On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still not going bad enough to require any sort of a full on lockdown in the bay area thats why medical experts here favor a regional approach. This is what San Francisco looked like in march deserted streets following a covid19 lockdown order has that same kind of shut down in the nations future. During an interview this week a member of president elect joe bidens coronavirus taskforce floated the idea. Doctor Michael Osterholm said we could lock down for 4 to 6 weeks and if we did that we could drive the numbers down like theyve done in asia like they did in new zealand and australia. I cant see a National Lockdown that everybody goes back to where. We were in march doctor Robert Wachter who chairs you see San Franciscos department of medicine says some form of lockdown may be needed in certain places in the midwest and the dakotas where covid19 is out of control if there you know encouraging people to wear masks if youre going to a big crowd. I mean come on its its its november, Everybody Needs to be wearing a mask there should not be big they should be shutting down bars they should be shutting down Indoor Dining at restaurants, but wachter says while cases may be going in the wrong direction in the bay area. They are not nearly bad enough to require that same sort of lockdown here in San Francisco. We have had a 153 deaths from covid since the since march since this thing started if you took numbers and you extrapolated them to the whole country. There would have been about 60,000 deaths rather than 240,000. So 180,000 lives would be saved. The main difference in San Francisco from the rest the country is nearly universal masking. If there was to be a lockdown Business Leaders say the federal government must provide wages for out of work employees and provide greater support for Small Business owners than just a ppp loan. And you to cover things like rent. Payroll but also insurance overhead and inventory we have Small Businesses that have been stocking up all year. The cell during the Winter Holiday season number one it take that away from them or even take away part of their revenue away from them because of the loss of foot traffic we would need to be able to accommodate that women need to accommodate that from the federal government. Again medical experts saying they do not favor this fullon National Lockdown at least the ones here in the bay area dont think thats whats going to work they favor a more regional approach the only thing they think that should be universal is maskwearing which they say will greatly reduce the number of covid19 deaths live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news began according to a new gallup poll nearly half of americans say they would likely comply with another lockdown at they. Had to stay home for a month that is down from earlier this year when 67 say, or said that they would do so as of now 33 say that they probably would not comply with new restrictions. Thats despite 61 of americans believing that the situation is getting worse researchers say maskwearing might have given people an increased confidence level and avoiding the virus. On the east coast chicago has announced another stay at home order that goes into effect on monday mayor Lori Lightfoot making that announcement today in an effort to stop the spread of covid19 in that city julian cruz has details. Good evening, sobering words from Chicago City Hall tonight mayor Lori Lightfoot and Top Health Officials say the next 7 weeks are absolutely critical towards averting what the citys Health Commissioner says has the potential to become a catastrophe. People are dying. Were seeing a daily uptick any amount of dust that were recording in the city of chicago. This is literally a matter of life and death. Lori lightfoot says its a stark reality with a 1000 or more chicagoans likely to die by years end if we dont bend the curve which is why the city is issuing a 30 day stay home advisory affective 06 00am monday. Theres a 10 person limit on social gatherings, indoors or out with the mayor urging people to cancel non essential travel which as painful as it is also includes out of town relatives on thanksgiving day we must tell you. You must cancel the normal thanksgiving plans. Particular include. To not live in your immediate household over the course of a single week, the City Health Department says the positivity rates soaring from 10. 9 . To just over 14 with a possible vaccine still way off in the future the vaccine. Is not the next few months. And the next few months. Winter, the flu. And covid fatigue. Have the potential. To truly create a catastrophe that could be avoided here. The city says as part of its new protection ca go strategy theyre going to beef up enforcement and increase fines on those who dont follow the rules and put others in danger on the north side of chicago, im julian crews. Back to you in california. And this just tonight federal government is saying that theres no evidence of widespread voter fraud. The cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a statement that reads in part quote the november 3rd election was the most secure in american history. There is no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes, change the votes or was in any way compromised. While there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections. We can assure you that we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections. And you should too. End of quote. All right back to the pandemic here is a closer look at all the bay area counties and where things stand right now in the states tiered reopening system which of course is colorcoded you want to be yellow with minimal spread you dont want to be purple that is the worst. This week Contra Costa County was forced to move from orange to the more restrictive red tier. Meanwhile, San Francisco, and alameda counties have not moved back it here theyre Holding Steady for now hoping to not regress and those 3 counties sf moran alameda theyre all voluntarily pausing the reopening plans in fact, San Francisco despite being in the best shape, the most relax yellow tear, San Franciscos rolling back the reopening of Indoor Dining a bit and its going to be reducing the capacity of Fitness Centers in movie theaters. Marine county here is cutting Indoor Dining capacity back to 25 . Meanwhile, you have santa clara napa and solano counties theyre all experiencing a surge in cases and are at serious risk of having to slide back it here for that would need heading back into the most restrictive purple tier and Sonoma County as the only bay area county to have never left that purple tier. Meanwhile, california will soon be the second stay right behind texas to surpass a million known covid cases to date there have been over 991,000 cases and more than 18,000 deaths governor newsome and doctor mark galli will be providing an update on covid19 to the state tomorrow and just tonight Johns Hopkins in fact said that california did in fact to go over that 1 million mark to the north bay now moraine county Health Officials say it might be time to pump the brakes on further reopening. Rinne countys Health Officer doctor matt willis says that restaurants county wide should reduce indoor capacity to just 25 that is down from the current 50 willis says that. As coronavirus cases spike in california and around the bay area marin county is in danger of moving from the current orange tier to the more restrictive red tier on the States Coronavirus watch list. He is recommending that restaurants reduced capacity because they tend to be where people gather indoors and dont wear masks because theyre eating. In fact we had a margin or sending multiple people crossed households. Were not covering their faces are often getting together for an hour an hour and half of the time and thats one of the reasons why risk so much higher for Indoor Dining. Thats why were taking this step. At this point the reduction to 25 capacity is only recommendation doctor willis says that it could become mandatory next week at the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. And we do want to remind you that this friday, San Francisco will temporarily rollback the reopening of Indoor Dining and will reduce the capacity of Fitness Centers and movie theaters, San Francisco also paused the reopening of indoor instruction at high schools that have reopen changes will go into effect at noon tomorrow. In the south bay, some parents and teachers at Santa Clara County are protesting what they say. Is a rush to reopen schools, protesters. This morning, were claiming schools are reopening without proper safety precautions. Organizers are asking for Additional Health and safety training, adequate staffing in classrooms and allowing continued telework for some staff School Officials in Santa Clara County have responded saying they have followed guidelines from the california Health Department and Health Officials in Santa Clara County and that less than 10 of students have returned to in Person Learning. Their Statement Reads in part quote it is vital that students who require programs and services that must be delivered in person have access to in Person Learning and essential supports with this in mind we have been engaged in a slow and gradual pathway to return to in Person Instruction taking all necessary steps to accomplish this goal with staff and student safety top of mind. By the way make sure to download the kron 4 mobile app as well as our 24 7 streaming news service kron on to stay up to date on all covid restrictions across the bay as well as the latest on case numbers here across the state and in the country are developing story that were following for you at least one person has been injured and evacuations that still under way after. Construction workers hit a Natural Gas Service line near San Franciscos alamo square. This is a video from the scene. It happened on fulton street between pearson steiner streets. A Police Spokesman reported the gas leak shortly before 3rd 3. 30 this afternoon and at last check officers who you are going door to door to evacuate people from buildings that worths threatened by the leak pg and e is on scene assisting First Responders reportedly an active scene well be bringing you details as we get them. Still to come bay area food banks are getting ready for the holidays, hoping to keep up with high demand this is millions of americans are out of work because of the pandemic. Plus president elect joe biden moving forward with the white house transition this as President Trump continues to dispute the Election Results and attention costco shoppers. The updated mask policy just announced. Costco is updating its face mask policy now everybody entering the facility has to wear a Face Covering people with a medical condition were previously exempt. But now if you have a medical condition. You must at least wear a face shield to enter the only current exemption is for kids under the age of 2 costcos president says any inconvenience is certainly worth staying safe. And with a Holiday Season just around the corner, some bay area food banks are finding themselves struggling to assist those at risk of Food Insecurity there today kron 4 you spoke to a food Bank Representative fu says help is needed now more than ever. When fighting Food Insecurity during the pandemic as thanksgiving twentytwenty approaches is so intense that the Alameda County food banks director of Community Engagement says pre covid thanksgiving 2019 is a complete blur you know its funny to think about even remember last this is just this last year has been many years itself. He says thats because the number of people needing food has doubled from this time last year. We have never seen numbers like we have seen. You know this year and we expect as we head deeper into november and december close to the holidays. Were probably going to see the longest lines weve ever right now, we estimate that at least one in 4 county residents is experiencing or at risk of hunger. And collectively around the bay at least 1. 5 million bay area residents right now are in need of food bank assistance. Volunteers with the Alameda County food bank are helping to serve food for about 70,000 People Per Day and heres how you can help relieve the one thing that the banks need right now is Financial Support of our food costs are through the roof last year we spend about 400,000 in food costs in october. This october we spent nearly one 0. 7 Million Dollars on food you can also help by lending a hand and becoming a food bank volunteer. Haaziq kron 4 news. All right time now for 4 zone forecast that chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is with us in lawrence were all looking ahead to some rain. Yeah finally looks like were going to get the rain looks like it will kind of open up the pattern to weve got more systems on the way but tomorrow, yeah plan on some wet showers developing outside as were going to see the beginning to pick up probably in the morning in the north bay first, fairly light to begin with and theyre going to be scattered about the bay area but they kind of sweeping across the rest the bay as we head throughout the day tonight that some partly cloudy skies some high clouds already beginning to move in from that system Doppler Radar picking up on some of the raindrops still off the coastline of Northern California see some of those clouds out ahead of a but the main system still yet to come and not going to be huge storm, but its going to be enough to finally bring some rain back to the bay area because its been some time since weve had any rain so here we go we take you through time on the computer molly see the rain begin to move in the north bay about 9. 30 or so a couple raindrops just north of santa rosa and then as we head through the day starts to sag a little further to the south you see we get the afternoon rain spreading across the bay area pockets, some moderate downpours moves by and then we kind of wind things up as we head into about 8. 30 so going to kind of a quick event its going to come through, but theres more on the horizon we get some showers for tomorrow. We have a dry weekend effect temperatures warming up some place near 70 degrees by sunday and monday then another chance of showers developing on tuesday wednesday of next week, but this one little bit iffy the time he keeps on switching back and forth on the computer models that says the computer models really dont have a good handle on it all i can say is that looks like the pattern is opened up looks like more rain is on the way you think this thing the markets all the way to the south bay. Yeah i think itll make it a south bay but theres not going to be as much rain there well see the heaviest amounts of rain maybe a half an inch the coastal hills in the north bay, but time a south bay just a couple puddles out there all right, yeah, however it comes to iceland right thanks. Well speaking of the south bay we go to san jose where folks there trying to close that embattled Reid Hillview airport are now pushing a strategy they say could solve 2 programs to problems said whats as kron fours rob fladeboe reports for us now supporters say closing the airport would help keep neighbors say from the land occupied by the airport. Could help solve the Regions Affordable Housing shortage. Ford has fended off efforts to close it for decades over safety concerns. It closed 180 acre county own land in east, san jose would go a long way to solving the Regions Affordable Housing crisis as spurs Teresa Alvarado it is time to re imagine revealed airport as inaccessible Community Asset. That stimulates production of Affordable Housing and economic opportunities. The airport was here long before the neighborhoods in shopping malls that surrounded today. There are more than 500 takeoffs and landings every day. 200,000 every year. Supporters say its Safety Record is excellent, but there have been several crashes through the years. Neighbors have long complained about noise and pollution as well, but supporters argue Reid Hillview is a Community Asset and should not be closed the airport. Provides us a piece of the National Transportation infrastructure for one thing and as a reliever airport for san jose which puts small aircraft that come into the valley into this airport to stay out of the path of the big jets going into san jose. Also provides we saw fire fighting. Aircraft working out of here during the of the fires up on the hills right over there. Im sure youve got some the role that to illustrate the potential for housing here advocate showed how the airport land is 3 times the size of levis stadium. And half again as large a San Jose State University and the proposed google village in downtown san jose Reid Hillview has served a select few in this community for decades. But the best use of that land is no longer to accommodate private planes or even teach students the basics of aviation. If the airport is alternately closed many of the pilots flight schools and other traffic would likely move to a similar sized airport in san martine in southern Santa Clara County. In a first step toward closing Reid Hillview the county stopped accepting federal funding last year funding that could help keep Reid Hillview open for another 30 years in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Still to come tonight at 6. 45 as the pandemic continues Many Companies are allowing folks to work from home of course all experts see this new trend and they think it might last well after the pandemic. And what will travel look like during the pandemic apparently not so air travel is picking up from the lowest levels of the leading into the thanksgiving Holiday Weekend barry airports are preparing. You know for the next 2 weeks to be the busiest travel days of the year, however as kron 4 switched all reports the numbers will still fall far short of last year. Overall aaa Northern California says thanksgiving Holiday Travel will drop 13 a trip advisor report says more than 75 of the people planning to travel will choose to i dont know anyone thats flying just for thanksgiving holiday. I know families that live within driving distance are doing that at San FranciscoInternational Airport spokesperson doug says although it is being air traffic is still down significantly to about 25 of what it was the same period last year at a peak day we might be seeing 18 20,000 passengers. But we should normally be seeing over 80,000 passengers so still a lot more quiet than you might remember an says its difficult to predict what the holidays will look like you know to san jose and oakland International Airports expect thanksgiving to be the busiest travel period during the pandemic in oakland passenger levels or 30 of last years that is expected to grow to more than 50 for the whole a name i think people are sort of you know getting a little bit. Feeling a little bit safer with all the offense. The stuff that they still covid19 cases across the country are rising, but Major Airlines are adding flights to keep up with an anticipated increase in demand the coming weeks at us and they leave today all 4 news. Up next with election week over a plywood used to protect businesses from potential unrest, you know its still up how long like we see it stick around. Plus still this trash right here well, its going to pick it up about paying Homeless People to do so the south bay city. They want make that program a reality. President elect joe biden is moving forward with the white house transition naming a chief of staff as President Trump continues President Trump has not yet addressed the surgeon nationwide covid as another person close to him test positive indeed meanwhile president elect biden over here is reportedly being blocked from classified briefings which is typical in these sorts of situations as he forges ahead with the white house transition Kareen Wynter reports. While the transfer of president ial power