From the bay area stationed. The news at 6. As we go about our day to day lives we go back to some semblance of normalcy with modifications let us not forget the most vulnerable amongst us. That are continuing to be vulnerable to this and its spread. Now its 6 governor gavin newsom is giving barbers and hair salons the green light to reopen while making it clear the final decision does not rest in his hands. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman there was a Big Development coming from the Governors Office today, 47 counties have been given approval to reopen, but most bay area counties are being held back still statewide though were nearing 100,000 cases and more than 3800 people have died across the country there are more than 98,000 deaths with more than 1. 6 million infections. And the global number of coronavirus cases is nearing 5. 6 million with nearly 350,000 confirmed deaths. The hundreds of hair salons and barbershops now have the states okay to open their doors again. But whether or not those businesses can reopen will be made on a county by county basis. As kron fours to resist asi reports not all counties in the bay area qualify. Along those lines. They will be able to add and barbershops and hair salons to those regional variations. California governor Gavin Newsome making that big announcement tuesday that some counties in california can allow clients to book appointments once again. In the bay area that does not mean the 6 of the core counties such as San Francisco alameda. Our Contra Costa County. But in solano and napa county. They do meet the metrics presented by the state and so that means the close signs well be flipped over never got over this long in my lives so. Im ready to go back all the girls are ready to go back tara bore just so with shine hair salon in napa county spoke with me about how they are working out the steps to take care of customers once again were going to have to do no double booking for a while and i think this has been kind of played out in other states right now. Because normally we would set our guest the site in year one of the waiting areas and so that probably is not going to be a reality for a while tara tells me that its certainly been tough to be out of work for herself and other stylus im someone whos never been unemployed for 30 plus years. There was so much ends certainty in the beginning about unemployment, it was then set up well wasnt ready for us for this region. The hopefully it never deal with anything like this again in our life bill. Theyll be more prepared in order to reopen all stylus and customers must wear a face mask, and socially distance. And while the governor added that hair cuts and color can resume and certain counties. Facials and shaving as well as waxing can not the governor also added that theyre working with nail salons to try and chart a course back for that business sector as well. The governor revealed a few weeks ago that the First Community spread of the coronavirus came from a nail salon tara as well as other salon say that they are reaching out to customers to gear up and get people back in after this long hiatus. Theresa kron 4 news. Here in the bay area we now have more than 12,000 covid19 cases and a total of 432 deaths Contra Costa County saw its first death of someone under the age of 50 and Officials Say the person. It was in their early 30s but did not know if that victim had any Underlying Health conditions for the complete list of cases broken down by city and county you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. What was envisioned as a team of contact tracers 700 strong by now just is at 50 in Santa Clara County that shortfall has led to a new hiring and recruiting effort towards the goal of 1000 contact tracers by mid july in the fight against covid19 kron fours rob fladeboe reports right now. Testing for covid19 is a key indicator for opening the economy. Another indicator is Contact Tracing or tracking down those people who may have had contact with someone who tested positive for covid19 says the countys Contact Tracing expansion leaves everyone home. This is how we that we address teases that measles tuberculosis we find a case. We isolate on we find out their contacts and prevent them from transmit to meeting and the disease to other people the 50 or so contact tracers working right to just 2. 6 tracers per 100,000 people. Well short of the state benchmark of 15 tracers per 100,000. But there are another 75 people in training in Santa Clara County and recruiting is in high gear as were looking to identify rapidly county employees who can be redirected and reassigned. Im hurt and senate where there are county employees that have extra capacity and who can support this work were working actively to identify them. Were also reaching out to Community Volunteers and developing Strategic Partnerships republic arent hearing. Often by phone contact tracers tracked down and try to persuade exposed people to quarantine or seek medical help but people can be suspicious or uncooperative success requires a special set of skills. And to help a list that Sensitive Information to build rapport and trust. Were also working to make sure that our workforce has members of our communities, our Diverse Communities represented within our workforce to ensure that theres understanding and connection in addition to to build that trust and so that people willing and see their role as individuals as easter contact be part of the solution. The poll says Contact Tracing is bread and butter Public Health and will continue to prevent the spread of infection. Long after the shelter order is lifted. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Now in the east bay, the temperatures hit the triple digit mark during this heat wave today kron fours has he been you talked with First Responders about we what we can do to reduce the risk of starting a fire as temperatures continue to soar. The hot weather may be perfect for getting out for some exercise taking a long walk skateboarding are riding your bicycle but First Responders want to use this opportunity to remind bay area residents that the High Temperature is also ripe for accidentally starting a wildfire. Right now thats one of our big concerns. And the next few days as fire a fire weather Livermore PleasantonFire Department captain fred maska humidity is down and temperatures are up we get the win coming out of the west. A lot of times our everyday. Really im here in the bay area so the fuel gets really dry to help reduce the risk of inadvertently started the fire he recommends delayed sub daily chores of people are planning on doing any kind the yard worker and operating in a kind of lawnmowers or other kind of a yard equipment. Do that in the morning instead of the afternoon when the temperatures are cooler things as simple as mowing your lawn. Ignite a fire just buy a lot more blatant iraq in creating a spark with picnic areas be off limits at ease bay parks during the call that date he gelled are in place order folks may choose to light up those backyard barbecues. And then as far as the barbecues again be responsible with your barbecues. Again dont put the calls anywhere thats going to ignite anything. Vegetation in your backyard, you may not think that its a its dry enough to catch fire but most of that stuff is in livermore has it made you kron 4 news. Very dry and hot out there as we take a live look outside here in San Francisco where temperatures also soared today, and its still warm outside right now for many parts of the bay area joining us live working from home is our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow we talked to at 5. Some places in the bay area were still at a 100 degrees right now. Yeah. Amazing scorching temperatures outside so just do we have some records today numerous records falling around the bay are into that huge dome of High Pressure tat air sinks near the surface. This is a result there you go 97 a record in santa rosa, one 02 a record in napa 99 smashing a record the data back to the 1800s in napa today tied a record or richmond and 87 degrees 89. At the s so simple airport in san jose 97 degrees also records are certainly very interesting see record temperatures as we head through the unofficial beginning of summer there you go 92 degrees to on san jose 93 in fremont 96 in redwood city still 76 in pacific 85 now in San Francisco and theyre your triple digits. A 100 won in level one oh one in fairfield 99 degrees close enough in concord and still 94 in santa rosa. So all that being said we will begin to see a little bit of cooling along the coastline. But the heat advisories continue for much of the bay area away from the coast. And just inside the bay well have morning forecast. Let you know are going to cool down big time maybe talk a little rain in a few minutes just to be back to you. Thank you so much lawrence. Now the investigation into saturdays fire at pier 45 has yet to get under way the fire destroyed one of 4 sheds on the property in this case, its the one where fisherman store all of their gear kron fours dan kerman has been on the scene all day and explains the delay in the investigation. The site still isnt safe. And thats why fire investigators have not been able to get to the scene too many hot spots flare ups but theyre hoping to get there as early as friday. It was saturday morning when fire raced through should see at pier 45 destroying gear the fisherman store there some had a lot of year some had had less and we know that this year has been lost and it is something that is a tragedy and we are working with our tenants to connect them to resources as best as possible still the investigation remains on yeah just. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Election. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the latest push back. President donald trump sent a string of tweets tuesday attacking californias move to send mail in ballots for novembers general election to all registered voters in the state. The president tweeting in part theres no way that mail in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent mail boxes will be robbed ballots will be forged and even illegally printed out and fraudulently signed 20s been governor newsome responding to the tweet tuesday saying theres no evidence of major fraud and vote by mail elections listing off a series of studies and states supporting his decision to allow all registered voters in california to vote by mail it doesnt skew democrat doesnt skew republican, were just focusing on Public Health. The governor signed the executive order earlier this month to authorize this move in response of the pandemic. This does not make californias election vote by mail only state Officials Say they are putting together plans to provide safe in person polling. Were not even through phase. One of this pandemic. And the reality is only coming the next flu season. The tension the next covid19 season. Its around election time. And the last thing we want to do is deny you your fundamental. Right well the president and governor have remained cordial in their joint Coronavirus Response more than 70 lawsuits on other issues are still pending between california and the federal government knew some suggesting hes not concerned with potential legal challenges that might come up as the to respond to the coronavirus and its economic effects hope we can temper our comments on the other side, though i recognize where in political season. Election officials are set to start mailing ballots near the end of september in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The dmv is reopening 9 more bay area offices this week beginning on thursday customers can visit offices in corte madera daly city fairfield fremont the Oakland Coliseum station pittsburgh. Pleasanton san mateo and santa clara offices will be open monday through friday from 09 00am to 05 00pm and opens at 09 00am on wednesdays only customers with kurt appointments will be allowed to visit behind the wheel tests are still suspended. Customers will be required to wear face coverings and remain 6 feet apart while they are in line. Officers will also be notify customers with the text message when they are ready to be served. Coming up tonight at 6. 45 airlines are facing a Record Number of complaints from travelers. Why they say companies are using the coronavirus to hold their money hostage. And up next it feels like summer outside and some businesses say th motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. The geico giveback. Is unofficially here and planning a vacation is going to look a little bit different during this pandemic has families want to make memories rv rentals are becoming very popular. One Company Already saw a 1000 increase in bookings. Now these an idea white struggle at the moment, a big change from midmarch when recreational vehicle sales came to a grinding halt for el monte rv rentals in dublin, it stayed running because a business to essential workers. But in the last 2 to 3 weeks that the messes up taking the man from cells customers want to buy out these. And also if we want to rent some pundits. Gordon houston, the vp of el monte rentals tells me 30 of the rentals now are for first time users to him that shows peoples plans now include hitting the road first flying in the sky. Well most trips are close to home people are also traveling up and down the west coast even across the country people are frustrated and tired of are staying at home and ready to go and do Something Different rv share dot com which is the Rv Rental Company like air bnb is for homes. So bookings jumped up more than 1000 since early april, the draw to an rv families are considering how to minimize their risk of exposure to the virus and overall safety and at el monte cleaning the motor homes is how they make happy campers during covid19 as soon as the unit comes on the law we disinfect it and we clean it thoroughly. And when we finish for that we disinfected again theres a lot of sanitizing thats you know it into as much about before. Another draw to our vs right now gas prices are low other bay area rv rental companies that i talked with told me they expect bookings to increase even more when National Parks and campgrounds reopen. Still ahead tonight theres outrage in minneapolis after new video emerges showing the circumstances of the mans death. After he was handcuffed by police. Also a man in his 90s was killed in San Franciscos glen park neighborhood and were learning new details about the man now charged with his death. And at 6. 30 at least 17 states are showing a surge spike in cases as the country nears 100,000 deaths from covid19 at least 17 states are showing a surge spike in cases as all 50 states are now in phases of reopening and almost 90 days. From the first american. Nears 100,000 covid19 deaths america has now reached 100,000 deaths Camila Bernal has the very latest. Where we open. The Trading Floor of the New York Stock Exchange back in business. With new for caution. Traders have to physically distance wear masks and sign a liability waiver it feels like your first day of school neighboring new jersey also looking ahead to reopenings allowing outdoor graduations with social distancing procedures in place beginning july 6. And professional sports teams are allowed to return to training and even competition with the facilities. And resources they have to meet the demands of Public Health