The intense heat happening elsewhere around the state got 60s in place along most of the east bay, real estate 50s up to the north bay. A chilly 46 Half Moon Bay thats delightful 62 meanwhile for san jose. But to compare things for just 24 hours ago, a look at inland spots really dropping off conquered 5 degrees behind you can see up in the north as well will make up for that this afternoon, however, as we warm up winds currently work on the Single Digits for the most part well get that typical on shore wind again kind of shielding us a little bit at least in spots this afternoon. Heres what it looks like were at 83 by 11 oclock at 2 at 95. Some folks getting close to 100 if not getting there will be showing you all about your forecast. Coming up in just a bit back to you sounds good thing today, california continues to be a hot spot for new coronavirus cases in the u. S. On thursday, the state recorded nearly 8,000 new cases and more than a 140 new reported deaths. Now here in the bay
Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is at the scene for us with some answers. Cheryl, what do we know . Reporter well, deputies are still on the scene, and theyre still arriving. It seems as though theyre going to be here for a long time processing the area. The shooting where it happened is right down the road. This is a very small town and a very rural area. Lets roll the videotape from earlier today. This is what we know. Deputies were called to this home at around 12 30. When they got here, they saw a man shouldering a shotgun, a beer, and a knife. Thats when the standoff began. Sheriffs deputies tried to engage the man for about nine hours. We dont have many details about that. We dont know if he was in the home alone or not, and we have no idea why police were even called. But sudden at around 9 20, a volley of bullets rang out. Two deputies injured. Suspect shot and killed. Another deputy treated at the scene and released. So we still dont have a lot of information here tonight, but we do
Release program kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco and dan as we understand it as many as 8,000 current inmates could be released by the end of august is that true. Thats right that is 1000 before the end of august now up to now weve seen about 10,000 inmates, according to state officials released this would be another 8,000 added to it and it would happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19 more than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths statewide so far the governor has announced plans to speed up the Early Release program and thin out the prison population. Under a new plan 8,000 debates could be eligible for release by the end of august with 4800 of those eligible before the end of this month and prison Officials Say no members of that group are violent or serious offenders are prisons are only supposed to hold 89,000 people. And they hold upwards of a 110,019 1000 people
News at 6. Now at 6 with the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus and mounting pressure to protect california inmates from covid19 governor Gavin Newsome announces thousands of inmates could soon be freed from prison. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman now with covid19 racing through the state prison system. Governor newsom is taking additional action to slow the virus is spread by thinning out the prison population through an Early Release program kron fours dan kerman is live for us now and dan as we understand it has many of these inmates almost a 1000 of them could be released by the end of august. Thats right 8,000 by the end of august so far the prison population has already been reduced by about 10,000 add another to that and thats going to happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19. More than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths state
On the embarcadero about 2 miles away from where this fire is burning right now, San Francisco fire saying the flames are coming from a garage and i want to show you what crews are dealing with right now this is video just in to the kron 4 news room that a viewer posted on twitter you can see huge amounts of black smoke filling the sky and kron fours taylor sackey also nearby in the area and she shared this video on twitter as well we can see flames coming from behind those 2 victorian buildings and firefighters there on the stairs trying to lift that hose going into the back of the building actually gets stuck to sort of on the tire of the car thats parked there. The firefighter than us to go lifted up. Theyre trying to get the hose there into the back so they can get this fire out those orange flames, theyre very visible. In this video. Now there are no reports of any injuries at this time and we dont have any word right now on how this fire started i did hear from some kron 4 news v