In 40 californians or about the population of san jose. State Officials Say we are at 991,000 cases. The virus has now killed more than 18,000 people in california. That is roughly the population of moraga. Good evening. Thank you for being with us tonight. Alameda county meanwhile is pausing further reopening as it anticipates having to move to the more restrictive red tier. Daily new cases per 100,000 people are up to 4. 9 from the countys low of 3. 4. There has also been a steady increase in hospitalizations. Officials say if Current Trends continue the county may be put back in the most restrictive tier. Thats purple. And in Sonoma County people are frustrated that theyre still in the most restrictive purple tier even though test numbers are improving. But as abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman explains the county thinks it knows whats going on. Reporter another date another covid testing site in Sonoma County. Theyre still in the purple tier here highly restricted and residents are
The thread of wildfire is not over everywhere. Good evening. Pg e started checking their equipment today but high winds kept them from reaching many areas. Here are the latest numbers, they have cut power to 345,000 customers in Northern California but by 6 pm they restored power to more than 100,000 of those customers. They hope to have everybodys power back on by tomorrow night. The feeling among many is the bay area dodged a bullet here. Reporter it is a big relief, tonight there was a update, a say in some places the wind gusts were 89 Miles Per Hour and the inspectors did find places where trees blew into power lines and they say they could have sparked fires. Moonlight on monday night was the only bright spot in parts of lafayette. We do not have a generator, we were modestly prepared. Reporter some residents will be spending another night in the dark as pg e tries to bring grades back online safely after the shut off. All day traffic lights were not operating and businesses had
Pandemic thank you so much for joining us on this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman it was during a press Conference Today that mayor london breed announced covid19 hospitalizations are up in the city, causing city leaders to take action and slowdown reopenings some services that were scheduled to increase capacity to 50 . Instead will remain at 25 capacity. Kron fours dan kerman is live for us now in San Francisco is at city hall this afternoon with all the details good afternoon. Dan. Good afternoon just in the main thing to keep in mind is nothing is going backwards. Its just not expanding in San Francisco is saying that they knew this was always a possibility, especially as we get more into the winter in the fall that rates would be going up. But theyre putting the word out to people that now is the time to buckle down and continue to do with San Francisco has been doing and as a result city leaders are doing the same and putting a pause on future reopening.
Exactly. Days until that election, more places and more opportunities for folks to do just that. This is a big weekend for several bay area counties. If youre here youll see a super voting center, a center where instead of having several polling locations, they will have one center. The Oakland Coliseum being one and the San Mateo Center behind me being the other. California voters are not required to show identification but if you are voting for the first time in the state after registered by mail, it is suggested that you bring one. In terms of contracost a county, voting there started a few minutes ago. Centers are held at churches, hotels, businesses and community centers. A quick check at the contra costa registrars website can tell you where to go. San francisco county has early voting at civic center location. The polling site has been open several weeks and continues to see visitors. We had a chance to catch up with some folks and listen to their experience and why it is so cru
U. S. Population remaining beach. Oh im terry martin good to have you with us facing growing likelihood of defeat in the u. S. President ial election dont trump has again claimed without evidence that he won and that democrats are trying to steal the election from him in fact trump is losing ground 0 as counting continues in 4 swing states that remain on decided lets take a closer look at those the latest figures show biden with 264 Electoral College votes overall in president with 214. Get down to the states the georgia where 16 electoral votes are up for grabs there its an extremely tight race biden and trump still neck and neck with 99 percent of votes counted the latest count has shown the former Vice President less than 2000 votes behind the president and catching up. In pennsylvania thats the biggest yet to be decided with 20 electoral votes donald trump currently holding a narrow lead but that gap is constantly narrowing and the remaining mail in ballots are expected to paper jo