Area Lgbtq Community this as a San Francisco landmark gets ready to shine bright. Plus covid19 nightmare, the United States setting a record for most infections over a 24 hour period. How states hit the hardest are reacting this weekend. Good evening, im ken wayne and i pale more thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight accused of making racist remarks San Jose Police officers under investigation tonight, the mayor of san jose not now calling for them to be fired. The Investigation Centers around racist posts made on a closed Facebook Page for active officers have been placed on administrative leave kron fours dan thorn is getting reaction from the mayor tonight, he joins us now live from san jose with the latest well can alleged posts ended coming from former and current Police Officers. The mayor has been calling comments disturbing hes asking for a full investigation. Well the police chief is asking for help from the feds. A handful of San Jose Police officers are on administrative leave as the Department Investigates alleged racist comments on social media with this racist islamophobic conduct is horrible. And any options are directly involved should be fired. Mayor sam liccardo was demanding a full investigation into the comments expressed in a closed Facebook Page the page is apparently made up of former and current Police Officers, the comments were anti muslim and also called black lives matter activists quote domestic enemies can how those officers on art. On the force and they need to be fired immediately. And we need a full investigation understand who else was involved for how long. Any officers knew the San Jose PoliceOfficers Association echoed the mayors comments calling the group and online ring of hate there is no place. In our Police Department or or union for racists. Theyre bigots. A president paul kelly says the union will not protect any of the officers involved. We will not represent you. You do not represent us. As i mentioned before San Jose Police chief eddie garcia is asking for the fbi to help out with their investigation. Meanwhile, the fbi is an Ongoing Investigation along with the long beach Police Department in Southern California. Theyre investigating threats that were made by 3 former officers against a black activist shaun king and those threats were also made on social media reporting live in san jose dan thorn kron 4 news. Thank you dan in the east bay Contra Costa CountyDistrict Attorney to diana becton has banned the use of carotid restraint hold techniques, the ban applies otherwise known as choke holds the ban applies to Law Enforcement officers who act as senior inspectors within the District Attorneys, investigative unit. In a statement, the dia said the risks associate with the technique far outweigh any potential benefit and the change quote reflects a positive move forward in Police Community relations and reinforces the continuous need to focus on de escalation training and tactics. Today was a day to celebrate pride in the bay area. And it was really mark. Pride weekend is underway in the bay area a day meant for celebration in said began with an act of hate the oakland Lgbtq Community center on lakeshore avenue was vandalized this morning the center announced the news on social media today sharing this image of the vandalism happened about 10 oclock the suspect is described as a young white male oakland mayor libby shaft has condemned the incident calling it shameful and heartbreaking and saying on twitter quote they can break windows but not our spirit of quote the covid19 pandemic has forced organizers to cancel an in person. A celebration of pride this year instead sf pride is going virtual with 2 days of content across 2 strains on has surprised that or for a total of 26 hours of programming but not all pride traditions will be strictly online this weekend this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Pink Triangle on twin peaks in the city. A pink torch left lake merritt in oakland around 2 oclock this afternoon right now its being carried to the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Mayor london breed is expected to give a speech when it arrives in tonight at 9 oclock, the Pink Triangle on twin peaks will be lit up with about 2700 pink lights and it will stay lumen aided through the weekend and into the month of july. Our kron 4 news special celebrating 50 years of pride will air tonight and tomorrow night at 10 oclock you can also catch it streaming on kron on tonight only starting at 11 00pm. Developing news out of Northern California theres been a deadly shooting at a Walmart Distribution Center police have blocked off a parking lot in red bluff and tame the county. After a gunman drove into the Distribution Center has started shooting. Officials say the gunman used an a or type weapon and appears to have rammed a vehicle into the building. 2 people were killed 4 others injured, but will be ok, according to authorities the suspect was shot in the chest. Its unclear if the gunman is one of the people who died. Were still gathering details as they come in and well have the latest for you when it becomes available. The u. S. Reported more than 40,000 new covid19 cases yesterday, its biggest daily jump yet. More than half of all states are seeing a rise in the number of cases there have been more than 2 and a half million cases of covid19 in this country with more than a 125,000 people dying in california there are more than 207,000 confirmed cases with more than 5800 deaths here in the bay area there have been more than 22,000 cases overall and today, San Francisco reported an additional death from coronavirus bringing the total to 563 in the bay area so as weve been saying 5 months after the first case of coronavirus was diagnosed in the United States the nation is facing its highest number of infections and a handful of states are posting their largest singleday numbers whitney wild has the latest. Florida georgia idaho, tennessee and utah on friday these 5 states recorded their highest singleday Coronavirus Infection numbers since the pandemic began and saturday florida reported 9,585 new cases topping the previous record set the day before. Now mayors in the state announcing several popular beaches will be closed for the 4th of july weekend we expected huge crowds to be at the beach it would have been very hard for us. To control our social distancing having people abide by the rules we dont want a spike on top of a spike nationwide 32 states saw surges in case numbers over the past 7 days. This has pushed 11 states to make the tough decision to pause or roll back their reopening if i could go back and redo anything it probably would have been too slow down the opening of bars people go to bars to get close and to drink and to socialize. And thats the kind of thing that the stokes the spread of the coronavirus. And according to a new Antibody Survey by the centers for Disease Control and prevention the actual number of those infected could be 6 to 24 times greater than previously thought medical experts say theyre not surprised youre still at a point where were not able to get tested every Single Person that we apply to our Emergency Departments around the country. Im whitney wild reporting. Current and former inmates at san quentin in marine county are sounding the alarm over the covid19 outbreak at the prison and the potential for infections to spread to the larger community. The concerns were raised during a town hall hosted by a local Nonprofit Group speakers on the zoom meeting called for a series of changes, including reducing prison populations across california and putting a stop to prison to prison transfers which is believed to be what started this latest outbreak. They said another key change is recognizing that prison outbreaks require a community response. There are more than 600 cases at San Quentin State Prison and theres a protest planned at the prison tomorrow at noon. Fremont police are investigating several incidents involving racist graffiti as hate crimes. The Department Says since february there have been 3 reports of graffiti depicting racist and offensive terms or symbols at a construction site in the area of more rain street and on avenue. All of the graffiti has been found on Construction Equipment and supplies the most recent incident was reported earlier this week. This is fremont second hate Crime Investigation of the year. Some good news for east oakland more than million in state grant money will fund 5 new projects there. Those projects involve the construction of 55 units of Affordable Housing and a Health Clinic along international boulevard. A trail along san leandro creek. The planting of 2500 trees, the creation of a 3 acre nursery and expanded bike share program. The project will be implemented over 5 years oakland mayor libby schaff said quote it is what people in the street have been marching for investment in underserved communities. Now to our 4 zone forecast as we step outside and see how things look at the Golden Gate Bridge on saturday evening and pam looks like were falling into the some routine along our coast warmer inland. Thats right lets check in with our chief meteorologist for the details laurie, i get a little windy out there 2 guys in spots seeing some gusty winds already over 30 Miles Per Hour that far certainly moving in the bay right now alcatraz you can see right there if you look very closely you can just make out a couple buildings there in San Francisco with the clouds rolled in now the temperatures cool off in the San Francisco effect all around the bay area no 90s today but were close still warm 89 degrees in livermore 84. In concord 72 degrees in santa rosa 61. Well below the average in San Francisco, 72 degrees in oakland today and 86 degrees in san jose speaking winds. Yeah theyve been kicking up 90 Miles Per Hour now in San Francisco, 22 in mill valley, 28 in fairfield right now 15 a little more, but all around youre seeing a healthy breeze and i think its going to strengthen as we head in toward tomorrow that may cause some fire concerns in parts of the bay area. Temperatures right now weve got 56 degrees in San Francisco to 61 in oakland, 69 in san jose 60s elsewhere around the bay area except right along the coastline tomorrow morning we wake up to a few clouds early on and then i think becoming mostly sunny and breezy temperatures going to knowsley cooler then by the afternoon we still may sneak in a couple 80s inland, but the big story tomorrow all the winds kicking up maybe some those gusts over 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour guys we have more on that coming up. Thank you lawrence also coming up on kron 4 news at 8 a threedecade age drop there is concern the new data on just who is catching the coronavirus plus problems during a pandemic why Health Care Workers were pounding the Pavement Outside their Southern California hospital. Plus American Airlines is ditching social distancing. Im noelle bellow coming up here from a travel analyst and geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. This week an American Airlines announced it will not be blocking middle seats anymore since april the airline had been capping the number of passengers on aircraft to just 85 of capacity, however, starting next wednesday july the 1st the airline will no longer count the number of open seats and that decision is raising some alarms in light of the recent spike in covid19 cases call for snow bellow joins us live from our newsroom now with more from a travel analyst well thats right. The big question here is why right ken and pam why would the airline choose to make this change in the same week that we see a rise in cases across the country specifically in the states where it has major hubs i spoke with the travel industry analyst who says hes disappointed in the move but not surprised. Has a lot of debt they seen their revenues fall like all other airlines so im not surprised that they are trying to sell as many seats during the peak Summer Season as they can. But its a disappointing decision nonetheless, just ahead of the 4th of july weekend American Airlines alerts passengers they will no longer be blocking middle seats in the name of social distancing. The move puts them in line with united and Spirit Airlines allowing flights to be booked to Capacity Starting july first im concerned that American Airlines has made a very poor decision here since april american has been capping the number of passengers on each flight. Their average load for the month of june was about 63 when asked why they chose to make the change now americans said quote we expect a busy weekend around the 4th of july holiday. The load factor cap was instituted before we had implemented multiple layers of protection for customers which includes clean airports and planes healthy team members and requirements for customers and those who service them to wear face coverings with all of these layers of protection, we are comfortable removing the load factor cap and quote travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt says the timing of this move could end up hurting the airline in the long run or can airlines is clearly showing that they value profits over people if passengers are concerned about flying as they are now. And if we have to fear interest issues about traveling as we do now, Airlines Need to respect that and trying to make us feel confident about traveling American Airlines is not doing that other airlines are. Those other airlines that hes referring to our southwest delta and jetblue as they are all still blocking middle seats or restricting the number of seats for sale on each flight. American is offering flexibility for passengers alerting them if their flight is reaching capacity and giving them the option to change it. But american says so far only about 4 of passengers who have gotten those notifications have chosen to change their flight can am. Noel thank you and more younger people are starting to get infected with the coronavirus that is a trend being seen now particularly along the southeast in florida, the median age of confirmed cases has dropped by 30 years from 65 years old in march to 35 years old now. Weve seen particularly over the last we is the real explosion in new months or younger demographic. Thanks to a house party for a cousins birthday. And 3 days later in white star takes in saying that we all wasnt feeling. Well. That patient jeri ward says he is one of 10 people in their late 20s and early 30s who attended a party in south florida all of whom have been diagnosed with covid19 Officials Say the issue of young people gathering together is compounded by the fact that so many of them im not wearing face coverings for the 9 to 500 new cases were reported in florida setting a record for the most cases in one day in the sunshine state, and the death toll is now up to almost 3400 despite this uptick. Florida Governor Ron Desantis has yet to implement a statewide mandate to wear face masks, he did impose one new restriction ordering all bars in the state to stop serving alcohol on their premises. Several bar owners say the ban caught them off guard. We cant stand another 3 months being shut down. Just serving drinks, you know like to go drink. Thats just not going to. Pay the mortgage. The fact that our governor was best so progressive with reopening. Was and we stand behind him and we were very happy about that and at