Today. The county has reported nearly 1000 new cases in the last 2 weeks and 4 new deaths if the county cannot get the case rate under control in the next 3 days. It will be forced to shut down into operations for several businesses 93 of the states population is now on the states covid19 monitoring list tonight, the bay area death toll is more than 750 this is california reports a singleday high. Of a 197 deaths and the United States surpasses a 150,000 fatalities. More than 48,000 covid19 cases have been confirmed in the bay area most of the cases have been reported in Alameda County. More than 10,000 infections. There. Theyve also been a 181 deaths there Santa Clara County has seen the most deaths in the bay area though at 187. And legally not allowed to work in the space is how can i be forced to pay for something that im not legally allowed to work in. With many Small Businesses not back to work some landlords are starting to panic many have tried to be flexible. But its been months and they say they need to be paid a hair salon owner in pleasanton tells kron fours michelle kingston shes unsure how she supposed to pay her rent. When shes legally unable to even work in her salon the salon owner says that she is not in a fight with her landlords she understands that they need to get paid. Shes hoping she can reopen again soon so that she can pay her landlords and also get back on her feet at some point were going to have to do something because this isnt. I was happy with the way its going right now is not working any miller shut down both her danville in pleasanton hair salons back in march because of the coronavirus pandemic her landlords were understanding of or inability to pay rent at first, but now would spend 5 months in those landlords say they have to get paid and then in the months went by and now were at the point where they you know this doesnt work for anybody to not be making money like they have mortgages they have property taxes they have they still have expenses miller was able to open her danville location for a few weeks last month that had to shut that down due to a rise in cases she says there are no rent forgiveness programs for her to apply for and at this point is reaching out to her community to help her raise money to keep her salons open were in big trouble, everyones in big trouble if this goes on much longer. According to Alameda County officials the commercial Eviction Moratorium is in place for unincorporated Alameda County only it does not apply the Pleasanton Pleasanton its website says that during the ongoing state of emergency and for 90 days after it is lifted new eviction cases cannot proceed Contra Costa County does have an Eviction Moratorium for Small Businesses through the end of september in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news this just in to the kron 4 news room a costco in the south bay is dealing with a covid19 outbreak the Santa Clara County department of health is now investigating. The outbreak happened at the costco on Lawrence Road in sunnyvale theres a map showing the location. The Public Health officer would not confirm just how many employees there tested positive. Staying 6 feet apart from others can be hard while riding on muni in San Francisco kron 4 news viewer sent us a few video showing passengers sitting and standing close together. The viewer was concerned that while on board theres not enough space to practice physical distancing with other passengers. A spokesperson for muni tells us. It is not physically blocking off seats because those barriers if theyre in place it makes it much more difficult to clean and sanitize the seats this video from march shows us how many workers clean each vehicle muni tells us that the cleaning happens multiple times a day using safe strong disinfectants and while masks are required while waiting for a bus or train and on board sfmta cannot enforce compliance only use educational tools. There is signage on board vehicles to remind riders of the rules and also audio announcements as well you needed cut back on service and ridership is down. A new report is setting the lights on use of force incidents was in the Police Department in the last 3 years or van more than 400 use of force incidents, including for officers to use force at least 20 times each tonight, theyll loyal police revealing a new tool for tracking use of force. The move comes amid backlash over recent fatal shootings by the way officers kron fours dan kerman has the story. Toledo police is one of several agencies under scrutiny for its use of force now the department is collecting data and sharing some of it online with the public that our system is designed to do is to is. The blade. Hope Police Department the tools they need identify. Iris incidents, i risk officers annabel you ate their policies and training. Bob scales with Police Strategy says the data looks at the use of force over 3 year period, beginning in january of 2017 among the findings 6. 7 of the time Police Arrests involve the use of force thats higher than the average which is 3. 8 for 88 agencies using the system. But scale says they also found Something Else there officers appear to take longer. The control subjects once that started to use or worse than many other age. And this could be due to the fact that. Subset subject in blaine though are more difficult to control. There could also be that officers are not using their use of force tactics as effectively as has officially as they could or could be a combination of both the data also finds over the last 3 years one officer used force 30 times and 8 officers used force between 2025 times thats a red flag so rights Attorney John Burris is involved in several cases against the vallejo Police Department. He says getting this type of data is important for departments, but the work doesnt stop there. Then they have to drill down and find out if they have a problem and correct it that would doubt it is supposed to do. For Early Warning system thats supposed to do. And gives you at least some indication asked to whether that person performing in a constitutional way are there on the edge and if so why is that and who supervise the Democratic Candidates supervisors to have this possibility. Laos police chief says this is just another resource to move the department towards the philosophy of 21st century policing. Dan kerman kron 4 news. In San Francisco, the cleanup and the investigation into that massive fire in the south of market neighborhood continues. This is video from our quad copter 4 and gives us a look just at how devastating yesterdays fire was it destroyed 6 buildings and displaced some residents. Fire officials stayed on the scene today putting out hot spots and will remain there for the next couple of days. So in the area you can expect some road closures as the cleanup and investigation goes on lets step outside and see how things look as we give you a view of mount temple pious and a marine headlines with a big thick layer of marine layer clouds fog to wear whatever you want to call a just and i called cold, know just lawrence kinder is here now to look at how far that fog will go tonight. Yeah, it is going to surge well on shore the fog and low clouds the stratus. Making its way on shore right now flowing like a river you see that that motion to get that westerly wind that component that sense of the bay and soon to fill some of the valleys too even some drizzle likely along the coastline, so we have some cooler air on the way thats going to bring temperatures down just a little bit mainly inside the bay along the coastline 15. Miles per hour right now the west as you make your way into oakland 12 in palo alto were looking at those Winds Continuing to blow in spots around the bay area, 12 miles per benicia temperature wise youre looking at 68 degrees in san jose 77 in livermore 76 in concord 58 degrees in San Francisco. Still overnight tonight low clouds and fog will fill into the bay and look at the green that is the model starting to pick up on some drizzle along the coastline. So maybe a little damp. Overnight tonight out toward the beaches and then by the middle of the day that begins to clear on out and weve got a lot of sunshine except ride the coast. Fog and a hug the coast come on and off throughout the day, well see plenty of sunshine in the bay and the valleys waking up some patchy fog early on tomorrow morning, maybe still some drizzle coast side temperatures in the 50s and 60s by 08 00am by noontime weve got some sunshine enjoying some 60s 70s and bay in the valleys still cool 50s toward the coastline and then 80s and 90s getting a little hot inland 70s navies around the bay and 50s and 60s along the coast in the afternoon. Coming up next on kron 4 news that a blockbuster hearing on capitol hill, the leaders of facebook another Big Tech Company is accused of unfairly crushing the competition selfadministered saliva testing where in the bay area can get tested for covid19 by simply swapping your own mount plus the reaction in Contra Costa County after an emergency ordinance goes into effect now that an ordinance is passed in Contra Costa County authorizing Law Enforcement to issue tickets to people and businesses for ignoring Health Orders. Some are wondering how the law will actually be enforced on for us we took all reports the county is still working on that part. The Contra Costa County office of the sheriff says it has no intention of sending out teams of deputies searching for violators of Public Health orders. Instead they will continue to educate and see compliance then refer repeat offending people and businesses to the District Attorneys Office face coverings are essentially required at all times in public when youre an able to maintain at least 6 feet of space from the next closest person in concord just their locks as he covers up. But is not enthusiastic about having to do so id like to see more proof that they actually work and that theyre actually doing good before we started forcing you know with Police Powers. A Police Powers are a problem these days and we need to take care of that county Health Services says face coverings can reduce the risk of being infected with covid19 thats why the board of supervisors passed an urgency ordinance tuesday giving Law Enforcement the authority to issue tickets and potentially fines for people and businesses violating Health Orders but some feel thats going too far its almost become rude to walk past somebody without a mask on and those types of social norms are really whats most effective in changing behavior believe that people should wear as soon restaurants and what have you but out here on a wide open and close to. Sneezing and coughing and what have you theyre just walking to the park. I dont believe that they should do to find but that should be necessary the District Attorneys Office as well it will continue to follow up on complaints from the public about offenders the way there investigators intend to enforce the new ordinance is still being worked out by a group of county officials. In concord fleet and all kron 4 news. Starting today a selfadministered saliva based covid19 test is available in berkeley, the goal is to increase the speed and availability of testing. Patients will be able to swab their own mouse while under supervision at a kiosk at san pablo park. Results can be expected in one to 2 days, it is open to the public for one more day, but you have to make an appointment and you can find information on our website kron 4 dot com. Theres also a new walkup testing site at 24th and mission at the transit hub in San Franciscos mission district. It is part of a partnership between the county ucsf though Latino Task Force and also bart. The goal is to monitor the disease in vulnerable populations, particularly in the heavily impacted latin x community. The site will be open on wednesdays and fridays for the next 3 weeks for the First Time Since closing in march, the oakland zoo was open to the public in a families flocked to the attraction that. It sold out in fact they sold out for tomorrow as well for safety reasons attendance is limited to 2500 People Per Day which is about a 3rd of normal capacity, masks are a must and social distancing guidelines do remain in effect if youd like to book a future trip. You have to make a reservation online. The cost of office space is expected get cheaper over the next few years here in the bay area as a result of the. Pandemic driven recession. That is according to a new survey of commercial Real Estate Developers that was released today. Kron fours Maureen Kelly reports the results are about as grim as they were back during the 2008 financial crisis. You can see the effect of the pandemic right here in this video shot at lunchtime in downtown San Francisco know hustle and no bustle many storefronts are boarded up or gated shut and lots of windows have for lease signs posted. The cost of renting office and retail space is expected to get cheaper relative to inflation over the next 3 years because of coronavirus thats according to a survey of bay area and Southern California commercial developers conducted by the atkins ucl a Anderson Forecast you think of a pandemic it literally is Something Like a tidal wave. And it comes through and it clears out a lot of stuff. It clears out weaker stuff that was just barely hanging on and in some cases it it knocks down some good things that quite frankly would have been just fine but for the tidal wave of the pandemic chris foley is a San Francisco based developer who expects this downturn to play out as other boom and bust cycles have in the bay area every time we have an or a major earthquake or Major Economic downturn. People leave San Francisco people say San Francisco is going to die and theres no hope the bay area is a key way coastal city. It has u c berkeley and as stanford. And theres tremendous amount of intellectual capability whats going to happen is something news going to be created and to see new and more interesting things happen. Its just its just part of the cycle. One of the people behind the survey i spoke to says he expects the economy will recover and ultimately the commercial real estate sector would be fine but not without a lot of pain first Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. A controversial statue of sir Francis Drake in larkspur has been taken down city leaders say the statues removal came after demonstrators claim theyre going to take the statue down themselves there have been calls for the statues removal for weeks. Citing sir Francis Drakes history as a slave trader, the statue was first installed near the parks for Ferry Terminal back in 1990 and the words, sir Francis Drake were taken down today from the sign on the high school in san anselmo the talent highest Union High School district superintendent said the school will be renamed, but in the meantime its important to remove the harmful symbols associated with the current name according to the School District. Now to our 4 zone forecast we showed you above the marine layer looking at mount tam this is a shot under the meet the marine layer as the Golden Gate Bridge are below the fog this time and joining us now is our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. With a look at our 4 zone forecast. Yeah, it was really turned out to be a pretty comfortable july for the bay area, sometimes we see those temperatures soaring in the triple digits, especially in the interior valleys this summer not so much so far weve had the fog low clouds have been sitting there kind of consistent and thats were going to play our see that fog overnight tonight. Into early tomorrow morning so we get temperatures like this 62 degrees below the average in the San Francisco today, 71 nice in oakland 78 in san jose 90 and hot livermore in concord and 82 degrees just slightly below the average in santa rosa that cloud deck continue to develop all along the california coastline you can see it all the way up toward eureka almost over the oregon area. So certainly seen plenty of low clouds on the way and that will surge back on shore still some w