It is scenes like this that are drawing complaints all over the bay area. Dangerous, illegal fireworks set off nightly in neighborhoods. Now steps are taken to do something to keep it from happening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Leslie brinkley dug into the complaints and what is being done in the east bay. Reporter in Alameda County the neighborhood fireworks are bigger, stronger and louder than in years past. That is what weve been getting a lot of complaints on, not just the volume but the force of the explosions that people are hearing in the community and a lot of those are the aerial mortars. People arent watching those into the sky, theyre launching them more horizontally instead of vertically so were seeing projectiles into neighborhoods. Littered with this weekends fire power. Why is it worse this year . Law enforcement officials are guessing that people are bored and at home willing to buy illegal fireworks online for diversion, seizures are down. We believe a lot of the fireworks got into the state because a lot of the resources were deployed elsewhere. Reporter coronavirus was a contributing factor and enforcement is a factor. Officers are enforcing on one block and they are another block down. It is widespread. We continue to reach out to the community to find solutions to lessen the illegal use of fireworks and the celebratory gunfire. Reporter and canceled fourth of july shows like the one in moraga. Parks in dublin are banning all fireworks this year. If youre purchasing safe and sane fireworks you could only use them at your Single Family residence. Reporter seizing more illegal fireworks this coming week is becoming a top priority. The last thing we want to do is have people have to evacuate for any reason, especially a wildfire caused by fireworks. Reporter in the east bay, im leslie brinkley, abc7 news. And the chp has been busy chasing down illegal fireworks. Officers say they spotted all of the boxes in plain sight in a car in vacaville last thursday, they stopped it after seeing it going 100 Miles Per Hour on 80. They stopped another car for speeding in placerville and it too was loaded with illegal fireworks. In the north bay, Health Officials are growing concerned with the latest coronavirus hot spot. San quentin prison. There was zero cases but as you could see from the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation, the numbers have climbed to more than 300. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman talked with families of inmates today. Reporter san quentin is about the last place anyone would want to live even on the best of days. During this pandemic those inside describe the prison conditions as a version of hell. Hes scared. Im scared for him. Im just very, very concerned that my friends are trapped in a petri dish. Reporter lorraine has a son inside. They are two among more than a dozen people we spoke with today of the firsthand knowledge of a hot zonin spied of the prison. A prison in the 1850 is not equipped to deal with a global pandemic. Reporter there was not a single case in may but that changed after a transfer of inmates from chino, where there had been an outbreak. Later 15 of those inmates tested positive for covid19. By then it was too late. Today the state announced san quentin passed the 300 case mark, including staff members. How is that not their fault. Now it is spreading like wildfire in there. Reporter since the pandemic hit our community, the department has worked tirelessly to implement measures to protect staff, the incarcerated population and community at large said the department of corrections in a statement today. But the people inside are saying that with an overcrowded population, they could do more. The cells are about four feet wide by nine feet which means a basic thing like getting six feet distance from someone else is impossible. Reporter those who are sick all in one room. Theyre just leaving them. Like they take their temperature once a day and maybe gift them tylenol and that is it. Reporter what happens behind the walls does matter, they say. Yes, san quentin is a state prison but the virus is plor concentrated here and with people coming or going, covid19 is hardly locked down. In morin county, wayne freidman, abc7 news. The number of covid19 cases are going up across the state. Today the governor said he does not want to revert back to the stayathome order but is prepared to do so if there is a surge. Lyanne melendez joins us and what are the numbers looking like right now. Reporter well, afarming according to the governor. We have contributing factors. You had the protests, businesses reopening and more testing available. So not surprising that these numbers are higher. But the governor is concerned that this upward trend will continue so today he got a little help from a few friends to spread the word about using masks. Governor newsom tapped former california governors, two democrats and two republicans, to help urge people to wear a mask. Look, nobody wants to wear these things. This is not about being weak. It is about fighting the disease and keeping our families an ourself safe. And it is about getting californians back to work. Reporter even with a mandate in california to wear face coverings, the number of cases went up, 46,000 in the past 14 days. The governor acknowledged the higher numbers are due in part to more testing. 92,000 tests were done just yesterday alone in california. Accordingly, were starting to see an increase in hospitalizations. A week ago we saw modest increase. But this week we have experienced an increase that when you stretch it out over 14day band, has gone up by roughly 16 . Reporter the number of people in the icu also increased by 11 . This as businesses throughout e state is currently assisting 11 counts with higher than expected numbers. At the top of the list is los angeles. Governor newsom said while today the situation is manageable, he fears as people become more complacent, the numbers will continue to grow. And revert back to where we were just a few months ago. We dont intend to do that, we dont want to do that but we are prepared to do that if we must. Reporter and by the way today dr. Mark galley head of health and Human Services for the state made it a point to also advise people 65 years and older and those with medical conditions to please try to stay home as much as possible. Because as we saw there the numbers are still high. Lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Thank you very much. Behind the wheel driving tests will restart at california dmv on friday. The tests were suspended because of the pandemic. Face masks will be required at all times. Customers will be screened beforehand. At least two of the cars windows need to be lowered and examiners will place plastic seat covers on the seats. The dmv will reschedule all canceled tests an expects to take weeks to catch up. New tests will not be available until they get rid of the backlog. San francisco is planning to take a step forward one week from today. The mayor announcing that hair salons, nail salons and tattoo parlors could reopen june 29th. Museums and zoos could also reopen. Outdoor bars could reopen and outdoor swimming could re. This is all contingent on the state approving the citys request for a variance and Health Indicators remaining stable. In the south bay, for the first time in Santa Clara County history, a proposal to declare racism as a Public Health crisis is being presented to the board of supervisors. The declaration is sponsored by cindy chavez and david cortez. Esented it to a group of black community leaders. Here is what it means. This is the beginning of the conversation. And it is a good start. And the community would like to see it go further and assure that we have more than just war zone paper. Reporter they took the podium one by one to hold accountable Santa Clara County. Board supervisor cindy chavez and david cortez joined the group in solidarity, armed with two declarations. The First Official support for black lives matter, the second that racism is a Public Health crisis. Were committed to equity, to justice, and inclusive collaboration with our black community. Reporter the declaration presents an 11point action plan to address racism as a Public Health crisis, including the following, hiring with a Racial Equity lens and make educational efforts to dismantle and deep understanding racism and train officials and staff on workplace bias and promote the health of people of color. It is the most comprehensive plan in the county history to address racism, firmly putting an 8 million budget behind making reforms. Activists who spoke today said the last thing they want is fake allyship. There are elected officials who will take a knee with you and the very next day go inside and vote against your very interest. Dont fall for it. Reporter they listed on reparations to the elimination of juvenile system to defunding the police. The supervisor is willing to look at all of it. His proposal will be presented at the tuesday board of supervisors meeting along with additional actions. I think by the time july and august are over, this group will see a whole lot of changes here in Santa Clara County. I think it is just tienl that they understand that we know that youre just talking. We want to see the action and the change. Reporter in san jose, kris reyes for abc7 news. Just ahead, Law Enforcement killings in vallejo. New scrutiny for the District Attorney and new calls for her to step aside . The popular website next door is combatting criticism for how it diesels with Police Departments. And plurl with a mission says thank theand we want to thank times, the Extraordinary People in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. At novartis, we promise to do our part. As always, were doing everything we can to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. If you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. Were here to help support you when you need us. Take care, and be well. To learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx. Com were learning of an important investigation decision in the case of a Vallejo Police officer who shot and killed sean montsa rosa. This is the family, they are demanding that the District Attorney prosecutor recuse herself. Melanie woodrow was there with the story. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. If the families dont know each other before, they do now. Were all members of a club that nobody wants to be part of it. Reporter each connected to a person a Vallejo Police officer shot and killed. All of them demanding the District Attorney Krishna Abrams prosecute the officers or recuse herself. Were not going away. Reporter in 2018 police shot Ronnel Foster in the back because he didnt have a headlight on his bicycle. The Police Department has said foster wrestled a flashlight away from an officer and was about to attack him with it. That is how you teach somebody, by killing them. Reporter the d. A. Found the use of force justified n. 2019 officers shot willie mccoy 50 times at a taco bell drive through where he fell asleep with a gun in his lap. peered to be reaching for the gun as he woke. The d. A. Has still not made a decision about the case. 15 months has gone by. The family should have a right to know what youre going to do this or not. Reporter and members of the club, chars family, his sisters have just bearing him friday. We want to take a week off but there is no time to take off. Reporter he dropped to a kneeling position and placed his hands above the waist, revealing what the officer who shot him believed to be the butt of a handgun. It turned out to be a hammer. The District Attorney tells abc7 news the attorney general declined to conduct an independent review of the case. The families did not have access to the d. A. Office today without an appointment. In an email statement to abc 7 news the District Attorney Krishna Abrams said, quote, we understand the anger and frustration that many are feeling in our community and we strongly support the right to speak up and peacefully protest issues that are important to our community. Ill be here every day if i have to be. Reporter in fairfield, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. Next door is responding to the movement sparked by the death of george floyd by removing a feature. 7 on your side Michael Finney is live with that story and more. Michael . Reporter weve reported on this site for a long time and it brings neighborhood members together. But it has a feature called notify the police it is actually called forward to police. That is the option. And theyre getting rid of it from now on. Users could send a post directly to the local Police Department but next door said after talking with members and Law Enforcement partners it became clear it was time to get rid of the feature. Now subject to complaints of users taking advantage of the platform to racially profile others through misleading posts. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the irs has expanded eligibilities early withdraw from retirement accounts. If you have had a pay cut, a job offered pooled, a job start date delayed or are going through some other financial rough patch, due to covid19, youre eligible. It is part of the cares act that allowed you to take up to 100,000 out of the account without the usual 10 penalty. Many cruise lines have suspended all departures from the United States through september 15th due to the pandemic. The centers for Disease Control has a no sail order that expires on july 24th but the Cruise Line International association said it is clear more time is needed before service can resume. Norwegian cruise line has already canceled all departures until october 1st and many instances guests are being offered refunds or an opportunity to rebook at a later date. Many consumer advocates are telling people to think long and hard before you take money out of your retirement account. It could help you now but could harm you later. Dan, ama. Good information, michael, thank you very much. Doctors in San Francisco painted a mural in support of medical workers during the pandemic. It was done on wooden boards outside of the zuny cafe on market street. The artist jen bloomer painted a coloring book design and the Emergency Department filled it in. They felt a great deal of gratitude for the support theyve received as theyve been in the trenched during the pandemic so they wanted a mural that shares appreciation for everybodys role in taking care. The mural was created in collaboration with fill the void, zuny cafe will be open for Outdoor Dining with a view of the mural. And these are pictures of the finished piece. Doctors started painting at 10 00 this morning and wrapped up just about an hour ago. Great work. Well it is the first full week of summer. Sandhya patel will be here to if yoyoull get 2 vyears or 20,000 miles of scheduled carefree maintenance. 3 years or 36,000 miles of 24 7 roadside assistance. 4 years or 50,000 miles bumpertobumper limited warranty. 5 years of connected services. And for 6 years you wont have paid any interest. Down the road, youll be grateful you bought a volkswagen today. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Welcome to summer in the bay area. If youre looking around you may notice the variety of weather. Live doppler 7 showing you the fog sitting across parts of the coastline. But take a look at this view from our east bay hills camera. Will you notice as we look toward vul mer peak, there is the sun. This is typical for this time of the year. From emmoriville, you know the fog and it is looking back toward sutro tower. San francisco reported 63. 69 in oakland and 85 in gilroy. Some areas are up and some cooler. Socked in from the Golden Gate Bridge camera with a breeze on the bridge, 79 in santa rosa. 74 in napa. But notice the heat around fairfield, managing to get up to 97. Here is a look wat what will happen. High pressure bringing us the pete inland. It will continue to build this week and well see hotter weather in our inland communities over the next several days. So get ready for that. A heat advisory in effect for Solano County until 8 00 p. M. Saturday. That is most of this week. For lake and Mendocino County until 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow, dangerous heat and so you definitely want to take it easy out there. This heat advisory extends through Northern California and the Central Valley through saturday. A live look from the san jose camera, seeing sun and the fog expands overnight tonight. Patchy morning drizzle. Were looking at a little cooler for most areas tomorrow afternoon but then the right rebuilds toward midweek. There is a risk of illness. Tonight you notice the fog as we head toward the overnight hours expanding across the bay. Tomorrow morning for the commute youll notice a gray sky around the bay and along the coast line. And then into the afternoon we see the typical fog near the beaches, a few high clouds going into the night time hours. Morning temperatures from the low 50s to low 60s. As we head into the afternoon, the south bay numbers look like this. It is pretty comfortable. 87 in morgan hill, 86 san jose and 80 in palo alto. 61 and foggy inacicwn san franc degrees with 78 in san rafael, 82 in skroes, 74 in oakland. Heading inland it is warm. 91 in livermore. 92 in fairfield. But the accuweather sevenday forecast will feature that heat building, mid to upper 90s, thursday and friday inland. Comfortable at the coast in the mid60s. So were offering you the variety this time of the year. Ama and dan. Love it. Thank you, sandhya. There is a plan floating around to rename a major at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. Luckily, we are right around the corner with safer ways to shop so you can enjoy the moments you do make. Like making sure you have pool toys the whole family can try out. Before playing in the yard. And if you do spend the day indoors, always have enough snacks. This summer, walgreens is making shopping safer, with touchless pay and drive thru pick up, so you can keep your summer going. Walgreens coming up tonight on abc7 news at 6 00, police under fire for firing rubber bullets into an Apartment Building during a protest. The iteam investigates whether there was an appropriate use of force or a civil rights violation. Also you look like a female [ inaudible ]. A painful encounter for transgender teen. Hes hoping this viral video will serve as a lesson to others. All coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6 00. Finally tonight weve seen Christopher Columbus statues be toppled. Would the next thing be the citys name. There is a petition seeking to rename columbus, ohio, to favor town. It has over 35,000 signatures and it closing in on the goal of 50,000. Columbus is the state capital in the center of the state. And if youre driving, it is about half way between cincinnati and cleveland. But dan, where does the name flavortown come from . It is a catch phrase of guy fieri. He is a columbus native and the city is one of the largest test markets for the Food Industry according to a petition. Budweiser will give in the city a free bud light selter if the name moves to flavor town. Well have to see. There is the explanation. World news tonight with david muir is next. And im ama daetz. Thank you for inviting us into your homes tonight. Well see you again at 6 00. Bye for now. For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. Tonight, developing news on coronavirus in the u. S. In texas, the governor now saying the rate of increase is unacceptable. Florida tonight surpassing 100,000 cases. And president Trumps Campaign staff, two more members testing positive following his rally in tulsa. Coronavirus now spreading at an alarming rate across the u. S. More than 120,000 american lives lost. A dozen states reporting record numbers tonight. Hospital workers overwhelmed in california and arizona. Florida and that grim milestone. More than half of new cases are under 35. Tonight, miamis mayor making masks in public mandatory. Arizona setting up tents to handle the overflow of patients. And in texas, the governor now urging everyone to wear a mask. Meantime, after the president s rally in tulsa,
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