Setting wildfire season, and there is concern it could get any worse. The red flag warning started just an hour ago and lasts until 9 00 p. M. Monday night for much of the bay area. Winds could reach up to 50 Miles Per Hour in some areas. We have Live Team Coverage of the red flag warning. Greg will tell us how fire officials are prepping right now, but first we go to mark for a look at the current conditions. Mark . Andre, when you think about this past summer, all of the recordsitting heat that we had here in the bay area, the excessive heat warnings, its history, but it has a lasting impact, right . All of the hillsides are dry and ready to burn and were heading into a critical fire situation. We not only have the winds, we have the heat, as well. Heat advisory. Take a look at these forecast hes as we head into your sunday, but especially into monday. That will be the hottest day of the week, and that red flag fire warning. Were seeing those winds switch out of the north. Current ob
They added the city to the watch list. Today a new round of closures and reopening delays go into effect. Affected shopping malls, restaurants and other businesses. Scott budman is tracking these changes. The Building Space for street seating in San Franciscos north beach because of the rise in local covid19 case, many Small Businesses here that planned to fully roo he open now have to make do serving takeout in outdoor diners. We were excited to reopen safely. North beach had reopening plans and today they had to put them on hold indefinitely. Which means about a dozen people wont be coming back to work. Theres no business. Trying to survive for now. Hoping for the best. Many San Francisco nonessential offices and indoor malls also have to reclose or postpone reopening plans. City Officials Say there is no timeline for when customers or employees will be allowed back in. When you plan to reopen, try to hold off on preordering major amounts of stock, especially if you are dealing in pe
Thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight. Our top story this evening, Governor Newsome officially giving personal Care Services. The green light to move some businesses outside we have Team Coverage on how this affects the bay area kron fours Ella Sogomonian begins our coverage live in our newsroom ella. Great governor gavin, newsome is now allowing barbershops plus hair skin and nail salons along with other personal Care Services to work outside of possible. But some salon owners say that reopening comes at a new price. Weve lost 18,000 just being close. And then we had to send more money on ppe things and now were going to have to save more money on a said we are temporarily allowed to do outside where we get to do with the disappointment after were finished in i put it will seek sun. So long years ago outside. Some people dont have that real estate, the new guidance does not apply to tattoo and piercing shops state Officials Say that theyre invasive procedures and
San francisco added 39 cases, now at 622. While cases in Alameda County grew to more than 600. Here are the latest cases in lake and mendocino counties for our viewers there. Lake county reported two cases since sunday. Mendocino county reports four cases. And we are charting the total number of local cases on to this graph so we can take a look at the trend. This includes data for 14 counties, the bay are and beyond. And we showed a graph like that because were concerned about the peak. Can our medical systems handle the surge of cases . Do we have enough time to prepare . And what half . We have Team Coverage tonight. David louie looks at what life could be life post pandemic. But first, lets hear from abc7 news anchor liz kreutz about the latest projections showing we could reach the peak just one week from today. Liz . Dan, thats right. The state officials have been saying our peak will come in may, but a separate new updated projection shows we might hit that peak next week. We ta
Unemployment. Tom talked to 1 who is frustrated after trying to deal with the system. Californias one unassailable growth spree blew up this month. The week of march 7th theres around 41,000 new claims in our state, that increased to 57,000. Last week it skyrocketed up to 186,000 and were waiting on if numbers for this week, i expect it to be double or triple that am. The 360 billion job retechs plan is designed to keep paychecks coming in. Unprecedented Employee Retention measure, well see if that can stem this exploding layoffs and furloughs. I found myself screaming at if computer. Im in that field. Lawrence laid off her job knows filing for unpreliminary benefits is an impossibility the only way to apry is on like. I went to the web site for 48 hours and going in circles and getting an error message. When she called for help. Another roadblock. They are over inundated for the calls you get a recording be you get huck up on. After many hung ups she was told safari was not supported