Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to time out when it could get smoky again in the bay area this weekend. Thanks for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis we start tonight in the north bay where the Sonoma CountyHealth Officer says there has been a widespread outbreak of the coronavirus at 13 preschool and Child Care Centers all told 62 people have been infected that includes 25 kids, 27 of their family members and 10 workers at the various preschools none has needed hospitalization and the affected preschools and Childcare Centers have not been named. Doctor sundaram massey says the source of at least 30 infections appears to be one child. The startling announcement comes as were also learning one of the largest districts in Sonoma County will be practicing distance learning. For the rest of the year. Santa rosa city schools voted unanimously to keep kids out of the classroom. Citing the county status in the most restrictive tier of the states reopening system. This week the county saw a slight uptick in the number of covid19 cases and deaths the district also reported concerns about the costs that would be associated with resuming in Person Learning today marks 6 months since the shelterinplace orders officially took effect. In 6 of the 9 bay area counties at the time. There were only a few 100 confirmed cases of covid across our region and just 5 people had died from the virus. As of today there have been more than 96,000 coronavirus cases across the bay area. Nearly 1400 confirmed deaths due to covid Alameda County has been the hardest hit with more than 20,000 cases, 365 people there have died in california has been tracking the number of coronavirus cases and deaths ever since march and you can see on these graphs. How the number of daily cases is trending downwards ell the number of new death remains high. There were 3200 new cases reported today and 106 new deaths more than 766,000 people have tested positive for the virus and nearly 1500 people have died and as we mark this 6 month Milestone Health experts are cautioning. That were still not in the clear flu season is right around the corner and the holidays come right after that now california is allowing more businesses to open after revising state restrictions and there are concerns that cases could surge but as kron fours Haaziq Madyun reports for us a local doctor says shelter in place rules worked and may have saved thousands of lives. Back on march, 1620 20 the bay area was the first region in the country to issue a shelterinplace order in response to the covid19 pandemic. But this is written. A 100 years from now everybody is going to remember that day that the that the 6 perry counties plus the city of berkeley lock things down it stopped. Literally thousands of deaths, although california is trending in the right direction for slowing the spread of the coronavirus doctor George Rutherford professor of epidemiology at the university of california San Francisco says now is not the time to stop being vigilant. I mean you can yourself on the back a little bit. I mean we clearly did a great job in march and april and into may. Little away from us in june as you know he is referring to the pandemic surging in the wake of the memorial day weekend. He cautions the return of that behavior could prompt another surge over the next 6 months which has some major holidays. We have a very clear example of how we can mess this up Christmas Parties halloween. Big thanksgiving dinners. You know, i mean obviously a huge social a social things but in general its not going to be a great idea to get out and mix with people that are not part of your household doctor rather for however says it is a good idea to get the flu vaccine. Influenza itself is going to create some pressure on Emergency Departments on Hospital Inpatient Services and in intensive care. If we could avoid that by having everybody get flu shots. Now believe us much more room if there we get a 3rd wave of covid Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Ok big picture now this is a map courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. There are now more than 30 million confirmed cases of covid19 worldwide and more than 940,000 people have died. The u. S. Leads the world in both categories. More than 6 and a half million cases in america and 197,000 covid deaths Health Experts say you can protect yourself against the flu and help in the fight against covid at the same time by getting vaccinated against the flu. Beginning this weekend you can get a free flu shot in Santa Clara County kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live with the where the when and how you can do that good info rob. Yeah thats right. Grant of course you know you could land in the hospital if you get a bad case of the flu and if that happens to a lot of people it could complicate the picture for hospitals to cope with a possible resurgence of the coronavirus this fall so in a very aggressive move Santa Clara County offering free flu vaccinations here at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds beginning this saturday, heres more. The clark county board of supervisors president cindy chavez is now among the first recipients of a flu shot. Its part of a new effort to urge everyone to get vaccinated against flu season which is just around the corner. This saturday and every saturday through middecember the exposition hall here at the county fairgrounds will be set up to provide flu shots without cost. All are welcome regardless of immigration status if youre driving your car you can drive your gate dm park and walk right up to the expo and get a flu shot you dont need an appointment and its free strains of influenza circulating in the Community Change over time underscoring the need to get a flu shot every year. Doctors recommend annual flu shot for everyone 6 months or older across california. The percentage of children up to date on immunizations has fallen the some parents do a routine visits to their pediatricians a flu shot will help keep people out of the hospital where resources may be strained due to covid19 says county executive doctor jeff smith. This is not. A vaccine against covid. The flu is not related to covid. You will not get covid by getting the flu vaccine. It suggests people who may have covid symptoms. Should first check with their doctor before getting a flu shot. There is a covid19 test center conveniently located just across the street from the fairgrounds and unlike many covid test sites the free flu shots will be much easier to get for those who dont have access to a vehicle not only are the flu shots free. But theyre thinking through every last detail about how to make sure that this is accessible to anybody. If you dont drive. You can ride a bike him. Thats how you can ride your bike up you can walk and of course you can take your vehicle here too theres parking up behind the fairgrounds here you enter off of gate d again like the sign says its 9 to 4 beginning this saturday every saturday through mid december. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob and turning now to the weather, although the air quality here in the bay area has proved quite a bit over the past couple of days. Not exactly the case for the rest of the state lets going take a look at this picture from Yosemite National park. The park is actually closed tonight because the air quality in the area is so hazardous due to the creek fire thats burning nearby that picture looks like us last wednesday and now we want to go ahead and take a live look. This is a camera that is supposed to show us have in a few strain your kind of on the right half of the screen. You can see a faint little shadow of how it like that is half dome and i was talking to laura as it looks like those trees or even yearning for some cleaner air. They dont looked up in great shape all entrances to iseventy closed a few minutes ago at 5 oclock tonight and they will remain closed through the weekend. This is a prime time for yosemite, but it has closed for the weekend. Expecting that theyll be able to reopen when conditions improve and it is safe for people to be in the park who knows when that will be well lets go to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow well with more on the air quality in your 70s well as here in the bay area it is going to improve it should it should improve a little bit more, but certainly shame folks making their vacation plans. Its been so hard during the virus to do anything you want to get out the Great Outdoors is think youre safe there and you had 70. And this what youre left with you can just make out half dome there in the distance but boy it is so smoky out there right now theyre called the very pour you just want to be its healthy in fact were seeing that now is the air quality looking very bad across that area you can see the whole area shaded in grey burning fires in and around the area of course now were starting to see more of a westerly component the wind so the smoke moves out of the bay area, but its got to go somewhere and heads eastward. And thats where it starts and up start to pile up in some of out there syrias into some of the canyons so theyre seeing some of our smoke actually headed in their direction of the bay area though looking good that sea breeze continues that westerly wind continues to blow the low clouds and fog again a sneak in again. How about the air quality in the bay area again today just fantastic youre looking green beautiful conditions along the coastline inside the bay in the valleys as you get toward the center of i though again that are quality does begin become a problem or on a change in our air quality could be some issues we head into the weekend. Well have more on that coming up. Thanks lauren also coming up tonight on the news at 5 a grisly crash in the east bay sending 3 people including a toddler. To the hospital very latest on their condition tonight. Plus a 5. 30 negotiations over another Coronavirus Relief bill still going nowhere as republican lawmakers say blue states wont be getting money any time soon. And whether it be wildfires of the pandemic many bay area businesses really suffered this year after the break how one dear california, we know these are challenging times. And with summer here, energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. Is trying to pay it forward, although the Alameda Public HealthDepartment Approved hair and nail salons reopening indoors. This month. Some remain closed because they cant make rent or may have been displaced by fires, its been tough on a lot of people but now her forcefully to call reports a. Double in Business Owner is offering chairs to stylist who need a place to work. Back in business for nearly 2 weeks corrina campo says her clientele has been cut in half because of the pandemic are still a lot of clients very nervous about coming back to a salon environment but shes grateful to be open she assumed ownership of Justin Michael salon in dublin at the start of the year and did not see a Global Health emergency coming in january we had every station fall we had girls working in pretty much full time after Alameda CountyPublic Health gave hair and nail salons the green light to reopen indoor operations september 4th. Cant they chose to return with less capacity to allow for social distancing and some stylists have left because theres less work in turn she is reaching out to stylists who are put out of work due to weather situations out of their control if you are displaced and we will continue and will try to accommodate you even a as an intern campbell says she is extending the olive branch because she knows people need help the stylist may have been the victim of their business failing or a landlord kicking them out or even losing their home or business in a fire. If you need a chair she says you can come here theres not a ton of for me to bring everyone and thats what i have a few other. Is salons that i can also help telling how many of the displaced in the meantime campos says shell keep doing her best to keep her stylists and clients safe while also providing a Service People have gone without for half a year thats going to be a tough road long as everybody joins together i think we can make it one day at a time in dublin collegiate all kron 4 news. Turning now to our wildfire coverage, a cal fire has removed additional evacuation warnings for czu lightning complex fire meaning that most people can now return to their homes in san mateo and santa cruz counties stay at its peak. This fire displaced up to 77,000 people roughly 900 still cannot return home or what is left of their homes this wildfire. Is up to 95 containment after it burned more than 86,000 acres cal fire expect full containment by this weekend as for the other bay area wildfires the lnu complex fires in the sea or rather the s c you can put the fire most 98 contained. Cal fire says although the growth of these fires has essentially stopped it will be several days before they reach full containment. Quad copter for this is our drone over subasta poll today. And the silver local if you can see its much clearer than it has been not fortes now. I was going to check in with chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with though whats ahead for us, yeah guys i dont know about you, but im ready to bring on the rain and this fire season worry about smoke. Around the bay area around the state, but right now not seeing that happening. The good news is we do have a cold front thats been approaching and thats helped to bring us more of a westerly wind and thats cleaned out our skies and looking good out there right now toward the golden gate now the fog getting ready to settle in again weve seen some drizzle but pretty wet out along the coastline. The last couple of nights and thats going to happen again overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning as the fog begins to move in. But also helps to clear out the atmosphere quite a bit and this cold front doesnt have a ton of energy to it you see one branch of moisture head of the south youve got the system kind of falling apart as is rotating off the coastline. But its slowly going to work its way in our direction as it does thats going bring with it the chance of a few scattered showers well to the north but more importantly. Sea breeze is going to continue in a nice breeze out there right now to 22 miles an hour at sfo, 21 into fairfield 12 in the San Francisco but everybody seeing a pretty good breeze at this time and i think in a little bit stronger by tomorrow afternoon as this front begins to move on through so certainly tonight. Those winds will begin to calm down a little bit by the afternoon though again tomorrow going to ramp up i think its a breezy afternoon were going to see some places easily over 20 Miles Per Hour by the afternoon tomorrow and the air quality looking good too in most spots. I think were good the north a good along the coast, good in the east bay, moderate amounts of pollutants in the south think we clear things out that even getting green by the afternoon i think tomorrow in the south bay as well numbers outside right now generally in the 60s and the 70s tomorrow is going to be a little taste of fall of below normal temperatures what about the weekend. Well talk about that coming up in a few minutes all right lawrence to the east bay now one man is dead a woman is injured after a shooting in pittsburgh. It happened early this morning. Police say they responded to the scene on atlantic avenue shortly before 3 oclock this morning and then found the 2 victims both in their early 20 suffering from serious gunshot wounds, they were taken to the hospital where the man died. Investigators say the suspect approached the victims in a car while they were walking through a parking lot shot both of them and then just ran away police have identified the suspect only as a man anyone with information is being asked to call police. 3 people including a 2 yearold are in Critical Condition tonight after an overnight crash in antioch contra costa fire Officials Say the car crashed into a tree on lone tree way everyone inside was trapped crews had to use the jaws of life to get them out. And you can see from this video here just how bad the scene was the entire. The front end of the car smashed in one of the doors ripped off the toddler was taken to oaklands childrens hospital, the adults were taken to john near buena creek. Investigators tonight are still working to figure out what caused that crash. Still ahead tonight explosive new allegations in a whistleblower complaint accusing ice of sterilizing women at a Detention Center without their consent. And despite small signs of the economy improving amid the pandemic hundreds o for the second week in a row, the number of americans filing for firsttime Unemployment Benefits has gone down. 860,000 americans filed for jobless claims with the department of labor continue jobless claims were also down with 12. 6 million filing for benefits for at least 2 weeks in a row. Well, the numbers to show improvement theyre still incredibly high. Before the coronavirus pandemic the number of first time unemployment claims never topped 700,000 in the week even during the great recession. Governor newsome says he took steps today to build on his ongoing efforts to protect essential workers from covid in the workplace. Korver Sanaz Tahernia has more now on the bills that he signed and what it means to essential workers. We are just praying every day that we get through this i mean this this brings out the worst in the best in people and were just dealing with a lot. So sharon heckler has been working as a grocery worker for 47 years because. I thought the worst thing that ive ever been through in my career was the 2003 2004 grocery industry strike. But no this is much more difficult. She says she feels that she and her coworkers have been kept in the dark when it comes to covid19 a workplace money hernandez is a registered nurse him aside i work on on whats called a clean unit, i refuse to call it a clean unit to theres no such thing as a clean unit when it comes to covid19 because essential workers of face the reality of a possible covid transmission every day governor Gavin Newsome is taking extra steps to protect them on thursday, the governor signed 2 bills expanding workplace protections and a critical support for Workers Assembly bill 6. 85 ensures that workers are quickly informed of any workplace exposure to covid19. Giving them time to take the next necessary steps, employers are required to report any outbreak to local Health Officials and the bill authorizes cal osha to subsequently clothes that work sites. Senate bill 1159 expand access to workers comp it makes it easier for those who test positive due to an outbreak at work to get the support they need protecting californias workers which include so many immigrant workers workers of color women and those from vulnerable communities in our state. Would be critical to Public Health to our Economic Health and ultimately to a safe reopening these bills give workers a choice and a voice these bills are all part of governor newsoms ongoing efforts to protect and keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic both bills are Effective Immediately and will remain in effect until january first 2023. So now its turning a reporting kron 4 news. Next at 5. 30 President Trump taking aim at what he considers to be distorted history announcing plans to change our countrys history books plus the new whistleblower complaint alleges the white house wanted to use an usual crowd control devices, including a. He ready to deal with protesters outside the white house this summer and the mask low beale is now cruising the streets of one bay area county details on the new approach today sam retail officials unveil the vehicle that theyll be using to drive into vulnerable communities in order to give away face masks, theyre calling it the mask low beale its believed to be the first of its kind in both the state and the country kron fours Maureen Kelly reports. The colorful minivan rolling down foggy Mission Street at top of the hill, daly city is San Mateo Countys new weapon on the war against covid19 covered with slogans like maskup smc the mask immobile was put into service this week driven by county workers who are handing out kits of free reusable face coverings. And Hand Sanitizer to vulnerable communities yesterday we were in Half Moon Bay with the farm workers such as they have to pick between. Though theyre either of their bills or buying an Additional National were doing here in San Mateo County may be one of the first in the state first in the nation. Is this mass and so making sure that we hit the techno tested positive in a rather high rate really going in and making sure that we give them these mass and its critical right now because were in the purple. Will be able to do. Its the moving to the right next week more people wear their masks it stops the spread of the virus see that one percent without one of these please get it today they passed out masks amongst local Business Owners who are asked to redistribute them amongst their clients theyve given out over 5,000 masks this past month. And plan to keep going throughout the pandemic with these brightly colored graphics theyve been comparing m