Should be prepared. The shut offs are being ordered by the state of california so pg and he wants everyone to know this is not the Public Safety shutoff switch happened during high fire threat conditions. The outages are due to a combination of the extreme heat that were experiencing and high energy usage. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now to tell us the records that were broken today and how long this hot weather is going to stick around for years, you can imagine all the people trying to turn up their abc today. These temperatures easily, the hottest of the summer so far and records all around the bay area, not just in a few spots we smashed into many places in the San Francisco 95 degrees that is very hot. Downtown San Francisco. Look at oakland, a 101 degrees a 103 in san jose that was a record in san jose, Half Moon Bay right out there on the waters edge 82 a record a 106 scorching heat in napa one 05 in santa rosa. We were done there more records falling redwood city a 102 richmond 96 degrees 99 at sfo International Airport in gilroy tied a record look at that number a 107 degrees sizzling all around the bay area continue to look at some very warm even some hot temperatures even at this hour 97 degrees right now and palo alto weve still got 70s right along the coast, a 101 still in pittsburgh. Thats impressive for this time of the evening to see those kind of temperatures and certainly were going to see a return of some very hot numbers in fact, the National Weather service has issued heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, weve got a heat advisory in the San Francisco right along the peninsula all the way down to Belmont Redwood city mental part temperatures there 86 to about 98 degrees in the coming days, this heat advisories and excessive heat warning lasting all the way until next wednesday very hot weather into the south bay you see in red here thats where the excessive heat warning is in the san jose through alum rock also in santa clara in alameda salsa los gatos are told the cupertino and sunnyvale in the east bay, those hot temperatures continuing inside the bay not quite as hot a very hot inland. The interior valleys just going to scorch in fact were looking at some places inland maybe as high as a 108 in the coming days. This is just the beginning of the heat wave. Much hotter days ahead, well talk about that in a few minutes or so record setting temperatures and lawrence mentioned had people all over the bay area doing just about whatever they could to try to stay cool. But lead to some rather large crowds in places like San Francisco stores park and ocean beach and of course that is not the best situation we we are all supposed to be social distancing kron fours michelle kingston is live tonight just off the embarcadero in San Francisco with what the city is doing now michelle. City officials want everyone to remember were still in the middle of a pandemic so even though its hot outside they want everyone to wear a mask. Alameda to San Francisco to the beaches in pacifica people are trying to beat the heat trying to get kawhi sweltering it was just in my best interest if i want to get. A little bit of exercise in the come over here San Francisco city officials are urging everyone to stay hydrated and stay home if possible and if it gets too hot inside they ask you find a cool place outdoors to stay safe and most importantly they say to remember to keep your distance from others in wear a mask we just want everyone street number were still in a very serious response to this covid19 virus. And we encourage people to get out stay safe but remember that her actions in dolores park rangers are handing out masks to people who are wearing them its part of the citys effort to remind people to a bay, the Public Health order things pretty respectable have few people without masks that most people wear. The city is increasing the number of park rangers on patrol here throughout the weekend to conduct outreach. We also know that it can be very warm when wearing face masks, so they said folks are able to get outside. And the separate from people that they can remove their masks as long as theyre appropriate distance from other people. Another Important Note this city does not plan on opening any cooling centers this weekend live in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news michelle. Thank you in the east bay temperatures of course even higher than in San Francisco. And while the high temperatures can create fire concerns covid19 creates other potential safety issues kron fours dan kerman has more now from alameda. By midafternoon friday crown beach in alameda was already packed with people. And with high temperatures expected to continue so are the crowds, but its not just the heat thats bringing people out to east bay, Regional Parks since the beginning of covid day. Weve had a much higher activity level in the parks and desertion has definitely gone up. East bay, Regional Parks, captain allen love says for the most part people have been good about Wearing Masks and social distancing. But signs are in place and officers are on hand to remind people who are not covid19 has led to the closure of most swimming areas in the Park District as well as picnic tables and barbecues. So we asked people to think about that when theyre going to be going to the park is how theyre going to be doing that its a different challenge. But whether is also bringing with it fire concerns in the inland areas. Increase staffing is now in place with added coverage. Were going to be staffing overnight in the Berkeley Oakland hills which is not not a normal practice for the Park District we do that during increased danger times in addition to covid on fire conservancys bay, Regional ParkOfficials Say you also have to worry about yourself as it relates to the heat. Make sure you bring enough water both for you and your pet and even consider leaving your pet at home if it gets too hot. In alameda dan kerman kron 4 news. Another way to beat the heat over the next few hot days is by visiting Public Cooling Centers these centers can provide relief from the hot weather for people who might be more vulnerable to these hot temperatures. Heres a list of some of the cooling centers in the east bay there are locations in livermore antioch Pleasant Hill and in richmond you can find a complete list of the cooling centers all around the bay area at our website kron 4 dot com for your health tonight Contra Costa CountyHealth Services is offering tips on how people can remain healthy. During this heat wave and during the covid19 era kron fours Haaziq Madyun reports. Theres lots of tips for people to stay healthy and cool with temperatures reaching triple digits in Contra Costa County during this statewide flex alert contra costa Health ServicesDeputy Health officer high drama krista gives advice on how to stay healthy as the temperatures rise. Number one dont go outdoors unless you really need to you may need to reschedule yard work or other plans that you had if you do have to go outside avoid the hottest times 02 00pm to 06 00pm in the afternoon make sure you wear light loosefitting clothing sunscreen a hat stay in the shade and drink more water than you realize that can be 16 to 32 ounces every hour. Number 2 if youre going to be indoors try to have a cool space air conditioning if possible if youre in the central part of the county where tempers is there going to be hotter in the upper 90s to the mid 100s number 3 boys sugary an alcoholic beverages that can make you more dehydration. He says dont let the heat full you into letting your guard down when it comes to covid19. Because he says the virus doesnt disappear during hot weather and really its that close proximity thats the greatest risk temperature is not a major player continue to practice all the coronavirus prevention measures of covering your face. Keeping that physical distance with others here are some locations of cooling centers an anti at Pleasant Hill and richmond for more information logarithm on to Contra Costa CountyHealth Services. Heat and your Health Website has it made you kron 4 news. In the north bay, a santa rosa woman has been charged after allegedly driving under the influence and crashing into a police car. The officer was taken to hospital with minor injuries, according to police the officer was parked at an intersection at the scene of a fire to assist santa rosa fire department, 39 yearold maria lopez allegedly crashed into the rear drivers side of the patrol car. Even though the cars emergency lights were activated. Lopez was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol and charged with dui causing injury. Californias ban on high capacity ammunition magazines was ruled unconstitutional today in a federal court. The panel of federal judges on the 9th circuit said that the law banning magazines holding more than 10 bullets violates the right to bear firearms, the california rifle and Pistol Association called the ruling a huge victory. California attorney general Javier Becerra did not immediately say whether he would ask for a full court review or appeal to the u. S. Supreme court. He als did not say if the state would seek a delay in order to prevent a buying spree. And a flaring at the chevron refinery in the east bay spark air quality concerns today, why Officials Say they do not intend to send out a Health Advisory. Helping the homeless stay hydrated during the heat wave how a south bay pastor, trying to make sure everyone gets enough water and Governor Newsom says california is making progress fighting the pandemic how he says its time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. You can adjust your comfort on both sides. Your sleep number setting. 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That number is expected to climb and earlier we mentioned that in the city of alameda somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 customers are without power right now and this is a situation that could be affecting large areas of the bay area and were being told that may not be any warning at all so if your power goes out. Get ready because it could be out for several hours. During his news briefing today governor Gavin Newsome along with a number of other state education officials talked about the progress california has made in his fight against covid19 specifically with regard to the Upcoming School year and Distance Learning kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia has more. The scene is taking a safety first approach with nearly 95 of california students likely starting the school year with Distance Learning. The governor acknowledged that Distance Learning in virtual instruction is less than ideal. But he went on to discuss how the states budget is being used to maximize resources not only for students. But for teachers and families as well. It includes among other things millions of pieces of personal protective equipment. Access to technology and connectivity for those who dont have any Companies Like apple T Mobile Office depot staples and edison they set aside hundreds of thousands of devices for california schools, the districts can buy it through the state. The state also secured 5. 3 billion dollars to support schools during the pandemic now despite where the state currently stands Governor Newsom says the state is committed to its goal. Our commitment our default long term is in Person Instruction. The social emotional benefits of in Person Instruction are self evident. The need to develop relationships develop connections to be inspired by teacher a magical moment that changed rectory of ones life. It is sub optimal to have that experience virtually that is something i believe overwhelmingly accepted. And recognize the governor said the state is testing an average of 130,000 people a day for the coronavirus. He says the Positivity Rate and hospitalizations are declining reporting from the newsroom Sanaz Tahernia kron 4 news. In the east bay today, the Oakland Police department kicked off an initiative called opd cares to try to prevent gun violence in that city. Police say part of the initiative involves putting more officers on foot and bicycle patrol. Also in patrol cars and on motorcycles to increase safety. Officers of the mobile command center handed out masks to residents. Oakland mayor libby schaaf says cease efforts turn response to an uptick in violence in oakland. The city has recently voted to establish a task force devoted to re imagining policing in the city and to reduce the Police Budget by 50 with the money going to alternatives for Public Safety. Also in the east bay flaring at the chevron richmond refinery earlier today sent thick black smoke into the air you can see in this video this sparked fears that the smoke could reach communities and possibly cause Health Problems the smoke was visible for miles at this hour. The flaring has stopped the girl forced to leave to go reports Hazardous Materials teams were still sent out to investigate. With temperatures surging into triple digits in the air already thick contra costa Health Services dispatched its Hazardous Materials teams to the area around the chevrons richmond refinery in the late morning just before 1130 chevron confirmed the disruption at one of its processing units resulted in flaring the heavy smoke, a potential Health Hazard for people with respiratory conditions but Hazardous Materials specialist maria de says the weather actually helped push the smoke out and the flaring eventually stopped in smoke had up so its kind of high up and when one 19 and investigating may notice that the smoke was headed. Towards the water fortunately not towards the community. Atmospheric conditions and warranted if there was any owners or anything that would have impacted the community and had gone away from the Community Chevron issued a Community Warning system level one alert. Thats the lowest level on the scale flaring is a safety device used to relieve pressure during the refining process. Dew says her teens ran tests for toxic matter and came up empty particular ads and theyre also looking to see if there are any sober compete in compounds in there and i didnt stop by our overnight act signed. Because we had indications that there could have been some some soccer containing on and then when i was a rotten egg odor or an owner that my current matches chevron says intermittent flaring is still possible. But for now Health Services says it does not intend to send out a Health Advisory in richmond phillipe djegal all kron 4 news now to of course for some forecast with a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge and looking from sutro tower. On a very warm hot night in the bay area our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with the latest on the triple digit temperatures today lawrence i was so surprised to see that open hit a 101 yeah never before on this day at least in recorded history 101 degrees a record in oakville but all around the bay area even inside the bay usually dont see temperatures like this a 102 redwood city one oh one. In mount view 97 degrees in fremont oil 160 reason app and look at antioch checking in at a 107 degrees. So quite he weight thin, its going to be sticking around for quite some time as a ridge of High Pressure im just going kind of ebb and flow a little bit tomorrow think it helps a little bit we cool down just slightly a little bit of a sea breeze out there tonight you see the flag low near the Golden Gate Bridge though. Nice and clear skies stayed clear overnight tonight, but we do have some that subtropical moisture come through to so not only was a hot. You had high humidity so fell that much more uncomfortable outside thunderstorms popping up over the Sierra Nevada slight chance we could see some thunderstorms in the bay area tomorrow night and into tonight, mostly clear skies will be warm and muggy again overnight lows probably going to be in the 60s maybe in the hills, maybe some of those overnight lows in the 70s so hard to sleep in those kind of sun and clouds for tomorrow hot and humid especially toward the afternoon and well see some sunshine. Some clouds on sunday still remaining on the hot side, but that ridge of High Pressure building in now the Desert Southwest. Thats traditionally where we get some of the hottest temperatures around the bay area now around that circulation. You got the clockwise rotation here all of a sudden start to pick up a little subtropical moisture remnants of the former hurricane brings a backup in the bay area likely going to see some of that happen by late tomorrow afternoon could be in the take some pictures of the beautiful sunset overnight lows, how about 74 for a low in antioch tonight, 69 degrees in san jose 66 in a word is one of those nights just kind of want to open the windows and try to get some cool air in the house is the temperatures are going to stay very warm all night long by day tomorrow. Its hot again in spots inland, one 04 and conquer one of 4 little more 80s and 90s inside the bay and 70s and 80s near the coastline next couple days maybe some thunderstorms on the way staying hot at least through tuesday. Finally cooling down on wednesday. Thank you lauren still ahead several large wildfires burning in 3 western states tonight live fire Officials Say they are proving difficult to contain. This heat wave is making life even harder for the bay area homeless, how san jose pastors step an update now to tonights breaking news alameda municipal power just sent out this tweet about its rolling blackouts it says the power grid there is now stabilized so there will be no further outages tonight in the city of alameda. The state ordered rotating power shutoffs about an hour ago because of the heat and energy usage across the state customers with other Utility Companies including pg and he can expect rolling blackouts until 11 oclock tonight in Sonoma County the Sheriffs Office is reporting more than 42,000 customers are without power because of the stage 3 power emergency which was ordered by the cal office of Emergency Services other areas could be hit with outages as well in the coming hours and there will not be any warning so customers are urged to be prepared and family want to remind folks of this heat wave is going to last at least until. Wednesday, everyone who is in this area where were getting these really hot conditions could lose their power without any warning whatsoever so. Now is the time if you have power to kind of prepare for that to make sure you have some batteries for your for flashlights for radios. If you want to get information. Cell phones charged up thats something that a lot of people forget to do. So thats something you got to keep in mind as we go through this hot weather with the possibility of more Power Outages over the coming days, yeah, this is not ordered by pg and e by the way this is a state order and again as ken said this could be going on for the next couple of days, so its time to be prepared. Alright shelter list threatened by the pandemic and now the heat wave thats making life even more miserable for the homeless as kron fours rob fladeboe reports now a san jose pastor and his crew are trying to make sure there was enough water for those who need it. On any summer day the sun can be brutal in the hot dusty homeless camps in the santa clara valley. But when the temperature hovers around 100 like it did today, youll find homeless advocate pastor scott wagers and crew moving from one homeless camp to the next, delivering cold water. So think about living out here in the squalor in the middle of the summer with covid19 being cut off and resources so when we come out here and do what we can to save lives. But a lot to go water. Were holding up ok with lavender is closed in a limited capacity and a handful of cooling centers. Homeless people tend to hunker down in their camps, those venturing out in search of food and water risk heat stroke dehydration kills then so many people that are susceptible and with the preconditions. The medications people take you can imagine how the combination in the covid19 also people stacked in these tents in the heat, 2 or 3 together not practicing social distancing not having mask. A onemonth 50s. One for the delivery water to camp surrounded by poison oak and other hazards here along coyote creek is hot thirsty work. The Good Samaritans to must stay hydrated but its also going hear from a couple of years and industries that make a difference, you know, youll have looked real enough to have and have better conditions. We have tried to make a difference and provide whatever we can to to people who dont have this opportunity just trying to help out where its nobodys out here doing this we try to just give water anything take donations food. Clothes anything just to help them, you know get out of the situation hopefully one day. Is it the pandemic or bad enough the heat can be deadly says wagers he has seen it happen but not today not here. And when it cools off later wager says hell be back with some food. So 100 probably 101 degrees today. Its a formula. To take lives. And so our formulas to save lives were getting the resources they need in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Coming up wildfires burning across 3 western states tonight, the factors which fire Officials Say are contributing to these fires and the Postal Service is warning it might not be able to deliver mail in ballots on time and take a tonight the Postal Service is warning that because of recent cutbacks and shutdowns it may not be able to deliver ballots on time for the november election this as the head of the Postal Service admits the agency is seeing consequences of the cost cutting measures taken by the trump administration. Whitney wild is in washington with a deeper look into the postal problems and the election. Theres a new level of uncertainty to the upcoming president ial election. The Postal Service is warning state voters may not get their ballots back to election offices in time because of lags in mail delivery. Thats according to letters reviewed by cnn, the Current Issues at the post office alarm every american. The u. S. Postal service has long been plagued with problems and riddled with debt. It recently instituted a variety of cost cutting measures and plans to remove hundreds of high value Mail Processing machines from facilities across the country. Unions representing postal workers have expressed concerns and say there will be less capacity to process mail, especially during the expected election season, rush. The postmaster general fund raiser to President Trump acknowledged recent changes have had unintended consequences despite any assertions to the contrary. We are not slowing down election mail or any other man. Democrats want to protect the Postal Service by packing a coronavirus stimulus proposal with 25 billion dollars for the Postal Service would you be willing to accept the 25 billion dollars for the Postal Service, including. The 3 and a half billion dollars we want. State Election Officials also want more money from congress has states adapt to the pandemic and prepare for the election but with stimulus talks at a standstill. Its not clear if any help will come. In washington, im whitney wild. For your money tonight while the pandemic is not ending any time soon americans are starting to shop more than they did back in march. A new report says us retail sales rose one 0. 2 in july after slumping to a sevenyear low in april retail sales bounced back to their pre pandemic level in just a few months, however, the report showed gas Stations Department stores and clothing retailers are still operating far below normal and economists warn r tail sales could slow in the coming months, retail sales was up one 0. 2 so that thats a decent number. But actually the permit that was up over 7 . So youre saying a change now in less buying and it could be due to the care act expiring and individuals not having enough money to go out make consumer purchases. And experts say Consumer Confidence is still down as many people are still worried about catching covid19 and another stimulus package is not expected any time soon in the east bay city officials in concord of announced a Grant Program to help Small Businesses weather the covid19 pandemic. The program will provide 5,000 grants through cares act funding in order to be eligible businesses must either be open or intend to reopen and can demonstrate they have experienced a loss in revenue the application process will begin on monday. You can find a link to apply on our website kron 4 dot com. Fire crews across california and 2 other western states are battling wildfires that have already destroyed thousands of acres some people have lost their homes hundreds are being told to evacuate community now has the latest from los angeles. Fires raging in california oregon and colorado containment numbers in all 3 states are still low and evacuation orders remain in place for those close to the flames were in this for the long haul so far more than 90,000 acres have been destroyed in these 3 western states in Los Angeles County the lake fire and the ranch to fire high temperatures causing elevated fire weather conditions theres been areas of this fire that. Have not burned in decades. This in on accessible to rain which has added to the complexity of the fire in oregon, the mosier creek fire authorities there believe the fire was humancaused we saw just a lot of smoke but once the wind started picking up that so we got really concerned and in colorado, the pine gold Grizzly Creek end cameron peak fires. The Grizzly Creek crossing the Colorado River and interstate 70 which is still closed all of colorado is under Drought Conditions right now. We are a great heightened risk. And many of areas, a number of studies have tied increases you 2 emissions and climbing temperatures to increase acreage are burning across the western u. S. Particularly in california, its going to be hot. Dry summer. And its going to be a very very. Hot dry weekend in los angeles. Im Camila Bernal reporting. Now to our 4 zone forecast for the live look outside at downtown San Francisco boy it sure looks nice out there. Found force chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has more on the current hot temperatures even at this hour is still hot long, yes, islam around much of the state. Its going to be another hot one tomorrow they could get to a 111 degrees in fresno tomorrow 100 a bakersfield of course all those hot temperatures just cause more trouble fighting in the fires and of course continues to dry out all the moisture levels around the state taking up to the coastline, heres a look at Half Moon Bay and in that a beautiful shot nice evening here in the 70s right at the waters edge in Half Moon Bay tonight, no fog to speak about their looking nice and clear going to be a gorgeous day again there for tomorrow. Numbers around the bay area still 97 degrees in palo alto 91 in san jose 92 in dublin 96 in livermore 81 degrees still at this hour in San Francisco, 90 in the napa valley boy it is simply amazing said temperatures after record day. High pressure well its a building in now the Desert Southwest and the rotation around the ridge watch what happens by tomorrow morning you start to see some of this moisture begin to filter in. There goes pop it up start to make its way into the bay area in the Sierra Nevada possibly some thunderstorms slight chance i think by tomorrow night and especially on sunday as some of that subtropical moisture comes up into the bay area. Make these little bit unstable muggy. And yes, still hot temperatures tomorrow, 82 degrees downtown San Francisco youre looking at 72 in sunny in daly city 74 elder not a 74 for high. In Half Moon Bay, very nice temperatures out of the waters edge 85 in burlingame inside the bay one to heat up in a hurry though 92 in redwood city, 91 in mount and again its going to be one of those muggy days well see that some tropical moisture coming into the afternoon maybe making for a beautiful sunset, but certainly make these little bit more uncomfortable to 103 in dublin, 103 in pleasanton a 104 in little more 90 in hayward tomorrow about a raga 85 in berkeley 87 degrees in downtown oakland 98 benicia 95 in the napa valley. Theres back toward the coastline cooling the temperature down a bit but still looking at 70s at Stinson Beach next few days maybe just havent flow little cooler. I think as we get through sunday, slight chance of thunderstorms then were cranking up that heat again on monday and tuesday triple digits, maybe 107 degrees by tuesday. And still ahead tonight, several private schools in fresno are defined the state going ahead with in person great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Tonight word that several private school in Fresno County are defined the state orders and reopening schools for in Person Learning as matter matter rios bab reports School Officials are insisting that Distance Learning is nowhere near as effective as having students in the classroom. Distance learning and nothing compared to physical. Annual schools, typically bear during the pandemic filled with students. During the lunch and recess, our children feel the playground most not social distancing are Wearing Masks. Afterwards table and equipment girl breaks down at the same Time High School students in the parking lot some with masks and some without the school is private and does not fall under the citys jurisdiction. The opening defies the Health Departments and the state order that only allows for Distance Learning until case counts in Fresno County decrease for at least 2 weeks School Officials would not go on camera but did release this statement saying quote preventing schools from teaching students on campus is detrimental to students academic physical emotional and Spiritual Development while also imposing a burden to working families and the quote has class and id cards wrapped around the entire building with parents picking up students really you can leader Edgar Baltasar knows a couple of them they were excited about the idea of going back in person. But they also know that their families their parents were you know scared because they dont want their kids to go back when you know theres just so much uncertainty around this. That addario is bad reporting tonight from fresno. Still ahead for George Kittle officially signed his record contract deal with fortyniners today and the highest paid tight end in the nfl feels about the Upcoming Season next. And tonight, we know the u. S. Is averaging a 1000 covid19 deaths a day why i the nations leading Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci says he is quote not pleased with how things are going. He says the numbers dont lie and the truth from the numbers is this. The u. S. Is averaging more than a 1000 covid19 deaths every day for the past 3 weeks. Rosa flores reports. The nations Top Health Officials admitting theyre disappointed with the u. S. Response to the coronavirus pandemic bottom line is im not pleased with how things are going. This is the greatest Public Health crisis is that this nation is century we were under. This as President Trump repeated his call for schools to reopen, we dont want the school shut down we want the schools to open but especially very Young Children handle it very well. So we want schools open. The cdc director says there should not be a rush for children to return to the classroom, especially in communities with high rates of infection. We dont want to pressure anybody the timing of that is going to have to be decided one school at a time, but in tampa florida. The Hillsborough CountySchool Superintendent says his district was pressured into switching to in Person Learning after announcing the first 4 weeks of classes would be online. The Florida Department of education denies rejecting the districts reopening proposals. Meanwhile the nc double a canceled all fall division, one championships except for fbs football. Just hours before the First High SchoolFootball Game in the country took place in utah if we delayed a little bit. Not only can we bring infection rate down but we could have better tested at the end of the day its really not what happens in the field, but what happens outside the field in texas. Testing numbers have been trending downward and the states Positivity Rate spiked to nearly 25 on tuesday, this is something that the department of state Health Services. Is investigating we have far more daily Testing Capacity and or a test being undertaken theres also a slowdown in testing across florida. As it announced over 6,300 new cases thursday were testing a lot i think part of the reason why some of our sites doing as much as because people arent going as much as they used to doctor Anthony Fauci says these trends are concerning signs for the future this is the thing thats disturbing to me is that was starting to see the inkling of the up ticks. In the percent of the tests are positive. Which we know now from said past experience. Thats a pretty that youre going to have more surges. That was rosa flores reporting tonight we also know california has become the first state to surpass 600,000 cases and also has nearly 11,000 covid19 related deaths and some unsettling news for georgia residents, the White House Coronavirus task force now says it had it is concerned about the quote widespread and expanding community viral spread in that state in a report obtained by the Atlanta Journal constitution newspaper the task force as. The states current policies are not enough to stop the spread of covid19. They strongly recommend georgian access statewide mandate to wear masks something the Governor Brian Kemp has refused to do. The report goes on to say that businesses such as night clubs and gyms which are currently open with some restrictions should close in highrisk areas. Tonight, spain is reimposing strict social distancing guidelines after cases spiked across the country almost 3,000 cases reported in just the last 24 hours clubs and bars will need to close live concert are now banned. Even smoking outdoors is forbidden. Most smokers maintain at least a 6 foot distance from others. This comes amid a rising trend of regional outbreaks around spains 2 largest cities. Madrid and barcelona. Time now for schools. All right jason dumas says off and im doing sports tonight with some news that broke yesterday tight end George Kittle. Re signed with the San Francisco. Fortyniners its a whopping 5 year 75 Million Dollar deal making him the highest paid tight end in the nfl and today he made his first Public Statement on this big deal. He said quote thanks to my coaches and the Management Team coach ambry has helped me in so many ways as a player and as a man i will always be grateful to him for all hes done and he continues to do. Thanks to coach shanahan for making this such a rewarding place to play. I am thrilled that we will chase or ultimate goal together finally to the greatest fans in the nfl. Thank you, thank you for all your support in everything we do for cheering us on no matter what and for always being faithful. I will continue to work for all of you as we make the 2020 season. Another success end quote. Tonight is game one of the bay bridge series between the giants and the oakland as, quite the rivalry with fans being a huge part of all of that. But of course to the to the pandemic it will take place and has been taking place tonight with no fans in attendance just a cut outs. Giants are currently leading in the game giant 62 in the 7th inning at oracle park in the city Evan Longoria homered in the first to give the giants a lead hunter pence hit a threerun shot in the 3rd to extend their lead. The as scored a pair in the 7th inning well have full highlights coming up tonight at 10 oclock and back to football the Las Vegas Raiders are getting ready for Training Camp practice footage today from their headquarters and henderson just south of las vegas, some familiar faces returning and many new faces are on the team in rebuilding mode, head coach jon gruden says cant wait son is its ecstatic for Training Camp to get underway. Theyre young and theyre athletic and weve got a long way to go they have some good snap sets bad snaps were good competition today, were were excited about the youth that we have obviously we rebuilt our defense its a process. Nfl Training Camp officially begins on monday. And matt pam is your look at sports all right ken and up next the family who lost their home in the stagecoach wildfire reunited with t a bakersfield couple and their 4 children lost their home to a wildfire earlier this month and they watched as 20 years of memories went up in flames when the stagecoach fire quickly move through the mountains east of bakersfield. They thought they had lost their beloved pet as well, but they were delighted to learn that he had survived taylor shot reports on the family sweet reunion with their dog named. Mister t. This the first time ive been smiling in a few days it honestly, my cheeks are a little sore. This moment didnt seem possible. I couldnt even fab them that he could live. Overnight and all of that destruction. After the flames of the stagecoach fire engulfed their family home. It was difficult to find help when the crowd smith, her husband, kevin, and therefore boys were left with the clothes on their back. Now is it. They were unable to rescue their dog mister t i. Well glad that we got out of there. But i honestly felt failure in my heart that i couldnt get him out of the family spent the night at a hotel in bakersfield. With up in the mountain in the dark in all alone. There was another Family Member pacing the scorched earth where the house once stood. Mister t survived and he was waiting for his family to come back home. There was just such a relief from all the kids and myself and it was just like instantly like okay. All right he made it this is good we can make it to you know this is. Families back together again despite suffering a severe case of pneumonia from smoke inhalation the resilient rottweilers now recovering at breckenridge canine resort animals just they love to be alive. Humans could learn a lot you know just keep going people and just put one foot forward every time lisa bell helped rescue the dog and set up a go fund me for the family. Now smith says shes counting down the days until the family can rebuild their mountain ranch, hoping to reunite or children with their favorite furry family i definitively can say hes supposed to be part of my family. The resiliency of his dog is echoed in my family. Now as taylor shot reporting for us tonight, yeah, so far the go fund me for the house my family has raised more than 3,500 on his hope they get more absolutely that wraps up kron 4 news at 8 oclock but our primetime news continues at the top of the hour we continue to follow our big story tonight rolling blackouts all across the state of california because of the heat wave coming up tonight at 9 we will speak with an official from the state agency that ordered those rolling outages and ask what we can expect as we move toward the weekend. Theres a new initiative to curb rising gun violence and oakland where the Police Department plans on deploying more resources, so stories and a real slow news stations. That breaking news tonight pg and e has been directed to begin shutting off power due to the excessive heat thats driving up electricity use and putting a strain on californias energy grid good evening. Im ken wayne and i pale more the California Independent system operator has issued a stage 3 electrical emergency to the entire state of california. This is the first time the state has ordered rolling Power Outages since 2011 and that means each outage will last for about an hour. This will happen until roughly 11 oclock tonight. Customers will not be notified ahead of time so you are urged to be