Of potential outages right now. Amy hollyfield live in danville with more on this. Amy . Hi, yes. We are in a highrisk area. This is stone valley and green valley road. This neighborhood has been alerted that the lights may be getting turned off as early as tomorrow night. So, this is the section of Contra Costa County that is under the warning. Other county sections of these counties have been alerted by pg e. Alameda, napa, santa clara and sonoma. Residents in marin county are dealing with the closure of fairfax. Residents there tell us they will deal with road closures and outages if that is what needs to be done to keep people safe. It can be a busy road with people going through to the beach here but its never terrible. Its not like the road to stenson. Its a back way. But definitely less traffic when the gate is closed. People who live on this road or any open space area, were all thinking about it every day. So, we appreciate the red flag warnings. Definitely disappointed this i
Night. Lets our attention to why it is going to be warmer because of the winds blowing through the north bay. The red flag warning that continues until 8 00 wednesday morning and it is very dry and going to get breezy and that means anything that does ignite could spread rather rapidly. The winds are up to 32 Miles Per Hour st. Helena. As far as our temperatures we have this off shore breeze and more sunshine and feel more warmth. Near 70 at the coast and a bunch of mid to upper 70s around San Francisco, oakland and then richmond. Everybody else in the 80s around the bay and even some 90s showing up in the east bay. This is the first of two fire threats this week. Well talk more about that coming up. Heres kumasi. Thank you, mike. Here we go, again. Pg e is warning of another round of Fire Prevention shutoffs this week. 50,000 customers could lose electricity as early as tomorrow night. Here in the bay area 7,000 homes and businesses in six counties could see outages. The areas near mt
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Christien kafton. Reporter city leaders say they see an increase in the infection and hospitality hospital rates. They said to do that they need to help of every resident. Despite early success in flattening the curve. They now find the curves trending in the wrong direction. The Public Health Department Said it took 38 days to go from 2000 to 3000 infections and 13 to go fr 5000 cases diagnosed every day. Dr. Colfax said the city could be seeing a crisis like what unfolded last month on the east coast. We talk about the curve. Its implausible that we could get in a situation like in new york. Reporter is a part of the way forward is expanded testing. Ordering medical providers to step up testing. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing slots per day. Thats a 45 increase over what we are averaging over the past week. Reporter the mayor discussed a topic, what school will look like with the distance learning. The mayor said that they are working on opening learning hubs to prov
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