Pg e is preparing for power shut off this fire season, but they vow that this year will be different. California Public Utilities commission and pg e will hold a meeting this morning on the companys preparedness for the upcoming shut off. The press democrat report says pg e will cut the number of customers to lose power down by onethird because it made smaller sectors in the electrical grid. Many states grappling with covid cases and businesses struggling to stay afloat, the medical community is forging ahead on their search for a vaccine. Today in the bay Cierra Johnson is live in San Francisco to explain where researchers are in that search. Cierra, how can they be a part of it . Yeah, definitely. Were going to have more information and as those researchers are working to find that vaccine that uses that type of technaology, that new Type O Technology theyre looking for a group of people to go forward with the study. Africanamericans and latinos this call for participants being made
Thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news tonight because Tropical Storm isaias is gaining strength as it turns toward the coast of the carolinas. Tonight nearly 120 million americans are now in the storms path with warnings stretching from South Carolina to maine. The storm is expected to make landfall around myrtle beach in a few hours as a category one hurricane before ripping up the east coast tomorrow, bringing with it as much as six inches of rain, flooding, Power Outages and damaging winds. In fact, new york city is expected to see the strongest gusts since Superstorm Sandy and that was nearly eight years ago. If that isnt enough, the storm is slamming into some of the areas in the south that are hardest hit by coronavirus. North carolina has already shut down some Testing Centers and the governor there is warning those who need to leave the coast to stay in shelters to prevent the spread of the virus. And with more than a third of americans bracing for
Dr. Anthony fauci testifying on we will continue to check in capitol hill that a coronavirus with you about isais. Vaccine could be months away. Maria larosa, thank you. This hurricane is the last we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by thing that florida residents the end of this year, and as we need right now as that state deals with a massive coronavirus go into 2021. But amid the good news, trouble as well. That 600 federal unemployment outbreak as well. Psa benefit expiring at midnight sam brock is in miami beach this with congress and the president far from a deal. Morning. Reporter good morning. The wind out here picking up a little bit, calmness on miami breaking news. Beach ahead of isais. Tiktok ban. But these conditions could look President Trump announcing very different in just a few overnight he plans to stop the hours. State officials telling people social media app from operating to have up to seven days worth in the u. S. As early as today. Of food
Robberies assaults and burglaries kron fours dan thorn joins us now live from san leandro what the police union is saying about these alarming numbers stand. Well ken and pam this warning from the police union comes up in the city of san leandro voted in june to slash the budget of the Police Department by more than a Million Dollars is also having the union come out and say that because of the spikes in crimes theyre going to need all the funding that they could gain but advocates for defunding. The Police Department say. That they should addressing the its not its not money thats the problem here. Its how these crimes are addressed. The San Leandro Police Officers Association is warning people over a significant jump in Violent Crimes, new numbers from the citys Police Department show from june to july there was a 500 increase in armed robberies, a 125 increase in assaults with a Deadly Weapon a 100 jump in shoplifting and a 75 increase in home burglaries is very concerning for us th
Candidates. We have the latest on the search. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. Our top story tonight sideshows creating a bit of a nightmare for san jose neighborhood video from residents show the cars whipping around the intersection of camden and redmon avenues this is in the sunrise aumentan Area Neighbors tell ua the noisy gatherings have been upsetting their community for months kron fours dan thorn top of some concern neighbors about the site shows he joins us now live from san jose with more dan. Well can residents here tell me that at first it was just maybe one or 2 cars that would sort of spin around here at this intersection but lately its exploded into unruly sideshows and they wanted to stop. Wow the screeching of cars burning rubber at the intersection of camden enrichment avenues. Again another sideshow and this san jose neighborhood is fed up. Its scary. Its very scary basically we dont know whats going on and t