Tomorrow night. The stricter rules are being implemented because theyre trying to slow the continuing spread of coronavirus infections. Ive been concerned at how quickly it has skyrocketed. Two weeks ago, we were seeing about 3. 9 to 4. 2 of everyone tested being positive, and we were very concerned that we reached this 8 benchmark. We set a cap at 8 , and now that weve reached that, we realized we need to scale back, keep the community safe, and really encourage people to take these additional safeguards so we can slow the spread. Reporter now, Health Officials are also keeping close tabs on the number of intensive care unit beds available in the county. Right now, about half of the 209 beds are in use either from covid cases or other cases and this recent spread of infections in the county obviously is prompting concerns about the future, the near future availability of those icu beds. Reporting live in lafayette, im sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Sergio, thanks very much. Lets
Youre watching kron 4 news at the something that happens to good people regular people. Now 9 in the east bay man shot in the eye with a rubber bullet now fears he may lose his vision. Thank you for joining us at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus in of the queue of kiss that man says he was shot while watching an oakland black lives matter protest last month. Kron fours dan thorn spoke with the man and his family theyre now seeking help with medical expenses and also considering legal action against Oakland Police. Oakland resident Daniel Sanchez fears he may lose his left eye pictures show an injury. He says came from Oakland Police shooting him with a rubber bullet i sure can. You heard a lot. Sanchez was observing a black lives matter protest near Oakland City Hall on the night of may 30 he was merely a bystander at the 14th street bart station when he was struck in the face bones along his nose and around his eye had been broken as i write away like flows like immediately and then
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Chief eddie garcia says he has no control over retired employee but added any current employee involved with bigoted material online will be investigated and held accountable to the fullest extent of my power. We have no place for this. Department has complicated history with things like this. Menacing tweets about the black lives matter movement, arbitrator reversed the chiefs decision to fire the officer. Currently pushing to change the system. Too hard for chiefs in this city or any other to fire bad cops. As for the new case, mayor is calling for a full investigation. In our efforts to build a better bay area, were focusing much of our energy on reopening plans. In surprise about face, San Francisco is hitting the brakes. Just monday announced more businesses able to reopen, contingent on state approval, received yesterday. Today mayor london breed announced its back on hold. Kate larsen is live. Just yesterday mayor breed was at San Francisco zoo, talking about it and other busine
In covid19 cases spike, Health Officials are now requiring new changes for Outdoor Dining and churchings. Some cities in Alameda County are pushing back and proceeding with Outdoor Dining after the county said they were not allowed to. It was a hot afternoon today. But were tracking hotter temperatures for your sunday. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news at 11 00, starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. More concerning numbers tonight with the surge of coronavirus cases in california. More than 8,000 new cases are being reported in the state. The number of deaths, also, is trending upward. Rising by 94. Hospitalizations, also, set a new record today, topping 6,300. Now, the bay area also set a record today with its numbers of hospitalizations, with 567. Also, of concern. The Positivity Rate over the past two weeks continues to rise. The