sonoma county has 1,900 cases with 51 new cases in the past 24 hours. that is five times the amount they had in june so. county health officials are expected to make an announcement tomorrow. reporting live, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the county health department did issue a long list of new rules which does include a mandate on masks and new restrictions on both indoor and outdoor activities. it comes after 8% of the people in the county tested for the coronavirus last week came back with positive test results. >> it's an alarming rate. can you imagine 100 people going to do the testing and that's alarming. >> it goes into effect tomorrow morning. >>> in marin counties coronavirus outbreak has led to the death of five residents in a nursing home. this is at the marin post acute nursing center in san rafael. it is home to some 170 residents. 17 of the staff members have also tested positive for the coronavirus. >>> starting tomorrow several businesses will be allowed to open in santa clara county. outdoor dining will resume along with gyms and fi

time now is 8.57 coming up on the kron 4 morning news sonoma county is expected to join the states watch list of coronavirus spike counties >>you're watching kron 00:04am morning news at 9. >>thanks for waking up with us on a friday morning and we'll check in now on the big headlines in a minute, but first. let's take a look at the weather. i think that could make headlines by monday if it's going to have triple

than 30,000 cases now with 625 reported deaths from covid-19 and in related news today, we have sonoma county being added to the states watch list of counties that are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases. being listed on this watch list means that a roll-back on reopenings for at least 3 weeks is now required in crawford's michelle kingston talk with business owners about their concerns. >>crazy emotional roller coaster dust and the lettuce describing life is a business owner during the coronavirus pandemic he transformed his restaurant from an indoor dining establishment to a takeout concept in order to feed his customers and pay his employees 2 weeks ago they reopen their doors and while people were allowed inside the let pat to remove 60% of his tables, it was a pretty rough i think technically 3 months but felt like 5 years. but we're excited, you know to get out of it and. you know now we're kind of staying in the world to know she can't let may have to shut his doors to diners once again with the state monitoring sonoma county because of an increase in hospitalizations in coronavirus ca

>>well here in the north bay sonoma county saw 7 additional coronavirus deaths this week bringing the total death toll during the pandemic to 31 now these recent deaths were all people who are 65 years or older who had underlying health conditions and we're living at skilled nursing facilities now according to state data there are 21 such facilities all across the noma county. these deaths occurred at 3 different facilities, one in sonoma and 2 in petaluma including the empress post acute rehabilitation facility now the health officer here in sonoma county address these recent deaths and she says that they are doing the best they can to try to protect those who are vulnerable who are working with the skilled nursing facilities. >>and the state of california identify a site designee as a site for local skilled nursing facility, residents are infected with covid it isolates and quarantine if they are contacts the goal really is to separate those who have the virus and those who don't know sonoma county remains on the state's coronavirus watch list, the health officers also saying this i

napa solano and sonoma counties they've been on the watch list for 3 consecutive days now alameda and santa clara counties were added to the list just this past sunday and while san francisco is not on the watch list just yet. the city is far from being in the clear kron four's dan kerman explains. >>during an online chat with the mayor monday san francisco public health director doctor grant colfax gable word of warning there are downsides to where we are right now and the alternative unfortunately is even worse colfax indicated covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are up even worse the reproductive rate that is the rate of transmission has grown from 0.8 5 to 1.2 5. at one 0.2 5 that means each person infected. well transmitted to at least one other person. for people infected will lead to 5 additional cases and if that number can be reduced, it means skyrocketing hospitalizations. >>i will tell you this is the side that keeps me up at night. it is now possible very possible that we had a hospitalizations that 8830 if we do not do more to stop the spread. and those lighter blue peaks

you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight, the state is monitoring sonoma county closely and may soon put it on their growing watch list of counties with elevated hospitalizations in a growing number of coronavirus cases kron four's michelle kingston talk to some businesses there was just reopened and now may have to close again. >>downtown healdsburg is open for business. there are many parking spots available down here, many people are out having dinner but that soon may change craze emotional roller coaster dust and the lettuce describing life is a business owner during the coronavirus pandemic he transformed his restaurant from an indoor dining establishment to a takeout concept in order to feed his customers and pay his employees 2 weeks ago they reopen their doors and while people were allowed inside the let pat to remove 60% of his tables, it was a pretty rough. i think technically 3 months but felt like i've but we're excited, you know to get out of it and. >>you know now we're kind of staying in the world to know she can't let may have to shut his doors t

>>covid-19 cases are not just going up in sonoma county they are exploding 500%. in the past 5 weeks and it has reached a level that is not acceptable to the state so restaurants like the ones behind me they will not be able to offer dine-in service you can go into museums. art places, anything indoor, only outdoor as in a lot of counties are doing the same thing because they want to get those numbers down. now since early june sonoma county has done such a wonderful job before the first week of june or so at that time it was only 20 cases for every 100,000 residents and just to give you perspective. the state would have happily accepted 100 for every 100,000 people. so they were super. fast forward to today, we're sitting at 11e cases for every 100,000 people and that is simply too much for the state, 42 cases just yesterday and says the pandemic started 14 people have died in sonoma county related to coronavirus 9 of those 14 people actually died since june 28th. and that's why the state says it needs to put. sonoma county on that watch list to make sure to flat

alameda county was added to the list over the weekend joining contra costa, santa clara, marin, sonoma, napa and solano counties. the only bay area counties not on the watchlist, san francisco and san mateo counties. it is for: 07. a veteran of the sheriff's office is fighting for his life after testing positive for the coronavirus. this photo, 50s six-year-old oscar rocha was tweeted out by the sheriff's office. he is on a ventilator and in critical condition. his wife says he has been sick for almost 2 week. he is among. five people in the sheriff department infected with the virus. the sheriff's office is investing the public to pray for him. it is for: 07. happening today, a car caravan protest in oakland, workers demanding support for oakland's right to work ordinance. hotel and airport workers will leave it before tomorrow's city councils vote on the right to work ordinance. this proposed ordinance would guarantee oakland workers the right to be rehired by their employers who recently laid them off because of the pandemic. >> there will be a similar car caravan demonstration in t

in general. 111 cases that exit exploded 5 times and that has concerned sonoma county board of supervisors. the lawmakers in this particular county which is why they plan to roll back a lot of the things that they allowed over the past several weeks when shelter-in-place was lifted hospitalization rates have also exploded to the point where the hospitals at this point they can handle the load but they are fearful that if they don't get the numbers down they could be overrun by coronavirus patients and just to give you more numbers since the pandemic started in sonoma county, 14 people have died. now since june 28th of the 14 people have died 9 of them have happened so it's been an explosion of the past several weeks and that's why they're very concerned, not only daria they're being put on a watch list. over the next several days they will talk about possible enforcement how they will go about it perhaps even issuing tickets for people who are not wearing their face masks when they can not social distance. back to you all right, thanks a lot. well. >>california texas florida, a

right now sonoma county is down to 9%. sonoma county is on the state's watch list. if the situation doesn't improve, some businesses will have to close. wayne freedman got reaction to the ripple effect. >> reporter: by now you've read about, heard and lived this narrative before. having reopened once, the coronavirus numbers are pushing sonoma county and places like petaluma back toward shutdown mode. >> who do you blame for the numbers? >> that's a good question. it's an act of god. let's just say that. >> reporter: but also, state and local government like the sonoma county board of supervisors. >> we won't believe announcing closures today and tomorrow, but potentially as early as monday. >> reporter: meaning this could be a last gasp weekend for bars and restaurants like this place with a few tables for inside dining and they went from 30 tables to nine. >> do you sheep at night? >> it's hard to sleep at night. you come to work and you don't know what will happen. >> reporter: memories of the last shutdown are more than enough. judith closed down her antique col

>>pg and is being blamed for causing 20 nineteen's kincade fire in sonoma county. cal fire just released those results of its investigation into that destructive wildfire. the report says investigators have determined that pg and e own power lines near geyserville are to blame. >>the kincade fire burned for 13 days covering more than 77,000 acres, 374 structures were destroyed 4 people were injured. kron four's gayle ong is live tonight in geyserville with reaction from wildfire. victims attorneys scale. >>grant and vicki calfire releasing the cause almost 9 months later, the wildfire tourney for the kincade fire victim says he is not surprised. >>we knew a year ago, then it was pg e's equipment has started the fire. we knew that just like the campfire it was a jumper cable that failed came loose from apg knees idol, the transmission line speaking to us shortly after cal fire released the cause of the kincade fire in sonoma county blaming pg any wildfire victims attorney mike danko says the victims want answers. the victim certainly want to know is why. >>they'll y

. >>> sonoma county has a new wrinkle in its continuing homeless problem thanks to covid-19.porary shelter that hasn't closed and a community nearby that never wanted it in the first place. now more from abc7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> reporter: you might never know that the quiet, peaceful joe rodota trail has come a long way since last winter. >> well, it's clean here. you know, there are not a bunch of homeless tents and things out there anymore. >> reporter: based on these shots of how it used to be, homeless advocates in sonoma county can claim a victory after moving many of those residents eight miles west of santa rosa to the village, a temporary emergency shelter that was supposed to close april 30th. >> we never really believed that. >> reporter: and now it has come home to roost just a few hundred yards away in the community of okmont. many of these people opposed the camp from their very first meeting. >> this is a poor choice in dire circumstances. >> reporter: despite the fact that some people here have moved out because they didn't like the results and oth

>> abc's 7 effort to build a better bay area is focused on key areas including the economy and sonoma county is now having to reverse some of the progress it made in reopening. amy hollyfield is live for us in sonoma this morning. >> reporter: the sign behind me is now outdated, it says dine in and patio open, they now need to put an x on the dine-in part because starting today, that is not allowed. these are the businesses that now must shut down again, restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, they cannot serve people inside anymore. movie theaters, bars, all of them being ordered to shut down again. this order is brand new, it just went into effect at midnight. wineries and businesses along the russian river say this will be devastatingurg the usually busy summer months. county officials hope these new restrictions will motivate residents to do what they can to flatten the curve. >> a lot of folks are not wearing face shal maial masks. so the message needs to go out there about complying, protect our community, be respectful of others. wear your facial coverings. >> reporter: the number of ca

plus sonoma county is expected to join the state watch list for counties that are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases we'll tell you what this means for businesses in a live report and the marin county fair may be canceled the fair food is still up for grabs are going to show you how you get a taste of that without even >>you're watching kron 00:04am morning >>good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a friday, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher joining us as well as always is john triple in the weather center with a look at the forecast hey there john hey guys we are warm up into the weekend which is may be hard to believe for some of you that are already pretty warm. these past couple of days, berkeley sitting under sunshine. this morning a little bit of fog and cloud cover out towards the bay itself which isn't going to last for long. you're already seeing areas brightening up that have been shrouded by fog this morning as for temperatures right now 50's 60's and just a few 70's over towards conquered and pittsburgh. go ahead get outside currently enjoy this cool start to the day

and the latest sonoma county health order. it's crazy right you know is from a business standpoint, it's very complex we basically bolivar staff back on. >>and then we had the going to have to probably change or model we're probably hadley also of our staff yet again the chef and owner says they plan to restart their to go only service the sunday as much i can't see him holding his yeah stick to close her business yet again. >>it's going to help is going to say why is going to help protect our committee members then you have my blessing 100%. >>the charles and schulz museum and research center in santa rosa is empty of visitors once again now shut down after reopening just last wednesday. >>the management says they feel like the zig and zag decorating charlie brown's iconic t-shirt they recently installed these social distancing markers on the floor and hand sanitizer stations for visitors in addition to other improvements we read about it a lot of air circulations that weekend more fresh air into the building rather than on r

>>the news at 5 o'clock p g any being blamed for 29 teams kincade fire in sonoma county. thank you for joining us everyone, i'm catherine heenan cal fire. just released the results of an investigation into that very destructive wildfire. the kincade fire erupted the night of october 23rd last year that's the burn zone in orange you can see it overlapped with the 2017 tubbs fire. and cal fire investigators have determined pga needed own power lines near geyserville that are to blame the kincade fire burned for more than 13 days it covered more than 77,000 acres 374 buildings destroyed 4 people were injured. but joining us now to talk about the cal fire investigation as wildfire victims attorneys mike danko thank you mike for joining us so not unexpected mike, but what does this mean for victims of the kincade fire. >>well it actually there's not much surprising in the press release i mean we knew a year ago. >>that it was pg e's equipment has started the fire. we knew that just like the campfire it was a jumper cable that failed came loose from apg knees i will the transmi

as well as hair and nail salons churches malls and non-critical offices will have to close in sonoma county. he says he's done a lot to prepare to reopen safely. >>our counties have done a beautiful job with with contact tracing and there's not there's not one case that was traced back to us. 0 so we have done everything and now the government says sorry just kidding he says they will continue to have limited outdoor operations but will likely have to furlough. >>10 to 15 more staff members. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up the body of actress naya rivera was recovered today where investigators found her body. plus vandalism caught on camera why one will believe someone slashed her tires and a targeted attack. up next san francisco, sounding the alarm to take coronavirus seriously what health >>covid-19 cases are moving in the wrong direction and san francisco, the city though is so far not as bad off as several other counties in the bay area. but during an online chat today, san francisco's health director said we're not too far away from a disastrous scenario if things don't turn ar

cal fire has now forwarded its report to the sonoma county district attorney. fire victims filed a lawsuit against pg&e just last week. >>> well, he didn't paint the black lives matter mural, and he didn't paint over it either. instead, he pulled a gun. a martinez man now faces felony charges. cell phone video shows police pulling over joseph osuna. you see there in that black jeep. witnesses say on july 5th, he drove by the city's black lives matter street art and shouted at the activists there. prosecutors say he then turned around and pulled a loaded gun on a bystander. >> the maximum penalty would be three years in custody. >> the encounter with osuna came one day after this couple vandalized the city-approved street art. that couple is now charged with vandalism and committing a hate crime. >>> we also have an issue in palo alto. police officers want a mural changed. that mural includes an image of asada shakur, she was a member of the black power movement and convicted of killing a new jersey state trooper. shakur escaped from prison in 1979 and is believ

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new reports that sonoma county has been added to california's growing coronavirus watch list. county health leaders were notified the official declaration from the state will come sometime today. it follows three days of talks between state and county experts on ways to slow the rise in the number of virus cases. the state is expected to reimpose restrictions on sonoma county bars, tasting rooms, and indoor dining at restaurants for at least the next three weeks. >>> happening today, an online forum hosted by the marin county health department. the county has been added to the state's watch list. marin county will not allow indoor dining for at least three weeks. you can join the zoom call on this by going to the web link section of ktvu.com. the event starts at 4:00 this afternoon. >>> inmates recently released from san quenten prison painting a gloomy picture of the covid-19 inside san quenten. yesterday they took part in a rally outside of the prison. more than 1600 of the 4,000 inmates have been infected. a month ago, there were only a dozen cases. seven inmates have now di

happening now sonoma county officials are considering imposing fines on people and businesses caught violating covid-19 health orders. >> with covid cases on the rise, officials there put could follow the lead of other counties and begin imposing fines. >> ultimately we need to enforce because if i don't wear seatbelt i will hurt my own life when i don't wear a mask i the supervisor wants greater enforcement to stop the spread of coronavirus but is reluctant to spend more than half million tax dollars on the social education campaign and county staffers suggest establishing a hotline where callers can report those running afoul of the law. $100 for individual fine $1000 for businesses and the goal is to get greater compliance with wearing masks, social distancing, handwashing and avoiding large crowds. sonoma county has 2241 confirmed cases of which 900+ our act of the public health officer previously encouraged residents to call officials and report. >> if you compromise your health and the health of coworkers, customers and the general public, call the local law enforcement agency n

back down to the upper 50s at halftime bay, 62 downtown, still holding onto 90 degrees at sonoma county airport and downtown santa rosa temperatures down to the mid- 80s. some of the cooler air is making its way into the north bay otherwise a mix of 70s and 80s in most locations. future forecast indicates fog as we head into early tomorrow morning but watch out quickly dissipates, artie gone by now 10:00 and plenty of sunshine once again with another day of near average temperatures tomorrow and probably again on wednesday before things start to warm up to a greater extent was in of the work weekend the second weekend in july. low to mid 50s and most locations north bay to be down to the 40s and some of those alleys and otherwise these temperatures are just a tiny bit below average for early july, lots of sunshine for san francisco the fog is going to be gone by the clock in the morning with temperatures warming up to was normal for july 7. not as windy for as much of the day. san jose reaching to around 80 degrees for high temperatures during the afternoon, full signs throughout the da

in this first map here, this is where the low clouds are moving in right now over marin, napa, sonoma countiesright over to contra costa, alameda counties and for the peninsula as well. check out the temperatures. this fog is really helping to level us out from san francisco over to walnut creek. we have the same exact temperature at 58. so it is chilly outside right now. as we roll through the morning, as i mentioned we have those low clouds and fog. pretty numerous there in marin, napa, sonoma counties, also back to concord, berkeley, san francisco, and redwood city. then for the afternoon, here's the best of both worlds. we get that sunshine returning. temperatures as we start off, you probably guessed it. if you've been outside the past couple of hours, it's going to be chilly. 59 in the south bay. 57 for the peninsula. going down to 57 for the east bay. 55 in san francisco. and my childiest right there in the north bay at 54. temperatures tomorrow really going to please a lot of you. not going to get too hot with that fog at the coastline. it will leave us at 85 in san jose. 86 in gilroy.

. >>> sonoma county has been added to the california growing list of coronavirus watchlist counties. at the press democrat supports that county health leaders have been notified that the official declaration from the state is now expected sometime today. it follows three days of talks between state and county experts about how we will slow down the number of virus cases that have spiked in recent weeks. it is expected that the state will now be re-imposing restrictions on ours, tasting rooms, indoor dining, and other restaurants for three weeks. >>> happening today, an online form hosted by the health department about coronavirus situations and the response by the county, the area has seen a big surgeon virus cases, causing the county to be placed on california's watchlist. marin county will not allow indoor dining for three weeks. you can join the call by going to the web link section of www.ktvu.com, everything will start at 4:00 this afternoon. >>> and inmate release from san quentin prison painstakingly picture about covid-19 situations inside of the prison. erday, right outside

. >>> sonoma county bracing for big crowds this weekend. amid a spike of coronavirus cases. >> how families are celebrating small here in the east bay. >> getting a group together for july 4th, while you may be tempted health experts suggest you resist. >> building a better bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we are facing a very different fourth of july this year. coronavirus cases are surging and hospitalizations are on the rise. bay area residents who hoped for return to normal will instead find beaches closed, wos, the officials are outdoor hoping all of us will just stay safe and stay at home. >>> tonight, marin county was added to california's watch list after an increase in transmission rates and hospitalizations. many of them are from the outbreak at san quinton prison. and also added to the states list, montrae and san diego counties. >> firefighters in san francisco have already been busy. a house was damaged in a fireworks explosion, this evening. the san francisco fire department said a device larger than an m-80 firework was set of

city telling california travelers qu >> a hiker ri yo on camera in sonoma county. a chp helicopter crew firefighters jumping into action. >> a crewmember was lowered yesterday through a small opening in the dense canopy of trees down to the injured hiker in armstrong woods. they hoisted her to safety and flew her to santa rosa memorial and she is expected to recover. >> alive look at our bay area airports. if you are traveling to chicago anytime soon you may want to reconsider that. covid-19 cases are spiking their so much chicago is ordering all travelers from california to quarantine for 14 days. those who do not comply could face up to $7000 in fines the golden state is not alone. it does ap >> thank you for watching tonight at 6:00. the news continues streaming on cbs an ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: breaking news, record high coronavirus cases. new covid infections top more than 57,000 tonight, as health officials sound the alarm with hospitals filling up. more fireworks displays are canceled as beaches close coast to coast, the warning things will

there is word that sonoma county has been added to california's growing list of coronavirus watchlist counties. the press democrat reports that health leaders have been notified about the official declaration from the state is expected sometime today. follows three days of talks between state and county experts about how to slow down the number of virus cases, that have spiked in sonoma county in recent weeks. the state will reimpose restrictions on bars, tasting rooms and indoor dining and restaurants for the next three weeks. >>> the health department will host an online form to discuss the current coronavirus situation, and the county's response. the area has seen a big surgeon cases, causing the county to be added to the state watchlist. are in county will not allow indoor dining for three weeks. you can join the call by going to the web link section of www.ktvu.com, the event starts 19 4:00 this afternoon. situation inside of the prison. they took part in a rally yesterday just outside of the facility. 1600 of the 4000 inmates have been infected. there were only a dozen cases one

in sonoma county officials announced new restriction starting tomorrow. this comes after the state health department said it's putting the county on its monitoring list. >> reporter: you'll see servers, cooks and renters with masked customers tables apart. >> we have a large restaurant here and we cut the capacity down by more than half.>> the scene could look different by monday. health officials announced the california department of health has placed the county on its monitoring list because of rising cases. that is expected to trigger a tightening of restrictions on all indoor activities including indoor dining although outdoor dining would still be allowed. tastings that wineries can only happen outdoors, movie theaters and family entertainment centers would all have to stop up rating indoors. bars clubs and breweries would only be allowed to serve alcohol outside when customers also purchase a meal. people in the local tourism and restaurant industry oranges. the mac it's disheartening to say the least, we feel like were finally getting somewhat nor

counties have already met that criteria. they include contra costa moran. napa solano and sonoma on the bubble or santa clara and alameda counties they were added to the watch list on sunday, so we won't know until tomorrow. if they'll officially have to roll back their reopenings as well. but you know it's tough news for santa clara county because they were just preparing yesterday to reopen business but now it's all up in the air gap because if they stay on that watch list tomorrow. >>then that will be 3 days straight and they'll have to shut down a rollback again kron 4 sarah stinson is live. in santa clara and mountain view right now with the latest sara. >>and ari james hard to believe that we're here live 24 hours ago showing new businesses like this nail bar who was just working hard to get their store open up and have it all ready to go so that all the protocols are in place by the time they open and they had some appointments yesterday. i mean they went all out, but now these business owners not just this one all across santa clara county are probably on edge right now a

and to do that they will need electric, so folks here in sonoma county -- rather, pg&e in sonoma counseleeounty is flyid to get an idea how long it will take to repair the lines and will use that information to reduce the amount of times. folks working from home. downed lines were responsible for fires in the north bay. this news comes after a very active weekend. contra costa county in a five-hour period alone, crews responded to a total of 57 fires. the fire you're looking at took place in pittsburg, ten structure fires and 27 vegetation fires. and in san jose it was much of the same. firefighters there responded to 70 calls related to fireworks alone. several buildings and cars were damaged. and there were more than a dozen grass fires. back out here just to give you an impact of how widespread some of the mandatory shutoffs are last october 940,000 people in 36 counties were impacted by those mandatory shutoffs so the flyover happening in sonoma county this week crucial for everyone to maintain some type of normalcy in a pandemic and during the wildfire season. we're live, cierra johns

the number of new cases continues to rise there is a chance that the restrictions could continue sonoma county is also being monitored and could soon end up on the states watch lists the county reported 32 new cases of coronavirus today bringing the total to more than 1500 kron four's michelle kingston talked with some business owners there who had just reopened now they may have to close once again, crazy emotional roller coaster dust and the lettuce describing life is a business owner during the coronavirus pandemic he transformed his restaurant from an indoor dining establishment to a takeout concept in order to feed his customers and pay his employees 2 weeks ago they reopen their doors and while people were allowed inside the let pat to remove 60% of his tables, it was a pretty rough i think technically 3 months but felt like 5 years. >>but we're excited, you know to get out of it and. >>you know now we're kind of staying in the world to know she can't let may have to shut his doors to diners once again with the state monitoring sonoma county because of an increase in hospitalizations in

marin napa solano and sonoma counties have been on the watch list for 3 consecutive days. >>alameda and santa clara counties were added to the watch list yesterday while san francisco is not on the watch list. the city is far from being in the clear kron four's dan kerman has the grim warning from the city's health director. during an online chat with the mayor monday, san francisco public health director doctor grant colfax. >>gable word of warning there are downsides to where we are right now and the alternative unfortunately is even worse colfax indicated covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are up even worse the reproductive rate that is the rate of transmission has grown from 0.8 5 to 1.2 5. at one 0.2 5 that means each person infected. well transmitted to at least one other person. for people infected will lead to 5 additional cases and if that number can be reduced, it means skyrocketing hospitalizations. >>i will tell you this is the side that keeps me up at night. it is now possible very possible that we had a hospitalizations than 8830 if we do not do more to stop

>>sonoma county was one of the first bay area counties to loosen restrictions and now there's concerns about reopening too fast definitely scared. >>i mean if these shutdowns are counties where they're going to go. they're going to come to us this reaction coming from a restaurant owner in sonoma plaza where visitors have been flocking to ever since businesses were allowed to reopen all of our. >>hotels getting 200% capacity. it's a little difficult to not have this hesitation. ordering a lot of food to get ready for something which used to be our biggest weekend of the year the july 4th holiday is near but county public health officials are seeing a jump in covid-19 cases each day as of thursday to more coronavirus deaths were reported i think our covid increases at don't necessarily surprise me but nevertheless it saddens me greatly this may land the county on the governor's watch list, which means the possibility of businesses closing again board of supervisors chair susan gorin had this message for businesses who may be impacted. >>try to limit interaction with people as much as po

cal fire has forwarded its investigative report to the sonoma county district attorney's office. fire victims filed a lawsuit against pg&e just last week. >>> coming up next, russian hackers at it again. the evidence that suggests they are trying to get a hold of information about a coronavirus vaccine. >>> also, the 49ers and giants joining forces. how they are teaming up to get more people to cover up. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jack. beautiful weather but haze in the distance. what is going to happen with the air quality and the smoke from a fire near fresno coming up in about six minutes. >>> when we welcome our viewers here on the west coast tonight the urgent warning about covid testing in this country and what's being called the impending disaster if we don't ramp it up soon. also, what you need to know about yesterday's big twitter hack. how vulnerable is your account? when we see you back here tonight for "nightly news." >>> we know russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. now there is evidence of russian hacking into a possible coronavirus vaccine. janell

sonoma county is currently in stage three of reopening. >>> starting today, the city of alameda is starting to open more spaces for outdoor dining and shopping. crews are restriping parking streets to create two lanes instead of four between tilden way and encino avenue. the restriping taking place today and tomorrow. >>> as we have been reporting school districts around the bay area working out plans for the fall and today the san mateo foster city school district is holding a special meeting to do the same. options include alternating weeks, hybrid learning and distance learning. the meeting is at 6:30 tonight and you can join that meeting tonight via zoom or on the phone. the link is at the san mateo foster city school website. >>> happening today, san francisco leaders debate an election day proposal to change police staffing levels. supporters argue sfpd officer count has been the same for more than two decades now. the charter amendment called for staffing adjustments every two years authorized by the police commission. a supervisor's committee will hear the issue today. the full boar

francisco to ramp up testing, as city leaders voiced concerns about containing covid-19 businesses in sonoma countying health orders could soon face big fines, the new proposal from county supervisors targeting violators >>> and mayors around the country, pushing back on president trump's plan to send federal law enforcement officers into the streets. the cities that are on the president's list. >> from ktvu fox2 news, this is mornings on 2. >>> good money, everyone, thurs i'm mike mibach, it is a beautiful summer morning out there for the bay area. it is a good time to get outside and get that run or jog or hike in. whatever you like to do. and i like doing that when it's overcast. >> it feels so much better, you are not sweating to death. although i feel i'm getting a better workout, and steve, when i am sweating, i feel like i'm doing more. not too much swimming going on these afternoons, thankfully. >> that is true, unless you are in mendocino or lake county. >>> my location did not have any until 11:30, that's late for me. some get the sun, then temperatures only get to the 60s or 70s, for oth

. >> in the bay area, the counties on the state's watch list include contra costa, marin, napa, so lana and sonoma. the watch list counties will be required to shut down fitness centers, indoor services, places of worship, offices for nonessential workers, hair salons and indoor malls. >> melanie woodrow has been following the story and joins us with the newest developments. melanie? >> reporter: kristen and dan, a big step back as you say, indoor activities including indoor dining is now off the table for all of california. the governor has also ordered the closure of additional indoor sectors for those county tas are on the watch list. the governor dimming the switch on california's reopening. >> thisirus isot >> reporter: announcing all california counties across the state will close indoor dining, wineries and tasting rooms, theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos and museums, card rooms, and bars, which must close all op this includes san mateo county, which had resumed indoor dining. >> we were able to suppress the spread of this virus. we were going to knock down the growth of this in

>>in sonoma county, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>california texas, florida arizona. now experiencing surges of infections. that have gone up to 30,040 50 and most recently a total of 60,000 new cases per day. we need to get our arms around that stephen we need to do something about it quickly because if we don't is a possibility. we may be seeing surgeons and other area. >>a warning tonight from the nation's top infectious disease expert calling out california for its surge in covid-19 cases and the mayor of los angeles says his city could reinstate a stay at home and 8. if more cases and hospitalizations spike well that also be necessary for the bay area kron four's gayle ong joins us now live in alameda county was how the bay area measures with the rest of the state's kale. >>and we're here in downtown pleasant and alameda county being the hot spot of covid-19 at the moment, the many people here out wearing masks when they're outdoor dining which is a good sign but we spoke to doctor robert wachter of ucsf been he says the bay area still has more work to do. >>all

since june 28th, 9 of those 14 have died so the cases are just exploding in sonoma county and they want to get those numbers down because they don't want the hospitals to simply be overrun with coronavirus patients a lot of businesses of course they were hurting during the shelter-in-place they were so happy when the state started to loosen his grip on some of the guidelines allowing people to go back in and dine inside a restaurant is going to taste the rooms tasting rooms. but now that is not happening because we've been told for many weeks now that inside is more much more dangerous then outside but that might be the case but that's not good news to restaurant owners. >>pretty rough i think technically 3 months but felt like 5 years. but we're excited, you know to get out of it and. you know now we're kind of staying in the world to know if can see it's been it's been really hard just to just to kind of window through the the various bits of information to figure out. >>what you actually pull that really how you react are going in there as long as we can as long as we can s

. >>> sonoma county is considering imposing fines on people and businesses were caught violating county health orders. the county board of supervisors is looking into an enhanced covid education and compliance program , which includes fines. the goal is to have better communication on the importance of prevention and to get greater compliance wearing masks, social distancing and avoiding large groups. fines would be $100 for individuals and $1000 for businesses. >> you do want to catch people. not because you want to catch people for catching people, but because they need that reinforcement, that citation, whatever. >> if the fines are approved by the board, the citations will be given out by sonoma county park rangers and code enforcement officers. >>> marin county is reporting a high rate of coronavirus cases among the latino population. latinos make up about 16% of the population in marin, but account for 76% of the cases. data from the county health department shows latinos also account for more than half of coronavirus -related hospitalizations. the agency did not provide the a the

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it joins contra costa county, marin, sonoma and napa and solano counties.san francisco and san mateo are the only bay area counties that are not being monitored by the state. >>> san francisco mayor london breed at 11:00 this morning holds a public discussion on how the city is dealing with the coronavirus. the mayor will be joined by the city's health direct her, dr. grant colfax talking about how they are keeping san francisco safer during the pandemic. that discussion is available on the mayor's facebook, youtube, and twitter pages. it begins at 11:00 this morning. also today, governor newsom will give us an update on california's response to the will also explain the next step as the state deals with the rising number of virus infections. happening today, dr. anthony fauci of the white house coronavirus task force will take part in what is called a virtual fireside chat event with the stanford university school of medicine. it is set for 10:30 this morning. there is a link to the virtual fireside chat on the website of stanford medicine. there also appe

and sonoma county is officially now on the state's covid-19 watch list. the county was notified today that of coronavirus data does not improve in the next 72 hours. restrictions would be put in place as soon as monday july 13th sonoma county joins 29 other counties, including moran and napa and being added to the states watch list. the county's rate of infection has rapidly increased since early june outdoor dining and take out but still be permitted. but bars clubs breweries and distilleries would all be required to stop indoor services. and despite the optimistic projections, san francisco health officials say the city is not meeting its goal when it comes to slowing the number of new cases and hospitalizations in the city. so the mayor's office said today the remaining activities and businesses that were previously scheduled to reopen either in june 29th, or july 13th will remain on pause and that includes indoor dining outdoor bars without food, indoor museums aquariums outdoor swimming pools and real estate open houses by appointment so here now is t

sonoma county is among five other counties on the state's monitoring list. >>> the state could impose new restrictions on alameda county businesses with some troubling numbers. ouray county will look at it. just go to kpix.com to look at the restrictions. >>> and increases casing the seven direct impact on hospitals. they are dealing with the highest positivity rate in the state, sitting at 15.3%. icu bed availability is at 38 percent. >>> the weakest issue that we found is not necessarily bad space but staffing. >> officials say they have a plan to use an old county hospital which would add an additional 110 beds and the search plan has not been initiated just yet. >>> we are learning more about the nations plan to rapidly distribute vaccines during the virtual fire side chat. dr. anthony fauci said that companies have agreed to make millions of doses before their vaccine is even approved. >> if you make a lot of doses ahead of time and it proves to be effective, you've gained multiple months in the process. >> than a network of community leaders will plan into neighborhoods to try t

heightened fire danger as we head up to noon, you can see it up in lake and mendocino and northern sonoma counties. and then very high toward the afternoon hours. and it will stoort spreart to so napa and eastern parts of alameda county. and there is no red flag warning or anything like that, just letting you know the conditions are out there and it will be hot and dry once again. >>> stanford students and alumni are mobilizing efforts to stay 11 130r9s that tp9s that th s 11 130r9s that tports that the panning to cut. they say that the decision was announced yesterday to cut sports like wrestling, fencing, field hockey and men's volleyball. they say that it is heartbreaking but necessary. there is already a change.org petition to reenstate wrestling. the school says that it will honor athletic scholarships but will eliminate the 20 staff positions. >> charlie brown and snoopy are ready to welcome guests again. and there are added attractions. monday the new features, the first large exhibit centered on lucy. >> in celebration of the 19th amendment 100th anniversary this year, this exhibition was

sonoma county has 2041 confirmed cases, of which 900 are active. the projected cost to implement the system is over a half million dollars. the bulk of that would pay for hotline staff and additional code enforcement. the third district supervisors says that the proposal does not go far enough. she is quoted with a press democrat saying i think you deserve more than a $100 fine if you're going to take my life and other people's lives into your hands. two days ago, marin county made a similar measure, in order to impose fines on people. they have a graduated find structure topping out at 500 for individuals, $10,000 for business. >>> we are live in san jose, jesse gary, mornings on fox 2. >>> all right, happening today, steve glazier will hold a news conference at 930, he will demand tougher rules for the spread of coronavirus. he represents contra costa county, and he says the only way to stop the skyrocketing number of cases is to simply limit interaction. >>> california said a new record for coronavirus cases. they report 12,800 positive cases wi

banking on a breeze in sonoma county, which would warm-up sonoma county, but that is not happening, and the forecast models were off a bit yesterday, they tried to warm it up, and it really didn't. as pam said, the last day of july. morning, foggy, but some locations won't budge at all. others, depending on a little bit of a breeze, running 50s and 60s. temperatures all over the map here. 52 now, 255 in the city. they have been stuck at about 62, 63. there is fairfield, gust of 30. they had just at 36 yesterday. still made it to 92. doesn't matter collapses in the afternoon. probably not changing all that much. inland, did bump into santa rosa, hanging on a limb there. but everyone will be almost exactly the same as they were this entire week. all right, let's go over to sal, we will say happy friday to 401 good morning, sir. >>> 401, steve, thank you. not much going on on the major freeways right now. traffic is moving along well. the bay bridge toll plaza, there has been no major problem here, and if you are driving through, i do want to mention, on the city streets there is an overtu

really, no big change unless that north wind kicks up into the north of sonoma county. otherwise what you see is what you get, that is what we have had all week. 60s, 70s, 80s, and then low 90s for some. does look warmer into saturday, then cooler weather carries into monday tuesday time frame. >>> time is 4:43. showing millions of americans struggling to find food to eat. coming up, how bay area programs are helping families in need. >>> and another business casualty of the pandemic shutdowns, why the owners of a bowling alley say their closure will affect the surrounding community. lily everyone in the house is online and i can't get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. try 1 gig internet with at&t fiber. you get more bandwidth and hbo max included. so, everyone stays entertained. so i can just watch the show instead of reading the book? you know, if you turn on your subtitles... that's almost reading. get 1 gig internet with at&t fiber for $49.99a month for a year. no annualcontract. and now get hbo max included. limited availability in select areas. cal

i saw the sonoma county airport made it up to almost 99 degrees. let's take a look at where we are at this morning. i wanted to start with the weather down near where the fires are, you can see 13 mile- per-hour wind, the wind has calmed down a bit from where it was last night so that is helpful. for the most part, you can say things are looking pretty good across the bay right now. temperature wise, feeling cooler. clear skies in santa rosa where it's 51 degrees 54 in san francisco, mid-50s in livermore and 58 in san jose. today will be a nice day, a little bit cooler, beautiful afternoon sunshine, because will be in the low 60s, low 70s around the bay and mid-80s in inland. we will talk more about your extended forecast when i come back but for now, i was thinking, the moon is so pretty, maybe you need to play moon dance, it is pretty nice out there right now, the moon is gorgeous. >> that is a great song. i'm sure someone will call it in, especially after you mentioned are. let's go see what we have now. we do have traffic that is going to be ok

sonoma county saw the largest increase. a lot of people are trying to get tested at the new rapid site in alameda but many of them were turned away. they were greeted with a closed sign when they showed up yesterday morning and the city said ran into y foos inthe with appointments. >>p-upideswe open in santa clara county and there were long lines at both. people who are not showing symptoms can get tested at san jose high school or the south county annex and both will be open next morning. for a list of testing sites in the bay area just go to our website, kpix.com. >>> despite the search, there is talk of elementary schools being sent in person. only san mateo county can technically do that as the only bay area county that is not on the state's watch list but public and private schools in other kate counties can apply for a waiver. >> the risk seems to be substantially lower, the younger the kid is. more chances of getting it as well as transmitting it to others. >> if we were to perseverate, i think that those earlier sch