Months of the pandemic and although that is still being collected on the impact of covid19 is having residents leaving the city of San Francisco, the citys chief economist doctor ted egan says there are some early indicators of what appears to be an exodus. Were very big declines that department asking rents in San Francisco, the biggest committee. Big city the united states. And thats a very clear sign that youve got more people wanting to get out of that apartment in San Francisco that wanted to get at San Francisco is a Major Economic force the citys gdp prior to covid was about a 165 billion dollars. This years shelterinplace orders and the on again off again shutting down brick and Mortar Stores impacting twentytwenty sales tax revenue is to be expected. What was not anticipated is a noticeable drop it online sales, another probable indicator of people leaving the city says doctor eeg almost no growth. An online sales in San Francisco. And that is different virtually everywhere else that the state. So it does raise the why are people buying online in San Francisco. And when the answer is there are many people ever go is there were prior to the pandemic. The Public Policy director of the San Francisco chamber of congress as a growing number of businesses are shutting their doors with little hope of reopening of businesses leave. Theyre taking their jobs their employees their revenue their tax revenue along with that but apart taking part of our culture now, San Francisco still remains one of the most desirable places to live and work in the country. And the citys top economic minds are optimistic that businesses that are close will come back. Once it is safe to do so. Zigmund kron 4 news. Lets take a look at the coronavirus cases in the state in the bay area now right now there are more than 1 million cases across california more than 18,000 deaths in the state. According to the states website. There were over 9,000 new cases of covid just recorded today and 61 new deaths in the bay area there are more than 130,000 infections and 1800 people have lost their lives to the virus. As the spike in coronavirus continues the last thing hospitals need right now is and out late break of the flu as kron fours rob fladeboe tells us the best thing you can do to prevent that from happening. Just go out and get a flu shot. Hospitals clinics and other Healthcare Providers are making it easier than ever to get a flu shot. Members were taking advantage of the free flu shot drive through on wednesday here at Kaiser Permanente hospital in south san jose. Among those first in line this morning to get his flu shot and eager to share the experience with san jose mayor sam liccardo i didnt even feel its absolutely easy its the best thing we can do right now to protect the community the mayor and other Officials Say it is especially important for everyone to get vaccinated against the flu as soon as possible. They worry that even a typical flu season could test Hospital Capacity at a time when they are bracing and planning for a surge of patients resulting from the recent surge in covid19 and as weve seen the number of infections rocket upward brought to start to see a steady increase. Admissions in the icu Santa Clara County has at least 150 people in the hospital with covid19 accounting for a 10 spike in hospitalizations so far the flu hasnt been much of a factor but hospital say more cases are inevitable. And are reviewing their surge plans to make sure there are enough beds to go around says Valley Medical Centers doctor Sanjay Khurana me but we expect lou to affect the community and its patients who come in with lou to end up getting is diseases it over and so something we actually care for every year there is no shortage of flu vaccine. Although its not yet clear which strain of flu virus will emerge. There is some evidence masking and other measures taken against covid might reduce the spread of flu. But the mayor and others say the best way to guard against the flu and help hospitals take care of people sick with covid is to get a flu shot as soon as by ensuring that were not spreading the flu and that were not getting the flu were keeping people out of the e r and the hospitals when we know were gonna need that capacity. For the significant surge were experiencing now coronavirus patients a steady stream of people taking advantage of the flu shots here at Kaiser Permanente you have to be a member though, but. Flu shots are free to anyone this saturday at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. While covid cases skyrocket there are positive developments in the search for a vaccine in a final analysis of its phase 3 trial Drug Company Pfizer says its vaccine was 95 effective in preventing the virus infections and added there were no serious safety concerns about the drug pfizer says it will officially seek emergency fda approval within days if approved the nation could see the vaccine begin to be administered by christmas. This big news comes 2 days after moderna says that preliminary data from its vaccine is 94. 5 effective. Medical experts do admit it is unclear how long the vaccines will provide immunity or whether people in need to have periodic booster shots both expect to produce up to 50 million doses this year and up to 1. 3 billion doses in 2020 want a drug may be on the way but getting a vaccine distributed to millions of americans that is another issue. At least a dozen states already say they need more federal money to administer and track the new vaccine. Our Catherine Heenan is here and explains the president elect biden held a virtual roundtable that catherine yes, he did he held round table talking to frontline healthcare workers. As of course hes preparing to tackle the covid crisis. He says a priority for his team will be to roll out quick turnaround testing for the nation. But of course he continues to be frustrated by the fact the white house is not giving him access to Government Health experts among other resources and those Health Care Workers they have their own frustrations, including an icu nurse in minnesota. President elected by there is something seriously rod. When nurses have to take to the streets to for protection in the middle of a weve been unable to get access. To the kinds of things we need to know about the depth of the stockpiles we know theres not much at all we get to the point where we have a sense of. When these vaccines comes out how the beatles tribute will be first in line with the plan is too much is made available soon were going to be behind by weeks or months. President trump he has been largely silent on the pandemic in recent days. Tonight there are reports that some current and former trump staffers, a quietly be offering discreet assistance to the biden team ken and pam. All right, thank you very much catherine as time goes on a lot of parents are wondering when their children can return to the classroom in new york city, the nations Largest School system is halting in Person Learning amid this surge, yeah and here in the bay area where most Public Schools are still doing Virtual Learning the surge has some wondering if children will have to wait even longer before that say for them to return to the classroom. Wild boars dan kerman checked in with one School District he joins us live now and has details on that dan. Well for the most part as you know most of the counties in the state of moved from the red to the red tier or to the purple tier and many of the districts we talked to say even though thats happened they are going to prepare for opening if theyre not open already theyre going to prepare for opening in january and then let the chips fall for they may meaning that if the case revert and they are allowed to reopen they will be ready if not they will still be ready sometime down the line. About half of the san jose unified School Districts 28,000 students. To begin returning for in Person Learning on january 5th. But a surge in covid19 cases has dropped Santa Clara County. 2 spots from the orange here to the purple tier meaning in Person Learning could be delayed. We will be ready as soon as we are able to open a says the counties in the orange or yellow. Whether thats going to be in january or not is anyones guess i would say right and i know that super frustrating for families because i its its one of the most difficult things about being a parent right now is not knowing what you need child care or your kids are going to be in school or whats going to happen the districts decision to wait until they return to the orange or yellow tier is more restrictive than state guidelines which allow schools to open. Once theyre in the red tier for 2 weeks. But the Teachers Union supports this more conservative stance, especially with anxiety increasing among members about returning too soon. Nobody wants to get back in the more than more than but we also dont want a situation where we where were just in this endless cycle of opening and closing schools. We open schools and then you know the virus comes in and we have to start closing classrooms, closing schools. Because of its going to be even more disruptive them then what we potentially could have today still the district is moving forward dealing with logistics and workflow so once the county returns to the orange or yellow tier. Schools can reopen safely. So what were having to look at is the students that want to be in percent we have to look at their schedules and make sure that we dont exceed that 50 capacity in the classroom during a given period. So theres a lot of looking at scheduling and how all of that is going to work. Interesting the san jose unified School District just surveyed parents to find out who wants their kids back in the turns out at this point just 40 do. Reporting live dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan. Infectious disease experts Columbia University say more than 3 Million People in the u. S. Have active covid infections and are potentially contagious epidemiologist at columbia estimate, 3. 6 Million People to be infectious that is about one percent of the u. S. Population. And whats additionally alarming residents are the researchers there say that the number is a 34 increase over last weeks model and growing numbers are a significant cause for concern as we head into the some bad news for the warriors big story in the sports world today warriors star Klay Thompson has suffered an injury. It appears to be an injury to the lower leg, its not clear just how severe that injury is but. He will be having tests done in the next few days last season as you recall thompson tore his acl in his left knee. Well have more on this story as well as the nba draft in the warriors pick with our sports director jason dumas coming up at 6. 45. Coming up after the break governor Gavin Newsome is in hot water for attending a fancy dinner party and napa county were going to have new information on the medical executives. Were also sitting at that dinner table plus today marks 42 of the Jonestown Massacre coming up at 6. 34 Maureen Kelly takes us back to that dark chapter of San Franciscos passed and after the break well hear from that day and what your company can and cannot do if you decide to travel for the upcoming holidays amid this pandemic. A few more showers around the bay area today things begin come experience floor and decors grand opening in san leandro safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. Discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. Floor and decors newest location is now open. Also open in milpitas and burlingame. Said because i love playing and say. With the recent spike in covid cases Health Officials are cautioning against the visiting family, this thanksgiving and also warning that indoor gatherings lead to the spread of the virus you want to go, but its hard to not go. Heres a different question for concern can attending a family gathering, in trouble at work. Kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia talked to an employment attorney to find out. The holidays are here but so is covid19 and visiting family for the holidays during this pandemic could potentially cost you your job that. I love playing and say, but its a case by case a california is an atwill employment state meaning your employer can fire you for any reason or no reason at all. And without warning as long as the reason is not illegal. But what if your employer tells you not to visit family this Holiday Season to avoid the spread of covid19 if your boss says now you probably shouldnt go but there are exceptions in contrast situation where you take time off. Seen who have contracted covid19. This is going care for them. I all orange employees it was a kind of form should writes this your family for the purpose of taking care of them while theyre sick is protected both on the state and federal level that being your employers orders to avoid travel during the pandemic simply to spend the holidays with her family is not. Comes down striking a between an employers responsibility. Maintain a safe Work Environment its employees and employees rye. So actually it is family session the day and is to care for them. Said you have to see is how because california is an out will employment state and players have a lot of discretion in terms of what policies they wanted force in the workplace. So long as those policies dont violate Public Policies designed to prevent behaviors that are for example discriminatory employers can also require you to get tested to determine if youre healthy enough to come back to work but if you do go on a trip this Holiday Season and contract covid19 every team and says just be honest my most employers in california, he tried to do the right thing. Able. Comedy surely in ensuring that you quarantine so you can get better. And come back reporting in San Francisco sauce kron 4 names. Opening day at heavenly mountain ski resort and northstar scheduled for this friday today passholders got to reserve their time on the mountain first for opening week. There are many changes this year of course because of the pandemic reservations are required to access the mountain this season, anyone visiting the resort is also asked to wear a mask and physically distance from others. Her court is scheduled to open next month on december, the 4th so talking about the ski resorts well take a live picture from south lake tahoe. The roads are slick theres snow on the sidewalks but not much snow otherwise. This is a live picture driving along highway 50 in ski run chain controls have been dropped on highway 54 now caltrans asking drivers there to remember to reduce speed on the wet road, lets check in now is our kron 4 chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow and he has the latest on the weather conditions errors. Early winter storm warning just expired about 15 minutes ago, yeah just came down that storm kind of winding down but not done with all the snow yet theres still some more snow continuing to fall up in the high country that storm system that the very unstable air on the backside of a kind of keeping things going even in part the bay area today we had a few scattered showers you can see the activity see the snow this year that see right there to see the lightning strikes in the Central Valley in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and then that snow toward lake all kind of piling up there on the highest mountain peak, some of the mount bigs expect to get over 2 feet of snow from that storm system all right of the bay area we did have a few scattered light showers him wander on through parts of the central and south bay. Those kind of moving out of town now were drying things out around the bay area so looks tonight, weve got some moisture in place from the rain where fog is going to be a bigger factor about last 24 hours certainly some nice totals here over an inch in canfield almost 3 quarters inch in santa rosa and napa checking in at just under a half an inch of rain San Francisco, almost a quarter of an inch oakland only 800 san jose 700s, but a nice little soaker around the bay area. Thats a great to get things going there. But this is the result now those were going to watch that cooler city in place and then overnight tonight were going to likely see some very dense fog starting to set up inside the bay and some of alleys that ground fog some of that to lee fog so watch out for that early tomorrow morning and then by the middle the morning that starts lift the move out the way we start to see some sunshine so return to some drier weather coming our way back some nice weather as we head in toward the weekend. And then as we get into next week as we get ready for the holiday it looks like right now its going to stay dry. Although