City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
The country. And now hospitals in the state say they are preparing to expand the number of available beds for covid19 patients as the surge in patients continues to grow kron fours reyna harvey is live now she is a live report with more on this rain. Marty good morning at a major concern for a lot of these hospitals now is running out of beds along with protective equipment for staffers to use now weve seen a surge in cases like you mentioned we a top new york a stark number for california and so now hospitals are looking at the data and typically when you see a rise in cases you also see an increase in hospitalized station rate so thats what hospitals are racing for right now, and its not just about the ppe its not just about the bad. They also are seen a decline or a shortage of trained qualified nurses that are able to help along with testing material so its a lot of concerns that they have. Now beds are used for other injured or sick patients, the size those who have the virus. Hos
There is the tragic but real risk of wrongful conviction. And shamefully, our societys most drastic and devastating Law Enforcement punishment has been used disproportionately against defendants of color. District attorney, rosa, proposed a number of other policy changes including getting rid of cash bail, cutting fines for those who cant pay, and changing the Mission Statement of his office from what can we prove to what should we prove . The San Jose Police Officers Association is coming out swinging against many of these new policies and send out a statement saying in part, jeff has issued an open invitation to every drunk driver, criminal, and violent gang member to resist arrest. Impede investigations, and openly challenge every Police Officer in our county. That union is holding a News Conference at this hour, we will have more on that coming up at 5 pm and 6 pm and on kpix. Com. As for the 20 people who are now on death row because of cases in santa clara county, they are all be
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