Thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 3 im noelle bellow just over 6 months since shelterinplace orders began california is seeing widespread improvement. An infection levels at the same time the nation and california are about to mark some grim milestones in the pandemic the United States is on the brink of reaching 200,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic right now there are little more than 199,743 deaths and more than 6 million cases have been reported across the country here at home that grim nationwide milestone comes as california and statewide covid19 numbers continue to improve governor Gavin Newsome provided an update this afternoon. He says the state has averaged about 3400 cases over a sevenday period. The latest numbers showing the low that with just under 3300 cases reported yesterday. Now the governor says on average theyre conducting more than 100,000 tests a day and with the number of testing going up the Positivity Rate is going down over the last 7 days weve have
Reporter the court order was today the mayor in wisconsin in response to a lawsuit that for sure. Thank you for watching nbc there said the protests have now bay area news at 6 00, well see accused opd of violating the you back here at 8 00. Turned peaceful. Rights of protesters when blakes father and sister were authorizes used tear gas against have a good weekend. Part of todays march in washington, d. C. Now were feeling the impact crowds following the death of and the anger from the shooting george floyd. Dan siegel is the attorney here in the bay area as well. In less than an hour, a rally is behind the lawsuit. It would not be legal for them to refuse to provide mutual aid and it would not be legal planned in downtown oeakland an for them to ignore oakland then later there is a vigil. Scott budman is live with the latest for what is planned for policies. It does not apply to alameda this evening, scott. County sheriffs office. Reporter well, jessica, reporter Alameda County sheri
With all the fires in place, you have so much smoke. Again, the wind does push it around, when you get a west southwest winds, like right now, it is going mainly east, so like contra costa county, Santa Clara County, those will get a bit more in the areas of haze. Oakland, san jose, at 60 degrees, the wind of change is howling for some. The fog bank will retreat, but it may be a bit better for you with that westsouthwest wind. It looks like its going to start losing out over the next couple days, but today, temperatures below average across the board. Lets go over to sal now and see if there is anything new popping up on screens. Good morning, sal. Nds good morning to you by the way, steve. On the carquinez bridge and Altamont Pass, the winds are an issue, but not the bay bridge, as you come into San Francisco. We have also been looking at some of in oakland is off to a 4 32, lets go back to the headlines point all right, sal, thank you. Accused of threatening the Santa Clara County he
You can see it is smoky. That should not be green. Thats a camera issue. Take a look at this map. We have some of the worst air in the world right now west want to talk to sandhya patel about that and when we might see some clearing, please. I know. We really need it desperately. Lets take a look at a live picture first and well talk about the air quality now and whats coming. So exploratorium camera showing a very gray, murky view of that smoke and the fog around the region. Lets look at the current air quality. Santa rosa, napa, same thing for fairfield. Look at san rafael. It is awful, very unhealthy. As we head down toward san jose, same thing. And in the santa cruz area, right now it is unhealthy air quality. When we look at the visibility it is pretty clear that you cant see very far because of the fog and because of the smoky skies. Just about a mile for san carlos. Spare the air alert has been extended through monday now. Very unhealthy to unhealthy tomorrow, going to unhealthy
This morning. It doesnt have anything to do with the moisture we had yesterday pick these clouds coming in from the coast. Nifty six in the santa rosa now. 58 in San Francisco. Low 60s and oakland and livermore. The marine layer is at 1200 feet. Inland cities waking up with sunshine but many of us have cloud cover and drier air and cooler down by 5 degrees in most areas. It has to do with the onshore breeze that is blowing all the way through the delta this morning. When it comes to the fog, visibility is tough along the coastline. Half moon bay reporting less than a quarter of a mile but everyone else looking okay. Look at whats going on with the added relative humidity, the fog is back. A bit of an onshore flow going on as well. Right there at the czu complex fire, we got great humidity. Temperatures are good and the winds are light. Getting into the afternoon for air quality, unhealthy for sensitive groups. North bay in the San Francisco coastline and through the center bay and east