this is kron 4 news at 3. >>as hospitals, thousands of people continue to die daily from the coronavirus thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 03:00pm i'm sanaz tahernia a warning from doctor grant colfax today as cases surge out of control but first we start with breaking news this afternoon just into the newsroom. the new more contagious covid-19 variant has been detected for the first time here in the u.s. the governor of colorado confirmed the infection in his state today. colorado health officials say the infected individual is a man in his 20's who has no travel history. he's currently in isolation outside of denver. the variant is the same one that has been rapidly circulating across the uk and has been detected in at least 17 other countries. now we start today with the surge of coronavirus cases that continue to rage throughout the state memorial hospital in los angeles says they're at 140% icu capacity in at least 2 california regions have 0 icu bed availability now according to california's hea

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you for that report, dan and today governor newsom announced that inmates and homeless people in california could be in the next here to get the vaccine. our kron theresa stasi looking into the story and we'll have a full report tonight on kron 4 news at 8. and as the number of coronavirus cases climbs a statewide hospitals here in the bay area are struggling to keep from getting overwhelmed with patients kron four's charles clifford joins us live from contra costa county charles. what is the situation like this afternoon there. >>well you know around the bay area hospitals have seen an increase in coronavirus just since thanksgiving. john muir medical center behind me here in walnut creek has seen their number of patients in the icu triple since then and the hospitals are very worried about the coming weeks after christmas and new year's and they are preparing. for january. >>as of monday icu bed availability at hospitals around the bay area is at just 9.5% in response health

now's the perfect time for you to download the kron 4 and kron on apps to get the latest alerts in new send to your devices. those apps are free and in the apple and google play stores. football may be canceled but basketball is back right now the warriors taking on the denver nuggets in the first of 3 preseason games over at chase center. the real season starts 10 days from now right now a tight game with the warriors up one '06, 100 against the nuggets 10 days once again, the real season will start they will head east to take on the new jersey nets where they will face. former player kevin durant. >>parts of the bay area woke up to some rain this morning, here's some video of rain we saw moving in overnight from right here in our kron 4 news studios that her view from our right here on front street. but more rain is on the way so if you missed out on this storm i think you'll get wet but the next one kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is tracking the next storm moving our way yeah and we definitely got some much-needed rain just seen in jonathan we saw anywhere from a quarter of

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stay with us kron 4 news at 3 continues right after >>kron 4 continues a deep dive into the covid-19 vaccines in hopes of answering many of the questions we're getting in part to kron four's dan kerman looks at how the vaccine will allow us to return to normal and why that could be fewer people than needed get the vaccine. >>the hope is that vaccines will allow us to return to a day when mask-wearing and social distancing are no longer needed and that requires reaching herd immunity. the point where enough people are immune that the virus begins to die out. >>we don't reach that point until about 70% of people are immune either through vaccination or through having had prior infection, 70% is about 240 million americans. >>the problem is recent polls show only half of americans are ready to get the vaccine and that could prove problematic if we don't get to the point that enough people are vaccinated and are amused. then we never get ourselves out of the current pickle doctor robert wachter who chairs you see san francisco's department of medicine says with the vaccine in limited sup

kron 4 news. >>thank you for that dan. and now to the south bay where the mayor of san jose is under heat for the outdoor thanksgiving dinner, he attended kron four's rob fladeboe is live in san jose with more on this story, rob. >>right to some people might argue this tempest in a teapot others say that if nothing else. it's very bad optics and that the mayor of one of the largest cities in the united states ought to have known better but it indicates the mayor is apologizing at right now for his actions as take look at the video of this some file pictures, we have of mayor sam liccardo who's been one of the chief supporters of the effort to quash the coronavirus tweeting that people need to take more care. what's happening here is the today apologizing for apparently violating the health orders with regard to thanksgiving. the attended thanksgiving dinner with his family in saratoga in violation state health guidance urged people not to attend big gatherings or any gatherings for that matter whe

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this is kron 4 news at 3. >>now at 3 staying put for longer san francisco extends its stay at home order and travel quarantine for anyone returning to the city. thank you for joining us said this new year's eve here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm sanaz tahernia the city today said it does not appear the bay area will get above 15% available icu capacity by january 7th, which is when the stay at home order was expected to us expire as long as covid numbers improved kron four's charles cooper joins us live from san francisco with details on that hi charles. >>either san francisco's actually made some progress in slowing the spread of coronavirus here in the city but because cases are still climbing statewide and across the bay area because hospitals in our region are approaching full capacity, the city has decided to extend its stay at home order. >>san francisco's current stay at home order began on december 14th and was scheduled to end on january 4th, but will now continue indefinitely the decision comes as a new va

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>now at 3 governor gavin newsome has confirmed that the new strain of covid-19 that was discovered in the uk has been detected in california. thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm sanaz tahernia the governor made the announcement during a virtual events with doctor anthony fauci today the governor's office says it was found in a patient in san diego county. but no further details were provided. we go out now live to kron four's dan kerman following the conversation between our governor and the nation's top and does infectious-disease expert good afternoon. dan. >>we know is very coincidental that it turns out that this new strain of the virus comes to california. just as the governor is sitting down for an online conversation with doctor fauci during that time they discussed many issues this one number one doctor fauci says he is not surprised this train has come to california and says it's likely we'll go other places as well. >>i'm not surprised that you have a case

watching kron 4 news. and now a 10's of millions of californians will be under a stay at home order starting tomorrow as coronavirus cases rise and hospitals get even closer to reaching icu capacity. >>thank you so much for joining us here on prime time here on kron 00:00am tonight, i'm justine waldman of jonathan mccall earlier this week you may remember governor newsom issued a stay at home order that would go into effect. >>if a specific regions intensive care capacity fell below 15%. >>well 5 bexar county has decided to enact the governor's regional stay at home or order earlier than required so starting tomorrow, san francisco santa clara and contra costa county stay at home orders will go into effect at 10:00pm then on monday just after midnight alameda county state home order will kick in then on tuesday marine county's order will go into effect at noon this news comes as the bay area region including monterrey in santa cruz counties. >>have not yet reached the state's icu threshold. health official

>>believe all kron 4 news. >>next at 3.30 we'll hear from man in alabama on how he's feeling after participating in the 3rd phase of the pfizer vaccine trial. and covid relief negotiations continue but direct payments are part of the planned american see stimulus checks coming their way we'll have a live report from washington d c. and after the break a step closer in the fight against coronavirus us regulators have released their first scientific evaluation. pfizer's a covid-19 confirmed in a first strong protection. caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liquid formula coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. while the leading competitor does nothing to kill the bacteria, pepto® diarrhea gets to the source, killing the bad bacteria. so, try pepto® diarrhea, and remember to have it on hand every time you travel. also try pepto®-bismol liquicaps for on-the-go relief. learn

live in san francisco gayle ong kron 4 news. >>there's so much gayle switching gears more than 18,000 people are now hospitalized. throughout the state of california and many of the states intensive care units are now full. the bay area region's icu capacity is just below 10% northern california has more than 3 times that amount available just above 16% of beds are still available in the greater sacramento region and hospitals in the san joaquin valley and southern california regents are out of available icu beds. in addition to dangerously low hospital capacity. there is now a harsh reality that many restaurants in san francisco. that have closed during the pandemic will remain shuttered heading into 2021 and beyond, but today some restaurants still in operation open for takeout and pickup kron and kron four's phillipe djegal stopped by one business hoping to cash in on that holiday spirit. >>a change of pace and ever changing times for black would american type fusion in san francisco, not only christmas heavy years, but this

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan.>it is important to emphasize that not all bay area counties are locking down right now san mateo and solano counties put out these statements this afternoon solano county statement reads in part to add orders on top of what the state has already issued restricts local businesses even further when they are not the cause of the spread in solano county. public health continues to monitor the situation closely with our local hospital partners and the state. meanwhile, san mateo county says while the county understands and appreciates the measures taken by the other bay area counties, san mateo will not at this time be issuing a new local stay at home order and we'll continue to work with business and community leaders on adherence to existing guidelines you can find their full statements at our website kron 4 dot com now to the south bay where hospitals have already fallen below the 15% of capacity threshold that would have triggered a lockdown there kron four's joins us now live from san

>>haaziq madyun kron 4 news. police want to know if you recognize this man santa rosa police say robbed a bank of america on sonoma street yesterday morning. officers say the suspect entered the bank at 10:20am in the morning pointed something through his jacket and demanded money suspect then walked out with an unknown amount of money or at least not known to us to reward of up to $2500 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of that man. now our 4 zone kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow sarah larson i stated a pretty out or just yeah beautiful along the coastline, if you had a chance to go up there for a walk along the beach today, gorgeous skies out there. >>but things are going to start to shift gears as it looks like, we've got a series of storms really lining up i think it's been so dry. the first part of this rain season as we get this next year will look a whole lot wetter outside right now what a gorgeous evening. in half moon bay, some people still out there on the coastline enjoy

watching kron 4 news. now at 8 o'clock a historic nomination president elect joe biden now tapping california attorney general javier becerra as his secretary of health and human services. >>that's where we start this sunday night here on kron 4 news at a thanks so much for joining us. i'm jonathan mccall and i'm justine waldman if confirmed the sarah would be the first latino to head that department. >>the sarah spent more than 2 decades as a member of the house of representatives in his time as california is a g he spearheaded the coalition of democratic states defending the affordable care act from the trump administration's efforts to eliminate it. the sarah's nomination comes as the congressional hispanic caucus, has said there is a lack of latinos in the incoming cabinet, if confirmed this air will face the daunting task of leading the department during a pandemic that has killed more than 281,000 people has disproportionately affected people of color. >>our other big story this sunday night more tha

haaziq kron 4 news. >>time now for our 4 zone forecast a little break in the wet weather out there a break because we are expecting some rain across 4 meteorologist erica caturay joining us with what we can expect erica we're seeing some rain this week we are i'll talk more about that later on, but i want to recap what we saw over the weekend because it was good that we actually had that rain we really needed here in the bay area, san francisco, oakland hills and half moon bay saw over an inch of rain santa rosa as well and now pious actually had over 3 inches of rain over the weekend. here's a live look over temper on seeing clear skies. we saw some more of the series clouds out there and you can see that in the distance are current temperatures, 53 degrees there. winds are looking very light throughout the bay area at the moment so here's our satellite and radar right now you can see the whole state overall dry so different compared to what we saw over the weekend to the north of us 30 still getting so

haaziq kron 4 news.>well this morning, a volunteer at big cat rescue in tampa florida was seriously injured big cat rescue is owned by carol baskin. does that name sound familiar because she became famous for her role and that netflix documentary tiger king. now this incident happened when a tiger that the volunteer was feeding grabbed her arm and nearly tore it off at the shoulder. the woman was a volunteer at big cat rescue for about 5 years. in a statement baskin said that the incident happened when there was an issue with a gate in the tiger's enclosure the volunteer did end up going to the hospital. up next how missing a credit card payment. >>could be a sign of early memory loss, but why noticing it now will make sense later. i am robert strickler. i've been involved in communications in the media for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more c

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watching kron 4 news. now at night san francisco city officials hinting at for rollback announcements in the coming days as covid cases and hospitalizations. >>continue to rise good evening, everybody thanks for being here for kron 4 news at 9. i'm grant lotus and hernia in for vicki liviakis tonight. >>while outdoor dining is still allowed in the state's current purple tier guidelines, many restaurants. >>are bracing for the possibility of pausing outdoor dining kron four's taylor spoke to restaurant groups and owners in the city today she joins us now live with more on that taylor. >>seen as well there hasn't been any official word or changes yet to outdoor dining city officials say they can't rule out the possibility just yet and for many of these businesses outdoor dining is what keeps the lights on it's what keeps people out of work and what its would keep their doors open so not having it could be the final nail in the coffin for many of these businesses. >>i don't think any of us thought we would be

>>has it made you kron 4 news. the results of the first snow survey of the year are in and the amount of water in california's mountain snowpack is only about half of average for early winter, but at phillips station off highway 50 in south lake tahoe, why the. states department of water is finding that the snow pack they're measured. 93 1% of normal for this time of the season. the result comes after what's been a very dry fall as we all know all across the state. >>the extremely dry fall has only exacerbated. what's been an already unprecedented wildfire season. and those large scale bird from the wildfires such as the creek fire in the san joaquin river watershed and the north complex fire in the feather river watershed we'll definitely see some of those impacts from those impacts to our snow pack. >>the u.s. drought monitor lists, 33% of california in extreme drought, but more snow is on the way that's the good news chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here to tell us all about it or it's yeah kind of fascinatin

watching kron 4 news. we're told it was just a matter of time and that time as com. >>larry regions icu capacity dropping dangerously low triggering a mandatory stay at home order. the arrival of the order now coincides with the arrival of the covid vaccine in a number of bay area counties. >>an emotional time for frontline workers here from most tonight who have now received the vaccine. >>plus california setting geier daily records 53,000 infections and nearly 300 more dead in a matter of 24 hours. all of this is hospital capacity continues to say. good evening and thanks for joining us everyone for kron 4 news at 8. >>i'm vicki liviakis jonathan mccall grant lotus enjoying the night off tonight most of california's 40 million residents now under stay-at-home orders. >>because of dwindling intensive care unit capacity, it's. >>our top story tonight, the bay area regions icu capacity, it has dropped below that 15% threshold, triggering a regional stay at home order. so while most of the counties in the re

has it made kron 4 news. >>turning our attention now to the east bay today's the first day of the states that mandated stay at home order in kron four's charles clifford visit sites across contra costa county to see what businesses were doing to limit capacity and keep their customers safe. >>well eric contra costa on friday. this is the first day of the new stay at home order now the county is essentially following what the state is mandating that includes that restaurants have to close down except for takeout and delivery retail stores are limited to 20% grocery stores can only have 35% capacity and today i had a chance to go around and kind of see how some of these places are doing this is only my let's start over at the sun valley shopping center on friday morning pretty quiet over there everyone inside wearing a mask, same story everywhere i went today masks are pretty much universal inside them all pretty quiet. there were a couple of stores kind of controlling the people in and out but overall very qui

dan kerman kron 4 news.>thank you dan today, governor newsom announced that inmate and the homeless in california they could be in the next year to get the vaccine or kron four's terisa stasio we'll have a full report tonight on kron 4 news at 8. >>california recorded more than 33,000 new cases of coronavirus over the weekend. the total number of people in the hospital is now close to 21,000 for the bay area region roughly 9% of icu beds are available no icu beds are available in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. officials say they expect to stay at home orders in those regions will be nxtended. ahead of the presumed post holiday search. more details are expected in tomorrow's news conference with state health officials. >>as the number of coronavirus cases climbs across the state hospitals in the bay area they are struggling to prevent being overwhelmed with patients kron four's charles clifford has an update from contra costa county. >>hospitals around the bay area saw a surge in coro

gayle ong kron 4 news. >>san francisco mayor london breed shared her reaction to the governor's announcement on social media tweeting we have to get our students back in school and we've shown we can do it safely with the right precautions and investments. i appreciate governor newsome making this a priority and san francisco continues to stand ready to support the city school district our students and our educators. several other california school districts released a joint statement reading in part we will look carefully at what's being proposed and intend to provide feedback to the governor and his staff as well as our legislative representatives in sacramento. make sure the guidelines address the needs of students and families served by large urban districts across the state. and another big story we're following some desperately needed and long awaited financial help is on the way for millions of americans were talking about this 600 not $2000 stimulus check some people may have actually already got th

haaziq kron 4 news. >>and from those who are hesitant to take it to the front line workers who are beyond ready for its arrival. everyone is talking about the covid-19 vaccine now that is being administered in the united states for diving deeper into how the new weapon against the virus. >>actually works kron four's dan kerman has that story. >>on the surface of the coronavirus is the spike protein that's how covid-nineteen enters our cells because the coronavirus is new the body's immune system is not ready to attack it. the new vaccines change that by getting the body ready to fight the vaccines basically. >>allow either either give us the spike protein or get our own cells to produce the spike protein that immune system says what is this thing i got to attack it in that accident. but then now it's primed and ready to attack anything any spike protein sees again. and the one you really worry about is the one that on top of that that on the outside of the virus. >>both the pfizer and moderna mrna vaccin

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>now to our 4 zone forecast lawrence is standing by with a look at rain. yet another storm looks like it's headed our way right now, partly cloudy skies out the door kind of nice evening, it's going to dry tonight. i think tomorrow night that's a whole different story as that storm system starts to move a little bit closer so. >>up there right now you can see some of those clouds floating on by and to have some cool temperatures to out the civic yeah we're getting active out there you see another little swirl out there that is the developing storm. that will soon pay a visit to the bay area right now around the states can in your skies with the doppler radar we're keeping things dry out there now and should stay dry throughout the night and maybe early tomorrow morning, but well things are changing in a hurry after that in fact the murder start to feel some of the effects a large swells have moved along the coastline so high surf advisory in effect expecting some of those waves 70, m

dan kerman kron 4 news.ou can watch part 2 of our series tomorrow will look into how the vaccine will allow us to return to normal and why that could be impacted if fewer people than needed get the vaccine. >>yeah, i'm pretty optimistic. i think that it will be relatively effective given the 95% in the clinical trials, but i think the issue is like production is it going to be enough for the population is something that concerned about a miracle really that this thing came as early as it did because and now as a venue i don't think we would have been able to last until the year. like this about the vaccine. >>people in the south bay sharing their thoughts with kron 4 on the arrival of the pfizer vaccine in california. a very historic day not only here but across the nation as well just a couple hours ago, health officials in santa clara county held a news conference to address of bike vaccine arrival in that county kron four's rob fladeboe joins us live from san jose with details on that hi rob. >>i since th

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>today, san mateo county opened a permanent coronavirus a mobile testing site in daly city is located at jefferson union high school the county hopes to conduct at least 500 tests every day san mateo county supervisor david says this testing site is one of several things needed to keep the virus from spreading. >>we need to make sure that we test we give people resources that test covid positive and in addition to that we need people to have personal responsibility by wearing their mask, making sure that they're socially distant. making sure that we eliminate gatherings in so these extremely important. >>san mateo county currently sits in the purple tier on the state's tier system this testing site will be open from 10 in the morning until 00:00pm in the afternoon monday through friday and it is free for adults and families we posted a link on our website kron 4 dot com. so that you can make an appointment all right we are the holiday season and winter time and it feels kind of like

watching kron 4 news. >>welcome and merry christmas eve to you i'm grant lotus in tonight for ken wayne and i'm elsa ammonium. pam moore has the night off. it's christmas eve and then a typical year that would mean families across the bay area would be heading to church tonight or tomorrow morning. >>but like everything else covid-19 has changed all that this year everything is different this state mandated stay at home order currently prohibits indoor worship services while the. >>county says remote services are the safest option outdoor services are allowed with up to 200 people spaced 6 feet apart attendees must be out by 10:00pm. >>but a south bay church is defying those health orders tonight and hosting indoor service on this christmas eve. their lawyer says that the church has been fined more than half a million dollars. but that's not stopping them from welcoming churchgoers kron four's gayle ong live tonight in san jose with details here, gayle. >>grant on a low charge has been at odds with santa c

noelle bellow kron 4 news.ugmaker astrazeneca says that its vaccine will be effective against a mutant strain of the coronavirus now that strain mostly being seen in great britain. the company is developing a vaccine. it is expected to be approved by british authorities probably this week. there's some concern the vaccine being developed with oxford university might not be as good as the one made by pfizer partial results suggest that the astrazeneca shot is about 70% effective at this point anyway compared to the 95% reported by pfizer. there could soon be a new coronavirus treatment this one would help people right after the exposure scientists said university college london hospitals are doing trials. they are seeing whether people recently exposed could get some protection from the virus by getting a direct antibody injection. this is not intended as an alternative to the vaccine. this is for people of either got a long wait or they can't get the vaccine for some reason. results of the trials expected in th

watching kron 4 news. >>a deadly pandemic and when the middle of it. >>now at 9 governor newsome giving a grim update to california's covid-19 situation today. the state is averaging more than 160 deaths per day over just the past week. prompting the distribution of 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit los angeles and san diego areas. governor newsom also says 60 refrigerated trailers are going to be standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of coronavirus deaths from hospitalizations good evening, everyone, i'm vicki liviakis i'm jonathan mccall in tonight for graham lotus california now averaging nearly 30 fact, 33,000 new covid-19 cases per day. >>of those 12% of those are expected to be hospitalized in a matter of weeks as regional available intensive care unit capacity is dwindle state leaders say that putting together a surge staffing is a top priority. and on the covid vaccine front the governor announcing that california. now expecting a 393,000 more doses of the pfizer vaccine

watching kron 4 news. >>now tonight a major vote on covid-19 relief for millions of americans the house of representatives approving a measure that would increase the next round of stimulus checks from $600 up to $2000. thanks for joining us tonight, everybody, i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus this move follows the president's request a day after he signed off on the spending package. >>the plan passed today with a super majority vote 44 republicans actually joined the democrats kron four's washington dc correspondent raquel martin has more. >>the bill is passed the house of representatives voted yes on a plan to increase stimulus checks for most americans from 600 to $2000 honor our heroes and put money in the pockets of the american people the president had demanded the increased and democratic lawmakers jumped at the opportunity time to do what the economists want us to do of a new democratic congress and matt cartwright said for democrats the higher checks were a no-brainer our economy is in a sh

>>in belmont rob fladeboe kron 4 news.oday, the nation's top infectious disease expert doctor anthony fauci got his first shot of the covid-19 vaccine. doctor fauci says that he wants to ensure that the public. in to the public that the vaccine is safe so he got the shot publicly earlier today, health and human services secretary alex azar also got his vaccine. doctor deborah birx the white house is covid coordinator says that she's planning to retire soon indeed, but she did not say exactly when burks told the news outlet newsy the scrutiny from her role was overwhelming for her family. >>and very difficult on her. this news comes right after. she apparently bucked lockdown guidelines and traveled out of the state with her family during the thanksgiving weekend. burke says. she will first help president elect biden's transition team before she retires. now air force of forecasts. >>coming up on the holiday kron four's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow but whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa ed yeah we're getting close guys chris

dan thorn kron 4 news every vaccine helps in this fight. dan thank you meanwhile moving to southern california tonight, public health officials say they are seeing an alarming increase in the number of covid-19 cases among workers at supermarkets. >>they know estimate that one in 80 people living in la county now have the virus. more than 100,000 cases have been recorded in the last 8 days alone. that's the fastest acceleration of infections in la county since the pandemic started putting the total number of cases there in southern california passed the 600,000 mark. all of this comes as the statewide at statewide stay at home order remains in effect. >>oakland's historic and last standing piano bar, the alley is now on the brink of closure because of the pandemic as kron 4 taylor reports the alleys doors have been closed since mid-march and the community is fighting now to save the bar. >>it's a familiar sound in oakland, the piano leading a variety of voices, anyone from to fema's performance its living former rest and jacqueline simpkins

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dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan. >>california schools could start in person learning soon as february that is under a new plan unveiled by governor newsome today. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsome wednesday introduced a 2 billion dollar school reopening plan allowing some to restart as soon as february learning remains non negotiable. but obvious, neither is safety the plan is a phased approach at first it primarily targets in person teaching for elementary school students and younger more details of the plan are slated to be released next week. but the administration promises increased efforts to provide personal protective equipment, frequent testing and contact tracing the governor confirmed teachers are set to be prioritized in the next phase of vaccinations in california running through the spring of 2021 news, some promises his administration will also provide a website where parents students and staff can see their schools reopening status case outbreaks and state fun

watching kron 4 news. >>president trump still refusing to sign a 900 billion dollar coronavirus relief bill that leaves benefits for 14 million people in limbo tonight. good evening. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 i'm justine waldman jonathan mccall is off this evening that congress passed that bill that would give qualified americans a $600 check earlier this week, but president trump says it does not help the american people enough. he wants a $2000 payment instead kron four's dan thorn spoke with a political science expert about the implications of the president's inaction he joins us now live in san francisco, a details good evening. dan. >>good evening, justine well with the president not signing this bill so far not only will pandemic unemployment benefits possibly run out. there's also the risk of the federal government shutting down which will lead to millions more being furloughed sam san jose state university political science expert tells us the president was weak and his negoti

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you dan, you may notice that some counties are not involved in this latest stay at home order that includes san mateo and solano counties even napa and sonoma but solano county just put out the statement that reads in part to add orders on top of what the state has already issued restricts local businesses even further when they are not the cause of the spread in solano county. so on a public health continues to monitor the situation closely with our local hospital partners and the state. now in san mateo county while they say they understand and appreciate the measures taken by the other bay area counties, san mateo well not at this time the issuing a new local stay at home order and will continue to work with businesses and community leaders on it he runs to the existing guidelines they're also encouraging people to continue to stay distant from one another and wear a mask and also acknowledge that there is an increased rate of covid in san mateo county you can read the full

watching kron 4 news. >>now 9 we're in the midst of the holiday season right now and that has health officials here in the bay bracing for another wave of covid cases what is fauci say a surge upon a surge. it's not good good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 o'clock, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis said this comes as counties begin to enact stricter. and more restrictions to do the holiday gatherings and all the travel. >>a san francisco and san mateo counties they have joined 6 other bay counties in the state's most restrictive reopening tier that is the purple tier and that means in about an hour both counties will also begin implementing a curfew until 05:00am that will last until at least december 21st in the purple tier gyms churches and movie theaters will have to operate outdoors or closed capacity at retail stores will be limited to 25%. and restaurants they can continue to operate only outdoors the only bay area county not in the purple tier is marine county. >>and in less than

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>next to date state health officials releasing updated guidelines for youth sports what they mean for high school athletes across california and its warts tara vanderveer surpassing pat summit or the some of the profession becoming the. >>all-time wins leader in women's college basketball history. it's one structure just says the highlights and reaction still to come. >>a school coaches and school administrators are still trying to digest the newest rules laid out by state health leaders on when kids can resume team sports again and say sure want to because of the surge in covid cases health officials want hold off on sports activities until january 25th that the very latest our reporter lonnie wong has details. >>the state department of public health classified youth sports in the categories depending on how close athletes may come to one another activities played outdoors were more likely to be allowed sooner. but the timetables linked to the color-coded tears aside each county whe

watching kron 4 news. >>now at 9 financial help some is on the way for millions of americans the $600 stimulus payments are expected to start arriving in bank accounts tonight. we have direct deposit, the paper checks will start getting mailed out tomorrow. thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 9 everybody, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis where the money is certainly a welcome sight for so many families struggling to get by many say it's just not enough president trump congressional democrats along with a handful of republicans are still pushing for those payments to increase to $2000 but as joe khalil reports for us tonight, the odds of that happening are slim. >>it's now increasingly unlikely that americans will get a $2000 stimulus check despite growing support for them in congress donald trump says he wants to $2000 check my belief is that if we have this pope on the floor of the united states senate it will house but the vote senators like democrat ed markey will likely take won't beyond j

you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news at good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news at 4 o'clock it's friday december 4th i'm rebecca strom in for robin winston on this friday morning. >>let's start off the morning with a check of the weather with john trail, hey john hey they're we are looking at a nice way to start the weekend today skies, nice and clear across the bay area, no fog to be talking about this morning. >>and we're going to be staying clear into the upcoming weekend to something we've gotten pretty used to lately that's for sure. look outside at our secure towercam shows you those clear conditions all the way out to the bay bridge and eventually to the east bay too so a pretty clear morning overall visibility and fog cast is holding up just fine as fog sits right off shore and out into the central valley, not so much for those of us here in the bay. now right now temperatures are chilly again livermore and dublin back down into the 30's. san ramon you're at 43 while oakland at 44 san francisco and berkeley or 2 spots in the 50's. well, th

theresa kron 4 news. >>as states prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could in the pandemic a new poll finds only about half of americans are ready to roll up their sleeves when their turn comes. the survey from the associated press and orc center for public affairs research shows about a quarter of us adults aren't sure they want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus roughly another quarter say they won't in the survey of more than a 1000 adults conducted in the last week about 30% said they are very or extremely confident that the first available vaccines will have been properly tested for safety and effectiveness about an equal number said they are not confident among americans who will not get vaccinated the poll found 43% are concerned the vaccine itself could infect them something that is scientifically impossible since the shots do not contain any virus. and while covid-19 has killed or hospitalized minorities at far higher rates than white americans. just 24% of black participants and

watching kron 4 news. >>help is on the horizon, the shipments of the newly approved covid-19 vaccine are on the way to hotspots nationwide that includes right here in the bay area. good sunday evening. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news in prime time, i'm justine waltman jonathan mccall this is where we begin tonight, the first shipments of the covid vaccine now on the move. >>but the first shots expected here in the bay area sometime on monday on for us dan thorn is live for us now in front of ucsf he has been tracking today's historic developments good evening. dan. >>johnson and justine well today, the cdc and the western states health safety group. both approved the use of the vaccine meaning california can administer it here but now there are questions about how this vaccine will be distributed and what comes next. >>fedex trucks rolling out the first shipments of pfizer by a one text covid-19 vaccine. it's a signal of hope as coronavirus cases continue to soar in california. the fir

watching kron. >>that evening. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 9 i'm justine waldman and i'm jonathan mccall thank so much for joining us. we start this sunday night with big news from washington dc tonight. president trump has finally given the green light that covid-19 stimulus package after making lawmakers and americans wait 5 days she was holding off because he wanted the individual payments to americans to be increased from $600 to $2000 in the meantime though millions of americans lost their increased unemployment benefits at midnight tonight. he says he changed his mind after both chambers agreed to vote on legislation to increase those payments, a measure that the house has passed several times but right now there's no indication that republicans in the gop led senate will change their minds to increasing those payments by getting them to agree on a vote was good enough for the president, but those 5 days be things worse for millions of americans and created economic uncertainty for

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you to him. >>well as coronavirus cases surge in hospital beds are filling up across the state stay at home orders have been extended into california regents southern california also the san joaquin valley. they will remain under stay at home orders until further notice. and the state's top health officer doctor mark kalish says that for week projections do not show any improvement in covid hospitalizations over the last 14 days. statewide hospitalizations in fact increased by more than 36%. in the bay area roughly 10 and a half percent of icu beds are available. there are none available and the san joaquin valley and southern california region. doctor galley clarified today that being a 0% icu capacity means the region is already making use of its surge capacity. >>a statue in honor of breonna taylor was smashed to pieces in the east bay over the weekend and some time this week. the statue was actually stolen the sculptor says he will not be daunted by this act of vandalism kron four's terisa st

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and it states in the u.s. frantically prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could end the pandemic a new poll finds only about half of americans say they want to take it at least in the first batch, the survey from the associated press shows about a quarter of us adults are not sure if they want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus roughly another quarter say they know they will. many on the fence set of safety concerns and want to watch how the initial rollout goes. experts estimate at least 70% of the u.s. population would need to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity. >>united kingdom is looking into possible allergic reactions to pfizer's and by and tax coronavirus vaccines. uk regulators say people have a significant history of allergic reaction should not get the shot. those regulators are investigating 2 reactions from yesterday which was the first day of the country's mass vaccination program. >>and free covid testing is expanding in west oakland, starting tomorrow. and every week

dan thorn kron 4 news. thank you so much dan california saw 25,000 new cases in the last 24 hours more than 1.3 million cases have been reported in the state with more than 19,000 confirmed deaths. >>there are more than 9400 patients hospitalized with coronavirus in the state with 2100 currently in the icu. >>not all bay area counties though are implementing those lockdown orders early those counties are sonoma napa solano and san mateo meanwhile leaders in san mateo county say they won't be issuing any new stay at home orders instead they want the public to take extra precautions to protect themselves. in slowing down the spread of covid-19 kron four's gayle ong has that story. >>san mateo county remains in the restrictive purple tier. health officials say they will continue to work with businesses and community leaders on adherence to existing guidelines. we spoke to workers here in downtown san carlos. >>it's interesting that all the counties around us are closed down it just kind of scary because there

watching kron 4 news. if we love the virus. spreading this case. we estimate the san francisco. we'll run out of intensive care unit on december, 26. now at 9 san francisco's top doctor says the number of icu beds in the city is quickly decreasing. >>has more than 30 million californians prepare for stay at home orders to kick in. thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 9 i'm justine waltman jonathan mccall in the last month covid-19 hospitalizations have tripled here in san francisco. >>covid cases in the city jumping 35% in just the past week at that rate public health director doctor grant colfax says that san francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. >>right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24%. a number of health leaders across the bay area say they don't want to take any chances. so stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the san joaquin valley and southern california because those regions have already fallen

>>kron four's rob fladeboe joining us live from san jose rob.>well that's right ken it's the moment that to hospitals and other health care facilities have been waiting for and planning for 4 months the need of course is very great and at first it won't be enough to go around. but vaccinations could begin here soon as we see now let's take a look. >>you are looking at the first shipment of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine to arrive here in santa clara county. this first batch is 5,850 doses part of an expected 17,550 doses which will be forwarded on to hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. wrapping up for vaccinations that could begin by the end of the week is stanford health care says vice president lisa shilling we know the first shipment we're going to get 3,900 doses. >>we're already prepared for that and we also just heard today the press. >>that as of thursday will understand how many doses of the next shipment of pfizer we're going to get the week of the 21st of this month stanford will ultimately need as many as 30,000 doses. >>eventually a