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They key grand were here at historic murphy avenue where a lot of businesses here at the shutter its doors because of the pandemic know well the new order begins tomorrow. We spoke to one business owner, who got permission from the city of sunnyvale to get a head start with reopening. Customers stop by lees favorite books and Downtown Sunnyvale to pick up orders thursday afternoon. Lee odom is the owner shes been relying on delivery the past 2 months to keep or store float. Odom says she spoke to sonny bill city officials who gave her the green light to offer Curbside Pickup early weve really had change our system and completely change the way we do business changes like shifting online for doing everything from updating our website helping customers by email sometimes video you know facebook pose curating selections for customers Santa Clara County was ground 0 of copa 19 but county Public Health Officials Say theres been significant progress in controlling the spread of the virus on monday officials announced the county will be moving to phase 2 of the states guidelines that allows retail shops to offer Curbside Pickup for raj parker, the manager of off the rails brewing company. He hopes more foot traffic will bring people and we dont have any big with it all and like it is very difficult. Income from the lego rained and all the utility bill experience a fun thing. So parker says the restaurant just started Curbside Services this week while other restaurants offer takeout or just 8 close during the shelterinplace order be a taking extra precaution make sure that all the food then things we follow the norms and rules and regulation. To make sure the all of people would be safe and sound in time for the product what we produce and delivered to the customer. Other businesses that will reopen tomorrow and activities our outdoor museums cars parades and Historic Sites and public guardians all reopened as long as people remain outside reporting live in sunnyvale gayle ong kron 4 nice. Thank you gayle following in the footsteps of napa county today Solano County became the second in the bay area to move into an expanded face 2 of reopening that means the county now has state approval to reopen dinein restaurants. Schools in theory malls and other Retail Businesses with specific safety guidelines and 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. Our first dan kerman has more. For the first time in 2 months. The loft wine bar and restaurant in benicia is ready for dinein business are very excited about reopening 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. Weve all been operating at a loss of revenue every day that we open up for it a go. And those that havent been able to open at all are really struggling. Were going to need that support for people agree saez 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, im not rushing. Theyre going to get. I cant i got to be able to pay my call employees back i got to be sure i got to in a position to pay that. It can ingersoll says hes concerned there may not be enough people willing to dine in and even if there is hes not sure social distancing requirements will allow for enough tables to seat them all so hes taking it slowly. They want to come and sit down and theres a spot that i can put them in yeah we can do that, but its still going to be in the concept to transaction. At the loft they have plenty of outdoor seating that will allow for distancing. However, the same cant be said inside but dont look for any tables to come out. Unless youre really really large restaurant. You have the ability to remove cables. The small rest of the small independent restaurants like the u. S. Would stop bigger. We dont we dont have i think inside out and buy it was for example so to remove those. Its pointless to even be open at that 0. 1 thing that will allow for more social distancing is to create more space for tables. There is talk of knocking out a few Parking Spaces in front of restaurants to allow for more tables restaurants seem to support that notion. In the nation dan kerman kron 4 news. The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 5 Million People globally thats according to the World Health Organization and its not slowing down the w h o reports, the biggest oneday spike yet in new cases. The u. S. Russia and brazil are the hardest hit countries, currently and heres a look at the numbers in the bay area there are more than 11,000 confirmed cases, 415 people have died. Alameda county now has the most cases with more than 2600 90 people have died there you can see the complete list of cases broken down county by county. On our website kron 4 dot com. New Research Indicates that if the u. S. Had acted faster with social distancing policies. Thousands of covid19 deaths could have been prevented. The first u. S. Cases were reported at the end of january but the government did not urge people to avoid large groups until midmarch researchers from Columbia University found that if social distancing had started 2 weeks earlier, 84 of deaths and 82 of cases could have been averted. President trump pushed back on these findings earlier today. I was so early i was earlier than anybody thought i put a ban on people coming in from china everybody fought here that they didnt want it. Nancy pelosi a month later was dancing in the streets of San Francisco in chinatown so that people wouldnt believe whats happening in i dont even blame that. But i was way early. Columbia is an institution that said very its i think its just a political hit job to one another to it. Coming University Study has not yet undergone the typical scientific peer review process and all models are estimates and subject to change with new information north may not profit defying shelterinplace orders is piling up thousands of dollars in fines. The owners of crossing the jordan to restore say their business is essential and without it. People who are suffering even before covid19 will only be suffering more as kron fours dan thorn reports for us tonight despite mounting pressure to close up the nonprofit. It has no plans to comply. More than 21,000 in fines and citations thats the price for a santa rosa nonprofit that refuses to close its Thrift Stores. We have to take a stand in these situations we realize were defying the were very clear about it, but what we believe is that there is discrimination and these essential and nonessential businesses spina bryant says the stores helped to fund crossing the jordan. Its an organization designed to help people struggling with addiction homelessness or incarceration. Without the money, the Thrift Stores bring in their programs would crumble what do you do i mean what do you do we walk away. We walk away from all this and our people and put him on the street, it doesnt seem just in were just going to stand. Public Health Guidelines force the stores, including 3 in santa rosa to shut down in march after 6 weeks and no sign of relief brian and her husband decided to reopen with precautions. Brian says curbside which Sonoma County allows for had not been a viable option for their business. We took a risk when we open our doors we sent let the people speak for themselves that they think its unsafe they wont come in if they think its unsafe they wont donate. But with the return of customers came visits from police the police came there actually really nice you he said you know. This isnt personal ice was personal for us. Michael danas husband and the ceo of the nonprofit says the stores provide stability and housing for more than 100 people in the Program Graduate now Program Manager lee a car mean rivers has experienced the benefits, its important that we keep our doors open for. You know the welfare of our kids in our program and its like their lives and their lives that you know that are in our hands and because those lives depend on it. The bryant say theyll find a way to handle the fines or at least hope for a judge who will sympathize with their cause stand open into fine in order and being able to get in front of a judge. At least we have a fighting chance the other way there was no fight at all it was closed down and send them off that wasnt willing to do that. A go fund me page has also been set up with a goal of raising 250,000 to save crossing the jordan. The owners of the Organization Also say they filed a lawsuit again state and local orders. Reporting in santa rosa dan thorn kron 4 news today leaders at the university of california voted to suspend s a t and a c t testing through 2024 and. To eliminate them by 2025 that action could mark a turning point in the National Debate over whether standardized test discriminate against disadvantaged students or provide a useful tool to evaluate. College applicants a some called the vo bold and visionary while others expressed concern that getting rid of the test will lead to grade inflation admission of less prepared students and backlash over different entry standards for different classes and tonight, we know actress lori locklin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges for their role in the admissions a scam in College Admissions scam. 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 will get 2 months in prison. 150,000 fine and 2 years of supervised release with 100 hours of Community Service the couple is scheduled to plead guilty tomorrow at 11 30am the coroner has confirmed that all 34 people who died in that scuba boat fire off the Southern California coast last september. Died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning before they were burned. The fire happened on the conception dive boat was anchored off santa cruz island. The only survivors were the captain and 4 crew members who were asleep above deck. More than half the victims were from the bay area and several of the victims families have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the company. People shelter in place in work from home daily Carbon Dioxide emissions have dropped as much as 17 globally you know thats according to the latest study published by a Research Group its called Global Carbon project which is an initiative. Led by a Stanford University professor for his Taylor Bisacky spoke to him tonight about the findings and its impact on global warming. Stiffer drug jackson says we havent seen a decrease in emissions this large and decades since world war 2. While the coronavirus has led to the drop in Greenhouse Gases. He says its likely to be short lived as we continue to loosen restrictions. Lately youve probably noticed the bluer skies, the clear water and the fresh air with less people on the road and in the sky because of shelterinplace orders, harmful pollution to our planet is dropping significantly highlighted here by this time lapse in april for instance, we estimated that around the world combined the Greenhouse Gas emissions were down 1, 6, which is a lot. Here in the United States there are a couple weeks in april where our missions were down by one 3rd in that enormous out and that reflects primarily the decrease driving and air airline travel, but its more than at its decrease manufacturing and little bit of a decrease in in electricity use rob jackson is a Stanford University professor and one of the authors of the latest study tracking the coronavirus is impact on global Carbon Dioxide emissions hes also chair of Global Carbon project which is the Research Group that published the study this week weve never seen a drop like this its a drop for the wrong reasons, but still we can learn something from this events jackson says daily Carbon Dioxide emissions fell as much as 17 globally, but we will likely see only a 7 decrease emissions in 2020. As the lockdown loosens and people get back to work when we look at previous economic crises, what typically happens. Is pollution goes down for years so and then it roars back when the economy recovers. And that could be what happens here are already seeing the economy open up in different states and countries around the world jackson hopes this event is different. He says now is the time to rethink transportation, how we commute and how we live the only thing that makes a profound difference will be we didnt take what weve seen here and make it permanent to make systemic changes to our infrastructure to our vehicles to the walking biking everything from scooters already seen some Companies Make changes that will help reduce the number of cars on the road. For instance twitter well now at some of its employees work from home permanently even after all of this is over if youd like to learn more about this study we posted a link on our web site until exactly reporting kron 4 news. I know of 4 zone forecast as we take a live look at San Franciscos embarcadero on a thursday night are 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez said joining us now to talk the holiday ahead cant wait. Yeah its going to be a warm and when that that depending on where you live in the bay area. So you have to be a great blurs day as i like to call it during a lockdown live look outside Golden Gate Bridge marine layer nonexistent thanks to todays above average temperatures warming up into the upper 60s or downtown San Francisco in were going to stay there even for your friday afternoon 68 degrees so about 5 degrees above average there mid 60s for happened they would daly city in the low 60s and widespread mid to upper 60s from brisbane all the way into burlingame no great and burlingame warming up to 67 degrees and wind speeds on the breezy side around 20 Miles Per Hour or less damage and 66 degrees also 62 degrees for your friday afternoon finally killing some really for most of our interior valleys, san jose cooling down about 5 degrees down to 76 for your friday afternoon trooper teen on up from behind 75 degrees and also in the mid 70s for those of you in livermore noticing that cool down there and concord out of the 80s and back in the 70s but upper 70s at 79 degrees with the richmond warming up to 74 degrees and map up in the mid 70s, but santa rosa trying to flirt with 80s. But 79 degrees for your friday afternoon highs and we are going to see a gradual warming trend this weekend with possible record breaking heat, heat advisories and the warmest and hottest temperatures that weve seen all year long in the bay area friday next week more coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes that youve got a bikie alright reprise a big story were covering for you tonight, the man who recorded the Fatal Shooting of a black jogger. Outside of brunswick, georgia hes now behind bars and William Roddie bryan junior witnessed the deadly encounter between 2 men and ahmad arbery on february 23rd, brian was in a vehicle behind the pickup truck being driven by one of the suspects. Brian was arrested today, according to the Georgia Bureau of investigation. He maintains he was not involved in the incident. One of the suspects Gregory Mcmichael allegedly told police that bryan tried to help them stop arbery earlier. Bryant faces charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. He will be booked into the Glynn County Jail where gregory and Travis Mcmichael are being held on charges of murder and aggravated assault. The fbi says the shooting that happened at Texas Naval Air this morning is terrorism related it happened in Corpus Christi just 2 hours north of san antonio after 06 00am at one of the gates on the base. One member of the Naval Security forces was injured. The suspect is now dead investigators are searching for a second potential person of interest. The scene is still being processed. We may have a potential second related person of interest at large in the community. But we would encourage the public to remain calm. And if you see something Say Something i assure you that you have an absolutely awesome brotherhood, a Law Enforcement. Working together because the safety of Corpus Christi is paramount to each of us. According to a tweet from fbi houston, the sailors injured is in Good Condition tonight and is expected to be released soon. Multiple Law Enforcement agencies are still investigating. The picture of a pandemic economy is becoming clearer as millions more americans filed for Unemployment Benefits but while the layoffs in the furloughs have certainly taken hold of the labor market President Trump says. Hes still optimistic the economy will bounce back nadia romero reports from washington. Its a tale of 2 perspectives economy will recover it will take time clearly the economy is not going to snap back come july jobless claims released thursday showed 2. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Bringing the total nationwide to more than 38 million since midmarch. But the president believes the jobs are only temporarily lost. Thursday touring a ford plant in michigan, heres my mask great. Very much wearing a face mask for parts of his visit while continuously touting optimism and slamming states sticking with strict stay at home orders instead of reopening their economies i theyre sticking to it. I dont think people understand. But some workers paints a darker picture of the nations Economic Future fearful states are opening up too soon and businesses arent prepared to do it safely in the protocols of the and its place. Being strictly adhere to. So. Wed like to testing before people come back. Because. This is spread asymptomatic the Labor Department set to release a full jobs report friday in washington Nadia Romero Kron 4 news. Tonight, a man who served for years as the white house butler has died from the coronavirus 91 yearold Wilson 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 that he always believed 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 send him flowers. Joe biden appears to be narrowing down his list of potential running mates is team is vetting several women, including former president ial candidate, senator Amy Klobuchar are for his political analyst michael yaki and Tom Del Beccaro break down why the minnesota sen. Might be bidens safest choice. Even though some within the party are urging him to choose a minority candidate, like kamala harris. The thing about Amy Klobuchar is shes from that swing state michigan on site minnesota they need to win minnesota. They can have that go over to trump and there has been in roads and so they need to secure that and of course hes from the midwest. She plays well in the midwest with their fists hope her folksy nature and the fact that shes the of a moderate democrat that is under consideration for that was in the race. And then theres one thing else which is super important which is certainly you pick a Vice President ial nominee you dont want them to cause you trouble well, you dont want them to be a gaffe machine you dont want something in their past Thomas Eagleton is the big example guy you can google that find out the bizarre thing in his past that cost him. Being on the ticket. You want someone whos been vetted at least to a certain degree and someone whos proven to do well. In front of the camera thats why any college her remains the safest bet for joe biden. A macabre sure is a safe and a smart choice given the fact that if biden wins minnesota, wisconsin and michigan, hes pretty much guaranteed to win the presidency. But theres a lot of support for an African American female, especially given their importance in resurrecting joe bidens campaign and their importance in the turnout. So Stacey Abrams and certainly kamel harris. Susan rice val demings who says shes been vetted you can count them out. Theres 5 weeks at least left to go well be talking about this for some time to come. You can listen to toms podcast politics in perspective and michaels podcast the litigate least smart ask every day on the kron on app. 0 bail is a fail that is the claim from one local group after changes were made to custody policies because of the pandemic what some people want to happen now plus its the info all parents of School Age Kids are dying to hear what happens in the fall. The state schools leader today offered some specifics including talking about scheduling and why some teachers are worried about their jobs and its a legendary bar and entertainment venue in San Francisco and now its closing. Ah but the its the end of an era at least for now today the stead as seth build this San Franciscos oldest bar announced as permanently closing its location in the soma neighborhood yeah, certainly the end of her the owners are blaming dwindling revenue. They say the pandemic kids played a big role. They did know that their landlord allowed them to break free of their currently switches. Could help save them. 10s of thousands of dollars and they hope at some point down the road theyll be able to reopen at a different location. Local elected leaders are vowing to help bring the stood back at some point. 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 its final goodbye on may 31st, and you can bet this will be a show the owners will hold a virtual drag funeral. That will be streamed live to the public. Up next after 7 long months 4 men are now in custody for the murder of a Santa Cruz County tech executive the latest on the arrests and what the Sheriffs Office is safe. Plus Health Care Workers as stanford hospital protesting after being told that theyre pay cut how theyre fighting back. And its only a matter of days before we learn how schools will reopen in california. Well hear from the state superintendent of schools, Tony Thurmond about what the process would look like and tune in wednesday may 27th for our congressional town hall special. The road to reopening politicians from all over california. Well be answering your questions live on the air you can either submit a video of your question on our website kron 4 dot com or on twitter using the hashtag reopening ca this inside california politics special will air live from 07 00pm to 08 00pm on kron 4 and then on our kron on tonight californias top educator is saying that longawaited guidance on how to reopen schools could be coming now in just 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 and some of their concerns. A blueprint to reopen california schools is close to being completed it can i do this unless we can provide for 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 first 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 mass in 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 funding just 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 still plenty of questions remaining to be sure including what are the rules for sporting events about bus rides configuration of classrooms. What to do if a student or staff member test positive flat iron out a number of districts though say there already starting to craft their own plans as they are still waiting for official guidance from the state. Tonight, we know as many as half of facebooks employees could be working remotely within the next 5 to 10 years. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement today saying its 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 like last week ceo, jack dorsey said that many twitter employees will be allowed to work from home permanently. Former president ial candidate andrew yang is getting a million boost tore his Nonprofit Group called humanity forward that money is coming from twitter and the mobile Parent Company square. Yang created the nonprofit to test his universal basic income theory, twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey calls it a longoverdue idea. Yang says the money will be given immediately to thousands of people who have lost their jobs during the pandemic is now slogan 0 bail is a fail when it comes to Public Safety that is the opinion of officials. 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 a 0 bill 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 the re offenses. We have 50 people be rearrested we have one individual a leap pack probably nationally 1, 7, 3, arrests that distinction belongs to mister was seen abou whitey who has been arrested cited and released for the list of crimes you see its 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 l. And our medical provider jill 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. Housing menu kron 4 news. Tonight, 4 men are sitting in jail in 2 different states theyre charged with the murder of a santa cruz tech ceo to shar autry the founder and ceo of the Web Marketing firm autry net. He was murdered police say it all happened last october when the men showed up trees house with a rifle kidnapped him. Still as bmw. Cr tree here 7 hours later he was found shot to death in that same vehicle in the Santa Cruz Mountains near some property where he owned. Some land police say they believe the motive here was greet. Ive been in this job for 32 years i can tell you there is compelling evidence against these 4 people we have the right people. And now its the District Attorneys Office is job to take this case. The taken to the judicial system. 2 of the suspects worked tree in his marijuana manufacturing business. Police say 19 yearold killed charters and 22 yearold Steven Lindsey where his employees. But 23 yearold joshua camps and 22 yearold curtis charters were involved to according to authorities all 4 of them are now facing 3 charges each murder, kidnapping and robbery. Still ahead, it is not something you see every day but were living in a strange world right now and its a unicorn with open arms sell one person is trying to put smiles on faces all across the span. And Health Care Workers. The stanford hospital are protesting after being told that theyre going to have to take another pa when you need it, jack delivers order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. Original crown molding, walk in closets. We do have a ratt problem. Round and round with love well find a way, just give it time. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. It does help us save. Round and round with love well find a way, just give it time. Round and round what comes around, goes around. 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It is to to share that as much as well for reserves. It can 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. Still ahead, 10s of thousands of cruise ship worker stranded at sea after the break we hear from people in 2 different ships to cruise ships have been hot beds of coronavirus outbreaks. And now 10s of thousands of cruise ship workers are effectively stranded at sea barred from disembarking randi kaye spoke to some of them who say their time and money is running out. Everybodys frustrated because many of our country. Shes havent allowed us to come how Joanne Gardner spoke with us by phone from her room and board amsterdam part of the Holland America cruise line shes one of a reported 100,000 or more cruise ship workers stranded at sea since the start of the pandemic joanne was docked in manila hoping to get home to chicago, im not ready. Joanne and her husband work is future cruise consultants theyve been without passengers on board for more than 2 months. But have remained on board stranded at sea due to the coronavirus pandemic the cdc issued a no sail order mandating that crew members can only leave the ship. If they are transported by charter aircraft or private vehicles, no rental cars or taxis and no commercial flights you can imagine that only the logistics but the cost of that for weeks julian says she has had to pass the time while also social distancing from the other 1200 or so crew members on board the light of the series your screen sit around our various spots. Socially distance re. And checked the pandemic has stranded thousands of crew members on various ships around the world. The United States coast guard told me its monitoring 59 cruise ships in us waters carrying about 39,000 crew members. Another 25 ships are mourned in us ports with about 11,500 crew on board. All waiting to get home most of us are not being paid anymore. Its really frustrating and the government undercover from thats dont. You know they could use it to put it out there kerr ious. Seldon has also been stranded at sea for about 2 months. Hes from brazil and works as a dj for Celebrity Cruises part of Royal Caribbean we have this feeling that we are prisoners for while kyle and his fiance shared this small windowless room which he says caused anxiety and terrible nightmares. We cannot get out. And any chance you was like a charter hopes to go home next week and find work. He says hes only getting paid 13 a day which will max out at 400. Were feeling that our a psychological. Side hes degrading the day by day. In an email Royal Caribbean told us getting all of our crew home safely remains our top priority. Adding theyve repatriated over 17,000 crew members, the cruise line says its actions have been guided by medical experts and authorities meanwhile melinda mann is happy to be home in georgia after nearly 2 months at sea. A youth Program Manager for Holland America, she got home may 8th. I definitely felt like a prisoner, im an american citizen you cant just lock me out of the country what ive done nothing wrong. Carnival corporation, which oversees Holland America has told cnn earlier this month, logistical problems made it tough to get employees home. In a statement Carnival Corporation said this has become more difficult in recent days because of port closings and other travel restrictions, but we continue to make strong progress. That was randi kaye reporting for us tonight. The tsa is changing some screening procedures because of the coronavirus passengers will now need to hang on to their boarding passes rather than hand them over to tsa officers. Officers will look at them without touching them to prevent contamination when a bag does not pass xray screening passengers might have to unpack at themselves and send it through the machine again. Passengers are also encouraged to put small things like wallets and phones in their carry on bags before getting to the screening area. As we turn our attention to the 4 zone forecast take a live look outside tonight, Beautiful Day in the bay and a beautiful shot of San Francisco city hall there lit up in green to honor all the parks employees who have been working during the pandemic to keep the parks healthy and alive and open so people can get out and get some exercise and green car 40 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joins us now with a look ahead at the holiday fast approaching hind the precept. Either grant vicki and yet we are notice, staying warm temperatures today but some relief for most of our interior valleys for your friday afternoon and then a gradual warming trend for all bay area city starting saturday of this weekends lets take a live look outside and we see city hall like we just mentioned lit up in green to shed a spotlight on parkinsons disease this evening. And we are noticing stormtracker 4 overall dry and Clear Conditions in fact pretty calm out there right now, but a little bit breezy in downtown San Francisco sustained wind at 23 Miles Per Hour with gusts. Upwards of 25 Miles Per Hour or less but calmer conditions for everyone else in the bay Area Temperatures out there right now widespread 50s along the bay area shoreline but still in the 60s as you make your way inland and conquered in the low 70s are tracking a 25 degree difference between Half Moon Bay and conquered out there right now this evening. So unique microclimate forecast along the bay area coastline on a count of no return of them strong sea breezes but overnight lows tonight will be a few degrees cooler than last night upper 40s to low 50s and daytime highs for your friday afternoon, Holding Steady along the coast and along the bay so were going to remain about 5 degrees above average upper 60s to mid 70s for your friday afternoon highs but cooling down in most of our interior valleys. Back in the mid to upper 70s, but the heat is on in fact memorial day the unofficial start of summer but starting out this upcoming week with summer like temperatures. Possible triple digit heat in our innermost valleys specifically on tuesday, the warmest day of this mini heatwave that some temperatures are really going to peak. So mainly for those of you in the north bay and east bay you will be the most susceptible to these heat waves, so plan ahead, stay cool. Stay hydrated and i know warm weather tends to make us a little bit loopy especially when youre in a car so friendly reminder in this heat dont forget to check the back seat for pets and loved ones grand beach in fact yet. The breeze up next the unicorn in the east bay, spreading some joy do. Folks just one day at a time one car at a time when it easy to an theres a need for a lot of a lot of sadness in the world and sometimes you just have to be the sparkle. Certainly something you dont see every day that is a dancing unicorn this one try to bring smiles to the faces of so many people who other than going out for maybe some groceries or stuck inside. Yes, shes moving written all over the city of pleasanton and today our kron fours michelle kingston founder. 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 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 Woodard 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 anxiety as all the stuff that goes with it but i find that the best thing that i can come back well whitey and the sadness that question. The blast site. Is to connect with other people. The snow in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news we all need a little smile these days so thats pretty cute and that wraps up kron 4 news at 9 that our prime time coverage continues at the top of the hour, they use the system making a change that could send shockwaves through the College Admissions process. Coming up a College Admissions advisor will discuss the decision to eliminate us 18 a c t requirements. And a new Study Reveals how much more likely the African American community is to land up in the hospital after getting covid. Well explain the alarming results, those stories and more just minutes away on kron 4 news at 10. The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 10. Now attend the coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Continues to climb tonight despite the countrys push to reopen businesses now in all 50 states. More than 94,000 people have died because of the virus and there are more than a million and a half cases, the cdc is estimating that 35 of the people infected, dont even have any symptoms. A lot of people dont even know they have a good evening, everybody thanks for being with us im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis this also comes as the Labor Department is reporting that an additional 2. 4 million americans have filed for unemployment last week. This marks the 9th. Week in a row