Urging caution. Unfortunately it was positive. Im one of the contact tracers from the county. Reporter jill is a covid detective with a deft touch. Did you have any symptoms yourself . Not really. Reporter informing people they have covid, quizzing them on their contacts and finding out what they need to stay isolated. When she started this work in june she was swamped. There was such a backlog. Since then we have sort of gradually caught up with everything. So yeah, it was really bad. August has been a much better month for us. We have seen reduction by half an hour case counts. Reductions in deaths, fewer outbreaks. Reporter july to august, a turnaround in marin, curving covid spread at san quentin prison in outbreaks among nursing homes. Positivity rates are dropping, but this morning against complacency. We are still vulnerable to losing the gains weve achieved if we relax too quickly. We have seen that happen already, that happened in the month of june. Lets take that as a lesson
Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a trip to a local salon chair now has House Speaker nancy pelosi on the hot seat the california congresswoman on the defense tonight after cameras caught her in a local salon for a hair appointment good evening im pam moore and im ken wayne. The salon was supposed to be closed due to covid19 restrictions the speakers actions now has a lot of people upset. Specially some San Francisco hairstylists kron fours Jonathan Mccall has the story from the city. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now finds herself in the middle of the hot seat involving a covid controversy. The owner of the San Francisco salon says that the longtime california congresswoman visited the salon for an appointment monday afternoon. Video released by the owner to another media outlet appears to show pelosi with a wet here inside of the east salon on union street, not wearing a mask. The image is now raising eyebrows. Thats because San Francisco salons have been closed since march because of
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look south this morning. Good morning everyone, it is wednesday, september 2nd. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. Mary lee is standing by with your forecast this morning. And mary, you noticed its a bit cooler out there this morning. A bit breezy too. It is. Yeah, tracking that onshore flow. And its the reason why were going to see slightly cooler temperatures than normal. As we head through our afternoon. And with it, with that ocean breeze kicking in for us, were looking at better air quality this morning. At least many locations moderate air quality as we start off our day and thats the yellow dots there but still some spots parts of the north bay dealing with unhealthy air. Were going to go even longer t rtunsoheres a hazy look with o Mount Hamilton camera from the lick observatory. In effect today with spare the air extended into tomorrow and l
The postmaster generals reassurances this morning. Its the abc news exclusive, the Joe Biden Kamala harris sitdown interview. What theyre saying about trumps attacks, the election, and covid19. You cannot get the country moving until we control the virus. Would joe biden be prepared to shut down the country again . School struggles to open and stay open during the pandemic. The startling scenes in alabama, crowds attending football gamese postponements. [ crowd chanting ] and the plea from a student paper, dont make us write obituaries. And scorched earth. Deadly California Wildfires killing at least six people and destroying 500 homes and structures and killing at least six people. Resources stretched thin. The residents taking matters into their own hands. Hey, good morning and happy saturday. So in washington today members of the u. S. House of representatives are working on a saturday. Thats normal for us here on weekend gma but its rare for them. They are set to vote on providing
In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi