bart is 13%. cal train is even worse. just 5% of prepandemic level. >> i figured about as safe as it will get. >> reporter: doctors say with the robust ventilation systems on buses and trains, they are much safer than indoor dining and grocery shopping. an entire car's air is replaced every 70 seconds. >> as long as you can maintain six feet distance and everybody has masks on which they are supposed to. >> reporter: dr. george rutherford is an epidemiologist. 67 years old, and still takes bart. he believes the pilot program to update the air filters will boost confidence. they are testing merf14 on the left which is more effective at trapping airborne particles. >> a filter that will filter out 90% of smaller particles. >> reporter: bart is also testing uv light in one train car. using it to kill the coronavirus when it enters the ventilation system. >> we are excited about being able to deploy such a simple technology that will have such a dramatic improvement to the air quality. >> i'm glad they are doing it. >> report

the second question, this is one where i'd like to ask bart and then thomas to answer.nder whether technology companies, social media companies like google and facebook should be more responsible, be more liable for the truth or falsity of what they put on their site. there's an argument that facebook should be like "the washington post," if bart or i write an article and somebody says that's not true, our paper could get sued. we published it. and should that apply to a company like facebook? >> that's interesting, there are two issues probably among many others that come to mind for me. one is that these internet companies have vigorously resisted that role for legal and regulatory reasons, if they're a public utility. if they are essentially a neutral conveyer of information, the same as a phone company, you don't hold the phone company liable for the fact that people make telephone calls or say untrue things or do -- or make damaging forms of speech. so, that's the place they want to be for legal and regulatory reasons. if ask them to be, as facebook says it does no

a couple hot spots to look for, if you are taking bart, we are dealing with bart delays on the richmond lines. this is due to an equipment problem on the tracks. do plan ahead if you are taking bart. south 880 is pretty busy. we are seeing brake lights away from 92. there is a crash not far from the connector and they're just clearing it out of lanes. >> reporter: we are getting new information in now on this apartment fire in san francisco. this is video from the citizen app from earlier this morning. you see the flames shooting out of the window. that's on the 11th floor of this high rise on davis court. a total of 22 apartments were significantly damaged by this fire and five people were injured, escaping the building. when firefighters got there after 1:00 in the morning, they had to rescue several people. now there is smoke damage throughout much of the building. there were no sprinklers. since part of the building is made of concrete, many of the people who left their homes in the middle of the night have already been allowed to return. >> what's amazing, the majority of people, t

. >>> bart struggles, the transit agency trying to figure out how to get out. what they're planning. christmas drive-throughs, and big changes for christmas in the park in the south bay. >>> hunkering down for those of you working at home, a unique new way to have your office and hide it, too. >>> i'm spencer christian, looking at morning chills and afternoon warmth in the days ahead. i'll have the a all otc pain relievers including volthave one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pais patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu. abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. >>> with a mr. jekprojected hunf thousands of dollars to head off for drastic measures like layoffs. laura anthony joining us live from lafayette bart station to tell us what the staff reductions will mean for riders. >> reporter: larry, nothing hopefully in the short term like bart stations in the bay area, this say virtual

i'm alicia trouse, i'm the bart communications officer, and welcome to our bart station. i love this station. i love how easy you can jump off a train and get on a muni bus. it's a great partnership. and our business is moving people, right, but it's also gaining lifetime riders. you do that by building housing right across the street from your station. i want to briefly talk about something that we're very concerned about at bart. it's the mobility divide. you've heard of the digital divide, right? well, there's a mobility divide. and it's perpetuating inequality and the way that you tackle is to build 100% affordable housing right next to transit, right next to bart and right next to muni and you make it easy to go to your job and health care appointment and school by doing that. and this partnership is going to tackle that divide. and next i toss it to our bart board of director bevin duffy, who represents district 9, so let's roll the tape. >> i'm proud to join you this morning virtually on behalf of the bart board of directors and my colleagues simon and director jan

i'm alicia trouse, i'm the bart communications officer, and welcome to our bart station. i love this station. i love how easy you can jump off a train and get on a muni bus. it's a great partnership. and our business is moving people, right, but it's also gaining lifetime riders. you do that by building housing right across the street from your station. i want to briefly talk about something that we're very concerned about at bart. it's the mobility divide. you've heard of the digital divide, right? well, there's a mobility divide. and it's perpetuating inequality and the way that you tackle is to build 100% affordable housing right next to transit, right next to bart and right next to muni and you make it easy to go to your job and health care appointment and school by doing that. and this partnership is going to tackle that divide. and next i toss it to our bart board of director bevin duffy, who represents district 9, so let's roll the tape. >> i'm proud to join you this morning virtually on behalf of the bart board of directors and my colleagues simon and director jan

300 bart employees who might be eligible for retirement. the trains are still running, and the bart board has found a way to postpone the worst during a pandemic. >> the last thing will be layoffs, letting people go. pothre: ere de reduce it laying off employees, an incentive package, all of the employees, 40% are eligible. >> it won't cost more than it will save, and the idea is to avoid layoffs, we don't want to lay off employees. let's see who was to voluntarily retire. >> reporter: the union that represents maintenance, utility and clerical workers says avoiding layoffs is a huge relief. >> a benefit package is not a while package, it is decent, it depends how long you've been here. the longer the better it gets. >> reporter: it would give them one week of pay per year of service, the 20 years plus a four-week bonus, in addition to the retirement incentive, bart service will remain at pandemic levels possibly through september, meaning no trains past 9 pm. >> for people that work at night, that's bad, how are people going to get down he

because bart is recovering from some earlier equipment issues this morning. >>they are behind schedule by 20 minutes, they are still recovering, but if you travel anywhere between the oakland coliseum station and anywhere out toward richmond, you will be delayed by 20 minutes because of those earlier equipment issue so they're working to get the trains back on time for you the traffic not so bad on our bridges there some minor crowding here at the richmond sandra fell bridge we're just now seeing more folks into the north bay so 11 minutes off to one o one check out your bay bridge street looking good right a quick 13 minutes here from the bottom of the mace to fremont street, no delays at all into san francisco. we'll check more bridges and drive times coming up back to you thanks a lot rob and 7 '02 and our top story is the bay area having to restrict. opening because of covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise which is not good news and here's the map again showing you where we're seeing. >>the situation begin to change in terms of reopening san fr

i'm alicia trouse, i'm the bart communications officer, and welcome to our bart station. love this station. i love how easy you can jump off a train and get on a muni bus. it's a great partnership. and our business is moving people, right, but it's also gaining lifetime riders. you do that by building housing right across the street from your station. i want to briefly talk about something that we're very concerned about at bart. it's the mobility divide. you've heard of the digital divide, right? well, there's a mobility divide. and it's perpetuating inequality and the way that you tackle is to build 100% affordable housing right next to transit, right next to bart and right next to muni and you make it easy to go to your job and health care appointment and school by doing that. and this partnership is going to tackle that divide. and next i toss it to our bart board of director bevin duffy, who represents district 9, so let's roll the tape. >> i'm proud to join you this morning virtually on behalf of the bart board of directors and my colleagues simon and director jantz

. >>> when is the last time you took bart? ridership has plunged 87% since the big, the beginning of the pandemic. tonight there is a last-ditch effort to avoid layoffs. we have the details. >> reporter: the bart board decided not to lay off any employees amidst tanking pandemic ridership and dwindling c.a.r.e.s. act funding. instead, they offered an incentive for some employees to retire early. >> it will still be a savings so it won't cost more than it will save. the idea is to avoid layoffs. we don't want to layoff our employees. let's first see who wants to voluntarily retire. >> reporter: it would give those who take the buyout one week of pay per year of service capped at 20 years plus a four week bonus. the union that represents maintenance, utility and clerical workers says avoiding layoffs is a huge relief to members. >> it is not an incredible package, it is a decent package depending on how long you have been here. >> reporter: in addition to retirement incentives, bart service will rain, remain at pandemic level se

i'm tracking major bart delays we'll have details coming up. in just a few months, we've learned a lot more about the covid-19 virus. it's real. and it's dangerous. so, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. and while we don't yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. and get a flu shot, it's even more important this year. we can do this. if we do it together. >>13 right now and we're taking a look at the weather going friday so nothing to get me yeah so far off to a great start let's see if the weekend will follow suit we've got john trouble in the weather center. keeping an eye john yeah guys solid start we had rain tuesday and wednesday mornings yesterday morning it was that dense fog. >>think we've earned the solid start to the morning that we do have now it is chilly out there so definitely plan on layering up as you venture outside, but otherwise we're good to go for

bart what you think? >> that's a rlly interesting question.ssues among probably many others that come to mind for me. one is, these internet companies have vigorously resisted that role or legal and regulatory reasons. they are a public utility, they are essentially a neutral conveyor same with the phone company. you don't hold the phone company liable for the fact that people make telephone calls or say untrue things or make damaging forms of speech. that is the place they want to be. for legal and regulatory reason reasons. if you ask them to be, as facebook says, it does not want to be an arbiter of truth. you have to try to imagine how that can be done to scale with well over a billion users. and god knows how many posts each day how could they possibly be for all that many things and yet they are deliberately promoting content in order to keep our intention to keep us for ten seconds longer. with the advertising business per their algorithms doing them to be responsible how they use that. the same thing with youtube. new thinking about a

bart delays. bart is recovering from an earlier problem. there is a 20 minute delay on the san francisco line in the antioch direction. this is due to equipment problem on the tracks. plan to that this morning. other than that, lots of green on our roads. a pretty easy ride for the most part if you are working along the peninsula. we haven't had troubles along 101. things have been fairly quiet. the only hot spots, two separate incidents along 580. we have a crash clearing at hacienda drive. just past that, there is reports of guard rail repair needed at the 680 connector. you might see activity but not a lot of volume. so far traffic is moving at the limit despite the trouble spots along 580. if you are coming from the altamont pass area, so far, so good. slight delays off of 205 to 580 itself. we have a crash south bound petaluma hill road north of the expressway. that right lane is blocked for an incident. it looks like chp and crews are on scene. a vehicle did hit a pole so there is a lot of activity in and out trying to clear this out.

, the bart board, giving those who take the buyout, one week of pay per year of service, capped at 20 years. >> it won't cost more than it will save, and the idea is to avoid layoffs, we don't want to lay off employees, let's first see who wants to voluntarily retire. >> in addition, the service will stay at pandemic levels, possibly through september. manning no trains past 9 pm. >>> new at 6:00, the richmond planning commission is hearing a proposal to build thousands of homes on one of the most toxic sites in california. the development would be at the former site of the zeneca chemical plant. they claim the plant was safe, but it's not what he was saying two years ago. remake the land on the other side of the fence is a former chemical dumpsite that is left the land so toxic that are talking about putting a cement over the whole thing to seal it in. the question is, is this a place the people should be living? a 4000 unit housing development is proposed for this former chemical plant, which used to make sulfuric acid, the toxic substances control, says they have a long list of tox

yes, so many people who rode bart before this mess we've been in for the past 9 months, but things are drastically different now yeah people write it but. >>it is way different and the agency is now allowing eligible employees to retire early to try to phil this huge budget hole that bart has the board of directors, they're voting 8 to one today to offer up to 24 weeks of base pay to full-time employees who or or will be eligible for retirement by next march. bart says that date thereby that day close to 1700 employees will meet the criteria for retirement eligibility. the incentivize retirement program is in place of layoffs and station closures as ridership continues to remain low. >>san mayor london breed's plan to shut down hotels, it's facing of some backlash from several supervisors. a lot of them the hotel's currently house homeless people in supervisors say closing them during this covid case surge is just short sighted kron four's dan kerman explains how supervisors plan to keep those helped hotels open. a group of san francisco supervisors is pushing back against the mayor. >

entre los cambios previstos, el bart tendrÁ horario de domingo durante los sÁbados.on el tiempo. elena: aparte esas temperaturas agradables, las condiciones secas y los vientos dÉbiles, este jueves nos mantenemos con buena calidad del aire en toda el Área de la bahÍa. se debe a que los contaminantes del aire en nuestra regiÓn como el ozono y las partÍculas estÁn bajas en nuestra Área. el pronÓstico de los próximos dÍas es con bajos niveles de ozono y partÍculas, por lo tanto, la calidad del aire se va a mantener buena en toda el Área de la bahÍa. una noche tranquila, cielos parcialmente nublados. las temperaturas van a estar un poco frÍas. santa rosa, napa y oakland, las temperaturas estarÁn hasta en 40 para san josÉ, 46 en san francisco. maÑana empezaremos la semana laboral con condiciones secas, temperaturas agradables y ligeramente por encima de las mÁximas que se reportaron no hay. 67 en santa rosa y napa. en san rafael con el viernes en la tarde podrÍamos alcanzar 64, 62 en san josÉ. el sÁbado nos mantenemos con estas excelentes condiciones. el domingo se acerca

. >>> bart making a last ditch effort to avoid mass layoffs.rider ship plunged 87% during the pandemic. the board is offering early retirement. about 40% of employees are eligible. they would get one week of paper year of service capped at 20 years. bart service will remain at pandemic levels possibly through september meaning no trains past 9:00 p.m. >>> nasa launching a new satellite into earth's orbit tomorrow. the aim is to help scientists study growing threat of rising sea levels. chris martinez has the latest on the mission. >> reporter: the world's biggest earth observing satellite will keep a watch full eye on the planet's rising sea levels from above. >> sea level rise isn't the same everywhere. some areas it is going faster than others. >> reporter: a research scientist with the sentinel 6 mission says sea levels are rising at an alarming rate. sentinel 6 will use radar to provide near realtime measurements of sea surface height tracking changes to mere centimeters. the high precision data will help scientists understand the cause and

bart plans to save about $45 million if 300 workers take the incentive. san francisco officials say the twin peaks tenant will need millions of dollars in repairs. the light rail tunnel underwent a $40 million overhaul in 2018 which included improvements to the tracks and drainage system. san francisco mta says the rock and gravel that lies underneath the track bed was reused rather than being replaced. that decision means the track is likely to become unstable. the cost to fixed it is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars. >>> california has a new leader for the chp and she is making history. she is the first woman to lead the chp and the second black american to leave the chp. henry lee talked to her today and has more about the bay area native taking over the reins.>> reporter: amanda ray was sworn in by governor gavin newsom is the first female commissioner of highway patrol. >> it is one i do not take lightly and i am extremely humbled and honored. >> also the second black person leading the chp. >> i'm the youngest of eight children. so early

the rapid tests are actually being conducted in san francisco about the 24th and mission bart station. so these tests detect infection by looking for the proteins of the virus instead of identifying the genetic material of the virus. now while the protein rapid test was previously believed to be less reliable, a small, ucsf study found that there were accurate in 14 out of 15 people who are infected. doctors believe that rapid testing could help slow the spread of covid-19. what we're trying to do here with testing. >>is to identify people who are infectious and get them isolated so the real intervention is isolation and a sort of secondary one this quarantine where you think they might become infectious. so this helps us get to that faster. >>well doctor george rutherford is encouraged by rapid testing though he does say that more data is needed to determine just how well bus the rapid testing method is. the pandemic is hurting the tourism industry right through the holiday season. well, this is a normally brings flocks of visitors to san francisco right. but this year hotel business

bevan dufty whose political career spans 40 years, the voters have decided that he will serve on the bart board of directors once again i think it's a great time i am so honored to be elected to my term and bart i think that the experiences that we all have lgbt informs how we lead. >>and we have an understanding of the issues. i think that we understand what it feels like to have doors closed or to have people question your capability or your rights to be a parent. you know, i'm a dad san franciscans have long embraced and helped pave the way for the lgbtq community. >>to represent their own in the political sphere since the days of harvey milk, many hurdles have been overcome. and this year cities which are traditionally less progressive have elected newcomers like torry harris, the first openly black man who will become a state representative in tennessee plus the first openly trans elected officials look stephanie byers, a former high school music teacher who will serve on the state legislature in kansas. taylor small who will become state senator in vermont, and former journalist eve

it was two months ago in september when bart gellman reported in the atlantic magazine that there wass scheme cooking among pennsylvania republicans. they were trying to lay the groundwork in that state for republicans in the state legislature to overall a biden win under the pretense that there was some sort of terrible fraud in the vote. republican party sources both within the state and at the national level told bart gellman in september, quote, the trump campaign is discussing contingency plans to bypass election results and instead appoint loyal electors in battleground states where republicans control the legislature. with the justification based on claims of rampant fraud, trump would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote in their state and instead exercise their power to choose a slats of electors directly. quote, in pennsylvania, three republican leaders said they had already discussed the direct appointment of electors among themselves. one said he had discussed it with trump's national campaign. they talked about this with the trump campaign before the electi

plan on heading out toward the daily city direction you will experience delays up to 20 minutes for bart this morning once again those earlier equipment issues slowing folks down a little bit here at the bay bridge toll plaza we are fine traffic looks pretty good a huge improvement here for 80 compared to the last hour or so. >>a minor wait leading up to the pay gates, no big problems into san francisco. we'll check more bridges a slow downs coming up james darya thanks. a clear message. >>you chose hope. and unity. decency. >>a woman in this office i will not be the last. >>make progress we have to stop treating opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies their marriage, i'm a proud democrat. i will govern as an american president. those who didn't vote for me as those who did. >>us president-elect joe biden talking about unity across america, you saw kamala harris there a moment ago the first woman of color to be elected as vice president. >>both candidates making history this morning and while they are focused on the new administration and tackling a bunch of the issues shortly

both of these features expected to be permanent on bart's new train cars.he kron 4 morning news. we're going to break down 2 important measures on the ballot tuesday that could reshape the state's justice system will have more on that when we come back. time to make your disappointing breakfast your ex-fast. cause wendy's has your new breakfast love with a fresh-cracked egg on every sandwich and crispy oven baked bacon. you'll be telling everybody about the new breakfast you're seeing at wendy's. hurry in for the breakfast of your dreams today. thisa window of time to help protect the ones you love. your preteen benefits from staying up-to-date with their well visits. this is your window of protection. schedule their well visit now. >>happening tomorrow more than 500 homeless people in san francisco will have to find a new place to stay the city is going to move them out of the hotels where they've been staying during the pandemic 7 hotels is scheduled to close in this first phase of rehousing the homeless. the department of homelessness and supportive hous

on bart there was a pilot project done. we have a memorandum of understanding. this is with caltrain for the modernization and electrification of the train that will prepare san francisco for future high-speed rail. happy to take any questions that you have. >> is this the point where i should give the liaison report? >> since i have the floor, i'll ask a couple of questions. one question i wanted to ask on friday is have you had any further issues with shifting funds in the programs, the type that we have discussed in the past? >> that's a good question. i'd love to take advice from the city on this. when the bond program was set up, there are a lot of programs. we tried to appropriate the dollars through street and transit, which are subfunds that allows the flexibility to move dollars based on cash flow needs. i think we really learned the lesson on the second issuance and we did a supplemental appropriation to fix that where we moved a lot of the first issuance dollars because they were ready to go. through the program we learned a lot of lessons on project

oh i thought, oh my god think about bart, what i would like, but it is what it is that i will hit or what ever was it really that works. but what if you limit it to this one? you got something not asteroid. it doesn't in the way that it would occasionally use. i wanted to put his arms up and put us on line . if i walked out on the broad good living with a good idea that would be bad in nearly all the people i wanted to see in the dungeon to i remember seeing a bit of the border so we need to get on the battlefield about it and forgot to bring it back because was almost split by some sort of and you think it is from you've gone and i want to say that if you don't think they're you why do you reform not the more you know why did not bring many i stopped doing the local ways, and i joined reforms to make this not the wealthiest and 4th time or non-local. because when i logged in the way i saw how there was like a cruise taking school and make it big like those in the business. well, some things when i saw my schoolmates, some of them while working in the big companies, i thought about i

>> thank you. >> my name is bart ellison. i'm the workforce development manager with the human services agency. some of you may be familiar with jobsnow! and some of you that are not, i've got a lot of information to get out in a few minutes. it's a pandemic response to really help with the economic and employment recovery plan for the city and county of san francisco, also working in conjunction with some other agencies as well as the larger san francisco economic task force. so let me go ahead here. so just -- for those of you that are not really familiar with jobsnow!. just a brief history. we started back in 2009 with the economic recovery and wage subsidy act. the intent, certainly back in 2009, during that recession, was to work with our clients that are receiving h.s.a. benefits and get them into meaningful and paying jobs and working them towards self-sufficiency and getting them off reliance on public benefits, public assistance. since 2009, we have made 27,,000 j27,000 job placements and work with many businesses. s

. >>> bart says it could lose 40% of its staff as they prepare to offer early retirement.seen an 87% drop in ridership during this pandemic and is now facing a 33 million deficit this fiscal year and a deficit of $77 million next year. barts board of director is scheduled to open thursday. >>> in contra costa county, supervisors will consider extending a previously approved protection ordnance through next march. the measure is set to expire at the end of this month. the existing ordnance also bans landlords from evicting residential tenants for a no fault reason. those evictions last through january 23rd. >>> coming up, a draw down of u.s. troops and afghanistan. the plan by the trump administration that quickly drew condemnation by congressional republicans. the announcement that drove tesla stock higher by more than 13% in after hours trading. >>> tracking the forecast. we've got some rain in it. i'll have the future model and the five day. it's hard to have an invisible illness. like depression. no one sees you need help. no one knows you're not okay. so when someone r

20 minutes, traveling anywhere between and daly city because of those earlier equipment problems on barte you plan ahead, you don't want to be late heading into san francisco. it's going to be fine at the bay bridge toll plaza minor weight off and on from 80 it's only 15 minutes to make it in no crashes no stalls in the mix so this is a really good trip into san francisco. a problem that's been lingering since 04:00am at the crockett martinez border west fort mckeown accident here caused by sand and debris scattered across the road lead to a four-car injury crash which is still active they're still cleaning up and they were bringing in sweeper so still waiting on an update for that so you're backed up about a mile leading up to the scene on the pittsburg bay point side the usual crowd coming down the hill into conquered another little stretch merging from 2.42 leaving conquered on to south 6 ad that's typical and not bad at all we'll check more slow downs coming up back to you. >>thank you very much robin 7.50 is the time in the east bay hayward neighborhood woke up to vandalism and poli

bart expects to save estimated $45 million over the next two years if 300 workers take the incentive. a financial crisis for the transit agency. ridership is down but the early retirements may help bart avoid mass layoffs. >>> critics say it's an example of a failure by the state's employment department. a what a an investigation uncovered surrounding information that was sent out that puts millions of california's identities at risk. >> this year, the cdc is asking folks to stay at home. i'm jeff paul at los angeles international airport and i will will have details on the agency's warning coming up. at the home depot, we improve things. this year, we improved black friday. instead of one day of crazy, black friday prices start now. and they'll be here all season. in every aisle. and across our site. so you'll have more time and less reason to stress. this year, we're changing how we do the holidays. to bring more joy...to yours. the home depot. how doers get more done. >>> a nighttime curfew affecting 90% of californian's go into effect. the order restricts all non essential busines

taking a look at public transit, there is a ten minute delay for bart in richmond direction due to equipmentlem on the tracks. plan for that if you take bart. úwe'll look at the altamont pas coming up in our next report. >>> jerusalem's western wall, a cool live shot and secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting with the israeli prime minister netanyahu. pompeo became first u.s. diplomat to visit israeli settlement in occupied west bank. state department announced that products from settlements can be labeled made in israel. that's a major policy shift and part of the trump administration's acceptance of israeli settlements which palestinians and much of the international community view as breaking of the law and also an observations tack a the to peace. obviously a move that the israelis are welcoming. we'll keep an eye on the secretary of state's visit to his to the coronavirus, federal officials say covid-19 vaccines will be distributed to 20 million americans by the end of the year. distribution will start within one day of the fda go ahead followed by weekly shipments. vaccines will be

investigators say the shooting happened near the east dublin bart station. so far police have not released the name of the victim, but entertainment website tmz now reporting that up incoming bay area rapper little gigs whose real name is mark alexander was shot and killed overnight in the area. anyone with information on the shooting now urged to call dublin police. >>following the continued suspension of in person visitation at california state prisons, the state department of corrections is now launching video visitation at 5 prisons so this will allow families to connect virtually though in real time. it is set to begin today at the prisons that includes san quentin and the central california women's prison. eligible inmates will be allowed a free 30 minute video visit every month. only those who have already been approved as a visitor may make an appointment. >>meanwhile the u.s. bureau of land management says it's releasing details of a new plan that would vegetation or plants across the west as part of an effort to stop massive wildfires like the ones

jose sharks and sap center with the only game in the deer done era better with the google campus, bart and high-speed rail all moving in, the team is concerned about getting squeezed out. >> there is no master plan about how the all those things come together and if we are not careful it will be situation where the average gas that comes to the center for a concert or for a hockey game won't be able to get there. >> reporter: they sent an open letter to fans warning that things don't go well, they may have to move. of concern, access, parking spaces for long-distance fans, and narrowing roads around the shark tank. >> that is 2030 years of construction where multiple roads could be shut down, all simultaneously. literally blocking off all four sides of the sap center. >> reporter: the director of economic development for the city of san jose says his he is committed to the team, which recently signed an agreement to stay through 2040. >> the sharks are very important, to the city now, and into the future. the sharks provide one of the top entertainment entertainment venues in the natio

amusede: you kept me yesterday throughout the federal reserve decision with all things bart simpson.evertheless, there was a serious case today. how much do you think that will be hit? >> yesterday, the changes were pretty subtle. maybe extending treasury purchases. that is maybe 2021 issue or concern. reserve, i don't want to say they are out of ammunition, but they have laid out what they want and that is really the first time the fed has outright pushed to drive inflation higher. monetary inflation is probably one of three components of inflation, but they've never been in this position. it might not work, but also it might. reemerge, calles it 50 basis points at a minimum. joe: you are the chief fixed income strategist at a time when people are wondering, why allocate anything to fixed income, given how low it pays, given how it serves as a portfolio hedge -- what is appealing in fixed income right now? >> completely agree. lowe's no way to get around absolute returns. it is also a great source of cash to reallocate. generally where we are guiding clients is toward shorter durati

those getting tested the top the 24th and mission bart station this week are getting 2 types of covid tests. >>the more complex unreliable pcr test and the quicker cheaper by next rapid test it 2 ways to detect infection. one is to look the genetic material. >>of the virus. and the others to look for proteins of the virus. the coach of the virus. the infrastructure of the virus while the protein rapid test was previously believed to be less reliable. >>a small, ucsf study conducted during similar testing back in september found they were accurate in 14 out of 15 people who are infected what they're saying is on a one time. >>basis they were able to detect 14 out of 15 specimens that were that were positive by the more standard. method is that's a substantial advance which i don't think anybody. what was was predicting. >>ucsf infectious disease for allah just doctor george rutherford says because the protein tests are so much cheaper and the results can be determined so much quicker. it could really make a difference in slowing the spread of covid-19 we want to find people who are the

today on the drew barrymore show, a net flix star and also a skier lindsey >>> coming up at 5:00, bart can lose up to 40% of staff to buy outs. tough choices to deal with a massive plunge in rider ship. we'll have that story and much more at 5:00. less get a last check of weather with mary. >>> all right michelle. we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds on our mark hopkins hotel camera, a pretty view as we look to san francisco. as we head through the rest of our day, we are looking at dry, mild conditions, upper 50s for coast, upper 50s to low 60s around the bay and low to mid 60s inland. we will stay dry and quiet into the weekend and in fact next week as well with highs in the 50s and 60s, looking great for thanksgiving day next thursday. >> thank you. >>> a lot of people are talking about rockefeller christmas tree. >> it's got a little shade online for being pretty bare and 2020ish but a creature liked it so much, he refused to leave. this owl was apparently nestled inside the tree. he ended up staying there for three days. the owl now named rockefeller appropriately will be rel

. >>> new, a new housing project at a bart station has been given the okay. the plan is to build housing on the parking lot, 780 housing units and possibly a new public library. the project is expected to be 49% below market rate with at least 37% affordable units for families of four earning less than $104,000 a year. the board of directors has chosen a building developer but details still need to be sorted out. >>> another major problematicalcal's unemployment agency. an audit found since the start of the pandemic, they've sent at least 38 million pieces of mail which included full social security numbers. the agency was reportedly informed of the issue a year ago. the audit urges immediate changes. e.d.d. officials promised to have everything fixed by next summer. >>> 5:09. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, our original series project home. >> people are really, really angry about this. >> why an unprecedented effort to end homelessness is getting a whole lot of push back in the bay area. >>> it's a chillier start to our day. a live

robin thank you for the update let's update your morning commute starting off with a major bart delayere's a 20 minute bar delay. >>coming from the el serino station out of the east bay heading to berryessa and heading to the millbrae station they're having some equipment problems this morning. so the reporting major delays which could be anywhere between 20 minutes or longer depending on your final destination, so plan ahead, i'll let you know when this clears up the bridges are ok we're checking the bay bridge 80 wesson to san francisco stocking up in the cash lanes in the carpool lanes but a nice trip so far into san francisco richmond sandra fell delay free no problems to worry about to the north bay and our crash on highway talked about that earlier, yes still wrapping up west for at port chicago in concord may still be blocking that right lane you're backed up up and over the hill into bay point to get out there early and one more 80 south at dakota winter in fremont new accident active. there doesn't look like a major one, but it's definitely slow its backing. you up into union

those getting tested the top the 24th and mission bart station this week are getting 2 types of covid tests. >>the more complex unreliable pcr test and the quicker cheaper by next rapid test it 2 ways to detect infection. one is to look the genetic material. >>of the virus. and the others to look for proteins over the virus. the coach of the virus to infrastructure of the virus while the protein rapid test was previously believed to be less reliable. >>a small, ucsf study conducted during similar testing back in september found they were accurate in 14 out of 15 people who are infected what they're saying is on a one time. >>basis they were able to detect. 14 out of 15 specimens that were that were positive by the more standard. method that's substantial advance which i don't think anybody. well it was was predicting. >>ucsf infectious disease for allah just doctor george rutherford says because the protein tests are so much cheaper and the results can be determined so much quicker. it could really make a difference in slowing the spread of covid-19 we want to find people who are the

other testing locations include the 24th street mission bart station, the excelsior at amazon and at st. anthony's in the tenderloin. >> these neighborhoods were selected because, number one, they have high rates of covid positivity since the beginning of the pandemic, and also high numbers of latinos who we know are particularly impacted by covid-19. >> organizers are targeting 6,000 tests to be performed. people will get a rapid test swab with results available in about 15 minutes. and they'll get a more accurate pcr swab with results back in a day or two. >>> now the coronavirus is definitely not taking a holiday in california. more than 15,600 cases were reported today. that is the second highest count ever. the seven-day average is nearly 14,000 cases. and the number of people hospitalized is more than 7,400. that's more than triple when compared to a month ago october 29th. >>> the 14-day positivity rate is at 6.1%, which is double from a month ago, that is an indicator of the transmission rate of the virus. >>> developing news now, a north bay company is working on a nasal spr

but as you see here, it's still stop and go from the pittsburg bay point bart station and a little bit crowding onto 42 as well leaving conquered merging on to 6.80 south so 25 minutes and growing. >>antioch to concord we'll check more freeways coming up back to you thanks robin. >>so a toe to the breaking news from overnight pfizer announcing that it's asking the fda now to allow emergency use of its new covid-19 vaccine now this. we'll now start the clock on a process that could bring the first flu shots as early as next month, this action comes as we know days after pfizer said that its vaccine has been the certified at 95% effective at preventing covid-19 and today's filing now will set the process up if the fda has a an independent advisers to debate and verify whether that's in fact the case and if it is safe and effective to go forward with they'll give the ok which means we could see the first distribution of the vaccine happening maybe mid december when that's not for you and me again that's for like top priority people that are really a risk front line responders that kind of

the rapid tests are being conducted in san francisco above the 2412th and mission bart station. these tests detect infection by looking for the proteins of the virus instead of identifying the genetic material of the virus. a small ucsf study found that these rapid tests were accurate in 14 out of 15 people who are infected. doctors believe rapid testing could help slow the spread of covid-19. >>what we're trying to do here with testing is to identify people who are infectious and get them isolated so the real intervention is isolation and a sort of secondary one is quarantine where you think they might become infectious. so this helps us get to that faster. >>doctor george rutherford is encouraged by rapid testing though he says that more data is needed to determine just how robust and the rapid testing method is. >>today in oakland, the alameda county public health department hosts a free covid testing pop-up site and they're going to give away facemasks to it starts at 10 o'clock this morning ends at 04:00pm and that's on macarthur boulevard testing is available for adults an

. >> reporter: lab workers are set up and ready to go at the bart station. the only thing they need is more patients. this is the third day of the free covid test site and hope as many people as possible will take advantage of it. >> the last two days that we have done here, we've tested around 140 and 160 patients. i'm hoping to hit that number again today. >> reporter: bay area community health arranged the clinics when alameda county moved into orange figuring as businesses reopen, cases would likely go up and testing would be crucial. >> the important piece i want to say after the mask is the testing because a lot of asymptomatic cases of young people, they don't feel symptoms and can be positive and spread the disease across. >> reporter: once eve notable difference is how covid test sites changed. this has a d.j. creating a fun environment. quite a contrast to when the pandemic started and sites were quiet and tense. patients who have been tested more than once noticed the change. >> it was very tense. i was really afraid. everybody was like so serious

by the sharks, warning they do not have adequate road access and parking as google, bart and gh-speed rail all move into the dear don area. the arena might become unviable. >> they live 50 or more miles away. hey drive in from a long wa >>s eynot wa locked out of the area as it gets torah. and roads like santa clara st. potentially lose lanes of traffic. >> multiple roads could be shut down all simultaneously, blocking off all four sides of the sap center. >> nancy klein says the city is committed to the team, which recently signed an agreement to ay tough 2040. >> construction mitigation planningis essential, so we agree th, wiem thatths habe done. >> the team is vital to san jose and will have plenty of parking for fans, in addition to a plethora of transit options. >> if the google project will replace the parking spaces, that it eliminates by building on a parking lot currently, and hopefully, there is a scenario that they will even produce at additional spaces beyond what they take out. >> reporter: the public comment period for the environmental impact report for downtown closes

bevan dufty whose political career spans 40 years, the voters have decided that he will serve on the bart board of directors once again i think it's a great time i am so honored to be elected to my term and bart i think that the experiences that we all have lgbt informs how we lead. >>and we have an understanding of the issues. i think that we understand what it feels like to have doors closed or to have people question your capability or your rights to be a parent. you know, i'm a dad san franciscans have long embraced and helped pave the way for the lgbtq community. >>to represent their own in the political sphere since the days of harvey milk, many hurdles have been overcome. and this year cities which are traditionally less progressive have elected newcomers like torry harris, the first openly black man who will become a state representative in tennessee plus the first openly trans elected officials look stephanie byers, a former high school music teacher who will serve on the state legislature in kansas. taylor small who will become state senator in vermont, and former journalist eve

station, the pittsburg bay point bart station that's pushing up your drive time you're looking at 28es now because of that crash all stay on top of more traffic updates coming up in a bit back to you. >>thank you 56 we'll take a quick break but coming up in the next hour protests break out. as people demand all the votes be counted in this presidential election about the latest on where the race stands at this hour. plus a burglary at a sporting goods store in san lorenzo it's under investigation. we'll have a live report. ♪ 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. 100% beef and hearty chili. try my $5.99 chili cheeseburger combo. it's pretty delicious. >>news station. you're watching the kron 4 morning news at 9. >>and thanks for joining us. i wish i could say it was the finest hour we do not have a decision yet in the presidential race were keeping you posted as the election results come in i'm daria false and i'm james fletcher and we'll have a complete breakdown of that coming up here and half a second, but. >>we also want update y

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