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Citys black community. I want black boys growing up today to drive because we chose to change how this city and how this country treats our young black men, not as a statistic or an inevitable tragedy but as an important part of our citys future. Reporter chief William Scott while the cuts are significant, they are cuts we can absorb. But the Police Officers Association Says Response Times could suffer if the department cant hire new officers. It could impact our ability to respond to emergency calls for service if we dont have the necessary staffing. Reporter the mayor says the city is also focused on Police Accountability and bias. The pandemic has made San Franciscos homeless crisis even more dire. The new budget includes an additional 1,500 units of supportive housing. Advocates say its definitely needed. I think especially during pandemic, people are just so distraught and just so disconnected without electricity. Reporter to save more money and avoid layoffs, mayor breed is now asking the citys labor unions to postpone pay raises for the next two years in. San francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. So this is obviously all very huge and important with news with longlasting implications. The San Francisco chronicle insider phil matier is here to discuss the issues. What predictions do you have about San Franciscos future in all this . That is really interesting, dan. That is what people at city hall, not just in San Francisco, but san ramon, santa clara, all across the state are grappling with now. Cities and counties are unsure about the future. It used to be just a year ago that you could take a look at economic projections. You could see what the tourist city was doing, what tech was doing, what possible money might be coming in. Thats all gone, its wiped out. The budget from the state on down is built on projections that nobody can depend on. For example, San Francisco is depending on 300 million coming in from a tax overhaul that voters need to approve. The entire budget is also predicated on the feds continuing their level of support that weve been seeing. Thats a big question. Will it happen . Its also based on the idea that were going to stop viral spending within the year if none of those things come through, then San Francisco is going to have even tougher choices than between social justice and the coronavirus and the homeless. Theyre going to have to come up with a new way to pay for it all. Phil, do you see any positive outcomes to the situation . We can hope. What we have here is the mayor sort of sitting going, look, theres not a lot of positive to go around right now. We have state lawmakers, for example, looking, can they figure out a way for the state to cushion Unemployment Benefits if the feds cut them. Thats going to require possibly borrowing future money against that. Is that positive . It is if youre unemployed right now and youre looking for the money. Its for the longterm future that remains to be seen. I would say that the positives that are here is the reaffirmed message that we are all in it together. If we really want to change everything from the opening of the schools to funding for social justice to taking care of the homeless to getting the schools going, you got to wear a mask. How simple is that . Thats probably the best investment you and i could be making right now. Thats a good point. You touched on this a little bit, this house of cards. A lot of whatifs in the citys budget. And its dependent upon voters or federal funds. What happens if those ifs dont come through . Freezing pay for city workers. Rather than giving them the raises. If that doesnt work, then theres a possibility and not just in San Francisco but the real possibility of we will see layoffs that basically they will say we cant afford. And were going to see service cuts. Its an expensive state, its an expensive place to live. And, dan, if we dont have the money coming in, you cant have it going out. And we can only borrow so much. So, yes, if those ifs dont come through, then the other ifs are pretty severe. Cant get blood from a turnip after all. You can read phils column on sundays and wednesdays. Small Business Owners in San Francisco say they may not be able to stay in business much lnger. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez tells us what resources are still out there. If i could, i would close. Reporter small Business Owners along San Franciscos west portal neighborhood are either closing down permanently or theyre unsure how much time they have. Its just the stress of people are not coming in. Not too long. How much time . Im not sure. Reporter this shoe service shop has seen several owners prior to lugo since it opened in the 1940s. He said hes tried to apply for loans. I tried to apply for the state and it was the same thing. Why waste more time trying to get something that is not going to happen . Reporter on friday, assemblymember organized a webinar with the state treasurer to discuss resources for small businesses. The ppp program and august 8th. And we do understand that not all banks are making the program as available as wed like to. Some of the small businesses, some of them are a little bit smaller. Reporter down the street, this flower studio is one by one person. We lost the weddings. We lost the graduations, proms. Reporter she said if it wasnt for her landlord discounting her rent, shed be closed by now. He told me that i can pay a very bare minimum, and then right now he said, well, if you have a plan, which i dont, as none of us do. Reporter she does not expect shell last another year. Given todays situation, if i get the same amount of orders, i dont know, maybe until january. Reporter in San Francisco, Lauren Martinez, abc7 news. Lets turn your attention now to the economy from the economy to our health. California announced its youngest victim of coronavirus, a teenager in the Central Valley has died. No other details were provided beyond that the patient had Underlying Health conditions. This comes as Alameda County warnings that the majority of cases are coming from teenagers and young adults. About 75 of cases are people under the age of 50. Many of them teenagers. You know, its absolutely something that can affect younger adults and young people. They can bring it home to their families and their households. Alameda county is also reporting the highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began with more than 200 people. And right now h 25 to 30 of icu beds available. More than 9,000 people have died statewide from coronavirus. Were closing in on half a million total cases in the state. About 6,600 people are hospitalized. That number continues to decrease. Were also seeing the percentage of tests coming back positive declined. Now, here in the bay area specifically, the number of new cases appears to be slowing. The rolling average represented by the yellow line on this graph is on a downward slope. Contra costa health counties unleashed their growing frustration. Theyve reached a critical point with hospitalizations. We need the National Guard to come out to tell these fools who dont want to wear masks that if youre going to wear the mask or youre going to go home. Many of the people who are dying are younger. And 40 of the cases are from the latin x community. Every bay area county is on the states watch list for increased coronavirus activity. San mateo county is the newest addition. Indoor gyms and salons expect theyll have to shut down tomorrow. We are tracking every county in california to see whether it made the states watch list and how long its been there. You can check out this interactive map on abc7news. Com. If you do business with two of americas biggest banks, you may find the closest branch to you temporarily closed with no clue as to when it will reopen. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas explains how covid19 is affecting bay area banking. Reporter business is booming at the atm. But just try to go inside this hayward bank of america branch. This is frustrating. Reporter theres more of this going around than you might think. Temporary Bank Branch Closures because of covid19. The b of a branch is indeed shut down. For caroline the next closest branch is two and a half miles away. Yeah. The line is so long or like sometimes i go to oakland because, like, theyre not that busy. Reporter we took a look at the website and found 79 branches closed throughout the bay area. The company warned back in march it may change or reduce hours and temporarily close Banking Centers to keep customers and employees safe from covid19. And its not just bank of america. Im angry because i work between oakland and San Francisco, and theres a wells fargo over there right by my job. Its closed. Reporter so was this branch on mcarthur boulevard in oakland. A check of wells fargos website finds at least 62 locations scattered throughout the region are temporarily shut down. We reached out to both banks for comment. In a statement wells fargo said, quote, these temporary closures have occurred in areas where were seeing fewer visits, where smaller location may be near a larger location thats better able to accommodate physical distancing. B of a did not respond. But we found this statement on its website. It says, quote, we are doing everything we can to reopen as soon as possible, though some locations may remain closed for an extended period of time. In hayward, eric thomas, abc7 news. With the covid19 occurring and a lot of people working from home now, it does cause a lot more people to say why am i staying in the expensive bay area or why am i staying in this crowded city. Hes saying what a lot of people are thinking. And he turned it into action. Trading in his San Francisco condo for life in a rolling home. But this isnt always so glamorous. And some people with homes are making a new commitment to their property. The pandemic made them take the plunge into building a backyard pool. Im an army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. R opro theyr e, a bigger car they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. In our mission to build a better bay area, we are focused this week on the housing shift. Its happening in the bay area as we speak, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. And when we talk about housing, you might picture a house. Well, today we focus on alternatives living in rvs, campers and other vehicles. Dustin dorsey shows you how amid a pandemic, this lifestyle is growing more popular than ever. Reporter between skyhigh housing prices in the bay area and covid19 wunderlust, people are opting for homes on wheels. This man sold his condo and hit the road. With a lot of people working from home now and covid19, it does cause a lot more people to say why am i staying in the expensive bay area or why am i staying in this crowded city, wherever it is in the country and moving into an rv allows you to do that. You can wake up and have a different view every day. You dont have the incredibly high cost of living. Just getting out of the craziness with the traffic and exploring nature, you know, being in the trees or being close to water, thats just the best part of it right there. And theres a lot of work. Theres things that break down. Theres problems that happen on the road. Its an adventure. But its been one thats been very worthwhile so far. Reporter now, rv life isnt just about travel. Many have opted to homes on wheels out of necessity and they park them along city streets across the bay area. According to the 2019 Santa Clara County homeless census, the number of individualsidualsd mobley. Reported living in vehicles, cars, rvs, which was an increase from previous years. We are helping people find housing. However, more people are entering our system, becoming homeless for the first time. So we know those economic pressures, those economic hardships are increasing, rents are increasing, wages arent keeping up with that. The income inequities are greater than ever. Reporter this change in lifestyle has led to a massive need for rvs with sales going through the roof. Here at family rv in morgan hill, their fouracre lot is normally full of choices for buyers. But this is the reality now. Empty after nearly their entire inventory was either sold or rented in the last two months. As the cost of housing in the bay area has increased, weve definitely seen a large number of people who will come in and look at an rv as another way of getting out of town but also securing housing for themselves. We had about between rentals in sales we had over 200 units. And now theyre all gone. Most of our reservations now are booked online. We have a hospitalgrade sterilization system that goes on and no one has allowed to go into the rv until the actual customer comes in to pick them up. And its not just the lowincome spectrum. People sell their homes and then can go live in an rv for a period of time. Its another way. Its really the whole economic spectrum. Weve seen the increase in both. Reporter so whether its that chase for adventure or just finding a way to survive, life on wheels may be a way of the future in the bay area. Reporting, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. Its getting more popular all the time. To check out all of our reports, we brought you this week about the housing shift and to help find your own housing issues, go to abc7news. Com betterbayarea to get help on your housing issues. Some of those look so nice inside. Well, those with backyards are turning them into their new vacation spot. Thats brought on a demand in surge for backyard pools. Abc7 News Reporter david louis does a cost and benefit analysis. Reporter this is how some people are spending their vacation budget. Requests for pool installation Design Construction has gone up ten times probably what it was before. The phone rings all day long. People wanting pools. Reporter this contractor owns blue water pools. It can take three to four months to design and build a pool. There are lots of options and choices similar to remodeling a kitchen. The cost of a pool runs about 75,000. Add a spa and it can cost 110,000 or so. But people are diving in. Rather than spending that money to go on a vacation every year which may costu coulbu the. And you can use it yearround. Reporter he says some customers have wanted a pool for years but never took the plunge. The pandemic made others realize their yards could be better used to allow them to stay at home without worry about flying and possible virus exposure. I am happy i made the decision at this point now that we are on lockdown for a while. And i have three children to entertain. So, im hoping that this will be a recreational oasis in our home. Reporter this family can wait, but it has run into delays they and the contractor cant control. The inspection process which you cant avoid and is a bit out of your control did hit a recent snag in the last few weeks just in the Response Time from the city. Reporter permitting andecti been delayed due to Building Department staff working from home. Inviting neighbors and friends over for a Big Pool Party might have to wait due to social distancing. But the immediate family can make quite a splash with a staycation. David louis, abc7 news. Its warm enough to jump in a pool these days. Sandhya has the Weather Forecast next. And you can watch the return of the nba on abc7 news this sunday. The portland trail blazers will play the Boston Celtics at noon. Thats followed by the nba countdown at 5 00. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Sandhya broke it to me yesterday that august is starting in like a heart beat. [ laughter ] i mean, i knew what the date was, dan, but it just didnt sink in yet. I know. We talked about it too. June and july just flew by. Summer is winding down soon. Sandhya, i cant believe it. I want to jump in one of those pools we had in the last segment. [ laughter ] hey, that would be a good time to jump into the pool this upcoming weekend because its going to be hot. Ama, dan, it is going to be august 1st tomorrow, believe it or another. Take a look at live doppler 7 right now. We do have near the coast. But parts of San Francisco actually had a chance to enjoy some sun. And i want to show you a live picture from our camera. Heres another perspective from our emoriville camera where we are seeing some patchy fog redevelop. Its in the 70s around san jose. Youre seeing sunshine right now around santa rosa. Petaluma, 76. Tomorrow were going to bump you up some more into the mid90s. From our kgo roof still have a nice breeze which kept the coastal areas nice and mild. Foggier parts of the coast. Hot inland which is why you might want to jump in the pool. As you take a look at the hourbyhour forecast, fog will spill over across the bay into the east bay, parts of the north bay. We do have a shallower marine layer in so tomorrow itll fill back in along the coast primarily by evening. Temperatures in the morning anywhere from the 50s to the 60s. Fog near the beaches and toward the bay. And then a warm day for the south bay. 88 degrees loss gatos. 80 in redwood city. 64 degrees Half Moon Bay. Temperatures about where you should be for this time of year. 64 in the sunset district. North bay temperatures 83 in san rafael. As we head into the east bay, itll be anywhere from the low 70s to the low 80s. Head inland and this is where those temperatures will be a little bit above average for this time of year. But if youve been waiting for hot summer weather and it hasnt been just hot enough for you, there you go. 96 in brentwood. 95 in antioch. You at least have ac there. As you check out the temperature trend for next week, talk about a whiplash. Were going to drop quite a bit. As a matter of fact, inland highs will be primarily in the low to mid80s for the warmest spots on tuesday. Upper 50s to low 60s coastside. Wednesday only in the low 80s. So youre going to definitely need to start bringing out those layers again if you dont have them handy as those temperatures do drop off. We have one good looking weekend for you with a wide range of temperatures. 34degree difference between coast and inland tomorrow. And same thing on sunday. So well offer you a variety for the weekend. A little bit of a cooldown as we head towards next week. Tuesday, wednesday could see some drizzle, especially during the Morning Hours as a couple of systems pass to our north. We are looking at low to mid80s for our inland valley. And then temperatures will rebound on thursday and friday. But i think we have to just change it up every so often. Cant have summer heat all summer long. So well cool it off. How does that sound . Good point. Sounds good. Well, it is one thing to test yourself for coronavirus. What about your ditch counter, your laptop, a door knob . A Bay Area Company has the tools to let you do that with the results in 48 hours. Really interesting. Multiple bay area counties blaming social gatherings for surging cases of the coronavirus. Why Health Officials say there is nothing they can do. Im Michael Finney with a bipartisan proposal to make dealing with the edd a whole lot easier. Ill show it to you coming up on 7 on your side. Abc7 is partnering with iheart radio to help local businesses who have been hard during this pandemic. Just click on support the want restand schools . Pen . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. For spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. The edd got a big bashing yesterday when the California State Assembly held a hearing that took the agency to task for not doing its job well enough and fast enough. 7 on your sides Michael Finney has been investigating the agency for weeks. And he joins us with a simple proposal that could really make a big difference. Michael . Ama, look, this seems easy enough. Two state senators, one a republican, one democrat, got together, sent a letter to the governor asking can the edd just answer its phones . Watch as this guy tries to get into the edd office, frustrated. And it happens not just in person but on the phone countless times a day. When i caught up with laura davis, she had been unemployed for weeks and had never been able to connect with a live person at edd. The closest i got to getting through was i got a recorded message that said were experiencing an extremely high volume of calls right now, goodbye. Reporter we were with this woman when she was on the edd help line. Covid19 has created a big increase in the number of calls, but we are here to help you. Reporter Democratic State senator Melissa Furtado says this has to end. Im really concerned because the Unemployment Rate has gone up and we need to resolve this issue now. Reporter she told me she partnered with republican state senator scott wilk to send this letter to the gerno its one. Make it possible for the edd to answer the phone. We just cannot afford to wait. We need to take action immediately. And thats why we offered the 24 7 solution. Reporter the 24 7 solution is to keep the edd phone lines open around the clock. The governor hasnt responded to the request specifically. But he has ordered the edd to set up their phone lines in such a way that a caller would be connected to a specialist who could actually solve their problem. Basically, a phone tree. Press 1 if youre having problems with the id. Press 2 if you havent received your debit card, Something Like that so that you get to the expert that can actually deal with the problem rather than a generalist or someone who is a trainee. Now, ill keep track of this proposal. Ill let you know what the governor decides if he decides at all. Dan . All right, thanks, michael, very much. Well, go to abc7news. Com 7onyourside to see all of michaels stories about the edd. If you need help about unemployment, you can contact him there as well. This week solano and san mateo counties along with oakland and San Francisco said that social gatherings are playing a big role in the uptick in coronavirus cases. Public officials are sounding the alarm on these spikes because its a space they cant control. Abc7 News Reporter kris reyes has this story. Reporter now, watch this. Type gatherings and it appears 34 times. Next to family, social, mixed households. In the bay area alone, its the reason cited for five of the nine counties. Some of the risks, first of all started with the risks we would normally think about, lots of indoors versus outdoors. Reporter the Public Health officer issued a stern letter about social gatherings as a main factor for increasing new cases just one week before it was put on the list. 95 of recent cases happened that way in sole ano county. If people practice social distancing in their personal lives, this disease, outbreak, diminishes. The surge goes down. Reporter gatherings of 12 or fewer are allowed in these counties. Add to that in Santa Clara County, gatherings of 12 or more people are banned. In San Francisco bubbles in these counties are not allowed at all. But with Public Officials still grappling with enforcing masks and social distancing, we certainly havent heard of anyone getting fined for getting together in private spaces. Since all we can regulate is the public environment, those regulatory changes arent having any effect on the outbreak. So nothing weve done is making a difference. Reporter this doctor says the real problem with social gatherings, people are too quick to let their guard down. Its the familiarity aspect. Its the emotional aspect. You dont think of uncle harry or your aunt sue as being purveyors of covid19. Maybe you havent seen them in a few months. You are there for a graduation party. It seems kind of rude to wear your mask and then hug your uncle harry. Reporter thats why his advice goes beyond just staying inside a small social bubble. He suggests with only hanging out with people who share the same covid values. Kris reyes for abc7 news. Heres one of the challenges of this pandemic. Its estimated that a large number of people who are infected can are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms making it hard at times to pinpoint the origin of contact tracing. A Bay Area Company is launching a new testing kit that can track whether covid19 is present on surfaces. Reporter Lab Technicians working inside San Franciscobased biocompany phylogen are working to test for covid19. It just indicates whether or not you have people that are carrying the virus indoors. Caller ceo dr. Jessica green explains each kit sent in the mail comes with between 10 to 25 swabs. You take each swab, brush the top of any surface and send the samples back to them. We process every sample and assess whether or not the virus that causes covid19 is present in the sample. And then you can have a comprehensive view of where in your building it was present. Reporter whats the test turnaround time . 48 hours once the kit gets whack to phylagen hours. Reporter 20 to 50 of samples taken in various Retail Stores have tested positive for the virus. We all spend more than 90 of our lives indoors. So we need to understand if without even knowing it were transmitting the virus. Reporter but this doctor, a professor of medicine at stanford who specializes in Testing Research is skeptical of this strategy. The potential downside is, is that it could give people or companies sort of a false sense of security. There still are people coming in and out of the building that are shedding virus, whether theyre symptomatic or not. Reporter this doctor also pointed out the Science Behind environmental surface testing for covid19 is not validated yet. We know that even directly testing human beings has a false negative rate. So the sensitivity of testing environmental surfaces has to be much, much lower. Reporter while the false negative rate could be lower, surface testing can still be valuable. Just proceed carefully with a negative test. In San Francisco, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. And we want to follow up on a story we brought you earlier this week about a Pilot Program in berkeley in which people conduct their own coronavirus test and send off the samples for results. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas did the test himself. It involves coughing to bring up fluid from your lungs and swabbing the inside of your mouth to collect that fluid. The Company Behind this method says the test is close to 90 accurate and promises results in 24 to 48 hours. And eric did the test wednesday. Today he received results. Hes negative for coronavirus. You can read his story, follow him on twitter ericthomaskgo. And were glad to hear that for eric. Freedom from traditional new at 6 00 tonight, a major award and the money that comes with it could provide new hope to thousands of kidney patients in the United States and possibly freedom from undergoing traditional dialysis. Abc7 news anchor dion lim has the story. Reporter the ritual hasnt changed since we first met kidney patient david anderson. I still do die alice and im unlikely to get a transplant. Reporter but in that time a dream nurtured in a lab at ucsf has moved a major step closer to reality. An artificial kidney with the potential to change the lives of patients like david. Abc7 had an inside look when it was in its early stages. His team developed the concept for an implantable device that would perform all the functions of the human kidney. And while the testing for a full version is still likely a few years ago, the ucsf team is now hoping to use part of the technology to free patients from traditional did i alice. What you are doing with this interim step is taking the filtration component of the artificial kidney, implanting it and allowing it to be operated in dialysis mode. Reporter the system is called ihemo. Instead of pumping a patients blood out into a dialysis machine, the ihemo lets a cleansing agent in. You are able to do this from the convenience of your home. Reporter envisioning a portable device giving patients far more freedom. No needles and the potential for patients to clean their blood more often with Significant Health bishts. The concept just received a half Million Dollars kidney x award. Dion lim, abc7 news. Certainly very promising. Now, if the system is successful, researchers hope it will speed human trials of a second component called a bioreactor. That technology would allow a system to perform the other functions of a human kidney. Its so fascinating. We welcome in august tomorrow with some warm weather. Sandhya has the weekend forecast for us next. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. The ramifications in the fight for social justice. Last week Santa Rosa City schools began discussions about some controversial names of some campuses. They want names to reflect the community. Reporter weve reached the point where we no longer take a schools name for granted. In santa rosa, james monroe elementary named after the nations fifth president and Luther Burbank elementary named for the famous botanist are now on the target list. Its our responsibility as leaders in our society now to own and be responsible for our histories. Reporter a trustee for the Santa Rosa City schools is one voice in whats becoming a chorus for change. Naming a school after someone is a great honor. Reporter when this elementary honors a u. S. President who owned slaves, there is a problem especially when the student body is more than 90 latino. What we honored in the past is also a reflection of the past of structures of how we have existed. Reporter instead, she wants to name the school after george ortiz. Its time for changes. At this point how do we empower voice, community voice. Reporter it is the latest evolving chapter marked by statues coming down and changes in how we interpret history. One wouldve thought that Luther Burbank would be untouchable. Santa rosa even has a garden to celebrate him. And yet Rachel Spaeth who worked there saw this coming. I think that people are having a healthy discussion about some of his ideas. Reporter where Luther Burbank becomes controversial is his study of eugenics. That in the same way we can crossbreed plants to do them, we can do the same way with people. I am not interested in celebrating the eugenics movement. Im not interested in celebrating people who owned other people because of the color of their skin. Reporter as much as a name change, she looks forward to the dialogue, not a rewriting of history but a broadening of it. Look for the debate this fall. In santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. When it comes to issues of racial and social justice, abc7 news is here to help. Go to abc7news. Com takeaction to find your ally or to learn how to become one. All right. We need to get one last check on our weather before we launch on into the weekend, dan. It has arrived, ama, and were ready. Sandhya patel has the forecast. Yeah. And the forecast looks fabulous for any of your outdoor plans this upcoming weekend. Ama and dan, lets take a look at the doppler. Fog is regrouping along the coast line as we head towards tomorrow morning, you will find it around parts of the bay and the coast. Tomorrow afternoon Half Moon Bay 64 degrees. Its going to be a nice mild day. Downtown San Francisco, 68. If you live in oakland, its going to be comfortable, 75 degrees. A little warmer than today. 91 in walnut creek. Head to the inland valleys, 95 degrees in antioch. So summer will live up to its name. As we take a look at the highs for saturday, the rest of the highs, 85 in vallejo, 90 degrees in santa rosa. Its going to be pleasant weather in San Francisco. 68 degrees. 71 in richmond. Not so pleasant in the atlantic. Were talking about hurricane isaias packing winds of 80 miles an hour. Right now it is pounding the central bahamas expected to continue through there as a category 1, strengthening a little bit over the warmer waters before approaching the southeast coast of florida where hurricane warnings are up. Its supposed to be a category 1 this weekend continuing along the carolina coast line as a tropical storm. But heavy rain and flooding could be potential problems. The accuweather sevenday forecast, upcoming heat. But dont worry it cools off considerably. 80s next week for the majority of the work week. Dan and ama . All right. Thank you, sandhya. Onto sports director larry beil and some baseball to talk about at least for now, larry. Yeah, for now, being the keywords in the sentence. The giants and the as are playing tonight. The question is whether they will still be playing by monday. More positive covid19 tests and a frustrated commissioner who might end the season woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. Now, abc7 sports with larry beil. Good evening. Were just over one week into this baseball season, and mlb may shut down as soon as monday. Two st. Louis cardinals pitchers now testing positive for covid19. So their series with the brewers will hopefully start tomorrow and then include a newly approved theyre making stuff as we go along here, a seveninning doubleheader on sunday. But behavior simply has to change. Espn reports that baseball commissioner rob manfred told the Players Union that all players need to take the safety protocols more seriously or he would consider stopping this season. On the players youve still got players highfiving and spitting. Off the field, more of a concern there are reports marlin players were going out to bars. 21 of the 29 cases in mlb are with the miami marlins. As for the as, theyre the first road trip in seattle. There is a heightened awareness. We had an off day yesterday. I know i didnt go anywhere. So it feels a little bit different than you read about whats kind of going on. And a lot of this has gone on with teams on the road. So we have to be really careful. We believe we can always do better and we always want to be raising the bar for ourselves and adhering to the health and safety protocols that Major League Baseballs put in place and the ones that the city of San Francisco has put in place and really be aware and cognisant of whats going on around the league. On to football. Is there a significant disconnect between the 49ers and their star tight ends contract . Theres a big gap between what the team is offering and kittles reps think hes worth keep in mind, this is the kind of stuff agents need to get more money. But he is a great blocker, doesnt want to be valued as merely a tight end where the best in the league make about 10 million a year. He may want to reset the market. So far he has not threatened to hold out. The pac12 announcing a tengame football season starting september 26th. Five home and five away games. The big game cal stanford set for october 24th at cal. Thats really early. Two bi weeks including one before the conference title game which is now set for the week just before christmas and will be hosted by the top seed. So far so good. The nba bubble working very well. Zero positive tests. The restart is promising watching from afar, the Golden State Warriors who did not qualify. We spoke with warriors gm on our podcast. Warriors have the worst record in the league. So theyre busy prepping for the draft now. But meyers says hes encouraged by what he sees in the nba bubble in orlando. To watch it as a general manager thats not participating, you do feel like youre not part of the party. You do feel like you werent invited, although i cant argue why we werent. We were the last people that shouldve been. So, you feel a sense of missing out. But then you also the idea of being away from my family for that long, if it had been any of the previous five years, youre talking about three months. And so i have a great appreciation for the kind of partners in my position that are there and that are doing it. The nba returns to abc7 this sunday. Stay with us sunday night for after the game. And it will feel so good. One final note from the wnba. Sabrina unescu rolled her ankle in a game tonight. It looks just like what weve seen from steph curry, her good friend do many, many times, too many times. The team says its a mild ankle sprain. Hopefully a little ice, shell be okay. She had 33 in her last game. Shes something else. Thanks very much. Join us tonight for abc7 news at 11 00. Tonight at 11 00 in concord, an altercation between a white man and a black woman have gone viral after this man was caught erasing her black lives matter sign. And youve probably seen the stories about those mysterious seeds popping up in mailboxes here in the bay area and across the country. Tonight new clues as to whats inside those bags. And coming up tonight on abc7, at 8 00 its shark tank followed by a twohour 20 20. Finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. Long before gps, telegraph and radio, ships relied on lighthouses to navigate jagged coast lines and dangerous waters. Many were built at the turn of the 18th century with the growth of transatlantic commerce. Their beacons were a steady guide for ships trying to fin their way. People can serve as lighthouses too. And america just lost one. Congressman john lewis laid to rest yesterday in atlanta with three former president s in attendance, and another jimmy carter there in spirit with a letter read aloud. A civil rights icon and the socalled conscience of congress where he served for nearly 35 years. John lewis led by example, walked the talk and inspired so many others to do the same for decades. True leaders know who they are and what they stand for. John lewis did. Being in charge doesnt make you a leader. It only makes you the boss. What really matters in this challenging time in every time really is that we need true leaders, not bosses. I always love to hear from you. Let me know what you think. Follow me on twitter and facebook danashleyabc7. All right. Thatll do it for this edition of abc7 news. Look for the news any time on the abc7 news app. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. From all of us, we appreciate your time. We will see you again at 11 00. Want restand schools . Pen . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Hello, everyone. All week long, weve been highlighting celebrity jeopardy episodes from the vault. Were wrapping up this special week with one of the best. In season 26, we invited the best celebrity players who had previously appeared on the show to compete in a 1 million celebrity tournament, all for charity. The three finalists jane curtin, cheech marin, and Michael Mckean showed why they rose to the top in this, the final game of the tournament. Enjoy. This is the. Here, for the deciding game, are the three finalists. Playplease welcome. Fund whose cash winnings yesterday total 29,000. [ applause ] playing for the hispanic scholarship fund, heres. Whose cash winnings total 6,600. [ applause ] and, playing for the International Myeloma foundation, please welcome. Who won 31,600 yesterday. [ applause ] and now here is the host of celebrity jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard. Since this is the last day of our tournament, let me talk about money. In this twoweek competition, jeopardy will have given away close to 2 1 2 million to some very worthwhile charities. And we were happy to do it. All right. Good luck, guys. Here we go. Jeopardy round. And we have these as our categories for the first round