Health officials in Contra Costa County are stepping up free covid testing. Now even though they say mixing with those outside someones household is still a risky idea. Rob roth heard from Public Health officers today and gins us now with more. Rob . Reporter yeah, heather, on one hand Health Officials are urging people to stay home over thanksgiving, but theyre also saying if youre going to visit, get tested first. Cars lined up in this parking lot in concord Tuesday Morning for what the Contra Costa Health department calls testing for turkey. This family recently lost their grandfather to covid and know too well the horrors of the virus. We just want to be safe. Were going to meet some family over the holidays, and we want to protect ourselves and protect them, as well. Reporter this is one of 13 sites in Contra Costa County offering free covid testing. The push now is to get people tested before thanksgiving, and possibly exposing others. While inviting everyone that you gather with
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Welcome sight for the bay area are top after capturing storm clouds filling our skies from San Francisco to the east bay as a weather system. Makes his way through Northern California rain in walnut creek, leaving seeking cover and streets pretty slick for the drivers out there good evening, everybody thanks for joining us at for kron 4 news at night, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus boy was it nice to get this much needed soaker really put an end to fire season at least for the time being. And this is a real storm gusty winds 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour in some areas as we take a live look outside right now this is the Golden Gate Bridge looking at the headlights coming from them are in direction still slick out there. But it was coming down pretty hard earlier in the day khief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking this system all weekend. It delivered. The ad pack a little punch to it as it came through those wind
Hospitalizations are surging out of control in california, 45 counties are now in the states most restrictive tier meaning the spread of covid19 is widespread. Thanks for joining us today at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia hospitalizations have increased 81 over the last 2 weeks in cases here in the bay area have now surpassed 138,000. All of these numbers increasing right ahead of the thanksgiving holiday when many people are hoping to gather with their families our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala is live for us in sacramento with more on californias latest covid19 update ashleigh. Yes and as well the states Top Health Official doctor mark galli says that those hospitalizations and covid19 cases are surging in the state thats leading he and other state leaders to request a 7 counties to take a step back in the states tiered reopening system with an even larger majority of counties and the states most restrictive tier. Statewide i dont believe weve ever seen as many hospital admissions. Incr
94. 5 efficacy. There were 95 events, five in the Vaccine Group and 90 of them in the Placebo Group is quite impressive and really something that foretells impact on the outbreak. Hovering about 500 up the dow jones already. The Biden Transition Team and your family next year. Today in the bays tracie potts with more on this breaking news from overnight. Reporter the president wont accept the Election Results or direct his administration and the transition meetings are continuing to connect with the people they need to the President Trump overnight tweeting that biden won. On twitter, about Election Fraud including early this morning tweeting that he won the election. The biden team, not only is the president elect not getting access to Intelligence Briefings but the biden team cant talk with the government officials who are planning on how it will be distributed. This as we learn more than 11 Million People have been infected with the virus. We are in a very dangerous period, the most
That really i dont go anywhere home with 3 your feel like on a daily basis, like a personal know its great and you know at this Rainy Weather is going to really indoors. For the most part unless so youre going to heading out to work or maybe running an errand or 2, youll need the rain jacket. And the umbrellas of stuff that we have not seen or really need to pull out news that often over the last couple of weeks right outside right now though bases Clear Conditions that were looking at a San Francisco international airport, but it is cold temperatures very chilly outside right now were looking at 40s and 50s. So it definitely feels like winter 43 degrees right now in napa were looking low 40s in fremont and livermore but were actually going to see some 30s on the board over the next couple of nights thats all thanks to this cold front that is on the way to the bay area were going to start to see some rainfall looks maybe tomorrow morning during that morning commute. So keep that in min