People attending a party back december second 2064 years later, there are concerns the city has not done enough to prevent another tragedy. Are you concerned Something Like this could happen again. Absolutely the mast attended of the ghost ship Derick Almena and go ship resident matt harris stood trial for the incident. Curtis briggs was the lead defense attorney for max harris. So im very concerned the leadership allowed this condition term just 4. Almost 2 decades. And i dont think that same leadership absent being public we accountable. Can affect any type of meaningful change oakland paid them millions in terms of legal suits. Although the converted warehouse was considered artists collective by those who lived there during the trial prosecutors described it as a death trap filled with flammable materials, a hazard as mays powered by dangerous electric wiring with no we little to that sits city councilmember noel guile talks about what oakland has done in the wake of the tragedy to
Everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 im grant lotus and im justine waltman in for vicki tonight. Now Assemblymember Phil ting and other members of a San Francisco delegation are calling on superintendents in their districts. To reopen schools as soon as possible this is new coronavirus cases reach new heights in the last 24 hours. The country has reported more than 195,000 new covid cases and close to a 100,000 patients are currently in the hospital because of covid this is according to the covid tracking project in california nearly 21,000 new cases were reported in a single day. This is the most new cases recorded in a single day in the state since the pandemic started california has recorded more than a million total cases so far. In the bay area more than 153,000 cases have been recorded and nearly 2000 people have died. And despite a surge in infections, a San Francisco delegation has now sent letters to several School Districts in the bay area demanding that school
Bring students back as soon as possible. Thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 everybody im grant lotus im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight now this delegation sent letters to San Franciscos Unified School District san mateo counties offices at of education and more. Urging for more plans to be made to kron 4 cylinder sackey joins us now live from outside of San Franciscos district headquarters for the School District she has more now on this push to get kids and teachers back in the classroom. Well despite the surge in cases and hospitalizations lawmakers and doctors say that school should still reopen as soon as they can and based on data from some of the other schools that reopened in the bay area with. In Person Learning they say that actually schools are one of the safer places to reopen during the pandemic. Do believe that schools need to be prioritize. We think that schools need to be open when many of the things may need to be should an Assembly Member phil
Upstate University Hospital say working this Holiday Season isnt an option. Part of their care now includes connecting patients with loved ones hoping with phone calls and video chats and their families. I also like to read a little message on a whiteboard which is not the way towards our for but i dont care on thanksgiving. All right happy thanksgiving on and try and draw that turkey, theyre feeling the same pain of missing family time even when given the opportunity to go home. Rachel nolan is working christmas but had thanksgiving off, im personally not seeing any of my family members unfortunately thats just how it i do have high risk family members of my own and for these nurses at odessa, Regional Medical center. They say the hardest part of the job is being honest with families. When you wants to see their family. You have to be the one to during their next place that them the reason to buy we can allow visitors up here as their hospital hit capacity, this month employees are in
In person. Nothing was going to stop us. These players deserve support and that is why we are here. Right now, Health Officials in San Francisco tonight are launching a new strategy to keep cases under control, and like many other things these days, it involves your phone. Good evening. Andria borba is live in San Francisco, with the hope behind this new plan. It takes advantage of the fact that people are used to doing things via text message. Perhaps the readiness to answer a phone call but they can still get the Contact Tracing done to help spread the help control the spread of this disease. The fight to trace the spread of covid19 is moving to text message. The more people that answer the call or text the better our chances of getting control of the spread of covid19 in San Francisco and beating up the reopening of our city. Reporter it is called a Virtual Assistant and after a positive test you could get a text message to your cell phone, where you fill in the blanks for contact t