Help were clear. Let them go [ applause ] reporter and now Governor Newsom has responded. A plan to battle the virus that is wreaking havoc inside california prisons, now up to 8,000 inmates could be eligible for Early Release by the end of august. I think its a good step. Reporter former inmates and advocates have been worried, especially surrounding san quentin, the site of the states largest covid19 outbreak. 7 prisoners have died. We cant afford the luxury of a slow roll out and continuing to make incremental changes in the state prison populations. We need a large scale release. We need to follow the Public Health experts leadership on this. Health experts agree. Large packed settings are a prime place for the disease to spread. Its really a chicken coop of risks for covid. Reporter ucfs doctor peter plods the governors decision to then the prison population, but remains fearful. It may not be enough. The devil is in the details. Because 8,000 inmate six only 7 of the states count
The warning from police and fire. What will School Look Like in the fall . The california superintendent of schools gives us his insight on what parents can expect. After a series of High Profile Police shootings, one east Bay Department is promising reform tonight. But critics say, they arent buying it. Now at 11 00 p. M. And streaming on cbsn bay area, illegal fireworks have been going off all night, all over the bay area. Good evening. I am elizabeth cook. I am ken bastida. The fireworks arent just loud, they are dangerous. We are told fireworks sparked a brush fire in San Francisco this evening. Flames scorched two acres and in the south bay, several cities are stepping up their efforts to crack down on illegal fireworks this year. Kpix 5s maria medina with a warning from the police and fire crews. Reporter a Police Source tells me because legal fireworks slows being canceled, many people are saying the show must go on and that is why we are seeing an increase in illegal fireworks
Because theres an increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations throughout the county and its gotten so bad that the numbers are showing that almena county has most ksat of any county in the bay area and that has caused major concern for Public Health officials theyve been deciding what to do in terms of reopening or not county Public Health Officials Say the number of cases has risen in the last week from 63 to 71 per 100,000 people before this though they were seeing a decline in numbers so officials thought it was time to move forward with the states case for reopening by applying for variance attestation putting the county officially in stage 2 thats where a lot of counties are in our state. But now the Health Department and other officials dont believe its safe to do so since every day the numbers are now going up at last check theres been 5700 cases of coronavirus here in Alameda County was 133 deaths now we heard earlier from the Alameda County Health Director whos describe
Now. It is thursday morning to you, thanks so much for starting your morning with us, im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Good to see the team altogether. 4 30. It is early before the suns arrival and kari is here with a look at the forecast. Good morning. Slightly cooler as we head into today for many of our microclimates it has been hot for the past few days, so, today, were talking about san jose and our temperatures that will reach into the mid 80s today compared to the low 80s and 90. Most of us starting to feel that cool down. Well talk more about that for the weekend forecast. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Slightly cooler. Sorry, commute. Were looking at green sensors almost everywhere. Let me take you over to the maps and the dublin interchange west 580. It sees a crash on the report for chp involving a motorcycle and a sand barrel, laura, but no injuries reporting and no lanes blocked and tracking that. Well show you the area coming up. Breaking news, the manhun
Meteorologist kari hall keeping track of the forecast. A nice one out there for most o . Right. And there will still bes that w temperatures today, but this is where were beginning. At least we do have another few hours of some cooler weather starting out this morning. Most of us in the mid to upper 50s. As we head over to concord and check out our temperature trend today. Low 60s this morning and low 80s by noon. Well talk more about a weekend cool down coming up and mike has a look at that morning commute. Its moving very smoothly right now, kari. The oakland crash at high street and were looking over towards the maps and see a smooth drive and were talking about the peninsula. North 101 if youre heading up, if youre using the hillsdale exit a disabled vehicle that affects you and also affect you, laura, if youre heading at 92 on the off ramp. Back to you. Thank you very much. Breaking news were following for you overnight. We have learned that federal agents are looking into some su