In downtown San Francisco are boarding up as they brace for potential damage and destruction after the president ial election. Which is now just 6 days away. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman kron fours when kelly is joining us live right now from Market Street where much of this barricading is going on right now theyre worried either way whether its President Trump who wins or joe biden. Thats right just seen i am in front of the palace hotel and theres a bunch of businesses here on the ground floor that have plywood up over the windows and doors this is all in case there is trouble on Election Night. Im told it doesnt matter which side wins or loses here. They are just making sure that their glass stays unbroken and ill tell you this is not the only place where i found precautionary plywood put up. The sounds of hammers and saws could be heard in many spots in downtown San Francisco as construction workers and security guards put up sheets o
Worked full time at the Community Center which depends on donations some of those who arrived in 2015 are also involved helping to ensure that todays Asylum Seekers have an easier time of it. Most fled from syria 5 years ago after his hand was blown off by a bomb now he works as an interpreter. It doesnt matter where you live people need help i used to get messed about because i didnt speak the language. Thats why i became a translator. I decided i had to improve my german help others. And the mission. Its not been an easy transition and the plight of the refugees has had an emotional impact on the volunteers. A mother may have lost 4 children at sea in the mediterranean and shes telling her story over and over again and a mother who wants to help may not be able to cope emotionally despite counseling and the other alternatives available that its important to stop and pass on the bats and to someone else. Most of the volunteers do carry on although that already challenging work is incr
Now. 51 in santa rosa to 65 in livermore, thats a big spread. Fog is going down the coast and everything says warm to hot coming up. That cloud cover bears watching because i think it is going to play with her weather for a week. Highs will be extremely warm and very low above average for this time. Over to sell now, you never hear sending the complaints to steve. Know, especially when it is hot and humid. Good morning, lets go ahead and take a look at the commute. This mornings commute is going to be okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. It does a very nice so far. If you are waiting for the crowd, or if you want to know what the crowd shows up it usually shows up between six and eight. So you have a little bit of time. In happening today, the federal Labor Department will release the weekly jobs report this morning. Economists expect 1. 1 million americans file for new one appointment claims last week. That would be a slight improvement from the previous week. But still the 21st straigh
All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Im london breed, im mayor of San Francisco. And today we are joined by the department of Emergency Management, director carol as well as the department of Public Health director, dr. Grant coal fashion. Colfax. We are joined by police chief scott as well as our sheriff and the director of homelessness and housing services, abigail kahn. Today we want to provide a few updates of where we are and and some very serious challenges that we face. So far as of today, we have confirmed 797 cases and sadly 13 people have lost their lives due to the virus. The covid19 virus. And we had said all along that this would be very challenging, and in fact, in the past week or so, dr. Colfax and i continued to make it clear that it is of course important to stay at home as much as possible. Because the fact is the worst is yet to come. And today, unfortunately, we have a situation that we knew could potentially happen in one of our congregate living settings. An outb
So today, we have come together for a historic day. Today, we gather to honor 50 years of pride. Yes, 50 years. [applause] this anniversary was hard fought from the days of the Freedom Freedom parade to compton cafeteria riots, to all the work across this country that we continue to do for freedom. And if we look, our theme for this years pride is future of hope. And if we look to the next 50 years, we have a lot to be hopeful for. We look at our past and marriage equality, to the first day at city hall when the first couple was married. We recognize lesbian and lgbtq folks across the city. We remember the work that we have to do across the country as trans kids are being refused access to bathrooms in our schools. We remember the families that standup for them, and we remember the work that we still have to do because this generation is hopeful. This generation will continue to be hopeful, and theres so many reasons why we have this hope. Some of that comes from our elected officials,