Waldman a california grand jury handed down this indictment and it claims concealed weapons permits were treated for Political Campaign contributions. Kron fours rob fladeboe has the story now from san jose. A Santa Clara County civil grand jury has indicted a captain in the Sheriffs Office and 3 other men on bribery and conspiracy charges for allegedly trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says District Attorney jeff rosen. Holding Public Officials accountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of Santa Clara County. We immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriffs captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas Gun Store Owner michael nichols. They are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits. Which are issued by the Sheriffs Office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. The conspirators settled on a 90,000 donation. In exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the Sheriffs Office was granting concealed weapon permits to the eyed peas donated money to the 2018 campaign Santa Clara County sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. In the words of sheriffs captain james jensen, a v i p. And hell meet you at starbucks. Personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the socalled pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election finance i believe see us Corporal Billy and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. But whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. A ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. They should not be for sale. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. In National News now still no sign of relief inside for americans struggling during the pandemic stimulus aid negotiations between the Trump Administration and Democratic Leaders have caved in whitney wild has the latest now from the white house. It was a disappointing meeting, im paying stream lea disappointed no deal and no more talks planned at least for now stimulus negotiations for struggling americans have come to a screeching halt senator schumer and Speaker Pelosi saying that they want a deal behind closed doors. Their actions do not indicate the same thing and that its not a question of they had a good bill we have a good dont know they dont have a good bill. And a piecemeal bill if democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage. I will act under my authority as president to get. Americans the relief. They need people have run out of the enhanced unemployment, so that is something we will recommend an executive order on in related to rental foreclosures we will recommend a executive order on that and also student loans, this as california surpasses 10,000 coronavirus deaths indiana says a Record Number of new covid cases reported friday. And illinois reports their highest number of cases in one day since may. Nearly 2100 cases in our numbers are trending upward in the state again and no one wants to go backwards. The state is now issuing emergency rules to enforce masks in public places. So when you see that little take going up. That means that you would want something not particularly good here. So what you need to do is to change what youre doing at the white house, im whitney wild reporting. And show that california has surpassed 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus in california now has the 3rd highest number of deaths since the pandemic started earlier this year, new york and new jersey have the highest and second highest numbers of deaths in the u. S. With over 32,000 deaths in new york and nearly 16,000 in new jersey. The first known covid related deaths in the United States occurred in early february in Santa Clara County. Now California Health officials are working through a backlog of up to 300,000 disease records after a data glitch distorted coronavirus numbers in the state state leaders use the data to make key decisions about reopening counties at risk for community spread. Officials say it could take a couple of days before that backlog is cleared a full report on the data era is coming up tonight here on kron 4 news thats at 6. 30. Now at least 9 bay area counties are currently on the states watch list which has forced the closure of so many businesses. Now one bexar county the Health Officer is calling out the state saying how counties get on that watch list in the first place isnt even right for more on this story we go to kron fours dan kerman he joins us now live from san bruno good evening. Dan. Good evening justine San Mateo Countys Health Officer is speaking out against this watch list and how counties get on it they say that one size is getting all at least in the states mind but they say in reality, it shouldnt be that way San Mateo County forcing to closed many businesses last week they say thats not how it should be. Gyms and Fitness Centers and hair salons which had been open in San Mateo County forced to shut down last weekend when the county was put on the states watch list the longer this goes on its really hard to run a business now in a statement, San Mateo Countys Health Officer is apologizing to businesses. There were clothes saying he doesnt support the action and says the states one size fits all Decision Making process is fundamentally flawed it is a state action taken against us that we thought i just pretty much i think is a mistake, but i think it was directed Health Officer doctor scott morrow says the county is in a relatively stable state in regards to the spread of the virus. And believes what spread there is is not due to the businesses that were just shut down if more Health Officials were able to speak in cases where they actually feel like. The state has ever crossed, you know cross over the the threshold at which. Its actually not necessary to shut us down i think would definitely help adam cheryl owns yoga 6 in south San Francisco. His opening has been delayed and his classes moved outside due to the state watch list shutdown order. Other businesses like 45 Fitness Studio in san bruno and had to shut their doors completely just wait for the states okay. Now they hope that will come sooner than later. And to have the Health Officer looking out for a Small Businesses in our county. Makes me feel hope for new ways. And hopeful about as far as they can go at this point because of the house officers statement that does not mean that these businesses can reopen or that the guidelines. The state uses will change again all of that is up to the state it is their purview to decide and their purview to make a change to those guidelines live in san bruno dan kerman kron 4 news. And 2 dozen inmates have now died because of the crying of coronavirus at san quentin prison officials there are not releasing the name of the most recent inmate to die from the virus. But we do know that they died yesterday at an outdoor hospital at the prison. Currently there are 177 inmates in custody who have tested positive for the coronavirus more than 2200 inmates have tested positive at san quentin majority of those cases have recovered. Well 55 were released. While they were still positive for the virus. Now this hour San FranciscoSchool Teachers can start voting on a plan for Distance Learning that plan has been hammered out by the union and the School District kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us what the school year could look like. If we could go back safely, wed be there. We want to be with their students a San FranciscoPublic School students will not be headed to their classrooms on august 17th, the first day of school the president of the Teachers Union says the memorandum of understanding worked out with the district only covers what 100 Distance Learning will look like each and every student will have live interaction and instruction every single day every Single School day. Because we know that was the concern we heard the worst of the stories we heard was my kid only got 30s minutes and we we didnt get any every day at a minimum of 2 hours a day students will be getting the state mandated minimum daily instruction time which also includes assignments and homework, teachers will be back to working 7 hours a day and get a onetime stipend a 400 for things like new equipment or improving their Home Internet bandwidth. The deal also allows for teachers to have time to revive Student Support teachers will be able to do a whole group instruction. A Small Group Instruction and one to one Teresa Arriaga with parents for Public Schools of San Francisco is concerned this agreement is coming so close to the first day of school and still needs to be ratified by the teachers. And approved by the citys board of education by the time that happens were well into next week likely end so i know that my child can expect that my child will have 2 hours out where theyll need to be interfacing with somebody i dont know land. I dont know what time you know and so if i have to work with my employer to set up my work schedule for monday a week from monday and im not even going to know until tuesday or wednesday, maybe that thats can be problematic. The union says as soon as this deal is finalized, they expect to start negotiations on what a hybrid model. And in person classroom instruction will look like as soon as its safe to do so Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. We go to the east bay in our students and teachers and martinez are less than a week away from the start of the new School Year Classes will begin with Distance Learning. Teachers are now preparing for the school year by putting together lesson plans and also getting supplies together for students that they have not yet met in person. Some teachers say they are under so much stress. We are under an immense amount of pressure right now. Just because we want to make sure that were doing the job that. These students need. But fortunately. This is where we rally this is this is where teachers rally we my team is unbelievable we have been here every single day masks on desks on the hallway collaborating creating dividing jobs in half so that we are not doing all of this alone its a team thing. Teachers in martinez have a choice if they want to teach from home or in the classroom. All the students in the martinez unified School District have been given computers or chromebooks so they can start Distance Learning. Next wednesday. With many students being forced to do Distance Learning this year a handful of parents say they have no choice but to put their own careers on hold so they can stay home with their kids. And coming up a woman arrested after managing to allegedly steal credit cards from a number of elderly people. Details on how police say she was able to pull off all those thefts. And a new report shows millions of jobs have been added during the pandemic details on why the Unemployment Rate is still near economic recovery in the u. S. From the covid19 recession appears to have lost some steam according to the new us jobs report that came out today. The u. S. Added another 1. 8 million jobs in july that the sharp slowdown from june. When the u. S. Added 4. 8 million jobs. Although the new jobs numbers are still an improvement since the coronavirus pandemic decimated the labor market. The economy is still down nearly 13 million jobs. The bureau of labor statistics also reported friday, the Unemployment Rate is now at 10. 2 . Here in the bay area, the overall unemployment numbers are slightly above the nationwide average but below the statewide rate kron 4 sweeps of all spoke with an economist who believes the economy is recovering faster than experts predicted at the start of the pandemic. In california the Employment Development departments latest stats show the Unemployment Rate at 14. 9 . In the 9 bay area counties, the average rate is slightly lower coming in at just over 12 tariff. If you think about it we have a stock market thats been on fire has been doing really well and thats been held up because of tech. Well the san frannisco bay area in terms of employment really reflects the stock market. We have a huge concentration of Technology Companies that are publicly traded. That are some of the Largest Companies in the world right here in the bay area and they continue to employ george know chetty is a walnut creek based Wealth Advisor for Morgan Stanley the ces Tech Companies have been able to adapt to distance labor allowing employees to work from home thats not been the case for the Service Industry which is struggling. A High Percentage of that workforce is made up of minorities and African Americans have been hit particularly hard. He says the black Unemployment Rate is often up to 2 times the National Average right now it stands at 14. 6 . No chetty believes if Congress Passes another stimulus package it would keep Restaurant Hotel and other Service Workers employed and improve the overall rate of unemployment to the general Unemployment Rate. In the United States to about 10. 2 . General and we expect that to go down possibly below 10 by the end of the year which which is a phenomenal recovery because the unemployment was over 20 at one time coach eddie says the economic recovery can also be accelerated by the development and distribution of the vaccine for covid19. Phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. Police in san mateo arrested a woman they say was distracting shopper lows who were in target and then stole their credit cards. Police arrested 45 yearold man ticker resident rini said Thomas Police say thomas would distract elderly shoppers. Take their credit cards and then immediately use them to purchase items inside the store. On wednesday police were called to the target on bridgepoint parkway in san mateo after all the victims cars were stolen. Police then found the suspect still in the store and they found thomas and possession of a gun. According to the San Mateo County excuse me at san mateo police. Thomas was allegedly involved in similar crimes in foster city and she has now been booked into the san mateo jail. So where you can deliver a Legal Marijuana in california is a question and its at the issue of a court fight between the state and some of its own cities. Beverly hills, Santa Cruz County and 23 other local governments are asking a Fresno Superior Court to in validate a state rule that allows home marijuana deliveries state lied lot wide even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. The next hearing in this potentially landmark case has been scheduled for november. Lets take a live look outside right now of the Golden Gate Bridge there we go very foggy in the shot here. Well that fog stick around for the weekend, lets find out from our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who has our 4 zone friday forecast, yeah, happy friday get ready for the weekend 2 years a beautiful look out. Toward half moon bay, right now hey the clouds kind of broken out there and thats what we saw along the coastline today little break in all that fog a sign of things begin to change now as we move further to summer start to see a little more sunshine along the coastline, todays highs right at the average in San Francisco, 67 degrees 77 degrees in oakland, todays san jose a warm 85 getting hot in livermore 91 degrees 90 in concord and 85 degrees in santa rosa, but we are seeing temperatures very similar around the rest the bay area and nice day in redwood city 8086 in the warm side in mount to 79 degrees and freeman 80 in hayward and 70 degrees in the napa valley. So certainly some nice weather all around the bay area. Well things are going to shift gears i think as we get the weekend. Weve got a ridge of High Pressure is going to start to build in. And there you go you can see some of that patchy fog just along the coastline but not where those big fog bank says tends to set up during the summertime and really just going to be pretty gloomy around the bay area not going to see that for the weekend just some patchy fog sea breeze continuing outside right now to 12 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco, 10 in san ramon, 14 in the limb or all of that and on shore breeze at this time but still some very comfortable temperatures if youre heading outside right now 79 degrees. In san jose 75 impala to 61 in half moon bay. Were seeing some patchy fog and some sunshine 66 in alameda, 70 in oakland 88 degrees in concord and 74 degrees very nice great evening in the napa valley tonight, well see some patchy fog moving a little bit later on otherwise, mostly clear skies and most of all right along the coastline, maybe just patrick do inside the bay. Tomorrow were off and running with sunshine and the warmer temperatures are going to be hot inland in spots sunday, probably even little bit warmer before watch those temperatures begin to come down a few degrees. Number like this by tomorrow afternoon hot 90s in concord in livermore inside the bay sunshine all day long youre looking at 70s 80s just gorgeous and some sun along the coast line temperatures moving up in the 60s there. Next couple days getting a little hot specially into sunday topping out in the mid 90s, then we start to slowly cool down as we head toward the middle of next week. Up tonight at 6. 45 a woman with covid19 says that she was kicked down onto the streets. How the Community Came together. And also risked getting the virus in order to help her. Many schools are forced online this fall because of the pandemic why a large number of parents so there are a lot of working moms who are being forced to put their careers on hold during this pandemic its because Childcare Options are a lot different right now from close daycares to kick you 2 kids learning virtually at home instead of being able to go to school Bianna Golodryga has the story. It didnt really make sense for need to go to work and pay somebody else to be. Home with my own kids for the first time in 4 years sarah paro wont be able to meet her new class of preschool students when the School Year Begins at smyrna First Baptist school just outside of atlanta. Im constantly thinking about my students and what they need. So its going to be hard instead shell be teaching and taking care of her own Young Children to set in when the cobb county School District announced at the school year will begin online parra was forced to rethink home working life. We have. Always organize their finances. To where we could live off of one salary pre covid women made up half of the u. S. Workforce, but as noted in a recent report from Goldman Sachs that Participation Rate is directly tied to accessible childcare with millions of children starting the school year virtually coupled with fewer daycare options, an enormous number of americans are now forced to come up with Child Care Solutions before they can return to work when im home. A wife and on the mother and i feel like it. Teachers just up another part of my identity and thats really whats going to be messing turns out many of those solutions involve working moms putting their careers on hold there are enormous societal and individual costs. To School Closures that are not being discussed it has to be a absolute priority to get kids back to school for their own good and also to get the economy re pandas sanchez had to leave the cleaning company she worked for in order to take care of her 3 children ranging in age from 8 to 11 years. I had to quit because at this time for me my kids and my impact them where more. With the money. Sanchez is also investing her time with in her own Community Helping families navigate language barriers to Online Learning which is disproportionately setback, hispanic students. They may be done on their son. And then wish, but. I have them as Congress Continues to debate another stimulus bill the school and childcare crisis is one of the few areas that has bipartisan support for moms like pa dad and sarah its too late then option. Because i have to maybe. As somebody come to the west and common days now. Not an option for me i cant hold my place for me for when school goes back which makes it a little unsettling not having and states for all of that Bianna Golodryga cnn new york. Still ahead tonight delta says the airline has banned over 100 people from flying what the passengers are not doing. Thats up next. At 6. 30 a major error caused a backlog of covid19 information in our state. Details of what Health Officials are now this cheeseburger is the best its about to get bester baby menutaur make it a double, yeah nice mane try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. Get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo