Counties been approved to reopen, but most bay area counties are holding back. Kron fours justine waltman live in the newsroom with todays developments justine well can the now. The governor today means that some counties in california can allow clients to book appointments once again. But it will be done on a county by county basis. So in the bay area, San Francisco santa clara san Mateo Alameda contra costa and marine counties are not part of this face but Solano Sonoma and napa counties are ready. The owner of shine hair salon and napa county tells us here kron 4 her employees have been preparing for this moment. Were going to have to do no double booking for a while and i think this has been kind of play 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. In order to reopen all stylists and customers must wear a face covering. And then physically distance from other customers while theyre there hair cuts and color can resume, but services such as waxing and facials are not allowed right now the governor also added that the state is working with nail salons to open up those businesses as soon as possible because the governor revealed just a few weeks ago that the First Community spread of coronavirus came from a nail salon but for the helsel hair salons in those counties, those businesses can now open immediately. Live in the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news, good news. Thank you justine tomorrow state School SuperintendentTony Thurmond will host a virtual media check in. Well provide updates on california schools reopening Distance Learning and investments needed to bridge the Digital Divide people all across the bay i are looking at their hair and feeling like is long overdue for a tram governor newsome announcing today some counties can begin reopening hair salons and barbershops is just a reported however. It will be up to the county officials to decide when that can happen so far he says all but 11 counties meet the states sanders. Force michelle kingston Contra Costa County tonight where salons are not open yet but stylists are ready to go. Sonoma and napa and solano counties got the go ahead to reopen salons on tuesday but not salons here in Contra Costa County. Its been a little nerve unknowns and everythings going really crazy secret garden hair salon and oakley has been closed since the middle of march because of coronavirus but salon owners are ready to reopen safely when the county gives them the go ahead but Contra Costa CountyHealth Officers say theyre not ready to look at opening salons just yet is a concern because you look at the statewide numbers case daily cases are still going up. Hospitalizations are still going up. So that bay area as a whole is doing well but were not an island and theyre still that virus is still out there. I miss my client i love my job i love has in it, but i also am very aware of what it means to combat and you have to wear gloves and a shelton based coverings and take those kind of options. It tells me that its worth the wait until the government or the state or tells us were ok our counties im okay we want to meet service. I will i have plan to younger clients have clients that are high risk and i want to make sure that i can say to them im doing my best to protect you. The salon is moving to 7 days a week in order to have less staff working at a time in to stagger appointments theyve removed. Theyre waiting area and breaker im just follow along with the states guidelines which also include keeping staff home if theyre sick washing hands and surfaces frequently temperature checks for staff wearing face coverings and stylists not seeing multiple customers at one time i take this very seriously, im nervous about what this is going to take on staying on my a game to complete each task or client after not taking this my family in Contra Costa County michelle kingston 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. Officials say that person was in their early 30s, but its not clear if the victim had any Underlying Health conditions. Theres been a recent spike in cases in Alameda County which is why it now leads the bay area in cases at almost 3,000 for the complete list of cases broken down by county you can go to our website kron 4 dot com. Santa clara county had envisioned a team of contact tracers a 700 strong but as of tonight that number stands at just 50 now that shortfall has led to a new hiring and recruiting effort toward a goal of 1000 contact tracers by mid july in the fight against covid19. Well for us rob fladeboe reports. 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 address it actually says that measles tuberculosis we find a case. We isolate on we find out their contacts and prevent them from transmit the 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 just a step or 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 illicit 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 ensuring that theres understanding and connection in addition to the language used to build that trust and so that people are im willing to see their role as individuals as easter contact be part of the solution to cole 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 right now the kron on app is free to download 24 hour local news streaming commercial free, so you can stay informed and updated on this Health Crisis 94, yearold man was attacked and left to die while walking his dog in San Franciscos glen park neighborhood tonight. Were learning new details about the victim and about the man accused of killing him. Neighbors say 94, yearold leo hanzal lived in his house on sussex street for almost 50 years. Its extremely sad situation thats happened to me how it was just a hardworking tough fall guy. It worked worked around his house he always had a dog and he would walk that dog. All around park. And so was walking his dog on elk street at the entrance to Glen Canyon Park when he got into some kind of an altercation yesterday morning 53 yearold peter people in the area say is a homeless man is accused of beating a pencil and leaving him to die. Feel man when says neighbors have been complaining about the suspect for some time. Police have been out to talk to him so many times. Clearly suffering from Mental Illness is clearly not getting the treatment they needed. And he was harassing passers by threatening and this really feels like a failure. The citys failed. Is not alive and the skies might rest of his life ruined. Russia is now in custody being held without bail. He faces charges of homicide assault and elder abuse. Well we dont have to tell you. But of course, theres a heat wave moving through the bay area records were broken in a number of places with triple digit heat in some places with more on High Temperatures as well commuter chief meteorologist, one scarlet the sunglasses the ice t e lawrence. Haha take the shoes off now though, but i can certainly some cool during what a day it has been numerous records falling around the bay areas High Pressure really just taken over and all in all these temperatures away 97 degrees today that was a record in santa rosa 102 record in concord 99. In napa that was a significant record that broke one set back in the 1890s 87 degrees tied a record of richmond 89. The airport in San Francisco. And 97 degrees in san jose, but all around the bay area look at these numbers a 103 and lael one 02 in livermore one 02 in antioch 91 in fremont 96 for high today, mount view 97 degrees redwood city 97 in the bottle. 86 degrees downtown San Francisco. And then a much cooler 66 degrees along the coastline in advisors are still posted when might we cool things down well talk about more about that coming up and just a few minutes guys back to you thank you lawrence coming up on kron 4 news at 8, 5 digits of making a big difference, new numbers tonight on a projected us death toll and of course those High Temperatures bringing a big risk factor to the bay area will explain plus hot spot hold up. Why officials are still feel like getting back out there . Nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. And great offers. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Plus, well cover your payments for up to 2 more months. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. Yes to shun into saturdays fire at pier, 45 in the city has yet to get under way the fire destroyed one of 4 sheds on the property. In this case, the one where fisherman store their gear. Kron fours dan kerman has been at scene all day long and explains the delay in this investigation. Tuesday afternoon smoke continued to rise off of whats left appear fortyfives should see the building fishermen used to store equipment caught fire about 4. 15 saturday morning, 3 days later the flare up some hot spots continue we are addressing 3 locations within the footprint of 45 c. That continued to flare up. Were addressing those defensively. With water monitors those are monitors that are outside the footprint that are delivering water from outside to the actual source fire officials hope to have the hot spots out by friday. At which point the investigation can begin. They will start the very tvs scientific and time consuming process of deal layering. Tons of material that have collapsed down to the base foot friends of that pier to establish was known as an origin. To give fire investigators greater access once the site is deemed safe. The world war 2 liberty ship the ss Jeremiah Obrien was towed tuesday afternoon from pier 45 to pier, 35. The San Francisco fire boat credited with saving the ship followed nearby. Shes a national treasure, shes one of the last 2. Liberty ships that are are out there and we are grateful and fortunate that shes still here. Port Officials Say theyre now working with fisherman whose gear was destroyed in shed c at the same time theyre cleaning peer fortyfives sheds b and d which house Fish Processing companies. At this point as we clean each said we are giving an opportunity for tenants to come back to move product in and out as we complete cleaning operations in a shed we will allow them to return to Fish Processing operations again. The cause remains up in the air as investigators have yet to get on scene hoping to get their friday at the earliest that pier 45 dan kerman kron 4 news on the peninsula retailers in San Mateo County can now offer Curbside Pickup it is all part of the county moving further into phase 2. This includes stores at the hillsdale shopping center, a salmon tale such as so for a macys and Williams Sonoma customers can place an order online or over the phone and then pull up to the curb and a staff member will bring the items out to you. The Contra Costa County courthouse reopen today after being closed for 2 months because of the ongoing pandemic there are extra safety precautions in place face coverings are required at all times and anyone entering court will have their temperature taken jury service also resumes with physical distancing in mind. Jurors will be called in to our blocks and no more than 20 jurors can be in a courtroom at once the Clerks Office will be open from 08 00am until 2 in the afternoon. Martinez Court Records office is still closed also in the east bay, the temperatures hit triple digits in some spots during this heat wave today kron fours Haaziq Madyun talk with. First responders about what people can do to reduce the risk of starting fires as these 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. In 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 if people are planning on doing any kind the yard worker and operating in a kind of lawnmowers or other kind of a yard equipment due out 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 east bay parks during the call that they teach shelterinplace 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 that you kron 4 news now to our 4 zone forecast talking about those dry temperatures in the warm weather, heres a live view of the golden gate bridge. And our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by say more hot weather is on the way lot. Yeah hes not done yet weve got a couple more days before really going to see a major plunge in the temperatures but the next couple days boyd staying hot may be feeling a little relieved right along the coastline. These temperatures boy Something Else last couple of days and more to come out there right now weve got a beautiful evening on tap, nice night to kind of get outdoors and check out the stars we are going to remain cloudfree tonight. And so the temperatures are going to be very very mild but weve got some more hot weather on the way and day after day can kind of wear you down with these hot temperatures tomorrow again and 90s maybe triple digits. Well inland. Lydell along the instead of 70s and 80s, were looking at 60s and some 70s for highs so cooling things down a little bit but still a possibility of some more record breaking temperatures. Heat advisories have been posted again around a much of the bay mainly in the santa clara valley, the east bay and also the north bay right on the coastline and just inside bay near the waters edge, advisers have been listed lifted and that he warning continuing right to the delta parking astray in a central valley, temperatures still toasty out there right now 93 degrees and lael 87 in livermore you get the idea starry skies tonight very mild temperatures but more heat to come. One more day of hot weather and then finally so much cooler weather is on the way guys will have more on that coming up in a few minutes. Thank you lawrence. 4 Police Officers have been fired and the fbi is now investigating the death of an African American man in minneapolis a Video Shows Police kneeling on his neck. We do want to warn you some viewers may find this video disturbing. This video of the incident was taken by a bystander it started when Police Responded to a call about an alleged forgery in process at a grocery store. Police found the suspect in a car. They say he resisted arrest officers say after the man was handcuffed he appeared to be suffering medical distress. The victim shows one of the the video, im sorry shows one of the officers putting his knee over the back of the mans neck. The suspect complained several times that he could not breathe and scream for several minutes before becoming silent. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. Being black in america should not be a death sentence. For 5 minutes. We watched. As a white officer. Pressed his knee into the neck of a black man. It was traumatic. It serves as a clear reminder of just how far we have to go. The video did not capture what led up to the arrest in or what police described as the man resisting arrest today the Minneapolis Police chief announced that the 4 officers involved in the deadly incident have been fired from the department their body cam footage has not yet been released. Still ahead at 8 raging flames shooting sky high in stockton fire crews fighting massive flames for hours and after the bank new park policies details on how heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Discovery kingdom in vallejo and 6 flags Hurricane Harbor in concord are both getting ready to open up this summer and both will have new safety requirements for gas. When the parks get official approval all guests will be required to wear face coverings and it will be a new online reservation system to try to manage crowds. The parks will also use new Imaging Technology to check temperatures at the front gates and separate guests on attractions to allow for social distancing. Advance security Screening Technology will allow for touches bag checks and expanded mobile food ordering will facilitate touches transactions. Park Officials Say these changes to be made to ensure the highest levels of hygiene and social distancing protocols at their locations. Coming up on kron 4 news at a words of warning from the u c berkeley professor why he believes there will be a second spike in covid cases more pushback from the president over governor Gavin Newsoms plan to make voting by mail easier for california residents. Why the governor says hes not concerned about any repercussions. Plus stunning images from memorial day its been nearly 3 months since the first covid19 deaths in the United States and now the nation is closing in on a tragic milestone the u. S. Is approaching a 100,000 coronavirus related deaths tonight statewide where almost at a 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 approaching 5. 6 million with more than 350,000 confirmed deaths a bit of good news tonight, a key model is lowering its projected coronavirus death toll in the u. S. The institute for Health Metrics and evaluation at the university of washington now predicts 132,000 deaths by the month of august that is 11,000 fewer than the institute predicted just a week ago the model has undergone a number of provisions in recent weeks was the researchers partly a tribute to an increase in the numbers of people wearing face masks tonight at least 17 states are now showing a spike in cases of coronavirus a surge is showing up as all 50 states are now in some phase of reopening Camila Bernal reports new york is back 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. We felt we could take that step forward. The white house now urging americans to listen to Health Officials recommendations as people across the country defy distancing measures everyone while you go out, lets keep cognizant the recommendations of the cdc in arkansas, a second peak. We increased our testing. We place our increased our radar systems. We know whats coming in advance. And i attribute it to that in missouri st. Louis county issuing a travel advisory after people packed into this pool party. In new jersey define the states closure orders worshippers also packed into the solid rock baptist church. Now expecting a citation the pastor says theyre taking every precaution everyone in the auditorium at a mask on. There was a touch less entry we took temperatures. Im Camila Bernal reporting. Stocks closing higher on wall street today as hopes build for an economic recovery despite the ongoing pandemic the dow jones and the s and p 500 jumps to all jumped to almost 3 month highs. The post memorial day rally followed a strong rise in Global Markets to as more nations push to open their economies market watchers will be keeping a close eye on whether most people are hesitant to resume their full lives as restrictions are lifting across the country. As americans return to work after the holiday weekend. There are growing concerns of a second peak in coronavirus cases, an Infectious Disease professor at U C Berkeley Police or maybe a spike globally in the coming months during the normal flu season. So its possible that over the summer were going to see things are going us it may be gradually increased its interim an attorney. Then. Schools get a start in the end of august. Not just kids for 12 universities. After months of that things will explode. Another company has announced a potential Coronavirus Vaccine is now entering human trials making it the tense Company Worldwide to do so well have more details on this potential second spike during a live report on kron 4 news at 9 for the first time in 25 years the California Assembly met as a committee of the whole on the state budget that means the entire chamber met for a Budget Hearing as the june 15th deadline nears every lawmaker wore a mask, some set away from the usual death in order to socially distance. Say financial leaders from the Governors Office of legislative Analysts Office testified before the lawmakers the hearing highlighted the urgency lawmakers have to sort out issues in the state budget which faces a deficit in the billions of dollars no vote or action was taken in todays hearing. As california continues to reopen parts of its economy. The state is facing criticism from President Trump on some of its practices particularly when it comes to the upcoming election. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the 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. Potentially 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 were in a political season. Election officials are set to start mailing ballots near the end of september in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Tune in tomorrow for our congressional town hall special the road to reopening politicians from all over california will answer your questions live on the air. You can so either submit a video of your question at our website kron 4 dot com or on twitter use the hashtag reopening ca. This inside california politics special will air live from 78 pm on kron 4 and our kron on app which is free to download right now. Well the countdown is on for the space x crew dragon capsule to take off to the start of it will mark the first time in history, a commercial Aerospace Company has carried humans into earths orbit and the first from us soil to enter earths orbit since nasa retired the Space Shuttle program back in 2011 the 2 astronauts at the helm are colonels bomb in ghana and a curly both have flown on Space Shuttle flights. Nasa partner with elon musks privately owned company to build and design the spacecraft. The mission is slated to take off from the Kennedy SpaceCenter Heading to the International Space station nasa is encouraging everybody to watch the launch from home for more details on tomorrows lodge we welcome in our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lawrence. They have more hard to believe a generation of people almost grew up without seeing any launches right here least man launches from the u. S. But tomorrow thats all going to change lets check out the weather conditions always so crucial to these launches as we look toward Cape Canaveral in florida. You see a few showers pop in and around there tonight and likely going to see a few more tomorrow, the launch time one 33 in our time looks like that launch going under partly cloudy skies slight chance of some isolated thunderstorms of course we dont want to see any of the last stop the launch but right now looks like all things or go, but they really are going to know until tomorrow morning as theyve got a tropical disturbance right off the coastline skies looking nice and clear out right now youre going to see sunny skies and hot temperatures again away from the coast tomorrow triple digits in some spots, inland 80s 90s inside the bay and 60s along the coastline august a pretty hot through thursday. Much cooler as much as 2025 degrees cooler as we head into the weekend with a slight chance of showers on saturday guys back to you all right lauren thank you and still ahead a data social media giant is saying sorry for controversial posts. President trump but will twitter take action plus preserving your Mental Health can be challenging during the pandemic how one may is Mental Health awareness months in honor of that and east bay organizations placed ribbons of hope on doors trees and. Mailboxes across walnut creek. Earlier today on kron on we had a chance to talk about preserving Mental Health during this pandemic with gigi crowder she is the executive director of namie contra costa which is an affiliate of the National Alliance of Mental Illness. And cant move as freely and thats what we had to come up with very creative idea. This year around honoring social distancing. And also elevating our mission to support those living with Mental Health challenges we are putting green and black ribbons around him. The wannacry countries on blackpools anywhere that we can mailboxes jess to start a conversation around Mental Health and other city actually gave up her claim nation and had Strong Language around reducing Health Disparities especially those for from communities of color and we just really excited about all the work thats happening in the conversations that are generated because of the green and black womens working with a centers to help them about the messaging lot of people dont know this but when people are in distress. The first turn to their Faith Community for support and because the churches are just turning to have conversations about opening a its making it difficult for those people who have used that as a protective factor to reach out to their a faith leaders, its been much more challenging. She crowder says says the stay at home orders first went into effect her organization in Contra Costa County has had to increase volunteers and staff of the Crisis Response line because the calls have increased and have been more intense in nature she has that there has been an increase an individuals calling who have not had prior Mental Health challenges to listen to the entire interview you can download the kron on app 24 7 local news streaming commercial free and it is free to watch right now. Next today burning fast and furious will tell you about rescue crews battling Early Morning flames at a stockton where and later in sports das make a tough decision that will affect this entire Minor League System it took dozens of firefighters to battle this large fire and stockton this morning involving a lot of plastics. The blaze broke out at a tomato Processing Plant in stockton, reporting kristi gross has the story. This right here is kind of like straight out of a movie man lie mushroom clouds menace of this crazy flames shot at least a 100 feet in the air as thick black smoke billowed into the sky neighbors say they woke up to a look like a dark storm clouds brewing over there the stockton neighborhood i live life. Right around the corner from seen it from my balcony, firefighters say the fire broke out at the miss canned tomato Processing Plant on the street in waterloo road at 5 oclock Tuesday Morning mike ryan was heading out to a job when he saw the flames and took this cell phone video when i first pulled up on a one fire truck was there and theyre running out houses and you can hear more coming. Firefighters rushed to the scene were approximately one and a half acres of stacks of empty plastic to metal crates were burning ryan says smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away for most of the morning what surprise mailin mantica. Coming about thats what i can say that but i was headed the lodi for another job that on highway 12 i could see it so. Thats quite a bit of smoke. Firefighters battled the flames and the rising temperatures for hours as 50 says one firefighter is recovering after being treated at the hospital for heat exhaustion or just so much material that i thought to be burning for a while firefighters say the cause of the fire remains under investigation. It was Christy Grosz reporting miskin says all its employees evacuated safely and no injuries were reported for the first time twitter has flagged some of President Trumps unsubstantiated social media comments on the site. Heres one of the tweets from the president about mail in ballots being fraudulent and that mailboxes will be robbed. The company is now added to fact check warning to the tweet where users can be guided to factual news stories about the topics. The move comes after years in which twitter has declined to apply its Community Guidelines and other rules of the road to the president. Most recently when he accused msnbc host Joe Scarborough being involved in the death of a former aide 19 years ago the winner were asked twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey to removed the tweet as a contradicts the official autopsy and violate twitters own Community Rules twitter did not remove the tweets but did apologize tonight more cases of a covid19 linked syndrome in children are popping up across the United States. So far patients have been reported in more than half of the states. Doctors are urging parents to act quickly if their children have any symptoms of this inflammatory syndrome. The symptoms include stomach pain vomiting, fever and a rash the syndrome seems to develop 2 to 6 weeks after covid19 infection. Doctors say it is perhaps a delayed immune system response many of the children are healthy beforehand among the greatest concerns is that many of the children are experiencing serious damage to their hearts. Time for sports. The Major League Baseball is in the middle of a very ugly and very public negotiation session with the players union. The owners are asking players to take up to a 40 pay cut for proposed shortened season. And apparently they wont be paying minor leaguers at all. The athletics inform their Minor League Players tuesday that theyll stop paying their 400 weekly stipend on june first the players were notified of the teams decision in an email part of the email reads this was a difficult decision and its one that comes at a time when a number of our full time employees are also finding themselves either furloughed or facing a reduction in salary for the remainder of the season for all of this i am sorry after the major and Minor League Seasons were delayed by covid19 minor leaguers across the league were given 400 weekly stipend the as on the first team to cut these statements its unclear whether the organizations have made decisions about paying their minor leaguers be on may 31st. It also begs the question as to whether there will be minor League Baseball at all this year. Now while baseball seems to be at a stalemate we have some action on the ice this afternoon nhl commissioner gary bettman announced a 24 team playoff format that will go into effect as soon as play resumes that means the regular season is over the nhls proposal was accepted by the Players Association through a vote. The tournament will feature the top 12 teams in each conference the top 4 seeds in each conference automatically advance to that traditional round of 16 but seed numbers 5 through 12 will have to play their way in. This will be played in to have cities that have yet to be announced one for the eastern conference playoffs and won for the western conference playoffs. Commissioner bettman said many factors were taken into consideration. Let me assure you that the reason were doing this is because our fans are telling us in overwhelming numbers if they want us to complete season. If at all possible. And our players and our teams are clear that they want to play and bring the season to its rightful conclusion. Although we are anxious to get back on the ice we will not do anything until we are assured by medical professionals and the relevant government authorities that it is safe and prudent to do so. Now if you havent done the math in your head by now this means the shark season is officially over they finished the year with a 29 to 41 record which was the second worst record in the nhl th comes just a year removed from the western conference finals, sharks general manager doug wilson spoke today on what the long break can mean for the franchise moving forward. We can probably use that to our benefit you take a look at and they are carl son logan kutcher and tommy earlham redeem see mecca injuries are coming up injuries that have for they can use that extra time. I mean some are our other guys who played a lot of hockey last for years the joneses and wessex and burns can probably. It was a way to fill their tanks. Now at the collegiate level the pac 12 is phasing into allowing student athletes back on campus to train, starting june 15 the conference will allow for voluntary in person workouts for all sports. The final decision will ultimately still be made by each individual campus and its local governments so obviously in a packed well we have cal and stanford right here in our backyard, but thats all i have for sports back to you guys all right. Thank you jason next today day of donations what an organization in oakland giving back to their community today, the lend a Hand Foundation hosting is 21st annual Backpack Giving Program in oakland today in addition to providing backpacks the organization donated food and School Supplies to families in need the lend a Hand Foundation plans to work with the Oakland Unified School district to distribute even more food and even more supplies at 13 additional locations now for our latest kron 4 hero tonight we want to recognize for High School Students raising money to help a local Medical Center during the pandemic. Olivia sophia jennifer and christian are all juniors at Crystal SpringsUplands School in hillsborough they created an Online Jewelry store called hearts for covid with all the proceeds going to the mills peninsula Medical Center in burlingame they also created a go fund me to help raise extra money for those who want to just donate instead of buy jewelry. So far theyve raised more than 1300 youd like to contribute you can find a link to their page on our website kron 4 dot com. Also on our website you can spotlight, someone making a difference in your community we have a new section called kron 4 heroes. I have to do is fill out a quick form to let us know about your hero and while for saluting the class of 2020 in the bay area every night shining the spotlight on a special senior tonight is angelo or seo angeles graduated from mount and College Preparatory in san jose he plans to continue his education at the university of San Francisco studying Political Science a big congratulations to angelo. And you can submit a graduate to just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads twentytwenty under news submit a photograph of your graduate and let us know which school the graduate attended and what is next for him or for her. And that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 8 the top 4 news at 9 is next. The new house is amazing. So much character. 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These numbers are according to Johns Hopkins university. Experts fear weve been reporting a second surge in coronavirus