You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn they area, more local news at 5 30. The coronavirus complicating the College Decision for many incoming freshmen and an enticing offer to lure california students to the aloha state. New fallout over this viral video of a couple questioning a man painting a black lives matter slogan on his own property. A southbay politician accused of making racially insensitive comments while discussing the debate over fie ac good evening, i am veronica de ma. All rated heated race for Santa Clara County board of supervisors. Kpix 5s len ramirez on the calls for kansen chu to apologize and what he is saying and about the backlash. Reporter kansen chu says this whole thing is due to a misunderstanding. A bad translation from his native mandarin into english but its not stopping some of his critics from calling for his resignation. In a june 11 article in the chinese language world journal, a metal member kansen chu claimed many latino parents do not care about their childrens education or sending them to college and that many latino and African Americans are quote unable to compete due to unresolved structural economic and educational problems. Today latino and African American civil rights leaders called the comments racist. We find his remarks to be outrageous and we are calling for his resignation. Reporter the comments came after a discussion on a constitutional amendment five which would put a measure on the November Ballot to repeal proposition 209 and reestablish affirmative action in california. Chu abstained from voting but critics say the comments show his true colors. Mr. Chus remarks strikes the hearts of the Hispanic Community and Asian Community and black community. Reporter chu was born in taiwan and his comments were made in his first language met mentoring but he blamed an error in his translation to english saying quote i unequivocally denied that latinos do not value education. I did say there are systematic barriers for latinos and africanamerican students. Chu, a former San Jose City councilmember also said he has a strong and consistent record of supporting education and progressive policies for minority immunities. Chu was not available on camera today, but he did also claim part of this on a very contentious race for the county board of supervisors against otto lee, his opponent. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Californias governing board has voted to support an initiative to restore affirmative action programs. The board of regents announced its support for a valid measure to repeal proposition 209 which was passed by voters back in 1996. It bans the consideration of race, gender, and ethnicity in admins and in state hiring policies for the state senate must approve the repeal which would then go before voters on the November Ballot. Protesters at wake up at rallies in oakland this morning danced and marched outside the homes of city councilmembers calling for the defunding of the Oakland Police department. Among the list of demands, requests to cut police funds by 50 . One councilmember came out of his house to speak with demonstrators but he could not commit to the large cuts they were asking for. I understand what theyre saying, but the action here in oakland, is not about what you say, its what you do. I mean not only i need not only the citys help at all of our help. The wake up organizers also want violence towards protesters stopped and the chp removed from oakland streets. A San Francisco man who went viral this weekend after confronting someone about their black lives matter signed has lost his job. We are not doing anything illegal. Neither am i. Actually you are. But oh, well then call the cops. Robert larkin was fired from San Francisco bays Financial FirmRaymond James. This comes after larkin and his wife, Melissa Alexander were filmed questioning a man about talking like lives matter outside of his home in pacific heights. In a tweet, Raymond James says his company has zero tolerance for racism or discrimination of any kind and that it expects its associates to conduct themselves appropriately inside and outside the workplace. Wrote right now in Los Angeles County 30s are promising a thorough investigation after a black man was found dead hanging from a tree. Over the weekend hundreds gathered near palmdale city hall demanding answers over the death of robert fuller. Fullers body was discovered on wednesday morning. Investigators say because there was no evidence of foul play his death was initially considered a suicide. Officials have now asked the Attorney Generals Office and the fbis Civil Rights Division to monitor the investigation. They will also dissect the involved structure to determine how they were tied. We will continue with the video canvas to see if we can identify any Surveillance Video or home video which captures the events around the scene. For a black man to be hung in a treat near city hall, thats a message. Family members the night fuller was depressed. It was less than two weeks ago another black man, 38yearold malcolm harsh was found hanging from a tree in neighboring San Bernardino county. Officials say they found no sign of foul play. While detectives are still investigating that case, hirschs family issued a statement expressing concerns that his death will quote be waived offr media attention. Accusations of harassment, cyber stalking, and live cockroaches. How former ebay executives are accused of making life a nightmare for their critics. A familys heartbreak after a tribute to a Fallen Sacramento Police officer is painted over. Coming up all new at 6 00, a landmark ruling today by the Supreme Court. Why local lgbtq members say in our campaign 2020 coverage joe biden in the Democratic National committee raised more than 80 million last month making it their largest monthly fundraising effort in the 2020 race. The campaign also announcing hasince february and the average online donation to the Biden Campaign last month was 30. Six former ebay employees facing federal cyber stalking charges. They are accused of harassing and intimidating a couple from massachusetts who published an online newsletter that criticized the ecommerce company. Officials say the group sent anonymous threatening messages and had multiple things shipped to the couple. These deliveries included flagler bay and life spiders, a box of live cockroaches, a sympathy wreath on the occasion of the death of a loved one, a book of advice on how to survive the death of a spouse. Among those charged, 51yearold Brian Gilbert who was also a former Police Captain with the Santa Clara Police department. Only the fourth time in history the oscars have been postponed for l now take place april 25 next year, eight weeks later than planned. The event was set for february 28 but the academys board of governors cited the pandemic as the reason for the delay. The eligibility window for films, that will also be extended as almost every aspect of film and Television Production has been delayed over coronavirus fears. Still ahead, the memorial for a fallen officer who grew up in the bay area painted over. Her family as they this friday marks one year since Sacramento Police officer and bay area native osullivan was shot and killed in the line of duty. On top of the pain her family has been dealing with, a painting honoring osullivan was painted over this morning. A blueline on a black drop was repainted on the backstop of a softball field. Over the weekend the blue line was painted over. Sullivans family says that what happened has caused a lot of unnecessary stress. There is enough without this to deal with. And then this is thrown on top of it. The city said it had no involvement with the backstop getting painted over. Starting today, parking violations related to street sweeping are being enforced again in San Francisco. There had been a pause in the ticketing after the shelter in place was issued but now, if you park your car during a street sweeping designated time, you could be fined at 79. As many as 18,000 vehicles per day were not moved out of the way of mechanical street sweepers during the lockdown. Bart is moving closer to a fully contactless payment system. The coliseum in Oakland Airport patient will be clipper only sales from today. Five stations will be eliminating sales the paper tickets this month. The plan is for all stations to clipper only to minimize contact. Next week, montgomery street station will convert and civic center the week after her caltrain is increasing its Weekday Service from today as workplace restrictions in the bay area begin to ease. There will now be 70 trains running. That is up from 42. Once a train is full, drivers will skip stations to make sure the trains are not crowded. If you travel by water, fairies on the richmond route returned this morning as well as an increased service to vallejo. Is more places reopen, people get back to their everyday lives. A reminder, the cdc has released new guidelines for outdoor gatherings. If you plan on having people over, be sure to have facemasks, space out so the sitting of people, youve got to maintain that social distancing. If you are hosting, encourage people to bring their own food and drinks but if you plan on serving food, only one person should do the serving. Cdc also recommends keep a list of guests in case Contact Tracing is necessary. Most importantly remember the virus has not gone away. You need to note your personal risk tolerance. You live with a grandmother who is elderly . Or have someone with medical conditions in your house versus not . You identify your risk, having it outofdoors is critical, the virus spreads much less outdoors because there is much more ventilation there. A lot of reaction to the idea of going out again. We asked how do you feel about it . Are you excited, worried it might be too soon . Mike magnoli is as open and use common sense. Diane said we will continue to be super cautious in our opinions the worst has not hit yet. And marta says we feel good. Jack saying if you think its too early, stay home but if youre comfortable, then go out. We want to hear from you. Just use the hashtag kpix. Time now to get a check of the forecast. Our paul heggen is standing by. Paul, its nice to see you. Or i should say its nice to hear your voice. Yes, welcome back, we are all getting used to life in our little boxes here so i try not to weave tomb much in and out. We have some breezy conditions over the next couple of days. In fact it will be breezy the rest of tonight, usually after the sun goes down the wind quiets down and it will to some extent today but it is still breezy overnight pretty windy day on the day tomorrow with new normal temperatures. Is not going to be uncomfortable at all but much more warmer by midweek. The hottest day of the week looks like it will peak on thursday. Right now lets take a look at those temperatures from today. Nice looking in san jose, high cover filtering out the sunshine, upper 70s in san jose, 70 on the button in fremont. 66 degrees in San Francisco. Exactly normal for 15 june. Our usual spread of temperatures and we are still seeing that right now, 66 degrees at sfo while downtown temperatures dropped a couple more degrees, we will check that out again coming up at 6 00. 70 in oakland and close to 80 degrees in concord until field and 80 degrees on the nose right now in santa rosa. As we go through the rest of tonight temperatures will drop off but the fact it will be windy is keeping the atmosphere stirred around and that keeps the cool air from settling down to the lowlying spots. Low to mid 50s. Much for everybody, a very normal looking temperature map for june. Temperatures tomorrow, it depends on where you are. We are going to warm up but it will be limited along the coast near the bay temperatures in mid to upper 60s in the city with those wind coming quite a bit stronger. 2224 miles per hour, those are the sustained wind. The gusts are even higher than that during the afternoon and early evening hours. San jose still manages to warm up to the low to mid 70s. Noticeably breezier by mid afternoon and evening presenting for concord with temperatures getting up to around or even above 80 degrees. And because you are further inland the wind will be noticeable but its not going to be quite a strong as near the water. Temperatures for santa rosa like they were today right up to around 80 degrees. Like concord, a noticeable breeze but not as flat out wendy at those spots closer to the bay and along the coast. Upper temperatures 60s and low 70s around the bay itself, low 60s right along the coast which is normal with that onshore breeze and low to mid 80s further inland. All these temperatures within 2 3 degrees of what is average for this time of year that we are going to warm up later on this week. The concern is with breezy conditions where we got to worry about that fire danger. We can rank that with our fire some ing we omwill wa tch and 0 something we dont have to be overly concerned about yet tomorrow for the highest numbers on the map here are threes and fours for the north bay and a little further inland around fairfield. It looks like wednesday might be more of a concern with the gusty winds still a possibility inland and warmer temperatures. Above average temperatures likely in the long range outlook from the climate prediction center. The sexism is all the way through the end of june. A significant chance of above average temperatures for the entire region as we go into the last week of june. Weve got plenty of above average temperatures in the short term as well. Low to mid 90s wednesday and thursday. Temperatures around the bay even getting close to 80 degrees on thursday. We will check out this evenings dog walking for test coming up at 6 00. Also knew it 6 00, a bold new policy proposed by San Franciscos district attorney. How it could prevent the prosecution of cases brought on by officers who have previously been found guilty of serious misconduct. Some tesla workers demanding safer work conditions of the fremont fab factory. The governor responds. The state of the state during a global pandemic, some reassuring news tonight. Still ahead, university in hawaii seeing an increase in heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. At a time when some freshmen are postponing College Admissions because of covid19, one university is seeing an increase in enrollment. This is a great story. The golden opportunity Hawaii Pacific opportunity is providing to Incoming Freshman from the golden state. Reporter from their santa rosa home, Christine Wong and her mom eric account the weeks to the all Marino High School graduate leaves for college. They had this huge aloha and welcoming spirit. Reporter christie will study biology and joined the tumbling team at Hawaii Pacific, a private university of 4000 in downtown honolulu. California students really add to our diversity. California is such a diverse state. Reporter university residejunko chlledalover rld annatiin four arrives from california. This year, Hawaii Pacific is stepping up recruitment from its large feeder state to keep enrollment from lagging. While California Public universities have already announced most fall classes will be online due to covid19, hp u offers an alternative. We are fully prepared to welcome back students for an in person experience in the fall. Reporter applications from ulast year. Orted 70 over congratulations, we are delighted to offer you admissions to Hawaii Pacific university. Reporter los altos High School Graduate will join the high school will join the incoming class of 500. I feel incredibly blessed that i will be attending in person. Reporter kayla has not even stepped foot on the waterfront campus, only taking towards online. She joined the Nursing Program and liked the overall package. Students look at hawaii as being one of the safest places on the planet to go to school. Reporter california had more than 100 30,000 covid19 cases and 5000 deaths. Hawaii, fewer than 700 cases and under 20 deaths thanks in part to its mandatory 14 day quarantine for island arrivals. I knew that going to a place thats isolated i would have less chance of getting covid19 and i can continue my studies. Reporter add to that hawaiis 12 to 1. Social distancing is not a problem because the classes were small to begin with. Reporter for the first time Hawaii Pacific is offering california freshman the same tuition they would pay if they attended the university of california, just over 12,500. Half hpus usual rate. When i told people that hawaii is actually cheaper than going to a california school. 8000 cheaper, which is the cost of housing. That made it affordable for her to be able to go over there. Reporter while christina and kayla are excited they made the right match during the pandemic they and their families are now preparing for another potential sickness, those not so sunny moments of feeling an ocean apart. Thanks to technology i am only a face time away. Reporter sharon chen, kpix 5. I want to go back and get my masters. Thats it for the news at 5 00. [ laughter ] you and me both, alan. Kpix 5 new 66 begins right now. Know it 6 00, the Lgbtq Community celebrating a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court right now. A live look at a rally in San Franciscos castro district. Why they say work lace changer. As california moves into reopening, is it too much too soon . What the governor and statistics have to say. Californias attorney general pushing for statewide police reform. How his proposals will hopefully rebuild public trust in law enforcement. Our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , the bay area reacting to a major ruling on workplace rights for , lesbian, and transgender people. Good evening, i am ken bastida. I am Elizabeth Cook pretty live look at the ground in the air and what will be a celebratory rally in San Francisco. People expected to come back to mark the u. S. Supreme court ruling that found that the Civil Rights Act provides Legal Protection to and transgender people in the workplace. Kpix 5s devon feely with reaction to the landmark ruling. Reporter at the billings the frank center in san jose there was a sense of he wrote of elation and accomplishment over the protection and recognition in the Supreme Courts decision. We are human beings that have the right to work. Reporter gabrielle said he Supreme Courts decision is a watershed moment in the fight for lgbtq rights. No longer she says will people