Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all
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Lot of votes to count there. Pueblo has 20 electoral votes up for grabs. The president has 52 of the vote right now compared to joe bidens 47 . And the race remains close in North Carolina, as well. President trump is in the lead here, with 50 bank account of the vote. Compared to joe bidens nearly 49 . North carolina, by the way, has 15 electoral votes and President Trump also slightly ahead at this point in georgia, with 96 of the vote counted. He leads with 50 of the vote compared to joe bidens 49 . Georgia has 16 electoral votes to offer now, earlier this afternoon both michigan and wisconsin were called for joe biden. Lets look now at the electoral vote total. Joe biden now has 264 of the 270 that he needs. Nevadas six could give him the white house, though. We have live coverage of the race for the white house. Our political reporter greg greg lee. Here we are a day after the election and the election remains unclear. Yes. With michigan and wisconsin going to biden his path to th
These are the last moments of in door dining . San francisco, as covid19 cases surge, the city is taking a step back. We are here with the clinic with an inside look at San Franciscos first covid19 vaccine trial. The storm is out of here, and theres more rain in the forecast. Your weather is coming up. Bay area agencies are workering hard to get toys to kids this holiday season. Why many are relying on virtual efforts to keep the holidays happy. Abc7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area. 54 a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Rain continued to fall in to the night in some parts of the bay area, a sure sign of fall and a welcome sight after a long fiery summer. Good evening and thank you for joining us, im dan and lets get to the news meteorologist. Hi, there and its about time that we saw rain here, i want to show you live doppler 7, it has quieted down considerably. A couple of sprinkles and that is it. As you will notice, taking you back in time, there were scat
Report. Its time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the tonight, see each other again, listen to each other again. Reporter oh, if only president elect joe biden could pull that off. I think the vast majority of people in this country really dont want to think about politics 114 of the time. Reporter for now, though, a look back o at our fraught election this sunday morning. Pauley from there, it is on to one of the enduring legends of the silver screen. She is sophia loren, and shell be talking with our seth doane. Reporter the word legend may be over used, but with sophia loren, it is warranted. And this week she is returning to the screen. There is some oscar buzz around this film . Oscar, i already have one. For me, it is enough to have made my film. Thats what i really believed in. More things, if they come, they come. If they dont come, thats life, huh . Reporter loren on life, family, and her definition of beauty, later on sunda sunday morning. Pauley after which we talk with