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The lower 60s covering a good chunk of the east bay exception Livermore Tri valley down to 58 got some 50s a pair of the north bay except the lay hold 61, 54 San Francisco, 59 meanwhile down to san jose just comparing things say were pretty close to yesterday over there in the east bay little cooler along the peninsula in the north bay we have a bit more aggressive fog at work here too as well as santa clara valley. Now for that fog. Yeah, it mixes out with us in a couple of hours after sunrise hard to clear the coast though it will slow going if youll notice and expected to come back again tonight to greet us for your t g i f morning. We still have still that heat advisory with us until saturday about 8 oclock solano counties the formal county in that but the be plenty hot in many locations across Contra Costa County. And a little bit up here the north bay as well. For today, we expect about 60 for an atm by 11 at 77 racing right through the 80s and into the 90s for some of those inland highs will be checking all of that out coming up in a bit robin back to you all right sounds good. Thank you dave. Well to the east bay now the Oakland Unified School district has voted to eliminate its School Police department. Wednesday night was a night of celebration moments after the board of educators approved the george floyd resolution calling to eliminate the Districts Police department, the resolution calls for redirecting money spent on police into social services for students just a black is with black organizing project the organization has been calling to remove police from oakland schools for the last decade. This is very historic for our members and for the people of oat bran and we are really hoping that we can set a or what remove Police Free Schools looks like throughout the country calls are still going to be answered is high priority, although previous still going to be big and those out and if somebody from a school picks up the phone and called 9, 1, 1, one you now. The only difference is my officers wont pick up that dont respond opd is going spot. Black organizing project will hold a press conference this afternoon with more details about the george floyd resolution. And the San Francisco Unified School District board of education has also voted to remove police from Public School campuses under the resolution, the district will not renew its memorandum of understanding with the citys police department. It will also be mitt schools as sanctuary spaces for from Law Enforcement armed officers will not be allowed on School Grounds and funds that were previously used to pay Law Enforcement will be redirected towards Student Support services. School districts all across the country are looking into removing police from campuses, california superintendent Tony Thurmond says that his department well be speeding up research into the potential harm caused by Police Intervention in schools. Ive already seen data that shows in may cases when there police on campus. This results in more suspensions or rest of our students any particular africanamerican students. You know the students of color. Thurman said the data is Still Limited so the state will implement a threepronged approach. They are the establishment of a task force subsequent analysis of data and research and establishing alternatives to keep School Campuses safe. The department of education plans to work with legislators advocacy groups and Law Enforcement representatives to determine the next steps. Well now to a developing story that were following for you this morning, another San Francisco city worker has been linked to the public Corruption Case involving the citys former public director Mohammad Nuru federal investigators say that the citys contractor and permit expedite or walter wong conspired with new ruined other unnamed city officials in schemes involving bribery kickbacks and Money Laundering for more than 15 years. According to Court Documents wong intends to plead guilty to all charges as early as july 6. Wonga sussex defendant to be charged in this Corruption Case and the second to plead guilty. Well outrage in San Francisco as an iconic mural is no more the wall so the citys oldest bar the stat was painted over on sunday, just ahead of pride weekend kron 4 s Taylor Bisacky reports. It was one of the first things you notice heading down 9th in harrison streets in San Francisco. The studs vibrant murals lit up this so many neighborhood. Now we beige color mutes the messages written on the walls before outpouring of community sense is just everybodys really hurt. I you know and they and do they july first they could notify the community that Energy Around race in a historical clear euro that was so beloved by the city. We or pri, i mean it really just shows such incredible insensitive nature to these people 0 fisher is one of the artists who contributed to the studs mural that read trans spaces thats until the buildings owner decided to repeat the space in the week of pride. Just a month ago, the bar owners announced the study would permanently close because of financial struggles from the coronavirus part of it having to do with high rents from the Building Owner since then he remained a shrine for the lgbtq community, including people like Peter Lawrence keane who works with San Francisco pride events to they could have picked a rougher time to do it that mural. Was beautiful, i mean everybody takes pictures themselves and their friends in front of it. And for it to happen today in the middle of pride week on the same day that we found out that former gays supervisor harry britt had passed away, it was just like a dagger to the heart of the Community Supervisor matt haney agrees saying the decision from the Building Owner was insensitive first started. Closing i was such a huge hit to the Community Though all gbt power in the city and then to see it so visibly taking down almost like it was sort of a punitive saying there was really no reason for them to paint over they dont have any plans in that short term to build anything there. Others also voicing their frustrations on the newly painted walls, messages like we will not be erased in black lives matter appeared overnight as bar owners work on finding a new safe space for the study in the city. The Community Says they wont be silenced we need safe we need to be treated as legitimate hume ounce. Us were going to continue to fight back and its going to get worse, i start taking responsibility for actions that we also spoke to the bar owners of the study who said they cant comment right now. Meanwhile the artist of the murals are seeking retribution is from the Building Owner hopes to contribute that money to lgbtq funds across the city in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Well according to new data we could see a 179,000 covid19 related deaths by october in the u. S. Now currently more than half of the country is seeing an uptick in cases, according to Johns Hopkins university there are now more than 9 million cases worldwide and over 482,000 deaths now in the u. S. There are more than 2 million cases and 121,000 deaths over 656,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus. California Health Officials reported a stunning jump in cases for the second day in a row. Last night the States Health department reported close to 7200 additional cases since tuesday. Now that brings the total number of cases to more than 190,000 between monday and tuesday. The state recorded over 5,000 new cases more than 5600 californians have also died from covid19. Well there are over 21,000 cases and over 540 deaths take a look at the numbers here on your screen. Were seeing the most cases here in the bay area in Alameda County with over 5200 infections with the virus has been deadlier in Santa Clara County with 154 deaths we have a full breakdown of the cases by county and city online its always on our website you can check it out at kron 4 dot com. Well dozens of cases has been linked to an inner city home and conquer the States Health Department Says that 75 patients and Staff Members at the san miguel villa nursing home tested positive for the virus. 14 patients and at least one caregiver died because of the virus weve reached out to the nursing home to get more details and were still waiting to hear back from them. Well staying in the east hospitals are experiencing an uptick and covid19 patients this week, then they experience last week. John muir health and won a creek in concord have already set aside a unit on their campuses to cure for an influx of covid19 patients. Doctor nick mica says the medical director of clinical operations. He says that hospitals are safe and prepared for the surge in cases assertion. He says is expected around labor day. Capacity of 4 its if the decisive actions and were nowhere near or standard capacity much less and forcing rethink parents or loved one safest or concern. Well data from Contra Costa County Health Services show more than 400 new cases have been reported in the past week nearly double the number of new cases reported in the week prior. And the concerning increase in covid19 numbers are drawing a dire message from governor Gavin Newsome as the state continues to reopen. Using the latest data to illustrate what state officials are seeing. The governor says that although we are testing more numbers show the spread of the virus and Positivity Rate has gone up 5. 1 in the last few weeks. He also points out that the increase of hospitalization rates in icu unit excuse me and i see rates are going up. It is or behaviors that are leading to these numbers and we are putting peoples lives at risk, im not naive people are mixing. That is increasing the spread of this virus. Surprise anybody. Governor newsome also added that he does not want to make it a crime to be caught without a mass but with did todays numbers. Its just vital for all of us to do all that we can to continue to fight the virus as we may find ourselves back where we were in march. Coming up next on the kron 00 04am morning news calls to End Police Brutality in the bay area. Well take you to a facebook com is reporting and plus Law Enforcement agencies in the east bay are teaming up to put an end to the recent rash of fireworks and also after the break why announces a new policy for out of state visitors, how it aims to prevent the spread of the coronavirus while welcoming and more tours the summer. Welcome back everyone the time now is for 14 weve been experiencing some beautiful weather here in the bay area. So lets check in with days far and see if that trend will continue today. Good morning robin good morning all and again the shot coming in from u c berkeley showing the fog well in place covering up all the lighting up that we see on the east bay shoreline same kind of glaze that we have going on around the Golden Gate Bridge as well weve got 50s up here the north bay for now a lot of lower 60s in the east bay side with antioch reaching up to about 69. This will be the location will continue to see those numbers spike yet again this afternoon, 59 me well for san jose in a 54 comes in for San Francisco. Again zooming in on what were talking about Solano County this goes on until saturday at 8 now. Heat exhaustion, heat stroke again all possible and well see Contra Costa County be quite warm as it will be in portions of napa county too. Now in future cast for we obviously see the fog will retreat as we get into the late morning hours. But its enough with daytime heating we get to flare up a little bit of some showers going on in the mountains there a little bit worth noting and we do have a low this well to our north and longrange we head on to a cooling weekend. There is the concern of some winds that may be a little bit of a fire threat. We see the flare up again of some more showers into tomorrow, although not quite as aggressive as what were seeing for today. So look ahead in all of this is the heat advisory still well entrenched for this weeks end, its hot inland going on warm for the base still with 90s there 60s of the coast. 80s at the bay 90s happening inland and then for this weekend cooling quickly inland highs, falling in some cases below 80 by sunday places that are going to see 90 today are going to struggle to reach a 80 by the time we get to around sunday. For today 67 San Francisco oakland 74, 88 san jose. Give you our body fits an idea. Were still just double digits states just double digits, central valleys looking for triple, but 96 for any aac 93 going on for a looks like conquered, 80s up here to the north bay in 87 for santa rose with 88 san jose we can see the reds progress encroaching up to the east bay hills looks like what the 4 zone forecast for you to check that all out coming up in a bit problem out that their traffic and bridges looking good moving well, which means now is the time to commute get on out there since its quiet here at the bay bridge toll plaza, you drive into San Francisco looks really good all the way across the upper deck, its just easy going. Right along the skyway and continuing off to one oh one and 2. 80 so no problems to report lets check in on some more bridges around the bay area this morning. We have highway 92 which is also hot spot free and as usual it is our busiest bridge right now so were starting to see a little bit of crowding here west of the toll plaza you see the brake lights coming to a crawl but nothing to worry about overall its a quick trip to the peninsula. You can make it in under 30 minutes, well take a peek at more bay area bridges coming up a little bit later. Well if you have any plans to go to a lie soon you will be allowed to get around as soon as you land if you test negative for covid19. Why is governor announced a new pre travel Testing Program that will begin on august first so travelers who test negative will not have to quarantine for 14 days. But they will have to get tested before they land in hawaii. The governor says that state officials will not be offering tests for travelers because that could lead to congestion so travelers who choose not to get a pre travel tests will have to quarantine for 2 weeks ally impose a quarantine requirement in march with penalties up to one year in jail and 5,000 in fines for those who leave quarantine for anything other than a medical. Emergency. Meanwhile in new york, new jersey and connecticut theyve all teamed up to force travelers from hire us states to self quarantine for 14 days. Now as of now the mandate applies to visitors from 8 states including florida, texas and the carolinas. So anyone who refused to self quarantine will face a 2000 fine on the first violation you know what thats expensive thats followed by a 5,000 fine for second. And a 10,000 fine if refusal to quarantine cause us harm. Leaders of the National Coronavirus taskforce a doctor fauci doctor Anthony Fauci weighed in on californias response to the coronavirus and issues with reopening Ashley Zavala explains his warning for the state. That from from the leadership doctor Anthony Fauci a key leader in the nations Coronavirus Response complimentary of california but says its people could do more californians have risen. To the occasion on on social issues so well in the past youve been the leaders in the country and those things. This is an issue that really has social responsibility in an interview with the Sacramento Press club fauci warned the next few weeks are going to be crucial for the country, including california. The warning comes as the state now sees an uptick in the rate of positive coronavirus cases i dont think its anything that the state of california. Is doing more than not its what the response of the to what the opening process is Governor Newsom said wednesday with plenty of Hospital Capacity and other resources prepared in the event of a surge, he doesnt plan on putting californias reopening process on pause and as long as we start to see more and more compliance. With mask mandate. And then i think we can move forward more safely and work our way through this without having to toggle back fauci praise state leadership and the governors mask order urging californians to follow it. But he also left something for the governor to consider in many respects i agree with him. He dont really need to go back to lock down he need to pause and say wait a minute. Were starting to opening and things are going right what do we need to do to correct that you may need to stay where you are in impose a few more restrictions or maybe back up a little. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. His name is delaying the phase reopening of its disneyland and disney california adventure theme park, the Southern California attraction was scheduled to reopen on july 17th with new safety requirements for guests, but it faces strong opposition from a union that represents disneyland employees disney did not give a new reopening date. Well San Franciscos annual outside lands festival will not happen this summer. Organizers announced theyre canceling the event and in that same announcement. They also revealed the lineup for next years festival which will be held august 6 through the 8th. So anyone who approached purchase one of those eager beaver passes you will be able to use them next year Ticket Holders have one month to request any refunds which can be done through the festivals website. Im alexandra le mon in washington, the Trump Administration says that posing sweeping restrictions on Foreign Worker visas to help the u. S. 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Welcome back everyone President Trump issued an executive order suspending new york visas in a wide variety of categories from High School Tech industry workers. To low skilled Seasonal Workers critics now say that this will actually slow growth and job creation washington dc correspondent alexandra le mon reports. The Trump Administration is extending sweeping restrictions on Foreign Worker visa programs through the end of the year customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan said the action is designed to preserve american jobs for americans it makes sense that as we are. At this historic rate that were in and were trying to restart the economy that we do take a look at that. Well from a global perspective. Morgan says the move will also keep americans healthy year were seeing in covid increase outside our borders but nevada congresswoman dina titus says thats just an excuse but know trump is that isnt going back years and am i. 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And a look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza your trip into San Francisco looks fantastic. It is nice and quiet for now its not going to stay this way would have traffic picking up in a couple of hours so get on out there early well check in on more bridges after the break. Welcome back everyone the time for 29 good morning and thanks for waking up with us we have meteorologist dave spahr hes here to let us know. How this thursday forecast is shaping up to be a good morning robin good morning, everybody were still going to be going back to those lofty highs, it looks like this afternoon live shot coming into more of the fog is a little bit of a blurred when we have that you can see alcatraz thats with the lights are there and then behind it. San francisco, but we have a lot of karl, the fog working here partially due to this little low thats in our backyard, providing the good thick marine layer, but still in the afternoon it mixes out for those inland areas only to give you a humid afternoon with lofty highs into the 90s with the concern is maybe some of the backside of this low as we get into a cooler weekend. My provide a little bit of a drier offshore wind by the point we get there. Temperatures thus far we have the lower 60s lining up the east bay shoreline 57 now for fremont going inland though they do actually pop up around antioch at 6961 for conquered. If hes up there the north bay with 59 san jose just make note of these winds now that i was talking about we have some inland heating so that tends to draw in the coastal air but it looks like it hangs around out there to Solano County in Contra Costa County all the way to 02 00am as you can see 03 00am tonight, lining your day up today were talking 64 by 08 00am by