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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 catch 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 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 rutherford, 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 we get a 3rd wave of covid Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news on monday, the state recorded more than 2000 new covid19 cases thats about less than half a percentage increase from sunday. Heres a look at the latest daily cases graph you can see on a downward a trend thats what were in for doing i here. Heres a look at the latest covid19 numbers tonight, global cases close to 30 million here in the u. S. More than 6. 6 million cases, california continues to lead the country in cases and here in the bay area there are more than 94,000 cases and over 1300 deaths. The bay now the Sonoma County Health Officer is revealing that theyre still dealing with an outbreak of coronavirus at a number of schools and day care the county has shut down one day care facility after a cluster of 30 people tested positive there for privacy counties not revealing the names of the schools involved, but we do know in total over the past 6 months 62 people have been infected, including 25 children and 27 of their family members. Also in the north bay, one of the Largest School districts in Sonoma County has decided to stick with Distance Learning for the rest of the year Santa Rosa City schools voted unanimously last night to continue its Distance Learning Program School officials point to several reasons, including that Sonoma County remains in the purple tier one category the worst here on the States Coronavirus watch list. This week, the county has seen a slight uptick in the number of covid cases and deaths the district is also concerned about the cost that would be associated with trying to resume in Person Learning. Parents with kids in the districts, some of them say theyre not surprised with this recent decision. Okay you know they were going to change it to where they went back to school but then they just change it where theyre getting keeping them home. Thats fine right now i wish that my kid makes my son could go back to school sooner. Im not surprised that its december i felt it would be that way. When when School Started and and i you know the districts have to do what they have to do. It is possible that Santa Rosa City schools decision to stick with Distance Learning for the rest of this calendar year could trigger a domino effect across the county is other districts could follow suit. Flu season is fast approaching and you can obviously lead to the hospital if you get a bad case of the flu in that could complicate the fight against covid19 the best way many Health Experts say to protect yourself against the flu is to get vaccinated or prefers rob fladeboe has details now about a new Program Offering free flu shots to. Anybody who wants one in Santa Clara County. Clark county board of supervisors president cindy chavez is now among the first recipients of a flu shot. This 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 an 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. Doctors miss suggests people who may have covid symptoms. Should first check withg 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 again free flu shots here at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds this saturday and every saturday through mid december. The only thing you need to bring along with you say officials is your mask. The san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Today marks the first day that the bay area is clear of its record spare the air alert after a whole month of poor air quality. We want to show you this interactive air quality index map on our website. You can see what conditions are for your neighborhood, mostly green areas indicating good air quality. That extends farther down into salinas and north into the Mendocino National force thats the good news. Although the air quality here in the bay area is pretty good right now that is definitely not the case for the rest of the state get a look at this picture. This is from Yosemite National park, the park. Actually closed tonight at 5 oclock because the air quality there is so hazardous. Park officials making that just a little over an hour ago all park entrance stations closed at 5 and its expected to last right on through the weekend, the smoke. Coming from the creek fire nearby the senate is expected to reopen to visitors when conditions improve and its safe for visitors and employees to be in the park. In some spots almost feel guilty that we have such clean air here in the bay area as we take a live look outside right now a birds eye view from our camera on sutro tower and you can see once again. Vicki another. Pretty crisp clear day to take from just Lawrence Karnow joins us now as we get our first look at the 4 zone forecast for you guys so what a difference so were seeing that nice air here you 70 though. Well this looking 70 falls right out there the iconic falls in yosemite. Yeah last and all that smoke that continues to settle into the valleys. There of course we have the nice westerly wind here has blown lot of the smoke out of the bay area, but its got to go somewhere and its headed east and that puts it in his 7 years, so they are under an air quality alert as theyre seeing some very smoky conditions over the next few days hoping to make some of that out too but its going to take some time just like it took time here makes our equality but yeah were looking good out there now in fact this looking toward a suitor towers. Youve got some haze in the atmosphere and youve got little marine layer out there and that is good news as were going to see more of that fog forming overnight tonight. Air quality looking fantastic how about this just about green everywhere you go in the bay area that mean is good air quality outside looks like it should be pretty good tomorrow to that a westerly wind continues outside right now to 13 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco 16 in benicia 18 in fairfield even 20 in the napa valley probably stronger winds tomorrow, breezy afternoon more fresh air coming our way. Thank you lawrence and now to another big story were following for you tonight today, us judge. Block to those Postal Service changes that really slow down mail. All across the country noticeable in some spots the judge call them a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service. Ahead of the november election. The judge said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction. Sot by 14 states that sued the Trump Administration and the u. S. Postal service, those states challenge the Postal Services, socalled leave male behind policy where trucks have been leaving the postal facilities on time regardless of whether there is more mail to load into them. Those states also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election mail has first class mail. The San Jose City Council Voted unanimously on tuesday to endorse a statewide measure that would restore Voting Rights for parolees of prop 17 is passed by the voters. California will join 19 other states that allow residents on parole for felony convictions to vote when they finish their sentences. Currently maine and vermont are the only states to allow incarcerated individuals to vote in 2016 california passed legislation that people in county jails to vote while incarcerated of the states 125,000 inmates nearly 50,000 of them are expected to be on active parole. By the end of the year. To the east bay now 3 people including a 2 yearold child are in critical condition. After an overnight car crash that happened in antioch according to Contra Costa County fire officials. The family was driving on lone tree way when the car crashed into a tree trapping the toddler in the adults inside. Officials had to cut the car open to extricate the 3 people. You can see here just how bad that crash was the entire front portion of the car. It smashed and one of the doors completely ripped off there. The toddler was taken to oakland Childrens Hospital and the adults taking the john muir in walnut creek, the investigation still ongoing into what caused that crash. Coming up lending a helping hand what a nice pay salon is doing for hair stylists who have lost their jobs in the pandemic. Plus its a battle for control democrats expected to put up a fight to gain control of the senate but they pull it off. Look at what the polls are predicting i had and the number of people filing for Unemployment Benefits has dropped today marks 6 months since the life changing shelterinplace orders took effect in with developments happening seemingly every day during the pandemic theres been a lot for us to take in process said just 2. It all started when local counties announced the stunning stay at home Health Orders back in midmarch. Remain at home. With exceptions only for essential outings the time for halfmeasures is over. And history will not forgive us for waiting an hour or more. They were playing we heard San Francisco mayor london breed and then san jose mayor sam liccardo as they and other bay area counties announced the e ticks it was the beginning of an unprecedented time people started flooding Grocery Stores stocking up on food and famously toilet paper sanitizing supplies were also hard to find which is sometimes still the case now. The bay areas notoriously congested roads were eerily empty just ask an essential worker who kept going to all spring, driving in rush hour felt like you are on the road in the middle of the night it was bizarre and then came the masks, the cdc recommended in april the people wear cloth face coverings in public and that touched off a debate on the National Political stage but local county started mandating masks when people entered essential businesses Grocery Stores banks and the like in the state of california. Soon followed suit. And one of the most dramatic developments during the pandemic was the transition to Distance Learning in schools that were forced to close once the shelterinplace order took effect nobody knew for how long. You think maybe a couple weeks and then it became clear was longer in the spring. We realized the kids wouldnt be going back to school for the rest of the school year. Then came some are lots of camps were canceled or drastically changed in mid to late august, the Current School year started almost entirely online people zooming all over the place now under californias revised reopening guidelines in Person Learning can resume for counties with lower risk number of americans filed for Unemployment Benefits takes a slight dip 860,000 filed for assistance last week. Thats down 33,000 from the prior week. Jobless claims have top 700,004 26 straight weeks. Meantime nearly 659,000 requested aid under a program for self employed and gig workers last week that is a drop from 868,000 from the previous week, almost 30 Million People are receiving some form of Unemployment Benefits right now. If you are displaced and we will continue and will try to accommodate you even in terms east bay salon owner is try to pay it forward, although the Alameda Public Health department did approve hair and nail salons to be able to reopen indoors. Some are still close maybe they cant make rent or have been displaced because of the fires now kron fours phillipe to all that a double a Business Owner is offering chairs to stylist who need a place to work. During a campaign is just happy to be back to work and feels for those less fortunate than she is campo owns just in michael salon in dublin and re opened her door september 4th after getting the green light from the Alameda County Public Health department that she says not all of her peers have chosen to resume operations last night i heard from yet another a salon owner. That they were closing the doors because the gap has gotten too big for most of salon owners. To even consider coming back because the landlord is not waiving theyre deferring routes and that leaves a lot of hair and nail stylists without work so shes offering them space it could be displaced from any occurrence whether be from. Covid19 and their salon closed or if they are a victim of the fire and their salon close because of the fires. Absolutely were here to help our Community Free chair is on the table to get stylists back on their feet life at salons will look different for the near future the Campaign Says shes been able to reopen safely shes limited capacity to each client spread out and everyone is covering their face we all have to get back to where we feel comfortable recount put our community at either she also refuses to leave another stylus out high and dry because there is still a lot of work to do in dublin fleet and all kron 4 hour time now for our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look outside right now at the traffic on the rpgolden gate bridge moving along at a pretty good clip blue skies in the background. Its all good chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with that look at the 4 zone forecast in a little bit of change coming. Yeah looks like a little taste of fall actually rolling into the bay areas were going to that sea breeze and a weak cold front make its way in the state of course weve seen those winds begin to pick up a clearer skies and i see the blue back there again of course we are getting a but its not from smoke. Its the low clouds and the fog the in the move in looking toward. Sfo right now in the airport in just over the mountain tops and got some fog form along the coastline. Thats also a good sign for some fresh air right now a couple things going on though some tropical moisture moving down in the parts of a Southern California all up to the north weve got a cold front and you can see low clinton spinning around a weak system, but its been enough to help mix out some of that poor air around the bay area really going to ramp up the winds and thats exactly what we saw today, some of these winds over 20 Miles Per Hour. And a pretty nice see breeze around the entire bay area right now thats why were looking at some a very good air quality all around now likely going to see Even Stronger winds. I think by tomorrow afternoon tonight winds will subside just a little bit them as the front passes through tomorrow, well start to see those winds ramp up again and well see some places i think or 20 mile an hour gusts out there maybe couple 30 mile an hour gusts around the bay area. So certainly looking at some good air quality around much of the bay area tomorrow in fact maybe a little haze in the morning in the south bay, some moderate amounts of uplands building up there. But i think that will turn green by the afternoon as we clear out your skies temperatures 73 degrees right now in san jose to 78 in livermore 71 degrees in hayward 73 in san mateo 67. In San Francisco 79 degrees in the napa valley. Overnight tonight with the scene a few more clouds on the way maybe some more drizzle on the coastline tomorrow. Almost a little taste of fall some cooler temperatures on the way youll feel that breeze really kicking up in the afternoon of course fall beginning next week so these last few days of summer this weekend changes coming our way well see some offshore winds and likely going to see a return of a little haze in the bay area right now though this cold front boy not much energy left in it, but its going start to slowly work its way into the state slight chance we could see some showers well to the north otherwise weve got some breezy conditions set up in the bay area over the next couple days in tomorrows temperatures going to come down on the highs out of the 80s. Well see a lot of 70s 60s along the coastline and 60s 70s inside the big guys. All right. Coming up tonight at 6. 45 the heroes with behind the fire lines to rescue animals the battles they face the how one of the forces they say this doing tonight. Plus people traveling to hawaii can cross quarantine for 2 weeks off their list once they arrived, but of course there you plan on traveling to hawaii in the near future of the state is going to begin its pre travel Testing Program next month that means of visitors dont need to do that quarantine for 14 days when they arrive on the islands instead. They have to take a covid19 test no more than 72 hours before traveling to hawaii. And then show proof that they took the test and passed with flying colors course of the results are not available when they arrive they will be asked to quarantine until the results come back. The pre travel Testing Program kicks off october 15th. A resort in hawaii was given the green light to create a resort bubble. Yeah, this would allow the quarantine visitors to leave their hotel rooms and roam around the property but. They have to wear a tracking device. Kimberlee speakman explains. For future guests at timbers. Co i hope you all a resort, managing director garry moore says the resort bubble will allow visitors the chance to step out of their rooms to enjoy the full 450 acres of the resort property. We have a golf course that work in a trails hiking biking have you can see behind me. You know, so theres theres a lot of things for people to do but guests will need to follow the rules. Moore says theyll be briefed before they arrive on the protocols in place which include showing a negative covid19 test taken at least 72 hours before arriving. Guests will be required to wear a monitoring bracelet while at the resort, the hotel will also be required to check your temperature daily for 7 days in order to participate resorts must implement policies and procedures like these we have confidence that they have the ability. To keep the island change continue to operate under these guidelines. Consequences for those who break quarantine and leave the resort include a fine up to 5,000 a year in jail or both called comey says the county will be checking in with the different resorts under the program daily we have people that are on. Is every single day. The guidelines are being forced as for how much itll cost gas moore says its 80 for the aqua monitoring bracelet. While that may seem pricey moore says the cost for a room is down right now and we were probably in to be living with this. Or or the foreseeable future and we have to find a way we have to find a way to to coexist with smart be be prudent with with all of the measures. That was Kimberly Speakman reporting to be clear people need a negative covid test result within 72 hours from when they touched down in hawaii. More by the way says of everything works out they will be able to re hire more staff at the resort right now theres no date set in terms of when that resort bubble might start. As we near the november election democrats are hoping to when the u. S. Senate what its going to take to take it from republicans. Plus the mask mobile is now cruise around the streets of one bay area county details on the new approach to try and get people to mask up and stop the spread of covid and next at 6. 30 the blame game continues on capitol hill, lawmakers are still unable to strike a compromise on the next co in just a few months, weve learned a lot more about the covid19 virus. Its real. And its dangerous. So, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. And while we dont yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. And get a flu shot, its even more important this year. We can do this. If we do it together