City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
9. 45 or as we approach about 10 oclock. Temperatures thus far we have mostly the 50s up to the north bay 60s all over the east bay except fremont 59, 60 san jose. We have those 50s lined up along the peninsula for comparison 24 hours ago where little cooler over most of the real estate, a touch warmer to the south lining in a free today again the Morning Clouds and fog by midmorning those starting to mix out nicely for a nice afternoon again looking at 72. By about 11 oclock well take a closer inspection your forecast in just a bit robin sounds good. Thank you dave. Now to a big story that were following for you this morning, according to Court Documents a researcher wanted by the fbi. Its said to be hiding out at the chinese consulate in San Francisco, this investigation stems from a move by the Trump Administration this summer to go after researchers who are here in the United States on student visas but have proven ties to the chinese military. Now the woman named john tang was a r
Downplayed the butt pandemic, reporter the guest list included u. S. President s and despite the u. S. Having the bay area nobles. Highest number of cases and death in the world. It into her ing the spanish flu pandemic of 1918. We have gone through fires 75,000 new and flooding and earthquakes, government shutdowns. Within double. That is because we have the whatever has been thrown at us, the cliff house comes back. Best testing. If we didnt test you wouldnt reporter covid19 call to be able to show that. If we tested half as much, the come back into question. Numbers would be down. After nearly 2 months of takeout only, the owners of 47 years seymore cash is going out than coming in. We have been doing at 4 to 6 he also continue weeks. Make good on his promise to financially it makes no sense. Withhold federal money from districts that do not reopen. Residence and was also asked about masks. He said he is a believer and face coverings but stop short of making a national mandate. Repo
Spread of covid19. In one case alone, a los gatos man with Cystic Fibrosis has been waiting nearly two weeks for his results to come back. Nearly two weeks ago, ricky came down with a if he ever and quickly scheduled a covid19 diagnostic test. Since then his condition hasnt gotten that much better and hes been id lating at home. Ive been sleeping with that 16 hours a day. Ive had achy joints. He has yet to get the results back adding to the uncertainty, he is a Cystic Fibrosis patient making him especially vulnerable during this pandemic. His mother, herself a contact tracer for santa clara county, is puzzled by this disparity. It is unnerving. You dont know who is out there. Who could be infecting you. Locally youre more likely to get a fasterturearound from an academic lab such as stanford or ucsf but public labs can take longer. His medical provider went through Quest Diagnostics which is among the large corporations nationwide now competing. A turnaround time of a week or more does
Influence. There are the winds start to whip up a little bit by the late afternoon. And they linger well overnight as you can see take us past the Witching Hour and Still Holding together in Contra Costa County and some of the valleys in the Solano County as well again maintaining that on shore influence in the fog spilling right into the central alley 60 it looks like by atm by 11 were talking 70 and sunny, although not done yet climbing. Well take a look at what it looks like in your neighborhood in terms of those temperatures in the 4 zone forecast and checking the extended as well, rob sounds good. Thank you dave. Well over to the east bay, a second animal tack and moroccos leaving people on high alert. Just over a week after a toddler was bitten by a coyote at a park and now a second person saying that they were bitten by a dog like animal at the mirage a country club kron fours dan thorn has that story. Fish and wildlife officials are still investigating these 2 attacks, its stil