Alert tonight because a chance of thunderstorms could bring wildfire sparking lightning. Check out this map of the Bay Area behind us. And look at all that red all the North Bay down to the East Bay hills. All under red Flag Warning, meaning weather could result in extreme Fire Danger what we dont want. We are using calfires cameras to set up. They are set up throughout the areas of Concern Tonight to monitor anything that may pop up and this is a time Lapse View in sonomaicounty from sleepy mountain. We also have live kron 4 Team Coverage from the North Bay to the East Bay. All areas that are under that warning to see how fire crews are getting ready for any problems. But we start with chief Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking the incoming system lawrence. Guys, this critical time of year. Were always worried about fires and you get some lightning in the mix and. Of course that can be a major issue outside tonight. So far dark skies. Weve had reports of some scattered show
Plus the majority of local students will be back inside classrooms in a few days. But hundreds are choosing a different direction. Selecting a virtual academy. Instead. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock. Im Ken Wayne and i pale more across the state. More than 5500 people are currently in the hospital with covid. That is the highest number of hospitalizations since february and again, many doctors and nurses are feeling overwhelmed. Kron fours. Michelle kingston takes a look at how hospital staff, how they were feeling before the state reopen done. How theyre feeling right now. You know, now were back at full capacity again and nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist are exhausted. Weve had to do double shifts extra chefs. Tammy, the check is an Icu Nurse at kaiser in Walnut Creek where the number of covid patients is rising. Theyre seeing upwards of 35 patients a day. Thats hard because theres just not enough resources and where start having what we
When time from the Bay Areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news, heavy. Now a day to search for a killer underway in the North Bay after an Apartment Complex shooting. Were live with the latest details including the type of vehicle police are now looking for an alarming look at how the drought is accelerating wildfire danger. White Cal Fire says is counting on all of us. This Fire Season. Also why Cal Osha decided to go beyond cdc guidelines when it comes to face masks in the workplace and how some local infectious disease experts are reacting to that decision. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. Im Catherine Heenan in for pam moore. And im Ken Wayne Police in Rohnert Park are searching for a shooter tonight. One person was shot and killed at an Apartment Complex. It happened at the Park Ridge apartments on Snyder Lane. Kron fours. Gayle ong is live at the scene of that shooting with the very latest on the investigation, including a keep. De
The general manager of the marine Water District says irrigation is one of the biggest factors. So this time of year is certainly the opportunity to focus on landscaping, which well, its important for so many reasons. Its not. The same level of essential. Certainly of Firefighting And Health and safety purposes. So were asking our customers to. Irrigate lawns. No more than 2 days a week. And reduce. Water what we call it in terms of washing their cars in the driveway hosing off. Sidewalks Power Pressure washing their homes or businesses so things that dont align with higher priority uses of water. Ornstein says that the last 17 months his district has had the lowest rainfall on record and that goes back about 140 years. All right. Taking a live look the golden Gate Bridge where we do have some moisture in the way fog. Yeah, you can see its sunny over there and right under the 5 Bank Debris says here. Id love to see some some rain this weekend, obviously. But its that time of year where
Recommendations on face coverings. It was a surprise. It was surprised. Although Doctor Willis believes the state and his county are close to the point of allowing fully vaccinated. People to keep their masks off. In most situations. He says first more people need to receive the covid19 vaccine. The state says it intends to drop its Mask Mandate by midjune. Our vaccination rates at this pace. Well have about 75 of our residents fully vaccinated by that and thats really the target were looking for at the level of community where we feel like it will be safe for us from a Policy Level to actually allow people to indoors in terms of their facial covered in line with marine county. Both the contra Costa And Alameda county public Health Department also support the States Decision to delay implementing the cdcs masking recommendations. In the past month. Doctor willis says there have been no Covid19 Related Deaths county wide and case rates have dropped dramatically. Its too early throw away