Now 3 San Francisco mayor london breed warning the city is preparing to announce new restrictions this week as coronavirus spreads rampantly thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im tahernia during a press conference this afternoon mayor london breed and doctor colfax saying restrictions could be issued as early as tomorrow. Kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco with the concerning details. Dan. Well thats right things have gone from bad to worse as far as covid is concern here in the city in the last 10 days hospitalizations have more than doubled cases are 4 times what they were a month ago during an online briefing today both the mayor and the Health Director said changes are coming and they could come as soon as tomorrow. We are now in the most dangerous period. So this pandemic we need to do everything we can stay ahead of our hospitals, not being overrun this is about saving lives, everything were asking you to do on the coming weeks and months is abo
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
Now its 3 the first significant real rain fall of the season, the bay area seeing a cold front move in and across the region as we europe for a couple days of wet weather. Thank you for joining us this tuesday november 17th im Sanaz Tahernia now lets get right to it and just see how much rainfall has accumulated in the bay area with this storm and our kron fours meteorologist dave spahr hes in the Weather Center tracking those showers for us today. He said i was looking afternoon and good afternoon, everybody live shot that you saw there too as well was supposed to the alcatraz island, but of course for the rain situation going on. Pretty much obscured by all of this moisture here stormtracker 4 live and in person it looks like its starting to break up in the north bay and its been like this all day true to fashion starts up in the north bay starts filling out midday and now getting into the south bay little bit. Although the amounts are not as generous down south. Current look at the
News at 3. I ask everyone to stay calm. All the people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed. Will know very soon. Now with 3 former Vice President joe biden is urging patients with the American People as we anxiously await the results for the next president of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 your local election headquarters. Im Justine Waldman were also just getting word right now that President Trump plans to speak at around 3. 30 this afternoon as soon as that happens well bring it to you live. Right here on kron 4. Meanwhile, were just 2 days after the election. And all eyes are still on the race to 270 electoral votes, joe biden is still leading at this hour with 264 its been stuck there for about 24 hours now. Lets take a look now at the Electoral College vote map provided by the Associated Press. We see joe biden still sticking at 264. President donald trump a 214. 270 is whats needed to win the battleground states
To just the ongoing violence that weve seen in our Community Even last night. 3 blocks away from this location. 60 rounds fired in a residential neighborhood. Ive heard from those Community Members about how frightening work. About the traumatic experience they had last night of listening to bullets flying through their homes and into their cars. The violence in this Community Must stop. Now this marks the 77th and 78th homicides of 2020 in oakland, this is a breaking news story. Were still gathering more information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. We will bring it to you and the other big story were watching now is that red flag warning thats now in effect for parts of the bay area, wildfire conditions are right there are hot temperatures and high wind gusts and they have fire officials on alert today. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman the dangerous weather conditions. Also has pg and e ready to show off the power in order to prevent a