Forcefully to go spoke with city leaders who say they believe the pandemic has played a role. It alarming since june first 14 shootings have been reported in the city of alameda criminals shouldnt the better armed and our police what troubles interim police chief randy fan is that number accounts for the total number of shootings all year long there were 9 for the first 5 months of the year we had 3 shootings in 2019 just 7 in 2018. Here we are again towards end of october weve got this many arrests have been made in 5 of the 14 shootings investigations. Though these cases have resulted in increased workload for a department that is also trying to adapt to the pandemic watching whats happening with more folks not being in jail when theyre arrested because of covid people being released because of covid criminal Justice Reform theres just so many factors were taking a look at mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft understands residents and Business Owners are concerned about the violent trend Dome
Now 5 days away from the november 3rd election and kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. With a Record Number of people voting early this election season, there are already concerns tonight about missing ballots in the east bay, dozens of voters reported not receiving confirmation that their ballot was received by the Contra Costa County elections division. Kron fours justine waltman here now with details and whether or not foul play is believed to be involved justine. Well Contra Costa County has 37 drop off ballot boxes. But theres one question tonight, and thats the box thats right outside of Richmond City hall, dozens of voters say they dropped off their ballots there on october 12 and the county has not been able to confirm receipt of those ballots so theyre lost and the county doesnt know where they are tonight. The county is telling us this according to the Contra Costa County Elections Office the ballot box and Richmond City all has been inspected by
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This country for generations to con she would take ease in your all own hence. Your vote, your voice we are now just 5 days away from the november, 3rd election. Thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im ken wayne is the race for the white house enters its final stretch were committed to answer your questions about the safety of your ballot and in the east bay officials are investigating tonight after some ballots went missing. Officials with the Contra Costa County elections. Office say dozens of ballots placed in a drop box at Richmond City hall have not been found. The missing ballots of raised some concerns about mail in voting. Kron fours dan thorn in richmond tonight with the story. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missi
Positive in recent years. Horizon before sunrise 4 00 it morning, the covid testing began at the parking lot of the hospital. All employees are being tested for the virus for today because over the past month a total of 14 Staff Members have come down with it. We have periodically had employees come up positive. But never this many in the span of four weeks. The ceo says the hospital has one long term covid patient theyre treating there. They dont know if the Staff Members have been sick from this patient. They dont know if patients have gotten sick from Staff Members. Our experience were having right now, is showing just how dangerous this virus is and how very, very easy it is for anyone in our community to pick it up and become infected. Once the hospital workers are at thed for covid today theyll be fitted for n95 masksment only the staff working with the patients had to wear n95. Now, everyone must wear one. They hope to get the results back from todays test to share them with cou