Hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks and it is an indicator. Of what may come thankfully, though because at the beginning of this pandemic they so heavily prepared for a surge that never fully came to fruition here in california that they really do feel prepared going into what looks like this 3rd surge in cases now all that work really has allowed them to feel more prepared at john muir, they have plans to upscale the number of icu beds dramatically so that theyll be able to convert regular units and isolation units pretty rapidly. Over at ucsf the Hospital System is said to be stockpiling remdesevir as they anticipate a shortage of that treatment. Theyre also banking up on masks and pp e as well doctors say because of how prepared they are this time around they dont want this threat of another surge to deter people with other Health Issues from coming into the hospital and seeking the help they need. You initially when everything started many months ago. We emptied out the
Protests and demonstrations that at times have gotten violent and destructive. Local Police Departments say theyre worried the violence might surface again on Election Night regardless of the outcome bay area businesses are either boarding up again or simply staying boarded up kron fours dan thorn is live in berkeley tonight, he joins us with more on what police have plan and what the residents are expecting to dan. Well ken and pam some bay area Police Departments say they are increasing staffing on election day and the following days and theyre also canceling any discretionary time off its been said before that this is likely going to be an election unlike any other and police are not taking any chances. Businesses throughout the bay area are boarding up or are continuing to stay that way as election day nears depending on which way the elections go police in Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco are also preparing for potential unrest by increasing staffing to help keep the peace open
Pandemic thank you so much for joining us on this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman it was during a press Conference Today that mayor london breed announced covid19 hospitalizations are up in the city, causing city leaders to take action and slowdown reopenings some services that were scheduled to increase capacity to 50 . Instead will remain at 25 capacity. Kron fours dan kerman is live for us now in San Francisco is at city hall this afternoon with all the details good afternoon. Dan. Good afternoon just in the main thing to keep in mind is nothing is going backwards. Its just not expanding in San Francisco is saying that they knew this was always a possibility, especially as we get more into the winter in the fall that rates would be going up. But theyre putting the word out to people that now is the time to buckle down and continue to do with San Francisco has been doing and as a result city leaders are doing the same and putting a pause on future reopening.
After winning wisconsin. President trump has earned 213. The winner needs to get 270. Votes are still being counted in key battleground states. Right now these states are still a toss up, pennsylvania, michigan, North Carolina and georgia. It could be days more before we know who will be the next president. Joe bidens Campaign Team said they are confident that the democratic nominee has won the election. Joe biden is on track to win this election. He will be the next president of the United States. The Trump Campaign is already saying itll file an immediate recount as soon as wisconsin is called. We have had a recount before. It showed that we have a really good process. We have a really good system. Biden pulled ahead in wisconsin and michigan as more votes were counted. Those states combined with nevada and arizona would be enough to push him above the votes needed to win. The president has taken to twitter to claim without any evidence of wrongdoing that his lead has imagine disappe
Djegal explains on monday the city of vallejo will open an Emergency Operations center ahead of the president ial election in never to be prepared for for any potential incident of Illegal Police and Fire Departments will coordinate together the eels c will be located at a fire station in town, a smaller secondary Operations Center will also open up at Police Headquarters we dont have the intel right now that means that we just believe that there are any threats here in the city of orlando, the purpose for opening the oc is it purely precautionary are in abundance of caution the Police Department will have a mobile field force which means a team of officers on standby ready to deploy at a moments notice, kevin brown speaks for the fire department. He says they will staff an extra battalion chief and engine to respond to a potential increase in emergency calls for service in any other year. That would simply be you know short course have your protests be peaceful. Be sure we have the le