in a statement, orinda's owner called those past incidents unacceptable but isolated. but last year, the state sought to revoke her nursing administrator's license for submitting fraudulent college applications on her application. solorzano is challenging the action and a hearing is set for later this year. she applied to open a facility in san jose as well but the state turned her down citing nine cases where patients were put in immediate jeopardy across her network of 11 nursing homes. solorzano said the state revocation action is unjustified and insists her orinda facility has instituted rigorous safety measures to protect residents and staff there. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, he calls it a rapid mobile test team. the mayor of los angeles says his city will begin ramping up testing specifically targeting those who are the most vulnerable. >> beginning now until this crisis ends, the city will deploy a rapid mobile test team that will go to these facilities that are housing the elderly, chronically ill, or debilitated, nursing homes, ski

care center is located not far away from orinda way . we are live now with what the county is doing to contain the spread. >> reporter: there were 24 of the residence in three of the staff members who tested positive for covid-19. now the county health department says they are working intensely with the orinda care center to try to stop the spread. a sign outside the orinda care center has a covid-19 warning , saying it's 47 bed facility is closed to visitors until further notice. health officials say that got the first alert about coronavirus on march 31st. >> our initial investigation revealed five cases of covid- 19. two of those persons were residents of the facility and they are hospitalized. >> reporter: the county says three staff members who tested positive for the virus are on home isolation. after testing all residents and staff another 22 residence are positive, 17 were negative. and now they are being kept in separate rooms with separate caregivers. >> they are being grouped together with their roommates who tested positive i

power out in places like orinda.a they'll get those inspections, power will be turned back on by today, tonight at the latest. but until then thousands of people are still without power here in the bay area. pg&e had shut off power sunday night to thousands of customers, the majority in contra costa, alameda, napa counties to prevent wildfires during the high wind event which pg&e reports saw maximum gusts in the high 60s to high 80-mile-an-hour range. stoplights are still out. businesses remain closed. gas pumps are shut down. last night people were buying ice to try to save their perishables that are in their fridge. pg&e has set up charging stations like this one to help people get through this major inconvenience. >> i have a generator that's broken. and i don't have anybody to fix it. if we had the generator we would have been golden. >> reporter: here's a look at the pg&e website which shows the current power outages for the bay area. statewide 345,000 people lost power, less than half have been restored. again

customers in orinda and danville received these notices of the power outage. amy hollyfield is in the east bay covering the outages this morning and a live report coming up in the next half hour. >>> president is expected to unveil new guidelines today to reopen the country. he's indicated that he would like some states to be reopened by may. >> the battle peak on new cases. >> president trump said final decisions on how and when to end coronavirus safety orders will fall to individual governors. that's a reversal from his earlier stance that he held about absolute authority to reopen the economy. >>> now on abc7 news live desk update. >>> growing concern over a meat shortage in grocery stores. i'm looking into all of that. some plants have been forced to close due to covid-19. a pork processing plant in south dakota is dealing with an outbreak. two workers at a tyson factory have died. the head of the north american meat institute says there is enough situation could get worse. >> if we continue to see shut downs of plants going forward that can't operate the

this is why the moraga orinda fire district and the orinda police department organizes evacuation exercisepeople ready for an emergency, while official tested coordination and information so if there is a real need to evacuate, people can do so safely and efficiently. officials ran a simulated wildfire scenario to practice a time phased evacuation, so those closest to the fire would be notified first. of course, we're in the middle of a pandemic, so distro does not actually involve people leaving their homes. if you live in orinda and are signed up for the contra costa county alert system, you should've gotten an evacuation alert. in case of a real emergency, this is the main way residents would be alerted. the fire district said 18,000 people live in orinda, but only 7000 are registered for the community warning system. we talked to a fire official and resident about the event and how things would go in a real emergency situation. >> they are doing it virtually this year. actually increased participation probably five fold. we were excited about that. >> if it were an actual emergency, we

train and take people directly between rockridge and lafayette and make stops between rockridge, orinda, and lafayette, all where passengers keep their distance. >> at the bus stops we are going to have markings to make sure that they are six feet apart as a way to board the bus. >> reporter: >> caltrain may have to consider shutting down all service if they don't get additional funding. they have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. they reported a 95 percent decline in ticket sales on the first day of the shelter in place order. they did receive $49 million from the cares act but the agency says more money is needed to keep operating. the agency estimates it's been losing $8 million a month since the pandemic hits. >>> the santa clara county convention center is now undergoing a deep cleaning after temporarily serving as a federal medical station for less acute covid-19 patients, a total of 20 patients were treated at the center. it was set up last month with 250 beds to serve as an overflow site in case hospitals became overloaded with coronavirus patients. >>> starting next mo

for a total of 27 in orinda care center alone. half of them are over 80 years old. >> in this facility, residents who are positive will be isolated and separated from the residents who have tested negative and are asymptomatic. we have advised that the staff do not intermingle between these two groups, rather that dedicated staff are assigned to work with one group only. >> so what we do know is that he staff members here at esting orinda care center. those test results aren't completely back in yet and they are also, they say, investigating two other senior care facilities in the county right now. they won't say where they are or what names they are. but they are on top of it, they said. they're urging people to take great care. the social distancing and really strict visitation standards at many of these senior facilities if you have a loved one who is older. reporting live in orinda, i'm leslie brinkley. abc 7 news. >>> leslie, thank you. alhambra high school in martinez will not be used as a makeshift medical facility after su

people are angry this is happening in orinda and danville.e will be shutting off the power in a couple hours. residents say they just can't believe the timing of this. they have been told to stay at home. they're working from home. kids are on their computers learning from home. the refrigerators are full as people try to avoid multiple trips to the store and now the power will be shutorda some even begged pg&e to >>n monday to say, you know, you guys have to reschedule this, right? i was blown away they said, no, we're not going to reschedule it. in fact, we're moving forward and there is nothing we can do. >> i'm dreading it and a conflict to be told to stay in your house and having your house being taken away from you. >> and she was told it's going to happen to her a couple times this month. pg&e released this statement saying we understand the impacts of a service interruption given the current stay-at-home orders and we apologize for any disruption or hardship these outages may cause. they said they cannot reschedule. that this work mus

henry lee tells us the bay area lawmaker behind it says it's a response to the deadly shooting in orinda where five people were killed. >> they're not meant for party central. >> the current fine for short term rentals becoming party houses a thousand dollars. steve glacier says these not high enough. >> the legislation i will be introducing tomorrow will raise that fine to $5,000. the hope being that it creates a strong enough >> and there's no better example than what happened here in orinda on halloween night. >> he doesn't want a repeat of the gang-related shootout in a we're going hold them accountable for that. any guest anywhere in our state has an obligation to follow our rules and laws. >> the legislation would empower local government. >> ourselves and our sister communities to have greater ability to enforce these new rules. we are very appreciative. >> we are enforcing this and we have the authority if this legislation passes to cause a significant economic impact. >> airbnb has previously banned party houses and now screens for suspicious reservations. in a statement, the pl

.>> and orinda has questions about mail-in voting and she was convinced to come to the voting center in person. >> i was just recently called a citizens of this is the first time i vote. i really appreciate this opportunity and responsibility.>> the intense scrutiny surrounding this year's election has people voting in droves, determined to take part in the cornerstone of our democracy. >> people have marched and fought and died for the right to vote. we don't want to let them down let alone, we need to have the world hear our voices. >> you can turn in your mail-in ballot or vote in person now through election day. in san jose, devin fehely. >> election in poll worker's and some counties are taking a day off tomorrow. voting will be closing contra costa and solano counties. however ballot boxes in those areas are open for drop-off 24/72 voting centers in oakland and san francisco were also bustling today. >> several bay area sports teams including the warriors volunteered to turn over their stadiums to be used as endemic safe voting sites. this was the scene at chase center home of

highway 24 out of orinda or through orinda and through the caldecott tunnel. on the oakland side there is a crash in a may still be affecting lanes. it sounds like two folks, two trucks from the bridge have gotten there to help clear out the lanes of that left bore. westbound jammed up to about st. stevens. not really good alternates for folks. if you know the side roads. the metering lights are still on at the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up in a new twist, the case of a mysterious seed package that keeps popping up in people's mailboxes. we now know more and it could affect you the next time you're shopping online. plus -- ♪ i'll be here for you ♪ until you're here with me too ♪ >> yeah, get this guy a mic. one teacher should be called a rock star for the way he's welcoming new students back to school while they learn from home. it was just a get together with friends. no big deal. everybody felt fine. but now im super sick. everyone is sick. i just wish we had been more careful. it would have been easier than this. so wear a mask.

break lights through orinda. i'll set your drive up through the weekend. >>> and remember, kpix 5 wants to bring you the good news happening in the bay area, and there's plenty of it. we want to connect you to people looking to help. go to kpix.com/together to find stories of how we are better together, and send your story ideas to us at together at cbs.com. we'll be right back. we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices during the day.... or cs stay well and keep it golden. >>> this morning, the san francisco nurse is giving us a shocking look at what a severe battle with coronavirus can do to your body. we're talk nothing matter how healthy you. that's mike schulz right there before he got sick in early march, and auntie invite how we looked when he woke un50 pounds lighter after more than a month on the ventilator. >> i didn't even recognize myself. like i had hair where i can grow hair,

. >> reporter: the senior citizens were telling the city of orinda we don't drive anymore, it's such a long walk to the bus stop and we need good transportation. that's when kate wiley came in. >> we need to get almond breeze original. >> volunteer pam schroeder shops and deliveries groceries to 86-year-old aretha who is staying at home because of the shelter in place order, but normally she would pick her up to take she shopping since she no longer drives. >> it gives m being a and isolated. >> reporter: the program called seniors around town working with the city, kate wiley founded the free transportation service for orinda citizens in 2005 and operates under orinda association. >> it's life changing and meeting their desire to remain in their home, to remain independent. >> reporter: 70 fully-vetted volunteers drive more than 120 seniors from their homes to where they need to go in the east bay for medical appointments, to social engagements. a third of theerly writers live in low-income housing. seniors around town provides more than 1,400 rides a year but as kate says it's more

oops >>> a landmark orinda theater is in financial trouble.has been around almost 80 years but like so many businesses they have been struggling losing money since the pandemic hit. and ruben explains the owners need the communities help. >> it is july and the orinda theater should be hopping. its unmistakable marquee, lit, it's lavish seats, full, but the pandemic changed all of that. >> we must make 50% of the revenue in june or july which carries you for the four months we obviously lost june and july. >> they will lose august and september too and with the bill mounting, the theater needed to ask. they captivated the cost about $165,000 and then looked at the total number of orinda residence. >> i divided that and that is $8.28 per resident. that is one ticket so that's why we started the one ticket challenge. would you purchase one ticket, virtually, you know, to save the orinda theater. >> already the gofundme campaign has brought in about $72,000. the theater is also auctioning movie posters and paraphernalia nikes life-size star wars t

that includes 27 residents and 22 staff members at the orinda care center. contra costa county health officials say one person who died in hospice tested positive for the virus. 4 residents are hospitalized at that facility which is closed to visitors. residents who are not infected are being kept in separate rooms. caretakers are being asked not to move between the groups of infected and noninfected residents.>> governor gavin newsom is confident about the states supply of ventilators even as santa clara county says there is an urgent need for them. at his briefing today, the governor addressed his decision to lend 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for other states to use. >> we are just proud as a state because of all the great work you have all done in slowing down the rate of growth that we are able to provide those resources and confidently know that supports will be reciprocated by those governors and by those states. >> some of those ventilators are set to arrivein new york and illinois. four other states will also be getting ventilators from

the orinda care center is a 47 bed facility . 24 residents there and three staff tested positive for the coronavirus. we are live with how the county is trying to prevent transmission. >> reporter: contra costa county health officials are saying they are really focused right now on containment. they have separated those patients, or the residents who have tested positive for the covid-19 and then the rest of them they are going to be monitoring to see if they develop any of those symptoms. a sign outside the orinda care center has a covid-19 warning, saying that the 47 bed facility is closed to visitors until further notice. contra costa county health officials got the first alert about coronavirus on march 31st . >> our initial investigation revealed five cases of covid- 19. two of those persons were residents of the facility and they are hospitalized. >> reporter: the county says three staff members have tested positive for the virus on home isolation. after testing all residents and staff, another 22 residents were positive, 17 were negative and now they are being kept in separate

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in orinda this morning with how residents are dealing with this and also businesses. good morning, amy. >> hi, jobina. you can't help but feel bad for the businesses and i ammic looilo looking at them in orinda and a second day and morning of not being able to light. it's the same situation in lafayette and also in moraga. their downtown areas do not have power and, of course, some homes also have had their lights turned out. we have seen grocery stores bring in lights to stay in business. some people are frustrated. you can go on nextdoor and read how hard this is for people as they try to distance learn and work without power. the hardware store now say they plan for these. >> after last year's one we restocked and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for y generators and gas cans and held much more stock than we would have normally in years past. >> pg&e set up resource centers for people where they can go charge their devices and get a snack and just hang out. the utility says now that the winds have died dow

kron four's dan kerman live for us in orinda with more dan. >>well this is literally the calm before the storm right now there is absolutely no wind at this point but they're expecting gusts up to 50 miles per hour in this region and other regions throughout the bay area beginning tomorrow night that coupled with possibly triple digit heat has firefighters on alert. as the sun bear down on contra costa county friday winds remain calm with temperatures in the 70's. >>but come this weekend a recipe for disaster high temps low humidity and winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. >>looking at very high fire danger and as you point out. we got an awful lot of dry fuel out that's just waiting to burn it was last october when contra costa county experienced similar conditions. >>and had a fire siege, 10 major fires and 15 hours including one that jumped the carquinez bridge. >>sleep with one eye open. >>those who live in contra costa county have been through this before and are ready, we know or pc is and all of our personal documents and should be have

i asked her by text, did you discipline him for raising concerns about orinda case. her spokesperson added while we can't discuss personnel matters, our first concern is always for the safety of staff and patients. devon green tells me he had no conflicts with staff or patients, but they laughed and joked every day. and he provided this tiktok video that he and some nurses recently made. >> the whistle-blower laws are there to protect whistle-blowers because whistle-blowers are there to protect us. >> a top san francisco employment attorney can't pass judgment on devon green's case, but says he might be able to sue for lost wages, damages, emotional distress and to restore his reputation. >> i think in these times of covid-19, we want employees to speak out. that's the purpose of these laws is to encourage people to speak it. >> green's girlfriend was a nursing assistant at orinda care, but she resigned because of how he was treated. for the i-team, dan noise, abc7 news. >> and dan noyes and the i-team have looked into the situation at a lot of local nursing homes. y

in orinda, i'm da lin, kpix5. >> passengers complained bart trains could be crowded during the morning commute on certain days. bart says while they don't have people who can enforce social distancing, they do provide the opportunity for people to social distance by using longer trains during commute hours. they ask riders to look for cars that are not as packed or wait for the next train. >>> campaign 2020. this weekend, the candidates are on a final battleground campaign blitz. joe biden made his first joint appearance with former president obama today. >> the pair held events in flint and detroit michigan. meanwhile, president trump held a rally in another swing state, pennsylvania. >> reporter: music legend stevie wonder helped kick off joe biden's campaign rally in detroit. >> i believe the message is going to be loud and clear. it's time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home! >> reporter: the former vice president was joined by former president barack obama. for two stops in michigan saturday. >> this tuesday, everything is on the line. our jobs are on the line. health ca

reporting live in orinda, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl, for that update.>> cruise ship passengers stranded at sea for weeks landed at sfo tonight. the cdc says they are healthy people from holland america's cruise ship in florida. their voyage took a frightening turn when passengers on board tested positive for the virus and some died. jean elle is live at sfo where she talked to passengers now on their way home. jean? >> reporter: janelle, 250 cruise passengers landed here at sfo tonight. the cdc says they were all screened and did not have symptoms of coronavirus before they got on that airplane in florida today. the passengers we talked to tonight say after days of uncertainty about when ty bener masks, passengers who were isolated on the cruise ship arrive at sfo. >> we're here. we're safe. but i never had any worry about my life at all. >> reporter: judy lazarus said when passengers starting getting sick while on board in south america, the captain did a good job isolating people. >> we were safer on the cruise ship than we were on land because we onl

this is happening to people in orinda and danville. pg&e will be shutting off their pow. can't believe their timing as people are working from home and kids are on the computer working from home and the refrigerators are full as people try to avoid multiple trips to the store and now it will all be shut town for the day. some begged pg&e to reconsider. >> i called on monday and said you guys have to reschedule this. i as blown away that they said, no, we will not reschedule it. we're moving forward and there is nothing you can do. >> i'm dreading it. just a conflict being told to stay in your house and having your house being taken away from you. >> pg&e released this statement, we understand the impacts of a service interruption during the current stay-at-home orders and we apologize for any disruption or hardship. they cannot reschedule. the homes that will be losing power did receive warning that this would be happening. reporting live in orinda, amy hollyfield. >> all right, thanks, amy. >>> bay area health officials and nearby county are planning the next order which

i want to show you how dark it is here in orinda. we lit it up with our lights but without our lights, it is dark here. no power here in downtown orinda. same situation in lafayette. businesses dark, again. a second day they will be losing money and they will be closed and except we noticed major grocery stores. they brought in generators to stay in business. and then, ok, several homes also without power. some people are frustrated. others are looking for the positive in all of this. >> after last year's one we restock and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for generators, gas cans and held much more stock than we would have normally in years past. >> the hardware store trying to prepare for these. well, pg&e set up resource centers for people where they can charge their devices and get a snack. the utility says now that the winds have died down, they will be able to launch their helicopters later this morning so they can inspect their equipment. once they determine everything is okay, the equipment i

there updating 40-year-old equipment at the orinda station .es installing tracks and power lines between orinda and lafayette . this also caused some overnight closures a severn lanes of highway 24 . buses will be taken passengers between lafayette and rockbridge over the weekend . >>> a week ago we were talking about rain, now the heat is on, rosemary. >>> talk about swinging from one end of the spectrum, not only are we were made it up but perhaps the hottest temperatures so far we have seen this year . the national weather service already anticipating heat advisory's . we're going to warm it up by a few degrees, inland cities will definitely begin to notice the difference . there is a beautiful blue there of jack london square . now a look across the bay, little bit of patchy fog under mostly sunny skies . a little bit of haze in the sky as we had a fire in san francisco . san francisco is at 60 degrees . san jose 61 degrees . 55 degrees in santa rosa . temperatures are up by a few degrees . getting into that fog out there this morning, only

and between rockridge, orinda and lafayette while passengers keep their distance. >> at the bus stops we will have markings, to make sure that they are 6 feet apart as they go towards the bus and get on. >> ktvu fox 2 news. >> may be forced to consider shutting down to secure additional funding. the agency has been hurt hard by the pandemic. reporting a 95% decline in ticket sales on the first day of the bay area children place order. they did receive $49 million from the cares act, the agency says more money is needed to keep operating. they estimate it's been losing $8 million a month since the pandemic it.>>> wildlife officials have issued a warning about a pair of mountain lions spotted on in a san bernardino trail, posting on a facebook page, number 2 big cats were seen at about seven p.m. last night on sweeney ridge trail about one mile in, a half- mile in, and seen again this morning. they are urged to use caution and be careful around the dawn and dusk.>>> bay area weather, the hottest day of the year so far, mid to upper 90s, probably noticed the cooldown, especially closer t

months after a deadly shooting in orinda 15 were killed at a party at an airbnb rental house. airbnb said the hayward house was not supposed to have parties and was supposed to be quiet after 10:00 at night. >>> the vallejo city council will push the vallejo police to pick up momentum in the case of an officer involved shooting. eric reason was shot by an off- duty richmond police officer last november and investigators said the two men had argued in the parking lot of a restaurant. they said reason raised a handgun and pointed it off the officer. the family of reason wants surveillance camera to be made public and they want a timeline for the results of the investigation. >>> investigations continue into the death of a man who died after a chase and sonoma county with community members gathering at petaluma to discuss the death of 52-year- old david ward. he dyed the day before thanksgiving after being pulled over by sheriff's deputies. the deputy used a taser and then reached inside and applied a chokehold on ward who stopped breathing and then died. >> there is no de-escala

that includes 27 residents and 22 staff members at the orinda care center. costa county health officials say one person who died in hospice tested positive for the virus. 4 residents are hospitalized at that facility which is closed to visitors. residents who are not infected are being kept in separate rooms. caretakers are being asked not to move between the groups of infected and noninfected

but here at the orinda station it's not very busy. we see passengers rushing through these gates to get up onto the platform. there's just a handful, maybe a dozen or so people up on the platform. more people are being told by their employers to work from home. bart is installing hand sanitizers at every station to try and alleviate some of the concerns about the virus. one dispenser will be mounted in the paid area of the station. bart says overall ridership this this week is down 30% compared to a month ago. more than 290,000 people took bart this past tuesday compared to more than 415,000 on an average tuesday last month. bart estimates it's losing anywhere from 440,000 to 600 thousand dollars every weekday because of this lost ridership. on the bright side, the less crowded trains means passengers can keep their distance. but bart says it's not going to be scaling back services or trains. back out here live at the orinda station you can kind of peak in. there's some people sitting down on the train. but usually, this time in the m

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us in downtown orinda. bob, any word when the power will be restored there? >> reporter: pg&e says places like orinda behind me will have their power back on by today, tonight at the latest. pg&e shut off power sunday night. thousands of people here in the bay area, the majority in contra costa, alameda, napa and sonoma counties to prevent wildfires during yesterday's high wind event which pg&e reports maximum gust in the high 60s to high 80-mile-an-hour range. power is supposed to be restored last night but pg&e was unable to fly helicopters to inspect power lines and equipment, which is something they must do before restoring electricity. stoplights are still out, businesses remain closed, gas pumps shut down. last night people were buying ice to try to save perishables. >> takes me back to when i was a kid before we -- you know, a lot of times in the midwest you'd have storms and no electricity. so you got used to it. >> reporter: i can relate as someone who is from the midwest. pg&e has set up charging

on the orinda side right near the orinda exit. everything is off the roadway. a car went into the bushes. i'll let you know if they have to block the slow lane. usually they can take care of things without blocking any lanes of traffic. it's early, very light through the area. muni and b.a.r.t. are unaffected by that private car ban for the stretch of market, the two miles between 10th and the embarcadero after van ness. b.a.r.t. has 16 trains running under all that change and that's fine. back to you. >>> thanks, mike. it is super bowl fever getting the best of you? why experts say you will hardly be alone if you call out sick the day after the big game. >> hey, there's a plan. earlier in the week i said these are coming in dribs and drabs but more bay area layoffs. >>> and ahead at 5:25, growing fallout following the college admission scandal. what we're learning about the looming legal battle for the defendants including actress lori loflin. >>> you pay extra for soda, beer and water but good luck getting your money back. >> you can't charge a deposit withou

>> reporter: orinda education association president charles shannon says teachers in high risk groups would be offered the option to do distance- learning. so far only a small number have taken the route. >> the letter would have to be such that the member truly would be health compromised by returning. >> children are much less like the to get it and it appears they are less likely to spread it, based on some relatively limited data. for those over 10, the risk of infection and the risk of spreading it to others goes up. >> reporter: while some western nations have reopen schools without a spike in cases, others are seeing a resurgence of the virus. experts say there isn't enough data to say there would be no child to adult transmissions. >> israel just reported that their second wave of the virus, which has come back much like the u.s., started about 2 to 3 weeks after they opened their schools. they believe their school opening may have led to the resurgence. >> reporter: orinda's education board will meet either friday or monday to discuss the upcoming academic year, which is slat

this all started just before 5 am in orinda.he battalion chief on scene said they believed the fire started in the garage and spread to the house but haven't made the official determination yet. there was one person inside the house when the fire broke out they were able to get out the car in the driveway caught on fire and rolled into a fire engine but no first responders were hurt in the engine appears to be okay. during this time of social distancing, it was tough for neighbors who wanted to know what was going on while also being concerned about coronavirus. >> certainly a lot of concern and obviously there's a problem of the pandemic and then everyone is curious. i think that created dangerous conditions of people wanting to talk to each other while also maintaining social distance but we are always sensitive to fire around here because we know how fast it spreads in the dry month . >>> definitely a stressful situation during this stressful time. but no one was hurt in this fire. reporting live, sara zendehnam, ktvu, fox 2

reporting live in orinda gayle ong kron 4 news. >>those high winds expected over the weekend some parks in the east bay are set to close the east bay regional parks just park district says high winds could also cause falling trees and branches injuring visitors there's obviously the fire danger that's play into this 11 parks will be closed on sunday and monday. you can find the full list on our website kron 4 dot com. >>today also marks one year since the kincade fire burned through sonoma county that fire burned close to 80,000 acres and destroyed 174 homes, cal fire's determine that the kincade fire was sparked by electrical transmission lines that were owned by pg and e. >>another big story we're following tonight. prosecutors are preparing to retry the penalty phase of the murder case against scott peterson peterson was convicted back in 2004 of killing his wife lacy and their unborn son. investigators say that peterson took the bodies from their modesto home and then dump them from his fishing boat into san francisco bay where

. >>> we have breaking news to tell but over orinda. there is a stand-off. you can see the heavy police response. it is taking place on hall drive off moraga way. we have seen at least one street blocked off. you can see some of the patrol cars there and you can see, it looks like a command. few details are available but we're told it has to do with an investigation by walnut creek police. so we are keeping an eye on this. do stay with abc7 news for any updates. >>> all right. to politics. your voice, your vote. a few minutes away from the presidential democratic debate in that the new hampshire. that will start in exactly seven minutes. >> taking stage shortly. abc news reporter has a look at the fiercest debate of the primary. >> reporter: they're taking their final walkthroughs before the debate tonight in new hampshire. bernie sanders, the only one with a public campaign event friday. and he used to it take aim at fellow iowa front-runner pete buttigieg. >> i'm reading some headlines from numbs about pete buttigieg. pete buttigieg has most exclusive bill

.>> reporter: in orinda the library is closed it is more than just a library to bruce bell. >>> that is what i did on my bike. i road to these libraries. that sort of outlet is gone. i don't know what i'm going to do.>> reporter: in orinda is seniors around town is used to offer rise to seniors for everyday tasks. with mandates coming down from bay area counties to shelter in place the volunteers may still be able to deliver essentials but without the interaction their clients so desperately crave. >>> the laughing and crying that we do. we are friends with him. they trust us. they know they can depend on us not just to get a ride but be there for them. going forward if this continues we need to have some way that we can interact with those seniors.>> reporter: it may not be business as usual for these volunteer groups the policymakers are reaching out to them for their expertise in dealing with this vulnerable population.>>> the mental health association of san francisco has a hotline set up for people feeling anxious or depressed about the coronavirus. it is called the warm line. i

. >>> the small east bay town of orinda shocked when 5 people were shot and killed at a halloween party. this happened at an airbnb home, and today a new state law was proposed to make those who rent out those houses more can wantable. kpix 5's john ramos explains. >> reporter: the quiet streets of the orinda hills are the last place you expect a gang fight to break out. more than 100 young people were partying at the house when the fight broke out. a city ordinance limited short term rentals to only 12 people. now they're questioning whether the law offers enough penalty to get property owners to obey it. >> the conclusion is no. there are not enough incentives for those that own the properties to do the right thing. >> reporter: steve glazer wants to raise the fine up to $1,000. with some homes renting for thousands of dollars a day, the feeling is there needs to be more of a punishment to get people to pay attention. seth lives in the neighborhood and doesn't buy that the home's owners were deceived. >> the owner of that property definitely knew this wasn't a family reunion, it was a

dealing with the end of life was always part of working at orinda care center, or any nursing home, for that matter. but for these staff members, the rapid spread of coronavirus and its devastating effects are especially tough to witness. they tell me a sixth patient has died after contracting covid-19. >> cause i've seen the negative people go to positive. and i know it shouldn't have been like that. >> how could all the residents get infected when they're not moving? they're not leaving out their rooms. they're not going nowhere. >> so you're saying it was the employees? >> it was the employees that was spreading. >> they say all but one of the 30 remaining patients have contract coronavirus, and more than two dozen staff have been infected. check out these signs. these bathrooms are reserved for negative staff. point of view have to go to another floor. the workers tell me some of the staff are not taking precautions. >> i don't want to work with positive workers who are being irresponsible, not wearing proper gear, walking around with no ppe circumstances that happening? >> yes. and

this is the orinda care center. the d.a.'s office says lack of staffing and proper ppe is evidence of neglect. now the outbreak at the facility began back in april. >>> meanwhile, more mask concerns, this time in oakland. this is where police are looking for a driver being accused of assaulting a mcdonald's employee. so that employee says that the incident happened saturday afternoon on san pablo avenue. she told the driver in the drive-through they couldn't be served without wearing the mask. the man yelled racial slurs at her, parked the car, then came back and started to slap her repeatedly. she suffered minor injuries. >>> for weeks now governor newsom has been pushing for californians to wear masks just about all the time, and now he's pushing for recommendations to take it one step further by making significant investments to encourage you to mask up. >> a simple piece of fabric makes a big statement. i care. let's all do our part. >> that new public awareness campaign shows videos, billboards and social media messaging

it was advertised on social media as a mansion party in orinda last week. it left five people dead and some 100 people running for their lives. airbnb has a new policy that is trying to prevent a repeat from what happened here. they are banning 18 bookings on every home on halloween weekend in the u.s. it will also cancel any reservations that fall in this category are neighbors in orinda said things have been very quiet since that night of chaos. >> that is the correct policy. they should be really careful. this year, there is a lot going on because of the pandemic. >> airbnb said in the midst of a generational crisis, all of us have a role to play in protecting public health and slowing the spread of covid-19. the company formally banned parties globally in august, capping the number of people allowed at 16. longtime resident lester applause it's latest policy. >> there is always somebody who will figure out something. they might say okay it's a one day thing, i will rent it for two days. >> regarding tonight minimum stays, it's also taking additional ste

. >> it is july and the orinda theater should be hopping. it is it's on the state -- unmistakable marquee lit, but the pandemic changed all of that here >> they make most -- 50%. >> they lose august and september too and with bills mounting, the theater needed to act. about $155,000 and then looked at the total number of orinda residents. >> that is one ticket. that's why we started the one ticket challenge. would you purchase one ticket virtually to save the orinda theater? >> already the gofundme campaign has brought in about $72,000. they are also auctioning movies -- paraphernalia have been doing weekend popcorn and line drive in. they are hopeful they can raise enough. >> with or without it, i worry. i love this place. >> he loves his regulars, some who have been coming since the theater opened in 1991. >> is all about emotion and how this place makes you feel. you are not any other large theater chain. we never will be. history here. people have memories tied to this place, good and some bad. and now they want to come back. >> back in

"today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live at the orinda b.a.r.t. station with that and the effort to beef up security. >> reporter: that is right, marcus. it is very busy here and b.a.r.t. riders tell me they like the convenience of b.a.r.t. but they still have concerns which adds the assault that happened this week. now b.a.r.t. police say they arrested a suspect who was wanted for an assault that happened on tuesday night. surveillance tootage shows him talking to a man on a train before getting into a fight. police say the suspect hit the other man with a chain and got off at lake merritt station and nothing was stolen. victim was treated. at a recent b.a.r.t. workshop the san francisco examiner said the agency talked about how hiderships that dropped by 20 million in the last years and b.a.r.t. is considering whether to distribute 1 million free weekend tickets to boost ridership. riders say crime and cleanliness are a concern. >> taking the first train out of orinda to go to the airport and finding somebody sleeping on four of the seats. and t

there was a shooting here and one in orinda and that concerns me. >> that shooting is less than three months after a deadly shooting in orinda during a party at an airbnb rental house where five people were killed. airbnb said the house and hayward was not supposed to have parties and it was supposed to be quiet after 10:00 at night. >>> it's 4:04 and members of the public will ask the vallejo city council to push the police to pick up the pace in the case of an officer involved shooting. eric reason was shot and killed by an off-duty richmond reason raised a gun and pointed it at the police officer. the family wants surveillance video to be made public and they want the out a timeline fo the d.a. will get the results of the this morning into the death of a man after a chase andsonoma county. members gathered in petaluma to talk about the death of a 52-year-old, david ward, who dyed the day before thanksgiving after he was pulled over by sheriff's deputies. a deputy used a taser on him and then reached inside and applied a chokehold on him and he stopped breathing a short time later a

at least 50 other people at the orinda care center have been infected. it's not clear if charges will be filed there. the number of icu cases in the bay area related to covid-19 dropping. as of wednesday there were over 104 cases, the lowest since april 1st. there are now more than 11,000 total infections in the bay area. 416 people have died. >>> today and tomorrow a free testing clinic for anyone who needs it in east palo alto at the ymca on bell street until 4:00 p.m. each day. drive-up and walk-up testing is available. >>> activists plan to protest four-wheel style for people just trying to make it in the bay. a group advocating withholding rent wants to send a message to congress, cancel rent and mortgage payments today and plan to actually caravan through oakland. >>> now something a little bittersweet. the decades old company specialty's cafe and bakery closed its doors this week due to the coronavirus, but the cafe said good-bye in a big way by giving customers boxes of frozen cookie dough and its warehouse yesterday. the cars lined up to get hol

our first gayle ong live for us in orinda with what people are doing there to get ready. >>vicki and grant i'm here at the gas station this chevron on are under this man just moments ago was filling up. for his generator, so roughly 16,500 pg e customers in the longer in the area are expected to be in the dark that will likely happen sunday at 04:00pm through wednesday. and the cities go lafayette entering a sent out nixle alerts notifying pg e customers about planned power shut off residents here in orinda say they have not had their power turned off this year yet. >>but we're in the dark for days around this time last year how stephanie armour plans to get ready. we have a generator we plug in at night. it's loud. power or second refrigerator in the garage to remove a lot of our meats and stuffed into there. >>but she also plans to leave town to avoid it all sort of having post-traumatic from last year when we were off for like 5 days. >>we have a house in tahoe, so we are told our kids were heading up to we're not going to live through the no power a high wind event in

there have not been a lot of high wind gusts here in orinda as long as we have been here this morning. luckily caltrans just turned on the stoplights. it is for people commuting but otherwise the area is dark which is an inconvenience for a lot of people. the fire danger remains when the winds do have a chance to pick up. the purpose of this with pg&e shutting office equipment before it has a chance to start fires. many local fire departments have increased staffing and they have been patrolling the hills overnight. some have been pre-evacuated. contra costa county advised that yesterday and the city of burke lee sent out a similar requirement yesterday. >> we don't have any place to go unless we check into a hotel . we probably will not do that, but we will stay alert. >> reporter: there are 40,000 homes and businesses without power. they started turning it off last night around 8:30. if people are lucky, they have backup batteries or generators. it's the same story and so many people have come up with ways to get around it. it is certainly a difficulty and anyone who has to get up t

has found evidence of elder abuse at the orinda care center. lack of staffing and proper ppe is evidence of neglect. the outbreak at that facility began back in april. >>> the criminal trial for disgraced theranos founder, elizabeth holmes, is set to get under way next month. that trial will play out in san jose. the mercury news reports former secretary of defense james mattis and former secretary of state henry kissinger may be held to testify. both served on the board of directors for failed blood testing startup. also on that list, former u.s. senator sam nunn and robert shapiro. this is all according to a court filing. holmes faces dozens of felony fraud counts. >>> san francisco is getting ready to get help from sacramento in trying to keep peoplemake it in the bay. $130 million is coming from sacramento for affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure projects. $80 million will support affordable units. the other $50 million will finance improvements at sunnydale and potrero hope sf and treasure island and yerba buena island. >>

live at the orinda b.a.r.t. station, sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> our unit has been taking an in-depth look at b.a.r.t. you could watch the entire series on our website at nbcbayarea.com/derailed. >>> students at concord high school are mourning the death of an 18-year-old who was killed as he was walking this week, hit by a car and then that driver leaving the scene. it happen on monday on port chicago highway on-ramp to highway 4. yesterday the mt. diablo school district confirmed the victim joe barrett was a senior at concord high. the chp is still on the hunt for the hit-and-run driver. >>> a suspect in a recent deadly shooting but one homeowner caught in the standoff is now stuck with a big clean-up bill. early yesterday morning on vista verde drive police at one point shot teargas canisters into the home believing that the suspect was inside. turns out they were a little bit off. the homeowner is hoping the city at least picks up his deductible. >> i just hope someone will help us because we had n

there in orinda there was a show of support for the class of 2020. more than 300 seniors were scheduled to take part in graduation ceremonies at the end of may, but all of that has now been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. >>> taking a look now at statewide numbers, california has now reached 452 deaths from the coronavirus. more than 17,500 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the state. nearly a quarter of statewide death are in the bay area. 108 have been counted in nine area counties. new york state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths today, it's deadliest day since the start of this outbreak. and in new york city 4000 people have died from the virus, far exceeding the number who died in the september 11 attacks on the world trade center. and while everyone is susceptible to the coronavirus, it seems to be killing black americans at a disproportionately high rate. today president trump called that a tremendous challenge. demographic data is still spotty. >> reporter: nationwide right now not all health agencies are reporting or

. >> orinda has since passed an ordinance requiring longer stays. >>> up glass. the reason the price of wine is expected to drop. fighting climate change isn't just about polar bears. we're fighting for our lives, we're fighting for clean air and clean water. that's why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. and only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. and he's still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. that's the truth. that's tom steyer. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>> it's a perfect storm for wine drinkers, a combination of trends is making wine prices the lowest in five years. northern california has more grapes than it knows what to do with, and that's driving prices down. a report on the state of the business says four years ago vineyard owners used some new techniques to plant thousands of new acres. the vineyards are just now seeing great results create that go glut of grapes. at a 25-year low. app

police believe the same culprits tagged a freeway overpass in orinda. >> that overpass graffiti also referenced swastikas, as well as president trump. we have more on this investigation and of the vandalism. dewey believe, do police believe rather, that that home in lafayette was targeted? >> reporter: it appears that way. it's clear the homeowners support the democratic ticket including joe biden. authorities are investigating this as a possible hate crime. this is what robbie and katie peacock woke up to on tuesday, a swastika and trump spray- painted on the side of their house in downtown lafayette. the couple used wooden boards to cover cover up the ugly symbol of hate. >> it's really frightening and of deep concern to see this symbol of white's pharmacy being displayed. >> reporter: it's clear this house was targeted. there is a flag supporting joe biden outside and on the second floor window, a sign that says grab him by the ballot box. a not-so-subtle dig of president trump about his comments on women. we have seven days until the next election, seven days to choose love over