We have the power to harness abundant wind and solar energy, but its not available all day long. Use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california for generations to come. Tonight at 5. 30 kron 4 is always tracking local stories, heres a look at whats going on in your neighborhood right now and we will begin tonight in the east bay that is where the Fremont Unified School district will be voting on whether or not to allow Police Officers in schools. Earlier this week the School Resource officer task force recommended the district invest its funds into proactive and preventative approaches to student safety. This includes hiring trained Mental Health professionals and implementing Restorative Practices at all sites. The vote is scheduled to start about 6. 30 if there are results tonight, let you know right here on kron 4. And now that the Holiday Season is upon us some bay area food banks find themselves struggling to assist those at risk of. Food insecurity. Today kron fours Haaziq
Restrictions on low risk activities and thousands of restaurants are on the verge of shutting down for good. Yeah, how the new normal will not be enough to keep some businesses afloat. Reporter any given night before the pandemic, restaurants said they had to fill every seat to make a profit. They have four tables outside, four inside and four at the bar. So reopening cutting that number in half to meet social distance rules, reopening is impossible. With the stay at home order through may. There will be a change in rereopening are back on hold. I cant wait to get back to feeding people. Chef lopez is a partner at pearl, a neighborhood restaurant in the richmond district. She had to lay off the staff. Tonight she is making lasagna, free frk hospitality workers in needs. Having half the table, staff Wearing Masks full time and a heavier reliance on take off. And jacking murphy says at 75 capacity, his restaurant would barely break even. Until they tell us what the new mandates are, its
Vicks sinex. Breathe on. Very close to the peak. The race of new coronavirus cases and hospitalization stabilizing across the country but the white house responding to new evidence top officials ignored repeated warnings and failed to act earlier at a high cost. If you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. Just ahead our live one on one with the director of the cdc. Direct deposit. The first wave of that badly needed stimulus money starts arriving in Bank Accounts this week and the governments potential new plan to restart the economy in some parts of the country in a matter of weeks. All that plus keeping the faith. Church services streamed online, family gettogethers over zoom and facetime. An unusual easter around the globe while millions tune in to see this aweinspiring performance outside a cathedral welcome back time for pop start extra special because guess who is bringing it to us . Amazing grace how sweet the sound, toda
Again this is part of the effort to slow the spread of the virus as much as possible. Kron fours dan kerman has been following the story he joins us live. Dan. Or out in front of Sanchez Elementary School here in San Francisco in as you can see theres nothing going on there hasnt been anything going on here any of the other schools in the area across the bay area all day because the schools have been closed because of the shelterinplace orders and now the School Districts have decided because those orders are in place and because the schools need to contribute to the slow the spread of the virus. They need to keep the schools close not to the beginning of april but to the beginning of may. Across the Bay Area School classrooms, playgrounds and parking lots are empty. Thats because School Districts of shutdown classroom instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus of course he would rather be in school, we know that Public Schools are an essential part of or Greater School communit
Sales force tower cam. Were starting out today with numbers in the upper 40s and low 50s. Well recover into the mid50s. Look ahead does look wet. Well have details when we cover the forecast more thoroughly. Here is gianna. With the foggy conditions, you may roll up on areas with limited visible. Be careful as you hit the roadways. Were getting reports of a couple new crashes into the traffic center. The first will affect your drive at 880 at 92. Getting a word of a broken down vehicle, northbound 101 at 84. This is blocking the slow lane. Not a lot of delays on 880 where the crash is you should be okay if youre trying to hop on the san mateo bridge. Another crash reported on 680 as you head through the grade. It looks like this is blocking one lane. Im jackie ward live in San Francisco at uber headquarters after a two year federal investigation about Sexual Harassment claims, uber has finally agreed to a settlement for 4. 4 million. That is how much they will be paying victims. This o