From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. With Contra Costa County back in the most restrictive purple covid tier, the. Countys Coronavirus Task force is reminding businesses to follow Health Orders to try to prevent the spread of the virus. As we say good evening welcome into kron 4 news at night everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis as kron fours gayle ong reports for us tonight, the county has received over 100. Covid related complaints in just the past 10 days she joins us now live in walnut creek with some details on this scale. The task force has been responding to complaints since midmarch and so far theyve received a total of 900 covid related complaints rather and theyve been educating businesses but theyre still rising cases. Prompting additional restrictions. A lot of people were seen as a people not wearing their mask. When theyre at the business. Or to employees of a business not wearing a mask and that is part of the reason why Contra Costa Cou
City leaders encourage everybody to get tested tonight. There is a catch. Thanks for joining us. Everybody at 10 im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus some people say everybody get tested and then its ok if everybody congregate but there is a testing shortage and city leaders tonight are asking people not to use these government operated covid testing sites. Before their thanksgiving travel or gathering plans. They say these resources are for essential workers at people who have symptoms or believe they were exposed to covid yeah, one of those government operated sites is on the embarcadero and thats where we find kron 4 Taylor Bisacky she joins us now live with more. About the citys message. Sign here behind me says appointment only and at last check appointments here are booked up through december second at put that in perspective this site typically tests about 1700 people a day so this is obviously raising concerns for the people that need the tests most the city is now emphasizing
Can see from our east bay hills camera. Expect this light wind to keep pulling that fog to the west as we head through the morning commute. It will turn to hazy conditions and high clouds this afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to average with upper 50s along the coast and about 60 to 63 degrees for the rest of us. Reggie . Thank you. This morning another major announcement about a covid19 vaccine. Oxford university and a astrazeneca revealing the vaccine theyre developing shows a strong immune response in older people. Jobina, this is important since these are the people so vulnerable to the virus. Older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions that make coronavirus more dangerous. Having a vaccine just as effective in older and younger patients is significant here. Participants also showed few side effects. The last steps of oxfords phase three trial are under way now so they could be seeking approval for the vaccine in a matter of weeks. This comes as americas d
On time. So we get a few stragglers. After massive voting, ians political fortunes will be decided by postal stragglers and those who wandered in at the last minute. It may seem like a lot for a political newcomer to handle, but ian says after the last few weeks, he feels like a seasoned veteran. I now have the full feeling of having lost and having one. So i get them both. Id be happy just have the answer by now. In sausalito, john remus, kpix 5. And may get that answer wednesday when the county says its going to report the outcome of the provisional ballot count, but they say anything arriving by mail with a valid postmark can still be counted as late as friday. A push to protect California Workers during covid 19. In a letter to cal osha, new workplace standards were outlined. Among them, free testing for employees and free ppe where needed. Training on prevention measures, allowing for Employee Participation and identifying and notifying workers who may have been exposed to covid19
Several San Francisco restaurants all closed indoors because of covid she says that she was not pleased to hear about the governor photographed inside the pricey French Laundry restaurant with his wife for a Birthday Celebration with at least 12 people in attendance. Were locked down the call indoor everything is shut down a u n i mean the Restaurant Business as well so its a really hard time for everybody really do think it said double standard. He has all these expectations for us diana who owns a restaurant in Citrus Heights near sacramento also thought that the governor. Was definitely not practicing what is preaching and at the same time expecting all of us who are trying to you know enjoy a nice meal and be with our families and now we cant even be you know in thanksgiving together the French Laundry is only open for reservations with the prefix menu of 3. 50 for 50 and 850. A plate. It is unclear which offering the new sums had and who paid for it. The governor has said that he