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. Hospital said about 5,000 available beds are not enough for a surge. Now covid19 patients take about 7,000 of the states 50,000 available bands in 2000 patients are in intensive care. Now we hear from californias Hospital Association president ceo carmella cole. She speaks out about the covid19 increase in cases. We need to be prepared to treat as many as 25,000 covid positive patients about 4 times at the level where we are today that is not pretty that means that in Office Buildings in Conference Rooms and all the rest within the hospital footprint. Now again you can hear hospitals having to get creative using beds in Office Spaces because of this surge. Now again, the main message a lot of Health Experts are saying the main reason are the biggest way you can prevent hospitals from filling up. Its not contract the virus so again theyre asking people to practice social distancing and if youre a large large groups to also make sure you wear mask. For now reporting here in the east bay reyna harvey kron 4 news, good tips right, thanks a lot for that live report from walnut creek robin. A new study says a california is extending its mass still with chinese manufacturer b y d the 315 Million Dollars deal is set to bring an additional 300 million surgical mask. And a 120 million in 95 mask to the state. Californias contract with the y de is facing significant scrutiny from lawmakers and the public in recent months. Governor newsome explained why using california based on other american manufacturers. Were just not enough. They made that commitment. In partnership. Those 12 1 4 million mass only 290,000 of those massive been delivered only 290,000 of the 12. 4 million. So its a way of expressing this while there are a lot of california and american manufacturers. Theyre just not. Providing the delivery. At scale thats necessary of the moment. That were in. Well the governor says that the state currently has an inventory of 111 million 95 mask and is distributing 6 million ppe is a month. Were here in the bay area currently there are over 42,000 cases and over 720 deaths, were still seeing the most cases in Alameda County with over 9600 infections. But the virus has the deadliest in Santa Clara County which has 108 deaths for full breakdown of the cases by city and county can always find that listed on our website kron 4 dot com. San Francisco Mayor london breed wants testing for coronavirus to be a priority in San Francisco on wednesday, the mayor unveiled 3 major testing expansions the test site at the embarcadero will add 400 new appointments per day and 2 new mobile testing site will also be added by the end of next week and will travel to neighborhoods that are most affected by the pandemic performing up to 250 tests every day and a new longterm test site will also be added in the southeastern part of the ability to do about 500 tests each day. We can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. Anmust do it again. Lives are at stake. Turnaround times for test results continue to vary from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco. The goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests every day and theyve exceeded that in the past week by aveging more than 3200 tests today. San quentin state prison now reporting another virusrelated death 67 yearold john beams have been on death row since 1995. He was convicteo murder in to larry county. He died tuesday at a popup hospital outside the prison. Prison officials believe that he died because of corona related coronavirus related complications. But an cideath h been announced all told more than 800inmates have tested positive for covid 1914 of them have died. Now to the south bay this morning Santa Clara County lawmakers want taxpayers to help cover the bill for covid19 cause that have drained the county bank account. The board of supervisors approved an exploration to place a halfcent sales tax increase for the november ballot. The tax would last 5 years assuming the recover the economy would recover by then right now the county is facing a budget deficit of more than 300 Million Dollars. The tax is expected to generate an estimated 250 Million Dollars to the general fund beginning next year. It would need a simple majority from voters to pass and would take effect in janury. A big story that were following for you this Morning Court documents say that a researcher wanted by the fbi. Is hiding out at the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Now this investigation stems from a move by the Trump Administration to go after researchers tour in the u. S. On student visas but have proven ties to the chinese military. The woman named yang tang was a researcher at u c davis her visa application stated that she never served in the military. But the fbi found pictures of her and a Peoples Liberation army uniform, the fbi says a search at her home found more evidence of her army affiliation. They say the she went into the chinese consulate in San Francisco in midjune and shes been there ever since. Now 2 other students were also named in thcourt documents. Charged with fraud. She was in rolla g researcher at stanford university, her 2018 vi application claim that she ended her military service in 2011. But the fbi says thats not true and then jen weighing was a researcher at ucsf during an interview on june 7th. He admitted to being an active duty member in the chinese military. The sierra club is addressing its races history of the father of our National Parks john new york, sierra club is a 128 yearold organization known for its preservation of the Great Outdoors and now club leaders are reexamining the legacy of its founder john muir and his racist remarks about blacks and native americans made more than a century ago. The executive director Michael Brune is set road on the Organization Website that its quote time to take down some of our own monuments. But this is not the first time the john muirs legacy has been questioned. He also a we need to to the scene. Recognize dad how Environmental Movement and removing some case, you know it would be the best farmers and for many communities across the seas and judy and his associates a few steps to start and what were seeing is a long process to me its i mean our history and from it comes to do with some of the figures that uh we have food in the highest regard. Well, the sierra club is planning on restructuring its leadership so that black indigenous and other leaders of color, make up a majority of their team. Well to these right now the city of alameda has voted to rename its first public park previously known as trucks in part. The park was named after former president Andrew Jackson over the years the city has considered changing the name of the park because of jacksons history as a slave owner, but the city is making the change is now based on recent civil rights protests. Aside from just raising awareness about the name of the connotations. It can emphas the fact that how media is a very anti racist place not just not racist, but actively going against racist sentiments. The city says it will take weeks to remove the signs from the park a group of Community Members will eventually choose a new name. Well thousands of College Students will be required to enroll in ethnic studies and social justice is classes to graduate from csu campuses. Now the cal Cal State University board of trustees approved updating the general education requirements yesterday, the changes go into effect for the 2023 24 school year to give faculty enough time to develop plans and you know coursework this is the first significant change to the cs use requiin 40 years. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news a south bay District Attorneys changing his stance on the Death Penalty will find out why. Plus hair salon and barber shop owners say despite being allowed to resume their Services Outdoors are still worried about sanitation and safety. And a lot of them are saying this is not going to be much of a help for them well find out about that and after agreeing to cut millions of dollars from the Oakland Police department mayor libby shaft steps in to prevent any further defunding. Well find out how this is all tied to the recent attack on her home. And lets take you outside for a look at traffic moving smoothly. This early thursday morning on the san mateo bridge. Stay with us well be right back. Dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. Welcome back everyone good morning. The time is 5. 13 thanks for staying with us we need to head over to the Weather Center now days far has an update on this thursday forecast state a good robin good morning, everybody improvements we see here we funny able to make out a little bit the east bay shoreline here looking over the east bay hills finally so the fog looks like its letting up a little bit nice shot of sfo, no delays going on this morning solis not a ground fog problem there, lower 60s cover good chunk of the east bay, it looks like 50s meanwhile to the north bay 55 San Francisco and that fog this morning, one 10th to file a little bit over the next couple of hours but already by 8 it looks like its starting to erode away and by mid morning to late morning. It should be well handled Little Wonder kind of backyard here will provide a little bit of an offshore flow but actually tore south and thats going to actually encourage what is down in the monsoon in order to drift up the sierra later on today for some ice a little afternoon Thunder Showers meanwhile, were looking at warm weather for us once we take care of this fog and theres the Thunder Showers to repeat again for friday as well now we get into the weekend. Well get slightly warmer looks like, but no major major changes happening for this weekend or even on into early next week here morning clouds and fog mostly sunny, pleasant afternoon finishing off the week with temperatures nudging up just a touch. Well be by this weekend getting into a few 90s going on in land and keep it coming for next week a persistence much the same type forecast expected. San francisco 66 for today, 72 oakland, 82 san jose taken care of this morning, fog clouds and across the wider we the far east bay reaches 84 for santa rosa 82. Novato still some green along the peninsula again have to take care of the morning fog will keep our temperatures down to 66 or so San Francisco on 82, san jose coming up in a bit well have the 4 zone forecast for you check that out in the tropics are quite busy checking out the area roads and bridges robin when busy to hit just not bad. We have a. Is a commute heading into San Francisco as traffic continues to pick up a little bit more each hour as we continue through the morning commute. But as you can see its a nice steady flow. No problems no crashes were hot spot free no problems on the upper deck so come on in because we will have some heavier traffic later on this morning. So you have time to beat the rush all right, lets head over to another bridge, we have 92 the san mateo bridge gets the award for the busiest bridge this morning see all the tell lights here leaving hayward so its going to be a little heavy west of the tolls to the high rise, but you get some relief after that and then up and over the high rise, its just a clear shot on into foster city, well check out more bridges coming up for you a little bit later, ok, robiks. A lot of cafeteria employee on the white house grounds has tested positive. For the coronavirus an email to Administration Officials says that ickes eatery and the new executive Office Buildings cafeteria have both been temporarily closed. The email says the risk of transmission is low because of precautions such as wearing gloves and masks Officials Say they conducted Contact Tracing and they say that no executive office staff will need to be quarantined now ickes eatery is not in the west wing but dozens of the president s Staff Members walk over there for meals. And we have a Traffic Alert for you in the south bay, a number of streets in downtown san jose will be closed to traffic until further notice all of this to help restaurants stay afloat e pandemic a block of san pedro square is turning into a venue for outdoor alfresco dining until now the restaurants were limited to just a few tables on the sidewalk. But thats we been expanded now to safely seat many more people. The owner of a flahertys also manages 3 other restaurants on the square and he says hes hoping the extra space will attract more customers. The are very aware of their personal space now so when you come here. Chill costs wolfie knowing that were taking all precautions are a social distance e. Well the new street sign al fresco dining experiment should be up and running friday afternoon right after the regular Farmers Market there which runs from 10 until 2. Well to the east bay now after slashing 14 Million Dollars from the Oakland Police departments budget last month. The city council has rejected 2 proposals that would have led to even more cuts its a very controversial issue which is also connected to the recent attack on the home of mayor libby shaft kron fours dan kerman has more now from oakland. Cleanup was underway wednesday at the home of oakland mayor libby shaft. On tuesday vandals spray painted graffiti across or garage calling for the defunding of Oakland Police. An investigation into the incident is now under way but Oakland Police are saying little else. In june. The city council pulled more than 14 Million Dollars out of opd is budget. But tuesday night they rejected a bid to pull out an additional 11 Million Dollars. In none of our colleagues brought those kinds measures for with any analysis as to the Service Impacts and so we were able to say yes to any further cuts at this time. Councilmember Lynette Gibson mcelhaney says more defunding in Police Reform is needed and the council is committed to it. But it cant happen overnight while maintaining safety how do we actually employ. 250 million in a way that makes us most most safe and how we engage the people most impacted by violence and Police Interaction and that means taking that mandate seriously and not. Doing something expedient for for positive political headlines. We are actually doing the work. The mayor voiced similar concerns when she broke a tie and rejected a second proposal to remove an additional 3 Million Dollars from opd is budget. That bills author says while dippointed. He believes reform will come. People want things done right away and i understand that we all understand that the important thing i did is that we do it right. You know that you must do it really quickly i want to make sure we do it the right but we should move forward, i think there is consensus on your consensus on the council and city hall to take further steps. It just may happen several months now instead of. Next week, the council also discussed creating a Community Task force tasked with me imagining police in the future. The council will discuss that further later this month. In Oakland Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. But to the north bay now watch out for some goats on your drive around Sonoma Count