Everybody wins. More evacuation orders have been now thats simple, easy, awesome. Lifted and containment is click, call or visit a store for details. Growing but not before hundreds of homes were destroyed in the fire, including the home of wallace j. Nichols. Ove letter t his daughter air way at college now from abc 7 live telling her the house was gone. Breaking news. And that breaking news is your house in the redwoods runs of people have taken to the streets of oakland and san jose lasted 19 years. It helped thousands of visitors, tonight to protest police beautiful music, sal mop dinner brutality. The demonstration is part of and rich conversations. A day of activism tarped country i had hoped it would be yours and comes on the 57th some day and i was working hard anniversary of Martin Martins to keep. Match on washington. Chilling words. A few hundred people kbaerd he ended the letter by writing in downtownoaan please carry the sweet memories with you wherever you go. After a cou
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
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
Increase of 2 1 2 . There is some positive news. 20 deaths reported after five days in which they ranged from 64 to 87 per day. The total death toll is now more than 5500. Governor newsom gave a briefing and said hospital spaces were up 16 and those in need of intensive care up 11 . Ktvus tom vacar with more on the uptick of casings. Reporter were not a dispersed wave. Were not into the second wave. Were not out of the first wave. Since all this began as of june 20th, california has had almost 174,000 coronavirus pandemic cases up 450 okays, plus from the previous day. The largest increase since april. Those that suggest were out of the woods, those that suggest that somehow it is going to dis appear, these numbers tell a very, very different and sobering story. The cases are essentially balanced between male and female. 95,500 are in the 18 to 49 age group with all other anyone groups accounting for 78,000 cases. In all, 5500 californians have died with males dying more frequently tha