Decision about Education University of california campuses. Will no longer require High School Students to submit an a c t e r s a t score for admission. Thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis to use the regents voted unanimously to eliminate the exams today. Its the latest attempt to address fairness when it comes to getting into college. The s a t and a c t exams have long been criticized for favoring wealthy white High School Students. The new policy calls for those tests to be suspended through the year 2024. As the University System works to develop its own testing standard. The exams will be completely eliminated by 2025 even if the new you see specific standard test isnt approved yet and tonight californias top educator says that longawaited guidance on how to reopen schools in the fall. Could be coming in a matter of days today, educators from across the state weighed in on what they believe the process should look like our first Jonathan Mccall reports on some of their concerns. A blueprint to reopen california schools is close to being completed you can i do this unless we can provide fo the safety of our students and those who serve them. And so in that respect know that while were dealing with some Unanswered Questions around the fiscal impacts know that were not going to ask anyone to open a school we cannot safe to do that for weeks members of the states reopening Schools Task Force has been working ideas that could be implemented for the fit Time Thursday we finally got a chance to hear some of them. All elementary School Students need to be back at school. Different seating configurations within costs room, smaller classroom, sizes and what that means for School Facilities for the instructional programs theres been discussion around blended learning models such as students attending in Person Instruction a few days a week maybe certain grade levels, some worry that even more Distance Learning could put some students even further behind the pack. Others say they want nurses and counselors in every School Across the state because the pandemic is still in our communities. And we need to stop it from spreading. State Health Officials say theyll be working with the department of education to offer guidance not rules to see the use of masks and other personal protective equipment will likely be required for students and staff. But School Leaders are wondering how to implement the millions of dollars in changes while budgets are being slashed. We cannot absorb a 10 cut in lca at the same time that were trying to do more. To reopen safely some superintendents now want money from the states Rainy Day Fund given directly to the districts to help offset the cuts without the help others worry that a number of teachers could be left out of the plants we need some really creative thinking thats going to have to occur in order to make this happen. That was our Jonathan Mccall reporting tonight there are plenty of questions remaining certainly including rules on sporting events what about bus rides configuration of classrooms and what to do if a student or staff member test positive for covid number of districts say theyre already crafting their own plans as they wait for guidance from the state. Tonight more than a 1000 faith leaders all across the state are prepared to defy governor Gavin Newsoms order and hold in Person Religious Services next sunday. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the effort. Planning is underway for pastors across california preparing to hold their first in Person Services in 2 months a group of 1200 pastors signed a declaration deeming themselves essential with an agreement to open their congregations may 31st the attorney representing them robert tyler says because some pastors lead multiple churches, an estimated 3,000 houses of worship will move sooner than the state wants them to us really easy for people to just say well youre just looking for legal fight youre looking there you stand on the constitution and declared your rights and as that was happening to the secondary effects are so enormous and people are time important a suicide people. I need to crest and using citing their own back on opioids and drug addiction and alcoholism, the best decision percent we have to get back to the declaration comes as the u. S. Department of justice this week said californias order puts an unfair burden on churches in his most recent update governor Gavin Newsome said his administration was working with faith leaders to come up with new safety guidelines for places of worship amid the pandemic newsome has said the state is weeks away from reopening for in Person Services, but critics say many dont want to wait that long and so many of them are are looking at standards and theyre saying you know we might only about 25 of our total occupancy, maybe 30 of our total want to multiple services so theres a social distancing. Theres going to be a lot efforts mean to protect the health and safety of congregants as of thursday newsoms office didnt directly comment or respond to the groups letter and Declaration Group leaders say they would like to work more collaboratively with the governor in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Following in the footsteps of napa county today Solano County became the second local county to move into an expanded face to reopening that means the county. Now has state approval to reopen dinein restaurants. Schools malls and other Retail Businesses with safety guidelines. Heres a look at those key prevention practices physical distancing as much as possible. The use of face coverings by employees and customers, frequent hand washing and regular cleaning and disinfection and employees must be trained on the guidelines kron fours dan kerman has more of a loved one bar and restaurant in benicia theyre ready for a thursday night reopening of dinein customers. People have been really itching to come in and build a sense of normalcy. So we see that theyre very excited about it. Following the states ok Solano County has issued an updated health order allowing for dinein eating which is a relief to many who have seen business plummet over the last 2 months. Every day that weve open for takeout is been a loss of revenue. Theres not enough takeout business to actually sustain. The cost to run the operation agrees hes barbecue in vallejo they agree take out only is not enough to pay the bills but at this point. Theyre not doing a full reopening. You cant just open up because that means adding more staff and that doesnt mean adding more business you have to have an ability to pay its staff. Ingersoll says hes concerned there may not be enough people willing to dine in and even if there are. Hes not sure social distancing requirements will allow enough of them to sit. So hes taking it slowly. Ill probably start off and maybe some outside sidewalk seating. Give the customers and ability to order but still dropping off and in a disposable container, you know maybe more of an upscale a compost aborts posibles at the last bay of plenty of outdoor seating that will allow for distancing, however, the same cant be said inside we dont have room to take out tables that we take up tables, youre looking to get a few people in any way. So in terms of the social distancing requirements. Its going to be really up to people to do what theyre comfortable with. One option for creating more social distancing, especially in small restaurant says knocking out a couple of Parking Spaces in front in creating table seating there restauranteurs seem to be in favor of that idea. In benicia dan kerman kron 4 news and tomorrow Santa Clara County will become the final bay area county to transition into phase 2. That means allowing Curbside Pickup along with resuming manufacturing and logistic work. Today President Trump refused to wear a mask while he toured a ford motor plant in michigan. He refused to wear it at least in front of the media, the defiance came despite a specific request from the states attorney general to wear a mask to play by the rules of that state the president said he quote war one in the back but didnt want to give the media the pleaure of seeing it. His decision also came after leaders at forward informed the white house ahead of time that masks a required at their facility. Michigans attorney general responded after this all went down today by saying that the president is no longer welcome in michigan. If he refuses to wear a mask and we mentioned that he said he wore one in the back here is a picture of President Trump wearing a mask first time weve seen this representative jackie spear from the bay area tweeted this picture earlier saying quote c it didnt hurt that much end quote the mask appears to have the president ial seal on it. New tonight, the man who recorded the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is now the 3rd person to be arrested for his murder. William bryant is charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment, brian claim to just be a witness but the Georgia Bureau of investigation brought charges after an investigation. Arbery was killed in february in brunswick, georgia, 64 yearold Gregory Mcmichael and his 34 yearold son travis ive already been arrested and charged with murder. Turning now to another big story we have been following for months now 4 suspects are in custody in connection with the murder of a tech executive in santa cruz credit for a lot of those been following this story and he has the latest. Against these 4 people we have the right people. Santa cruz county sheriff jim hart announcing the arrest of 4 suspects in connection with the 10 1 2019 murder, a 50 yearold tech executive in cannabis entrepreneur to share all trade. Our train was kidnapped here at his oceanfront home on east cliff drive, 22 yearold curtis charters 23 yearold joshua camps and 22 yearold Steven Lindsey all from Southern California were arrested tuesday. A 4th suspect caleb charters curtis is brother is in custody in michigan, this man was sleeping in his home. Physically entered his home kidnapped and murdered. Among the evidence is Surveillance Video that shows several individuals on the street near on trees home early on the morning of his murder. Shot and killed after his body was found later that day in the santa cruz mountains. Deputies say 2 of the suspects worked for a tree at his cannabis business in that the motive was robbery this was a senseless crime, this is something that were. Theres really no explanation these people wanted monetary gain and and took advantage of the situation aside from his Business Ventures to share audrey was a surfer and musician. With many friends anonymous benefactors offered a 200,000 reward in the case. But the arrests resulted not from the reward but rather from hard work says the sheriff this case was not solved. By social media. It wasnt solved by technology alone for forensics alone. This case was solved fight. Outstanding. Police were all 4 suspects are to be charged with 3 felonies each murder kidnapping and robbery rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Tonight, the fbi says a shooting at a Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi early this morning is terror related one member of the Naval Security forces was injured and the suspects was neutralized investigators are now searching for a potential second person of interest. According to a tweet from the fbi based out of houston, the sailor injured is in Good Condition and is expected to be released later tonight, the shooting happened just after 6 in the morning. At one of the gates on the base. Still to come tonight a new way to check your physical distance from others where you can find a bunch of 6 foot circles in San Francisco. And Health Care Workers as stanford hospital are protesting after being told that theyre going to have to take another pay cut. What theyre asking for and how theyre fighting back. And local Law Enforcement says the recent release of inmates is a threat to Public Safety. The problems the Alameda CountySheriffs Office says it is now dealing with during the pandemic and heres the county by county breakdown of. Coronavirus cases and deaths here in the bay area. Well be quote 0 bail is a fail. End quote when it comes to Public Safety that is the opinion of officials that at least one bay area detention facility who tell kron fours Haaziq Madyun that releasing inmates has led to a recent spike in crime. Were catching people with guns. Storm vehicles and were turn around and release them out the door. Hours later and theyre doing it again. It has been about a month since the state of california ordered as the role Bell Schedule releasing thousands of low level offenders from jail for health and safety reasons due to the covid19 pandemic now officials here at santa rita jail in dublin say some of those former inmates are responsible for recent crime wave to the east bay and at least in Allegheny County were seeing a lot of car thefts. Were up to 3, 4, 5, vehicle pursuits per day and of the burglaries and thefts are through the roof this so it in effect for about a month now since weve been dealing with the pandemic weve been keeping track of reassess is we have 50 people be rearrested we have one individual a leap pack probably nationally was 7, 3, aprests that distinction belongs to mister was seen abou whitey who has been arrested cited and released but the list of crimes you see ridiculous inmate advocates in favor of 0 bill due to covid19 see it differently because of what they say is the high risk of infection in the often overcrowded jail conditions. However, santa rita Officials Say the jail has been transformed to accommodate inmates with covid19 the jail it is a safe space to to weather the covid19 pandemic theirs 24 hour access to health care. Our jail stops almost long health. And our medical provider in jail and keeping the environment safe. And all of the patients that have had covid19 have recovered. The 0 Bell Schedule will remain in place for an additional 90 days after governor Gavin Newsome is the shelterinplace order. How is it that you kron 4 news. Frontline workers as stanford hospital have been told that they have to take a pay cut and now theyre fighting back harpers jason dumas says that story. Second time this month Health Care Workers at stanford hospital in palo alto protested against pay cuts for frontline workers in april the hospital announced that it needed to make temporary workforce adjustments which will result in a 20 pay cut workers at California State Assembly member ask how protested alongside the Health Care Workers this gesture that they should be the ones sacrificing although he called them. Heroes are essential workers. Recalling or as a part of me and so i cant stand by and be silent. It is to to share that as much as well for reserves. Its 10 for Health Care Push race. Sacrifices for their art to our Health Care Workers. The protesters told cholera that this outbreak wont end anytime soon so the pay cut will significantly affect that. Our believe the hospital has plenty of monetary resources for Health Care System here billion in assistance to this the economic crisis. And he had one last message for stanford hospital before he left really the or we asked our workers our healthcare heroes make sacrifices so we can do the right thing. I make. All through this crisis and i guarantee. Come through for us as they always do people get out of this crisis in one piece workers deserve that much reporting in palo alto im jason dumas scrum for news. Whether time is we get a check on the 4 zone forecast first taking a live look outside above San Francisco. You can feel the. Warming in the air joining us now from meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez with a look at the memorial day weekend forecast looking good. Yeah, its going to get really warm and hot, especially barred share your valleys granted bikie so enjoy the somewhat dry seasonable issue whether in the bay area in the coming days live look outside from south market in downtown San Francisco and were noticing marine layer nonexistent thanks in todays warmer air mass out there 24 hour temperature change showing a warm up near double digit warming for most of our interior valleys, especially those of you in the north bay santa rosa 8 degrees warmer than where you are around this time last night thats why youre still in the low 70s as are parts of the tribe, dollys like concord in antioch 73 degrees everyone else know in the 60s but as you head along the San Francisco peninsula coastline. Already cooling down into the mid to upper 50s. Thanks to the return of that cool sea breeze so we are noticing some pretty gusty winds, especially in downtown San Francisco. Sustained at 29 Miles Per Hour with gusts. Upwards of about 35 Miles Per Hour or less wakeup planner forecast is going to show their least sunny skies to start your friday morning but then by the afternoon and increasing cloud cover with another round of pretty breezy winds around 30 Miles Per Hour or less and then were gradually going to warm up this weekend with the biggest warmup starting on monday your memorial day monday very summer like temperatures heading our way possible triple digits for some of our interior valleys in the coming days. In addition that daytime highs warm to 20 degrees above average tracking adults looking to be the hardest days so far that the bay area seeing this year coming up next week more in my full forecast in just a few minutes granted to act it all right the still ahead its the end of an era whats next for San Franciscos oldest bar is a clue as to close its doors due to the coronavirus and it is a new visual to enforce physical distancing. Where yo so San Franciscos most popular parks are getting a whole new look has a bunch of circles on them. The idea is trying to help people stay 6 feet apart kron fours Maureen Kelly got reaction to the physical distance circles being painted today. Park workers using the same kind of chalky paint to mark off baseball diamonds. Drought circles, 10 feet in diameter spaced 8 feet apart. Today, they polka dotted little marina green and Washington Square park. Wednesday they gave the lower section of dolores park, the same treatment the citys rec and Park Department says theyre borrowing the concept from brooklyns domino park giving it a try here as a Pilot Project putting down these socially distanced circles right before what is expected to be a war memorial day weekend. Is not a coincidence, especially here in the morris park which mayor breed threatened to close down earlier this month because of crowds gathering here but it wasnt never completely out of hand i have to say it was not a road years or anything. But there were groups of 1015 20 people who are drinking together cons colby who lives nearby thinks the circles are much better solution than shutting down a popular park in this dense urban area to go crazy to stay inside and many people dont have a garden they live in an Apartment Building what are they supposed to do you need fresh air you need to green. Rec and parks as they are not meant to be an enforcement tool, but like the signs they have posted the circles are just a visual reminder to help people use the park safely. Those inside this Family Circle like the clarity they bring because its hard to. I figure out i think on your own how much space there should be between you and the next play good or whatever so its nice to just take the guesswork out of it jackson park here patrol hill will get the circles painted on friday. The idea is to get them in these 4 different areas of San Francisco. To get a good test of their effectiveness morning kelly kron 4 news. Coming up the cdc now wants doctors to test all newborns of moms potentially exposed to covid19 how long those babies may have to be separated from their parents and San Franciscos oldest most famous bar says it is closing because of the pandemic with the future of this stuff are could look like down the road. Plus concern and optimism as the country reopens more and more why some Health Experts warn were moving a little too quickly and tune in next wednesday may 27th for our congressional town hall special the road to reopening politicians from across the state will answer your questions live on air. You can submit a question the video of it on our website kron 4 dot com where you can gaap on twitter use the hashtag reopening ca the inside california politics special will air live from 7 to 8 at night on kron 4 states across the country keep inching their way towards fully reopening even as experts warn of the potential dangers of moving too quickly that the rim arrow is in washington with more on the ongoing debate. Optimism and uncertainties surrounding the latest round of reopening across the country with all 50 states now at least partially open experts warn the virus still poses a significant threat sparking concern about possible outbreaks later this summer on capitol hill thursday, lawmakers holding a hearing on the devastating effects of covid19 on seniors, the enormity of this pandemic coupled with the in here through bility nursing home say that even the highest quality Nursing Homes largely unprepared meanwhile state officials peeling back restrictions with the hopes of jumpstarting the economy which lost another 2. 4 million jobs this week in mississippi casino set to reopen and in tennessee, the famed graceland welcoming back visitors. Thursday President Trump visiting a ford motor plant in michigan that has been producing protective equipment for healthcare workers were going to be very strong starting. With our transition period which will be probably june june july i think it is hes a very good numbers coming out. With the death toll of United States approaching 100,000 and models predicting the potential for 10s of thousands of more deaths each decision could have ripple effects for weeks or even months were definitely going to see an increase in cases and a spike over the summer and into fall if we expand social that we become out of social distancing to ickly in washington, im nadia romero. Tonight we know what the tsa is changing some screening procedures in response to the coronavirus passengers. Well now need to hang on to their boarding passes rather than hand them over to the tsa officers. Officers will look at the boarding passes without touching them to prevent cross contamination. When a bag does not pass a xray screening. Passengers may be responsible for unpacking it and sending it through the machine again rather than an officer searching through a hand. The agency is also encouraging passengers to put smaller items like a wallet and a phone in their carry on bags before getting to the screening area. The cdc is now advising that doctors tests all newborns delivered to women with potential Coronavirus Infections. It says the babies are likely exposed to the virus through respiratory droplets from their mothers or other caregivers there are reports of exposure during labor. But theres not a lot of definitive evidence there just yet the cdc says doctors should presume that exposed newborns have an infection saying they should be isolated from other healthy babies and temporarily separated from their moms. Testing in the first 24 hos after birth is suggested and again the next day if results are negative. Tonight a man who served for years as the white house butler has died from the coronavirus. 91 yearold roosevelt or William Roosevelt german served 11 president. He began as a cleaner in the Eisenhower Administration and was later promoted to butler by jackie kennedy. He retired only a few years ago his granddaughter says he always believed that he lived a blessed life. A photo of german with former president barack obama and the first lady was featured in the Michelle Obama memoir becoming when he suffered a stroke and 2011 the obamas made sure that he was taken care of in the hospital and sent him flowers, its the end of an era at least for now today this to sf bar build here is. You know one of San Franciscos oldest bars is permanently closing its location in soma San Francisco, the owner blames dwindling revenues in large part because of the pandemic but as kron 4 sleet ago reports. Theyre hoping they can reopen somewhere else down the road. By months end the stud farm will no longer have a home in San Francisco. The venues collective of owners share during a virtual News Conference in the afternoon that their land. Has allowed them to break free from their current lease, the owners say the move will save them. 10s of thousands of dollars this is real. There is no plan currently too. I knew that to another venue we dont have any contracts in hand, but the owners are hopeful that at some point down the road they will be capable of reopening at another location they intend to continue raising funds for that effort the project that could cost up to million the shelter in place policies which we fully agree with and support the sciences very real and very cool we have not been able to draw an income like many bars, many restaurants and some are just so im across the nation. And this has made it. Impossible to keep up with a dose that we have just being an even being an empty building the start has operated in San Francisco for 55 years, its been at its Current Location in the south of market neighborhood since 1987. Local elected leaders joined the News Conference thursday vowing to help bring the bar back at some point this is a community thats way too tough to let a meeting of the virus are cause permanent damage were going to bounce back we will find a new location. And we will raise whatever money is necessary. We will do the construction is he said its needed will change any zoning or or addressing the barriers that exist, well make sure that even in the age of social distancing. At this time will return sooner rather than later the study will say goodbye on its final day may 31st with a virtual drag funeral that will be streamed live to the public. In San Francisco fleet of all kron 4 news. Tonight, we know actress lori locklin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to consracy charges for the role in that College Admissions scandal. The u. S. Attorney for massachusetts announced the deal which is subject to the courts approval of course the couple is accused of paying 500,000 to get their 2 daughters into usc as fake crew team recruits. They had pleaded not guilty and moved to dismiss charges as recently as 2 weeks ago, but under this plea deal locklin well get 2 months in prison a 150,000 fine and 2 years of supervised release with 100 hours of community service, the couple is scheduled to please guilty tomorrow at 1130 in the morning. In our 4 zone forecast you are looking live at city hall lit up green tonight in honor of essential park workers keeping those green Spaces Available for us during the pandemic and we fresh air little exercise and you better. Theyve even bring an umbrella because its going to get hot here in the inland areas in the couple ys meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is uncomfortably hot in some spots marissa. Yeah we could be 10 to 20 degrees above average granted big the ritz some of the hottest temperatures that weve seen all your last the way you may recall was earlier this month on may 7th and 8th. We walked up into the mid 90s but youll see in the full sevenday outlook. We could warm up into the triple digits in the coming days so the hottest temperatures that weve seen all year right around the corner today, were about 5 degrees above average the sun has just set in the east bay over berkeley so beautiful sunset there with those bright colors out of the sky and stormtracker or not tracking any marine layer influence and back are wind speeds out there right now on the breezy side for most of the bay area but getting those strong westerly breezes right along downtown San Francisco sustained at about 30 Miles Per Hour or less and temperatures for the most part, widespread 50s 60s along the coast with low to mid 70s as you make your way inland specific with for those of you in the north bay and even parts of the tribe valleys but overnight lows tonight, well be on the cooler side and back were going to cool down into the upper 40s to low 50s for most of the bay area tomorrows daytime highs Holding Steady along the coast and along the bay, but some relief for those of you in our interior valleys cooling down to write about where you should be for this time of year with widespread mid to upper 70s antioch know that one outlier in the low 80s for your friday afternoon highs but i am any heat wave is going to arrive memorial day monday widespread 70s 80s along the coast and along the bay starting monday and thursday of next week 80s 90s as we make our way inland peaking on tuesday with some of our innermost valleys warming up into the triple digits so he heading our way back to you thanks for greece uh still ahead big name stores hit hard by the pandemic which companies are getting ready to shut down. After a quarter of about a quarter of their locations. And whos most likely to contract covid we take a look at th were here for you and were open. Wow. Im an original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute better than you . Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. My new bitesized, crispy popcorn chicken is so 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. Tonight we know anyone can be susceptible to covid19 but researchers looking at past cases have studied who is most likely to be infected and Mandy Gaither has more on that in todays health minute. Its a report on the characteristics of the first people tested for Coronavirus Infection within the Royal College of general practitioners. A professional organization for doctors in the United Kingdom published in the lancet Infectious Diseases journal. A 3800 people tested researchers say nearly 600 were positive for the Coronavirus Prevalence of infection was less than 5 of patients younger than 18. But almost 4 times as high in people, 40 and older researchers say infection risk was higher among men than women in black patients more than white and in people with obesity and those with a healthy weight they say infection was also higher in those living in more disadvantaged or urban areas thats a household size didnt seem to significantly affect infection risk. Among those suffering from 2 or more chronic diseases at the same time only those with Chronic Kidney Disease had an increased risk of infection. Whereas the risk impacted smokers is around half that served to those who have never smoked for todays health the researchers want to note that while this study is an important contribution to the independent risks of the new coronavirus the data is not fully representative of the general population, further Research Needs to be done. Next up working from home may become the new normal for plenty of facebook employees how long the Company Staff could be working remotely. And next in sports niners defensive lineman dj jones spoke today, how he thinks the team will fare with lots of changes time for sports. Where all just over here waiting on word on whether the nfl season will take place as scheduled and 49 ers defensive lineman dj jones is no different after being forced to sit out the playoffs and super bowl with an ankle injury. Jones said today, hes back to full health and training hard he didnt play well when he got hurt, so hes eager to get back to work but it will be with some different teammates goner d line leaders like Deforest Buckner and sheldon day jones addressed how their absence will affect the unit and also how excited he is to play with the fortyniners top draft pick this year to van kinlaw. I feel like anybodys guess and one dimension will not be juanita is he then on to that couples who had a. Eventually it all came solo show well well finish my own. It was a note to the teller but we have no reason or my even a young bosa yeah they can step up front. And no one ever will. The nfl sent a list of possible rule changes to teams today to be voted on at a virtual owners meeting next week that includes potential additions to the referee staff, the league is proposing a boost on pyre and a Senior Technology advisor be on hand for each game. Those new members of the officiating crew would have access to video and could make calls based on that video or relay information to the referees on the field. There several other rule changes on the table and they include an alternative to the onside kick and some changes to game clock procedures. And finally tonight everyones just trying to do their best to make it through quarantine right that includes the curry family today steph curry posted a new video to his youtube account with a behind the scenes peek of how he wife asia and their kids, riley ryan and cannon have been spending their shelter in place. It includes karaoke while changing little cannons diaper. Got to of change and a 78 i dont know i just the wealthy didnt immediately recognize that tune thats sw vs 1993 hit week new lyrics of course by the 3 time nba champ the video also shows staff doing things like taking out the trash practicing his golf swing in the yard and working on a rubiks cube so Lesson Learned the stars, theyre just like us trying to pass the time creatively while sheltering at home. Man that guys exgay tonight, we know as many as half of facebooks employees could be working remotely within the next 5 to 10 years. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg making that announcement today. His is a major turning point for the company to support working from home after the pandemic the company is expected to dramatically increase its remote hiring over time. And its also looking into supporting permanent remote work for current employees just last week ceo, jack dorsey. Twitter said that many twitter employees will be allowed to work from home permanently. Victorias secret says it will permanently close more than 250 of its stores in the u. S. Its Parent Company l brands made that announcement today of victorias secrets currently has just over a 1000 locations in the u. S. And canada. L brands also plans to close 51 of its bath and body works stores. The closures will take place over the next several months almost all of the tories secret and bath and body works locations have been closed since march 17th due to the coronavirus pandemic total Company Sales fell 37 in the quarter that ended may second and Department Stores across the country are feeling the effects of the economic fallout today macys reporting. It lost more than a billion dollars between february and may blaming the virus lockdown macys says it was forced to close stores on march 18th because of the outbreak which cause sales to plunge by as much as 45 the pandemic also pushed already struggling chains like jc penney and Neiman Marcus into bankruptcy. Meanwhile panic shopping lifted. Some other big box chains like walmart target and lowes that were deemed essential during the pandemic and were allowed to stay open. Heres something you dont see every day. But then again its not every day of a pandemic right at dancing unicorn this one bringing smiles to the faces of a lot of family stuck inside because of the shelter in place. Shes moving and grooving all over the city of pleasanton and today kron fours michelle kingston tractor down. Well they didnt take me very long to find a pleasant hint unicorn she says shes spreading joy and not germs downtown. Sometimes she dances alone. But on thursday a dinosaur bone on main street. I have about 12 or 14 signs night i to say Different Things some of them might spread joy. And be the light. Smiles are contagious to my favorite one is strangest vacation ever the pleasanton unicorn is been waving to cars dancing on street corners and even pushing Young Children happy birthdays for weeks now. All during the shelterinplace bringing smiles to the faces of people driving or walking by. A lot of people want to want to be that spark of joy in their neighborhood in their community and theyre just afraid to be the first person to do it the woman inside the unicorn is gina marie bordered she owns her own Massage Therapy studio and has been out of work because of it began to hit she decided to dance it off one day even getting to move alongside the citys mayor is uncertainty and anxiety as all the stuff that goes with it but i find that the best thing that i can be the comeback well windy and the sadness that the question. The black side. Is to connect with other people. Its not all in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Next up kron 4 is honoring people in the bay area doing their part during this Health Crisis were going to introduce you to an 8th Grade Student. Shes making during this public Health Crisis kron fours been honoring people doing good things in their communities. We have a lot of people on the list said tonight, it is a done wong, an 8th Grade Student whos been donating toiletries to peninsula in south bay shelters. Aiden began doing it all from his menlo park neighborhood then with the help of go fund me. He expanded in order to help local shelters, running low on supplies seas, hoping to keep helping through the rest of 2020 we have details on our website if youd like to help him out and donate to the cost. Thank you aiden and you can spotlight, somebody making a difference in your community we have a section its on our website called kron 4 heroes all you have to do. Is fill out a quick form to let us know about your hero you can find the page on kron 4 dot com try not to get anybody in kron 4 is saluting the class of 2020. Tonight, were congratulating Heather Hicks heather is graduating from Heritage High School in brentwood in the fall, she hopes to attend a Grand Canyon University and major in nursing we could use more nurses all right heather congrats and you can let us know about a grad and your life just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under the news tab. Then submit a picture of the person let us know which high school they attended and whats coming up next for them and that wraps up kron 4 news at 8, but gran i will be back at the top of the hour with kron 4 news at 9 santa clara will become the final bay area county to enter phase. 2 of reopening tomorrow. How businesses and one of the hardest hit parts of the state are preparing to reopen just in time for the holiday weekend. And the north bay nonprofit refusing to shut down despite raing up thousands of dollars in fines. Why its owners say the thrift shop is an essential business in closing would make its customers suffer. Those stories and more just minutes away on kron 4 news at 9. The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Its so strange seeing the street quiet first now all of our business is online for says in the store. That wont be the case much longer Santa Clara County will be entering the beginning of phase 2 tomorrow meaning retailers can open for Curbside Pickup after 2 months under the shelterinplace order. Thanks for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis kron fours gayle ong is live for us in sunnyvale with a look at. How businesses are preparing for their much anticipated reopening gayle