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Jail by himself, we know that shots were fired at deputies. They had tactical and negotiating teams on scene they also had several streets in the area that were blocked off which have carly all been lifted now again no one was injured in this whole ordeal and again theyre going to be updating us in just a moment here we have several questions wed like to ask the one want to know how that person he was originally arrested able to acquire a weapon and also has some more information regarding what led up to these moments so again will be notified just a minute well bring that back to you but for now reporting here in san jose reyna harvey kron 4 news right in just a really quick question i know we had some street closures a surrounding that area do you know if theyve lifted those closures or not or should people still avoid the stretch. Yes, the so robin great question they have lifted those closures i dont know if you can see basically where im at right now this is a one of the main streets outside the jail where they had that street blocked off from media to the end and now they had us move were in the parking lot here just right across the street from the jail so even that main street there is lifted everything that was closed off now again, we know that traffic was closed for at least several hours this morning when i driving already started blocking off areas. But that is all clear the suspect in custody, and no one injured robin. All right, thank you for the update reyna marty. Robin they are saying mask up or pay up san mateo is the latest bay area county to impose fines for violating mask and social distancing rules and this comes nearly a week after the county was added to the states covid19 watch list. The first fine is 100 the second is 200. Additional fines in the same year will increase to 500. Mid is businesses that dont follow the Health Orders can also be fined. Law enforcement along with health and visit building inspectors can issue the citations as well supervisor david canepa says that the ordinance is all about common sense. First well start with you know talking to a person educating them and most of her time in the cases that we see the people that weve talked to here is just some simple that they forgot to put it on. And in cases where they absolutely refuse we do have options of giving them a citation its i think if we do this. And were aggressive more aggressive. In terms following this i think we can get off the watch list and then its up to the governor to lift the restrictions. Cannabis says that he would like to keep the ordinance in place for as long as we have to deal with the pandemic. Contra costa marin and napa counties already have similar policies in place. In Santa Cruz County has also joined the list of counties that will be issuing fines for violators of state or county Health Orders. The new ordinance applies only in unincorporated areas of the county individual cities will be deciding enforcement in their own jurisdictions the penalties and fines are the same as in San Mateo County. Well heres a look at the current covid19 numbers across the bay area as of this morning, there are more than 54,000 covid19 cases, 835 people have died and were still seeing the most cases in alameda county. And Santa Clara County with over 11,000 cases. The both counties have 192 deaths for a complete breakdown by county you can see the full list on our web site just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well the start of the new school year is just weeks away but many teachers and parents in the bay area say they still dont know exactly what school days will look like teachers and parents gathered outside the mill Valley District yesterday School District demanding a more concrete plan. The district is preparing for a 3 possibilities that include distancelearning in Person Learning and a hybrid model for now the school year will start out you know fully remote the parents and teachers say theyre still waiting for more answers and you know how they need to prepare. Everybody agrees we want kids and educators to return to schools when its safe we just dont all agree much safe looks like. What i understand what im hearing about what the district is offering is not satisfying everybody thats going to be safe. Im concerned that has principals return on janitors return on site secretaries return on site teachers return on site kids return on site that they spread the transmission and then they go back out the community and next thing you know were getting infected by people were shopping with a whole foods. Well for now teachers will be teaching of those online classes from the classroom and its still not clear how long the Distance Learning phase will last the mill valley School District is waiting for the green light from the county. But once students are actually allowed back into the classrooms. They will be providing protective gear, including disposable face masks and touch with the monitors high grade air filters are also being installed in the classrooms and handwashing will be a priority. Well to the south bay now many teachers in san jose are angry about the School Districts decision to require teachers to teach from their classrooms instead of from home. Now its a part of the districts plan for the new school year and it says by being in classrooms. Teachers will have better resources like strong wi fi in tech support. The teachers say returning to schools could put them at risk of exposure to the coronavirus. Ive looked at all the reasons for. Teaching from chances, and none of them seem comfortable enough to risk Staff Members and their family members. The School District says that schools have improved cleaning procedures and teachers returning to work we need to follow social distancing requirements. Now to the east bay were Contra Costa County says that it will not be allowing Elementary Schools to apply for waivers for in person classes. Now this comes as one of the states Largest Teachers Union is calling the reopening of schools, reckless. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in Contra Costa County she has more on this move sarah. Marty on the exact same day the state released abuse waiver application process and how people and schools can apply to have in Person Education Contra Costa County Health Officials said no were not going to do that they said its too risky right now, and they said theyre going to continue to monitor coronavirus cases this applies to Public Private Charter Schools who apply for in Person Education and to do so they have to go through a thorough plan they have to make their own plan and follow strict guidelines that have been set by the state even schools and counties on the governors watch list can apply, but they have to go through more steps to get approved. However until daily case rates percent of positive test rate and hospitalizations are stable. Or declining for at least 2 weeks Health Officials here in Contra Costa County say they will not be reviewing any waiver request by schools, it looks like Health Officials are already. And doing the work theyve written out their own guidelines on top of states, or and top of the states that theyve already created including frequent testing for teachers and having an official at the school whose aware knows how to do contact tracing. This department is not alone in thinking its too soon to allow in person classes to resume one of the states most powerful teachers unions is also saying it would be reckless to reopen schools meanwhile, the California Association of private School Organizations says it has seen considerable interest in applying for reopening is up to a county Health Officer to review the schools application and then submitted to the state here in Contra Costa County they said theyre going to continue to monitor the coronavirus cases and they will keep the office of education updated as to when they can submit their applications for now im live in lafayette Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right sir, thanks a lot for a live report from contra costa. What rick said again said all really always mattered. Martinez couple charged with a hate crime for defacing a black lives matter mural last month want their day in court. Nicole anderson and david nelson entered not guilty pleas at the courthouse in martinez. The criminal complaint filed by the Contra Costa County District Attorney accuses the couple of defacing the black lives matter mural that was painted on the street right there in front of the courthouse back on the 4th of july. The couples attorney disputes the District Attorneys claim that his clients committed a civil rights violation. As you just charged vandalism that you know will be a whole different issue. The fact that she charged as vandalism and as a hate crime is really what makes this problematic. Its a its a reach its an overcharged in our view its a political message and the Justice System should not be. Weaponized in that manner. The vandalism sparked protests drawing hundreds of demonstrators into town the mural has since been repainted the couple is due back in court in october. I dont ever want haha go and i was really hoping to be able to to be with him. A san quentin inmate who is up for parole in just a few months is dying of covid19 a Bay Area Hospital will look into the hard decision his daughter is now forced to make. Black lives matter and no justice, no peace these are some very familiar signs and slogans that weve been hearing and seen at protest against Police Violence will show you the unusual way when oakland neighborhood showing solidarity with whats now a global movement. And after the break disinfectant wipes have been very hard to find and its going to stay that way well into next year. And lets take a live look outside and barkhad arrow camera this time around plenty of fog and gloom in us. Its going to stay that way near the coast. Rebecca has the forecast when we come back. Hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. Back to the kron 00 04am morning news time to go ahead and get a check of the Weather Forecast. Heres rebecca. All right. Thank you marty we are socked in by the fog and cloud cover around much of the bay area specially here conditions at San Francisco International Airport lots of gray skies and for the most part its going to be quite stubborn throughout the day today and its going to stick with us through much of much of areas across the entire bay, especially even if the coast we could see some drizzle on and off today and the winds are really going to be picking up and its going to keep things cool and you can see why look at these temperatures below average for this time of year were looking at the 50s and 60s in San Francisco downtown youll be in a high of 63 today if youre going to be a in the sunset district youre topping out at only 58 and then at the coast were looking at upper 50s to low 60s. Overnight, a 6160 if youre going to be a civic it today and then more those 60s continue along the peninsula to 66 for millbrae san bruno youll be a high 62 this afternoon. Now a couple low 70s, popping up san carlos 71 today, 70 in redwood city 66 if youre going to be in palo alto yourself his own looks like this much cooler than what weve seen over the last couple of weeks, 68 for sunnyvale 71 if youre going to in cupertino 76 expected in morgan hill today, your east bays own looks like this said the east bay shoreline were looking at low to mid 60s and then a few low 70s as we get further inland pleasanton and livermore both coming in at a high of 72 today, 74 in danville and then low 60s expected in berkeley 71 in a renda and then a few 80s sprinkled in vacaville youll be at a high of 81 today, 78 in fairfield palais home much cooler there at 70 degrees. 83 if youre going to be unveiled today and then moving over to the north bay were looking at 76 in santa rosa. And just 74 in petaluma midfifties at the coast. Your sevenday around the bay forecast warming up as we get into tomorrow slowly and things will start to get back to normal temperature wise for this time of year on friday and then heating things up on saturday and sunday those low 90s coming back to us, especially inland 70s 80s around the bay 60s at the coast. Robin. All right sounds good. Thank you. Rebecca and now lets check in on traffic and see how its moving around the bay area this morning. It is still quite busy at the bay bridge toll plaza were checking the drive here on 80 and youre back up continues to spill all the way out beyond 8. 80 out to west grand so just crawling all the way up the incline heading toward the tunnel but thats completely normal for 07 16am in the morning, no crashes no stalls in the mix so an easy drive into San Francisco. All right, lets peek at some more bridges we have 92, its been our one of our busiest throughout the morning drive and its holding pretty steady. I dont see any problems are major changes in the flow here so its crowded but its not bad under 30 minutes from hayward across the span over to the peninsula and connecting to one oh one and send the tail party. Well take a look at this these signs carry the names of African Americans who have been killed at the hands of Law Enforcement. Those signs recently started showing up in one oakland neighborhood. Now no one knows who posted them, but neighbors are looking to thank the person responsible kron fours Jonathan Mccall has more. A number of names have popped up in this oakland neighborhood in recent weeks this on Peter Alexander wilson j anderson along with dozens of others. Their neighbors are now trying to learn how they got here coming to one of our stories well, you know theyre probably not too different unarmed just like george floyd tamir rice in countless others. Each one of these names represents a black american killed at the hands of Law Enforcement for weeks, someone has been posting hundreds of names on every pillar post cited tree. While its unknown exactly who is responsible. But levine says she came across 2 women recently putting up the sign so. This is a time of reflection in action and people act in different ways force in this neighborhood say they first started noticing the signs going up a few weeks ago with the names of black americans killed by Law Enforcement officials. But their names are ones that you necessarily know like bernie porch was killed by new Orleans Police back in 2016. Many of the folks in this neighborhood support this idea is kind of put the number in your head. Kind of a magnitude about how many lives are affected by Police Brutality per year but say they are troubled to know that there are enough names to cover several blocks. Well, i mean its always a sobering reminder when you look at the history of this country when you become more and more aware of the violence that has been perpetrated against various groups and numeracy that even more names are being posted, but i hope one day. They wont be made to cut certain understanding be aware of. In oakland Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. For your money this morning disney will release milan on disney plus at launch a new streaming service and washington promises to have a Coronavirus Relief bill by friday. Lets check in with jane king whos live in new york. But those stories and more good morning. Hey robin good morning and theres at least an agreement to reach an agreement soon hopefully by the end of the week there are some reports that will happen the market seemed to like that were up by more than 200 points in the dow today but negotiators did consider a timeline of striking a deal by the end of this week that would allow the house and senate to vote on a Coronavirus Relief bill next week. Others are still some big issues that need to be worked out that not to rock the worlds biggest maker of disinfecting cleaning materials that consumers will continue to see a shortage of wipes and other products into 2021. This is because of overwhelming demand now all of its products really been flying off store shelves since march, but the whites have especially been in high demand with consumers the oakland as company cant keep up even with increased production and southwest has reportedly seen an uptick in passengers drinking their own booze on board flight as the pandemic continues the mission of this and also will be added to the airlines inflight safety announcements also southwest will no longer disinfect armrests and seat belts between flights some specific cleaning procedures will now be done overnight only and walt disney will sell access to its longdelayed milan live action movie through disney plus for 2999. That is the cost to download it. The movie was set to be released in theaters. It was delayed numerous times due to covid disney will also launch a new International Streaming service under the star brain and live from new york, im jane king back to robin everybodys excited about online. Thank you jane marty. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news parts of beirut are in shambles this morning following that explosion that killed dozens of people in lebanon will have the latest details for you coming up. Bring it back home to the bay area, lets take a live look outside karl is busy at the Golden Gate Bridge so be extra careful if youre heading from are in or tumor in this morning, we 7. 23. Good morning, welcome back it is a national day of mourning in following that massive explosion in beirut. Dozens of people were killed and thousands more were injured in tuesdays big blast. John lawrence has the latest. Major damage in beirut tuesday after a massive explosion sent a Mushroom Cloud towering into the sky. Blast could be felt at least 130 miles away in cypress, you can see injured people all over the seat from beirut. Less is going over the place because of damage its like an apocalypse. Its very very very different than whats happening. Now. The white house is monitoring the situation let me begin by sending americas deepest sympathies. To the people of lebanon where reports indicate that many many people were killed a lebanese official says the explosion was caused by high explosive Materials United States stands ready to assist lebanon. A very Good Relationship with the people of lebanon and we will be there to help. It looks like a terrible. Attack but 3 Us Defense Department officials tell cnn there was no sign of a strike. Lebanons Prime Minister says at least 2700 tons of the explosive Ammonium Nitrate was being stored in a warehouse near the scene. This blast comes as lebanons economy is in a state of collapse and has seen its known covid19 cases nearly triple since the start of july parades go out to all the victims and their families im John Lawrence reporting. But to the east by now the Livermore Police department is searching for a 4 women in connection with a murder investigation. Back in may Livermore Police responded to the sands hotel thats where they found a 24 yearold man dead inside of one of the rooms. The victim is identified as livermore resident james Naples Police say that his death is suspicious and theyre now looking for these 4 women that you see on your screen. If you have any information on you know them youre asked to call police. Well to the peninsula now San Bruno Police are asking for the publics help in solving the death of a delay home man police found his body in a yellow construction bag near susan drivein skyline boulevard investigators identified the man as 37 yearold dustin earl scheider if you have any information about the case youre asked to contact San Bruno Police. And in Solano County according to Health Officials you can be positive for covid19 but still be safe to your fellow employees will explain coming up in a live report. And were taking a live look outside of the approach the bay cars are starting to back up there so give yourself some extra time to leave in the coming up the door right now well be right back. The virus is still spreading. Californias economic challenges are deepening. Frontline workers stretched too thin. Our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. Our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. And the costs to our economy, to our state budget . Mounting every day. We need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming. Welcome back everyone and thank you for waking up with us on the kron 4 morning news, im robin good morning, everybody im Marty Gonzales lets go ahead and start this half hour by checking out the forecast big change compared to yesterday are back uh yeah really is guys especially over the last couple of weeks right we were tracking hot temperatures 90s. We wont see any of that today. What we will see is a lot of what you can see right behind me a lot of gray skies cloud cover overcast conditions. Lots of fog around the bay area that im tracking especially here at sfo. We can also be seeing some coastal drizzle throughout the day today and very windy breezy conditions. Gusts of up to 20 maybe 25 Miles Per Hour even 30 as we move further inland today and thats going to keep things very cool around the bay area. Tomorrow though things are going to slowly get back to normal will start to see those warmer temperatures return with more sunshine on the way and then this lot of clearing and getting very warm sea even hot especially inland because those 90s are going to come back to us especially saturday and sunday of a complete weather check coming up a little bit later marty back to you all right, but forward to that thank you. A san quentin man has died of covid19 at a Bay Area Hospital and now his daughter has a very tough decision to make whether or not to keep him on life support. I want to short his father has been battling covid19 for for weeks now says her 74 yearold dad is not braindead but just has no control over his body. She says he contracted coronavirus at san quentin back in june. He is now unable to speak and he listens to his daughter on facetime calls every day and nods and blinks to communicate with her the 2 of them are very close despite his incarceration. He clearly e and it shakes it he did not want to be on the machine when we asked him. And i asked him if he understood that that meant he would not survive and he nodded his head that he understood i dont ever want haha go and i was really hoping to be able to. To be with him, you know its just so heartbreaking shorts has not yet given doctors permission to enter fathers life. He and get this he is just months away from being paroled. Well new this morning Health Officials in Solano County are telling employees who test positive for coronavirus they can actually return to work after 10 days of isolation without having a negative test even if they still have symptoms. Lets check in with kron fours will tran who is live in Sullivan County with an update in details well. Robin a lot of people on social media theyre responding to my post and theyre saying there is no way they would come into contact with anybody thats a lot of county deems safe. They believe that after 10 days to self quarantine yes, you could still test positive for covid19 for several weeks because the particles are still within your body but they claim that at that particular point after 10 days. That youre no longer infectious that you are safe to your fellow employees to the community to the customers and that you should be allowed to return and that you should not be delayed. In in in making an income the employers, theyre being courage not to ask their employees to get a doctors note to get retested they also believe according to Health Officials that retesting a person just simply clogs up the system for those who need to get tested in the first place and that doctors they should spend their time treating the patients and not to clog up the Hospital System of course robin were talking about cases where there are symptoms of covid19 or if you have a you have covid19 but youre not deathly ill or on the verge of possibly. Dying from covid19 of course a major recovery that they say you should be allowed to return a lot of people they just simply cannot believe it they think this is fiction Solano County seems to be the first county in the bay area that is indoor seeing this again theyre telling employers dont ask them to get a doctors note. Back to you. All right, well trend thank you marty. The covid19 Health Indicators in San Francisco are slowly improving and thats some great news as cases and hospitalizations are dropping compared to last month. Kron fours dan kerman has the details. Covid19 Health Indicators in San Francisco are slightly improving were finding about 90 new cases of covid19 every day. That number has started to drop the big from its high 0. 2 weeks ago, but it is still very concerning. Well down from an average of a 125 cases 2 weeks ago Health Officials remain concerned because anything above 50 cases a day still put San Francisco on high alert. Also some encouraging news regarding covid19 hospitalizations over the last week the numbers have dropped from a 199 to 2. That is a slight drop from last week. I remember at one point in june we had just one quarter quarter as many patients. During the online News Conference tuesday Health Officials said that means residents must continue to be vigilant with handwashing physical distancing and maskwearing. Recent Research Indicates that if 80 . 80 . Of the population is regularly and properly using face coverings we can prevent outbreaks of covid19 city officials are also reporting a surge in demand for food with more people out of work due to the pandemic fortunate to have a robust and First Network of food support across the city. Collectively these programs provide the equivalent of over 1 million meals per week. To that end the city has announced it will extend its great plates Meal Delivery program for atrisk seniors through september 9th. One other note of interest Health Officials say they are well surpassing their goal of doing 1800 tests on average today they say right now. There are about 3100 tests today. They say that outpaces most jurisdictions across the country. Dan kerman kron 4 news. The serious technical problems are leading to an under reported number of coronavirus cases in california multiple counties and the state posted notices on their web site tuesday reporting the problems. Now over the last 2 days, california has reported its slowest singleday case count since early july. But now those numbers are being questioned health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli address the issue in a virtual briefly. Were certainly working around the clock were not sure when we will have a good thing you fix to the on the on terror lower come a lot of those to get the same information and a man who will form to local Health Officials. Well the department of Public Health says the problem is not affecting actual test results. Hospitalizations and icu admission numbers. Officials have said that that data is collected through a different system. Just 3 months out from Election Day Congress still cant agree on how to help states. Im just beaten or in washington and all that story coming up. And San Jose Police chief eddie garcia is calling it quits and were going one on one with the chief about his nearly 3 decades of service to san jose. And well take a live look sunny part of the bay area walnut creek this morning highway the there traffic moving smoothly, well be right back. Welcome back everyone to the south bay now settled a long time police chief is preparing to pass the baton to a new leader. Chief eddie garcia announced this week that he will indeed retire at the end of the year. He served as chief 2016, but he spent nearly 3 decades in the department. Now during his tenure, the department instituted bodyworn cameras a public use of force dashboard and other progressive measures. Garcia presided over a rebound from low morale and chronic under staffing and budget cuts and pension reform. Mayor sam liccardo and others they praise chief garcia has a dynamic exuberant leader. But you know its a personal decision for everybody and then for me i feel this is the right time for me. You know is going to the police chief our most valuable resource here are men and women that do this job and so the police chief that comes in here definitely needs to balance both better communities importance and the importance of the men and women that actually put their lives on the line every single day for this job. Well, no names were mentioned, but garcia says that the best person to succeed him and deal with what is ahead should be someone from within the department as for his future plans. Hes keeping his options open. Now im live look outside right now tracking a lot of cloud cover around the bay area, especially here are downtown san jose camera showing a little bit though peaks of sunshine you can see through the clouds we are going to have a mostly gray skies for the entire day today and just some cooler temperatures. Good morning. Its 7. 43 this wednesday morning time to go ahead and get a check of the Weather Forecast we take a live look outside Golden Gate Bridge. Cant even see it because of thats right, especially thick today, right marty that around the bay area. And its going to keep us really cool for this time of year as well as we get into the afternoon highs in fact karl, the fog continuing here and as a foe and you could see all the gray skies behind me here were going to see peaks of sunshine though, so that is the good news. But highs today not going to get that high specially for this time of year 50s 60s in San Francisco, a high of 63 today in downtown. 56 if youre going to be in the Marina District and those low 60s continue along the coast. Specific a 60 degrees for the afternoon high 57. If youre going to be in half moon bay, and look at more 60s. Im tracking 66 in millbrae today, upper 60s for burlingame now finally we see a couple low 70s, san carlos youll be at a high of 71 redwood city 70 degrees today. And youre south bay zone looks so different than what weve been seeing over the last couple weeks i was tracking upper 80s and 90s. Not the case today, were looking at upper 60s to mid 70s, depending on where you will be 72 in campbell today, 76 for morgan hill and youre east bays own looks like this 60s and those low 70s livermore and pleasanton both coming in at 72 today, the east bay shoreline covered in the mid 60s and 71 gunner end a 75 if youre going to be in wannacry today. 74 for danville low the only 2 im looking for the entire bay area vacaville, youll be a warm a 81 degrees today, 78 though in fairfield 70 degrees in vallejo and then a young bill youll be at a high 84 this afternoon. Youre north bay. Zona of course cooler at the coast with them mid to upper 50s for point rays at 58. And then 76 degrees in santa rosa today, a high of 74. If youre going to be in nevado your 7 a round of a forecast is things will start to change though i promise you as we get into tomorrow. We will see a little bit of a warmup around the bay area and real warm up as we get into friday saturday and sunday things are going to get back to normal for this time of year. Tracking those 80s to low 90s, especially inland. And then around the bay 70s 60s at the coast. Thats a look at weather, hit the roads with robin lets do just that we need to check in on traffic and see how its moving around the bay area for those of you who need to get into San Francisco this morning. Im noticing a little bit of a gap some relief right there in those middle lanes but overall were still stacked up this morning into San Francisco. The back of that were looking at the spills beyond the 80 overcrossing its out to west grand. But its still considered good. We dont have any problems or crashes or stalls in your drive time averaging right now only 11 minutes, so thats a quick trip into San Francisco. All right lets check in on some more bridges, we have the richmond sandra fell earlier we had a little bit of a backup. And its gone so were back to a delay free commute here 9 minutes to make it from the pay gates across the span off to highway one oh one and theyre looking at one o one across the golden gate just in case youre commuting from the north bay to San Francisco covered in clouds its foggy you may need those headlights and wipers coming from the north bay, but so far were looking really good. No problems, no crashes no hot spots 20 minutes for the southbound trip nevado to San Francisco. Well the pandemic is drastically changing the landscape of San Franciscos fort mason it pretty much looks like a ghost town kron fours taylor sacking reports. What was once a cultural destination prepandemic is now deserted where basically a ghost town because theres just nothing going on here inside San Franciscos Fort Mason Center. You can usually find Live Performances Art Galleries food and drinks in addition to weekly events and conventions but since the pandemic the art schools here were forced to close their doors at the school. Were just quote so theres no activity at all. But before we start with the activities for the toddlers in the morning. And the school would open for. Thats from 10 Group Classes of one of the afternoon and go all the way till 11 at night. Overall we probably had anywhere from 700 to 800 students, each quarter dennis critter is the Program Director of Blueberry School of music which has been at the Fort Mason Center since 1978 instead of doing in person classes theyre now doing lessons on life struggling on the financial front were also doing things that we can do at our expense is where we can. I wont say or. Probably running at about 2 thirds. Our usual. Revenue meanwhile bats improv which provided Live Performances every weekend is now down to 20 of its typical revenue, according to its managing director in some schools wont come back at all city college of San Francisco is closing its decades old art campus here, the friends of the San Francisco Public Library also permanently close its bookstore and the San Francisco Art Institute will sublease its space the closures in canceled events have had a trickle down effect in the few neighboring businesses still open lack of conventions and renegade the craft fairs. Have really the foot traffic here despite all the closures in canceled events the businesses here remain hopeful schools like blue bear getting creative. And theyll soon begin doing socially distant Music Lessons in the nearby park in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. All right now for bay area baseball, the oakland as at home taking on the Texas Rangers last night the game was tied going into the bottom of the 9th, but not anymore. Stephen piscotty coming to the plate with the bases loaded first pitch he sends it to the deepest part of the ballpark out and gone the as win on a walkoff grand slam homerun for the second time this season, the 2 teams will face off again tonight first pitch at 6. 10 at the coliseum things didnt go as well for the giants who are taking on the rockies in colorado the rocks would jump out to an early lead, they never looked back beat the giants for the second night in a row final of 5 to 2 last night the 2 teams will score off again tonight first pitch 5. 40 from denver. And the professional golf world focused right here in the bay areas the pga championship begins tomorrow in San Francisco at tpc harding park now its the first major Golf Tournament of the season. And the first time the tpc harding will host a major all the heavy hitters have been in town since wednesday checking out the course, tiger woods has played here twice before as a pro and hes won both of those times. But its not just the harding park course the tigers familiar with. Lived up here for for 2 years and first time ever. Lived away from home and coming up here to. Paul be in that environment be around. So many. Intellectually curious people and and on global athletes and were all in the same mobile together trying to figure this all out for the first it was a very unique experience and one i thoroughly miss. Well, tiger of course went to stanford to 2 years the pga championship was originally scheduled for may in front of fans. But of course was postponed because the pandemic so sadly, no fans in attendance when they tee off yeah, theres. While Congress Continues to debate the next Coronavirus Relief package. Lawmakers can agree on what additional federal funding states need to protect the voting process, washington dc correspondent Jessi Turnure reports. We must vigorously defend our right to vote as many states transition from in person to mail in voting louisiana, democrat Cedric Richmond defended the practice so no 4 has to choose between a democratic rights and theyre helps the process is dependent on the u. S. Postal service, which mississippi democrat Bennie Thompson noted is also under attack from the Trump Administration area tampering with the current system. Whats the process it at risk. The agency recently cut overtime for mail carriers and clerks, thompson worries that could jeopardize millions of votes in 34 states completed ballots were invalidated if they are not received by election day House Democrats included 25 billion dollars in emergency funding for the Postal Service and their Coronavirus Relief bill. But republicans are blocking it instead new york republican john katko wants money focused on Election Security specifically grants for state and local governments to hire cybersecurity experts ensuring their election process is on compromise. During the upcoming election must remain a top priority. For both sides of the aisle, leaving lawmakers with more to debate ahead of their next vote on Coronavirus Relief. With just 3 months until the general election in washington. Im Jessi Turnure. Before we head to break we are taking a live look at the airport sfo still covered in clouds this morning, lots of cloud cover along the coast and into San Francisco rebecca strong standing by to let you know when the clouds will clear and the were turning the corner into the 8 oclock hour time for us to go ahead and get a check of the Weather Forecast with her back to hire about hi good morning marty well you can see exactly what it looks like in San Francisco. We are covered in the fog and cloud cover here. This is our downtown San Francisco camera you can kind of see the buildings there blow but to above it nothing gray skies for now and were going to see it to last through much of the day today you can see it here on future cast for most of the bay area covered in cloudy like weather and gray skies and in fact you might even see some coastal drizzle in some spots throughout the day today. So just keep that in mind if youre going to be heading happened bay area are coming out of the north bay on one oh one, a future wind gusts were definitely going to see it breezy through the entire day today as well getting up to about 20 maybe even 25 Miles Per Hour. And its definitely going to keep things cool. Ill have a complete weather check coming up and let you know just what your temperature will be like this afternoon. Its going to be a lot cooler the normal for this time of year. Just a couple of minutes now back to the news. Thank you rebecca coming up in the next hour a standoff in the south bay ends peacefully after a man shoots at deputies at the san jose main jail. Plus todays the first day since San Mateo County has approved fines for people violating Health Orders. Well have more details coming up. Plus one east bay county says it will not be allowing Elementary Schools to apply for waivers for in person classes. Youre watching kron 00 04am morning good morning and thank you so much for joining us on the kron 00 04am morning news, it is wednesday august Marty Gonzales and im Robin Winston lets start this morning with a check of the forecast rebecca strong standing by rebecca good morning robin marty a. Sticking outside right now is whole lot of fog its going to stick around with us through much of the day today. This is our cameron San Francisco just south of market and were really socked in carl, especially thank today around the entire bay area temperature wise were in the 50s and the 60s 61 in oakland, right now 56 right here in San Francisco, 63 in san jose. And you can see on future cast for that the cloud cover the gray skies will be sticking with us through much of the day we will get peaks of sunshine and the possibility of some coastal drizzle on and off throughout the entire day as well. It is going to be a lot cooler this afternoon ill break it all down coming up a little bit later now back to the news sounds good. Thank you. Rebecca were following breaking news from overnight a standoff has finally ended and peacefully. At the main jail in san jose, a man had barricaded himself at the jail, lets check in with kron fours reyna harvey who is live with an update right now