kron-4's michelle kingston is live in brentwood where the deer zone fires are burning...alfire command postá in ápleasantoná with the latest on calaveras zone fires ... dan? calavaras zone lightining complex tuesday 0818206 insert the lightning caused santa clara units lighning complex fire is actually 20 seperate fires divided into 3 zones... all with an array of challenges. sot brian centoni/alameda county fire departmentsottemepratures are high humidity is low and its very steep terrainin the calavaras zone, in and around sunol and stretching across alameda santa clara and stanislaus county , there are at least 6 fires... we 5 helcopters working the area we have 15 dozers and over 250 firefighters in the calaveras zone alone25-thousand acres of hillside have been charred so far in the 3 zones combined, though no zone by zone breakdown. about 10 homes off welch creek road remain evacuated, but an evacuation warning for some 60 plus homes along kilkare road was lifted in the afternoon, as firecrews beat back the threat. about 25- about 25-thousand acres are burning throu

>>thank you that's kron four's michelle kingston reporting for us right now after the fire has jumped 80 west and the shutdown 80 between vacaville and fairfield even now there are sirens behind her a firefight is active in that area they can shower. >>and there are still several other fires that we need to cover right now is evacuation orders are been happening in solano county. this includes rockville road. sassoon valley road gordon valley road would in valley road clayton road macca's corner shton lane northwest browns valley road. and that's west of blue ridge road to 5 '05 and then north of cherry glen road to highway one 28 those are all the evacuation orders and they have been changing throughout the hour kron four's dan kerman is also part of our team coverage tonight he is reporting for us now in vacaville. we're conditions have just gotten worse throughout the day. >>that's right you can really tell justinthat the wind is really starting to pick up now in fact as you see behind me you see a lot of smoke there kbout 20 minutes ago there was a huge wall of flame as a tree or

now for more i'm joined by professor jeff kingston director of asian studies at temple university japan he joins us in tokyo good to have you with us you probably just heard our report and saying that the risks of abba nomics outweigh the benefits and from your perspective what did work well and what didn't. well the list of what did work well i think it's relatively short. i think he was good in terms of promoting free trade deal with the he he also risky. but what didn't work he never delivered structural reforms which were the 3rd era of bombay nomics was are supposed to improve productivity he never delivered a woman omics he said he was going to help women shine but that hasn't happened there has been an expansion of woman's employment but spent in worli a careers and not regular climate so it hasn't really worked out either generally speaking households and all sorts of polls say they're not feeling the love you know they didn't feel the trickled out a lot of people dismiss sabi nomics as welfare for the wealthy corporations and well hedge fund managers well but the average person

four's dan kerman is in santa cruz county with the latest on that czu complex kron four's michelle kingston is in the north bay with the damage. we're seeing from the lnu fires in the breeze around rig as our meteorologist is tracking the weather conditions. firefighters are up against. we start with dan who is live in scotts valley tonight with what cruiser dealing with dan how is it there. well here we have 13% containment on this fire is cheetah said is burning in northern santa cruz county and southern san mateo county. >>they did make a lot of progress last night, the laying a lot of dozer line on the western part of this fire now trying to connected to the northern and eastern parts of this fire. but they say they're still a long ways to go. >>this is what the boulder creek fire department has been facing for days now. >>we're saving as many homes as we can. and unfortunately we haven't been able to save them all. and there will be some tragedy of. people losing their homes former fire chief and current fire commissioner sam robust ilie has lived here all his life and says it's nothin

so what's the final verdict on alba nomics professor geoffrey kingston as head of asian studies at temple university japan he told the business earlier today that the approach some more failures than successes i think he was good in terms of the promote he treats trade deal with the he he also rescued the t.p. but what didn't work he never delivered odd structural rates which were the 3rd era about a nomics were supposed to improve productivity he never delivered a woman up he said he was going to help women shy but that hasn't happened. all right geoffrey kingston there temple university japan over to africa or south african president cyril rather pose a has announced the probe into possible fraud involving the country's coronavirus relief funds reports the politically connected companies to comb much of the money has driven public anger lately and south africa's misfiring economy is not helping . but it rising public anger over reports of large scale plundering of the government's $26000000000.00 coronavirus rescue package south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has called a meeting of its n

kron four's michelle kingston is live for us tonight with an update on the investigation and also and the new lawsuit that was just announced that evening show. >>good evening tonight press conference drew quite a crowd friends family activists who all want justice for shot. >>federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the city in one of its officers over the deadly shooting of sean monterrosa the san francisco man who was kneeling in a walgreens parking lot when he was hits. >>the 22 year-old was shot by an 18 year veteran officer in june you can see in this video the officer was sitting in the back seat of an unmarked police car when he shot monterrosa through the windshield of the vehicle 5 times police have responded to the walgreens for reports of looting amid a night of protests when they arrive monterrosa his kneeling on the ground he had a hammer in his pocket. he's he's looking through his window. the atc some movement. >>many like a deer hunter, he shoots the movie magic and this is outrageous and trying to get us there was no factual basis. a factual basis to justify using

kron four's michelle kingston has details.>a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the city in one of its officers over the deadly shooting of sean monterrosa the san francisco man who was kneeling in a walgreens parking lot when he was hits. >>the 22 year-old was shot by an 18 year veteran officer in june you can see in this video the officer was sitting in the back seat of an unmarked police car when he shot monterrosa through the windshield of the vehicle 5 times police have responded to the walgreens for reports of looting amid a night of protests when they arrive monterrosa his kneeling on the ground he had a hammer in his pocket. he's he's looking through his window. the atc some movement. >>many like a deer hunter, he shoots the movie magic and this is outrageous and trying to get us there was no factual basis. a factual basis to justify using deadly force at the town monterrosa's family and their attorneys believe the officer who they say is jarrett on violated the civil rights of monterrosa by use of deadly force

>>i'm hopeful that that the judge will step in at san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>will california has more than a million jobless claims that still need to be processed and now state lawmakers want the government to take more executive action on on the unemployment or the employment development department lawmaker calling for more transparency they want faster claim processing and better customer service too. the letter comes days after department leadership admitted to lawmakers that there are more than a million an employment claims that still need to be processed and it could take up to 6 weeks they say for people to get a call back from its call center. >>the latest hearing. demonstrators to me that this. is that confident. needs to be replaced. has been making excuses a spin. a century on truthful or at the very least has misled in order to protect and a td that spilled millions of young court. >>kron four's reached out to the edd for comment but so far we haven't yet heard back. in world news, the devastating explosion in beirut lebanon killed more than a 1

our team coverage continues now with kron four's michelle kingston she is live in healdsburg and the show what is the latest there. >>we're standing here on west side road but right behind me. it's mill creek road. it is close because the devastation destruction and the fire the air is thick and dark just up that hill. >>air quality where we're standing is for a very unhealthy for people to be out here. the fire burning here is the full bridge fire. it's part of a larger lnu complex fire which is more than 800 structures in its killed 5 people walbridge fire itself is just 5% contained and has burned 54,000 acres we can see in this video just the devastation now holds a word to the ground at mill creek in waller creek area. firefighters are feeling much better today about their progress but this has not been an easy fire to fight, they're dealing with dead wooded area in rugged terrain. >>cautiously optimistic that things are looking better. but the focus really is he taking advantage of the weather right now and working to essentially connect the dots were we we put in a lot of cont

and i was professor jeff kingston from temple university in tokyo talking to us well time to bring in chelsea delaney now how our financial market correspondent in a friend for chelsea good to see you tell me what is the financial world saying about this wreck sick nation. it has been a bit of a shock to the markets and we've definitely seen that reflected in both the japanese stock market and also the currency markets obviously there have been reports that shinzo are they have been in and out of the hospital the past couple of weeks but nobody really saw this coming today and of course this does come at a terrible time for japan when their economy is facing a record contraction. obviously a controversial figure but he has been seen as really a stable hand over the past several years so the last of that and this really dire economic situation is a bit of a blow but obviously the big question now is what's going to happen with an object and exactly and with 20 seconds to go you have a chance to tell us who could be the possible successor of. there are a lot of names on the potential su

our michelle kingston live for us in vacaville with a look at some of the destruction there. >>and at one of 5 evacuation centers in vacaville, this is the un is community center and there is not much activity here. but let me tell you up in the hillsides where that fire tore through yesterday. it is just absolutely devastating to see that destruction. >>we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have. >>i didn't see a single firefighter in the pleasant valley road area today where a catastrophic fire ripped through on wednesday on can't a low road overrode completely charred by the fire that tore through here on wednesday, farm lands are burned homes have been destroyed and wildlife is devastated the smoke is thick where an american flag is still waving in the wind outside one of the many homes forced to evacuate the fire jumped interstate 80 on wednesday clogging traffic for hours today we see the devastation fences burned power poles down hot spots still smoldering, it's 30 years in the fire service. >>i very rarely seen the extreme. fire conditions or or

drive and then west from monte vista avenue all the way over to interstate 80 kron on's michelle kingston has more. >>nothing but smoke behind me here in these hills i am just off pleasant valley road a road full of homes and barns. >>that have been destroyed we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have firefighters are stretched thin across the state here in vacaville know crews inside off of pleasant valley road thursday afternoon the fire is no longer tearing through the hillsides but some properties are still smoldering an american flag is waving outside a home where the smoke is thick wildlife struggling to understand what is going on in 30 years in the fire service. >>i very rarely seen the extreme. fire conditions or or firefighters were up against that night the fire jumped interstate 80 on wednesday clogging traffic for hours now we see the devastation the fire left behind fences burned power poles down homes lost the thick smoke still blankets the city with ash still falling from the sky. >>in vacaville, michelle kingston kron 4 news 4 due to the widespread e

and now we'll see what further lies ahead for her in san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>current san francisco district attorney jason bodene released this statement in reaction it reads in part senator harris will make a fantastic vice president she has proven herself throughout her career, including as the san francisco district attorney to be smart affected and deeply committed to fighting for justice. our nation desperately needs new strong leadership and senator kamala harris has the courage and vision to correct. the course our current president has let us down. former san francisco mayor willie brown says he is very excited about the biden harris tickets and in fact he doesn't believe biden could win without harris as his running mate. >>and i think areas will be there with every black woman in the country already impressed with biden but now even more impressed. one byte is a comp it by. not another been kamala harris. >>governor gavin newsome previously endorsed harris for president when she was a candidate he tweeted about harris principled brilliant compassio

they plan to help each other out by sharing the cost of fights in pleasanton michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>well to the south bay now santa clara county has seen an increase in covid-19 cases the county remains on the state's covid-19 watch lists that have been taken off but was put back on in mid july. just last week 31 kos coworkers were found to have the virus there. county officials are warning people to take precautions. >>you know we're starting to see we have seen that nassar a big deterrent for spring covid-nineteen so social distant protocols, a really key for preventing the spread. covid especially when in the workplace. >>right now the county is working on contact tracing to see who else may have been exposed to the costco workers. a big win for renters in san francisco superior court judge is upholding the city's ban on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic landlord group sued the city back in june calling the law unconstitutional and unconstitutional overreach kron four's dan thorn reports. >>san francisco tenants struggling to pay rent because of the covid-19 pande

were doing inside the incident was all caught on cell phone and body camera video kron 4 michelle kingston explains what happened next. >>ok it's my still o k ok did you identify different myself 20 bodies might still working late last friday night, the owners of yemen's state police parked out front of their clothing store in downtown tehran and eventually came to the front door sticking out of your pocket this cell phone video captures the confrontation as well as police body camera footage just released on wednesday 3 his regular business hours is your 4 zone who you want to know why. a score of one the owners of yemen have lived in timber on for 10 years and opened the shop in african inspired athletic clothing company in february think there's a lot of people know who we are. >>and we've lived in this community for the last night almost 10 years so isn't the best people know who we are at the couple and one of their friends were emptying boxes preparing for the weekend the lights were on no alarm was sounding, but they say the 2 police officers were argumentative from the start or jul

>>to be with him you know at san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>well the start of the new school year is just weeks away, but many teachers and parents in the bay area say they still don't know what school days will actually look like teachers and parents so they rallied outside of the mill valley school district yesterday in demand of a more concrete plan the district is preparing for 3 models that include distance learning in person learning and a hybrid model. now for now the school year will start out fully remote but parents and teachers say that they haven't gotten all the answers and details as to what they need to prepare. >>everybody agrees we want kids and educators to return to schools when it's safe we just don't all agree much safe looks like. what i understand what i'm hearing about what the district is offering is not satisfying everybody that's going to be safe. i'm concerned that has principals return on janitors return on site secretaries return on site teachers return on site kids return on site that they spread the transmissi

kron four's michelle kingston has reaction now from local experts. >>i usually people with asymptomatic infection and not usually identified because that's the motivation to go to get to said. >>asymptomatic carriers people who are sick but have mild or no symptoms at all make up 40% of people infected with coronavirus this is according to the cdc ucsf infectious disease specialist peter chin, hong says while they once saw tiis as a bad thing because of how much these people are spreading the disease recent evidence shows it may be a good thing because it may indicate that these people are getting less of the virus or may have seen a similar virus in the past or that some of the more severe cases may have started off mild at first light, it's comforting to know that. >>at least not everybody who's is symptomatic will progress on this train to buy things and this many people it is i'm not a disease. well, maybe kind of the chosen ones are protected and they may not get sick. the problem is we don't know who those people are that's why we need to all m

our website kron 4 dot com grown for has live team coverage for you this tuesday night, michelle kingstons in contra costa county as crews try to get a handle on the deer's on fire tale of the sec use in napa county has the hennessy fire continues to grow. >>chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the threat of smoke moving into the bay area and also the money in his keeping is monitoring the threat of rolling blackouts across our area. >>here is a map breaking down the major fires throughout the bay area tonight, the s see you or santa clara unit, lightning complex fire is burning in the east bay and includes the deer zone and the calaveras fires. the seas eu lightning complex fire is burning on the peninsula in san mateo and the north bay is dealing with what's called the l in new lightning complex fire which consists of the gamble. the 1510 and the hennessy fires like these fires the hennessy fire is believed to has been sparked by a lightning strike. and we talked with an app a city worker 0xwho saw it happen >>early in the morning 6 15 6.20. i went up to err on the other side

well jeff kingston is a professor of asian studies at temple university also in tokyo he joins us on skype from man economy and japan thank you for your time. stanley what do you think legacy is both good and that. well i think that it's a rather limited legacy you know he will be remembered as the longest serving prime minister but having been in power for so long with a super majority in the house of that he hasn't really achieved all that much and so you know maybe he has given stability in japan has been governed reasonably well but in terms of the ambitious agenda of a nomics he really has achieved very little said we're going to increase. that hasn't happened we're going to raise wages that hasn't happened households are not illegal and so generally speaking of economics is often criticized as the welfare for the wealthy because there's better significant increase in inequality an expansion of jobs and on regular plain bit low. arrears what do you make of the timing of his resignation in the middle of a sleigh of the coronavirus pandemic. and public support has to be waning. ye

as it has guessed my name is kingston i was suddenly hit by a loss of hearing and now everything sounds much dollar but i'm slowly getting used to what i do still hear things like the clatter of the roller coaster. piston is now almost completely deaf in her right ear. the sudden hearing loss was probably caused by stress. to the world now sounds. much less vibrant. she can still hear well with her left ear. but one air alone can't do the work of 2. for example she can no longer determine exactly where the sound is coming from. some good in her own ability you need both fires to hear well that allows you to recognize sounds and also to hear where there might be a source of danger that's why it's so important to look after your ears off the passage. with only one it working properly spatial hearing is in pad another common problem is tenet has a constant ringing in the yes. it's usually brought on by prolonged exposure to loud noise. when our hearing is simply overwhelmed we can start to hear a certain sound even if there's no real external source it's usually a kind of whistling and it'

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it's enormous in our team coverage continues now in healdsburg where kron four's michelle kingston is standing by with the latest on. this challenge, michelle. >>good evening. this mill creek road right behind me still closed and blocked by deputies due to the fire and destruction. >>it's pretty much told the structure of the wall bridge fire burning in healdsburg is part of a larger lnu complex fire which has now killed 5 people and has burned more than 800 structures over the call of the right. >>all my time in a decade, tim ireland was also lucky to get out of his home with all our clothes are a lot of pictures that were stored away we got. we lost our dirt bikes, a harley we lost chickens we lost a dog. >>the entire structures, everything the barn house to adult and cruiser land everything in the garage. this is video of mill creek at wallace creek road homes burned devastation at nearly every turn firefighters though are feeling better about their progress as they fight through dense wooded rugged terrain to try to control this fire or. >>cautiously optimistic that things are loo

thanks for being here at 8 o'clock i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis our kron four's michelle kingston is live for us outside san francisco police headquarters with more on where this money. >>is coming from and where it's going michelle. >>well the money is mostly coming out of the police department's budget and being reinvested into the black communities over the next 2 years. >>my goal with these investments. and this change in how we prioritize the black community is simple. i want my story my experience to be the norm and not the exception san francisco mayor london breed unveiling her proposed city budget on friday where she's looking to reinvest a 120 million dollars in funds over the next 2 years to the african-american community that she says has been unheard in underserved for too long and there's always been a lot of talk and no money behind it you know. >>in my own personal opinion i am moved by the process and the fact that there's been some allocation the city's human rights commission released a report earlier this week summarizing the findings from community feedback ab

>>to be with him you know at san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news.>well new this morning health officials in solano county are telling employees who test positive for coronavirus they can actually return to work after 10 days of isolation without having to get a negative test. even if they still have symptoms, let's check in with kron four's will tran who is live in sullivan county with an update. well. >>and robin even if they continue to test positive for several weeks after the initial positive results because they believe according to a lot of county health officials that that people who catch covid-19 after 10 days of self quarantine that they're actually safe to their fellow employees the customers the community and that they should be allowed to return to work and they should continue to try to get that income that they lost because of covid-19 now they claim after 10 days to self quarantine yes, you will still have particles of covid-19 that if you continue to get tested. for weeks on our the you more than likely will have a positive result,

>>michelle kingston reporting live. thank you we'll be touching base with you throughout the stay safe out there as we have already reported this wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes and buildings in vacaville joining us now for an update on the danger facing people who live there the vacaville fire chief kris concepcion joins us on the line she thank you for speaking with us at this very difficult time if you could first just give us a status of the situation right now in vacaville as we've reported the l a next complex fire. which covers vacaville has escalated now to more than a 120,000 acres burned what is the situation in vacaville. >>absolutely good evening i'm so far back though the city proper up back bill to concerns are our primary objective right now and priority is the south >>our city where the fire jumped. i from the west to the to the east side prompting an additional evacuations in the south part of our city. so that's where a majority of our resources are right now. it sound like a very getting a gain

hour to i saw another ambulance had to the gates here behind me live outside san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news michelle. thank you and this just in the mill valley school district and teachers association. >>have reached a deal on the upcoming school year. and it pushes back the start date the school year will now begin on august 24th instead of august 20th with remote learning intel, at least october 5th now teachers will have august 17th through the 21st to prep for the school year and they have the option of teaching remotely or from their assigned classroom. >>and san francisco and santa clara counties have both reported more than 200 new covid cases. alameda and contra costa counties have more than 100 new cases again these cases happened yesterday they were reported today. solano 80 new cases, san mateo and napa and marine counties all have around 20 new cases every county except san francisco and napa have reported at least one new death from the virus. you can get a complete breakdown of the numbers on our website kron 4 dot com. >>to the south bay now santa clara health of

enjoy living amongst the it is a truly beautiful part of snow in county in guerneville michelle kingston kron 4 news this l a new lightning complex fires also impacting of people living in napa county. >>we're going give you a look now at some stunning images from the hennessey fire. these were taken on wednesday of flames just totally engulfing the hillside there. you can see from the photos why people are being forced to evacuate. and here's a look at the evacuation zones in napa county unlike the other maps we've been showing the blue area that's where the mandatory evacuation orders are in place in napa while the red demonstrates the heat intensity from the flames people living in the small well yellow area can barely see it there they're living under evacuation warnings tonight. but they're being warned they they should be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >>solano county is also feeling the heat tonight, there are still several areas under mandatory evacuation orders in solano county but a bit of good news all evacuation orders for the city of vacaville in that county have been

>>and the air quality and walnut creek michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>we did check with alameda county to find out if they will also allow hair salons to reopen inside on monday. we are told that will not be happening at least not right now not. >>our news continues with the march on washington at 9.30 president trump he has no comment on the demonstrations today, what message he's trying to send to his voters during the civil unrest and hurricane laura weakens to a tropical depression coming up at 9.45. we take a look at its destructive path. >>and california has been the epicenter for devastating wildfires for years now after the break the new bill that aims to revamp fire insurance for victims. >>but before we go we're continuing to remember black panther actor chadwick boseman who tragically and suddenly died at age 43. after a four-year battle with cancer tributes to him pouring in on social media, this is from avengers co-star chris evans, writing i'm absolutely devastated. this is beyond heartbreaking. chadwick was special. a true original he w

>>both uber and lyft are expected to fight the ruling live in san francisco tonight, michelle kingston kron 4 news. thank you michelle. >>san francisco's district attorney chesa boudin he wants a similar classification for doordash delivery drivers who says the doordash is violating state law by classifying its delivery workforce as independent contractors, instead of employees and that means the company. how does not again have to pay minimum wage or offer paid sick leave in a statement today. but dean says in part all 3 branches of california's government have already made clear that these workers are employees under california law entitled to these important safeguards failure to provide the workers basic protections put them at puts them at risk particularly during the pandemic. >>governor newsom says california is turning the corner in its fight against the pandemic citing a significantly lower number of new cases and a downward trend on hospitalizations still 180 more people lost their lives and more than 11,000 new cases were reported in just the last 24 hours that brings the to

kron four's michelle kingston has that story. >>i usually people with asymptomatic infection and not usually identified because that's the motivation to go to get to said. >>asymptomatic carriers people who are sick but have mild or no symptoms at all make up 40% of people infected with coronavirus this is according to the cdc ucsf infectious disease specialist peter chin, hong says while they once saw this as a bad thing because of how much these people are spreading the disease recent evidence shows it may be a good thing because it may indicate that these people are getting less of the virus or may have seen a similar virus in the past or that some of the more severe cases may have started off mild at first light, it's comforting to know that. >>at least not everybody who is is symptomatic will progress on this train to buy things and this many people it is not a disease. well, maybe kind of the chosen ones are protected and they may not get sick. the problem is we don't know who those people are that's why we need to all main

officer back in june that shooting sparked several protests and a demand for justice for michelle kingston has been following this case since the very beginning and has more for us tonight from the layup. >>you know you can you want to kill the messenger because you don't like the message. the message is very clear about what happened here and it seems to me we have a right to say that as a public interest this city plans to request a change in venue for the federal civil rights lawsuit filed against them by the family of sean monterrosa the 22 year-old was shot and killed by an 18 year veteran police officer in of lael walgreens parking lot in june police say they thought monterrosa had a gun, but it was a hammer in his pocket this body. cam footage released by police shows the officer shooting through the windshield of an unmarked police cruiser killing monterrosa the monterrosa family's attorney says the officer is gerrit on who they say has been involved in 4 shootings in 5 >>it >>the lawsuit was filed on thursday, the city hasn't even been served yet but released this statement today

right through their livermore property kron four's michelle kingston joins us live at the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton to share their story. michelle. >>and this family just bought 5 acres of land about 4 years ago and they've been working on it ever since. and now it's all gone. >>it's so bad. it's still booming you guys. >>let's go the scu complex fire tore through the hills in the mines road area of livermore last week it kind of would come and go so it's really strange you would see the smoke really close and then it would lead to 30 minutes later it would just go away the fire burned homes and displaced families we were just getting to the line a sleigh. >>really doing a lot of there and then like this is kind of. >>and the stating dominique failing in his girlfriend's family purchased this property for years ago never thinking that one day it would all be gone. >>after we packed what we could the jeep was full to the brim we got everything that starts clothing in looking for documents but everything has pretty much their pictures and stuff like that last thursday, the f

they say they will not initiate a public safety power shutoff kron four's michelle kingston is live for us tonight with more on plans for the rest of the fire season. during these hot summer day michelle. >>catherine it is hot out here and it is only going to get hotter pg and e is staging crews and equipment throughout the bay area over the next few days. >>so pg e is preparing for power outages and we want our customers to prepare for possible power outages as well if power goes out over the next few days pacific gas and electric says it's because of the increase in electricity usage over the bay area and not because of a public safety power shutoff the electric company is sending out more crews and equipment to handle any possible outages during the extreme heat. they're also asking customers to conserve electricity in response to a statewide flex alert on friday from 03:00pm to 10:00pm they ask that you adjust your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher or turn it off if you'll be away from home on plug in the power strips not in use in put off documenting laundry and dish washing until

>>and san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>and still ahead this morning, what happens the kamala harris's senate seat of joe biden wins the white house. governor newsome has a timeline if on what should be happening. we'll have that coming up. plus california prisons are hot spots for coronavirus cases, especially san quentin, we'll find out what inmate advocates one from prison officials to fix the problem. >>good morning welcome back assigned 14 this thursday morning we're getting ready to warm things up a seriously around the bay area and over the next couple days days for has all the details for you tonight if we're ready to grill is what we are yeah good morning marty good morning everybody live shot coming in from the golden gate there's your blue skies going on karl the fog, he's taking the afternoon off the morning off actually. >>so very little fog going on for this morning's we've improve nicely those temperatures really start to pounce here 75 antioch livermore of 73 these going to be a hot spots today throughout

>>in walnut creek michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>outdoor restaurants and shops across the bay area are but finding ways to deal with this heat wave that downtown businesses and washout us a bit taking advantage of the city's open streets program. but they hope that the he won't keep customers away from their already struggling restaurants and retail stores. but first dan thorn is live for us and watch out us tonight on this balmy evening. he joins us now with more hi dan. >>anybody that's right lots of downtown restaurant here was seen putting up on brawlers and canopies because they want their customers to be as comfortable as possible as the heat sets in over the next few days. restaurants of really been helped out by the open program here because it's allowed customers to calm and enjoy al fresco dining as for the retail stores, the open streets program has been a little bit more challenging. >>with temperatures teetering around the mid 90's in downtown los altos businesses scrambled to keep their customers cool. i'm all hot ri

>>to be with him you know at san quentin, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>well new this morning health officials in solano county are telling workers who test positive for coronavirus that they can return to work after 10 days of isolation and they don't have to show a negative result on a covid-19 test in fact they can even return to work if they still have symptoms kron four's will tran live in solano county where will a lot of folks shaking their heads about this on. >>solano county health officials are telling the employers let your employees come back to work. even though they will more than likely test positive for covid-19 for weeks on out after the initial test, but they believe that after 10 days a self quarantine the yes, the particles of covid-19 are still in that particular person, but that person they claim is not infectious towards their co-workers the community to customers even though they might still shows signs of covid-19 or display the symptoms. they're telling their people get back to work and for the employer, not to even asked the e

kron four's michelle kingston has that story. >>i usually people with asymptomatic infection and not usually identified because that's the motivation to go to get to said. >>asymptomatic carriers people who are sick but have mild or no symptoms at all make up 40% of people infected with coronavirus this is according to the cdc ucsf infectious disease specialist peter chin, hong says while they once saw this as a bad thing because of how much these people are spreading the disease recent evidence shows it may be a good thing because it may indicate that these people are getting less of the virus or may have seen a similar virus in the past or that some of the more severe cases may have started off mild at first light, it's comforting to know that. >>at least not everybody who's is symptomatic will progress on this train to buy things and this many people it is a not a disease. well, maybe kind of the chosen ones are protected and they may not get sick. the problem is we don't know who those people are that's why we need to all mai

gave the green light for some services like the nail salons to resume outdoors kron four's michelle kingston live for us in walnut creek with more on the updated guidelines. >>and quite a few people were out here on the sidewalks today getting their nails done and i got to say it's kind of funny to see but a lot of people are out here and seemed to be enjoying. >>i'm so excited. thank you to let me open lisa and kerr the owner of nails naturally in clayton was almost in tears, so excited to finally be able to reopen even if it means she has to operate outdoors of how to go home and cry. she's working on this patio her clients are getting temperature checks. other nail salons are also now open outside like this business and martinez packed with customers as well as delicate nails in walnut creek county health officials explain why it felt like a good time to allow these services to open outdoors we made this decision because or or numbers have been so. >>are a number of cases per day or test positive be under number of patients in the hospital because it all sheep in late july early august an

kron four's michelle kingston talked to an infectious disease specialist from ucsf today's said these asymptomatic cases may actually be a good thing for the carrier and for the community. i usually people with asymptomatic infection and not usually identified because that's the motivation to go to get to said. >>asymptomatic carriers people who are sick but have mild or no symptoms at all make up 40% of people infected with coronavirus this is according to the cdc ucsf infectious disease specialist peter chin, hong says while they once saw this as a bad thing because of how much these people are spreading the disease recent evidence shows it may be a good thing because it may indicate that these people are getting less of the virus or may have seen a similar virus in the past or that some of the more severe cases may have started off mild at first light, it's comforting to know that. >>at least not everybody who's is symptomatic will progress on this train to buy things and this many people it is a not a disease. well, maybe kind of the chosen ones are protected and they may not get

>>in vacaville, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>and here's a look now at the evacuation map for napa county, the blue areas where evacuations are mandatory. the yellow indicating evacuation warnings map also shows the evacuation shelter where people can go if they need to that said the cross walk community church. >>the cdu lightning complex fires, they are growing in size tonight. it's now burned 48,000 acres, 50 structures have gone up in smoke and that's up from 20 structures a little earlier this afternoon that cz you complex fire. it remains at 0% containment. 2 firefighters have been hurt. >>and earlier tonight, cal fire issued new mandatory evacuation orders in san mateo and santa cruz counties in san mateo that includes the pescadero beach area pescadero creek county park area being hollow area. the pescadero and saying gregorio regions as well as the honda red barn russian ridge open-space skyline, the and the langley hill area. meanwhile in santa cruz county evacuation orders are in place for scotts valley residents. we

of the 22 year-old were violated by unjustified use of deadly force and as kron four's michelle kingston explains they say they don't think the officer involved should have been on the force. and no objective reason to play south which showed through there was a window. >>when that office is already in a position of safety a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of ole ole and one of its officers over the deadly shooting of sean monterrosa the san francisco man who police say was kneeling at a walgreens parking lot when he was killed. >>to me this is flat-out murder and i don't say that lightly. i said because there was no basis to do it. >>and that the man that would have a shot was doing he was not attacking them the 22 year-old was shot by 18 year veteran officer jarrett on in june for our knowledge. >>you can see in this video that the officer was sitting in the back seat of an unmarked police car when he shot monterrosa through the windshield of the vehicle 5 times police have responded to the walgreens for reports of looting amid a night of protests. the police depart

and now we'll see what further lies ahead for her in san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>just go district attorney jason burdine released this statement in reaction it reads in part quote senator harris will make a fantastic vice president she's proven herself throughout her career, including as the san francisco district attorney to be smart effective and deeply committed to fighting for justice. our nation desperately needs new strong leadership and senator kamala harris has the courage and vision to correct. the course our current president has let us down. governor newsom also endorsed harris for president when she was a candidate. he tweeted about harris quote principled brilliant compassionate empathetic honest. the perfect choice for joe biden that's kamala harris let's go win this. house speaker nancy pelosi released a statement that reads quote as united states senator as california attorney general and every leadership position she has held kamala harris has advanced a more just and fair future for all rooted in strong values and are proud american story. vice

michelle kingston reports now from a deserted downtown with the latest i'm standing in a deserted downtownuerneville all shops and restaurants are closed nobody is down here and take a look at this the sky behind me, bright blue, but when i turn the camera just a little bit out of downtown all you see is brown smoky skies, the entire town is under evacuation and we definitely need those that have not heeded the warning and left the area to do so this is video from earlier this morning a large house on fire on wallace creek road near mill creek road in the healdsburg area, this is the wall bridge fire one that crews are most concerned about today in sonoma county in specifically here in guerneville when he was just very bad on monday when a lightning strike fires happen myers fire. >>which is on the other side of me towards the ocean. >>so we backed up monday night and they just kind of been on standby percent some neighbors in nearby castle darrow said been keeping a close eye on the rich they see a glow every night but are staying home for now we've been so lucky and where we are and who

that is not the best situation we we are all supposed to be social distancing kron four's michelle kingston is live tonight just off the embarcadero in san francisco with what the city is doing now michelle. >>city officials want everyone to remember we're still in the middle of a pandemic so even though it's hot outside they want everyone to wear a mask. alameda to san francisco to the beaches in pacifica people are trying to beat the heat trying to get kawhi sweltering it was just in my best interest if i want to get. >>a little bit of exercise in the come over here san francisco city officials are urging everyone to stay hydrated and stay home if possible and if it gets too hot inside they ask you find a cool place outdoors to stay safe and most importantly they say to remember to keep your distance from others in wear a mask we just want everyone street number we're still in a very serious response to this covid-19 virus. >>and we encourage people to get out stay safe but remember that her actions in dolores park rangers are handing out masks to people who are wearing them it's part of

live in san francisco tonight, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>well, the selection of senator harris is historic as she becomes the first woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket. we have a chance now to continue our team coverage by welcoming in former san francisco mayor willie brown who of course has a very long history in california and san francisco politics. mister mayor thanks for being with us. your reaction to this announcement today. i think it's absolutely fabulous as a matter of fact it's more excited for me and for many of camilla's friends than it was when obama announced because after all actually first introduced san franciscans. >>to mister obama now we have a chance to do what's never been down in the history of this country and that select a woman vice president and it just so happens. she's going to be a black woman vice president. >>people always say that voters really don't vote for the vice president they vote for the top of the ticket, but is it different this time and this political year. >>it's totally dif

llevar ya que no pueden atender a clientes dentro de su restaurante, el buen comer, ubicado entre la kingstonr su propio negocio en el 2017. logrÓ estar en la portada de un libro local que reconoce a los cocineros y empresarios latinos de san francisco. logros que se han visto amenazados por el covid de 19 desde que tuvieron que sacar en marzo. >> es triste porque es una oportunidad para las personas. julio: alrededor de 5000 negocios del Área de san francisco han cerrado . 2000 permanentemente . no podido darle frente a la pandemia. >> la verdad es que es muy poca las entradas. julio: con deudas mensuales de mÁs de 14.000 $ y con mÍnimos ingresos, los caudillos se aferran a su uniÓn familiar para enfrentar esta crisis. >> ya le dije a mis hijos que me tienen que ayudar a que venga mÁs clientela. julio: la familia dice que todos estarÁn luchando por mantener el restaurante a flote ya que toda la familia depende de Él. cerrarlo, no es una opciÓn porque dicen que no hay empleos disponibles en la ciudad de san francisco. paola:la realidad de miles de negocios. la oficina de educaciÓn de santa cl

is not the best situation when we are all supposed to be social distancing kron four's michelle kingston has more on what san francisco officials are doing to try and keep people. >>in the social distancing during the height of this heat wave. >>city officials say they want everyone to remember we're in the middle of a pandemic so even though it's hot outside they want everyone to continue to wear a mask during to get kawhi sweltering it was just in my best interest of i want to get a little bit of exercise in the come over here san francisco city officials are urging everyone to stay hydrated and stay home if possible and if it gets too hot inside they ask you find a cool place outdoors to stay safe. >>and most importantly they say to remember to keep your distance from others in wear a mask we just want everyone street number we're still in a very serious response to this covid-19 virus. >>and we encourage people to get out stay safe but remember that her actions in dolores park rangers are handing out masks to people who are wearing them it's part of the city's effort to remind people

from the people who might be vulnerable to infection in san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>president trump also weighed in on the upcoming college football season saying on twitter that student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be canceled. but there's a very good chance we will see college football. this season power for sports director jason dumas joins us live with more jason. >>you guys a whole lot going on the coronavirus has affected pretty much all walks of life and now college football is about to be its latest victim yesterday i reported that there will not be a college football season today, the park started moving towards just that the mountain west has already postponed its football season. that was effective today and all fall sports while you're at it. why the pac 12 will likely follow suit tomorrow. a source tells kron 4 tomorrow the university presidents and chancellors will meet to discuss the feasibility of playing amid the pandemic both cal and stanford football players are on campus prepping for the season as of now and the same c