Americans during this coronavirus pandemic social dense distancing is very important in our daily lives in no different here thats why we are so far apart to maintthasocial distance were practicing the guidelines to the centers for Disease Control recommends. And we encourage you to do the same thing. Tonight around the world more than 8,800 people have died from the coronavirus is with more than 218,000 cases reported globally. There are more than 9,300 cases in the United States with the death toll up to 150 in california, the total number of cases up his up to 865 with 16 deaths. These tallies come from Johns Hopkins Medical Center and we have that centers interactive map on our website you can see it at kron 4 dot com. As the outbreak grows so do the questions about how long this will continue to affect our day to day lives particularly for families how are schools responding now that campuses could be closed for the rest of the summer. Well boys grant lotus is here to explain what
Watching kron 4 news. All of that what social distancing keep away its going to have no place to go. The National Broadcast to fight the coronavirus pandemic the white house officially unveil the coronavirus messaging campaign today. Thanks for joining us at 10, im ken wayne and i pale more as the president said we are practicing social distancing here kron 4 ken and i are. Left standing and sitting more than 6 feet apart maybe 10 feet apart and. Theres a lot of lauras way on the other side of the room and then all the way on that side of the room is where reynolds standing by as well so were trying to do our part to make sure that we all stay healthy so that we can bring you the news each night and keep you informed on whats going on the president s message comes as major relief measures are moving forward in the Nations Capital to try and address the needs of the nation earlier today, the president did sign into law a billion bipartisan Coronavirus Relief package. The deal includes p
Robertsville, cambri park, good rain for you guys. Mountain view, rain along the 280 car door, and over towards Half Moon Bay along 1, 84, and 35. So thats where the rain sits now. I want to show you what happens over the next few hours. We bring a few bands of light rain over the rest of the bay area between now and midnight. And then things will quiet down a bit. Until we get to the second half of saturday when there will be another chance of rain, and ill talk to you more about that in the complete forecast in a few minutes. All right, darren, thanks for that. Well, its the end of an era in oakland. Really the end of a life style, you know. The raiders will likely play their last home game at the coliseum this weekend. Its a day that many Oakland Raiders fans have been dreading including our da lin. Hes live at the coliseum for us tonight. Da, i hesitate to ask because i can see the emotion welling up, but whats the emotion like . Reporter it feels like a funeral out here, especiall
Pellets, and this coxs creek. Reporter take a trip up cox creek off the gulf of mexico, and its impossible to miss this gigantic petrochemical factory. Thats a massive plant. Whats sometimes harder to see is whats finding its way out of it, plastic pellets, sometimes called nurdleles. How many pellets are going into the water on a daily basis. They managed to scoop up 79 billion in two years. Reporter diane wilson is a fourth generation fisher woman, who used to captain a fishing boat. This is the all over the bay. Reporter she is now an environmental activist, fighting one of the largest plastics manufacturers in the world. This was never the plan, to go from a fisherwoman to an environmental activist . No. People dont believe it, but i am normally very quiet. Im an introvert. Reporter so why this . Because it fell flat in my lap. Reporter the taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics first opened this factory in 1983. It now covers 2500 acres of land near port lavaca, texas. Trillions
Vegas home set to open by next summer the silver and black are now moving on from the bay area kron fours dan thorn. Met up with tailgating fans who wanted to give the team a proper sendoff at todays game he joins us now live from the coliseum with more on this final farewell pay down. Well jr and justine a lot of emotions here today as the raiders are leaving the bay for the desert. It started off on a high note but that loss brought out the long faces. Im sad man our last game and we have to lose ios said a man who no feelings are high dr. Arnett held afghan here in oakland. Were hoping for a lot more i think is disappointing they can give a better way we need a new quarterback he had go weve got mean they were going to take the wind. Were not the ones time were not the ones making the decisions. Its on the front office so it is what it is well see next year the big bright lights of vegas, i guess. Well it was definitely a tough loss, but before todays game there was a celebration ha