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Because theres an increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations throughout the county and its gotten so bad that the numbers are showing that almena county has most ksat of any county in the bay area and that has caused major concern for Public Health officials theyve been deciding what to do in terms of reopening or not county Public Health Officials Say the number of cases has risen in the last week from 63 to 71 per 100,000 people before this though they were seeing a decline in numbers so officials thought it was time to move forward with the states case for reopening by applying for variance attestation putting the county officially in stage 2 thats where a lot of counties are in our state. But now the Health Department and other officials dont believe its safe to do so since every day the numbers are now going up at last check theres been 5700 cases of coronavirus here in Alameda County was 133 deaths now we heard earlier from the Alameda County Health Director whos described that the surges may be coming from Nursing Homes and that thats been a big problem throughout the population of this county but ive talked to a lot of people here on the street here in alameda you know ive been all over the bay area in the last couple people becoming very anxious, upset and wanting to reopen but here in Alameda County i will say people understanding people wanting to put health first, especially looking at how the rest of the country has been doing. I think that were actually going a little too fast. I mean if you look at southern california. Its going up. Much faster and just around the country like all European Countries seem to be going fair fairly really not like completely down to a perfect call but so much faster than we are and its pretty clear thats just because were just too eager to open again that were not actually taking the proper precautions yet and. I understand to a lot of people that this is a very scary time to time and joblessness is a time of uncertainty. And look at this video that they shot just about an hour ago you can see pretty much every Single Person here on the streets of alameda have a mask on im telling you its probably the best ive seen in all the bay area of all the counties have been to really just about everybody has a mask on i have my mask here in my in case they need to put it on case to get to close to people because otherwise too hard to hear me, but its really impressive what theyre doing here clearly Alameda County is taking precautions because theyve already seen whats happened in other counties and then you want to get to that point they dont have to open and not open so this is what theyre doing to try and keep the county safe. They said this week will be critical to see the trends of the coronavirus cases plus we are heading into a holiday weekend. So well have to see call me to county fairs when theyll be able to reopen for now live in alameda Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. Thank you sarah. It is good to see so many people in alameda wearing those masks, lets go now to the south bay where were getting a glimpse of the adjustments officials in Santa Clara County are planning. As they get ready to release more detail guidelines about reopening there kron fours will tran live in Santa Clara County this morning. He has all the details for us will. Marty is a game of adjustments they knew that coronavirus cases would go up once they start to reopening the businesses on may 4th, but even they admit they were caught off guard by the amount of cases theyve recently seen and thats where the governor back on sunday. He recommended that the bars in Santa Clara County, not reopened yesterday the board of supervisors and county Health Officials they met. They plan to release more details over the next several days and what they plan to do moving forward for the long haul so take a look at your screen. One of the goals that they want to do is uniformity to have guidelines for all businesses when they reopen back on may 4th he was pretty much sector to sector with the first sector opening being the industrial sector construction and not coincidentally. Its that particular segment that has seen the most coronavirus cases also when they reopen curbside back on may 22nd as far as retail thats also picked up a little bit as well. What they want to do is place restrictions on high risk activities that go into detail about that and then another thing is some of the highrisk businesses might not reopen at all possibly the bars may be the hair salons as well some of the more intimate businesses that they consider a hot spot. The reason being Santa Clara County they actually is far far as bay area counties they were the fastest to take off from the gate in terms of covid19 cases it slow down a little bit with Alameda County being the most explosive in the number of cases in the bay area. But nonetheless theyre still trying to deal with it right now in Santa Clara County they have 4200 positive cases of coronavirus 156 people have died. Just last tuesday mardi 138 people had to be tested for coronavirus as far as the cases are concerned so its going up and up and up and theyre concerned about that which is why theyre trying to get a better handle. Michael covid19 cases and have a longterm game plan. When you ask me long term what is that while they dont have a detailed description of that its obviously in a game of adjustment but something a little bit further along then month to month that weve seen so far in Santa Clara County just like my colleague Sarah Stinson was reporting. A lot of reconsidering a lot of reopening and a lot of cases maybe not reopening at all. Back to merge all right well, thanks a lot for that report from the south bay. Governor newsom is sending a stern warning of possibly implementing new restrictions because of the increase of those new covid19 cases here in california 19 counties across the state are on a watch list for a spread of the virus. Orange salon owner said in glenn counties were all added to that list on monday. Coronavirus cases increase in california by 45 over the past week with a positive rate that continues to creep upward. Now at 5. 9 . And the state continues to see increases in icu patients and hospitalizations. Forthright with you we are considering a number of other. Things and to advance and we will be making those as conditions change and we will be in constant. Contact with our county partners to understand how this might impact what theyre seeing and experiencing in their communities and how this plays out in their data. Well Governor Newsom also says that enforcement of state coronavirus guidelines and rules will be stepped up and the governor also signed the state budget on monday afternoon its going to distribute 2 and a half billion dollars to counties based on how well they cooperate with the states response to covid19. Now we move to the east bay were Contra Costa County gyms and bars will have to keep their doors closed a bit longer. Thats because the county Health Department says the average number of coronavirus patients in hospitals has increased 75 in Contra Costa County in the past 2 weeks. Last month a song about a 2 to increase of tests coming back positive. Well now that number is at 6 . Surge doesnt happen slowly. It happens quickly and so were really looking at trends as a way to try to predict whats coming and then put in place what needs to happen to keep that from happening to us. So the county is delaying businesses that were previously given the go ahead to reopen tomorrow on july 1st and those include bars personal services, gyms and Fitness Centers also limited Indoor Leisure Activities Hotels for tourism and individual travel. Happening tomorrow state senators will be looking into a covid19 outbreak at san quentin state prison. After cases skyrocketed to over 1000 inmates there kron fours dan kerman has more. The outbreak of covid19 at san quentin prison is getting worse right now over a 1000 inmates are positive and almost all of those cases are new within the last 14 days that is our deep area of focus and concern right now all the governors committed the state to meeting its responsibility to care for the sick inmates. Its boring county and surrounding counties that will need to take care of those who really get sick. Were surges in cases of people who. Might need hospital care. And the current strategy is to have sent in to regional hospitals of course the you know we recognize the rights of everyone. So the highest level of im concerned that our original hospitals just want to have passage manage was coming currently half of the 14 patients hospitalized in marine county for covid19 have come from the prison. But Health Officials believe those numbers will go up exponentially. We anticipate to be the dad of up to 200 become ill enough to require hospitalization. We have formalized strategies and plans, including the prospect of using seton hospital on monday. The governor said plans are in the works to transfer some of the sickest inmates to seek Medical Center in daly city. The county Health Officials say the real solution is to create a Field Hospital at san quentin. Whats an inmate who may be in their cell is infected becomes you know low oxygen levels et cetera. A place where they can be moved within the facility where they can be monitored or hospital where theres theyre saying theres doctors their staff or they can do that the you know the vital signs sure etcetera to determine whether or not they need to be. Well its one of the standard of care be able to actually offer them the care on site because there will be dozens and dozens of individuals that category over the next few days said officials have confirmed that they are setting up tents like structures at san quentin though they didnt get into details as to what would be going on inside. As you know this outbreak is believed to have begun when an inmate with covid19 was transferred to san quentin state senators are investigating that and the hearing on wednesday. In the meantime in addition to the inmates who are covid positive. There are at least 90 employees at san quentin that are covid positive. And think what Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. And still ahead this morning fighting to end corruption at San Francisco city hall will look into the changes one San Francisco city leaders proposing to protect your tax money from fraud. Plus many states are pausing their reopening plans amid the increase in coronavirus cases. Well tell you where were seen the uptick. And well take you outside for a look at conditions on the san mateo bridge traffic moving smoothly in both directions. This morning, well be right back. Good morning, welcome back to kron 00 04am morning news hope youre enjoying your Tuesday Morning were taking a live look outside of folks in walnut creek this morning its going to heat up just a little bit there. Days far as going tells all about it i day a good morning. Marty good morning everybody live shot also coming in from san jose state, nice blue skies at work here. Golden gate bridge is actually improve we have little wispy fog going on, but thats all since gone as were into the blue skies to not a whole lot in the way of winds either temperatures also graduated in the 70s we can see inland lower 70s that upper 60s line up the east bay shoreline there 63 for fremont up to the north bay kind of a mixture of 6064 for San Francisco, san jose at 69. Not much to see in future cast for except the return of a little bit of that marine layer for tomorrow morning as you will notice here that will be in terms of fog and some cooler temperatures as are. So not the system set up to give us a little bit of that on shore wind here it is on future cast a 4. As we note that onshore wind thats in place this afternoon. Thats driven by the fact that inland heating thats going to just drive that well get more from the synoptic affects later on during this weekend. Well see a nice temperature dropped to so for today, sunny and warm last day of a few of those 90s hanging out before we retire them for the 80s. This week its core more morning fog to look out for and major calling expected inland by thursday over the weekend theres warming again and we also want to look out maybe some offshore winds by sunday that might pose little bit of a fire threat potentially there. Today 68 one on San Francisco oakland 76, 85 for san jose. There are a couple token 90s on the board for today and our 4 zone forecast. Well little bit closer inspection of all of that but mostly the inland valleys looking for the 80s outside a few of those 90s east bay shoreline also holding on to some of those 80s those will be retired probably tomorrow as we start to welcome in some of those on shore winds again will take a look at your 4 zone coming up a little bit later on r d. All right dave, thanks a lot. We have some sad breaking news from hollywood this morning after carl reiner has died. Reiner was a writer or a producer or a director and an actor he won multiple emmys in his career along with the grammy award as well. Writer was perhaps best known as the creator and producer of the 1960s sitcom the Dick Van Dyck show. He also directed steve martin in the 1970s film the jerk and he also appeared alongside George Clooney and brad pitt in oceans 11 oceans 12 and oceans 13 carl reiner was 98 years old. New this morning, the east bay, the city of berkeley could be the first city in the country to remove police from traffic and Parking Enforcement. The city council will take up that plan at a meeting in 2 weeks, its cosponsored by berkeleys mayor, if its approved traffic and Parking Enforcement responsibilities would shift from the police department, 2 unarmed Civil Servants, those Civil Servants would be part of a new department of transportation in berkeley. And moving to San Francisco 4 people are injured in a driver arrested after crashing into a bus stop. It happened last night about 8 oclock along Mission Street in onondaga avenue, 4 pedestrians were taken to the hospital to be treated. The driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. Theres an alarming warning from a top cdc official this morning, the corona virus is spreading too quickly and too broadly for the u. S. To bring it under control right now 36 states are seen an increase in new cases while only 2 straight to states are seen a decrease randi kaye has more. More south florida beaches will be closed this 4th of july as local leaders watch coronavirus cases surge across the Sunshine State we decided to close or beaches this weekend mainly holiday weekends, especially are known for attracting large numbers of people. The Florida Department of Health Reporting over 5,000 new infections monday. Still Governor Ron Desantis has not made Wearing Masks mandatory statewide we left it to the locals to to make decisions about whether they want to use coercive measures or impose any type of of criminal penalties, you know were not going to do that statewide this as jacksonville joins the list of cities now requiring them in indoor spaces where social distancing is not possible. Ahead of hosting the Republican National convention, this august beaches in los angeles will also be closed this holiday weekend. Health officials citing nearly 3,000 new cases the highest oneday total ever reported in la county this year we have to think about saving lives california is one of at least 16 states modifying or pausing their reopening plans. And now in arizona bars gyms movie theaters and water parks will close for the next 30 days gatherings over 50 people are also prohibited. Still governor doug duceys stopping short of issuing a statewide facial covering requirement, our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse it will take several weeks for the mitigations. That we have put in place and are putting in place to take effect but they will take effect new york and new jerseys governors are looking to stop spikes from happening in their states yet again. In new york city broadway will remain dark through the end of the year, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says hes considering slowing the citys reopening citing some troubling signs of people not following social distancing. Meanwhile Indoor Dining in new jersey is postponed indefinitely this isnt a forever and for always weve gone through helen new jersey weve lost over 13,000 people. Were trying to do everything we can to not go through hello again. This morning, one cdc expert warning it may already be too late to control the spread of the disease across the united states. I think there was a lot of Wishful Thinking around the country that a summer everythings going to be fine were over this and we are not even beginning to be over this we have way too much virus across the country. Well that was randi kaye reporting for us this morning now according to Johns Hopkins university, the u. S. Has reported more than 2 and a half million cases of the virus and more than 126,000 deaths. More and more republicans are telling their constituents to wear masks as President Trump declines to wear one im kelly meyer reporting from washington, ill take you inside the debate on capitol hill. And bring it back to the bay area boy this the time to cross the bay bridge is not look at that nice and easy this morning on the approach of the bay bridge toll plaza well be right back. Good morning, were back with the National News this morning wearing a mask has now become a contentious political debate across the country. As democrats have been for the most part more likely to wear a mask compared to republicans have been less likely. But now more republicans are coming out in support of wearing a mask as the coronavirus cases are increasing across the country. Our washington dc correspondent kelli meyer has more on that. A different thing is coming to politicize instead of being a matter of health. Doctor in North Carolina republican greg murphy says whether to wear a mask is becoming a political question, especially on capitol hill and then show up and not wear mask on friday, maryland, democratic congressman jamie raskin criticize some of his republican colleagues for showing up to a coronavirus hearing without a mask on. But Georgia Republican congressman buddy carter insists this isnt a political issue ive seen just as many republicans wear a face mask is ive seen democrats republican senators like David Perdue Tim scott and tom tillis. Consistently encouraged constituents and social media followers to wear masks i just completed my 50 a town hall and there are a lot of people i know they get offended when i just beat the drum on social distancing and wear a mask as more republicans advocate for americans to wear masks President Trump has yet to call for americans to wear one or publicly where one himself his choice to wear a mask republican alabama congressman Bradley Byrne agrees thats up to him you know i think this is an individual decision not a Group Decision but democratic North Carolina congressman david price says its have to work around the president on sunday, the Vice President publicly supported maskwearing especially when social distancing is it possible. We encourage. Everyone to wear a mask reporting in washington, im kelly meyer. And still ahead on the kron 4 morning News Oakland Police investigating a hate crime after racist messages were found scrawled on someones home. We 9. 28 this Tuesday Morning good morning welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, thanks for joining us. It is june 30th, were turning the page into Marty Gonzales were going to kick this half hour off dave spahr to find out more about the forecast but if but dont turn the calendar over today, its thats right good morning. Marty good morning, everybody. A live shot coming in from san jose state beautiful blue skies in the background there and not much the intrusion even high cloudiness that we can see temperatures have already graduated to the lower 70s, a good chunk of the east bays you will notice, 69 hayward 67 meanwhile for open 63 for fremont up to the north bay even were getting quite a few 60s as well member thats still somewhat dry air. Were getting a lot of movement going on here because drier tends to do that also conversely thats why was cooler up there this morning because then how much the way of winds now were ahead and work much more ahead as you can see in the east bay 89 will do it by about 1 oclock returning to 89 on average by about 4 after some locations will be able to achieve highs at around 9 year the lower 90s. Now its still possible see that for tomorrow but after that thats it. We cool off dramatically youll notice that on thursday and into friday that another warmup for the weekend. Well have your extended coming up in a bit and also checking up 4 zone forecast as well marty all right dave thanks a lot. Well happening tomorrow july 1st commuter should be prepared to dig a little deeper and pay a little more at the Golden Gate Bridge. Thats because the tolls increase tomorrow and joining us to further explain the Details Behind this is kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia from the newsroom. I saw good morning. Im already they do have to dig deeper but not by too much the already expensive toll right at the Golden Gate Bridge is going up yet again as you mentioned, and its all part of a 5 year fare Program Designed to fund the constant maintenance that this bridge requires that take a live look at the camera you can see the current traffic conditions as restrictions loosened we are seeing more and more people out on the road and while its nothing like the normal commute that were used to seeing at this time. It is picking up especially when you compare it to a month ago or even back in march when the shelterinplace orders went into effect. The bridges fast track toll will increase from 7. 35 to 7. 70 one time tolls will increase from 8. 20 at 8. 40 carpal rates will increase from 5. 35 to 5 and 0. 70 increase fares will also go to improving transit infrastructure and improvements in addition to helping the golden gate district close an million gap in revenue that was lost during the coronavirus pandemic bridge traffic has been down 40 compared to prepare and demick levels bus and ferry ridership are also down 80 to 97 . Thats obviously been a very rough patch. But this fare increase was already set in the books and it will help the never ending costs of keeping the Golden Gate Bridge looking beautiful and safe for drivers here in the bay area marty all right, thanks a lot for that report from the newsroom. Well a brother and sister in fremont say that they are harassed by a neighbor and had Police Called on them they say for simply being black part of that confrontation was caught on video in kron fours dan thorn takes a look. You know you get nonsense video from wednesday night shows a fremont man calling 911 on a brother and sister you harass me he says they were harassing the neighborhood while riding motorcycles. The man recording the video is Brandon Wilkerson who says that was simply untrue and that he was actually being harassed because hes black the reason that i pulled out my phone is because i heard the most outlandish thing that i can hear my community when im doing something illegal. That this is not your community. You do not belong here you need to go now wilkerson says he was teaching his sister brittany how to ride a motorcycle. Well they were cruising around he says the man began throwing rocks at them and a lot on the sidelines on us and throw rocks. Nothing about what we were doing was illegal longer on the video, the man accuses wilkerson and his sister of not being residents of this neighborhood as what you can and youre going to call the police on an unarmed black man on a motorcycle may try explaining to him they have lived there for more than 20 years but the man wanted to hear not of it he just continued to you know intensify the his wife couldnt contain him. He couldnt contain himself. And. It was just a really ugly situation that did not need to happen. The police did not show up that night another neighbor who witnessed the ordeal said he would vouch for the wilkersons if they did come. The siblings say they dont plan to press any charges against the man instead they would like to educate their community about racism a lot of people in disbelief, but its real its real and a lot of people are showing their true colors in. We need change and he says stop. Reporting in fremont dan thorn kron 4 news now to a developing story weve been following is the Corruption Case of San Franciscos former public works director Mohammed Nuru and other city officials. The city controller release and additional an initial review of the alleged corruption and some of the issues include the power and Authority Given to the director of public works gaps in person purchasing oversight city and state restrictions on gift giving and weaknesses in contracting methods and procedures used by the city in an attempt to move forward city supervisor matt haney announced his proposal an anticorruption legislative package which focuses on the elimination. What he calls these loopholes and city policy. As a example shun for gifts even from contractors if you can say that theyre your bff in that you known them for a long time even contractors can give gifts to officials. Theres a provision that allows i Department Directors and bureaucrats to solicit donations to nonprofits some of which then turn around and give that money back to the any amount without having to disclose that at all. Next monday, San Francisco mayor london breed or rather yesterday, she said in a statement that the city will immediately begin implementing reforms recommended by the City Attorney and controller. The mayor also said shes rescinding the delegation of authority that was granted to the director of public works back in 2011. Now we move to the east bay this morning, were Oakland Police are searching for suspects and answers in a string of alleged weekend hate crimes on saturday morning, someone smashed the windows of the oakland lgbtq center and then on sunday a mannequin and sign were also tagged with messages. Also on sunday after being away for the weekend oakland resident to celia senegal was notified that her home it was covered in graffiti and her home and also been tagged with the phrase all lives matter along with slurs against police. These recent hate crimes now bring the total in oakland to 5. You know we need if a someones home. The message that youre trying to say. Loses all value want to sit down and have a conversation. Let you do this. What was the intent so that i can understand that people think and we have so much more to fight for dignity for justice. Well if you have any information on these hate crimes you should call the Oakland Police. Also in the east bay crews in Contra Costa County of knocked down several bush fires that are being investigated as arson they sparked up a long iron horse trail in Pleasant Hill yesterday afternoon burning between sherman and brookview drives one person was questioned by authorities but then later released. Everyone is asked to avoid the trail and nearby streets while crews continue to monitor hot spots there. Happening today Governor Newsome will be in pittsburgh with an update on project room key. Thats a program to secure hotel and motel rooms to protect the homeless from covid19 that press conference starts at noon today in pittsburgh. And coming up this morning taking care of the elderly of elderly loved ones can be tough during the pandemic. Were going to hear from some experts with tips on how to safely take care of senior relatives. And after the break a giants player testing positive for covid19 well find out how the team in the lead are responding. And lets take a live look outside of conditions at san mateo bridge. We have some hazy sunshine and traffics moving smoothly, well be right back. Good morning, welcome back as for th pr b s b s are heads to r sh e giants. Several teams that have been hit hard by the coronavirus kron fours jas mlb will try to keep their players safe. The joint confirm that the 19 1st round pick Hunter Bishop has tested positive good morning, welcome back mlb teams are headed to pre season campus soon as tomorrow as they prepare for their shortened 60 game season. Well, the giants are one of several teams that have been hit hard by the coronavirus kron fours jason dumas has more on how mlbs going to try to keep their players safe. The jury has confirmed on monday that 2019 1st round pick Hunter Bishop has tested positive for coronavirus who will temporarily be kept off the giant 6 team and player pool Sports Medicine doctor rand mcclain says we should not overreact to these positive tests youre going to be requiring these players and those associated with the way for her. If you put a treaty out about a week every member also. Actually a take it or actions. If the gun case is about little hairy. Every work how the rain when summer camps open on wednesday players and staff will be required to go through medical testing and screening processes before they enter team facilities. The league has also banned spinning items such as Sunflower Seeds peanut shells and tobacco pictures will be allowed to carry wet rags in their pockets instead of the common habit of licking their fingers for moisture here is that were going to be really dont think what were doing is were doing the best we can. Doctor maclean actually believe the Biggest Issue may be soft tissue injuries due to sudden increase in intense workouts for the players. By the 85 your visual 100 . Reporting in San Francisco, im jason dumas scrum for news. All right, lets go ahead and check out the Weather Forecast for this tuesday, dave spahr hows it look ok marty a looking pretty good good morning. Good morning, everybody sfo, no delays happening this morning, although well probably see a little bit more fog happening tomorrow. I advance this. To show you what goes on for your wednesday morning, spilling into the east bay here the peninsula. Were already have a little bit of an onshore wind trying to build outside of just the daily pattern. For now we have the lower 70s in the inland valleys, it looks like a mostly the 60s along the east bay shoreline, some of the greens hanging on to the peninsula of course and up to the north bay as well. We do dry out there in the afternoon to but as you notice here comes back again that marine spilling into the Sacramento Valley and then the cleanup job in the afternoon, however, the deal is were not going to be dry today as we were from yesterday is not going to be about much the way of winds and the winds we do get will be coming from an onshore direction. Those high temperatures today 94 going on for fresno 93 sacramento. One the Central Coast in the upper 60s lower 70s cover down to southern california, lets get into in your 4 zone forecast 68 San Francisco. Got the upper 60s lining up the coast along the peninsula, meanwhile, the bay side lower 70s at work here, san bruno 71 millbrae 73 and some 80s were grabbing ahold as we go to the south mideighties at that too like palo alto at 85 and in the south bay mid to upper 80s expected los gatos and also morgan hill 85 for san jose in cupertino to 87 on the east bay shoreline to the south about 80 may not have that tomorrow by the way 89 going on for livermore up to the north 90 going on for walnut creek 93 for concord 72 for berkeley and up to the north bay weve got mostly the 80s but we have a couple 90s here and theyre back though 91 antioch at 90 as well, 85 going on for santa rosa with 80s heading down south 70 forecast, heres the big drop. Were talking about here on thursday temporary now its going for a couple of days warming back up for the weekend we want to watch sunday for some offshore winds to potentially return marty. All right dave thanks a lot, lets go to the south bay this morning, new calls to defund the San Jose Police department are intensifying after races facebook postings were exposed from officers in recent days. The executive director of the council of islamic American Relations says that shes shocked but not surprised that bigoted anti Muslim Facebook posts have been linked to current and former San Jose Police officers. She says the post one of which suggested using new jobs as nooses calls to mind previous allegations of anti muslim sentiment by a muslim officer who sued the department back in 2018. But what this confirms for me is that. It may not be safe for someone who looks like me to call them to protect you. In a Statement Police chief eddie garcia said he has no control over what officers post online. But he did promise to investigate saying quote we have no place for this. Dewey and sciences is setting prices for its covid19 drug remdisivir year. It will cost 390 per vial for the government which includes medicaid and it will be the same prize for developed countries as well a typical fiveday treatment course which includes 6 miles as up to more than 2000 per patient, private Insurance Companies will be charged more 520 a vial until now the company has been donating the drug to the u. S. Government as of now its the only medication thats been approved for emergency treatment of the coronavirus. Nearly 9,000 donated thermometers were handed out to families at San Francisco, Public School campuses the devices are called kinsa smart thermometers and they can be paired with smartphones to track health symptoms. School district Officials Say thermometers are tools that should come in handy when School Starts up again. As people are looking towards well a School Look Like in the fall, having a thermometer and having regular temperature checks is probably reality so making sure that every household has the materials to do that in the Technology Today is going to be crucial. Unlike any sort of new normal that were looking at. Well Officials Say the district is being guided by the cdc also the state Health Department along with local hit health agencies, the districts goal is to have a plan ready for review by the board of education by mid or late july. With coronavirus cases rising across the country experts are warning everyone to protect older friends and relatives who may be more vulnerable to the virus. But for some caring for a senior loved one while social distancing can be very tricky. Dennis shanahan has more now on some tips from the experts. Its a tricky road to navigate on the one hand you want to stay away from your elderly friends and relatives, so you dont expose them to covid19 on the other hand. You dont want them to feel lonely and isolated and you want to see them too. The expert i spoke with over zoom talked about ways to find that balance we know from a lot of research that social isolation is very harmful for older adults and for their family caregivers doctor terry hart at his director of the Family Caregiving Institute at u c davis is Betty Irene Moore school of nursing keep your distance but stay engaged and stay in contact, she stresses the importance of making sure older adults feel loved and cared for during this time a simple phone call is good for mental health. We are now calling. On every day. And ive got. 8 siblings who are doing this. We can cover all the days the week and in terms of checking in on her and she loves the fact that shes talking all of her children more often than she was before the parent that in situations where there is an inhome caregiver doctor her beth advise that person to continue staying in the home as much as possible. And consider having others who live outside the home provide care in ways that dont involve personal contact. The outside the home people can go groceries ken and pick up things that are needed to bring those to the door leaves them and then that youre give her can bring them inside so that the risk for exposure is. Kept at a minimum Research Continues to indicate the coronavirus is mostly spread through the air we do know, however that transmission can also occur when we touch a hard surface that is contaminated and then we touch our face on that note doctor harvey after recommends people continue to wipe off new non porous items that come into the home. Shes also concerned that older adults are not seeking out the health care they need for fear of going to the doctor alone and she urges Health Care Systems to allow caregivers to accompany them. I know you see davis we allows family sugary stuff, real older adults to accompany them into the Emergency Department as theyre being seen there recognizing that particularly for somebody with dementia having a so will your face who is with them is integral to them having the ability to cooperate with the care that they need Dennis Shanahan fox 40 news. Arrest says its not going to extend this years tax deadline, one more time the 2019 tax filing and payment deadline is coming up. Its on july 15th. Now you remember that was postponed from april 15th because of the coronavirus pandemic now for people who cannot meet the new deadline they can file for an extension of october 15th on the irs website. Now states have different deadlines for filing their tax returns and just a reminder to join kron 4 this weekend for a virtual 4th of july celebration. Well show you some of the most memorable moments from the biggest Independence Day Fireworks Show on the west coast. At san diegos big bay boom will also be honoring our local heroes whove been on the front line helping and caring for people during the pandemic. You can check out the 4th of july celebrations right here on kron 4 it all starts at 09 00pm saturday. And lets take you outside for a look at sfo activities going to probably increase as we move closer to the 4th of july weekend there will be right back. Well were just about to wrap things up but we want to find out whats going on kron on where the News Coverage never stops it goes on 24 7. So nice to her has more. Thats right marty so more counties here in the bay area are releasing their reopening plans will be taking a look at the plans for alameda and santa clara counties plus coming up at noon the governor will be providing another update about the states response to covid19 in addition to the homeless this problem here in the states, well have that live for you right here on kron on so be sure to head over to your App Store Download the kron on app for free to stay on top of all of your national and local headlines all day long marty all right, thanks a lot. All right, lets take a last look at the 7 day forecast for the bay area were starting to see a bit of a cooling trend really going to hit home on thursday and friday as we dip down into the low 80s there and look along the coast 59 degrees by friday and heat up just a little bit and just in time for the 4th of july weekend. Thats going to wrap things up for us, thanks so much for joining us, well see you again tomorrow bright and early at 04 00am in the meantime members of a great day. And the well. Today on dr. Phil. From graduating boot camp with honors to attacking his 20yearold sister and assaulting both of his parents. Youre just sitting there, but youre gonna jump out of the chair. Boom. Youre on the attack. I justi lost it. My parents are in denial of how bad i am. Were here to try to make it okay. I can just blow smoke and we can be done in five minutes. Todays gonna be a changing day in your life. Youve never had anybody working harder to bring you to the threshold of change than right now