From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Now 9 Governor Newsome it is really pumping the brakes on reopening the states economy talking about non essential work travel and gatherings for most californians. Were going to be prohibited as new stay at home orders go into effect on saturday at 10 00pm and this comes of course as covid cases and hospitalizations surge throughout the state. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis today state officials reported the states highest singleday number today during the pandemic 11,478 new cases of coronavirus. Over the previous 24 hours. The order will impact all counties in the most restrictive purple tier which includes 6 out of the 9 bay counties. In a news briefing today, California Health and Human Services secretary doctor mark golly explains just how easily this virus can spread by just letting your guard down. We know that those who are out who might be engaging in higher risk behaviors
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by
I got caramel corn, i got kettle corn. Am i chewing too loud . Believe it geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. The news station youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 with more than 210,000 american deaths from the coronavirus President Trump staged a dramatic return to the white house tonight after leaving Walter Reed Medical Center the president spent just 3 days at the facility where he received an unprecedented level of care for covid19. But now the president S Performance is igniting a new controversy after he said in a video message that despite his illness. The nation should not fear the virus good evening, everybody thanks being here 9 oclock, im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis President Trump also entered the white house without a mask. This comes after the most recent member of trumps staff tested positive. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany making that announcement today in a tweet this morning she emphasized that before contracting covi
And i pale more that announcement coming just hours after cal, so i so said that there would not be any rotating blackouts tonight. Thousands of customers were in the dark for hours last night as temperatures soared into the triple digits. Kron fours dan thorn is live in san and elmo hes been talking with people about the heat and their concerns over the potential for more outages in the coming days well ken and pam, the rolling power blackouts for on some people out here are a painful reminder. Last falls Public Safety power shutoff done by pg and e with these high temperatures its been essential for people to keep cool and many of them are also doing their best to conserve energy or the hope for the power to stay on in marine county, the scorching hot temperatures threatening the area saturday with another round of outages something people in san anselmo do not want to deal with again it was really had no notice that it was happening whatsoever on obviously a surprise we didnt know i
Good morning and thanks for joining us, lets give you the very latest now on the ambush a man was fatally shot overnight in an officer involved shooting in oakland actually were starting in oakland that santa cruz. There was a woman was also shot shes in the hospital right now being treated. Oakland police say this happened around 11 oclock last night. The chp was investigating an incident in the 9600 block of cherry street. When a chp officer shot a man who was driving a car. The female was a passenger in the vehicle. No officers were injured in that shooting the Oakland Police department and the Alameda County theyre both investigating that. Now lets get on to the other big stories this morning. James, a lot of headlines to get through absolutely we do want to get to that story in santa cruz that sheriffs deputy shot dead, another. Injured after a shooting in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Lets take a look at the officer, the deputy who died yesterday afternoon 38 yearold Sergeant Damon g