Have a map that shows you where the rise in cases are compared to the week prior and you can see by the color coding that actually california has slightly improved. Somewhat since the last time this map was published were seeing only just a steady rise in cases as it as opposed to that end a 50 jump like weve seen in weeks past across the country. We have now more than a 142,000 recorded deaths with more than 3. 9 million infections. In the wake of the rising numbers and the dropping poll numbers for the president he appears to be changing his tune on coronavirus he had a briefing his first briefing with the coronavirus said debt just resume, you know yesterday and he urged everybody to wear masks. And even went as far as admitting that things will likely get worse the president says before they get better. And now the cdc is reporting the number of infected americans could be. 2 to 24 times greater than the actual reported case numbers. Think about 40 of these infections. Are without symptoms, some areas of our country are doing very well others are doing less well. It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better. Something i dont like saying about things but thats the way it is. And just in this morning. The u. S. Has signed a contract with pfizer for delivery of the first 100 million doses of a covid19 vaccine that that Companies Working to develop. The first doses should be received by december. The u. S. Could also buy another 500 million doses under this agreement the deal is worth almost 2 billion dollars. Heres a closer look at the local coronavirus numbers statewide we have more than a 100 or 409,000 confirmed infections with more than 7800 deaths across the bay area more than 41,000 cases and 710 deaths reported. Happening today, theres a new covid test site opened in alameda where you can get the results in about 15 minutes to kron fours reyna harvey as you see is there live for us with the details you need to know if you want to get tested random. Absolutely well everyone throughout the bay area that ive been able to talk to this morning. As here at this location we have somebody from bay point flail alameda, so just to answer your question die from earlier looks like its open to everyone now you can see they Start Testing here 9 people have already started to show up this line pretty lengthy here people have been here a little bit before 4 oclock when i first arrived here on scene. Now again theyre going to start that testing at 09 00am this location is that 300 wind river way and the goal today. Its a test about 500 people there saying to bring your insurance card or your government issued id card as well now they have 2 lines here the one youre looking at are the one that you saw from earlier which is the testing walk up site they have another site that theyre setting up as well for appointment so the goal is to test 500 people theyre asking people to have appointments. Theyre saying thats not require but look if you do come youre going to be waiting in a very a long line now Health Experts are saying theyre seeing an uptick in cases here in Alameda County. And what they have decided is they looked at a specific group of people that have seen an uptick in cases and heres what they had to say about them. Were actually seeing. Clusters of patients to gather together parties so generally there younger 2020 somethings to may have thought that they could hang out with friends. Frankly really deserve to be hanging out with friends. After all the sheltering in place. But it seems like back or theres a trend toward them testing positive. Okay the location again 300 when river way you see people waiting here with chairs and jackets and blankets because it is cold and that line is long the line you look at why now the. Walk up line only for non appointments again the line with appointments theyre setting that line of again now with a draw only being 15 minutes with you getting results. Experts are saying that does not mean put yourself and others at risk. If you do come and get a test and you find out your results will to one man who came out here from bay point tells me that he works with other people hes a landscaper and someone that he works with tested positive. So hes coming here today to do this because he needs to be able to immediately get back to work so theyre lot of people with similar stories like that again the testing starts here at 09 00am for now reporting here in Alameda County reyna harvey kron 4 news, thanks for finding that know that anybody can go and another question for you as you talk to the experts. If you can find out i heard that the 15 minute rapid test was not as accurate. And as some of the others like the saliva spit test or the way up the nose test. So if you can find that out for us so well check back with you james. Also happening today we have san jose set to shut down a handful of downtown streets. So that more restaurants can serve people outside one of things are trying to do to encourage businesses to operate outside. Yeah, this is something a lot of cities have been doing increasingly using the streets. For social distancing com for Sarah Stinson is in san jose with a plan there. And this is the first closures street closure in san jose to allow restaurants to really expand its happening right here on san pedro street they have these cones right here they have some barricades behind me that they are getting all ready and set to. Close the street down 9 oclock live here at san pedro Square Market to wear the cafe is about to open up and other restaurants will open up later take a look at this map you can get a better idea of where were standing theyre shutting down san pedro street from santa clara street to john saint john street so restaurants can do this expansion of Outdoor Dining there will be barriers used from trees the put little tree barriers on the streets you cant drive on to it anymore and that will be put on here this morning so lunch will be served on the street today in recent weeks restaurants at restaurants have taken over sidewalks and parking lots with tables spaced out to serve people getting creative. The citys al fresco dining will continue until at least september so this will help restaurants serve more people and it will help customers feel safer as or more struck a spacedout know on fridays they have a Farmers Market here and that goes until about 2 oclock so once thats over then well transition back and for just the restaurants to put those tables out here at about 9 oclock this morning, the Downtown Association will be out here putting up those tree barriers making sure its all set to go and im sure Restaurant Owners will be out here trying to speaks out whether theyre going to put their tables and i just talked to a woman who lives nearby here. She said that shes really excited about the she loves already its a very outdoor walking area and she she loves that theyre going to shut down the street, so its more space for everyone to make people feel safer as they go out to enjoy a meal at a restaurant down here for non live in san jose Sarah Stinson kron 4 news, thanks lot sarah. Well some bay area salons and barbershops are changing their businesses again to try and provide Outdoor Services to their customers proper says it may give is it an east bay beauty salon that will soon be offering their hair cuts out on the patio. Here at citrus beauty salon in downtown martinez, the owner can physically otto is converting this outdoor patio to meet the requirements of californias modified health order so she can get back to service in her clients. So theyll come in. Theyll go to that theres going to be for stations and then put 2 on this wall theyre going to be nice and far apart that people feel comfortable and then and put the other 2 on this wall here and were going to suspend shade from the buildings so that its nice looking its not like under a popup tent like we wanted to still feel like a luxury experience right. Well have music going this is the second time that those had to modify or business to fit an update in the states covid19 health order and she says its starting to add up the investment on the inside of a salon you know thousands of dollars in electrical, you know set up so that we can run multiple blow dryers at the same time. We dont have that out here so we wont be able to provide blow dry services so its haircut we cant do anything that requires us to use our shampoo bowls. In fact the newsday guideline prohibits any service that requires a high genetic environment that doing electrolysis and piercing are not allowed. However if your business involves skincare nails or massage the order does allow for those services in an outdoor setting and then this time. Different from last time we are able to be open for our retail store in the french and then also our take home Color Solutions so you come in we assess your hair and then we give you a kid thats made with professional hair color supplies along with instructions that they quite can take home and do their own color at home. She anticipates the patio conversion be incomplete and opening for business for anyone needing a haircut by the middle of next week. In martinez has it madyun kron 4 news in the north bay marin county is cracking down on people who violate Public Health orders kron fours morning kelly. Tells us about the fines that your face if you dont follow the rules. The caught not wearing a mask when youre supposed to walk out and about in marion county. Could soon mean getting a ticket. The emergency ordinance which gets tougher on Rule Breakers was passed unanimously by the marine county board of supervisors today now under the new rules city and county workers including Law Enforcement park rangers and Code Enforcement officers can hit people with tickets for violating mass schools and public from 25 bucks to 500 second it can happen on the street right for certain citations like its more like a parking ticket. But its business is skirting the Health Orders that are the real target were talking about things such as restaurants let it slide when cooks in the kitchen or wait staff serving food. Dont wear masks get caught face steep penalties starting at 250 bucks and topping out at 10 grand the bigger the risk to Public Health and the number of previous warnings will help determine how expensive the citation will be those riding up the violations can get businesses up to 3 days to correct course. Doctor matt willis the countys Public Health officer who himself is a recovered coronavirus patients explains why they felt they needed to ramp up enforcement were asking some of the cover their faces supporter number something that were doing for each other no, i wear my mask for you you wear a mask for me. You know for a plea almost everyone calls according to that logic, you as as a good as a good citizen, but not everyone does and this is going to give us to to really enforce it more percent. Last week the county established an email address where people can send in tips about Rule Breakers its already averaging 60 complaints today Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. Tracking gray skies around the bay area, especially right here in downtown San Francisco. But some mild to and we are back just a quick reminder if you havent heard we had a major earthquake overnight thats one of our. Breaking news stories this morning was a 7. 8 earthquake that struck just off the alaska peninsula. Took about 1112 or so last night centered about 65 miles south southeast of parryville alaska. Luckily all tsunami warnings that were were threatened have been called off the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says theres no threat right now to the u. S. Or the canadian coast line. The although strong it was felt more as a moderate to mild shaking on the peninsula itself. No reports yet of any damage or injuries. Lets take a look at the weather this wednesday morning john scher able a continuing his vacation and rebecca in alaska by the way an on the first day of fun. She didnt surely would have reported live. Sure hes fine rid of the morning. Yeah we could have taken him live during this and then when well we are seeing a lot of cloud cover around the bay area. Temperatures below average for this time of the year, but we are going to see a bump up in temperatures as we get into the weekend. For now though were just waiting on the sunshine and all the cloud cover to dissipate conditions here at San FranciscoInternational Airport you can see visibility will start to appear prove on our future cast for map here showing us a right around that lunch time hour most of the east bay will be under a lot of sunshine the north bay and the south bay locations a lot of that fog and cloud cover going to stick by our coastal spots the usual suspects of course like Half Moon Bay and parts of San Francisco before returning. Later on tonight temperatures outside right now 50s to low 60s 63 in oakland 56 in San Francisco and 59 degrees currently in downtown san jose. These temperatures are on the way for this afternoon, mainly 60s for our coastal spots, 68 for the high in San Francisco today and then 70s around the bay 74 in hayward 77 expected in fremont and then 80s as we get further inland like livermore youre going to be a high of 84 this afternoon and then the south bay, a nice 81 degrees in san jose and upper 70s across much of the north bay today. Heres around the bay forecast its really going to be a similar into tomorrow and even into friday, but its going to bump up heat up a bit especially inland. For saturday and sunday were going to see possibly upper 80s to low 90s on the board once again jenks. Thank you very much rebecca. Few bridge cameras to check for you this morning as were looking at the right well looks like the backup here at the bay bridge toll plaza is sending out earlier than expected. Its only 7. 17 were already seeing things greatly improved over last check about half hour ago. So thats the right here across the bay bridge. No issue there from oakland and San Francisco, farther to the south were looking at san mateo bridge here westbound right on 92, which is the right hand side of the screen. The taillights that is traffic moving in your commute direction from the east bay out towards the peninsula and as you can see, everythings moving at the limits youre making good time from one end to the other. All right, lets talk various sports this morning, the giants are now getting ready for opening day tomorrow this after completing their exhibition game. Yesterday there was a large group giants players once again taking in need. During the national anthem, that included public sandoval there you see hunter pence manager gabe kepler also an out of the highlights bottom of the first giant opening up there with his solo homer. That one way back and out here to see the stands after them. The as though would make up for it in the following inning and here you have changed and are hitting one to center. This one goes all the way back and bouncing off the center field wall that one was ruled a triple 2 runs come in to score on that and in the bottom of the second. The giants tie things up with a hit here from Alex Dickerson the giant action going to win 4 to 2. That again that was in 3 seasons. Now were playing the dodgers, the giants will be tomorrow for opening day whereas the as will play the angels on friday percent. The nfl have you heard. No pre season games after all that was the decision they made between the players and the league agreed to cancel those games before the regular season. Its disappointing for raiders the niners fans of course the 2 teams were set to face off in the pre season. The decision to cancel the games was made as a way of reducing the risk of coronavirus and according to the insiders that we spoke with each team will field a roster of 80 players which is less than usual 90. Early this week, the nfl agreed to test players every single day for the first 2 weeks of Training Camp and also to do Contact Tracing by having players wear tracking devices so that if somebody does come up positive. They can easily track who theyve been in close contact with him. Walmart making a big announcement for thanksgiving day and disney world guests can no longer eat or drink, while they walk. Jane king is live in new york with those stories can they chew gum and walk at the same as long as you do that think that is the whole purpose here yes disney world struggling and to keep visitors safe and socially distance while still providing a fun experience for them, so yes, cannot hug and take pictures and selfies with the costume characters thats been going on, but it did update its mask policy to specify the guest cannot walk and eat and drink at the same time because that requires you take off the mask to take a drink and they want to keep the masks on at all times of the part walmart said it will close all of its stores on thanksgiving day so this is a big change from what theyve been doing the past 8, 9, years or workers will get a special bonus as well for working through the pandemic a raise too. Critics had said that walmart opening in the late in the early evening on thanksgiving day had site until black friday and can about its trust of the workers as well so theyre not going to do that this year. Well this fall youll be able to pay for starbucks drinks on your app using a credit card apple pay google pay or even cash and he still will be able to get rewards for years customers have complained that to buy food and drinks they had to load onto a starbucks card but now theyre fighting this pay options and shes it is offering one stop package of house wine and shes at white cheddar crackers you can order this online original house lined up on the cost about 30 bucks. The limited edition rose a box available beginning 02 00pm tomorrow pacific time live from new york enjoyed that so everythings in its wine in a box and that she its all in a box thats right. I dont like the kids think they have cheese and crackers is that this is crackers and why right these are mommy goldfish haha yeah, ill be a life of the party is right that banks update. Well be back with more in a minute. 7. 24 is the time lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding that republican representative ted, yoho of florida apologized to new york representative alexandria ocasiocortezs after he confronted her on the steps of the capitol apparently called her a derogatory name. You know hos Office Denies that he made such a comment they say instead he quote made a brief comment to himself as he walked away summarizing what he believed to be her policies and then they added an expletive in their explanation which we cant repeat here on tv. According to people standing nearby he see about her position on unemployment and crime in new york because the court has confirmed the confrontation did happen. She made that clear on twitter several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come to her defense and theyre demanding that if true yoho should publicly apologize. Congress voted on its a large defense spending bill and part of it ties or that is tries to address whitesupremacist ideology within the military and thats not the only effort lawmakers are making to deal with the issue were joe khaleel with more now from washington. Jackie spear says theres no place for white supremacist ideology in our military we have members serving right now who engage in White Nationalism to congresswoman is urging all branches to look for White Supremacists in their ranks and shes using an amendment in the National Defense authorization act to go even further to create a crime of white extremism. Within the uniform code of military justice spears as white supremacist in the military are actively recruiting others and her democrat house colleague norma torres says the problem exists elsewhere has been tre show with any Law Enforcement to worse as the fbi investigated White Supremacy in Law Enforcement more than a decade ago, but never made their findings public officers looked at when the report was first created me so the right decisions right now torres says that all data about White Supremacists in Law Enforcement should be made public. And some republicans say thats a good idea but say taking it too far is a mistake. I just dont want to become a witch hunt against its cops republican doug lamalfa says he believes Police Agencies want to avoid overt racism but says its wrong to over scrutinize a brand new mandate that were going to feel flip over every stone. Looking for a hit. Somebody may have set the wrong word one time officers unfortunately, racist elements will exist in any Large Institution and that isnt a problem that congress can legislate away in washington, im joe khaleel. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news. Theres a push to further Defund Oakland Police were going to get the latest on a City Council Vote that happened last night and how that vote went dow look, this isnt my first rodeo. And let me tell you something, i wouldnt be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. Its just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, its helped over a million americans. A reverse Mortgage Loan isnt some kind of trick to take your home. Its a loan, like any other. Big difference is how you pay it back. Find out how reverse mortgages really work with aags free, noobligation reverse mortgage guide. Eliminate monthly mortgage payments, pay bills, medical costs, and more. 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So you can. Retire better. 7. 30 lets start off this half hour with a peek at the weather ok for that we want to go outside of a pretty shot here the Golden Gate BridgeRebecca Strom also keeping an eye on a good morning, good morning james and ari yes were definitely seeing gray skies out there at the golden gate and also throughout downtown San Francisco. Like you can see right behind me and other parts around the bay area. But the sunshine is on the way to the bay area its going to warm things up just a bit. Mild to warm conditions thats were expecting temperature wise right now were in the upper 50s to low 60s 63 in oakland 56 in San Francisco, san jose youre in a current tap, 59 degrees. But heres a quick breakdown of your highs today 68 degrees in downtown that were expecting 72 in oakland and then 80 degrees in san jose. And ill have more temperatures on the way in just a couple minutes back to the news. Thanks a lot of 7. 31 in the east bay friends and family are remembering an oakland nurse who died of coronavirus her coworkers say that she contracted the virus while working at alta bates Summit Medical center. Kron fours Taylor Force Act he was at a vigil for the nurse. I see ponder was a nurse here at Summit Medical center and part of the California Nurses Association for more than 25 years. Unfortunately, these nurses are used to losing many of their patients throughout this pandemic the now theyre saying goodbye to one of their own. The nurses here say that ponders death could have been avoided. They were given the proper ppe for dozens of these nurses at Summit Medical center in oakland janine paste a punter was more than just a coworker i mention well for i stay ponder was devoted to her patients here at Summit Medical center for more than 25 years. But unfortunately she wont be returning to work. Family and coworkers say she died on friday after contracting the coronavirus from the hospital which they blame for its lack of proper ppe is very sad. This in need to happen. We if the hospital the Medical Center here had provided the proper ppe that the mass the council we were at went through a period of reusing masking gowns even now some of the floors nurses have trouble getting there n 95, which is the maximum protection fellow nurses at some of the Medical Center held a vigil on tuesday to honor pastry ponder. In demand proper protection of its employees angry because the System Center has failed their the nurses, their Health Care Workers with the recycling of mass contaminated mask with the nome. And ratios Covid Patients are on all the units, no designated unit. Covid patients, the delta Center Health about these accusations but have not heard back yet based upon are these behind a husband and 2 children. Were not ready to speak on camera the nurses here planning future events to continue their fight for proper ppe in oakland Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Health care workers on the front lines are reporting changes in behavior towards family and friends as they are grappling with stress and the anxiety researchers at ucsf conducted the first known study to assess the stress levels. Physicians in the pandemic and doctors report moderate to severe levels of anxiety at both work and at home, many Health Care Workers are worried about exposing their family and friends to the virus and one of the biggest concerns is when or if Emergency Rooms will see a major surge in Covid Patients. Everyone really needs to get on people need to wear masks or face coverings they need it to socially distance they need to wash their hands and they really really need to just consider the fact that theyre not just protecting themselves there protecting her left. According to the San Francisco department of Public Health there were 90 Covid Patients in the hospital over the weekend, 24 of them were in the icu. In the east bay, theres a deadly coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in walnut creek so far a dozen People Living in that home have died from the virus. Kron fours dan kerman has the latest. The California Department of Public Health says 92 patients at Manorcare Health services tice valley. Have tested positive for covid19 12 so far has died and another 38 employees have tested positive. We tend to squeeze are sick elders into these motel like places sharing rooms with other people with comorbidities with very you know 1, 2, 3, 4, different kinds of illnesses. We have love weve had Infectious Diseases for years that mcguinness with california advocates for nursing home reform says its a sad but all too familiar story, one of the biggest issues that we had from the very beginning. Is the fact that there was not enough testing. And the fact that to sell it is didnt have enough ppe that day yesterday didnt have enough staff most of the facilities in california. Were understaffed. In a statement manorcare says earlier this year they began monitoring for symptoms at the walnut Creek Facility and in march they eliminated Group Activities had universal masking for employees and eliminated most visitors except for end of life reasons Going Forward theyre restricting new admissions taking regular symptom and temperature checks and increasing sanitizing and cleaning. Theyve also created an airborne Isolation Unit to better treat highrisk patients and to protect other residents and employees. The facility says everybody inside has now been tested employees who test positive are self quarantining. In the meantime the state has sent in to strike force to mitigate exposures. In walnut creek Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. Well new this morning, Oakland City Council members have decided not to take millions of dollars away from the Oakland Police department, the council was evenly split actually on a vote over the proposal to defund the police by an additional 2 Million Dollars. Mayor libby shaft broke the vote which was tied by voting no on the proposal she argued the council has already cut 14 Million Dollars from the Police Budget so far this year. Well speaking of mayor shaft a group called in the bay is claiming responsibility for vandalizing her home kron fours working to confirm that we put a call out to opd we havent heard back yet. But heres some of the damage. Lets take a closer look at what happened according to neighbors. A group of people spray painted the mayors home at about 2 oclock yesterday morning. They splashed red paint on a garage door they left messages that said things like defund opd and cancel rent. Now there have been demonstrations in front of the mayors house before but this is the first time that protesters have actually damaged or vandalized her property. Now the Mayors Office did release a statement regarding this and it reads in part quote this attack will not stop the mayor from advocating for the policy she believes are in the best longterm interests of her beloved hometown. A live look outside right now im tracking gray skies ahead, especially in the downtown san jose area but sunshine is on the way with mild to warm were back at 7. 40 the latest here on the coronavirus a vaccine. Some us Drug Companies say that they actually could have a vaccine by as early as september. And this comes as the u. S. Recorded more than a 1000 covid19 deaths yesterday for the first time in 2 weeks we have reid binion now with the latest. I would not wait to see if one was better than than other. The nations top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci saying americans should get the Coronavirus Vaccine as soon as one becomes available. How soon that could be was the topic of discussion between lawmakers and pharmaceutical and biotech executives at a tuesday hearing. Were pursuing to promising vaccines we have a long time and were a critical part. This as President Trump gave his first coronavirus breezing since april changing his tone on testing if the doctors and the professionals feel. Even though were at a level that nobody ever dreamed possible that they would like to do more. Im okay with the negotiations and ramped up in recent days on whether to include money for testing in the next round of stimulus with the white house and Senate Republicans divided on the details of the proposal. As its written to my right now im not only no im these amid a shortage of testing supplies recently and major delays in getting results even though lawmakers estimate that between 7 8 billion dollars in allocated funding hasnt been spent Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden slamming trumps handling of the crisis this man simply doesnt understand you know hes quit on you. These could on this country, im reid binion reporting. I mean a warning key in washington lawmakers are calling for systematic changes on and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, im Rebecca Strom in for john stable this morning we are seeing gray skies out there across much of the bay area. Including right here the surrey spy camera on top of it, east bay hills overlooking berkeley we can see part of the the town there but im normally on a clear morning we could see straight to the bay. But a lot of fog and clouds are in our way so far the good news is sunshine is on the way this afternoon and these are going to be current or actually your highs this afternoon if youre going to be in San Francisco downtown youre going to reach a high of 68 today, 69 for the Mission District were going to see some upper 50s to low 60s along the coast pacifica 6457 him on terra 56 in melbourne on a 2 day and then some low 70s millbrae at 72 south San Francisco, youll be done i 70 degree mark 74 in burlingame 80 degrees if youre going to be in san carlos upper 70s for redwood city and woodside Mountain View youll be at a high of 79 low 80s across much of the south bay santa clara and san Jose Milpitas all coming in at 80 degrees and then some upper 70s for law scotus and morgan hill this afternoon. Sunny and warm in livermore at 84 thats pretty pleasant and speaking of pleasanton 82 degrees there today and then some 70s closer to the bay like a word and union city both at 74 degrees upper 60s for richmond and berkeley and then danville youll be at a high of 83 with a lot of sunshine 85 is really where were going to top out in vacaville, and yacht villa, 86 degrees. Those of some of our warmer spots for this afternoon, upper 70s across the north bay 78 in santa rosa in petaluma 50s at the coast for since the beach and point rays today. More below average for this time of year were going to last a pretty much the rest of the week. The same as what weve seen the last few days until we get into saturday and sunday things are going to heat up a bit especially inland. Were going to see upper 80s, maybe even some low 90s come sunday james all right, thank you very much rebecca and a quick check of traffic for you this morning as we look out at the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza camera. And it looks pretty good and then hardly any traffic making its way past the toll gates and over the span. Alls well if youre heading from richmond out towards sandra fell this morning. Heres a quick look at the Golden Gate Bridge or southbound 1, one commuters from marin county into San Francisco are making good time, no issues reported chp has been making the rounds from santa rosa to San Francisco and there is nothing major on 1, 1, to slow you down. Well, although most schools will start the School Year Online some democratic lawmakers are concerned for when students and teachers are finally allowed back on campus. They want to see guarantees of health and safety our washington correspondent basil john explains. The reality is that Many School Districts come out of court to Safety Measures recommended by Public Health officials virginia representative bobby scott says the next covid relief package needs to guarantee health and safety for students and teachers returning to school School Districts will not be able to purchase personal protective equipment soap and Hand Sanitizer is affecting and grading services and many other critical Safety Measures included in the city sees reopening got scott also wants masks for educators and students in a transportation alternative to school buses. But some republicans say thats not a federal concern i think that this this communities have everything that they already need to resist safely reopen schools and that the decision level needs to be at the local county and city level kansas representative Roger Marshall says the benefits of reopening outweigh the risks a quality education is very important that the social skills, the mental health, the Good Nutrition that they get. You unfortunate child abuse is jumped up a little bit over the past 3 or 4 months so thats the benefit of getting those kids back in School Marshal says his children are really impacted by the virus. There is little risk but scott says the disease could spread from the schools to the larger communities, making the pandemic worse. Reporting in washington. From diesel job. In the east bay u c berkeley has announced that it will follow state guidelines and begin the fall semester in august or on august 26, with just remote instruction only if in Person Instruction returns later on in the semester students will be given a choice they can either attend class in person or they can continue to attend class. Virtually if they choose most schools in california will not reopen campus for the start of the academic year. As california becomes the state with the highest number of covid cases in the country. Texas is dealing with its own surge in hospitalizations and 11 daraa talk to doctors in south texas where hospital beds in icu space is running out. This is the daily routine for doctor phil that he go buy a whole. Critical care pulmonologist when he gets dressed, it looks like hes getting ready to be launched into another world. Thats exactly what its like to work in the covid19 unit of a South Texas Hospital overwhelming assume am were seeing right now. Coronavirus patients have filled the hospital where doctor works on most days doctor viable says hes treating about 70 different patients it 4 to 5 times more than he usually sees in a single day i dont ever have to send as many that took effect its time to be signed in the last couple of weeks for these families has been very very difficult can you describe the suffering that youve seen among these patients is it is enough and the lots and will come through with the degree and then when he happens to use our breaking it is so difficult to watch them. A single by there is by you know what to say probably spring all the way. I see no person breaking down a little time. But then again that is where we do south texas is the covid19 hotspot inside the texas hot spot Health Officials are warning that hospital bed in icu space are running out or sing in doctor teams are stretched to the limit do you feel when you walk into these covid units. That is like a parallel universe. Its definitely a panel ubers if they only knew. What lurks behind those walls if they could only have xray vision and see the pain and the suffering doctor Ivan Melendez is that all go county Health Authority based in mcallen texas. He says the covid units are filled with the sound of patients gasping for air. Many needing ventilators and gut wrenching conversations, so you have people telling you you know that people put me on that will put him in the eye and its struggled because youre not what they need and then finally they just give up and they say. Go ahead, you know you may be the last person that i ever talked to so please tell my family tell my parents told me my kids that i love them and that i find hard its a necklace with his ashes. Jessica ortiz says her twin brother who ball ortiz fought the virus for almost 2 weeks. The 27 yearold worked as a Security Guard at a Jewelry Store you a mentor someone. I was there for you. Yeah. Duvall died on july 3rd. Before long her. We are here at the funeral friends and family paid their respects through a plastic shield over the casket. There was a fear his body still might be contagious she met the world i was with us and eu which in he did just like it. Jessica is left with this last image of her brother, a Screen Recording of one of their last conversations jabaal ortiz waving goodbye. The 7. 52 and coming up well have more weather for you on this wednesday morning at the black flag in the distance not blowing too much, but there are some clouds covering the bay as you can see well be right back. 7. 55 and take a look at this a wild siberian tiger. And a taxi driver in northern china spotted it oh wow its yawning its not moving the tiger lying in the road about 30 meters away from that taxi driver, the local government. Has imposed strict measures to protect animals in the region and prohibit poaching and thats allowed. The population to begin to recover a look in theres another driver waiting. You dont russia tiger will yemen to just lay here and how about this a boat caught fire on lake tahoe, this is a close one. A person was on board. But he was saved this was yesterday another boater saw was happening and was able to rescue the man before just blew up and then you can see the coast guard arrived a short time later and put out all the flames. Okay well take a quick break, it is 7 57 ahead in the next hour, a new coronavirus testing site is opening up today in alameda kron fours reyna harvey is there she let us know what you need to know if youre going to be going out to get tested. Plus theres a push to further Defund Oakland Police were going to give you the latest information on what happened with the City Council Vote last night it was a close one fact it was a tie. Well tell you how to tie breaker when and the nfl agrees to cancel the pre season tell you what this means for the players amid this coronavirus pandemic. Youre watching kron 00 04am morning good morning and thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and im James Fletcher the time now is 08 00am rebecca strong with this as well you cant see her shes off in the weather center, lets join are now warning of aca. Good morning james good morning. Daryn a yes i am looking at gray skies across the bay area for now. We are going to see more and more peeks of sunshine and clearing as we get closer to those afternoon hours Current Conditions right here at San FranciscoInternational Airport get the clouds sticking around, but we can see a little bit of light some of it just little peeks of sunshine. Temperature wise were pretty even split in some spots and then a couple of degrees higher. Then where were at this time yesterday so thats what 4 zone forecast map is showing you the temperature wise as youre waking up with us very very similar to yesterday morning start 60 degrees in