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Youre watching kron 4 news news at 9. Kennedy to move into this next phase only they will assess back is is you know behavior thats not conducive with those guidelines that are currently in place and. And now 9 Governor Newsome saying even though we are making progress slowing the spread of the coronavirus we cannot let up now. Thanks for joining us at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the governor urging everyone to continue to practice social distancing as he allows. More executive a tease out doors, including a playing catch skateboarding in golf and here in the bay area were just days away from the new shelter in place guidelines taking effect in 6 of the counties here restrictions will be eased in certain businesses and parks deemed lowrisk will reopen but Law Enforcement and medical experts say this is not the time to get complacent kron fours gayle ong joins us live with details about how are moving forward, i do it. Hi granted. Yeah were not out of the woods yet weve been hearing that a lot of top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci says he is concerned about a second wave of the coronavirus meantime Law Enforcement says people could get cited if they dont follow Public Health orders. Were asking for people to abide by the safety order a reminder from captain bill frost of the Sausalito Police department captain faa says officers have given plenty of warnings to nonresidents over the last several weeks after overcrowding in popular areas. The city has closed for Public Parking lots on weekends and holidays, the slow the spread of covid19 if contacted nonessential travelers can be sighted 500 officer still need a legal reason to contact that individual a. Asked for additional cation and detain a person conduct an investigation may area Public Health officials announced new stay at home orders to last through may for everyone living or working in alameda contra costa moran, San Francisco, san mateo santa clara. And the city of berkeley, the new orders begin monday may 4th searing outdoor business is considered low risk and operate outdoor seating at restaurants, cafes or bars are not included businesses like nurseries can reopen but on thursday we found people shopping for plants in walnut creek we now know about the importance of wearing a face mask doctor Jeffrey Martin is an epidemiology professor at ucsf i think with the weather tier people seem to be more relaxed about these restrictions well i think its human to become. Relax particularly if youre. I havent been affected yourself. Well, the amount of transmission in the bay area has been a relatively small compared to the world. Doctor martin says dont lose sight of the ultimate goal of flattening the curve we could be let our guards down have another you know raging wildfire, you just have to not let our guards down and cant keep up the same. Spirit that the community has exhibited over the last 6 weeks. One is to new orders go into effect next week you can expect Law Enforcement to continue to go on with the educational approach. But if they find anyone who are clearly violating Public Health orders they can face a hefty fine depending on the jurisdiction. Gayle ong kron 4 news. Thank you gayle, a new poll says that at least 75 of californians do support the ongoing shelterinplace orders. They say the orders should continue for as long as needed despite the impact on the economy roughly 11 of people disagree and want to shelterinplace orders to and that was the finding across age income and race demographics among African American and asian californians. 86 support continuing the policy. The polling was done by the nonprofit california healthcare foundation. Beaches in some state parks across much of california will remain open. But that is not the case in one county know the governors decision comes after a memo circulated last night Warning Police chiefs that all beaches in the state would be shut down. California Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Still perturbed by its packed beaches last weekend governor Gavin Newsome thursday ordered a temporary closure of beaches in Orange County only have to own that and you have to figure that out Orange County area. Republican senator john moore lock released a statement saying in part Governor Newsome just doesnt seem to get it. Residents have been responsible the county hasnt seen the surge in its hospitals and 6 weeks into the shelter in place order the beach may be the best medicine. The announcement comes after a california Police Chiefs memo circulated overnight cleaning new sums administration was going to shut down all beaches in state parks, bottom line that was their memo but that moment i got to as relates to the issue. That im grappling with weve been consistent. We have been clear we have been transparent weve been talking about this every day the closure comes after images saturday showed 10s of thousands of beachgoers on newport beach. The governor singling out Orange County while complementing other Southern California areas for having controlled beaches amid the pandemic in san diego and el and others that ive done an outstanding job and we want to just focus on where theres a problem the governor wouldnt say whether this is a warning to other counties with open beaches. He says he hopes the temporary closure is for a very short time in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The california Police Chiefs association released a Statement Today saying quote in an ever changing environment we sent out information regarding decisions that were still evolving which was regrettably shared outside of our police chief membership. We apologize for the undue concern that cause to the public our colleagues up and the governor as well as his county is getting ready to reopen trails and more than half of its parks kron fours Maureen Kelly explains whats being done to encourage visitors to be safe while still getting fresh air and exercise. Starting monday, the locks will be coming off the games keeping people out of over a dozen San Mateo County parks San Bruno Mountain was one of the countys 23 parks that was shut down in late march after too many people likely feeling cooped up from shelterinplace showed up when the weather got warmer, but now the county Parks Department has decided to reopen just over half of their parks, including San Bruno Mountain for trail use and the distinction for that is that we wont have any other services. With the exception of some parking lots and restrooms but Everything Else we typically have open and available to visitors like visitor centers. My playground and picnic areas. Well and so were really focusing im getting people out on the trails and were excited about you know being able to welcome them back on those trails again they chose the parks close to residential areas as the ones to open back up. Narrow trails have been turned essentially into oneway streets for hikers single direction trails which allows people to hike in the parks on the trails in a single line you can surcharge that 6 feet of distancing. Visitors have been asked to maintain social distance hike single file know gathering with people outside your household and bring up Face Covering the crystal springs, regional trail was straws 650,000 people a year is one of the parks that will be back open to visitors but only to those on foot. Bicyclists will have to wait a little longer a full list of what parks are reopening and which remain closed can be found on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. The city of los angeles is now the first major us city offering free coronavirus testing to all residents regardless of whether they have symptoms. Mayor Eric Garcetti says there are 34 testing sites across the city and the county and as many as 18,000 people a day can be tested. At this point the free testing is only available to the citys residents. But about half of californias coronavirus cases are in the la area. President trump announces new measures as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc at Nursing Homes. California Public Health data released just this week shows nearly 40 of the deaths in the state have happened at Skilled Nursing and assisted living facilities. Offers dan thorn has a look at some of these new initiatives and whether they go far enough he has the story now from walnut creek. As Nursing Homes continue to be deadly covid19 hotspots the president announces plans to protect the facilities and their residents among the new initiatives more ppe shipments to medicaid medicare Nursing Homes 81 million in congressional funding to increase inspections. A requirement for Nursing Homes to report information about covid19 cases to the cdc and also requiring Nursing Homes to inform residents and family members about new cases, nursing home worker and Patient Advocates say the last part is crucial get think down that this is a given that it should be obvious that it happened in fact. It is not happening consistently off to the families find out for the first time from the media that virus is spreading in a facility where a loved one is living. Whats not included in the new initiatives is the promise of testing for residents and staff at longterm care facilities, mike dark with california advocates for nursing home reform says its difficult to get a handle on the problem without testing i think one reason we may not be saying that kind of language yet is because testing is so still so hard to get california Public Health officials released the number of deaths of Nursing Homes earlier this week for the first time. The numbers show one 3rd of confirmed covid19 deaths have come from these facilities. The numbers, however, could actually be much higher really surprising. Actually how little we know how that many of those numbers actually are. Thursdays Nursing Homes announcement came as President Trump declared may Older Americans month. The president says the commission on safety for Nursing Homes will be meeting soon end issuing recommendations to further protect seniors. Reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. No one could have planned for this type of financial emergency know what. Colleges and universities face lower enrollment rates for the next Academic Year of course because the pandemic smaller private schools are expected to experience huge financial losses with less tuition coming in our kron fours tailored attack explains how some students will spend the year instead and how schools are coping with their plans. We know its not going to look the same its so thats where this and are you planning really comes in will it be fully reopen and we do some classes still online some sauces in person kristin stories president of the association of independent California Colleges and universities. Were a icc you says theyre hoping for the best but planning for the worst come fall the ai ccu represents 85 independent nonprofit colleges and universities in the state. Including santa clara university, university of San Francisco in California College of the arts to name a few all of them bracing for financial setbacks all of Higher Education and public and private nonprofit were in this together that we do have a unique said count were not state funded institution or not. Statesupported institutions that most of us most private colleges nonprofit colleges art which independent which means were enrollment dependent and so that will that financial modeling something were certainly looking at the American Council of education projects, a 15 drop in National Enrollment for the 2020 to 2021 Academic Year, something that Gap Year Programs feel as interest increases were seeing that theres a much bigger demand this year than there has been in previous years i think the last time we saw this kind of man was finally obama took to get here early tv is the ceo of youre on a Gap Year Program based in San Francisco where students travel in volunteer abroad. And later attend workshops in the city katie says theyre seeing more interest from students and parents who dont want to pay the hefty tuitions for online learning. A lot of students thats a lot of screen fatigue i would say at this point for this general apathy towards online classes. However, the coronavirus also affects Gap Year Programs. Instead of traveling abroad theyre looking at alternative experiences in the states either way students are forced to make life changing decisions during a time when nothing is certain and Taylor Bisacky reporting kron 4 news. Getting an early start to the new school year thats an idea Governor Newsom proposed recently to try to offset any learning lost because of the pandemic teachers and administrators in an east Bay School District though tell kron fours a secret june maybe a late july early august start to the school year would really create additional problems. We are considering the prospect of an even earlier school year as early as late july early august. We dont have the resources to put it simply to Start School Early if we move the start of school out. There will be even more work to do in even less time this gives you an idea of what the conversation is like regarding the possibility of getting an early start to the next school year the wake of the covid19 pandemic California Governor Gavin Newsom started the discussion in an attempt to prevent a loss and education continuity. The concern around learning loss. I think we may want to consider getting that school year moved up a little bit however, starting the school year early presents several challenges for administrators and educators and cash strapped School Districts like west contra costa who say what they need is number one. Definitely more resources right most funding reduction of costs isis materials for teachers that masks resources to keep teachers and students safe which we dont have right now then there is this the centers for Disease Control and prevention guidelines for planting of opening schools which includes increasing the space between desk at least 6 feet in california and were kind of size or higher than the national. The National Average and theres not a lot really 2 straight out that School Administrators and the Teachers Union both say that employee contracts would also present another obstacle to moving the School Start Date the governor maintains he is just getting the conversation started so were beginning to socialize that we may know. Decisions definitively in that space Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. We are going to take a live look outside of San Franciscos embarcadero this on this but is it thursday or what years day to check my phone i let you know hard to keep track these days meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is with us now on the breezy talking about maybe a little bit of rain this weekend. It looks you know not that promising grandin vicki unfortunately our storm track. Keeps the rain well to the north and well to the east of us so were just going to be wrapped around all this moisture but were going to remain dry. Yet again so ending our wet season on a warm and dry know as we wrap up this very dismal wet season. We got about half percent of the rain that we should be getting but one thing that we are noticing though very pleasant temperatures today and for tomorrow as well and heres a live look outside and we take a look at the castro cameras city hall lit up in red white and blue. On our First Responders this evening because of this coronavirus pandemic so thank you so much for all you do absolutely beautiful tribute out there right now with the downtown San Francisco lit up in red white and blue and current wind speeds out there right now noticeably, calmer light and breezy compared to those gusts of 35 Miles Per Hour parts of San Francisco specifically the downtown area even throughout the east and south notice some pretty gusty wind speeds as well temperature wise 50s and 60s is starting to notice that cool down expect some areas cooler other few degrees warmer than we were just 24 hours ago some very unique microclimate forecast, but it all depends on the cool sea breeze so definitely noticing that cool down along the bay area coastline on 800 those onshore winds. But overall we are starting to gradually cool down overnight lows in the upper 40s to low 50s and tomorrows daytime highs we are going to be very similar to today so near average highs along the San Francisco peninsula but very pleasant temperatures overall as you make your way inland not as hot as were just a few days ago with widespread 80s but instead low to mid and upper 70s as you begin to make your way in the interior valleys so enjoy that weather because by this weekend were going to cool down to at or slightly below normal as a storm that grant was mentioning trying to make its way into the bay area big it could just see its just north of santa rosa, so you kyra you are going to notice some light scattered showers but we will notice an increase in cloud cover and some showers to our east but overall a very dry outlook as we wrap up april indeed in may this weekend below average temperatures but then by monday rebounding creatine nicely with once again summer temperatures arriving 7 days from now, even warmer daytime highs at our 10 at 10 outlook coming up at 10 oclock 62 for that granted the key facts the reset well life on the streets during this pandemic is especially dangerous for Homeless People in alameda though the state has donated trailers to house the unsheltered and hopefully continue to flatten the curve of infections. Our first felecia call reports now from Alameda Point ahead of move in day. Sewage gas electricity, running water, a couch table and a bed more than some of us have ever had soon these 4 trailers parked at Alameda Point in alameda will provide shelter for up to 8 Homeless People out of time who up until now have avoided an infection from covid19 keep people who are at risk. Covid19 virus, an opportunity to be safe Staff Members from the citys homeless programs Operation Dignity and Building Futures have identified the first group of people to move in to residents per trailer until there eventually transition into permanent housing others will then take their place only those 60 years of age or older with Underlying Health issues without covid19 symptoms will be allowed to live in the mobile home see folks in our community what the folks are hopes that you know we could have known then what the way is going to people are unemployed, this could be right so having that mindset in dealing with hot sun. I think you get a different perspective that taking care of each community. The city will provide daily meals and weekly Laundry Services Homeless Outreach team members will check in every day and a paramedic will conduct a Wellness Check on each person 4 days a week. Earlier this month, the state of california donated the trailers to alameda. They were used by fema in the past we really want to check out the trailer, so folks would to move in ready for now the city says theres enough funding to keep the trailers at Alameda Point for 9 months in alameda felipe should all kron 4 news and daly city volunteers with the Second Harvest Food Bank Held a food drive at Jefferson High School people were required to register beforehand. Cars you can see theyre backed up for more than a mile is people waited to get their free boxes of food inside people received canned goods chicken and assortment of other items of one of the events organizers said that the demand for food has really skyrocketed since the outbreak of covid19 bay area congresswoman jackie spear was also theyre calling on anyone to lend a helping hand if theyre able to. Its not the time to clean out your pantry and give them your. No leftover cancer go the Grocery Store and get those items. Today is the day that you should write a check and how all those in need who are less fortunate than you. The drive to jefferson high is held every thursday and saturday for details on how to register head to our website at kron 4 dot com. The need for food and other basic necessities continue to increase one local food bank is going above and beyond to make sure that no one goes hungry. Where volunteers are helping in the south bay. And Governor Newsome announcing a new state website to help parents find safe child care during this pandemic. And some macys stores will begin to reopen the locations that are set to open their doors first. After the break as we head to break here is a full updated list of the confirmed covid19 bay area cases and money tonight macys will start reopening stores as early as next week, the retailer announcing today plans to open 68 stores on a limited basis starting monday. The ceo says theyll start with stores in states that are easing physical distancing restrictions like georgia oklahoma South Carolina texas and tennessee. The stores will have limited hours 11 00am to 07 00pm. All 775 macys stores could be up and running within the next 6 weeks. Thats according to corporate leaders. Late last month macys furloughed a majority of its 130,000 employees. Also for your money tonight, boeing says it does not need any taxpayer money to lift up at suffering business. Today, the aircraft manufacturer announced that it will not seek any federal funding. Boeing says it has received a 25 billion bond offering and does it need additional funds from the government or from capital markets. Lawmakers set aside 17 billion for boeing in the trillion stimulus package. The President Trump signed into law. Next a team of various scientists discover existing drugs that could possibly treat coronavirus we hear from one of the researchers. Plus local food banks are busier than ever just how many boxes of food are being prepared to help feed santa clara and san mateo counties. And we tell you all about a new website thats helping parents across the state theres a new resource making it easier for families to find licensed child care during the pandemic especially for parents who happen to be essential workers. Our first and kerman has details. Ive got 4 kids many of you watching have children during his daily update thursday, the governor announced the launching of a new website to help parents, especially those who are essential workers find safe and licensed child care providers. We do a lot of the we do a lot of the research we do an assessment that is dynamic in real time is updated. Visitors to the site can put in their zip code and find child care providers in their neighborhood. Those who take a deeper dive can also find contact information. The age range of children accepted availability and health and safety information. Our program is a play based program. Alexis greg runs oaklands diamond Little People academy. One of the child care providers on the list weve got to do things. Like move our sign in and sign out outside and so parents weve limited our traffic to come inside of our facility thats just one of the precautions theyve taken in the wake of covid19 another is to limit capacity to just 12 children. Between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. Kids are also washing their hands at least 5 times a day and staff is doing a lot of cleaning. Definitely disinfecting counter tops cubbies everything books blocks. Is there something that where where its not easy to clean we just dont havent out. This web site follows up on action by the governor and the legislature in early april allocating 50 million for child care, vouchers. Those vouchers prioritize children at risk and children of essential workers earning low incomes. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Today ucsf researchers published a study here laying out a blueprint of how the coronavirus pax our cells they use this map to make a prediction of about 70 drugs in compounds that they think could have anti viral activity and block the virus. They spent the past few weeks collaborating with fellow researchers in new york and paris testing those potential leads earlier today on kronon we spoke with a San Francisco doctor about the progress. Weve i think weve uncovered a really see a set of proteins that the virus needs and theyre very drug double and there are drugs that exist that could be used to potentially fight covid19 already on the show. Fingers crossed that study was published today in the journal nature. Tonight we know a coalition of Marijuana Companies church is an advocacy asking Governor Newsom for a temporary cut in the states hefty pot taxes. They say the pandemic is taking an especially heavy toll on businesses run by minorities who are disproportionately targeted during the decades long drug war. They say people are turning to getting marijuana illegally and often at half the cost of the legal shops. The coalition argues the tax cut would help minority owned businesses which provide jobs. And tonight more and more people are out of work and struggling to feed their families as a result of the pandemic kron fours rob fladeboe reports on the growing demand for help from local food banks. The California National guard is helping Second Harvest food bank track and distribute thousands of boxes of food to hungry people across and the tail and santa clara counties as the demand for food amid the covid19 pandemic keeps growing every day says Vice President cast then go see for the month of april we think were going to distribute 9 Million Pounds of food. Before this it was about 5 and a half million per month. That kind of need is only going to continue this was the scene today at most Holy Trinity Church in san jose one of more than a 1000 Distribution Sites where and hearing to physical distancing rules is only adding to the challenge to this is taking many different shapes you know before the pandemic we were serving folks. And kind of Farmers Market style distributions but now we have to box nearly everything we distribute and distribute it. The aggies drivethru distributions among Second Harvest partners is Sacred Heart Community services with a number of food boxes going out the door every day is up from 400 to more than 550 spokesman damone carter, its also important to remember that for the undocumented community. Who cannot access Unemployment Benefits or federal stimulus dollars. Services like ours to be very crucial in Sonoma County demanded the Redwood Empire Food Bank is up 50 since covid19 and there is sometimes not enough food to meet the growing demand says ceo david goodman. If we schedule a distribution from 8 to 10 oclock at 8 oclock. We run out of food because of people are already lined up so right when we open up the people move through and were out of food right away between an already high cost of living in the bay area and chronic homelessness the layoffs closed schools and other hardships associated with covid19. Are likely to keep the pressure on food banks for months to come even if the ordinance for shelter in place was lifted tomorrow. So many of the people were serving are going to need to continue getting support from us. While they build their lives back. Rob fladeboe kron 4 is recovering after being shot by San Francisco sheriffs deputies there a covid19 shelter. 2 deputies assigned to the citys sponsored shelter on Market Street responded to a loud argument there and saw a man with a dog in an argument with the security officer. The dogs owner eventually began arguing with the deputies to deputies say the dog got loose and charge them and thats when one of the deputies shot the animal, Authorities Say the owner had a felony arrest warrant and he was detained. The dog is survived and is being treated tonight the case is under investigation. Chp has identified a San Francisco woman as the driver of an suv that plunged off highway one in San Mateo County into the ocean last year. Part of what happened was caught on video as you can see here by another car. A human remains and a drivers license were later found. The victim is identified as tracy sinclair. The fate of the driver had been a mystery since the incident was caught on camera in late december human remains and sinclairs drivers license were found on mont harris stay beach. Investigators still do not know why the womans car went off the road. National news now House Speaker nancy pelosi says she is satisfied with how joe biden has responded to a assault allegation from former Senate Staffer Tara Reid Reid claims biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 biden is expected to respond to the allegations for the first time tomorrow. However, his president ial campaign has already denied the allegation for now thats good enough for speaker pelosi. And the big strong supporter of the me too movement. I think its been a great made a great contribution to our country and in. And i support joe biden on satisfied with how he has. Responded i know him i was proud to endorse him the other day on monday. Very proud to endorse an and so im im satisfied with that. The New York Times published an investigative piece earlier this month it concluded quote no other allegation abgut assault surfaced in the course of reporting nor did any former biden Staff Members corroborate any details of ms. Reids allegation. The times found no pattern of misconduct by mr. Biden. Still ahead tonight team sports may be on hold right now, but some local athletes still want to do their part to fight the fires, well tell you how a local basketball coach is making a difference. Plus a local fruit farm is set to reopen despite coronavirus concerns the cherry season is upon us and many other you pick farms here where you go and pick the fruit well theyre going to start opening this weekend thats despite the coronavirus and all the shelterinplace orders according to the Contra Costa County Health Department you pick falls under the essential business category this similar to a Grocery Store or Farmers Market. Our first michelle kingston explains how the season may look a little different this year. Sherrys are blooming in brentwood in many farms are preparing for the started you pick season and families are getting excited to get out there and pick fruit if you want and cherries you should be able to pick some jerrys now if you do decide to come to brentwood for you pick season, there are some new rules this year theyre only allowing a certain amount of people into the orchards at a time also if you touch it, you pick it and of course you must wear a mask while youre out there in the orchard and continue to stay at least 6 feet apart from others, some farmers are still unsure if theyll open their orchards to visitors this year because of coronavirus in stay at home orders from a personal standpoint having a family a young family animal a generational Family Living in the house. And terrified of the exposure um i cant imagine. If a flight way a truly safe way have groups of people even if theres keeping their distance. Theyre touching everything plus some of you share the same thoughts on facebook others cant wait for the start of the season a season cherry farmers rely on and i think if they can open. And maintain social distance and keep things clean and whatnot that they should be allowed to do that. I would say, but at the same the same is one of the Grocery Store youre going youre going to be around people there anyways. In the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. And the n c a a getting closer paying College Athletes to use their image and likeness. How one local when you need it, jack delivers order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. My new bitesized, crispy popcorn chicken is so when you need it, jack delivers irresistible youll want them whenever, so dont resist pop em while you game, hang, or do your thing. Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. If you see double a is on the brink of allowing student athletes to profit off their own image and likeness. This is been an ongoing debate for years now and today kron fours jason dumas spoke with a College Coach and an agent to find out. How much this will change the landscape of college sports. Should student athletes be allowed to get paid it has been a debate as old as time, but that debate looks to be breaking toward the favor of the student athletes after the nc double a said it is expected to adopt a new name image and likeness rule for athletes, allowing them to receive compensation endorsements and other opportunities such as social media businesses in personal appearances usf dons mens basketball coach caught golding says thats a good thing, its. Aligned with the American Dream from the standpoint if if you can. Make money should be able to do that and there shouldnt be any regulations. That put you back from that yourself thats providing days. Is that although he sees this as a positive overall, especially for recruiting to a powerful tech savvy city like San Francisco. Golden still does want to see some clarification on the process they dont want the schools or be a part of that state thats the case its not making how are we going to protect and hes done in terms of recruiting in terms of these other relationships the heart of this as of late 2 of the Top High School basketball prospects in the country have opted to skip the nc double a entirely in play professionally. Including president native jalen greene mix in taylor and nfl agent also believes this will better prepped future clients. The chance for being and help them understand this process of you know get paid for allies also be good for this new rule could be in stated before the 2021 22 school year. Reporting in San Francisco, im jason dumas scrum for news for the first time this years Little League world series in the championship tournaments have been canceled. Little world series has been held every august since 1947 and has never been canceled. Organizers say travel restrictions would make it just as tough told qualifying tournaments for International Teams and bring those teams safely here to the u. S. Events are being planned for next year. Team sports may be on hold during the pandemic but the bay area, but its communities doing its part to stay engaged. Coffers kate rooney tells us how a local basketball coach is running 24 miles in 24 hours to try and make a difference. Csu east bay head basketball coach brian rooney knew he wanted to get involved in the fight against covid19 watching his wife a nurse go work the front lines each day was all the inspiration he needed to want to get involved she goes to to work in and helps people along with thousands of doctors and nurses. You know First Responders and and all this type of things and ah my. Broken lee in my my kids were just talking when she went to her one day and you know how can we help rooney learned that a friend dan kurt has was running a mile every hour for 24 hours to raise money for covid19 relief. The coach asked if he could join and miles for meals was born. Anyone can run and anyone who doesnt want to run can donate to the cause with all donations benefiting Alameda County Community Food bank that we just kind of stars friend deal through social media through our website word of mouth and and the response it has been great so far 58 runners are participating with nearly 3,000 raised for the food bank routing hopes this is just the beginning were looking for to hopefully growing for sure because its you know what im trying to tell people is its not just about these 24 out people on. And certainly the food banks are going your help for a long time rooney is unsure whether hell sleep in between miles or stay up for the long haul but hes hoping hydration and motivation for the cars will get him through. Reporting in San Francisco, Kate Rooney Kron 4 news. All right now getting a check on the 4 zone forecast on this thursday live look here at a rather barren Golden Gate Bridge for meteorologist mabrisa pops in there. She is joining us with a for a look ahead to my present. Theyre going to be alex take a quick check out my stand on forecast for a microclimate friday outlook Golden Gate Bridge as you could see smooth sailing out there very few cars on the road and thats a side on starting to get used to its going to be weird once we see traffic in the weeks ahead, but temperatures out there right now 50s and 60s as you step outside cooling down into the upper 40s and low 50s for overnight lows. So it is going to be a little bit cooler than last time, but overall daytime highs along the bay area coastline warming up a few degrees 66 degrees for downtown San Francisco, a few degrees above average with near average highs for Half Moon Bay at 64 degrees, rick upper 60s for those of you in millbrae and burlingame and it is going to be yet another windy day specifically around the San Francisco peninsula so tracking wind gusts of 30 Miles Per Hour or less yet again for your friday afternoon samet on foster city 68 degrees but low 70s for those of you in redwood city with whites from low to mid 70s. Throughout the south bay, san jose 75 degrees and sunny dale warming up into the low 70s, but a few degrees of calling for most of our interior valleys livermore youre going to be about 5 degrees above average though very pleasant temperatures at 75 degrees near throughout the east bay shoreline in the low to mid 70s richmond, 73 degrees but berkeley and oakland in the low 70s conquered 14 with 80s that 79 degrees in napa 74 degrees for your friday afternoon highs in santa rosa about 8 degrees above average for you at 70 degrees in your allergy outlook for your friday medium amounts of these talk 3 allergens birch double digit winds not going to help our g suffe s like myself were going to have another brutal day for our friday afternoon and taking a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook cooling down to our slightly below average temperatures storm is going to try to make its way into the bay area overall dry outlook and we are going to start out our first weekend of may near average temperatures but no rain in the forecast for at least the next 7 days and coming up at your 10 at 10 outlook. 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In fact he set a goal with his teacher to run 100 miles this year at recess. He did that by christmas so he doubled the goal. But then coronavirus canceled class his teacher encouraged him to keep going and well always have that connection you remember the year that iran 200 miles even though we werent in school. Its its going to be awesome Holy Guacamole home its just ryans are but a knee or chef fry is in the running for the Good Neighbor award when his job in Central New York state was deemed nonessential under virus restrictions. He and his family went to work at home making meals to make others happy. People pay what they can or not at all chef rice says his goal is to feed as many people as possible with one key ingredient in mind. Food brings people together im Emily Schmidt reported. Weve been honoring people doing good things in their communities and today. Its a group of churches in the south bay teaming up to help people in need the 7th Day Adventist Church of sunnyvale joined. Other churches and teamed up with the slogan. Fight the hate to give out groceries a drivethru sites. The focuses on people struggling financially due to the pandemic there are giveaways at 5 different locations today. You can spotlight, somebody making a difference in your community. We have a section on our website called kron 4 heroes i have to do his fatah quick form let us know about your hero again that pages on kron 4 dot com. Kron 4 saluting the class of 2020 and today, were congratulating ajc a im not he attends Balboa High School in San Francisco and plans to go to city college in San Francisco. Were saluting the class of 2020. I putting their photos on our website. These are just some of them. You can submit a photo of a High School Senior in your life just go to kron 4 dot com slash salute to grads twentytwenty to submit the last day to submit is august 31st. 4 news at 9 for prime time coverage continues. At the top of the hour with fewer students enrolling in college this fall, many independent universities like usf are preparing to take a big financial hit. What those students are opting for instead of going back to school and walk california takes the First Step Towards reopening by allowing more Outdoor Activities the cdcs issuing new guidelines over what reopening the whole country should look like the changes that must be in place before that happens. Those stories and much more coming up next on kron 4 news at 10. Youre watching kron 4 news news at 10. Now attend the white house is grappling with some devastating news on the Economy Today this evening, some advisors to the president are warning of unemployment numbers straight out of the Great Depression era good evening, everybody thanks for being with us tonight at 10 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the u. S. Department of labor says firsttime claims for Unemployment Benefits total 3. 8 million in the week ending april 25th. After factoring in seasonal adjustments and without those adjustments which economists use to account for seasonal