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Good morning james and darya while were tracking a whole lot of sunshine around the bay area already with a little bit of fog rolling through you can see it souter tower camera a nice shot of the golden gate. Normally its a completely soft enough this morning you could see some of it though. And through below the deck were definitely seoing its more clear and more clear as we get through these next couple of hours temperature wise pretty nice out there 50s 60s and even low 70s already for Current Conditions and the aac youre at 7158 in oakland, 56 in San Francisco. It is going to be warm this afternoon and windy ill have all the details. Coming up in just a bit back to the news. Thanks a lot, lets get to the big story which is coronavirus california. Is now the first state in the nation to exceed half a million covid cases and we are worse off now than we ever were in the beginning of this whole thing hard to believe, but thats the way things stand and just this morning top doctors are warning that the u. S. Is now in a new phase of the pandemic. Stephanie elam reports. California was the first state to shut down. And now its the first to have more than half a million coronavirus cases on sunday, the state recorded almost 509,200 total infections. But back when california began reopening in may. There were roughly 64,600 cases. There is some contained the and controls how this spread in the beginning when the opening up took place. We have more cases and that should be. Instructive to others. The the virus is vicious and you have to have. City shelter in place as long as you need it. California added over 9,000 new cases yesterday on may 8th, it was just over 2000. The rise hitting major cities like San Francisco, hard and state leaders fear its because residents are becoming too relaxed when practicing social distancing. We have to get more comfortable with changing how we interact with one another this is been the biggest challenge when we find out to our Contact Tracing teams. The fact that people are still coming together in large groups and family groups this is where people are spreading the virus. In los angeles, the county Health Department is now investigating this party for First Responders at a hollywood bar. Despite businesses being required to close indoor operations. Top Health Officials say americans following preventative measures like Wearing Masks could have positive longterm effects on fighting the coronavirus wearing a mask is incredibly important that we have to have like 85 or 90 of individuals wearing a mask. In avoiding crowds that is essentially gives you the same outcome as a complete shutdown this is doctor deborah birx warns the United States has already entered a new phase of the pandemic. What were seeing today is different for march and april it is extraordinarily right spread its way into the rural as equal urban areas. No matter where you live in america. You need to wear a mask and socially distance the cdc now predicts 19,000 more americans could die from the coronavirus. Over the next 20 days. If the current trajectory continues. Some more serious measures need to be taken in order to flatten the curve. Im concerned that sort of complacency that weve seen the coronavirus has led to these Mass Gatherings and a general sort of disagreement with the many parts of the country. That was stephanie elam, reporting according to the cdc 19,000 more americans could die from covid in the next 20 days. Lets take a look at the numbers so far with california suffering more than 9,300 deaths almost approaching 9400 people dying and that includes in the bay area. 818 people who have died because of covid. On the peninsula, several businesses in San Mateo County were forced to shut down over the weekend after the county was placed on the States Coronavirus watch list. So that means businesses like gyms and places of worship hair salons indoor shopping malls. They all had to close unless they can operate outside. While offer while observing the States Coronavirus guidelines Curbside Pickup is also available for some businesses it can do that however the county says that shops that offer tattoos and piercings they cant open regardless they have to stay closed. People we talked to say they know its tough but they understand its all about safety. Im doing my part to support local people outside to go. Everybody comes out and supports him with to go and Outdoor Dining i think well be ok. I mean the virus doesnt care about our business the virus doesnt care about anything except finding a new victim. So yeah, its very says singleminded as much as it has any mind. And many Business Owners are asking exactly how long this closure is going to last because are trying to figure out what their Financial Plan is Going Forward theyre hoping the county will release more guidance perhaps in the coming days, well see. San mateo county is going to find people who dont wear a mask and thinking about it. The county sheriff says if thats the case, theyll enforce it kron fours will tran live there in san mateo with more will. Thats whats a little bit different james now they have the authority to do it as far as the endorsement. I should say from. Law enforcement a lot of Law Enforcement officers across the country said they have Better Things to do or in some cases they dont even believe in masks but in this particular case. They have the endorsement from the San Mateo County sheriffs department. If it goes into law they say they will add the teeth. Now right behind me is a jim let me show you some video now normally would open up at 5 oclock in the morning. This is often el camino reality dont bother coming down because the county continues to be on the states watch list so they were told the rollback james you talked about a little bit earlier gyms among other places, not reopening in some cases like restaurants are taking it out door, but they cant take all of their equipment outside which is why you can clearly see a sign in front. The says the government told them to shot down no word on when they will possibly reopen as far as the mask ordinance it will be introduced tomorrow by county supervisor dave can a pup this is an emergency ordinance it will not have you spend a day in jail, so its not going to be criminal and you wont have anything on your record is just an infraction but theres a lot of reasons how about this a 100 reasons for you to wear your mask thats the first infraction 200 reasons for the second infraction and if you do it a 3rd time within the span of one year from your first offense. Its 500 so theyre done telling people to wear the mask and if the supervisor gets his way he will enforce it tomorrow. 100 at a time back to you wow theres some incentive if you didnt already have enough incentive to wear a mask a legal. 21 san quentin inmates have now died from covid this comes as governor newsome says he wants to release more than 8,000 inmates from prisons all across california weve got kron 4 Sarah Stinson say by live at san quentin with more on this story, sarah. James darya the coronavirus is rampant here at san quentin prison. Its taking the lives of guards is taking the lives of inmates and we know of a long time a veteran guard is on his deathbed just you know fighting for his life against the coronavirus while a death row inmate died yesterday from the coronavirus and this is not the first one 21 inmates have died the coronavirus as you said over 2000 inmates have become infected. Take a look at your screen you can see Orlando Romero that is the death row inmate that died yesterday a 48 yearold inmate who died at a nearby hospital yesterday from complications related to the virus. Romero is put on death row after being convicted of firstdegree murder among other charges in Riverside County back in 1996. Now the growing spread in death rate from coronavirus especially here at san quentin has governor newsome releasing 8,000 eligible inmates across the state by the end of the month, the department of corrections says this will allow them to maximize face to protect staff and inmates californias Crime Victims Alliance has spoken out against this saying victims are traumatized wondering if their perpetrator is going to be back into the community, some of the eligible inmates are being released 180 days early some of them are being released a year early to be eligible, they cannot be serving time for Domestic Violence any Violent Crimes at all and no crime requiring them to register as a offender all prisoners will be tested 7 days before being released and again this is a their goal is to stop the spread and the death rate of the coronavirus inside the prison. So its been really bad here its only getting worse daily and theyre hoping that release and a 1000 inmates will stop that from continuing for now im live at san quentin Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. All right, thank you very much sara. In the east bay Alameda County fire crews were able to knock down a grass fire before it got out of control on tesla road in livermore this sparked around 8 oclock last night only ended up burning 2 acres and nobody was hurt. But there is a fire burning out of control about an hour north of sacramento, its called the site fire its located in the mountains west of interstate 5 in colusa county. And there have been evacuation orders issued for the area along sites led doga road and squaw creek road. This fire has burned a 1000 acres so far and its at 0 containment. Well governor newsome says the state got a fema grant to help fight the apple fire in southern california. Its exploded in size you can see in the video here just how massive it is 20,000 acres burned so far in riverside and San Bernardino counties. Containment has been tough its only about 5 contained right now with thousands of people out of their homes now evacuated since the fire broke out on friday. A number of area Fire Departments are also lending a hand in battling that fire and that includes crews from contra costa fire Moraga Orinda fire and San Ramon Valley fire. Tracking whole lot of sunshine around the bay area and warm temperatures look at this pretty nice clear shot for downtown San Francisco. We saw socked in by the fog over the last couple of weeks not the case today though i am tracking low 90s inland and then big weather changes ahead for the welcome back to some 14 right now and we are looking at some nice weather rebecca still here in for john he should be get back from vacation pretty soon pretty quick but in the quarterback it looks beautiful outside right. Its absolutely gorgeous outside right now guys you know weve really been socked in by the fog by the cloud cover over the last couple of weeks to wear even at this hour normally all of our cameras would be showing a blanket of fog but not the case today were under mostly Clear Conditions even right here in San Francisco, this are south of market camera. You can see a little bit of it. In the background behind the buildings here but lots of sun and blue skies already at this Early Morning hour look at the temperatures low 70s for some folks 71 in the antioch right now if youre just now waking up with us 67 in concord 58 in oakland, 56 right here in San Francisco and in downtown san jose. Currently at 62. Big changes on the way the we are going to see a breezy afternoon ahead. Gusts of up to 20 miles an hour are possible for some spots, especially along the coast right near a spots in the north bay as well 17 mile an hour possibly in the nevada area, 12 in San Francisco and were going to see this only ramp up a bit into tonight and the overnight hours so keep that in mind with the sunshine with a nice temperatures there is going to be a little bit of wind in the air future cast for showing us the next couple of days, big weather changes. We could have some coastal drizzle over the 2 days or so lots of fun, lots of clouds well be seeing especially along the coast and its going to keep things really cool for us around the bay area. Not today though were back to normal averages as far as temperatures go 93 in concord today, 86 in antioch 90 degrees for the high in livermore and 84 in san jose, 91 in morgan hill. Its going to be a lot more comfortable around the bay though east bay shoreline 76 in hayward today, 72 expected in downtown oakland, 70 in San Francisco and then were going to see 60s at the coast happen bay. Hell be at a high of 66 today, but your around the bay forecast. This is what said the changes that were talking about here. Today very normal for this time of year, but then tomorrow, much cooler a big dive in temperatures for tuesday and for wednesday and then well start to see things pick back up once again as we get closer to the weekend with lots of sunshine and those hot temperatures inland coming back to us thats a look at the weather, lets pass to james all right. Thank you very much. Rebecca, heres a quick look at the bay bridge as we check traffic around the bay. Still in the thick of it the morning commute has traffic backed up here you can see back to the maze so give yourself your usual amount of time getting from oakland to San Francisco. Next hour this time we expect things to be clearing up nicely the san mateo bridge. Well has been moving all right all morning that still the case here as you can see traffic on 92 westbound the right hand side from hayward out to foster city moving without any hiccups this morning so all in all its not bad. More weather and traffic checks in a bit. Now back to news in the south bay we have loud and dangerous sideshows upsetting People Living in one san jose neighborhood. Those sideshows been happening around the intersection of camden and redmond avenues and the sunrise on the den area kron fours dan thorn takes a closer look at what has neighbors so concerned. Warning of engines and the screeching of tires terrorizing a san jose neighborhood. Residents just want these late night sideshows to and its very very scary basically we dont know whats going on and then we come out here and cars are doing this. We can put your movie like fast and furious, its just be scary to videos shared by people in the sunrise on the did neighborhood showed dozens gathering at the intersection of camden in redmond avenues doughnuts are being whipped around dangerously close to homes what was once just the occasional speech there. One out of control water summery blue just like her. A whole grain warehouse. Youre disturbing the peace and you could harm somebody like crazy, you know on human metal moved into his house a little over a year ago, hes thankful the previous owners put up these large rocks because they may help protect his family. But residents say it would be a good idea for the city to install some sort of deterrent for our roundabout in the middle of the street and they want to any donors but if they do something about putting a camera so anything like that nobody will ever do any reporting in san jose dan thorn kron 4 news. Onions shipped to all 50 states are linked to a salmonella outbreak and unite is is moving forward with International Flights. Jane king is live in new york with those stories and more hi james. Yes, i doria good morning united says it will resume service on more than 25 International Flights in september so even with that resumption, its chilly going to be about 37 of the International Flights that to unite was flying a year ago so well add flights to india asia, israel, australia and latin america and they will be from several us cities, including San Francisco Retail Stores nationwide getting a fresh look this week as they officially begin to operate under the t mobile brand so that happened over the weekend the move follows the completion of the 26 billion dollar merger between sprint and t mobile that happened in april to create a new wireless giant that we take on the rise and an 18 team when an interview with Time Magazine mcdonalds usa ceo into the chain looking at updating its chicken menu items now food critics were not impressed with the spicy barbecue chicken sandwich and ruled out about a year ago outside of he also says that the ball pets at mcdonalds play places will likely be a thing of the past and thompson internationals recalled several onion brands out of an abundance of caution there is a salmonella newport outbreak hit us states attorney defected about 400 people total and it could be linked to these onion brands going to the cdc now these thompson onions that are in question were shipped from may first to the president they were distributed in cartons wing between 5. 50 pounds and nash between 2. 50 pounds from new york, im jane king back to dorian thank you jane well talk to you later 7. 20 and well be right. 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I love it everybodys really happy with me is full and godbee has attended several protests in the metro area over the past few weeks. He says that home near the federal courthouse has changed i feel safe. Savor down you know so much so a couple of people but i miss i havent seen any destruction because it was like growing around the justice and he says the absence of conflict between federal officers and protesters had made way for a much different movie doesnt mean that were not on our toes, but this seems to be like a different route if you look at the show and can say federal officers is a distraction pastor Reginald Richardson says the message needs to be refocused one of the problems that i would really addresses the fact that we lost focus we lost the desire to focus on what lies as time goes on and we want to keep the focus on. Black lives protests were relatively peaceful downtown for a few nights now things did get tense on the east side testers march from laurel her son part to 47th a nice first time they clashed with police near the former south east precinct Building Police said that people threw glass bottles at them or jar or bottle filled with pain also reportedly hit an officer in the head Police Declared an Unlawful Assembly and broke up the crowd. 2 arrests were made both men we talked to help protesters keep the message focused over the coming weeks, it is important for christians to stand up this is not a blue red issue this a spiritual issue this protest is not season all and thats going to go through the fall and winter. That was Jennifer Dowling reporting after withdrawing federal agents from portland President Trump is now dispersing them across the country including threatening to send them to oakland, although that threat has not materialized yet. 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If its got to be clean, its got to be tide. 7. 28, lets get outside take a peek at monday and lets find out whats out there for you rebecca strong in the Weather Center morning good morning james darya not about a way to kick off your monday morning because were seeing so much sunshine around the bay area a little bit of patchy fog here and there but some mostly sunny skies were seeing. Including right here at sfo conditions look beautiful blue skies out there warm temperatures are on the way as we get into the afternoon and then tomorrow, a big change temperature, wise and weather wise were going to see much cooler temperatures a big drop over the next couple of days and also some patchy drizzle possible especially in our coastal spots for tuesday and wednesday so keep that in mind and then as we get closer to this weekend, lots of sunshine returns and its going to be quite hot inland. Were going to back to normal for this time of year, ill have a complete weather check coming up a little bit later fact in the news, thanks a lot of big story this morning. There are fewer than a 100 days left till the election and Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden says. He could announce his pick for Vice President as early as this week, california senator Kamala Harris is said to be on top of the list and in addition to her los angeles representative karen bass is also on the short list biden has said he would choose a woman running mate and as hes face pressure from the Democratic Party to choose a woman of color as well. These 2 are said to be tops and while biden has not made any definitive statements about whom hes leading tours all signs or he will definitely make the selection before the Democratic National Convention Kicks off on august 17th. And were going to explore the Biden Campaign in more detail coming up the next our political analyst michael yaki but this hour. We want to get inside the Trump Campaign and the president s fight for reelection and discuss that. Were joined live this morning by cross for political analyst and republican strategist Tom Del Beccaro tom great to have you back again great to see you too all right, lets get into the polls. To be quite honest have look great for the president for a number of months now in fact the latest rasmussen poll his approval index under water by about 4 points. Those inside the Trump Campaign say that hes not too worried about it hes confident that somethings going to turn things around for him as we head down the homestretch but with early voting happening in about a month and a half in places like minnesota and are wisconsin and michigan and virginia a key battleground states can the president afford to wait for some sort of october surprise does something need to change to turn these numbers around. Well let me tell you this mornings rasmussen for ratings at 51 and that by the way is higher than obama at the same period of time just released and it also is that the point where thats a real election. Number remember that joe biden has lows busy has a rating of any nominee in history, according to the washington post. So this race is going to come down to the enthusiasm between the 2 parties meaning whos more enthusiastic. Its going to come down to wisconsin michigan and pennsylvania. And its going to come down to how independents are doing. What the president needs to do from here and in my estimation is draw a clear contrast between policy here joe biden wants to substantially raise taxes no body was campaigns substantially raise taxes has won the presidency in the Television Era not since reagan and so he needs to draw a contrast and then a nice draw the contrasts on energy Bidens Energy policies just radio show in pennsylvania are very toxic you can excuse that analogy in pennsylvania. Then it comes down to wisconsin and michigan where trump asked to draw long border. Comparisons well, 2 thirds of americans are against defunding. The police and he needs to draw back from trusts. And you talk about but if you look at the majority the polls though voters may not be as enthusiastic for biden has some are for President Trump. The enthusiasm against President Trump has been leading more than 50 of the nation right now that cant be good news. If you look at that historically. The aap voting against a president instead for your guys, a major factor hasnt worked. It didnt work against clinton it didnt work against bush, 43 it didnt work against obama you have to like your guy to and i will remind people that of these polls that show these quote 9 we for biting summit last some more. They are calling and saying that the electorate on election day would be 24 republican well it was 33 in 2016 it was 33 in 2018. And based on what you can see and sees it as related to trump. Theres no reason to believe it will be below 33 this time. So thats why between gallup if he said to gallup polls and the rasmussen polls, im saying and roads for fox last week that this election right now is close and sure enough rasmussens polling which was a 100 right on election day showed jewelry winning my that the margin she and the popular vote. They have been basically within the margin of error nevertheless the Trump Administration needs to go on the positive offense. And get and tell people here is the path Going Forward that sheik he should stop getting in the partisan fray and start saying where hes going to lead the nation in the second her dad is going to ask you about that because its all about messaging right and since last we talked. Hes gone had replaced his Campaign Manager theyve pretty much frozen ad spending as theyre retooling in reassessing. What their messaging is going to be Going Forward and a guess at your recommendation make it a more positive tone talk about what youve done and b what youre going to do instead of just complaining about rigged elections and how youre the victim in all this be more proactive is that what your recommendation is yeah elections are always about the future and you can draw good contrast here at least some Historical Perspective 2 thirds of americans against the funding. So you want to create stability. You want jobs. Well tax increases for job so theres a way to do this in a positive manner. He should allow his surrogates to do the negative campaigning and he should just be about huge where americas going to go in the future thats what makes a successful campaigns not getting down in the weeds with your opponent right. All right i want to ask about 2 more thing before we let you go one. The battleground states into his vp pick up by the vp pick coming up. If biden wins all the states that hillary did which it looks like he probably will and he picks up a key battleground states in the rust belt were talking about places like michigan pennsylvania, wisconsin which hes leading currently the polls. Hes the next president. The numbers are heavily in bidens favor forget the rust belt if he just picks of florida. Plus all the States Hillary ran in 2016, hes the next president there are so many more avenues for biden to win. Well certainly this will come down to pennsylvania wisconsin and michigan eye as he takes can bass, hes got no chance of winning florida because their comments. Cuba or earn dont go anywhere with that huge human. Population, then you go to pennsylvania. Minds war on energy including ending fracking will result in over 20,000 job losses in pennsylvania alone at that their products go around the country. So trump, i dont believe in polls that say were only 24 of republicans are going to come out nobody should so i tend to see pennsylvania still going to trump this will come down to michigan and wisconsin which in 2018 the democrats picked up seats so thats so thats really where its going to come down to all right well have to wait and see and then finally lets talk about bidens vp picks. Which one do you think will give the Trump Campaign the most. Problems if you want to use that word that word and which one do you think hell actually pic if its not the one thats going to give the Trump Campaign the most difficulty. Well overall its not going to be a satisfying pick because the 2 the 2 major picks right now bass and harris party significantly to the left a buy. So thats going to worry independence. I think that you know they have a problem here Kamala Harriss family slates and theyre trying to get away from that monitor. Karen bass has are keen been a problem. I think that they would be better not picking one of those 2 and perhaps isnt rice bring some graba times when it comes to foreign policy, but up and nobody is going suddenly make the Democratic Party be in unison because you know there was no unifying pick for president i rescued by from losing bernie sanders, so democrats are still divided this country still divided which is of course live wrote the book that in mind here. 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Burglary turned into a story of redemption a man who had 2000 worth of items stolen from his car. He tracked down the young boy who did yeah and instead of punishing him. He offered a helping hand weve got Morgan Mobley with the story. Caught on camera this 12 yearold boy and his friend breaking into a car than getting away with valuables and cash fell look though the brand of them a car. Were going to let a quick a hannon could have called the cops instead he chose a different approach i want to get you locked up i want to get you know trouble. I just want to get you want a Straight Narrow path because of breaking into peoples car 3 oclock in the morning. Thats not the move them over here little home though heenan believing this boys life is worth far more than anything that was taken is things that just how small monetary value. You know every day possessed those items valued diminishes and hes on his or his value increases so thats one more word of a disgraced filled perspective already shifting and stirring in the boys heart he actually kind of rolled out of it. And at that point i know that he understood what was going on down of having been in the boys shoes when he was hainan has made it his life mission to never give up on kids he rob, the right person because. With him doing what he did to me give the opportunity really reach out to him up or back into his life. So uses of force a situation we had to be the most times i think its a blessing in disguise that we do across pass because now be forever attached to a key the new bond only on the football field got into a vehicle to the football team. Talk to his parents i talked to them a letter know like hey this is what i do i work and kids all all day every day all year round and so for me to give him that much more fun watching you give me an opportunity to puerto him daily hell be joining coach bo hannons huddles starting monday in wichita, what 2, 3 family morgan mildly kake news on your side. All right still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news as parents look for alternatives to in person classes, many of them are turning to socalled pandemic pods. What are the costs of these alternatives in dollars and to the childrens education, well take 45 right now and were taking a look at the weather on monday of sun breaking out everywhere even sfo looks better about that sunny out there on the tarmac with the planes getting underway. Rebecca yeah, its been really nice, you guys a lot clear this morning. Than what weve seen over the last couple of weeks, youre waking up to a ton of sunshine around the bay area. Including right here San Francisco. This is our south of market camera. Lots of blue skies to enjoy this morning and some nice temperatures into the afternoon in fact downtown youll be in a high of 72 days 72 in the Mission District 6 to 8 in the sunset district at the coast were looking at 50s and 60s like a day the city youre going to be at a high of 66 today 57 a month tara and 66 in Half Moon Bay 74 in millbrae a little bit warmer in burlingame at 77 this afternoon. And then even warmer for redwood city and san carlos today both at 82. Woodside youll be at a high of 85 yourself a zone covered in the 80s to low 90s 91 in morgan hill its going to be hot there. 84 in san jose to 86 in campbell this afternoon and those low 90s continuing in our east bay zone inland, especially for livermore 90 today 88 in pleasanton really nice and now more mild conditions on the east bay shoreline 76 in hayward 74 expected in union city today, low 70s into berkeley and oakland and 66 in orinda and then look at that low 90s popping up in concord at 93 walnut creek youll be at a high of 90 with a lot of sunshine. But definitely are hot spots of the award goes to vacaville today youll be at a high of 9793 in fairfield 83 if youre going to be bully home. A little bit nicer there a more comfortable, i would say 86 though if youre going to be heading to wine country in napa pay the 6 nevado in sandra fell cooler at the coast point raise youll be at a high of 61 this afternoon. Well big weather changes are in store for you tuesday and wednesday were going to drop down and temperatures only topping out in the 70s inland can you believe that we could see some coastal drizzle as well were definitely going to be seeing some wind into this afternoon. We could see gusts of up to 20 miles an hour around parts of the bay area and then once we get closer to the weekend. Things are going to get back to normal will have so hot temperatures, especially in the land and well see those 90s back on the board for saturday and sunday. Thats a look at the weather lets hit the road with james all right, lets jump outside the richmond sandra fell bridge. She was doing out there is traffic. Yeah its slowed appears folks make their way. Into Marion County from the east bay, so give yourself obviously some extra time here and dont see anything on the logs that would cause. Complete shutdown although traffic as you can see. It does look pretty slow. So well keep an eye on that super cant track down why exactly its hardly moving here at the toll plaza, the Golden Gate Bridge though no problems there as you can see youre southbound right on 1, 1, looking pretty good. No worries as you make your way down from Murray County into San Francisco or whether traffic checks in a bit but now lets get back to the headlines and its now a month of august a lot of kids. Well be heading back to school in a School Pretty soon and while some children will be going to physical classrooms. Some parents are forming whats being called now pandemic pods those who can afford and our hiring tutors are retired teachers. For small private classes. Laura jaret takes a look at this. Homework with coronavirus resurging across the country and so much uncertainty about what School Looks Like this fall. Many parents are now taking matters into their own hands right now people are in panic mode here going to check each other Marnie Weinstein an education consultant in washington d c says parents are reaching out desperate for other options, how many parents would you say reached out to you my emails are overflowing. My Text Messages are overflowing, shes helping parents form what theyre calling learning pods, small groups of Young Children paired with a single teacher in a home it could be a basement it could be a room upstairs just as long as the teacher can set it up to feel like a classrooms, this pot in the suburb of atlanta has 12 families in 28 kids in kindergarten through 5th grade weve talked about consistency and routine, whoever is hosting the group of kids. My kids are going to get their backpack laptop in their backpack, theyre water bottle and a snack and theyre going to take it to that whatever house theyre going to probably going to stay pretty consistent with that i envision a one room schoolhouse we wanted to create an environment where kids to Work Together and together on social part of who is so important for their development and their kids like this option, too. Another vienna high with my friends and be at home. Working on school them down from San Francisco to toledo ohio to tampa florida. Pandemic pods or micro School Groups are popping up all over social media. Each with their own set of rules were going to say that we can go to the Grocery Store but always wear masks and wash our hands but in Person Instruction doesnt come cheap with some parents carrying teen teacher their full salary or more even if their child ends up back in a classroom. At some point this year so a lot of the teachers will tell me theyre not sure they want to sign on and a lot of them are coming back because they can get the same amount of money or more. Working have today, staying safe. A lucrative deal for teachers may yet another way covid has highlighted how a good education often depends on what your parents can afford. A more Cost Effective option families who plan to follow their schools Virtual Learning plan were not home going difference, theyre forming their own pods and hiring a tutor to help with all the digital homework and check ins. Lessons on who is he. We dont earning when they take a break and thats where the shooter will comment session is to make sure that they stay on track with a curriculum in many cases, the details are still being ironed out but parents who have kids with a preexisting condition or special means say the pot a model is the safest for their families as the pandemic continues fantastic option because you can. You can kind of tailor your Educational Needs to whatever your family needs when the kids back theyre gonna theyre gonna remember on communities. See month because its not going to be forever. Laura jarrett cnn new york. All right as we head to break quick live look outside the market or a camera here in San Francisco, and i just saw the chp locking incident pop up by the way to explain what we saw the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza looks like we have a stalled pickup truck in the slow lane there on the westbound side of 5 a teacher making away on the bridge. From richmond out towards sandra fell so that heres whats coming up the works and theres the effect you can see its toll plaza traffic backed up as people try to make their way past that stalled pickup, and no blue blazes. I get. The alligator i just i dont know depends how big it is this is in mobile alabama guy found this creature doing laps in his pool on sunday morning. Yeah. Salah gator that was verified by somebody smarter than to say alabama not surprise. Yeah and he says hes just glad they live twice before he decided to take the plunge, shell let the. Let the gator do it swim first, im saying thats a nice pool. And we are forever gas you are alligators and you miss him more. And i beg your mind to go good. Thank you to the glasses off and looked around. The mets office enough about all this and i will. And the best you could come up with is that it climbed over his fence animal control call that came out and the alligator was removed about that. And in crazy other animal stories check out this elephant picking up some litter. So massive elephant wandering around this house, he noticed this trash on the out yet know did you see that if you picked it up and put a little away and put it in the trash can in the trash can. Well it wasnt easy. It would have been easier for much just doing his part and then we all live here is just just. Just pick up your cans pleases me to have to do everything you can recycle free. Time now 7. 56. Coming up in the next hour. Weve got a not so nice outlook a for the u. S. In terms of the coronavirus pandemic well tell you why the White House Task force coordinator is offering a pretty grim view on americas response. Well have the latest numbers there for you plus another condemned inmate dies from coronavirus in san quentin, so well have an update on that part of the story as well and also neighbors in san jose complaining about this sideshows that have been wreaking havoc in keeping them up all night long well have more on the story. Hughes doctor deborah birx of the Coronavirus Task force of spreading disinformation about the pandemic is that true and do you have confidence and i think the president is spending a spreading disinformation about a virus and she is his and she is his appointees so i dont have confidence in them enough. There you heard House Speaker nancy pelosi doubting the work of the Top White House coronavirus adviser doctor deborah birx pushy answers back and well have both sides coming up. And it could be a big week in president ial politics, joe biden could announce his running mate this weekend to california politicians are at the top of the list and sow says forced from their homes as the apple fire continues to burn in southern california. Youre watching kron 00 04am morning and thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and im James Fletcher it is monday morning, lots of news to get to update you on all of that in a minute. But first, lets say good morning to rebecca strong. Hi good morning james and darya lots of sunshine around the bay area what a nice way to wake up and make your way out of the house