Election and we will tell you how kron 4 is your local election headquarters. And thank you for joining us tonight at 5 im pam moore and im ken wayne were now just hours away from a historic election as a divided country grapples with country grapples with the pandemic which has caused Many Americans to cast their ballots by mail election offices across california of already received more than 11 million mail in ballots with more to come. That is historic especially when you consider that during the 2016 president ial election. Just 8. 4 million vote by mail ballots were cast and among the spots that could see a historic turnout locally is San Francisco. Thats where we find kron fours dan kerman he is live. Outside the citys outdoor Voting Center Near Civic Center plaza dan. But we can tell you the more than 300,000 ballots have already been received by the department of elections. This year they are doing the ballot processing in that building you see behind me the bill graham Civic A
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Now a night of San Francisco firefighter is in Critical Condition tonight after a major accident. This is video here of the scene where it happened courtesy of the citizen app. Officials say a firefighter standing near a hose line was hih and dropped to the ground hitting his head and muni bus was involved fire crews, were responding to an electrical fire near market and spear this afternoon when that accident took place good evening, everybody, thanks sure being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis that firefighter is recovering tonight at San Francisco General Hospital. And thats where we find kron fours Jonathan Mccall his life for us with the latest on the investigation and what could have happened to this firefighter jonathan s. Grant vicki so many questions still unanswered tonight. But we do know that firefighter matthew van a sixyear veteran of the San Francisco Fire Department remains here at zuckerber
And im julie haener. The announcement comes amid controversy over Police Tactics and calls for reform but garcia plan today retire years before. Julie, the mayor had on positive things to say about eddie garcia who spent four years affthe chief of police. The chief expressed wanting to move on for some time after personal reasons. Reporter after garcia announced retiring the department lost nearly 600 officers back in 2016. He was so critical in the rebuilding in the morale of the officers and their fact in themselves and their mission. Reporter chief garcia says i came to san jose as a boy from puerto rico and became the chief of police. The chief joined the force in 1992 rising through the ranks. His exurberance was infectious and you can see that he was able to inspire other officers and do better. Reporter the chief collaborated in saying, that the chiefs retirement halses nothing to do with the events. His department comes after offenses are criticized for handling black lives mat
This cloud cover remains with us in much of the morning. So we do have a great start to the day for bayside in coast areas before we all get a good dose of sunshine later on as for conditions there nice and calm a slightly calmer day than what weve seen over the past few weeks with winds present at the coast but not near as breezy as some of our wind year days have been right now most temperatures are in the 50s to 60s pittsburgh. Youve been the warm spot this morning right now youre at 68. Fairfield concord napa livermore all in the low 60s. Well low 50s and timber on midfifties in San Francisco, currently by the time we work our way into the afternoon day time highs climb back into the upper 80s if not low 90s for just a few spots in the bay, 60s and 70s remaining near the coast and the bay. James all right john thank you get back to news now on the latest on the coronavirus we have 2 thirds of state see coronavirus cases climbing and that comes as the president is pushing for school
Are now seeing new cases rise. On a week to week basis and heres the map that we like to show you the gives you a snapshot of where the situation is right now in america, we have 8 states highlighted in red including california these are states where we seen new cases rise, 50 or more. There are 25 states that now have a 10 to 50 increase week over week and those are the areas that weve highlighted here in orange. In total, we have 3. 3 million infections and growing with more than a 135,000 deaths reported across the country gets a little floridas the worst of the worst of the outbreak there has now surpassed. New york ap as the covid hot spot for america in the bay area. More counties are going on the states watch list, new restrictions are in place in Sonoma County because they were added to the watch list because of a spike in infections infections. So starting today. There will be no more Indoor Dining at restaurants. And you cannot go inside bars there. This is for at least anoth