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KRON KRON 4 News At 7am July 11, 2024

Robin all right, thank you john were checking back in on the traffic at our hot spot just cleared in oakland was an overturned crash was blocking for about an hour east bound 5 80 right at 35th avenue at one point we had all lanes closed. Then we were down to 2 lanes but now theyve cleared off to the side so all lanes are open east 5. 80 of 35th avenue, theres a little bit of a residual delay, but its not bad at all and the westbound side is doing south 6 ad adMission South entry fremont just getting word of a new crash there you can see its stacking up a little bit were still at 14 minutes rolling south from dublin to fremont so thats good drive time and ill leave you with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza 80 west, nice and smooth. Its veterans day a lot of folks are off. So we are not seeing the usual back up into San Francisco back to you, thanks a lot robin. Its 7 oh one we want to get the latest on some breaking news that were following out of the north bay, a pedestrian hit and killed by Police Officer it happened in benicia. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live at the scene with the details sarah. Im very sad scene here in benicia and on duty the nation Police Officer, a hit and killed a person you know its a man in his early 30s and it happened. Earlier this morning, lets take a look at the maps you can see exactly where im standing right now right by the on ramp of the 7. 80 west on the in 1900 block of east second street. Man was struck by that patrol car at around 2 oclock in the morning paramedics were called and they tried to do life saving efforts. But unfortunately, the man died on scene chief mike green says this is a tragic incident for all involved. Identity of the person is still unknown, but again appears to be a man between 30 to 40 years old the Solano County Coroners Office will attempt to identify this man of course officer was not responding to a call when this happened. He was not injured at all and that officer was immediately removed from the scene and you can see in the video there. No the windshield is all cracked you can see the scenes very active. Its been going on for hours now and the theyre theyre clearly now investigating this with the california Highway Patrol on scene and the Solano County District Attorneys Office the Benicia Police department is not involved in this investigation and this area will be closed for some time yet the corner still on scene. Theyre just now towing. The police car involved in this fatal sam by on everything happening here will remain on scene to provide you the very latest reporting live in benicia Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. Thank you sir. Now lets get to the other big story. Our top story this morning which is covid and the bay area is having to curtail reopening because were seeing a rise in covid cases. And hospitalization and we are we know that even though San Francisco still listed as minimal, we know that theyre going to be some rollbacks there well talk more about that in a minute but solano Contra Costa County yesterday were in the orange which mean, but met moderate now theyve been downgraded to the red which means substantial cases means places like walnut creek are going to see changes covers will tran is live there with a look at the rollbacks well. And let me show you whats going to happen. So we are in one of the main streets in downtown walnut creek look inside the coffee shop right there you can see it as a considerable amount of people obviously post covid19 but come friday. We probably wont see people in there like that and if they get their coffee they will have to leave big can allow people right now to sit down and drink their coffee but come friday because of the new measures and they are walking backwards as far as restrictions. Those people will have to get their coffee and had to keep going or drink the coffee outside you can see all the dining tables out here. Take a look at your screen. These are the new restrictions and theyre not new their old because this is what they use to be before they went to the orange. Now come friday in Contra Costa County you are back in the red that means retail stores, if 50 capacity indoor shopping malls and food courts to 25 . Office work spaces must operate remotely gyms and Fitness Centers to about 10 . Capacity amusement parks can not operate and they have not been able to operate since the pandemic started so that will remain in place. Most lived or performances are not allowed and that means concert even though it was in the orange that still was not allowed. And definitely once they walked back in the red that is still not allowed. We had a chance to talk to some people going back to the red is what they had to say about that. Stepping back now is its just its necessary i guess because the case numbers are going up and something is you know got to. Keeping restrained were hoping by taking these actions. That were not only reducing the risk of transmission in these businesses but also sending out. A signal to the community that we really need to maintain all the steps that gonna numbers in the late summer early fall. You know in essence james and ari at saving for a rainy day meaning they have the money now, but they want to think forward meaning the positivity in San Francisco is at 3. 7 for every 100 cases and that still acceptable for the states 5 threshold. But they want to get ahead of it now so it does not jump beyond 5 and overrun the hospital staff and the hospital beds, this being veterans day a little hard to track down some people to interview but we will try to track people down happy veterans day and unfortunately come friday, we are back in the red back to you know thats the case and a lot of area towns thank you will on the peninsula, San Mateo County seeing an increase in covid cases as and theyre worried with the holidays coming around and people wanting to congregate they may see the numbers continue to rise which would spell disaster and why doctors are urging. Please if you can avoid. Meeting up with people and a rain of harveys been out there talking talking to folks and getting the latest for us now are in a good morning erin. Yeah good morning, you know the cases are going up there seeing a lot of folks at hospitals all throughout the county and a lot of people want to see their loved ones you socially distance 4 months youve been in isolation for a long time that experts are saying hang in there and continue to do what youre doing because this is the time period during the winter months they expected to see those rise in cases right now san mateo counties in orange here so not in the red for the most part you have everything thats open with limited capacity however might not stay that way for too much longer, especially if they see case by case go up. Throughout the days you are seeing that rise here in the county. So theyre telling people here are a few tips. Theyre given folks over the holiday season. There say if you are going to be with your loved ones do outdoors not indoors. And yes, it is kind of chilly and cold. So that means everyones going to have a jacket if you get one of those outside a portable heaters that can help as well also if you are used to going from one family members house to the next maybe limit your time and different peoples houses and limit the amount of time that youre spending during his family gatherings. Theyre saying about 2 hours or less with one another facetime can be another resource we want to show you some of these numbers there are a lot of different numbers spiking but this one in particular you can see here. County data shows that on october 25th is the 31st. They were about 43 new cases a day that went up you can see them are first november, 7. The average was about 66 new cases per day and experts are saying its far too early to determine exactly why theyre seeing the rise there asking people to continue social distancing washing their hands and maybe talking now with your loved ones about ways you can still feel like youre with them over the holidays. Continue to keep each other safe for now reporting here in daly city Reyna Harvey Kron 4 news, thanks a lot lorraine a. Time now 7 o 9 coming up on the kron 00 00am morning news, San Franciscos putting School Reopenings on hold for now were going talk more about why plus 3 more. Incoming lgbtq elected officials across america. Well more now than weve ever seen in history, well delve deeper into that and of course coming up after the break that hold across the Golden Gate Bridge could soon be going up by another 2 well tell you why. And today obviously a big cloudier than the past few days have been but most noticeably of that warmer to start were only in the 40s and 50s. Most of our bay area evening lows, 50s and 60s for your highs later today, ive got the details in your forecast ahead. And your morning commute, not so bad. Its veterans say a lot of folks are off today in our hot spot just cleared in oakland, so the bridges look good a live look at 9213 minutes to the peninsula will check more coming up. 7. 24 is the time the fate of the senate still in this morning. Could it flipped to the democrats thats something well have to wait and see the battle for power capitol hill now down to the state of georgia we have Raquel Martin with a closer look at what we can expect. Voters defied every predict after a project, a blue wave hit a red wall on election day. In the republicans are taking a victory lap very thankful to have made it through another election season candidates really matter. But what youre for also really matters misery. Senator roy blunt and iowa senator joni ernst say voters rejected democrats agenda in favor of republican policies they want more opportunity. They want mayor more fairness they want a Strong Economy right now both parties are projected to hold an equal 48 seats in the senate. But the final to deciding the chambers fate will come down to 2 georgia runoff state of georgia is changing Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown says hes confident georgia will go blue after voters there gave joe biden a narrow victory theyve not been happy with the Trump Administration clearly for that vote. And i would assume they will vote for 2 senators that will take down different directions. Brown says the seeds are must wins to ensure biden can pass his agenda president needs cooperation, not resistance and stonewalling Florida Republican senator rick scott, the new head of fundraising for Senate Republicans says thats exactly why the gop must win georgia the socialism. 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Good miss the window j because monday tuesday would have been the glove day out today just light jacket kind of we are looking at a nice break at least from those 20s and 30s. So if you dont have gloves dont worry about him at least for the next few days looking outside at some cloud cover we are seeing some low clouds drifted into the bay overnight and thank you cloud cover because youre actually part of the reason that were not looking at those 20s and 30s this morning, your timber on view pretty nice, no visibility issues as you can see that cloud cover is sitting above the bay so that really driving through it as much as youre just sitting under the great this morning. 40s and 50s for your current temperatures a lot warmer than yesterday at this point concord pittsburgh in berkeley each at 51 oakland, a nice solid start at 56 we only have one number in the 30s and thats up in cloverdale at 39 degrees and are some clear skies and the for this northern reaches of Sonoma County as for temperatures compared to yesterday where a whole lot warmer this morning. But as we move our way into the afternoon youll notice daytime highs actually a little bit cooler today as that increasing cloud cover stays with us and helps to level out temperatures into the afternoon. I am talking the return of rainfall later on this forecast, but not for this morning, were staying nice and dry and thats good news for your commute into work dont need any issues out i know we dont want any problems sometimes its like so nice and quiet john and it boom something new pops up but we have a couple a little trouble spots that we have to update so lets check in on the traffic shall we started off with the good news first. And thats the bay bridge trip into San Francisco is fantastic. So no problems here at the tolls an easy commute across the upper deck 9 minutes at his quick right off to fremont street. But heres the problem and this is on southbound 6 ad admission and fremont we do have an accident thats active. You can see the traffic backing up there about a mile of slowing for south 6. 80 commute. The double and single side looks really good. Its just the fremont side that Little Pocket thats going to slow you down so 14 minutes for south 6. 80 dublin out of fremont and i just got word of an overturned crash on the peninsula this just coming in. South one o one at ralston avenue and belmont a car flipped over traffic is stacking up quickly there behind the scenes, im gonna keep my eyes on this james and darya was nice and quiet now we have this overturn hopefully theyll be able to get out of the way soon but ill stay on top of highway one oh one. Ok very good issue for us this morning. So far as that seem to be the worst of what were seeing right now it is because its an overturned they have yet to get cleared, but its quiet throughout the rest of the bay area. Ill tell you whats the worst but so was the worse is that the Golden Gate Bridge looking at more dollars to process i because we get such like traffic not not a good thing that happens but its a tough decision. I mean lay off the workers or raise the prices you know i hope we can find some. In between you know and start rally, and i dont know when they will be again thats true. Thank you robin. 7. 32. And speaking of covid making nobody travel its also forcing us to roll back a lot of reopenings including in person classes in San Francisco at the moment only private schools have been given the green light to reopen Public Schools still way off High School Students who are set to return to class next week course now going to have to wait. Weve got kron fours Jonathan Mccall with a closer look now on the new timeline. Right now in San Francisco only private schools have been given the allclear to return back to class for in Person Learning. But starting next week High School Students that were set to return to class will have to wait a little while longer. Tuesday mayor london breed announcing plans to roll back certain sectors as covid cases have spiked more than 250 in the city in more than a month. Since august students with San Francisco unified schools have been learning virtually tuesday night as a few sd abating students and parents on its reopening plan. They say progress is being made to move students back into the classroom, but still needs plenty of work. 14 in what would happen if a student does come down with covid if the storms that the schools do open. What is the protocol that will be followed it would be great to have it was something 100 worked on before schools are open. What would happen individual School Facilities working on agreements with teachers and other union members. The districts plan calls for bringing back students in waves with hopes of returning the most vulnerable by january. 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