Hour but ill give you the good news first and that is our bridges look really good so heading into San Francisco this morning, no delays for you at the bay bridge toll plaza it is picking up more folks are rolling in, but no big problems so were still at an easy 7 minutes off to the fremont street exit were off to 92 and its much busier and our busiest bridge right now we have a crowd, lets itself on the flat section but that is the norm, so youre averaging a very quick 12 minutes to the peninsula. Heres the trouble spot left over from the 4 oclock hour injury crash 80 north at to kowtow so coming out of fremont into union city weve gone from having all lanes blocked to just the right lane. It was a multi vehicle accident and car fire. The right lane is still closed your backup tore thornton but thats really not too bad as i zoom out you can see that as soon as you pass the crash the rest of the trip continuing north will be fine on through union city and hayward well check out some more bridges coming up in just a bit daria. Thanks a lot robin its 5 oh one our top story. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg she will be remembered this morning at our Nations Capital now private ceremony honoring Justice Ginsburg will take place at the Supreme Court this morning for the justices as well as her family and friends. We have video of the memorial thats been growing outside the Supreme Court. Justice converts casket will arrive there at 6. 30 this morning, our time and once the private ceremony is over her body will then lie in repose at the Supreme CourtBuilding Steps and that public viewing starts at 8 oclock this morning and will happen again tomorrow morning starting at 06 00am. And then on friday that is when the late justice will become the first woman in the history of this country to lie in state in the u. S. Capitol Justice Ginsburg died on friday at the age of 87 from pancreatic cancer she served on the high court for 27 years stay with kron 4 as we continue to cover the Memorial Services for Justice Ginsburg. All morning long we will carry the ceremony live as her casket arrives at the Supreme Court this morning. And once the services for Justice Ginsburg are over on friday President Trump isnt expected to announce his nomination to fill the vacancy on the following saturday republicans say theyre tallying up the votes to confirm the nominee as soon as possible. Jennifer mcgraw has reaction from both sides of the aisle. Republican leaders now falling in line with the president to appoint a Supreme Court nominee before the election. The last undecided vote mitt romney of utah my liberal friends have over many decades gotten very used to the idea of having a liberal court. And thats not written in the stars. President trump set to name the replacement for the late judge ginsburg saturday despite objections from democrats the american people. Should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice therefore this vacancy should not be 5 field. But President Trump argues he was in fact elected by the people and has an obligation to fill the seat in his presidency supported by republicans including Senate Majority mitch mcconnell, even though in 2016. He voted to block then president obama is pick for the court saying it was too close to the election. But mcconnell now says thats just politics and president obama would have had his pick. If he had had the senate vote any time the president white house and the senate have been in. General political agreement and i think there have been 29 of those times in an election year. Judges have been confirmed. Putting politics aside outside the Supreme Court building theres a mountain of flowers condolence notes and candles. Admirers of Justice Ginsburg have been flowing in to pay their respects. She died friday at the age of 87 a pancreatic cancer her casket will be brought to the Court Building tomorrow where there will be a public viewing which will also be held on thursday where theyre expecting thousands to attend. Well Jennifer Mcgraw reporting and as we reported yesterday, there is speculation that judge Amy Coney Barrett is the front runner to be the president s nominee. Well see on saturday. Time now is 5 05 and in bay area news 3 more bay area counties get the green light to reopen alameda san mateo and solano counties have been added now to the second tier of the states colorcoded that would be red 40 ranking system so that means there is a 5 to 8 covid Positivity Rate in those counties moving into the red tier means restaurants can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen with 50 capacity. Hair and nail salons can open up for Indoor Services museums, places of worship and movie theaters can all open indoor you can see that they still need to cap the number at 25 and gyms and Fitness Centers are kept right now they can reopen though indoors at 10 . We have Team Coverage of the gyms that are reopening fitness fans waking up able to get a workout in kron fours reyna harvey is live at 24 hour fitness in San Mateo County reyna. Are you good morning, look i wore the outfit this morning because im excited that gyms are opening up just like the people that are already here at friday in this morning and 24 hour fitness, the staff has been here opening to getting things ready and im joined live right now this morning with this our suzanne shes a district manager here at 24 hour fitness lets go ahead and fix this how excited are you guys its been long in the making and here you guys are back open yet i got so excited. I wish you could see my smile under this mask right now weve been waiting for this moment and San Mateo County just to open 24 hour fitness back to our members and this is just a fantastic day for you already have some people i see a young man on the a treadmill over there getting his workout in lets talk about that you know for you the setup process how are things going to work for folks coming back to the gym. So. A 24 hour fitness right now our priority is our members and our team members safety has pre opener clubs so few things that we have in our members have our app which is 24 go that theyve downloaded and so able to check in with touchless lead through 24 go thats a big one for us cleaning is huge throughout the day in addition to our stringent cleaning protocols overnight. Masks of course are mandatory for members and our team and just generally making sure that we put safety first as we reopen absolutely now you also have done things very differently right for every one treadmill opened to them a close lets talk about that for people who are like. So i go should i not absolutely we like you said we make sure theres plenty of distance between machines for members we want to make sure that people feel comfortable coming back because we know how important this is not just for your mental, im sorry for your physical health, but also for your mental health, so we want people to feel comfortable as we welcome them back to 24. Thank you so much on the let you continue setting up and well talk to you next hour course, thank you take care of all right well if you are thinking about coming down you can see 24 hour fitness has put all those necessary things in place for people today to feel safe people already starting a walk in here this morning so ill be talking to some people who are hitting the treadmill hopefully i get some people that not out of breath on the treadmill putting in a lot of work but its an exciting day for a lot of people are ian james, yeah i see is definitely free machine for you, but i got to addresses. John i asked him to meet all right time now is 5 08 lets continue our Team Coverage. Lets head to the north bay were malls in Solano County have been given the green light to reopen indoors as well and for more on that lets join kron fours will tran standing by live with the latest big day for them up there well. A big day for them big day for employees im in fairfield and it should open in about 4 hours from now you can go inside the mall. And i was thinking this is to tears far as that because its still hot sometimes you can use as a cooling center. Also you can go shopping now, its Still Limited capacity. But at least the employees are back in the customers hopefully well be back a lot of people shop online. But a lot of people also go to the malls its 50 capacity, its red tier, this is a Science Behind all of this now governor Gavin Newsome hes always monitoring. The situation and now the Positivity Rate is between 5, 8 , and that is acceptable for every 100,000 people over a 2 week span and because of that and only that remember hes always said he will be guided by science and because of that the numbers are low. He says people are doing a lot better. That is why the malls the gyms that neil places they are open not just in Alameda County but also in Solano County. You can also go into restaurants also limited capacity, its not like what we saw before prepandemic ive been to the malls in certain areas, they will still keep you outside just to make sure the individual stores are not full of people so you dont be surprised theres a line and then for every 2 people that walk out you and your family can walk in but the bottom line is james darya were one step closer to getting back to normal or should i say a new normal well talk to people this morning. I like going to the mall. Always the food court we talked its exercise i enjoy because i know theres a food court at the end chase. Theres a and express a and expressed absolutely all right time now is 5. 10 new this morning. There is some big news in the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus in fact Johnson Johnson beginning a huge. Final study on a single dose covid19 vaccine. So the study started this morning it will be one of the Worlds LargestCoronavirus Vaccine study so far. The company is testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers. Its a huge. Group here in the u. S. And across the world, so its a global test. A handful of other vaccines in the u. S. Including shots made by moderna and pfizer already in their final stages of testing hopes are high that a vaccine could potentially be announced by the end of the year. Its 5. 11 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news has more bay area counties begin reopening leaders in one north bay spot. Holding back on letting businesses reopen there, well tell you why and Community Groups in the east bay are stepping up to help families that are struggling they are handing out more than just food. Plus after the break schools in Alameda County. Theyre getting closer to reopening but teachers in oakland are warning against in Person Learning. Were for those who love to discover. Who know an open mind is the only kind. Who dont need to travel to find something new. Who know where to escape, even just for a moment. Who dont need a fortune to find a gem. And who know when you spend less, you can discover even more. And never, ever stop discovering. Spend less, discover more. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls, and homegoods. Welcome back its 5. 14 checking out the weather were getting a little bit of everything this week a little a little summer a little Little Desert heat trouble in the Weather Center with our evolving forecast. John yeah, fall then right back to summer we go its been exciting to have at least some cooler weather so far this weekend. Well have that around for a couple more days so do enjoy that as much as you can Golden Gate BridgeCrystal Clear this morning, no gray like we had yesterday and its all green here on air quality which means good conditions all across the bay just get out there enjoy what will be cooler temperatures and that good air quality while weve still got it. High pressure is going to build back in eventually in this forecast and it is eventually going to result in a switch up in our wind direction which for the past few days has been right from the coast into the bay natures a c keeping us nice and cool the past few days. We have just the opposite occurring as we move into saturday sunday and monday hot and dry air from our inland valleys will be pulled out to the coast. That results in hot temperatures and an increase in fire danger too for the east bay from saturday through monday will be under fire weather watch is likely to become red flag warnings. Winds in these areas gusting as high as 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. All of Solano County will be affected and then much of our upper elevations of sonoma napa and marin counties so increased fire danger in the days to come if you have with the weekend plans please be very mindful of that as you do venture outside as for today though were keeping the good stuff around for a couple more days and that does include this afternoon, 60s and 70s for todays daytime highs millbrae back to 76 degrees while looking at 70s to 80s further south on the peninsula, south bay temperatures upper 70s to low 80s for you to san jose 80 degrees today Union City Hayward fremont all 70s while 80s from the tri valley through conquered eventually up into the north bay, no 90s just yet and we are certainly thankful for that because we have plenty of them and its just days away from now tomorrow and friday keep good weather around for a few more days even a little bit cooler than today is about to be then come saturday offshore winds begin to pull that hot dry air our direction that means by sunday and monday our inland areas will be upper 90s to low triple digits and even some 90s right along the bay. It wont just be hot, but its going to be very dry and also very windy, typical situation for this time of year when you do see fire danger on the rise in just in time for the weekend too so enjoy the next few days and then do some very safe and hopefully nice and cool activities come the weekend. Robin sounds good. Thank you john lets check in on the traffic we dont have any big hot spots here at the richmond sandra fell bridge traffic is moving well so nows your chance to get on out there and beat the rush just heavier traffic is on the way. But its calm and clear right now all the way across the span into the north bay, heres the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic continues to pick up on 80 west into San Francisco. Every time we check and we have more and more traffic rolling in but right now its trouble freeze so 8 minutes after fremont street. This is the only trouble spot and its left over from the 4 oclock hour its 8. 80 north right at the dakota exit, a multi vehicle accident and car fire still wrapping up weve gone from having all lanes blocked to just the far right lane chp issued a Traffic Alert for its a little bit of slowing for you leaving fremont working your way into union city, but thats it the rest of the trip looks fantastic. No problems on the hayward san leandro side and then our other freeways like 6 8024 and the e sure are all trouble free chase. All right robin, thank you 5. 18. In San Francisco, at least 2 schools now are allowing in person classes. These are schools that were inspected and approved to reopen the schools are redbridge education thats in the dogpatch neighborhood and the San Francisco school in portola in the port whole neighborhood, San Francisco county launched a new online tool for parents to check out and it shows how many schools have applied for waivers and how many schools have been inspected and then how many have actually been given the green light to reopen, weve posted a link to that tool on our website at kron 4 dot com. In a space schools in Alameda County are going to get to reopen their classrooms if the county remains in the red tier for 2 weeks, the Teachers Union, however, for the oakland Public Schools warns against resuming in Person Learning kron fours haaziq tells us why. Alameda county has officially moved into the red tier of the California Department of public healths blueprint for a safer economy. Among other things the red tier allows for School Districts in the county like oakland unified to reopen for in Person Learning after maintaining red stat is for 2 weeks. I mean i think its always positive when we hear that the cases are going down because we we dont want to see people getting sick