That cloud cover thickens up so its going to remain with us through much of the morning commute. All the way into the east bay hills out towards the coast. Before we do eventually see some clearing skies and like weve seen for the past few weeks down abundant sunshine for most of the bay as for stormtracker 4 really quiet picture you wont run into much of anything except for some coastal drizzle right along the coast and then into the hills of the east bay. Temperatures 50s and 60s for most areas conquered year at 63 livermore at 62 double in fremont the low 60s well berkeley, San Francisco and timber on in the mid 50s for your current temperatures as we make our way into the afternoon daytime highs are swiftly going to rise yet again but not quite as warm as they were for the day yesterday nor on saturday either with most inland highs remaining in the 80s today, youre still gonna have a couple of 90s which well talk about in a second. Coastal in bay areas in the 60s and 70s. I do have that full forecast still to come in the show so stay with us james all right john thank you for one we want to begin this morning with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic the numbers show more than 2 dozen states seeing new cases rise on a week to week basis in right now. The totals or this 3. 3 million infections with more than a 135,000 deaths across the country. Victor blackwell has the latest now on the surge of were seen. At least 26 states are pausing a rolling back their reopening plans in an effort to get the virus spread under control. But florida georgia, South Carolina and texas all reported record or near record high numbers of confirmed covid19 infections in a single day on saturday numbers are going up and it is precarious and were on the edge are icy user getting more were looking at. Horizons that scare but were also now begin to get calls from other parts of the state that are that are harder even then we are asking if we can take folks. Its its a its a scary time. Florida Governor Ron Desantis says hes working to secure tests with faster results after a Hospital System president stressed the need for more resources of course our really focuses on protecting the vulnerable we from the very beginning wanted to expand testing. We are definitely doing that. Disney world in florida reopened its gates on saturday to the Magic Kingdom and animal kingdom. Epcot and Hollywood Studios are scheduled to reopen wednesday. Im not is worried about people that are the disney enterprise. But what happens when they leave. And what happens when they travel to get thats the disney has millions of dollars to spend it tells you how difficult its going to be to open schools if we dont have billions of dollars educators across the country are trying to find a way to get students back in class room safely. Atlanta Public Schools will not bring students back into the classrooms when the new School Year Starts because in georgia, one of the earliest states to reopen there are now more than 114,000 confirmed cases and almost 3,000 deaths. We had to make a serious decision relative to the safety and the wellness of our staff and students for reopening. Initially our first day of school would have been august 10th. The recommendation is for us to move that to occur on his 24th and then most importantly to do that in a virtual capacity and the cdc now estimates 40 of people infected with covid19. Have no symptoms. There is some good news. The state of vermont has a sevenday positivity average of 0. 5 . Thats the lowest in the country. That was Victor Blackwell reporting meanwhile theres tension in the white house this morning as some Administration Officials are lashing out at doctor Anthony Fauci youll remember hes the lead expert on Infectious Diseases and one of the leads on the Coronavirus Task force doctor fauci has been at odds with the president the times about the Health Guidelines that americans should be following fauci has disagreed with the president and has publicly corrected him when his facts are wrong. In a statement, a member of the Administration Says that theyre concerned the doctor fauci has been quote wrong on the things that the white house also provided a list of statements to support that argument, california representative adam schiff though is slamming the administrations attacks on doctor fauci take a listen. Doctor fauci is the most respected voice in the country on how we got to be dealing with this pandemic and to be trying to sideline him or diminish him or discredit him. Is just atrocious. Happening today, stanford will host doctor fauci for a virtual chat about the pandemic the online discussion will begin at 1030 this morning and we will carry it live on kron on. In the south bay Health Orders taking effect today in Santa Clara County that will allow indoor activities like gyms and hair and nail salons allowing them to reopen with certain restrictions. Kron fours gayle ong has reaction now from Business Owners in los gatos who are eager to see customers again. If youve been stuck in the house and want to get pampered salons here in downtown los gatos spent the weekend getting ready to reopen with restrictions. Perfect nails is one of those salons after almost 4 months, Helen Mcdowell is ready to get back to work her clients already booking appointments when they have a new avenues of a call me. Them to come and pick me. And now i am asking so excited to come back but things will look different for the sake of covid19 that includes mask intense, cleaning practices and fewer appointments for social distancing mcdowell says reopening will be easy because she works alone im on on one on one anyway. I dont have more than one people one time and i and i think its a small state Santa Clara Countys new order allows other indoor activities like hair salons and james to resume would restrictions the order takes effect on monday, but mcdowell plans to reopen her business later in the week due to an upcoming surgery sunday afternoon her 16 yearold daughter, victoria help with the cleaning just kind of reorganizing everything going through everything getting her ready to come back after surgery, i take down all of the nail polishes and and put them back up after cleaning them. In color order its a good thing i really like to do so i just very organized everything that color mcdowell says about half of her clients are coming back the other half are going to wait on the spam. You know they want to see reopened you know and then they see how is that though. And they come back, you know that i think they come back because a 21 year. I have very little oil on you now us them. Santa clara county also dropped plans to allow indoor gatherings of up to 20 people worried it may cause a spike in covid19 cases, reporting in Los Gatos Gayle ong kron 4 news. Also in the south where we have 3 new coronavirus testing sites set to reopen this week you can see locations and times up on your screen now there are 2 new testing sites in san jose one at Independence High School and the other at Santa Clara Service center auditorium. Theres also a new site in gilroy will be at the south county annex the walk up testing sites are free so feel free. In the north bay new restrictions are now in place in Sonoma County this comes after the county was put on the States Coronavirus watch list because of a spike in cases starting today Indoor Dining and services a restaurants and bars are banned for at least 3 weeks Outdoor Dining and take out those still allowed. Alameda county has also been added to the states watch list after seeing an increase in covid19 cases as well, but many businesses wont be seeing much of a change and thats because current Health Orders already dont allow for Indoor Dining or going into places like movie theaters and entertainment centers. Officials say the increase in cases is due to people not wearing face coverings or following social distancing guidelines. A new health order also in effect now in Contra Costa County which bans people from gathering indoors for religious services and also for dining but outdoor gatherings and protests are still allowed as long as people wear masks and follow social distancing. Rules. Officials said in a statement that more than 8 of its coronavirus tests are now coming back positive over the previous 7 days. They say its a sign that the virus is spreading rapidly in Contra Costa County. Heres a closer look at the numbers across the state were now seeing more than 324,000 infections with more than 7,000 deaths and in the bay area. Weve got more than 32,000 confirmed cases with 636 deaths related to covid19. Also happening now firefighters are trying to save the u. S. S bottom rush art in san diego, the naval ship caught fire yesterday after an explosion on board 17 sailors and 4 civilians were injured. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall talk to a bay area man who served on that ship about the challenges in fighting the fire. An all out fire fight is under way to stop a massive blaze burning on board the uss bonhomme rush art just before 9 oclock sunday morning a fire was reported on the 840 foot long naval ship stationed at naval station san diego, 17 sailors and 4 civilians were hurt in the fire which also triggered an explosion. 160 sailors were on board the ship at the time and have since been evacuated their first thing is everybody safe and then try to minimize damage. Because it is well mike lee in a be next to their extreme lee costly cole smith once served on the bond homer shard and says crew members did everything they could to try to limit the spread of the fire in the way ships are built is the main tool for that is compartmentalize asian so the whole ship compartmentalize so even if you there is major damage you can hope minimize the location of that damage late sunday evening Navy Officials said the fire is in an area near the ships. Well dec its part of the ship that allows water vehicles on and off its called the. For that class of ship and this huge open area where you store a lot of Marine Equipment everything else. Smith says if thats the case it could be tough for crews to try to get to it all know the world its large and you can. They can potentially access that theres tons of spaces surrounding come smaller compartment said sport engineering ballast tanks. The ship was currently undergoing scheduled maintenance at the naval station when the fire broke out. Smith says the fire is a blow to the naval fleet. The ship is a flagship to transport marines and other personnel to war zones. He says the fire could cause earlier and even longer deployments for sailors having to fill the gap is a very important you choose you guys set. For you know marines and navy on the west coast kron 4 tours, the uss bonhomme are shards when the ship visit San Francisco during fleet week in 2018. Smith says hes now thinking of his fellow shipmates. As the investigation into what started the fire zahn and that i know of any who was in a ballot. On charge is going to do the right thing and theyre going to handle to the best of their ability Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Well back here in the bay area officials are investigating the cause of a deadly fire in San Franciscos Presidio Heights neighborhood. You can see video here the firefighting effort. It broke out yesterday at a 3 story home on sacramento street. When say one person was killed and another was injured in the blaze the injured victims in the hospital right now in stable condition. Well take a quick break. Its now 4. 12, heres a live look outside at san mateo bridge will be back with more headlines in just a month. For 15 is the time and happening today the San Francisco zoo will be reopening with a new safety plan in place. The zoo will re open only to members with reservations, the general public will be welcome on wednesday. The zoo says that its work hard to have the park declared an outdoor museum. Among the attractions that will remain closed for now include the indoor exhibits the playgrounds and the rides, i know this is a status that the oakland zoo has been struggling to try and obtain to is theyre running short on funds to stay open as well. Well lets get a check of the weather with john as we take a live look outside here of looking pretty good at least to start the day and if people do have plans john to visit either the zoos if they can both reopened but San Francisco zoo at least were kind of weather we have on tap this week well it is going to be a warm week ahead of us james, but there is some relief from over the weekend when obviously temperatures were just scorching hot for much of the bay area as of this morning, nice and cool for all of us in for some of us a little bit of fog. You can see that fog hovering right above sfo this morning and what were going to see on into the afternoon as some clear skies for inland areas as well as for bayside areas, but fogging honor right along the coastline which is going to keep temperatures cooler at the coast. Now the big picture set up today shows us that even though we are still being influenced by this ridge of High Pressure keeping things hot. We do have a weak cold front that is barely skirting the northern part of california this breaking up the High Pressure ridge just enough that you will notice temperatures falling across the bay area as compared to what they were over the weekend still hot but not as hot which is working our way in the right direction, 50s and 60s and San Francisco, a little cooler along the on terror holding on to the upper 50s daly city overnight and Half Moon Bay in the low 60s. Now right alongside the shore of the bay temperatures back into the 70s today palo alto redwood city seeing carlos upper 70s for you with low to mid 80s down in the south bay, san jose youll be a 84 and after near 90 degree highs to the 90s yesterday, los gatos in saratoga only mid 80s today, east bay temperatures also taking a dip Livermore PleasantonDublin Holding on to a tease for daytime highs hayward 74 oakland only 70 degrees while berkeley enrichment cooler in the upper 60s concord even falls into the upper 80s with pittsburgh antioch in vacaville. Our only spots in the bay today holding on to the 90s and only barely doing so now today and tomorrow will slightly cooler than we were over the weekend wednesday will be the warmest one of at least your work week before we work our way into a another weekend just around the corner with some of her hottest temperatures in the forecast 70s remain right alongside the bay with 60s Holding Strong out along the coastline. James all right. Thank you very much john quick check of a couple bridges for you this morning, starting with the bay bridge toll plaza camera pretty clear for you this morning just a few cars out there making that. Track from oakland in a San Francisco looking at chp logs theyve got absolutely no incident that will slow you down as a pretty clear morning on just about every road way out there and that includes the golden gate bridge. Heres a look at that traffic southbound on 1 one making good time crossing that spanned from or in county down into San Francisco. More weather and traffic checks in a bid now lets go back to the news and making headlines this morning. We have the city of berkeley looking to become the first in the country to remove Police Officers from Traffic Enforcement duties, city leaders instead want to create a new City Department to take over Traffic EnforcementCouncil Member ben bartlett believes that a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to handle things like broken taillights and fender benders and parking tickets. Some residents though are a bit concerned about how this would work. Perhaps someone whos not armed might make a traffic stop in encounter some of the gun. Might encounter someone who is drunk or on drugs he acts of violently what were trying to do is prevent an escalation of minor Traffic Violation in 2. That meeting number being Council Member bartley claims the plan will only or would not only be socially smart but also fiscally smart for the city as well. Also in the east bay, we have hundreds of people gathering for black lives matter protest in martinez that rally and march comes after series of hate crimes in the city kron fours dan thorn was at the protest in brings us more. Hundreds of people make their way down court street waving signs and chanting for racial equality, the demonstration taking place where a man and woman recently defaced a black lives matter mural thats the disgraced that were fighting against this White Supremacy and White Supremacy in a to white people and this is unfortunate that this is where we still are in america, but we have to do what we have to do them. Protesters some even on horseback wanted to be known that racism anywhere including martinez is not welcome this is our home town and we just dont want to see. The violence against color and people of color just not ok while some streets were closed off Business Owners boarded up their shops and restaurants in fear of damage or looting. The citys Police Department was also bracing for educators and counterprotesters to clash with the peaceful there were a few brief moments of tension these men saying they deserve their voices to be heard as just because i say all lives matter. Doesnt mean, im a racist or. Im a white supremacist prison not. Protesters want the attention to be focused away from people who are against their message for them ignoring hate is a solution everybody is welcome to help support us. This is not a moment. This is a movement. We will not stop until we get equal justice across the board across our country reporting in martinez, thorn kron 4 news. Its 4. 21 as we head to a quick commercial break here just want to quickly remind you the kron fours going to be hosting a live town hall this week with Police Chiefs from across the bay area there will be talking about we just saw there in the video, the changes that the department of made in their cities have made in the wake of this nationwide call for police reform. If you want to be part of the conversation you can submit a question just go to kron 4 dot com. Our website and fill out a quick little a form there theres instructions on how to do that and they will pose your questions to the Police Chiefs again taking part in this kron 4 special its going to air this coming wednesday at 09 00pm right here on kron fours. Ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the latest on the search for hollywood actress nia rivera who is believed to have drowned at a lake in Southern California have more on the were back at 4. 24. Actress Kelly Preston has died after a twoyear battle with cancer. She was 57 years old survived by her husband actor John Travolta and their 2 children. Travolta posted a statement saying that he will be taking some time to be there for his children. Preston appeared in numerous films over the decades, including twins and jerry maguire. Also happening today, the search continues to recover the body of near rivera the glee actress is believed to have drowned at a lake in Ventura County last wednesday. Jennifer mcgraw was there with our sister station ktla has the very latest now on that search effort. Sadly still no sign of ny a part of the problem is this lake is 2 miles so theres a whole lot of ground underneath the surface that crows still need to search. Its day side of what is seemingly for ever as family and fans across the world, wait and watch and the search for naya rivera. A rise and now women and the singer and actress best known from the hit tv series glee vanished from her rented pontoon boat wednesday. When she did not return employees from the company went in search only to find the boat gnias 4 yearold son alone on board by all accounts for everything weve learned so far it appears to be a very tragic accident. For several days Public SafetyLaw Enforcement teams from across california have been scouring like pyro in Ventura County for the body of the young mother. Theyre using helicopters drones boat crews dive teams and cadaver dogs sonar scanning equipment and small robotic devices are also enhancing the search and recovery effort. So many areas that they can search sonar obviously being a much more reliable source were not going to divert our resources to trying to use candles and things like that that are going to able to penetrate the water where most likely. We might find a discovery. Investigators describe unforgiving conditions on the lake bed debris in trapping such as trees vegetation in routes and a vast wide open lake. Investigators even searching the hills and nearby cabins all adding to the mystery where is nigh at me. Family and friends beside the lakes edge pleading for gnias return. No matter the outcome our hearts go out. Tonight as family and were going to do everything we can to bring closure as quickly as possible in like kyrou Jennifer Mcgraw ktla, 5 news. Ahead here on the kron 00 04am morning news Governor Newsom plans to release inmates to help stop the spread of coronavirus inside state prisons but hes getting back from families of victims across the state take a closer look. And we are back at 4. 30 lets get a check of the weather at the half hour mark well go outside first take a live look here at sfo are it looks pretty good so far no. Thick fog at least not from this perspective, john trouble though has a better look from the Weather Center was join him now and john hey there james what were going to be seeing today is a foggy start to a sunny rest of the day ahead of us you can see some of the low clouds that are hovering over berkeley right now just making out a few of the city lights down below cloud cover has pushed into the east bay hills as well as right above the coast. Its hanging out right above the bay those here actually not seeing much of a visibility impact for most areas until you head up into the