Thats due to more restrictive measures being instituted in california and other states to help stem the growing tide of covid19 cases. Today, the cdc announced its recommending against travel for the holiday. Ktvu southbound reporter jesse gary picks it up from there. Reporter with a week before thanksgiving, air travel is light at Oakland International and other bay area airports. We just wanted to break it up, so that we werent traveling with a bunch of other people. A little bit easier the week before. Reporter this as officials at Mineta San Jose International airport say travel during the 11 day thanksgiving holiday period is scheduled to be 1 5th less than it was the year before. This is the simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter newsom says 94 of the states population is now in the purple tier, including six bay area counties. As a result, Officials Say people should forego gatherings with families and friendes this year. J
However, our First Priority is always to protect the publics health, and the way that we do that is by preventing spread of this virus. Reporter today really is its bad those news, but it is a call to action. Its our time to act. And i know a lot of people feel like theyve done everything they can. Were asking those who have done everything you can to do a little more. Reporter still at this restaurant, they worried about how to keep the staff, that are like family, and as the weather gets worse, theyre hoping diners will still consider outdoor seating with heaters an option. We need people coming to the restaurant asks dining, and if we dont have that, we will not have that revenue, so it is hard. Reporter the new rules take effect tuesday at 12 01 a. M. Santa clara said they will be in the purple tier not long after, unless they get this surge under control. Contra costa county putting some of its coronavirus restrictions back in place because of a spike in days of virus. 50 team in
Near levi stadium. This started when an underground 12inch recycled water pipe started leaking. The city water and utility staff shut off the supply but the street was flooded. The leak created the sinkhole, an estimated 25feet wide and four feet deep. This is the scene here. About 5 15 this morning. You can see the waterflooding the area outside of levi stadium after the pipe started leaking last night. Well continue to follow the story in south bay here on air and online at www. Ktvu. Com and bring you the latest updates. Nationally, more than 242 know thousand people have died from the coronavirus. Hopkins University Reports more than 1,000 patients are dieing every day. 49 states in washington, d. C. , are currently seeing spikes in the number of new cases. Only louisiana is seeing the number of new cases hold steady. The number of u. S. Patients needing hospitalization continues to grow. Health officials across the country are urging the public to get back to the basics. They say,
Growing numberoflawsuits from the trump administrations. Well start with the new lawsuits today, greg. Reporter gasia, good afternoon. We saw new vote counts released from states to determine who wins the president ial elect and the lawsuits you mentioned. Were starting to see rulings on those. The margins are razor thin when it comes to the vote counts and thousands of ballots remain to be counted. Lets go to the numbers. In georgia, a state that has not gone for a democrat since 1992, remains incredibly close. The secretary of state said despite the graphic there, that approximately 50,000 ballots remain to be counted, mostly from areas around atlanta and savannah. President Trump Holding a small lead over joe biden, 50 to 49 , less than 15,000 votes. Lets take to you nevada. Its six electoral votes could get biden to 270 and remains incredibly close. A big focus on clark county, home to las vegas and 70 of the population. 77 reporting. Biden holding a small 49 to 48 lead. In critica
And fox news called wisconsin and joe biden wins the state President Trump won four years ago and with it its ten key electoral volts. Looking at the electoral vote total at this point and with that wisconsin win, joe biden leads 248 to 213. You need 270. The key number here to win the white house. At this point, some swing states, were talking about michigan and pennsylvania and when it comes to the popular vote, joe biden won the popular vote over President Trump by a good 2 to 3 million votes. Four years ago, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes. Biden in this turn around has broken president obamas record for the most votes ever cast for a u. S. President ial candidate. Late last night out west or early this morning, back on the east coast, President Trump was declaring victory after getting some big wins in the state of texas, the state of florida as well as ohio. But joe biden was also ensuring the nation that every vote would be counted and in the overnight ho