ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>coming up next on the kron 4 morning news and movies are returning to the north bay we'll have the latest on reopening efforts in county. >>i'm alexandra le mon in washington coming up, we'll take a look at the federal funding that will be available for states impacted by the wildfires. and also after the break senator kamala harris returns to california to tour wildfire damage. her stance on the ongoing debate about fire prevention. >>and as we head to break we're taking a peek outside and a varied at the san mateo bridge a little foggy here across the span so watch your speed of traffic looks right. we'll have a full traffic check coming up in just a bit. >>welcome back everyone we're following breaking news for you hurricane sally has made landfall as a category 2 hurricane on the florida panhandle and south alabama. some 150,000 homes and businesses lost electricity early this morning. debbie williams is in alabama with the latest. >>hurricane sally making landfall at 4.45 centr

sogomonian. >>and the park is in the process of launching a digital library and is looking to raise at least $300,000 the fundraiser starts at 6.30 tomorrow night saturday night. >>i pop up covid testing site will be available this weekend in oakland, but only for residents living in a specific zip code why the city is concentrating on testing in the fruitvale neighborhood talk about bold an attempted kidnapping caught on camera what happened when this man. >>try to take a 2 year-old of his mother's vehicle and next and 89% jump in hospitalizations predicted over the next month >>california has seen a decline in covid-19 case rates hospitalizations and test positivity but there are some concerns tonight about the direction the data will go from here kron four's justine waldman joins us now live from the newsroom with the latest update from the state health department justine well ken and pam california, seven-day average of new cases is down significantly since or coronavirus peak in july. >>that

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you all a well other news we're getting to you may be able to eat indoors at san francisco restaurants in the near future i'm significant news really and it comes as mayor breed's office is rolling out this new timeline that will allow indoor dining at 25% capacity kron four's dan kerman live in san francisco with details on the plan than 25 is a lot different than 100 but i guess baby steps out. that's right every little bit helps and this is not set in stone this all depends on the numbers those covid numbers hospitalizations cases. >>right now the mayor is saying if they stay steady then san francisco will move from the red zone to the orange zone as set by the state and that will allow the reopening. since march tables inside san francisco restaurants have remained empty, this indoor dining remains off limits due to covid-19 those that could offer takeout and delivery and eventually some expanded to outdoor dining in june. but soon some of those indoor tables may be availa

>>to keep the doors open kron four's ella sogomonian has more. >>as the restaurant industry tries to make a comeback amid a pandemic a study by the cdc may serve a potential setback. the newly released report spotted a possible link to an increased risk of infection. 4 people dining out. it found adults who tested positive for covid-19 we're twice as likely to have reported visiting either restaurant bar or coffee shop, both indoors and outdoors within 14 days of infection compared with those who tested negative lorrie thomas with the san francisco restaurant association says there remains a question one thing that was unclear from that study is is it causation and correlation or there are other things involved is it just go to the. >>to the more willingness to assume risk as an individual but still regardless are big responsibility here is to protect the safety of our staff right first and foremost and to protect the safety of our customers and we know that an outside environment with a lot of mask-wearing and i'm talking about seeded if you're

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. protests erupted in louisville kentucky for the second night yesterday after that grand jury declined to charge police officers in the death of brianna taylor. >>the kentucky city is now under curfew throughout the weekend. not guilty that is the plea entered today by the 26 year-old man accused of shooting 2 police officers in louisville during protests over the death of brianna taylor. lorenzo johnson appeared in an orange jumpsuit today and only spoke when the judge asked if understood the charges he replied that he did bond was then set at 1 million dollars and the judge appointed a public defender to represent johnson at his next court date on october 5th the 2 officers are expected to survive. the 17 year-old charged in the shooting death of 2 protesters in wisconsin appeared in court today, kyle rittenhouse appeared briefly for the hearing via zoom rittenhouse's lawyers are fighting the teens extradition to wisconsin saying he acted in self-defense and that they need more time

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>they sell it to the peninsula about where a fast-moving fire caused evacuations in the belmont hills late this afternoon. crews though fortunately were able to stop the fire pretty quickly only about 2 acres burned evacuations have been ordered for san juan kenyan from east laurel creek road to super any boulevard. and they are expected those evacuations to be lifted by about 10 o'clock tonight, we'll keep you updated as more info comes into our newsroom and always on kron 4 dot com. >>the southern california, the bobcat fire that churned through mountains, northeast of l a and into the mojave desert is continuing to threaten homes. it's one of more than 2 dozen major fires burning across california and tonight that fire has burned more than 105,000 acres and it is at a 15% contain damage total for this fire has it been assessed yet, but at least a dozen homes near pasedena have been destroyed reporter nancy loo has reaction the families returning to where their homes once stood. >>

sogomonian. >>next today we continue our coverage of hispanic heritage month by shining a light on one doctor helping immigrant communities navigate the covid-19 pandemic and coming up in sports the niners announced today that jimmy g is a no-go what does that mean for the team >>the mexican-american allergist and immunologist is using the pandemic to live her calling to the fullest doctor juanita mora is helping hardworking immigrant communities stay safe during the pandemic and all has her story. >>when what found her calling to be a doctor at a very early age i saw the need for spanish speaking doctors i was the little kid at 6 years old translating for my mom and i said. i want to be that doctor who will speak in their language who can actually be there for them. born and raised in pilsen to mexican immigrant parents medea and some order. >>25 pound unconditional support at home doctor water credits teachers with identifying her talent and encouraging her to look for the best education possib

ella sogomonian kron 4 news sell us. thank you now to a developing story we're following tonight a gilroy man alleged to have ties to the anti government far right boogaloo movement. >>is behind bars tonight, prosecutors allege that he has sent more than 2 dozen threatening letters to santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody. >>kron four's dan kerman has details from san jose. santa clara county prosecutors have charged this man 55 year-old ellen v or a go with threatening a public official and stocking. >>they say over the course of 4 months the gilroy man is alleged to have sent santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody more than 2 dozen letters voicing his objections to her covid-19 health orders but law enforcement officials say these comments crossed the line into criminal threats, he said things to be it's a. >>to the effect it's over you're done by. the expletives die. your day will come soon. you need to go no matter how it is you need to go. >>authorities say the letters also contained icons i

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank love in the south bay santa clara county health officials announced new enhanced testing orders today making it easier for people to get tested for covid-19. >>the new order expands the definition of essential worker requiring insurance companies to provide free tests for workers such as teachers grocery store employees and health care providers health care providers are now required to inform their patients of their right to testing by posting notices in all patient care areas on their web sites and in their communications. the order also says mandatory timeline so that patients get tested quickly and get their results sooner. san jose unified will continue distance learning for all of its students through december, the district made the announcement this evening that decision comes despite santa clara county moving into the red tier of the state's monitoring system which allows schools to reopen at full capacity if they remain in that tier for 2 weeks. however, the district recently surveyed the parents the students and employees and found that all

>>kron four's ella sogomonian has the latest details on this l a. >>yes, so the wind tends to drive the movement of the flames so that has now shifted direction as well as evacuation orders and warnings tonight. santa rosa isn't as much of a concern now it's really the northeast that is in the path of the glass fire because of the direction of the wind that is flowing toward the northeast so in sonoma county people who live in bennett valley to the north eastern section of it and then oaklawn stone bridge kenwood down to the valley of the moon just above glen ellen cannot return home. so all this red is a mandatory zone and that falls between west a fire road and across to skyhawk and piped in and now to napa county where the blue is all that mandatory evacuation zone and some upgrades there tonight for state route 29 and highway one 28 at foothill boulevard to the county line between dime in mount and petrified forest road. and that includes angwin in and around robert louis stevenson state park down to the southern tip of lake hennessey as well as

>>indoors is next they can't wait kron four's ella sogomonian takes a look. >>the same rule applies to san francisco's gym owners themselves who have to do whatever they can to keep their business alive since the pandemic first started testing their endurance. they were eventually allowed to move outdoors but that has proven to be difficult with wildfire smoke in now cooler temperatures as we head further into fall does get cold, it's windy and rainy seasons kind and so i really hope that the mayor and government does release i you know laws that are arbitrary. >>on tuesday mayor london breed announced that she has a goal to allow one on one personal training and so low use of fitness centers indoors with limited capacity by the end of september has been a lot of talk about not knowing what the guidelines are for various businesses. >>and i want to direct. >>any business any community anyone who is uncertain about what they need to do. >>to s f dot gov slash reopening, mixed 3 fitness owner dave care occurrences. while this is good news information on that si

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ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thanks ella tonight, some retailers in emeryville say they're once again worried about their businesses for the second weekend in a row police say a big old group of teenagers was fighting this weekend along bay street. and they say that prompted area businesses to close early. >>many of the stores had just reopened after months of being closed because of covid-19 our first jonathan mccall talk to police and business owners about their concerns. >>a wild in chaotic scene on him reveals bay street saturday afternoon police swarming the shopping center after reports of 150 to 200 teens started fighting. the crowd so large police had to call in for backup from oakland. it was the second weekend in a row police have been called here for a large crowd fighting the incident causing hard-hit businesses to close its doors early some of them by as many as 3 hours, none of them wanted to talk on camera for this story, but some tell me they are worried that the incidents could put even more st

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you ellen monday is going to be a big day for a lot of businesses in san francisco talk and hair salons nail salons barbershops gyms all able to serve their clients. indoors, while hotels will start booking guests. that's a big deal for the overall economy and health of the city in terms of the economy. it's estimated about half of the city's hotels have been closed during the pandemic california state university classes are going to remain online not just for the fall, but that the whole academic year the csu chancellor is calling it regrettable but necessary. >>claiming that without a coronavirus vaccine are sufficient testing infrastructure. there's really no viable path to returning to a normal in person schedule by january of 2021. the chancellor also says that he's making the announcement now to get students faculty and staff as much time as possible to prepare for more virtual learning. >>then you should be grateful that would be is villages we are looking for the stree

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you all and now to the north bay where some doctors there say they saw more patients coming in today because of all the smoke, yeah, tough to breathe cross first resist osseo was in warren county she has more on which face mask is best to use when there are smoky skies. i reached out to a medical expert about whether what we are seeing. >>is an indicator of really how bad it is and in short, he said it is. >>in marine county, a rude awakening this is what most saw in the early morning hours instead of a sunrise. it felt like the end was near at least for some people i think it's apocalyptic and scary. leanne cyber and told me that she felt a burning sensation and itchy throat from these smoky skies. her dog not happy either she is coughing a little bit actually yeah, yeah so i don't i don't think it's good for dogs either so we do have patients coming in with trying to suppress costing all of us take this doctor joseph bernardino is a respiratory care manager at moran health m

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>well there's a lot of people that we're willing to put their you know blood sweat and tears into it. >>with the fires burning down on homes and bonnie dune in the santa cruz mountains a group of friends and neighbors took upon themselves to create their own fire break. they estimate that more than 2 dozen people pitched in to help or really good samaritans kron four's maureen kelly talked to one of the people behind the effort to estimates their actions saved 25 homes. >>some are calling them the bald mountain brigade a group of around 25 people who used a tractor and hard work. >>to turn that was once a mountain bike trail in an unincorporated part of wilder ranch state park. into a fire break initially, it was hand tools and a garden hose at our neighbor's house and top it over there when the fire first came. >>from there it escalated to okay we've saved his house the first time. then the fire was moving this way towards us and the bulk of the homes are kind of back behind us and

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>cases are coming down. across the country and across the region. guests are coming down. across the country and across the region, those are all good. >>california and the bay area marking a milestone in the covid pandemic it has been 6 months since shelter-in-place orders took effect. now it seems we are turning a corner, although california is making strides in containing covid health experts still caution we're not in the clear just yet. flu season and the holidays are both right around the corner. all of that fueling concerns that cases could surge again kron four's haaziq madyun has more. >>back on march, 1620 20 the bay area was the first region in the country to issue a shelter-in-place order in response to the covid-19 pandemic. >>but this is written. a 100 years from now everybody is going to remember that day that the that the 6 perry counties plus the city of berkeley lock things down it stopped. literally thousands of deaths, although california is trending in the right direction for slowing the spread of the coronavirus doctor george r

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. thank you ellen. despite the pandemic a popular thanksgiving tradition is a go. >>macy's officials said today its annual thanksgiving parade will still feature floats performers and giant balloons parading along the 34th street in midtown manhattan but instead of handlers. the giant balloons will be tethered to vehicles and most of the praise performers, we'll be locally based high school and college marching bands have been invited to perform will be deferred and b they're back in in 2021. >>we do feel it we can see it. it's coming in and waves of hash kind of feel like your eyes are itchy just kind of feel a little bit. in your >>yes, a lot of us a feeling that way these days another day of unhealthy air in the bay area this is downtown walnut creek the grays smoky haze visible in all directions, nonetheless there were still people out and about some shopping some eating lunch, but most say the bad air is mostly keeping them inside as much as possible chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you ellen with so many health concerns because of the smoky air air purifiers are becoming quite a hot i'd go out of course, but you might have a little trouble finding one kron four's gayle ong live person alameda county where says air per purifiers are selling out. >>they have again ran we of course see this often during the wildfires, but this time we are dealing with the pandemic just as we're getting into peak fire season. >>as smoky and hazy conditions prevail over the bay area people are heading into hardware stores to buy air purifiers only to find them sold out we had an air purifier week ago, we sold that and we don't anticipate getting any more him we stopped by hayward hardware wednesday afternoon jim leader is the owner he shows us air purifiers are not the only item selling out most of the quantities or 0 and. for a lot of items they're negative 10 day of 20 upwards of negative 200. >>for popular items that we used to be able to get pretty quickly and pretty regu

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank u despite president trump saying that a vaccine is the key to getting us out of the covid pandemic the cdc says a vaccine is actually not as important as wearing a mask and tonight a ucsf infectious disease expert is weighing in on the debate. she says she agrees with the cdc director kron four's gayle ong talked with her talked to her about whether or not the mask is more effective than the vaccine when it comes to protecting yourself from covid. >>the berkeley city council members approved the mask fine after seeing an increase of covid-19 cases in july and august this as the cdc director stresses the importance of wearing a mask and this face mask. >>is more guaranteed to protect me against covid then when i take a covid vaccine. wednesday cdc director doctor robert redfield says a covid-19 vaccine would not be available for another 9 to 12 months ucsf infectious disease doctor monica gandhi agrees number one is to take a while for the vaccine and number 2 we're to see the

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. thank you alan. >>she was often called just by her initials rbg there are even bobblehead dolls of her justice ginsburg was popular across the country, but she was a particular favorite here in the bay area. tonight people gathered in the city to honor her kron four's gayle ong live for us in san francisco, gayle. >>it can at least 200 people gathered in the castro, let's go to that video of the corner of market and castro where left the signs and lit candles and said prayers. saying songs that honoring her as a fighter for gender equality and a powerful voice in the liberal wing of the supreme court. many calling her the anchor on the supreme many are worried about the decisions coming up in the next few months. here is a part of the organized here's what the organizer had to say. >>i am the parent of a daughter and the grandfather of 2 granddaughters. >>i feel like it was incredibly important to honor the incredible resilience and courage of ruth bader ginsburg. and that is far more her entire and

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you for that several north bay school districts announce closures because of the wildfire, yeah and that means of the reno distance learning. >>the bennett valley union school district kenwood school district valley union school district grabban steen union school district sonoma valley unified. all at santa rosa city schools have canceled distance learning tuesday and wednesday but the district will continue to serve. grab and go meals the zinni says those who are affected by the safety power shutoff over the weekend should have their power restored tonight. >>more than 65,000 customers businesses and homes are affected across 16 different counties, including napa county. at last check fewer than 300 customers in napa county. still did not have power pg e says about 37,000 customers lost power due to the wildfires burning across northern california, including the glass fire know maybe you've time, wildfire smoke from the last fire is impacting the air quality here in the bay area kron four's has made you talk to a meteorologist from the air quality managem

ella sogomonian kron 4 news a lot of thank you tracking for a virus cases in california the state now reports. >>more than 720,000 cases and more than 13,000 deaths. cross bay area there are more than 84,000 reported cases and more than 1100 deaths meanwhile, ucsf researchers are calling for more coronavirus testing for the latin x community. researchers say they tested more than 2600 people at its testing site in the mission district. they say they found the positivity rate there was 9% in comparison the positivity rate at the embarcadero site was just one percent. the study was done in partnership with the latino task force for covid-19 health committee chair giangiacomo says results show the city needs to focus targeted testing in the areas most affected by the virus as we've been reporting that watch list which determine whether counties across the state could open is now a thing of the past been replaced by a for tier color-coded system. here's a look at how that applies to bay area counties, purple red orange and yellow with purple meaning cases remain widespread yellow which we

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank u the sonoma county raceway has 50 acres of space for people who need a safe space to stay tonight. kron four's michelle kingston was there and she talked to some of the evacuees there tonight. >>this is the campground available for evacuees it can handle about 2000 campers but as of right now just a couple people. >>are taking advantage of this space but it is open and available for anyone. >>who needs a place to stay normally it be prepared in october now it seems to be. >>the prepare an august steve pages the president sonoma raceway he opened up the 50 acre campground to evacuees who had to leave their homes because of the glass fire there are showers bathrooms and tons of space for those who are able to bring a tent an rv or a camper page says this fire reminds him all too much of the tubbs fire in 2017 very reminiscent. >>the tubbs fire started on a sunday night. last night about 2.30 in the morning. the dog was scratching at the door open the door and the smoke was just overwhelming you can see the ash falling in in our backyard, so it was very r

ella sogomonian kron 4 news hello. thank you in hundreds of evacuees are spending another night at one of those centers. >>it's a park in santa rosa from forced flee to met with some of the people there today. >>the aguilar is family is safe his wife and 4 kids are trying to keep their minds off the glass fire which forced them to evacuate from their home in santa rosa overnight. for all those bosses allowing them to stay in his office until the evacuation order is lifted in the meantime the family is passing the time and a place to play park we could try to come. give my kids. in mind out of the i there that way they don't skate park on west 3rd street is a temporary evacuation point other neighbors who also fled their homes are camping out until they're allowed to return home we waited the to go back 2020 socks. >>2020 is terrible, everybody just can't wait for it to be over. it's just one thing after another this is a repeat for rebecca farrell who spent the night in her car at the park. her apartment survived the 2

ella sogomonian kron 4 news ellen. thank you the speakers hairdo also got top billing at the white house news conference today. >>2 monitors news briefing rather to monitors play that now infamous video on loop. while spokeswoman kayleigh mcenany blasted pelosi over the incident. president trump also tweeted about the visit today saying quote nancy pelosi says she got set up by a beauty parlor owner. maybe the beauty parlor owner should be running the house of representatives instead of crazy nancy pelosi's deputy chief of staff re tweeted the president's remarks and wrote does anyone want a president of the united states was more focused on this nonsense rather than crushing the virus and saving american lives. >>a large group of protesters gathered outside the san francisco police station in the mission district this evening. this is video from the citizen app it shows the crowd near valencia and 17th streets. the protesters are calling on mayor london breed and the board of supervisors to defund the police departmen

ella sogomonian kron 4 news ella thank you. a san leandro police officer charged in the deadly shooting made his first appearance in court today, jason fletcher was charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing stephen taylor back in april. >>this is video from the incident it comes after a fletcher responded to a call about a shoplifter at the san leandro walmart store body cam video showed taylor holding a bat inside the store and refusing to drop it fletcher shot and killed taylor, it was later determined that he used excessive force fletcher was taken to jail today after a judge denied a request to allow him to immediately post $200,000 bail the court said he will be allowed to post bail later. a group of current and former bay area prosecutors are standing together for police reform. >>san francisco district attorney jason bodene his predecessor george cast cone contra costa county district attorney diana becton and san joaquin counties tory salazar announced the founding of the prosecutors alliance of california. t

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>and we'll have much more on this story coming up it's just a tragedy beyond from your house and in a residential area and to see that happen. >>a family in mourning tonight after a suspected dui driver hits and kills a father of 3 who was simply just taking out the trash kron 4 street journal reports now on this tragic incident from petaluma. >>rest in reopen gora the 53 year-old father was killed here in petaluma on tuesday night in front of his home he leaves behind a wife and 3 children you could see a memorial. it has been or acted in his honor. the petaluma police department says he was simply taking out the trash in front of this home here at the corner south of dallas. and they would drive when a suspected dui driver identified as james watkins 41 year-old out of the loop. police say it. it looks like she was intoxicated possibly under the influence of narcotics at the time he did stay on members friends say that the driver >>it was a pillar in the community. and a business j

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you a lot and stay with kron 4 news as our coverage continues on the passing of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and you can also find the latest information on our website kron 4 dot com coming up justice ginsburg was popular across the country but she was a particular favorite here in the bay area. >>tonight peo >>continuing our coverage now she was often call just by her initials are bg there are even bobblehead dolls of her justice ginsburg was popular across the nation but she was a particular favorite in the liberal bay area. tonight people gathered in san francisco to honor her and that's where kron four's gayle ong is in the city's castro neighborhood tonight, gayle. >>and i'm here on the corner of market and castro were at least 200 people showed up to pay their respects let's show you this sign that was left behind this as a thank you or b g. roughly 200 people are standing in this exact corner we want to show you video from earlier this event was planned minutes after the news of her passing a many just showed up because she was a f

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you ellen contra costa county is extending its protections for residential tenants who cannot afford to pay rent because of the pandemic the new red and eviction moratoriums are now extended through the end of january. the bill passed by the board of supervisors tonight does offer some relief for landlords as converts back rent payments into consumer debt that will allow landlords to start going after that money in small claims court starting in march santa clara county leaders are also taking action to prevent evictions tonight, they approved an additional 5. >>million dollars in financial assistance. county officials say that the money will go directly to landlords to give struggling renters the more time to catch up on their rent payments. under the state eviction moratorium residential tenants have until the end of january to pay 25% of their back rent. this is in san francisco's board of supervisors has approved a nearly 14 billion dollar budget. >>it includes mayor breez

sogomonian has more. >>family and friends gathered on wednesday along the coast to honor the 33 passengers and one crew member who perished as flames consumed the boat called the conception last labor day weekend. there were people aboard from santa cruz, san francisco and mill valley, the youngest victim just 16 years old. the predawn blaze is now known as the worst maritime disaster in modern california history. and your life. >>precious you need to cherish and honor them. you know that could be bought in an you know 3 of them coming on and anew seaside memorial lists all the names of the people who died in that tragedy. >>surrounded by pictures and mementos. >>the ship's bell was rung 34 times once for each victim and santa barbara county sheriff bill brown recalled what was written on a special flag at the memorial and so it is. >>their spirits. live on. >>the captain and 4 crew members employed by truth aquatics survived whether someone is to blame is still ongoing. the court documents say criminal c

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>now to the pandemic and this is cool in the east bay, a new drive-thru covid testing site with self administered tests is just hours away from opening its located at the delaware street entrance to the north berkeley bart station parking lot. patients skin drive up to the side roll down their window to get a lab kit from a staff member roll, the window back up to swab their own mouth for a sample and then give them the completed kit the location will be open for 3 weeks starting tomorrow to make an appointment head to our website kron 4 dot com. >>one way to escape the smoke around the bay area while refreshing body and mind is to work out that is provided you can do it indoors. and now you can do just that in santa clara county as part of a less restrictive reopening plan now in force offers rob fladeboe report. >>off and on since the pandemic shut down indoor fitness centers, harsh new was among the first to resume his work out indoors here at 24 hour fitness in san jose feels gre

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thanks fellas students and teachers in the oakland unified school district just got one step closer to returning to the classroom after alameda county officially moved into the red tier red is better than purple which is the worst among other things the red tier allow schools to reopen for in person learning after maintaining red tier status for 2 weeks. however, the spokesperson for the oakland education association cautions against to returning to quickly. >>we have safety criteria that still needs to be negotiated. agreed upon before return to. >>he doing any in person learning we have to make sure that we're holding. >>community safety student safety. >>in the highest regard because as we've seen across the country and even internationally. casey of children contracting and spreading covid have been on the rise. >>we should note alameda county's most recent health order clarified that schools must continue distance learning until local conditions support in person learning that

ella sogomonian kron 4 news ella thank you continuing our coverage more than a dozen protesters gathered outside nancy pelosi's pacific heights mansion today they expressed their outrage over her trip to the union street salon and the shutdown's effect on businesses in the state. >>they wore curlers and their hair and were draped in plastic as though they were at the salon and they hung blow dryers in a tree outside one protester called the house speaker's visit just disrespectful. >>what she has done has slapped the face of not just the salon owner, but every woman every man everybody who is employed in the state of california has lost their jobs lost their livelihoods many of whom are my friends. >>speaker pelosi addressed the controversial visit yesterday in san francisco and called the visit a setup she said while she takes full responsibility for falling into that set-up she wants an apology from the salons. hope and healing that's the message. joe biden wanted to bring to kenosha wisconsin after racial unrest over the police shooting of jacob blake it is different from the sentimen

our country's ella sogomonian is live here with the latest on there. labor day messages l a. >>the defense and harris were in wisconsin less than a week after the president visited kenosha which has endured arson and looting after the police shooting of jacob blake. well their messages were very different both used their visit to one of the most crucial battleground states to address that controversy pence chastise joe biden for being slow to condemn the violence and for not criticizing democratic mayors senator harris was asked about her visit with members of blake's family. >>and to express concerned for their well-being in the courts. in this sense being it's whether not the same support. >>there's no excuse for the rioting and looting that we have seen in kenosha in cities across the country and this violence against civilians against property and against law enforcement must stop and must stop. >>republicans have been focusing on the issue of law and order to make up ground against biden who is enjoying a steady lead in wisconsin polls. president trump carried wisconsin

>>almost out of time here on the kron 4 morning news, but the news never stops on kron on ella sogomonian is in the newsroom with a look at what they're having on today. hi allan good morning. daria so well. >>some americans are actually struggling to find a testing site or waiting for some days for results for covid-19 here in san francisco, united airlines will soon be offering covid-19 testing at the airport 4 starting flights to hawaii. we'll have a live report at 10 we'll see you there. >>all right, thank you allan, i 55 the time happening tomorrow yosemite national park will reopen to visitors. >>how about that the air quality all lot better well last week as you can see here this is video that people took we have a right as smoke was shutting down. the park's entrance smoke from the creek fire in fresno county turned the skies orange reservations are still required of course and if you want to go inside the park she'll going to make that appointment because again they still have limited capacity, but nice to see blue skies returning to somebody once again. yeah we all blue skies to

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank le big news for so many business owners and workers and customers in san francisco starting on monday. >>the city will allow hair and nail salons and gyms to open inside. yeah we've been hearing from a lot of them and they are ecstatic kron four's gayle ong joins us now live in the city reaction from some of those they've been waiting months for the green light. >>yeah vicki and grant and what i call the one of the hair salons owners that we interviewed months ago if they we were the first to tell them about the news. so definitely a surprise very excited. now salons and gyms they have been operating outdoors but it's been a very difficult with the bad air quality in san francisco listening these restrictions assign san franciscans are doing their part to slow the spread of covid-19. a summary what fritz clay owns hair play salon in the city and has been closed since march constantly like people caring about yes other counties of all and so can make an and micah, you know. >>y

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you as san francisco reopen many of its indoor businesses today bookings for. >>hair salons and barbershops quickly filled up proper status aqi visited some salons and shop owners this evening to see how things went after this first day back and she joins us now live from the city with more taylor >>walking through the streets of san francisco today, it feels like a life was given back to these businesses here at monarch salon it was a very busy day you can see the lights on there behind me they're still finishing up some cuts and colors and for the smaller salons are barbershops this meant that one stylist was typically taking care of all those clients at a time of course one at a time leaving a window for cleaning in between each client. >>for the first time in 6 months people in san francisco and getting their hair cut and color. come in. >>i'm just going to take the only now. >>it's a bit of a different experience. >>the >>espn owner ted gabriel says the state could have come sooner for his barbershop in the mission district waking up this morning. i f

ella sogomonian kron 4 news l a thank you reopening dates are based on this new for tier color-coded system this is set up by the state. >>the purple represents counties in the bay area with widespread covid-19 transmission rates read in the case substantial aren't for moderate and yellow indicates minimal transmission rates as you can see all of the bay area counties are still in the widespread purple category except for san francisco and napa counties which are in the substantial category. despite the same ranking it is still ultimately up to the counties to decide when to ease any restrictions happening now music venues in san francisco are lit up in red tonight, here's a shot of bill graham civic auditorium right next to city hall. >>it is among more than 1500 venues across the country lit in red to highlight that the live events industry is on red alert for its survival. nearby city hall was also lit up in red as you can see event venues have been closed since march. there's still no timeline of when they might reopen. >>all right, let's check in with our weather because the cer

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you all and wild lots of people in the dark tonight have dealt with these preemptive power shut off before. >>there are no less frustrated this time kron four's michelle kingston reports from santa rosa. >>i mean we're becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousands of people are without power in santa rosa. i understand the need for of course is frustrating >>you know, i'm i'm okay it's another public safety power shutoff pacific gas and electric shutting off the power because they're fearful weather conditions could knock down a line and start a fire some business owners say the coronavirus pandemic has been tough enough on them now they're dealing with this i think this is going to be the new some people in town are frustrated that they're dealing with these outages once again very frustrating because they turned off the power. >>because of safety issues but there is almost no wind here at all we have to have our power off to get generators, do whatever. >>a throwaway need you now more th

sogomonian. a california skateboarding legend an entrepreneur has died from brain cancer at the age of 46 keith hufnagel also known as tough. >>started out skateboarding on the streets of new york city and in the early 90's moved to san francisco just as his career in the sport was taking off. he skated professionally for a time eagar ariz company real skate boards up until his death. >>is the style and approach street skating was just. classic smooth and powerful he can all the really high higher than most people at the time and it was just it was phenomenal watch because the almost like 11 kate, it was pretty a pretty incredible. i was always >>hufnagel founded his popular skate brand huff worldwide the company started as a critique in the tenderloin and is now an internationally known streetwear line. the skateboarding icon had been battling brain cancer for 2 and a half years he leaves behind a wife and 2 children and millions of fans around the world. >>there's other people and other people'

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>thank you a eariier tonight we have the chance to talk with santa clara university professor of law bradley june death about how justice ginsburg defied the odds of being a woman a mother and a jewish to succeed in a male dominated profession. here's a clip. >>yeah, it was remarkable she actually it my constitutional law professor who twisted the arm of the federal judge to basically convince the judge to hire her as a law clerk which launched her career long ago. and not judge didn't think that he wanted to hire a woman let alone a woman already had a young child and she had her child while she was in law school which is a pretty remarkable feat in and of it just an incredibly courageous person i think she was she was really canny cracked a plea in bringing those cases. >>miami of of of her clients that she represented in bringing these cases to knock down gender barriers were men and she saw that to supreme court made up of 9 men back in the early 1970's to show them of the injust

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. >>they sell and while most of the people in the dark tonight have dealt with power shut-offs previously it doesn't mean they're any less frustrated this time no our kron four's michelle kingston reports now from santa rosa where the outages are affecting just about everybody from business owners to students are trying to learn from home. >>i mean we're becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousands of people are without power in santa rosa. i understand the need for of course it's frustrating >>you know, i'm i'm okay it's another public safety power shutoff pacific gas and electric shutting off the power because they're fearful weather conditions could knock down a line and start a fire some business owners say the coronavirus pandemic has been tough enough on them now they're dealing with this i think this is going to be the new some people in town are frustrated that they're dealing with these outages once again very frus

ella sogomonian kron 4 news. thank u l a. >>well one of the largest school districts in sonoma county will stick with distance learning for the rest of the year santa rosa city school leaders voted unanimously on the decision last night. they voted to for several reasons, including the fact the sonoma county remains at the bottom tier of the state's covid-19 watch lists and this week the county saw a slight uptick in the number of coronavirus cases and the number of deaths the district is also concerned about the costs associated with resuming in person learning right now. >>hundreds of rescues have taken place in parts of the gulf where hurricane sally caused heavy flooding. we'll have a live report from alabama in the aftermath of that story plus free schools in the north bay tied to a recent outbreak of covid-19 cases who's affected where and what's next but first pga plaskett down more than a dozen trees in the central valley to try to reduce wildfire risks. some neighbors ar >>well here's a story a group of people are sp

ella sogomonian kron 4 news important information thank you very much ella and with 10's of thousands unable to return home tonight. >>many of them are relying on those evacuation sites try to stay safe from forcefully chagall continues our team coverage in santa rosa. we're a park is helping out evacuees. >>for now rebecca farrell's car is her shelter, it's where she slept the past 2 nights first along city street in town sunday and last night in the parking lot a place to play park in santa rosa because of covid i didn't want to be inside with other people. >>i felt more comfortable just being in my car and she is not the only one people rushed from their homes evacuated because of the glass fire camping out at the temporary evacuation point. rebecca says her apartment is okay in the rincon valley community. >>but a nighttime photo shows the flames got close eye the tenants that were there who evacuated with to and during times when i was as well. >>he said that this one made him more nervous and i said the same thing for becca says at first she was hesitant to stay out here overnig

sogomonian in for noelle bellow. >>we will have much more on all those stories in just a moment, but let's start with our top story this summer like heat wave hitting the bay area dave spahr standing by with your forecast good morning david good marty like good morning everybody, yes, those temperatures will be pushing up a little bit more so tomorrow than today so. >>this gives you just a flavor of what's coming our way for finish off the weekend early next week bay bridge toll plaza shot this cell thing too. boy so can that blue skies to because i don't know how much of that we're going to have as we get offshore winds developing. here's a live shot coming in from half moon bay very inviting it is to beat the heat a little bit. although we'll be getting even warm there by tomorrow 74 conquered 70, antioch 60's cover elsewhere throughout the north the east bay rather north bay, we're looking at 73 in in santa rosa at 7368 for napa 66 meanwhile for san jose. and a snapshot of what the winds are notice the arrows we l

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