Counties along with the city of berkeley. Sonoma county will be following the states model and open Retail Stores for Curbside Pickup and delivery solano and napa counties also say that theyre going to do the same thing. And one of those cities that will not begin reopening businesses today is oakland and joining us now to talk about that and other steps that shes doing to help try and keep the city safe is oakland mayor libby schaff american morning. Good morning. Well, the governor is loosening some of the restrictions that tell us about the thought process behind the city and county choosing not to take that step just yet. Well the governor also was clear that if counties didnt want to be more cautious he supported that and the bay area has been wellserved that we were the very first region in the country to impose shelter in place and thats why our rate of infection and death is lower than the california average and certainly that other states like new york and new jersey and so i say you know what my mom told me listen to the doctor and our doctor and alameda counties doctor palm. I know that we are you know doing the things that were supposed to be doing and we just need a little bit more patients because lovely been doing has been working and we dont want people to get sick. We dont have a vaccine. We dont have a cure. Were going to continue to have to follow these directions to keep everybody safe. Mayor i think its also important to reiterate the fact that despite what the governor may say they are theres guidelines and he is leaving it up to specific counties to override those guidelines should they see fit. He is and hes been very clear about that and in general hes if youre more conservative if you are taking a little bit more of a cautious approach that is what he supports he is criticizing counties that are going beyond his recommendations as far as opening more things that he is safe. The other big news this morning is it more grim statistics says as far as the job market goes. The newest numbers show that the Unemployment Rate is 14. 7 . We havent seen that in decades. This hits oakland, especially hard doesnt matter. It does and lets be clear this is why we a Racial Disparities task force. This pandemic and the color code, the recession. It has hit our most vulnerable workers first and worst and thats why were trying to do everything we can in this city to get food to people to make sure that they know what their benefits are and that we can pass laws like the strongest diction moratorium in the state of california to make sure that people dont lose their housing even if there and able to pay their rent. This is a hard time its hitting the citys budget as well. But im really proud of how oakland ers are coming just this weekend we launched the great oakland check in where hundreds of volunteers are calling each and every household in most stressed neighborhoods to make sure people know one that someone cares about them. But also about resources like our new Home Delivery program for seniors living at home. If you want to find out more about that you can call 2, 1, 1, or wait for one of our great volunteers to reach out to you. Well one of the hardest hit areas in oakland of course is east oakland, the city just recently opened up walk up free testing for folks who live in that tell us a little bit about that program it started on a wednesday believe right. Thats right and people need to get tested. Part of going back to work is going to be how many people we are testing and so oakland was one of the very first cities to offer a free testing site thats drive up you do need an appointment. But we this week were really excited to open our first walk up site and it is you can walk up you dont need an appointment in fact you cannot drive up and if they are full they will give you an appointment for their next day it is that 99 and International Run by the fabulous Roots CommunityHealth Center and i know that today is the first day that we had a testing site at its full capacity thats also because we expanded who can get tested. We know that coronavirus often does not have any symptoms are very mild symptoms so if you feel like you might have it you can get tested if you have no symptoms but you work outside the home or you are over the age of 65, you have a medical condition you smoke. You can get tested for free, you dont need insurance go toour website or if youre in oakland call 3, 1, 1, east oakland was one of continues to be one of the covid hot spots in the city and in the county. This really this this new testing site really addresses that and also again shows the disparities some communities have been hit so much harder by covid19. Thats right and thats why we are bringing resources like testing into the neighborhoods that are hit the hardest and also have the most problem access to medical care we clearly we did the right thing because we have seen a great reception 99th an international we also have a mobile testing band that is going ut to our homeless encampments that is testing people that have been released from incarceration those are also high risk populations were trying to bring our services to where the people need them. The most. Well speaking of the Homeless Population you just recently opened up Operation Home base theres been a lot of controversy over how homeless have been dealing been dealt with by cities, especially in San Francisco. How does this program differ than the one in San Francisco. Well first of all its a trailer and not only is this a place where we can get some of our most vulnerable who do not have covid we do have an Isolation Hotel for people who may or do have covid this is just for our inhouse resident who are seniors or have a medical condition and we took a little extra time and expense to connect each of those trailers to sewer and water so they have a private bathroom and shower and kitchenette and that means that we can use these as a resource even after the Health Crisis is over we know that homelessness was a problem before covid its going to be a problem afterwards, this is a new longterm asset for us. In our absolute commitment to end homelessness in oakland. One of the programs that the city has been sponsoring is the slow Streets Program and that is ramping up to include more streets today. Thats right and that is another kind of Silver Lining in all of this and Something Else that may be a change that were doing to respond to this pandemic but a lot of people are saying to me hey mayor lets keep this i like it and these are streets throughout our city and again we tried to also go first into some neighborhoods that are farther away from some of our parks and open spaces. They are closed off to through traffic. So that you can jog bike. Scooter skate ive seen all sorts of wheels on the slow streets. But its so that people can recreate in a socially distance way. I need you all to give our lake of break we cannot be congregating we cannot be having parties and barbecues and picnics people should get outside to exercise. It is good for our mental health. But the slow streets are great places to go you can spread out you can jot we are opening 5 more nice long stretches um one eh that im excited about those like from dimond park all the way past the laurel so if you are a jogger youve got a nice long pass to go on please check out the slow streets. Mayor another covid hot spot in been senior homes across the bay area across the country. What is the city doing to try and protect seniors who are in senior homes. You my heart goes out to the family and friends of the 3 seniors who lost their lives at the xcel Health Center in oakland. Alameda county has a special task force now that is focused only on our senior residential facilities making sure that they are sanitized on a regular basis and that everyone is practiced seen every Health Precaution and that the workers have all the adequate protective equipment so i appreciate the Rapid Response to this issue it is a really risk because we know this is a vulnerable populasion that is living in conditions that encourage the virus spread but Alameda County has been very responsive. Well mayor, i know that you have the great oakland check in and i want to thank you for checking in with us and taking part of your friday morning to a check in with us and well talk to you again soon he well. Well you to be well dont forget every thursday night i have town halls information is critical during this pandemic so thank you for playing your part in keeping everyone informed all right mary thanks. A lot. Lets go now to the north bay and kron fours will tran. Bartee im in petaluma were phase 2 is off and running right behind me is Dicks Sporting Goods, new changes that you need to know despite the stores reopening this good morning, welcome back want to get back to our top stories in bay area counties are allowing nonessential businesses to reopen with new safety guidelines but other bay area counties say no its too soon. Lets begin our coverage with will tran who is live in Sonoma County this morning where businesses are being allowed to reopen well. Businesses like the one right behind me i Dicks Sporting Goods they reopen this morning, they have employees inside despite opening this morning there are some changes that you need to know look at that one. 2, 3, it is curbside only you have to order online hit a tab on say your app or on their website. They will come out. Drop it in your trunk nocontact everythings already been paid for and then you could be on your way hopefully youre safe there safe as well that some of the requirements for face 2. The reason why the other counties, the 6 other counties, including Alameda County and San Francisco not reopenings because they did not meet certain criteria laid out by governor Gavin Newsome plus the mayors in those cities. They felt they were not ready just yet. Take a look at your screen. These are the counties that are ready to run this morning as far as opening their doors after being closed for 7 weeks. Solano Sonoma County and napa counties those 3 are often running this morning because they need the income for their businesses and the employees they would like to get income once again, especially but the shelter in placand so many people financially struggling. What the criteria includes. You have to have plenty of bad space because coronavirus could explode once again so they had to prove to the state that they have adequate bad space at the hospitals should coronavirus happened when they once again hopefully it doesnt but they want to be safe than sorry also that you have to prove to governor newsome that you have not had any coronavirus deaths over the past 2 weeks. So places like Sonoma County not as busy as say los angeles or San Francisco bay have been ready to go for quite some time keep in mind. Its not going to be what youre used to as far as going inside and browsing thats not going to happen. But at least now robin marty have Clothing Stores bookstores music stores. They are ready to go forget about the haircuts thats not happening just yet thats phase 3 dine in experience that could happen sooner than later thats technically part of phase 3. But the governor did say on a case by case basis. If people can prove that it is working that he could allow some of the restaurants to reopen even during face too. Back to you all right, thank you very much well marty. Well now we want to continue our Team Coverage of kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is live in San Francisco. She has more on what counties are not allowing businesses to reopen and when that might change San Francisco is one of them either sarah good morning. Good morning. Marty thats right and live here on union street in San Francisco popular area for people to window shop going to stores but non essential retailers theyre still not allowed to open their doors and were seeing that here a bunch of clothes signs this is not only in San Francisco, but in 5 other counties plus the city of berkeley take a look at your screen we put a list of those cities and counties on there for you San Francisco mayor london breed did say yesterday though that as long as we continue to see progress with the shelter in place we can anticipate that they would maybe allow some businesses to resume operation with store front pick up as soon as may 18th she specifically mention a few retailers like bookstores floris music stores would be first to reopen for pickup. So that would potentially happen in about 18 days, but storms will already be doing that in other counties statewide starting today as we just heard from will as a part of phase 2 of reopening california but mayor breed says the bay area is still in the thick of it with the pandemic and is not ready for that step i talked with a woman who works at a Jewelry Store in here in San Francisco of course she wants to get back to work but she says this is probably for the best. I think its probably best that they remain close id much rather have it be safe than about the vaccines. Theres really no way of getting around this coronavirus so in the meantime id much rather stay at home an keep my distance from people. Once we do get to the Curbside Pickup process do you think businesses will be able to be successful with that. I dont know how long that may go and see going to see billy, i mean people love to browse want to try on they want to see everything so i think thats going to be really hard for businesses to really make money that way but i. Well see haha. Definitely going to be a Transition One that will already see in other counties in the bay area so to see how successful they are. But looks like San Francisco, those 5 other counties berkeley were going have to wait at least 10 more days see of will be able to open a some of our Retail Stores in those nonessential businesses but for now its time to double down continue wearing that mask when youre in public and make sure that youre using those social distancing in youre doing your best to stay home and and really be safe out there for now im live in San FranciscoSarah Stinson kron 4 news. Good tips. Sarah, thanks. A lot for that live report from the city robin. All right. Thank you marty ahead by a seagoing yesterday i needed it for most of the dalles pretty hot and it looks like well have another hot one today, lets check in with dave spahr and get specifics on the cities around the bay area theyve. Yeah its going to be working pretty hefty today going on rob and yeah its going get a break this weekend a little bit and to be on it early next week by what he did also but a flavor of summer it looks like for today about this beautiful shot coming in from u c berkeley east bay shoreline all it up. And often the distance, the blue skies were that hes of some of the fog because of the cooler conditions of the bay itself. Yeah, some bicyclists right around there about that little bit of a breeze going out of the Golden Gate Bridge just a touch. Well see a little bit of a breeze kind of kick in a little today once we get that in love heating thats going to strive its the local typical winds that we get theyre not synoptic lead written, its still a big giant h thats controlling things for us so h o t will work. But there are strangers or are changes coming for this weekend for some scattered clouds reduce temperatures and then some rain coming early next week lets go step by step here the first thing is that marine layer stress that they can up a little bit sneaking in here in the bay both monterey also up to us and up to the census copay air that will mix out nicely but then tomorrow morning. Lets for some scattered clouds in there and continue reduction of temperatures and basically its the High Pressure starting to break down is whats happening to allow more that marine layer to come speaking on into when all of that cluster clouds out from the coast mostly sunny and hot today 70s at the coast a tease for the bay 90s happening inland this weekend. We lineup or another a dose of temperatures with 60s at the coast 70s for the bay 80s happening in london. Again those scattered clouds we talked about again sunday and then some showers for early next week and by the way continuing into next week it looks like we have a shot as well 74 San Francisco, oakland, 8090 san jose. But the hot stuff robin was talking about there you have it mid to upper 90s far inland. 80 for oakland, 86 for a word so were in for a a a summertime treat going on today coming up a little bit well have the 4 zone forecast for you and check into that extended as well back to you all right, thank you david trying to park your car in a shaded spot like if youre an area where its going to be 97. And your cars been sitting in the sun all day and go sit down and special have Leather Seats that burned its hot so parts that were in school. Alright checking in on 92, we are looking at traffic leaving hayward over to the peninsula. So far we dont have any big problems theyre connecting to one o one if you need to use the bay bridge 80 wesson to San Francisco, nice and light so far clear through the maze and smooth across upper deck marty. Ok robin coming up next this morning governor newsome says the Community Spread of covid19 started in a nail salon were going to hear why the spate nail salon owner says the governors comments afterward. Dmv offices will reopen today. What you need to know to get your license renewed and other services theyll be offering. And well take a live look outside. There it is again hasnt changed a bit the past few seconds robin. Approach the bay bridge looking pretty nice this morning will be right. Welcome back everyone when you think about the dmv what do you think about this the long lines are those long lines thats the norm at dmv offices right but not anymore. 5 d of the offices in the bay area will reopen today but with new safety guidelines there in concord oakland San Francisco, san jose and santa rosa. So customers will have to wait in the parking lot outside until they get a text message to come inside. Theyre also encouraged to wear face masks and keep a 6 speed distance, what others only certain in person transactions will be allowed. Those include pain registration for an impounded vehicle. Reinstating a suspended license applying for a disabled person parking placard, verifying documents for bus drivers and some real id transactions we have more details listed on our website kron 4 dot com. If youre in napa county and youre going to be out here tomorrow shopping theyve got some new rules in place youre this is one. So is this. And so are these. They all represent something more. The feeling of home. Thats why were here. To help make your home be everything you want it to be. Because home is what unites us. Good morning, everybody welcome back our top story this morning at 8 30 people in napa county will soon be required to wear a face mask in public places. Now this comes as more businesses get ready to reopen the kron fours rana harvey joins us live from napa with the breakdown of these new safety guidelines reyna. Marty robin thats right and a lot of people out here now are excited that businesses are going to start opening back up the like you mentioned starting tomorrow, they are going to be required to wear those cloth mask, if you are going to businesses. Now right now we have a phase 2 of the governors plan happening out here napa and if youre going to pick up anything from Curbside Service youre going to wear a mask also if you work inside of a business. Youre also going to want to wear cloth mask and that especially if you cant keep that 6 feet of distance and space between you and other people inside of that business. Now again this all starts tomorrow, although the stores are open back up today, i got a chance to talk to some of the residents out here napa this morning and heres what they had to say about this. So we think that stores apply the social distancing guidelines and have sanitizers and require mast that im real happy to see those people go back to work and now i am very happy that i think you just said i think i read yesterday that they are going to be requiring masks, we know you go shopping indoors and around people. A few businesses that are open and thats chocolat of our own the indian cuisine, big the burgers baskinrobbins and bone fly cafe. Now again this starts tomorrow and theres no end date on this order right now so if youre going to go out shopping tomorrow and enjoy some of the shops that are opening back up here in napa you want to make sure you bring your cloth mask for now reporting in downtown napa rate, harvey kron 4 news. All right dana, thanks a lot for that live report from the north bay robin. Other news from ces Community Spread of the coronavirus started and a nail salon the governor made the remark in response to a question as to why salons are not included in phase 2. Many of the that you would otherwise expect of a modification were already in play and many of the slots with people that had procedure masks were using and advancing higher levels of sanitation. The governor did not provide specifics and did not disclose which nail salon did happen then but he did say that right now reopening salons its still a part of the plan for face 3. Kron fours kate roni spoke with an east bay salon owner who was concerned about you know by the comments that the Community Spread started in a nail salon and what they can what that could mean for those businesses moving forward take a listen. Nail salons are notably absent from the list of business is set to start up. Governor newsome said thursday, theyll likely be a part of phase 3 citing a nail salon is the point of origin for the state spread of the coronavirus that was news to industry professionals, i was surprised because for me being in the nail industry for over 30 years. I i didnt know that i just felt the heartbreak of on the onslaught of all managers Saunders James open her salon and oaklands just 8 weeks before shelterinplace orders hit the bay area and immediately had to furlough her entire staff. She didnt expect to be included in the phase one reopening shes frustrated that the state hasnt provided any guidelines for her industry what. Has the state of california done to protect. Manicurist to protect clients. We havent heard one thing about what we can do to protect our teammembers as of thursday 14 states had lifted restrictions on nail salons with at least 4 more set to do so in the coming days in california nail salons have been included among highrisk businesses but not all Health Experts agree with that designation no not at especially. With what we now know about covid and especially a with the mitigation. Approaches i think are are widespread knowledge now those approaches can potentially be applied to businesses like nail salons as the reopening process continues instead of of thinking about you know how to keep. He also wants closed and i think that the data we have it scientifically that would be very hurt to show right now. I think what we should instead be thinking about more creative ways of. Reopening that could include things like personal protective equipment or digitizing appointments and payment prior to visiting a salon. In San Francisco, kate rooney kron 4 news. Now to the east bay this morning with the Alameda County fair has been canceled for the first time in over a 100 years, the 18 day fair was scheduled to run from june 8 noon june 19th 2 july 12th now the fair is a 108 year old tradition that nearly half a Million People enjoy every single year. It also is a huge economic boost to the area with more than 32 million in revenue Mass Gatherings such as county fairs will be one of the last things allowed to reopen by the state county fair will not be permitted until stage 4 alameda unty fair is monitoring conditions for future Summer Events such horse racing and options. A guy lines for the phased reopening of california among them having workers in place to track down people who have been exposed to those who tested positive for covid19 ucsf is now working with the state to train thousands of contact tracers these disease detectives will reach out to the people who have been in close contact with those who have tested positive for covid19. In the absence of therapeutics in the absence of vaccines. Its the best were going to be able to do to stop this. But were trying to do is catch people. You may become infected and have them out of the out of the. Out of circulation during that period of time when they start first getting infected and which is why theyre probably maximally infectious. Ucsf is hoping to train 10,000 contact tracers by the end of this month. Many of them will be city county and state employees who are currently not doing their regular jobs. Contact tracers are also responsible for setting up testing for those who have been exposed and connecting them with resources if those patients the to isolate or quarantine. Of the 19 tested ease by ucsf are exposing vulnerabilities among minorities after testing nearly 3,000 people in San Franciscos Mission District last month. They found that latinos made up about 90 of the positive test results. It was the 2nd half of a twopart study with ucsf researchers looking into the spread of the virus in both rural and urban areas, more than 1800 residents were tested in bolinas in number in county and there were no positive cases. The lead investigator of the study doctor Corrina Marquez explains how scientists found it easier to physically distance in small talk coastal towns. 30 people had lower income i think one of the key things is the majority of the people or pcr positive who compared to overall operation were unable to work from home from work or are unable to shelter in place major inequities that exist actress in a Mission Community but that had the same the same kind of results in communities like the bronx in new york or or in chicago. Well doctor marcus says the testing exposes the most vulnerable and then its time to respond not just in the mission. But across the country as well. A car parades are the brand new way to celebrate birthdays and graduations in the bay area but in santa clara county. These driveby festivities are now being banned the reasoning behind the action is on the countys website reading in part quote parade ceremonies and similar gatherings with people outside of your home are not allowed. Even if everyone stays in their cars, east Side Union School district superintendent chris funk says the schools wanted to celebrate the class of 2020 with the thrive drivethru graduation at the flea market parking lot but his idea and requests were both shot down. Frustration on our part not being able to recognize at happy to drive through graduation tells concerned that we might not control the crowd outside the location we were to drive but we certainly can control who enters a the drivethru. Well the ban has put Many Police Departments in a tough situation is the los gatos month. Sorento police have supervised several of these parades and also shared the videos on Youtube San Jose Police chief eddie garcia is not happy with the county order he tweeted that his officers will not site and arrest people unless theres a blatant violation. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news pg e is being slapped with a record breaking fine how much the utility will have to pay for its involvement in recent wildfires. And also after the break a new study says local Child Centers are on the brink of collapse because of the pandemic what needs to happen for them to survive. And before we go a little peek outside at the richmond sandra fell we have lots of sunshine. Another Beautiful Day on tap will have specific for your city coming up. Good morning, welcome back a new u c berkeley study says the california child care programs are on the brink of collapse and the to financial stimulus the study surveyed 2000 child care centers, big and small and found that 60 of them are reporting a loss of income because of low attendance or family is not being able to pay over 75 have laid off workers and that will likely affect just how many children that the centers can care for. Theres also the issue of finding cleaning supplies and ppe. I feel that im with this and ending many provide is getting closer oldest and was one of big short childcare happened make hard choices about like who gets to get certain doesnt this is as important if not more important than protecting our airline industry. This is one of the Underlying Services like transportation that we cant really do with out. Well the Study Concludes that the entire Industry Needs a stimulus to keep it afloat many businesses are hoping that the new billion bailout package proposed by senator elizabeth warren, well pass and keep his already fragile industry from crumbling. So anything outdoors today prop plan in advance for hot temperatures going on today you can get a flavor of summer for pretty much just one day before the start backing up, heres a look at the state upper 90s you can see in those inland valleys the Central Valley may be near 100 the plenty hot and those in the valleys right here in the bay area oh look at that forecast and the change happened this weekend next week on good morning welcome back to kron 00 04am morning news sounds like todays going to be perfect for sunscreen and a nice cool drink, lets find out more from dave spahr height of. Thats correct or you got that right marty good morning and good morning, everybody going to be a flavor of summer, but its a quick little trip in the summer on back to spring this weekend and into early next week, a member of those april showers was may now, but i mean were going to be helping flowers out a little bit with some rain coming our way early next week. But for right now its a pretty good start toward a hers sfo, nice clear shots are not much the way of fog going on this morning well see probably a little bit tomorrow because this big age. Its going very potent today, but its going start breaking down fog is going to be a little bit of an issue at the coast probably tomorrow starting and then into sunday as well but definitely a lot going on today thats a given and the wind direction after local heating will be a bit of an onshore wind. Thats look more or less a local event i know the highest credit and offshore wind. But will because of inland eating that provides the rising air and that gives us a little bit of an onshore flow. In terms of local ones that synoptic what youre seeing okay. So for the weekend passes. We drop temperature wise, heres an opportunity for rain and into next week. It looks like 3 little waves coming our way not as potent as were hoping but still there are definite shots of rain 1, 2, 3, its. We take kind of a breather all this week and temperatures stay much the same in the 70s once they dropped they dont return back to walk the eyes. And another dose of looks like of rain into the following weekend. This will call next week is coming to an unsettled pattern where the high will reign supreme like were used to the end of this week. Now we do need this rain the Drought Monitor tells us here were now severe category for about 2 thirds of the bay area and then to the south the drops into the moderate and abnormal category all right getting to it your 4 zone forecast for this rose the friday tgi out 74 San Francisco. The coast, a numbers and the lower 70s, 68 pacific a typical like summer like weather. Upper 70s along the east bay shoreline san bruno millbrae 81 for burlingame and more 80s on the south end of the peninsula, 85 for Mountain View palo alto at 86. Now its crest some 90s here in the south bay just to buy all locations, sunny though is getting by with 88, but 92 for morgan hill, 90 per san jose 94 Milpitas Santa Clara and the southern end of the east bay shoreline upper 80s into tri valley middle to lower 90s that thats an all about 90 93 for waller creek 95 conquer but you don around can you get the brentwood you could be pushing upper 90s potentially 80 for oakland 78 going on for berkeley and we have neocon 9795 fairfield 89 for napa was sonoma at 91. And well do 92 rosa lower 60s even appear in the the north bay beaches where theyve been kind of stubborn in the 50s in 84 going on for sunday inland valleys thats a good 10 degree drop in some cases than us trying to the big drop 77 for mom and then early next week here comes the rain monday into tuesday and remaining somewhat cool next week and again another opportunity to look out for for more rain in the following weekend. Checking bay area traffic and bridges robin which they can thank you. Dave traffic looks good so far heading into San Francisco, heres a live. Look. With no problems through the tolls across the upper deck, the skyway still trouble free and we dont have any hot spots so a great time to come on in under 10 minutes into San Francisco. Heres the richmond sandra fell just in case youre commuting to the north bay this morning, youre an essential worker, you need to head off to one on one were doing fine here on 5. 80 westbound with no problems from the east bay to the north bay. Our last bridge, the golden gate nice shot here traffic is still smooth and at the limit in both directions into and out of San Francisco. Marty thank you robin. In the east bay Police Arrested several suspects that they say are tied to a violent street gang. The fbi and richmond Police Arrested the 7 adults and 2 teenagers. Its part of what they call operation no fly zone police say that they are suspected gang members and are accused of attempted murders carjackings home invasions street robberies and more. Some of these robberies. More random there. The costco and city of richmond and i think the ultimate just picked somebody that had walked to their car and then theres also some that occur down want to create conquered and all they terrorized half of contra costa county. Well youre taking a look at Surveillance Footage of the aftermath of a violent shooting that allegedly involved 2 rival gangs this was from february. Its one of the multiple crimes that led to the latest arrests, police say theyre still looking for at least one more suspect. The status had pg and e with a huge fine for its role in the catastrophic wildfires in 2017 18. The state Public Utilities commission is ordering the utility to pay nearly billion in penalties. Its the largest penalty ever assessed by the california p you see most of the money will have to be paid by pg e shareholders. 114 million will have to be paid for system improvements to prevent similar wildfires in the future money will go to local Fire Safe Councils and other protections for communities. One business put a new spin on drivethru service and the flyers that weve been seen across the country are a great way to say thank you frontline workers during the pandemic darryl forges has the feel good stories to make you smile. Drivethru service for food has been in high demand during this pandemic but what about a drivethru zoo. Thats what the Metro Richmond zoo is offering to customers for 60 bucks per car near a drivethru experience last about an hour. The zoo is known around the world for its conservation programs and has struggled financially since the covid19 outbreak began. Our operating costs are close to a 1000 a day opening days keep getting pushed back push back, felt like we needed to do something to help that. Keeping the drivethru fee and made our gallery owner decided to create a drivethru exhibit it consists of paintings stolen works and wood carvings was so much fun, everyone was smiling and just so happy to see some colors it helps me get through because when i see that. Gallery all set up in the its just its so beautiful i just cant help but make you feel better finally military flyovers took place across the country last week to say thank you to health care workers. And First Responders in the battle against coronavirus more are planned. Theres a lot. That is absolutely amazing and once again a special thank you to all the essential workers on the front lines during this pandemic. Im darryl forges reporting. For is also saluting the class of 2020 and this morning we want to congratulate marcus money. So marcus is graduating from Freedom High School in oakley he will pursue a career in sports coaching. And marketing very nice marcus congratulations and best wishes for your next adventure remember you can let us know about a graduate in your life all you have to do is go to our website kron 4 dot com. We have a special section. You just find salute to grads 2020 its right under the news tab. And then you submit a picture of your craft let us know which high school the graduate attended and then whats next for them, so wed love to hear about it before we go we leave you with a little peek outside of sfo feels good outside right now but if you have some gardening or exercising to do. Do it now while its nice and cool because its going to be hot later on this afternoon well be right back. Good morning, welcome back we are honoring bay area heroes who are making a difference in their community during this public Health Crisis. And today were honoring a San Francisco base Health Company thats offering a new tool for doctors to safely and securely video call their patients. Doc 70 released the new feature on the app this week and to help frontline workers connect with patients while working remotely or in clinical settings the company says all calls are encrypted kept private under never recorded. The new video feature will be free through january of next year, the docks and the app is available on both ios and android if you want to check it out. And you can spotlight, someone who makes a difference in your community as well we have a section on our website. Its called kron 4 heroes and all you have to do is fill out a quick form to let us know about your hero. You can find the page at kron 4 dot com thats right keep those stories coming in. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news 6 a bay area counties will not be reopening today despite state orders when mayor breed says they can reopen coming up in a live report. But a different story for Sonoma County the county is among 3 bay area counties that will allow some businesses to reopen. And over in napa county people will be required to wear face masks as more businesses reopened well break it down coming up. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 9. Good morning. Thanks a lot for joining us on the kron 4 morning news. It is friday may 8th on Marty Gonzales is get to our top story this morning. Theres some major changes ahead in california stay at home orders 3 bay area counties will begin reopening some businesses today. While the other 6 counties will not reopen. This despite governor newsoms approval of the reopening for some nonessential businesses with new safety measures. Lets go ahead and get started on this with kron fours will tran who is in Sonoma County this morning for some businesses are being allowed to reopen. I will good morning. Base to begin at 12 oh one this morning but faced who is nothing like what we saw before the pandemic it calls for Curbside Pickup, Sporting Good stores like this one in petaluma Dicks Sporting Goods you can see. 1, 2,