Wildfire victims attorneys mike danko thank you mike for joining us so not unexpected mike, but what does this mean for victims of the kincade fire. Well it actually theres not much surprising in the press release i mean we knew a year ago. That it was pg es equipment has started the fire. We knew that just like the campfire it was a jumper cable that failed came loose from apg knees i will the transmission line. We knew a year ago really that just as the camp Fire Equipment is not closed the trail is properly install and maintain and we knew just like the campfire that on the night of the fire, he was supposed to turn off the power. It did. So what we dont know still and what the victim certainly want to know is why. Theyll ypg not turn off the power. Why is why did we basically get in the situation to pg need learned nothing from the camp fire in that probably why how iron has been for the moderate the district or potential criminal prosecution. Yeah i was going to mention that thats one of the moves i guess right mike. We lost his arm. We might have lost your audio can you hear me mike i can hear. Sorry we lost you just for a second. But yet you are saying that this is going to be passed on to the das office and tell us the significance of that what the next step might be. Surely isnt is frankly not unusual for the District Attorney jim pass off investigation i see before the cal party pasok investigation to the District Attorneys. So the District Attorney jim determine whether criminal charges are appropriate or not. Here though, given its so similar to the camp fire in given in the camp fire pge actually lead to a little ill and illegally starting fire. That i think its its highly likely that there will be charges brought. Unfortunately, we know from the campfire also from peaking needs previous criminal conduct, even the genie is convicted of a felon. Felony nothing will basically no get a fine and battle yet. So thats kind of the disappointment that comes along with your criminal Justice System when a corporation isnt all because frankly you cant put a corporation in jail. All right well, you know one of the questions youve certainly heard many times with a bankruptcy proceeding. Its just one of the things that has people asking will buy ever actually see any money out of this. That aside interest for the victims of the 2015 2000. 17 2018 fires. The victims of the kincade fire will not be compensated out of that trust much rather they will make their claims directly against and you need. So the question is this pg any the pga that emerges from bankruptcy does it have enough money to pay for the damage that the genie cars. I likely does especially because the genie had an insurance policy covering fires for 2019. That was over half of the half billion dollars that most likely be adequate. All right mike, you know were going to be this just goes on and on i know well be talking about it again but thank you so much for giving us your time. And we first told you about the story with a push alert you can stay connected when breaking news happens with the kron 4 app it is free to download now. And another big story tonight, the city of oakland has settled the civil case and the ghost ship warehouse fire. The 32. 7 Million Dollars settlement deals with a lawsuit filed on behalf of 32 of the 36 people who died in that fire 23. 5 million of the settlement will go to families of fire victims 9. 2 million will go to a survivor of the fire who suffered devastating injuries as a term of the settlement, the city is maintaining it is not liable for the fire. Alameda police say their investigation into a missing man is now a homicide investigation, 21 yearold donald standifer first reported missing july 7th. The next day his car was found it had been parked in san leandro and police say there was evidence that a Violent Crime might have happened. Sunday july 12th a body was found at huckleberry botanical regional preserve in oakland. And today the Alameda County coroner is identifying the remains as stand up for the east bay, regional parks District Police there are now taking the lead role in the investigation into the man stabs. With covid19 cases racing out of control across the state. Many School Districts, including San Francisco and l a theyve opted to start the school year with online instruction. But this piecemeal district by district approach it has been criticized some want the state to step in and provide guidelines as to when it is safe to hold in Person Instruction another governor is doing just that on first dan kerman who joins us live in San Francisco with more dan. Well catherine as you mentioned schools like this one here in San Francisco will not be opening up to students in the fall, but again this is being done by a district by district to pull its not even county by county. Some think there needs to be more regional approach to all of this and tomorrow the governor is set to issue some guidelines is doing it for restaurants, hes doing it for hair salons now hes going to be doing it for schools. Its great unease from parents for teachers. All those who love and know how important it is for kids Devon Education yet are fearful. That would be putting them back in an unsafe situation east bay state senator steve glazer hosted a virtual town Hall Thursday to talk about whether its really safe to reopen schools, this fall. 4 in Person Instruction when the governor comes out with state mulls they work ending Indoor Dining is its not safe to dine indoors. Why would anyone believe that that standard would not thats not apply to kids inside class roots with the same risks and vulnerabilities Many School Districts have already opted to start the school year with online instruction. During the meeting glaser told state schools chief tony thurmond, more guidance is needed from the state. Thurmond agreed. My sense is that these governors facing probably one of the toughest challenges anywhere if youre out how to balance local decisionmaking also safety. I know people after the more i think that their request. And in fact friday, the governor is now planning to provide covid19 guidance for schools. Glazer says to do it correctly. The state must dispense with the county by county piecemeal approach. School districts are not in their own bubble or our counties or our cities and if you have broader a regional areas like we have in the bay area. You just cant make decisions and isolation and expect that theyll stay in their bubbles we all interact we cross purposes and so many different ways glazer says the best way to get control of the virus and keep students and their families safe. As for the state to take a more regional approach. We have to all be in this together that means we need more statewide command and control so the choice we make were going to be choices that actually constrain spread of this virus. The governor is expected to release his covid19 guidelines for schools during a News Conference online at noon tomorrow live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news, okay, dan thanks very much and now to the latest on the pandemic in california since tuesday hospitalizations have gone down slightly. But in that same time frame there have been more than 8500 new cases 180 new deaths, california has had more than 356,000 confirmed cases resulting in 7300 deaths and over the last 14 days, the rate of positive tests that has climbed to 7. 2 . In what might be a sign that more people are taking the pandemic seriously the demand for testing is going up some test sites have been seeing long lines in Santa Clara County 3 new popup sites are open this week and thats in addition to at least a dozen other public and privately run test sites. All told an average of 6,000 people a day are being tested kron fours rob fladeboe paid a visit to one test site today and he joins us live from san jose rob thats a lot of people in a one day what do you say. Well catherine listen to this similar to what you might expect to see at the box office for a hot ticket to a game where a show Santa Clara County has now taken to distributing wristbands to people showing up at these sites to help meet that demand and also to ease congestion so many people showed up at one test site today that they had to they ran on a wrist bands and then to send people home told to come back tomorrow. Lets take a look. The scene this morning here at the countyrun test site at Independence High School in san jose. The line stretched halfway across campus 800 wristbands guaranteeing a test today were gone by noon. The wait for a test was about 40 minutes. Well worth the wait says joby ramos rounded shape to know the not too now and how if you know you dont have to be a good to go. And just keep yourself healthy from then on the increase in demand for testing comes as Santa Clara County has pulled back from further reopening after being placed on the states watch list and the increase in new cases and hospitalizations of the increased numbers of cases that were having are 2 things its certainly coming somewhat from the testing so were testing more and finding some of these cases, but we know in addition to that theres additional spread testing a 1000 people a day in april Santa Clara County is now averaging 5 to 6,000 tests per day and as many as 9,000 on some days but still more are needed to as theres additional spread we want to identify those through testing and those and keep those people away from others so that they dont expose anyone else and protect themselves. And their family and identify any of the contacts, the protect them also doctor faster shots as testing and tracing is showing much of the additional spread of the virus in people who reported being in groups and gatherings wear face coverings and physical distance for lacking as i told i might have been exposed so harry m to just see if i. And then i want to be a carrier i want to get anybody else so thats why. Im here today. Now heres some information about those 3 test sites that have been open all week the 3 pop up sites, theres the one we just saw their Independence High School and theres a second test site a popup test site at Santa Clara CountyService Center on a tour and thats on burger drive, both of those sites open from 10 to 3 also tomorrow and then a 3rd side at south county annex on rend avenue in gilroy that one open tomorrow from one to 6 and again on saturday from 9 to 2 so a test positive and you expect a phone call from the county and 3 to 4 days possibly the next day if you test negative youll be notified by mail a probably within 10 days again, those 3 test sites again open tomorrow and also on friday and saturday. They are open from 9 to 3 and then the other one in gilroy also open on saturday the county testing officer also telling me encourages people to call their Health Provider and demand a test live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob coming up more major retailers are requiring customers to wear masks and why neighbors are upset about where a trump flag was placed. And as coronavirus cases across the bay area continue to rise. More counties are mandating masks. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. In to the kron 4 news room pg and e is now responding to cal fires investigation results. Blaming the Embattled Company for the kincade fire in Sonoma County. It reads in part we are aware of cal fires news release stating that pg and e facilities caused the fire at this time we do not have access to the investigative report or the evidence collected we look forward to reviewing both at the appropriate time, cal fire investigators say the companys power lines are to blame for the kincade fire not a surprise. It destroyed the wild for destroyed 374 structures for more than 77,000 acres in Sonoma County that the county is toughening rules about Wearing Masks in public, and the ban on social gatherings this week, the board of supervisors passed an emergency ordinance allowing for fines up to 500 a person up to 5,000 for businesses kron fours Maureen Kelly has that story. Not the county says they already had Code Enforcement officers in forcing the local health order and as of july first they even started working on weekends. But a rise in coronavirus cases has made them realize they need to get tougher on violators we felt we needed to were close. What we were already doing it and the size of the county supervisors passed the emergency ordinance which authorizes Code Enforcement officers to find individuals anywhere from 25 to 500 and businesses from 200 to 5,000. For violating the state and local Health Orders related to covid19. But the fines will only come after both verbal and written warnings and local deputies and Police Officers will only be involved as back up to the code compliance workers, the first step is education, always education. It makes it easier for that business and say hey i got a call from Code Enforcement theyre going to come here if you dont put on the mask, it helps them as well that the county supervisor diane dillon says they felt like they needed to double down to get the message through to residents and businesses here that masks in public are a must and this is no time to be hosting a party were really hoping that people understand that the reason we did this is to reinforce its social gatherings. And one of the main reasons that the virus is spreading. The public will be able to report violations via email that email address can be found on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. This week Governor Newsome he ordered salons across the state to shut down and now some Business Owners and lawmakers are demanding that salons be allowed to take their business outside our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Thats a mixing going salon owners tearful and stress days after the state forced most of them to shut down. And none of the people that are on that list of recent closures have been licensed by the states in sanitation. We are. And theres no reason what we dont get the respect that we deserve an eventual press conference thursday, a Group Representing thousands of personal care salons across california and Assemblyman Jim Patterson urging governor Gavin Newsome to throw out of business licensing code that prohibits hairdressers and other personal care technicians from working outside the request comes days after Governor Newsom ordered most personal care Service Lands in the state to shut down indefinitely citing an overall increase in cases and Community Spread of the coronavirus newsome has said indoor operations of businesses are the concern and has encouraged other Industries Like restaurants and Fitness Centers to move services outside right now these establishments do the privilege of making a free decision. The push aside the and be fairly treated we reached out to the Governors Office for comment on this request, but the Office Referred us to the state licensing board there a spokesperson told us the board is looking deeply into the issue and exploring options. Meanwhile advocates for these workers acknowledged that not all services can go outside primarily going to be useable hair cuts. Man a caring for sure i think yours these things can be done certainly. All of our services so you know its not a complete solution. But were looking to at least provide. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Target they are the latest retailers to require all customers nationwide to wear masks following in the footsteps of best buy Walmart Kohls krogers the cbs policy takes effect monday for target that will be august first target says it will provide disposable masks of people come in and they dont have one. Target says 80 of its stores already require masks because of state and local regulations. Most us states are requiring people to wear masks in public today, the governors of arkansas and colorado they became the latest issue mask mandates but some governors are taking the opposite approach theyre refusing to require masks. Georgias governor announced today he is suing atlanta and fact to block the city from enforcing its mask mandate. Time for a check on the forecast lets take a live look outside a little gloomy still lets check in meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez