Community. It is not just poor air quality, im also tracking near record high temperatures into the Labor Day Weekend. One Bay Area School district is scrambling to come up with new lesson plans after parents complain of racist and homophobic material in the curriculum. Its especially concerning if weve been using it in the School District for six years without a concern raised. Alejo reportedly reaches a settlement in one of the deadly shootings that has the police under the microscope. The bay areas largest county may be on the verge of getting the green light to reopen the economy just a little more. Tonight county leaders are saying not so fast. Maria medina is live in san jose to explain why the county closed. Reporter you may be wondering why the state is saying okay but the county is saying no. Typically counties enforce the most restrictive orders and in this case, it is ceren to send to cara honey. Marissa is not only a teacher in san jose and a board member. I have a child wi
Morning as well. The spare the air alert is in effect once again today. A record 18 days in a row with the alert for the bay area, that continues into saturday and likely beyond. The normal daytime highs, upper 80s and close to 90 in concord. Also for livermore comedy low 80s in san jose and the low 70s in oakland. The upper 60s for San Francisco. We have heat advisories and excessive heat warning in effect for the Holiday Weekend. I will have details coming up. Morning. As we check the roadways, we have a crash westbound 80. One car and felt of it might be blocking the left lane. The good news is there are not a lot of cars on the roadway. The traffic is pretty light. Plus the threeday Holiday Weekend is upon us. Things are moving after the limit. We will let you know if that changes but the left lane is blocked on the westbound side. Past that there are no delays towards the toll plaza. Traffic is moving at the limit. A place where we see a few brake lights is the nimitz freeway. We
What people know about most is the biggest one, the cares act. I think it got 97 votes here on the floor of the senate. 970. Weve in the past been able to figure out a way to come together as republicans and democrats, as americans to be able to address this crisis. We need to do it again because we still do have a crisis. We still do have unacceptably high levels of people getting infected, hospitalized, being in the i. C. U. , fatalities, and of course our economy is not where any of us would like it see it, although it has improved significantly in part because of the legislation we have passed here. Im convinced we would be at over 10 unemployment still if not for the legislation we passed here. Instead were beginning to come down, 8. 4 last month. Thats faster than anybody thought it could. Still, of course, unacceptably high. So more help is needed, and we cant let the upcoming election and the Politics Around that keep us from getting together and continuing to do the work that
Up about 60 of the new infections. The capital has now confirmed more than 19,400 cases. Across japan 493 new cases brought the National Total to nearly 64,000. Experts say the outbreak has likely peaked but the panel is still advising the government to hold off on lifting the 5,000person cap on events at least until the end of next month. Translator the proportion of untraceable cases remains high, and we s still d dont know the impact of travel over the summer holidays. The risk of the virus spreading further is still there, so we need to remain fireworks lit up the skies over tokyo in a surprise event. For centuries people in japan have used the colorful displays to ward off pests and now a pandemic. Translator the colorful fireworks are so beautiful. Natations are still racing t develop a covid19 vaccine. The World Health Organization is calling on countries to ensurur they will be distributed fairly. We are working with manufactururers to ensure a all countries will have timely an
Grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 the highly unusual sight all across the bay area skies. Its just better. All people are talking about today indeed taking a live look outside right now across the bay from the bay bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. The san mateo bridge to the richmond sandra fell bridge. It looks normal right now, but all day. It was just about as dark run for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow begins our Team Coverage explaining. What weve been witnessing in how long the skies could stay like this lawrence whats going on yet let my entire life here in california have never seen a day like today wake up to the orange skies and certainly. Was concern looking at the maps though you can see where it came from not the more fires locally but number we have the paradise fire a few years back that but all the smoke in the bay area will now weve got another fire near theyre called the bear fire. Weve also got the august complex and t