clifford: you are quite right.commending to banks in europe to not pay dividends through october 1 this year. in line with that, we suspended dividends. that's the news you highlighted. we've actually retained capital for all full-year 19 dividend, around 600 million euros. that amount is not in our capital numbers that i referred to earlier. , notand ready to pay that earlier than october 1 this year , depending on where the regulator is at the time but also where the economy and banks are at the time. we've got a strong capital position. we are looking to maintain the strength of our balance sheet to safeguard our dividend paying capability as we come out of the crisis. manus: one market question. sorry. trying to join the real economy and markets. is there a disconnect? briefly. there's a lot of smart .eople trading markets clearly, things are challenging in the real economy. we saw that on the front page of the economist this week. what markets are taking comfort on his six ordinary actions of the authorities,

and we have more now with clifford could and who's joining us from our business desk so clifford i mean we heard a bit from chelsea you know the these figures are bad not not as bad though however as analysts were expecting right now some lock down measures have been eased in the country how far could that go in the future to improving the economic situation well i think it's crucial i think looking ahead we have to see the economy opening up again we need to see people getting back into the factories people are on short time work at the moment that needs to be extended all of these measures have to happen but it is a positive sign that the last lock down measures are slowly being eased i think as the infections fall it's been a very swift reaction in terms of lifting the last lock down measures so i think we can take positives from that said it is it is a grim situation but looking ahead we're hoping that things will improve how how well prepared is the economy and just the general financial situation in the country to deal with this well i think with germany you often see you don't se

business good to see you clifford so tell us this. this new security law is about the passes cup may be making a lot of people nervous what kind of impact do you think it will have on hong kong as an investment location well i think investors like security and they like safety and they like predictability and i think a lot of those factors are being removed by this develop now people always look to hong kong as a haven for safety and in what is quite a turbulent region and as a way into china which is obviously a booming market has driven so much economic growth in recent years a lot of that security in particular is being taken away now so it's going to have a big impact on business in hong kong what alternatives do investors and the region clifford is shanghai then emerging as a as a good competitor well i think people have thought about shanghai and increasingly about change and as well as just over the border from hong kong because of its associations of the tech industry but there's still a general perception that they're not the

clifford tune in from v.w. businesses with us now he's covered the national people's congress for 14 years in a row and he's never seen one like this one good morning to clifford clifford why has kind of decided not to issue its annual report well i think one of the things that we're seeing this year that in stark contrast to previous years is we've never had so many variables that there you've got the pandemic you've got on certainties about trade china is in some extent further ahead coming out of the pandemic than other countries but at the same time it's very reliant on other countries for its exports and for international trade so there just isn't enough certainty out there i think for china to be able to say with authority that this is what the growth forecast is going to be and i think keita this is well is the fact that the relationship with america is. under pressure at the moment it really is americans taking an increasingly tough line on beijing in a new study shows 40 percent of americans say they w

for china to be able to say with authority that this is what the growth forecast is going to be clifford in their business now back to the draft law in hong kong the us warning china on friday that its plans to tighten control could endanger hong kong special trade status with the us ending the status would have far reaching consequences for businesses on both sides of the pacific it ensures lower tariff rates and visa free travel the us invested $82500000000.00 in hong kong in 2018 and more than $85000.00 americans live in the city. and now i'm joined by our financial correspondent in new york yes. yes revoking this special status or at least the specter of doing that has been called the nuclear option why is that. and this special status is not just important for u.s. businesses but make chile also for other foreign entities especially if you look at the legal system in hong kong that basically is so similar to the british one so a lot of companies for instance and investors they could not do business. directly with the mainland china so that's why hong kong was always important not ju

our business correspondent clifford coonan joins us now for more on this good day to you clifford good to see you again the prices for goods like t.v.'s cell phones clothes coming out of the factory gate right out of the factory are plunging in china right now are we looking at a deflationary phase. well deep breath here because there are so many factors a play we are looking at a deflationary phase strangely we're also looking at inflation in other sectors economist at wells fargo described the situation right now as being all over the place and that's what we're seeing we're seeing scarcity because there's a slow wait time because the products are taking time to leave the factories they're not getting the prices they want the same time people are uncertain about the future so they're not investing so there's a lot of different things a lot of different moving parts right now so yes there is a threat of deflation and it's a big challenge but there are so many different areas to look out and i think we've all been looking to china to see if it will be a v. shaped recovery if we're just

all right let's get some perspective on that now with clifford coonan from business is with us here in studio high cliff so what kind of impact do you think that this new legislation will have on hong kong status as as an investment i think it's going to the normal enormous impact whether you see this is a cold war between the u.s. and china or whether it's an extension of the trade war clearly this is a major moment in the history of this of the region and this this is being fought in hong kong so basically it's right at the center of the geopolitical storm on a lot of the freedoms and transparencies that we associate with hong kong can no longer be taken for granted ok if that's the case what are the alternatives where does the money go well i think singapore is the one that comes to mind most i think also tokyo london frankfurt to your all these other centers are going to probably pick up some of the slack people aren't gone yet and the waiting to see how it unfolds and things are. i think it's a major blow to hong kong's transparency and independence and it shows that when making t

but for now in daly city charles clifford kron 4 news. >>hundreds of protesters, some of them armed gathered inside michigan state capitol today, lawmakers are debating the governor's request to extend her emergency powers to fight the pandemic a big crowd of protesters. some with rifles tried to get into a legislative chamber, state police guarded the doors protesters were chanting let us in one democratic state lawmaker posted a photo of the same but you're looking at a video video of the scene here. but she says some of her colleagues were wearing bulletproof vests. this is the picture that she posted. she says she appreciated law enforcement at that point more than ever. the majority of the u.s. population has been under some kind of stay at home order for weeks now, but some people are beginning to make moves some communities are beginning to reopen and they're trying to reopen their economies. this as the president indicates that many states can reopen by tomorrow. the list of states where stay home orders are expiring today arizona

in new cleaning methods to hopefully keep the coronavirus from spreading here in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>now let's take a live look outside at san francisco international airport and passengers at sfo are also required to cover their face. the san mateo county health order makes it a requirement inside the terminal because it is an essential facility. the this week, the airport began handing out free face coverings to anyone who might need one. and in this shot there we do see some clouds and from this next shot will see our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow working from home high to lawrence. >>i'm doing well justine thank you very much hope you're doing your time in the stud here at home. we're checking out your weather today certainly a damp day specially along the coastline but all around the bay area we had some reports of some scattered showers with the santa cruz mountains picking up almost a quarter of an inch but we're not done with the rain just yet lou this off the coastline latest satellite you can see that big blow off the coast and those clouds will start w

the event attracted thousands of people kron four's charles clifford has details. >>well here in daly city on thursday second harvest food bank sponsored a food distribution event here at jefferson high school now it started about 11 o'clock this morning. but there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says the demand now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. so the demand is great. she says they've even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up asking for help. >>so that really hits home because i see these families that use to help us. volunteer once a month. now they're just. >>the representative jackie sp

alto took to the streets to protest the hospital's decision to cut their pay kron four's charles clifford explains. >>back in april stanford hospitals announced that they needed to make what they call temporary workforce adjustments in order to deal with the economic impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on their hospital the folks behind me here work at the hospital and they are protesting that in a stranger's give staff a choice take a 20% pay cut or take time off for many workers like those here today a 20% cut is significant on the other hand if workers take time off that leaves the hospital short handed during a crisis. these workers with the service employees international union or sci you protested those cutbacks, we know that it's hard for everyone in this hospital is obviously a business and they do depend on those elective surgeries to bring in profit for them. >>we know that they're not. they want about it was completely wrong. >>the pickets kicked in on april 27th, and they are supposed to expire. in july when the hospital hopes their financial outlook will have improved i

area demonstrators also we're calling for relief of rent and mortgage payments kron four's charles clifford has the story. >>in front of san francisco city hall on friday more than 100 protesters were here opposed to the ongoing shelter-in-place order that the state has mandated to be extended for at least another month now despite all evidence that social distancing is working and the fact that more than 1900 people have died in california from coronavirus these protesters want the state to reopen i talked to one gentleman who feels the government got it wrong from the beginning. >>and i think that there's a lot of this virus. it is unmerited a due to those. mishal models predictions that have now been proven to be so far off the justification for locking this down if it even existed then has has diminished. >>also on friday more than 100 vehicles circled city hall in a protest asking that the city and the state relieve rent payments and mortgage payments as people struggle with coronavirus right now 30 million people are unemployed. many of these people are not going to be able to make th

they have a plan to fremont of course first charles clifford has details. >>car maker tesla is trying to reopen its factory here in fremont on a thursday human resources at tesla sent out this e-mail to employees saying that they were going to begin limited operations here and that they were recalling 30% of their workforce to come back to the factory. now the governor gavin newsome has said that manufacturing can resume here in california. but in alameda county where the factory is the shelter-in-place order has actually been extended which means nonessential businesses cannot operate now, here's the health officer from alameda county saying on friday afternoon that they have not given tesla permission to resume operations. >>we have not given that they you know, and again we have been working with them looking at for the national eating plan machinations. >>that no we have not said that he thinks that it is appropriate the funds. >>now tesla has said the employees returning to work will be given some additional training and they have to learn some new pro

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>we're in downtown san jose restaurants been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic almost all are closed only a handful less than 9% remain open offering takeout or delivery service, but now the city is working on a plan to hopefully open things back up under what's being called the al fresco plan restaurants in san jose would be allowed to serve customers at outside tables streets could also be closed to cars in order to create additional space for restaurant goers the idea is to reopen but still adhere to social-distancing the city and business leaders want to have a plan in place and ready to go for when shelter-in-place orders are east. so the idea here is. >>to prepare. be ready. so when we're able to invite diners back. we'll have more room for them. both indoors and outdoors here along san pedro street restaurant owners like mike messenger are ready to open back up all definitely it's a good idea of people. >>with us avery eating outside compared inside for asian purpose. and w

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>well starting monday may 4th costco's making some changes to its membership roles, including here at this costco in south san francisco. starting on may 4th all costco members are now required to wear a face covering a mask, the covers their mouth and nose at all times while they're in the costco must also respect social distancing and keep about 6 feet apart also the stores are returning to their normal business hours some other things that are happening costco will now only allowed 2 people inside the warehouse, her membership card hours have returned to normal but costco's creating a special 9 in the morning to 10 in the morning monday through friday, our for members who are 60 and older and people with disabilities to go in and get some shopping done. there will now be no returns on toilet paper sanitizing wipes paper towels and bottled water rice and disinfecting spray costco is now limiting meat purchases to just 3 items per member that applies to pork beef and poultry also ce

but for now in fremont charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up how one is pay school find a way to celebrate teacher appreciation week. also the latest on the georgia father and son accused of killing a man who had been jogging and after the break a 3rd coronavirus stepped and more cases at the there has been a 3rd coronavirus death and more positive cases among residents at the. >>windsor vallejo care center. and that means there are now 103 confirmed cases at that nursing home kron four's maureen kelly talk to the family of a patient now and i see you because of the virus. >>all but 7 year-old jules klar our and felt it was man. >>a 19 i they may be putting that wow how many but to see my teachers virtual education has at least kept students and staff at gregory gardens elementary and robert scheer a preschool in pleasantville connected, but nothing beats him anything could be in the parade on friday the parent, teachers association organized a teacher appreciation car parade, gregory gardens parking lot, teachers watch from the sid

in and they all need to wear mask, customers and employees but for now in solano county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>the california senate rolled out its version of the state budget which rejects a lot of the governor's cuts capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>the secretary please call the senate budget and fiscal review committee met thursday tightening up its proposal for california spending plan, the burden is great. >>because until we have to climb. there's also. i hope that the proposed what ideas of the senate puts forward have a positive impact particularly when it comes to addressing the budget shortfall in america that does not make conditions of all california residents staring down to billion deficit the senate and governor at ds on education and health care spending instead of making permanent cuts to k through 12 education in community colleges newsome proposes the senate proposes delaying $9 billion in payments to public schools for one year the state has done this in past recessions, but never to this magnitude. >>the senate also proposes to continue calif

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>well right now i'm sitting at the trailhead for sweeney ridge which is part of the golden gate national recreation area and this trail has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic so it's become very popular because other trails and parks in the area have been closed down well in the last week there have been multiple mountain lion sightings and one person got some pictures of a mountain lion, this was from last the person said that the mount line actually came towards them and then darted off into the bushes. there was another mountain lion sighting a couple of days earlier so the san bruno police department has been out here they put up some signs also posted some information on their facebook page and they're asking people just to be careful. i talked to a couple of hikers on tuesday morning this couple so th%y've changed their a schedule because not lines are normally seen in the morning. so they've been going hiking a little later in the day so we trying to come into after

and private donations oakland is hoping to get some fema reimbursement later on in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news. >>to south bay students are teaching people how to deal with the stress of coronavirus and the shelter-in-place order. they created a website offering free meditation classes and their craw force michelle kingston now showing us how you can join in if you want. >>it's hard for me to see people it. so stressed about what they're doing i mean these past few weeks have been tough for me to die you shouldn't read on ago. well my uses 15 his history, i will be 12 next week they might be young, but the south bay students have found a way to bring meditation in the practice of mindfulness to people of all ages across the globe and making sure that in this new world is a new feeling. >>they're going to be less stressed when i you should rionda we're told school was over in distance learning was the new normal for the remainder of the year they got to work quickly putting together a web site in launching their program apart but not alone to share with others how they deal with str

in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>today also marks a first spare the air alert in the bay area for 2020 but tomorrow will be much different. the bay area air quality management district is issuing the second alert of the year for tuesday. air quality will be worse mainly because of light wind triple digit heat and car exhaust from increase holiday weekend traffic. these alerts are issued when ozone pollution. it's expected to reach unhealthy levels which can then cause throat irritation trigger asthma inflame the lining of the longs worsen bronchitis and emphysema. temperatures in the bay area actually reach the 90's and this week it could get even hotter standing by to give us some details on this summer like weather is meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez say the river is that. >>hey uh yeah, i know memorial day the unofficial start of summer but it's an say it started a little bit early memorial day monday here in the bay area, let's take a look at current temperatures out there right now as you head out the door for

kron four's charles clifford has details where in santa clara county on wednesday. the city of san jose and health officials from the county. >>announced that they are going to provide free coronavirus testing for all residents of the county now the testing is going to happen here at the p a l stadium in east san jose they've chosen this location because health officials say about 40% of the current coronavirus cases in santa clara county have been found in east san jose but only about 20% of the testing has happened here so they want to ramp up testing in order to get a better picture of how this virus is spreading here, san jose mayor sam liccardo. >>this where so many of our residents are working every day in essential industries. i'm providing the food that is sustaining our community and kitchens either front line health care workers. they're doing all that they possibly can to put food on the table for their families and sustain our community and as a result they are at greater risk and so we need to ensure there's more testing here nice ever say to ensure tha

>>but for now in pacifica charles clifford kron 4 news. >>we have the latest numbers of coronavirus cases in the bay area there are more than 13,000 confirmed cases, 440 people have died from the virus. you're looking at the numbers here alameda county has the most a 3195 infections, 37 deaths and you can find a complete list of cases broken down by county on t our e krwebsite kron 4 dot com. coming up next at 5.35 the president says he is cutting ties with e world health organization and by sending packages by ups might soon be cost and more. and after the break protests continue across the country over the death of an unarmed black man in a minneapolis. the officer involved one of

in and they all need to wear mask, customers and employees but for now in solano county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>the california senate rolled out its first run of the state budget and it rejects a lot of the governor's cuts capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>this is secretary please call the senate budget and fiscal review committee met thursday tightening up its proposal for california spending plan, the burden is great. >>because the hill we have to climb. there's also. i hope that the proposed what ideas of the senate puts forward have a positive impact particularly when it comes to addressing the budget shortfall in america that does not make conditions of all california residents staring down a billion deficit the senate and governor at odds on education and health care spending instead of making permanent cuts to k through 12 education in community colleges newsome proposes the senate proposes delaying $9 billion in payments to public schools for one year the state has done this in past recessions, but never to this magnitude. >>the senate also proposes to con

we have a link with more information but for now in the south bay charles clifford kron 4 news. >>help is on the way for small businesses and the city of antioch the city council is considering a stimulus package to support local stores hammered by the pandemic from first felipe de gaulle reports the package could include really fun things like business license fees, grants and loans. >>mayor shawn wright is hope for most small businesses in his city will make it through the covid-19 pandemic but there will inevitably be some that do charter businesses that are not going to reopen that is definitely going to happen and as the city's more than 300 local establishments work through phase, 2 of contra costa counties reopening plan. wright says revenues will likely stay down for mom and pop stores already struggling you still can go into not the central businesses. >>you can call in your curbside pickup the so cal inside we're really not going to see businesses get back to business and some people can go inside safely. right says the city will partner with businesses to get back on

cross force charles clifford was there. >>memorial day services here in san francisco at the national cemetery in the presidio have been held every year since 1868 normally there are about 2000 people who attend the ceremony but this year because of the ongoing pandemic they had to drastically scale back the event now around the cemetery today they weren't able to put out flags on all the graves like they normally do over at the ceremony there are about a dozen people from the military in the who attended and spoke they talked about some of the themes that are always touched on on memorial day including on are in service and also they talked about the loss that is felt by everyone when someone dies in the line of duty. >>when we lose a marine. a soldier, an airman a sailor. we grieve for the loss suffered by their loved ones. and we honor the families who continue to sacrifice over a lifetime for us. we also suffer a life a loss ourselves. we lose one of our best and one of our brightest someone who takes personal responsib

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>in front of san francisco city hall on friday more than 100 protesters were here opposed to the ongoing shelter-in-place order that the state has mandated to be extended for at least another month now despite all evidence that social distancing is working and the fact that more than 1900 people have died in california from coronavirus these protesters want the state to reopen i talked to one gentleman who feels the government got it wrong from the beginning. >>and i think that there's a lot of this virus. it is unmerited a due to those. mishal models predictions that have now been proven to be so far off the justification for locking this down if it even existed then has has diminished. >>also on friday more than 100 vehicles circled city hall in a protest asking that the city and the state relieve rent payments and mortgage payments as people struggle with coronavirus right now 30 million people are unemployed. many of these people are not going to be able to make their rent or the

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>well right now i'm sitting at the trailhead for sweeney ridge which is part of the golden gate national recreation area and this trail has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic so it's become very popular because other trails and parks in the area have been closed down well in the last week there have been multiple mountain lion sightings and one person got some pictures of a mountain lion, this was from last friday the person said that the mount line actually came towards them and then darted off into the bushes. there was another mountain lion sighting a couple of days earlier so the san bruno police department has been out here they put up some signs also posted some information on their facebook page and they're asking people just to be careful. i talked to a couple of hikers on tuesday morning this couple so they've changed their a schedule because not lines are normally seen in the morning. so they've been going hiking a little later in the day so we trying to come int

that's after a string of sightings in just the past week kron four's charles clifford has details. >>well right now, i'm sitting at the trailhead for sweeney ridge which is part of the golden gate national recreation area and this trail has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic so it's become very popular because other trails and parks in the area have been closed down well in the last week there have been multiple mountain lion sightings and one person got some pictures of a mountain lion. this was from last the person said that the mount line actually came towards them and then darted off into the bushes. there was another mountain lion sighting a couple of days earlier so the san bruno police department has been out here they put up some signs also posted some information on their facebook page and they're asking people just to be careful. i talked to a couple of hikers on tuesday morning this couple so they've changed their a schedule outlines are normally seen in the morning. so they've been going hiking a little later in the day so we trying to come to after they have

but for now in solano county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>as more businesses and restaurants reopen you can keep track by going to our website kron 4 dot com. this is a live look at it right now we have a new page called yes, we're open. it is a list of restaurants and id options that are open for takeout and delivery in the bay area. restaurant owners can submit their businesses to be added to the list and viewers can search the list to find places that are open near that. turning now to the very hot weather on what is expected to be a another day of record breaking heat across the bay area, here's a picture from san jose of people were trying to stay cool. today though not as hot as yesterday and it is expected to be the last day of this heat wave before we get a chance to cool off. so let's find out what the temperatures have in store for us by checking in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow working from home, a lawrence. >>just do not want to show you this picture here you want to start to cool down. you need a little fog and

and clifford coonan from business is with us to give us more perspective on the story hi cliff thanks for joining us so the price for goods like t.v.'s phones they are dropping so what does this mean for the chinese economy what we're seeing at the moment is a bit like one of those classic games of whack a mole there's all these different problems coming up every time we think we've isolated one problem another problem comes up what you're seeing is a problem a lack of supply and also a lack of demand so it's basically a very very difficult situation to resolve i think a lot of people are hoping that we have a v. shaped recovery but that's looking increasingly unlikely now it's not going to rebound quickly it's going to be maybe a slower recovery than we toss we're now looking to see how this stage of matches up with what's happening in the rest of the world so what is trying to doing to try to jumpstart its economy when the last time we sold these kind of price falls producer prices fall like this was in the global financial crisis and china was able to spend its way out of out of tr

clifford tune in from get up you business is with us he's covered the gaming industry in macau for many years and monitored stanley hopes career pretty closely cliff that's for joining us so what role did stanley hope play in transforming macau to what it is today well he was instrumental years ago was over macau was a very quiet place that you would go and it was maybe one casino and now it's does more gambling 5 times more gambling revenues than las vegas and he was absolutely instrumental in bringing doubt about everyone in macau has got a son who's story he's an essential to everything he's almost like a mythical figure he he just had such an important role and i think there's going to be a lot of people were very sad about him passing today and he said everyone has a stanley ho story you covered him closely do you have a story in particular that you remember well there's several several stories about how his worst enemies in many ways were the rival factions within his own family as you said he had 17 children 16 have. survived and they were all rallying for for influence within th

and we also have more now with clifford could end his joining us from our business desk i mean we heard that 2.2 percent decline this quarter set to get worse in further quarters but we have to remember that germany's has been using its lock downs i mean how far can that go you know to help in this situation well i think what you're seeing here is a message of the fact that germany is actually very stable as an economy you don't see the spectacular growth rates in germany but equally in the terms of the crisis you don't see the same sort of downturn as you do in other countries we've seen in the asian economies is really sharp swings up words for so many years but now downwards because of the crisis so i think what the german figures show is that there is there's a certain amount of of stability there even if obviously it's still a very severe fall so how bad is the data and how bad is it going to get well we've seen very mixed messages i mean we saw a volkswagen have to shut its flagship plant involved will again at the same time voice the telecom reported very healthy figures yesterda

earlier we spoke with business reporter clifford kuhn asking him why china has ditched its annual growth forecast for the 1st time in decades we've never had so many variables out there you've got the pandemic you've got uncertainties about trade china is in to some extent further ahead of coming out of the pandemic than other countries but at the same time it's very reliant on other countries for its exports and for international trade so there just isn't enough certainty out there i think for china to be able to say with authority that this is what the growth forecast is going to be covered in their business now back to the draft law in hong kong the u.s. warning china on friday that its plans to tighten control could endanger hong kong special trade status with the us ending the status would have far reaching consequences for businesses on both sides of the pacific it ensures lower tariff rates and visa free travel the u.s. invested $82500000000.00 in hong kong and 2018 and more than $85000.00 americans live in the city. and now i'm joined by our financial correspondent in new york. y

saying that he would be here as well on friday as operations resumed, but for now in fremont charles clifford kron 4 news right now the. >>4 zone forecast you're looking live at a somewhat of a foggy golden gate bridge at this hour. it's a hazy bridge meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez isn't comfort of her home in joins us now with a look at the 4 zone forecast same of recent. >>8 are granted vicki at karl, the fog is out there along the bay area coastline specifically golden gate bridge and not keeping his social distance, but hey we eon't mind it because we want the cooler weather poor visibility, though so don't forget to turn on your low beams and you could see some patches of drizzle as well so just keep that in mind because visibility we'll be at or near 0 specifically around the bay area's shoreline trying to extend inland but that sea breeze just not strong enough and i know that right now is they could certainly use karl the fog warming up into the mid 90's and now upper 70's and low 80's for concord an antioch with widespread 50's and 60's everywhere else. but san jose currently at 73

>>but for now in pacifica charles clifford kron 4 news. >>tonight, we know the pandemic has led to ups adding fees for the delivery of certain packages that includes people of ordered oversized items from amazon or best buy. ups as it is experiencing an unprecedented demand for shipping and higher costs because of the pandemic peak surcharges usually happen only during busy online holiday shopping periods. around christmas, especially as the first time the e-commerce in the e-commerce era that ups is adding surcharges the new rates take effect may 31st and the company says they are subject to change. >>and tonight we have learned that costco is bringing back free samples beginning in mid-june costco's chief financial officer has confirmed that but didn't give any details on just how it would happen. he did say that there will be changes including the fact that people will no longer be allowed to take samples from a try. it's also unclear how shoppers will be able to eat the free food since costco requires everyone to wear masks. the compan

but for now in south san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>tonight, san francisco's police chief says that officers will now where only neutral face coverings that is to defuse the controversy sparked by officers sent to a protest wore masks with the thin blue line flag. chief bill scott says that he considers the blue flag and stripe a meaningful expression to honor fallen officers, but he says that some see the symbol as divisive and disrespectful the masks had been ordered and distributed by the police officers union tonight tyson foods says that it's looking ahead to the rest of 2020 and the company says that the challenges it's been dealing with because the coronavirus are not going to let up any time soon. tyson closed down its largest plant in iowa because so many of its workers tested positive for the coronavirus and other plants eventually shut down too in a new report released today tyson says it's expecting even more closures to come. it's also expecting slowdowns due to not having enough employees and having to make changes to t

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our first charles clifford report. >>memorial day services here in san francisco at the national cemetery in the presidio have been held every year since 1868 normally there are about 2000 people who attend the ceremony but this year because of the ongoing pandemic they had to drastically scale back the event now around the cemetery today they weren't able to put out flags on all the graves like they normally do over at the ceremony there are about a dozen people from the military in the who attended and spoke they talked about some of the themes that are always touched on on memorial day including on are in service and also they talked about the loss that is felt by everyone when someone dies in the line of duty. >>when we lose a marine. a soldier, an airman a sailor. we grieve for the loss suffered by their loved ones. and we honor the families who continue to sacrifice over a lifetime for us. we also suffer a life a loss ourselves. we lose one of our best and one of our brightest someone who takes personal responsib

of oakland is launching an effort to how some of the city's most vulnerable residents for charles clifford reports. well here in oakland, the city has launched operation home base which is a plan to house more than 100 people. >>and trailers like the one behind me here in the city of oakland has 67 trailers that came from the state of california and fema. the plan is to use them as temporary housing for people who are at high risk of contracting coronavirus mostly people 65 or older and those who have medical conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus in all the program can house a max of 134 people at a time. >>each trailers connected to the city's water and sewer system. there will also be on site services including security medical support and 3 meals a day. they were to receive a trailer, someone must be referred to the program this is not a walk-up situation and there's already a waiting list. the city hopes to start moving 10 people in per day they want to keep the program running as long as possible, but residents will be able to stay here forever. >>but our intention is to m

but for now in san bruno charles clifford kron 4 news. >>a group of researchers at ucsf are looking for pregnant women to participate in the study was just a handful of donations and small grant said they're working to find out how covid-19 could affect women who are pregnant. they are they're going to focus on 10,000 women from all over the country kron four's michelle kingston has more. >>we just don't know this is a new virus we're learning new things about it every day that are surprising us and then lastly really rigorously look at what happens. 2 pregnancies and and especially to develop their development and babies. we're we're not necessarily been announced heather huddleston is one of 6 investigators at ucsf working on a study to find out of covid-19 affects pregnant women or their developing babies what's happening. now you're hearing keys reports coming out where there's like a handful of patients studied huddleston says not enough research has been done they plan to look at 10,000 pregnant women and their babies focusing on th

but for now in daly city charles clifford kron 4 news. time now to talk a little weather but first we're taking a live look outside at the golden gate bridge they see chuck and a jacket on there in daly city earlier today, not the warmest day, but certainly. >>pleasant if you're not along the coast from 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us. now with a full 4 zone forecast same of recent. >>hey they're going to begin yeah we're going to be on cruise control for tomorrow as well very pleasant temperatures in the bay area on our first day of may tomorrow is friday april may 1st i should say april 30 it is today losing track of all the day's that's like all today. >>blur's day because it's just all one big blur let's take a live look outside golden gate bridge and we are tracking some high clouds over head also known as st. clouds just because they do have that street powder information because of those strong upper-level winds and we certainly felt those winds out there pretty gusty throughout the san francisco peninsula specially down

just the past week were charles clifford has details. >>well right now, i'm sitting at the trailhead for sweeney ridge which is part of the golden gate national recreation area and this trail has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic so it's become very popular because other trails and parks in the area have been closed down well in the last week there have been multiple mountain lion sightings and one person got some pictures of a mountain lion now this was from last friday, the person said that the mount line actually came towards them and then darted off into the bushes. there was another mountain lion sighting a couple of days earlier so the san bruno police department has been out here they put up some signs also posted some information on their facebook page and they're asking people just to be careful. i talked to a couple of hikers on tuesday morning this couple so they've changed their a schedule outlines are normally seen in the morning. so they've been going hiking a little later in the day so we tried to calm lead in

what else is going to happen during quarantine kron four's charles clifford reports.ell all around the bay area many of the hills are starting to dry out like the one behind me here the grass that grew up over the winter is starting to turn brown an affective way of keeping that grass under control is a lot of times we'll see herds of goats working on hillsides and they're very effective at cleaning out that grass which is good profit fire prevention. but yesterday here in san jose a herd of those goats broke loose and went on a bit of a rampage through a neighborhood here in southeast, san jose there's probably about 100 goats in this heard who broke down a fence, according to a neighbor on twitter the goats. >>then ran up and down the street there they stayed very tightly packed in it will be just about anything so they were munching on neighbors, roses and plants and trees fortunately because everyone right now is at home because the shelter in place rules folks could come outside and sort of defend their property from this herd of goats now we're told that the goa

and private donations oakland is hoping to get some fema reimbursement later on in oakland charles cliffordn 4 news. >>you know, it's a nevada high school has come out one of the bay area's for schools to announce how it's going to have it in person graduation for this 12 class of 2020. and when covers jason dumas has the details. >>many assumed that high school graduations across campuses in the bay area were all but canceled but novato high school announced that they plan to make there's happen by any means necessary we feel it's very important to celebrate and recognize our students and they've done an incredible job during remote learning. >>at home with google classroom and. zoom so it it would be really nice to be able to celebrate their accomplishments. the graduation will take place at about oh high school at the football slash lacrosse stadium on friday august 7th. >>the ceremony will be from 5 to 6. they're also be a senior breakfast on thursday august 6 from 9 to 11 were assembling a graduation committee throughout our district made up of middle school elementary and high school

and private donations oakland is hoping to get some fema reimbursement later on in oakland charles clifford kron 4 news us senators proposing a new bill that would temporarily allow food stamps. >>to be used at restaurants senator chris murphy says it would both help a struggling restaurant businesses and people looking for their next meal. he calls the proposal, the anti hunger restaurant really for you act, he's one of the lawmakers who also wants to see snap benefits increase as unemployment numbers continue to go out. >>we don't want this crisis to be a mass extinction event for the restaurant industry allowing more people with food benefits to be able to get their meals from restaurants were providing some critical business. >>some lawmakers are saying that they would support the effort as a temporary solution to end hunger during the pandemic. >>members of congress want to see expanded access to telehealth for medicare recipients and reporting in washington, what changes lawmakers are expected. giving tuesday usually follow cyber monday but due to the pandemic giving tuesday has been

>>our first charles clifford has details. >>well right now i'm sitting at the trailhead for sweeney ridge which is part of the golden gate national recreation area and this trail has remained open during the coronavirus pandemic so it's become very popular because other trails and parks in the area have been closed down well in the last week there have been multiple mountain lion sightings and one person got some pictures of a mountain lion. this was from last friday, the person said that the mount line actually came towards them and then darted off into the bushes. there was another mountain lion sighting a couple of days earlier so the san bruno police department has been out here they put up some signs also posted some information on their facebook page and they're asking people just to be careful. i talked to a couple of hikers on tuesday morning this couple so they've changed their a schedule outlines are normally seen in the morning. so they've been going hiking a little later in the day so we trying to calm the after t

kron four's charles clifford has details. >>in front of san francisco city hall on friday more than 100 protesters were here opposed to the ongoing shelter-in-place order that the state has mandated to be extended for at least another month now despite all evidence that social distancing is working and the fact that more than 1900 people have died in california from coronavirus these protesters want the state to reopen i talked to one gentleman who feels the government got it wrong from