You know that can be difficult we dont spend a long time. Its a critical moment. Right now at 3 stay home covid cases have hit a record and to stop the momentum of this deadly virus Health Officials are pleading with the public to avoid gatherings and non essential travel. This thanksgiving holiday. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman Santa Clara County recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases on tuesday thats 512 new cases of covid19. Its a number of covid hospitalizations thats also concerning because that is also at a new high and officials are warning that theyre now running low on hospital beds. Kron 4 tahernia joins us live now in the newsroom with more on the warnings officials are sending. Good afternoon sun os. Hi just saying hello everyone so as covid19 cases surge here in the bay area Santa Clara County Health Officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gathering and traveling ahead of the thanksgiving holiday that c
The thread of wildfire is not over everywhere. Good evening. Pg e started checking their equipment today but high winds kept them from reaching many areas. Here are the latest numbers, they have cut power to 345,000 customers in Northern California but by 6 pm they restored power to more than 100,000 of those customers. They hope to have everybodys power back on by tomorrow night. The feeling among many is the bay area dodged a bullet here. Reporter it is a big relief, tonight there was a update, a say in some places the wind gusts were 89 Miles Per Hour and the inspectors did find places where trees blew into power lines and they say they could have sparked fires. Moonlight on monday night was the only bright spot in parts of lafayette. We do not have a generator, we were modestly prepared. Reporter some residents will be spending another night in the dark as pg e tries to bring grades back online safely after the shut off. All day traffic lights were not operating and businesses had
Outage map at this hour the areas highlighted in yellow are impacted, including Calistoga Napa eastern walnut creek in eastern milpitas we are awaiting an update from pg e and were going to take it live when it starts. We also have Team Coverage this evening kron fours dan kerman is in napa county where residents certainly are on edge, but first a chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the dangerous conditions prompting fire concerns lawrence, yes, certainly gorgeous out there today, warm all the way the coastline High Pressure now taking over you can see really see as this ridge is building in now its going to set itself up over the next 24 hours. And as it does is sliding toward the coastline start to see more of that northerly component the win as air clockwise around that ridge of High Pressure and brings us those offshore winds very typical this time of year, but it is going to be gusty in spots. The fact weve already had a very hot in the summer fires burning already cer
Women in sunnyvale faced were ought for a walk. In a region home to some of the safest cities anywhere in the country, and tonight, neighbors, understandably, are on alert. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama dates. Abc 7 news anchor, dion lim, brings us the story from sunnyvale. She got attacked. Literally, like, she got attacked. I mean, you dont know. Youre not prepared for Something Like that. Reporter the video shows two women on a walk in sunnyvale midday wednesday. Whether a man runs by, pretends to trip. One of the women pauses and her gold neck llace is ripped from r neck. Many online and in person describe their neighbor as multicultural and say theyre south asian. But say they feel they are being targeted for their gold jewelry and warning each other not to wear it out. Please, honor your cultures but when you are walking around, maybe its a good idea to cover it. Wear a scarf. Cover up the bracelets. Reporter just an hour before this incident,
Disperse and control the crowd. This video shows the protesters moving away from that smoke. Heres another Vantage Point from above. The person who shot this video says it was tear gas, but that has not been confirmed. We dont know how many people have been arrested or if anyone has been injured. The 12th street b. A. R. T. Station is shut down right now because of this protest. Were keeping a close eye on this story, and well bring you any updates throughout this news cast. Our other top story tonight, bracing for a hot weekend. More heat is on the way. This is a live look out at walnut creek, one of the places where temperatures to soar into the triple digits. But its not just the heat. Gusty winds also a big concern. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert during an already busy fire season. Out in fremont, firefighters say they are fully staffed and stepping up patrols this weekend. We have been through this before many times. Jeff, what are you seeing now in these next