Definitely a bit of good news that were not affected by those power shutoffs this morning, the kick off the new week we are still in the midst of some breezy conditions though despite the fact that we are going to remain in power all across the bay area. So as youre venturing outside youll notice, those trees blowing around weve got her palm trees at the embarcadero camera right there also noticeably swaying that steady breeze thats working its way across the bay at the moment. Souter tower view is nice and clear we certainly do not have any fog thats part of the reason that we are seeing such a low humidity is because of the strong winds that are pushing across the region and you can see that the north bay is definitely seeing some of our strongest of winds this morning, sonoma calistoga looking at winds currently in excess of 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour also quite breezy for areas like napa atlas peak santa rosa and petaluma throughout the course of the morning were going to remain in th
Agencies are there on the scene 2 buildings to the east and the west of this fire have been evacuated. Berkeley fire now saying this building was under construction, no one inside at the time we will keep you updated on this breaking news story right here on kron 4 news tonight, we have crews headed to the scene and well have a live report. As soon as we can get that up for you. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall our other big story this saturday night less than 2 hours to go until the start of a new state wide curfew as part of the latest attempt to try and slow down the rapid spread of covid19 the stay at home order only applies to counties in the most restrictive purple tier, but that really covers most of the states population so here in the bay area that means every county except for moran, San Francisco and san mateo counties or this curfew applies. But well tell you more about how San Francisco could be affected by thi
Different announcer earth focus is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. Cargill philanthropy; the Orange County community foundation; and the farvue foundation. Conegatio. Oh, vicry in jesus, my savior forever, he sought me and he bought me with his redeeming blood. Man it was only 59 years ago that alaska was ratified as a state in the United States of america, and many people involved did not consider much what the original owners of the land already had and wanted to keep. May god continue to bless the inupiaq people, may god continue to bless this land, may god continue to bless the sea from which cometh all of our abundance. And the church said. Congregation amen. Man Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is a company thats tied to the land claims that we were able to achieve in the early days. So, lets go into our boardroom. We have our table here, which is made around the traditional skin boat that we use for whaling. Its a symbol of the principle
City leaders encourage everybody to get tested tonight. There is a catch. Thanks for joining us. Everybody at 10 im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus some people say everybody get tested and then its ok if everybody congregate but there is a testing shortage and city leaders tonight are asking people not to use these government operated covid testing sites. Before their thanksgiving travel or gathering plans. They say these resources are for essential workers at people who have symptoms or believe they were exposed to covid yeah, one of those government operated sites is on the embarcadero and thats where we find kron 4 Taylor Bisacky she joins us now live with more. About the citys message. Sign here behind me says appointment only and at last check appointments here are booked up through december second at put that in perspective this site typically tests about 1700 people a day so this is obviously raising concerns for the people that need the tests most the city is now emphasizing
Workers and people in longterm care facilities to be the first ones to get it. The covid19 tracking project found the u. S. Hit a Record Number of new cases in hospitalizations. More than 210,000 new cases reported just yesterday and more than 100,000 people are in the hospital with covid19. Abc News Reporter faith in washington with the president elect bidens plan to slow the spread. Reporter more americans yesterday died from covid than weve ever seen, and now president elect biden is promising a new plan. Thursday the darkest day more than 210,000 new infections. President elect biden promises a different approach. On the first day im inaugurated to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. He plans to keep dr. Anthony fauci on board. I asked him to be a chief medical adviser for me as well and be part of the medical team. The Covid Task Force anxiously waiting for a vaccination as cases rage across the country. And hospitals moving in mobile morgues. We became completely