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Look when she says she saw a noose hanging from a tree later posting this photo in a video of what she encountered on social media oakland mayor libby shaft says there were reports of several nooses found on trees around the lake police say they found 5 ropes on tuesday afternoon all of which have been removed one person told police he put them up for exercise months ago the mayor says that does not excuse their torture us in terrorizing effects we have to start with the assumption that these are hate crimes. We cannot take these actions lightly. We have to take them seriously. And again if theyre proven not to be that will then exonerate that person but that does not exonerate the fact that we cannot have symbols in our public spaces that guy. Cole but this robot there. He said it was for a mind you ive never seen a swing set. Resembles a dose. You know it looks like mostly of like most about it was a hoax information came in that this was exercise equipment. Some of it may have but some of it absolutely was not. Open city parks doesnt tolerate a this all comes just days after the fbi and the department of justice begin reviewing investigations into the hanging deaths of 2 black men in Southern California and at a time when protests are happening in oakland and across the country. Against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice was very disturbing to me in that time. You know bring awareness to the situation. The police are investigating theyve added extra patrols here at the lake and theyve also contacted the fbi, an oakland michelle kingston kron 4 news. Well to the north right now the effort to remove a statue of sir Francis Drake and his name from all public spaces is growing hundreds of people took to the streets in a demonstration last night. The chp how to block the entrance to the freeway eastbound 5. 80 to keep the protesters from getting into the traffic lanes the group also called for police funds to be redirected to other services. Protesters say that drake was a slave trader and should not be honored. And sisters of native americans who once lived here say more needs to be done to honor them because this movement. Weve got i got changed and for so many people coming over the bridge is the first thing they see when they come into moran. They see a giant man with the flag has soared sold we want to put an end to that. Well the locks for a city council is working with moraine county along with leaders from fairfax ross and sentence elmo so look at the possibility of renaming sir Francis Drake boulevard. Well, sam Taylor County is moving into the next phase of reopening which allows Indoor Dining hair salons and gyms going work out the move comes after the county received permission from the state just this week. And now San Francisco is also pushing to change its reopening timeline kron 4 s Taylor Bisacky reports. San mateo county is opening more doors this week as the county announced a new health order on wednesday that now allows Indoor Dining gyms hair salons. Movie theaters and much more of family entertainment. Yeah, you know card rooms were going to open in my district. We have one car recall election chances. Zoos and museums restaurants wineries. Diane restaurants supervisor david cannabis says. These businesses are allowed to resume as long as they have a safety plan in place and proper ppe for employees and customers barbershop owner derek paxton says hes been anxiously waiting for this moment i was preparing for like the last 3 months so yeah, im next im super excited mexican owns black and gold barber lounge in daly city where many new safety protocols will be in place people under 10 people. Appointment only there will be no more waiting area for clients so our clients actually need them to be inside their and will give them a texts or phone call it know that you know theyre ready to come in. Everything everybody work ppe in addition, paxton says they will be cutting facial hair since customers need to wear masks for service. Hes also considering temperature checks at the front door. The soonest that i want in next week prepare better prepare for everything. Going forward i want to rush into anything meanwhile in San Francisco, one of the slower counties to reopen. The city is now seeking variance from the state which allows the city to dictate which businesses phone to each stage of reopening. The goal is to allow bars to reopen sooner than the original target date mid august, something ben bleiman the founder of the San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance has been fighting for for months really happy the city did it i think its kind of took on long enough, they did it and i understand that they have to take their time for Health Reasons but im happy that the city now has the opportunity to kind of pick and choose which businesses can open if and when the state approves a variance for San Francisco, its been up to the Health Officer to give final approval and change the health orders. We can expect the states decision within the next few months and San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Well the bay area now has more than 18,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 500 deaths. Lets take a look at the latest numbers broken down by county in the east bay Alameda County still has the most cases in the bay area with more than 4500. But the pandemic has been deadlier in Santa Clara County which has 151 deaths we have a full list broken down by city and county on our website at kron 4 dot com. Also happening today, the great and resort and casino will reopen after a monthslong closure because of the pandemic the company says it made changes including a frequent cleanings of all publix plate and spaces which include gaming and dining areas. Now the guests and employees will have their temperatures checked before they enter the building. The spa the hotel pool in the Valley Service are all temporarily suspended and we have more details on this on our website kron 4 dot com. And now were getting a better look at what students and school staff will expect when classes back in session this fall kron fours reyna harvey joins us live this morning from larkspur with an update good morning, good morning robin wilt hamill pious Union High School district. They really some what they could potentially look like starting here in the fall look at summer time already and parents are already thinking about whats going to happen in just a few months for their students so again theyre saying it could be really different here a hybrid type of learning environment where you see students on campus 2 days out of the week and the other days are spent remotely along with making sure that students have on face coverings making sure there putting in strict guidelines for sanitation along with social distancing practices. Now along with all of that they want to balance the students instructional time to be done remotely with the flexibility to move into a full Distance Learning model for periods of time. If the situation demands what theyre saying is if anything happens are there any changes they want to make sure students are supported so they could potentially do that full time learning from home. They want to keep their 7 period schedules going because they feel this would allow them to say that smooth transition into that schedule once restrictions are lifted for students. Now again in regards to the sports here in the fall. The California Interscholastic Federation c i f has announced it will make a determination about fall for sports. On july 20 and so again students are really active in this mortal well have to wait until then to get an update for that they hope this plan to reopen they can have this completely done by june so students and parents know exactly what theyre getting into for now reporting in marin county reyna harvey kron 4 news all right, thank you for the update right now. You see virtually officials have outlined the schools plans for reopening for the fall semester. The plan includes housing up to 6500 students on campus. While in person classes will be limited to small numbers students will be allowed to take nearly every class remotely during the semester if they choose all large lecture classes will be offered online are only online and the school also transition to full remote instruction after the thanksgiving holiday because of concerns about students traveling and visiting family. The semesters final exams will be given remotely. Still ahead this morning inmate advocacy groups are urging the state to release some prisoners after San Quentin State Prison sees a spike in coronavirus cases plus the socalled Boogaloo Movement is getting a lot of attention now that a suspected cop killer has been tied to that movement will explain what its all about. And after the break barry labor, early labor unions calling on the city of oakland to defund its Police Department asking leaders to instead invest in the community. Well have more coverage on that when we come back. But first well take a live look outside things looking pretty good in the dark this right path on the san mateo bridge will be right back. Welcome back everyone the time is 5. 12 how about we get an update on the forecast right lets bring in meteorologist dave spahr there is good morning dave, how the weather shaping up all looking pretty good looking warmer today, good morning robin good morning, everybody will be pushing those inland highs in the middle even upper 90s in spots, heres a live shot coming in from the Golden Gate Bridge here. And a pretty clear view we have to the sunrise just about to happen here. High pressure feature thats doing everything for us its a providing extra warmth today a little bit of that offshore wind its left over most the traffic going up in around us. Temperatures thus far in the lower 60s for a lot of the east bay shoreline even inland to 58 going on for livermore kind of hodgepodge of 50s a pair of the north bay was 72 freakish degrees for 56 for San Francisco in 61 for san jose, lets get to the humidity levels because theyre very telling with all of this, so they drop off this afternoon which we expect that red flag warning is with us until 1 oclock in Solano County. So this is after its expire but its still dry out there in the east bay in the north bay that would look for the recovery which happens a little tonight. Tomorrow morning it spills into a good chunk of the bay area it looks like for the immediate goal here looks like then throughout the day it dries out a little bit but not as dramatically as we seen the last 2 days this takes us to friday evening, the by saturday. It starts to spill into the delta looks like finding that marine layer is back in full force. So big changes happen in the next couple of days contrasts with what weve already experienced for today. Solano counties looking until 1 oclock for the dry air. The remains of the red flag warning then for this weekend minor cooling on saturday mid to upper 90s on sunday. And then for next week, its sunny warm to hot with 80s and 90s mixture and place here. Today 79 San Francisco oakland, 85, 93 for san jose across the wider bay, we see those middle to upper 90s in the far east bay up in the north bay as well, even now down to the south bay weve only got 90s here to the peninsula. Well redwood city at 91 but obviously in the coastal side looking much better 76 for Half Moon Bay just take a quick peek at the 7 day. Theres the spike today than some moderation but by sunday we return to it and again kind of to a Spring Summer like pattern it looks like into next week. Check and bay area bridges robin whats going on looking good movin and groovin so far to San Francisco. Traffics nice and light here on 80 leading up to the bay bridge toll plaza. I do not see any problems in the maze i dont see any trouble spots once you reach downtown San Francisco. So all is well come on in you maybe a couple of hours before it starts to back up so go ahead and beat the rush. Lets check in on some more bridges, we have a look at 92, id say its our busiest right now we have the brake lights here leaving hayward so its a little crowded. But its not bad the nimitz its going to be wide open north and south through san Leandro Hayward union city and then when you make it over to the peninsula. No problems connecting through redwood city san mateo one oh one to 80 all is well well have another look at traffic coming up a little bit later party all right Robin Woodbury a labor unions are calling on the city of oakland to the fund its Police Department demonstrators gathered outside oaklands Police Officers Association Headquarters. Demanding change in Police Budgets kron fours gayle ong takes a look at their demands and how officers are responding. Multiple labor groups were demonstrating calling for divestment from Police Budgets and investment in community needs. Outside oakland Police Officers Association Headquarters wednesday. Protesters demanding change within the oakland Police Department budget our Labor Movement is about fighting for the common good and making sure that the voices of the unheard or hurt George Floyds death sparked widespread protests around the world against Police Brutality and now calls to Defund Police department the oakland Police Departments annual budget is million a budget sanjay garland Vice President of s e i u says needs to change we need to do is invest in our communities and make sure that theyre able to thrive. So we cannot advocate for policing over. The the lives of the vast majority of the Labor Movement, especially our black black members and a brown members that are struggling to make ends meet a number of bay Area Labor Union groups came together to issue this call. Many of the members are essential workers janitors Airport Hotel workers Security Officers and teachers cant bedford works at the Berkeley National laboratory, she is one of many demonstrators here calling for change in opd is budget on time because of the funding. Im not going to the Community Programs. School programs being cut. But fun isnt going to them. And then when it goes to them is going to have. Right here tear gas. Highpower weapons in response to wednesdays protest oaklands peewee released this statement saying Police Officers respected labor workers and listed examples of the departments leadership. Such as implicit bias training and implementing reforms around the use of force on monday City Council Member Nikki Fortunato bass told kron 4 she is proposing that oakland redirects its policing budget by at least 25 million into Community Programs merely shop tells kron 4 the citys proposed budget cuts of 5 million from opd and as millions of dollars to Affordable Housing Homeless Services job training categories, america, least people are demanding. Gayle ong kron 4 news. And were learning the names of the 3 of the 4, 3, 3, of the 4 people who died when their car went over the side of the car keane is bridging Contra Costa County tuesday night. They were Perla Navarro from richmond 18 years old or 19 years old Kyle Erickson from pittsburgh also 19 and Christopher Mata from rodeo. He was 21. Its unclear who was driving when their 2006 infiniti suv went off the bridge and hit an empty train cars, some 200 feet below all 4 victims were pronounced dead at the scene. But to the north and now theres been a spike in coronavirus cases at San Quentin State Prison. Now a coalition of advocacy groups want the state to release the inmates can forcefully to call reports. The California Department of corrections and rehabilitation says San Quentin State Prisons covid19 testing rate for inmates is about 3 times the state and National Testing rates. But San Francisc