Pandemic thank you so much for joining us on this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman it was during a press Conference Today that mayor london breed announced covid19 hospitalizations are up in the city, causing city leaders to take action and slowdown reopenings some services that were scheduled to increase capacity to 50 . Instead will remain at 25 capacity. Kron fours dan kerman is live for us now in San Francisco is at city hall this afternoon with all the details good afternoon. Dan. Good afternoon just in the main thing to keep in mind is nothing is going backwards. Its just not expanding in San Francisco is saying that they knew this was always a possibility, especially as we get more into the winter in the fall that rates would be going up. But theyre putting the word out to people that now is the time to buckle down and continue to do with San Francisco has been doing and as a result city leaders are doing the same and putting a pause on future reopening.
3, bay area are in san mateo and contra costa counties all moving up in the states reopening tier system. Thank you for joining us this tuesday afternoon here on kron 4 news at im Sanaz Tahernia new are in contra costa and san mateo counties have moved it to the moderates here, more businesses will be allowed to reopen indoor operations with safety precautions and modifications take a look at this map of where our bay area counties stand the newest move leave solano and sonoma counties in the more severe risk tears with sonoma still in the most restricive a widespread purple tier and solano in the red or substantial risks here, San Francisco is the only bay area county and the lowest risk here which is the yellow where it can move to the orange chair once the test Positivity Rate falls between 2, 4. 9 . The San Francisco is in the yellow tear which is the least restrictive tier in terms of reopening non essential some nonessential Office Workers can start showing up back to work kron f
Kron 4 news at 3 im sanaz tahernia. The cdc is now saying a mask not only protects those around you, but also protects you from contracting covid19. Kron fours rob fladeboe is live in san jose with more on that rob. Its rights and as you said some people may still need some convincing but their the governments top Infectious Disease experts have changed their tune. As you said theyre now saying that wearing a mask like this one not only protects you, but it protect those around you. We spoke to an Infectious Disease here in the bay area, lets take a look. The center for Disease Control and prevention now says masks benefit the wearer the announcement is in line with the data that has been available all along so Stanford University Infectious Disease expert doctor Robert Siegel and basically you know maskwearing makes sense from a logical standpoint it makes sense from you know in terms studies on you know physical transmission particles and it also makes in terms of some of the epidemi
To just the ongoing violence that weve seen in our Community Even last night. 3 blocks away from this location. 60 rounds fired in a residential neighborhood. Ive heard from those Community Members about how frightening work. About the traumatic experience they had last night of listening to bullets flying through their homes and into their cars. The violence in this Community Must stop. Now this marks the 77th and 78th homicides of 2020 in oakland, this is a breaking news story. Were still gathering more information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. We will bring it to you and the other big story were watching now is that red flag warning thats now in effect for parts of the bay area, wildfire conditions are right there are hot temperatures and high wind gusts and they have fire officials on alert today. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman the dangerous weather conditions. Also has pg and e ready to show off the power in order to prevent a
Now its 3 as we approach halloween, the holiday as we know is going to be looking a lot different this year, San Francisco mayor london breed is warning people to stay vigilant about physical distancing. And maskwearing good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman now San Franciscos mayor is saying were starting to see coronavirus numbers spike and she does not want people to relax just because the city and the county is in the least restrictive tier kron fours Maureen Kelly was with the mayor today she joins us live now with the halloween. Warnings that are out there good afternoon maureen. Good afternoon just seen thats right. I mean this halloween was shaping up to be an epic halloween right is on a saturday theres going to be a full moon, its in San Francisco. I mean its really a beloved holiday here with kids and adults with dressing up getting out partying. But and its also the mayors favorite holiday. She says she was really looki