Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
Fremont where police have a suspect who shot two Fremont Police officers surrounded. He is in a house that is on fire. We will have the latest on this investigation. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. It is thursday, june 2. Im pam cook. Im brian flores in for dave clark. We continue to follow developing news. Police are still in a standoff situation with the suspect, accused of shooting two Fremont Police officers yesterday afternoon. As weve been telling you, about 30 minutes ago that home with a suspect is holdup is now on fire. You can see that in the distance. A developing situation here. A swat team hired tear gas and flash bangs is hope of getting the suspect out. We have Live Team Coverage this morning. Christien kafton on the evacuations underway for neighbors but first here is janine de la vega at the scene with the latest. Reporter good morning. Its been about an hour since police have heard from the suspect. They were talking to him on a cell phone. They do not know if
The Oakland Police helicopter is flying overhead. Its taking over from other units. The chp. With numerous Law Enforcement agencies. We heard moments ago from Alameda County sheriffs that the Sheriffs Office what team has taken over the tactical operation. To allow the fremont the permit to handle the criminal investigation and tend to the wounded officers. We have k9 officers. The swat team from union city. As well as newark and numerous other agencies. Chp. Canine units. All looking for one or possibly 2 or 3 suspects. The main suspect is described as a latino male. 6 feet tall. Scene in an orange giants jersey as well as gray shorts. They believe he is contained to this area. They are asking residents and anyone who sees anything suspicious to immediately called 911. They believe that within this perimeter here at the 5 corners location that this main suspect will be in custody. We do here we hear from witness. I was in my truck and the next thing you know this guy went by and they
Good morning. Thank you for joining us here on mornings on 2. Im pam cook. Im brian savage. This morning we are continuing to follow a developing story in fremont with a man who is accused of shooting two Police Officers. He is holed up inside a home near roberts avenue. The man is suspected of shooting those two Police Officers yesterday. One officer is in Critical Condition, the other is stable. This standoff is happening at a home west of interstate 680. We have a reporter, janine de la vega theres a press conference going on lets listen in. Were going on about 45 minutes ago with our last contact with him. At this point the late will be our friend at this. Were waiting for daylight. We will use robots and other technology to go in there and see whats going on. You were negotiating with him for about 3. 5 hours. Did he give you any sense of why he shot these two officers . No. There was a some communication but were not going to get into those details right now. Our job right now an