Thanks for joining us tonight at 5 oclock im ken wayne and im pam moore, a grim milestone for the United States tonight as the death toll from the coronavirus tops 200,000 that number is by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world, according to Johns Hopkins this to just take even more stark when you consider the United States has less than 5 of the worlds population but more than 20 of the reported deaths. Solemn comparison the number of dead in the u. S. Is equivalent to a 9. 11 attack every day for 6 to 7 days. And its roughly equal to the entire population of Salt Lake City here in the bay area the news is more positive as it pertains to covid19 the covid numbers and 3 bay area counties have improved so much that the state has moved those counties and the purple tear to the red to year that allows many indoor businesses to reopen at limited capacity, but only 2 of the 3 counties is moving forward from course and kerman live for us in San Mateo County to expl
Spreading in several counties. Alameda county reporting a new single day record a 334 new cases of covid19 and santa clara and Contra Costa County also reporting more than 200 new cases each a running list of coronavirus cases and deaths can always be found on our website kron 4 dot com. And all 9 bay area counties are currently on the states watch list which has forced the closure of so many businesses that had temporarily reopened now one barry county, the Health Officer there. Well is now calling out the state saying how counties get on that watch list in the first place isnt accurate for more now on the story to kron fours dan kerman he joins us now live from san bruno. Good evening. Dan. Good evening just in San Mateo Countys Health Officer is apologizing to businesses that he was forced to close a week ago because this county went on the states a watch list actually the last county of the 9 to go on the watch list. He is saying that this one size fits all approach by the state to
Robberies assaults and burglaries kron fours dan thorn joins us now live from san leandro what the police union is saying about these alarming numbers stand. Well ken and pam this warning from the police union comes up in the city of san leandro voted in june to slash the budget of the Police Department by more than a Million Dollars is also having the union come out and say that because of the spikes in crimes theyre going to need all the funding that they could gain but advocates for defunding. The Police Department say. That they should addressing the its not its not money thats the problem here. Its how these crimes are addressed. The San Leandro Police Officers Association is warning people over a significant jump in Violent Crimes, new numbers from the citys Police Department show from june to july there was a 500 increase in armed robberies, a 125 increase in assaults with a Deadly Weapon a 100 jump in shoplifting and a 75 increase in home burglaries is very concerning for us th
Mix out fairly quickly looks like by already 10 oclock most of it is handled even this afternoon at the coast as we settle into a kind of typical summertime day all those temperatures 60s over most of the east bay. Even a good chunk of the peninsula 50s as you head up to the north bay for the most part in contrast were a couple degrees ahead over most of the Real Estate Today than this time yesterday breaking it down for you taken care of this fog pretty quickly this morning by 08 00am the inland areas at least turning mostly sunny with 6079 by 11 and by 2 oclock word, one 90 yes, there are many in the 90s on the board. Well take a look at that forecast a bit more. Sounds good dave. Thank you. All 9 bay area counties are now on the states covid19 watch list and there are more than 57,000 coronavirus cases and more than 800 people have died in the bay area from the virus. We continue to see the most cases in Alameda County with over 11,000 infections. The virus though has been deadliest