Business on the sidewalk over there. But the mayor strongly feels the city should have authority over public orders because the berkeley has its own Public Health department and the case count is far lower. Then the rest of the county. I respectfully disagree. But the states decision i think its going to really burden or Small Businesses and neighbors alternate places their jobs. I think its going backwards. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin speaking out at a virtual town Hall Saturday against the states guidance banning Outdoor Dining in Alameda County or fiction writers under like some of our other neighboring jurisdictions and so i think you know we should have the ability to be able to make our own decisions about. Orders city manager Dee Williams Ridley says berkeley will be reaching out to state officials to try to obtain its own variance to allow Outdoor Dining but in the meantime we are going to have to comply with that order we are hoping that this will be a very short temporary h
On the embarcadero about 2 miles away from where this fire is burning right now, San Francisco fire saying the flames are coming from a garage and i want to show you what crews are dealing with right now this is video just in to the kron 4 news room that a viewer posted on twitter you can see huge amounts of black smoke filling the sky and kron fours taylor sackey also nearby in the area and she shared this video on twitter as well we can see flames coming from behind those 2 victorian buildings and firefighters there on the stairs trying to lift that hose going into the back of the building actually gets stuck to sort of on the tire of the car thats parked there. The firefighter than us to go lifted up. Theyre trying to get the hose there into the back so they can get this fire out those orange flames, theyre very visible. In this video. Now there are no reports of any injuries at this time and we dont have any word right now on how this fire started i did hear from some kron 4 news v
Of firefighters here responding to this fire. It seems as though they have it under control yet you could still smell a lot of the smoke that was moving through the area here right now on washington street between franklin and gough huge presence behind me here as you can see theyre still working on spring out any sort of hot spots that are in the area here. Water continues to out run down the street from one of the hillier parts of the city here in pacific firefighters have been sort of moving out of this area but as you can see from earlier before a lot of viewers have been sending us and video of a what broke out here i just a short while ago a lot of viewers giving us different perspectives of not only seeing the flames shooting up from a down below at the ground level but also a number of people that were also sharing some videos of the smoke. From buildings that were next from what we understand this a fire broke out in a garage area. Right now its not being reported that there w
Globally there are almost 1. 6 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus with the global death toll reaching 95,000. The United States leads the world with more than 460,000 cases and 16,000 reported s. California is now trying to extend extra benefits to Health Care Workers on the front lines of coke and 19 our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the governors latest update. California Health Care Workers on the front lines of covid19 now have access to travel vouchers and stipends governor newsome announced thursday the state will reimburse lower wage workers 100 of hotel costs and provide vouchers to others who need to sleep away from home for work so that theyre allowed to stay closer to their patients. And provide them the opportunity not to worry about being out of pocket or worry about exposing their families or god forbid worried about another night sleeping in their car. So they can stay closer to the needs in their communities. The 150 hotels that are part of the
Things are starting to slow down along westbound 84. Back to you. A developing story in San Francisco. Police breaking up a protest against i. C. E. Overnight involving dozens of people. The protest has been going on for nearly two days. Pete suratos is live in the financial district with new video overnight, and some of the video looks very chaotic out there. Reporter thats right, guys. As you can see behind me the protest has cleared out. Sfpd expect to open the street shortly, but it was a much different scene earlier this morning. Because they are undocumented and terrified, and yet they are still fighting for their future. Reporter thats police clearing out the folks near the i. C. E. Headquarters on sampson street. The streets we just showed you are still barricaded off of battery street. The protest was put together by appalished i. C. E. Sf. This has been going on since july 30th. The protests regarding the situation at the border, a much discussed topic, and specifically the s