. >> reporter: ...including noelle and jeffrey rasmussen, who shot this video.ou're going to go back and see your kids now. what do you tell them? >> i've really been struggling with what to tell my four-year- old. it was a really striking picture of our window blown out, and our christmas tree still standing there. >> reporter: f.b.i. and a.t.f. response teams continue to recover evidence at the bomb scene, hoping to figure out why 63-year-old anthony warner blew up his r.v. ( explosion ) >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: noelle, jeffrey, and their two kids ran to safety early friday morning, capturing this video shortly after police knocked on their door and told them to get out. seeing the impact of the blast for the first time, jeffrey and noelle say they cannot believe more people weren't hurt or even killed. >> we don't know where we're going to live. we don't know what we're going to do. our whole life is surrounded by bomb wreckage. it was hard to see. >> reporter: well, authorities say, prior to this, warner didn't have much of a criticism history, just a ma

of course causing some around the world is covid vaccines are now being distributed kron four's noelle bellow has more on why local experts say this might sound concerning. >>but you shouldn't panic. >>the bottom line is mutations happen all the time. it's in the spike proteins again that you can get mutations hoping to ease concerns about a possible new strain of covid-19 ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor, peter, chin-hong says this isn't the first time during the pandemic scientists have seen the virus mutate. >>it was a time in vietnam that was reported in the media and that was sort of like fizzle out then even when it was happening in new york people saying is this more transmissible than not whether or not this particular variant more transmissible than the background rate remains to be proven. he says it just takes one or 2 super spreader events for that very have to be expressed widely in the community. >>and he's pointing to a massive rush of people trying to leave london before the holidays as a culprit of this mutation of course when you bring a lot of noses and toge

what happens when the community prevalent starts to decrease noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>cash will no longer be accepted at any state bay area bridges that's beginning in the new year. drivers will be billed by a new all electric co system, the system of this like the one being used at the golden gate bridge. customers who pay with fast track or a license plate account. they want to see any difference in statements. cash toll collection was suspended march 21st and again in the new year that change will become permanent. >>california's employment development department says close to a million and a half people in the state are currently unemployed. >>but representative said to local staffing agencies say the jobs that are in high demand tend to be here in the bay area kron four's haaziq madyun has the story. >>although the pandemic has had major impact of the overall job market in 2020 bay area job recruiters say the time is right for job, seekers always a good time jo jo verona is the direct hire recruiter for the job shop in san francisco and employment agency that sp

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>and tonight at 5.30 kron 4 is always tracking local story and here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now in the east bay dublin police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed bay area rapper little gaze that shooting happened near the east dublin bar station early saturday morning yeas whose real name is alexander mark antonio junior was transported to a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds, but he later died anyone with information is asked to contact police. >>and in the south bay, man is dead after stabbing in san jose that happened last night along north capitol avenue and the man died this morning. his identity has not been released and no one has been arrested this is the 42nd homicide of the year in san jose. >>the police are investigating their 28th homicide this year this latest one happened saturday night on cement and street when officers arrived they found evidence of a shooting, but no victim, it was not until later that they learned the victi

noelle bellow kron 4 news. tonight california's attorney general is suing amazon claiming the company isn't cooperating with an investigation into workplace safety amid the pandemic. >>our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>california attorney general have the best set announced monday he seeking a court order urging amazon to comply with subpoenas. the state has apparently been sending the company for months if amazon can deliver. >>85 inch tv should be able to deliver to the department of justice the straightforward information we officially requested of them nearly 4 months ago. >>the state's department of justice wants details on the company's covid-19 prevention protocols and sick leave policies along with information and data on infections and covid-19 related deaths at amazon facilities across california. the did not mention specific incidents or say how many complaints the department has received about the marketplace and shipping giant want to stress. >>investigation is ongoing and no de

more people are adhering to the new stay at home orders this month compared to last our kron four's noelle bellow gives us a look. >>they were seeing a slight decline in activity compared to thanksgiving in what he deems the best metric possible sfo spokesperson doug yakel says comparing this week's holiday travel numbers to that of thanksgiving week shows quite the death during thanksgiving of this year, the passenger activity was about 75% less than it was in thanksgiving of 2019. as we look at this december holiday were over 80% lower than we were in december of 2019 so yes, the numbers are slowly recovering, but actually we're experiencing a bit of a dip since thanksgiving which may suggest. >>that some people are actually a hearing to some of the more recent health orders that have gone in place since thanksgiving nagl says on its busiest days this thanksgiving the airport saw about 20 to 21,000 passengers. >>this week they haven't gotten close to that 4 yesterday we did about 14,000 today we made to about 18 to 19,000 so those numbers are lower than what we saw thanksgiving and far f

that's certainly not what you want to hear kron four's noelle bellow now has more on why local expertshe talked to say this certainly sounds concerning but people should not panic the bottom line is mutations happen all the time. >>it's in these 5 proteins again that you can get mutations hoping to ease concerns about a possible new strain of covid-19 ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor, peter, chin-hong. >>says this isn't the first time during the pandemic scientists have seen the virus mutate. >>it was a time in vietnam that was reported in the media and that was sort of like fizzle out then even when it was happening in new york people saying is this more transmissible than not whether or not this particular variant more transmissible than the background rate remains to be proven. he says it just takes one or 2 super spreader events for that variant to be expressed widely in a 2pcommunity. >>and he's pointing to a mass rush of people trying to leave london before the holidays as a culprit of this mutation of course when you bring a lot of noses and together in a crowded place

>>kron four's noelle bellow has the story.>first came the statement then came a meeting video from tuesday afternoon shows attorney general william barr leaving the white house following his announcement that there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election is the latest step in a quite painful process in an interview with the associated press barr said us attorneys and fbi agents have been working to follow up specific complaints they've received but they've uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election are seems to be the latest one to make assessments that history will judge more kindly if he says what seems to be factually correct which is that there was no evidence of voter fraud, san jose state political science lecturer donna crane says she expects even more former trump allies to distance themselves from the baseless claims of fraud there's been a steady trickle republicans who have come out and said that the election is over and it's time to move and that and that i think

>>and though it is an exciting turn of events as kron four's noelle bellow reports the fight not over. >>i meant to suck asian in the fight against covid-19. more than 30,000 doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine arrived in california monday. frontline health care workers like kaiser permanente emergency room nurse, kim taylor were among the first to receive the what i want you guys to know is that help is on the way today is just the first step for different health centers across the state of california received those doses of the vaccine. 17,000 doses went to kaiser permanente sunset in la county. in the bay area 2000 doses arrived at zuckerberg san francisco general come tuesday 24 additional sites across the state will receive their viles by week's end more than 327,000 doses will be available across the state. >>comes in a tale proud to be to have been a part of the vaccine studies. will be at the forefront of the national vaccine distribution for frontline health care workers and first responders will continue to be the first to receive the vaccine. >>and 21 days from now they'l

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>coming up tonight at 6.45 a new study says remote learning could have a long-term impact on some students. we hear from researchers on the negative effect ahead. >>retail stores across the country have taken a hit during the pandemic or shot hudson in washington here. they're pushed to congress for more help. by harnessing california's 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. >>in national news tonight, retail stores across the nation have taken a big hit during this pandemic and now they're holding out hope that both congress and holiday shoppers help make up their losses. washington correspondent richaun hudson has more. >>those who aren't are not unemployed are shopping. their shopping online leon book with the national retail federation says small businesses that are able to sell online are hanging in there. >>and can trail is one of them that's really what gotten us through that pandemic is o

kron four's noelle bellow talk to an infectious disease expert has some answers.>with every passing day of the pandemic more questions come to mind infectious disease experts like doctor, peter chin-hong with ucsf are working hard to remind the public the science behind the vaccines should be trusted even as a new strain of the virus called into question whether or not they'll work. doctor chan, hong says the new strain isn't so different that it would make the vaccines and effective it is been around. >>and has been described since september october so it's it would be not surprising to me that it's around another big question surrounds kids and the vaccine and when they'll be able to get their shots i think the vaccines will probably be available before next school year meaning after the summer because in both pfizer and do studying kids under 12 another population concerned about the vaccine includes those who have had covid-19 and survived doctor chan hong says more guidance on when those people should get the vaccine is coming soon there right now that would

kron four's noelle bellow spoke to customers who are lined up all day long to get their last taste. >>we've found out of the same time as everybody else. >>it was a facebook post seen all around the east bay that led to align dropping all around el charro mexican dining wednesday afternoon outside super side. everyone was heartbroken to press that have wonderful place to come it's just absolutely heartbreaking really is owners of the 73 year-old restaurant announced on tuesday that thursday would be their last day citing this difficult year. >>i wish it was different, i wish we could you know stay open but just in this pandemic everybody hard cameron dorn has been a bartender and server at el charro for 8 years. >>he says not only have covid restrictions hurt the business about a sale of the building has given the owners no path forward the chair the blame the government at the same time, but you know they would have been nice to have a little bit of help earlier so out you know a lot of places are going out of business the closure comes the same week the state of california has ann

doing everything we can to save lives and contain this pandemic once and for all in the newsroom noellelow kron 4 news. >>as coronavirus cases explode across the country doctor anthony fauci says we still haven't seen a predicted thanksgiving search found to tell cbs news. the data from thanksgiving gatherings, including a rise in hospitalizations. isn't even reflected yet in current cases, those cases should begin to show themselves in the coming week can that those numbers could soon be compounded by upcoming holidays, including hanukkah and christmas. fauci says that the middle of january could be a quote really dark time for us. they have time for 4 zone forecast windy kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now boy lawrence another warm beautiful december day yeah i don't feel bad about the such that forecast that some pretty scary but. >>yeah, nice to see that sunshine make returns a warm all the way to the coastline again we had some record breaking heat out there today as the sun shone brightly everywhere around the bay area tonight beginning to see a little bit of

kron four's noelle bellow has the latest. >>first came the statement then came a meeting video from tuesday afternoon shows attorney general william barr leaving the white house following his announcement that there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election is the latest step in a quite painful process in an interview with the associated press barr said us attorneys and fbi agents have been working to follow up specific complaints they've received but they've uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election are seems to be the latest want to make assessments that history will judge more kindly if he says what seems to be factually correct which is that there was no evidence of voter fraud, san jose state political science lecturer donna crane says she expects even more former trump allies to distance themselves from the baseless claims of fraud there's been a steady trickle of republicans who have come out and said that the election is over and it's time to move and that and that i

this is not what noelle rasmussen expected to see on christmas morning-- parts of her apartment building blown to pieces. she recorded this video shortly after nashville police knocked on her door and told her to get out. >> in the female officer's eyes, there was just a fear. i could tell she was scared herself, you know. there was an urgency, and there was a fear, "please get your kids out." >> reporter: it was that urgency that convinced noelle and jeffrey to grab their two kids and rush out. >> i'm just so grateful they were so insistent. >> reporter: initially responding to reports of gunfire, police instead found an r.v., blarg an ominous warning. >> if you can hear this message, ing thee now. >> reporter: assuming the worst, these six officers got to work evacuating as many people as they could reach. was the plan literally to spread out, cover as much ground, knock on as many doors as you can? >> as quick as you can, get as many people out as quickly as we could, safely, and get them to somewhere safe, and then provide them with services. >> reporter: the rasmussens say the offic

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

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

thanks noelle. the supreme court has stopped the republicans last gasp bid to reverse pennsylvania's certification of president elect joe biden. >>the court refused to call into question the certification process in pennsylvania. governor tom wolf already certified biden's victory and the state's 20 electors are set to meet on december 14th to cast their votes for biden this dash is any hope for president trump of legal proceedings, winning the state for him. and covid-19 testing has taken on a new strategy in the south bay happening right now dropping testing at one site is being conducted via and observed self administered nasal swab kron four's rob fladeboe has more on the story now live from san jose rob. >>and that's right sanaa's a self-administered basal swab that's a fancy name for saying a do it yourself. i'm here at the grace emmanuel baptist pop up to test center here in san jose. we're what that was happening years once inside he simply a drop the mask instead of a allowing a health care

noelle bellow kron 4 news. thank you know and back to big story.re following the house has passed a bill that would send $2000 checks to most americans. >>meaning president donald trump's demand for bigger payments kron four's raquel martin has more on the debate. >>they returned to the capitol with a huge weight lifted from their shoulders after complaining for day use that the covid bill didn't do enough. the president finally signed the 900 billion dollar package over the weekend half will be an order monday house lawmakers return to dc and democrats found themselves working with the president to increase the stimulus payments for most americans to $2000 it's time to do what the economists want us to do good a democratic congress and not cartwright said for democrats to hire checks were a no-brainer our economy is in a shambles right now the $600. >>is is insufficient missouri democratic congressman emanuel cleaver back to bill people are struggling all of this country and we have a governmental responsibility to address the needs of the poor th

what happens when the community prevalent starts to decrease noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>up next a permanent changes are coming to the bay area's toll system for bridges the pandemic era practice that will be maintained indeed plus the widespread damage across croatia here after a powerful and deadly earthquake leaves dozens of people without homes. >>we have details on the country's second quake in just 2 days and news on when the $600 stimulus checks may start >>our top story tonight those stimulus checks of $600 could be hitting americans bank accounts as soon as tonight. that's according to us treasury secretary steve mnuchin he said the direct deposits will continue over the coming days and paper checks will be sent starting tomorrow. later in the week people will be able to check the status of the checks on the irs website. we have a link to that site on ours kron 4 dot com. the direct payments are part of the 900 billion dollar stimulus bill that president trump signed over the weekend it. now that bill also extends eviction protection through january and then in

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>coming up tonight at 8 vaccine makers are getting closer to something approved so how will it get distributed here in the bay area. >>has ties to the bay area tonight, a highly controversial member of the white house coronavirus task force calling it quits plus an investigation is now underway in the east bay after students from 3 different high schools attended several holiday parties possibly. >>spreading the coronavirus. and we've got some very cold weather around the bay area chilly temperatures going to take a major dip toward freezing we'll talk about that coming up. >>in the east at least 2 pleasanton high school students have tested positive for coronavirus after attending parties with other teens over the thanksgiving break and now the school district is investigating how many young people may have been exposed discovers maureen kelly reports the district. >>has shut down after school in person sports and music camps for the rest of the semester. >>the district says they ca

kron four's noelle bellow has the latest. >>first came the statement then came a meeting video from tuesday afternoon shows attorney general william barr leaving the white house following his announcement that there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. this is the latest step in a quite painful process in an interview with the associated press barr said us attorneys and fbi agents have been working to follow up specific complaints they've received but they've uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election are seems to be the latest want to make assessments that history will judge more kindly if he says what seems to be factually correct which is that there was no evidence of voter fraud, san jose state political science lecturer donna crane says she expects even more former trump allies to distance themselves from the baseless claims of fraud there's been a steady trickle of republicans who have come out and said that the election is over and it's time to move and that and

we will have that on our website as well for now in lafayette noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>all right. thank you said turn of events there for sure and now to a new more contagious variant of covid that has been detected now in southern california. but while while this strain is more contagious than the original covid strain. there's no proof that it's any more deadly kron four's dan kerman reports. >>i'm not surprised that you have a case of mike leigh more cases in california during an online conversation with governor newsome wednesday. doctor anthony fauci the nation's top infectious disease specialist. >>said while he expects this more contagious strain of covid-19 to spread across the world. he doesn't believe it will be more deadly than the current one. >>there's no indication at all that increases the virulence and by various, i mean the ability to make you sick or kill you it doesn't seem to make it more strong in that regard fauci told the governor early indications suggest. >>the vaccine will still work on this train. he also said it's common for these types of

19 vaccines being developed and distributed work against this new strain of coronavirus con force noelle bellow has more from a local infectious disease expert, the bottom line is mutations happen all the time. >>it's in the spike proteins again that you can get mutations hoping to ease concerns about a possible new strain of covid-19 ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor, peter, chin-hong says this isn't the first time during the pandemic scientists have seen the virus mutate. >>it was a time in vietnam that was reported in the media and that was sort of like fizzle out then even when it was happening in new york people saying is this more transmissible than not whether or not this particular variant more transmissible than the background rate remains to be proven. he says it just takes one or 2 super spreader events for that very have to be expressed widely in a community. >>and he's pointing to a mass rush of people trying to leave london before the holidays as a culprit of this mutation of course when you bring a lot of noses and together in a crowded place like london. >>it make

noelle bellow kron 4 news. thank you know well next today, snow season now underway on the east coast new york city feeling the first winter storm of the season plus public transportation trouble in the bay area how bart is hoping to stay afloat after a major blow to ridership and keeping campus is closed for now why one east bay school district is changin >>parents living in the mount diablo unified school district have been insistent that schools reopen for in person learning, but this week the district superintendent revealed that the campuses will not be partially opening next month as was previously intended on first leap to go explains what's driving this latest decision. >>plans to partially reopen the mount diablo unified school district with a phased in approach to hybrid learning by january 11th may be on hold come monday. that's when superintendent doctor adam clark says he intends to recommend to the board of education that schools remain in for distance learning through the start of 2021 and re eva

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>and coming up on the ground for morning news governor newsom is announcing who could be next to get vaccines. why some inmates could get theirs before you. and a new body cam video shows the christmas day bombing in downtown nashville. we'll have the latest that investigators know about the bomber and what happened before the explosion. and why the state says moving forward if you ever come to a toll plaza in the bay area. >>don't worry about cash i'll explain coming up in a live report. and it certainly is a cold but clear start to the morning. we are in the midst of some 30's and 40's right now. >>later today at the coast upper 50's well for a lot of the bay area actually working our way back up into the low 60's, your forecast ahead. >>7.12 right now and we're talking the weather today which pretty clear and then what things are like for the new year, i feel like there's a change coming change in store with the weather. i think you're right if you think you were cast john we coul

several of them still in progress, i'm currently in phase 3 right here in the bay area kron four's noelle bellow but tonight in the studio with more on why it's important for these trials to continue happening. well. >>yeah, vicki and jonathan, you know they say the more the merrier and that's exactly the case when it comes to covid-19 vaccines. the more versions that can be produced and distributed safely. the quicker we can get out of this pandemic today i spoke with doctors who are heading up trials at stanford and the san francisco department of public health to find out where those trials stand. >>we want to ensure also is that the vaccines are available to the entire world, it's been a race to the finish line pharmaceutical companies working around the clock to develop a vaccine against covid-19 with pfizer receiving emergency use authorization and moderna's not far behind now companies like astrazeneca johnson and johnson are continuing in phase 3 of their own trials, this will be out to vaccine those 28 days apart doctor hyman scott is the medical director for clinical research at

kron four's noelle bellow reports. >>first came the statement then came a meeting video from tuesday afternoon shows attorney general william barr leaving the white house following his announcement that there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election is the latest step in a quite painful process in an interview with the associated press barr said us attorneys and fbi agents have been working to follow up specific complaints they've received but they've uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election are seems to be the latest one to make assessments that history will judge more kindly if he says what seems to be factually correct which is that there was no evidence of voter fraud, san jose state political science lecturer donna crane says she expects even more former trump allies to distance themselves from the baseless claims of fraud there's been a steady trickle republicans who have come out and said that the election is over and it's time to move and that and that i thi

our people safe in danville noelle bellow kron 4 news.te that outbreak there is renewed push to reopen schools all around the bay. doctor jean noble who is the director of covid response at ucsf believes that schools can reopen the bay area has a delegation they're sending letters to san francisco unified san mateo counties district and other districts urging for plans to be made. >>we should schools down back in march and we didn't have the knowledge that we do now of covid we assume that it was going to be similar to influence a similar to the flu in the children would be the main drivers of transmission. over the last many months we've learned that that isn't the case in jax kids are underrepresented as covid cases. >>well, san francisco unified is working on its plans assemblyman ting says that he wants to keep cases under control in these districts adding that with more rollbacks students and the schools should be prioritized when it comes to reopening and staying open in some cases. >>of the east bay now we're gym owners continuing

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>9.37 is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news tech businesses in the bay area are being wooed to leave where are they going and who wants them to move there. >>and today a nice and clear one we're already starting things off that way by the afternoon abundant sunshine to be expected clear fog free day at the coast and for inland valleys, a bit warmer than yesterday was a lot of us back into the 60's i've got your forecast. >>40 is a time a drug maker astrazeneca says that their vaccine is going to be effective against the new mutant strain of coronavirus this been going around the uk. the company is developing the vaccine right now, and it's expected to be approved by british authorities this week. there is some concern about its effectiveness though partial that they're shot is about 70% effective compared to pfizer and moderna which say they're 95% effective. and then there's vaccine that's in development from novavax they're starting their phase 3 trials in the u.s. and in mexico and rolling up to 30,000 volunteers. 2 thirds will get 2 doses

i'm noelle bellow the big story today stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at san francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into effect tomorrow at noon. the order will be in place until january 4th as of now sonoma napa solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15% threshold that state home order does mean personal services like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer take-out or delivery means outdoor dining is out of the picture. it also affects indoor gyms drive-in gatherings outdoor playgrounds entertainment centers zoos and museums open airbus's and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. the new more restrictive health order. in santa clara county will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of what's allowed and what's not we're going to check in now with kron four's rob fladeboe for a look at how the

i have to leave it to them in san francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>there's some good news for parents with young children playgrounds are now back open governor newsom's administration made the change today as after initially requiring playgrounds to close under the regional stay at home order rules. playground sat down to serious backlash from parents and lawmakers on twitter mayor london breed of san francisco celebrated the announcement and said playgrounds and the city will be open by tomorrow but she also called on people to continue to avoid gatherings with people outside their household and reminded everybody to wear a mask at all times our 4 zone forecast kids might have to wear some different kind of close pre-civil chilly our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with some weather changes ahead. yeah, boy we'll see the winds start to whip around the bay area i think tomorrow that will be a sign of some much needed changes in the weather pattern in fact looks like we'll get back to some wet rain. >>that's kind of look at the picture

in san francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news. more than 2 dozen commercial fishers are suing the city over that massive pier 45 fire back in may. >>the predawn blaze. you can see there it that demolished an 85,000 square foot warehouse in fisherman's wharf they say that the fire was the result of negligence that their equipment. the port that the port allowed homeless people to enter and set camping and cooking fires within the building which contain flammable materials and lacked automatic sprinklers and fire extinguishers. a spokesperson for the city attorney's office says that the city was not responsible for the fire tonight in a story that you'll see only here on kron 4 news a bay area woman sharing her story tonight. >>of the night that she says the san francisco police assaulted her boyfriend during a night out at pier 39. this week officer terrence tingle was charged with assaulting the car spears in october of 2019. police say they were responding to a domestic violence call but his girlfriend and her attorneys say the e

thanks noelle. >>much more ahead here at 3 including 3 east bay cities coming together to help families in need of food assistance. and high-profile inmates cashed in on unemployment claims as part of a massive fraud case now we're learning the payouts are 3 times more than initially thought. and coming up in sports. the 49 ers are one of the local sports teams affected by the new health order in santa clara county. course it really enjoy just with the latest on their plans. >>still soaking up the sunshine. we are about 4 o'clock we're looking at 62 down to 4944 by 10 some scattered clouds come in tonight going to be tracking for you >>just in to kron 4 hewlett packard is moving its headquarters from the bay area to texas. the company's home is currently in san jose, but it will relocate to spring texas texas governor greg abbott made the announcement today. the headquarters will be located in the state of the art campus that will open in early 2022. philip packard already has locations across texas

bellow joins us now with more on what they're seeing it s look noelle has dug ankle with sfo says they don't have the metrics on how many people have canceled their flights over this december holiday season. >>but they have seen a slight dip in travelers compared to thanksgiving just a month ago, right now of course the airport is flooded with digital and static signage reminding anyone arriving of the 10 day quarantine order for san francisco. there's also pa announcements being made every 20 minutes about that order and mask-wearing says comparing this month's travel to thanksgiving numbers is the best metric they have and during the busiest travel days in november, sfo saw about 21,000 travelers going through security. this week so they haven't gotten close to that. >>yesterday we did about 14,000 today we made to about 18 to 19,000 so those numbers are lower than what we saw thanksgiving and far from what we saw last year last year at this time we'd be seeing over 80,000 people a day so yes, the numbers are slowly recovering, but actually we're experiencing a bit of a dip since tha

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>and hospitals in california must immediately now start testing all patients every week this state health department notified medical facilities in a letter last week you see here starting on december 14th. hospitals must also test healthcare staff every week so they're doing a lot more testing in these high-risk areas high-risk personnel they even get tested a week earlier starting december 7th. these new rules really a huge win for california nurses, the association of nurses says that their people have been demanding weekly testing since the start of the pandemic and now they're about to get stanford doctor scott atlas has resigned from the white house coronavirus taskforce atlas has been a. >>highly controversial member on the task force. often expressing skepticism of measures to control the outbreak. stanford university even distanced itself from him after urged michigan resadents to quote rise up against new public health measures this month. no comment tonight from the white

next several days vaccines can start to be administered as early as december 21st live the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news. thank you for that noel. >>coming up here on kron 4 news at 3 an over the counter home test for covid-19 gets the green light. how it works and how soon you can see results delivered. >>charles clifford in san francisco where health officials are asking people not to travel over the holidays, but if you do travel get a coronavirus test. we'll have details coming up. >>and the skies start open up a little bit as we go to the evening hours and into tonight live shot coming in from u c berkeley the forecast into the evening 47 by 7.10 o'clock 43, a look at though the just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. plus, it's safe to use on all

>>our people safe in danville noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>here's a sobering story muni is warning of drastic staff cuts if it does not receive federal relief funding. the agency says it is currently on pace for 68 million dollar deficit by the end of the current fiscal year with revenue down nearly 13%. it says it is also exhausted many of its one-time tools to save money things like implementing a hiring freeze reducing over time using federal funding that it did get but without more federal help the agency says it would need to lay off more than a 1000 full-time employees which is equivalent to nearly a quarter of its staff. better news, a heartwarming update now to a story we've been following since last week, san francisco firefighters will be handing out try sickles fortunately to kids in need this christmas 200 tricycles were stolen from the departments toy program last week you may remember we talked about this. >>and today bay area fighter fires shared on its instagram that san francisco station 13 bought and then put together seve

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>>trying to get a handle on this before it gets worse kron four's noelle bellow has more now on why localts say that even though this might sound concerning. >>there's no need to panic just yet. >>the bottom line is mutations happen all the time. it's in the spike proteins again that you can get mutations hoping to ease concerns about a possible new strain of covid-19 ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor, peter, chin-hong says this isn't the first time during the pandemic scientists have seen the virus mutate. >>it was a time in vietnam that was reported in the media and that was sort of like fizzle out then even when it was happening in new york people saying is this more transmissible than not whether or not this particular variant more transmissible than the background rate remains to be proven. he says it just takes one or 2 super spreader events for that variant to be expressed widely in a community. >>and he's pointing to a massive rush of people trying to leave london before the holidays as a culprit of this mutation of course when you bring a lot of noses and together in a cr

doing everything we can to save lives and contain this pandemic once and for all in the newsroom noelleellow kron 4 news. >>or tonight, ohio representative marcia fudge is biden's pick for secretary of housing and urban development as a former chair of the congressional black caucus, she was just elected to her 7th term in congress and biden is also tapped former agriculture secretary tom vilsack to take that role again in his administration vilsack spent 8 years as head of the u.s. department of agriculture during the obama administration has served 2 terms as iowa governor. >>still winter of pennsylvania's presidential election. the u.s. supreme court today denied republicans latest attempt to try to overturn the state certification after biden won by more than 80,000 votes in pennsylvania, the court refused to question the certification process in pennsylvania. the state's 20 electoral are to meet on monday to vote for joe biden the white house is including $600 direct payments to most americans as part of a covid-19 relief package. treasury secretary steven mnuchin said in a stateme

noelle bellow kron 4 news well. >>meanwhile take a look at this the fda says these are home test kits for covid-19 that will soon be on store shelves. the test kit from an australian company allows users to swab themselves and get the results at home in about 20 minutes. folks can get them without a prescription. regulators approving a similar all test just last month, but that one does require a prescription. >>tonight kron 4 continues a deep dive into the covid-19 vaccines we've been talking about and hope so answering many of the questions that we're getting you know so many of them kron four's dan kerman takes a look at how the vaccine. >>we'll let us get back to our normal lives and why that could be impacted if not enough people are protected. >>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 unti

doing everything we can to save lives and contain this pandemic once and for all in the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>another big story tonight the supreme court the united states supreme court today denied president trump's latest attempt to overturn pennsylvania certification of president elect joe biden's victory, the court refused to call into question the certification process in pennsylvania. the governor there tom wolf already certified biden's victory and the state's 20 electors will meet on december 14th to cast their votes for biden pennsylvania certified its election results back on november 24th with biden winning by more than 80,000 votes. and a big step in the global fight against the pandemic as us regulators have released their first scientific evaluation of pfizer's covid vaccine and they confirmed. it offers strong protection and it's a good one yeah, this thursday, the fda's review panel will meet to see if the vaccine meets the threshold. >>for emergency use authorization. our current force has he made yoon takes a look at the high-profile vaccine candidate.

our people safe in danville noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>it's 6 o 9 and despite the outbreak at a nice pace school there is a renewed push to reopen schools all across the bay doctor jeanie noble who's the director of cold response at ucsf believe that schools can still reopen and now a bay area delegation is sending letters to san francisco unified to san mateo county office of education and others urging plans to be made. >>we should schools down back in march and we didn't have the knowledge that we do now of covid we assume that it was going to be similar to influence a similar to the flu and the children would be the main drivers of transmission. over the last many months we've learned that that isn't the case in jax kids are underrepresented as covid cases. >>while san francisco unified is still working on plans right now assemblyman ting says he wants to keep the fire under control. in these school districts adding that with more rollback students and schools should be prioritized when it comes to opening. >>and staying open. >>tim

noelle bellow kron 4 news. the iconic clubhouse restaurant is announcing that it's going to close permanently at the end of the year. >>the owners say that the pandemic has just devastated their business as kron four's charles clifford reports for us tonight, the future of the building is not known. at this time. >>well here in san francisco, the historic cliff house which sits at the north end of ocean beach is set to close its stores, starting on january first now the building is actually owned by the national park service and they lease it out to a family that has been running the restaurant for decades that family says they are now in the process of cleaning up the building selling a lot of the memorabilia and working on just closing it down. now the family says that they did receive some funding over the summer through the cares act but that that money has now run out and they had hoped the national park service could help them but that doesn't appear to be happening now we're sitting here. >>for 8 months

noelle bellow kron 4 news.cisco, the city is waking up after going to its first night of the governor statewide curfew curfew we'll continue every night from 10:00pm until 05:00am at least until december 21st this because san francisco rolled back into the purple tier which is the more stringent because of coronavirus outbreaks of businesses and restaurants now have to adjust to the new rules under those curfew. >>normally if things were still busy will keep goin little bit more now a i think what it's going to be a little more earlier to get people out of here one time so we can a blind by curfew hours. so that's something that i think going to be affected the bars cent. other restaurants that normally stay open lot later. >>san mateo county also is in the purple tier, although bay area's except former in county. they're the only ones that are not in and they are expected to go in soon if you look at the projections, yeah and with coronavirus cases steadily rising health officials are urging travelers to get t

player today and not acknowledge that this election was free and fair and is over in the newsroom noellelow kron 4 news. meanwhile, the justice department is investigating a secret lobbying scheme in exchange for presidential pardon said this is a. >>heavily redacted version of court documents released today. they don't mention any names or a specific time frame but they reveal the people involved with this would offer a substantial political contribution money. >>for a pardon from the president or a reprieve of a sentence. >>the government requested last week that the court keep the documents under seal but the court released the redacted version today. >>and in other news, a developing story tonight the massive unemployment benefit fraud scheme involving prisoners in california is now estimated at 400 million dollars. state investigators say the money was paid on 21,000 a td claims filed in the names of california prison inmates, including some on death row. this new total is 3 times larger than the initial 140 million dollars in claim payments that were estimated last week. those debi

>>in san francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news 6.22 is the time and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the bay area reaching a critical point now. >>in the pandemic our icu beds, our filling up. ladies... check it out. so strong. so... not ripped. what're we talkin about... that's the hefty ultra strong bag hefty! hefty! hefty! (whispers) gimme. (confused) give me the bag? get hefty ultra strong at a low price 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. >>25 counties like contra costa county are ready to expand their icu capacity when needed right now. the county has 2 temporary field medical station is one is at crane way pavilion and rich man. 255 beds, they're set up in april they haven't the needed yet.

>>the state has recorded more than 14,000 new cases and 20 new covid related deaths on boards noelleellow checked in on bay area hospitals to see what they are dealing with now and how they're preparing for the future. >>bay area hospital system say they're starting to see an uptick in covid-19 hospitalizations and governor newsome says without any changes in the way we coct