Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well
Specifically to attack the vi s virus, speeding up the recovery process. So, who can get it . And how does this work . Tonight, President Trump under growing pressure from some wellknown republicans to concede defeat. And on capitol hill, at least ten republican senators, including senator Lindsey Graham now saying its time for president elect joe biden to receive Intelligence Briefings that are given to incoming president s to keep america safe. One republic senator saying if it doesnt start happening by weeks end, hell step in. Five u. S. Troops among the dead tonight in a military Helicopter Crash in egypt. Here in the u. S. , the deadly plane crash right into a neighborhood as it was trying to land. And the storm slamming the u. S. A second time, now moving up the coast, bringing deadly flooding from florida to the carolinas tonight. The search for the missing at this hour. And the other weather concern, the fiery pileup on this interstate. 29 vehicles involved. And america strong
The comments in the document should be acknowledged, either comment received or this is where you can find this information further, so that people, when they take the time to engage in public projects, that their comments are responded to, and they think that theres a consideration taken in the public involvement. Operator thank you, caller. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Pilpell. That was a good comment. Are there any other members of the public for this item . Operator there are no other Public Comments. Chair peskin all right. Seeing no further Public Comment, Public Comment is closed, and this is an information item. As i se as i said earlier, this is an item that has been going on and off for the last two decades, and i think many of us thought this was the time to resurrect this item that started under the leadership of louise moscovitch many years ago. There has been no provenation about anything. We want to do it right, but we want to go about, albeit difficult during covid, a ro
Im allen martin and vicki for joining us on the special election edition of kpix 5 news. Voters are turning out in droves. Here is a live look at the coliseum. One voter we spoke to shared what motivated him to vote in person on election day. I believe there are people in this world that wish that they could. And there are those that walk hundreds of miles in order to cast a vote. I believe doing it in person, for me, is a personal mission. Spoke with a good amount of voters in alameda, as well as richmond. And the santa clara registrar had people lined up for the doors opened. The Alameda County registrar is coming up with creative ways to get people to the polls. As you can see we are using tongs to grab the ballots and we had back the i voted sticker. Election officials in the south bay estimate 85 to 95 total turnout by the time polling places close. Kpix 5 reporter Andrea Nakano is at the coliseum. Reporter no crazy, long lines to report. We are at the coliseum and have in here al
On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still no