all right coming up we're going to be live at the chase center. >>it was a historic night at chase center last night and tonight the getting ready for their second game in as many nights all eyes are always on steph curry but that will be especially so tonight following his career-high 62 point explosion all are for a sports reporter kylen mills she is live for us at the chase center with how stephon the warriors are. >>prepping for this big moment take on. >>vicki grant explosion is the perfect way to describe what steph curry did last night right now here at the chase center. we

los angeles mayor said today one person is getting the coronavirus every six seconds in la county and more than 26,000 people with covid-19 have now died in our state, including 97 deaths since yesterday. according to data from broom bearing and cdc, the vaccines given in the united states so far, over 101% of the state has been vaccinated. here in california, 452,000 doses have been given, only about 1% of the state's population. >>> today governor gavin newsom said the vaccination process is moving way too slowly. also said the state is bracing for yet another surge. ktvu's greg lee on more on the coronavirus numbers. >> reporter: starts with good news. the governor said travel on new year's eve was down 23% from last year. still like you said, health officials are preparing for this holiday surge. the governor said the state's numbers this week will be critical in determining our status moving forward. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> reporter: in his first covid-19 briefing of the new year, governor gavin newsom warning of a holiday surge in the coming weeks. >> based upon our own

he used to be la county's >>> zens of san fran s lineup and were rey to roll up thves today when they began and older. kenny choi reports tonight. the expanded rollout is generating interest and confusion.>> reporter: sutter health started to inoculate those 75 years old and older after taking care of healthcare workers first. the governor's announcement on wednesday is saying that 65 and older are now eligible. it is leading to confusion and those heading to immunization sites when they are not supposed to.>> reporter: does not registered are getting turned away at the mass vaccination site in san mateo. >> we will look at the 65-year- olds after we look at the 75- year-old. >> reporter: the department of health says they are in phase 1 vaccinating healthcare workers. each of the healthcare systems like kaiser, sutter, and stanford help is on a different rung on the ladder to get everyone vaccinated. as sutter health, they offered and vaccinated all healthcare workers in phase 1 and starting today, they moved to those 75 and older. >> this is a wonderful blessing to be here now. >> r

. >> workers loading bodies outside the la county corner's office. over 11,000 people have died of covid in los angeles county and they are overwhelmed. >> president trump just went on the government owned at potus account to lash out at the social media platform. the tweets discussing the possibility of trump building his own platform were deleted almost immediately. earlier today twitter deactivated the president's personal account. in a statement twitter said his tweets today violated hits violence policy. >> backlash for local business owners. now being named and shamed on social media, the price they will pay for rallying on the day of the rally. >> supporters have been coming by to leave flowers and cards. >> everybody should have their freedom of speech. >> one supporter stuffed money through the mail slot. >> nobody should be denied their freedom of speech. >> the cost of the boycott only deepened the divide in the country. >> it's just a lets be kind. >> she dropped off flowers and poster boards. that led more people to stop by with cards. th

prompting la county lifeguards to post the hashtag snow day on social media. >>hill also came crashing down in bell. this neighbor catching another recording the plow inspiring weather added to the mix was the threat of lightning which forced public safety personnel to close some la county beaches for part of the day. as people dig out clean up and settle down. forecasters warn another storm is coming to southern california. in a matter of days. >>that was chris wolfe reporting for us tonight. >>a very dedicated dog walker in truckee take a look at this lead 6 of his clients, there's a very deep snow. these dogs working hard to get through at least 37 inches of snow to keep up with tommy rees oreo says the dogs that he cares for absolutely love the snow and says there isn't much that stops them from going out for a hike 73 inches just need a little doggie duties and stuff. all right still to come tonight here on kron 4 news at 10 o'clock democrats on capitol hill. >>pushing for a raise for the federal minimum wage. why some republicans warned that passing it c

have seen some of that happening in la county. they put it into public health. implication.t really funde about 30 years ago. s e public university built on the last three decades. they allocated their resources. >> there's a special directive with major changes to the system as soon as you took office last month. the union for your da has filed suit against the directive. are you willing to make compromises on some of the changes you are folookin i said from the very beginning that this will be an evolution. we have artie made adjustments. i'm not going to compromise on the principles. the procedures that we need to continue to evaluate. at the principles we need to reduce and the principles we have to go after it's not an area. is the very essence of why people voted for me. >> which specific changesul you say ese cannot go. these will not change. >> the area holding the prosecutors accountabl we won't compromise in that area. althe ovconcept of mass incarceration is not an area that we're going to compromise. the area of dealing with juveniles in a different way. >> will

prompting la county lifeguards to post the hashtag snow day on social media.>hill also came crashing down in bell. this neighbor catching another recording the plow inspiring weather added to the mix was the threat of lightning which forced public safety personnel to close some la county beaches for part of the day. as people dig out clean up and settle down. forecasters warn another storm is coming to southern california. in a matter of days. >>has chris wolfe reporting for us tonight. >>still ahead tonight on kron 4 news at 9 we'll show you how the biden administration is planning to push for more action against climate change. >>plus a look ahead at the immersive and >>like everyone so even though it doesn't open until march 18th immersive van gogh is already showing that san francisco can't get enough. >>the legendary artist after strong advance ticket sales in december. erin ivory is giving us a preview of the digital art experience that puts you in the world of the dutch painter, vincent van gogh. >>i was looking at a painting and then there's enveloping

more than 20 current or former members, being at or near the riot, jim mcdonald is the former la county sheriff. >> we all have an obligation to ensure that it is us as it is possible for everyone not only in the dc but across united states as well. >> less than 40 hours before inauguration unlike any other, field the flags are just played and was lit on the national mall, the 56 lights representing all 50 states, and u.s. territories. >> after president trump's final day in office, cbs2 news has learned that up to 100 pardons and commutations are expected to be issued tomorrow. we've also learned that president trump is expected to have a farewell ceremony at 8 am on wednesday, at joint base andrews before he flies to florida and keep in mind he will be the first outgoing president in more than 150 years not to attend the inauguration of his successor. >>> still ahead, vacaville police, hot on the trail of protesters who vandalized the police station in city hall. the new evidence they want you to see. >>> it sounds like a tom hanks movie, man, living in chicago o'hare's airport for mo

here in la county the number of covid cases has spiked 1,000 percent since november alone. and tonight there is a very real concern those numbers will continue to rise. >> the nation's stalled covid vaccine rollout can't keep up with new year's resolutions to get back to normal. tonight airports are packed. the tsa says it screened more than 14 million travelers in the last two weeks. new year's eve parties like this one in new york city have health officials worried about who has been where. in lockdowned los angeles this illegal event had 1,000 people. meanwhile just miles away refrigerated trucks are storing the dead asking mores overflow amid yet another surge. >> in this battle we are so outnumbered. >> one in every five angelinos tested is now positive. this as the army corps of engineers is helping some southern california hospitals fix overwhelmed oxygen delivery systems. >> we're trying to assess how we can reduce the strain on their facilities. >> tonight a lack of space and medical professionals is partly to blame for the slow delivery of the vaccine. the trump a

la public health confirming the county has reached more than 11,000 deaths.ollout of the vaccine. i don't think anybody knows exactly how many people have been vaccinated in la county. not enough. i don't even believe all of our healthcare workers have been vaccinated yet. the roll—out is going slower than we want. and it has us concerned that we're going to fall way behind. doctor clayton kazan is the medical director of the los angeles county fire department. hejoins me now live for more of an insight into the situation and exactly what the ambulance directive means. thank you so much forjoining us on thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. i understand it is yourjob and you are in the thick of it. when it comes to ambulances, when they respond, what the decision—making is when they see a patient. talk us through this report that says they are having to make very difficult choices as to which patients are taken to hospital. these are taken to hospital. these are certainly are taken to hospital. these a re certainly really challenging times that we

>>la county public health officials releasing a statement condemning clinics, tossing a vaccines andn a plan for a quick turnaround, whenever there's a potential for vaccines to expire. >>not so much of anybody can come here, but if you didn't get it right and there's a couple you know doses left again the day of course put that in the arm of somebody rather than throwing that out. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news president elect biden lays out his covid-19 relief package. we have details on the plan and how much covid relief money you might get. ♪ ♪ oh, this is how it starts ♪ ♪ lightning strikes the heart ♪ ♪ the day has just begun ♪ ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ ♪ oh, we could be the stars ♪ ♪ falling from the sky ♪ ♪ shining how we want ♪ ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ oroweat bread. gathering, baking and delivering the goodness of nature... from one generation to the next and from seed to slice. colgate optic white renewal from one generation to the next removes ten years of yellow stains. that's like all the way back to 2010. they're jeans. they're leggings. they're jeggings! wh

and in hard-hit la county, more than 850 tested positive in the last two months alone, with outbreaks at 137 stores, according to numbers obtained by nbc 4 los angeles. >> it's so busy and there's so many people, of course, we were bound to get it >> reporter: several chains have implemented safeguards like plexiglass. and signs to mark social distancing. ralph's said they have invested over a billion dollars in employee rewards and safety measures. but researchers say they can only do so much just one person's cough can potentially spread virus particles several aisles over. >> grocery store workers, who spend many, many, many hours out interacting with people in that environment where people have to go, they are at the highest risk and that's why we start to see more of these outbreaks during this time of a surge >> reporter: the best thing workers say the public can do to help is to stay home as much as possible. >> if you go get tested, stay home. don't come in the stores it's not fair to the workers if you think you might have covid, and then you're coming grocery shopping it's j

cou nty with covid—19, just in la countyd our hospitals a re really county alone. and our hospitals are really stretched to the limit. ambulances are circling, waiting for hours to be able to offload patients, so even if you can get an ambulance to ta ke you can get an ambulance to take you to the hospital you have to wait for care. this is a problem not only for those people who are coming in with covid—19 and complications from covid—19, but if you are sick with anything, if you need emergency medical care, if you have a stroke, a heart attack, appendicitis, you get into a car accident care is going to be difficult to get because it is not only about the number of beds we have here is about infrastructure, it's about a lack of oxygen being available, and it's about a lack of staff. so we are in very dire straits. as medics have seen around the world, what happens with covid impacts all sorts of other patients, people stick with all kinds of other problems. this is very tough for ambulance workers, literally making life and

making it tougher to reach the benchmark doesn't make a big difference for southern california though la countycurrently around 77 cases per 100,000 residents. riverside county is the worst in southern california. 107 cases per 100,000. it is unclear what thresholds must be met for older students or today, there are no covid vaccine. reserves to ship for a second shots on tuesday, you might remember. >>health and human services secretary alex azar said that the federal government would be releasing reserves but it turns out the vaccine. reserve was already exhausted when he made that promise. they're reportedly has no stockpile was the state's had been expecting also today president elect joe biden called the trump vaccine rollout a failure. he outlined his plan to take steps to increase vaccine supply and distribution. >>using the defense production act, creating more vaccinations sites mobilizing more personnel says support the effort and a launching a public education campaign to talk about these issues another covid concerns tonight joining us live now ucsf infectious disease expert doctor,

la county is now the first county in the country to see more than 1 million covid-19 cases since thef you've been waiting for your second stimulus check the irs says you should be receiving it soon according to the irs many people who filed their taxes with an online preparation service discovered that they didn't get the funds because of an account mix-up h block and turbotax process the deposits last week. the irs is reissuing payments now and you can track your payment through a link that we have posted on our website at kron 4 dot com. >>we're just days away from the inauguration. people from reporting in washington. a look at what is happening from the white house to the streets. >>good morning, welcome back 7.29 on this holiday sunday, let's go ahead and check out the weather forecast with days far heidi marty good morning and good morning, everybody, a beautiful day in store for us but it's a kind of they can take advantage of some prep work just a little bit to prepare for some gusty winds we're dealing with these will be the offshore variety. now as whole this conversation,

resistance to stay at home regulations and pandemic fatigue are also driving cases in southern california la countying down on new year's eve parties that could turn into super-spreader events as of new year's eve, california ranks 23 out of 50 in his neck or hospital review that ranks covid test positivity rates but doctor rutherford says it is too complex to compare how california is doing then other states that have different restrictions testing capabilities and population recourse, california have the most of everything. >>because it's the biggest state by by twice at least 3 times. so we have the most cases, the most deaths, the most everything right. we have to look at proportionally in order to really kind of understand this kind of contrast where public health campaigns have worked and where they've been less successful. >>doctor rutherford says california is doing very well with testing and that perhaps boost covid numbers but present a very clear picture of the covid situation here compared to other states. in san francisco, gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>a san francisco business honor is on

prompting la county lifeguards to post the hashtag snow day on social media.>hill also came crashing down in bell. this neighbor catching another recording the plow inspiring weather added to the mix was the threat of lightning which forced public safety personnel to close some la county beaches for part of the day. as people dig out clean up and settle down. forecasters warn another storm is coming to southern california. in a matter of days. >>that is sale in southern felling in manhattan beach house my dad did today he lives in oceanside is that they got hail allow even further south in oceanside that's really wild. i mean i don't think we had any reports of of it that dave spahr and we've got some rain on the way tomorrow though southern california they actually the thunderstorm time period for them hail instability is really in the winter months not so much in the summer because you need instability to generate all that and it looks like a guess another dose is coming our way again it looks like early into next week. i have the radar popped up here real q

resistance to stay at home regulations and pandemic fatigue are also driving cases in southern california la county cracking down on new year's eve parties that could turn into super-spreader events as of new year's eve, california ranks 23 out of 50 in his neck or hospital review that ranks covid test positivity rates but doctor rutherford says it is too complex to compare how california is doing then other states that have different restrictions testing capabilities and population recourse, california have the most of everything. >>because it's the biggest state by by twice at least 3 times. so we have the most cases, the most deaths, the most everything right. we have to look at proportionally in order to really kind of understand this kind of contrast where public health campaigns have worked and where they've been less successful. >>doctor rutherford says california is doing very well with testing and that perhaps boost covid numbers but present a very clear picture of the covid situation here compared to other states. in san francisco, gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>a san francisco business owners

. >> here in la county most are getting the vaccine but some are opting out. >> the highest risk stafftainly we wish it was at 100%. >> reporter: some hospitals like southern collar california hospital found had extra doses and asked and offered them outside the community saying after vaccinating all hospital staff that requested it we then asked physician providers as well as police, firefighters to inform

face the same sort of strain and the same sort of potential rationing of care seeing in places like la countyg. how practical is it to speed up the rate of vaccination and how helpful to have the kind of punitive system the governor seems to be talking about, this idea that jabs seems to be talking about, this idea thatjabs should be administered within a week of supplies being received at the hospital or the system could face a fine or complete loss of supply? yeah, i think punitive measures are unlikely to relieve the kinds of roadblock and bottlenecks we are seeing in our vaccine delivery system. i think what you have is a lack ofa i think what you have is a lack of a real centralised vaccine distribution, mass vaccination campaign. we essentially have a vaccination campaign that is being run by hospitals and chain pharmacies, which is not any way to run a national mass vaccination campaign. so you have wide heterogeneity in who is doing what. some of the private hospitals here in new york city are using upwards of 90% of their allocation and our public safety net system in new york is usi

hurricanes, tornadoes, anything natural threat, the top five risky east counties are number one la countyty in new york, new york county, miami-dade and philadelphia. safest counties in the u.s., louden county, virginia number one and then chattahoochee georgia, wrangle alaska, loving county in texas and a county in hawaii. jillian: i feel we should check that out to be sure that it's really safe. cheryl: road trip. todd: let's go. pack up the van. thanks, cheryl casone. jillian: now to this. jeopardy set to air alex trebek's last five episodes this week, the episodes were supposed to air the week of christmas. producers were worried viewers would miss them due to the holidays. todd: trebek passed away in november from pancreatic cancer. he was 80 years old. jillian: the show will air new episodes on the 11th with ken jennings as the first guest host f time now, 25 minutes after the hour. a record number of republican women sworn into the 117th congress. jillian: florida congresswoman cat kamak is one of them. she joins us live, next. >> it gives me great pride to serve as speaker of the

same sort of strain and the same sort of potential rationing of care that we see in places like la countyng. how possible is it to speed up the rate of vaccination and how helpful to have the kind of punitive system that the governor seems to be talking about, the idea that a jab should be administered within one week of supplies being received all the system could face a fine or a loss of supply? i think that punitive measures are unlikely to relieve the kinds of roadblocks and bottlenecks that we see in our vaccine delivery system. what we have is a lack ofa system. what we have is a lack of a centralised vaccine distribution, mass vaccination campaign. essentially we have a vaccination campaign that is being run by hospitals and chain pharmacies which is no way to run a national mass vaccination campaign. so you have wide differences in who is doing well and not. some private hospitals are using upwards of 90% of their allocation and there public safety net system here in new york is using about 30% and there are logistical reasons. people are struggling to identify her to vaccinate, t

same sort of strain and the same sort of potential rationing of care that we see in places like la countyerning. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we report from south africa, where scientists fear a new variant found there, could be resistant to vaccines. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow despite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. around the world, people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he had died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai,

here in la county a person dies every five minutes. to help distribute, vaccination pods have been set up across the county for healthcare workers. >> three mega vaccination facilities are scheduled to open today. these are capable of vaccinating around 2000 people per day. on friday, they opened their first vaccination. phil murphy toured the site. it's expected around 2400 people will be vaccinated each day. they are banding together to get more medical workers vaccinated. they set up their own clinic. the medical association says it will be in those offices where most of the rest of us will eventually get our vaccine as well. >> they can vaccinate 40 people and our with the rest of the admin staff doing the paperwork and checking all those right boxes. >> they had plenty of volunteers to expand the operation and with a larger space she hopes to begin vaccinating about 600 healthcare workers per day. >> dive teams have pinpointed the location from a passenger plane which crashed into the job yesterday. it also pulled rackets in human

of the staff that will double to get the vaccine took it when it was first offered about 30% of la county's front-line workers who were offered the vaccine also declined it. the hesitancy by health care workers to take the vaccine is a shock to researchers who had assumed that hospital staff and be among those who would be willing. the most to take it some say that they think there will be no chance of them getting coronavirus others say that they believe that there was a rush and politics played a role in getting the vaccine approved. >>now to a developing story from texas tonight, a pastor near tyler killed by his own gun in a church shooting this morning. investigators say that the shooter the suspected shooter had been there overnight and was found hiding this morning inside of the church's bathroom police say the shooting happened after the pastor drew his weapon confronting the suspect that's when the suspect then grabbed the pastor's gun and started firing inside of the church for jefferson with our sister station in tyler texas brings us the latest. >>the pastor here star of a mess

in la county the army corps of engineering struggling to keep up with oxygen needs, an issue that could spread. >> looking everyone up and down for what has occur and what is a preview of thing that is may come. >> reporter: 454,000 of the 1.29 million have been administered. ed the governor says that has not been good enough. >> it's gone too slowly for many of us, all of us we want to see 100% administered in people's arms, so that's a challenge. >> reporter: the governor also said six more cases of the new covid strain in california, 4 in san diego. ktvu fox 2news. >>> governor newsom also said the tier system will be updated on wednesday. >> here is the system, 1 b and tier 1, you see who we are prioritizing, rather 2 and 1b move from 65 to 65 and over, not just 75 and over and you can see the other sectors in terms of individuals and industries logistics, industrial, residential, commercial facilities that will be prioritized. >>> right now california is in phase 1, which includes healthcare workers and people that live in long term nursing homes. >>> britain is giving out a third

surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases health officials there say the infected man spent time in la county and is currently isolating in orange county. officials say, although this is the first case it is believe that the strain is already spreading in the community and this is coming as the region became the first county in the nation to record 1 million cases since the start of the pandemic. >>of course is not just america's capital that's beefing up security ahead of wednesday's inauguration day every state capital in america doing the same including down the road in sacramento and has rushed paulson gov reports for us right now state leaders have already said. >>if anyone commits a crime they intend to prosecute them fully. >>it's not the fight one wants to see a plywood covered some portions of downtown sacramento. moore went up as crews finished up near l and 10th. it's all in a response to what could happen over the next week but not all businesses are taking the same course andrew harrison works near the capital says he isn't worried the crowds will damage any businesses there's a

looking at the population of the state of california and the state of florida and the population of la countyat by the number of cases they are seeing, you can do this at home, you think they are very similar that tells you so much, look at florida how it is completely open and has been, california has the most extreme lockdowns in the country, what does that tell you about what these states mean to do because small businesses are closing by the second. >> it took a long time to understand this virus. it is a matter of indoor air flow. when we exhale air indoors and there's not good ventilation, it never made sense and still doesn't make sense to close beaches or to say that you cannot have any outdoor dining. i have been pushed to say black lives matter demonstrations caused a massive surge. it was outdoors, people wearing masks, same with the trump rallies by and large did not, some individual cases of transmission, the reality is outdoors are very safe place and when people wear masks you can have an open society and a safe environment. jillian: there will be lots of postgame to look at wh

la county recorded an average of 151 people dying from covid-19 each day in the past week. and it's feared holiday gatherings could fuel another spike in cases hospitals are also overwhelmed and struggling to keep up with basics like oxygen as they treat an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory issues. >>next at 3.30 we continue to follow the big story out of the south bay following a deadly outbreak at a kaiser hospital, the investigation into it a holiday costume may be responsible. a popular new year's resolution this year is saving money, we'll have some simple steps to start the year off on the right and the fiery fallout after a weekend phone call between the president and a georgia election official. >>and it's been a wet day here in the bay area we are drying up but more showers are 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

you heard claudia cowen talking about outbreaks going on in hospitals in la county and in los angelesre they're building tents, there's at least a 30 to 40% reluctance on the part of healthcare workers to take the vaccine. riverside county in california, it's 50%. i'm having trouble understanding this. i took the vaccine 10 days ago. i think it has something to do that it's a new vaccine, that healthcare workers are saying we haven't seen it before. maybe they should realize the vaccine, the technology for messenger rna has been around since the 1990s. we couldn't figure out how to get it in there without the body recognizing it. now we v it's been given to over 4 million people and it seems to be really quite safe. it was very safe in clinical trials. it's incredibly effective. and i think the healthcare workers out there have to understand something you just hinted. weawe're there as role models. we're there to tell the public it's safe. we're also protecting patients. we're not just protecting ourselves. if you get an outbreak inside a hospital or of god forbid a doctor's office or

la county seeing one death every six minutes.e with two new vaccines on the horizon. >> there's no 15 to 30 minute waiting time, it's not frozen. very easy to distribute to doctor's offices. >> it's expected they will get emergency use approval with in weeks. you can find out how to sign up for the vaccine? your county or get the alert when it's your turn. we have a vaccine resource guide at kpix.com/vaccine. >>> members of the national guard are patrolling the state capitol. military trucks are lining the streets. state captain's nationwide are under heavy protection in response to threats in the aftermath of the attack. >> that is the day -- great historic significance in our country, great celebration and also time of great peril. we will be prepared and we will be prepared working together. >> sacramento mayor said that vigilance remains a priority. >>> a live look at the white house on the final full day for the trump administration. the inauguration of the president elect happens tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. our time. you will be

staff that were eligible to get the vaccine took it when it was first offered roughly 20 to 40% of la county's front-line workers who were offered the vaccine also declined it. some of them are saying the reason why is they think if they get covid they can survive it. others believe politics influence the development of the vaccine. and a developing story we're following tonight is a new possible symptoms for covid-19 new research is now showing that it's just not even a cough and a fever anymore in some cases, it's having psychological facts on patients as well maggie newland reports on what's now being called covid-19 associated psychosis. >>covid is known for cough fever and sometimes severe complications. >>in very rare cases, doctors say it can also lead to psychiatric symptoms usually in these types of cases that we've seen their behavior goes into the realm what we call psychosis doctor brian kincaid is the medical director for duke psychiatric emergency department. he and other duke doctors published in the medical journal the bmj about their first case of what they call covid-19 assoc

staff that were eligible to get the vaccine took it when it was first offered roughly 20 to 40% of la county's front-line workers who are offered the vaccine also declined it. some say they think that they can survive if they get covid and others believe that the politics influence the development of the vaccine. >>still ahead here tonight at 8 the salvation army has a new plan to confront the homeless in san francisco, how their new rehab program works to help people who live on the streets. >>this year, the salvation army has a new plan to confront homeless people in san francisco, it's called the way out and this program that targets people who have substance abuse problems that for sale of the sec you found out the new program builds on the nonprofits current residential treatment programs. >>adding long-term support job training and counseling. >>this year, the salvation ug and alcohol rehab program to address the homelessness crisis in the western united states, including san francisco. they say 30% of san francisco's total homeless population have been in the street for more than a year

la county officials say hospital officials are, quote, on the brink of catastrophe. >> like treading water from 100 feet below the surface. you're already drowning but you have to keep trying because that's what you can do. >>> wow. look who's up and at 'em with us this morning. good morning to you this saturday, january 2nd, 2021. just feels good to say 2021, doesn't it, mr. john after lan. >> i'm filling in for victor. it's great to see you. let's do this. >> you, too. yes. let's start here because starting a new year together and it brings a lot of new challenges this morning when we're talking about overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. is nearing, listen to this number, 348,000 people who have died because of covid. and we've now topped 20 million cases as of yesterday. there are more than 125,000 people starting 2021 in the hospital and the new concern this morning is this more easily transmitted variant of covid-19 first seen in the u.k. it's a strain that's been detected now in california, colorado, and florida. >> meanwhile, president trump is focused on lashing out

resistance to stay at home regulations and pandemic fatigue are also driving cases in southern california la county cracking down on new year's eve parties that could turn into super-spreader events as of new year's eve, california ranks 23 out of 50 in his neck or hospital review that ranks covid test positivity rates but doctor rutherford says it is too complex to compare how california is doing then other states that have different restrictions testing capabilities and population recourse, california have the most of everything. >>right because it's the biggest state by by twice at least 3 times. >>so we have the most cases, the most deaths, the most everything right we have to look at proportionally in order to really kind of understand this and and kind of contrast where public health campaigns have worked and where they've been less successful. >>and doctor rutherford also says california is doing very well with testing and that perhaps boost covid numbers and present a clear picture of the covid situation here compared to other states live in san francisco gayle ong kron 4 news. >>he will. >

this new year's eve crowd gathered in la county protesting masks and religious gatherings. >> it's so disheartening to see those over privileged having parties while others are struggling. i want to take a moment to thank the average americans who have sacrificed their family time and their jobs by doing the right thing day in and day out, by wearing masks and distancing. >> dr. george rodriguez tells cnn some medical facilities are using hospital gift shops and chapless to care for their patients. health officials will be reporting. >> it's still the same virus. it's not different in that, it's just a new lineage here may be transmitting a little faster. >> reporter: new variant spreads the same way, social distancing and masks offer the best protection. you should include florida on states that appear to be over performing in terms of administering vaccines, at least when you compare it to where other states are. other states are not where we want to be. there is that call by many states, john and christi, to have a federal mandate when it comes to montpelier gets that vaccine and w

talk about a case of being in the right place at the right time for a motorcycle officer, this down la county. and you see the body cam footage it captured the moment. many season eventually detains that suspect's trying to get away with stolen goods catching him in the act says he left the building triggered an alarm this is in burbank. the officer, happy to be in the area handling a hit and run investigation when the guy came out that emergency door ouch. first responders rescued, a horse and a pony trapped in a mud slide. you see the frantic rescue right here. this is the fremont fire department helping out they sent us this video it happened yesterday down in salinas i mean that is not an easy rescue by any stretch. it mudslide damaged dozens of homes, firefighters from oakland alameda and hayward were all there helping talk about it a team effort, heavy machinery there used to lift the animals out of the mud. got a feel for those guys they were taken to the spca for checkups but despite the trauma, they appear to be okay. >>how are glad about that that's still ahead. coaches student-athl

la county saw another 318 people die to covid-19 on friday, the most ever in a single day.s there is little to no bed space left. every day this week seeing more than 100,000 hospitalizations. much of the country remains behind on vaccine efforts. according to the cdc, these states have administered less than 1/4 of their vaccine supplies with only three administering over half of their lots. michigan prepares to offer shots to teachers, front line workers and people over 65. the state's governor calling on the government to release more doses. >> we still need a national strategy. i have been saying for months whether it was around getting masks at the beginning or getting testing or an economic recovery, relief, no vaccines, still is not a national strategy. we're building this as states. >> reporter: after weeks of waiting the elderly and city workers in new york city will roll up their sleeves on monday. president-elect joe biden is set to get his second vaccine does then as well. back to l.a. county, hospital officials at four public care facilities preparing to essent

cell phone footage like this is going activists and concerned citizens say la county deputies were outracist for pointing high powered weapons at black teenagers. jamie collins is the mother of damian one of the boys involved and she's been posting on social media asking how she'll ever be able to help her son recover from this traumatic experience. witnesses say the boys were at a bus stop when a homeless man approached them becoming more aggressive. the asked them for crack ripped off his shirt pulled out a knife and tried to stab them in the boys defended themselves with their state courts in the manager of a nearby restaurant called 911 to help the boys but apparently another caller reported the boys were attacking a homeless are witnesses trying to tell authorities basically. >>that the boys were not the bad goes the recent video involving a santa korean which has gone viral and i have concerns regarding the attack to support. >>a call for service with receiver during a felony assault and the deputies detained those allegedly to be involved the matter is currently being investigat