Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now 90 us passes another major milestone in the coronavirus pandemic more than 6 million cases have been reported in this country. But the number of cases appears to be slowing down here in the bay area experts warn were still not out of the woods, thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 9, im ken wayne and i pale more in just 2 weeks, the average number of covid19 cases in california has dropped by some 20 . Heres a look at the latest covid19 numbers across the state and the bay area experts call the news promising. But they still warn people not to let their guard down. Well for Jonathan Mccall is live in our newsroom tonight, he has the latest details jonathan ken pam, heres something to think about just over just under 4200 new cases reported in california in the last 24 hours. Its a significant drop from where we were just 2 weeks ago in the last 7 days every bay area county has seen at least a 20 drop in the number of covid19 cases. Its also a trend th
Counties on that list. Today we have 23 counties. You see up there that newly added six counties. 19 plus six doesnt equal 23. We have counties coming on and counties that are coming off. For example, contracosta was on, off now. Back on. Santa clara was on last week and no longer on. We have in total, new updated monitoring list, those six counties that were added to our monitoring list. This is a list we use for Technical Assistance to engage in the Health Officers and elected officials working in the county to address criterion they tested to that they put forward as a county that needs to be monitored and needs support if we are no longer aligned in terms of our initial expectations. One of the most important things we can do in addition to Technical Assistance on the monitoring list is to do more to focus on enforcement and we walked through the beginning of our enforcement efforts implementing this weekend and our enforcement was prioritized on parts of the state where we have vi
Oakland including allegations of abuse of power and harassment of city staff. If any Oakland Police officer treated a member of the public the way this commission treated the chief and the command staff, they would have been reprimanded or fired. Reporter that is her lawyer and says the Police Commission and mayor orchestrated her termination as a result of her whistleblowing. The filing is an administrative claim for compensation including lost wages, future earnings, pension and Healthcare Benefits and damages for emotional distress. The city has 45 days to respond to this before the file becomes a lawsuit. We have reached out for comment to the Mayors Office and they referred us to the citys Attorneys Office, the citys Attorneys Office has no common. Back to you. Santa clara county is making good on its promise to expand access to covid19 testing. We looked into what it takes to get a test in East San Jose and we will get to the governor right now with his News Conference underway.
The state reported 2500 new cases just yesterday making it the biggest oneday gain in confirmed cases here in the bay area. We have nearly 90 hundred coronavirus cases in the bay area and 328 people have died. We will bring you the governors News Conference once it gets underway. The San Mateo County Sheriffs Department is investigating after the date shot and killed the woman in Half Moon Bay. The bow woman fired at the deputys first. Sara zendehnam has the details. You dont hear about this happening in Half Moon Bay. It was a shock to those living there, especially for the woman who called 911. Reporter up quick and bizarre conversation. She told me be careful tonight because theres going to be a race war. Reporter followed by a more alarming site. I saw her walking down the street with a rifle in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other hand. Reporter thats why Half Moon Bay businesses. With to interrupt and take you love to sacramento. Governor gatto newsom in his daily update. C
330,000 people are sick, more than 14,000 people have died. Also new the lockdown in wuhan, china, will be lifted on april 8th. That comes as china reported no new infections there as of late last week. Live Team Coverage ahead. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the forecast for us. Driving in to work today i noticed the sprinkles on the windshield. Yes, we will have rain off and on as we go into today as well as tomorrow as we see a cold front that drops through the bay area bringing us some scattered showers. Lets get a look at that radar right now. We are going to see the rain especially in the north bay right now and then as we go into the rest of the day. All of that starts to work its way into the bay area and so well need the umbrella as we head out for this morning into the afternoon. So rain and cooler temperatures. Well talk more about this and a chance of thunderstorms. Mike, how is it looking out there . Right now everything except for one spot is clear. Unfortunate