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Mike, thank you. This morning, more businesses reopening in Solano County. Amy hollyfield live in benicia with what you can expect. Hey, amy. Hey, reggie. It appears this caught some businesses off guard. This health and Fitness Center in benicia says it is not ready to reopen yet even though the county of solano has given gyms permission to go ahead and reopen. Take a look at this list of businesses that the county says can reopen. Gyms and Fitness Centers, wineries, bars and breweries, Family Entertainment centers, zoos and museums and hotels. As long as they meet the requirements set up by the state. Now, this comes as a surprise because the state has said these businesses can reopen friday. Solano county originally said that, too. But now says go ahead and reopen if you are ready and have met the requirements. Gyms we have checked on this morning are closed. Including this one. So, be sure and check with the business youre wanting to go to before you head that way. Just make sure that theyre ready and that theyre open. This gym is saying theyre ready and theyre going to open on monday. Let me know your experience. If you find any businesses youre going to go to today hit me up on twitter id love to hear from you and hear about your experience. Reporting live in benicia, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Long held the hardest hit Santa Clara County is starting to see a new rise in covid cases coming from Public Health director dr. Sarah cody. Were beginning to see a little bit of a uptick in the hospitalizations which reflects the easing that we did in the middle of may. That point coming in last nights county board meeting. Dr. Cody didnt elaborate on the data, but according to our partners at the mercury news hospital declines but have risen since last sunday. The county currently has 73 infections. And coronavirus cases continue to spike in at least 20 states, including california. Abc News Reporter andrea has more information on that and what goes against what was first thought. Reporter this morning coronavirus cases on the rise in 20 states, plus puerto rico. In arizona, the states Largest Health system has reached capacity for patients needing external lung machines. Would you say the situation right now in phoenix and arizona is dire . Yes, it is. This is the time when we need to be speaking out. Reporter the state seen a record 1,500 new cases in a single day. Two weeks after reopening. Texas now open for more than a month also seen a steep increase in new patient admissions with nearly 2,000 hospitalized. South carolina reported nearly 550 new cases monday, the highest since the pandemic began. North carolina is seeing its highest number of hospitalizations so far. More than 700. This upward trend prompting doctors to urge people to wear a Face Covering in public. There are a lot of nurses. The icu is very busy. So, the amount of equipment, noise, staff that is helping to take care of oour patients is more than ive seen in my 22 years of working here. Reporter and this morning, new information on the virus. Contrary to earlier thinking. The World Health Organization now saying that spreading the virus when youre asymptomattic is very rare but some doctors are questioning that data. We do know that there is a very small percentage of patients that at the time of testing and testing positive, that they are without symptoms. So, although the risk is very low, its not zero. So, what we still recommend is appropriate social distancing. Abc news, new york. The Oakland Police department expected to provide an update today on the deadly officerinvolved shooting. The chp opened fire on a vehicle saturday night that killed a man and also shot his pregnant girlfriend. New video shows the moments right after. Turn the car off no, its not. Turn it off this was near 96th avenue and cherry street. Erik salgado died. His pregnant girlfriend was shot in the passenger seat and is now in and out of a coma. The Oakland Police Department Said salgados vehicle is one ie vehicle stolen from a dealership. His family is demanding answers. If it can be preventable. 40 shots while hes in a car is pretty excessive. Other ways that could have been donetleed the names of the chp officers involved in the shooting. Area. There were several peaceful events happening yesterday. People socially distanced in San Francisco glenn park neighborhood. Dozens showed up for a protest in richmond and also saw a rally in antioch and the Public Defenders Office teamed up for a black lives matter march to the courthouse in martinez. In washington, a battle is brewing over how to prevent police brutality. The phrase defund the police is a rallying cry for protesters but not for lawmakers. Jobina is at the live desk with more. Hi, jobina. Hi, liz. President trump and former Vice President joe biden and nationwide protesters have been calling for this. Demanding they are stripped of their budget to divert to other social programs. Senator Kamala Harris appeared on gma this morning and says she wants to make police more accountable and invest in communities. You know how you create more safety . You Fund Public Schools and it wouldnt be the case in America Today twothirds of our Public School teachers come out of their own pocket for school supplies. The way you create more safety is people have access to health care and its affordable the way you create more safety is the jobs in the community. And Economic Opportunities and access to capital. Harris went on to say lawmakers need to reexamine what theyre doing with taxpayer dollars. Senator harris was also asked if she agrees with a former joe bidens stance on rejecting the defunding of Police Department. Senator harris said she went on to say reforming the police system, which joe biden does, as well. Back to you, reggie. Jobina, thank you. The private Funeral Service for george floyd is going to be held today in his hometown of houston. Yesterday thousands of people arrived to show their respects. Could be anywhere in the world but youre all here with us right now. This is a blessing. And this is bigger than george right now. Young people stepping up and everybody waking up and lets keep this energy going and its a beautiful thing. Raise them high. Gma will lead coverage of the celebration of life for george floyd right after abc7 mornings and live coverage continues at 9 00 with david muir in houston. You can watch it here as well as on our website abc7news. Com and our abc7 news app. A racist confrontation at a gas station in arizona. Youre not going to believe how this one ends. A warning about bleach. The cdc says a lot of people are using it in a very wrong way right now. Scary. Lets take a look at whats going on from the east bay hills where its 61 degrees right now. Temperatures jump another one to five its always gooder what youto have em. Or, and when it comes to your internet, xfinity gives you the ones you need. On a budget . Theres a speed for that. Not ready to commit . Try a plan with no annual contract. Wanna save even more . Just add xfinity mobile, and save big on your wireless bill. Its internet with the power of options. And thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet and mobile for just 30 a month each, and save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Call or visit xfinity. Com savebig. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. This is a bc7 mornings. Sunny start and temperature 54 degrees and 48 in petaluma and santa clara and 49 in saratoga and 47 in palo alto and the rest of us in the mainly low to mid 50s. Gorgeous sunrise and breezy south of the bay bridge and little hot on surfaces this afternoon if youre walking the dog. Heres a look at the south bay. Already 80 by noon and mid 80s the rest of the afternoon and 73 at 8 00 and for the north bay, 62 at 8 00 and 83 at noon and near 90 at 4 00 and 76 at 8 00 and our last stop will be the east bay valleys where upper 80s to low 90s will dominate with sunshine this afternoon. Hi, jobina. Hi, mike. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. So, metering lights came on at the bay bridge toll plaza around 5 55 this morning. Well check in with a live look there and it being 5 55, were inching closer towards a normalish commute id say. Because before the shelterinplace order we were seeing them and the earliest weve seen the metering lights come on since more people have begun to return to work. Coming up today at noon, muni will stop all service for eight minutes and 46 seconds to honor atsowglect on the lifefl polis pice chauvin used his knee to pin down floyd on his neck. Muni operators will pull over when it is safe and allow passengers to observe the moment of silence or deboard. Muni understands this will cause a delay but the agency wants to stands in solidarity with the black lives matter movement. Liz and reggie . All right, thank you, jobina. The owner of bon magazine and admitting the photos arent the only problem. Dancing in protest. Abc7 news. All news, all morning. Macys no longer at risk of bankruptcy. The Company Secured 4. 4 billion to repay its debt. Macys closed all of its stores and it started to reopen some locations. A confrontation at a gas station in arizona led to a woman getting slapped. This all started when she was throwing racist remarks towards another customer. Better go back. You just walked into it. So, you can hear the white woman telling another customer, quote, youre going back to mexico. Just before this she went into the Convenient Store and complained that the pump wasnt working and the line for service was too long. She told the other customer she wasnt welcome there and needed to go back to her country. Oh, wow, see. You deserved it, in your opinion. You pushed her and she smacked you. She grabbed me. Nope. Oh, okay. I spokesperson from the cin say woman has been banned from all of its locations. Oh, boy. All right. Lets have a little bit of a lighter note. A woman in oakland has come up with an artistic way to come up with dance class. These dance moves are part of a movement. Several adults and kids got together in the ridgemont neighborhood to dance in support of black lives read signs whi s when i came across the slogan white silence equals white consent that really struck a chord with me and i wanted to do something in protest of inequality and it occurred to me what i do is dance. We organized a hiphop class out here on the culdesac. Its for a great cause. Hopefully next time we get more people out and involved. Just to show their support. It was great. A new way for me to protest and im all for it. It was amazing. More support dance classes are in the works possibly one this weekend at lake merritt. Thats really cool and cool to see so many different types of protests all around the bay area that are happening. And you can exercise, too, and be out in the fresh air. Exactly. Why not . I liked it. Yeah, always open to learning something new and going for a good cause. We appreciate that. That looked like fun. Today going to be a little bit warmer and hopefully have their Water Bottles next to them. Right now pretty cool, though. As we look at san jose, 55 degrees and sunny and warmer. Not as breezy as it has been. Thats whats going to allow the warmth to build once again. Sleep well tonight as we drop down into the 50s under a mostly clear sky and cool start to the weekend and well flip the switch and turn warmer. Above average by sunday. Ill show you that coming up in a second. First, lets talk about what is going on. Two areas of High Pressure dominating our and climb up the scale mid to upper 80s and morgan hill and gilroy best bet of hitting 90. We start in the mid 80s and drop down to 78 at millbrae. Upper 60s along the coast where the fastest breezes will be today. Look at these mid to upper 70s downtown, south San Francisco, sausalito. Upper 50s north bay coast wreite its calmer, 20 degree s warmer. Mid to upper 80s. 78 in richmond and berkeley at 79 and everyone else around 80 to 84. East bay valleys. Our warmest temperatures from 88 in san ramon. Open the windows now and enjoy that 50 degree weather and then you can close the windows and hopefully stay calm and cool the rest of the day and in your house you wont need to run the air conditioner. Thats one way of trying to cheat the system. Look at the 50s out there. A few more clouds along the coast in the bay and they will be short lived as the heat peaks tomorrow with mid 80s to mid 90s around the bay and inland. Stay in the mid to upper 60s along the coast. Cooling reaches most neighborhoods except for the east bay by thursday and another hot day for you and then everybodys average if not below average, but their winds they will be aggressive again friday and saturday and then calmer and warmer again sunday and monday. Have a great day. Back to you guys. Thank you, mike. And now, look whos joining us. Ginger zee with a look at what is happening today on gma. Hey, ginger. Hi, reggie. Hi, liz. Nice to be with both of you this morning. I know you have the heat on over there but the wind and rain left over from the tropical storm. Also live in houston after thousands have paid their respects to george floyd. And, of course, that was inis hometown as his family prepares to lay him to rest. The officer charged with killing him is facing a judge for the first time today. And democrats, meanwhile, introducing a Sweeping Police Reform bill. Senator Kamala Harris will join us live to talk about all those points. Also this morning, the coronavirus emergency. Its still raging in a lot of places. Cases are spiking in at least 20 states. And, of course, other places are slowly returning to normal. So, how summer camps are dealing with this and preparing. Some of them just canceled outright and others are making some changes. Hi t hen the ch ck pot and what hisohaa r. Ing w havo u workin a home and i said this yesterday, but we didnt get to this story. Our internet is getting this really big charge and its really getting a workout. So, well tell you how to get the most out of your wifi and some devices that arent too much apparently that can help improve. I will be listening and im sure a lot of you will, as well. I had an internet hit which made me lose the ability to see any of you because that was another ball i needed this morning in the circus set up is. Morning, reggie. Ev right . Its inevitable. And the fun thing is, you never know exactly what is going wrong. It keeps you on your toes, ginger. So whackamole. I love it. Its a great carnival. Ginger, we will see you at 7 00. Thank you so much. Now, well talk about loon looneyen looney toons. Being stripped of their weapons, at least their guns on a new collection of looneytoon shows. The shorts will still feature, cartoony violence youll still have dynamite and just no rifles. Interesting. Do kids know what looneytoons are . Is that a thing . Youre asking the wrong person. We should have asked ginger. I just dont know any more what cartoons are relevant to these kids. I have a feeling if i said bugs bunny pekids would be like, who . Coming up, people in oakland confront the Police Commission about recent protests there. What theyre demanding for the future. And a warning about a covid19 Contact Tracing scam what in an unprecedented crisis. A more than 10 billion cut to Public Education couldnt be worse for our schools and kids. Laying off 57,000 educators, making class sizes bigger . Cmon. Schools must reopen safely with resources for protective equipment, sanitizing classrooms, and ensuring social distancing. Tell lawmakers and Governor Newsom dont cut our students future. Pass a state budget that protects our Public Schools. Dont cut our students future. Z3wvmz z1s6z y3wvmy y1s6y all right 6 24. Want to give you an update on the fire. Winds are pretty calm. Still bone dry but temperatures in the mid 50s. Thats pretty nice. The winds will pick up a little bit around 15 to 16 Miles Per Hour this afternoon but its the heat that is going to be the biggest determent but 75 contained and hopefully firefighters will have it completely contained soon. Liz . The editorinchief from bon appetit resigned. Last week employees took to twitter with one accusing. Rapoport led it to surprising success with younger audiences apologized by promising to quote opd is now reviewing tacticso do it used during recent protests. This files complaints about tear gas and flash bangs. Last night the Police Commission held a virtual town hall and Many Community members said the recent protests were peaceful until tear gas was fired. The public made their opinions clear with the Deputy Police chief giving his response. One minute into chanting hands up, dont shoot, ordinances were fired upon us. Tear gas known to cause miscarriages and we are in the midst of a pandemic. Youre supposed to protect and serve us and you failed. What is missing from the mosccolaante the amhat opd r. To end theseothers called to dr defund opds budget or get rid of the department altogether. State officials are warning everyone to be on the look out for scammers who are pretending to be covid19 contact tracers. California attorney general javier says that scammers are contacting victims through phone calls, emails and text messages. Theyre trying to trick people into providing their Social Security numbers and health and financial information. Ral contact tracers would never ask for any of that info. The cdc says some people are misusing bleach to try to fight the coronavirus. It surveyed more than 500 people. About 39 admitted to incorrectly using bleach and other cleaners and disinfectant solutions. This includes washing their food with bleach and using it on their skin. 4 said they drank or gargled bleach and other disinfectants and the cdc says using disinfectants like this could negitantly impact your health. In april the president talked about injecting disinfectants into people. Do not drink bleach. No, dont put it on your apple. Just dont do it. Do you know what, if you have a question about bleach, go ahead and just put it to the side. Just be safe. Try something else. Try something safer. Orfxt at6 30, the new recomme afgz ations to prevent cancer. Doctors say you should give up alcohol completely. The san jose Police Department announced kneeling on a suspects neck is now banned ahead of a Big City Council meeting in san jose as they try to tackle the use of force within the Police Department. Im julian the wind in your hair. The feeling of freedom that drives us to go out and discover. At chevy, were committed to getting you there with confidence and peace of mind. Thats why your chevy clean dealers commit to using enhanced vehicle cleaning measures with cdcapproved cleansers. If you need a new equinox, get 0 apr for 72 months or, four thousand five hundred dollars cash allowance on most models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home where available. So you can find new roads with confidence. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Right now at 6 30 the nation says a final goodbye to george floyd today. Nd peoe pay their respects as his family prepares for his funeral. San jose city leaders consider Police Reforms spurred by the death of floyd. The mayor says oe option is off the table. And back to business. Some movie theaters are about to reopen with major safety changes. The new protocols youll experience. Lets get a live look from our east bay hills camera. The heat is back. Some areas could be 10 degrees hotter today. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, june 9th. Mike, thats what youre following. Absolutely. 80s and 90s back as the norm unless youre closer to the coast where 60s and 70s a little cooler there. Lets take a look at the set up for today. Hi, everybody. Were coming up on 6 31 on this tuesday. High pressure definitely took control during the overnight hours. Look at this our winds five to six Miles Per Hour. The sea breeze, yeah, not there unless youre right near the coast and were waking up to total sunshine this morning. Heres what happens this afternoon. Low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. Upper 80s in the south bay and mid to upper 80s there and also the north bay. You can see low to mid 90s around the bay and mid to upper 70s San Francisco and richmond and near 70 along the coast. Even warmer tomorrow and ill show you those newest numbers coming up next. Heres liz with more news. Thanks, mike. New this morning San Jose Police are investigating a crash that put a teenager in the hospital. It happened around 10 15 last night near 33rd street. Officers say a car hit a 17yearold girl. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. The driver called police and is cooperating with the investigation. Happening today, the San Jose City council will discuss police use of force at a City Council Meeting comes amid the growing calls across the country to defund the police. The San Francisco police chief announced some serious changes with more. Hey, julian. Good morning, liz. Yeah, back lash against the san jose Police Department in response to some of the force used that we saw in the recent protests and now the department, as you mentioned, is announcing some changes to its policy and response to that and also the deadly force we all saw the officers used in george floyd. Now just last night chief eddie garcia of the San Francisco Police Department announcing the department is banning the use of kneeling on someones neck to subdue a suspect. Intervene when they experience Excessive Force and rubber bullets are no longer going to be allowed to be used for crowd control. In todays meeting the San Jose City council will consider if any of those changes are substantial enough as calls grow louder for cities to consider defunding budgets and allocating services that would try to address the root causes of crime. San joses mayor sam liccardo made it very clear he is against the idea of defunding the Police Department. Weve got to recognize that the path forward is through reform, not to defund the police. What i hear is the overwhelming call in every neighborhood meeting im in for more police patrol, not less. He also went on to say that defunding the police would, in fact, hurt the ver that some of these changes are trying to help. Mayor sam liccardo says the Police Department is already rather lean when compared to other Police Departments across the country. He is exposing expanded authority of a police auditor. That meeting set for 11 00 this morning. Julian glover, abc7 news. Julian, thank you. Happening today, San Francisco leaders will call on the city to ban police from using things like rubber bullets and pepper spray. Hillary roanen andllce a otest safely act. It would ban certain crowd control methods used by Law Enforcement in response to recent black lives matter protests. The legislation would also ban any other chemical agents, as well as any other military vehicles. Doctors from a major Bay Area Medical Center are joining calls to ban rubber bullets by Law Enforcement. Ophthalmologists drafted the petition which has now been signed by hundreds of doctors and professionals across the country. Highvelocity injuries when they are targeted at peoples face, especially their eyes. Thats it. Blinding eye injury. The petition supports the American Academy of opthumology that demanded Law Enforcement stop using the projectiles as a method of breaking up crowds. George floyd will be laid to rest in houston today as thousands gather to remember the man who inspired a Global Movement for change and justice. Overnight houston city hall, as you can see, was lit up in crimson and gold in honor of floyd. This comes as the fired Police Officer charged with his death made his first court appearance. Jobina fortson is tracking it all at the live desk. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, liz. Yes, thousands more are expected to attend george floyd celebration of life today in houston. Were bringing you a live picture right now. You can see the fountain of praise church where it will get under way at 9 00 our time. Floyd lived most of his life in houston. More than 6,000 people showed up yesterday for memorial to pay their respects to george floyd. Two weeks after he died. For many, an emotional farewell to the man who has become the face of a movement and overnight people gathered for a candlelight vigil at his high school. His family says they are grateful for the outpouring of support. He was told, he was told he would have to sacrifice his life to bring the worth together and knowing him, knowing to he would have did it. He changed the world. You have to come. Meanwhile, the former minneapolis Police Officer charged with murdering floyd appeared in court yesterday. The judge set Derek Chauvins bail at 1. 25 million. Floyd will be laid to rest at the houston Memorial Gardens next to his mother. Liz . Thank you, jobina. Live coverage of the private service and the celebration of life for george floyd. Abc news anchor david muir will be in houston. Coverage is set to begin at 9 00 this morning. You can watch it here and our abc7 news app. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, abc7 news is concentrating our efforts to build a better bay area into four areas. Health, education, our changing workplace and the economy. Starting friday, some people in california will be able to go to a movie theater. The state says theaters can open on june 12th with county approval. Theaters will be limited to a quarter of cupaucity or a maximum of 100 movie goers. Theaters are encouraged to take reservations. State officials also suggest they use disposable or washable seat covers andhed to keep guests at least six feet apart. Require people to wear face masks when they enter and leave the theater and at the concession stand. You wouldnt be required to wear one while watching a movie. Hair salons and barbershops will reopen next wednesday. The county also says indoor dining, bars, churches, gyms, museums and hotels can reopen july 1st. On friday, the county opened up outdoor dining, swimming pools and dog parks. San francisco bar owners are pleading with the city to let them reopen earlier than scheduled. Were asking the mayor to allow us to open the same Time Restaurants do because it seems only fair. Also our Economic Future is in the balance here and we need help. The Sf Bar Owner Alliance wants to let bars reopen on july 13th. Right now bars that dont serve food cant have customers inside until mid august. The Bar Owner Alliance is approximately 350 bars in San Francisco did not serve food and theyre, quote, teetering on the edge of professional and personal financial collapse. A road map to reopening schools safely. Prepare to welcome elping students back again. And breaking news. Covid19 confirmed at Teslas Fremont plant. Jobina is tracking that brandnew information right now at our live desk. Hey, jobina. But, first, ill talk to you about traffic. Goodern morning, everybody. Ill be back with that information after the commercial break. A little sign we might be getting back to our normal commute here. A live look at the bay bridge right now. Metering lights came on at 5 55 this morning. That is the earliest the metering lights have come on since the shelterinplace order with there being no sort of issue on the bay bridge. I just checked the drive time from the toll plaza all the way across. Its going to take you about 14 minutes for that ride. Also this morning, Ferry Service is ramping up. San Francisco Bay ferries says starting next monday, service to richmond will resume and vallejo Ferry Service will double. Passengers will be required to wear masks and vessels will be cleaned frequently. Theyll undergo a full disinfectant fogging twice a week. Most bay area service was suspended due the pandemic. Now, i want to check in with meteor al meteorologist mike nicco. I hear youre tracking a small earthquake in berkeley. Right, a minor earthquake in berkeley right under cal. I mean, right near the football stadium. Let me show it to you. I have it pulled up on live doppler 7. A 2. 7 and the depth of about six miles. Probably woke a few people up but something that small shouldnt cause any damage. But if we hear of anything, well be sure to pass it on. But if youre joining us because it woke you up. 2. 7, six miles. Just happened a few moments ago right under the Berkeley Campus. Lets take a look at what is going on as far as temperatures well go to the other side, peninsula. Low to mid 50s and Half Moon Bay and pacifica and low to mid 50s the rule until you get to an zauk and san carlos and 59 in los gatos. Heres a look at your commute as you head through the sunny bay bridge toll plaza. Little breezy south of the bay bridge and thats where we have the Small Craft Advisory for the afternoon and early evening hours. And 77 at noon and low to mid 80s at noon and a nice 72 at 8 00. Look at all the sunshine in the east bay. 59 at 8 00 and low to mid 80s from 1 00 through 6 00 and for San Francisco, how about some mid to even some upper 70s. Little bit warmer than average and a whole lot of sunshine coming your way. All right. We want to take a look at some of todays High Temperature wheres you live and a sneak peek at disneys artemis streaming friday. A portion. A chunk. With dollarbased trading you can spend what you want, even on just a slice of a share. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your ac accuweather forecast. Minor earthquake in berkeley. About 100,000 that happen every year. So, it is rather small but it happened right under the Berkeley Campus there at cal. So, may have rattled a few folks awake. 53. Look at that. Gorgeous sunrise from the exploreatorium. 80s and 90s more dominant. Faster warming if youre heading out to lunch already getting warm there. Warmest down in socal. Heat advisory for near 90 to 100 degrees and low to mid 90s through the central valley. Switch gears and turn it over to jobina for a live desk update. Thank you, mike. Good morning, everyone. New this morning at the live desk just days after tesla reopened its plant in fremont, several employees reportedly tested positive for covidronav. This is all according to washington post. Two of the positive cases were at the companys Seat Assembly facility which is just a short drive from the main plant in fremont. The affected employees were told to stay home. Elon musk clashed with alameda safety concerns during the pandemic. The 10,000 workers that work in the east bay are required to wear masks and limit physical contact. Reggie . Solano county is allowing places like gyms, bars and s reopen ahead of the state schedule. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live outside the gym in benicia with more on that. Hi, reggie. We thought we would come here and find a bunch of sweaty people but instead the Benicia Health and fitness club is not open yet. They are not ready to meet all the states requirements and they need more time. Solano county has decided these businesses can open as long as they meet state requirements. That includes gyms and Fitness Centers and wineries and bars and breweries and zoos, museums and hotels. There was some confusion on the date. The state has said these businesses can open this friday. And Solano County originally said that, too. Now, the county has said businesses are ready and they meet the requirements, go ahead and reopen. Call first before you show up just in case they havent opened yet like this gym which says it plans to open on monday. Live in benicia,hollyfield abc7news. Here at abc7 were committed to covering this pandemic through four major areas. The health, economy, workplace and education. And on the education front something parents have been wondering for months. New details on how schools will prepare to welcome sdunts tuden the fall. Those students will need to be socially distanced a minimum of six feet. All School Districts will receive thermometers, Hand Sanitizer and face shields for teachers. Districts will decide if they want Remote Learning or in person or a mix of the two. Theyre using spaces like the cafeteria for classroom space that they can use and have tables spaced out over six feet of distance. Theyre using spaces like a gymnasium. Also important to remember, districts will most certainly face financial challenges as they implement the Safety Measures at a time when californias budget is shrinking due to the pandemic. Want to draw the attention to what is happening on wall street this morning. As you can see, were down about 281 points and analysts say the drop this morning is because there is some concerns that the economy is reopening too slowly. New this morning, abstain from alcohol completely. The new point and the recommendations from the American Cancer Society when it comes to preventing cancer. The organization released updated guidelines for the fist time in nearly a decade that includes daily exercise and a healthy diet. Chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton says the most important update, do not drink alcohol at all. They really called this out as the third most major modifiable risk factor for our health and cancer redeuuction behind not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight. Alcohol and, again, this is a major departure of them saying really its best to consume none ashton explains more on those guidelines on gma coming up at 7 00 right after abc7 morning. Happening this morning, yosemite will begin accepting for daylong visits. A phased reopening on thursday. Youll need a reseat and keep crowds to 50 of normal in compliance with social distancing. Offer passes per d 35. Most Services Within the park will remain closed. I have a feeling those reservations will sell out fast, mike. I bet. It would be nice to be there, wouldnt it . Yeah, let me load the show here. Ill show you a picture from yosemite. Come on. I was messing around with the earthquake and showing that the earthquake in berkeley was almost directly under the football field and that was pretty impressive right there on the hayward fault as you can see. Heres a look from yosemite 46 right now. Absolutely gorgeous. As is this view from the east bay hills which is from grisly peak and about a mile from where the earthquake was and gettinga few reports on social media. People felt a quick jolt but thankfully nothing ive heard damaged so far from a 2. 7 normally doesnt happen. Sunny and warmer this afternoon. Thats your first accuweather highlight. Cooling sea breeze and warmer again starting sunday. A temperatures. Today two areas of High Pressure. We doubled our fun with the High Pressure and added five to ten degrees on to our highs because of that. Mid to upper 80s and 90 around morgan hill and gilroy and 78 in millbrae, one of the milder spots. Well have mid to upper 60s along the coast and mainly the upper 60s and then mid to upper 70s Downtown South san fran acio and sausalito and not as breezy as yesterday but it will be at the coast and thats why youre 20 degrees cooler with mid to upper 60s. Richmond and berkeley staying in the 70s while everybody else reaches 80 to 85 degrees along the east bay shore. Air conditioning, maybe. Heres a look at what happens tonight. No air conditioning needed as temperatures fall back into the 50s. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Warmest tomorrow and some relief along the coast for sure and parts of the bay thursday. The relief spreads inland friday, lingers saturday with slightly below average temperatures and you can see that turn around about five to ten degrees warmer sunday and a little bit warmer monday. Have a great day. Mike, thank you. Pg e moving its headquarters emergenkruptrancisco. E sss meyt its n headquas will brymerritt. Pg e plans to make that move in 2022 and plans to sell San Francisco Office Complex and return any profit from that sale back to customers. Pg e has been in the city since its creation. 115 years ago. A trial is under way right now in San Francisco fighting to remove fluoride from our Drinking Water. Nearly twothirds of americans drink water that has fluorite in it and it is supposed to help tooth decay. According to the chronicle some consumer groups according the Fluoride Network argued that recent studies show pregnant women Drinking Water with fluoride can harm their children. The group says it can lead to neurological damage and reduce iq and adhd. Testimony began yesterday in federal court. A key part of building a better bay area is keeping care of your health. One local eye clinic is speeding up how it does exams during the covid crisis. During the stayathome order many are not requiring the checkups they would require. They are crucial to avoid lasting vision damage. The ucsf are bringing it to their patients with a driveby test. I thought, great. I drive in and i roll down my window and its of proctor foundation. By the time someone arrives, the test is set and only takes a minute or two total and if there are any problems tests can be taken back to the clinic for a followup appointment. Every day celebrating the class of 2020. Weve already been able to feature more than 2,000 students whose candid photos have been shared using congrats, guys. Driving her car over the weekend when she heard a sound coming from the engine. So, she pulled into a fire station on 164th avenue in ashland. Firefighters looked into it and watch what they found. That is a little kitty. You guys want to name him hyundai . He did not say do you want to name the cat hyundai. The little kitten is doing okay and we have no idea how it ended up under the hood, but im glad that woman has a good ear. Im not sure how she heard that. But look, hyundai is so cute. Hyundai is like, how did i get here . Hello. Im at a fire station. What is goi heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Welcome back. It is 6 57. If youre just joining us, seven things to knornw ising. Number one, several tesla employees have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus just days after the fremont plant reopened last month. That is according to washington post. The affected workers were told to stay home. Number two. Solano county allowing gyms, bars, wineries and zoos to reopen ahead of the states friday date. The county is giving the green light only if those places meet state health requirements. Number three. Just moments ago George Floyds casket arrived at the Houston Church where his celebration of life will take place today. You can see it being brought inside right now. Abc news will have special coverage starting at 9 00 this morning and watch it on our abc7 news app. Number four. The San Jose City council will discuss police use of force at its meeting. Mayor sam liccardo said in the new budget he will not introduce defunding but instead focus on reform. Number five. We starthiff sunnyratures in the 50s and climb higher away from the coast. 80s and 90s today. Number six. Today at noon the sfmta will pause service for eight minutes and 46 seconds to honor the life of george floyd. That timing is significant because that is the length of time that george floyd was pinned to the ground by former officer Derek Chauvins knee. And number seven. Elmer fudd will have to find a new way to hunt rabbits. Shorts on hbo max and hbo executive says the shorts will still feature cartoony violence but this gets back to the question reggie had. Do kids know looney . I put that question out on twitter and no one answered my question but they did answer my question about whether we would see bugs bunny of course. But bugs got dressed up in some looks now and again. All the time. Oh, yeah. Im here for it. Here for it. He really could turn it out. Put on a nice quick wig and good morning, america. Thousands line up to pay their respects to george floyd in his hometown of houston. Saying goodbye to the man whose death sparked a Global Movement. The families of ahmaud arbery, michael brown, botham jean and eric garner stand shoulder to shoulder with floyds family as Vice President joe biden visits privately with his family and his daughter gianna. His family vows to not give up in the fight for justice. We will get justice. Yes, we will. We will not let this door close. Facing a judge. 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