Health, so i spoke with pulmonologist dr. Vinny job, to get some answers to your questions. We have been dealing with the smoke for weeks now, what are the longterm risks from breathing all of the stuff in for so long . Is there a cumulative effect as one of our viewers asked, is it going to be affecting us later like the coal mines did for people . We look at wildfire smoke, there is been, shown to be an increase in respiratory problems. Meaning bronchitis, potentially pneumonia, etc. , but not, not, the other things have not been shown meaning an increase in an increase in mortality due to cardiovascular effects. The jury is still out on those, the research is mixed on those endpoints. People with heart and lung problems honestly have risks with this air quality but what about the people who come you know, were otherwise healthy . How much of a risk is it for most people . If you are talking about air lein thred little bit each day, just a little bit of daily activity, then that is p
Is behind bars tonight charged with sending threatening letters to a county Health Officer. And when police searched the suspects home, they say they found a ton of weapons and ammo thank you for being with us on kron 4 news at 6 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis tonight, ellen be arraigned go is facing. Felony counts of stalking and harassing a public official. Kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from the Santa Clara County hall of justice in san jose with more on this troubling story well a public official a Santa Clara County Health Officer doctor sara cody, authorities believe she is a victim, but they also believe 3 other local officials have been victimized by the same person they are investigating that and they are looking in to see whether there are also additional victims. Santa clara county prosecutors have charged this man 55 yearold alan b urrainn go with threatening a public official and stocking they say over the course of 4 months the gilroy man is alleged to have
Proriding a new Business Reopening timeline starting today barbershops and salons were allowed to reopen outdoors there are still some restrictions that restrictions though from 4 Sanaz Tahernia is live in our newsroom with the details son os. Thats right and so many of us here in the city have been waiting on things like getting haircuts and manicures and starting today as you mentioned haircuts and manicures are now allowed but outdoors now the mayor announced a new timeline today. Businesses in the city can now offer personal Services Outdoors including hair salons and barbershops nail salons and massage businesses also allowed or outdoor pools and noncontact Recreational Activities indoor malls can also open but shoppers will only be allowed at a limited capacity now if all goes well by mid september hotels can reopen in addition to outdoor movie theaters. An outdoor family entertainment. Also outdoor tour buses and boats indoor museums zoos and aquariums places of worship for indi
Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a trip to a local salon chair now has House Speaker nancy pelosi on the hot seat the california congresswoman on the defense tonight after cameras caught her in a local salon for a hair appointment good evening im pam moore and im ken wayne. The salon was supposed to be closed due to covid19 restrictions the speakers actions now has a lot of people upset. Specially some San Francisco hairstylists kron fours Jonathan Mccall has the story from the city. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now finds herself in the middle of the hot seat involving a covid controversy. The owner of the San Francisco salon says that the longtime california congresswoman visited the salon for an appointment monday afternoon. Video released by the owner to another media outlet appears to show pelosi with a wet here inside of the east salon on union street, not wearing a mask. The image is now raising eyebrows. Thats because San Francisco salons have been closed since march because of
In the bay area alone. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken way and i pale more here is a look at the bay area broken down county by county right now Alameda County continues to lead with more than 11,000 cases of covid19 Santa Clara County not far behind with nearly 10,000 cases. Tonight, San Francisco county has more than 6,000 reported cases of the disease and city officials are preparing for a surge in hospitalization to get ahead of the curve these cities building a new temporary hospital to try to free up beds for Covid Patients. The new hospital will open for non Covid Patients who need shortterm medical care or observations kron fours tips aqui joins us now live from. Georgias avenue in the presidio where the new facility will be located taylor. Well the citys Health Director isnt sugarcoating things today. He said we are in a major surge of coronavirus cases. And thats exactly why they are opening this site here to be proactive rather than reactive now. The city says that thi