Applies to k through 12 schools, Public Private and charter for schools that can reopen masks are required for staff and students in grades, 3 and up. And are strongly encouraged for students in second grade and younger teachers will need to be regularly tested for covid19 if 5 of the school test positive for the virus, the school must go back to Distance Learning also an entire district would need to distance learn if 25 of its schools are closed education broadly. Is absolutely about our kids but we cannot deny the fact that we have hundreds of thousands of adults that are responsible to taking care and educating our kids as well and their health has to be considered the vice chairman of the state Assembly Education Committee Republican kevin kiley released a statement condemning this move saying in part the impact of these closures will be devastating for working families academic equity and mental health. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The governors guidance does not jus
Backseat. Do we know, is there Department Policy on that at all . From the backseat of a moving vehicle at that. I did ask the chief that very question. Is this policy, is it appropriate. He did not quite answer he said there is multiple investigations going on, that there are rules that govern when a Police Officer can discharge his firearm and that he was not going to weigh in. I can tell you that is what the victims family wants to know, was that appropriate policy and if not, will that officer be held accountable . Afterwards he asked did he point a gun at us, all right, joe, thanks for the update. San Francisco Health officials have unveiled a preliminary School Reopening plan, if conditions allow for a safe return to the classroom. The Health Department outlined the practices needed to save the resume in person instructions. Some guidelines include using masks during school. Practicing social distancing, frequent handwashing, keeping students in small cohorts and staggering sched
Morning. Good morning. I am claudine wong. Good to see you on this saturday. If you are waking up with us, lets say good morning to meteorologist Rosemary Orozco with a look at how the weekend is shaping up. Good morning. Happy saturday to both of you. We are looking at just minor warmup for the weekend. Outside the doors at this hour, we have the clouds, once again, giving you a live look across the east bay. We are waking up with a partly sunny sky for the inner east bay. Around the bay and along the coastline, plenty of overcast skies. Into the afternoon, temperatures are expected to climb by just few degrees today. And a tad more tomorrow before we begin to cool it down once again. I will have details on your current conditions. Those afternoon highs and the extended forecast coming up in just a little bit. All right. Rosemary thanks for that. California is seeing troubling new numbers in the fight against the coronavirus. According to johns hopkins, right now, the state is at 440,
Release program kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco and dan as we understand it as many as 8,000 current inmates could be released by the end of august is that true. Thats right that is 1000 before the end of august now up to now weve seen about 10,000 inmates, according to state officials released this would be another 8,000 added to it and it would happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19 more than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths statewide so far the governor has announced plans to speed up the Early Release program and thin out the prison population. Under a new plan 8,000 debates could be eligible for release by the end of august with 4800 of those eligible before the end of this month and prison Officials Say no members of that group are violent or serious offenders are prisons are only supposed to hold 89,000 people. And they hold upwards of a 110,019 1000 people
News at 6. Now at 6 with the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus and mounting pressure to protect california inmates from covid19 governor Gavin Newsome announces thousands of inmates could soon be freed from prison. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman now with covid19 racing through the state prison system. Governor newsom is taking additional action to slow the virus is spread by thinning out the prison population through an Early Release program kron fours dan kerman is live for us now and dan as we understand it has many of these inmates almost a 1000 of them could be released by the end of august. Thats right 8,000 by the end of august so far the prison population has already been reduced by about 10,000 add another to that and thats going to happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19. More than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths state