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KRON KRON 4 News At 8am July 13, 2024

May not hit 100 today that will do so tomorrow and even into wednesday. Now discovering your day today for thats memorial day holiday. We look for some high clouds maybe 70s at the coast 90s going on inland but a heat advisory covers a good portion of the region will look into all of that coming up in just a bit back to you. All right, thank you dave. Well as the day warms up more people are expected to head outside the outdoors and enjoy their memorial day holiday kron 4 Sarah Stinson live at dolores park with more on what we can expect sarah. Well im live here at dolores park and you say its been packed here all weekend long i think people have just been anxious to get out of their homes have been cooped up the long enough and theyre saying you know its the moral day weekend a week ended tory us were getting outside and theyve been coming here to the park. Take a look at this video as if you havent seen already they put out these circles so that you can keep your distance from others. That way each circle of 6 feet away, you know exactly how far away from others and you can keep yourself safe there isnt a lot theyre doing here at dolores park to make sure people do stay safe as they come out, theyve also closed all of the picnic tables with cones on them. And caution tape over them their signs everywhere that remind people to social distance keep that distance wear a mask, so you really just cant get away from the signage in the reminders to stay safe when you go outside they they want people to you know get outside of their house of course because if it can be you can go really cooped up in San Francisco in your apartment so you can get outside, but theres some precautions you can take for example whenever i go to the park near my house i always bring Hand Sanitizer i wear my keep it handy, especially if i want to take it off if i can keep 6 feet a distance of course put it right back on. But of wearing a mask is not a replacement for that distance, but it is a great way to stay safe. Do as many things as you can as you head out today. I know that this isnt our normal memorial day at least people can get outside and elise some of guidelines are starting to ease across our state. We just have to continue to do the right things because as a marty and robin have been saying all morning this sort of a test to see if we can handle these lighter today people will be heading to dolores park is they have the day off to honor our heroes. And theyll be enjoying the sunlight already feeling pretty warm out here not even hitting a jacket in the mid 70s here at dolores park always going to feel 10 degrees warmer. Bikeshare yesterday party robin and it was very very hot and today should be no different. Youre right about that is probably going to be packed a says it has over the weekend. Thank you sarah. So since im reporting for us live from dolores park. Robin. Over the weekend clusters of people visit linda mar beach in pacifica take a look at this the warmer weather of course driving people to the coast of catch some rays and some waves. The holiday crowds are making some locals on comfortable though, but they say that you know they understand why people want to get out. You does covid be locked up in a house all this time. Finally we thought ok you know, and thats enough lets get out lets go to the beach was do something this is phase 2 right so theyre slowly opening things up and i thought you know it should be okay at this point so thats why we came out a little more crowded. Maybe then i would like it to be but. I will just have to see. Was packed as the Holiday Weekend continues. A number of people are expected along the coast and police have put up signs reminding beachgoers not to lounge dont set up chairs and umbrellas or blankets or tents, they advise you to just keep it moving. And happening today there are several virtual memorial day events and celebrations that you can take part in in the south bay the los gatos Memorial Park is providing Live Streaming services of their annual celebration. That will run from 10 this morning till noon there will also be an hour long virtual memorial day live event in walnut creek. That starts at 11 that ceremony has been a tradition there for 30 years. This with this one will take place virtually amid the pandemic and in antioch veterans are urging people to travel in their vehicles and cruise past places where the military is remembered each spot will have a military representative thats happening from 11 to one killed today and of course we have a long list of memorial day events and celebrations on our website and kron 4 dot com. Well happening today governor newsome will be issuing new guidelines for reopening churches in the state. This comes after President Trump deemed places of worship as essential last week last week the president also stated that he would override governors if they did not reopen them immediately, however a federal appeal peril appeals court. Back to governor newsoms ban on in Person Church Services last friday. And our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. There youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area an interactive map and lots of information ways that you can stay safe. You can find all of this and more on our website kron 4 dot com. Lets get to another big story were following this monday on the this morning, the San Francisco Fire Department that has crews still working up to 45. Thats following that huge fire on saturday morning and now were learning more about the impact the fires going to have on San Franciscos fishing industry. We want to learn more from that about that from a will tran has live at pier 45 this morning. Well. Marty pier 45 is right behind me its a big building. There are many warehouses within that building and you can see its still up, however they have warehouses abc d warehouse c went up in flames and inside and show you the video this was on saturday morning at around 4. 15 in the morning. Inside warehouse see housed about million worth of traps used by San Francisco fisherman when they hit the water, they go looking for crab fish shrimp. Well that went up in flames and its going to really impact fresh seafood for San Francisco and the bay area and thats why they are desperately trying to raise about a Million Dollars to buy new traps to get seafood to the public but also for livelihood that they need this to put food on their table as well as far as the cause of the fire thats still under investigation and the reason why firefighters are still here. 2 days later, theyre still dealing with hot spots and once those hot spots are out then they can go in there and find out the cause of the fire but the good news is they threw everything at this fire it could be seen from across San Francisco. It made national news. Next to the fire next to pier 45 us S S Jeremiah Obrien it is beloved, it is a warship used during the dday invasion. It sits right next to a pier 45 in because they had fire boats in the water they desperately tried to save it and the good news is they saved it so it is fine this morning as far as any deaths nobody died thats the great news, however, one firefighter did suffer a massive cut major cuts to his arm but should make a recovery. This area is shut down marti memorial day actually actually is better for them because it cuts down the traffic because this is as close as theyre allowing us to be because they still need the streets to bring the firefighters every now and then to come and go just to make sure that they have all lies on if youre 45 just to make sure the hot spots dont go through that building again and ill leave you with this marty its not just the fishermen that were impacted by this. Inside warehouse see also was the office of the flare up ferry fleet and the ferry fleet takes off obviously tourists to places like alcatraz and they already not working because they were deemed nonessential and now their office went up in flames. Back to you well. Okay, such a loss all right will tran reporting for us from pier, 45 robin. The National Republican committee is suing governor newsome for what it calls a power grab. The governor use an executive order to mail absentee ballots to voters for this years president ial election. The rnc is accusing governor newsome of destroying election security. Police at this creates an opportunity for voter fraud since there is no way to track who drops off the mail in ballots. And how many they drop in a box at one time. Rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel says quote democrats continue to use this pandemic as a ploy to implement their partisan election agenda. And governor newsoms executive order is the latest direct assault on the integrity of our elections and quote well governor newsome has not comment yet secretary of state alex for the it came to his defense calling the lawsuit a Smear Campaign but he is says quote expanding vote by mail during a pandemic is not a partisan issue. Its a moral imperative to protect Voting Rights and Public Safety vote by mail has been used safely and effectively and red blue and purple states for years. Still ahead this morning. The first look at the cities for sanctions homeless encampment, well find out why city leaders say more needs to be done. Plus one in 5 americans could be out of work right now because of the pandemic were going to find out what employment Officials Say we can expect in the coming months. And lets take a live look outside at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza, plenty of sunshine warming up to and light traffic on this holiday will be right back. Home. Its not just where we live. Its where we make a life. This memorial day, and every day, we honor those who gave everything to keep our home safe. Lowes. Home unites us. Welcome back time to check the weather because were expecting that to be pretty toasty around the bay area for most of this next week beginning today dave spahr has all the details for us hi dave. A good morning. Marty good morning, everybody and that it will are looking for temperatures to be probably the warmest theyve been does far this season and lets not lasting for several days, it looks like as well with all this live shot coming in from the Golden Gate Bridge just to check things out to start things off nice blue skies a little bit of a breeze as we can see from the flag doing its thing. Temperatures already in the 60s marching through 73 at this hour for concord at 6967 for livermore we have the upper 60s already along the east bay shoreline typical scenario with High Pressure here but its a weeklong gassed and its also blocking other system which that tends to do anyway for this like the period. How are the low down to our south look at that cloud cover thats a spewing up from the banner down the bottom. Well thats not going to go away thats just waiting, its finding its time here it could be a player maybe this weekend. However, because the highs in place we have all the scenarios that we have the falling air that warms us up and the milder air aloft thats all going to mean hot temperatures mostly sunny and hot today 70s at the coast. 80s and 90s bait wide and 100 plus inland. What the excessive heat that we have through thursday evening. That means more of it all the way to about thursday in the late this week, the heat breaks up by friday and a possible shower maybe a thunder shower and thats we got to really worry about strikes of lightning with that with fairly dry air too. Give you an idea the Coverage Area now. Now we dont have much happening along the actual waters edge thats deliberate now you may recall earlier map show that that area was colored in and San Francisco were not so now. So the heat advisories in place for oranges are in the heat warning for Solano County in off of the sacramento, central alleys and this will be with us until 07 00pm on thursday. Were talking highs in the 90s to near one 05 from our standpoint coast in the lower 70s, maybe middle 70s too. Heat exhaustion and perhaps some heat stroke to skip the water flowing all of that we expect 79 San Francisco and warming up beyond that to 85 for oakland, 95 for san jose and lots of red on the map North Bay South bay included the east bay all included on that starting to spill over from the east bay hills into the east bay shoreline. Although not included in the advisory zone in the peninsula. Also the northern end of the pence was not included in that either will take a closer inspection of all of that in terms of the 4 zone forecast for you and take a look at the extended to show you how long its lasting and what we expected to break up back to you. All right were taking a peek at traffic and this is a reminder to make sure you watch your speed on days like this. We dont have a lot of traffic and folks have been speeding a lot since a shelterinplace order so be careful out there the drive across the 70 oh bridge westbound looks good. No problems leaving hayward no problems entering foster city or san detail picking up the bay bridge 80 west into San Francisco hot spot free. You definitely dont have to worry about delays if youre heading to work this morning, its under 10 minutes here from the bottom of the maze to fremont street. Well as the race for Coronavirus Vaccine escalates Emory University researchers say theyve made some significant progress in the fight against covid19 researchers have created a new test to study hospitalized patients to find out just how quickly they developed antibodies to fight the infection. Our chief session and re has more on that. New research from emory shows that nearly all patients treated for covid19 developed virus neutralizing antibodies those that bind the virus cells to block infections antibodies are key to our understanding of what will be needed for protection against covid19 researchers say there are more than a 170 antibody tests against covid19 and they all entered the virus target. Normally stars kobe to the virus that causes covid19 disease interacts with the receptor called ace too. We just found in the service of most cells within the long. And what is our producer spire body in massive quantities. And these antibodies can stick around for a long period of time off to the infection is your songs, researchers focused on how antibodies respond specifically on the spike part of the virus. Neutralizing antibody responses or neutralizing antibodies per se block this key. Or the spike protein on this on the virus and prevent the virus from ever entering a cell and starting an infection every researchers say patients were hospitalized for covid19. Developed antibodies within 6 days of testing positive for the coronavirus this is a very good sign that this infection can lead to the production of these neutralizing antibodies. And that these antibodies are ultimately going to be essential for beating this infection. This study will help develop a vaccine and a plasma from coronavirus survivors could provide immunity to others reporting in atlanta our chat the charred re Atlanta Bureau chief. A senior white house Economic Advisor says one in 5 americans could be out of work right now Kevin Hassett told cnns state of the union the upcoming unemployment report for this month could reflect that. Its going to be quite a bit higher and and you know there were some technical things they kind of messed up and an economics lecture we go into them, but it could be if a fix the numbers and fix the thing that they mischaracterized last time the on the phone number north of 20 of my. Well the april Unemployment Rate was close to 15 in the report for this month is due next week on june 5th has it also believes the jobless number will head south after june. But he says the Unemployment Rate could still be in double digits by november. President trump unveiled new travel restrictions on brazil after more covid19 cases are being confirmed in south america. The restriction suspends entry into the u. S. For anyone who has been to brazil within 2 weeks before trying to travel to the u. S. President trump hopes are restrictions will further limit the spread of covid19 as for wsil gets closer to its infection peak. The new restrictions do not apply to business and the flow of goods between the u. S. And brazil. And coming up after the break in the east bay woman has been arrested for posting racist messages well find out what police say was in her note. And well take you outside for a live look at the approach the bay bridge toll plaza, plenty of sunshine and its warm enough, well be right back. Home. Its not just where we live. Its where we make a life. This memorial day, and every day, we honor those who gave everything to keep our home safe. Lowes. Home unites us. Welcome back many lawmakers say the country needs a nation wide testing strategy in order to prevent another major coronavirus outbreak this fall. The californias Contact Tracing program could be a model for the rest of the country to follow our washington correspondent joe khaleel has that story. Lawmakers say and National Testing in tracing strategy is the key to reopening americas economy. Have right now to see these fires is to keep people who are positive who for 18 inches away from a e congressman raul ruiz says by the fall states must do widespread covid testing and identify everyone who comes in contact with positive cases but he says states cant do it alone. He. The administration to sit down with the Public Health experts to help you should look my recess testing and tracing isnt one size fits all it may differ state by state. But no matter wh

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