Few people out here. The governor ordered parking lots to be closed at all state beaches. But the mayor here in pacifica says she wants to do more to make sure that the crowds stay away. And mayor Deirdra Martin says what they saw in memorial day was in her words, out of control. This year fourth of july is on a saturday, and they want to make sure that they dont see a repeat. She is going to follow the governors orders by closing parking lots, but also plans to close beaches. The state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend, but we are modifying our Parking Facility operations and closing them to traffic. The governor has closed our parking lots, and the city of pacifica has decided to close our beaches this year from sunrise friday morning to sunrise monday morning. I think with cases spiking all around california, its probably the right thing to do. Now the parking closures affect all state beaches in nine counties, including san mateo, marin, monterey, San Francisco, santa cruz, and sonoma. Were expecting more details on the specifics of the closures here in pacifica, but we are told that the walking paths will be available. Thats the latest here reporting live in pacific car, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, christie. Canceled reservations. Restaurants in three bay area counties no longer have the option of offering Indoor Dining because of the governors order. Nbc bay areas melissa colorado went to Solano County first to get a firsthand look at the impact this order will have. She is in vallejo for us where she had to break news to one Restaurant Owner herself. Melissa . Reporter the doors to this restaurant in vallejo are closed, shut. Customers who want to dine in are being turned away. We watch as the owner of this restaurant had to dial up all of her customers and cancel dozens of Indoor Dining reservations. I am so sorry the bottom of my heart, my hand are tied. Reporter the same hands that are tied figuratively are literally covered in plastic gloves. Owner chantal tran was forced to break the news to dozens of customers that Governor Newsom was no longer allowing her to welcome them in to her familys seafood restaurant, the front room at the wharf in vallejo. We have specifically targeted her efforts to close Indoor Dining. Have to obey the law. Cannot afford to get fined. Cannot do it. Reporter tran says she has followed every rule handed down by osha and Solano County to keep customers and staff safe from covid19. Everyone who walks in get their temperature checked. Tables are spread six feet apart. Stacks of disposable menus are fresh off the printer. Loyal customer joseph says a takeout bag doesnt compare to the dinein experience. Eating a crab salad just isnt the same. Now the question is can this familyowned restaurant survive on takeout alone . What can you do . Nothing you can do. Reporter tran says she is going to reach out to the city of vallejo to see if she can pull out some tables and use this public pedestrian space as an area where she can serve her customers outdoors. In vallejo, im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. It is such a difficult situation for everyone. But lets look at the reason why these three bay area counties ended up on the watch list. Its the hospitalization rates that were talking about. Those are surging. So lets look at Solano County first. You see here in april, okay, they had a number of people hospitalized. That day was 16. Then in may, it went up again, and it was up to 21 patients. But then by june, the average number of people being hospitalized each day ended up doubling. Now at 39. Lets check Santa Clara County for you now. Okay. Here we go. This is the month of june. You can see the numbers started around 60 hospitalizations a day, and now its spiked to over 100 hospitalizations. Contra costa county similar story. The numbers trended upward in the month of june, and theyre hovering over about 50 patients in the hospital each day. Well, as cases rise, so does the urge for people to get tested. For the second day in a row, a long line of cars in hayward. Sky ranger overhead as more and more people showed up to get tested. You can see the line snaking through the campus for at least a mile. Health officials have been testing people for covid19 at the campus off and on since midapril. Well, tough cautions tonight after more than 40 Public School principals were exposed to covid19. Right now they are all in quarantine. It all started when the Santa Clara CountyUnified School District called an inperson meeting. Then just days later, one of the people at the meeting tested positive for the virus. Nbc bay areas laura sambol talked to parents in sunnyvale who were asking why the district even had that meeting in person. Reporter the district says inperson meetings about reopening are necessary because theyre so complex. But parents doubt that and question whether the district can keep their kids safe when schools reopen. Im mad. Im disappointed. Im concerned. Reporter Bonnie Lieberman has mixed emotions after dozens of School Principals were exposed to covid19 at a facetoface School DistrictLeadership Meeting two weeks ago. Well, there were over 40 people in the room. It doesnt give me or many other parents much confidence that the district can make appropriate decisions about safety. Reporter last week, the district superintendent confirmed the exposure during an Online Meeting with the school board, but says the district didnt do anything wrong. Given the complexity required in the development of our reopening plans, some of our Staff Meetings are taking place in person. Of course those meetings are being conducted under the strict guidelines provided to us by the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department. Reporter and she says its a sign of the times. This is exactly the dilemma that every district is facing now. Were trying to figure out how to best keep our students and staff safe in an environment where the vast majority of things that are happening around us are out of our control. Reporter but some on the board seem unconvinced, especially since county guidance says indoor meetings should be ten or fewer. I cant imagine being the person at that meeting and being exposed. I can imagine if you had health conditions. Reporter the superintendent says everyone who was at that meeting was tested and quarantined. She says to her knowledge, no one else at that meeting has tested positive. Reporting from sunnyvale, laura sambol, nbc bay area news. Thank you. A new development in the Coronavirus Crisis in san quentin. A hunger strike. Until last month, these white tents on the yard werent needed. San quentin had no cases. But when the state began moving inmates to different prisons to get ahead of the virus, it backfired, only spreading the sickness. Today more than 1100 inmates have tested positive. Nearly a third of san quentin asses population. Theyre planning to lower the population with early releases. State senators say they want answers. They reduced the incarcerated population by more than 8,000 since midmarch. We intended to further reduce the population by implementing rolling early releases starting this week and next week. This is a statewide effort. Its like dominoes when three san quentin inmates were bussed up to the state prison in susanville, it launched a big outbreak there. That angered county officials since the prison is the key employer. States across the country are also dealing with a dramatic increase in covid19 infections. The governor of georgia is now urging people to wear face covering, but still hasnt signed an order mandating wearing a mask like here in california. In texas, as the wave of cases grow, the financial crisis is growing further with tens of thousands of people out of work. And in florida, the new cases are cancelling summertime staples with beaches and bars now shut down. We are very concerned about the clusters of people clustering in areas that are obviously going to Fertile Ground for the spread of the virus. There is also new hope for a potential vaccine. Pfizer announced positive data from an earlier study, showed patients developed higher levels of antibodies typically seen in infected people. But more than half of the 36 patients tested did report minor side effects. Well, coming up, San Franciscos archbishop in hot water with the city. Why the d. A. Sent him a cease and desist letter. Plus, it only takes one spark. Firefighters show us just how quickly a fire caused by fireworks can grow out of control. And speaking of fireworks, just in time for fourth of july. Another warming trend. When 90s will make a big comeback in our forecast, when we come back in just a couple of minutes. You asked for em, so tiny tacos are back for good. Grab a box of 15 or try them loaded. Get em now with no contact delivery. Californias department of Motor Vehicles doesnt want to see you. The office criticized the office has used the shutdown to do a hightech overhaul. The goal is to make it easier for us to do Business Online instead of driving to an office and standing in line. In addition to requesting real ids and uploading your documents online you do complex vehicle registration, vehicle title transactions, commercial licensing. Across the gamut of the service we offer, you can do almost everything online. The only thing that must be done in person, behindthewheel driving tests and the final step in obtaining a real id. Well, as airlines ramp up by putting more planes in the air, bay area airports are feeling pressure to reassure travelers that the process is sanitary and safe. Earlier today San Jose International gave us a tour to show us how things have changed since the pandemic began. There are subtle changes everywhere from curbside check in to tsa staff in the security line. The airport says its cleaning everything more often, mandating social distancing, and adding more reminders about the new rules. Theyre also asking all of us to do our part. We can only do so much, right . It does take the passengers to want to assist and help us, you know, maintain this goal so that when they travel, others feel just as comfortable. What you can carry on the plane has also changed. Most liquids are Still Limited to 3. 4 ounces, but the tsa now says you can bring as much as 12 ounces of hand sanitize were you. Returning to action, the stanford Football Team got the okay to start training today for a season that may or may not kick off in two months. The cardinal players were invited back to campus to start working out in an organized fashion for the upcoming season. A detailed protocol is in place for the players. Theyll all get tested for covid19. Players will be broken into groups of ten to work out together. After two weeks, theyll be tested again. If all are negative, the workout groups can expand to 20 players. If someone tests positive, the entire group will be isolated. There is a path to normalcy as well as safety. So i think its a good idea. I think education is important. And the soon theyre we can get people playing sports and studying, it will get better. As of now, stanfords first game is scheduled for september 5th. Well, most have canceled the fourth of July Fireworks show. Theyre worried about drawing crowds during a time when the virus is spiking. But nbc bay areas joe rosato jr. Shows us there is another concern. Its as traditional as baseball and apple pie. Every fourth of july there are fireworks. But covid19 is like a big bucket of water thats temporarily doused many of our traditions, including civic fireworks shows. Two sparklers have been lit and dropped into the gutter of this prop. Reporter which is why many fear there will be many more scenes like this over the fourth of july weekend. Its well involved in the attic. Reporter Contra Costa County firefighters today demonstrated just how quickly the legal fireworks can get out of control. Fireworks are dangerous. Fireworks are illegal in Contra Costa County. And they have no place in our county and in any of our cities. Reporter Emergency Responders worry with most fireworks shows canceled, more amateurs will shoot them off themselves. Well have extra patrols out friday and saturday. Specifically to try to catch folks in the act and leave them with a ticket that will cost them a little bit of money. Reporter in recent weeks, hospitals have already seen a rise in fireworksrelated injuries. We usually see a spike in the number of firework related injuries around the time of fourth of july. But right now weve seen ive noticed that we had several more hand injuries than weve had in previous years. Reporter firefighters remind people that fireworks are not only illegal in many counties, but very risky in whats shaping up to be an extreme fire season. Their message for this years fourth, just make do with the apple pie. Joe rosato jr. , nbc bay area news. Okay. Dangerous combination. Fireworks banned in most of the bay area, and its going to warm up this weekend. Lets check in with rob mayeda. And right on schedule on the sevenday forecast, as youre about to see. It looks like fourth of july saturday will be the temperatures, the day the temperatures really spike back up, especially across some of the valleys. But for the meantime, were in the midst of a little bit of a cooldown under way, including out near walnut creek. This time yesterday was about 94 degrees. Checking the temperatures currently, what youll see is that the numbers are currently in the 80s. So that is quite a change from the same time yesterday. A little bit of cooling reaching you there, even without the fog in walnuta costa county. Well take you to south to san jose. Mostly sunny skies. Cooler here as well. High yesterday was near 90 degrees. But check out the temperature right now, and you can see those numbers were in the 70s to low 80s. And one more stop takes us to San Francisco, where its cold again. 61 degrees that sea breeze, and look at the low clouds waiting to spill back towards downtown San Francisco. So the spread of temperatures 60s and 70s bayside. Inland temperatures dropping out of the 90s, as we expected. But look at the big drop down toward san martin and gilroy. The biggest cooldown through monterey bay, inland through the coyote valley. You saw the temperature drop by 5, almost 15 degrees. A lot of onshore breezes coming in right now. That will bring in the low clouds. You saw to the west of San Francisco, good enough for some areas of drizzle or mist early in the morning around the peninsula, down the coast towards santa cruz as our morning begins with some areas of low clouds. Temperatures in the 50s and highs tomorrow pretty much in line of what were seeing outside today. Low 80s around san jose. And look at the temperatures around gilroy. Thats not too bad. 78 degrees. Mid80s around the trivalley. Still mid to upper 80s as you head to pittsburgh. Cooler, near 70s near oakland. Inland temperatures from redwood city to palo alto, daly city. The downtown San Francisco in the mid60s. Its the ocean air conditioning running pretty strong. You saw the winds there, up to 15 to 20 miles per hour. You can see for the north bay, 70s and 80s. So now lets jump ahead in the forecast. Here is your fourth of july mid afternoon temperatures. A lot of orange and red on this map. You see the numbers returning to the 90s inland for Contra Costa County, solano, maybe even south of san jose. The breezy conditions about to be replaced this weekend by strengthening High Pressure a it builds back towards the bay area. The north bay valley, east bay valley, areas south of san jose unfortunately are going to trend dryer and hotter as we head through the weekend. Thats better news if youre in San Francisco and the coast and you think its been too cold. 70s return in time for the weekend. Saturday looks to be the warmest day of the holiday weekend. Trending a little cooler early next week. You see our valley locations as well, making a pretty big jump in temperatures for the fourth of july, which is something well have to watch as the temperatures climb, breezes as they typically do will be picking up during the afternoon. I dont think well see any red flag warnings, anything like that. Keep in mind the abnormally dry winter and spring we just went through. And the Drought Monitor where it is unfortunately means some high fire danger. Any time we get the for the fou into sunday. Thats a look at the forecast. Cooling a little earlier as we head through the beginning of next week. Back to you. Okay, thanks, rob. Not even a pandemic can stop a fourth of july tradition where Joey Chestnut and other competitors eat hot dogs, a lot of them. The annual hot dog eating competition on Independence Day will take place as scheduled. But there wont be any fans there this year. Contestants will devour hot dogs at an undisclosed location while social distancing. San joses Joey Chestnut, by the way, has won the event 12 of the past 13 years. Still to come, filling up at the pump just got a little bit more expensive. The new gas tax that started up today. A crackdown on the archdiocese of San Francisco. The City Attorneys Office has sent the diocese a cease and desist letter, ordering them to stop large indoor gatherings. An investigator with the City Attorney says a priest held an indoor mass without a mask last month. Right now indoor gatherings are not permitted in the city of San Francisco. The City Attorney threatens a restraining order if the diocese does not comply. Okay. Prepare to pay more at the pump. You probably notice prices are up today. Thats because the gas tax just went again, up again. Its part of that 2017 infrastructure tax that passed under former governor jerry brown. Its aimed at helping rebuild the roads and bridges. It adjusts every year based on the states Consumer Price index which pushed it up another 3 cents today. So now were paying 50 cents a gallon instead of 47 in tax. State Officials Say it will generate 54 billion over the next ten years. It will also cost you a little more each time you drive into San Francisco from marin. Tolls increased today on the golden gate bridge. The fastrak toll went up 35 cents to 7. 70. Onetime up 20 cents to 8. 40. And carpool rates will now be 5. 70. The price hike is part of a multiyear increase program that was approved last spring. Disneyland is still shut down, but its already cracking down on its new mask policy. The theme park announced when its reopened still no date but when it does, it will require visitors older than 2 years old to wear a mask at all times. But some say theyre concerned visitors might take their mask off in the middle of the day. So now theyre experiencing a new Guest Experience team whose primary job will be to enforce the mask policy. Theyll also be able to answer Health Questions guests might have. Other Safety Measures disney is taking include increased cleaning, temperature checks at entrances and physical distancing. Well, when we coming back, our daily celebration of the graduating class of 2020. 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. New at 11 00 tonight, tesla is now the worlds northwest valuable aumpl. The Bay Area Company hitting that milestone. Shares of tesla which have more than doubled since the start of the year climbed as much as 3. 5 today. It now has a value of 207 billion, passing toyotas 201 billion. Tesla produced 103,000 vehicles or almost 4 of the 4. 2 million made by toyota. Tonight at 6 00, the governor is calling for no fireworks shows. But the mayor of a south bay city says no way. The reason he says its safer to ignore the governors request. That story and more tonight at 6 00. Is coming up next on nightly news, ordering critical supplies online, but never receiving them. The new warping from the government after a spike of complaints. Lester holt joins us in about a minute. Okay. We do this every week night for a couple of months now. Finally, something good. Our nbc bay area version of graduation. Yes. As we do every night we want to honor our senior grads. Congratulations to the very strong class of 2020. 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