Look at this officers in walnut creek used tear gas on protesters after a more peaceful protests became more tense and violent protesters even marched on 6. 80 chp and other agencies used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds arrests have been made since these protests are expected to continue the Contra Costa County board of supervisors will decide today if a county wide curfew is going to be needed for now the sheriff has been recommending residents stay at home, especially after 8 oclock as we know its all a bunch of cities in Contra Costa County already have their own curfew including more on that now in walnut creek which is going to be in effect again tonight at 8 oclock as we continue to follow these developments stay tuned to the kron 00 04am morning news and of course a website kron 4 dot com. Im live mullock creek Sarah Stinson back to. All right sir, thanks a lot for that live report robin. Were also following developments out of richmond this morning where police s
President decides not to dismantle his Covid Task Force good morning. Im darya folsom and thanks for joining us on this wednesday were going to go local first because 2 new coronavirus testing sites are open this morning in Santa Clara County more than a 100 people be tested at each site east a conference will tran is live in san jose with more hi will. The tests will continue all the way until 7 oclock tonight, this open at 7 oclock in the morning its at James Lick High School in East San Jose more specifically a soft alum rock right there at the Fire Service Center so dont go to the front of the high school its on the side there. In fact let me show you whats going on it started. Early this morning. But people did not have to rush into those locations because it was appointment only thats whats a little bit different from this site than the all the other sites that weve shown over the past couple of weeks where people came in across the bay area and this particular location. You have
Known deaths now the county has 18 cases with one death. School campuses in california will remain closed for the rest of the school year governor newsome making that announcement is the state is bracing for a surge of coronavirus cases but the governor also stressed that doesnt mean that its necessarily the end of the school year. We are preparing to set our School System up where we are increasing. Class time but increasing it at home and fulfilling our obligations through Distance Learning. And other mechanisms to make sure that were educating our kids but not doing so physically on school sites. Well the States Education leaders are preparing children across the state to distance learned for the rest of the school year. The state superintendent for public instruction Tony Thurmond is hoping the Distance Learning will accelerate everyones education. He unveiled specific guidelines on distancelearning for district leaders, the states also providing additional weapon ours and resource
County. And then marine county now growing to 15 Solano County 9 Sonoma County 6. Napa still reporting no cases, however, as you know there probably are thats the whole idea youre supposed to act as if you have the virus thats how youre going to make sure you dont read it. Big news when it comes to your kids it looks like its very likely that theyre not going to go back to school for the rest of the year thats where the governor hinted at and kansas has become the first state in the nation to call it for the rest of the year the kids are out of School Governor newsome sent a warning about that possibility yesterday kron fours will tran is live with the latest well. Its a warning at this point duryea but it looks like pretty much a done deal, although he will not go there all together. Yet now many schools, 99 of them right now very about 6 million kids stare home right now because the schools voluntarily send the kids home at least until the first week of april including Law High Schoo
Historic bill was voted on just last night John Lawrence has details. The nays are 0. The 60 fo vote threshold having been achieved the bill is passed the American People have 2 trillion reasons to feel a little more comfortable about the us economy. Thats the amount of the stimulus package, the Senate Passed wednesday night its a historic day. Because it matches a historic crisis. It includes billion for direct payments to individuals and families. Another 250 billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits. 350 billion for Small Business loans and billion in loans for distressed corporations senate has pivoted from one of the most contentious. Partisan periods and the nations history. Passing this rescue package now goes to the house of representatives for a vote which will most likely happen on friday. Im John Lawrence reporting. So you may be asking what does this mean well heres what the stimulus package means for you take a look at the screen adult making 75,000 or less youll get a 12