Reported hes been isolating with his family. There was a covid concern. Out of an abundance of caution, theyre isolating. There was a covid concern with some of his kids. Heres the bottom line. Heres what we gleaned from this afternoon. Again, there was a lot to die jef jest. He went into great detail about how the vaccine or vaccines will be distributed and how the state will help. The governor said the state will not be distributing the vaccines. Instead that will be up to the Drug Companies partnering with your health care provider. For example, if you go to kaiser or sutter haelealth, they would have it. However, the state will help in the distribution. Also today a third possible vaccine was announced by astrazeneca and oxford university. So now moving forward, among the pressing questions, do we have a choice on which vaccine to take, and who gets it first . It shouldnt surprise anybody that the phase one vaccination Distribution Plan in terms of prioritization is focusing first
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
Get vaccinated. Plus i mean, this is a monumental event. A logistical challenge. How shipping giants are teaming up to get doses all across the country and the hitech method used to track those packages. Plus a trivalley waitress working one of her final shifts before the stay at home order gets a very unexpected surprise. And then they said heres 1,200. The social media challenge helping people during this holiday season. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Im anousha rasta. The first doses of Pfizers Covid vaccine will be given to americans in less than 48 hours. Tomorrows record rollout will begin at these loading docks. Workers have already packed millions of vaccine doses at pfizers plant in michigan. The potentially lifesaving cargo carefully transported in subarctic coolers. The vaccine rollout comes at a crucial time. The United States has surpassed 16 million cases. Among the first bay area hospitals to get the vaccine is ucsf medical center. Our Sergio Quintana has d
Also stay the same, as well. 41 counties in california are now in the most restrictive purple tier. The vast majority of our students are still in Distance Learning right now. Reporter under the purple tier, any class that resumed in person as of tuesday can continue, but for the majority of California School districts still doing Distance Learning be reopening plans are now on hold, until conditions improve or the school gets a waiver. Primarily this has the largest impact on districts that were putting their plans in place for a return in 2021. Reporter margaret represents 77 teachers from a School District in Contra Costa County, which is doing Distance Learning, but was consider league opening january 22nd. Thats not gonna happen. Reporter the Teachers Union president said the next opportunity to make a decision is in march, and she plans to push for not reopening at all this school year. Thats moving to the purple mix, even a stronger argument that we should not consider going bac
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Welcome sight for the bay area are top after capturing storm clouds filling our skies from San Francisco to the east bay as a weather system. Makes his way through Northern California rain in walnut creek, leaving seeking cover and streets pretty slick for the drivers out there good evening, everybody thanks for joining us at for kron 4 news at night, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus boy was it nice to get this much needed soaker really put an end to fire season at least for the time being. And this is a real storm gusty winds 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour in some areas as we take a live look outside right now this is the Golden Gate Bridge looking at the headlights coming from them are in direction still slick out there. But it was coming down pretty hard earlier in the day khief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking this system all weekend. It delivered. The ad pack a little punch to it as it came through those wind