Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well
President trump is closing the gap in arizona, though, with bidens lead dropping to about 38,000 votes. Lets check in with stephanie sierra tracking both campaign. Votes continue to pour in from each of the remaining four Battle Ground states. Joe biden 17 votes from 270. As we heard from the president today, he wont be conceding without a fight. In the home stretch, joe biden leading in the pour Battle Ground states, arizona, nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. A declared win in pennsylvania alone with its 20 electoral votes would put him on a path to the presidency. His supporters anxiously waiting. Democracy is sometimes messy and requires patience, as well. Meanwhile, President Trump is leading in north carolina. Continuing to send false messages on twitter he won the presidency and toting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly. Thats why they did the mail in ballots where there is tremendous corruption and fraud
Shooting to the ear. There little smaller right now. Fire crews have evacuated the 1000 block of fulton. Police are advising people to avoid this area. We will continue to bring you the latest information as we get it right here, on the four, and ktvu. Com. Stomach back to the coronavirus. Californias closing in on 1 million cases since the coronavirus pandemic begin. The state has over 991,000 cases, including 6900 new cases yesterday. More than 18,000 people with the coronavirus have now died in our state. Including 38 deaths reported in last 24 hours. People who work with Santa Clara County special needs students need more production to do their jobs stably. Members of the 521 gathered earlier today in front of the Santa Clara County education office. They are some of the 13,000 teachers aides, occupational therapists, and paraeducators who work directly with the county special needs students. They say they need more training on safety protocols. Better cleaning procedures. The flex
Others are returning back to some more strict restrictions. Health Officials Say we are very likely now seeing the beginning of a winter surge. As california joined texas as the first states with 1 million covid cases, bay area counties are tightening restrictions. The owner of delta ball decided to shut down. He says it is tough when elsewhere in the country policies allow bowling. The policies that the state is using for bowling are just way too restrictive. I think there should be a framework and that the community should be able to modify it to whats going on in the community. Weve seen substantial day over day increases in our reported cases of covid19. Alameda county is also pushing pause as the covid case numbers rise. We are not islands, we are connected to the rest of the country and the rest of the world. If there are cases circulating, our borders are not closed. People can come and go. Nationwide states are adding stricter policies, chicagos mayor has ordered a stayat home
Will wait for a second here. Will show some video from earlier, they were using a robot to actually negotiate with the suspect inside. Police say he was asking for things like cigarettes. Now Flash Forward to about 2 00, here we go, hold on. Idol some of our media is just showing up. I want to thank everyone for being out here today with us. Im of the Public Information officers for the Oakland Police department. Literally just moments ago, we had the armed gunmen, surrender. We want to really acknowledge the surrender, and really put that focus on this person who has been barricaded, armed with a firearm, since 11 15 this morning. That was his choice to surrender. And we really want to put the focus on that. And appreciate the surrender. Peaceful, safe, no one has been hurt in this incident. Weve talked to our Media Partners in our community throughout all of today. And we want to share with you how important that is. Negotiations that went on and off throughout the day, we had a very