Plus sounds so support the Gilroy Community continues its healing process and remembers the victims who tragically lost their lives one year ago today during the garlic festival shooting. Good evening, everybody thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 well get to the situation in gilroy momentarily. But our top story tonight that massive fire. The damaged at least half a dozen San Francisco buildings and displaced at least 100 workers early this morning. We have Live Team Coverage from the scene of the fire which is still active to reaction from d out by flames. How smoke from the fire affected folks in the surrounding areas. We begin with Taylor Bisacky is live in the south of market district, where one point roughly half the citys entire firefighting resources. Were helping out with this fire taylor. Well right now firefighters are still battling the hot spots inside one of those buildings and if you
Officials say it is the key to stopping the surge, but not everyone is listening. Certainly awkward for me to approach a citizen thats my customer and tell them that they need to cover their face. Tonight a new effort to crack down on people not wearing masks. There are new numbers out tonight that illustrate why covering your face can put a big dent in the spread of covid19. State Health Leaders now say wearing a mask 80 of the time could reduce transmission by as much as 60 . This as late tonight another bay area county puts some teeth into its mask mandate. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd explains. Reporter the emergency order making it mandatory to wear face coverings in Contra Costa County is in effect not everyone is happy in danville. I dont understand that. You know what i mean . Where youre forced to wear a mask. I just had a kidney tooken out. I got bad lungs, this and that. I cant wear a mask, but it is what it is. Reporter according to the state, wearing a mask is essential if yo
News stations. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Expect to see a a huge like a 50 feet fire. Like and meters of it. Quite a scene and tonight that massive fire in San Francisco, south of market neighborhood is still active it damaged half a dozen buildings and displaced 3 people good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis fire investigators say was extremely fast moving when morning near south bend and 14th street or kron fours taylor sackey joins us live now from the scene were at one point earlier today half the citys firefighters were out there battling this fire. Taylor. Well theyve scaled back on resources since and there is still a lot of people out here just take a look behind me you can see that fire engine still hitting that building with water nearly 13 hours later the focus being on bart filled sales, were seeing a lot of flare ups and hot spots now crews say that they will be out here for the next few days to monitor this a
As will playgrounds all due to covid19. The San Francisco unified school board met tuesday to discuss what schools will look like a combination of print base learning kits and actual online instruction. But with the virtual doors opening up in less than 3 weeks parents remain in the dark about numerous things 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 the School District says theyre still working out details with the Teachers Union and hope to share specific soon in the meantime the district is also looking ahead to when students will be able to return to the cla
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