Napa sonoma and solano counties, those are the areas that are in the purple most restrictive tier where there is widespread covid19 moran, San Francisco and San Mateo County are in the red substantial tier. Were not sure yet though if all the bay area counties are going to join together and insist enforce this curfew what we know about the curfew is that it will be in effect from 10 00pm until 05 00am and it will start this saturday and then end on december 21st. This is for all nonessential businesses and gatherings and all the effort to stop the spread of covid19 this is a limited stay at home order. Were expected to hear new information about this any minute now from the states Top Health Official. Its very similar in some ways to the stay at home order that was listed in march, but this will only be applying to nonessential businesses and gatherings between the hours of 10 00pm and 05 00am and only in the purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases of h
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.
Is worried about covid hot spot the cold weather thats coming pickup. He spoke today on a panel for the Silicon Valley leadership group. So im concerned unless we do something to turn this around, were going to have a very difficult, very painful winter. Reporter he said universal wears of masks and continued social distancing will help, and so will choosing Outdoor Activities over indoor when possible. No one has an appetite to shut the country down again. Reporter he said he is cautiously optimistic about a vaccine. There are six possibility, five of which are in advanced trials. We should be able to get an inkling of whether or not we have a safe and effective vaccine sometime in mid to end of november, beginning of december. Reporter bestcase scenario, he said, vaccine doses would be ready for public by the end of this year or early next, so it will take months to disemname to everyone. Santa clara Health Officials say they are already look at logistics. Whether the storage and han
Scheduled to increase capacity up to 50 . Well instead remain at 25 capacity. Kron fours dan kerman is live at San Francisco city hall tonight with more dan i guess of your business owner. Think in your profits were going to double this is like a gut punch. It is at the same time some of them are looking at this like whats next could have been that they could have closed Indoor Dining altogether or they could have shut down altogether weve seen that other places across the country they are trying so that doesnt happen here in San Francisco and thats why it is a pause it is not a step backwards. The virus gets too far ahead. You cant catch up. San francisco Public Health director doctor grant colfax as San Francisco isnt there yet but covid numbers are moving in the wrong direction the last 2 weeks are key street has gone. From 3 about 3 per 100,000. Population to 4. Thats a 25 spittal of stations have also jumped from 23 to 37 in just a week. Which is why San Francisco is putting a pau
Could not afford. 4 more years of donald trump. Biden will hit michigan on saturday where he will hold a joint rally with former president barack obama all told the president is scheduled to make at least 14 stops between saturday and monday and because of covid roles. Hes now running out of some where he can host his campaign on tuesday as all the results are coming in. Trump told reporters today that he may just stay at the white house can back to you all right justine thank you the early vote has been staggering with more democrats than republicans requesting ballots but. Republicans insist they will be at the polls in huge numbers on election day. And they argue that Trump Supporters have been undercounted in the polls. Catherine heenan our host of inside bay area politics talk to professor David Mckeown of Sonoma State University about his thoughts on the state of the race. But things are positions for democrats to do well can they follow through and close the loop here thats impo