Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
Growing as are the complaints that the school didnt do enough to stop those assaults. Vicky wynn joins us now with the story. Reporter late today we spoke with an attorney now representing two presentation high graduates. He said hes investigating claims against teachers from 1990 to this year. And now multiple sources have come forward to us with accounts of inappropriate behavior by two male teachers. I mean, i i still love the school. Like thats the thing that makes it tough. Ellen graduated from presentation high in 2005. She asked us not to use her last name but said she could no longer remain silent. For too long its been maybe that didnt happen. Reporter now living in southern california, she says she still remember it is day she saw a student leaving the office of a male teacher. She was crying. She was really upset. He tried to touch her, i believe it was her leg. What did you think when you heard her story. I was disgusted. This was someone i trusted. We walked across campus
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