Covid vaccine continues but Health Experts say do not expect to receive a shot anytime soon thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 6 everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis after earlier suggesting that a covid19 vaccine could be ready by election day the president is now telling followers. At his rallies is just around the corner now some doctors and scientists are weighing in our dan kerman is live at Ucsf Medical Center with a vaccine reality check dan, getting back to normal is. So dependent on this vaccine. Absolutely and it looks like that back to normal is going to be sometime late next year doctor fauci saying today the earliest iris populations might get a vaccine could be december or january specialists here ucsf say that High Risk Group probably not mass distribution until spring. Many of our greatest companies and labs that coming out very quickly with the vaccines are doing great very shortly the president s initial suggestion that a covid19 vaccine could be ready by election day has now morphed into its coming very soon but during an online chat thursday doctor Anthony Fauci the nations top Infectious Disease experts said in fact we wont know until december at the earliest if theres a safe and effective vaccine, a question you asked a moment ago. Is when might we feel we can have doses ready and i said the end of december the beginning of january. Fauci says those doses would be for those most at risk including Health Care Workers and seniors and would come from one of several companies now working on different vaccines. But Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf believe that december january time line may be too overly optimistic. I really dont think we will have. A vaccine. So ready for distribution to the highest tier priority until spring of 2021. Ucsf Infectious Disease specialist doctor, peter, chinhong so spring is a more realistic timeline for a high risk populations. Given trial delays reviews of those trials and the complications involved in distributing a vaccine to such a Large Population for delays a good thing. It means that people taking safety seriously theyre listening to the anxieties of the american population. And that spring timeline were talking about that high risk population Health Care Workers as well as seniors, what about the rest of us specialists ear ucsf say that likely wont be distribution for all of us until sometime in the fall possibly late summer. Live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. The sooner, the better thank you. Dan meanwhile, a patient in Solano County has just been diagnosed with both the flu and the Coronavirus Health officials are calling it. Co infection at this point theyre not releasing any info on the patient except to say they are under the age of 65. Flu and covid symptoms are similar so if you have any of those symptoms Health Officials are urging you to get tested for covid. Normally San Francisco is all about halloween right. But of course things are different this year. Yeah anything but normal 2020. Officials are worried about a rise in covid cases and they dont want to see the city back sliding out of the yellow tear kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to the mayor about her concerns. It seemed like it was going to be an epic halloween this year, its on a saturday. Theres a full moon here in a city where people love to dress up and have fun but now we have the specter of coronavirus looming over us and the citys mayor is concerned that people are going to think just because were in the yellow tier we can get a little loose, but she says thats not the case. Were in the yellow here now, but that could change at a moments notice. The mayor visited businesses today out the excelsior some with their halloween decorations up but was scaring the mayors that were starting to see a spike shes concerned about the rise in hospitalizations and the number of new cases and and so what im concerned about right now is that as we go into the whole halloween weekend and people may feel good San Franciscos in a good place but were not and its going to put us in a situation where we may have to make some adjustments and. As much as halloween is like my favorite holiday ever to celebrate even i have to take a step back from what i traditionally would want to do to do what is in the best interest of the people of the city because if wed all and were talking about future holidays where we wont be able to celebrate in the ways that we enjoy the supervisor of the Castro District is also warning people not to come here and party like in years past and that suits. Those we talked to in the neighborhood. Just find the castor is a really fun place. I love living here, but im all about safety first so personally im going to be staying home this year and im glad theyre encouraging people to stay home. I hope other people listen to what theyre saying the city says go ahead and decorate your house theyre encouraging people to still dress up in costumes. But theyre discouraging of course large gatherings and theyre also discouraging trick or treating. Now the citys Public Health department does have a list on their website of ideas on how to still have fun on the holiday. But also stay safe during the pandemic you can find a link on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news secretary state alex diaz says that there are many security measures in place right now to make sure that the next few days. Leading up to the election goes smoothly. After sending out a memo to Elections Officials about the laws and consequences of voter intimidation and harassment. He says that Law Enforcement is on standby. But as a last resort only he says that so far there have been no concerning incidents with early voting already underway. Or can not in any way interfere with the administration of elections. It certainly can cross the line try to harass or intimidate somebody was trying to exercise their right to election supervisors are trained to make sure that the election goes smoothly, havent been trained on how to de escalate maybe some tense situation that there are questions. With about 40 of ballots already turned in a pda says those are being stored in locked ultra high security areas. The office is also keeping a close eye and working with social media sites on any and misinformation on californias election process online. Right now in Santa Clara County early voting is running 2 times ahead of where it was 4 years ago. Yes kron fours rob fladeboe reports for us now almost half the record 1 million ballots mailed to voters have already been returned. Again no youre good 3 can i just make sure you voter shannon spent part of the day thursday helping men a ballot box where a steady stream of voters were adding to the already Record Number of ballots received we have already received over 478,000 ballots back. So its been great were processing those on a daily basis, an army of workers are already processing and counting. The first returned ballots from the record one millionplus registered voters. So far more than 2 times as many ballots have been returned compared with this time 4 years ago in the 2016 election. People are invested in this election like never before says the registrar it tells us that people are listening to the message that we have been putting out and actually they think the whole nation has been putting out about. Voting early. And you know weve been talking to a lot of voters about if youre even worried about the post after skip the post office drop it off in there dropbox or to vote center. It means there will be that much less scouting to do on Election Night but that doesnt mean well know all of the winners and losers right away. The return and counting of ballots will continue long after the polls have closed and the huge numbers mean the counters have their work cut out for them we need to process provisional ballots conditional Voter Registration and their ballots. And we do many audits, including a one percent manual recount cent for those who missed the october 19th deadline to have a ballot mailed to them they can go to any of the vote centers. And do what we call conditional Voter Registration. Well they were register and vote. At the exact same time perfecting her voting thousands more people have already voted in person here at the Registrars Office and the saturday. 100 Voting Centers will open across Santa Clara County and will stay open through tuesday. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Here kron 4 weve been asking you to send in your election questions if you have some and we keep getting some similar ones like this from Mike Duckworth he asks. I received 2 bouts in the mail one addressed to mike and the other addressed to michael says my Voter Registration hasnt changed in 20 years. How did this happen. This is obviously a different question what about should i use he asks well we spoke with an election official to find out. Well probably whats happened with mr. Duckworth says that the new. Department of Motor Vehicles motor voter act he must have probably renewed his drivers license recently or done Something Like that weve had a number of these calls. And so if she did that between the time when his ballot with one name was sent out. And the time when his second ballot was sent out. That would cause it to happen if hes received 2 ballots because of this change. Either one is reality just cannot vote both of them he should recycle the other one. Really good question though tutor there went on to say to avoid being summoned for jury duty twice, make sure the name on your drivers license matches the one on your Voter Registration. And if you have any issues trying to vote were here to help contact kron 4 we have an email address set up its voting problems it kron 4 dot com let us know what your issue is and we will try to rectify weve been doing this for a while now and will continue to do it up through the election. Time now for 4 zone as we are inching closer to halloween and election day yeah, i mean its all coming to a head hard to believe its next tuesday kron 4 chief meteorologist, a large cargo is with us now have a look ahead. Whats coming up a large say guys. Yeah, it looks like we are continued dry around the bay area now temperatures actually the warm up a little bit of the weekend before we cool things down a little bit tomorrow so weve got a little bit going on us weve hazy skies out there company look you see all colors in the atmosphere. Weve had a little smoke from the creek fire work its way back in the bay area so makes for those beautiful colors. As the sun drops into the ocean but we are going to see some changes coming our way not on the air quality suffering a little bit today got moderate amounts of blooms around a good part of the bay area there in yellow green youre still looking good. In the santa cruz and well to the north now as we head through the night tonight we are going to notice some haze continuing then well see mostly clear skies and then by 9 oclock we may begin to see a couple of patches of fog begin to creep in along the coastline. I think well see that fog continuing along the beaches, maybe just inside the bay as we head toward tomorrow morning guys. You dont want to be the person. You know the grinch that stole thanksgiving. Coming up a message from the nations top Infectious Disease expert what doctor Anthony Fauci wants you to know before celebrating the holidays with your family. Plus. The city of alameda is seeing an unusual rise in crime we have details on that a dozen or so plus shootings in the past couple months. And a brandnew school named after former First Lady Michelle Obama is now open in the bay area were going to be a look inside just couple minutes. People were afraid i was contagious. I felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Learn more at cosentyx. Com. Students and staff held a virtual of course Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Michelle Obama school yeah, its enrichment yeah, the school is the first in Northern California to be named after the former first lady, our kron fours Haaziq Madyun gives us a look. Are you these Elementary School protests a painting in a virtual Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the shell obama school enrichment. The site was formerly the location of the Woodrow WilsonElementary School buildings were unsafe and falling the new school is c for the fear and little over 6 years ago the innovative rebuild project began march 21st Century School design features a multitude indoor and outdoor spaces, the School Principal cloudy of the lead as explains how it works like Single Design and the School Environment allows grade levels to share in earnings. Were all adults in students Learn Together the teachers can close up. All the doors and being very traditional spaces with their 30 students they can open it up they can teach a 100 kids at the time they can move and overhear 90 over there once the bill was underway. We realize are taking ownership in this new school was having the opportunity to name are we wanted to choose a name that resonated with who we were as a community when the search for david did the west Contra Costa Unified School district chills, Michelle Obama for multiple reasons, including her growing up on the south side of chicago in the community similar to richmond from there she would go on to graduate from princeton university, shes also a graduate of Harvard Law School later she joined the Chicago Law FirmSidley Austin where she would ultimately meet her husband did the rest is history meaningful support to keep students and teachers safety Michelle Obama school has 2 floors a multipurpose room a Community Room a spacious playground and a green garden. Has it made you kron 4 news. In south San Francisco, a popular hiking trail has been closed after that 2 alarm fire 2 weeks ago the city has closed all trails leading to the famous. South San Francisco, the Industrial City sign. You can see the signs and tape that have now been but up forcing hikers to turn around there they are back on october 16th, you saw the video a wildfire raced across sign hill burning part of the actual site. The fire eventually became a 4 alarm blaze and several homes had to be evacuated. Took fire crews a couple hours to bring the fire under control fortunately it only caused minor damage to a few structures. But the city says the trails now have to be repaired no word yet on when that area will reopen. The nations top Infectious Disease expert, we all know doctor fauci pie now he says he has Major Concerns about the upcoming thanksgiving holiday inn how family gatherings could contribute to the spread. Yeah fauci says that with an uptick in cases averaging some 70,000 cases a day with a record topping near 84,000 cases just today, the country is just headed in the wrong direction in fighting the virus. He says families have to make a real decision this Holiday Season as to whether or not they will gather around the dinner table this thanksgiving. And must assess the risks. I want to be the person. You know the grinch that stole thanksgiving to 79 years old. I mean i feel less worried about myself with my daughters feel that they dont want to put their daddy at risk. It is a concern, yeah that it doctor fauci says that hes going to be joining his family virtually this thanksgiving to set an example but he urges americans to do if they do gather in person theyre wear a mask and open windows to increase ventilation. In San Francisco, 5 people have tested positive for covid19 at Ucsf Medical Centers Parnassus Heights campus. These staff are not sure just how it happened. To patients sharing a room and 3 employees who cared for them have all tested positive. Both patients tested negative though for coronavirus before being admitted to the hospital. Later one unexpectedly tested positive on the routine discharge test. The employees are reported to have mild symptoms while the patients appear to be asymptomatic the hospital is now working with the state and the Health Department on this outbreak. Time is we get a live look outside on this thursday night, its thursday writers day theres still hard to keep track sometimes everything everythings heavy these days, but this is a beautiful shot this. This will relax you serenity now a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge proper meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with a look at what to expect in the certainly been some nice weather weve had some nice days ahead get a little chilly at night. So those overnight lows down the 30s and the 40s lets take you out to the beach for maybe a little walk out there maybe a little stroll and a Half Moon Bay certainly looking very nice out there this likely see a couple patches of fog moving along the coastline overnight tonight. And its going to be fairly dense near the surface so watch out for some of that patchy dense fog in the coastal areas and probably some of that city can just inside the bay. You see some of the just off the coastline seem right here to the south of moving south of half moon book bay and looks like well see those clouds kind of fill in overnight tonight but well today another gorgeous day 74 degrees in San Francisco 78 in oakland 78. Also in the san jose and live more 79 in concord and 81 degrees as you may do in the santa rosa longrange forecast, weve got a weak cold front moving in toward the coastline not going to get here for the weekend. Weve got some beautiful conditions out there so well see sunshine but then next week one gets kind of close as we head toward the middle week only to fall apart but late next week. Well them are starting to talk about some serious business, maybe this one will finally break through as we get into next weekend still way out there in the forecast period, but looks like were about to go in for a major pattern change starting the following weekend and as we head toward the middle them up temperatures for tomorrow plan on lots of 70s outside inland 60s along the coastline. Next few days were going to actually warm temperatures up saturday and sunday in fact those numbers looking good inside the bay to along the coastline getting near 70 degrees. The warmer spots and then dont forget this weekend we get an extra hour of sleep move those clocks back an hour a on saturday for the reminder that little love that. Florence. All right now to the north where Sonoma City Council member and former mayor david cook has been arrested on child molestation charges the alleged assault. It was actually reported on monday. Cook was arrested tuesday night and released on bail wednesday morning. Cook has served on the Sonoma City Council since 2012 and was mayor in 2015. The current mayor logan harvey sent this statement to kron 4 about cooks arrest that reads quote crimes of this nature are disturbing it is the duty of all communities to protect children. Today overwhelmingly sensitive nature of the investigation. I ask everyone to show compassion for the victim and families involved in this case and respect their privacy as due process plays out. Coming up at 6. 45 there are 2 propositions on the ballot that would drastically affect our states criminal Justice System will explain props 2025. Plus the u. S. Economy saw record gdp growth in 3rd quarter why the ongoing spread quarter why the ongoing spread of covid19 uber and lyft are like every big guy ive ever brought down. Prop 22 doesnt help their drivers it denies them benefits. 22 doesnt help women. It actually weakens Sexual Harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. Uber and lyft arent even required to investigate Sexual Harassment claims. I agree with the la times no on 22. Uber and lyft want all the power. So, show them the real power is you. Vote no on prop 22. For your money tonight, the u. S. Government reports the Gross Domestic Product searched a record 33. 1 in the 3rd quarter yeah thats good weekly jobless claims also hit a 7 month low. Well, this is the largest growth in history. It does come after the gdp shrank more than 31 in the 2nd quarter. You know, which was also record breaking. The other direction. The Trump Administration is touting the 3rd quarter growth is a sign of a strong economy, an economic recovery, but not everybody is convinced. If somebody used an example this morning as if you lost a 100 in the 2nd quarter and now youre making up. 65. Boy ill tell you now. Covid is not going away was just last week the u. S. Said a new daily covid case record. And today we beat that record recording more cases than ever before that 84,000 covid cases reported just today and states and cities around the country. Some of them saying their hospitals are quickly running out of space. Its like what we saw in march and then again it points in the summer. Democrats arguing because there is no National Strategy to stop the spread of covid the economy could just as easily tank once again. Coming up next more than 69 million americans have voted early how republicans are hopeful of that theyll come out on top but come november, 3rd plus check your bathrooms check your kitchen. Why a popular soap brand is being recalled and a rapid rise in crime and one east bay city this summer why police say that the covid19 a hundredyear comet. Did i miss it . But you cant sleep through my breakfast. Because its served all day, every day thanks, jack. Try my 4. 99 french toast sticks jumbo breakfast platter. 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