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.
The San Francisco mayor says Indoor Dining like this will stop on friday, due to the covid spike. Ill tell you what else will be changing. High School Parties strike again. A Marin High School shuts down inperson learning. Residents ready for battle to walk their dogs. Coyotes are attacking pets in the neighborhood. Well trade the cold nights for showers. Ill have the timeline coming up. We know this is hard. We know many people feel exhausted. They feel isolated. And theyre impatient. But we must do more. Tonight, tighter restrictions are coming to several bay area counties after a surge in coronavirus cases. Contra costa and santa cruz counties have been moved backward from the orange to the red tier. While San Francisco isnt moving back in tier status, the city will shut down Indoor Dining and pause reopening plans for high schools. This is why. A 250 jump in cases since october 2nd. If the current pace holds, City Health Officials say we could see 300 cases a day by the end of dece
Fitness centers cant open tuesday after all. Restaurants, indoor places of worship, museums, zoos and movie theaters must stay at 25 capacity, not 50 as planned. We have a look how this will impact businesses, anser. Reporter many San Francisco restaurants have been open for Outdoor Dining for the past few weeks. Many were gearing up for 50 indoor capacity next tuesday. Thats not going to happen. Many business hearleaders say t are not disappointed by the announcement but not surprised. This chef is heading into the weekend with a change of plans. Its pretty brutal having this come up again especially now. Reporter the chef and owner at the San Francisco Ferry Building says theyve been lucky during the pandemic. Theyve increased online catering and have Outdoor Dining but some businesses havent been able to open due to structural or Financial Issues such as no space for Outdoor Dining. Those businesses that are getting ready to open next week will have to stay closed. My heart goes out
The two candidates have to say on the final day of campaigning. At the marathon is now a sprint. The president and joe biden. You could say they are pecking two days into one with a number of rallies. The president is on day two of a seven state tents top tour of battleground states. Five today and another five events today. The president kicked it off in fayetteville, North Carolina this morning in front of a packed house. In 2016 by 20 hillary clinton. A 2020, trails biden six Percentage Points in that state. Next stop is wisconsin, and back to michigan. Trump talked about a number of topics from bolstering military to the Russian Investigation at brought it all home with the economy. A vote for me and the Republican Party is a vote for the american dream. And in conclusion, over the next four years, we will make america into the manufacturing superpower of the world. And we will end our reliance on china, which has already started. Lacto biden started this morning in ohio for an out
Certified joe biden as the winner. President elect joe biden met with mayors discussing the pandemic on january 20th. The effort got a big boost. The gsa administrator emily murphy sent a letter recognizing biden as the winner and president elect. Murphy explained because of recent developments involving legal challenges and certification of Election Results i have determined to access the post election resources and services describe tphrd Section Three of the act upon request. Well, i think today she may of stent to the michigan decision. It pretty much makes it impossible for the president to find any route towards winning the election. Reporter henly, the dean of the Golden School of Public Policy says murphy was following precedent trying to wait for one side to concede. That is what happen inside 2000. A decision was not made until after gores concession speech. December 14th. The Trump Campaign and allies lost 27 court cases challenging Election Results and a growing number of r