Warnings from those Health Experts people are still packing airports. Kron fours terisa stasio has been monitoring the scene and open airports, tonights joins us now now. Whats going on out there theresa. Why cant am so travel here at Oakland International airport down about 60 but that still meant about 7,008 1000 people came in and out of this airport and Health Officials are now saying that we could see a fallout from that. Im going to virginia were going to land in seattle for thanksgiving, choosing to fly this thanksgiving, travelers heading off for the upcoming holiday. Despite recommendations from the cdc to stay home to slow the spread with covid cases also taking off flying past levels set in the spring when the pandemic first hit Health Experts warn about a turbulent future would expect seeing increased cases and continue to increase and haas lies asians Infectious Disease expert doctor, peter, chinhong with ucsf says if cases soar. We could be looking at more austere measures. You know it may be that close. Its like the end of that all is looking at what happened in europe and when needs to do that us air partial lockdown that really full lockdowns so mattel could view were seeing decline in cases in france in spain and the uk so there is potential light at the end of the top the doctor says promising news about vaccines on the horizon will help steer the country away from this dark period in time. But that is still months away. He has hopefully more assistance from the federal government will make a difference to get us through all this. So that is going to accelerate the timeline for which most americans will be able to get the vaccine just by numbers. In the meantime the doctor saying that there is a lot of pandemic fatigue out there and thats kind of why were seeing so many people travel even know all of the warnings are out reporting live here at Oakland International airport. Theresa back to you guys theresa, thank you very much summer stories across the country. The urge for Holiday Travel in the nationwide surge in. Covid cases of combined to increase the demand for covid testing its overwhelming testing sites around the country. One laboratory says demand for tests has increased almost 50 . Since the last week of september. Officials with the Cleveland Clinic say the current testing strategy was done on a which is done on a state by state basis. Simply is not different things. I mean kidney experts together and lets do there are best practices. So lets get the experts to charles with the best practices suggesting followed. Some lawmakers say the house approved heroes act would have helped a lot by providing millions more for testing but. That bill remains stalled in the senate today, the United States reported more than 2000 covid19 deaths for the First Time Since may and california is seeing the biggest singleday increase in cases and deaths in months more than 18,000 new cases and 106 deaths in the last 24 hours total statewide cases more than 1 million and more than 18,000 californians have lost their lives to the virus. In the bay area there are more than 140,000 cases and more than 1900 people have lost their lives in the south bay Santa Clara County is seeing the highest number of reported covid cases since march and Health Officials there are worried that things will only get worse this holiday weekend. Well 4 Sanaz Tahernia has more on the warning officials are sending residents and Business Owners. He says are hitting record highs in Santa Clara County with more than 500 newly reported cases a day and county Health Officials are expecting things to get worse if we look back in july when we were were really worried about an increase then we saw. 385 cases has a maximum and as we have seen our numbers around much higher we were at 512 cases today. Tomorrow may be higher and we expect that to be the case Officials Say they understand the pandemic fatigue but we have to continue on. Adding that while those around you may seem healthy that doesnt necessarily mean theyre covid free to 60 of the times when people are infecting others are in or are infectious themselves. They have absolutely no symptoms. So if youre worried about staying away from somebody because they have a cough. Are they look sick. Be more worried about the people that are new that are close to you that have no symptoms. With this recent surge in numbers Health Officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gathering in large groups or traveling ahead of the thanksgiving holiday. They also want Business Owners to know theyre ramping up enforcement or officers will be looking at a variety of things but in particular. Well be looking at capacity limitations on making sure the stores overcrowded. Making sure that those social distancing protocols that orange check mark has been posted. Well also be looking face coverings and enforcing face coverings at the business locations businesses that fail to comply with the safety orders will be fined the enforcement officers will be wearing special clothing. Making them easily identifiable and officials believe that if the proper steps are taken the county can flatten the curve once again. We know that we can do this together as a community. Weve done it before. We will do it again. At the time to act is now seen as turning a reporting kron 4 news. Tonight, a california lawmaker is calling on governor Gavin Newsome to provide the specific data hes used to make recent decisions in restricting parts of the economy comes after the Governors Office installed a socalled emergency brake last week forcing the majority of the state to halt indoor dining. Recent data from Los Angeles County suggested restaurants and bars accounted for 3. 1 of its covid19 cases, but state senator andreas for gas notes, not all counties in california have access to that kind of data. If california counties are reporting. A certain level and then Public Policy being made at the state level is using that i think it should be transparently provided to the public. The republican lawmakers sent a letter to newsom this week requesting numbers methodology and findings in the state linking indoor Restaurant Operations to covid cases as of tonight, the administration has not responded to that request tonight the centers for Disease Control says it may soon shorten its recommendation for how long people should quarantine after possibly being exposed to covid19. The current recommended quarantine is 14 days but that could be reduced to 7 to 10 days. The cdc says the period could be shortened if patients are tested for the virus during that quarantine the decision to change the guidance is not final yet and experts are still reviewing data to make sure changes would not put people at risk. Stay with kron 4 for our continuing coverage on the pandemic you can download the crown for and kron on mobile apps to get the latest updates in the bay area and beyond they are free in the apple and google play stores. Another big story tonight police have identified the man arrested in connection with that bloodied mass a stabbing on sunday at a church in San Jose Police say the suspect 32 yearold fernando hey sue slope as. Is a homeless man with a long criminal history. Hes accused of stabbing 5 people sunday night at Grace Baptist Church which serves as a temporary homeless shelter on cold nights, a man and a woman were killed 3 other people were hospitalized. Today city officials said the stabbings were preventable pointing to Santa Clara Countys sanctuary policy which prevents police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. I point to a single thing. But rather of multitude of tools anddtiopportunities that were not utilize or faile. Im not arguing that the county should have held him for ice and simply arguing that we ship complied with the tenants of the values act which would enable notification of ice. So that before he is released out into the street. Ice can pick him up. Police say they believe lopez was under the influence of drugs at the time of the attack he was set to be arraigned this afternoon but the hearing was postponed at the last minute. No explanation has been given as to why. In National News tonight President Trump has pardoned former National Security adviser Michael Flynn he made that announcement today calling it is quote great honor. Flynn is the second trump associate convicted in the russia probe to be granted clemency by the president. Trump commuted the sentence of longtime confidant roger stone just days before he was set to report to prison. Its part of a broader effort to undo the results of an investigation that has shadowed his administration and yielded criminal charges against a half dozen of his associates. Over at San Francisco airport travel is down 75 compared to this time last year this was the scene this morning at the airport still a steady flow of last minute travelers are looking to try to get to their destinations. Officials with sfo are attributing the lower numbers to coronavirus and warnings by local Health Officials not to travel coronavirus tests at sfo same day travel testing site are officially sold out and there are not any available reservations for those tests until next month. Well were talking about sfo, lets take a live look outside their tonight things are pretty clear for any flights that are going in and out chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us with our first check of the weather lawrence yeah guys looking good out there around the bay area will be windy in spots overnight tonight weve seen the breeze kind of picking up outside a more of that to come in fact that will be a factor into our thanksgiving day as well so out there right now weve got mostly clear nice look out over San Francisco in across the bay beautiful conditions out there right now the winds see how they will pick up and no delays being reported any airport locally things open and clear right now now speaking of those winds here we go 80 mile an hour winds of mill valley to 22 at Stinson Beach now 16 into San Francisco. You notice the direction more of a north northeasterly direction in some parts the bay area now and so winds of the kind of a big deal overnight tonight youre going to see these winds kind of how as we get in toward your thanksgiving day, especially starting out tomorrow morning 08 00am youre looking at some gusty winds. You see the red begin to fill in across some of the mountain tops those are gusts over 30 miles an hour. Then maybe even some 40 plus mile an hour gusts as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. So yeah plan on being a bit breezy any of the urban areas. Gusty at times but you see plenty of sunshine all day long temperatures will be a little bit warmer to most highs mainly in the 60s. Thank you lawrence coming up bay area, food banks need extra help this year, how you can donate your time to make a difference over the Holiday Season. Im alexandra le mon in washington the official transition process to a Biden Administration is now underway. And President Trumps Campaign Continues to fight the Election Results. Well have the latest coming up. And new details tonight in the shocking fraud case involving prisoners in california collecting millions of dollars in unemployment. Were learning about the extent of the scam here in the bay area. Next. A big story tonight, the investigation into thousands of fraudulent unemployment claims totally millions of dollars made by california inmates is ongoing. And so is the outrage over the fact that it even happened the Employment Development department is now weighing in as kron fours noelle bellow tells us. San mateo county was the first to sound the alarm on this scam an investigator here in San Mateo County was listening to a recorded jail phone call related to a drug case. Thats when he heard the inmates talking about a scam he wanted to get in on and unlike investigators would just say it has nothing to do in my case all ignore it. He did. Jordan boyd is a man with curiosity and he followed up and thats what broke it for the entire state San Mateo CountyDistrict Attorneys Steve Wagstaffe says the scam was like a quickly spreading virus after the county notified other jails and the state department of corrections in july. It became clear this wasnt just a few cases so its quite a variety of some people very low level to where we have for people who. We have charged 2 of whom have pled guilty who charged with murder in all 22 people have been charged in San Mateo County with conspiracy to commit a td fraud. 16 were current inmates, 6 others were former inmates helping from the outside. Every one of them had been receiving payments our county it was always done by idi during a direct deposit of money into an account set up. The penalty is 3 years in state prison but that punishment could vary those who are sent to prison will be ordered to pay restitution out of the funds theyre paid through their work program edd sent out a statement saying its now been working on cross matches with inmate populations to identify suspect claims the department is also pursuing how to integrate such cross match is moving forward as part of enhanced prevention, the investigation is still ongoing the District Attorney hear does believe at least 3 dozen more people may be involved here in San Mateo County noelle bellow kron 4 news. Hundreds of thousands of americans continue to file for unemployment. Last weeks numbers are higher than what was expected 778,000 americans filled first time unemployment claims last week thats up 30,000 from the previous week and about 4 times the pre pandemic level as states begin to implement lockdown measures once again jobless numbers are expected to continue to increase. Many families in the bay area are struggling to put food on the table right now that they are turning to food banks for help in the past 4 days the Sacred Heart Food Bank in the south bay has given away more than 3,000 meals to people in need each meal includes either a turkey or ham and several side dishes for a family thanksgiving tables. The goal distribute more than 4,000 meals by the end of the day. Everybody weve been trying to pivot and make sure we can provide this essential service so were doing all the things social distancing we have less volunteers than we used to but were still getting the work done if folks want to support us they can bring down a turkey or ham to our location here at 1381 south first street. Sacred heart is also started to prepare for is various christmas programs, which of course is coming up in a few weeks. And happening tomorrow, San Franciscos historic glide Memorial Church will hold its annual thanksgiving celebration. But with covid safety in mind, thanksgiving morning, those in need can pick up a meal to go or dine outside under 3 tense. Glide also plans to deliver 200 meals to encampments across the city clive plans to serve a couple 1000 meals in front of the church the church is located on the 300 block of ellis between taylor and joan streets meals will be served between 9 in the morning and one in the afternoon adding to the list of changes this year many major retailers and other businesses are staying closed on thanksgiving. Heres a list of some of the businesses that are going to open their doors set includes costco target walmart and all to. For a full list you can head to our web site kron 4 dot com. Well lets check in on our 4 zone thanksgiving forecast were going to find out just how cold its going to be out there. Lawrence yeah its going to be chilly tonight probably some spots getting down near freezing overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning now i know you have a big meal tomorrow likely so a lot of folks like to get out there go for a little walk if youre headed out toward the beach be careful got some bigtime swells moving in along the coastline, some northwesterly swell is now coming in from storms off the coast and that is going to generate as well as maybe as high as 20 plus feet along some of the coastline there so. Be careful out toward the beaches stay away from the rocks that surface can last until at least thursday, but still probably pretty big even into the afternoon. Skies, mostly clear out there right now thats the way it is going to stay tonight as were going to see the chilly conditions little windy in spots that when maybe just enough to keep the temperatures up somewhat you forecast traveled about you look at the 60s into much of the monterey bay, Southern California looking at 70 degrees Downtown Los Angeles about 67 anaheim and 65 in san diego, headed up the high