People came together today in martinez for a peaceful black lives matter protest. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the rally and march coming after a series of hate crimes in that city martinez. Was thrust into the National Spotlight just last week when the defacing of a black lives matter mural was caught on camera tonight activists wanted their voices to be heard kron fours dan thorn was at the protest late today, he joins us live tonight in martinez with more on what happened and. Grant vicki there was a lot of anticipation that was leading up to todays demonstration businesses were boarded up streets were closed off. But as police stood by and watched what was happening protesters remained peaceful. Hundreds of people make their way down court street waving signs and chanting for racial equality, the demonstration taking place where a man and woman recently defaced a black lives matter mural thats the disgraced that were fighting
This cloud cover remains with us in much of the morning. So we do have a great start to the day for bayside in coast areas before we all get a good dose of sunshine later on as for conditions there nice and calm a slightly calmer day than what weve seen over the past few weeks with winds present at the coast but not near as breezy as some of our wind year days have been right now most temperatures are in the 50s to 60s pittsburgh. Youve been the warm spot this morning right now youre at 68. Fairfield concord napa livermore all in the low 60s. Well low 50s and timber on midfifties in San Francisco, currently by the time we work our way into the afternoon day time highs climb back into the upper 80s if not low 90s for just a few spots in the bay, 60s and 70s remaining near the coast and the bay. James all right john thank you get back to news now on the latest on the coronavirus we have 2 thirds of state see coronavirus cases climbing and that comes as the president is pushing for school
Are now seeing new cases rise. On a week to week basis and heres the map that we like to show you the gives you a snapshot of where the situation is right now in america, we have 8 states highlighted in red including california these are states where we seen new cases rise, 50 or more. There are 25 states that now have a 10 to 50 increase week over week and those are the areas that weve highlighted here in orange. In total, we have 3. 3 million infections and growing with more than a 135,000 deaths reported across the country gets a little floridas the worst of the worst of the outbreak there has now surpassed. New york ap as the covid hot spot for america in the bay area. More counties are going on the states watch list, new restrictions are in place in Sonoma County because they were added to the watch list because of a spike in infections infections. So starting today. There will be no more Indoor Dining at restaurants. And you cannot go inside bars there. This is for at least anoth
Its going to be into the afternoon. Afternoon hours so the rest of us from the bay to our inland valleys bringing plenty of sunshine and most importantly, some slightly cooler temperatures many daytime highs fall from the 90s to the 80s, 50s and 60s is where were at across the bay right now berkeley, San Francisco timber on 50s. Well fairfield conquered pittsburgh in dublin on the 60s. Later today, it will be 60s for San Francisco, well low 70s in oakland and mid 80s in san jose, dark. Thanks a lot on and lets start off with looking at what the coronavirus is shaping up that like this morning. There are 33 states now seeing cases on the rise from week to week. And this shows you that there are 8 states in the red that means more than a 50 increase in cases and where that vote in california. There are 25 states showing a 10 to 50 increase. Right now more than 3. 3 million infections have been traced to a here in the u. S. And a 135,000 people have died across the country florida right n
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