Coming home. A san quentin inmate who is up for parole in just a few months is dying of covid19 at a bay area hospital. His daughter now forced to make a very difficult decision tonight weather or not to keep him on life support kron fours michelle kingston is at san quentin with more on this heartbreaking story. Want to swartz is father has been battling coronavirus for weeks now he told his daughter with a nod of his head that he doesnt want to live like this anymore. My dad is not brain dead that he is there he just has control of his body and he will not back to want to short his father is 74 years old she says he contracted coronavirus at san quentin in june and has been fighting for his life for weeks unable to speak he listens to his daughter on facetime calls every day and nods in blanks to communicate the 2 of them are very close despite his incarceration there are so many people that are dying alone and so it is. The hardest part of the as of tuesday, there are more than 2200 confirmed covid19 cases at san quentin currently a 168 inmates are in custody, battling the virus 19 of them are in the hospital 22 have died short his father is just months away from parole, but she says she will never see him again. Because covid19 is taking him away from her definitely scary. I feel very helpless right now you know tuesdays conversation one of the hardest shes ever had to have with her father he does not want to be. On the machine, you know he clearly e yes, he is. And it shakes it he did not want to be on the machine when we asked him. And i asked him if he understood that that meant he would not survive and he nodded his head that he understood short says not given doctors permission to end her fathers life just yet. One in just a few more hours to grasp what is happening. I dont have to go and i was really hoping to be able to. To be with him you know at san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Tonight more than 54,000 people in the bay area have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic started in the death toll has reached 835 locally. Alameda county continues to lead the area in case is now more than 11,900. The county and Santa Clara County ranked first and second respectively now in coronavirus related deaths for a complete breakdown by county can head to our website kron 4 dot com. And just days after being added to the states covid19 watch list San Mateo County supervisors. They made a move that they hope will help get them officers possible. This afternoon, the board unanimously passed an ordinance which implements fines for not wearing a mask and just hours ago we learned the Santa Cruz County approved their own urgency ordinance also implementing fines for health order offenses. Our kron fours noelle bellow has more. Thats right san mateo now joins now but moran and contra costa counties with this new mask mandate. Supervisor david cannabis as he believes this is whats going to get the county back on the right track. I think if we do this i think if we do this and were aggressive more aggressive. In terms following this i think we can get off the watch list and then its up to the governor to lift the restrictions, no mask in San Mateo County could mean youll have to pay up. Supervisor david canepa introduced the new mask ordinance tuesday, calling it a common sense solution for spine is a 100. A second finds 200. 3rd vibe is 500 of the ordinance also implements new fines for businesses who dont comply starting at 250 all the way up to 3,000 the reason were doing this is to save lives. No different then when a Police Officer science someone. For a seat belt we have seen an increase in regards to people or 14 others, not wearing mask the San Mateo CountySheriffs Office says theyll focus on Education First but the mandate gives them another tool to encourage people to follow the order first well start where you know talking to a person educating them and most of her time in the cases that we see the people that weve talked to here, its just some simple that they forgot to put it on. And in cases where they absolutely refuse we do have options of giving them a citation were serious about this. And hopefully i will get people to to comply. Cannabis as hed like to keep the ordinance in place for as long as were dealing with the pandemic in san mateo noelle bellow kron 4 news. And in San Francisco approaches 7,000 covid cases a 1000 of which came just in the last 2 weeks there are some encouraging signs covers and herman reports for us tonight cases and hospitalizations are decreasing. The covid19 Health Indicators in San Francisco are slightly improving over the last 2 weeks the number of new cases each day has dropped from an average of a 125 to 88, but during an online News ConferenceHealth Officials said thats still way too high you know this is one of our key Health Indicators. And anything above 50 cases a new day continues to put us in the red zone. On high alert. And we have now been there for about the last 6 weeks covid19 hospitalizations have also dropped over the last week from a 199 to 2. But Health Officials remind that in june. The number of those hospitalized was about a quarter of that. Even as we see some. Of our numbers just some of our members improving slightly we must stay vigilant. We will continue to pause are reopening. That is one likely reason for the slight slowdown in cases. City officials are also focusing on feeding an everincreasing number of people during the pandemic. With the increased number of residents out of work. The number of people struggling to afford enough nutritious food is also increasing. The citys Food Partners have already reported a surge in demand for food. Combined the various agencies throughout the city are providing the equivalent of a million meals per week. And now the city has announced it will extend its great plates Meal Delivery program for at risk seniors through september 9th. One other note of interest Health Officials say they are well surpassing their goal of testing. 1800 people each day right now theyre doing about 3100 people a day. They say that puts them well in advance of most jurisdictions across the country. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Just a monster us chemical explosion rocking a major middle eastern city today. The blast in beirut killed several dozen people flattened much of the citys port damaged buildings across lebanons capital and said the giant Mushroom Cloud up into the sky or crawfords Ella Sogomonian live for us in the newsroom tracking the latest details. Ella do we know the cause yet we just learned that lebanons interior minister said that the deadly explosion was caused by the detonation more than 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate. Muhammad faheem he told a local tv station that the material have been stored inside of a warehouse at a dock in the capitals port since it was confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014 explosion rocks beirut just minutes after 06 00pm their time and the Health Minister says that more than 70 people were killed and upwards of 3,000 or hurt. Hospitals had to turn away patients and victims were being treated for their injuries by passers by on the streets. Hours later ambulances still carried away the wounded as Army Helicopters helped battle fires raging at the port. The 7 devastation has overwhelmed the country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis. President trump briefly addressed this before his coronavirus conference today. Let me begin by sending americas deepest sympathies to the people of lebanon where reports indicate that many many people were killed. Hundreds more were very badly wounded in a large explosion in beirut. A prayers go out to all the victims and their families United States stands ready to assist lebanon. The very Good Relationship with the people of lebanon and we will be there to help. It looks like a terrible attack. Again favored hospitals quickly filled beyond capacity. Doctors are pleading for blood supplies and generators to keep their lights on favorites governor compared the scene to hiroshima and nagasaki saying hes never seen destruction at this scale lebanese Prime Minister has sunday up has declared wednesday. A national day of mourning live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. I think its under control and tell you how a 1000 americans have gone into a dying. Thats true and you have it is what it is. Coming up on kron 4 news at 8 and indelicate assessment of the Coronavirus Fight why President Trump says the u. S. Is doing everything it can to stop the spread of covid19. Homes smashed roofs ripped off the psi is picking up steam leaving behind a trail of destruction and police are noticing a troubling trend in San Francisco, the great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. A troubling trend in crime for San FranciscoPolice Reporting a major increase in burglaries and investigators tell kron fours Haaziq Madyun there is growing concern these break ins are taking place. Well people are at home. Burglars are targeting homes and businesses throughout the city of San Francisco year to d. Weve seen almost a 40 increase in its citywide this map shows the locations of nearly a dozen hot proud burglaries proud meeting the breakins occurred while the residents were home which heightens the concern for police because more folks a home these days due to the pandemic has he gone into the shelter in place and more people have been staying home we have experienced this increase in it is disconcerting. Because most people should be home most people are home in fact in 2 cases the occupants came face to face with the burglars no reports of any injuries investigators say theyve also discovered another trend connected to these break ins involving the burglars gaining access to homes by committing another we are seeing a spike of cars being broken into and having. Theres the Remote Control to peoples garages being taken and that be one of the methods that people are entering. The home. Sfpd investigators say they are studying these trends and coordinating their response work trying to keep up all on. The trends that we are seeing are officers being in uniform as well as in plain clothes or out trying to freak with those areas that we believe may be targeted. Police say they have limited information on any suspects in San Francisco has a menu kron 4 news. Martinez couple charged with a hate crime for defacing a black lives matter mural last month pleaded not guilty in court today Nicole Anderson and david nelson were charged with 3 misdemeanors. The criminal complaint filed by the country cause sick county d accuses them of defacing. This mural here that was sanctioned by the city of martinez. This is on the 4th of july. Their attorney just spits the claim that his clients committed a violation of civil rights. He says what his clients are accused of doing does not amount to hate. Theyre scheduled to next appear in court october 13th. The Livermore Police department is searching for for women in connection to a murder investigation. Back in may Livermore Police responded to the sands hotel thats where they found a 24 yearold man dead inside one of the rooms, the victim has been identified as livermore resident james Naples Police determined that his death is suspicious and are now looking for these 4 women, anyone with information is being asked to call police. Tragedy on the tracks on the peninsula caltrain struck and killed a person in redwood city happen just before 7. 30 this morning, the victim was on the tracks south of the whipple avenue grade crossing about 2 dozen passengers were on board the train at the time of the collision nobody on the train was injured. This is the 9th death this year involving a counter it. After making landfall in North Carolina. He said he is continues its path of Tropical Storm is now rocketing up the northeast and tonight, millions of people are under Tropical Storm warnings, including people in washington new york city and boston. Camila bernal reports. On the east coast is a has had more than a 100 Million People under a Tropical Storm warning we hope for the best and prepare for the worst the storm is expected to bring strong wind gusts of more than 60 Miles Per Hour for major northeast metro areas forecasted winds in new york city could be the strongest the city has seen. Since Superstorm Sandy in 2012 everyone take this very seriously. Between the rain and flooding potential the wins. Even again potential tornado thats a lot of tornadoes are a huge concern at least 20 were reported between North Carolina and new jersey tuesday morning. Its nothing there. And you can look across the field to ecstasy. The frame of a mobile home across the field vehicles are turned over. A vehicle up all the top of each this is just very sad. On marylands Eastern Shore a suspected tornado caused widespread damage. Another touching down near ocean city, new jersey. And tornado warnings also issued for the philadelphia and new York Metro Area that is such a rarity here in new york city it may sound to some people like thats not something to worry about it is something to worry about im Camila Bernal reporting. And lets track tropical depression. Eastside yes, it is weakening significantly with sustained winds right now at 45 Miles Per Hour and up to 30 by wednesday morning and right now it is over canada, bringing light to moderate and heavy downpours there and closer to home in the bay area. Dry for now but i am tracking overnight drizzle that could bring us measurable or a mounts of rain for your midweek forecast live look outside right now from the east bay over berkeley tracking that thick fog bank out there widespread 60s as you make your way inland 50s though throughout the San Francisco peninsula coastline. And in the mid 70s, currently for antioch at 73 degrees and low 70s for those of you in santa rosa and current wind speeds out there right now pretty breezy. But gusty as you make your way inland in the north bay and east bay with concord and fairfield seeing sustained winds slightly less than 30 Miles Per Hour but its going to be the overnight drizzle thats going to be the big weather story not just through tonight, but even through your wednesday Afternoon NationalWeather Service calling it a drizzle fest so yeah well take any party we can get during this pandemic bringing us about a 10th of an inch of rain or less of the bay area mainly along the coast and highest peaks and overnight lows, mid 50s along the bay area coastline with upper 50s as you make your way inland even cooler than today with most inland cities only warming up into the 70s and widespread 60s around the bay areas shoreline so about 5 to 15 degrees below average and then gradually warming up to near average highs by the end of this workweek grant and vicki back to you. Thanks for greece as still ahead a to Pandemic Party quickly going from fun to frightening for hundreds of gas when gunfire erupts in l a. Plus yesterday we learned San Jose Police chief eddie garcia is going to be calling it quits tonight. We go one on one with the chief about his nearly were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. San jose police chief eddie garcia is preparing to step down to garcia has announced his retirement after almost 30 years on the force in san jose we brought you that news yesterday but tonight kron fours rob fladeboe went one on one with chief garcia to learn a little more about what went into his decision. And you know these plans. My plans were months ago, San Jose Police chief eddie garcia says he decided to retire back in june but held off announcing it until now such a critical time were in the midst of protests were occurring. Were in the middle shelter in place and it feels right garcia has been the chief of police since 2016 he plans