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A couple hot ones as got my full Weather Forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes back to the news a lot lets get to our big story which is the coronavirus now killing over a 150,000 people in the u. S. And now some of the nations top medical experts say that america. May need to hit the reset button when it comes to the response to the pandemic whitney wild now to explain. It is time to reset medical experts at Johns Hopkins releasing a new report wednesday titled resetting our response urging the United States to reset its response with policy actions at the federal state and local level to get control of the covid19 pandemic unlike many countries in the world, the United States is not currently on course to get control of this epidemic. The report says this as republican congressman Louie Gohmert was not allowed on president trumps visit to texas after testing positive for coronavirus wednesday. You know a lot of people in made a big deal out of mind out wearing a mask ow ly now members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times. And the hall of the house except that members may be moved their masses temporarily when recognized and after House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell declined an offer from the trump administration. To have a Rapid Testing system on capitol hill back in may lawmakers are questioning why there isnt one in place one thing that i think that they should wear their mask that i also think wish that testing here though this as california is facing its deadliest day so far. Governor Gavin Newsome tweeting tragically california surpassed another somber milestone today, 197 deaths across the country florida. The new at the center of americas pandemic again shattering its daily death toll numbers wednesday breaking the record the state just step on tuesday. At the white house, im whitney wild reporting. And heres a closer look at the local coronavirus numbers statewide we now have more than 484,000 infections more than 8900 deaths and if you look at the bay area numbers, specifically we now have more than 49,000 confirmed cases and the death count has risen now to 700 and 72. All the area counties are now under the coronavirus watch list San Mateo County was last to be put on it after a spike there and now for Business Owners are bracing to have to close again kron fours will tran is live in burlingame with the latest will what does this mean. And this means that like james talked about a little bit earlier businesses right behind me in burlingame who are aching to open once the restrictions were slapped on us a few months ago and then they re loosen there is a chance that they could hit the reset button again and they need every dollar to stay open now i can tell you the reason why San Mateo County as you talked about was put on the watch list because of the rising cases of coronavirus in california its quickly approaching about 9,000 deaths and 480,000 coronavirus cases the most in the country, San Mateo County was the last county that you could go to a gym or get your hair cut other counties some sometimes you could not do that it was staggered but San Mateo County was able to do that now thats in jeopardy. James and darya we got a chance to talk to a Business Owner times a very tough and to keep open. They are doing Desperate Measures that could impact their longterm future. I knew right from the beginning that in order to. Get through this all have to some of my retirement money in but i have a 2 years to go before i retire, and i definitely am committed to stay. As far as snow bay areas concern right now were sitting with the case is continuing to rise with Alameda County being the most cases in bay area counties but San Mateo County unfortunately has been put on that list we will get reaction from people this morning, i know a lot of people are very fearful. Nobody more fearful james and darya then these businesses a lot of them had to furlough their employees are remains shut. Well have to talk to them as the morning continues as unfortunately we are in the deadliest stretch a coronavirus perhaps since this whole pandemic started back to you sure are thanks a lot. Well because of this you know having to close and not be in business a lot of area businesses cant pay the rent. Kron fours michelle kingston talked with one hair salon owner in pleasanton about the struggle. I get it its like they need to be paid in. We we need to work we need you we need to be paid andy 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. Miller says shes not in a fight with her landlord she understands that they need to get paid. Shes hoping she can reopen the salon soon so that she can pay her landlords and also get back on her own feet, the like. 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 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. Well in the south bay, a costco store in sunnyvale is dealing with a covid19 outbreak among its employees, whats that mean for shoppers cover Sarah Stinson is live outside that task or they get open. Darya james from what im understanding theyve been open and theyve had cases with employees being infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of july so its kind of interesting a lot of employees have been speaking out online saying that theyre frustrated that the general public wasnt quite notified. Well they are now that were reporting it reporting and now because the Health Department is conducting an investigation into the cases and theyre helping them with disinfecting making sure the following the bright protocol take a look at this map you can see exactly which costco were talking about here in sunnyvale right off of lawrence expressway right off the freeway about a mile or so and this is after a number of employees have tested positive for the coronavirus we know theres at least 9 cases, but the Public Health officers did not confirm the total exact number so hopefully theyll be releasing some of that information now the county goes through a sevenstep process when there is a positive case or cases at a business and we know that here theres at least 9 cases in all employees and now they have to identify the infected employee or employees identify all close contacts and communicate with all employees a new to report cases to the Health Department report any hospitalizations then they recommend disinfectant at the business to prevent any additional spread the sevenstep process is done it any business that then has positive cases now as i said it says a line that they will be open this morning at 10 oclock. It will be interesting to talk with customers i mean it would not be comforting to walk into a business that you know has confirmed cases clearly theyve isolated those employees theyre not at work anymore, but theyve been rising we heard on wednesday that they had another rise in cases so quite a concern will be here reporting all live continuing to fall this hopefully we can check in with the employees union check in with some of the customers it will bring you that right here on the kron 4 morning news for now im live in sunnyvale Sarah Stinson kron 4 yeah, i feel like theres a step missing in the 7 steps. Hello what about the shoppers like remember early on when the tsa some have and the airport they said oh a tsa worker at the airport had covid this is the day they were working they were dealing with passengers so that you would know if you were there right i want to know if the in the past you said, you know what its been weeks right so when were the workers working and then i could say was i in costco that day and maybe i would like to know why wont they dont they have to tell you. It seems like that has been the confusion here in the frustrations, specifically because a lot of people who work here have been wondering why havent the highs has been a bigger theyve been working internally theyve been working with the Health Department now but as a shopper yeah they want to know exactly when did that case come up was a very dry time i scary situation daria but thats why were going to continue to ask these questions for the shoppers. Yeah, abs costco if theyre going to put out some kind of a. You know our memo or alert yesterday that we would know as a shopper. Thank you. 5. 10 right now, lets talk baseball. The giants back on track earning their first home win of the season with an exciting finish against the padres. This is driven to write feel mike just risky. The only fans are the kayakers, aho your about theres all these foul ball. There is nobody could pick them up, but you get one in the mccovey cove and people go for that was mike use trumps key with the walkoff homer and not the only home run of the night earlier in the bottom of the 3rd. He splashed a ball in as well the entire game was a slugfest on both sides but in the end, the giants sealed the win final score 76, the 2 teams play again tonight. Manager gabe kepler is impressed. Team is full of fighters. I think that Hunter Pences has talked about that internally as well. So these are these are their and i believe them when they talk and i they demonstrated that they you know they come back those words up tonight. Now the jump across the bay over the oakland where the we got the colorado walked away with a win zone are able to score one run the rockies put up 5 and you do the math ri aes will help to bounce back against seattle up tomorrow night it will be a way in fact to be a fourgame series these goals and played up and see ad wars well take a break 5. 12 is the time coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the city of oakland moving one step closer to defunding. Its Police Department will tell you how the city council is planning to reallocate nearly half of Police Resources over the next 2 years plus a closer look at the damage caused by a fire in San Franciscos south of market neighborhood. We have new aerial imagery to show you here as fire crews continue to monitor for hot spots. And out the door right now we are tracking some patchy fog across much of our south is on right now the star downtown san jose camera. Its going to be one of our warm spots and sunny spots later on th lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. The open road is open again. And wherever youre headed, Choice Hotels is there. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. Were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa. Com 5. 15 right now and we are checking out the weather on i we were looking at the Golden Gate Bridge camera earlier this morning was so foggy hardly any traffic did you notice anything on your way i didnt notice anything have any sort been pretty quiet out there they are really has guys around the bay area right now we are definitely though waking up to some fog and some cloud cover the pentagon. Where you are really seeing it rolled through parts of San Francisco this hour south of market camera here and you can see the gray skies behind me. But the good news is sunshine is on the way its very similar start to what weve been seeing across the bay area over the last couple of days now so the marine layer just a little bit extra thick during the morning hours. Your 4 zone forecast today as far as the breakdown of your afternoon highs look at this mostly in the 60s but even low 70 expected in the Mission District today, 68 if youre going to be in downtown sunset district coming in and the nice 67 degree mark 50s and 60s along the coast and again the fog and the cloud cover will be hugging these areas so youre not going to see a whole lot of sunshine you maybe get peaks of sunshine. But indefinitely overcast skies expected in Half Moon Bay this afternoon a nice 66 degree afternoon high 63 pacific other were expecting and then those 70s start to bump up into millbrae at 7577 in burlingame today and then were looking at low 80s. Redwood city youre going to be a high of 81 today, 78 in palo alto 80s across your entire south bay zone and very widespread low to upper 80s low 80s in sunnyvale but were looking at mid 80s in campbell at 86 degrees and then that near 90 in morgan hill coming in at a toasty 89 degree mark today 89 continues in the Livermore Valley today 87 in pleasanton a lot nicer along the bay though mid to upper 70s through hayward into fremont 60s in berkeley today, 69 for the heiner in the 70 if youre going to be an raga and then those upper 80s for danville. 8987 for the high in walnut creek today but then look at this 90s back on the board vacaville youre going to be a hot spot at 94 once again today 91 in pittsburgh. But in the 80s continue through most of wine country 84 napa sonoma youll be a high of 86 low 80s through much of the north bay santa rosa youll be the 80 degree mark 82 nevado and then 62 for Stinson Beach today. So right around average but tomorrow will be a little bit cooler by a few degrees but then this weekend its going to be quite hot inland. So if you need some relief go to the bay go to the coast because those temperatures are going to be really nice were talking 60s at the coast 70s around the bay and then were going to take a real dip in temperatures as we get into next week. Thats a look at weather, lets check traffic with james all right. Thank you. Rebecca lets jump out to the bay bridge weve got our toll plaza camera here showing us what the right is like. So far pretty good its 5 18 up in about an hour. So well see things begin to back up but for now anyway, its smooth sailing from oakland in the San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge. I mentioned a moment ago, its been pretty quiet all morning long and thats still the case, not too much to report the roads are clear the chp has been doing its thing and they havent reported any issues along 1, one from santa rosa down into San Francisco. So if youre heading out now you should be making good time. In the east bay Oakland Police are reporting nearly a dozen homicides, this month alone. The violence comes as a new City Task Force is looking for ways to cut the Police Departments budget in half kron 4 says he made you has the story. The city of oakland just got one step closer to significantly defunding its Police Department Oakland City Council unanimously approved the re imagining Public Safety task force the re imagining Public Safety Task Force Resolution was coauthored by Oakland City Council member Nikki Fortunato bass she says the aim is dramatically reducing the Police Budget. And what were going to do is very rapidly put together a community that task force that is. She worked towards feeding a set of recommendations for the city as we plan our next twoyear budget to create more safety and equity and how we structure our Weather Forecast<\/a> coming up in just a couple of minutes back to the news a lot lets get to our big story which is the coronavirus now killing over a 150,000 people in the u. S. And now some of the nations top medical experts say that america. May need to hit the reset button when it comes to the response to the pandemic whitney wild now to explain. It is time to reset medical experts at Johns Hopkins<\/a> releasing a new report wednesday titled resetting our response urging the United States<\/a> to reset its response with policy actions at the federal state and local level to get control of the covid19 pandemic unlike many countries in the world, the United States<\/a> is not currently on course to get control of this epidemic. The report says this as republican congressman Louie Gohmert<\/a> was not allowed on president trumps visit to texas after testing positive for coronavirus wednesday. You know a lot of people in made a big deal out of mind out wearing a mask ow ly now members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times. And the hall of the house except that members may be moved their masses temporarily when recognized and after House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi and Senate Majority<\/a> leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> declined an offer from the trump administration. To have a Rapid Testing<\/a> system on capitol hill back in may lawmakers are questioning why there isnt one in place one thing that i think that they should wear their mask that i also think wish that testing here though this as california is facing its deadliest day so far. Governor Gavin Newsome<\/a> tweeting tragically california surpassed another somber milestone today, 197 deaths across the country florida. The new at the center of americas pandemic again shattering its daily death toll numbers wednesday breaking the record the state just step on tuesday. At the white house, im whitney wild reporting. And heres a closer look at the local coronavirus numbers statewide we now have more than 484,000 infections more than 8900 deaths and if you look at the bay area numbers, specifically we now have more than 49,000 confirmed cases and the death count has risen now to 700 and 72. All the area counties are now under the coronavirus watch list San Mateo County<\/a> was last to be put on it after a spike there and now for Business Owners<\/a> are bracing to have to close again kron fours will tran is live in burlingame with the latest will what does this mean. And this means that like james talked about a little bit earlier businesses right behind me in burlingame who are aching to open once the restrictions were slapped on us a few months ago and then they re loosen there is a chance that they could hit the reset button again and they need every dollar to stay open now i can tell you the reason why San Mateo County<\/a> as you talked about was put on the watch list because of the rising cases of coronavirus in california its quickly approaching about 9,000 deaths and 480,000 coronavirus cases the most in the country, San Mateo County<\/a> was the last county that you could go to a gym or get your hair cut other counties some sometimes you could not do that it was staggered but San Mateo County<\/a> was able to do that now thats in jeopardy. James and darya we got a chance to talk to a Business Owner<\/a> times a very tough and to keep open. They are doing Desperate Measures<\/a> that could impact their longterm future. I knew right from the beginning that in order to. Get through this all have to some of my retirement money in but i have a 2 years to go before i retire, and i definitely am committed to stay. As far as snow bay areas concern right now were sitting with the case is continuing to rise with Alameda County<\/a> being the most cases in bay area counties but San Mateo County<\/a> unfortunately has been put on that list we will get reaction from people this morning, i know a lot of people are very fearful. Nobody more fearful james and darya then these businesses a lot of them had to furlough their employees are remains shut. Well have to talk to them as the morning continues as unfortunately we are in the deadliest stretch a coronavirus perhaps since this whole pandemic started back to you sure are thanks a lot. Well because of this you know having to close and not be in business a lot of area businesses cant pay the rent. Kron fours michelle kingston talked with one hair salon owner in pleasanton about the struggle. I get it its like they need to be paid in. We we need to work we need you we need to be paid andy 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. Miller says shes not in a fight with her landlord she understands that they need to get paid. Shes hoping she can reopen the salon soon so that she can pay her landlords and also get back on her own feet, the like. 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 according to Alameda County<\/a> officials the commercial Eviction Moratorium<\/a> is in place for unincorporated Alameda County<\/a> only it does not apply the Pleasanton Pleasanton<\/a> 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<\/a> does have an Eviction Moratorium<\/a> for Small Businesses<\/a> through the end of september in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Well in the south bay, a costco store in sunnyvale is dealing with a covid19 outbreak among its employees, whats that mean for shoppers cover Sarah Stinson<\/a> is live outside that task or they get open. Darya james from what im understanding theyve been open and theyve had cases with employees being infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of july so its kind of interesting a lot of employees have been speaking out online saying that theyre frustrated that the general public wasnt quite notified. Well they are now that were reporting it reporting and now because the Health Department<\/a> is conducting an investigation into the cases and theyre helping them with disinfecting making sure the following the bright protocol take a look at this map you can see exactly which costco were talking about here in sunnyvale right off of lawrence expressway right off the freeway about a mile or so and this is after a number of employees have tested positive for the coronavirus we know theres at least 9 cases, but the Public Health<\/a> officers did not confirm the total exact number so hopefully theyll be releasing some of that information now the county goes through a sevenstep process when there is a positive case or cases at a business and we know that here theres at least 9 cases in all employees and now they have to identify the infected employee or employees identify all close contacts and communicate with all employees a new to report cases to the Health Department<\/a> report any hospitalizations then they recommend disinfectant at the business to prevent any additional spread the sevenstep process is done it any business that then has positive cases now as i said it says a line that they will be open this morning at 10 oclock. It will be interesting to talk with customers i mean it would not be comforting to walk into a business that you know has confirmed cases clearly theyve isolated those employees theyre not at work anymore, but theyve been rising we heard on wednesday that they had another rise in cases so quite a concern will be here reporting all live continuing to fall this hopefully we can check in with the employees union check in with some of the customers it will bring you that right here on the kron 4 morning news for now im live in sunnyvale Sarah Stinson<\/a> kron 4 yeah, i feel like theres a step missing in the 7 steps. Hello what about the shoppers like remember early on when the tsa some have and the airport they said oh a tsa worker at the airport had covid this is the day they were working they were dealing with passengers so that you would know if you were there right i want to know if the in the past you said, you know what its been weeks right so when were the workers working and then i could say was i in costco that day and maybe i would like to know why wont they dont they have to tell you. It seems like that has been the confusion here in the frustrations, specifically because a lot of people who work here have been wondering why havent the highs has been a bigger theyve been working internally theyve been working with the Health Department<\/a> now but as a shopper yeah they want to know exactly when did that case come up was a very dry time i scary situation daria but thats why were going to continue to ask these questions for the shoppers. Yeah, abs costco if theyre going to put out some kind of a. You know our memo or alert yesterday that we would know as a shopper. Thank you. 5. 10 right now, lets talk baseball. The giants back on track earning their first home win of the season with an exciting finish against the padres. This is driven to write feel mike just risky. The only fans are the kayakers, aho your about theres all these foul ball. There is nobody could pick them up, but you get one in the mccovey cove and people go for that was mike use trumps key with the walkoff homer and not the only home run of the night earlier in the bottom of the 3rd. He splashed a ball in as well the entire game was a slugfest on both sides but in the end, the giants sealed the win final score 76, the 2 teams play again tonight. Manager gabe kepler is impressed. Team is full of fighters. I think that Hunter Pences<\/a> has talked about that internally as well. So these are these are their and i believe them when they talk and i they demonstrated that they you know they come back those words up tonight. Now the jump across the bay over the oakland where the we got the colorado walked away with a win zone are able to score one run the rockies put up 5 and you do the math ri aes will help to bounce back against seattle up tomorrow night it will be a way in fact to be a fourgame series these goals and played up and see ad wars well take a break 5. 12 is the time coming up on the kron 4 morning news, the city of oakland moving one step closer to defunding. Its Police Department<\/a> will tell you how the city council is planning to reallocate nearly half of Police Resources<\/a> over the next 2 years plus a closer look at the damage caused by a fire in San Francisco<\/a>s south of market neighborhood. We have new aerial imagery to show you here as fire crews continue to monitor for hot spots. And out the door right now we are tracking some patchy fog across much of our south is on right now the star downtown san jose camera. Its going to be one of our warm spots and sunny spots later on th lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. The open road is open again. And wherever youre headed, Choice Hotels<\/a> is there. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. Were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa. Com 5. 15 right now and we are checking out the weather on i we were looking at the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> camera earlier this morning was so foggy hardly any traffic did you notice anything on your way i didnt notice anything have any sort been pretty quiet out there they are really has guys around the bay area right now we are definitely though waking up to some fog and some cloud cover the pentagon. Where you are really seeing it rolled through parts of San Francisco<\/a> this hour south of market camera here and you can see the gray skies behind me. But the good news is sunshine is on the way its very similar start to what weve been seeing across the bay area over the last couple of days now so the marine layer just a little bit extra thick during the morning hours. Your 4 zone forecast today as far as the breakdown of your afternoon highs look at this mostly in the 60s but even low 70 expected in the Mission District<\/a> today, 68 if youre going to be in downtown sunset district coming in and the nice 67 degree mark 50s and 60s along the coast and again the fog and the cloud cover will be hugging these areas so youre not going to see a whole lot of sunshine you maybe get peaks of sunshine. But indefinitely overcast skies expected in Half Moon Bay<\/a> this afternoon a nice 66 degree afternoon high 63 pacific other were expecting and then those 70s start to bump up into millbrae at 7577 in burlingame today and then were looking at low 80s. Redwood city youre going to be a high of 81 today, 78 in palo alto 80s across your entire south bay zone and very widespread low to upper 80s low 80s in sunnyvale but were looking at mid 80s in campbell at 86 degrees and then that near 90 in morgan hill coming in at a toasty 89 degree mark today 89 continues in the Livermore Valley<\/a> today 87 in pleasanton a lot nicer along the bay though mid to upper 70s through hayward into fremont 60s in berkeley today, 69 for the heiner in the 70 if youre going to be an raga and then those upper 80s for danville. 8987 for the high in walnut creek today but then look at this 90s back on the board vacaville youre going to be a hot spot at 94 once again today 91 in pittsburgh. But in the 80s continue through most of wine country 84 napa sonoma youll be a high of 86 low 80s through much of the north bay santa rosa youll be the 80 degree mark 82 nevado and then 62 for Stinson Beach<\/a> today. So right around average but tomorrow will be a little bit cooler by a few degrees but then this weekend its going to be quite hot inland. So if you need some relief go to the bay go to the coast because those temperatures are going to be really nice were talking 60s at the coast 70s around the bay and then were going to take a real dip in temperatures as we get into next week. Thats a look at weather, lets check traffic with james all right. Thank you. Rebecca lets jump out to the bay bridge weve got our toll plaza camera here showing us what the right is like. So far pretty good its 5 18 up in about an hour. So well see things begin to back up but for now anyway, its smooth sailing from oakland in the San Francisco<\/a>, the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>. I mentioned a moment ago, its been pretty quiet all morning long and thats still the case, not too much to report the roads are clear the chp has been doing its thing and they havent reported any issues along 1, one from santa rosa down into San Francisco<\/a>. So if youre heading out now you should be making good time. In the east bay Oakland Police<\/a> are reporting nearly a dozen homicides, this month alone. The violence comes as a new City Task Force<\/a> is looking for ways to cut the Police Department<\/a>s budget in half kron 4 says he made you has the story. The city of oakland just got one step closer to significantly defunding its Police Department<\/a> Oakland City Council<\/a> unanimously approved the re imagining Public Safety<\/a> task force the re imagining Public Safety<\/a> Task Force Resolution<\/a> was coauthored by Oakland City Council<\/a> member Nikki Fortunato<\/a> bass she says the aim is dramatically reducing the Police Budget<\/a>. And what were going to do is very rapidly put together a community that task force that is. She worked towards feeding a set of recommendations for the city as we plan our next twoyear budget to create more safety and equity and how we structure our Public Safety<\/a> systems she says the 17 Member Task Force<\/a> will work on a detailed plan on how to use that money to provide residents with mental and physical Health Services<\/a> youth programs, safe Affordable Housing<\/a> and high quality Job Opportunities<\/a> what were going to do is really look hard at how are we using those resources, lets focus our sworn officers on Violent Crime<\/a> a cofounder of the Anti Police Terror<\/a> project cat brooks released a statement reading in part quote while there is still much work to be done this is a win for oakland unquote. You know i really appreciate that groups http the antipolice terror project and others who have been raising this issue. Of re imagining Public Safety<\/a> of divesting from policing investing in community for over 5 years the Council Member<\/a> says it is important to point out that reducing the Police Budget<\/a> by half does not mean cutting the number of sworn officers and have you know there are some things we have to contend with and that includes. Measures e which is our violence ballot measure. That has a minimum number of all staffing. There are also some rules in need or Police Associations<\/a> contract that we have to abide by. Has it made you kron 4 news. 5. 21 we now know the name of the boy who died in lafayette after getting hit by a delivery vehicle. His identify his 10 yearold leonardo the boy was riding his bicycle tuesday afternoon along mary would drive thats right near Burton Valley<\/a> Elementary School<\/a> when he was struck by an amazon delivery vehicle. He died at a local hospital that amazon Delivery Driver<\/a> did cooperate with investigators. Happening now crews are getting ready to clean up and investigate the scene of that massive fire in San Francisco<\/a> and this is video from our quad copter for showing us. A new perspective on the damage that was done to that south of market neighborhood, 6 buildings in all or destroyed by the fire that broke out tuesday morning. Firefighters are still on the scene theyll be there for a few more days at least as they monitor for hot spots. People can also expect some road closures in the area as well. House democrats and Senate Republicans<\/a> need to make a decision around unemployment payments from in national headlines, the coronavirus Unemployment Benefits<\/a> are supposed to expire tomorrow House Democrats<\/a> are urging Senate Republicans<\/a> to extend the benefits. Our washington correspondent basil john takes a look. Were on the precipice of sliding from a deeper session into an american depression, pennsylvania, representative Matt Cartwright<\/a> and other House Democrats<\/a> are calling out republicans for failing extend the 600 weekly unemployment payments will be so cavalier has to let these deadlines expire. It is irresponsible cartwright says Senate Majority<\/a> leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> will be responsible for the economic damage. She says is on the way when we let this Unemployment Insurance<\/a> expire with no replacement with no negotiation with no discussion thats a level of this connectedness from the American People<\/a> that approaches malevolence the republican plan in the senate would lower payment to 200 weekly until september. Pennsylvania representative fred keller says thats a healthier amount for the economy and workers the democrats are talking about programs that keep people in dependency were talking programs that keep people test their jobs so they have a job to go back to so that their their employer their team to be successful. Keller says hes decision could lead to more problems. And says democrats need to be patient. Their new normal is more government control more Government Spending<\/a> and more debt for kids and grandkids lawmakers on both sides of the aisle hope an agreement on Unemployment Insurance<\/a> happen soon. Reporting in washington, im diesel john. Well on a related note. Governor newsome is forming a new strike team to speed up the delivery of Unemployment Benefits<\/a>. The governor says the strike team will create a blueprint for improvements at the Employment Development<\/a> department, the goal of which is to overhaul the entire system and begin addressing the backlog been played claims. Since march, the department has processed more than 8 million Unemployment Insurance<\/a> claims and sent out more than 49 billion dollars in Unemployment Benefits<\/a>. Well take a break its 5. 27 now coming up on 5. 27 and heres a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The volume is building but still no slowdown yet at the toll gate and you make the time to cross the span as well back with more head motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Im 29 now and we are looking at i think another nice day. Yeah, it looks like rebecca would use an yeah really nice to guys its going to be very similar to what weve experienced over the last couple of days if you like of weather then youre going like today of the door right now were seeing great conditions. Lot of fog lot of low lying cloud cover here at sfo you could yes, definitely a lot of gray hovering over the airport but we will want to get it replaced with some sunshine later on today a quick look at your afternoon highs, a downtown San Francisco<\/a>. Youre looking at a 68 degrees for the high with some sunshine through the clouds oakland year will be a high of 72 and then a little bit warmer of course downtown san jose youll be at a high of 84 with a partly cloudy skies through much of the morning and then opening up to a lot of sunshine. Well have a complete weather check coming up in just a few minutes back to the news all right rebecca, thank you happening today, civil rights icon congressman john lewis will be laid to rest. In georgia. The state represented for more than 30 years and here you see a live look from inside Ebenezer Baptist<\/a> church in atlanta where the service will be held. For lewis. President barack obama is expected to be there to deliver the eulogy at president s bill clinton and George W Bush<\/a> will also be participating as well. Todays funeral marks the last of 6 days of memorial ceremonies honoring lewis. He passed away earlier this month at the age of 80 following a 6 month battle with cancer and were going to bring you live coverage of john lewiss funeral on our kron on ap thats our 24 7 new streaming service for local news, its free to download if you havent already done. Youll be able to watch it that way if you havent downloaded yet again its free. So download it and again provide you live uninterrupted coverage of the funeral ceremony and president obamas eulogy on that platform that begins at 8 oclock by the way. 5. 31 and a big story in the east bay, somebody set fire to a church and the pastor says. Its because they had just put up a black lives matter sign kron fours reyna harvey is live there in berkeley with the details rana. Daria good morning. Thats right the pastor tells me this church has been here for 40 years and nothing like this has ever happened. He said the same day they put it that black lives matter sign here is what he believes someone tried to burn the church down. We have images from that fire that was set the aftermath take a look at your screen you can see right here. The charred wall this is in the rear area of the church. Now according to Police Witnesses<\/a> told them early wednesday morning. They saw a person set fire to a trash bin at the rear of the church. Now the Fire Department<\/a> was able to get put out before continue to spread. Pastor Michael Mcbride<\/a> not only believed the fire was set to the church because of that sign but also because he and his Church Members<\/a> are also very outspoken against injustice is here in the community. Theyve let several protest against racism along with police shootings. Now heres pastor mcbride on what took place at his church take a listen. Black lives matter summer. Of river front of our Church Building<\/a> because we none of us and there we are all children, your plate obviously we wanted a messy dumbo message to continue to be proclaimed from the house of god in berkeley. Later on that night somebody to do the bird our building down so is it a coincidence i dont but i do know this black lives matter a house of god still stands and we are not deterred. Now pastor mcbride and i talked about the historical implications of churches being set on fire here in this country, this is not the first time that this has happened so that hes asking right now for a thorough investigation of what happened and for who ever set fire to the church to be charged with a hate crime for now reporting in berkeley reyna harvey kron 4 news, thanks a lot of rain up black student athletes at u c berkeley are taking a stance to support black lives matter. Many appearing in a video Holding Signs<\/a> with the names of victims of police brutality, some of the student athletes also shared a strong message. Its where trace warnings. We take various forms on their face because the justices that come with being black supporters on a core poll or the field is just not really dont care about the battles we face is blocked the border daily life reality have heard were so much more than just happened. And the video also shows the student athletes protesting throughout the bay area. Here in San Francisco<\/a>, several Catholic Church<\/a>es are apparently not following the covid19 health orders. Theyre hosting Indoor Services<\/a> hosting large weddings and now one church in the Richmond District<\/a> is actually downplaying the virus through newsletter to its congregation kron fours taylor, the sacking has the story. First it was places like saint peter and paul church in north beach putting large Indoor Services<\/a> and weddings during the pandemic and now its this controversial letter from another Catholic Church<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>, the star of the sea newsletter from father joseph below begins as follows the only reason to become a catholic is to become a seat were more concerned about safety and sanctity referring to the pandemic the letter goes on to imply that this philosophy will hurt People Mission<\/a> but Church Services<\/a> above their own health. Once you get about halfway through your slept with this other low writes quote covid israel but please know that the news reports about covid are largely on real actual hospitalization numbers easily obtained on hospital websites well show you much less alarming picture. We cannot ignore the fact that the wlaring discrepancy between media reports in hospital reports is taking place in an Election Year<\/a> are praying for him. And this. Its shameful. And one would give those kinds of. Opinionated. Statements. And all of us are not factual. Doctor amos ii brown is the Senior Pastor<\/a> at the 3rd Baptist Church<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>, which has remained closed since shelterinplace orders in march. Brown says its irresponsible to put others in harms way by playing down the seriousness of the coronavirus doesnt speak well. Of people who claim to be spiritual and religious. Is more like. Operation. As a hostile. At a selfserving. And today in this isnt the first time father you lows been in other News Headlines<\/a> last year when the school announced k 3 classes were canceled. Due to declining enrollment at the school, many parents blamed pester below saying he had aggressive disagreements with star of the sea parents as for the handling of the coronavirus brown hopes hilo in other faith leaders take the virus or seriously any faith leader. Who decides science common sense. And shows no concern for the welfare of of us. Its not a follower of jesus. Now we reached out to the archdiocese of San Francisco<\/a> but have not heard back yet. In San Francisco<\/a> Taylor Bisacky<\/a> kron 4 news, the cost of office and retail space is expected to drop over the next few years, according to a new survey. Of commercial real estate developers. The forecast for cheaper rents is of course because of coronavirus the survey says retail continuing its downward spiral and Office Market<\/a> demand decreasing because everybodys working from home when San Francisco<\/a> based developer says he expects this downturn to play out just like other boom and bust cycles have in the bay area. The world is not going to end. The only thing is going to happen is were actually get some rational construction pricing. When you get grants 3 of them more rational for residential. All of a sudden. In 6 1218 months. People are going to start saying the pandemic is over. Lets Start Building<\/a> again and then were going to go right through another cycle again, and it will be white hot in 7 years. One of the people behind the survey believes the economy in the commercial Real Estate Market<\/a> will eventually recover. Well take a look outside right now conditions in downtown San Francisco<\/a>. It is grey it is overcast were at karl, the fog of visiting us once again this morning. The clearing is on the way city leaders are trying to defend the Affordable Care<\/a> act as the u. S. Supreme court is considering repealing it kron fours Capitol Bureau<\/a> reporter Ashley Zavala<\/a> has the latest update. Californias attorney general and 20 other states are pushing back against the trump administrations attempt to undo the Affordable Care<\/a> act in a brief to the Supreme Court<\/a> filed wednesday states in favor of the ac appointed to the pandemic to keep the policy in place theres never a good time to take Peoples Health<\/a> care away. But to do so in the middle of the pandemic but at another level of hopelessness the Supreme Court<\/a> will decide whether to overturn the Health Care Law<\/a> and also review a recent Lower Court Decision<\/a> that ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional that was the rule requiring americans have Health Insurance<\/a> or else pay a fine opponents of the a c i have said without the rule of the rest of the policy shouldnt stand. But experts estimate with the rise in unemployment about 5 million americans have lost their Health Insurance<\/a> coverage since march if the cia is and and supporters warn 133 Million People<\/a> with preexisting conditions could lose protections and another 20 million could lose coverage altogether critical funding for Community Health<\/a> centers on the front lines of covid19 could also be lost to the Affordable Health<\/a> care. To become more and more important. Every month. The Supreme Court<\/a> has not yet scheduled oral arguments on the issue Officials Say<\/a> it likely wont be heard until after the election in sacramento, Ashley Zavala<\/a> kron 4 news. Still ahead the richmond Police Department<\/a> is getting a new chief were going to hear from piece of french about her new role in that part of the state to the prope its 5. 45 and were looking at the weather looking for some more sunshine to help yeah, i hope so too rebecca what i think it. I guess were going to a lot of sunshine. We just have to get through all the fog that were seeing around the bay area. Lots of low lying clouds very similar to what weve been seeing across the bay are over the last couple of days as a matter of fact you can see were completely socked in here with our live camera overlooking a San Francisco<\/a> right now and the good news is its rolling through, but its going to roll later as we get closer to about lunch time hour today and its going to open up that says some pretty nice temperatures if youre going to be in San Francisco<\/a>, were looking at 60s. Even low 70s for the Mission District<\/a> 70 degree will be your high today if youre going to be in that area downtown youll be at a high of 68 for Golden Gate Park<\/a> and then those 50s and 60s continue along the coast 55 in mount era, 57, a gun on a 2 day 63 if youre going to be in pacifica at 75 if youre going to be in millbrae today, a nice warm 77 in burlingame as well those low 80s popping up though san carlos redwood city youll both be at a high of 81 80 degrees expected in Mountain View<\/a> and lots of 80s covering the entire south is on very widespread though low to upper 80s depending on where youre going to be this afternoon 82 for santa clara, but 86 in campbell and then a pretty toasty 89 degree mark in morgan hill 89 in livermore today, upper 80s continue in pleasanton really right near the bay for hayward in union city both coming in at us 76 degree mark this afternoon 69 in orinda but upper 80s for concord today and then it continues in the danville at a high of 89 and then quite hot if youre going to be in pittsburgh at 91 vacaville, even hotter and 94 today with a whole lot of sunshine make sure you do stay hydrated. Later on 84 and napa and sonoma youre coming in at a warm 86 degree mark this afternoon. Youre north a zone looks like this 81 in sandra fell today, 80 if youre going to be in petaluma and then of course a lot cooler at Stinson Beach<\/a> at a high of 62 today. Youre a 70 around the bay forecast slightly cooler as we get into tomorrow but then inland on saturday and sunday expect to be quite warm. Those 90s will return to us. So if you do want a little bit of relief you can head out to the bay temperatures are going to be a really nice there this weekend mostly in the 70s and tracking some low 60s and then as we get into next week looks like a temperatures all around are going to be dipping down on monday tuesday and wednesday. Thats a look at whether james all right, thank you very much rebecca. Lets give you a quick look outside here as we gauge traffic around the bay so far so good here at the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza. Traffic really getting in your way as you make your way through the toll gates, no problems on the spanish you make your way into sandra fell. Heres another look for you this morning, the bay bridge approach all in all not bad in about a half hour, well expect a few lanes to begin to start backing up. But at this point anyway, youre still streaming through the toll plaza just fine knows no slow down for you as you make your way into San Francisco<\/a>. In a say the richmond Police Department<\/a> is welcoming its newest chief this saturday be so french makes it official assuming the position that shes been in for almost a year now kron fours terisa stasio has her story. They have been the interim chief for now almost 11 months, ive already had a kind of a head start moving forward. Richmond police chief besa french on stepping into the official role as the police chief effective august 1st, there will be several first when she assumes the role she will be the youngest chief on record. And the first female chief. I think that bring a unique perspective this position, especially here as police chief has are africanamerican and latina. Female thats from this i think i bring a perspective too. Our department that nobody else has brought before and so im going to use my personal history and experiences really try to integrate the cultural. Competencies that i think have lacked in our in our field for a long time chief french also opened up about how years ago she was a teenage mom. And it shaped her life. I was a teenage mom its not something that historically have like to talk about because thats thats kind of but i think its also something i need to talk about now because you know depending no matter what choices that we make it a young age i think that the retention value in what you do after that is what matters she says that it is a very challenging time in law enforcement, especially in the wake of the murder of george floyd its very strong feelings just as a as a mother im hearing somebody call out for them on hand. Bay for their lives had it i felt a tremendous sense of sorrow and anger and frustration at the situation and i was also angry because i knew that this situation was going to impact my department am you know the strides that weve made in Community Policing<\/a> efforts here as far as a plan Going Forward<\/a> the new chief says that. Number one on her list is to listen i i really want to hear from our staff. As to how they feel about that the department was 80 just recently says are so that we could really form the strategy moving or teresa is stasio kron 4 news. Well we have a warning now from officials all across the bay area. If youve received seeds in the mail dont open them. You want to turn them over to authorities these mysterious seeds have been arriving from china and that could lead to big problems a homeowner in Contra Costa County<\/a> was the latest person to get them. Kay recede has the story. Ordered asked for or requested yet these packages in big miss from china and other Asian Countries<\/a> have been popping up in mailboxes throughout the Sacramento Region<\/a> tell me about these mystery seeds of their tim pelican the agricultural commissioner of San Joaquin County<\/a> strongly advises that these mysterious seeds should remain contained then handed over to your local Agricultural Commissioners Office<\/a> dont open the package and do not throw it away, but they could be an Invasive Species<\/a>. Which we dont want so far officials tell fox 40 dozens of families have received these packages throughout stanislaw san joaquin and sacramento counties and theyre often labeled as jewelry pelican says the seeds could potentially lead to Invasive Species<\/a> pest and disease among plants in short an agricultural disaster cost a lot of time and energy to eradicate Something Like<\/a> that once he gets it someplace the Better Business<\/a> bureau warns the centers could have ulterior motives someone ask your money your address and that a foreign country such is the case. Such as Identity Theft<\/a> to the next thing we want to do is monitor are excited for the next 3 to 6 months only going to report on time even if youve already planted the seeds you can still take action if you planted in the ground. And kind of keep off the area that you planned it. Kay recede fox, 40 news. Interesting okay, keep an eye out for mister history seeds that may be coming your way. Heres a live look outside we have our camera here at San Francisco<\/a> International Airport<\/a> giving us a look at what conditions are like right now and as you can see its a little cloudy overhead. Its thursday. July 30th, well be right back welcome back to the kron 4 morning news im rebecca strong in for john stray ball on this thursday morning we have to get through a lot of fog and cloud cover. Looking ahead sunday we are going to have sunshine and some warm temperatures, especially inland tomorrow, much of the same as the seasonal conditions continue this weekend though its going to get quite hot for summer in the valley locations. Sunshine for everyone, but the band coast looks like its going to be the most comfortable, ill have my complete weather check coming up in just a couple of minutes, james. All right. Thank you very much. Rebecca coming up in the next hour all bay area counties are now on the States Coronavirus<\/a> watch list San Mateo County<\/a> the last to join will tran well have details coming up in a live report. Plus the city of oakland moving one step closer to defunding. Its Police Department<\/a> will tell you how the city council is planning to reallocate about half the Police Resources<\/a> in the next 2 years. And a slugfest at oracle park where the giants battled it out against the San Diego Padres<\/a> we have some pretty cool highlights to share with you will have that coming up. Heres a live look outside weve got our san mateo bridge camera. The ride on 92. Its flowing nicely. Yes, the volume picking up yeah theres a lot more cars on there that was our last check but everybody still living at the limit. So thats the good news. Well be right back. California is currently going through the deadliest stretch of coronavirus cases and if youre waking up this morning, San Mateo County<\/a>. Is now placed on the states watched list, ill tell you what that means for San Mateo County<\/a> residents. The Health Department<\/a> is conducting an investigation at the sunnyvale costco after a coronavirus outbreak happened on live at the details coming up. A grateful nation saying goodbye to a civil rights icon this morning. John lewis is laid to rest. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 6. Morning and thanks for playing our game 6 oclock another hour here on the kron 4 morning news, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher<\/a> yeah we are into thursday now all of one day away from the end of july altogether. Its gone by so fast feels like anyway. Yeah, the whole year has just sacked with forget about it right, i cannot believe its already before you know the holidays are going to be here well the door right now were socked in by the fog all across the bay area, especially here in San Francisco<\/a>, you could see just how thick it is right now this hour south of market camera. 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