261,000 americans of lost their lives due to the virus. Almost 13 million cases have been recorded in the country california just saw the biggest singleday increase in covid cases since the beginning of the pandemic in the last 24 hours, california has appointed more than 18,000 new cases. The States HealthDepartment Says hospitalizations are up 88 over the last 2 weeks and icu admissions are up 57 over the last 2 weeks in total there are more than a million recorded cases in california and nearly 19,000 related deaths as cases continue to surge across california and the Latin X Community has become the hardest hit from the virus today Santa Clara County leaders issued a desperate plea for the Latin Community in particular to avoid large gatherings this thanksgiving well for Jonathan Mccall is here he has more on this story Jonathan Demme can heres something to keep in mind 26 of the population in Santa Clara County hispanic. They now make up nearly 60 of all the covid19 cases their leaders who say they are desperate to slow the spread. Hope that this holiday the giving will not include the virus, slowing down the surge of covid cases across the bay area. So please. Please demonstrate you love your family by calling them. Socially distance and washing your hands. Its a tall task for Health Leaders that could be made worse by the thanksgiving holiday the centers for Disease Control and prevention urging americans to avoid traveling and large gatherings. An urgent plea that clara county had 4 members of the hispanic and lead next communities on wednesday. For thanksgiving. We want to make sure that youre safe and your families are safe. In Santa Clara County alone hispanics make up 26 of the population. But they also account for nearly 60 of all of the countys coronavirus cases. We believe that almost 60 of them come from community transmission. The numbers are also on par for what were seeing in the entire state of california. Statewide the Hispanic Community has been pummeled by the virus during the pandemic hispanics account for nearly 59 of all covid cases in the golden state in nearly half of all the deaths leaders now blaming a number of factors for those numbers means is that we have a lot of our community was on the front lines working in Grocery Stores delivering mail out in the community as frontline workers. But what it also means is that were mixing with families outside of our median household. Right now Santa Clara County finds itself in the states most restrictive tier thats the purple tier today, the county saw 512 new covid19 cases thats the highest single daily number since the pandemic started for santa clara. Well tonight in the studio Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news on us and thank you happening right now the Highway Patrol be out in full force to try to make sure people are driving safe on the roads mean eve is considered one of the busiest travel days of the year on the road and aaa is expecting to seh a higher turnout on the roads despite the pandemic kron fours gayle ong has more from oakland with peoples Holiday Travel plans. Im staying here in berkeley, im lucky. My daughter lives 3 blocks away so were going there were doing and outside nobody inside. Kind of keep a lot of space these berkeley residents are staying put to mitigate their risk of contracting covid19 one even had to turn away family and friends who wanted to visit on thanksgiving, they were out of town and looking for a place to stay and. I work with children so you can be around to meet people i guess its what Public Health officials have been pleading for people to stay home and take precautions this Holiday SeasonRecord Number of air travelers already took to the skies calculating their risk area, san miguel of concord is not planning to travel by air or cause any of them its scary, i think everybody to be safe. But im looking forward to seeing family weve been getting says pretty offense over on think things 95 of travelers are expected to be driving this Holiday Season, according to aaa officer brandon korea with the california Highway Patrol says while overall the roads in the bay area have been slow during the pandemic. Speeding has been a problems speeding down that is a completely avoidable part of the crash is your speed you can control that right to encourage safe travel officers will be out in force from check points to the max amount of officers out looking for impaired drivers that starts with maybe this specific type driving behavior. And then pull that person over see it there just may be distracted on their phone. Thats another reason we saw people so stay after phones dont be distracted. We drive. That was gail ong reporting for us from the road to the sky millions of americans are flying ahead of thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire radar animation of todays air traffic over the nation. The coronavirus numbers recorded by the tsa show or in travel numbers by the tsa show that 912,000 passengers around the nation to pass through a checkpoint yesterday on forestry says stasio has been monitoring the scene at Oakland Airport and has more on peoples air travel plans. Here at Oakland International airport travel is down about 60 on this day compared to last year so they had about 7,000 to 8,000 travelers. But healthcare experts say that that still means that we could be in for a fall im going to virginia were going to plan. Seattle for thanksgiving choosing to fly this thanksgiving, travelers heading off for the upcoming holiday. Despite recommendations from the cdc to stay home to slow the spread with covid cases also taking off flying past levels set in the spring when the pandemic first hit Health Experts warn about a turbulent future would expect seeing increased cases and continue to increase in house lies additions Infectious Disease expert doctor, peter, chinhong with ucsf says if cases soar. We could be looking at more austere measures. You know it may be that close. Its like the end of that all is looking at what happened in europe and when instituted us air partial lockdown and that really full lockdowns so mattel curfew were seeing decline in cases in france in spain and the uk so there is potential light at the end of the time the doctor says promising news about vaccines on the horizon will help steer the country away from this dark period in time. But that is still months away. He has hopefully more assistance from the federal government will make a difference to get us through all this. The doctor also saying that he believes that a National Mask mandate to make a big difference as well as more federal assistance until that vaccine arrives. Here at Oakland International airport theresa kron 4 news. If you plan to travel abroad soon the centers for Disease Control is recommending that you get tested not once but 3 times a test one to 3 days before your flight a test one to 3 days once you return and another test a 3 to 5 days after your return and also to quarantine for at least 7 days after you return. The cdc says if you do not get tested. It is safest to stay home for 14 days after you travel the Health Agency reminds people that even if you get a negative test you should still wear a mask and practice social distancing new tonight at 9 oclock with more than a month left in the year 20 20 homicides in San Francisco. Have now sir pratt surpassed the murder rate from 2019 data release of the San Francisco police show 45 homicides happened so far this year compared to 41 in 2019 well for sale of a second talk to city officials and families affected by the violence about the issues in San Francisco. She joins us live with more taylor. Well many people attribute this increase in homicides to the desperation of people during these difficult times but its also very important to note that this violence plagues the underserved communities of San Francisco. So far this year, San Francisco see more homicides than the entire year of 2019 data released by San Francisco police shows 45 homicides as of tuesday compared to 41 last year. More than 30 of those deaths happened in the underserved communities of district 10 which supervisor, Shamann Walton represents weve had 13. Homicides in bayview along to gun violence, 15 homicides in different team, one of the families affected by the senseless gun violence in his district or the youngs. 6 year old jason was shot and killed on july 4th while watching fireworks at a family members birthday party, his father jason young is frustrated that the killer is still out there. So the club that i do not. I dont like the importance. To have to bury your children. Since his sons death young says violence continued to plague his community and his family, my cousin, i mean just does it mean this was one of the victims in the double homicide bayview. Last week a lot of times is that shooting the police will patrol the area of 4 to 3 days. And it back to normal. My family were still trying to find normal hoping to solve some of these issues. Supervisor walton unveiled a plan on tuesday to curb the violence and bring more resources to these communities other city groups like united playaz a violence prevention and Youth Development organization say the change starts with all of us were actually trying to make the change in the neighborhood by even speaking to the u from the guys that we see out here. All of these blocks takes us to save us. So we need everybody out here with their boots on the ground that everybody know hey is one ban one sound together we stand. Another way to hopefully curb the violence. The group united playaz is holding its annual gun buyback event on december 12th that will be held at its building on Howard Street in the soma neighborhood live in San Francisco taylor kron 4 news taylor. Thank you and east bay pastor, his family are sharing a message of. Love and gratitude this Holiday Season after being victimized by vandals colonel hammock is a pastor at New Life Community Church of oakland. He and his family just moved into their new home in rodeo. Only to find profane graffiti spray painted on their wall not even 24 hours later. The couple says their new neighbors have been extremely supportive. But theyre still tasked with trying to explain the painful situation to their 3 young children. Several questions run through our mind when we saw that war we targeted because we are a black family moved into this neighborhood. When we targeted because someone may have recognized my work in the Community Fighting against injustice. What we targeted because we took down an American Flag that has been on this property for 50 plus years. Say despite what happened they have no hate in their hearts and they say they have a lot to be grateful for this haul thanksgiving holiday. The family did file a Police Report and installed a Security System to try to deter any future incidents. Police have identified the man arrested in connection with the blooding stabbing spree sunday at a church in san jose 2 people were killed 3 others seriously injured when the suspect who is homeless attacked others as they were taking refuge from the cold and as kron fours rob fladeboe tells us Officials Say the suspect should not have been on the streets at all in the tragedy. Was preventable. We do want to reassure the community that there is no reason to fear for their acts of violence that our churches places of worship, shelter aiding the unhoused or any other Critical Service center because of this incident. San jose police on wednesday identified the suspect in last sundays mass stabbing at a local church as this man 32 yearold fernando hey sue slope as a homeless man with a long criminal history disturbing the peace, providing false information to an officer resisting arrest, assault with a Deadly Weapon in which you received a twoyear prison sentence. A felony Domestic Violence which we were served received 5 years probation lopez is accused of stabbing 5 people sunday night at Grace Baptist Church in san jose which serves as a temporary shelter for the homeless on cold nights, a man and woman were killed 3 others sent to the hospital but are expected to survive. Shes garcia and san jose mayor sam liccardo said the stabbings were preventable pointing to the countys controversial sanctuary policy that prevents police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities what could have prevented this tragedy. I point to a single thing. But rather of multitude of tools and opportunities that were not utilize or failed. It is also unfair for the burden of rehabilitation to fall on places like great baptist clearly we need to do more. Im not arguing that the county should have held him for ice and simply arguing that we ship complied with the tenants of the values act which would enable notification of ice. So that before he is released out in the street. Ice can pick him up deported 3 times lopez is on probation in connection with a conviction for Domestic Violence in san joaquin county. And was jailed in san jose in june on a misdemeanor charge before his release. The county did not notify ice which had requested he be detained. Police believe lopez was under the influence of drugs at the time of the attack lopez was to have been arraigned this afternoon but the hearing was postponed at the last minute, no explanation was given. 4 of the 5 victims were also on housed people a 5th was identified by mayor sam liccardo as new in family City Employee who was helping out at the church at the time of the stabbing. He is one of the survivors in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. In National News president elect joe biden delivered a nationwide address on the eve of thanksgiving as Dean Reynolds reports biden is optimistic, but also realistic about the pandemic and the urgent need for all americans to unite against it. Its divided us. Anger this. Set us against one. I know the country has grown wary of the fight. We need to remember. Were at war with the virus. Not with one another now with each other while President Trump continues to dispute the Election Results with unproven accusations of widespread voter fraud. Mister biden attempted to don the mantle of leadership with this speech delivered in measured tones barely above a whisper it times. He said grim troops will lead to a Brighter Future many local Health Systems are at risk of being overwhelmed. Thats the plain and simple truth. Nothing made up its real. I believe you always deserve to hear the truth hear the truth from your present the president elect promise several steps from day one of his presidency more testing stricter isolation of those who fall ill, more protective gear for businesses and schools and clear guidance on how to best keep them open. He also pointed out that the federal government has great power which he will use against the virus but. The federal government cant do this along. Each of us has a responsibility in their own lives. Do what we can do. Slow fire. He spoke of the need to follow the guidelines still ignored by many to wear masks to social distance and to limit the size of Group Settings and he referred to real tangible hope the vaccines will help stop the viral spread. He predicted the bitter aftermath of the campaign will give way to what he called a year of light and unity i think so because america is a nation. Not of adversaries, but of neighbors. A lot of limitations for the possibilities. A lot of dreams deferred dreams realize better days, he said lie ahead the less you self surrender to the fatigue which i understand it is real 14. I know we can and we will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war. That was in a rental to reporting tonight president elect biden says people should be thankful this year to live in a democracy where more than 150 Million People freely voted biden added the verdict of those voters is clear americans want solutions not shouting, reason not hyper partisanship. And light he said not heat. Vice president elect Kamala Harris tweeted this afternoon we should do everything we can to prevent the spread of covid that mean social distancing washing your hands and wearing a mask. Harris says doing these things can help save your life and the