Grand jury decision to clear two of three Police Officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylors apartment. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Breonna taylor was shot and killed by police in march as officers served a no knock warrant at her boyfriends apartment. Thinking it was an intruder the boyfriend fired a warning shot that struck an officer in the leg. Brett hankison was fired as a ruflt the incident. He is the lone officer charged and is out on bail tonight. He wantonly shot a gun. Reporter those words would be repeated two more times as a grand jury chose to indict former Police Officer Brett Hankison in the Breonna Taylor case. He was not charged for her death but for shooting into a neighboring apartment. As for two other Police Officers under investigation there was no mention of them today. Kentuckys attorney general says they why justified in their use of force. The decision took a personal tone as he answered questions i understand that as a black man. How painful this is. And ive seen that pain on miss palmers face. Ive seen that pain in the community. The taylor case has been an instrumental part of the reckoning the country has gone through this year with issues of race and social justice. Democratic Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris made it clear where she stands. There is no question Breonna Taylor and her family deserved justice yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Cities are bracing for protests. The oakland mayor says she understands the anger and says the city is ready. I respect the righteous rage and grief that so many people continue to feel. Obviously we are always going to support peaceful protests. We do not tolerate vandalism. And of course well be following anything that might happen tonight and bring you any updates as they do. All right. Well, moving on an historic day for the California State University system. It has announced its first chancellor of color. Joseph castro has served as president of fresno State University since 2013 and is nationally recognized for creating a more diverse university. Castro was born and raised in the Central Valley and attended stanford and ucberkeley and is the grandson of farm workers from mexico. The csu board of trustees today selected him to lead the nations largest Public University system with more than 480,000 students at 23 campuses. He will start on january 4th after the new year. Castro will replace timothy white, who is retiring at the end of the year. Today Governor Newsom announced the nations most aggressive move to fight Climate Change by banning the sale of gas powered cars and passenger trucks by 2035. All vehicles sold in 15 years must be zero emission. The governor directed the board to implement the phase out and says more than half the greenhouse emissions are by vehicle traffic. If you want to mitigate the rise of sea level, the loss of ice seats around the globe, then this is a policy for other states to follow. We know we have an obligation to keep on working to clean up the air and make it as clean as it can be. This is neither that difficult or that expensive. So the infrastructure to make this happen can absolutely take place. Not everyone is onboard, though. Critics brought up the expensive costs of zero emission cars particularly for low income californians. The governor says the price of electric vehicles will become more affordable than gas powered cars by 2035. Will that be enough to get consumers onboard . 7 on your sides Michael Finney has some insight for us. Reporter you know, what is interesting is people are pretty much onboard right now. California leads the nation in the purchase of electric vehicles. When youre driving down a highway, keep in mind one out of every ten cars on the roads are electric vehicles. What about the rest of us . How will we feel when the sale of gas cars are banned years . The ucdavis hybrid and plugin Research Center says most of us wont care. Most californians are just indifferent. If the electric car will do what they need they will buy it no problem. If they will have to wait to charge it at home or at work and the infrastructure will be there. Reporter if you got that, it is a big ho hum to most californians. Just like with regular or premium gasoline by the way youll have regular or premium chargers. A premium charge might take five minutes a regular charge somewhere around 30. Electric cars will go 400 miles between charges. Economy cars 150 miles. I dont think youll see a lot of pushback on this. As long as they can actually get the job done. 400 miles that when theyve done studies thats pretty much it. Really interesting. Of course the technology is only Getting Better every year. Thank you very much. Well, Car Companies like honda and ford believe it or not are applauding todays announcement. In fact, ford has a new ad campaign out today touting its alliance with california. California asked all auto makers to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions and fight for cleaner air. Chevy, jeep, and toyota said ford said yes. Ford is the only American Auto maker standing with california for reduced Greenhouse Gas emissions. Gas emissions have been a political lightning rod between california and the federal government. The Trump Administration wants to roll back fuel economy standards in california, go the opposite direction. Gm and other auto makers are expected to fight the governors order arguing it is a massive undertaking that requires an overhaul of fuel infrastructure, building codes, and consumer demand as well. Theyll begin in ernest now with the new order by the governor. The Santa Rosa Police department has responded to charges it might have prevented the death of a detective from covid19 earlier this year. Cal osha has cited and fined the department. Today our reporter spoke exclusively with the chief. Reporter the tribute to Santa Rosa Police detective mary lou armor is front and center for anyone who visits police headquarters. She died of covid19 last march as the Department Says in the line of duty. Her socially distanced memorial still much too fresh. She was a dedicated friend to everyone she met. Shell be sorely missed. Reporter the department has received another reminder and not a pleasant one. This notice of citations and 32,000 in fines from cal osha. Among the charges a failure to report the detectives illness and those of other officers, failure to comply with proper screening procedures, failure to properly fit masks, face pieces, and barriers, and a charge the department allowed symptomatic officers to return to work without testing. The recommendations and the guidelines have changed as weve gone through this pandemic. Every single time there is a recommendation that changes, our team is putting those recommendations into place. Reporter the chief points out that all of these alleged violations happened early in the pandemic. Cal osha more direct, quote, cal osha does not Issue Citations without evidence of health and safety violations, a spokesperson said. Quote, workers had not been sufficiently protected. Employers are expected to take appropriate steps to protect them. Since march we havent had any positive cases. Reporter the department responded today with this video of officers checking their temperatures before reporting in and photos showing how briefings take place outside with officers cleaning hands, their boots, and their pleus cruisers before and between ships. Detective armers family did not return calls from abc 7 news today. The police union did not comment. In santa rosa, abc 7 news. Sonoma county has amend its health order to align with the states framework that will allow businesses to reopen and activities to resume as soon as allowed by the state. Sonoma county is currently in the most restrictive purple tier. When Sonoma County moves into less restrictive tiers businesses wont need to wait for future local amendments. Gyms reopen today in san mateo county. Abc 7 news was at this 24 hour fitness in san mateo. Theyre capped at 10 capacity. Everyone must wear a mask and clubs are continuously cleaned throughout the day. There are signs and spacing indicators throughout the building so people practice social distancing. Abc 7 news has a new interactive tool to help make sense of the four tier reopening system. The weekly covid tier tracker lets you pick your county and see how the numbers are trending. If your county is below its current color coded tier for three weeks it could be moving into a new tier soon. Check it out on the home page of abc7news. Com. Now to the heat and sadly the fire weather that is headed our way once again. Lets go to abc 7 news meteorologist tracking it for us and you are talking triple digits right . Indeed. The heat wave and high fire danger are what were concerned about as we head into the weekend. Let me show you the fire weather watch first. Then well talk about the temperatures 11 00 a. M. Saturday to 8 00 a. M. Monday covering the hills and east bay valleys. The winds will gust out of the northnortheast. This wind dries out our atmosphere that is already dry. Gusts from 35 to 50 miles an hour in the hills will mean any fires that develop will quickly spread. So now lets look at the temperatures on saturday. Many areas inland will be in the 90s. Sunday the temperatures really begin to soar. Look at this. It is not just the inland areas but looking at bay and inland in the 90s and 100s. By the time we head into monday some of the hottest temperatures will be about 105 in livermore, 105 in concord. Fairfield, the computer model wants to go 107 degrees. Records are likely as we head into the weekend and early next week. Ill be back with a complete look at the forecast coming right up. Okay. Thank you. Well, chips and candy. Grocery stores in berkeley are getting a mini makeover with the city putting a new premium on the prime real estate called the check out lane. Thats next. Plus surfing as a life lesson. The Bay Area Program taking kids from the city to all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov and the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Berkeley may be the first city in the nation to pass a policy to eliminate junk food at Grocery Store check out lines. It would mean granola bars instead of candy bars, vegie chips instead of chips and orange juice instead of coke. The city Council Passed the ordinance unanimously last night. It is not a ban but a nudge. Reporter inside your local supermarket just as in real estate it is all about location, location, location. That is why the candy, chips, and soda are all right there when you check out. City Council Member kate harris cosponsored an ordinance to ban those snacks from the check out aisle. It passed unanimously last night. Good behavioral science. Were not saying you cant have these goods. Were just saying they arent right at the eye level of your children when they walk into the store. Reporter in 2014 berkeley led the way by taxing soda and sugary beverages as a way of combatting child obesity and diabetes. Dr. Matson says this is a logical next step. If you really reduce someones added sugars you can see significant reductions not just in weight but in peoples cholesterol levels, in some of the lippeids we know are unhealthy. Reporter it applies to about two dozen Grocery Stores here in berkeley and actually takes effect early next year. This Health Policy expert who helped advise the city council on this issue says stores will be encouraged to put healthy snacks at the checkout. Coke has 15 tea spoons of added sugar. This juice has no added sugar. It is all natural. Roupt she says both drinks are manufactured by the same company and sell for the same price so stores and manufacturers wont be hurt. The city will try to educate grocers when the ordinance takes effect next year but in 2022 violators could face penalties. In berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. While most bay area students are dealing with the every day challenges of distance learning, some students are taking a detour from zoom and waxing up their surf boards. It is part of a program that introduces city kids to surfing and a lot more than that, too. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the story. Today it looks pretty calm. Reporter this 14yearold Monica Sanchez is stoked to be living a beach boy song wearing a wet suit and hanging 10 on a surf board during school hours. Its crazy going on zoom especially and i feel like being out in the ocean surfing gets my mind off from stressing off of school. Reporter monica and seven of her classmates from Leadership High School in San Francisco are at linda mar beach in pacifica learning to hang loose. Yes im going to surf today, catch all the waves. Reporter students are Getting School pe credit for the sixweek program made possible by nonprofit city surf project. Now partnering with public schools. All equipment and instruction is totally free. Right here we have the greatest classroom that you can ask for. Reporter this cofounder jonny irwin is a former High School Teacher and long time surfer who wanted to provide more students with equitable access to the sport. Growing up here in San Francisco and being part of the surf team i saw that it was majority white male upper class sport and that a lot of people that hadnt normally gone surfing could benefit from the sport. My longest wave was at santa cruz actually. Reporter Trayvon Boykin is a city surf project alumni who now teaches other students to surf. To see them experience what i experienced for the first time and just go through that, it is really rewarding. Reporter all the students will tell you this is about a lot more than just learning to ride a wave. Its about Building Confidence and overcoming fear of open water. If i go out there and dont be afraid of the water, boom. I get it. Reporter look out. These amateur surfers are getting good and could turn pro one of these days. In pacifica, Cornell Bernard, abc 7 news. I love her attitude. She is just going to do it. Youll want to because the heat wave is coming. The water is going to feel great. The weekend could see record we sand my heart fell. Oke i knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. You never know what youll be faced with. Please, vote yes on 19. A Research Ship devoted o exploring the frigid seas of antarctica is paying a rare visit to San Francisco. This 300foot ship is the flagship vessel of the National Science foundations Antarctica Program and powers through thick sheets of ice in the Southern Ocean on various research missions. The vessel rarely sees the Northern Hemisphere but because of covid19 travel restrictions internationally it had to dock in the United States to welcome new crew. The ship is scheduled to depart tomorrow on its next mission to study the molecular biodiversity of the Southern Ocean. Now your accu weather forecast. Hi there everyone. Lets take a look at the live picture, such a Beautiful Day outside. You see blue skies right now from downtown San Francisco. Just really sparkling tonight. San francisco 69 degrees. Oakland 76 degrees. 68 in half moon bay. Our temperatures so far from the low 70s to the low 90s. From our mount tam cam you can actually see clearly across the bay toward San Francisco. 82 in santa rosa. 86 fairfield. 84 degrees in concord. 80 in livermore. Air quality is good, too. You notice santa rosa. In the green. San francisco, oakland. Livermore, fremont, san jose, and around the santa cruz area also enjoying good air quality. Winds are playing a role. We have a nice, refreshing breeze right now. 21 miles an hour in San Francisco. 20 in vacaville. Good air quality tomorrow. If you want to get out and enjoy the nice weather you have an opportunity. The air quality becomes moderate friday through sunday as the wind becomes to switch directions. That is where the fire danger comes in. Gusty winds in the hills this weekend. Elevated fire danger. We are looking at hot and smokey conditions not just saturday and sunday but into early next week. Here is the view from our roof camera with a nice breeze blowing along the embarcadero and well continue with the breezy pattern at least another couple days. The seabreeze that is. Here is a look at what is going to happen. An area of low pressure will bring the Pacific Northwest more rain. Already raining there right now. Itll kick up the swell as we head into the next few days here in the bay area. A northwest swell along the coast. Watch out for that if youre going to be near the beaches. Rainfall totals through friday over an inch in seattle. 0. 2 in medford. Here no measurable rain but spotty drizzle tomorrow morning. The marine layer expands as we head toward tomorrow morning and we see the potential there for a few patches of drizzle during the morning commute as we head into the afternoon and the fog will hang around near the coast with the rest of you seeing some sun. Temperatures in the morning from the low 50s to the low 60s. Certainly more fog around than we saw this morning or yesterday morning. As we head into the afternoon, 70 degrees in San Francisco. 67 in half moon bay. 78 in san rafael. Low 80s from napa. 79 in santa rosa. San jose excuse me to 86 degrees in concord. Your accu weather seven day forecast is going to be a pleasant couple days ahead. Air quality begins to decline on friday as the northnortheast wind develops but it is really saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday were looking at hazier, smokier skies and certainly hotter weather with the high fire danger. Records are likely during this heat wave. I think for now enjoy this while it lasts because you know it is going to get uncomfortable as we head into the weekend. All right. Thanks. It is an artful new twist on social distancing. You will get to see more of this exhibit next. Coming up remember the orange sky a couple weeks ago . Well, tonight stanford experts look at what a toll bad air quality can have on us and really can make a lifeanddeath difference. Also ahead a Million Dollar difference thanks to a big shot at facebook who helped east bay East Palo Alto residents pay their rent during the pandemic. 7 on your sides Michael Finney joins us live with the problem still plaguing the edd. If it cuts off payments to fake claims does that affect real claims, too . Good question all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Before we go, check this out. A project in San Francisco has made an art out of socialing. It has. Yorba buena gardens features colorful, social distancing spheres created by a berkeley based artist who says the art project is an effort to reimagine how green space in the city will be used and encourage people to keep their social distance. Its not just something you look at but also something that serves a utilitarian function. You can actually use it and it also keeps you safe while being really nice. The art installation also highlights the vitality and strength of the bay area art scene and encourages people to safely enjoy art outdoors. That looks really cool, dan. It does. Creative and also practical. All right. World news tonight with david muir is next. We appreciate your time. For all of us thanks for joining us. Joining us. See the unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. And the veterans that never quit on their team. When being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher. Our agents put in the time and legwork for you,. So saving on Auto Insurance is easy. Because saving a little extra goes a long way. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Im to help californias 19 most vulnerable. Over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. Too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. Its wrong. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. Join firefighters and Emergency Responders in voting yes on 19. Tonight, the outrage in louisville, after a kentucky grand jury indicts one of three officers in the Breonna Taylor case, but not in her death. Demonstrators in the streets. Kentucky deploying the national guard, the mayor issuing a 72hour curfew. Breonna taylor was killed by police executing a warrant on her home. Her boyfriend firing a shot, claiming they never identified themselves. Police firing dozens of rounds. The state a. G. Saying two officers were justified, since her boyfriend shot first. The Heated Exchange on capitol hill today between dr. Anthony fauci and senator rand paul on coronavirus here in the u. S. Dr. Fauci telling senator paul, you are not listening. And a reality check here tonight. What the nations top scientists are now saying about a potential vaccine in the u. S. When it could be first available and how long it would take to
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