Lets get right to our top story this friday morning. Bay Area Health Officials encouraging everyone to stay home this 4th of july weekend. Now this comes as the state and the bay area continue to see a rise in coronavirus cases kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in Contra Costa County this morning. She has all the details sarah good morning. And theyre good morning marty i live here in Contra Costa County one of counties in the bay area that seeing a major surge in cases terrible time they cant believe were heading into the 4th of july weekend and were seeing a spike in cases when we were doing so well and now were seeing that resurgence. So officials are asking us to stay home and be safe. Why lets take a look at the increases that were seeing across the bay area in all of our take a look at your screen there are quite a lot of numbers but just to name a few Contra Costa County is seeing a 129 increase in cases in a 111 increase in deaths from may 31st until yesterday that the county saw a 207
Largest rescue package in american history. This is not a moment of celebration, but one of necessity. Well this is what a lot of us have been waiting for a while you were sleeping the white house says it has reached a deal with congress for stimulus package to help jolt the struggling economy as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Well Senate Democrats they strongly rejected the original version that was introduced on monday. They argue that it just focus too much on wall street and did not spend enough money on main street businesses and also the health care system. So while full details have yet to be released. The breakdown looks like this. 250 billion for direct payments to individuals and families, 350 billion in Small Business loans, 250 million and Unemployment Insurance benefits and 500 billion and loans for distressed companies. A final senate vote is expected today. And speaking of helping out main street thousands of workers who are filing for unemployment are in the servic
A slight chance of rain regionwide late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. A warming trend is then expected late in the forecast period as a result of building high pressure. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james breaking news this morning. Two more car fires are reported in the east bay overnight. Bringing the total to seven car fires this week. This comes as investigators say they believe its the work of a serial arsonist. Kron fours Hermela Aregawi has the details. The fire marshall tells me there have been more than 10 vehicles set on fire between those this week. And dating back to 2016. The fires have some things in common leading them to believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. A serial car arsonist is still on the loose in Contra Costa County. Five cars have been set on fire this week alone. And Police Believe the same suspect