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The major decision is bad news for many bay area businesses more than a month after reopenings in the east bay owners are once again forced to close up shot. We are live with the latest plus nearly one out of every 100 american has tested positive for covid19 and the recent surges nationwide showed no sign of slowing down. Good evening im can one and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight, many sectors of californias economy are expected to shut down again effective immediately. This comes after rate of rise in coronavirus cases kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom for more on the big announcement from the governor and what it means just teen big announcement is right can governor gavin newsom announced a sweeping set of closures across the entire state. This all because of a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations so here is what is now banned. Indoor operations at bars, restaurants wineries Family Entertainment centers museums and movie theaters all must closed immediately. The states latest orders comes as Hospital Capacity dwindles in some counties across the state. While the overall Positivity Rate continues to rise. Now at 7. 4 . Hospitalizations increased 28 over the last 2 weeks. Now the governor said that these numbers show it is clear that not everyone is practicing common sense like wearing a mask and not gathering in groups with people outside of your own household. These closures across the entire state or a definite and they really focus on limiting indoor activities. Live now in the newsroom, im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. Thank you justine Governor Newsom also announced today that counties on the covid19 watch list to much to go even further and shut down more businesses currently contra costa Moran Napa Solano and sonoma counties have been on the watch list for 3 consecutive days and therefore they must close Fitness Centers places of worship offices and non critical sectors salons and indoor malls. Alameda and santa clara counties were added to the watch list yesterday. Late this afternoon Santa Clara County confirmed the y to them shut down these activities and industries on wednesday, no word yet from Alameda County a little more than a month after reopening for indoor shopping a popular east a mall is being told to close yet again because of coronavirus concerns. The Sun Valley Shopping Center in concord will be forced to close under the governors new order and customers looking to shop inside will have to be turned away our Team Coverage continues with kron fours dan thorn who is live in concord tonight, he joins us with more on what the mall staff is saying and how shoppers are reacting media person for the sun valley mall tells us that they are still awaiting official word from the governor and the county right now its its not clear whether or not the mall will be complying with the governors requests in the meantime some shoppers say that this is a good idea to close up shop while others think theyre not really on board with it. Citing a rise in covid19 cases and hospitalizations Governor Newsom is asking for malls like concord Sun Valley Shopping Center to close once again Contra Costa County is one of 30 others being told to stop indoor operations. For the shoppers it might be the last time in a while to browse around the malls, 150 plus stores can then does the i do go back goes on to join it from that time forward ago it does suck because its summertime and i know a lot of people have plans and want to go do fun things since the mall reopened last month signs have been posted to remind people to safely keep apart from one another. Customers also have to wear masks some of the stores havent reopened since the shelterinplace was first announced this place called lunchbox decided to close immediately following the governors order. I we definitely need to. In were going to do that is by not having crowds of people near each other. Some people have been coming to the mall in search of something other than a new outfit or shoes, normally i work at a local theater to close down and looking for a until job for the summer job seeker eva gregs it found the stores she applied to were conflicted as to whether or not they were even going to be allowed to stay open. Let alone hire people with some kind of jumbled up in the stores, but as cases of got up some shoppers think the governor is making the right call in a way i think its good we snead alike you know stop it in its tracks. The Corporate Legal team for the mall here expecting on reviewing that order once it is made official. And we are expecting to learn some more information about what the mall is going to do by tomorrow morning. Reporting live in concord dan thorn kron 4 news. Thank you dan because of the sharp rise in covid19 activity Contra Costa Health Officials Say the governor is closing a number of indoor businesses in that county our Team Coverage continues with kron fours michelle kingston live in walnut creek where hair salons will have to close temporarily michelle. Thats right all hair salons here in Contra Costa County are now close which includes this one right here behind me in walnut creek. We spoke to a stylist here at the beauty loud she said she had a feeling this was going to happen. Could be. I had that there is rumors going around that things are going to get shut down the rumors turned out to be true california governor Gavin Newsome ordered all hair salons and barbershops in Contra Costa County to close this is because the county is on the states watch list and the governor says all indoor operations in the counties on the list must shut down california has seen a significant increase in hospitalizations over the past 2 weeks. With nearly 2 dozen people dying from coronavirus within the past 24 hours some stylists like megan saleen said she was already thinking about possibly shutting down before the governors order. It seems as people are just very fed up and the numbers are going crazy and theres so many opinions. About how why its happening how its happening whats safe. Whats not it makes your head spin and then youre out in the public and when im home i think he my bubble. Just like are safe everyone when youre here. We cant control where people are going who theyre hanging out with what theyre doing are they Wearing Masks on their time off. So that parts a little nerve wracking in has it the numbers that crazy year. Thats right and got myself thinking i dont know i might want to go back a little bit when salons will be able to reopen is still anybodys guess you know, everybodys like well, you know when youre going to open back up they havent given us today havent even gotten into the peanut how long were going to be shut down thats just going to be exactly like you said wait and see. And the county Health Department said that if you had to shut down today but your business can operate outside you can remain open. Otherwise you will have to close live in walnut creek, michelle kingston kron 4 news michelle. Thank you also in Contra Costa County new face mask requirements went into effect today face masks must be worn at all times. While it Outdoor Dining spots except when actually eating or drinking that means when youre ordering food when youre waiting for your food are waiting for the check. You still have to wear a mask face masks are also required an extended family social bubbles Indoor Worship Services are also prohibited the strict requirements, calm after contract Contra Costa County over the weekend was added to the states covid19 watch list amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases while covid19 cases are also moving in the wrong direction in San Francisco. The city is not as bad off as several others locations around the bay area however during an online chat today, San Franciscos Health Director said the reproductive rate that is the rate of transmission has grown to a point where every 4 people infected will lead to 5 additional cases. Well tell you this is the side that keeps me up at night. It is now possible very possible that we had a hospitalizations that 8830 if we do not do more to stop the spread. And those lighter blue peaks are plausible scenarios as well. So we could get as high as over 6,000 hospitalizations a scenario that reflects the challenges that new york ap and certainly we hope that this doesnt happen. Doctor grant colfax as if that number can not be reduce it means skyrocketing hospitalizations which he says translates to skyrocketing deaths as for what the public can do to make sure does not reach that point doctor colfax as wear a mask wash your hands and dont be around people outside of your household. Here are the latest numbers in the bay area there are now more than 33,000 cases of covid19 646 people have died. The most cases with more than 7900 and Santa Clara County has reported the most deaths with 167 santa clara concha costa moran and solano counties each reported new deaths today. At this point statistics indicate nearly one out of every 100 americans has tested positive for covid19 and in many states, the numbers keep increasing Camila Bernal reports. At least 35 states are seeing a rise in new covid19 cases compared to the previous week, florida facing an alarming increase we may have had some laksa days ago behavior throughout the state where people were not wearing mask they were not social distancing and unfortunately that is not helping the spread of this really awful disease. The lack of a statewide mask mandate criticized in florida and in texas, another state with large increases there th our mandatory have to be worn. Despite the escalating case count Many Americans are going back to work and Close Childcare Centers remain a huge obstacle for parents. We are hoping that theyll be a world with school and daycare at some point but in the meantime accepted a position where i work that our work every saturday and sunday night from 07 00pm to 07 00am but not everyone can juggle childcare and a job likely forcing political leaders to figure out how to reopen their economies while keeping their hospitals from capacity we have enough right now. But if the surge continues i have significant concerns about whether or not will have will be neat. Im Camila Bernal reporting. Mandatory closure of bars across california is putting more people out of work and causing more stress for an industry thats already suffering. Coming up well hear from a group of north bay bar owners who complain about the lack of direction from authorities crime on camera one day before a highly publicized black lives matter demonstration, somebody is slashing the tires of a car with signs supporting the protest. And a cool down now well under way in a tire slashing incident is caught on camera and tonight police say they need help identifying the suspect and the victim tells kron 4 says has june that she believes her vehicle was targeted. Because of her political beliefs. Caught in the act all 4 tires on this car punctured by the man you see in this video, the vehicle belongs to 22 yearold sydney. Chinchilla this is like high. Yeah it happened saturday morning shortly after she parked their car here on castro at main street in downtown martina is he comes in in kind of circles around my car couple times and then pulls what looks like a knife out of his pocket and then goes boom boom boom boom. On all 4 tires the incident happened the day before a highly publicized black lives matter protests, sydney chinchilla works in the area and says she remembers see a lot of and really faces in town that day this is kind of like a really eerie feeling being downtown on saturday. She says she had these signs in her rear window that are typically associated with black lives matter and says she believes this is why the man targeted her vehicle, somebody really did like my signs are my stickers, im proud to share my opinion in and where us and i think its important especially you know young people in a Small Community its important that we lead by example, i think officials with the mighty ducks. Police department say the incident is under investigation at this point there is no clear connection to the black lives matter protests because the incident happened the day before as for the actual protests Martinez Police released a statement that reads in part quote there was a large turnout and while the day was filled with several instances in which there were a few arguments between folks in the crowd. People kept their calm and there was no escalation in no reported violence unquote did meet in gillette says he just hopes that someone out there recognizes the sky and caused the police the fact that the community is really rattled by what that noble jumped in and kind hard to figure this guy is in my teen as Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. In the north bay Business Owners are frustrated because of another forced the closure of the let and a high end restaurant in hillsborough has a letter posted on its front door explaining to customers that it had to close once again after just reopening to Indoor Dining a few weeks ago the owner says that they will have to stay closed until at least august second under the latest county health order just when many California Bar owners were finally starting to get their businesses back on track. The latest health order. Derail those plans i sat down with the owners of 7 different bars in petaluma pen grove uncut adi and they told me the latest shutdown caught many of them off guard after they made costly renovations to try to satisfy covid guidelines. So it was. Overwhelming quite frankly, im settings to myself my staff particular my staff and my business partner. So very disappointing, quite frankly we can have our hands tied because we dont have a kitchen that either of our locations so we dont even have the option to serve food and cocktails with food. And our location and dining we do have a door seating area but without have a kitchen or and are tied there. Well first of all i remove the majority of my car that just to just to make it so that people understood. This is where you need to set. I did this in place the glass out just as a barrier between my. Bartenders and life staff i mean, im my customers. Just because we tight areas of that 6 point barrier. They also are required to wear the masks. We ask that anybody coming in is to wear a mask, but it was my understanding that once they sat down and just like if youre going to a restaurant you can take it down so thats what our policy west and we were pretty some pretty strong about that for many years we have patio so we have. 9 tables. Which helps but take same stuff for 19 wasnt a spur 35 maybe one more servers. So all the other cos row there so you stay open to player. Staff thats it. And just go back to the families to feed. Employees. Their own and then my my employees you know so when theyre shut down you are on from his guys in a bar employees at it, play a few off you know here and there im just trying to support these guys because theyre essential to my business of course, plus there are the most these guys are really good friends of ours tonight, ics our owners as as an easy target. So yeah but im going to do what i need to do when theyre you know when the government tells me what what i need to do to be safe. Im going to do that im not going to im not going open up against those orders were clearly needs to be a better way to handle is do i have my ideas absolutely and we have an hour probably not but there is definitely better ways to handle whats going on and nobody wants anyone to get sick and clearly nobody wins out wants anybody to to die from this horrible horrible virus. Bar owners pam say though do whatever the authorities asked them to do to keep their businesses open, but they say they just havent received enough direction. And meantime many of them. You spot a lot more supplies made all these arrangements to try to satisfy the requirements. Now theyre out thousands of dollars its also we heard one of the gentlemen talking about employees but what about the bar employees in particular yeah there on the streets again and some of them havent received their Unemployment Insurance from back in march, the first time theyre laid off. And now theyre back on unemployment again and like nears for if they just do Outdoor Dining. They said with just 9 tables are barely able are not even able to cover the costs of staying open and the only reason theyre staying open is so that their employees are still working yeah, this is tough real tough thanks to all right. The second out of 4 zone forecast we take a live look at the airport sfo there is a lot of fog out there. Pam yeah chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by with details lawrence yeah guys what a difference from yesterday member we have some triple digit heat. Its some of the valleys now that cool fog really kicking into gear sweeping inside the bay now its going to fill in overnight tonight. That could help to drop the temperatures even further fact today we saw these numbers down all 20 degrees in concord n livermore today to do is cooler santa rosa and fairfield everywhere around the bay area feel the effects that cool ocean breeze so today instead of 71 San Francisco much cooler 61 degrees 71 the high in oakland 80s in concord n livermore where your triple digits yesterday 95 to hot antioch 79 degrees in san jose and 80 degrees in mount view and also to fremont low clouds and fog 100 the coastline right there you see this in the last Little Finger fog to the monterey bay up into the bay area and the sea breeze has been kicking in the afternoon again well watch this play out the next few days here is were going to see that sea breeze kicking especially lot of part of the day to 29 Miles Per Hour right now in fairfield 31 in the virus. So significant sea breeze bring that cool ocean air well on shore and bring some of that fog on shore as well overnight those winds will begin to decrease throughout the night just a gentle breeze early on tomorrow morning and then as the atmosphere warms up specially set to buy that air lifts up again the sea breeze is going to start kicking by the afternoon. Temperatures outside right now 50s along the coastline. It was a good 58 degrees in san mateo 61. In hayward still 67 degrees, nice in san jose 67 and conquer still warm 76 degrees in pittsburgh and 64 degrees. In santa rosa, but were going to see some major changes coming our way cooler temperatures are forecast ahead. And some more fog out along the coast. Okay, this is going out. This is how it ends i killed by a bear. Still ahead a data man describing a chilling one on one encounter with a bear when that animal entered his home plus actress naya rivera went missing at a Southern California lake and has been presumed dead the big story were following tonight. Authorities say a body found at a Ventura County lake is that of former glee actress naya rivera her body was recovered near the surface of lake this morning. Investigators say they found no signs of foul play and her death does not appear to be a suicide authorities have been searching for the 33 yearold since last wednesday when she rented a boat to go out on the lake with her 4 yearold son. She was found in a northeastern portion of the lake. Near the surface of the water. The depth of the water in that area is is between 3560 feet deep. And theres heavy brush and trees and at the lake that there. Riveras son was found on the boat by himself but safe and wearing a life jacket, but theres body was flown by helicopter to the Coroners Office in ventura, where Officials Say an autopsy will be performed for official identification and cause of death. Kron 4 news today, smoke rising high e to extinguish the flames. The president taking aim at the nations top Infectious Disease doctor after doctor fauci says the pandemic is not under control details on mister trumps attempts to discredit the doctor plus Governor Newsome rolling back on reopening plans as coronavirus cases our top story tonight Governor Newsome rolling back reopenings in all counties across the state. All indoor activities in the following sectors must shut down immediately across california that includes restaurants. Wineries and zoos museums and bars this move comes as california combats a resurgence of covid19 each county on the states monitoring list was also closed gymnasiums places of worship offices in non critical sectors salons indoor malls and in the bay area. Those include alameda contra costa. Marin napa solano. And sonoma counties. The governor comparison decision to close and reopen businesses to a dimmer switch. Not on open economy or off shut down. But a dimmer switch looking at conditions throughout the nations most populous state. California confirmed more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases yesterday. There have been theres been a 47 increase in cases over just the past 2 weeks. Hospitalizations have jumped 28 during that same period. The governor says this new order is indefinite. President trump insists that he and his top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci do have a good relationship. Doctor fauci often contradicts the president on the facts and the handling of covid19 and now members of the Trump Administration are attempting to disparage or discredit the doctor nadia romero has more. Tension between President Trump and doctor Anthony Fauci well i think we are in a good place were facing a serious problem now becoming public weighed in is a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death the white house attempting to discredit the doctor doctor fauci is a nice man but hes made a lot of mistakes despite the surge of coronavirus cases the president and his top Infectious Disease expert, not speaking doctor fauci is the most respected voice in the country on how we have to be dealing with this pandemic and to be trying to sideline him or diminish him or discredit him. Is just atrocious and said President Trump re tweeting this message from a conservative supporter and a former Game Show Host everyone is lying the cdc media democrats our doctors not all but most that we are told to trust i think its all about the elections. A trio of polls released by cbs news show President Trump slipping in states hit hardest by the latest surge of coronavirus and florida former Vice President joe biden leads President Trump by 6 points among likely voters and texas is trumps 46 to bite and 45 . And in arizona, the 2 candidates are tied at 46 fake news phony polls, the president s increased focus on fauci i find to be very nice person. I dont always agree with them maybe a shift in strategy an attempt to win political points leading up to november. But doctors found she warns partisan politics already Impact Public Health if there wasnt such a visit miss. That we would have a more coordinated approach at the white house, im nadia romero. Flames raged through a warship docked off the san diego coast for a second consecutive day today, a top Navy Official revealed a Fire Suppression system was in operable when that blaze erupted in a vehicle storage area while the ship was docked yesterday. Hundreds of sailors battle today to keep the flames away from a million gallons of fuel on board, the uss a bone home rush are did. Lisa 57 sailors and civilians have been injured 5 are in the hospital they are in stable condition. The ship was undergoing renovations east a congresswoman barbara lee well known throughout the area as a champion of progressive politics, but. A local awardwinning filmmaker felt her story needed a wider audience and is launching a documentary on lee in fact this thursday night there will be a special screening at a drivein theater in concord i talked with the filmmaker about the project today and saw clips from the film, heres a preview of truth to power barbara lee speaks for me. A political i. Fighting for social myself more as a Public Servant, not necessarily a politicians. The reason i wanted to do it is because i felt like. Barber should be better known than she is outside of the bay area and i really wanted to share her story. The story traces barbara leisurely years born in texas the move to california her days at Mills College u c berkeley a single mom and a young activist. When she needs shirley who is the first African American representative in congress who she invites to come to mills. And she decides what now that i can achieve running for president maybe i can work in her campaign and in that moment, barbara becomes you know essentially a political activist sort of within the democratic party, the film follows her election to the california statehouse and then the house of representatives all the time and advocate for progressive issues fighting for the poor and communities which are largely ignored and it highlights her lone vote against the iraq war. This resolution authorizing the president to use military force president is authorized to use force. This is going to set the stage for endless war i rise today really with that very heavy heart understanding how barbara came to that boat why she was able to live with that. You know the pushback that came to her some of the death threat to cetera. Whats it all into context you meet her you instantly feel connected to her spirit. Were really is the conscience of the congress. We did not anticipate that we would be in a black lives matter moment when this film was released. And what i would say is that everything the barber is doing today. You know to ensure this your strength of the black lives movement shes been doing her entire like what i think the film offers is an understanding or you know what deep in view of what it was like for her as a black woman. In america trying to be this kind of a committed Public Servant all these years. If youre interested you must buy tickets in advance there are no sales at the gate, the screening is sponsored by the Jewish Film Institute so for Ticket Information thats on your screen truth to power. Barber lee speaks for me just go to the website www jf i dot org slash barbara lee click the purchased ticket. Tad and theres a promotion code gal 13th, the screening will be held at the west winds allow drivein located in concord one ticket for a car. No matter how many people are in that car. Interesting stuff now to our 4 zone forecast for the live view of the Golden Gate Bridge and our chief meteorologist standing by with word of a. Cooler forecast, yeah temperatures really coming down around the bay area today were going to continue that trend in most spots for tomorrow, the clouds already covered the city of San Francisco and moving on shore overnight hours see that kind of fill in in maybe with some drizzle out along the coastline pushing in the bay and some local valleys throughout the night tonight and early tomorrow morning not going to cover the bay area for tomorrow afternoon becoming mostly sunny except for the coastline keeping the clouds in those areas temperatures about 66 degrees downtown San Francisco, 62 in pacifica 59 al gore not a 70 and mild temperatures in the middle gray 73 in redwood city. A lot of 80s filled up the south bay by tomorrow afternoon was plenty of sunshine all day long. Maybe sneak in low 90s in pleasanton and livermore 89 in several own 72 castor valley, 73 in oakland about 72 hercules 72 degrees also in play on about 68 degrees in sandra fell next few days keeping those temperatures down the cooling trend taking this in to next weekend. Still ahead tonight the horror and heartbreak after a historic Los Angeles Church goes up in flames over the weekend of the parishioners are responding after the pandemic kept them away from their church from a plus new details from ucsf researchers about the one thing that makes motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. One in 3 young adults is at risk of severe covid19 and smoking plays a big part of that risk researchers at ucsf published these findings today in the journal of adolescent health they observed more than 8,000 participants between the ages of 1825 32 of that population was medically vulnerable for severe covid19 however, when the participants who smoked cigarettes or ecigarettes were taken out of the analysis, the medically vulnerable population decrease in half more women reported having asthma and immune conditions, but higher rates of smoking and then left them more vulnerable looking at just the nonsmokers women had a higher risk of severe covid19 next in a colorado man was home in a quiet part of aspen when all of a sudden a bear barged in when he says he had to do to survive that encounter and coming up in sports, a Pro Football Team in washington has made a decision that many have felt was a colorado man is lucky to be alive after a violent encounter with a bear and the man thinks there may have been searching for food inside his home in the middle of the night which is not farfetched idea Rachel Skinner reports. I couldnt believe how strong it was when it hit me just didnt seem like its trying telling the story of his encounter with a bear for the first thing after thing was okay this is going out. Like this is how it ends i killed by bexar dave czarnowski could hardly wrap his head around what happened friday morning, the sort of feels like a dream. The part where i come around the corner is standing right in front of me sort of feels like a dream to me now. Because it its not something you can ever really imagine the bear came into the home through a closed door that czarnowski says is normally locked. The home is tucked away in a quiet part of aspen an area full of wildlife. I dont think use there for me and i was just there because there is no reason i think is used to being around houses and knew how to open doors for some reason was hungry and want some food he was eventually able to haze the bear away by yelling at it, but photos show the damage done with just a swipe of its paw. A woman in Manitou Springs left with a similar injury after a very charged at and attacked her thursday and a few days earlier, a man camping in the netherlands area shot and killed a bear he said ran toward him. Czarnowski says hes lucky to get away with only these injuries and wants his story to be a lesson to others visiting or living in wild places you have to be aware that this is a real place, this is a real community. Not only of people but of wildlife. You now as Rachel Skinner reporting both bears involved in the attacks this week in that area were euthanized wildlife Officials Say theres acting aggressive or indifferent toward people is a sign that theyve been given food and the pastor had access to food people food, the best thing you can do is properly store anything with a cent and keep your doors and windows locked, especially if youre in the lake tahoe area. A historic Los Angeles Church closed to the public for months because of the pandemic burned to the ground over the weekend crews cleaned up the San Gabriel Mission church yesterday one day after flames destroyed much of what was inside that 215 yearold building only an altar was unharmed in the holy place considered the jewel of the community parishioners who have not been able to attend services and months went to a mass yesterday at a neighboring chapel. I just wanted to be closer and i just wanted to hear the homily and then i just wanted to feel like we were a family because well i reading that ins me because my mom and dad were married theyre my kids were baptized here. And all of us feel that pain think its a miracle. That the alter was still standing. The church was using the pandemic time to restore and refurbish the interior of the building so some of the artifacts had been removed before the fire started the cause of the fire remains under investigation Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband designer Mossimo Giannulli are asking for bail reductions comes ahead of their august 24 sentencing in that College Admissions scandal, theyre both free on 1 Million Dollars bond. Currently secured by property. The couple wants and reduced to unsecured 100,000 bonds the couple confessed to paying 500,000 to get their 2 daughters into usc as fake crew team members. They both pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges under the deal lawklin will get 2 months in prison and jian ali will get 5 months. They will also be fined and sentenced to community service. If you have not filed your federal taxes yet time is running out this years federal income tax deadline was pushed back to wednesday july 15th because of the pandemic. If you are filing you might want to do so online Officials Say there is a huge backlog of paper tax returns because so many irs employees have been working from home. Taxpayers can also request an extension until october the 15th, but they will need to submit an extension form by wednesday july 15th kron fours hosting a live town hall this week with Police Chiefs from across the bay area well be discussing the changes. Police departments are making after nationwide calls for police reforms. You can join the conversation by submitting a question for the Police Chiefs on our website kron 4 dot com. The town hall will air this wednesday night july 15th, at 9 oclock. Time now for schools. For years, the Football Team in washington has been subject for scrutiny due to the teams polarizing nickname and in recent weeks public pressure has mounted in the wake of protests against social injustice and police brutality. Today the organization announced that they will be retiring their nickname and logo after completing a pharaoh review. The new name has not been revealed just yet washingtons head coach ron rivera told the Washington Post that he and owner dan snyder were looking for a name that would honor native americans and the military brands, including nike and amazon have recently removed the teams merchandise from online stores. And fedex the teams corporate sponsor who owns the naming rights to washington stadium. Issued a statement saying it had told the team. It wanted it to name the name to change back in 2013 washington owner, dan snyder told usa today to quote put it all in caps end quote that he would never change his teams nickname, but the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars seem to have changed his mind. All righty a lot had been made at the nbas return and the whole concept of the orlando bubble. Its a will the nba be able to get through 3 months without any outbreaks. Well today, one of the most notable players in the nba announced he has tested positive for covid19 Russell Westbrook posted on social media that he tested positive before the team headed to orlando to practice in the bubble. He said hes currently feeling well and looking forward to joining his teammates as soon as possible. He also asked people to please take the virus seriously be safe and wary math fellow rockets star james harden hes enjoying to tenia either no official word on why to the College Level usf mens hoops coach todd golden told me that hes made it his mission to keep the top local talent here in the bay area and hes keeping his word with his most recent signee the dons have added oakland native and double in High School Star anthony roy to its roster. Worry was named nor cal player of the year this past season as well as east bay athletic player of the year. The 6, 5, guard averaged 18 points per game and 5 and a half rebounds per game while leading dublin high to the north coast section championship. He joins some became odds to sonic and julian ross wayne in the dons 2020 recruiting class. All the coaches showed me. Mad love their season. When it came to an end of season. And it was like that time make my decision when i when i came down to them and other schools i was considering it was like they really should they have something for me. And like i just so light was a better place to stay to know a lot of people dont know is born in San Francisco. The list really gone back home in a way it will be big to death we have a photo to long being. 2530 minutes away. Well definitely have our eyes out for anthony over on we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. A jacksonville woman has been deaf desperate to see her husband who is in a memory care facility fulltime fighting alzheimers says longterm care facilities do not accept visitors because of covid19 the couple had not seen one another in more than 3 months so she was willing to do whatever it took to be with him and she found a way to do that Brittany Muller reports. Daniels are finally able to hug each other this after taking a job as a dishwasher mary says after she was hired rose castle at deerwood told her when shes finished with her shift she is welcome to visit with the residents, what was his reaction he saw me. And he said mary. And we hugged and im just like i had thought it would be im just to hold them again after 114 days is just an amazing an amazing feeling. Mary says she can already see the difference in her husband after 4 days. Steve has lost 10 pounds because of the anxiety before the pandemic she saw her husband every single day he has no. Understanding of what i have done to get in there. He doesnt get it and show how do we describe it and when we dont really understand whats going on covid19 pandemic isolating those in longterm care facilities Governor Ron Desantis extending the ban of visitors another 2 months on top of the past 4. But mary says the threat of loneliness is a far greater danger dementia patients need contact their brain needs stimulation to keep alive and when they dont have that stimulation they dont have physical touching your brain just slowly is dying the window visits were not enough the pair had been married 24 years. Many people ask mary why doesnt she bring steve home. I could bring him home but hes back to being locked into a house being and i have to work, im only 57 years old. And i have to work to pay for his care. So i cant be here with them so its really a difficult decision. That was Brittany Muller reporting and that wraps up kron 4 news at 8. Heres what were tracking for kron 4 news at 9 oclock Governor Newsoms bold move to try to control the coronavirus shutting down many indoor activities for more most of california. The new restrictions taking effect plus theres confusion tonight in Alameda County over Outdoor Dining rules why some theyll continue to serve patrons outdoors anyway theres a spike in violence in oakland since the start of the year. The stunning statistics and what you news stations. Youre watching kron 4 news at night. But the data suggest not everybody is practicing common sense. Now 9 Governor Newsom cracking down as coronavirus cases in california surge good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, california is making a u turn on his reopening plans. The governor says there are too many new coronavirus cases and indoor activities need to close back down. Heres the reason for the new orders yesterday the state added more than