Oaklands lake merritt. Police are placing messages on a tree where describeas messages include much love, stand together and black lives not only matters, it is essential. There is some confusion over ropes found in trees that some say look like nooses. Those who put the reasons in the trees say that they were there for exercise. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony explains. These symbols are symbols of racial violence and it is inconsume xwentd on all of us to have that sensitivity, to have that knowledge. What a privilege for those of us that dont feel complete fear ienon wlatter we see a rope in crime, but intentions dont matter when it comes to terrorizing the public. Reporter portia degree man is t freeman is the one who the shot the video and posted her concerns on social media. It caught me off guard. Reporter but this man, victor, told us the reason is part of a rigging used by him and his friends as part of a larger swing system. He even shared this video of it in action with abc 7 news. Out of the dozens and thousands of people that have walked by, no one has thought that it looked anywhere close to a noose. Folks use it for exercise it was really a fun addition to the park that we tried to create. Reporter and he told us this small piece of rope still up in a tree is all part of the same system. It is unfortunate that genuine gesture of just wanting to create a good time got misinterpreted into something so heinous. Reporter in oakland, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. And abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area and were following the economy. As businesses start to reopen, were here to help you navigate the new rules and new realities. In san mateo county, salons, gyms and dining restaurants have the go ahead to reopen and this is after a rariance was e varia reopened. Tomorrow nail salons and tattoo parlors are also open. And this morning the casino is reopening three months after shutting down. It will have a smaller occupancy limit along with a reconfigured layout. It include spaced out slot machines and gaming tables equipped with plexiglass dividers. Everyone will be required to have a Temperature Check at the door, wear a face mask at all times and maintain physical distancing from other guests. It reopens at 8 00 a. M. This morning. And pier 39 will also reopen to the public today. The pier now has an entry gate and will limit the amount of people allowed to visit. Face masks are required for anyone 13 years and olr. Hand sanitizing stations are installed tro installed throughout the pier. About 80 of the visitors who come to pier 39 go and see the sea lions. Weve set up some guidelines and some markers on the ground so people can be aware of the social distancing while they are enjoying their sea lions. Hand rails and benches will be cleaned multie times a day. And as coronavirus cases continue to increase, governor n newsome is considering a statewide requirement of face coverings. The newsome administration briefed county Health Directors saying a statewide mask order is serao ruire oplel fost americans dont think highly of the federal governments response to coronavirus. Jobina fortson has those results. Yes, a gallop oig asked americans if they thought that the federal government had done a good job responding to covid19 and here are the results of that survey. What were finding here, most people thought that the response was fair or poor. 23 rated the government response as excellent. 20 good. 23 fair, and 34 poor. The number of coronavirus cases is rising in more than 20 states. Nine of them have hit record highs in new cases. 15 states are seeing up sticks in hospital stations. Still President Trump says the situation is improving. It is fading away. But have being a vaccine would be really nice and that is going to happen. Vice president mike pence has blamed the spike on increased testing, but many Health Experts say that does not explain why more people are in the hospital. Jobina, thank you. A lot of people with struggling to pay rent because of the pandemic. Next, the measure being voted on today in sacramento that could give them a break. And if you need a haircut,b. But therhi thebaer. , i would gi a haircut right now. Really . Your looks great. Thanks. Oh, yeah, there is a lot of share spray in here to keep it maintained. I know all about a lot of product. Lets talk about what is going on. It is hard to have a lot of product in your hair when it is this hot too. We have 52 in redwood city, 63 in daly city. Check out half moon bay, 45 degrees. Easily the cool spot. Especially when you compare to antioch, 74. So we already have a summer spread of nearly 30 degrees across our neighborhoods. Were waking up to milder temperatures just about everywhere except the north bay. Eisclng aut62 at san jose, degrees. North of the bay bridge through the delta will have the fastest winds during the evening commute. In the south bay, 67 at 8 00, 89 at noon, mid90s for several hours this afternoon. But 82 by 8 00. East bay valley, look at all that sunshine, 90 at noon, mid90s for several hours this afternoon. Still 85 at 8 00. And in the north bay, it is the warmest the longest. 93 at noon and mid90s through at least 7 00, dropping down to about 87 at 8 00. Well take a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast and the heat that is still causing some fire danger, that is coming up. Back to jobina and how is traffic . Hi, eaynice, everyone, for this early commute on a thursday. So well pull up the graphic so you can see all of the green lines all over. And green is good. So you can see hardly any slowdowns if at all right now. Were pulling up live camera here showing ultimate bay bridge toll plaza, a clear ride there as well. And we have been seeing the metering lights come back on now that more and more people are returning to work. But clear there. And i do have for you some drive times. Tracy to dublin, about 24 minutes. Antioch to concord, 13 minutes. When we closed our wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members onboard. We then focused our fivestar level of service to all who needed it. We made improvements to peoples lives. We strove to be better and we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. A and e at, but a morn 6thw 70s the rt ng to ofround 995. Even warmer this afternoon and still mid to upper 80s at 7 00 this evening. Sacramento valley, 8 00 red flag warning from sack are a 4e7b toe a and solano. Upper 90s. 102 in palm springs. 80 in yosemite and monter today, a judge are is expected to sentence pg e after more testimony from the victims families. Pg e pleaded guilty to 84 counts ever Involuntary Manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting a fire. Ticulate their loss to inclung o lost her mother. We lost everything. Ive never been through anything like this in my life. And i lost her. I didnt realize how much she meant to me until she was gone. Pg e has agreed to pay 3. 5 million for its crimes. In addition to 500,000 for the cost of the investigation. A man faces charges for at least one in a series of sexual attacks on a popular trail in this is him. He turned himself in yesterday after police started circulating his photo. Police say one of the victims has positively identified him. At least six women say that they were grabbed from behind while they jogged on the iron horse trail between march and june 5. And a new twist in the disturbing story of ebay executives accused of that cyber stalking plot. Abc news confirms ebays former ceo and coo allegedly exk45i7ked Text Messages saying that well crush this lady. Court documents say it was in response to a massachusetts couples unflattering story about the company. Other ebay employees have been accused of using those texts as license to mail the couple things like cockroaches, a bloody pig mask, and a book on surviving the death of a spouse. They both resigned last year and neither has been officially charged. State lawmakers are set to pa landlords must hel attempt to work out a deal with the tenant before eviction. Renters would have ten years starting in 2024 to pay back unpaid rent. They may also be eligible for loan forgiveness and in exchange landlords would receive ten years of tax credits equal to the amount of unpaid rent. The state would assume any financial loss. And as the bay area starts to reopen for business, there are new rules and realities. And it has been nearly four months since eric thomas saw his barber. So yesterday on the first day that they could reopen, he got a trim and a look at how things have changed. You want to cut the top down . Reporter it has been a very, very long time since i had as much hair to chop down as this young man. Now when i go to the main event barber shop, it is for what i call the middle aged trim. You been okay . Im fine. Reporter the owner, jeremy, has been calling me more than a decade. Jeremy has mixed emotions. The barber shop, nail salon bes, you know, we feel like weve been forgotten about through this whole pandemic. rnervous, y know, were excited, were anxious. Reporter anxious to see regular customers like your true ily and have an income again since many of his barbers have families. I was anxious to see what was different. Take one side off at a time and hold to your face. Wrrt fir reporter first irks client and barbers have to wear masks. You use it in your hand to hold it in place over nose and mouth. The magazines have been replaced by hand sanitizer. Barber chairs are 6 feet apart, 10 feet between the chairs and benches. Since they take appointments, no crowding inside. There was one thing that jeremy couldnt take care of today that he normally does is because the mask requirements, he couldnt trim minus tash. In concord, eric thomas, abc 7 news. I didnt even think about that. Interesting, mike. So well see what it looks like in another four months with eric. Ire in c youre in contra costa county. Did you go get a cut in. Not yet. My wife is the last one to cut my hair and i keep puggi inbugg to cut it because i still have to wait three more weeks to get my hair done by a professional. 10 that is the way it goes. Good morning, everybody. We made to friday eve, if you will. 71, so you can seeh hills. Today is likely our warmest day moving forward and definitely our driest. Lowest amount of humidity in the air today, that will help along with the sunshine. And above average highs just about every ann in tfternoon in7 day forecast. If you warrayou want a break, yo go to the coast. 84 in millbrae to palo alto at 91. Upok at those low to even a few this afternoon. Low to mid80s downtown, south San Francisco, so a little uncomfortable there. Low to mid90s through most of the north bay. Santa rosa at 97. Along the east bay shore, 84 at richmond. Well reach 90 at castro valley, union city, newark and fremont. And as we head into the east bay valleys, nearly 100 in brentwood. But look at this, most of us fall back into the 50s once again tonight. Up in the hills, 60s. And places like antioch, upper 60s. This is 7 00 tonight, this is midnight, and look what happens by tomorrow morning. That will help especially along the coast bring some slightly cooler weather and also into the bay. But inland, it will still be roasting in the 90s. In fact we dont get rid of the 90s except for tuesday of next week. Well get rid of the 80s for a while starting saturday around the bay and well stay way through wednesday. It will be a nice warm fathers day. Twitter is rolling out audio tweets, and there is a new dating app for dog vers. Here is this mornings techbytes. Twitter is testing voice tweets. They allow users to to to than two minutes of audio. It is available now only to a limited group of people. Twitter says that that will change in the coming week. Here is a new way to deep your social distance while you fly. How about doubledecker seating in premium economy . The inventor says that his lied flat seats wont take up anymore room than the current seats, no word if any airline is interested. Dating apps have goon to do dogs. A new app called dig helps users find a dog lover. The app even suggests dog friendly locations for the first date. We know that dating life can be pretty ruff. Those are your techbytes. State lawmakers want to crack down on racially motivated 911 calls. Theriminal charge that they could then face. The pandemic for schools to switch to online learning, but trade schools are rising to the challenge of hands on classes. And tomorrow is juneteenth. Abc will have a one hour special, you can watch it here nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Courayntsupo 2 mores. Ineup. Shopathome at nissan usa dot com. Im an associate here at amazon. Step onto the blue line, sir. This device is giving us an accurate Temperature Check. Youre good to go. I have to take care of my coworkers. Thats how i am. I have a son, and he said, one day im gonna be like you, im gonna help people. Youre good to go, maam. I hope so. This is my passion. If i can take of everyone who is sick out there, i would do it in a heartbeat. Here ikthated flag warning, high fire danger for solano county. Humidity is down to single digits, so anything that does spark would spread rapidly. It goes until about 9 00 and then a little bit of a lull as the winds back off and it gets hot. But the winds pick up again around 4 00. And then the temperature drops down and that fire index finally goes away. Liz. All right, were three months intooteae difrence of what life is like. Check out the difference in traffic. We were up over interstate 280 twice. On the left is the video from april. On the right just one week ago. So there is more traffic now, but it is still very light compared to before the pandemic. That is i guess is one nice thing, were getting used to no traffic. A new proposal in california could make racially motivated 911 calls a hate crime. Alvates race,ill berodud religi protected class. Several recent incidents have caused outrage. Right now it is illegal to make law does not address discrimination. Virtual learning has presented many challenges. It has been especially difficult for students of trade schools where handson learning is a big part of the curriculum. Several dozen students are watching the proper way of coloring hair from home instead institute of cosmetology. When classrooms had to shut down, they focused on theory. But then it became clear that they had to find a way to give students handson experience. I can be oit somebodyhe aai and i can say no, hold it higher, bring it towards you. It is difficult because you are not right there over their shoulder. And sometimes they will call us and walk us through it. The goal is to bring back eindk t in small groups to scol t on up studes c cut hair on real people. A family of green falcons is happily back together this morning. The two chicks were found on the ground at sfo last month, they apparently fell from their nest and were unable to fly back to it. Rescue workers think their nest may have been too high for them to get back to. After loving care and attention, the chicks were reunited with mom and dad yesterday. Very sweet. Those are cute. What a great ending to that story. Lets take a look at your above average temperatures for friday in 70 in San Francisco to 94 in antioch. There will be slight relief saturday as we try to drop about four degrees across the board. But for fathers day, yep, another miner morerodex a00, san mateo couny, fallout in atlanta after the Police Killing of rayshard brooks. The problem the department is dealing with after two officers were charged. And a rally here in the bay area in support of law enforcem [ siren ]ur hand i can save you. Lots of money with Liberty Mutual we customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Now at 5 00, fallout in atlanta after the Police Killing of rayshard brooks. The issue the department isdein two officers were charged. An unexpected news, most businesses in san mateo, they have been given the goahead to reopen. Hey, reggie, good to see you. Good to see you too. Lets check in with mike nicco with a look at youour day ahea. It was a Beautiful Day yesterday. Were turning up the heat . I think so. I think that it will be a little less comfortable today. But that day you had yesterday, well try to repeat that tomorrow. Lets take a look at what is going on with live doppler 7. Hopefully youregthismorn nos ther s obviouy. O m youtep outth c where it 51. Well go from 66 to 72 at the coast today, and then the local sea breeze will kick in and drop you down to 62 at 7 00. 85 to 90 at lunchtime, 91 to 94 bay and inland at 4d 83 to 87 f walk. Im following breaking news at the live desk, San Jose Police are involved in a standoff at a home, well take a live look at the scene to see what is happening. This is