Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 6pm 20240711 : compareme

Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 6pm 20240711

Bob wachter shared his thoughts monday saying each member provides very different perspectives to the pandemic and this task force is really set up with a broad group of people very diverse in every dimension, including Patient Advocates policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist for allah just doctor David Kessler has been named one of 3 cochairs on the task force he served as commissioner of the fda under president s George H W Bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move any move the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use his dog good, he gets things done he understands how the federal Government Works understands research and i think hell do a terrific job at this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the Obama Administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah erica is a legend is an expert in global health. Hes an expert also you know deep commitment to underserved populations not only the United States. But around the world and doctor Robert Rodriguez is expected to bring the experience of a practicing Emergency Room Physician to the team works primarily at those are covered San Francisco general and so hes his life is really devoted to taking care of. Patients in underserved populations doctor wachter says its been a frustrating year. But this team is a step in the right direction, those of us have been watching the last 10 months and seeing the relative lack of expertise and the devaluing of expertise and the fact that the president has not chosen to listen to experts this is incredibly reassuring. In San Francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news. Some interesting news from pfizer pfizer says its Coronavirus Vaccine could be 90 effective at preventing covid19. That announcement today does not mean a vaccine is eminent. But it does put the company on track to apply for emergency use approval. Later this month that would come from the fda. The company says out of 44,000 people enrolled in the study it saw only 94 infections. No other details on the study were released. Coronavirus cases on the u. S. They really are skyrocketing today the u. S. Had a milestone, 10 million cases nationwide. And yesterday for 5th day in a row more than 100,000 new cases were recorded. Experts say in the last week alone they have seen a 65 jump and those numbers unfortunately are expected to just keep climbing. And doctor ben carson, the secretary of housing and urban development has tested positive for covid19. He is the latest member of the Trump Administration to contract the virus last week white house chief of staff mark meadows tested positive for the fire is along with 5 other west wing aides. Both men reportedly attended an indoor Election Party at the white house tuesday night. And the south bay officials are warning of a possible return to tighter Health Orders thats in the wake of a surge in new covid19 cases as kron fours rob fladeboe reports now the surge comes with a plea for people to continue to take precautions. To prevent further spread of the virus. But whats happened in the last week. It is no longer a draft. Our cases are surging up Santa Clara County Public Health officer doctor sara cody and other officials calling on the community to stay on guard against the coronavirus after seeing a sharp uptick in covid19 cases the 358 new covid19 cases reported sunday is the most is a record 385 cases reported back on july 15th, a sharp increase in hospitalizations to more than a 100 is another troubling sign the virus is spreading faster than earlier outbreaks. The newest infections are mostly in people between 1834 years old exactly why the surge is happening now is not clear says doctor cody. Its possible that we are about a week plus out from halloween. Its possible that we are all experiencing pandemic fatigue as weve been this for a very long time the county is stepping up enforcement of the health order so far 79 businesses have received notices for noncompliance. Amid more than a 1000 complaints about possible violations as county counsel james williams. If you see concerns. If you become aware of violations on the part of businesses or entities or others. We want you to report those sec Covid Concerns dot org and there is no clear evidence of any super spreader events behind the surge. Officials said Indoor Dining in private inhome gatherings elevate the risk of spreading the virus urging people to be extra careful ahead of the holidays and other indoor activities associated with Colder Weather what each of us do every day really matters and an increase in cases is both. A risk for the health of our community as well as for the health of our economy doctor cody warned that the recent surge threatens to push Santa Clara County from orange back into the red tier which means tighter restrictions. Is san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. And were learning more than 2 dozen coronavirus cases have been reported within the Oakland Police Department Since the start of the pandemic according to the Oakland Police Officers Association there have been a 30 positive covid19 cases within the Department Since march. Officials with the Police Officers association say that includes 2 new cases just reported today. And one of those positive cases is a Patrol Officer interim Oakland Police chief Susan Manheimer talk to kron 4 about the cases. But we are on top of our protocol. We have very very high level of Rapid Response testing and protocols that we put into place as we did this weekend and today we are really pleased that weve had a relatively know low number of exposure cases at opd were one of the first 2 got Rapid Testing for any exposures and so weve been very lucky to keep that number low compared to other agencies but we have seen a spike in this last several weeks thats troubling for us here at opd and and you know across the bay area. Again there have been 30 total cases since march within the department to the cases were reported just today and there are more than 700 officers within the police department. We do have a reporter on the story tonight and well bring you more on kron 4 news at 8. Well more help is on the way for Small Businesses and San Francisco struggling to survive during the covid19 pandemic. San franciscos making another 3 and a half Million Dollars in 0 interest loans available to small some 80 Small Businesses that qualify kron fours dan kerman is live in north beach tonight with more dan. Well doesnt really matter the type of business many of these businesses hit 50 capacity 50 person i say of their profit have gone away over the last 6 months or so of studio lot studio a hair salon and thats what these loans are all about so far the city helping more than 200 Small Businesses theyve received about 4800 inquiries right now money available for another 80 business. Due to the covid19 pandemic Small Businesses like hair salons restaurants and pull a studios have seen their revenue cut in half or more or business has been around for 30 years. Its a struggle. I dont want to give up just because of this moment in time i want to be able to to survive and ride it again any support thats out there from the the state and the federal government could really help Small Businesses survive know help is on the way is San Francisco expands its Small Business loan program. To provide about 80 businesses a portion of 3. 5 Million Dollars and 0 interest loans certainly need that the Small Business Community Faces San Francisco far out matches number of resources that we havent we know that this is a benefit to those businesses that do happen and for the over 300 businesses that will receive the slum this would be very beneficial to them and their employees walking tours to run San Franciscos office of economic and Workforce Development says since april the citys help program has provided loans to 227 Small Businesses, 74 are minority owned and 52 are owned by women all every how we can get those they sweep the good you know full or at any francesco cub lucci who owns the california fish market restaurant in north beach. As applied before for this loan and is hoping this time to be selected. He like Tracy Sylvester who owns bhs a lot hes in the mission is not only worried about paying employees but paying the rent my landlord and i have a really nice working relationship and weve been able to do have french. But those days that will come soon for me really needing to find some support. A city Officials Say 75 of these additional funds will go towards low and moderate income businesses, the remaining amount of money will go to qualified businesses that are approved and picked in the lottery system that will be coming up live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan an out or a frost a 4 zone forecast. Kron fours chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us with a look. Chilly chilly forecast. Yeah, coldest temperatures weve seen all season long and. Here we go we went from a very warm october and all of a sudden things changed deal this weekend few scattered showers out there some reports of some hail and some much colder air around the bay area so yes settling in tonight. Weve some very cold air now and with the winds calming down it is going to get frigid some parts of the north bay youre talking some very cold temperatures making way up in the healdsburg mill valley novato sonoma all the way from napa valley save alina get the idea were going to see some very cold weather in those areas, temperatures dropping down to at the freezing mark, maybe a little bit below in fact overnight lows tonight probably going to be dropping down into the upper 20s. I think in some of the north bay valleys down about 32 degrees in the napa valley about 38 little 34 in the valley going to see some widespread frost tomorrow morning like we havent seen all season long, otherwise youve got some 30s into places like little more in concord 40s in and around the bay and also along the coastline so tight very chilly outside watch out for some frost early on tomorrow morning. Now weve got some more rain on the rise, well talk more about that in a few minutes sounds exciting. Thank you. Lawrence said coming up right Health Officials theyve got advice for safer holidays, safer travel during the pandemic. They say you can celebrate safely with loved ones without gathering. Plus president elect joe biden pressing forward with his plans while President Trump vows to keep fighting with no plans to and 3 deadly shootings over a 12 hour period, how often police are responding to a jump in crime. Its very very worrying. And what were doing were Police Commission for a to actually address this why as 2020 comes to a close the city of oakland finds itself on track for a major increase in deadly shootings. Today, the union that represents Oakland Police is calling on the Police Commission and the city council to come up with a plan to put a stop to it and kron fours Haaziq Madyun has that story. It was a violent weekend of the city of oakland, including 3 deadly shootings within a 24 hour period, Oakland Police Officers Association president buried and we know we have 3 murders. In spite 12 hours but just this week we had total of 6 murders and a further 11 shootings right across the state. So were seeing a significant escalation in Violent Crime in over. As you can see this graphic both homicides and shootings have increased from this time last year these are incredible numbers. If you sides and shootings together is a 56 increase Oakland Police chief Susan Manheimer cites multiple reasons for this years increase a deadly shootings, including covid ne teens impact on proactive cry for the jet we have been frustrated that we have not been able to use our traditional ceasefire violence intervention that is what that will not stop. Our ability to go out there and to reduce this by now that oakland voters overwhelmingly approved the measure as one strengthening the Police Commission donna let his colleague would help fighting Violent Crime from the commission and the city council in north side by the responsible for Public Safety and security. So i saw each Police Commission council should be assisted in providing an actual plan to address this level of violence at least 2 Oakland City Council members say they are taking action by Council Unanimously supported my proposal to direct the administration to prioritize cracking down on them more money in the budget to hire more investigators, those civilian and sworn. I will continue to to the fan. The Investigations Division and oppose any cuts i also reached out to the Police Commission for an opportunity to be a part of this conversation i received no reply. Has it made you kron 4 news. Take a look at this a welcome sight in tahoe this weekend. I guess that depends on who you ask the first snow of the season. These are various pictures from heavenly kirkwood and northstar ski resorts, 7 inches of snow fell over the weekend. And more snow is in the forecast. Opening day at several ski resorts is november 20th which is right ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. But keep in mind most are requiring ski lift reservations in an effort to prevent crowding on the mountains, yeah, it pretty. And now 2 or 4 zone forecast which clearly has a little drama. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Kahn karnow joins us with a look at what you can expect yeah fog low clouds also rob ready for some drama in the Weather Department looks like. Were going to get to is weve got some big changes coming our way we are a few of those showers over the weekend even reports of some hail around the bay area, some very cold air moving in. And settling in for tonight. So weve got the freeze warnings goin up in the north bay and you can see whats caused did you get this cold air these fronts coming right now of the gulf of alaska and all that cold air dropping into the bay area fact another weak cold front, likely work its way into the state for tomorrow outside mostly clear skies. The winds have really calmed down ab some very blustery winds on sunday because those winds of calm down the temperatures are really going to drop outside. Numbers right now youve got the very dry. Our air 48 degrees in palo alto this 48 in dublin already 51 degrees in San Francisco in the north bay but its getting chilly in a hurry 43 in novato weve got 48 in santa rosa and as we see the night really kind of settle in these temperatures really going to be dropping. Outside so tonight, mostly clear skies, freezing conditions in the interior valleys, especially in the north bay tomorrow, mostly sunny and cool with an increasing clouds late in the day and then unsettled weather pattern watch this. Weve got one front comes through as we head in toward tomorrow thats going kind of fall apart, but boy weve got more behind that as we get into thursday and friday a chance showers over the weekend more rain they just keep lineup out there so here we go looks like some unsettled weather coming our way just what we need some rain bringing into the fire season in the bay area looks like the temperatures going to be a bit on the chilly side overnight tonight some of those lows going to be in the 20s and the 30s around the bay area. So certainly some very cold temperatures out there looks like it is going to be unsettled wet and more drama in weather ahead, it looks like for the foreseeable thank you laura. Those are typically the busiest travel times of the ye

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