House. Thats because so far neither candidate has enough votes. We have Live Team Coverage all morning long as votes are counted here in california and across the country. We start with emily turner live in Santa Clara County. Good morning. Good morning. Itll be a busy day here. One of the few that continues to count votes today. In fact we have seen several people walk through the doors. They will start any minute now. 5 00 is when they were set to tally. They stopped after midnight last night at a little over three quarters of a million ballots that had trickled in. Secrets a new voter turn out record. This was the scene outside of the santa clara redistrar as Election Night wrapped up. Once they made it inside poll workers and volunteers organized them into conditional provisional and then also regular. Next step is to unfold them and then count them. Here is what one voter had to say about his election experience in the e are a of coronavirus. When you cast a ballot how did you fee
San francisco has been touted as a Success Story for containing the pandemic. So why is the city suddenly rethinking reopening. When the virus takes off it takes off quickly. The south babies group under fire for a racist attack ad. In just a matter of hours, bay Area Voting Centers will open their doors, what election workers want you to know. Plus how the Postal Service is taking major steps tonight to ensure mailin ballots are received on time. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live tonight over the city of San Francisco, a city that has the lowest coronavirus death rate of any major city many the nation. But tonight, city leaders are pumping the brakes a bit on some new reopenings. Kpix 5s andrea borba on the troubling new data. Reporter this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid19 pandemic. Dr. Grant colfax with the department of Public Health says its unsurprising. Outside north be
Population to 4. Thats a 25 increase. That might not sound like a lot. But when this virus starts taking off, it takes off quickly. That case rate put San Francisco in the orange and the hospitalization rate jumping from 21 to 37 patients is in the red tier. Heres what the pause means, indoor pools, bowling alleys, and gym locker rooms will stay closed. Restaurants and houses of worship will stay at 25 capacity. Schools however are still a go with approval. This grill in the financial district that planned to reopen at 50 capacity will continue to stay closed because of the pause. Managing partner of water bar calls the pause on increasing restaurant capacity to 50 disappointing but understandable. Its a little bit of a set back to us from a pure Business Economic standpoint. Also of concern for businesses that have taken advantage of Outdoor Dining and the shared spaces program, the changing weather. Heat lamps are up now but wont stand a chance against the rain. Sometimes these parti
By streaming it on kpix. Com and other digital devices. And as the plans change leading up to the fall term. You can keep tabs on your Bay Area School district by going to kpix. Com back to school. 000 died from the coronavirus in the u. S. Thats the highest death toll in the world by far. California is one of 21 states designated by the White House Coronavirus task force as the red zone because of high coronavirus counts. The Task Force Says five more states could bed added soon. Could be added soon. Its recommended they adopt universal mask wearing and shut down bars. Florida surpassed its previous high of 186 set just 24go schools to open next month. In alabama, the governor extended the state order requiring masks in public for another month. President trump talked coronavirus, energy, and Campaign Today on his visit to texas. A newly released poll shows hes taking a hit politically over his handling of the pandemic. As skylar henry reports, his democratic rival is looking to take
No word yet on the cause. And its a very s ofea. Bunojust om ngnto the bay area. Including one thats burned 11,000acres. The mineral fire erupted monday in Fresno County near highway 198 in colinga. The wind whipped flames exploding to 11,000acres with 5 containment. Smoke from this fire is collecting now over the east bay. And in san bonito county the socalled coyote fire has grown to over 200acres in just a matter of hours. Chief meteorologist paul hagan tracking those conditions for us, paul . Yeah, you can see the haze out there right now as we look out from mount hamilton. It almost looks like high cirrus clouds overhead. Fortunately, the fire crews are able to get a handle on that martinez fve testimony scenic fire. And the fire danger really wasnt that high today. Not by our standards this time of the year. We ranked that on our fire danger index. And these are the values we have out there this evening. This is a scale from 0 to 10. Its very simple. We want to be as close to zer