Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a steady drop in coronavirus cases across the state has cleared the way in 9 counties for the wider reopening of businesses and that includes most of the bay area good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis alameda. San mateo and solano counties received the green light to move forward with reopening. Those counties were added to the red or second tier of the states colorcoded for tier ranking system. This category means that there were 4 to 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents or a 5 to 8 Positivity Rate with the addition of these counties every bay area county is now in the red tier except for contra costa and sonoma counties but contra costas Health Director says they are on track to enter the red tier next week. And as more businesses reopen a Northern California private School System run by the diocese of sacramento has applied for a waiver to allow in Person Instruction in Solano County as soon as possible while parents have the choice to keep their kids at home, teachers would have to return to the classroom. Harpers alice of ammonium live in the newsroom with a petition that theyve Just Launched l a. The diocese of sacramento superintendent is eager to get students and teachers back into the classroom as soon as possible so hes been working with Solano CountyHealth Department to make that happened before they are moved up the states covid19 tier and take a look at this psa provided by the diocese of what the new setting will be like theyve already implemented in Person Learning in Eldorado Hills and they want to set that same system up over and Solano County again its not mandatory families have been offered to keep their kids at home if they are uncomfortable with coming back the superintendent saying about half the parents surveyed are eager to do so well parents i spoke with from those whose kids attend Saint Catherine and saint basil are worried that the children who do choose to stay at home may not get the best education. Well, teachers that are forced to be back in the classroom tried to divide their time between the physical and virtual obligations. Theyre also sharing that theyre worried about the job security for these teachers like what will happen to those with Underlying Health conditions who may not be able to return. They spent a lot of time reviewing our campuses at classroom by classroom and facility by facility making sure that we could. Keep kids that distance as much as possible so we rearranged her classroom with classrooms weve taken out a lot of things that perhaps you didnt need we make sure desks our space as much as possible. A lot of new technology in place and on top of that weve really had to look at our own. How people move about our campuses and come up with new flow or a new app as the travels of people are opting into each other reviewer bathrooms and pick up and drop off and all those things its problematic for 2 reasons number we were initially told that if are. If we decide to keep our students home. While other students went back into in Person Instruction. They would be treated as if they were sick students so they would only be given it. To do. Well were still paying full tuition. The other problem with that is that we have teachers and faculty who fall into highrisk categories and they live with other persons who theyre not able to socially distance from if they do go back to in Person Instruction. There are california guidelines about returning to schools and part of that is that accommodation is will be for teachers who are unable to return due being at higher risk Health Groups or living in households with not able to socially distance when they got a return to inPerson Instruction so thats very problematic that our teachers could be pushed out and theyre feeling in fear for their jobs and their health care ultimately their livelihood. So both sides conducted surveys the superintendent says that their latest one reflected the more than half of the parents prefer in Person Instruction. Well the parents i spoke with that Saint Catherine and saint basil pointed to their own Online Survey that included not just parents but the surrounding community which they say shows otherwise but the School System is continuing to make changes across 6 campuses in Solano County. In case. Theyre waiver is approved and if that happens their goal is to reopen sometime in october live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. Thanks fellas students and teachers in the Oakland Unified School district just got one step closer to returning to the classroom after Alameda County officially moved into the red tier red is better than purple which is the worst among other things the red tier allow schools to reopen for in Person Learning after maintaining red tier status for 2 weeks. However, the spokesperson for the Oakland Education Association cautions against to returning to quickly. We have safety criteria that still needs to be negotiated. Agreed upon before return to. He doing any in Person Learning we have to make sure that were holding. Community safety student safety. In the highest regard because as weve seen across the country and even internationally. Casey of children contracting and spreading covid have been on the rise. We should note Alameda Countys most recent health order clarified that schools must continue Distance Learning until local conditions support in Person Learning that is even if the county meets the states criteria for returning to the classroom. Well theres a new tool for parents to track the status of schools in San Francisco, the county launching a this dashboard today it shows how many schools have applied for waivers. How many schools have been inspected in how many have been given the green light to reopen right now the only schools in San Francisco allowed to reopen or Redbridge School in the dogpatch neighborhood, San Francisco school in the port ala upper taller other neighborhood. This dashboard is going to be updated every morning we have listed a link to it on our website kron 4 dot com. As majority of the bay area moves into that less restrictive red tier that allows for reopening more indoor things dining museums, schools, etcetera Contra Costa County in Sonoma County are left behind there still in the purple here. Those 2 counties are currently experiencing more widespread coronavirus cases kron fours taylor be sacking his live in sonoma tonight. Taylor has to be really frustrating for people in those counties. Grant as you can imagine, its a big disappointment for many of the people and businesses here in Sonoma County. Now one supervisor i spoke with says a lot of that has to do with the countys population and its makeup, its overly facilities. And the recent fires. Well bay area counties are now allowing more indoor activities. Contra costa and sonoma counties not advancing to the less restrictive read here in california is reopening framework that would allow for Indoor Dining personal services in Person Learning museums in more a different capacity levels its really hard not being about upper indoors. We have about 60 of capacity outdoor here. How do you best and well let is the chef owner of a lead restaurant in healdsburg well hes disappointed the county isnt progressing like its neighboring counties. He says its important to move forward only when its safe to do so they actually harder now that some counties to the purple tier. Well we have the opportunity to kind of focused not to cite to understand that we have more Sonoma County supervisor susan gorin agrees and says some of its communities have been hit harder than others were pretty widely dispersed but santa rosa in particular because of its size. Diversity is significantly more infection rates than other areas of the county or and says the Labor Day Holiday in fires could have caused more cases doctor mays did caution we may be seeing a little bump up from gatherings potentially over Labor Day Weekend and still the family gatherings coming together. And of course as you and your listeners know. Weve had another round of fires this year so we had to evacuate. Thousands of people she says the county expanded testing capabilities to help trace the virus and kitchens sooner than later. The Sonoma County works to move to the next tier Contra Costa County is also moving pretty quickly as of today, the county met the states criteria for the red criteria that is for one week and could move to the next year that read to you as soon as next week. Live in sonoma taylor sackey kron 4 news. Thank you taylor Contra Costa County extending its protections for tenants who cant afford to pay rent because of the pandemic. The new rent an eviction moratoriums are now extended through january 31st, 2021 now this applies only to residential tenants but the bill passed by the board of supervisors does offer some relief for landlords as well. It converts back rent payments and a Consumer Debt that will allow landlords to start going after that money in small claims court. Beginning in march. They also lines in the state can now reopen indoors sand californias health and Human Services secretary says it does not matter which tier of counties in but is that a black and white policy kron fours michelle kingston explains. What it means for nail salons in the bay area. A lot of very excited. Nail salon owners here in california but make sure you check with your favorite salon before heading in for a manicure because not all of them have reopened. We well 3 weeks 3, 4, weeks of outdoor nails. It was very tough dealing with a she the fires, the weather the we didnt do it all its just devastating what we had to go just to be able to go to work, but now nail salons across the state are able to reopen just likely sucker salon in clayton, it has been a very long wait but i believe in the process, im not going to go against what the county im a true believer that everything happens for a reason and maybe that reason was for me to be close. But now that were ready to open im ready to work California Health and Human Services secretary doctor mark ghaly announced on tuesday that nail salons regardless of which tara county isnt reopen indoors with modifications but individual counties may maintain more Restrictive Public Health measures in the state so we checked with local bay area counties to find out where they stand with opening nail salons San Francisco has allowed nail salons to operate indoor since september 14th, but rain county gave nail salons the green light to reopen indoors last tuesday Santa Clara County says they are nail salons reopened indoors. 2 weeks ago contra costa and san mateo counties are following state guidelines and are now allowing nail salons to reopen indoors. But Alameda County is waiting another 2 weeks before deciding if they will allow nail salons to reopen indoors. You know its a good day, but its not a complete victory fred jones represents the professional Beauty Federation of california. And says that the 53,000 salons across the state they predict 20 of them will not reopen its been. Economically devastating to our industry. In Contra Costa County michelle kingston kron 4 news. The death toll in the u. S. From the coronavirus has now topped 200,000 people number that some people thought it was just unimaginable 8 months ago or so when the first covid death was reported covid19 now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university. The flags were planted in the grounds near the Washington Monument today to represent those who die from the coronavirus here in the u. S. The bleak milestone will be by far the highest confirmed death toll in the world and is based on figures provided by state health authorities. President trump said earlier today that it could have been worse. Well i think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right. If you have 2 and a half Million Deaths if you take a look alternative you could have 2 and a half Million Deaths. Or something there about you could have a number that would be substantially more with all of that being said we should have at anybody. And you saw my United Nations speech china should is stopped at border, they should never let this spread all over the world. And its a terrible thing. The u. S. Has less than 5 of the globes population but more than 20 of the reported covid deaths. And first day. Of fall and it felt like were taking a live right now over San Francisco beautiful evening number one it was so smoky you couldnt see anything and it feels in some ways that was a long time ago also feels like it was just the other day is our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now boyd reading that fresh air see those blue skies that you dont take it for granted no not at all in fact uh well, you know and some are kind of come and gone to in that weird its all caught on now and now were talking fall weather outside some of the most beautwful weather of the year around the bay area fallen certainly looking that way right now mostly clear skies out there we do have a hint of some patchy fog are right out toward the beaches. And theres a cold front out there looks pretty impressive in fact its going bring some rain up in the pacific northwest, im talking this one right here. You see some of those clouds are starting to roll in and we started to see a few high clouds move across our skies too but other than that were going to keep pretty nice around the bay area overnight tonight, mostly clear skies with just some patchy fog along the coastline sea breeze. Graham mentioned that the clean air thats courtesy of that westerly wind keeping our skies really clean the most of that smoke around the bay area that makes for some or a breathing conditions out there as weve got some nice clean air to enjoy the next few days temperatures today, not bad at all 6, 7 degrees in San Francisco oakland checking in at 75 to 81 degrees in san jose 86 in livermore 89 in concord and 87 degrees in san rose up overnight tonight just a couple of patches of fog otherwise, mostly clear tomorrow, sunny and warmer and then this weekend we got a big change in the weather much warmer weather headed our way fire danger is going to be on the increase were going to see some stronger offshore winds and so were got a weather watch for fires that have been posted east bay hills could see 20 or 30 to 40 mile an hour winds on saturday through monday. Gusty winds also going to be very dry. Those northerly winds developing 25 to 40 miles an hour. Cross lot of county in the north bay across some of the higher peaks, some of the gusts, 35, maybe 50 Miles Per Hour. That is this weekend saturday through monday that will coincide with another heat wave rolling in the bay area. That doesnt justify person. Effectively executing a person from a great distance father screaming screaming for help from bystanders. Tonight were learning new details about a heated argument over a parking spot that ended with an offduty officer shooting and killing that man. In a newly filed a federal lawsuit the family of eric reason now claims to east Bay Police Department violated his civil rights kron fours Jonathan Mccall live for us tonight in valais whole learning why the officer who fired the shot will never face a judge jonathan. The key the criminal proceedings in this case will never take place thats because the officer accused of firing the deadly shot is now dead himself richmond sergeant, Virgil Thomas died from covid19 just a few weeks ago behind me is the scene of where that shooting took place back in november and lawyers for the reason family say that even th