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KRON KRON 4 News At 6am July 12, 2024

Office which includes as you can see their former governors. We saw Jerry Brown Arnold Schwarzenegger gray davis pete wilson, theyre all asking californias to band together to continue to fight the coronavirus by wearing a mask and by socially distant and seen a lot of them people will stand tall right. Yeah years of your life arnolds all gray now. This has a lot of states are battling an increase in coronavirus half of the u. S. Has seen a spike and california is no different kron fours will tran actually out in the east than alameda for us with more on the story will. We knew the cases will go up james and darya because californians are starting to reopen were not even taking into account the protests that we have seen over the past couple of weeks, but the numbers. They bear out what the governor has always said that he would be powered not by emotion but by science and by the numbers. Here are the new numbers that you need to be aware of we build some graphics for you so take a look at your screen. We have 46,735 new cases in california. The hospitalization over the past couple of weeks up 16 . And the positive rate. Now were sitting at 4. 8 said to break it down for you basically if you test 100 people 4. 8 of them have tested positive and that is up from 4. 5 just a week ago so the coronavirus cases are up and up and. Fortunately it is not in the danger zone that the governor was talking about around 8 meaning 8 out of 100 people test positive for coronavirus but it is something to be concerned about he is praising california and what weve done over the past couple of months to. Practice social distance we all know shelterinplace that the businesses was shut down people started Wearing Masks to not overrun the Hospital System new says right now despite the increased the hospitals can withstand the extra load so long as we continue to do what were doing in fact if we can do even better. That is better here was heres what the governor had to say, but the latest numbers. Total number of cases are going up in the state of california. Total number of positive relative to total number of people tested. Its going slightly up hospitalizations are starting to go up in the state of california reflected in this slide accordingly number of icu patients has also seen an increase in a more modest and hospitalizations but nonetheless, an 11 increase over a 14 day period. Your masks practice physical distancing continue. The hygiene that is so foundational in terms of mitigating the spread of this virus. So hes reminding people james and darya that were not out of the first to waive yet that some people even believe were not even into the woods just yet so he is reminding people wear your mask in situations where you can not practice, social distance always wash your hands. Yes, you can make the summation that if you do more tests more test will come back positive but again he points to the number the percentage of people coming down with positive and thats 4. 8 slightly up not a percent at 8 thats when he says thats the danger zone so so far so good hes not trying to make people to panic but it is just reminding people keep it up and if you can do better. Do better. Back to think about this well if he says 4 point if its 4. 8 so most fight in a persons the danger zone. Arizona right now is reporting a 20 Positivity Rate thats scary. And yeah that could be over running the Hospital System. Thats why were a shelterinplace not that we had a vaccine or anything like that it was just the slow down the infection rate so the hospitals can handle it and he says so for california can handle it. But lets keep it obviously well below 8 , yeah, a lot of concerns this morning all right, thanks a lot. Well. And with the growing call to get tested to find out exactly where we stand with the virus. We have san jose now the sharks and Santa Clara County partnering up to host a free covid19 walkup testing facility it will be at the snp center open from one in the afternoon until 7 at night today through friday and then again on saturday from 9 in the morning till 00 03pm in the afternoon and heres the great thing you dont need an appointment. You dont need Health Insurance or a doctors note, you just have to walk up and youll get tested. Its also available to anyone regardless of immigration status. And also today 2 other free covid19 test sites are going to open up in Santa Clara County as well we have Testing Available from today through friday from 00 10am in the morning until 4 in the afternoon at the 2 locations you see on your screen. The first is Andrew Hill High School in san jose and then the Northside Branch library in santa clara. The tests are free and again you dont need an appointment just walk up and youll get one with more details on our website at kron 4 dot com. The Golden Gate Bridge district by the way has reopened parking lots on the south end of the bridge, however, those laws will only be open on the weekdays weekend and holiday closures are still going to stay in effect they want to avoid crowded during the pandemic and people visiting the bridge or course still encouraged to practice social distancing and bring that mask. Another big story that were following is in the south bay where police are looking for a woman who intentionally coughed on a baby in a yogurt land shop on cottage road in san jose and it was all caught on camera kron fours dan thorn has the story. Surveillance video from inside the yogurtland on cottle road captures a series of cops now being treated as a crime as described by police a woman in her 60s is seen removing her face mask and hacking on a one yearold is like you know just take your mask police say the coughing woman was apparently upset that the mother was not following proper social distancing guidelines while waiting for her order so the woman removed her face mask and took it out on the baby yogurtland customer aerial kahuli says this was not fair to the child may be like on the ball like not like a little kid that in a sit in at one of the canadian other customers say the whole situation seems to be strange and uncalled for iphone queen appropriate to meet the wanted copper was seen leaving the yogurtland friday evening wearing a grey bandanna glasses Long Sleeve Shirt white pants and pattern tennis shoes. Police say shes now facing an assault charge thats terrible at the entire situation going. That reporting in san jose dan thorn kron 4 news. Another big story, the state attorney general is not going to provide an independent investigation into the Vallejo Police shooting death of Sean Monterrosa an officer in an unmarked car fatally shot monterrosa while he was kneeling outside of a walgreens earlier this month, a officer said that they thought that monterrosa was pulling out a handgun, but it turns out it was a hammer. The Solano County d a asked the state attorney general to take over the investigation. But the a g s office declined saying theyre confident the das office can conduct a fair and thorough investigation. 5 people were shot in San Franciscos tenderloin and the shooter is still on the loose. We have video from the citizen app showing officers investigating at the scene at leavenworth street near turk street yesterday afternoon 4 of the victims went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and a 5th person declined medical help. Well heres video from lake merritt a viewer sharing it with a sunday night and you can see people were lighting fireworks by the lake now the Alameda County Sheriffs Office says that theyre seeing a surge in complaints about this higher than normal use of illegal fireworks. They say their repeated loud explosions are a bit concerning for some members of the community and dont forget to it poses and Additional Fire danger now the temperatures are getting hotter. So they want to again remind everyone to avoid using illegal fireworks. In the south bay supervisors in Santa Clara County are now taking steps to address racial inequalities. The board of supervisors announced a resolution declaring racism as a Public Health crisis now this resolution supports the black lives Matter Movement and its also being supported by civil Rights Groups and activists to have vowed to hold policy makers accountable for what they say. We are defined by the battles weve their fight. The challenge before us is to keep hope despite our enemies and the magnitude of areas this resolution, the from the black lives matter. Theres racial violence and commit the county to work with black community for the nomination, a systemic and institutional racism. Well now activists are calling for policies that address police misbehavior towards minorities, alleged discrimination in the courts and jails and the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on minorities. In the north bay a noose was found hanging at sonoma raceway an employee spotted hanging from a tree near the race was former administrative building on saturday. In a statement the raceway says that what happened was they found a piece of twine and it was tied into a noose on a tree. This comes 2 weeks after nascar ban, the Confederate Flag from all races events and properties. I think we need to turn over every stone to find out well get it because its a horrific hate crime. It is it is not just a message threats and hateful message a threat but its its a you know that they could be killed. Right now the race we is reviewing the Surveillance Video that they have been working with the Sheriffs Department to try to find whoever did that. Meantime there was a huge show his support for the one black nascar racer who also found a noose before the race in his garage. And talladega speedway was full of support for bubba watson as you can see he finished in 14th place in the race with all of the pit crew and drivers and everyone else walking alongside his car to show their support. The 26 yearold is the only black racer in nascar and nascar condemned what they you know the field to support but as they did theyre walking by him. And said that they are all against what happened with this news being found and that was his car door 43 nascar is investigating the news and federal investigators are reviewing what happened as well track stand. Kron 4 morning news, the covid19 pandemic has placed a lot of strain on californias budget and now were beginning to see what it might mean for schools as theyre debating the next budget. Plus new efforts in oakland to get the School District to disband its internal police force were going to tell you what that this decision could happen as early as this week. And after the break. A shortage of 911 dispatchers means that thousands of emergency calls might be going on answered in one east bay county. Now some say is putting th time now is 6. 15, lets take a quick live look outside weve got our camera here. In walnut creek the ride looks pretty good there on 6 ad and the weather doesnt look all that bad little clear here than at the coast, lets get the latest on the forecast with john trimble morning john yeah walnut creek definitely beats the view and timber on right now because theres no view it and timber on cloud cover and fog really shrouding and making things nice and great. San jose more like walnut creek with a lot of sunshine overhead this morning, so fog right along the coastline streaming into the east bay for berkeley and oaklond this morning. And well be hanging out for these areas to the course of your morning so do expect low visibility in those spots as we zoom out across the region we are going to stay on the dry side due to this ridge of High Pressure so despite some fog and coastal drizzle at times during the morning hours, especially forecast ahead really not showing anything thats going to bring any sort of rainfall to us or really for that matter even a cool down ahead of us. Daytime highs will remain warm inland in a study sea breeze at the coast will keep coastal areas a little bit cooler very typical weather considering what time of year were entering another foggy start to the morning tomorrow as well as into thursday and friday with afternoon sunshine peeking back out out along the coastline. Todays daytime highs in San Francisco, mostly in the 60s as will also see right along the shore of the pacific on the peninsula are best weather will really be in areas like South San Francisco in millbrae with mid 70s really comfortable conditions, san mateo youre sitting great as well at 76 for your high. A little toasty in the south bay as daytime highs approach 90 degrees. Same for you in the tri valley Hayward Union city on up through oakland comfortably in the low 80s to low 70s while berkeley at 69 conquered, youll be a warm 87. Few 90s and Solano County and youre actually under a heat advisory through friday. Well 70s and 80s in marin and sonoma counties. Tomorrow and thursday temperatures not moving much but by friday and saturday temperatures really start to warm up these will be our 2 warmest days of your forecast to kick off the weekend. Well find relief come sunday and monday as daytime highs in windfall from the 90s back to the 80s. James all right. Thank you john now, lets check some of the traffic out there for you this morning, well start with the bay bridge Traffic Camera as usual of traffic beginning to back up now that more and more people are heading to work. Its 6. 17 and you can see the backup heads back towards the maze this morning to give yourself that. Usual extra half hour. Then you would have normally when we were dealing with a shelter in place restrictions. But you should get through that an issue an typically during the 8 oclock hour we see this loosen up quite a bit. Now lets jump over to the san mateo bridge traffic here moving all right what your past the toll plaza, its pretty smooth ride across the span from hayward out to foster city the chp lock still relatively quiet so nothing major slowing you down a matter where youre heading. The Oakland Police 911 Communication Center is in crisis and that means you may not get the help you need as fast as you need it they just did a grand jury report and they found over 18,000 callers had to wait more than 2 minutes for their call to be answered last year that resulted in about 13,000 calls being abandoned not answered or not you know. Trying and trying and trying until they did get a response. The grand jury report says opens Communication Center. Fails to meet the state standard which is answering 95 of calls within 15 seconds and they say this jeopardizes public safety. The grand jury farm approximately of the callers who call 911 in the city of oakland. So we can get through and saw this leads to a lot of and an emergency calls this is a result as severe under staffing dispatchers. Oakland city Councilmember Noel Gallo says that 911 dispatchers are understaffed and because of the citys budget problems. The city council is currently in the midst of some bit submitting an amendment to the budget plan a gala says hes in a 6 as suggest some revisions to the budget now that hes seen this report. Well bar is reopening 3 east bay stations in the pittsburg bay point line and adding more trains as well, previously trains were turning around at Pleasant Hill but as of yesterday morning there now running from daly city all the way out to the pittsburg bay point station bart says its decided to reopen those stops because ridership is growing once again. Now the shelter in place restrictions are easing and police have arrested a man they say burglarized san bruno high school. The man apparently smashed a window to get into temperature in a High School Early friday morning. Apparently took items, including musical instruments, but officers were able to arrest him they caught up with him as he tried to run away. All of those stolen items have now been returned. Governor newsome and the state legislature have agreed on a budget to try to deal with all of the shortcomings caused by covid but as lonnie wong reports from sacramento, it depends heavily on help from the federal government. All the details of the budget compromise have still not been released. But a joint statement by Governor Newsom and legislative leaders said Education Health care social safety net and Emergency Preparedness for protected not only of the federal government sends money to the states hurt by the covid19 crisis if not 68 million in medical costs and 10 million in child care Inhome Services for the elderly and other cuts come into play we had to work fever sleep figure out a way to do that that the harm to the e those most in need the most vulnerable and we cannot impress upon the federal government more important work they have to do to help support municipalities large and small school cuts will be softened with billion of federal pandemic assistance that could have gone elsewhere. But the state is deferring billion in payments to School Districts which must borrow money or use reserves to meet their budgets. Teachers were given Layoff Protection even though districts one of the flexibility to cut staff to save educational programs. 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