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KRON KRON 4 News At 7am July 12, 2024

Inland areas talking more about what to expect this monday. Still ahead your forecast back to you james all right, thank you john 7 oclock we do want to begin with the latest on the coronavirus and the numbers show that at least 33 states now are seeing cases rise on a week to week basis and heres a look. At the current map which shows us the number of cases compared to last week youll notice 8 states are highlighted in dark red. Those are places where weve seen a 50 increase in cases from one week to the next california is included in that group. Meanwhile 25 states are indicated in orange, those are places where were seeing a 10 to 50 increase in coronavirus numbers. Right now we have more than 3. 3 million infections with more than a 135,000 deaths reported across the country the worst by the way is in florida now surpassing a new york as the nations hot spot with the most career i co coronavirus cases. Anywhere in the bay area. We have more counties going on the states watch list as our numbers are going up too. And so there are new restrictions in Sonoma County because of that starting today. They have changed their tune Indoor Dining and other places like bars movie theres you cant do any of that for 3 weeks at least Outdoor Dining and take out that still allowed. Alameda county has also been put on a watch list because their numbers are going up too. But theyre not changing any orders because currently theyre not allowed to have Indoor Dining yet. Our movie theaters and the like Officials Say the increase is mostly because not enough people are wearing. Masks. There is one very county that is starting to reopen more businesses in fact today we have gyms hair salons in hotels allowed to reopen in Santa Clara County kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live in Mountain View with a look at sarah. Hi there. Yeah, im live here at a strip mall where we see the little gym, its actually a gym for children they have summer camps which is also allowed to start up again starting today also a virtual cluster people not quite comfortable. Business here in the strip mall is this nail salon called nail bar and we have more video of that where you can see these businesses that are ready to go they have a green check mark in the window and says covid prepared that means that they have submitted an application with the county of santa clara saying that they have a you know theyve gone through their entire business, a bottom to top and made sure that their employees are ready made sure that theyre following social distancing protocols and inside its really cool to see you can see that theres these plastic partitions at each nail station. And the only place that you can put your hands through his where you put your hand sir where they can do your nails but your face is completely going to be covered by that plus a partition and both parties will be wearing a mask, the people working there will be wearing gloves as well so you it looks relatively safe in there. So the may make people feel more willing to go to a business like this especially now that the county is checking on these types of businesses that are able to reopen and that includes again gyms hair salons nail salons tattoo shops Hotels Motels outdoor pool summer camps and outdoor gatherings are also allowed with up to 60 people all Wearing Masks indoor gatherings are banned of course, you know Health Officials discourage any gatherings at all but. They do say if youre going to gather outside make sure youre distancing youre wearing your mask, each Business Reopening has to submit those applications again to make sure that they have the social distance protocol. So this morning were going to be checking in with a lot of different businesses, including Hotels Motels well have to see how theyre doing i know its been different in every single county and theyve had to work with the county some that some counties saying were not open hotels that were going to has been very wishywashy but Santa Clara County saying were going to open hotels and motels well have to see how thats going this morning so make sure to join us in about an hour from now to see what we learn for now im live in Mountain View Sarah Stinson kron 4 news, thanks. A lot sarah. Well also in the south bay, we have 3 coronavirus testing sites opening this week. You can see the locations we have a graphic here. There are 2 testing sites in san jose one at Independence High School the other at Santa Clara Service center auditorium. Theres also a site in gilroy as well at the south county annex its a walk of sites you dont need appointments. And its also freeze so get tested now if you want a new health order now in effect in Contra Costa County and it bans people from gathering indoors for religious services or dining outdoor gathering so are still allowed you can also still hold protests as well but you have to wear masks and follow social distancing rules. Officials say more than 8 of its coronavirus tests are now coming back positive over the last 7 days which means they say the virus is now spreading rapidly through Contra Costa County. Heres a look at the numbers closer to home across california. We have more than 324,000 infections with more than 7,000 deaths. And if you do look at just the bay area alone. We have 32,000 cases and growing with now 636 deaths reported in National Headlines a secretary of education is echoing President Trumps push to reopen schools. Even though the pandemic seems to be getting worse. The white house recently pushed for the cdc to revise its recent reopening of guidelines for schools, but the director said theyre not going to do that education secretary betsy devos however is reminding everyone that the guidelines. The flexible and she says theres nothing to indicate that children are in danger. The cdc guidelines are just that meant to be flexible and meant to applied as appropriate for the situation. There is no nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to about kids need to be in school they need to be learning they need to be moving ahead, and we cant we cannot be paralyzed and not allow that or not it be intent on that happening sees as she was careful to stay technically correct by saying that theres nothing to indicate that its a danger to the children. Of course the other medical experts are upset because it could be a danger to the parents and the teachers because the kids could be spreading covid without knowing it. And House Speaker nancy pelosi says the same she says de vos should have said that she thinks in fact that the president and the administration are endangering the health of children. I think what we heard from the secretary was malfeasance. And and and dereliction of duty. This is appalling the message. The messing. The president and business traicion are messing but the health of our children. It is we all want our children to go back to School Teachers do parents do and children do. But they must go back safely. And when you hear what the administration is saying we know that they have no appreciation for the failure. That has brought us to this point. Last week the president attacked the cdc saying the School Reopening guidelines were too tough too expensive and impractical. In the south bay teachers in san jose are pushing back on plans from the district to have students come back to class as early as august 12th, and now the School District is beginning to rethink those back to school plans prefers taylor sackey has the latest. This is clearly not what anybody wants right Teachers Want to be in the classroom. They want to be face to face with their kids are a lot of teachers work extraordinarily conflicted about this because they understand the tremendous burden that this places on on kids and their families. But but we dont need the school safe before we can you really before we can be open to public School Teachers in san jose are responding to plans from the san jose unified School District. To reopen School Classrooms august 12th only the message from them was they were they were scared of they are returning to full class sizes, you know full days with with relatively prevention measures left them most alleging side of a they begin to consider a individual actions not come back. Were beginning for retirement, leaving the profession and that using their 60 days and president of the San Jose Teachers Association Patrick Bernhardt represents 1500 teachers. Roughly half of the School District staffers served 30,000 students in 41 different schools from k through 12. He says most teachers are on willing to return given that cases are rising and theres a lack of testing to detect asymptomatic carriers. Teachers like jodi to are disappointed by the districts plans i was already going to say thats not safe for and its not safe for my child i wasnt planning on sending her back. If this gets ugly and we get really pressed to then you know im going to im staying with my union because my union stance with me on friday bernard sent a letter to the superintendent reflecting their concerns. After learning that most of its teachers are unwilling to return to in person teaching at this time the School District wants to serve a on his website for staff and parents to gauge their willingness on classroom reopenings the survey is open through tuesday, july 14th and Taylor Bisacky reporting kron 4 news. And the breaking news this morning washingtons Football Team is officially dropping its controversial name of the redskins Effective Immediately but the team there in dc did not reveal what the new name would be they say thats going to come at a later date theyre working out some trademark issues right now the team says that theyre looking for a new name that will honor native americans and the military. Washingtons decision to change. The name comes after mounting financial pressure from corporate sponsors, including fedex that owns the naming rights to the stadium there. And other brands, including nike an amazon theyve all decided to remove the teams merchandise from their Online Stores to add pressure to the team to change its name and it looks like now its going to happen we just have to wait to see what that new name will be. Well we are looking at sunshine working its way down to the sfo runway but look behind us definitely some gray skies back there towards san bruno mountain. Talking both are cloudy start and were back at 7. 13 happening today, the San Francisco zoo will reopen with a new safety plan in place. This is going to open to members with reservations, first and then the general public will be allowed to come in on wednesday. The zoo says that it has worked very hard to have the park declared an Outdoor Museum. And so among the attractions that will make closed or all of the indoor exhibits in the playgrounds and the ride so because its an Outdoor Museum everything outside is available for you again except for the parks in them. The things that the children to climb on a potentially come in close contact with the rights they dont sell its all outside the snow believing open and so as long as the people wear masks. The draft stay 6 feet apart, which theyve been able to do so far and we just got to get oaklands yeah you get that same status and they had some of the other animals get way too close and theyre still there working on fashioning little mass for but its hard to monkeys dont want to keep it so thats theres going to be a learning curve punch people in the Weather Center with more on todays forecast good morning john. And good morning guys, yeah got to keep those masks and if you are heading to the zoo and good to see those animals doing some distancing little foggy at the zoo has staff right now all the way out to oakland and berkeley, where as you can see cloud cover has moved in across the bay, its sitting right above us a visibility hasnt been an issue. Youre just looking at that low gray as youre heading out for work or whatever youre doing this monday morning. Now skies will clear up pretty quickly late morning and then we have a lot of sunshine to look forward to still going to be warm but not as warm as we were this weekend, the ridge of High Pressure thats been bringing us such hot weather is retreating further to the east. So you still have record breaking temperatures for great basin southwestern deserts all the way into the southern part of california. But the heat backs off of the bay area so were going to take a break from at least the 90s for most spots in the bay area today swifties and 60s for your highs in San Francisco and elsewhere along the coastline. Well 70s in millbrae and burlingame 80s further south once you get towards Mountain View and down into the south bay. Now many of the same areas were in the 90s yesterday, so although its still toasty today for areas like the tri valley. Its not near as hot and youre going to notice that subtle difference areas like berkeley and richmond remain in the 60s will conquer to 86 north bay temperatures still some of our warmest but not as warm as they have been vacaville pittsburgh in antioch in the low 90s. Well santa rosa in petaluma in the mideighties tomorrows temperatures will be just a touch warmer and after tuesday. We remain steady all the way through this forecast really not a whole lot of change to talk about the upcoming weekend. Dry sunny and warm inland while 60s and 70s near the coast and a james. All right john thank you, heres a quick check of the bay bridge this morning as we take a look at traffic, yeah still love still slow as you make your way through the toll plaza nothing beyond the usual. But obviously give yourself. The extra time you need to get through this well expect about 8 15 8. 30 things should lighten up quite a bit here the san mateo bridge has been fairly steady all morning long but moving nicely as you can see nothing slowing it down once you get on the span itself so enjoy that as you make your way from hayward out towards foster city. Analysis of cell phone data in 10 coronavirus hotspot shows that even more people hit the road over the 4th of july weekend. Then over the memorial day holiday despite warnings from Health Experts. They tracked the number of visitors to and from the 10 metro area hotspots in the u. S. And according to the data nearly all of those metro areas saw an increase in the number of visitors when compared to either memorial day weekend or 2 weeks prior to the july 4th holiday orlando. In fact saw the largest increase in visitors compared to the couple of weeks leading up to the 4th of the 10 hot spots, atlanta residents were apparently most likely to travel including taking trips out of state and experts say mobility is one of the big risk factors for transmission of covid19 but it could be weeks before we actually see the increase the spike responsible from holiday travel. So well keep our eyes open for that new data. Meanwhile, speaking of increased travel disney world has officially opened itself to guests again despite the alarming spike in covid19 cases that were seeing across the state of florida. They are limiting the parts capacity to 50 in masks and social distant as mandatory, but even still. They are checking everyones temperature when they enter the park but there is still concern of course about their ability to prevent infection. Tesla is cutting 3,000 off the price of its model y suv thats their electric Sport Utility vehicle. Its now starts at just under 50,000 for the long range, dual motor version. This comes after tesla cut prices on many of its other models too including the model 3 and model x the company says it has found some manufacturing efficiencies and they want to pass the savings on to customers tesla stock has continued to beat expectation. Fact close friday was shares surging 11 . And a friendly reminder for you this morning, you have 2 more days to file your federal tax returns this year. The deadline is wednesday july 15th. Course normally its april but it was postponed due the coronavirus pandemic if you are filing youre going want to do so online apparently theres a huge backlog of paper tax returns that they have to process a lot of the irs employees are working from home so that slowing down the work. So if youve already filed a paper return and youre waiting for a refund you might have to wait a little longer. Also know that you can request an extension if you want to october 15th, but you still need to submit that extension by july 15 to the next couple days. Global stories kicking off a monthlong daily special deals series today and walmart and health and bass udders to remind everybody that they should wear a mask, those are some of the headlines in Business News that weve been following as far as the mask mandate of course a lot of businesses as we know in the bay area are all now requiring mass but thats a big sweeping measure to ensure the safety of shoppers, the time now 7. 19 well be back with more in just a couple of a husband and wife separated for more than

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