Mates. The Vice President tweeted out this picture of him and his historic pick of cakamala harri. She of course began her career as San Franciscos District Attorney and went onto become state attorney general before becoming a senator. Good evening, im ama dates. And im dan ashley. Reaction is pouring in right now about joe bidens historic election. For those of us who worked on her campaign and i cant as a woman of a woman of an indianamerican i cant tell you what this feels like. As a black man i am absolutely blown away that there is on that ticket a black woman of a vicepresidency. Today Kamala Harris became the first california senator, the first black woman and the first indianamerican woman to run on a Major Political partys president ial ticket. Political analysts say harris will likely motivate at least one group of voters. Women, especially older women are going to be very drawn to having her as part of this ticket. Former president Barack Obama Says joe biden mailed his decision while President Trump called harris, quote, nasty and just about the most liberal person in the u. S. Senate. California has shaped Kamala Harris politics almost as much as california has shaped her. Liz kreutz is here with her bay area background. Hi, liz. Yeah, Kamala Harris is wellknown to all of us here thin bay area. Of course often called the daughter of oakland she has a steep history in california politics. So as the choice to pick her as vp may come as a surprise to some a look at her past shows how her political trajectory has in many ways been leading to this moment. Born in oakland in 1964. Her father who was jamaican taught at stanford university. Her mother who was the daughter of an indian diplot Breast Cancer scientist. She died of colon cancer in 2009. She grew up in berkeley. During her run for president she spoke about growing up there. You know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her Public Schools, and she was bussed to school every day. And that little girl was me. Reporter harris earned her law degree from uc hastings in San Francisco working first in the Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys office before being recruited to join the San Franciscos District Attorneys office and later working in the city attorneys office. In 2003 she was elected District Attorney serving eight years. Her tenure was controversial. Harris refused to pursue the Death Penalty in the murder of three men by a suspected gang member. And that life without possibility of parole is a severe consequence. Reporter she was elected California Attorney general in 2010 in a closed election that took weeks to tally. What we do here can change the rest of the country. Reporter harris was praised for her role in winning a 25 billion settlement for California Home owners hit by foreclosure crisis. She also was a fierce defender of californias landmark Climate Change law, projected the Affordable Care act, and helped win Marriage Equality for all californians. Senator harris was sworn into congress in 2017, the first indianamerican to serve as a u. S. Senator and only the second black woman. And harris making history, of course, once again today. San Francisco Mayor london breed, oakland mayor libby shaft, and governor gavin newsom has tweeted out their congrats to her. Senator biden will deliver remarks in tomorrow. Tonight at 6 00 well be talking with San Francisco chronicle insider and abc news contributor phil mater for his perspective so stay tuned for that. Now the potential link between covid19 and vaping. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie tonight looks at some eye opening numbers. Reporter the Research Involved a survey with 2,400 teenagers and adults. It includes those who vape, Smoke Cigarettes or both along with nonusers. Those who ever used cigarettes were five times more likely to test positive for covid19 and seven times greater if they ever used both ecigarettes and cigarettes. Researchers said what surprised them most was the rate of a positive covid19 diagnosis was 6. 8 times greater if a young person used both in the past 30 days. Principle investigator dr. Fe felcher explained what could be the cause. Theres some question whether there is coronavirus that the virus itself is being carried in that big plume of aerosol that you see. Reporter she also cited the impact of lung function by nicotine and ecigarettes. She tested positive for covid19 after club ing spain last march. I was so lucky i had such a mild case. If id been vaping it might have been a different story. I think so many people especially my age just feel so invincible. Reporter an Advocacy Group for vaping products disputes the findings pointing out this study found no association between having vaped exclusively during the prior 30 days and reporting a positive covid test. David louie, abc 7 news. The study also found that blacks, hispanics and multiracial surveyed participants were almost twice as likely to have covid19 symptoms. A reversal from the School District means teachers can work from home. Teachers can now choose whether they want to rurp eturn to scho to teach virtually. A challenge for many cities is finding funding for online learning. As Lyanne Melendez explains salesforce is now doing something about that. Reporter hes financially supporting the way San FranciscoPublic Schools can reimagine education through the pandemic. And were committed to help our schools reimagine the future of learning that is equitable and safe from anywhere. Reporter theyll also invest in programs for San Francisco unified that can improve student outcomes. Students learn by doing rather than just sitting in the classroom learning the material. They can go deeper into reporter the needs and wants of schools throughout the years have changed. In 2013 he gave San Francisco unified 2. 7 million to buy 750 tablets distributed throughout their 13 middle schools. Each principal also received 100,000 to spend in those areas most in need. Today the donation is 9 million, and those middle School Principals will each receive 200,000. Oakland unified will also receive Financial Support from salesforce. Oakland unified will also get 9 million to support the challenges theyll face during the pandemic. Realizing everything we do we have to reimagine and recreate it to figure out how to make it work and succeed virtually. Reporter special attention in oakland will be given to newcombers such as unaccompanied immigrant youth, refugees and asylum seekers. Researchers here in the bay area have made a discovery they say could help protect yourself from covid19. The key is something which you may actually already be doing. Since the covid19 outbreak experts have asked us to wear face masks to protect against spreading the virus to others. But now researchers at ucsf have evidence that may wearing a mask you might be guarding your own health as well. We have learned over the last couple of months theres a huge advantage of masking which it protects you. Reporter dr. Monica gandhi she and her colleagues compared groups practicing masking with others with the behavior. The conclusion is not just masks can help prevent transmission but what happens when they dont. Even if you happen to get a couple of viral particles into a mask you may get infected but youre very likely to have mild or no symptoms at all. So it reduces the severity of disease to wear a mask. First its important to understand researchers have looked at virus outcomes in human and animal models for decades. And in the case of many viruses how much you ingest matters. A smaller viral load can potentially give your body a big head start, time to fight off the infection and most importantly build immunity. If youre unlikely to get sick. Youre just going to have mild symptoms or be asymptomatic, no symptoms. The question now what could that mean for the population at large if we all wear masks . The vaccine is still key obviously. Researchers believe less severe disease now could drive the overall population towards whats known as herd immunity. The Tipping Point when there are not enough carriers left for the virus to spread. We may start to get immunity from this virus while were waiting for a vaccine. An outcome easily worth the inconvenience of covering up. Researchers say a greater prupiration of new covid19 cases have been mild or even asymptomatic but more data is needed to see if thats due to higher rates of people wearing masks. Surveillance video captures a man unloading a bag on a doorstep. Inside of all the makings of what some say are a voodoo curse. Its all about turning your Android Phone into a mini seismometer. And if fans cant come to and if fans cant come to see the drag queens then the [narrator] did you just reward yourself 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. We saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. I signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. You now know that in the next earthquake your house will be standing and we also got a discount on our earthquake insurance. If there is an earthquake. Our house has a better chance of surviving in. A south bay family is confused and frightened after finding bloody animal parts at their home. Police are looking into it. In an abc 7 news exclusive anchor dion lim brings us this story of vandalism and a san jose family looking for answers. I definitely see it as something threatening. Reporter shocking Surveillance Video shows what appears to be a man placing objects at his home in south san jose just before 3 00 sunday morning. Those objects two bloodied animal parts, a black lit candle and a skull and crossbones. I was really scared. I am scared still. Reporter andres has lived in the snow drive community with his wife and two kids for nearly ten years and describes it as tightknit which makes the vandalism even more concerning. They know im hispanic and, you know, my wife is asian and i have children of mixed race. It very well could be racially motivated as well, too. Reporter instead of leaving through the obvious exit the suspect is seen on camera going down this flight of stairs leading andres to believe he lives in the neighborhood and could be retaliating for a parking issue. The People Living here as either tenants or owners were using the visitors parking spots as a residential spot. Reporter he even collaborated with his neighbors posting these signs which have helped cleared vehicles out. San jose police tell me they are not aware of any similar incidents and that no suspects have been identified. He has this message for whoever the man in the video is. All im trying to do is make the community a better place. Id rather the person, you know, approach me and talk to me instead of putting my family in harm and affecting them. Reporter in san jose, dion lim, abc 7 news. Latinamerican studies professors dion spoke with say while some of the items can be used in religious offerings the bloody animal parts should be seen as disturbing. Well, your cellphone may soon become an earthquake sensor. The state teamed up with google and usgs to create an Early Warning system for Android Phones. Google said today the quake sensor will be part of androids operating system so no separate app is needed. The android earthquake alerts system takes data from seismic censors and sends warning to phones to potentially affected areas. Earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 4. 5 will prompt this alert so you get an early head start. All right, a warmup is about to begin as you look live in a warm and toasty san jose. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel will be here with the accuweather forecast. Thats next. For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. 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. Hi there, everyone. I hope you enjoyed todays cool down as we take a look from our mount tam cam you can thank the marine layer and sea breeze for helping out. Heres a look at those temperatures. Theyre in the comfort zone. 60s to 80s for most of you. Compared to 24 hour ago youre down. As we look at doppler 7 youll notice the fog hugging parts of the coast not the entire coastline. That is already starting to advance towards the bay. Have a nice sea breeze there. Warming trend starts tomorrow so were going to reverse the trend weve seen the last few days. Heat builds through the ebld of the workweek and we do have a stretch of hot days inland coming up into next week, so get ready and brace yourselves. Tomorrow morning starting off with the fog 5 00 a. M. To 8 00 a. M. , similar pattern to this morning and then well see most of it burning off except for a few patches near the coastline and that will allow temperatures to rise. Morning lows will be in the 50s, 60s. The fog will reduce visibility across parts of the bay area, and then for the afternoon youre going to feel the heat inland. 94 in antioch, 64 in half moon bay, around the bay 74 oakland, 71 richmond, 86 in santa rosa, 84 san jose and vallejo. All right, this is just a sampling. One computer model showing you the excessive heat coming your way. On saturday it is going to be a torcher. Were talking about temperatures in the mid to high 90s. And noon saturday until 9 00 p. M. Sunday take it easy on the heat because heat related illnesses are possible, and its not just one day were talking about sunday were going to be feeling the heat as well. Add to the heat the potential for some higher humidity later this week is hurricane elida. It is a category 2 storm in the pacific. It falls apart and weakens but leftover moisture will be heading in our direction thursday into friday and thats going to increase the humidity. There is a possibility that around the monterey bay there could be some thunderstorms on friday. So stay tuned. Accuweather seven day forecast the warming begins tomorrow, we talk about summer heat. End of the workweek triple digits, friday, saturday, sunday. Were also talking about the heat risk illness going to be moderate to high. Its dangerous heat so definitely take it easy. 70s coast side, and next week were going to keep that sizzle going, so this is a heat wave thats not going to go away in just a couple of days. Get ready. 104 pretty extreme. We havent had that too much this summer so we have to be ready. Thanks, sandhya. A San Francisco institution delivers food with a side of fabulous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. Thats next. Lous. 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Have you seen the netflix show indian matchmaking . She shares the inside story all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Well see you then. All right, well, abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area and were looking closely at the ways coronavirus has impacted our lives and looking at the changing workplace. Live entertainment and bars are closed across the bay area, but in San Francisco one club is literally bringing their show to the street to pay the bills. Abc 7 news anchor dion lim shows us how one nightclub is trying to survive the pandemic. Reporter the oasis club in San Francisco is known for its drag shows but when the covid19 pandemic pulled the curtain on nightlife the stage went dark. Covid hit and we thought we were going to be shutdown for maybe a couple of weeks or month or two and its turned into a much longer thing. Reporter the curtain may be down but theres movement backstage keeping workers on the job and giving performers an opportunity to bring their show to the road. We have started a Delivery Service called meals on heels. Reporter order online and the oasis staff will pack up your meal and deliver it with a show. You get dinner, some kind of signature oasis cocktails delivered by a drag queen who also does a curbside socially distant lipsync for you. Cou o rough. The opportunity to perform and work has given them something to look forward to. For darcy to create this and have this opportunity for drag queens to be able to perform live and have the audience feel just means worlnd reporte meals on heelsstte a has now evolved into a Weekly Service with Delivery Available every friday. A new menu is posted at toast tab. Com every saturday and often sells out. Dinner packages for two people includes includes entrees and desert for two. Tips are encouraged. Made by martha avenue home cooked meals. Our business started because of the coronavirus. Im an actor by trade. Reporter the owners behind the Company Started making precooked meals for friends and jumped at the opportunity to start selling them. Its been probably our best month yet so far. Absolutely. Reporter if you dont want your neighbors in on your curbside show you can pick up your food and performance at the club south of market street. Though most people dont mind giving their neighbors something to smile at. It was so much fun. I love it. Ive never had delivery like that. Reporter darcy says the 3 to 5 minute shows may be brief but people out of their coronavirus slump. Also kind of bring some normalcy back to peoples lives. They actually get to see a drag queen like you used to in the old days, in the flesh. Reporter in San Francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. Okay, that is fun. Thats raising the bar on delivery, right . More competition going. Meals on heels has been so successful it may become a permanent offering from the club. They say theyre even looking at expanding the service another weeknight. We appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. And im ama dates. For all of us here thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight. Well see you again at 6 00. woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . Iet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. Want restand schools . Pen . Want the economy to get back on track . 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. Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. Joe biden picks senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Reaction pouring in at this hour. Senator harris and her first words. President trump responding, too. What he said just before we came on the air tonight. Also this evening, our reporting here. What went into this historic pick . The california senator and former president ial hopeful. She would be the first woman Vice President , the first black Vice President and the highest ranking asianamerican in u. S. History if elected. Tonight here, the moment joe biden asked her over zoom to join the ticket. The president moments ago was asked about the pick, how he responded. And tonight, former president barack obama and Hillary Clinton among those celebrating bidens pick. Our Political Team standing by, mary bruce, linsey davis, jon karl all with late reporting tonight. The other major news this evening, the