Records about 50 to 60,000 cases a day. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman the nations leading Health Expert doctor Anthony Fauci says the country needs to get that number down though to about 10,000 cases a day by the fall in order to gain some type of control over this virus in california. There are also some signs of optimism from californias governor Gavin Newsome during his update today, he said the numbers are starting to move in the right direction when it comes to cases the number of people in the hospital and icu admissions. But he says though its still too early to know whether or not this trend will hold on fourthand kerman live for us tonight with details good evening. Dan. Good evening. Justine these new numbers that were seeing have to do with the last 14 days and while its positive and moving in the right direction. The governor says he needs to look at this over the next few weeks and see if californians are really getting the message. Based upon the progress we have made. We feel we can get our arms around this. During his monday covid19 update California Governor Gavin Newsom announced statewide numbers are starting to move in the right direction. Cases in the last 2 weeks are down 21 the percentage of those testing positive has dropped from 7. 5 to 7 . Hospitalizations are down by 10 and icu admissions are down 5 . And while encourage the governor is not ready to claim victory over the virus we can quickly. Find ourselves back. To where we were just a few weeks ago a month with significant increases if we do not maintain our vigilance we do not maintain our focus the improvement in overall state numbers doesnt reflect surges throughout the Central Valley. The governor says the strike Team Approach used to bring down a surge in Imperial County is now underway in 8 Central Valley counties and while he credits changes in personal behavior coupled with the shutdown of certain businesses for the improved numbers. He says the work is just beginning. This virus is not. Going away. Its not just going to take Labor Day Weekend off its not going to take halloween off or the holidays often tell we have. Quality therapeutics until we have a vaccine. We are going to be living with this virus in the meantime he had stern words for School Districts throughout the state. That are forcing teachers to come into the classroom to conduct distancelearning house and almost i dont believe anyone should be forced to put their life and health at risk period full stop. And if people feel their lives are being put at risk and their health is being put at risk. It is incumbent upon us to call that out. Words from the governor today again encouraging news with these numbers, but again the governor says he needs to see these numbers continue for the next few weeks. Before hes really confident, californians are getting the message. Reporting live. Dan kerman justine back to you in the newsroom. Thank you so much stand out here are the latest area cases and deaths by county right now Alameda County has the most more than 11,000 cases. Santa clara though not that far behind with 10,794 cases. Santa clara county has recorded 191 deaths thats the most in the bay area. You can get a complete breakdown on our website kron 4 dot com. In the south bay Santa Clara County continues to see an increase in the number of coronavirus cases this past weekend Saint Clair County passed a grim milestone. There are now over 10,000 cases of coronavirus across the county and about 200 people have died says clare county remains on the States Coronavirus watch list. It had been taken off it but then was put back on in mid july. Another Troubling Development is that last week 31 kos coworkers were found to have the virus. County officials continue to warn people to take precautions. You know were starting to see we have seen that mass or a big deterrent for. Spread of covid19 so social distant protocols, a really key for preventing the spread. Covid especially when in the workplace. The county is working on Contact Tracing to see who else may have been exposed to those costs coworkers. There are more than 4. 6 million known Coronavirus Infections in the United States. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Despite some states seeing improvement. Many states are seeing a week over week rise in test positivity rates for covid19 that is a strong indicator of how rapidly the virus is spreading. And some officials fear the u. S. Still does not have a grasp on the pandemic and that accounts for more than a quarter of the cases worldwide. We are in a new phase of matter where you live in america. You need to wear a mask and socially distance do the personal hygiene pieces. More than 18 Million People are confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus across the globe. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Well have more on all the cases in california coming up at 00 30pm tonight. Businesses like gyms and hair salons and San Mateo County are trying to figure out the best way forward. Now that theyve been ordered to shut down indoor operations. This is because the county is now in the states watch list after an increase in coronavirus cases kron fours when kelly found out that some businesses are trying to figure out how to make a workaround while others are saying they just wont be able to stay open. Employees of orange theory fitness in pacifica put out equipment in their parking lot for a trial run of a workout theyll be offering clients outside starting tuesday. Benches mats weights resistance bands. We doesnt bodyweight movements as well. Combs kind of little bit of everything the brand new gym had to delay its opening because of coronavirus. And had to shut down any kind of indoor activity again sunday morning as San Mateo County was put on the states watch list after a rise in cases. This could last a week this could last 6 months and we just dont know and so were going to be prepared for anything places of worship offices for non essential businesses, personal Care Services like nail shops barber shops and hair salons and shopping malls are all also having to move what operations they can outside or close up the elite hair salon at the Westlake Shopping Center in daly city. Pulled chairs out to the sidewalk so stylists could still cut hair. But back in pacifica at the linda mar shopping mall, the owner of the obsession salon and spa. Came in the button up her business shes not going to work outdoors for a number of reasons now thats not going to work its too windy here and it gets chilly. And we have here over the parking lot you know its going to be. Kara and i dont think that the owner will allow that. Plus she says shes not allowed to use the chemicals needed for color or perms outside, and she says she can survive on just hair cuts alone, Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. A woman from walnut creek has been missing since the middle of june after her trip to Joshua Tree National park we first covered the story when few vanished. And now her family has a renewed plea for anyone who sees her to alert authorities kron fours Haaziq Madyun has their story. Just please call the so that you know we can. Bring her home to their families waiting for for her and said especially in her son. You know is this in his mom 37 yearold erika lloyd is a wall that creek resident whos been missing since june 1420 20. Her mother ruth lloyd recalled speaking to her daughter that day she sounded like she was driving. Ceo was speaking very rapidly and it wasnt a conversation she was just talking to us was just hard to make out what exactly she was saying 2 days later erica lloyds 2006 honda accord was found abandoned about 19 miles outside of joshua tree village on shelton road so i just said just littered roads, california Highway Patrol officer casey, 7 says investigators found no evidence on the roadway consistent with a Traffic Accident even though the vehicle had clearly suffered some damage there was damage to the front ends and along with the wind chills. And back window. So looks like it possibly might have been involved in tc. But we can confirm anything there were. Items still in the vehicle. So there were no it didnt look like any items were taken out of the vehicle ruth and way lloyd learned from ericas friends that she spoke of needing a little break from the stress related to the pandemic her business got shut down by because of covid says she had no income coming in to her you know she was home schooling. Her child and. It was just you know getting to her. And you know after 3 months of being completely blocked off you know way from doing what she loves way lloyd says investigators with the San BernardinoSheriffs Department told him that they see no signs of foul play is reassuring and it gives us hope. You know that shes out there has a menu kron 4 news. We continue to track wildfires burning across the state in Northern California evacuations are still in place for the sites fire. Its burning north of clear lake and colusa county. The fire started about 24 hours ago just after 5 yesterday evening and has burned more than 500 acres. Theres also a big fire burning in Southern California and there are new and back away tions in place for the apple fire. Its burning in the San Bernardino national forest. Cal fire says its only 5 contained and has burned more than 26,000 acres. This fire has prompted officials to issue evacuation orders to about 2500 households that impacts about 8,000 residents. Well talk about that fire as we talk about our 4 zone forecast right now as we take a quick live look outside right now here in San Francisco where the fog is slowly starting to roll in and our temperatures are cooling off lets get back now to our wildfire coverage with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow what are the winds doing for the apple fire how is that playing a role they picked up today just in of course has been very hot there temperatures near triple digits, humidity all the way down to about 15 . Thats pretty dry outside get a fire going especially in this kind of terrain makes it very difficult to fight now the winds today theyve been gusting as high as 20 Miles Per Hour. The good news is that temperatures going to start to drop here the next couple of days, the winds they will likely continue uppers about 10 maybe 20 Miles Per Hour for least the next day or so and then looks like those winds will begin to subside just a little bit too so hopefully theyll be just enough to give firefighters a chance to get a handle on that fire now back out where we live weve got low clouds and fog then moved on shore they pay Southern California they get some of that going because that would really help them a lot humidity is going to be way up tonight in fact enough so likely going to see some heavy drizzle along the coastline you can wake up theres been probably be some puddles on the roads there in your neighborhood a 31 mile an hour gusts at sfo right now so a blustery afternoon maybe Even Stronger winds by tomorrow afternoon up to 20 stinson beach, 22 in mill valley and 26 in fairfield so certainly that sea breeze continues it will bring with it more low clouds and fog tonight in fact that fog really going to settle in tonight expect some drizzle some very damp conditions by tomorrow morning justine. Thank you so much and coming up here tonight in east bay canine help track down a pair of burglary suspects how the hound was able to sniff out the trail. And help make an arrest and how californias breaking grim records with the number of coronavirus cases in the states. Plus efforts in the south bay to make sure all students are equipped with the well we all know that learning from home does not work when theres no access to the internet thats a big problem for many low income families in parts of san jose. But now as kron fours rob fladeboe reports the city is moving ahead with a program to help families in need. Access. The internet and help prevent students from falling. Even further behind. You are looking at the key to Distance Learning this fall for thousands of schoolchildren across san jose, hot spots, the portable gadgets that will help students learn online, san jose has partnered with 18 t to provide 11,000 hot spots. 8,000 of which were donated to the Santa Clara County office of education which is working to identify those students in districts most in need. One study found as many as a 100,000 san jose residents, mostly from low income families do not have Broadband Access at home, the hot spots come with free high Speed Internet access and an unlimited data plan the announcement coming today during a virtual News Conference that we have heard too often. Of our children. Having to sit in a burger king parking lot at 10 00pm to finish their homework because they do not have broadband at home. Providing equitable access to the internet not only supports learning. It also promotes access to services and opportunities for health. Wellness and safety this partnership is something that we can expand throughout the rest of the city through this county of santa clara and really become the model for the state in the state of california and across the nation. The city council this summer approve the 8. 2 Million Dollar covid19 Digital Inclusion plan. It includes completing the access Eastside Community wi fi project to build wireless access in the east Side Union HighSchool Attendance areas of james lick what drove andrew hill and silver creek high schools in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Lets talk about our 4 zone forecast right now as we take a live look outside of the golden gate bridge, our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the forecast with us. The coast here looks nice. But. That yes i use storm looks pretty nasty. Yeah, it is going to affect millions of people along the entire eastern seaboard. The storm system on now is just intensified the winds sustained now 85 Miles Per Hour circling around right here the eye of the system and it looks like its just about to make landfall near myrtle beach now all along this area were going to see a fairly decent storm surge. Maybe 2 maybe 5 feet you see the rotation of the storm system to get those onshore winds. The water is going to pile up a move on shore so of course that is going to cause some problems along the coastal sections and many of the local river trying to feed the water back into the ocean that will pile up to and thats going to cause some flooding problems now the track of this whole storm system is going to make its way up across the entire eastern seaboard here the very latest science with sustained winds of 85 Miles Per Hour still a category one but has strengthened over the past hour here now its going to start to make landfall match allowed to weaken just a little bit but not by much that by tomorrow were talking about these winds still 65 Miles Per Hour making their way from North Carolina and along this track maybe 4 to 6 inches of rain coming down certainly flooding is going to be a problem you get some of those Tropical Storm force winds too. And certainly that will bring down some trees and power lines and make a mess of things all along the east coast now in the bay area entirely different story were going to see a big cool down coming our way may be the temperature dropping a good 10 maybe 20 degrees tomorrow, yeah, number still nice well inland, you still seem 80s their 60s and 70s around the bay these temperatures really kind of taking a dip over the next couple days moving well below the average to about wednesday then will slowly warm things up back to normal. Next weekend. Thank you so much now this just in to the kron 4 news room, sheriffs deputies were able to track down a group of burglary suspects who stole over 4,000 worth of plumbers tools out of a car. They say with help from some alert citizens they were able to find the suspects. And while searching the home police also found a long list of other stolen property this happened in sonoma county. Deputies also found 2 shotguns but described the suspects all as felons who should not own a gun. Investigators now working to find the owners of the stolen property. And after the south bay with some breaking news in san joses police chief eddie garcia has announced that he is retiring. Mayor sam liccardo issued a statement saying in part quote history will remember eddie garcia in the same way ive seen him in braced of countless Community Meetings as a dynamic exuberant leader who gave his heart and soul to his hometown. He brought this Police Department back from the brink, rebuilding our officers ranks their morale and most importantly their faith in themselves and their mission. Garcia worked as the police chief for more than 4 years but he has been with the department for more than 28 years. According to some reports his retirement had been in the works for months and is not related to the backlash on his departments response to the protests or civil unrest. In the city. Now Fremont Police reported that a bloodhound named blaze, help police catch 2 out of 3 suspects were involved in burglaries around the bay area. Police responded to a tip that an unfamiliar car was parked norris road. 2 males were seen rummaging through a house but ran away when Police Arrived and police were though able to arrest the driver of that unfamiliar car blaze though quickly jumped into action and tracked 2. 17 year olds who ran out of the home. The blaze is the one who found them a short time later at a nearby gas station. The cars driver Nestor Garcia has row of sunnyvale was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary and then booked at the fremont city jail, the 2. 17 year olds were issued a notice to appear for the residential burglary and then they were released to their parents because of their age. Coming up tonight here on kron 4 news at 6. 45 researchers are testing an antibody therapy as a covid19 treatment. Why Health Officials say there are behind this new idea and up next parents across the country are now turning to learning pods. How they plan to keep kids safe while also getting more well weve just started august which is typically the time parents and students are getting ready to go back to school and while some children in the United States will get to be physically inside classrooms. Others will not and so parents are forming what are being called pandemic pots and those who can afford it are hiring tutors are retired teachers for small private classes. Laura jarrett has details. Do it is work 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 20 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 and 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 how 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 that now 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 a 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 theyll 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 homeschooling difference to their 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 the state and 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 wear your family needs when the kids back theyre gonna theyre gonna remember on communities. The month because im going to be forever. Laura jarrett cnn new york. Still ahead well take a closer look at the 2 california lawmakers on the short list for joe bidens Vice President and that announcement could be coming as soon as this week. And at 6. 30 california is feeling the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak. Our state is breaking want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread