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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 9 20240712

People came together today in martinez for a peaceful black lives matter protest. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the rally and march coming after a series of hate crimes in that city martinez. Was thrust into the National Spotlight just last week when the defacing of a black lives matter mural was caught on camera tonight activists wanted their voices to be heard kron fours dan thorn was at the protest late today, he joins us live tonight in martinez with more on what happened and. Grant vicki there was a lot of anticipation that was leading up to todays demonstration businesses were boarded up streets were closed off. But as police stood by and watched what was happening protesters remained peaceful. Hundreds of people make their way down court street waving signs and chanting for racial equality, the demonstration taking place where a man and woman recently defaced a black lives matter mural thats the disgraced that were fighting against this White Supremacy and White Supremacy in a to white people and this is unfortunate that this is where we still are in america, but we have to do what we have to do them. Protesters some even on horseback wanted to be known that racism anywhere including martinez is not welcome is our home town and we just dont want to see. Against color. People of color just not ok while some streets were closed off Business Owners boarded up their shops and restaurants in fear of damage or looting. The citys Police Department was also bracing for educators and counterprotesters to clash with the peaceful there were a few brief moments of tension these men saying they deserve their voices to be heard as just because i say all lives matter. Doesnt mean im a racist or. Im a white supremacist prison not. Protesters want the attention to be focused away from people who are against their message for them ignoring hate is a solution everybody is welcome to help support us. This is not a moment. This is a movement. We will not stop until we get equal justice across the board across our country. Well the 2 people that were caught on video defacing the black lives matter mural here on court street martinez are facing hate crime charges and if they are convicted, they face up to a year in prison activists tell us that they hope that more people speak up about these hateful acts so that others can show support against hatred, reporting live in martinez dan thorn kron 4 news all right dan and tonight fire crews in san diego are in a fight to save the u. S. Navy ship thats been burning. For more than 12 hours now the fire on board, the uss bonhomme rush ard injured 21 people, Navy Investigators now working to figure out what sparked that fire. Our conference Jonathan Mccall talk to the bay area man today who served on the ship. Jonathan what did he have to say about the and the the impacts ahead, yeah, vicki, 17 sailors 4 civilian contractors heard in that fire this morning. Tonight weve learned that a number of officials are still there on the scene trying to put it out altogether. But that man that i spoke with earlier today said that depending on exactly where that fire is located. It could be a tough challenge for crews trying to get it out. All wildfire fight is under way to stop a massive blaze burning on board the uss bonhomme rush art just before 9 oclock sunday morning a fire was reported on the 840 foot long naval ship stationed at naval station san diego, 17 sailors and 4 civilians were hurt in the fire which also triggered an explosion. 160 sailors were on board the ship at the time and have since been evacuated their first things. Everybody safe and then try to minimize damage because it is will likely to be next to their extremely costly cole smith once served on the bond homer shard and says crew members did everything they could to try to limit the spread of the fire in the way ships are built is the main tool for that is compartmentalize station so the whole shift compartmentalize so even if you there is major damage you can hope minimize the location of that damage late sunday evening Navy Officials said the fire is in an area near the ships. Well dec its part of the ship that allows water vehicles on and off its called the. For that class of ship and this huge open area where you store a lot of Marine Equipment everything else. Smith says if thats the case it could be tough for crews to try to get to it all know the world its large and you can. They can potentially access that theres tons of spaces surrounding come smaller compartment said sport engineering ballast tanks. The ship was currently undergoing scheduled maintenance at the naval station when the fire broke out. Smith says the fire is a blow to the naval fleet. The ship is a flagship to transport marines and other personnel to war zones. He says the fire could cause earlier and even longer deployments for sailors having to fill the gap is a very important you choose you guys set. For you know marines and navy on the west coast kron 4 toured the u. S. Has bought homer shard when the ship visit San Francisco during fleet week in 2018. Smith says hes now thinking of his fellow shipmates. As the investigation into what started the fire zahn i know that i knmw of any who was in a ballot. On the charge is going to do the right thing and theyre going to handle to the best of their ability. The ship was currently undergoing 250 Million Dollars and scheduled maintenance and repairs and tonight weve learned depending on just how long this fire continues to burn on the ship their early estimates that the cost of repairs from this fire could easily top more than a billion dollars. Live tonight in the newsroom Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Thank you jonathan, a deadly fire in San Franciscos Presidio Heights neighborhood today. It killed one person and injured another firefighters were able to control the house fire at the 3 story home on sacramento street in per city heights, but right now its not clear what started the fire the cause is being investigated. The person who was injured is said to be in stable condition tonight. Now to the pandemic and the u. S. Saw a surge of Coronavirus Infections in the weeks right after memorial day. At least 26 states are pausing or rolling back their reopening plans now in an effort to get this spread under control. The u. S. Says more than 3. 2 million cases. More than a 135,000 people have died georgia florida South Carolina and texas are all reporting record or near record high numbers of confirmed infections. And that was in a single day. Yesterday. The cdc now estimates 40 of people infected with covid have no symptoms. Meanwhile, theres tension at the white house tonight as some Trump Administration officials. Are starting to question doctor Anthony Fauci in a statement, a member of the Administration Says officials are concerned doctor fauci has been wrong on things. The white house also provided a list of statements to supplement that argument. A health and Human Services spokesperson clarifies that doesnt mean the white house is clashing with scientists fauci is director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and the leading coronavirus expert hes been known to correct President Trump when the president s facts wrong. Hes also been at odds with the president at times about the need to follow health guidelines. A grim milestone for california today, our state has officially surpassed 7,000 deaths related to covid in tonight there are more than 321,000 cases confirmed in california and over 32,600 of them or here in the bay area, the bay area county with the highest number of cases is Alameda County with over 7700 cases but the county with the most deaths is Santa Clara County. At 166 deaths, San Francisco county currently has more than 4,000 cases and 50 deaths. Alameda county has been added to the states monitoring list after. Its an increase in cases recently that county along with others on that monitoring lists will receive what they call targeted support from the state. After 3 days the county will need to impose state restrictions or enforcement. Alameda county Health Services says that the increasing cases due to people interacting with others while not wearing face coverings and also not following physical distancing guidelines being on the monitoring list along with Alameda County are some others, but it means Alameda County will be required to close indoor activities such as dinein restaurants but in these cases. Theyre already close so if they werent close they would have to close all these places you know tasting rooms for wine movie theaters Family Entertainment centers. Zoos museums card rooms Outdoor Dining is currently not permitted in the county already so Alameda County has already been cracking down on its restrictions being added to this monitoring list didnt really change much. In Contra Costa County meanwhile officials issued a healthy order over the weekend that will prohibit Indoor Religious Services beginning tomorrow morning but outdoor gatherings including Worship Services and political protest. Those will be allowed as long as masks are worn, and physical distancing rules are followed officials said in a statement that more than 8 of its covid19 test. Now coming back positive over the previous 7 days a sign that the virus is spreading rapidly in Contra Costa County. 2 officers ambushed killed in the line of duty, how theyre being remembered tonight. Plus the latest on the search for hollywood actress naya rivera where her 4 yearold son is right now after he made it back on to the boat in pursuit of presumed drowning accident. And tracking 5 to 15 degrees of cooling to start your work week monday things to their trauma that cool sea breeze and marine layer we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. All right time now for a 4 zone forecast as we get a live look right now at the Golden Gate Bridge. Meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez standing by with a look at the forecast for the week ahead and debris said we need that the cool down a bit. Yeah and were waiting on the return of karl, the fog to help with that cool down in the bay area clear skies out there for now and still tracking warm temperatures until learning with the 90s at 89 degrees. But in the upper 50s right now for Half Moon Bay and downtown San Francisco. So quite the spread out there right now for your sunday night 50s 60s 70s, 80s and we are also going to see cooler temperatures tonight, thanks to that cool sea breeze already feeling that nice cool sea breeze influence along the coast of the San Francisco peninsula extending throughout the east bay shoreline and its going to make its way inland during the overnight hours Storm Tracker 4. Right now tracking clear skies but you could see that cloud cover out in the distance out in the pacific expected to make its way into the bay area within the next hour too blaine canning us with high cloud cover first along the coast shortly before midnight but then becoming more widespread during the overnight hours into our inland areas by monday morning with plenty of sunshine by monday afternoon. So clear skies out there right now pretty calm conditions, breezy winds but overall overnight lows warming in the low to mid 50s along the coast with mid to upper 50s as you make your way inland and tomorrows daytime highs finally relief in sight for inland valleys, widespread 80s as opposed to 90s and tried valleys. Back in the 80s and 90s instead of being in the triple digits like you are today, so youre going to notice the biggest drop in temperatures. 15 degrees of cooling your average highs ever also in the bay area mid 70s along the east bay shoreline, mid 60s for downtown San Francisco in mid 80s for those of you in san jose and that cooling trend is going to continue for most of this upcoming workweek with near average highs returning inland by thursday back to hugh grant and vicki all right in southern california, several dive teams and cadaver dogs are searching. For missing actress naya rivera at like peru. Officials say that its been 5 days since she presumably drowned during a boating trip with a 4 yearold son. The 33 yearold glee star rented a pontoon boat wednesday at the Ventura County lake at about an hour north of los angeles and officials there say that the boating vendor discovered the vessel in an area about 30 feet deep after the boat did not return following the 3 hour rental period. The child was asleep on board wearing a life jacket. Authorities say another life asked and riveras person i d were on the boat as well. Ventura county Sheriffs Office says its a difficult search but believes that they have the tools to find her. So it is a needle in a haystack. It is a very difficult search. Thats why we use sonar. The boats are able to search a 30 foot 40 foot section and they can give us targets to go search those are a lot easier to pinpoint and there are gas is the start to develop within the body and the body should float. It can take anywhere from 4 to 7 days. And according to authorities riveras son has since been staying take lee with family members grant. The community in mcallen texas is mourning the loss of 2 Police Officers they lost their lives while serving in the line of duty and today people close to them tell reporter, a real pro that theyre remembering them as heroes. To hear that this happened you know especially to such a great individual, i know he loved us or tell us what he did and you know i guess the role of the of the Police Officers to serve its a somber moments frost reveal hass as he remembers Mcallen Police officer he smiled chavis once a Science Teacher and coach at Weslaco East High School he was just. That type of person that he cared about what he did. He did everything on it, but i percent chavis an officer of the needle were killed during a Domestic Violence call saturday afternoon. Today those who knew them are remembering them that that was eddie and. So you know every Single Member of our church can identify him can know who he is he was so visible. You know, and again were just going to miss him using it wasnt. A great teacher and a great coaching. I dont imagine how many kids if he impact you know one of the bases on campus, you know as a coach a teacher. Just as a mentor, you know and out. I know that he will forever be remembered leaving their mark in their community definitely definitely a part of sure ill be teaching coaching family just an awesome awesome individual just the type of person that you would want you know your kids to be around now their friends are sharing the memories left behind to share its fellow dispatchers we always said when you got to work with that he was going to be a fun day. She always found a way to make everybody smile to might make everybody laugh and a commitment to serve their community. You know he was a great person, a great individual that just love to people and i think he chose to become a Police Officer just that because he loved people. He loved it to serve people. Just just a servant to us what he did you know and im always positive. Always promoted a positive outlook in life. So that was a real for saudi reporting for us tonight in mcallen texas. The Democratic Party of Orange County has sent a letter to the countys board of supervisors calling for a vote to remove john waynes a name from the airport protesters gathered this weekend across the street from the airport in support of a name change. The move is garnered International Support but is also sparking outrage from some including President Trump who attacked the idea on twitter supporters of the name change wanted to revert back to its original Orange County airport. As we get ready to start another work week a lot of parents are really country. One big thing when. Well their kids go back to school how many days out of the week will they be doing that versus zooming in the answers of course are complicated an

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