Everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 im grant lotus and im justine waltman in for vicki tonight. Now Assemblymember Phil ting and other members of a San Francisco delegation are calling on superintendents in their districts. To reopen schools as soon as possible this is new coronavirus cases reach new heights in the last 24 hours. The country has reported more than 195,000 new covid cases and close to a 100,000 patients are currently in the hospital because of covid this is according to the covid tracking project in california nearly 21,000 new cases were reported in a single day. This is the most new cases recorded in a single day in the state since the pandemic started california has recorded more than a million total cases so far. In the bay area more than 153,000 cases have been recorded and nearly 2000 people have died. And despite a surge in infections, a San Francisco delegation has now sent letters to several School Districts in the bay area demanding that school
Bring students back as soon as possible. Thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 everybody im grant lotus im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight now this delegation sent letters to San Franciscos Unified School District san mateo counties offices at of education and more. Urging for more plans to be made to kron 4 cylinder sackey joins us now live from outside of San Franciscos district headquarters for the School District she has more now on this push to get kids and teachers back in the classroom. Well despite the surge in cases and hospitalizations lawmakers and doctors say that school should still reopen as soon as they can and based on data from some of the other schools that reopened in the bay area with. In Person Learning they say that actually schools are one of the safer places to reopen during the pandemic. Do believe that schools need to be prioritize. We think that schools need to be open when many of the things may need to be should an Assembly Member phil
Today in the bay continues right now. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us for this friday the 13th today in the bay special. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Friday the 13th in the year 2020. Nothing is going to go wrong today. Its going to be a great day in the bay. Sounds great. Mike has a look at the roads in a bit. First, we have to talk about that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the rain coming into our area. Right, green is a lucky color, right . Were seeing that on the radar as were starting out on this friday morning. Its to the north of us and will be moving closer into the afternoon and evening hours. Right now we track the rain to our north and once again moving around ukiah, parts of lake and mendocino counties. A time line of what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. Mike, any issues heading to work this morning . Well, kari, my speed sensor is great but a section not green, oakland. A live look and show you the taillights past t
The experts weigh ip. And the rain is on its way. What you need to know before you head out the door tomorrow. But first we begin with breaking news in the president ial election. Nine days later, jessica, the wait is over in arizona. There is a winner and this is going to give joe biden an even bigger lead. Nbc news now projecting biden wins arizona. Hes flipped another red state blue. Biden receiving 11,000 more votes than President Trump. Arizona will award all of its 11 electoral votes to joe biden putting his total at 290. You see the map here. President trump has 217. Heres why it matters. Bidens win in arizona makes President Trumps fight to overturn the Election Results essentially impossible. If President Trump were to win in georgia and also overturn the results in pennsylvania biden would still have the 270 electoral votes to win. President trump is still refusing to concede. Tonight the Homeland Security department had a message for the country saying it was the most secure
Reporter some places that were on the list were spared any outage at all and others saw the weather subside and few problems getting power back on. But there are still 32,000 customers spending a second night without. It was last night at eight zero 7 pm. That is a good thing. Reporter generators and extension cords put away as neighborhoods in the mount diablo foothills were reenergized by pg e. They are dependent on weather forecast. Reporter this home and retire for the phone company and recalls it is better to under promise than to disappoint. You get your outside estimate because that is what people need to plan for the worst event or the worst case. We feel pretty comfortable that once there restored they will stay on. Reporter it is nightly briefing they said overnight winds delivered in mount st. Helena recording a 65 mileper hour gust and winds are forecast to ramp up again in the north the overnight so napa and sonoma counties will stay out. Areas with the all clear have been