Talked to one of the residents in the area this morning who i was asking him when i got here to the know exactly where the statue was because its no longer here and he was shocked because he was like wow i run by here every morning and its no longer here which is really strange to not see it so last week and the leaks weeding up the weeks leading up to this day. Well people in the area and protesters were calling for the removal or loot removal. Of the sir Francis Drake sculpture that was because of the according to them, sir Francis Drakes controversial past and saying that he had ties to slavery. Now hundreds of people last week take to the streets and demonstration asking not only for the removal of a sculpture out here but also they wanted removal from street signs as well as park locations. They even like you mentioned aria got that petition online and thousands of signatures. Well there so again residents waking up this morning to the removal of that sculpture again were going to be on scene talking to more residents kind of getting more reaction as the day goes on but for now reporting on him or in county Reyna Harvey Kron 4 news, thanks a lot lorraine a. Well now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic weve got california changing the way its collecting covid19 dated the state says it will be focusing more on how the virus affects race ethnicity, orientation, gender. Weve got Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala now to explain. State Health Leaders announced tuesday california will require lab another covid19 testing providers to collect data on race ethnicity, gender and orientation Effective Immediately we expect over the course of the next month. We will see improvements in the use of these fields and our ability to report out to you tuesdays announcement comes months after lgbtq groups urged the state to provide data on how the virus is affecting their Community Leader of californias legislative lgbtq caucus, senator scott wiener released a statement calling it a deeply important and promising first step the new Data Collection comes as the state zeroes in on communities disproportionately impacted by the virus health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli noted about one 3rd of the data coming into the state does not include information on race and ethnicity state leaders have growing concerns over covid19 impacts on minorities, especially the Latino Community doctor galli said the latest data shows latinos account for more than half of the states covid19 cases and nearly half of californias deaths improving arcadia. Its like getting a new era claassens that helps us see more clearly. Or using binoculars help us see a little further out as california improves the data it collects from tests state Officials Say the work to improve testing overall is in progress in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well heres a closer look at the local coronavirus numbers statewide we have more than 470,000 infections. Confirmed with more than 8700 deaths in the bay area more than 48,000 cases reported with 758 deaths so far. In the east bay people in Contra Costa County can now get a stiff fine if they dont wear a mask kron 4 Sarah Stinson is live with the details sarah. Daria if people ignore the mask order. A new health order they could be fined infective immediately anywhere from a 100 up to a 1000 depends on if youre an individual or say a business like behind the say a restaurant or coffee shop. So theyre going to be looking for that and youre going to want a full the health order chris you could be fined have heavily and nobody wants that this is an effort to get people to take it seriously and have some kind of consequences if they dont the Contra Costa County board of supervisors voted unanimously on tuesday afternoon on fines for businesses and individuals. The consensus among the board of supervisors is that this is an alternative to criminal enforcement of Public Health orders that will ultimately help combat the spread of coronavirus throughout the communities. Supervisors say if we dont crack down now and then people continue to break this health order than they may have to shut down communities later and that is being all in all be due to coronavirus numbers within the county a violation would amount to fraction rather than a misdemeanor or felony the offender would have up to 2 days to correct their or their error now lets take a look at the breakdown of the fines you may have to pay if you break the health order. A 100 for your first violation 200 for the second and then 500 for each violation within one year of that first offense this is for individuals now heading to businesses 250 of the first violation 500 for the second and then all the way up to a 1000 for each violation within one year of that first offense Contra Costa County is not the first county. Probably will be the last county to do this so far its contra costa are in and its napa who has decided to put this type of fine in place, well have to see how people feel out here in downtown walnut creek. So far as social media posting about what im reporting on this morning people mostly in favor of people getting fined and some guy right there not a fan of people wearing their masks on their chin were on their forehead and he wants people to be held accountable for now a level that creek Sarah Stinson kron 4 news, thanks a lot sarah and the oakland zoo is welcoming guests finally again after being closed for so long because of. The covid restrictions they got reclassified as an Outdoor Museum just like the San Francisco zoo. Successfully did so now the oakland zoo is open as well and you can see here members going in yesterday with their masks and all of the safety protocols youll see some of the. Signs in the zoo and theyre cleaning it and Everything Else plus all tickets have to be reserved and bought online. Well several businesses in Santa Cruz County have to stop all indoor operations after the county was placed on the States Coronavirus watch list. So that means personal Care Services like hair salons nail salons theyll have to close gyms and indoor malls and places of worships where should have to stay closed as well, although they operate so long as they do it outside and within the safety guidelines from the state beaches and outdoor retail stores, those can still stay open. The San Francisco unified school board released more details about their Distance Learning plan just the schools are set to resume in just a matter of weeks. Officials say the fall session will begin on august 17th classrooms will be empty. That will be to prevent the spread of coronavirus and also be a combination of print based learning kits and online instruction. But with the Virtual Learning starting up in what less than 3 weeks parents are still in the dark they say about many other things too. For working if youre looking 2 and a half weeks out if i have to request a schedule change from my employer. If you or me and privilege enough to work from home and make your own schedule you still have to plan around whatever yours your childs schedule is and so today we just know that School Starts in 2 and a half weeks we dont know what time it starts. We dont know how much time theyre going to have to be in front of a screen. We dont know when assignments are ready. When students do return to the classroom things will of course be different for example only 15,000 students across the district will be able to attend school each day. Prior to the likely be given to the youngest students and those with disabilities. As covid says surging across the state Public Health officials in Stanislaus County are noticing a big in for crease in infections among School Age ChildrenJessica Mensch has more on that. They asked me is this here is a bear and i just say yes, yes, yes, its there. Its everywhere with doctor julie way, shun pie and says covid19 is spreading all over stanislas county with the highest rate of new infections in the state last week but as the Public Health officer she was still surprised to see the spike in cases among children ages 5 to 18. Because we do know that kids get infected less and that they spread last the receptor that the virus binds to in the respiratory tract isnt as well developed in children. But kids are far from a new across the county 204 children ages 5 to 18 were tied notes with the virus over a nineday period thats nearly a 3rd of the 670 children who have tested positive since the pandemic began its just kind of mirror. The cases that are being diagnosed in adults so were seeing a quite a few cases. And we average about 235 a day right now and were staying pretty steady of about 14 of those being children the virus is less severe in children making up just 2 of hospitalizations in the county. Kids dont live in a they have parents who care for them parent to teach them. She says this data just reaffirms their decision to hold school from a distance just really validated that with this amount of spread isnt the appropriate time to open schools for in Person Learning has said is that losses for the community it the spread is just too much. Im Jessica Mensch fox 40 news. Well still ahead 3 of the bay areas biggest tech giants will be facing lawmakers on capitol hill today, well tell you what Congress Wants to know from apple and google and facebook. Plus attorney general bill barr clashing with lawmakers during a hearing before a house committee. The controversial questions yet to answer about the Justice Department club that coming up next along with this story 2 out of the east bay, the Oakland City Council responding to president trumps threat to send in federal agents to handle protesters off the tails on a new resolution, the city leaders passed just last night. And im tracking some patchy fog and cloud cover across parts of downtown san jose right now the good news is though clearing and sunshine is on the way with some warm temperatures on all 6. 13 is a time right now i want to take a peek at what the day is going to be like yeah Rebecca Strom outside for us giving us a look at what we see in the shot behind me which is the low clouds and good morning, good morning guys, yeah, its a little ground there for now were going to see a lot of sunshine but we just have to wait to get to the afternoon hours to enjoy all that sun for now, yes, were pretty much socked in karl is definitely a just a little bit more stubborn this morning than what weve seen the last couple of days but San FranciscoInternational Airport definitely covered in it. Parts of San Francisco are as well and especially along the coast where its going to stay there pretty much all day long but the rest the bay area. Yes, lots of sunshine in store for you. Highs today, mostly in the 60s San Francisco downtown youll be at a high of 67 today, 69 in the midst of Mission District 65 youre going to be in Golden Gate Park today and then those 60s continue even some upper 50s in some spots along the coast, the g on terra 58 in melbourne on a 65 expected for the high in Half Moon Bay 73 in millbrae today, upper 70s in burlingame for the highs there and then low 80s as we get into san carlos in redwood city. This afternoon 79 if youre going to be in Mountain View palo alto youre coming in and an isis 77 degree mark, mostly 80s across the south bay 81 in santa clara 85 in campbell. Pretty toasty in morgan hill at a high of 89, but we still do have upper 70s if youre going to be in sonny bill getting a little bit of relief there for you inland were looking up an upper 90s like in livermore 8987 in pleasanton for the high today and then union city and hayward both a really comfortable at 75 degrees. This afternoon upper 60s for richmond and berkeley a low 70s into downtown oakland or into youll be at a high of 68 today more august 69 and then those mid to upper 80s popping up through conquered into walnut creek danville youll be at a high of 88 with a whole lot of sunshine to heat things up. 94 is one of our hot spots today in vacaville 89 in fairfield and then a pair of 90s for pittsburgh and for antioch if youre going to be in that area. Its going to be a quite warm in napa 83 for the afternoon high today and 85 in sonoma, upper 70s for petaluma and into santa rosa and then those low 80s for nevado and into center fell and then if you want to get some relief of course is going to be a lot cooler at the coast point raise your coming in at a nice 58 and that chilly also insist the beach at 61. Your sevenday around the bay forecast looks like pretty much says the carbon copy expected for tomorrow and into friday weather wise and then were really going to see a bump up in temperatures for saturday and sunday things are really going to heat up especially inland. Well thats a look at the weather lets pass to james ok, thank you. Rebecca, 6. 16, on the clock checking traffic around the bay. Were beginning to see a couple of key few lanes here beginning to back up at the bay bridge toll plaza, not surprising that typically happens at the 6 oclock hour well give it a couple of hours it should send out that between now and then yeah traffic will certainly build here at the toll plaza as usual start giving yourself a little extra time the Golden Gate Bridge those been a nice ride all morning long as you can see traffic streaming. Pretty quickly are in county down into San Francisco with no slowdown whatsoever at the toll plaza there more weather traffic and a bit now lets get back to the headlines and happening today, the ceos of google apple facebook and amazon are going to Face Congress lawmakers are considering was of these tech giants should be broken up. Because of antitrust concerns karin caifa has a preview of what Congress Wants to now. The covid19 pandemic has brought economic devastation for Many American companies and especially workers but for the biggest names in tech business has been booming and on wednesday, the ceos of amazon apple facebook and googles Parent Company will face questions from congress on whether theyre too dominant stifling the competition and harming consumers. Its a question a house judiciary subcommittee was probing prepandemic democrat david selenium rhode island, the antitrust panels chair has overseen an investigation for more than a year tax congress, not the courts agencies or private companies and acted the antitrust laws. And Congress Must be responsible for determining whether theyre equipped for the competition problems of our modern economy, while overall questions around the companies are the same complaints about each of the businesses are unique. Among them amazons dominance of ecommerce the dominance of apples app store facebooks purchases of social platforms like instagram whats app and others and googles overwhelming share of internet searches all 4 executives will testify remotely which may dial down some drama. Each has pushed back on antitrust claims and are likely to emphasize how the growth of their companies allows other companies to thrive especially in the covid era. Still it could give a boost to other ongoing antitrust investigations at the state level as Congress Debates its next steps regarding big tech in washington, im karin caifa. Now to another big story this morning, the Oakland City Council has passed a plan to reject any federal agents being sent in to oakland in response to protests. This comes after protests over the weekend ended with vandalism to the Alameda County courthouse into the open Police Station we reported that the protests started out peacefully during the days you can see here but then during the evening hours, a Splinter Group broke off the ended up smashing some windows and vandalizing some property but last night the open city Council Passed a special resolution to reject any plans by the Trump Administration to send in federal agents. The resolution also gives the City Attorney ernie and administrator. The necessary of steps they need to protect the rights of the people. City leaders believe federal agents will just escalate violence if they show up. Elsewhere in the east bay a 10 yearold boy has died after being hit by a car in lafayett