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Million cases in this country. Meanwhile, california now has more than 101,000 cases and more than 3800 people have died Santa Clara County has pretty much led the bay area in covid 9 cases since the pandemic started not every step but just about but now as restrictions are beginning to ease the county Health Officer is calling for caution santa clara, public Health Officer doctor sara cody told the board of supervisors tuesday. The state could be moving too fast at reopening she expressed concern that the latest 8 modifications are being made without a full understanding of the consequences of the previous around. Doctor cody was the first public Health Officer in the country to issue a shelterinplace order. In tonights virtual town hall representatives touched on the local state and federal response to coronavirus and they answered questions submitted online by viewers kron 4 small bellow joins us now live with the big take aways noel. And can the main thing that was repeated by most of the representatives was the idea that its most important to attack the Health Care Crisis first, but as the state moves to reopen the economy. The question of whether another economic stimulus package is needed was first up and representatives from both sides of the aisle responded along party lines. We have to be really careful about how we spend and so i think in the first round we did a pretty good job of having a balanced approach this last one seen to be unfortunately a fairly onesided deal that had a lot of spending that like talk of the Small Businesses right now theyre trying to get their people come back to work in many cases and because the benefits of unemployment are higher than what theyre getting paid. The heroes act is front and the going to continue that sort of kind of spending perpetually we didnt we couldnt see where theres going to be an end on that and how its going to be affordable swede to focus on the things that you know weeks ago this is about flattening the curve about getting through the crisis of our health care system. Now stern entirely something else. The heroes act has called was doing way beyond what was the original intent was this is principally a trillion dollars for states. Counties city governments and hopefully special districts. We do know that the state of california has a 54 billion all in this budget as a result of this coronavirus pandemic we know that the county said i represent 9 of them are in desperate. Need of money in order to keep the essential Services Going police and fire Public Services Public Health check here as well as sanitation and all of the things that keep our communities movie and importantly education. Now soon after that the topic turned to Small Business during this hour long special representatives were asked questions submitted by viewers including Michael Delfino hes from livermore and he owns a martial arts studio with less than 5 employees received 0 benefits from the cares act and he says his landlord raised to rent in april delfino asked bay area representative Eric Swalwell about how hes going to help businesses like his here was swallows response. All right, thank you michael let me work with you on slow on instagram or twitter my dms are open my staff and i will get right on that i want to unity for hosting us and getting us together this is good for us but i also just a step back to days of summer day a 100,000 americans have died from the coronavirus 900,000 just surpassed in california. So i think the tip of the spear has to be attacked the Health Care Crisis first testing tracy treatment in the back seat and then make sure we provide a bridge to people like michael so they can meet their rent obligations and cable and so families reloading the paycheck protection plan, im all for a he. And that is people are unsure. I think we also want to make sure that we do extend an insurance. Now the representatives discussed several other topics tonight, including undocumented workers in the state as well as our places of worship reopening were going to have more on all of this coming up at 9 back to you. Thank you know. Well california mayors also included in tonights statewide special on air and online including San Francisco mayor london breed earlier today i talked with her. You are widely praised for your fast action as soon as the pandemics was identified, however, San Francisco is moving at a slower pace than many of the other counties in california. Right now why is in terms of reopening and what is your First Priority as the curve flattens. Well i will tell you it has a lot to do its acted even though were see the curve of the clai we still some challenges that we need we need to make sure we have sufficient testing on a daily basis we have to make sure that those numbers continue to go down and i think a big part of it is cutting back on the amount of contact that people have with one another to make sure that we dont see a spike that comes out of nowhere on because this saying can increase at a rapid pace all the incredible momentum that we have gained as a result of closing the it would be for almost nothing if we dont do this right. If you miss tonights but like to watch it again just go to our home page at kron 4 dot com or the kron 4 app for the entire town hall. Parents across the state have been eagerly awaiting an update on when california schools could reopen the state is hoping it will be right on time in august or september with some modifications kron fours kate rooney has the latest. On wednesday state superintendent Tony Thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. I often refer to it as a guide book. It is our attempt to do a kind of how to and to School Districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. One of those questions is when School Districts can reopen. Thurman said hes hoping for late august Early September that there wont be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. Weve got 10,000 schools. There is no one size fits all for schools so local School Districts and School Boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. That guidance will include Safety Measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff thurman said it also likely involves a socalled blended instruction model, a mix of in class sessions and Distance Learning we want to make sure our educators have access to standards and guidelines. Or how to make distance it happened in the most appropriate way that we get some training as some resources to our educators and of course we have to continue to address the Digital Divide according to thurmond, some 600,000 students in underserved communities still dont have access to Home Learning tools Like Computers or the internet. The superintendent called on California Companies individuals and the federal government to provide Financial Support to equip those students for Virtual Learning were drawn a line in sand. Were saying weve got to close at Digital Divide. Were saying we need help from everyone to make that happen. Thurmond estimates the state needs at least 500 million to accomplish that goal, reporting in the bay area kate rooney kron 4 news right now the kron on app is free to download 24 hour local news streaming commercial free, so you can stay informed and updated on this Health Crisis and the heat wave, were all feeling in the bay area took its toll on an underground pg and e transformer in the east bay today, causing it to fail it turned into a prolonged power outage and a potential health and safety issue. A work crew was trying to fix a problem, but the antioch home owner says it was too hot to stick around waiting for them to finish. We have had in power since last night at about 8 oclock i have a 6 yearold boy my parents are elderly my dad is in his 80s my moms in her 70s and weve lost the majority of her food. And now im taking my son going to a motel. The pg e crews removing an old transformer and replacing it with a new one. Taking a live look outside it was a hot day. But boy look at the cooling fog over San Francisco. It must be a cool night natures air conditioner and chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is checking in with us with the latest on whats happening out there. Lawrence yeah finally seeing those changes now so the ridge of High Pressure starting to break down just a little bit still going to be hot in parts the bay area again for tomorrow today again another record breaking day, but a few lesser records around the bay areas High Pressure start to loosen its grip just a little bit still 96 in santa rosa, 100 degrees in concord and all around the bay area there you go 100 degrees again in livermore 94 degrees in fremont settles a 92 in redwood city 82 degrees in oakland today and 72 degrees downtown San Francisco 93 in the bottle and 89 degrees in the napa valley certainly this is going to change the weather and then need just like a stream of coming on shore right now pushing into the bay were going to see more of that in the coming days that is going to help to cool down parts of the bay area but still warm in spots its going to take a little while for that bridge to loosen up enough and we can to allow all that cool marine air work its way in the valley so so working on some warm temperatures there mid 80s written conquered, right now still 93 degrees in st. Louis in a one more day of heat advisories in effect well take a look at that and the rest your forecast coming up. Its just a few minutes got back to us. Thank you life happening today, a black lives matter protest in los angeles turned violent between 501,000 people showed up to protest the death of an unarmed man george floyd in minneapolis it happened at the hands of police. One protester seen breaking the back window of a Police Cruiser with what appears to be a skateboard another protester sits on the hood seems to fall or jump off when the vehicle moves forward. Protesters also attacked a second Police Cruiser that responded immediately to the scene of the injured protester. That man was later seeing conscious while riding on a gurney to a Fire Department vehicle that took him to the hospital, other protests have been popping up in minneapolis where the incident took place were going to have more on what the mayor of that city is calling for tonight. Thats coming up later. Coming up on kron 4 news today as more businesses are opening their doors in the bay area an economic rebound might be expected. But whats slowing down the process also ahead it was a highprofile sensational case the murder of Lacey Peterson and her unborn child now her husband who was convicted is hoping for a different outcome from another court will tell you what is next plus Santa Clara County putting out a call to action what they need more of tonight theyre almost 13,000 confirmed covid19 cases in the bay area Alameda County leads the local counties with more than 3,000. But the virus has been deadlier in Santa Clara County where a 140 people have died from the virus. The complete breakdown by county is available on our website. Kron 4 dot com 2 key indicators of reopening the economy are testing and Contact Tracing but in Santa Clara County Contact Tracing his leg a with too few people to check down the contacts of those who are covid19 positive tonight the county is calling on people to volunteer to help trace or track down people who may be spreading the coronavirus through hiring reassigning existing employees and the volunteers Santa Clara County hopes to dramatically scale up from the 50 people performing Contact Tracing now to a 1000 people by mid july, some good news for renters have been affected by the coronavirus for bay area counties have extended moratoriums on the vix shuns due to covid19. San mateo county supervisors voted to extend the temporary moratorium on evictions for residential tenants and Small Business commercial tenants through the end of june other bay area leaders voted to do the same thing including Contra Costa County extending the Eviction Moratorium until july 15th and leaders in the worst hit county by the virus Santa Clara County voted to extend its moratorium through the end of august marin county also extended its debt moratorium until the end of june. Youre looking aces and we just didnt see where we can open up activities as that the data and atlantic. A lapse. Well its been nearly 3 months as shelterinplace orders took effect in the bay area east bay residents like many others are anxious to know whats next contra costa. Countys Health Officer answer questions today for people on a Facebook Live as kron fours michelle kingston reports his message is to continue to follow the orders and he will continue to follow the data to make sure when activities and businesses do reopen the county is doing it safely. Schools go back to normal weight is quarantining healthy lowrisk people make sense shouldnt we just quarantine older adults and people with Health Conditions it problematic for the state and bay area to be moving at such Different Cases plan do we anticipate opening back up our question because the virus doesnt operate on a fixed schedule Contra Costa County Health Officer doctor Christopher Farnitano answering the publics questions on a Facebook Live on wednesday, many wanting to know when they can play football again or tennis or go swimming this summer were going to be. Not necessarily going to assess the state were going to look at your eyes. Change is one of the most pressing questions coming from viewers when will life get back to normal now we have to figure out how we go back to. A more kind of life with opening up activities opening up businesses. Without having search no one sustained a stir up shelter in place forever. Doctor farnitano says we must be careful the county not wanting to open up too fast and risk seeing an uptick in cases is going to be a lot back. That is to move forward if they go too quickly, we see a of the surge in those are some cases not all of you schools but that didnt mean additional unnecessary deaths not up to it. In Contra Costa County michelle kingston kron 4 news. Across the county making places available for seniors and people with disabilities who need to get out of the heat. The employment and Health Services department has opened its offices in antioch Pleasant Hill hercules enrichment county Officials Say face coverings are required and there will be physical distancing guidelines in place and the county stresses it does not want people who have been exposed or who have symptoms of covid19 at these locations we want to show you a live picture of the Golden Gate Bridge but unfortunately, shes being a little shy tonight hiding in the fog this rolling in through the golden gate. But we do want to wish a very happy 83rd birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge, no world famous bridge opened to pedestrians on may the 27th 1937 joining us now chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow large what was it like when it opened. Looked like a bill think i was certainly nice see the Golden Gate Bridge cloudy right now but the clouds a nice sight to see if that means the High Pressure ridge public started to break down a little bit of those clouds moving over alcatraz right now in the San Francisco begin to fill in the bay just a little bit not going to run all the way to the valley so again another hot day in the valleys and the heat advisory continues until 7 oclock tomorrow evening. In many places well inland youre going to be hot again moving well in 90s all triple digits in or get to the clouds yeah, great mass along the coastline gathering will see more than all the way thats the fog and that will help cool down the temperatures still 83 degrees live more 73 in napa 86 degrees and cocker and 77 degrees in san jose, the fog thickening up though moving back on shore mixture sunshine temperatures inland. But cool some coastal fog out toward the beaches and then over the weekend this is where it gets kind of interesting High Pressure going to continue to slide further to the east that low pressure coming up out of the south that will bring with it some more fog and some low clouds but at the same time thats going start to overrun some warm air sea get some cold air on tops of warm air, you know what happened warm air rises and so thats going to want to punch through and that means a very unstable atmosphere here in california that could lead to a chance of thunderstorms so big changes ahead tomorrow, another hot one inland cooler by the coastline and then much cooler maybe as much as 20 maybe 25 degrees cooler as we head into the weekend guys back to you all right lawrence, thank you. Scott peterson is hoping the California Supreme Court will throw out his conviction for murder. The modesto native was convicted of killing his wife lacy and their unborn child back in 2004. Her body was later found in the waters of the Berkeley Marina peterson is currently on death row at san quentin. He will try once again to get his conviction put on hold for a retrial a member of petersons criminal defense team still strongly believes that he is innocent and that the appeal is coming at the right time. Arguments are there and the grounds are there for this conviction to be overturned and for the spent finally have his jay in court not just any day, but its a fair trial. Oral arguments are set for next week still ahead a day doctors forced into a last resort situation while trying to save the covid19 patient tonight that patient is sharing his neardeath experience and remarkable story of survival and welcoming back riders bart of a lee the 15 step plan as more as bay area moves further into reopening our transportation agencies are working to re imagine the service they provide earlier today on kron on we talked with bart general manager bob powers, a new 15 step plan to welcome back writers are in receipt of some additional on farming equipment and where training all of our staff on it right now and so starting next week monday. We will have every car clean every night so 2 things on the social distancing one were going to run every train we put out in service of the a 10 car train which will maximize social distancing. The second thing were going to do is weve set up our budget and our service plan. So the response of to the demand. So what i mean by that is right now were running 30 minutes service so i train every 30 minutes but as demand increases will well send out a train every 15 minutes to maximize social distancing were going to pilot a configuration where all the seats are on the perimeter of the car and the car is basically opened throughout the middle that will maximize the social distancing opportunity have engineer very simple strap that would be your personal that are available from and you can take it with you as you go so that youre assured a you know a clean strap and youre hanging on on to the bart train as it as it takes you from on your destination where youre heading to so we think its a key element there that coupled with the cleaning of those holes. Power says writers can pick up those hands traps why either ordering through barts website or the Customer Service center at oaklands lake merritt station to listen to the rest of that interview you can download the kron on app live local news streaming commercial free 24 7 and its free to watch right now. Meantime the centers for Disease Control and prevention is offering new guidance for people using Public Transportation and rideshares those recommendations include handwashing limiting contact with frequently touched surfaces and opening windows to improve air circulation. The cdc also advises people to travel during non peak hours and continue to say at least 6 feet apart from others. Coming up on kron 4 news today, an historic day in the works for space x and nasa bought only if the weather in the Sunshine State cooperate roads turned into rivers along the east coast. The second named storm of the year forming and then making landfall in a matter of hours plus will there be an uptick in cases around the country. Thats what the nations top Infectious Disease expert feel like getting back out there . Nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. And great offers. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Plus, well cover your payments for up to 2 more months. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. 10s of thousands of doctors and nurses have become sick from taking care of covid19 patients. Thats according to a new report by the centers for Disease Control and prevention. The federal agency stated that more than 62,000 Healthcare Professionals contracted the coronavirus in the u. S. Thats a big jump from the more than 9200s of the cdc reported back in mid april, at least 291 Health Care Workers have died from the virus. The cdc says it believes the current numbers are possibly an undercount because many of the reported cases do not state if the patient worked in health care. Tonight we have passed a major a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic more than a 100,000 people have died from the virus here in the u. S. Name time the nations top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci says out a warning and delivers a possible glimmer of hope about americas battle against covid19 nadia romero reports. Were going to see upticks of cases even under the best of circumstances doctor fauci warning there will be a surge of coronavirus cases in the united states. Now that all 50 states are in their own phase of reopening despite this fall, she is striking an optimistic tone saying theres a good chance. The u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year and believes we can stop a second wave to have the workforce, the system and the will to do the kinds of things that are the clear and effective identification isolation Contact Tracing. We can prevent this second wave that were talking about if we would correctly now in an effort to resurrect tourism in florida famous worldwide attractions like disney world and seaworld are planning to re open over the next 2 months. They smashed are mandatory and guests will have their temperatures screen a day after reopening the New York Stock Exchange and meeting with President Trump at the white House Wednesday afternoon Governor Cuomo says the rest of the state reopening will be based on science facts and numbers you would phase it by. The most important business is the most essential businesses that posed the lowest risk first. In states like california. They say theyre nowhere near a day like that this pandemic is not behind us. Were not into a second wave. We still havent got through the first way. Im nadia romero reporting. It is back to business for some Bay Area Stores restaurants and other retailers looking to rebound from covid19 but getting back to economic levels before the pandemic will take some time says saint marys economic professor, jack rasmus. But it does it will be a very slow recovery. Will open because theyre desperate to do so in order to jump on airplanes to any great extent and fly around and go on go long vacations and stay in hotels and ago to seen parked near the neck and really push the economy is the consumer. 70 of the economy. With millions of Americans Still out of work some sectors such as retail and travel could feel the effect for a long time. Rosman says he worries said an uncertain future will affect both businesses and consumers because businesses wont be as willing to invest and consumers will be willing to do a lot of big spending. Larry kramer, one of the most significant and aggressive pioneering figures in the Rights Movement has passed away kramer was an oscar nominated screenwriter playwright and author, but it was his push to shock the country into dealing with as as a Public Health emergency that set him apart. Kramer died this morning at his home in manhattan his has been said the cause was pneumonia. He was currently working on another play this one centered on the pandemic larry kramer was 84 years old and today was supposed to be a historic day for elon musks space x and for nasa, but the weather in florida had other plans todays scheduled launch was supposed to be the first time in history that a commercial Aerospace Company carry humans into earths orbit but the astronauts were informed that the weather just would not clear up enough to permit liftoff so. Nasa and space x will do this all over again in 3 days the next launch attempt is now slated for saturday may the 30th at 03 22pm eastern time until then astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley will head back to quarantine until the next launch attempt in a matter of hours a storm on the east coast became the second named system this year and made landfall. Tropical storm bertha hit the South Carolina coast this morning about 20 miles east of charleston. You can see the flooding. It caused says some roads turned basically into rivers. The storm is expected to cause flash flooding over parts of the carolinas has well as dangerous surf and rip can conditions along the coast for more on that weather system, lets check in with chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with the details Sarah Lawrence is this early for these types of varies very early to get going so far this season looks like it is going to be. Unfortunately a very active one theres no el nino or so the steering currents, the upper levels of the atmosphere really allow some of the storms to grow in a hurry and thats what were seeing this blossomed in a hurry today will become a hurricane but still a Tropical Storm as it moved on shore now just a depression has it really kind of sweeps to rather quickly and thats some good news. Theyre getting a lot of rain youve seen some of the flooding with that but if the storm were to move a lot slower of course flooding problems would be a bigger issue thats continued to move and should continue to weaken and dissipate over the next 24 hours. Well, weve got a stream of clouds that are finally moving back on shore after days of record breaking temperatures around the bay area but that fog is going to change everything, especially near the coast line and just inside the base to remain hot. For another day and some of the interior valleys and heat advisories are up there i we showed you that shot from up above this down below in the fog looking at the Golden Gate Bridge on its birthday and certainly the clouds making think maybe a little damp out there near the coastline to and that sea breeze continuing to blow outside. Numbers though still very warm it when youre talking to 86 degrees and conquer it is 30 degrees cooler in San Francisco, the fog right now 5680 in fremont and 77 degrees in san jose. All around the bay area tomorrow feel the difference is 60s and 70s in the San Francisco 60s along the coastline with the cool fog there temperature about 75 degrees in burlingame us 85 degrees warmer in redwood city youre going to see a lot of 80s maybe some low 90s in parts of the south bay in the morgan hill about 89 degrees and south was a tomorrow. And still some of those temperatures really well in the 90s tomorrow in places like livermore about 90 degrees 97 degrees in pleasanton should be about 96 in danville about 94 walnut creek 77 in stanley and are 79 in oakland about 74 degrees and richmond that delta breeze will kick in a little bit earlier tomorrow thats the deal good for folks living out its bergen and talks to one of there as were going see that fog along the coastline with much cooler temperatures next few days here, you go those temperatures really drop but as we get the weekend a chance of showers a chance of thunderstorms and the warmest temperatures only in the mid 70s, what a big change that will be guys back to you. Thanks lawrence in national news, the mayor of minneapolis is calling for charges to be filed against a former Police Officer connected to the death of george floyd mayor jacob fry today said that former officer derek child been seen in this video pressing his knee into the neck of floyd during an arrest should be criminally charged after floyd died on monday bystander video showed an armed floyd pleading that he could not breathe. Shaaban and 3 other officers were fired yesterday. The video of the incident went viral and his death has prompted protests and a growing memorial in minneapolis today and yesterday, an aerial view shows Peaceful Demonstrations but yesterday protesters were met with tear gas and projectiles from police after some started damaging a Police Station there. For getting into the cleaning game how the automaker is helping to fight covid19 in Police Vehicle also ahead a temporary tent city of San Francisco for people who are homeless hasnt even opened yet, but is already heading to the courts plus packed plane warning it says it is helping flyers feel safer in the air. The Company Wants to make sure you know whether or not you are going to be boarding a full flight so if it sees it your flight is starting to fill up the airline will let you know, and well let you switch flights at no charge american has also decided to extend free change fees from the end of may through the end of june american has not said how full the flight will be before they reach out to customers or what Maximum Capacity is though it did say it is limiting the number of people on each plane. The spread of coronavirus has increased the importance of disinfecting Law Enforcement vehicles and now ford is answering the call for help the automaker has announced a new tool to try to neutralize covid19 inside police cars. Its a heated Software Enhancement that temporarily races the interior temperature of a car to at least a 133 degrees for 15 minutes. At is hot enough and long enough to kill more than 99 of disease causing germs. Hazard lights until light signal in the process has begun and when its complete a cool down process brings the temperature back down to normal. The software was tested in several states including here in california and is now available for use next and a from performing operations to being on the operating table and arizona surgeon finding himself in a role reversal fighting for his life and coming up in sports. Well have to wait until next year to see kobe bryant in shrine to the an arizona doctor has recovered from a near fatal bout with coronavirus and tonight we are hearing his firsthand account of spending 55 days in the Hospital Doctor Founding Group that has his story. Thats coming down with its symptoms and they just and a call. And saturday that kind of and to shortness of breath. That was late march. And even though 46 yearold carl the doll is a Family Medicine doctor. He still wasnt too worried at first, when he returned from a trip feeling, sick. We thought that he really had contacted some sort of strange virus. Doctor ross bremner is a surgeon and the executive director of saint joe says norton drastic institute in phoenix arizona he was a perfectly healthy guy and you know in a very short period of time he became deathly ill that sudden decline. Its something we have heard about over and over again xrays they go from looking like this to looking like this. Doctor goodall managed to face time with his family. Right before he had a breathing tube placed. You were sedated obviously through this but at some point sounds like that wasnt enough. You know the generator settings where max there and they decided that they would go ahead and do more. Ec mouth. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation think of it as a sort of artificial long. A last resort when the lungs have become just too stiff, too sick to work. The blood is then pumped out of the body that runs through its Second Circuit oxygenated blood and removes Carbon Dioxide and other terms that too. The right atrium of the heart i love my lungs to rest and ceo. And my body and essentially save my life. If you think you want to survive without it dock. Absolutely not. About half of the patients to go on ecmo full coded dont survive. And he certainly had many brushes are best. Because heres the thing the process of removing all the blood from the body. Increases both your risk for clotting as well as your risk for bleeding he is a saturated his left lung was glad he subsequently had some significant bleeding from his airway as well. As you might imagine. None of this has been easy for him. 55 days in the hospital, 55 pounds of weight. Gone 2 weeks truth is coming back slowly, but yeah couple sets of and you can put a little bit and come up and so its going to take more time to get that deserved back. Of the drama by family you just looking for 2. Youre making open for well the battle lines are already drawn in San Francisco, a city sanction homeless tent city where on house people can shelter in place during the pandemic is leading to a legal battle, it is only supposed to be a temporary site for dozens of tents existing anywhere from 3 to 6 months so mcdonalds restaurants, i did hate and standing in but support for the safe sleeping site is mixed among those who live in that neighborhood. Of us arent even going to be open by the time its gone. The reality is were probably not going to have a lot of business by the time its gone and i think this safer. In more humane than having these kids right out on the street this so its going to get killed very quickly. And if there is no backup site then lots of people are going to spread out to the surrounding streets. And it could be come very dangerous for residents and for that. A group called concerned citizens of the hey filed a lawsuit against the city saying that they are concerned the site would exacerbate problems with drugs alcohol and mental health. The citys Attorneys Office is expected to defend the safe sleeping site it is scheduled to open on friday. In australian wildlife park is celebrating the birth of its first koala baby cincy areas, devastating bush fires keepers have named the baby ash and call her a sign of hope for the future of australias native wildlife, raging brush fires in New South Wales wiped out thousands of where marsupials in the past year. Some fear, the koala is on the brink of extinction in the wild. Visitors will soon be able to see baby ashun person the park is set to reopen on monday following the relaxation of australias coronavirus lockdown measures. Time for sports. The legendary hall of fame class headlined by kobe Bryant Tim Duncan and Kevin Barnett wont get enshrined till 2021 now the annual ceremony held in springfield was slated for the weekend of august 28th to 30th and then pushed back to all october attempt to the 12. But the current covid19 pandemic has made an appropriate ceremony unfeasible whenever the ceremony does take place the weekend will most certainly be dedicated to the late kobe bryant. Jerry colangelo who is the chairman of the board of governors for the hall said even though the ceremony will take place now in 2021. There will still be a separate one for the 2020 class. He said this class is just too special to be combined with any other class. This class also includes former rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich 10 time wnba allstar and fourtime olympic Gold Medalist Tamika Catchings Baylor Womens basketball coach kim mulkey Bentley College Womens Basketball coach Barbara Stevens former fema and ill see executive patrick bombing and former College Head Coach eddie sutton who passed away this past saturday. It looks like the fortyniners wont be getting today be on cloudy out of their Division Just yet at least the seahawks defensive in who is currently a free agent. Turn down an offer today from the Cleveland Browns the number one overall pick in the 2014 nfl draft reportedly rejected a significant offer from the browns who have been the most Aggressive Team with him financially and has offered the most money. Today according to Espns Adam Schefter the county currently has 32 career sacks and reportedly that offered a he is looking for is 21 million per year so expensive price tag for the great defensive and over in seattle of course, 49 ers fans hopefully. He leaves town thats all i have for sports back to you guys. Thanks jason exit date assistance arriving for vulnerable bay area residents how us bank is helpin help arriving for a vulnerable San Francisco community us bank donated meals to chinatown residents today at 2 restaurants. 1000 meals were distributed through the Chinatown Community Development Centers feed and fuel chinatown program. The program has been providing meals to thousands of residents since the onset of covid19 premade meals help to reduce virus transmission by reducing the need for residents to cook in communal kitchens and now for tonights kron 4 hero we are recognizing the High School Music teacher who put together a performance during stay at home orders, each spraying the students perform a High School Musical in concert and avid or Valley High School in pleasanton while the campus closed because of covid19 teacher mark. All all all bell said that the show must go on so the students recorded themselves playing instruments at home and it was pieced together to create a 40 minute long virtual performance that has been posted on youtube on bill said that hes proud of his students for rising to the challenge in this unprecedented time thank you to teacher mark all bell and our website you can check it kron 4 dot com where you can spotlight, someone making a difference in your community we have a new section is called kron 4 heroes i have to do is fill out a short form to let us know about the hero in your community kron 4 is also saluting the class of 2020 in the bay area every night were shining the spotlight on a specific senior. And tonight, it is Lauren Campbell loren attends Summit High School in el serino she plans to continue her education at the zoos at Pacific University in Southern California studying graphic design. Congratulations lauren you can submit a picture and information on your graduate go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under news give us the picture let us know which high school they graduate attended and what is next for that graduate and that wraps up kron 4 news at a time for news at 9 coming the news station youre watching kron 4 news at 9. A tragic milestone for the nation in less than 4 months 100,000 american lives have been lost to covid19 that is an average of nearly 900 american lives every day. Thank you for joining us tonight at 9 im pam moore and im ken wayne, heres a look at where we stand tonight nearly 1. 7 million us cases and now. More than a 100,000 deaths in california is 4th among states for coronavirus cases even as we reach this grim milestone, some americans are at odds with how we move forward including whether we should keep Wearing Masks something that experts say