This weekend marks 50 years of pride in San Francisco, but coronavirus will change the way we celebrate them. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 7. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a saturday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher we do want to start the hour with a check of weather before we get to the headlines and so lets say good morning to john trouble find out how foggy it is out there it was pretty dense when was late yeah i definitely does the wipers myself to that might have made all 3 of us very much so a foggy start to the morning, one of your worst visibility mornings at the so do watch your travel on bridges right now your view from alcatraz not showing you much, but that gray that is hanging out all across the bay area currently so as we make our way through the morning youre going to notice that fog will begin to lift right on top of that they did to bridge visibility is about to be improving. But as for the east bay hills and the coastline, its going
Across japan there have been more than 2,600 cases excluding 712 from the diamond princess cruise ship. 82 people have died including 11 from the ship. The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is set to cross some grim milestones as it takes a growing toll across the globe. The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the next few days, we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths. He says he is concerned about the rapid escalation of infection. There are already more than 800,000 confirmed cases and over 40,500 deaths globally. Hes also calling on governments to ensure Vulnerable People have food and other necessities as more countries issue lockdowns. Meanwhile, china has begun releasing the number of people who have tested positive but show no symptoms. However it has not disclosed how many of these socalled silent carriers have been confirmed since the start of the outbreak. During the news conference, w. H. O. Offici
Nine. This is our version of white christmas. Foggy christmas. Right . Well, you know what, christmas is getting closer. I know this may be a time when people are taking time off. Schools are out. My boys are counting the hours. I bet a lot of people are flying. You know what happens when there is fog in town, there are delays. Absolutely. Maybe you are a little tired, theres a survey about whether or not you sleep on planes. I try to. Sleep judge. Com says 61 of passengers have a difficult time sleeping in a coach seat. The survey revolt the window seat is actually the worst spot to sleep on a long flight, the best is actually to put on the tray table and use it to rest your head on, i dont get that, ive never done that. The middle of the plane was also the best to get sleep. If i were to pick, i would pick the window seat. I feel like theres something to lean against. Yeah, why do they say the window seat is the worst . I dont know. You . I dont know, i like the aisle seat so i can g
The looks of it, it does not appear so. They are but its a very slow process. Crews are trying to clear what theyre doing right now is that they have brought in equipment and their literately assembling the crane thats going to left the toppled crane. They have several nieces of equipment working to but the into the crane the Strong Enough to lift the crane thats on the ground echo they have representatives from caltrans, also from the chp, all overseeing the operation. Some people have some expertise in being able to give this crane a. But what makes it more difficult is this is a very large heavy piece of machinery. We have to first get it on is wheels. The chp offices once the core is cleared, the his the have 100 gallons of fuel that spilled on the roadway. Around this morning, the crane striver en route to the peninsula loss control while traveling westbound just past the exit. The 220,000 pound 88 footlong crane went off its wheels, and fell across all eastbound lanes of the high
All right, sal, 6 01. And anything, are you still you know, im seeing traffic beginning to develop, steve, its lighter than usual, but there is a commute out there in case youre wondering. Richmond bridge a little bit of snowing. The fog is playing a role. Highway 4 not fog in lafayette, foggy as you head up the hill. Lets go back to the desk. Following breaking news right now, Police Investigating a shooting own matter horn drive at b arrietta road. You are with us now, so what do you know so far, alyssa. Reporter good morning, still heavy Police Presence here, i want to show you where they are centering their investigation, they are on matterhorn and bronco drive. We see them in front a house just about halfway down this block. There are shell casings in the middle of the street. What we know is this shooting happened at 2 45 a. M. A man was shot and suffered some life threatening injuries. That victim was taken to a hospital. No suspects have been identified. So police are still sea