Hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks and it is an indicator. Of what may come thankfully, though because at the beginning of this pandemic they so heavily prepared for a surge that never fully came to fruition here in california that they really do feel prepared going into what looks like this 3rd surge in cases now all that work really has allowed them to feel more prepared at john muir, they have plans to upscale the number of icu beds dramatically so that theyll be able to convert regular units and isolation units pretty rapidly. Over at ucsf the Hospital System is said to be stockpiling remdesevir as they anticipate a shortage of that treatment. Theyre also banking up on masks and pp e as well doctors say because of how prepared they are this time around they dont want this threat of another surge to deter people with other Health Issues from coming into the hospital and seeking the help they need. You initially when everything started many months ago. We emptied out the hospitals. And we got we essentially were prepared to take care of covid in only covid i think it was quickly realized that hospitals are able to manage Covid Patients and their day to day operations at all the other things that come in our doors that we need to care for and so i think each hospitals keep has taken upon themselves ensure that they are paired with the appropriate resources to be ready for the next in a surge of patients safe from if and when we see it. Its exactly what i heard from ucsf and Kaiser Permanente as well they released a statement that says theyve also maintained a continuous state of readiness with supplies for additional covid cases they also said the system is in alignment with required hospital Surge Capacity which requires county or Regional Hospital capacity to accommodate a minimum search of 35 due to covid19 cases in addition to providing that usual care for non Covid Patients now back here live at john muir in walnut creek over the next couple of weeks, theyll be receiving a mobile waiting room that will be placed outside of the Emergency Department here and that will kind of allow for more space in terms of social distancing for those that may come into the come into the hospital and need to be sitting in a waiting room also at their conquered location they will be receiving a mobile Treatment Center to kind of help those less acute. Patients get the care they need in a more timely fashion if and when they do see that next search for now live in walnut creek noelle bellow kron 4 news. Thank you know well. Are getting ready meanwhile the debate over another Coronavirus Relief bill is still ongoing at Capitol Hill Senate democrats are pushing for a comprehensive package worth trillions of dollars to match the rising number of covid cases all across the country but Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell hes holding firm calling for less expensive more targeted relief. So pressure is on republicans to deliver. Leader mcconnell and all of my republican colleagues will have an opportunity to show the American People that theyre ready to get to work so i think should be holly targeted. Very similar to what. Put on the floor both in october september. Mcconnell insists a multitrilliondollar covid relief package will not make it through the senate so the back and forth continues as the u. S. Sees another. Day of record covid19 infections. President trump continues to claim the election was rate. And Administration Officials and the campaign say they will continue to fight the Election Results. But our washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports senators from both parties expressed confidence the process is working as intended. The president has been fired by the American People after joe bidens win in the popular vote and the electoral vote democrats are dismissing claims by trump Administration Officials like secretary of state mike pompeo that the outcome could still turn in President Trumps favor there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration pompeo was playing both to trump and he was playing to the Republican Base he has election prospects in his future. Hes thought about. Whether one for the presidency 4 years out meanwhile President Trump fired the secretary of defense and other top military officials replacing them with people he considers more loyal there will be more heads to roll. The president will vent his frustration by taking out additional people all the Trump Campaign promises more lawsuits and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says all candidates have the right to explore their options until the Election Results are certified thats not unusual. Should not be alarming utah republican senator mitt romney agrees but says theres no evidence of widespread fraud and says claiming the election was rigged is wrong that would in my view one not accurate and 2. Destructive to the cause of freedom in washington, alexandra le mon. There will be a hand recount of ballots in the state of georgia currently president elect joe biden leads President Trump there by about 14,000 votes. The secretary of state there Brad Raffensberger said at a News Conference earlier today that his office once the process to start by the end of this week. He hopes to be finished with the recount by november 20th. To regain hurricane strength off the florida coast before it weakened slightly this is the white street here in key west where the powerful waves. Flooded the pier nearby streets were also under water 8 is expected to make landfall along the west coast of florida some time tomorrow morning a hurricane watch is in effect. There are concerns of a life threatening storm surge as well as tornadoes as a to moves on shore and were tracking. It is move it here kron 4 chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with the latest on this powerful storm will for large work mid november and still going with these yeah and maybe not done we may have more after this well have to wait and see still very very warm and active in the tropics. But here comes a to now making its way on shore right now and is bringing with it some very heavy rainfall of course because he may be 15 maybe 20 inches of rain in some areas very strong storm making its way toward the coastline of the good news is it we can just before making landfall but still theyre seen tremendous amounts of rain pushing on shore little that you can see the areas in orange, those are Tropical Storm warnings up all along the coastline but. You get a little bit closer now you see those bands moving on shore heavy heavy tropical rain moving on shore storm surge maybe 3 to 5 feet along the coastal areas in look toward the coastline there right inside the bay, you can certainly see some storm surge there theyre seeing that right now and its going to kind of be a slow mover making its way a little bit further north right now sustained winds, 70 miles an hour. So theres a very strong Tropical Storm. Not quite hurricane strength, but still watch the track makes its way right across jacksonville finally pushing back out in the atlantic as we get into thursday afternoon looks like it doesnt look like its going to regain hurricane strength nonetheless damage already done there to see a lot of flooding across state their first though were looking at some changes in our pattern in fact the longrange better weve got some showers moving in possibly on friday behind the little bit of a break some warmer weather over the weekend then we get toward the middle of next week we get this guy to worry about thats going to start to roll in maybe bring some more substantial rainfall. The bay area that is way up the forecast right next couple days looks like a chance of rain moving in by friday, drying things out partly cloudy on saturday sunday looks dry and warmer in fact were back into some 70s on monday and tuesday, but it looks all thing said we are talking about opening up of the storm door on the rain pattern looks like thats some good news to the in the month at least all right. Lets hope so thank you all right. This service discovered supervisors has voted to ban natural gas in new buildings, starting in 2021 the ordinance passed this month. Requires new construction utilize only electric power. San francisco follows the city of berkeley which was actually the first here in california to ban natural gas in new buildings. City supervisors say natural gas is the second largest source of Greenhouse Gas emissions. In San Francisco and poses major health and safety risks as coming up. Officers in oregon help celebrated bets. 90. Birthday were going to take you there as he celebrates his special day and Richard Sherman was back at night practice for the First Time Since basically the beginning of the season. And coach Kyle Shanahan talks about what that means for the team to have the veteran back in what are the chances, he actually play sunday against the saints sports director jason dumas says all the details coming up. Plus an important recall to tell you about the Home Security device amazon and ring is recalling a roughly doorbells due to fire hazard. The recall comes after the Company Received several reports of injuries and Property Damage due to doorbells overheating when the incorrect screws are used for installation. Ring has had reports of 8 people suffering minor burns and another 85 people experiencing Property Damage. Consumers can determine if their doorbell is included in this recall by going to the website and inner ring the doorbell serial number currently there have been over 350,000 ring doorbell sold here in the u. S. Still ahead after the break the latest on that Pfizer Covid Vaccine that could be more i believe its a process right that would ordinarily take maybe 5 to 7 years but after just 10 months. The team at pfizer says theyre almost there crossing her fingers the a drug maker says that it is a developed a vaccine that shows 90 effectiveness against covid19 with no serious safety concerns at least so far. Tom negovan has details. Nearly 44,000 people enrolled in visors vaccine study mike hammons was one of them. I just wanted to help out with. Getting into and then with affected this of over 90 , the company ceo is not holding back calling it a great day for science and humanity. This means were one step closer he says to potentially providing people around the world with a much needed break through to help bring an end to this global pandemic. This is a first but crucial step in our work to deliver a safe and effective vaccine literally we are seeing him. The light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to get through this months. Make sure theres no other safety concerns that the sba approved a motion use Authorities Say should. Even though the vaccine was fast tracked the trial followed protocol when phases, one 2 showed promise over the summer there was no rush to release it even as we saw another rise in infections, instead they waited for Critical Data from phase 3. Even now as we head into the winter months when a vaccine is desperately needed science is being painfully methodical but optimism is high, im excited to hear it. It is a huge step forward to try and. Get this under control george washington, the 3rd survived covid but lost his father to it. I cant be happier to hear that. Theres a possibility that no one else has to go through what my familys been through. Lets hope so that was time to govern reporting for us tonight pfizer says it hopes to have the vaccine out by the end of the year. And widely available by the 3rd quarter of 2021. Until then medical experts say keep doing it wear a mask maintain physical distance and wash your hats. For sports. The niners were back on the practice field today for the first time this week on sunday they play perhaps the hottest team in the nfl when they travel to the boat to take on the saints. Its been a weird past week or so for the niners, Kendrick Bourne tested positive for covid then tested negative then tested positive again then tested negative. Its its hard to keep track of the coaches. Well they are allowed to comment on the situation but we do know that 4. 49 ers starters had to sit out and they may all have been covid free. But the niners did get some good news this week Richard Sherman is back out on the practice field has been out since week one with a calf injury. Theres no timetable for his return and Kyle Shanahan doesnt think he will be back until after the bye week but he is also not counting out his captain on getting back out there sooner than expected. The more players we can get back to the more numbers we can get back guys getting excited about so change or a long shot for this week, but the fact that hes doing everything he can and its going to cost and many cant go. The freeze see that throughout the week i mean thats why i love having him here and so mean by more than anything in. I think the excise the guys and make some rally to. All right over in vegas, the raiders are in a great spot right now 5, 3 and passed a tough part of their schedule they offense has been a bright spot much thanks to the play of this guy derek carr what a throw right there right over the shoulder. The 7th year quarterback has 16 touchdown passes and just 2 interceptions on the season. Hes in year 3 of jon gruden system and looking as comfortable as hes ever been in his career and because of that the offense is story the raiders have scored over 27 points per game this season and theyre averaging over 370 yards per game. I was that every raiders home game for 2 years and i can tell you its been a night and day difference jon gruden very pleased with the offense right now and it all starts with that captain under when youre. Moving the ball storm points you always start with quarterback is playing great. Hes not playing. Good is really playing great for us. I think we have a better supporting cast this year. Not even close to be honest with you. These guys are really in it theyre on it. But its only midway through the season. So. Its not where you line up thats where you wind up. And that the truth still a lot to go. Now the nba draft is just one week away from today and today we spoke to bob myers for the last time before that draft and we know that does have the second pick in the draft. Was a betting man maybe i am maybe im not i would bet James Wiseman will be the pick. This guy right here the 19 yearold center fits a need for it does hes a rim running super athletic big who can protect the rim. His stint at memphis was cut short due to eligibility issues but weidman with the consensus number one player in his high school class. I asked miers what the warriors most pressing needs were figuring hey he may tip his hat on who they will pick next week. But bob didnt take the low hanging fruit what he did tell me was the warriors need to add some veterans right now the elder statesmen on the roster steph curry Klay Thompson and draymond green. They are all more than capable of being vocal leaders bob myers want there to be some other voices in that locker room as well so expected does to use the Free Agency Period to bring in some experience guys to add to the roster. You do need some veterans our 3 core the older core guys i should say or. You have veterans that we want to we want smaller voices as well so we have to look at free agency. Quick know it hasnt been finalized yet. But early reports the dubs are going to play the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day this right well in oregon, a family hosts. We might say is the perfect Birthday Celebration for a world war 2 veteran, who just turned 98. You see the Newport Police department joined by the Fire Department paraded down jim wind brenner street in celebration of his special day look at them theyre soaking it in why a waist gunner in the u. S. Army air corps was then presented with a gift by one of the officers. They say it was an honor to celebrate the veterans birthday with them. All right final check of the 4 zone forecast now. Yeah, guys were chance of rain in the forecast you can see a couple of drops off the coastline. Those are going to get here. The storm system behind that move in from the gulf alaska will or at low is going to be the 30s in the 40s it will be chilly around the bay area again next couple days a chance of rain returning to the bay area on friday looks like a mostly dry saturday and sunday now warmer temperatures even in the 70s on monday and tuesday. But after that looks like we could see some more storms moving in so certainly a good sign to come some more storms on the way alright looking for storms and there were also looking for mike po we would like you to proper sendoff, we dont need the prompter for this no we dont this mike po who is normally not in front of the camera hes behind the camera this is his his very last newscast with us at any rate. So we the folks to actually see who is responsible for the world this this is it. For 47 years amazing mike has been a kron and everybody i can hes always correcting us when corrected or not but in 47 years you gather a lot of wisdom. Yeah you are used to craig for the cameras hills. So from some of our challenges some kids something happened. And then she save earlier that we were some of your favorite anchors who work with bp i think you know people see that everything was ok youre still leaving us so i dont know what time we watch all thats right we central with a big tv said yeah well mike thank you like him is to sign by good night, everyone. garage door opening it is my fathers love. It is his passion it is his fault he didnt lock the garage. Dont even think about it been there, done that. With liftmaster® powered by myq®, know whats happening in your garage from anywhere. 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