Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 10 20240711 : comparemel

Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 10 20240711

Going to feel it not only going to be the rain were going to see some strong gusty winds as we get a real cold front that is headed our way tonight though even today was kind of quiet day out there. We have lots of sunshine we have some warm temperatures tonight starting to see some clouds moving in the winds begin to pick up along the coastline. Thats the first hand some changes on the way but today you can hardly tell were talking about a storm off the coastline. Weve got 70s mid 70s in oakland 74 in san jose and 71 in santa rosa, but everything is about to change look what off the coastline is this area of low pressure deepen this ridge was able start to strengthen across park, the west coast, but its moving quickly now and were starting to see that little swirl off the coast that is live in our direction. Thats whats going to bring the rain right now tracking your skies were not seen any raindrops just yet most of us just high level clouds out ahead of the main cold front. Its not going to be long though that before that starts to come on shore, i think maybe as early maybe 05 06am, in parts of the north bay but look at the winds. Before theyre blowing offshore the evening hours. But now were starting to see a pickup 27 Miles Per Hour winds out of the south there in pacifica 24 mill valley, youre looking at 16 in San Francisco and 17 instance, a beach notice that direction thats starting to be that influence from that low thats off the coastline. These winds really going to ramp up around the bay area certainly could see some trees coming down and some power lines too so be prepared for that the storm could have a little kick to it as it comes through tonight, increasing clouds throughout the night chance of a few showers mainly in the north bay cloudy, windy and wet for tomorrow. And after stormy start to this workweek looks like things settle down as we get in toward the weekend. But this storm is going to pack a punch she awaits oriented toward the coastline coming almost in parallel to the coast. So once you get your is going to kind of a slow mover coming through so plan on more stormy day the knot tomorrow as we head throughout the day, picking up in the north bay first time now for as we head through the night tonight, those clouds begin to move in and theres the main front coming through as we had 8 9 oclock in the morning in the north bay minutes lives on through the rest of central bay as we head toward the middle of the day then in the afternoon moves out into the south bay behind that were going to see a few scattered showers continuing then another wave is likely to move in that one little more instability to of that comes through on wednesday, so yeah, nice little rain headed our way in fact its going to continue rain through the next 24 hours were talking maybe half an inch many of the urban areas of the mountain tops even more than that then we throw in that next way thats going to come through on wednesday and starts getting impressive maybe 3 quarters inch and Half Moon Bay. So you get the idea a nice rain event coming our way and were going to get those gusty winds coming to seoul. If you have to be out there tomorrow be prepared. I mean this is going to be the first time weve seen anything like this since last spring or so maybe winter time so its going to come through with a kick and the king tides may be some flooding along the embarcadero right time also get those windshield wiper weve got to get that those will the other big story were following for you tonight almost all bay area counties. Are now in the most restrictive purple tier, which means risk levels for covid19 is widespread it was a reality check kind of day governor newsome today ordering 40 counties to take at least one step back sometimes more in the states tiered economic reopening system and heres what it means for the bay area you have Sonoma Napa Solano contra costa alameda and santa clara counties. That are all now in that purple tier cinemas been there the whole time marine San Francisco and san mateo counties slipped back to this slightly less restrictive red tier that is indicating substantial spread in those places. The move is forcing hundreds of businesses in the bay area to now limit indoor capacity either take business outsider some cases having to shut down altogether by tomorrow and this is a of course because of the dramatic spikes were seeing in covid19 cases and hospitalizations yeah Officials Say that daily covid19 cases in the state doubled over the past 2 days across all demographics regions. Cases today. Well end up in our hospital beds in 2 to 3 weeks. Consistently at a rate of about 12 this is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Governor newsom also announce more rules added to the states mask mandate did confirm that he is considering implementing a statewide curfew the decision on that is not final yet on the governor says that is still being assessed in a controversial topic of course not everyone on board with the idea of a statewide curfew and. One of the people against it right here in the bay area kron fours dan thorn there you see him right there live in daly city tonight with which official is calling the curfew a bad idea. Dan. Grant vicki official is san mccain mitt county supervisor david who says that an idea of her curfew is unnecessary overreach and then it will only hurt continue to hurt Small Businesses that are already struggling, San Mateo County is going to be falling back from the orange tier to the red tier which is the second most restrictive tier in california. And as you mentioned the governor said the curfew is simply just an idea. The idea of a curfew to curb a recent surge in covid19 cases is not sitting well with one bay area leader governor Gavin Newsome brought up the possibility at mondays statewide Coronavirus Briefing i think the curfew. Brings a little bit of fear that fear San Mateo County supervisor david says is for the Small Businesses like restaurants who may suffer even more he thinks the focus for state and local leaders should be holding individual people accountable by reinforcing things like mask wearing avoiding gatherings and maintaining social distancing to me thats just not right. I mean i think we should were much more sophisticated. We know what we need to do i think having a curfew is just a total overreach, but we can afford any more Mario Santa Cruz is the coowner of lisas Mexican Restaurant in daly city he too opposes the idea of a curfew but is also concerned about rolling back even further as of monday San Mateo County is the only bay area county allowing for any Indoor Dining i dont know how long i was going to be in terms of business. If we dont build, i mean. The states of massachusetts and virginia have both an acted covid curfews which governor newsome says are being assessed for implementing in california of the several questions being considered is what a curfew means for businesses. To date there has not ben one infectious scientists that says a curfew works. Well the governor says that hes also looking into studies that were done in france, germany and saudi arabia to see if a curfew works and right now la county officials are also looking into the possibility of a curfew to keep people hopefully from not gathering or flocking to restaurants and bars and also sticking around in those places. Late at night to curb this spread. Reporting live in daly city dan thorn kron 4 news fake you did and Republican Assembly member James Gallagher from the sacramento area is also slamming the governor over new restrictions. He released a Statement Today that reads in part. The governor has state bureaucrats can color code counties in change rules as they go, but the basics remain the same were all free people who can exercise our freedom responsibly the government can only take what you let them i dont think you should closure Business Church or school. I would encourage you to keep them open. I dont think you need to cancel thanksgiving. You are all responsible adult and you can decide what risks are acceptable for you and your family and quote. Gallagher is one of 2 republican lawmakers who filed a lawsuit against newsome over his emergency executive power. And just last friday, a judge limited new sons executive power going forward. Is apologizing for his recent outing in the wine country we first told you this story on friday 2 weeks ago we went to a Birthday Dinner at the posh French Laundry restaurant in napa county with a dozen people from different households during his briefing today, the governor said he made a mistake. I mean bad mistake instead of sitting down. I should have stood up and walked back on my current job back to my house and instead i chose to sit there with my wife in a number of other couples that were outside the household you can quibble about the guidelines, etcetera etcetera, but the spirit of what im preaching all the time was contradicted and i got to own that and so i want apologize to you. Because i need to preach and practice not just preach and not practice and ive done my best to do that. Newsom claims that hes going out to dinner only february both times outdoors and alone with his wife at the time of the dinner party napa county was in the orange tier, the second least restrictive tier of the states pandemic reopening system allowing both indoor and Outdoor Dining at restaurants. And we focus in now on San Francisco, which actually move back to terre levels. Today, San Francisco had been yellow which indicates minimal spread but they went from yellow all the way to read health Officials Say its because the city is also seeing a surge and not only cases but hospitalizations kron fours dan kerman shares what Health Officials are asking folks to do now to slow the spread. San Francisco Mayor london breed announced a surge in covid cases has dropped the city 2 notches on the reopening timeline from the yellow tier back to read forcing the closure of non essential offices and reducing indoor capacity at Fitness Centers to just 10 . And what we have to continue to do is not get comfortable. Because the fact is a virus is still out there. And were still going to have to adjust to this so that we dont continue to see a significant spike in San Francisco since october daily cases have gone from an average of 29 today to 97. Thats why the mayor is calling on residents not to have large gatherings over the thanksgiving holiday. This year were asking people to sacrifice because of thanksgiving when we get together we see large family gatherings, especially indoors. When those happen. We could be dealing with the impacts of those decisions by christmas with a significant increase in hospitalizations. We cannot be reckless we must not be complacent we must take every possible precaution to protect ourselves. Our families and our community San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax took it one step further. And called on residents not to travel at all over thanksgiving and said getting a negative test doesnt necessarily mean you are safe from spreading the virus a negative test. Cannot be an excuse to put yourself or others at risk. Remember. Please remember that people who test negative can still harbor the virus if they are early in their infection. That is why when people are exposed to the virus. They must quarantine for 14 days belt director also made clear that of San Francisco cant get the surge under control and San Francisco moves from the red tier to the purple tier there will be additional rollbacks at city Hall Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. And as cases surge in San Francisco. The city is still interesting leigh moving forward with its plan to move nearly 2300 Homeless People out of shelterinplace hotel rates hit is part of a a. Shelter in place rehousing program where the city will close hotels rehouse people in 4 phases but city leaders and homeless advocates are speaking out against the plan amid the surge in cases our current first taylor second to break it all down taylor, yeah, its crazy stuff going on right now but as the city closes these hotel rooms. Many are worried that were going to see more people back on the streets like you see right here and more encampments where the virus will easily spread during a pandemic city leaders and homeless advocates say the big concern here. City is moving forward to close these hotel rooms for it secured enough housing and this is all happening during a surge in cases. As coronavirus cases surge in San Francisco plans to move Homeless People out of hotel rooms where they are sheltering in place continue the citys most vulnerable Homeless Population or moved to hotels earlier in the pandemic as part of the citys Coronavirus Response side now why this particular moment. When the shelters continue to be closed when we have a surge on the folks are in these hotels just remind folks are very vulnerable. Thats who was selected to go have a lot of elderly people. Its basically the folks are going to die, i mean you know not to be wholly harsh Jennifer Friedenbach is with the coalition on homelessness and says the citys rehousing program is on track to rehouse 500 people that will be moved from 7 hotels by next month so far in the information theyre given theyve got placements for about a quarter of the people. In this first 7 hotels that are closing so theres 499 people. So its not lined up yet. Theres no reason to close right now. Supervisor matt haney agrees saying these hotels are crucial in stopping possible spread of the virus. Im worried about if we close these hotels down. At a time when cases are spiking and the season is beginning were going to put a lot of people at risk you can see large encampment on the streets and its a very dangerous time to be doing that. Well the city sides, the cost as a reason for closures most of the expenses will be reimbursed why are we mobilizing this program at all. It is Cost Effective its mostly reimbursed by state federal government and we still have people our streets at the time that covid is really worse than ever when asked if they be making changes to their plan. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing responded saying quote no one who chooses to participate in the rehousing process will exit to the street and well be assessing our goals for rehousing refining as we move forward in phases, however they didnt provide specific details when later asked of all 500 people had secure we housing placements. Now city leaders like matt haney say theyre pushing to put a pause on the closures of these hotels. He also plans to introduce legislation that would require reporting to the board on this issue back to happening tomorrow Contra Costa County Indoor Dining will end for the foreseeable future. Here we have downtown walnut creek on this the last night of Indoor Dining at least for a while most of the restaurants here have been relying heavily on Outdoor Dining through the pandemic also starting tomorrow the county will close indoor gyms and concessions sin movie theaters. And tomorrow also in Contra Costa County, the board of supervisors theyll there will consider extending an order that stops evictions for Business Owners said the supplies for Small Businesses that are currently struggling because of the pandemic the order is set to expire at the end of this month for Alameda County going back to the purple tier means moving back to tears at once active wednesday the countys going to ban. Indoor dining indoor gym operations and church services. It also posited ihsan ul reopening of schools for in person reese instruction. County Officials Say that they will provide more guidance to restaurant in the coming days on just how to operate outdoors safely as the weather changes. The latest rollbacks come just before the start of the busy Holiday Season of course and that is yet another blow to retailers. So they really doing everything they can try to stay afloat during the pandemic really tough the next 8 weeks here typically make or break a business for the whole year. Our first Jonathan Mccall reports from marin county with the impact theyre bracing for now. Its supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year for retailers with credit card swiping in cash registers ringing. But this Holiday Season covid19 could bring lumps of coal to many of them and im very concerned that our businesses are not going to be able to survive this ritual michelin is with the california retailers association. She says that governor newsoms

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