With reaction from wildfire victims. Attorneys. Cal fire releasing the cause almost 9 months later in a tyranny for the kincaid wildfire victims says he is not surprised about the cause we knew a year ago. That it was pg es equipment has started the fire. We knew that just like the campfire it was a jumper cable that failed came loose from apg knees i will the transmission line speaking to us shortly after cal fire released the cause of the kincade fire in Sonoma County blaming pg any wildfire victims attorney mike danko says the victims want answers. The victim certainly want to know is why. Theyll ypg not turn off the power. Why is why did we basically get in the situation in pg need learned nothing. The fire broke out the night of 10 23 2019 it burned more than 77 acres almost 400 structures destroyed 4 people hurt police bar on how to watch the flames go up near his geyserville home what he heard at the time of the fire. Theyre looking at. All they have by and they have that was the same thing billionaire has thats the problem. In a statement pg and e responded to cal fires investigation saying quote we are aware of cal fires news release stating that pg and e facilities caused the fire at this time we do not have access to cal fires investigative report or the evidence it has collected we look forward to reviewing boat at the appropriate time. Cal fire sent its report to the Sonoma County district attorneys spokesperson from the das office says they received the report and are in the process of reviewing. Reporting in geyserville gayle ong kron 4 news the families of the ghost ship warehouse fire victims have reached a 32. 7. Million Dollar Settlement with the city of oakland that fire killed 36 people back in 2016 in the settlement money will be split among 32 of their families we spoke with the attorneys representing the victims families about the settlement, heres what she had to say. Well this is never enough. It is a sense of some justice for the family and a sense of accountability on the part of the city where there were hundreds of contacts with them shep but police and firemen and they did nothing on that turned a blind eye and and as a result. Theyre 32 people. That are now starting line. People who lost their lives. As part of the settlement the city of oakland does not have to acknowledge any liability. Alameda police say their investigation into a missing man is now a Homicide Investigation 21 yearold donald stand for was first reported missing july 7th. The next day his car was found parked in san leandro with evidence that a Violent Crime may have occurred. On sunday july 12th a body was found at huckleberry botanical regional preserve in oakland. And today the Alameda County coroner positively identified the remains as stand for the east bay, Regional Parks District Police Department is now assuming the lead role in the investigation into his death. Tonight were hearing from the sister of Sean Monterrosa the 22 yearold man who was shot and killed by a fellow Police Officer last month as kron fours michelle kingston reports for us tonight. The city of ally who is now investigating its Police Department for destroying evidence in the case. Were disappointed because its a really keep our key part of the evidence Police Department is now under investigation for destroying evidence in the Sean Monterrosa case the 22 yearold man was shot and killed by a Police Officer last month 40 for his death sparked a number of protests throughout the bay area. City Officials Say an employee has been placed on administrative leave while the city retains an outside investigator to investigate the destruction of evidence the 18 year veteran officer involved in the shooting has also been placed on leave than has yet to be identified by police eventually justice will be served in just is on the way its just a matter of when it might not be today and maybe not be tomorrow and we reached out to police the city councilors and the mayor for comment but have not heard back from any city officials. And the layout michelle kingston kron 4 news bars in San Francisco are getting creative to stay in business through this pandemic you do it you can write a future bars thats a group that represents popular establishments like bourbon and branch. Rick house pagan idol and more now transforming some of their cocktail spots in the Retail Liquor stores, the first bar to go through the transition. Devils occur in north beach and thats where we find kron 4 s Taylor Bisacky live now with more taylor quite an idea. The grant as you can see behind me doubles acres already in the process of transforming into the groups newest high and a liquor store. Right now they say that this is only a temporary solution to hopefully bring in sales while San Francisco bars remain closed. Well the pandemic caused the shutdown of many bars in San Francisco. Some are coming back with a twist right now doubles acre north beach is in the process of transforming into a Retail Liquor store. I think youre going to see more and more people change their model. To fit the guidelines Hope Department have available. And theyre going to have to get very creative and innovative doug dahlen is the coowner of future bars, a group that represents several bars in San Francisco, including doubles acre. The group also owns of skill skirt shops known as cask essentially dont says theyre transitioning doubles acre into another task store we decided to expand cast into double taker. Because theyre not a lot of bottle shops theyre doing. Really high and. Spirits that are kind of hard to find but things will work a bit differently than their cask stores as a bar doubles agar has to follow specific alcoholic. Beverage control, abc guidelines, it can be done currently has is with your current and existing license, the only difference between this and say a corner store is that no one can come into the location because the abc still doesnt allow patrons come in to the bar. Even if it is a bottle shop dont says customers will be able to order online call ahead or stopped by a window to speak with Staff Members that what theyre looking for as the coronavirus continues to stall the reopening of bars in the city. Dont predicts many other cocktail destinations will jump on board has options to survive the pandemic become fewer if it continues to move forward where its not healthy to be indoors. I think youre going to see a lot. Fewer bars. But for now future bars is only planning to do this with the devils occur here behind me are going to continue to look at how things turn out well as we monitor the pandemic but as i mentioned for now just this story now the Retail Stores also expected to open here within the next few weeks and then once the city allows the bars to reopen the city that hope this to turn this back to the original doubles acre for now live in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news you gotta do what you gotta do thank you. Taylor and this just and you can add san jose unified to the list of schools. Starting the new year online the district Just Announced the classes will resume on august 12 with Distance Learning and thats going to be the plan until at least october 2nd. Now Napa Unified School board is also scheduled to vote on its learning plan thats happening tonight. Once a decision is reached we will of course let you know on air and on our website kron 4 dot com. Parents and teachers in Murray County say theyre concerned some of them about how schools will reopen in the fall county Officials Say in person classes should not resume until at least september 8th and today a group of teachers parents and Union Leaders rallied outside the board of education offices saying more needs to be done to protect teachers and students. Meanwhile, another group says it is time for classes to resume in person. There is a little extra work, but its a 100 worth it when you can go to school when the parents want the kids to go to school the kids want to go to school for the families and the teachers were going to come back. Lets do it lets get on campus again in educating our children. Even though in person classes will not start until september at the earliest some schools like high. Well begin Distance Learning when school was scheduled to start which is august 19th. And the east bank classes back in session at least for some schools in the Hayward Unified School district today Elementary Schools, the following year around schedule welcome students back with a drive through orientation. Our conference felipe gaal reports that its one of the rare days the students will actually visit the campus. For the some 500 students jump starting the new Academic Year at Park Elementary School in hayward thursdays orientation may be the most in person interaction, theyll have with teachers and staff for the foreseeable future i see is horrible not being able to muscle this is their leader in the end the touching from their parents and they always need to have the teachers and now we cannot even see them size of a i the inability to slow the spread of covid19 has resulted in the Hayward Unified School district resuming education with 100 distancelearning cross can not even going as long you can go nowhere for park elementary is one of 4 year around Elementary Schools in the district on thursday and friday a drivethru set up in the parking lot allowing students to pick up supplies and the technology needed to connect them with their teachers and classmates everything is not under control right now. And be safe for the kids because the kids some new system is very low and i think is very safe for them to be at Home School Staff and families acknowledge that starting the school year off with a 100 distancelearning will come with its own challenges, but challenges they believe theyre prepared for. Considering how they responded to the initial shelterinplace earlier this year when this awful war now we have with this virus i mean thats only benefit i could we do want our kids to school we want socialize them, we love having them, i mean their energy is contagious. Unfortunately so is covid19 its also unpredictable. We dont yet have a date to transition into. A different type of model such as a hybrid model, it just really is going to depend on a lot of external factors that are very fluid at this time the rest of the School District will return to class in late august in hayward fleet of all kron 4 news since tuesday covid19 hospitalizations have gone down slightly here in california but in that same time frame there have been more than 8500 new cases. And 118 new deaths, california had more than 356,000 confirmed cases of covid resulting in some 7300 deaths that since the pandemic started and over the last 2 weeks the rate of positive tests has climbed to 7. 2 . The recent increase in the spread of covid has lead to an increase in the demand for testing, especially in Santa Clara County kron fours rob fladeboe has a look at one of the busiest test spots and he spoke with the countys testing officer. The scene this morning here at the countyrun test site at Independence High School in san jose. The line stretched halfway across campus 800 wristbands guaranteeing a test today were gone by noon the wait for a test was about 40 minutes. Well worth the wait says job ear honors rounded shape to know the not too now and how if you know you dont have to be a good to go. And just keep yourself healthy from then on the increase in demand for testing comes as Santa Clara County has pulled back from further reopening after being placed on the states watch list and that increases in new cases and hospitalizations of the increased numbers of cases that were having are 2 things its certainly coming somewhat from the testing so were testing more and finding some of these cases, but we know in addition to that theres additional spread testing a 1000 people a day in april shot a clare county is now averaging 5 to 6,000 tests per day and as many as 9,000 on some days, but still more are needed to as theres additional spread we want to identify those through testing and those and keep those people away from others so that they dont expose anyone else and protect themselves. And their family and identify any of the contacts to protect them also doctor faster shots as testing and tracing is showing much of the additional spread of the virus in people who reported being in groups and gatherings wear face coverings and physical distance for lacking as i told i might have been exposed so harry m to just see if i. And then i want to be a carrier i do want to get anybody else so thats why. Im here in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. The economic fallout from this pandemic is impacting americans from all walks of life but for those who are struggling with rent for mortgage payments, you know before the virus they could really be devastating now. California congressman jimmy gohez says it will take resources to make sure more people do not end up on the streets, he says measures like unemployment disability. And Food Assistance are especially important for folks who have lost their jobs. The people that were struggling with their rent their mortgages before are struggling gave them more its about providing the Wraparound Services that they need in order to get good paying jobs to stay in their home. Veteran cir also among the many groups of people struggling with homelessness in the state. California congressman, like levin says hes working to provide. Thats with rapid job retraining and benefits and he says that he would like to see the 17 billion dollars mark for the v a in the cares act actually put to use. Salon owners struggling to keep their businesses afloat during the pandemic are demanding governor, newsome let them take their businesses outside you know we did that story yesterday and now apparently theyre getting some support from other lawmakers. They want the governor to throw out of business licensing code that bans personal care workers like hairdressers from working outside. Well salon workers say that this wont solve all of their problems at least its a start. We really going to be useable hair cuts. Man a caring for any cures these things can be done certainly. All of our services so you know its not a complete solution. But were looking to at least provide. Yeah all businesses struggling to survive these days Governor Newsom already encouraging other Industries Like restaurants and Fitness Centers to move their services outside. Napa county is serious when it comes to Wearing Masks in public again. The bands they have in that county when it comes to social gathering of this week, the board of supervisors passed an emergency ordinance allowing for fines up to 500 per person and up to 5,000 per business. Our first Maureen Kelly explains why the county feels that they need to take this extra step. Not the county says they already had Code Enforcement officers in forcing the local health order and as of july first they even started working on weekends. But a rise in coronavirus cases has made them realize they need to get tougher on violators we felt we needed to marcos. What we were already doing it and the size of napa county supervisors passed the emergency ordinance which authorizes Code Enforcement officers to find individuals anywhere from 25 to 500 and businesses from 200 to 5,000. For violating the state and local Health Orders related to covid19. But the fines will only come after both verbal and written warnings and local deputies and Police Officers will only be involved as back up to the code compliance workers, the first step is education, always education. It makes it easier for that business and say hey i got a call from Code Enforcement theyre going to come here if you dont put on the mask, it helps them as well that the county supervisor diane dillon says they felt like they needed to double down to get the message through to residents and businesses here that masks in public are a must and this is no time to be hosting a party were really hoping that people understand that the reason we did this is spreading. The public will be able to report violations via email that email address can be found on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. And it doesnt come as a surprise but bottle rockets officially canceled this year the napa music festival. You usually takes place in may but a postponed to october this year due to the pandemic and today the promoters. Announced that it will take place at all in 2020 they do plan on bringing the festival back in may of 2021 with the headliners who are schedule