And i am elizabeth cook. So far more than 9000 people have died from covid, we are in hayward with how Health Officials are cutting down the testing wait time. For weeks, trying to get a coronavirus test across the bay area has been a problem with firstcome firstserved locations available. You can now mark one more off the list but they will still be producing the same number of tests every single day. They rush to locate and isolate new cases of coronavirus continues in the state of california like at this testing site near the airport. We are trying to squeeze in as many test as we can you will need an appointment unlike the station. Going all the way down mission boulevard which is probably a couple miles away, so the wait times were really bad, so what this does is cuts down on the wait time and the traffic. While testing is increasing key indicators spread are in modest decline statewide. There were just over 5700 new cases reported over the weekend which pushed the seven day aver
And bay area San Francisco city workers are in a tough spot. Delay their raises or risk a huge round of layoffs . Tonight, reaction to the mayors budget ultimatum is pouring in. We are live with how this ties into racially quality. Mac since the death of george floyd there has been talk about defunding the police. The city of San Francisco a few weeks ago promised to to re divert some funds from the to Police Department to communities of color to reinvest in those communities that may be defacing that may be facing racial inequalities. Today we got our first peek of what that might look like. As the first step in the effort we were redirect 120 million from Law Enforcement to support these priorities over the next two years. District 10 supervisor says the black community has made clear its priorities for the money. They identified education, economicjustice, homelessness, Mental Health. You will see us come up with programs and resources that are going to address those so specifically
This weekend there will be an enhanced risk of stronger current and sneaker waves as well. A lot of beaches e closed but be aware. Know what to do if you are caught. The onshore breeze is going to pick up a bit as we head into the afternoon and evening pick that is when the currents will be the greatest threat. For right now it is not too windy especially compared to the past couple of evenings. Temperatures are looking great as we head to 4 july. Plenty of sunshine and a little hot farther in the. We would take it we will break a down coming up in a few minutes. We have been saying many beaches around the bay area are closed this holiday weekend. Not in santa cruz. Local Health Officials gave up trying to keep crowds away. They reopened their beaches. Now semiworried about possible crowds over the weekend. Earlier we ran into people who were visiting from out of state. We are being very careful. We have not eaten out a lot quite honestly. The place where we have eaten out they have ta
We have been keeping tabs on for fires in Santa Clara County a fire is burning 2000 acres in the hills, Contra Costa County a grass fire burned. A refinery, and San Francisco crews put out a small fire in the bay bridge and in Solano County another fire is forcing evacuations right now. Reporter the fire came up right to the backyard and stop by the fence, when you actually look around this area there are charred hillsides surrounding the backyards, we cant homeowners desperately trying to protect their homes from the fire with their hoses, fairfield fire was also on scene trying toput out. According to the fire chief it started somewhere off of link road, the wind once again swept flames of the hill and the fire came out right along a row of homes. I just hope they contain it really fast. Theyre working hard roughly 30 homes were evacuated but roughly 30 people stayed behind some of this fire is estimated at about 68 so as for the is the fire chief says this fire is on the other side
Of hate messages. Hag riw,veze and black lives matter march and are celebrating the lives of john lewis and civil rights activist ct vivian who both recently passed away. The group has marched to several san jose location so far. Also right now, this San Jose Police officer just placed on administrative leave after he is seen kicking and dragging a woman across the mcdonalds parking lot. Good evening. Kpix 5 reporter with more. The officer primarily involved in the bdo youre about to see has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Seconds into the video the officer is seen kicking the woman who is on her knees. He then tackled her while the partner points a gun and a passenger and children in the car can be heard crying out and bystanders start shouting out the officer the first officer king handcuffed the woman her back and wraps her drags her across the pavement. If anyone wants a prime example of use of Excessive Force, this is one. The former judge an