You know that can be difficult we dont spend a long time. Its a critical moment. Right now at 3 stay home covid cases have hit a record and to stop the momentum of this deadly virus Health Officials are pleading with the public to avoid gatherings and non essential travel. This thanksgiving holiday. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman Santa Clara County recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases on tuesday thats 512 new cases of covid19. Its a number of covid hospitalizations thats also concerning because that is also at a new high and officials are warning that theyre now running low on hospital beds. Kron 4 tahernia joins us live now in the newsroom with more on the warnings officials are sending. Good afternoon sun os. Hi just saying hello everyone so as covid19 cases surge here in the bay area Santa Clara County Health Officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gathering and traveling ahead of the thanksgiving holiday that c
Welcome back on 4 is your local election headquarters as we continue to track the final results of the president ial election and we now go to washington dc thats where we find correspondent jessi eaton or jesse. Thank you for being with us whats the mood at the Trump Campaign headquarters tonight. Yeah good evening panic and theres really a kind of scramble right now and uncertainty moving ahead and thats why youre these kind of last minute lines of defense from the legal challenges focused on key battleground states of michigan pennsylvania and georgia and then of course demanding a recount in wisconsin. And so now theres just kind of this. You focus on the results to see what should happen next so save the rays does come down to one state then these challenges become very if they can hold up in the courts but if biden does surge ahead and pick up multiple states and goes past that magical number of 270 electoral votes then these challenges really become kind of a moot point and then
Headed to the scene of this incident and we will bring you more in 4 mation as it becomes available through the night tonight, another big story were following tonight at 6 businesses are boarding up across the nation preparing for. On ras protests, possible looting even possible riots this as we are less than 24 hours away from election day this is video youre looking at now from San Francisco, los angeles and washington dc where you can see many storefronts are boarded up with plywood kron fours terisa is live in San Franciscos union square tonight, she has more on the preparations there theresa. And it really is a remarkable sight to see take a look behind me that is the board weston Saint Francis n going on i stood on the corner and looked back and down the street at numerous businesses. Theyre now all boarded up i spoke with a representative from the chamber of commerce about what he is hearing from local Business Owners. Yeah, absolutely and you can imagine businesses, Small Busi
Going to set a course its going to go one way or its going to go another and if it goes the other way its going to be a a terrible thing. Now at 10 the final countdown is on until our nation will find out just who is going to become the next president of the united states. Thanks for joining us everybody on this election eve. Im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus syria. We have a lot to get to as we get set for tomorrow but first. Were following a big story out of San Francisco where a firefighter is in Critical Condition tonight after a major accident involving a muni bus. This is video from the citizen app it shows the scene this is earlier today Officials Say a firefighter responding to an electrical fire near market and spear was knocked to the ground and hit his head yeah that firefighter is recovering tonight at San Francisco General Hospital. And thats we find kron fours Jonathan Mccall hes live at the latest on investigation jonathan. Thank grant that firefighter has been identi
Bit more of that today as we do see return of moderate conditions for air quality for most of the bay area, not enough to stay inside, but just enough that were not those Crystal Clear skies we had once been saying 40s and 50s for most of the bay, although its another chilly one for the north bay take a look at fairfield the votto petaluma and santa rosa this morning, each falling into the upper 30s. Santa rosa right now youre the cool spot at 38 degrees. Robin all right, thank you for the update john now lets update your morning commute because its picking up out there, especially on 92 are checking a trip across the san mateo bridge there it is and you see its crawling right thats a westbound traffic right there leaving hayward and its been stopping go since the 4 oclock hour and only heavier now so were at 40 minutes and growing which is still a very quick trip off to the peninsula here the bay bridge toll plaza 80 west, no delays at all so come on and were at 12 minutes to fremont