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Harvey live in the city now with all the details rana. Marty good morning that vote unanimous so that means now for going to a Police Station out here in San Francisco will now see that sign reads black lives matter including at the station behind me got 30 days now to with these signs up and again this Resolution Says this is the commissions and the Police Departments way of making sure that they continue their efforts to support black lives here in the city ok, lets look at these resolutions theyve even got it down to a dimension size here how big the signs have to be theyve got to be 32 by 24 they can only read black lives matter posts or sign also has to be placed in a location thats visible to the general public visiting the station and at all times the scientists not be blocked or out of you. The resolution also mentions the San Francisco Police Department has been on the front lines of putting in place many Critical Reforms related to police accountability. This is by is free police scene along with Community Policing at the sign is damage they have to replace it. Now they have 30 days when that resolution is passed to put this in place. They are also instituting antibias training for new recruits and are deciding to join the department and again were going to be monitoring this story as it continues to develop for now reporting here in San Francisco reyna harvey kron 4 news, it looks like its going to be in the news for a while thanks a lot of rain for that live report from San Francisco robin. The to the north bay now the late how city officials are launching an investigation after evidence was destroyed in the case of Sean Monterrosa the 22 yearold was shot and killed by the label officers last month. Authorities say monterroso was kneeling and had his hands raised at the time. The destroyed evidence is the windshield from the patrol car where shots were fired at monterrosa the city said the wind chill from the unit was replaced and the patrol car was put back into Service Without permission. The city is talking with the fbi to possibly take over the criminal investigation. The Solano County district attorneys and california attorneys General Office recused themselves lawyers for the monterrosa family say that this shows that theres a lack of trust between the department and community. Its interfered with criminal prosecution its interfere with our federal civil rights case, its. Prejudiced our case in the ability to prosecute this officer and so not only is it appropriate to. That s the fire the person who did this. It is also appropriate to figure out how this could have happened how was one person making a decision about evidence collection. The city says one workers on administrative leave an outside investigation is being conducted to figure out exactly what happened to the evidence. Now to the latest numbers on the coronavirus we have a breakdown of cases and deaths in the bay area. There are now over 36,000 cases and 660 people have died from the coronavirus is seen in most cases in Alameda County with over 8400 and factions but the virus has been deadliest in Santa Clara County which has 173 deaths. We have a full breakdown of the cases by county and city on our website kron 4 dot com. Now to the north bay this morning, the Marin County Office of education and Health Department have made recommendations for reopening schools there kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in marin county she has all the details for us sara. Marty im live here at Tim High School the pool has just reopened to the public and were talking to some parents out here who are taking advantage of that theres still some anxieties surrounding reopening this fall. But as you said the office of education, the public Health Department theyre all making recommendations to every school in marine county about how to reopen safely they do not think its a good idea to reopen any sooner than september 8th, due to the rising coronavirus numbers in this county and across the bay area plus san quentin is in this county and they have a rise of numbers there as well, teachers can meet with students individually or in small groups before that day but they really dont think that school should have done before then they want this to be a gradual they want to them to read just gradually reopen school both departments have created a list of recommendations for all educational institutes, this includes both public and private schools all grade levels. Officials are discussing precautions such as distancing between teachers and students, everyone wearing a mask while on campus using outdoor areas for teaching Guiding Movement through hallways, no large gatherings and use of playgrounds will be very limited. Theyre thinking meals to be served in classrooms or outside no cafeterias plus Health Screenings much much more the goal of course is to prepare students and staff to eventually be in school full time, but with the health of everyone in mind i spoke with a mom of 2 she was swimming here at the port am high one of her children will be a freshman this year, tim hyde she explains some precautions that might put her mind at ease. Hopefully like a staggered days something that they talked about and. Just you know being to stand in the classroom like at least 6 feet apart everybody Wearing Masks and you know maybe for todays primary concern is that everybody be healthy and safe. That is the concern of everyone parents Staff Students and of course the Health Department and office of education and theyll be continuing this discussion on how to safely reopen today as well as next week and im sure the discussion will just continue into august and september for now im live in marin county Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right sir, thanks for that update from or in robin. Well students and the San Francisco Unified School District will be learning from home when classes begin next month. The district reveal the fall semester will begin with Distance Learning on august 17th. They hope that in person classes can be held later in the semester. The district also says its planning to distribute more technology to students who didnt get it last spring. And sandra fell city schools will also begin the year with Online Learning guidelines include starting the school year on august 20th with Remote Learning and a phased in return to campus. The district is also holding weekly meetings to figure out the details task forces will present their recommendations to the board of education on july 28. A town hall meeting will be held on july 30th and then a final decision on a plan will be made on august 3rd. Other districts keeping students away from campus includes san leandro Unified School District berkeley unified oakland unified west contra costa mount diablo and Brentwood Union elementary School District. Well the Distance Learning guidelines have inspired one east bay mom to get creative and to step up to help teach children. Kron fours michelle kingston shows us what that mom has up her sleeve to help her children and others in the brentwood School District students will not be back in the classroom here in brentwood instead will be distant learning, but one parent has a creative plan to help those students and parents get through the semester after Brentwood Union School District voted to continue Distance Learning this fall, kathy daniel wrote in a local Facebook Group asking if parents would be interested in getting their Children Together in small groups to help each other this upcoming semester within days she had a list of more than 600 students if you want to do this let me know that kids you have a great stir in. And i created charter and hopefully it 9 kids are grouped together says the park is still in line will do whatever it takes sitting outside in distancing themselves. The students will do their schoolwork with other kids around their age and with in their neighborhood all while receiving help from parents i said i get it out for english i can do that i can each year, ill just read in the shop robbed him. So yes. Joy and she said i top 3rd big last year out to 3rd graders this will help students feel not so alone and also help parents who may still have to work fulltime in are unable to help their children with their schoolwork kathy daniel says it will also help keep everyone accountable. Im hoping the district sends out packet so that we can work on those habits that the kids and have worked to turn it. Because not just me many many many of my friends, their kids all said oh yeah, the work gets done. Well then we found out it was daniel is currently busy organizing the 600 students into small groups and figuring out where they can all meet safely to do their work before the School Year Starts on july 28th. In brentwood, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, good news for families who wish to visit their relatives in longterm care facilities. Well have details on the new health order that eases restrictions plus which east bay county is now considering issuing citations to businesses that are not complying with Current Health orders, the fines that they may face coming up. Before we go leave you with a live look of 92 the trip across the san mateo bridge which is slowly improving no traffic problems to the peninsula will be right back. Good morning, welcome back its a 12 this thursday morning time to go ahead and get a check of the Weather Forecast with dave spahr hide a hey good morning marty good morning, everybody, any of those overcast skies hangeron sfo, good news is no delays going on so thats a. These thats good temperatures starting to move a little bit inland look at this 65, antioch we got 60 learn more 62 for conquered east bay shoreline even fighting through some of the fog in spots where moving a little bit lower 60s for now fremont still a stubborn 56 61 a bottle with 57 for santa rosa and 57 also San Francisco. So the leftover fog should clear the next couple of hours, however, it may not do so along the coast very well even into the early afternoon. Lingering has come to be partly cloudy kind of appearance that we could have means the sun comes out a little bit but then gets covered over with the leftover fog. Thats the low level moisture thats the kind that we get overnight as cold damp from the ocean that comes in meanwhile, different type of moisture is drifting up to the not the bay area but up to california from the 4 corner states in this form of the monsoon. We have some daytime heating in the sierra well get a little stray shower or thundershower today so putting that all into motion, heres the low level moisture gone, boom pops up there you can see in the sierra and we do that actually again for tomorrow looks like but its nowhere near as impressive there you can see much more muted. Getting of the weekend though theyre kind of be turned off and we look for a little bit of a warming trend coming our way pushing those high temperatures in the middle 90s it looks like so putting it all together for your morning fog. Scattered afternoon clouds a bit with a warm conditions in the same kind of deals expected for your friday brushing by 90. Into the weekend numbers really start moving here might get some middle 90s going on here for so those inland spots a bit. But thats thats a little bump along the road because will retract again as we get into next week highs today 66 San Francisco, 72 for oakland 84. San jose across the wider bay temperatures again getting near the 90 degree mark as you can see for any og upper 80s in the far east bay we have 81 santa rosa 18 again that green line indicating a trouble spot there along the coast were temperatures might be a bit more sluggish because not as much sunshine to be had well check into the 4 zone forecast. Coming up a little bit later on but checking in the bay area traffic robin whats the deets looking good moving well hot spot free thats how we like it the drive into San Francisco will not be a problem. We have some busy traffic during the 6 oclock hour and the 7 oclock hour. But its gone now so come on in under 10 minutes off to fremont street. We have another bridge to want to peak at and that is the golden gate. Were checking the drive on one oh one which actually looks a little busier heading out of San Francisco on the right thats northbound traffic but still no problems here to and through the toll plaza and a quick peek at 92 still are busiest, but still not bad its going to be busy on the flat section of the san mateo bridge but under 30 minutes for your drive to the peninsula marty ok robin lets go to the east bay this morning Berkeley City Council has approved a plan to remove Police Officers from traffic duty. And this makes berkeley the first city in the country to make this change kron fours gayle ong has more now on the mayors plan to implement this brand new program. This would be a new Transportation Department made up of unarmed civilians, the launch could take months or up to a year the vote came early wednesday morning berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin omni bus measure calls for a Public Committee to hash out details of a Police Department that will remove Traffic Enforcement Mental Health and social service calls. This one only free up money inner city budget 44 of our general fund funds are Police Departments so its unsustainable longterm. But also this will enable Police Officers to focus on what theyre trained to do which is addressed serious and violent crimes. The new plan believed to be a first of its kind in the nation is aimed to curtail racial profiling citing the names of people who died at a routine traffic stop across the country. The plan comes as cities around the United States are looking at ways to scale back on police in the wake of the killing of george floyd we and listen to the community and the call for change. And the national to demands for transforming policing and i really think now is the time to innovate and that we must meet this moment terror to gain says berkeley is not proposing to abolish the police we have to have police to address serious and violent crime. But is it doesnt make sense for Police Officers to be responding to somebody whos in a Mental Health crisis merkley Police Department responded to the mayors plan in a statement saying quote. As we move forward members of the berkeley Police Department will collaborate with our community and city staff to determine how we can best evolve to accomplish our mission of safeguarding our community we look forward to engaging with their community and working together towards the best possible approaches to safety in our neighborhoods and across our city. In that statement berkeley pd also says that moving forward the department will evaluate calls for service that perhaps other city service can handle safely instead, reporting in berkeley gayle ong kron 4 news. The to the east bay now the state has given Alameda County the green light to resume Outdoor Dining Outdoor Dining begin in Alameda County on june 19th but was suspended by the state just last friday, Health Officials said that the county had not received a waiver to proceed. But the onagain offagain nature of a state orders and the rapid spread of covid19 just making it hard for Restaurant Owners to stay afloat. A lot of us have hired back stafon put a lot of money into the Outdoor Dining and just kind of getting up to capacity to to be able to handle that takes it takes money to prop this is day to day so were all nervous about. I was going happen tomorrow. You know the peace that comes does it will be one if we ever get back to normal. Well in addition to