theresa kron 4 news. >>to mark juneteenth leaders and activists held a family friendly community event and asked for changes today kron four's rob fladeboe has more now. >>is live for us >>good evening. just yet you send it to the event outside san jose city hall this afternoon was billed as a family friendly event and it was just that. but it also served as a platform for 3 core values defund the police invest in black communities and defeat president trump. >>here's more. >>physical distancing aside. the observance of june teens here outside san jose city hall friday featured inspired messages of hope and justice reflecting your own experience having been raised in the south teacher rocket holton crowded late coretta scott king. >>my story is a freedom song of struggle. it is about finding one's per piece how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than oneself with health and wellness resources are dancing in music event at a kind of festive atmosphere but as part of the movement for black l

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>much more ahead here tonight on kron 4 news at 6 including this story right now. today the sun valley mall in concord welcome back shoppers for months it had been shut down because of the pandemic now although the door so the mall are open not all the stores will be all drinking fountains are shut down and food trays have been removed, stores will be open from 10:00am to 07:00pm monday through saturday and 10:00am to 06:00pm on sundays. they're also opening up their doors at 09:00am in case anyone wants to do some mall walking. inside of the air conditioned building. he's contra costa fire fighters are being ordered by their chief to take defensive positions on fires unless there is a threat to life and that announcement made today at a news conference in brentwood. kron 4 subject all reports that poli residents could expect to see moving forward is that the police chief is saying that they just don't have enough money right now and that lack of funding is to blame. >>east contra co

theresa kron 4 news. >>another big story we're following today alameda county health officials announced that starting next friday. all retail can open and restaurants can offer outdoor dining. also included in this new order. our outdoor fitness activities, limited religious services and outdoor museums. officials still recommend that people wear face coverings and that businesses offer ways for customers to stay distanced from one another in san francisco restaurants were allowed to resume outdoor dining services today, a maximum of 6 people can sit at one table and physical distancing guidelines will still be enforced. also you are required to wear a mask until you are seated. and then you must put on any time that you leave your table. san francisco's mayor moved up the timeline for reopening from monday to friday and some restaurants have said they're just not ready. but the mayor is encouraging them to move forward anyway whether or not they have the guidelines or even a permit to use. >>set up side

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and you heard the san francisco police chief indicating his open to the possibility of his department being defunded he talked more about that with kron 4 s jonathan mccall. >>reallocation of resources we're talking about the funding portion of our our budget to help the african american community and that that was the announcement made by mere free and supervisor shamann lot. yes, i'm open to that because i believe that if some communities need help. you know the reality is this we have to we have to sacrifice not have to sacrifice. >>and we'll have more from the chief later in the hour. there have been more arrests in the san francisco, public corruption scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru kron four's dan kerman is live at city hall and has the latest dan. >>catherine 3 additional arrests, one of them a city employee another a former city employees. it was back in january when former san francisco, public works director mohammed nuru was arrested and charg

>>gayle ong kron 4 news. >>curfews have been lifted throughout the bay area san francisco's curfew ended yesterday morning. alameda and contra costa counties are lifted their curfew orders. however, some cities such as wanted creek remain under curfew orders even though the county order has been lifted if you want to check out the complete list of orders by city and times make sure you head over to our website kron 4 dot com. >>still ahead on the kron 4 morning news cutting down on police violence what a police use of force expert has to say about reform measures to de escalate difficult situations. plus police tactics question check out this video the sapd responding to concerns over newly released body camera video. and a look outside we're checking in on conditions around the bay area this morning. we are off to a cloudy start this is a live look from our embarcadero camera in san francisco you can see the clouds clear in the background over the bay bridge 54 degrees right now in san francisco 57 in redwoo

theresa kron 4 news. >>we go to the south bay now we're curfew imposed to quell violence amid ongoing protests has come to an end at the same time police are defending their actions in what amounted to quote force met with force that's according to the police chief kron four's rob fladeboe has more on this story now he's live now from san jose from the police headquarters drop. >>and that's right justine of both police and the city officials tonight are convinced that that curfew which as you say a expired this morning help to quell the violence incentive to help to calm things down and ease tensions between police and protesters. police tactics, they tell us will be reevaluated going forward but at the same time a police here today defending of those tactics last weekend in particular in the face of what they characterized as all out chaos and violence aimed at officers much of what they say instigated by agitators here's more. we're not going to lose the city. >>these men and women will not lose the cit

theresa kron 4 news. >>here in the bay area there have now been more than 21,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 545 people have died. today all county saw a rise in cases. alameda county also reported 2 deaths from coronavirus and contra costa county reported 5 deaths. another nursing home in the east bay is suffering from a covid-19 outbreak. this time it's and ago villa in conquered, it has seen 75 positive cases of coronavirus and at least 14 patients and one caregiver have died. the facility is still operating as normal and kron 4 we have reached out for comment. but so far have not heard back. the outbreak at this nursing home is an indicator of a larger problem more than 12,000 covid-19 cases have been reported at assisted living facilities across our state. contra costa county health officials are working with sen go villa to try and prevent the disease from spreading any further. east bay hospitals are treating more covid-19 patients this week than they were last week. so far staffing and capacity le

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan and the governor newsome he gave a state update on the pandemic today. >>kron four's kate rooney has details. >>a new message from governor gavin newsome monday as california continues to monitor covid-19 numbers in the state newsome said monday that california is still in the middle of a first wave of the virus. those it suggest we're out of the woods. >>those that suggests the somehow is going to disappear. these numbers tell a very very different and sobering story. >>the last 2 weeks have seen a rise in cases of covid-19 that's 46,735 newly reported in california. testing has expanded significantly so the state is tracking any increase in rate of positive cases per test administered that number was 4.5% on june 14th and reach 4.8% as of june 21st where your masks. >>practice physical distancing continue. the hygiene that is so foundational in terms of mitigating the spread of this virus. the governor also debuted a psa urging california residents to wear masks for wh

we have details on kron 4 dot com. when students and san lorenzo return to class this fall, it will not be on campus. the san lorenzo unified school district is telling families. the new school year will begin entirely with distance learning kron four's phillipe djegal has the story. >>darryl camp superintendent of the san lorenzo unified school district says beginning the upcoming school year with 100% distance-learning will allow the district more time to ensure that all instructional safety and operational protocols are in place prior to reopening campus buildings in a statement to kron 4 camp says quote we hope to gradually return students to our schools in a safe manner during the 2020 2021 school year. the timeline by which students return to schools will depend upon information we receive from public health officials policy makers and our community teaching principles are the same whether you're a personal environment, the space environment. but the delivery of the execution of those are very different due to th

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>taking a knee for justice and poyer today a peaceful community gathering in fairfield brought hundreds of people together to remember george floyd kron four's phillipe djegal reports that police officers in their chief were among those attending. >>make no mistake with fairfield ministers are angry over the death of george floyd and the way he lost his life i've been crying and it's very difficult i when i see it come on to try to change channels a little tired of seeing it and even more tired of senseless killings, but whatever your form of expression pastors say it needs to be peaceful do can see a lot of law enforcement fairfield a law enforcement our our city officials i think the outrage is pretty widespread and the best way this group of hundreds felt was appropriate to remember and honor george floyd was to take a collective me several times during the gathering at only 3 community park driving home, the importance of standing up for equality in your senate times like were ju

theresa kron 4 news. >>kron 4 also spoke with the spat 00 live report on how he plans to defend korea's innocence. another big story we're following pg e ceo eaded guilty to felony co t devastating ?2018 camp fire that wildfire tore through butte county killing 85 people homes d other structuresally wi of paradise. investigators say that pg e was responsiblefo the fire as it was sparked by t lines. today ceo bill johnson entered guilty pleas on behalf of the company to 84 counts of manslaughter plus one count of unlawfully causing a fire. pg e has agreed to pay a maximum fine of 3 and a million dollars for its crimes. in addition to $500,000 which would pay for the cost of the investigation. the company has also set up a trust worth more than billion to compensate the victims. and the north rigghway after an explosion t multiple ilon  hapd o'clock wnmarin county sheriff's office warren county fire and the california highway patrall to the scene. t this fire could be seen for miles the flames there reach

theresa kron 4 news. >>we go to the south by now an alum rock park in san jose is now back open our cameras were rolling when officials opened the gates at 8 this morning. there are some restrictions still in place to try and limit the spread of covid-19 restrooms will be available. but water fountains will not so visitors are encouraged to bring their own water. picnic tables and barbeque pits are still closed off. parking is limited and the parking lot will close at 6.30. the park itself closes at 08:00pm. as of today all dmv offices that were temporarily closed due to the covid- pandemic are now back open making it a little bit easier for people who knew to complete some certain transactions that can only be done in person and this includes paying registration, reinstating a suspended or revoked driver's license plying for a reduced fee or no fee id card and getting a real id behind the wheel driving tests are still not available. the dmv has already begun rescheduling appointments that were canceled d

we have details on kron 4 dot com. the f a says 3 people are believed to have been on board a helicopter which crashed today in fairfield that helicopter crashed it caught fire near an intersection roughly 38,000 pg and e customers lost power for a time. not clear yet what exactly went wrong. investigators were on the scene the names of the victims have not yet been released. coming up governor newsome he has used the national guard to try to curb violent protests. but he's saying no to the president's call to use the military and how a texas police chief reacted today to the fact that protesters were injured by officers and when we come back more stores, more businesses hit by looters wi despite being closed during the pandemic richmond's hilltop mall was targeted by looters last night. kron four's phillipe djegal says it's just one of several commercial areas from contra costa county hit hard by vandals in the past few days. >>looters hit the pandemic shuttered hilltop mall in richmond monday night several building w

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>we will take a look at this scene from alameda today, a peaceful protests being held over at washington park. hundreds of folks chanting no justice, no peace while also wearing black lives matter shirts and holding signs in the image of george floyd while also calling for change. now to the south bay this wednesday. we're san jose mayor sam liccardo said thanks but no thanks to an offer to bring in the national guard to help with protest in the city kron four's rob fladeboe lot of time with the reason behind the mayor's decision wrong. >>and that's right jonathan i'm here outside san jose police headquarters where we had some information that there would be a a protest here this evening. there's a handful of people here off to my left a but so far nothing significant has happened. but evidently police got the same information because they have taken the unusual step i don't see it or not but they close the public entrance to the police station here that's pretty rare. but in any cas

maureen kelly kron 4 news. a call to the fund or revamp police departments is growing across the country. some protesters are calling to disband police departments all together. >>however his craw force has a regular reports oakland is considering another option. i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland one of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes of the coalition for police accountability describes how it works for the cal

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you ellen independent music venue is having a tough time across the country they are looking for relief as they have to stay closed because of the pandemic yeah, a national movement though underway right now to get funding from congress while local venues are coming together to get help from people like you. our first and thorne has that story now from san francisco. >>live music venues have taken a huge hit since the coronavirus pandemic began with no fans and no musicians meaning no concerts it also means no money it's hard for a music venue and independent venue but don't have the pocket. get through that allison moulton with legendary bimbos 3 65 club in san francisco says they've lost thousands of dollars in revenue since closing up in march madness thankful been bose is involved with the national funding movement through save our stages dot com hundreds of popular artists like lady gaga in the band coldplay have signed a letter asking congress to help but now local a nor

>>you're watching kron 4 morning news at 5. >>good morning, everyone and thank you for waking up with us on the kron 00:04am morning news, it's tuesday june 9th, i'm robin winds. >>good morning, everybody i'm marty gonzales let's say we start off this tuesday morning by checking in with day for the forecast heidi ok good morning guys good morning looking for a warming up phase here for going on today tomorrow live shot coming in from the bay bridge already getting some gray over the rise of isil notice, same thing for the golden gate too, not much the way of fog intrusion here we have we had might have a little bit more tomorrow potentially because the air is not to be moving around as much. we speaking of which just a light breeze happening for right now that we see out of san francisco 5 mile per hour winds kind of variable a little bit in the east bay but single digits to calm. temperatures with all of the said mid-fifties line up the east bay shoreline 59 delay ho 54 a nap and 46 for nevada was san francisco coming in at 54

theresa kron 4 news. >>south bay now where june teeth rally was billed as a fun family friendly event kron four's rob fladeboe reports right now the message of freedom and justice for not lost on those who took part. >>friends and physical distancing aside. the observance of june teens here outside san jose city hall friday featured inspired messages of hope and justice reflecting your own experience % having been raised in the south allen rock teacher veronica tolt and quoted the late coretta scott king. >>my story is a freedom song of struggle. it is about finding one's per piece how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than oneself with health and wellness resources are dancing in music event at a kind of festive atmosphere but as part of the movement for black lives 6 nineteen's national day of marches and rallies. >>the signs carried by many spoke to the demand for police reform and the need for investment in black communities says organizer audio home. >>jobs housing, you know having t

in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>some california lawmakers want to make it illegal for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain that proposal apparently goes beyond what other states are doing the specific method is known as the carotid restraint and it involves applying pressure to the sides of the neck. it can cause serious injury or even death of the blood flow is restricted for too long. not yet clear whether major law enforcement groups will oppose that move. along with defunding police there are also calls for banning certain tactics to dispersed local protesters to san francisco supervisors are trying to set a new standard by calling for a ban on these crowd control methods. matt haney and hillary ronen say that peaceful protesters are getting hurt as they exercise their first amendment right. it's one of several concerns that even if the agitators are provoking police that those methods used to control them can also hurt innocent bystanders. and the our doctor who studies

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you dan, the united states officially entered a recession february not in mid-march when the stay at home order started this is according to a group of economists with the national bureau of economic research. economists say employment peaked in february and fell sharply afterward marking the beginning of the downturn. the group defines a recession as a decline in economic activity that last more than a few months. the unemployment rate is officially at 13.3% but that is down from 14.7% in april both figures though are higher than any other downturn since world war 2. still ahead here tonight, new york city has finally entered phase, one of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic what reopening looks like in the city that has been hit the hardest by covid-19 and up next state leaders announced guidelines to reopening schools in california. how officials will try and keep covid-19 from spreading into the classroom. when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but w

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well now to marin county where 42 workers at marine sanitary services have tested positive for covid-19 sanitary services provides garbage pickup and recycling for 30,000 customers across the county. that's about a 3rd of the people living there. according to health officials, none of the affected workers have been hospitalized. they also say no members of the public or at any risk of contracting covid-19 through garbage or recycling pickup health services says the disease may have been spread by employees who were working in commercial areas or possibly writing together and trucks. happening today, the san jose sharks and the santa clara county. and santa clara county will be hosting free covid-19 walk-up testing is happening at the sep center from one until 7 in the evening. that's today through friday and then again on saturday from 09:00am to 03:00pm no appointments or health insurance or doctor's note is needed to get tested just show up and they'll offer you want so long as su

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>i had california lawmakers they passed a new state budget what that means for the fight against the coronavirus and the fire risk some san francisco residents as being created on our streets by the homeless. and again this week we are celebrating 50 years of prid the alarm about a potential fire hazard on a city street here in the bay area one resident says he's been living. >>in fear for months and he wants the city to do something to make the neighborhood safe kron four's haaziq madyun explains. >>this is a photo of someone who appears to be excess electricity from an underground power source, the concern is the entire block will go up. and it's going to go through the homeless residents in the alley and go from building to building to building before that happened. steven butler says he wants to do everything he can to bring attention to what he believes is a major fire hazard here on olive street between polk of an s at san francisco's to delight multiple power lines going acros

all on kron 4 dot com. coming up violent protests continue across the country a lot of cities saying looting and vandalism part of the fallout a lot of retail chains are shutting down trying to protect their properties and public buildings. and we'll take a look at the fina now to the latest on the coronavirus santa clara county announcing today. it is easing some restrictions this order allows for outdoor dining at restaurants, in-store shopping at 2 retail locations, some low contact service businesses can reopen. no contact in-home services and they're talking about things like housecleaning can resume all children are allowed to go to child care summer camps or summer school as long as they are in groups of no more than 12 outdoor gatherings of 25 people are allowed for religious services and cultural ceremonies. gatherings at some impose are considered ok as well as car the kron 4 short time ago we are watching the fact that protesters shut down part of highway one oh one and palo alto according to the

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan. >>there is a new poll. it says that americans are deeply unhappy about the state of the nation. most think president trump is exacerbating tensions in a moment of national crisis. the associated press poll says most americans including 63% of republicans said the country is heading in the wrong direction. nearly 2 thirds, including 37% of republicans say trump is making america more divided only 24% say the country is headed in the right direction down from 33% a month ago, overall 37% of americans say they approve of the president's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and we have more details on kron 4 dot com. alameda county and the city of berkeley they've been using more coronavirus restrictions beginning tomorrow, people can attend religious ceremonies but and groups of no more than 100. they can dine with each other and their social bubble as they put it at restaurants with outdoor dining. they can go inside retail stores, fitness classes are okay and groups of no more than 12 health workers are of c

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you so much dan and we've learned tonight, the united states officially entered a recession in february not in mid-march when the stay at home order started. >>this is according to a group of economists with the national bureau of economic research. economists say employment peaked in february and then fell sharply after word marking the beginning of the downturn. the group defines a recession as a decline in economic activity that last more than a few months. the unemployment rate is officially at 13.3% down from 14 0.7% in april both figures are higher than in any other downturn since world war 2. the u.s. is running out of the only drug that's known to help with covid-19. that's according to a doctor with the u.s. department of health and human services he says that the last shipment of remdesivir year goes out june 29th. the company that makes it is wrapping up production and hopes to have more this summer. a study showing that the drug reduces the number of days coronavirus

you're watching kron 4 news at 5. >>protests tonight continuing across the bay area you're looking at video from fremont demonstrators marched peacefully through the city protesting the death of george floyd and they're calling for an end to racism and the u.s.. they were also protests in san francisco and marin city among other places. hello everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm catherine heenan those peaceful protests followed a violent night in valais whole looting reported at a walgreens in the city that led to a reported a officer involved shooting. kron four's dan kerman has the latest. >>many stores vandalized glass broken boarded up windows already in place other stores have not been vandalized yet, but they're boarding up just in case. in 27 years of service, i've never experienced anything like what i experienced last night in the city of calais as police chief says his city is under siege by demonstrators peacefully protesting the death of george floyd. >>but by a group of vandals and looters from outside

you're watching kron 4 news at 8. >>now at a from coast to coast activists standing in solidarity after the death of george floyd this video is from the campus of u c l a taken within the hour good evening. everybody, thank you for joining us on kron 4 news a date, i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne, a movement spreading across the country the call to action answered by millions of americans as a tense day of demonstrations took place family friends. >>and the minneapolis community gathered today to remember george floyd who died at the hands of police back in the bay area, a number of curfews have now been lifted take a look san francisco's curfew ended this morning at 5 o'clock. >>alameda and contra costa counties have also list of their curfew orders. however, some cities such as walnut creek remain under curfew orders even though the county order has been lifted. we have a complete list on all of the curfews in the bay area you can find it at kron 4 dot com peaceful protesters continue to take a stand in oakland, sev

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>major layoffs are on the horizon for employees in the north bay school district. this comes after a majority vote by the board of trustees and employee a union representative tells kron four's has june the cuts are being made prematurely. >>over 100 employees will be laid off before the next school year begins in sandra fell city schools, district. according to this statement from superintendent jim hodge bloom distance learned as a result of covid-19 led to this decision quote given the current lack of work the remote learning of the challenging and uncertain times ahead and public education, the board approve significant reductions to our classified staff. some of the eliminated positions include instructional assistants food services attendance, clerks campus supervision and security custodial and library specialist not decisions should be eliminated cut it up and tase is is the president of the union that represents employees in sandra fell and neighboring miller creek school di

deaths and you can find a complete list of cases on kron 4 dot com. sonoma county is modifying its health orders again, winery tasting rooms and breweries are soon going to be open again starting this friday tasting rooms will be allowed to operate without being required to sell food at the same time. right now they can open only if they also offer food but officials do still encourage businesses to continue food service. the con of iris fast track the plan to and the acceptance of cash told said state run a bay area bridges but now the return of bay area traffic congestion is expected to bring them and toll takers back at least for now kron four's maureen kelly explains. >>it's these eastbound fast track lanes of the benicia bridge that bay area transportation planners what all the toll plazas that state run bridges to look like with no toll booths in the way to force commuters to reduce speed going completely cashless has been a long term goal that was expected to come to fruition over the next couple of years. >>and then coronavirus hit. toll taker

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>back in now with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who can tell us more about the forecast that we're dealing with right now in the conditions that fire crews are still. being forced to fight right now with regards to that fire in sin city lawrence. >>you know we get in this time of the year this is probably the hardest time of the day to fight fires you've got the maximum heat at this time and then if we get that wind going would be generally do we get that dealt with when certainly that makes it even more difficult in fact i was watching some of the video we just played here on kron showing the fire and that's pretty concerning those winds. >>we've been around you've seen. the winds gusting 15 to 17 miles per hour. but certainly could see some stronger gusts than that as we head through the evening in fact they've already been evacuating in some spots right there to sin city at maple street and elm wood street these are the areas that they have been evacuating right along this a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>there is nationwide unrest over the death of george floyd and there is growing there are growing calls to defund police departments across the country. some protesters want to disband police departments all together however as kron four's haaziq madyun tells us and east bay city is considering a 3rd option. >>i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland one of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that a parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes

4 app and the kron on app. >>or let's talk about another story happening right now we have firefighters in the north bay fighting a large grass fire that damaged several homes up it's a sin city this on wall at day yesterday grover's radar is out there live in the sunshine and heat again this morning what's going on right now the scene. james and darya they tell me they're still working to get that fire out, but they have a pretty good handle on it, but i wanted to show you. >>the damage that was done in this neighboring neighborhood here you can see the homes behind me burned at least 4 of them in a row here now they've been battling that fire since yesterday we're going to show you just how massive that fire actually got here in the area you see that field on fire you see. firefighters working to try to get this out this is in the area of elmwood and maple street around 3.26 yesterday. the neighbors in the area tell me they were evacuated. the house is directly across from these homes and they said that they

theresa kron 4 news. >>here in the bay area there have now been more than 21,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 545 people have died. today all counties saw a rise in cases. alameda county also reported 2 deaths from coronavirus and contra costa county reported 5 deaths. another nursing home in the east bay is suffering from a covid-19 outbreak, san miguel view on concord has seen 75 positive cases of coronavirus and at least 14 patients and one caregiver have died. the facility is still operating as normal kron 4 reached out for comment. but so far we have not heard back. the outbreak at this nursing home has also showing us that there's a much bigger problem more than 12,000 covid-19 cases have been reported at assisted living facilities across the state. contra costa county health officials are working with san miguel view of to try and prevent the disease from spreading any further. east bay hospitals are treating more covid-19 patients this week than they were last week. so far staffing and capacity

theresa kron 4 news. >>well to the east right now the chp says the shooting a longer freeway in antioch was a targeted attack. investigators say the victim was driving eastbound on highway 4 near the long tree way exit at around noon on friday. when someone in a gray suv shot 3 times at the victims pick up the victim was hit in the leg and was hospitalized. chp is looking for the driver of the suv that's possibly of 90's model mitsubishi. well to the peninsula now the menlo park police chief is stepping down he announced his retirement during a city council meeting discussing police practices following the death of george floyd police chief dave 14 he says said he believes the city council has lost trust in him and the city needs to quote fresh start. now it's not exactly clear when he will step down during the meeting some public speakers called for defunding the police department and diverting money to community programs instead. next on the kron 00:04am morning news protests against police brutality co

kron four's taylor bisacky has more. >>their return com is made like this it takes us back to the bay we can what the families of oscar grant celine tyndall and nia wilson. >>calling on barr to take accountability for the loss of their loved ones. >>they're demanding a bar director deborah allen to step down from her position after statements made in a board meeting last week barr pd murders people that's not true. >>the definition of murder as the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another insist simply of faults statement, you know statements made like this right now at a time of such turmoil and unrest. really i can only guess or just politically motivated. >>this is from here and there they're going to get up in the community. and it fell. then in morris and that rice is kind of second big way does she have the patches midst of all this is that we're going to where they were clearing said his known as uncle bobby is the uncle of oscar grant, the unarmed 22 year-old who was shot and killed by bart pol

>>has it meant you kron 4 news. >>well to the south and now the san jose police department is releasing new guidelines on how it will handle crowd control and protesting this comes after a number of violent demonstrations of following the death of george floyd let's check in with kron four's will tran who is live in san jose this morning with an update on these new guidelines will. >>robin the new guidelines are effective immediately the san jose police department they say they're not tone deaf that they don't have their head in the sand, they fully are aware of what's going on locally and nationally they're not admitting any guilt but they say they will make changes moving forward because we've all seen the video of protesters being confronted by police officers sometimes is justified. and other times if you listen to the protesters they believe it is not justified, especially if they're peacefully moving down the street and all of a sudden rubber bullets and other projectiles are being shot at them. so according t

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>>has it meant you kron 4 news. >>to the south bay now the san jose police department is releasing new guidelines on how it will handle crowd control and protesting. this comes after a number of violent demonstrations following the death of george floyd let's check in with kron four's will tran who is live in san jose with an update. well. >>robin the new guidelines are effective immediately the san jose police department they said they are not tone deaf they know exactly what's going on with protesters locally as well as nationally and that's why starting today they will no longer fire rubber bullets into crowds and less a life is at stake and this has the endorsement from there police union so they signed on a signed off on that as well and the city councilthey will have a full meeting tonight will they will officially sign off on it so what's going on across the nation a lot of protesters are angry at police departments is saying they are the ones who are engaging violently. they are the ones firing rubber bullet

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and we're going to have a lot more on our kron 4 news special this weekend celebrating 50 years of pride. it both saturday and sunday nights at 10 o'clock. still ahead, california lawmakers have passed a new state budget what that means for the fight against the coronavirus. >>and the fire risk some people in san francisco >>sounding the alarm about a potential fire hazard on a city street here in the bay area one resident says that he has been living in fear for months, he wants the city to do something to make the neighborhood safe kron four's haaziq madyun explains. >>this is a photo of someone who appears to be excess electricity from an underground power source, the concern is the entire block will go up. and it's going to go through the homeless residents in the alley and go from building to building to building before that happened. steven butler says he wants to do everything he can to bring attention to what he believes is a major fire hazard here on olive street between po

theresa kron 4 news. >>here in the bay area there have now been more than 21,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 and 545 people have died and today all bay area county saw an increase in the number of cases alameda county also reported 2 deaths from coronavirus and contra costa county reported 5 deaths. at least 71 new cases of covid-19 have been reported in contra costa county in the past 24 hours. >>data from contra costa health services shows more than 400 new cases have been reported in the past week which is almost double the amount of new cases reported the week prior. john muir health centers in walnut creek unconquered say they are not overwhelmed and have set unit on their campuses to care for an influx of patients if it's needed. they are also prepared for potential surge which is anticipated around labor day. >>a nursing home in the east bay is suffering from a covid-19 outbreak the san miguel villa in concord has seeing 75 positive cases of covid-19 at least 14 patients and one caregiver have died

theresa kron 4 news. >>and still ahead this morning on the kron 4 morning news an alarming warning from a new study has a mutation in the coronavirus may increase the chance of infection will have that coming up and be sure to join us on wednesday night at 9 for a live town hall with mayors from across the bay area we'll be talking about the changes cities are making after protest highlighting racial injustice and also help bay area cities are moving forward from the coronavirus pandemic and if you'd like to submit a video question all you have to do is visit kron 4 dot com and click on inside bay area politics. let's go ahead and click on the outside cameron will take a look at what's going on at san mateo bridge things looking pretty good there traffic moving smoothly. and we'll be right back. >>a change in the coronavirus may actually make it more infectious yeah that's the according to a brand-new study mandy gaither has more now in today's health minute. >>it's a mutation that scientists have been wo

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maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>still ahead tonight, how bay area representatives are working to continue the momentum from nationwide protests and use it to push better policy for police reform and still ahead suspects in the fatal shooting death of the mahdi arbery made their first court appearance today as a when visible set out to create the future of phone service... we tossed the stuff that wasn't working. and kept the stuff that was working. like verizon's 4g lte network. meet visible. unlimited data, messages and minutes. just $25 for your first month. join us at visible.com. national reform campaign says police violence could drastically be cut down if police departments at 8 policies. the campaign 0 organization as the group behind the 8 can't wait policy reform campaign and today kron 4 says equine you spoke to a police use of forts expert about the recommendations. >>if you are a law enforcement officer working in the state of california what the likely the foundation of your trade came from this man w

>>you're watching kron 4 morning news at home. >>good morning. thank you for joining us on the kron 4 morning news, i'm james fletcher today is wednesday june 3rd we have a lot of news to get to the very latest on the protests, the pandemic and the slow reopening of the bay area's economy and we'll get to all of that. but first we do want to get an update on the forecast we've got john trouble standing by with that and that's how we'll start the hour good morning. john. >>good morning. james definitely going to be a hot one in the forecast today, however he waived last week in week slowly work our way back into what will be a few hot days ahead of us this forecast today, the hottest one of those you see outside from san francisco all across the bay no fog and that is the sign of some high in when they're pushing out to the coast meaning not a whole lot of sea breeze to cool us down today. the u.s. heat advisories and pink across most of the bay that includes most of her in napa sonoma and solano counties, the east bay, what you had a bug oakland

dan thorn kron 4 news. >>the san francisco zoo has been closed to the general public since march but on monday it will reopen with some noticeable changes. there will be a different experience for the visitors to the zoo first of all you have to make an appointment online before you go. and when you're there you have to have social distancing and also wear a mask as the mayor london breed is doing there. you have to stay on a path and there's a loop once you get inside the zoo. mayor breed said today a rather yesterday that everyone will need to cooperate with these new rules. >>we want people to get back to work we want these locations to open up, but we still need everybody's cooperation. we still need you to comply with social distancing mask-wearing hand washing and other things because the only way that we continue to allow these businesses to remain open and available to san franciscans is if we don't see a spike in the numbers. >>a few other locations scheduled to open up soon in san francisco includ

>>phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>my life workers, they're still looking for a bear that attacked a california woman she had just fallen asleep in her own backyard, experts say that entire scenario was not typical reporter alex distant has the story. >>the 19 year-old woman was attacked monday after she fell asleep in her backyard she awoke to the sound of an aggressive bear that was approaching her and in this commenced an immediate attack on her she ended up sustaining scratches to her arms and legs. >>and then ultimately the bear bit into her leg. >>captain patrick foye says the woman hit the bear with a laptop and ran away. they didn't provoke the animal they didn't get between the animal and its cubs. they didn't. >>to track that inadvertently with a strong odor of food. this person was asleep with a laptop in her lap and was doing nothing that would be argued as inadvertently attracting this poor people that live around here say they see bears all the time, they're locals, you know we had a couple beers that w

gayle ong kron 4 news. >>in washington democrats on the house judiciary committee advanced their policing reform package and that will set up a full house vote on this plan is scheduled for next week. one of the big issues the bill is tackling is banning choke hold. democrats on the committee also rejected amendments that republicans offered to the measure throughout the day on a party line basis as they clashed on issues of antifa race and abortion democrats also approved an amendment that names the bill after george george floyd. >>we're learning new details from the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant. his daughter gianna and 6 other passengers near los angeles. the ntsb released new documents saying that the pilot thought he was climbing when he was actually descending before that fatal crash. the pilot radioed air traffic controllers that he was climbing to 4,000 feet to get above the clouds back on january 26. when in fact that chopper was actually plunging toward the hills

>>long kron 4 news. >>governor gavin newsom issued a proclamation today commemorating june 20th as juneteenth national freedom day in california. in a statement, the governor said quote as we celebrate juneteenth we must redouble our efforts to achieve justice and take on systemic racism and it's devastating consequences for black americans. recent demonstrations, fueling important reforms throughout the united states are the latest contributions to building a more perfect union. we remember those who have lived and died in this pursuit and their memory inspires us to make that promise real. >>kron 4 is hosting a live town hall next week with mayors from across the bay area we will discuss the changes cities are making after protest highlighting racial injustice and how cities are moving forward from the coronavirus pandemic if you'd like to submit a video question just visit kron 4 dot com click on inside bay area politics, the town hall will air next wednesday night june 24th at 09:00pm in san francisc

dan kerman kron 4 news. well temperatures screenings appears to be less effective in fighting coronavirus than originally thought. >>contra costa county health deputy. deputy health officer says that the rise in cases coincides with the easing of restrictions in outdoor public activities and as more businesses open up these discouraging the use of these temperatures screeners as an infection control measure for the virus. he says these temperatures screenings can actually have negative consequences. >>often temperature screening is hurting the person doing the screening. in close contact with the person is being screened. and so that slightly elevates the risk or those 2 individuals to be interacting with each other and potentially infect each other one of them is an active. >>the health officer says that there should be a focus on screening for symptoms like coughing and shortness of breath. and loss of taste and smell. in sacramento, the state capital staff members now self-isolating after becoming the fir

>>in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news. >>well, several large stations were shut down overnight because of what the agency is calling civil disturbance. so the wannacry lafayette hayward and the bay for stations in san leandro we're all close last night now on saturday night bart already had close powell street civic center as well in downtown san francisco, 12 street. at the oakland city center montgomery station was also added to that list that's in san francisco keep in mind. the trains are stilrunning but will run through those stations until further notice we sure sure that they will readjust that as the morning commute gets under way so we'll keep you updated on bart also happening now target temporarily shutting down almost 2 dozen bay area stores in reaction to the looting and unrest. the stores include alameda central san francisco, san francisco. folsom and 13th south san francisco and san jose east palo alto santa tale mountain view, oakland and emeryville tunnel redwood city richmond and walnut creek. now we hav