And we thank you for making us part of your morning. Good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute. He will tell us what we need to know before we head out the door, and right now we want to start with meteorologist kari hall who has a look at that forecast for us, what we can expect. Kari, with that sun rise behind you, im seeing sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Yes, its going to be warm as we head to the weekend. Were looking at a little bit of a break for some of us. This is a view from the cupertino hills. Most of our temperatures are in the mid50s but we go from there to the low 80s today. I think pretty much throughout the whole afternoon you can enjoy some time outside with a good amount of comfort as we look at our temperatures with livermore reaching 86 and some mid60s in San Francisco. Well talk about those hotter weekend temperatures. Mike, whats happening out there for the commute . Kari, we have a little build and a little lightening. I told you about brake tapping and now folks are stopping just shy of the toll plaza in your middle lanes. It was a little worse just three minutes ago. Easier now. The map will show you no problems and no metering lights just yet but in san jose we already have traffic lightening up. Laura, back to you. 6 02 right now. Saved overnight, the Senate Extends the Paycheck Protection Program just hours before it was set to expire. Today in the bays alice barr is live in washington this morning. Theres still a lot of money up for grabs out there in these extended loans. Reporter thats right, laura. And lets be clear were talking about extending the deadline to aemploy for this money for Small Businesses that have fewer than 500 employees and have been just ravaged by the economic downturn from the coronavirus crisis. So there is still 130 billion left in the pot to be claimed by these Small Businesses. Thats a little bit surprising because we know there are so many businesses that are struggling out there. And earlier on congress had to scramble to pass a second round of this money because it was so in demand. The fact that theres still 130 billion left now is raising questions about whether this is exactly the right kind of assistance businesses need now. Many lawmakers saying that extending the deadline is great but that the businesses that needed this money have probably already applied. So it may be that this is more of a stopgap measure to make sure theres no interruption in this program while lawmakers in both parties get together and try to figure out what they could pass in yet another round of coronavirus stimulus aid thats expected to be passed next month. For now this program being extended means any companies that are out there that have not yet applied can until august 8th. Thats when the deadline now will last. And this does, we should note, still have to be passed by the house that is a democratic controlled body. This is an initiative brought forward by democrats so it seems likely it will be passed and that the president will sign it into law allowing this breathing period for any companies that still need the help to apply. Back to you, laura. A lot of Companies Need it. Thanks, alice. Happening today people across the state are wondering what kind of new shelter at home restrictions Governor Newsom may announce ahead of the fourth of july weekend. Newsom announcing new restrictions at noon today in the wake of sobering new numbers. New cases are shooting higher and hospitalizations are up statewide, talking about more than 40 . He believes social distancing can beat the virus. We bent the turf in the state of california once. We will bend the curve again. Mark my words. We will crush this pandemic. We will annihilate it. Well get past it. Some bay area counties have already scaled back the new reopenings including San Francisco, contra costa, alameda and marin counties. Another big concern this weekend, those fireworks. Bob redell will have that full report at the bottom of the hour. Well, this is concerning in a different way. Infections are rising once again in Nursing Homes statewide. Our Investigative Unit has learned theres a south bay care center dealing with a serious outbreak of covid19. Pacific gardens has all but shut down its memory care wing after 13 residents and 15 Staff Members tested positive. The latest county Health Data Shows the 100 resident facility is the hardest hit. The management did not respond to our requests for comment. In the meaimenthe bay area has added more than 800 new cases. You can see Alameda County reporting more than 200 new infections with contra costa and santa clara counties close behind. San Francisco May soon be going green when it comes to construction. Supervisors have introduced a new proposal to ban the use of natural gas in newly constructeded buildings. New buildings would need to be all electric. Existing buildings would be exempt and restaurants would get an extra year to comply. You know some drivers may have actually seen it before it was coming. Were talking about this iconic landmark here for those who drive across it. It is going to cost you a little more each time you drive into San Francisco. Tolls are going up on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson has more on that plus the added features starting today for b. A. R. T. Riders. Cierra . Reporter yes, good morning, marcus. With the start of the new month comes two pretty significant changes here in the bay area and the first one starts with what youre going to have to pay once you cross that iconic bridge into San Francisco. Now take a look at this chart. Weve made a nice graphic for you. For those using fastrak the toll would increase from 7. 35 to 7. 70 and onetime tolls from 8. 20 to 8. 40. Carpool will increase to 5. 70. Now todays price hike is part of a multiyear increase program that was approved last spring with bridge traffic down as much as 40 during this pandemic, this increase will also help close a multimillion dollar revenue gap that was created by so many folks working from home. And those of you working from home begin to make that trek back, b. A. R. T. Is hoping to make the commute easier. Each week b. A. R. T. Will release charts on social media showing how many people are on specific cars on specific trains. Now these charts will be color coded so it will be easier to read and broken down by day and designed to give riders peace of mind when theyre on some of those more crowded trains on their way in. And back out here live as youre preparing to head out keep in mind the toll increase does begin today. If you didnt catch all of what i said, we will have the toll breakdowns as well as the b. A. R. T. Social media post on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Im live in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Thank you. And also, folks, if you didnt catch the numbers that cierra just gave you, its okay, theyll still take it out of you electronically so you will pay. Another area you will have to pay a toll, the bay bridge where there are no metering lights yet. A live look shows you the traffic is flowing nicely. The middle lanes are slowing down as you approach the toll plaza. You see that right there one of the middle lanes, looks like someone hit the brakes a little too hard. Ill track that. You see no major problems on the approach through contra costa county. The arrow shows you the toll plaza itself. A little slowing. Less out of livermore to sunol. Circled the disabled vehicle around the dublin interchange. The early slowing has cleared up. Kari, my maps are green. What do your maps show . A lot of green here, too, as we take a look at our current temperatures most of us are right now in the mid to upper 50s. Were starting out with a refreshing morning. Its going to be a cooler day. So if youre making plans to get up and lace up the sneakers, go out for a run in spots like el sobrante, our temperatures a little cool to start with upper 50s. At 1 00 were at 70 degrees. There will be microclimate that is will heat up into the low 90s today. Were seeing that in ukiah but mostly some upper 80s for the inland east bay and san jose reaching 80 degrees. But well talk about that warmer weather in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Laura and marcus . All right. Well look forward to it. Thank you, kari. The San Francisco zoo didnt open up this week but, coming up, the party still went on. Next well show you the big birthday bash that had a lot of animals monkeying around. Weve had almost nothing but bad news about coronavirus and the spread and yet the stock market seems to set new records. Out to the futures this morning where theyre slightly into the positive. And there you have it. This is our great ment and these six College Students making that graduation march but, unfortunately, they didnt have the ceremony because of the pandemic. Here on today in the bay we want to congratulate all of our grads, and you can help us do that by sending us a candid photo of the graduates to laura and me on facebook. Its laura garcia nbc bay area and Marcus Washington nbc bay area. And, again, congratulations to these graduates and all of them out there for the class of 2020. Right now at 6 13 lets head outside in the south bay with a look at our very nice sun rise on this wednesday morning. Were also going to have a nice afternoon. Temperatures slightly above normal as we look at our trend going up. 84 degrees here. Well talk about the heat coming up in the forecast. You see the middle lanes are those affected. No metering lights registered on but you will have a wait. Thats just what were watching the most. Everything else looks good. Back to you. Well, good morning to you, a very happy wednesday. It is the 1st of july, that means we are exactly halfway through the year 2020. And what an odd year it has been, right . Even weirder with the economy nearly shut down and people afraid to leave their homes, the stock market had its best quarterly performance in more than 20 years. That wouldnt make sense unless you factored in the moves by the fed and injections of stimulus by congress. It is capitalism, or its more like capitalism but with government support. The s p 500 up 20 for the quarter that ended yesterday. The nasdaq up 31 , pushed higher by apple and microsoft. July 1st also brings us new enforcement of the California Consumer privacy act, a law that was already in place. State attorney general becerra gave companies the first half of the year to figure out how to adhere to it. It requires websites and other Online Services to delete information they collect about you if they ask. The service doesnt have to be based in california, only the user has to be in california. Google has removed ads that tell people they have to pay to register to vote. To be clear, you do not need to pay to register to vote. Google alerted to the fake ads by a group called the tech transparency project. And i assume by now you have heard of the boogaloos, a loose group of people sometimes who appear at protests carrying guns sometimes, often wearing hawaiian shirts. They push for a second civil war here in america. They are advocating for that. Facebook has said it has had enough of that, that is the Violent Group according to facebook, so marcus and laura, facebook removed 220 accounts, 95 instagram accounts, 28 pages, and 106 boogaloo groups from facebook. Really just trying to spread hate. Glad to see facebook step up and remove those. Right. Make a strong move there. Thank you, scott. 6 16 right now. New this morning theres a new push to rename zuckerberg General Hospital in San Francisco. Supervisor matt haney posted about the recent controversy at facebook surrounding hate speech moderation and companies leaving the platform. In 2015 zuckerberg and his wife donated 75 million to the hospital which led to the name change. Since then the Cambridge Analytica scandal had some critics demanding that the name be dropped. All right, who doesnt love a Birthday Party . This is something super cute for you today. A Birthday Party at the San Francisco zoo. I know, right . Yesterdays party was for three senior chimpanzees. Kobe, mini and maggie. Minnie and maggie turned 52 but neither looks a day over 40, wouldnt you say . The zoo threw quite the bash, as you can see. There were no guests. It was their own little private party. The San Francisco zoo was supposed to reopen on monday. Now they delayed it and its not clear when its going to reopen. The Quarantine Party went on. Eating all those fruits and vegetables. Thats how they keep their beauty. Moisturer, mud maybe. Uhoh. There could be some marketing there. I dont know about that. Monkey mud. Lets get a look at the forecast for you today. Maybe you can step outside and get some sun. Yes, were seeing that as we take this live look from mt. Tam. I would love to be up here hiking as the sun rises. I know you cant see San Francisco because its just covered in some low clouds. Get out there and enjoy it. Our temperature trend in concord in the low 60s this morning. At 10 00 were at 71 degrees. If youre thinking of taking that lunch outside, getting fresh air it will be right at about 80 degrees and then continuing to warm up from there. Some of us will still have a warm day. Antioch reaching 87 degrees. Were up to 80 with some temperatures in the north bay reaching into the 90s. San francisco in the mid60s and we do have an ocean breeze starting to pick up. Were going to see that for a couple of days. Then our temperatures start to go back up. If youre looking for time outside, enjoying it by the pool this week, youre going to have that. It will reach into the low 90s in the valleys. We will be cool along the coastline. Mid80s today. Low 80s tomorrow. By friday really nice. We can see on the fourth of july holiday were reaching up to 90 degrees and still pretty warm for the end of the weekend as we look at early next week more of the same. San francisco in the upper 60s over the next few days. Mike, anything new starting to slow drivers down . The bay bridge is not new but it is start to go slow drivers down a little bit more. We look at the live look. You see the middle lanes consistently are showing the slower build for the line. Probably registering in the next couple of minutes. The map will show you the approach moving just fine. Coming up the nimitz, no problem, just where the arrow is. A wider look, mild slowing out of the altamont, Holding Steady livermore to sunol for 84. Friday is a holiday for a lot of companies. We tend to take a day off. Were looking at the lighter traffic flow as well. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Baseball back. Fans wont be allowed to attend but they can still be there in a way. When the giants and as play baseball. What that means coming up next. It could be fun. Plus nbc bay area responds. Thinking about celebrating Independence Day with your own Fireworks Show . A couple reasons you might want to skip the diy show. Im chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. Businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver, in new ways, to new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. At comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. And now, with one of our best offers ever, were committed to helping you do just that. Get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. 6 23. Welcome back. New for you this morning, Harvey WeinsteinsSexual Assault victims have been awarded 19 million in a settlement of a classaction lawsuit. That money will go towards a Compensation Fund for survivors who also are being released from any nondisclosure agreement. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the rape in march and is still facing another trial in los angeles. 6 24 right now. Lately youve probably seen or heard fireworks going off in your neighborhood. And if youre thinking about also making the sky go boom, well, consumer investigator chris chmura cautions you that those fireworks can make your finances go bust. Reporter good morning. Well give you three reasons you should leave the fireworks to the pyro ttechnics professional. Theyre dangerous. 10,000 had to go to the hospital, a third were kids. Fireworks may be illegal where you live. Almost every city in the bay area bans fireworks with big penalties if youre caught. Now if that doesnt dissuade you, reason number three. Analyst jason metz says a fireworks accident could cost you a lot more. If the fireworks are illegal in your state or locality, most likely you are not going to have coverage under your homeowners or renters or condo insurance. Reporter that means if your illegal fireworks start a fire, your insurance wont cover it. You could be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to your house, a neighbors home, or any injuries to bystanders. So what if your house catches fire from someone elses illegal fireworks . Metz said you should contact your Homeowners Insurance company and file a claim. Its possible your policy will cover the damage, then your Insurance Company might try to fight to recoup their money from the people who set off the fireworks in the first place. Back to you. When baseball resumes, fans will not be allowed but you can kind of be there in a way or seen there, even catch a foul ball. The as are following the giants lead by letting fans buy cutouts of themselves. If you buy a cutout in the foul ball region, they will send that ball to your home. All the money raised will go to charity. A clever way to keep people somewhat in the stands. A safer way. Dont get hit by a ball. Coming up next, talking about fireworks just moments ago, week worries. The crackdown of fireworks and the governor cracking down on social gatherings as well. Plus not another city charter giving more power to the mayor. Its not the solution the community is asking for. Reporter after more than 12 hours of discussion, the shift in mayoral powers and the shift in election years. Where we stand this morning. Youre watching today in the bay. You spoke. We listened. Tiny tacos are back for good grab a box of 15 or try them loaded. Get em now with no contact delivery. At 6 30, a wild night. City leaders in a marathon discussion over giving the mayor more power. Next a live report on just how heated things got without any results. Happening today Governor Newsom will announce weekend holiday rules as covid19 cases spike. We have a live report for you next on the weekend warning going out all across the bay area. And speaking of the Holiday Weekend we start a slight warming trend today that will only heat up more for the fourth of july Holiday Weekend. Kari hall is tracking the temperatures for us. Today in the bay continues right now. The sun is up and so are we. Good wednesday morning. Thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im Marcus Washington. Lets start out with meteorologist kari hall and a look at the forecast. A nicer day today for us. Yeah, were going to enjoy hopefully more time outside, get some fresh air before those temperatures heat up. A live look outside in San Francisco, just misting here a little bit. Across the bay it will keep the temperatures in the mid60s while some of our inland valleys reach into t upper 80s and low 90s, well talk about the range in temperatures as we go into the Holiday Weekend coming up. Mike, you are now looking at the roads and so far it seems like a quiet morning. It has been. I hope we dont jinx it but the toll plaza does have a backup but no metering lights are registered. If youre coming off 580 youll have easiest access to the lanes that are clearer, lanes three through seven. The map shows you theres maybe something going on on the bridge to san rafael as well. Thats 580. I did want to show the rest of the bay which is very clear right now. Over to marcus with breaking news. This is after the citys mayor issued an executive order to clear protesters from a community. You can see a few of those protesters there as well as Police Officers going tent to tent. That neighborhood is known as the capitol hill organized protest or c. H. O. P. Zone and is a selfdescribed autonomous or free of state authority. This all comes after two teenagers were killed and three others injured. Well keep an eye on that on today in the bay as well as on nbcbayarea. Com. Here in the bay area and around the country, san jose a very heated debate over how much power the mayor should have. It went late into the night without any resolution. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live at city hall. And, kris, what will happen next . I know theyre not done with this discussion yet. Reporter no, this isnt done. You were talking about the story out of seattle where the mayor was able to sign an executive order to force really quick action. And thats the sort of quick action and response mayor sam liccardo says is behind trying to shift some of the powers from the city manager, who is not elected, to the Mayors Office, an office that is elected to serve the people. In case you havent been following this, the council is considering shifting those powers to direct Department Heads like the police chief or to close and reopen Public Resources without going through weeks and weeks of proposals and memos. We saw this with Alum Rock Park at the start of the pandemic. You see it in works in San Francisco and oakland. Thats their structure. There was a lot of Public Comment on both sides of the issue. Trying to change the city charter now seems like a power grab by the mayor. Mayor liccardo says the shift in power is really, again, about being able to respond more quickly and to be more accountable to voters. At the end of the day when people expect someone to respond, they expect that its the person that theyre actually able to get access to, that is the person who is elected and who is engaged with the community and with what the community is saying. And accountability is part of the democratic process. Reporter so this is the Charter Amendment that would shift the Mayoral Election to president ial election year, something that would increase voter turnout, but which also for the cycle would give city mayor sam liccardo two more years in office. Now if the Council Moves forward this morning, voters will see it on the november ballot. The meeting is scheduled to restart at 9 00 this morning. It started at 1 00 yesterday afternoon, went well past midnight. This will be held virtually so can you follow the back story at nbcbayarea. Com, but if you go to my twitter page or facebook page, three different links where can you watch it. There are several different options if one doesnt work for you and you want to be involved in the discussion. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks so much, kris. 6 34 right now. People across the state are wondering what kind of new shelter at home restrictions Governor Newsom may announce in just hours especially ahead of the fourth of july holiday. In the meantime were learning that some Independence Day celebrations will actually go on as planned. Today in the bays bob redell joins us live this morning. Hes in dublin. Bob, parts of the bay area have already scaled back some of their reopenings. Reporter correct, laura. A number of counties have paused the next phase of the reopening, their respective economies in Alameda County. The Health Department is holding off on indoor dining, salons and barber shops north of here in contra costa county. Bars and gyms were supposed to be opening today. Marin and San Francisco counties, theyve also scaled back on their reopenings in the wake of some sobering new covid19 numbers. New cases are shooting higher. Thats happened over the past two weeks. Hospitalizations are up statewide, more than 40 . Governor newsom will be announcing new restrictions later today. He believes people in many places are just becoming too complacent. All of a sudden here comes uncle bob two hours late. He gives everyone a hug. Hey, uncle bob, wheres the mask . Uncle bob, i dont believe in them. The whole thing starts to take shape. Reporter while most cities have canceled their fourth of July Fireworks because of covid19, the city of gilroy is still planning on a small show at gilroy high this weekend. Also today the sales of legal safe and sane fireworks will begin in the city. The mayor says he didnt want to choke off a valuable source of fundraising for Community Organizations who have been through so much over the last year from the pandemic and the gilroy garlic festival shooting last year. Safe and sane fireworks will only be allowed in neighborhoods with Single Family homes. This is new. That means people will not be allowed to send off those safe and sane in apartment complexes, parks, or schools. Again, this is for safe and sane fireworks. Illegal fireworks, the ones that shoot off and explode, those are not allowed at all. Reporting live in dublin, bob redell, today in the bay. All right, thanks so much, bob. Also new this morning you will soon see more transit only lanes like those on Market Street in San Francisco. Sf mta gave the green light to more temporary Public Transit lanes. It picked four routes, the 14 mission, 19 polk, 44 oshaughnessy. Thousands use those routes. Bus service, emergency vehicles and taxis can use the lanes. There will be some bike lanes added to some of them. It looks like a great morning to get out maybe bike, hike, walk, whatever your flavor or your fancy, i should say, kari. Yeah, take it all in. Our weather wont be this mild heading into the weekend. Were starting out with our morning. Most of us in the mid to upper 50s, and then as we go throughout the rest of the day we will see that sunshine heating things up. It will be comfortable in Mountain View as we look at the temperature trend. Were at 58 degrees at 7 00. Through 10 00 were seeing it warm up to the upper 60s. And then some mid70s by early in the afternoon. Some low 80s in the south bay. Upper 80s for the inland east bay, up to 91 in ukiah. 66 will be the high today in San Francisco. Well talk about that weekend warmup in a few minimum. Mi mike, is it starting to heat up. Its getting more crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights officially were turned on at 6 31. And were looking at the live look where it shows you the lane, even the lanes three through seven, the ones off to your left. The Richmond Bridge, the one i called for, guys, sorry there is slowing. A disabled vehicle. As you travel westbound, chp is still taking care of that. The build in the last couple of minutes. As your map shows you a smooth flow of traffic getting through the area. No major problems. Theres the Richmond Bridge west 580 and the rest of the bay. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Coming up for you a brandnew casino and Hotel Opening in las vegas. Why some people wont be allowed inside. Believe it or not were halfway through the year 2020. Well take a look back at the last six months. Lets look ahead to the third financial quarter. Stocks are moving higher. Great grads of 2020. They made it through School Without that official ceremony. A big congratulations to these College Students. Send us your candids of your graduates. Well put them on tv. Marcus and i are both on facebook. More news ahead. Youre watching today in the bay. Hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. Right now at 6 42 as we head to the trivalley were checking out our temperature trend for pleasanton. Well see mid50s to start and then were at 70 degrees at 10 00. Its going to warm up once again. It gets even hotter for the Holiday Weekend so ill show you that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. The san jose area where the slowing has started once again. This is the slower spot. Slowing at the bay bridge and Richmond Bridge and to another bridge well go to cierra who coordinated with the bridge over at the golden gate. Reporter yes, good morning. With the new start of a new month, there are things people will want to Pay Attention to and one of the biggest changes taking place this month is how much youre going to pay when you cross that Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. Take a look at this graphic. The bridges fastrak tolls are increasing starting today. 7. 35 to 7. 70. Onetime tolls will increase from 8. 20 to 8. 40 and carpool increasing from 5. 35 to 5. 730. Todays price hike is part of a multiyear increase program approved last spring. And with the bridge traffic down as much as 40 during this pandemic increase will help slow the multimillion dollar revenue gap created because so many people were working from home and folks working from home begin to make the transition bake to work, b. A. R. T. Is hoping to make the commute a little easier. Each week b. A. R. T. Will release charts on their social media pages showing just how many people are on specific cars, on specific trains. Now these charts will be color coded so it will be easier to read and broken down by day and designed to give riders an idea what trains are more crowded as we begin to make that transition back. And if youre preparing to head out the door and making your way to work, keep in mind the toll increases do start today. I have a price breakdown on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Were live in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. Thank you very much, cierra. We have some breaking news right now, positive news in the fight against covid19. Drug Company Pfizer and a biotech firm announced progress in finding a vaccine. It says the drug combo it is testing was successful in generating antibodies to fight sars which Scientists Say closely resembles the coronavirus. Pfizer not certain that higher antibody levels will lead to immunity to the virus. So far the test has only been done on 45 people. Of course more studies are needed. And it should be noted that the vaccine did cause fever and other side effects especially in higher doses, but well continue to monitor that. Well, it is the 1st of july. That means the first half of 2020 is over. And, scott mcgrew, what a first half it has been. Wow several years encapsulated in about six months. You know impeachment was this year . That Pete Buttigieg was the leading candidate for democratic nomination for president this year. At the start of 2020 you could count the number of covid19 cases on one hand. Here is six months in two minutes. It was just two days into the year 2020 that the u. S. Military strike killed iranian general soleimani. The impeachment trial of donald j. Trump got under way. In early february the senate voted to acquit trump of two articles of impeachment. Mitt romney joining the democrats in voting that the president was guilty of abusing his power. Remember all those democrats, buttigieg and sanders seemed to be the frontrunners in their partys race for the white house. In march President Trump declared a National Emergency over coronavirus. That very same day Louisville Police shot and killed breonna taylor, a black emergency room technician, in her own home after executing a noknock warrant. Just a week later the number of u. S. Coronavirus deaths crossed a thousand. President trump signed a 2. 2 trillion economic bailout bill. Bernie sanders dropped out in early april making biden the apparent democratic nominee. By april 14th u. S. Fatalities from coronavirus hit 25,000. By the 29th deaths from coronavirus hit 58,220. More than the vietnam war. On may 5th graphic video of the shooting death of aubrey. Fatalities were at 75,000. Unemployment spiked at 14. 7 just the next day. That same month george floyd, an africanamerican man, killed after a Police Officer put his knee on his throat, later setting off those protests all over the country. And u. S. Fatalities from coronavirus crossed 100,000. It was just last month Police Used Tear Gas and pepper spray and flashbangs against Peaceful Protesters outside the white house to clear a crowd for President Trump to do a photoop with a bible. And the u. S. Supreme court extended rights to gay and transgender workers. Just a few weeks ago we got a look at john boltons book. Just a few days ago the Supreme Court ruled against President Trumps efforts to shut down the daca program. President trump held a political rally in tulsa, the day the u. S. Coronavirus death toll surpassed 120,000. So much change in america over just the First Six Months of 2020. Of course we track it all on twitter. You can follow me there. Im scottmcgrew. Scott, thank you. 6 48 for you right now. The first adult only casino and hotel is nearly done in las vegas. It was expected to open in october. The circa resort and casino was the first to be built in downtown las vegas in decades, nearly 800 rooms, a massive pool and giant outdoor tv. Again, no kids or teens allowed and must be 21 to enter. I think that should just go for all of vegas. Vegas we took kids to vegas a couple years back. Its opened up for families, so, yeah, theres an adult component, but theyre trying to pull the families in. If you bring the whole family, they get everybodys money. Absolutely. But i look at vegas as the adult theme park, you go and have fun all day. Not untrue. I could only stay there a couple days, and then i have to come home. Same here. And, you know what, home is a great place to be right now. Its where everyone is and luckily were in the bay area where the weather has been really great, kari. It has been pretty nice. A little warm in some spots but along the coastline, San Francisco, as we get a live its a beautiful start to this wednesday morning where we dont have any fog here and its also clear for the inland areas as we check out whats happening in walnut creek. The temperatures here will start to warm up again today. So enjoy the first several hours of the morning where you get that natural air conditioning. Temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. And then were at 82 degrees by early in the afternoon. So heres where were headed once again, highs reaching into the upper 80s. For parts of the trivalley. We head to the north bay where were looking at hot temperatures from clear lake to ukiah, going to see some 90s here. Santa rosa stays in the low 80s. We are locking at some mid60s in San Francisco today so still a wide range in temperatures due to a pretty strong ocean breeze that will only get stronger over the next couple of days. So it will give us a cooldown for the rest of the week. In time for the week, a surge of warm air returns and its going to stay with us at least until the start of next week and that means its right in time for the holiday. So our inland valleys will reach into the mid80s today, lower 80s tomorrow. And were in the mid80s on friday. Then you see 90s in the forecast for a couple of days. And once again thats for the Holiday Weekend. A lot of people will want to try to head to the beach. Check that its open. There the high temperatures will only be in the low 70s while were going to see some of that much cooler weather remaining along the coastline. Mike, how is it looking for the commuters getting ready to head out now . I think some folks already did head out. We were talking about it because friday may be a holiday for your company but we are looking at some slow spots. San jose another burst of traffic, north 101 caused more slowing. There was also a disabled vehicle at oakland road just shy of 880 that cleared and so is the slowing starting to ease up now. The rest of the bay very mild slowing for the trivalley, the Altamont Pass not a problem at 84 through livermore and into sunol. At speed. The bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on and now we do have slowing for all the lanes approaching the toll plaza. Were looking to the Richmond Bridge where there was a disabled vehicle causing slowing westbound in your commute direction. A live look shows you the toll plaza here is starting to ease up as well. I do believe theyve cleared that. Back to you. 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Get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Welcome back. Here is a look at the top stories were covering for you. A live look at city hall. This is where the future of the Mayors Office is the focus of a heated debate. Councilmembers went past midnight arguing what kind of powers the mayor should have. They adjourned without reaching a decision. That means later this morning theyll reconvene to take up that issue again. The Debate Centers around voters deciding the socalled strong mayor proposal which would give mayor liccardo or any mayor more hiring and firing power. Last nights virtual hearing had a lengthy Public Comment period. And you have an opportunity here to change the trajectory of our city. San jose has always been an afterthought to San Francisco in the bay area, and im sick and tired of it. The measure would realign the Mayoral Election with the president ial election, in the process giving sam liccardo an extra two years on his current term. Happening today Governor Newsom expected to lay out new shelterathome restrictions ahead of the fourth of july Holiday Weekend. This comes after a recent surge in cases across the state. Hospitalizations are up statewide more than 40 . Newsom will announce the guidelines at noon. New for you this morning today was supposed to be the mark of a new day for pg e. The utility expects to reemerge from bankruptcy. Ahead of that Governor Newsom yesterday signing a bill meant to safeguard californians if pg e fails in that effort or falls short in reforming its operations as required by law. Peninsula state senator jerry hill authorized that measure which the Senate Approved on monday. Its meant to hold the utility more accountable going forward. New this morning Oakland Councilmembers going back to the drawing board on budget cuts after an overwhelming call to defund police. Last week councilmembers approved the budget which included a 20 million paycut to opd. At last nights Meeting Community members demanded the council cut more from the department. Several people say the Police Budget needs to be cut in half. That is nearly 150 million. The city council says theyll reconsider the budget by july 21st. San francisco appears to be launching a new Youth Movement as police staff the ballot box and lower the citys voting age to 16. San franciscos Youth Commission is organizing this effort. Voters over 18 will now have to approve that measure this fall. All right. It is 6 58. Wrapping up our show but not without a look at the forecast. Kari . Its still going to be warm for some spots inland. Were talking about the mid80s, so thats about normal. Well see some more seasonable weather through the end of the week before it heats up for a couple of days in time for the fourth of july holiday. Very dry vegetation and hot temperatures. That combination for a high fire danger, so we do have to be careful this weekend. Mike, are drivers being careful heading out the door . How is it looking for the commute . We are asking all drivers on the roads to call anything you see as far as smoke or fire, especially this time of year. Over here we have a backup at the bay bridge and it is building slowly but you see theres Better Movement from the lanes, nothing unusual here as we look at another live look at the san mateo bridge. We had slowing at the bay bridge and the Richmond Bridge. The taillights away from us getting to the peninsula is great. Highway 92 as you come back to us, guys, highway 92 into Half Moon Bay every day this week and last week pretty much ive been seeing a lot of traffic getting on 92 to Half Moon Bay starting late in the morning. The mayor in that city telling people to stay away for now. We want to you stay safe out there. We thank you for joining us this morning. Absolutely. Take a look at this. The bay bridge looking into San Francisco. San francisco, you have to love the bay area is the best. Thanks for joining us this morning. The today show is next. Have a great one. Good morning breaking overnight out of control were going in the wrong direction. Good morning breaking overnight out of control were going in the wrong direction. The nations top doctors before congress with a stark warning as the u. S. Hits a new singleday record for coronavirus cases. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if thisoes not turn around, and so i am very concerned Top Republicans distancing themselves from the president with an urgent plea. Put on the mask its not complicated and the testing strategy being considered now to track and curb the spread. Under pressure the white house beating back reports the president was told