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United play as a violence prevention and use Development Group based in soma lives by each day. And over the last 2 weeks. They focus their efforts on delivering supplies to communities that have been hit hard by the coronavirus we feel that we love giving back to the community were trying to bring everybody getting keep everybody safe it follows ferguson is a volunteer at united plans on monday they handed out Hand Sanitizer and face masks to those in the bayview Hunters Point area of the city. The group joined by San Francisco supervisor matt haney also distributed supplies to the tenor line when we get the gear to hand and face masks and attend a lawn on it or not governor rock yesterday look 1000 people showed up in a town one area. Receiving senate adding base pets. In a tweet on monday supervisor haney again address the needs of his district and others that are underserved in the city. A new map of covid19 cases by zip code shows those testing positive are more likely to be people of color and living in low income neighborhoods, according to the map the Mission District has the highest number of cases lot to because rag and sanitize start but im sure people are and those unable she get. They dont have access to it. And by us being able to go give it you know the appreciated, but he has this great need in those areas. Tomorrow the group will be handing out supplies in pretrial helped for now live in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you lets take a closer look at the map were talking about the map is divided by zip code hardest hit areas are labeled in blue while areas with fewer cases are labeled in green. Some of the hardest hit areas include the south of market area. Patrol hill and the bayview the city has also released demographic statistics that show the Hispanic Community in San Francisco is reporting the most number of cases they a city says the information on this map though is limited. President says he plans to suspend immigration into the u. S. During the coronavirus pandemic President Trump tweeted just over an hour ago in it. He says quote in light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our Great American citizens. I will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States. It is unclear how long the suspension could last or exactly how the process would be done. Due to the pandemic almost all the said processing by the state department including immigrant visas has been suspended for weeks. Tonight, there are more than 2. 4 million confirmed cases around the world are also more than a 170,000 reported deaths here in california there are more than 33,000 cases and more than 1200 deaths. Hundreds of demonstrators want the governor to reopen the state for business right now they gathered outside the State Capitol building today, Holding Signs waving american flags. Many protesters said that they were frustrated that they were not allowed to work. We are expected to hear more details on wednesday on how Governor Newsom does plan to reopen california he says he wants to reopen the say the soon as possible, but he also wants to do it in a very deliberative and thoughtful way to lessen chances of a second wave of the virus sweeping through the state and we are tracking how the number of cases has grown here in the bay area this graph shows you how cases have progressed since march, the 16th. Back then the bay area had fewer than 300 cases of the coronavirus today that number has climbed to more than 6,500 that increase happening in the course of just over a month taking a look at the county by county breakdown in the bay area there are now almost 200 people dead from covid19. Santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1900 cases and 83 deaths. Alameda county has had 42 deaths and more than 1100 cases, San Mateo County has 28 deaths in 900 cases you can find a complete list of cases by cities on our website kron 4 dot com. So many bay area counties now requiring people to cover their faces when theyre at essential businesses such as Grocery Stores or the post office. Some people who are amazed making the face masks are seen an increase in orders. Lauren par lattin oakley has been making mass since the shelterinplace started she says her sales have almost quadrupled. Lets hope the people and if i can help one family that can afford to buy the masks online or for going out without it sure worked out the door and says her request for orders are coming from as far away as chicago and new york. Shes making them asked for free, but she is asking for people who want them to pay for shipping has a demand for masks increases so does the amount of waste those masks are creating picture show people dropping their face a massive turning up in bay area beaches in all sidewalks masks and gloves are being left in shopping carts. Environmental groups say that this will have a negative effect on our Environment Health groups also say disposing of masks and gloves improperly can also put other people at risk of contracting the virus. Those mask and gloves should be disposed of in a proper trash bin despite the increase in waist that has been created by having everyone wear a face mask medical experts say the steps california and specifically the bay area have done to flatten the curve is working but as kron fours dan kerman reports all of this success compared to other states should not lead to people becoming complacent. Sunday police and park rangers were busy reminding packed crowds at dolores park. That shelter orders require social distancing even on sunny days understand lots of people have cabin fever they want to be out and about and particularly young few people feel like. Well theyre not just that vulnerable to the spires. Well young people are vulnerable to this piracy maybe not as vulnerable as those who are older, but they are Gladstone Institute for allah just doctor Warner Greene says early action by california and specifically the bay area has crushed the curve greatly reducing the amount of coronavirus cases initially projected we now have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6500 total infections and a 199. 9 county area which is just spectacular compared to what the early predictions were and similarly california which is predicted to have 78,000 s its going to be a far far far less than that. But green says the significant success can quickly go away if residents become complacent is we do not continue to. Do all the right things that we could lose ground against this virus is granted this virus is in. Incessant it is theyre wanting to spread and it will spread highly effectively if we give it a chance green says the bay area in california will soon be better position than most places in the country to return to work. If we increase testing and contact tracing. But even with that the return will come with a new normal. Well go back probably masked, well probably go back. 6 feet apart. Good hygiene hand hygiene. We will probably working in shifts. Less crowding of were curious. No assembly of people. So all of these steps again aimed at reducing standards and stars. We still dont know when that soft open will happen. But the governor should shed a little more light on that in the next few days in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Racial disparities in the numbers of covid19 patients have already been identified by a number of states, but the Trump Administration says it needs more time to release data on the racial makeup of those patients, the nationally that fuller picture of how covid19 is showing up in various racial groups was expected at the beginning of april but now the Administration Says it may be may the white house says it needs a full month of tests before it can make a comprehensive report on the race of covid19 patients. Meanwhile, the California Department of Public Health has released the number of cases based on race, according to the death to the Latino Community, the lenexa community makes up 40 of the cases statewide has followed by the white and asian communities the African American community makes up close to 7 of cases in california. State lawmakers held their first hearing today since the capital shut down last month. Lawmakers say they want more oversight of the governors Pandemic Response Governor Newsoms administration estimates the estimates that the state could in up spending billion on his car buyers response. The majority of which the Administration Says the federal government will reimburse. Lawmakers and the governor still need to Work Together on a finalize state budget by june. Both sides have acknowledged this pandemic will change how the state spends moving forward. 70,000 students in california will be sent laptops and other digital devices this week to help them earn. While schools are closed Major Companies such as apple and google are donating money and devices and hot spots so this students will be able to connect at home with their teachers during the shelterinplace 10s of thousands of devices will be delivered to communities in need by the end of the week. Kron fours michelle kingston has details. Barriers so we dont have enough devices on for students to have a mind to when technology. We also i dont have enough access to the Internet School officials in Santa Clara County say they need at least 15,000 more devices in order to supply each of their students with what they need to do online distancelearning during the shelterinplace San Jose Unified School district Officials Say theyre distributing 1200 devices this week in addition to 500 theyve already distributed west Contra Costa County Unified School District Officials Say they have enough chromebooks but theyre in need of hot spots governor Gavin Newsome says one in 5 students in the state of california dont have access to high Speed Internet or appropriate Computing Devices at home earlier this month, california governor Gavin Newsome issued a call to action to businesses government and Community Leaders to help bridge the Digital Divide many responded including California Public Utilities Commission t mobile amazon and apple all donated money laptops hotspots coaching for teachers, the lack of technology and students homes has been a statewide problem. Beginning this week the state will deliver 70,000 digital devices to School Districts across the state to support students with their Distance Learning this was a 2 week sprint. To create the opportunity to provide 10s of thousands of Additional Units Laptops Computers ipods and the like we continue to need to do much much more in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news police in fremont say theyre taking extra steps to protect School Property while campuses are all closed. Officers wearing protective gear and doing more patrols around school buildings. This is in response a say the criminals targeting empty classrooms. Fremont Police Tweeted out these pictures showing officers at Washington High School in American High School at night. Police are asking for area residents to contact them if they see anything suspicious. It has been 3 months since the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus now more than 41,000 people have died from it and there are fears of new hot spot. The economic toll continues to mount as well and some governors say they dont have the resources they need to safely get businesses going again. Karin caifa has the latest from washington. A Sticking Point to go she asians over more funding for Small Business loans lucia regretfully will not be able to pass more funding for americans paychecks money for coronavirus testing will be included in the relief bill, but democrats want the white house to commit to a National Strategy for the testing youre right many governors have been asking for federal help testing is going to from the north is going to require everyone to Work Together with supplies to all those things in between that you need like swabs and viral transport medium and. Rna extract or free agent and you know and then youve got to run those machines with lab techs Vice President pence spoke with governors monday be sure the governors today that were going to continue to work around the clock to expand the Testing Capacity. Still Maryland Governor larry hogan said monday his state of quiet 500,000 tasks from south korea weve been doing everything in our power. To acquire more tests from the federal government. Unfortunately unfortunately we have also had to compete. With every state in america, meanwhile, the White House Coronavirus task force as it continues to be concerned about hot spots like the chicago and boston metro areas. But some states say theyre ready to begin reopening we will get jordans back to work safely. Without undermining the progress that we all have made 7 or brian kemp says jims nail salons and barbershops are among the georgia businesses that can open as early as friday, im karin caifa reporting. President trump is lashing out at House Speaker nancy pelosi in a post a tweet he nervous nancy is an inherently dumb person she wasted all of her time on the impeachment hoax she will be overthrown either by insider out just like her last time as speaker. This comes as the house continues to debate adding more money to the Small Business loan. Heres what nancy pelosi says she wants to add to the proposal. Testing is one of the places where we want the language to be as good as we can agree to that we need a National Strategy for testing. Testing is the key that opens the door to our economy testing it racing and isolation. Pelosi says she believes that congress will eventually come to an agreement soon intelligence reports suggest a north Korean Leader kim jongun has been hospitalized following an unspecified surgery possibly heart surgery. A u. S. Official with direct knowledge of the report says a north Korean Leader is in grave danger. Kim was noticeably absent from a celebration of his grandfathers birthday on april the 15th in fact, hes not been seen since april the 11th in public when he attended a government meeting. Exact details of his condition have not yet been confirmed by the u. S. Nor by south korean officials lets take a live look over the city tonight on this monday night and youll noticed a lot of Purple Lights out there were told this is for. Hospitality workers one of the many groups hit hard by this pandemic and good for acknowledging them our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow telling us whats ahead lawrence. Well well deserved for them theyre out on the front lines working every single day. Hey guys weve got some great weather ahead so yeah, i know its going to be hard to stay inside dont do that get outside and bring that fresh air is going to be gorgeous the next few days. High pressure now building in overhead after weak cold front sliding to the state and skies are starting now just to clear out a bit now we may see a little patchy fog develop along the coastline, especially along the San Mateo County coast. But other than that i think things are going to be looking good as we head in toward tomorrow. The breeze certainly we have that well see you again tomorrow to 20 Miles Per Hour right now in oakland, 13 in san jose and 12 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco, 17 in mill valley so blown around a bit and again tomorrow afternoon well see that breeze kicking in specially near the coastline. Temperatures right now mainly in the 50s today near the highs running below the average generally in the 50s in the 60s. Usually were in the 60s and 70s at this point a year but i think by and this week were talking about some of those numbers moving up in the 80s when that be nice partly cloudy skies overnight with some of that patchy fog tomorrow, mostly sunny and a breezy afternoon but yes, some nice weather coming our way High Pressure will start to build in years that ridge settles in they will see a little more of a northerly component to win and that is going to help to clear out your skies. Fact overnight tonight, youll notice, those clouds kind of hugging the coastline and then as we head to the morning tomorrow they start to disappear and there you go we clear, yeah bring some sunshine and some very nice weather in fact mid 70s tomorrow afternoon, some of the valleys 60s and 70s inside the bay and 50s along the coastline and how about that wednesday looking great thursday sunny but a little bit windy looks like those winds subside back in the 80s by friday guys back to you. Its still early on in this investigation and we will provide you more information in the near future should be held accountable in a court of law a deadly officerinvolved shooting at a San Leandro Walmart is sparking Outrage Police say officers shot a man saturday. After he threatened them with a baseball bat, but one group claims the man was executed kron fours dan thorn has the story from san leandro. Police say videos of the shooting shared on social media do not show the whole story theyre hoping to clear the air within the community, but the family and civil Rights Groups say this mans killing was racially charged protecting the sanctity of life was extremely important in an effort to dispel rumors, San Leandro Police are speaking out about a deadly weekend shooting at a walmart in videos of the shooting shared on social media the man identified as 33 yearold Steven Taylor is seen wielding a baseball bat before being shot and killed by an officer saw was a black man died unnecessarily at the hands of Law Enforcement james birches with Anti Police Terror project, he says the officer unlawfully killed taylor who was likely suffering from some sort of mental lapse what i saw that video was a person in and i would expect that any person who is in crisis with the debt limit passion. Police say officers tried Tasing Taylor but he approached them with the bat forcing one officer to pull the trigger or officer discharged his Service Weapon were tied. Striking the subject in the trust suffered by a civil rights attorney representing the family says the use of deadly force was excessive. They believe the videos captured by people in the store is sufficient evidence for arresting the officer officer had alternatives that he could take him, but instead he chose to take him a rage. San Leandro Police plan to release body cam video of saturday shooting as a way to be transparent in this investigation meanwhile, the mayor is joining the chief in calling for patience as this investigation continues. Reporting in san leandro dan thorn kron 4 news San Francisco District Attorney chase abreu dane announced an initiative would lift day to provide access to free and reliable ride credits. So the victims of Domestic Violence can travel to secure housing. The program will provide Domestic Violence Community Agencies with ride credits to use on lift. Those agencies will be able to use the credits to coordinate free rides for victims of Domestic Violence to be transported to an Emergency Shelter provider or to say 1000 sideshows continue to pop up in the bay area despite shelterinplace orders over the weekend Oakland Police shot this video in the area of the port of oakland. Shows a long line of vehicles that police say participated in the sideshow Law Enforcement has always maintains it these sideshows are inherently dangerous for drivers and passengers and spectators, but police say the coronavirus introduces another layer of vulnerability. Our First Responders are put at risk as well i mean we we did these car stopped saturday night were all rain bps our personal protection but to put in and force us into a is very challenging to really are resources and services are in our community to answer the 911 calls divert our resources to something that really could be avoided. Police say they arrested several participants pd says those people were not from oakland. Coming up on kron 4 news at 9 public for 20 events were canceled today, but one miss claims cannabis could be the cure to coronavirus we break down its coming up at 9. 45 Vice President pence as we have enough testing to start phase. One of reopening the nation but health Officials Say there was a delay in getting the adequate number of testing kits will tell you why at 9 30 and in historic plunge for the oil industry today in a spectacular collapse in oil markets is showing no sign of easing the Coronavirus Crisis is sapping demand. And producers are running out of placed his places to store all of their excess crude oil. Today us crude prices plunged falling below 0 to close at negative. 3763 a barrel that is the lowest level since oil futures trading opened back in 19 83. This has led to a stunning day on wall street, the markets fell as oil futures crashed into the negative. The crash at the dow the hardest taking almost 2 and a half percent away from the index. The s and p 500 lost just shy of 1. 8 . While the nasdaq composite gave back just north of one percent gasoline prices keep dropping because so few people are driving during the pandemic aaa reports the average price for a gallon of regular gas and nationally. Is nearly one dollar an 0. 82 that is down about 0. 5 from last week and just over a dollar less than it was this time last year and some states including colorado and new york prices at the pump are under a dollar per gallon. Analysts say the cost of crude has not been this low since 2002 and they predict the cost of gas will keep dropping here in the bay area gas prices of course higher than the National Average but still low for the bay area cheapest gas by the gallon in San Francisco. Is to 70 in oakland, its to 45. In a san jose, the cheapest gas reported is to 35 a gallon the Marathon Oil Refinery in martinez will go idaho next week officials with the company say theres just no reason to keep producing right now. The company says it will maintain regular Staffing Levels during the temporary idle period. The duration of the aisle, however is not known at this time. Next on kron 4 news United States suffered major delays in testing when the coronavirus outbreak began. White house Officials Say is a reason for those delays. Plus if youre spending your time at home to get rid of clothes and other things you dont need to hold off on donating coming up here from a what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. As for say before we reopen the country we need more testing in the north bay, the small town of billy nus has started offering free covid19 testing to all of its residents. This initiative started today and it will run through the rest of the week. The latest partner with ucsf and raise about 300,000 to make the drive up testing available. Residents who take up the offer will receive 2 tests one for the virus itself as well as an antibody blood test to see if they have already contracted the virus. Ucsf is also gearing up to test almost 6,000 People Living in part of San Franciscos Mission District. According to a new covid19 case map divided by zip codes released by the city. The mission has the highest number of covid19 cases, Latino Community makes up most of the demographic in this area. Anyone who lives or works in the area bounded by south van ness and harrison street cesar chavez and 23rd streets and is over the age of 4 is eligible regardless of their symptoms ucsf hope said more testing will help them understand how the virus spreads people who are eligible for the testing in the mission can start registering online starting tomorrow. You can find the link on our website kron 4 dot com today, Vice President mike pence a said that there was enough testing in every state to enter phase. One of reopening the country, however Health Officials blame a contamination issue for delays in the rollout of the first coronavirus test a couple of weeks back. They say the contamination problem occurred at a cdc lab which sent back to production of the tests by weeks and as sara murray reports tonight that was not the only reason for the delay. The early us response to the Coronavirus Crisis was crippled by the cdcs first flight test a flaw likely caused by contamination at a cdc lab in february a Senior Administration official says thank you mister Vice President but in washington top Health Officials like cdc director Robert Redfield and health and Human Services secretary alex azar were assuring the white house the situation was under control for testing the everybody that we need to test. And were finding very little problem very little profit in fact Public Health labs couldnt get the test to work and it would take roughly 3 weeks in february to get to the bottom of the problem and devise a fix precious time squandered as the virus spread across the country largely undetected it is a family there lets admit it a cnn investigation found overly optimistic Health Care Officials contaminated cdc lab. Government red tape and a president who downplayed the coronavirus pierre one day its like a miracle it will disappear all contributed to the delay in scaling up testing a shortage that still persists despite claims from the white house. We have tremendous kate Testing Capacity in mid february, the food and Drug Administration was getting mixed messages from the cdc about white stance was malfunctioning. Diagnostics expert from the fda traveled to atlanta to visit the cdc lab and found them have was contaminated most likely causing the problem with the a station officials said. An fda spokesperson said it cdc did not manufacture its test consistent with protocol. A cdc spokesperson said the issue is under investigation and regime Quality Control measures were not sufficient in this circumstance. No doubt that early on we had a problem. States were allowed to use a workaround to deploy the existing test get that had been malfunctioning new kids were also ship with the help of an outside manufacturer. Meantime there was no coordinated strategy from the white house to ramp up alternatives it wasnt until february 29th at the loosened regulations to make it easier for clinical and commercial labs to develop their own i can tell you having lived through the last 3 weeks i would have loved the private sector to be fully engaged 2 weeks even now 3 months after the first reported coronavirus case in the u. S. The struggle continues that lack of testing is preventing us from understanding the true spread of coronavirus. In communities. Officials say the cdc later switch production to an outside manufacturer and that s worth and just fine. The Inspector General of the health and Human Services department is looking into the issue the inspectors review is expected by the end of the year. Donation dumping its editor being used by nonprofits and for stores during this pandemic because while their businesses have been deemed nonessential it hasnt stopped people from dropping off donations in front of their closed doors kron fours noelle bellow joins us now from the newsroom with more on what people should do instead know you know right now a lot of people are cleaning out their closets d cluttering their living spaces. And while places like goodwill and Saint Vincent de paul society say they dont want to discourage people from donating their stuff right now donations left out front simply become trash, heres a look at some of the donations that have been dropped off at Saint Vincent de paul Thrift Store Locations across Contra Costa County, the executive director says their Thrift Stores have unfortunately been deemed non essential which means they have to lay off their employees and these Thrift Stores theyre now relying on volunteers in the neighborhoods to tell them when they noticed donations being dumped outside their store doors and while they would normally be thrilled to receive clothes and books and food during the pandemic all of it has had to be dumped. Delegate count right now just because we have no no knowledge of how they how they got there how long theyve been there they anytime theyre there for more than a couple hours weve got to just. They know unfortunately with theres no staff there to bed to take in any of the donations and so what the you know it can get rifled through by you know someone who sees something it can get rained on which happened to them book donations from the other day. Animals can get into whatever but the end result is becomes trash we have to throw it all away and so then we get that add to the fact that we have now paid dumping feet, yeah, too. Something that could have been a great donation. And we could resell in our stores because trash so if youre in the Organization Mode right now in cleaning up the organized what youve cleaned up and have it in the Corner Office to go and as soon as our stores open will be happy to take your donations. Saint Vincent De Paul society is encouraging people to donate monetarily if you do have the means to do so right now that money will allow them to continue funding their food bank that is still in operation am. Thanks noelle still ahead. 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We dont know whether the nfl season will start as scheduled this year, but one date has not changed the nfl draft begins on thursday have cloud forests, a Sports Reporter kate rooney takes a look at what we can expect from the fortyniners in a typical offseason the fortyniners preparation for the nfl draft remains close to business as usual. At a virtual pre draft session on monday gm, john lynch said its all about making the most of the team, 7 picks that includes possible draft day trades we will right up to the draft let people know there are scenarios where were going to be open in opened those fix. To moving back at it, i mean its its are. Its out there for everyone to to first and then we dont where we have to after their super bowl run the 40 niners start of the offseason with just one firstround pick the 31st but the team traded pro bowl defensive tackle Deforest Buckner to the colts in exchange for the 13th overall pick the colts entered the picture obviously with a a okay its not only a firstround pick but in the upper house and the only way that the opportunity to sign other its one of those Business Decisions that so tough San Francisco has a couple important areas of need wide receiver cornerback and defensive line among them, but lynch did mom on whether the team was hoping to address a specific position in the first round, but if you say more about is this guy a different state or whatever sushi place and thats really what were focused on more than anything want someone to come in and make us a better football team, San Francisco has less than million left in salary cap space thats likely to be an important factor in the teams draft day decisionmaking in San Francisco, Kate Rooney Kron 4 sports. Coming up were separating fact from fiction when we come back we brea 20 april today is a day for celebrating everything marijuana but there was no traditional for 20 celebration at Golden Gate Park today because of the pandemic and thats just the way San Francisco mayor london breed wanted it. Last week you may remember she made the announcement warning people not to go to the city for todays marijuana holiday. Police department is increase its enforcement around Golden Gate Park in place barricades to deter gatherings of any size in years past though thousands of people gather at Robin Williams meadow and hit the hill to celebrate and to indulge in marijuana, even though there were no Public Events to celebrate the marijuana holiday. The industry is booming as many counties deemed dispensaries as. Essential businesses states for a show breaks down another myth for us tonight, this one claims of products with cbd which is the second active ingredient in cannabis can cure covid19. Weve seen it before that substances that we use every day have secret of magical powers to cure covid19 this myth plays on an emerging industry which is trying to tell itself as a medically sound way to deal with ailments, heres the myth cbd products can cure covid19. We know that cbd oils derived from hemp are a growing industry an industry thats currently unregulated that allows people to make some wild unsubstantiated claims for cbd products. Former nfl player kyle turley who now owns a cbd Manufacturing Firm has been all over social media claiming a product that he makes is a cure for covid19. The fda says cbd does not cure the virus and the ftc sent this cease and desist letter to turley telling him to stop making those claims the owner of a cbd Company Named maya term is also upset by the false claims to have a lot of bad actors. And overcoming those bows from a messaging standpoint getting above the noise and you know i didnt find him thats something we want to help consumers overcome and understand what are the real syrup you to build these with cbd products fears of covid19 just intensify the number of scammers hiding amongst legitimate businesses prior to the coronavirus theres already a lot of this false claims fraud. And it just intensifies to the u. S. Agree its like cbd products do have their place and are being used primarily by people who want relief from aches and pains in some kind of anxiety but thats as far as they go so youll just have to weed out any claims the internet tries to plant in your head that hempbased products are going to cure covid19. Working to debunk the myths for you, im consumer investigator, steve depression. Adding to the long list of large events canceled around the country. The new york city pride march has been canceled it was supposed to be the parades 50th anniversary mayor bill de blasio says all nonessential activities are canceled for june. This is the first time the parade has been canceled and its 50 year history, San Franciscos pride march and celebration was also canceled because of the pandemic and for the first time in its 124 year history of the Boston Marathon did not happen today. The iconic marathon has been postponed to september 14th. This is file video from years past the absences serve racers was felt in the small town of hopkinton where the marathon starts on a typical race day the population there usually triples with racers and spectators. Take a look at the 4 zone forecast looking out over San Francisco, you see a lot of purple light sprinkle about the city will vest honor hospitality Workers Senate certainly good to recognize and tonight theyre taking a big hit during this Health Crisis can we hope they see and appreciate those lights out there joining us now chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow was how the weather shaping up lawrence. And weve got some great weather coming our way to last a while the sunshine the spring weather really its going to be Something Else as we head to this week, well see a lot of sunshine even tomorrow tonight. Weve got some partly cloudy skies out there looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge still couple patches of fog likely to form near the coastline overnight tonight and today we had a few scattered light showers roll through parts of the bay area right now well that ground clutter showing up on the radar, no rain be reported out there, but we do have a couple patches of fog along the San Mateo County coastline tomorrow. They were up a run in with the sunshine and temperatures not a little breezy the San Francisco county in the upper 50s there, but you get to oakland. Mid 60s, sunny and nice san jose how about 70 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. Now certainly you know enjoy the sunshine and so do all the plan so that means well the pollen count is going to be on the rise through wednesday dropping back down a little bit on thursday only to come back again on friday so kind up and down all week long. Look at this you almost overnight tonight, our skies start to clear out going to see a little more of a northerly component building in as High Pressure slides overhead and that will help to clear out your skies tomorrow looking sunny and bright in the afternoon, even all the way to the coastline. Then things change a little bit as we get into wednesday, weak system slides toward the coast clipping far Northern California we stay dry here but the fog likely return to the coastline and cool down those temperatures out along the beaches for tomorrow those this how are expected to be about 62 degrees in the marina sunny and bright their 59 in San Francisco youre looking at 58 degrees in daly city couple batches of fog in the morning, plenty of sunshine in the afternoon but on the breezy side 58 in burlingame about 64 degrees of redwood city 68 in mount news and we crank out 70 degrees in san jose tomorrow about some mid 70s inland more 74 degrees in dublin 71 in walnut creek 71 also in the round of 16 degrees in berkeley about 73 degrees and sunny and bright him benicia expect an afternoon breeze there right through the delta 73 in the ppnapa valley 75 degrees in santa rosa, about 63 degrees in mill valley, looking out over the next couple days here we go lots of sunshine coming our way flirting with 80s. I think by wednesday on thursday it will be sunny, but i think the winds going with a little bit on thursday around the bay area by friday things calm down and we start to see some numbers move in the 80s on friday and saturday right now it looks dry for at least the next 5 to 7 days thats the very latest guys back to you lawrence thank you the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposal today that. Would impose almost 2 billion in penalties against pg and e this would be the largest penalty ever assessed by the commission. The penalty would be for the utility companys role in the 2017 2018 fires. The new penalty comes as new evidence was presented that showed first pervasive violations an unprecedented harm including loss of life that resulted from those wildfires the proposal will be voted on by the commission on may 7th. Luxury Department Store chain Neiman Marcus will likely file for bankruptcy as soon as this week thats according to a new report, the announcement comes as the high and the fashion retailer temporarily shut all of its stores, including those in San Franciscos union square and walnut creek and palo alto the economic effect of the coronavirus is leading to the bankruptcy. The company has furloughed most of his 14,000 workers, the first to Neiman Marcus store opened in dallas texas back in 19 07. This is another example of how this pandemic is hurting the Retail Industry shake shack says it will return the 10 million it got from the paycheck protection program. The founder and ceo of the burger chain announced his business was able to quote access Additional Capital we needed to ensure longterm stability. The statement also says shake shack would benefit from the financial boost, but isnt keeping the funds because it has access to capital that others do not next on kron 4 news the coronavirus pandemic leading to the cancellation of events large and small around the country but one beer Company Wants to help soften the blow for some. Well tell you which beer Company Wants to offer this pandemic has disrupted everything from the economy to weddings. Bush is offering a years supply of free beer to couples who had to change their wedding plans because of the virus. The Company Plans to select 250 winners using a social media sweepstakes. To enter couples have to post a photograph of themselves on twitter the hash tags for the drying our hashtag bush wedding gifts and hashtag sweepstakes bush says couples should also share their revised plans for a wedding celebration. The last day to enter is may the first another industry hit hard by the pandemic is the Music Industry Rick Damigella introduces us to one singer songwriter who has released a song suited for this social distancing era. Singer songwriter amy koo charts alone together sounds like it was written for the social distancing era. And it wasnt originally of a song about social isolation, it was actually a song sort of one a long time and and wanting to be around someone who. Could sort of breakthrough. Your you know your interviewer needs. Its going over the lyrics again in my head suddenly i was like wait a second this takes on a whole new meaning for me now. And its not just wanting to find connection with one nerson. Its like wind to find the right kind of connection with everyone the music video selfproduced by charges brand new but the song was actually released on her most recent album in 2018 that was the strange thing about that one in land we have to do this because it just popped into my head i thought we would be a good song to do like one of conference videos. Along together. In hollywood, im Rick Damigella. This pandemic is also affecting graduating seniors and their plans for walking in their Commencement Ceremony and going to their last school dances. Thats why kron 4 is saluting the class of 2020 by putting up their pictures on our website. You can nominate a High School Senior in your life by submitting their picture to the website. You can see some people. Hearty. Put in their photos just go to kron 4 dot com slash salute to grads 2020 to submit a High School Senior in your life the last day to submit these his august 31st. That wraps up kron 4 news at 9 here is what we are tracking for kron 4 news at 10 has states strategize about how and when to reopen they are also looking at what needs to be done first. Theyre bracing for the possibility that if they do reopen there could be a second surge in covid19 cases. Frustrated angry protesters speaking out and those protests erupted around the country the rallying cry open the economy now. Well Governor Newsom is saying about relaxing rules in california plus a historic decline for oil sending prices per barrel below step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. 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