To a result in places that have already reopened being watched by others on the costs like miami promising new scene. Some of the statistics about us a strong United States are real and started to see some level resurgence and thats always a concern for us mayor bill de blasio says the timeline for new york citys eventual reopening is up to new yorkers keep buckling down on the social distancing. On the shelter in place on the news in the face coverings all these things its literally a direct line between what you do and our ability to reopen anything. Reopening decisions forcing a careful balance of economic here. We are at billion budget deficit that is directly covid induced and Public Health concerns in washington, im karin caifa. Our big story this morning with more stores in San Francisco opening for business out of the states face to guidelines kron fours rana harvey has a closer look at what shoppers can expect. Thats right starting monday. You can stop by some of your Favorite Local retailers and youll be able to pick up some items but you have to make sure that you do it curbside here now again, heres some of those rules at the local retailers have to add here by before theyre able to open up take a look at your screen here. They must have clear access to a sidewalk Street Parking lot or an alley to use for pickup, no more than 10 employees on site at once the store must not be in an enclosed Shopping Center unless the business has its own exterior door. Also manufacturing warehouse and Logistics Services that support these storms can also resume, but they cannot have more than 50 employees on site at once businesses can request a free temporary loading zone for their business from the San Francisco municipal transportation agency, the city officials in San Francisco estimate, this will include more than 90 of retailers in San Francisco now again a local retailers must adhere to those new protocols in place. They want to be able to open back up and operate for now reporting in San Francisco radio harvey kron 4 news. Well one San Francisco neighborhood is making changes to comply with social distancing rules the north Beach Business Association voted unanimously to make more room for pedestrians and shoppers. So that means the possible elimination of Street Parking kron fours dan thorn has more on the plan. Owners of tightly packed shops and restaurants and upper grant avenue say they need space to better serve their customers where cars have been lining up along the narrow streets of north beach businesses would like to take over basically what happens is people come here, they parked their cars. And they dont use the businesses right now. Merchants Association President dan mock erie nice as by expanding into the parking spots it will allow shops like his more room. It will also allow his customers to move more freely. Mikey iranians hoping the city will take it one step further by closing the street so the area can essentially become a pedestrian promenade partially by taking over those patients we are reasserting. The idea that that for support Small Businesses in the neighborhood once shelterinplace guidelines loosen bars and restaurants will also need more room socialdistancing will be difficult to follow if tables cant be placed outside this is the right thing to do right now to allow businesses to theyre all on the razors edge and this is our moment to help them out support for the plan has been overwhelming says district 3 supervisor aaron peskin. But some people have expressed their not thrilled with the idea of losing parking pass can says the plan at this point is not permanent were going to look at it and were going to assess it during the recovery period. This is an experiment. Reporting in San Francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. A bay area staples is closing its doors specialties is a popular lunch spot in the bay area has more than 50 locations in 3 states. Its announced reid announced on its website that its closing because the pandemic the company is based in pleasanton and is closing after 33 years in business. It says the pandemic as decimated companys revenues. The last day of operation apparently will be this tuesday. In the east bay tesla is restarting its Assembly Line at the factory in fremont today over the weekend, the company met with protesters who arent happy with the decision to allow operations to resume in the middle of this pandemic car for a long was there. Even though tesla and Alameda County worked out a deal to allow the company to begin manufacturing. There is concern about worker safety in regards to covid19 among the protesters outside teslas headquarters saturday afternoon a tesla employee i had to say very disappointed in the leadership. Very disappointing in a mosque. Putting profits over the health of his workers Carlos Gabriel is a Production Associate at the fremont plant hes concerned about a covid19 outbreak in the facility that employs 10,000 people who commute as far as a 100 miles away. I worry for my i dont think this is an area where this was ton of the contract that could be contained within this. This factory members of the Workers Solidarity Action Network gathered outside teslas factory to voice their concerns about employees returning to work during shelterinplace orders after tensions between ceo elon musk and Alameda County, the 2 sides worked out a deal to reopen its factory and get the Assembly Line rolling what is going on here today is a travesty. All. Workers at auto plants and essential. All places around the country are being contaminated daily steves else or traveled from San Francisco. Were also here to demand that Governor Newsom and have a cal osha inspectors here seltzer says cal osha should visit the site to make sure employees are safe from getting sick a tesla employee tells me off camera workers temperatures are taken before the entered the building. Theyre given mask and Hand Sanitizer is available throughout the factory. But that is not enough for this group there is going to be increased escalation of covid. We reached out to cal osha and tesla about these concerns but have not yet heard back. Gayle ong kron 4 news. A lot of people are using video platforms to celebrate big milestones these days since they cant get together in person with family and friends. Kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia talked to a Celebration Expert at a bite to get some advice. The first thing is were actually able to confirm any more money by invitation into a Virtual Event with a video chat really easily with just one click any bites also gone ahead and made all of our cards free right now so you can go and send your family and free card and you can add in a video message that card as well. Now this video option is it new because of the pandemic or is this something that the fight had previously but just wasnt really used as much. This is something thats brand new so were really excited too. Released this new feature you can actually add in your own link if you prefer to use a different platform or levi has an inhouse platform to host your video call as well. What are some of the top virtual trends that youre seeing right now. Yes so even though everything has changed life events, big and small definitely havent stopped and people still want to celebrate so weve been seeing a lot of virtual baby showers actually and weve also been seeing some smaller events like game nights and happy hours. My favorite virtual trend is virtual dance parties weve actually had over 275,000 guests invited to Virtual Dance Party since midmarch so get i guess is an import an obvious question why do you think its so important to connect virtually especially during a time like this. So weve actually found that 53 of americans are missing face to face time right now more than anything else so people really want to connect with their friends and family people want to get in touch with those that they havent talked to in a while so its really important to reach out send a card just to show that were all in this together and you know even though were connecting virtually were still connecting so i think the most important thing about hosting a Virtual Event is to remember youre coming together everything doesnt have to be perfect whats the most important thing is that you and your friends and family are getting in the face to face time and just have fun with that. Well you can find the full interview on our kron on app thats our 24 7 new streaming service which you can download for free from your favorite app store today. To National News now democrats have launched an investigation into president trumps firing of state Department Inspector general steve lou neck or linick the Trump Administration has asked to us has been asked to hand over all documents related to his dismissal by friday. They want to find out if he was fired for opening an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo alex are caught reports. In the Trump Administration, it is the watch dogs were being watched closely with suspicion and disdain now being dismissed at a growing pace. Friday night with no warning the Inspector General for the state department was suddenly fired. President donald trump informing the House Speaker in a letter it is vital that i have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general. That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General. The state Department Steve Linick like all inspectors general was charged with oversight to keeping watch for any wrongdoing and reporting it. According to the democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee linick had launched an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo and whether according to a congressional aide pompeo and his wife had misused a political appointee for personal tasks the state department has not responded to that accusation. Linick had a small but Important Role in the impeachment inquiry and also had issued previous damning reports about the state department under pompeo it was pompeo according to a Senior State Department official who recommended that linick be fired this morning, the president has repeatedly shown and voiced opposition to his agencys watchdogs fixated on getting rid of those he sees as obama loyalists who arent sufficiently loyal to his administration why do i have the word Inspector General really. Its wrong and theyll talk to you that its wrong. It was the intelligence communitys Inspector GeneralMichael Atkinson whose actions sparked what became the ukraine investigation and then impeachment proceedings of the president last month atkinson to was fired. In addition to linick in atkinson last month the pentagons acting Inspector General glenn fine who was overseeing spending on coronavirus response. Was removed from the top job and 2 weeks ago the official serving as watchdog of health and Human Services was replaced after investigators found shortages of testing kits and masks along with delays and coronavirus test results. Where did he come from the Inspector General which is name 3 of the 4 were dismissed late on friday nights, this is the dismemberment of accountability in the federal government if it continues the Trump Administration has named a new Inspector General for the state department his name is Stephen Akard he worked closely with Vice President mike pence in indiana when pence was the governor there akard also served as a Career Foreign Service officer in a number of diplomatic posts around the world. Most recently at the state department he has been the director of foreign missions. But the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee which oversees the state department calling the firing outrageous Alex Marquardt cnn washington. Theres a quick live look outside our camera the market arrow showing us a pretty calm looking start to this monday morning though it is wet out there. We have some overnight showers to deal with and thats making the roads a bit slick this morning. Reports of sun, minor flooding here and there and a few spinouts as well so be real careful on the roads this morning. And were back at 4. 45 as more cities begin to partially reopen a lot of people might be considering summer trips. But officials at lake tahoe are still warning visitors to stay away. We have christensen most to explain. These marina employees are happy to be back on the job after the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced a phased in approach to boating on lake tahoe, if you have an intact inspection seal then youll be able to launch during the first phase of the program. And then later on well be able to invite boats from outside of the region, you are traveling and visiting. Part of the delay water craft inspection stations around the lake remain closed due to covid and inspecting boats for aquatic Invasive Species that may hitch their way from other waters is something taco takes very seriously flawed of Invasive Species. If theyre introduced they can knock off the ecosystem, the natural food web. They can harm public Water Infrastructure systems attaching themselves to boats and docks. Now this is the seal that boaters have to have if they want to get their boat on this lake. The way it works is this goes around the boat and the trailer and it locks and as long as this lock is still intact when they bring their boat out here. Authorities know it hasnt been on any other body of water. Its so important for making sure we protect the lake. The seals this seal inspection programs such a large part of that. Marina operators are on board with the program knowing its going to be a slow release and were going make sure thats done well and everyone to get out there safely we can enjoy the lake and protected because its not just about this year its about every year in the future and thats more important now than ever. As for when the lake may reopen to all boats, the tahoe, Regional Planning agency doesnt have a date but they did give a clue so our craft inspectors are key one says inspection stations are open thats going to signal that we are ready to start bringing in travelers from outside the region. All right, lets get a check of the Weather Forecast as we turn our attention to whats happening outside heres a live. Look armbar kundera cameron San Francisco. You probably heard it its been raining off and on all night long and in some places pretty heavy too. We have john trouble standing by with a look at the forecast i drove through it theres one spot john where i just my what winter wipers just couldnt keep up it didnt last very long, but bush for that stretch. It was kind of scary. Yeah, its definitely been a some pretty happy spots throughout the evening for a few areas its a pretty hit or bessie baby driving through a spot where kids have me and then be out of it the next but it but it is about to get roadways very wet. This morning. So if you are an essential worker heading out into the office do watch for some slick spots and some very wet spots out there. And rain continuing to fall for a couple areas, especially your view from berkeley this morning does show a quiet picture from the berkeley hills, but these areas are actually between some heavier rain just to the south and just to the north to so while some of us are quiet. Thats not so much the case in san jose down south along one oh one to 85 around the scandal saratoga down eventually to morgan hill heaviest of rainfall city just south of the tri valley, a the ti outlooks little quieter up towards San Francisco in st. Louis and robot you head north of there and in northern ap, a county and solano counties we do have some heavier rainfall just north of say holding a so spotty showers as i mentioned thats the way its going to remain today for the bay area, the heaviest of rainfall as you can clearly see will be held up in the Central Valley out towards sacramento, where the roles of thunder can be expected in the meantime bay area holds on to on and off showers throughout the course the morning and well be keeping you updated as they move across the bay area during this morning a couple of isolated roles of thunder could be expected this afternoon mostly for most it went to the spay areas. Most of that thunderstorm activity as i mentioned should be out towards the Central Valley now on into tomorrow a couple more isolated showers maybe even a few goals of thunder for your tuesday before we do officially dry out for the rest of the forecast after that point on for the rest of the week. Current temperatures pretty mild word. The low 60s for san jose and oakland all dealt with 56 degrees conquered alameda at redwood city a 57 while San Francisco and san matteo at a nice comfortable, but cool 55 degrees to start the morning really not that much warmer come the afternoon day time highs remain seasonable unseasonably cool at 64 for the high with oakland and hayward at 65 concord antioch a live report closest spots at 70 degrees. Tomorrow we remain cool and billowed over for this time of year after that temperatures do begin to climb it will be back to the 70s and even low 80s for inland areas come the weekend but today your best chance of any remaining showers as were seeing right now after today, those chance of showers diminish tomorrow before we dry out for the rest of the forecast thats a look at your weather james also to back your way all right thank you very much john time now is 4. 50 Major League Baseball has released their proposal to get games going again, but many players are asking if its worth. Risking their health to play a shorter season amid this pandemic so the proposal includes things like testing several times a weekend temperatures and symptom checks twice per day. Only 50 players would be allowed on each roster, and typically now things we see on the field and in the bench like high fives and spitting and hugging that all will be banned. When a baseball is touched by too many players that has to be thrown away, but they have no specifics on the threshold that would be a met or anything pitchers will have to wear masks and players are banned from touching their faces which could impact giving signs players have to maintain distance on the field as well and they have to show up fully dressed and cant use the showers and paychecks may be cut for a shorter season. We spoke with an oakland as. A beat writer from after the mlb to get his take on all this take a listen. I think first of all i want is they want to be safe less the most important thing here one can go back. Playing in a safe environment, you know guys are worried, i mean there theres certain players around the league who do ave you know preexisting conditions other stuff like that that could impact their decision to play or so no part of it is money part of it is being safe, you know something that that the owners and the players and i know are probably working on right now hammering out those details and trying to get that done players are going to be close to each other mean that you got to a guy reaches for space and the first baseman that runners there or at home plate, you know theres a play on where the picture. Its coming to cover the play got the catcher. There you have the base runner i mean its about to happen they guys are going to be close to each other at some point in the game is just something that you cant you cant avoid, but i think everyone just just would like to see the sport return in whatever capacity it may be. Well the league is aiming for spring training next months an opening day sometime early july but theres still some details that have to be hammered out. So far theres no official word from the Players Association about how they feel about all this. Former oakland as manager art howe has been released from a Houston Texas hospital. He was discharged sunday afternoon he spent just a few days there in in the hospital in intensive care unit battling coronavirus he said he wasnt feeling well for several weeks before coming down with chills and then feeling weak. How told friends after being released that he is week but on them and the 73 yearold manager. Im used to be with the as. He was there for 7 years including 2 American League west titles. So glad to hear that hes doing well. The giants celebrated Emergency Medical Services week with a few pizza deliveries to First Responders on sunday. It was a way to say thank you for all the hard work of First Responders do not just during the pandemic but every day. The giants posted these photos of the pizza deliveries on their twitter page tonys pizza provided the food and lucille helped with the deliveries. Our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on our website at kron 4 dot com thats where youll always find the very latest as we update it throughout the day with the very latest headlines coming in so check it off and on for dot com time now is 4. 54 were back road for shining a spotlight on people and organizations making a difference in their community during this pandemic and today we want to recognize far haunt d hes a medical student who is helping the homeless hes created a medical Nonprofit Organization to help other medical students and the Homeless Population across the country. It may cloth masks and donate food and things like masks and gloves to the homeless shelters in San Francisco. Theyve also helped shelters in new york and seattle as well so congratulations to him and his organization. Coming up in the next hour, San Francisco and san mateo counties all allowing more stores to reopen were standing by live with a look at what you can expect. And tesla reopening its fremont factory today and getting some push back from some workers who say when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. And you can pay your friends back from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. Because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. So visit chase. Com mobile. 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