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Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Protesters toppled several statues out of Golden Gate Park saying the historical figures were linked to acts of racism and oppression. After weeks of protest a celebration in oakland as many gathered to celebrate juneteenth. The pro sports teams in the bay area and around the country face uncertainty on when to return to action. It is about 6 00 a. M. On this saturday, june 20th. Good morning. I am devin fehely. Protesters tore down several controversial statues at the San Francisco Golden Gate Park. Three statues were taken down in the park. The video shows the statue of the founder of the Mission System and a spanish priest, st. Junipero serra, Whose Mission was to convert native americans to christianity. He was blamed for destroying the data our of life. Also Francis Scott key that enslaved people and was torn down and dragged through the grass. The ropes were tied to all of them as they were taken down. For decades these statues stood tall at the Golden Gate Park but rekindling painful memories on people on abuse and racism. Protesters alto took down the statue of ulysses s. Grant, lead to of owned slaves before the start of the civil war. The statue was toppled lying in the pathway at the park. There was much antiracism graffiti found at the bottom of the statue. The statue of st. Junipero serra was sprayed with graffiti and there was applause and cheers as the statues were taken down. There have been a host of monuments torn down around the country during protests against racial injustice. At the nations capitol protesters burned the statue of general albert pike last night. This was the only confederate statue in the district. Shortly afterward President Trump, not the city Police Department, knocking the Police Department for allowing it to happen, calling for the arrested demonstrators. This removal comes on the 155th anniversary of juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the u. S. Heres a live look at the be okay arena in tulsa, oklahoma and it is expected to be at capacity this evening for the First Campaign rally a President Trump since march and the rally is going ahead despite concerns of civil unrest and coronavirus cases spiking in oklahoma. Friday the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a plea from local this is is an residents to stop the rally. The tulsa mayor put a curfew in effect anticipating 100,000 people converging on the city, however, the mayor lifted the curfew order. Oklahoma is one of 8 states in the country currently seeing the highest numbers of the new coronavirus cases, averaging nearly 250 a day. Ulster county is the hot spot and the Trump Campaign plans on handing out masks to the thousands that will be packed into the arena but says that people are not forced to wear a mask. Even white house officials are apparently at odds on wearing their own face covering. On my personal choice i would not wear a mask. If i were at the rally i would wear a mask. Officials in charge of the bok center asked the Trump Administration to provide a written safety plan explaining how they will enforce the social distancing. Protest all across the very area and into the night marking juneteenth and we have Kayla Oconnor from oakland. Reporter for many it is their version of the july 4th celebration, quite a party with fireworks going off all night with large crowds gathering here at lake merritt. The fireworks were set off in the middle of the street on grand avenue tonight. This as the cars lined up on grande and lake shore avenue looking for place to park. Oak lenders and others from the bay area were celebrating this historic day in black history. I am trying to celebrate black struggle, black joy. Reporter the celebration to with music, food and friends. Its nice to see people coming together regardless and celebrating us. Reporter this could be the best mode of transportation on this day with the clogged streets. Eric garner strutted into the party with this black cowboy hat on. I am representing and using my horse as a pedestal. Reporter juneteenth is known as the freedom day commemorating the end of slavery in the united states, a time in history that some say gets overlooked and many classrooms. They can talk about columbus and talk about everything but not teaching like history in school. Black history built this country into what it is today. Reporter just tuesday ropes that appeared to be nooses, hanging from a limb. Reporter those here tonight say this is a reminder of a celebration but says there still needs to be work done on changes for quality. It has been a very peaceful celebration tonight with very Little Police presence. From oakland, kpix 5. Hundred showed up for rally outside of the city hall in san jose and want the police defunded and they want President Trump to resign with more investment in black communities. A similar message in San Francisco were supporters marched around the civic center, calling on the city leaders to remove the San Francisco Police Department from the Public Schools. The ports shut down for 8 hours including the major ports of oakland and los angeles for juneteenth. The unions holding walkouts said they wanted to show commitment to racial equality and social justice. Sports returning to action could be in jeopardy with more athletes testing positive for the coronavirus. Major League Baseball announced a temporary closure for all the Training Facilities for the cleaning. At scottsdale, arizona one employee and Family Member exhibited mild coronavirus symptoms ever tested. All players and Staff Members on every team have to get tested before they can return to their facilities. The Philadelphia Phillies say five players tested positive for the coronavirus at the team spring complex. At the nfl one unidentified 49ers player tested positive for the coronavirus according to the nfl network. The team is not releasing his name. We know that a group of players, largely receivers, or part of the workout hosted by Jimmy Garoppolo in nashville, tennessee. They were all reportedly tested for the virus on friday and have to remain in tennessee until further notice. Members of the Dallas Cowboys in Houston Texas also tested positive during the week. The doctors say that the leagues may have to build closed campuses where the players and teams are isolated from the public. Dr. Anthony fauci said that at less , unless these players are in a bubble it can be hard to understand how they could return in the fall. Right now the nfl is set to kick off on september 10th. The coronavirus cases tripled with now more than 120 including 91 inmates and 37 Staff Members. Families and advocates, attorneys are demanding urgent action to release prisoners to curb the spread of the virus. California is among 10 states that of seeing the highest numbers of coronavirus testings in a single day this week. Forever 21 is trying to prove that actions speak louder than words and they want to do more than just apologize after employees work accused of racial profiling at the bay area store a year ago. We have maria medina with a new campaign from the company, store you will only see on the 5. They just accused us of stealing after spending thousands in the store. Reporter richard, recording this video last july, after he and his wife and a group of interns and a mentor were accused of shoplifting at the forever 21 in the San Francisco union square. We have too much money, influence and power to have to steal from anywhere. Reporter this is big rich and his wife, danielle banks, today. We have more than apology and have built a great relationship with them. I want something positive to come from this. Reporter forever 21 learned that big ridge and danielle are founders of a nonprofit that changes lives for at risk youth through the arts. I personally dont plan on going shopping. Reporter over the course of the year forever 21 worked with the youth leaders to rewrite the hr policies to inclusion and thats not all. The big name or retailer gave the project level of youth opportunity to spearhead from start to finish, from design to marketing, a collection set to launch on july 30th. They said not only are we sorry but we dont want these young people coming up in the next generation of young folks do not feel included, to feel like they do not have a place in the system. Reporter they said if more companies voiced support for the black lives Matter Movement and juneteenth, forever 21 was already paving the way to involve the youth, and to prove that could be inclusive. It is real and it all happens for a reason. We feel like this collection can really help us to heal, and give us hope for what can happen in the future. Reporter they held a photo shoot for their collection today and it happens to fall on juneteenth. The lawn line will launch on forever 21 across the community and in the bay area. In Southern California Family Members are demanding answers after the 18yearold Security Guard was shot and killed by sheriffs deputys. Relatives of Andres Guardado had been holding a vigil near the body shop with the young man was shot. The Sheriff Department said the young deputies were patrolling the area when he took out a gun and ran. There was a short chase that ended in a confrontation and deadly shooting. His sister spoke during the demonstration on friday calling for transparency. They will not let me or my family see my brothers body. I want to see his body. His boss says that he was working as a Security Guard for the body shop but the Sheriff Department said he was not recognized as a licensed Security Office officer by the state of california. This Young Mountain lion was released back into the wild, mr. San francisco, released into the peninsula with the tracking caller. The young cat roamed around San Francisco for a few days and the officials at the San Francisco zoo suspected he paid them a visit after two marsupials were killed in the outdoor closure. They suspect the Mountain Lion was the corporate and have launched an investigation. The Mountain Lion was captured with the net from oracle park on thursday. The zoo said he was robust and well fed despite being separated from his mother. Coming up, the latest on the reopening of the businesses around the bay area including the Sonoma County tourism industry. The recent graduates in the affluent area of the space find a way to 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. Businesses continued to reopening parts of the bay area as the coronavirus restrictions are is to. Alameda county is stepping further into phase two opening outdoor dining, Retail Stores, malls, religious and cultural services. There also allowing Outdoor Fitness classes and parks, museums a resume with social distancing in place. There is a new health order allowing overnight states in the hotels, campgrounds, welcome news for the tourism industry. There are surprise addition to the new health order after the governor gave the higher risk Health Services the green light. The Sonoma County is allowing nail salons, tattooing, parlors and movie theaters to reopen at half capacity. Some counties have no current plans to reopen further and there is no timeline on those reopenings. Heres a check on the weather with paul hagan. We start out with low clouds and clearing out into the afternoon, except for along the coast were you can see that on the future cast in a second. Those clouds are tough to shake near the coast. Toasty inland and cooler near the bay and at the coast. Temperatures warming up for everybody into the second half of the weekend tomorrow with above average temperatures continuing for a while. Temperatures are rightly to reach into the 90 inland portions of the bay area monday through friday. The futurecast shows low cloud cover and faulk away from the bay and inland into the north bay but that will dissipate through the morning into the afternoon. Right along the coast is where we have fog more stubborn transitioning into low cloud cover before spreading back inland into tonight. I dont think it will take as long on sunday for the sun to break through the low clouds and fog. Along the coast having a harder time get rid of it with sunshine boosting temperatures that much more. In the bay area with the sun breaking through the uv index is at the top of the scale, at 10 and technically up to 12 but we dont see that often. Burn time is 50 minutes are less, so you need to hat and sunscreen. Try to limit your time outside during the peak sunlight hours between noon and 3 00. Overall a nice day with temperatures close to normal for midjune around the bay. Upper 60s in the city, low 70s on the east side of the bay and mid to upper 70s inland. The warmer spots up to around 90 degrees. Low to mid 60s along the coast by noon with temperatures backing off with the onshore breeze strengthening. South bay mostly low to mid 80s and the farther inland you go at the santa clara bounty valley close to 90 degrees. Contra costa county at or above 90 or close to it as you head toward pittsburg, just a few degrees short. Mid to upper 80s for the tri valley and in the bay itself mid to upper 60s, low 70s on the east side of the bay. We are warming up more in the north bay with that southerly wind pushing the marine air northward with low to mid 80s. For the neighbors to the north they get hot with low demand this for lake county and mendocino county. Fathers day looks good with temperatures close to the readings today. A few degrees warmer near the bay with the fog dissipating earlier in up to 90 degrees farther inland. We have a few spots that will stay below 90 and a few above 90. Your hourbyhour temperatures for fathers day coming up in a few minutes. Temperatures next week are low 90s inland, low to mid 70s at the bay and all numbers a bit above average for the first full week of summer. The summer solstice is to 43 this afternoon. A group of students from piedmont showing we are Better Together and it all came about when the ask themselves what is the role of the White Community in the black lives Matter Movement. The six Piedmont High School graduates wanted to figure out ways to make a Lasting Impact on the community and came up with an idea for the pops project for the Piedmont Oakland Public Schools project. They held a zoom fundraising event with more than 200 that turned out. They raised over 43,000 for the oakland Public Schools. The pub project is pops project. Org. For more projects like these head to Better Together section our website at kpix. Com. Coming up, a stark warning from the World Health Organization on where the world stands on the global pandemic. 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The worldwide death toll exceeding 450,000. The u. S. Is the hardest hit country followed by brazil and russia. Brazil has over 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus and the milestone was reached after more than 50,000 new cases were reported this week. The u. S. Nation the second country to pass the milestone and the brazilian president is downplaying the risk of the virus. Many Health Experts predict the worst is still to come for brazil and believe that the peak of the pandemic will arrive in august as it spreads from the big cities to the nation interiors. Beijing seem to have moved on from the pandemic and for 55 days the nations capitol did not report new infections and life returned to normal. This week eight fresh cluster occurred from the sprawling wholesale food market infecting 180 people so far. Beijing has mandated coronavirus testing for hundreds of thousands and neighborhoods are under soft lockdowns. The china cdc said that the beijing outbreak is under control. The eiffel tower in paris will reopened to visitors and its been over three months since the popular tourism attraction was close due to the pandemic. Beginning june 25th visitors can toward the structure with visitations. Everyone is required to wear a pass and only number allowed at any given time. After the get inside they can only climbed the tower by the stairs and the elevators are expected to reopen in july. Coming up, juneteenth celebrations around the country in a push for congress to turn it into an official National Holiday. Details on what sparked a train fire after derailment last night in arizona. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Welcome back. It is about 6 30. Thank you for joining us. I am devin fehely. Thousands took to the streets marching the 155th juneteenth is celebrating the end of slavery in the united states. There was growing momentum in an effort to make juneteenth a National Holiday. Reporter in oakland, california they demanded justice. In new york city george floyd was the rally cry. Everywhere you look and everywhere you see, racism is being torn down in high and low places. Reporter in washington dc a silent crowd kneeled around the Martin Luther king memorial. It is calls for solidarity against racism, juneteenth marking the end of slavery in the u. S. They have never been as large as this one and i am excited to be part of this. Reporter dozens of companies are embracing juneteenth edison official holiday and lawmakers on capitol hill are introducing legislation to make it a National Holiday. June 19, 1865 was when the slaves in galveston, texas found out from union troops that the civil war was over and they were freed. Reporter the National Archives in washington announced researchers discovered the actual handwritten union order writing to the people of texas, all slaves are free. Reporter this lifelong texan has been calling for it to be a National Holiday for years. I think it is still a form of slavery going on. If people dont have enough to eat, it is a form of slavery. Reporter this weekend thousand are expected in the tulsa, oklahoma extort Greenwood District on june, juneteenth, and the rally for President Trump was set to go on to the same days juneteenth but there was a National Outcry of protest. President trump scheduled uour time and delivering two remarks on the Great American comeback celebration before he holds a rally in the bok center an hour later. They expect a crowd of 100,000 or more in downtown tulsa. This is his first rally since march 2nd. He will be joined by Vice President mike pence. The Supreme Court ruled that he can proceed with the indoor rally in oklahoma without wearing a facemask. There was a Train Derailment in Downtown Phoenix last night and the four railcars derailed from the Union Pacific train after pulled out of the yard around 7 30 p. M. And there was a big play in the black smoke seen throughout the downtown area. The flames were shooting out of the cars for over an hour. Fire crews say that the engine caught fire after five train cars derailed causing a diesel league leak and the fire was no structures were damaged. Pg e is moving forward with the 58 billion bankruptcy plan after the judge signed off on it including 13 billion for the more 80,000 people that lost their families and homes sparked by pg e equipment. Utility pled guilty to 88 counts of manslaughter in connection with the butte county fire in 2018. Pg e is ordered to pay 3. 5 billion in fines as well. There is reform in the Police Department to create a communitybased antiracism Training Course to teach officers how to respond to situations that do not involve firearms. They are also allocating to me dollars to increase the number of on armed employees in the system. The transit agencies updating its policies on restraints and use of force. In the morning, if there is a man that is homeless and has no clothing, no shoes, we are in conversations and in some agreement that his first interaction may need to be with an outreach worker, not a man or woman trained to take down the soldier. The measures will be presented to the board at a meeting next thursday. The uncle of a man shot and killed by bart Police Officer over a decade ago testifying about Police Reform and the bill is making its way through congress. The power of police to use deadly force is the most significant responsibility we give to any public official and it must be guided by the codes of safeguarding human life and protecting human rights. Stephan johnson spoke yesterday about the abuse of policing practices after his nephew was shot and killed by a white bart Police Officer in oakland in 2009. The house will blow on the Police Reform bill and there will be a vote next week. The mayor and city Police Department are taking the steps to fire detective brett hankinson, one of three officers involved in shooting Rihanna Taylor when they burst into her apartment on a no knock warrants during the narcotics information on march 13. There was a predetermination letter saying the detective violated two standard operating procedures. Friday they were back in the taylor apartment gathering evidence. According to a tweet from the fbi officials are taking a fresh look at the available evidence. The officer accused of killing reshad taylor was moved to a different facility hours before he was released to appear before court. He was transferred due to security concerns and scheduled to face the judge on friday but waved waived his right to appear in court. An officer killed in the line of duty in the bay area was laid to rest on friday and hundred the auditorium of the high school, the alma mater of David Patrick underwood. On may 29th a gunman opened fire killing him when he was guarding a building. A protest was taking place nearby. Today family and friends described him as a people person that was always willing to help. They said that while they support the demonstrations for the Police Reform it is easy for people to forget the risk that officers face every day. He died with honor. He died with dignity, and he died with respect from the people in the community that he loved to serve. Patrick was murdered by the blind violence of hatred, fear and discrimination. His friends say he had bought an Engagement Ring and was about to propose to his girlfriend. Two men are charges murder including an air force sergeant that was also accused of killing a deputy in santa cruz county. The navy upholds the decision to fire the captain that sounded the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier. Captain Brett Crozier had written a letter to stop the outbreak aboard the uss theodore roosevelt. Over 1000 crewmembers tested positive for the coronavirus and the letter from Brett Crozier was league leaked to the media. Navy leaders later recommended he be reinstated but after launching an investigation the navy holds the decision to fire him. They fault him for not following proper protocol at the spread of the virus and being too slow to evacuate the ship. Apple is closing multiple Retail Stores with the coronavirus spiking and some areas. Some of the stores just reopened but apple decided it was too risky to remain open. They are shutting down stores in the carolinas and the amc theater chain is reversing its decision on facemask. The ceo and said they would not requiring but now the mask is mandatory for all patrons. They recently said they would defer to local government on the requirement of wearing a facemask. Disney employees are asking the governor to delay reopening. In a letter to gavin newsom disney workers say that the july 17 opening date is unrealistic despite facemasks, temperature checks. No comments so far from disney. Coming up, new signs that travelers are getting more comfortable with flying and the partial rebound in the bay area airport. Also ahead, how one bay area woman has made it her mission to help animals find loving homes. 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. New numbers suggest that people may be getting more comfortable with the idea of flying again. The banana passengers going through the San Jose Mineta International airport more than doubled last month. More than 40,000 pastor the tsa in may compared to 18,000 in april. Overall travel is down by about 89 compared to this time last year. Public and private schools in marin county are ready for students to return to classrooms and the new guidelines will allow kids to be in the classrooms five days a week in the are grouped into cohorts to avoid intermingling. If one person gets sick only the cohorts need to be in quarantine instead of the entire school. The teachers are required to wear a mask and stay 4 to 6 feet apart. Thinking the essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. We are just going to work, and thats what we do. I thank the good lord i even have a job. They hopped in an rv traveling from new york to new orleans and a show, united weve seen, a green tribute to the Unsung Heroes. They also feature special performances by artists and the goal is simple, to show gratitude. Many people we talked with our representing the underserved communities but not getting the attention we thought was appropriate. For us it is an honor, emotional, and we would do it again tomorrow. It is this incredible production. The thought that i could go alongside and watch him, talking to these people, it is so inspirational. As my father i want to be just like him. It was very cool. H united we saying, a green tribute to the Unsung Heroes right here on sunday night on kpix 5. Heres another check on the weather with paul hagan. The summer solstice at 2 43 pacific time and meteorologist rounded off and we refer to summertime as june july and august but this is maximum daylight. The sun up at 5 47 and not going down until 8 34 this evening. Its downhill from here we will lose five hours, 40 minutes of daylight when the winter solstice arrives on to december 21st. We dont lose a lot of daylight initially and we still have late sunset and early sunrise times. You will notice a change by late august into early september. With the first day of september new outlook for july august and september taking us into the meteorological autumn in the month of september. It away a significant chance of above average temperatures not only for the bay area, california, but for the western half of the country. Toasty conditions and onq we have the hot weather on store and in the Central Valley next week. Solano county included in a monday continuing through friday. Is likely to be upgraded with 80 advisory or excessive heat warning. Touching 100 around fairfield by the middle of next week with hotter temperatures farther to the east. Over 105 degrees which is heat, especially for the month of june. July and august tend to be even hotter. uhighs around the bay bad for the first day officially of summer. 60s along the coast, warmer than yesterday when Half Moon Bay stayed below 60 degrees. Low 70s on the side of the bay. Farther inland is mostly 80s. Low to mid 80s for the south bay. 80s in the santa clara valley, the trivalley mid 80s. 90 degrees for fairfield and eastern contra costa the low 80s. The south wind bring in the marine air with low to mid 80s today, closer normal this time of the year. Fathers day close to 90 degrees for most of the in the locations heading into sunday afternoon. For the bay high temperatures around 70 degrees which is around 1 00 or 2 00 before the onshore breeze strengthens, bringing in cooler air. High 60s along the coast at noon as they cool off with that onshore breeze strengthening and more cloud cover along the coast as well. Comfortable temperatures with highs around 90, not that far above normal for this time of the year. Low 90s likely to continue inland monday through friday next week. That is above average for around the bay with low to mid 70s, mid 60s closer to the coast. A push to support black owned businesses and many that have struggled due to months of everyone sheltering into place. Many in the Bay Area Black owned businesses are growing and the doordash featuring them on their platforms. People would rather buy from small business. They want to try it out. It was dinner time and everybody ordering at the same time, and we cannot handle it. The san jose Restaurant Owner said he had a hard time keeping up with a flood of borders recently which is a good problem to have he says. Separately facebook donating 200 made dollars to support blackowned businesses as part of a 1 billion investment in black and diverse suppliers and communities. Facebook will also provide free Digital Skills training to meech reach members of the black communities and creating facebook, lift black voices. A man claims is racially profiled at the Vacaville Walmart and was shopping and told to leave the store or get arrested for trespassing. We have the exclusive story on how walmart is responding. Reporter we obtained emails from walmart saying the investigation found no evidence of racial profiling. We met the man that recorded the video you are about to see to get his side of the story. Reporter joshua lane, father two shopping for movie projector for the kids at walmart in vacaville on march 28. I went to another aisle and noticed they were trailing me again. Reporter wayne works at the longshoreman and said the conversation started initially with the young man that worked security. I told him i was a working man and showed him pictures of my wife and kids. He kind of apologizes that outfit a description. We moved to another aisle and the lady followed me and i saw her at least three times on three different aisles. She asked me to leave and when she said those words and i knew she was on the phone as well. I headed toward the exit. Reporter we looked at the vacaville Police Department incident report stating he was told about the trespassing laws. The officer told me to go ahead and leave the area and dont come back. I had to leave the parking lot and everything at that point. Reporter when he and his wife contacted walmart claiming racial profiling, the company emailed them saying they were unable to substantiate the allegation. Im trying to teach my son and daughter because they have to grow up in this city and be leaders as well so i was trying to show them by example. Reporter the mail from walmart to was said that the investigation involves a former employee but did not provide details when we reached out to the company today. Its real everywhere and it needs to be talked about. The more silent we are about it the more continues to happen. Reporter he went back to the store a week and half later with two members of the tesla wants to Start Building the next car factory as early as the summer but not in california. They are pitting texas and oklahoma against each other in a battle over tax breaks. The new plant would build the tesla new electric pick up and the sub. Test is rapidly outgrowing the fremont plant as production demand increases. Elon musk threatened to move the company out of california altogether after Alameda County ordered him to keep the plant closed to comply with stayat home orders but that has since reopened. The new numbers in San Francisco show 7. 5 of tenants have walked away from their leases over the last three months according to the survey by the San Francisco department of association. The side effect of that is falling prices and with landlords losing more money to the lease breakers theres leverage to renegotiate with current owners. You get farther by recognizing that landlords want the base rent to be kept basically where it is at. As for the fremont rent, signing a oneyear lease in the effective rate will go down for essentially 13 months. Asked with the most affordable city in the bay area the onebedroom start at under 1500 a month. An estimated 6. 5 million animals into the shelters every year in the u. S. With 1. 5 million that will be euthanize. Kpix 5 allen martin tells us this week the jeppesen award winner is on a mission to help reduce the numbers through rescue and education. Reporter shirley walks this property in Sonoma County with some of her favorite companions, dogs she took in at the nonprofit, the dogwood Animal Rescue project. I think the job came from loving and enjoying animals. Reporter shirley as worked in the rescues and shelters for 35 years and 15 as Sonoma County animal control officer. Dogwood became an official nonprofit years ago. What is in the name . Always like the dogwood flower and even as a child i thought it was a beautiful flower and what a great name to have the word dog in it. Reporter its not only dogs that shirley and her army of volunteers care for. Kittens and rescue cats like chuck get a lot of love. Chuck has been on the job for 15 years and teaches the puppies to have a respectful behavior with the cats. He is tolerant and will give them a snack if they need it. Reporter shelby helps with the bottlefed puppies, two of the many rescues that are being cared for now. One of the missions of dogwood is to rescue the dogs, cats and puppies but another main message of the nonprofit is to spay and neuter your pets. Its important to educate them why we do it and why we want to prevent more from being born when theres already too many. Reporter educating pet owners and offering low or no cost spay and neuter options is key but the nonprofit do so much more like helping to fund the lowcost veterinary clinic. They also provide free pet food and supplies for the homeless. Reporter they are inspired by the loving heart of shirley. Shirley allows you to be imperfect. She allows you to be who you are. Reporter it is moments like these that shirley loves, new owners picking up a rescue kitten, a new beginning. Reporter how long will you keep doing this . So long as i can and so long as there is a need. Reporter for helping to improve the lives of animals and 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. It is 6 56 and time for look at the morning stop stories. Protesters tore down several statues last night in the San Francisco Golden Gate Park. The statues were toppled with 400 protesters at the scene. They tied ropes to take them down and had antiracism graffiti on the base of the statues and no arrests were made. President trump scheduled to attend two events in oklahoma. At 4 00 our time he will deliver brief remarks at the Great American comeback celebration event before holding a rally at the bok center one hour later. There were protests across the bay area yesterday in celebration of juneteenth and hundred showed up for the rally outside of the San Jose City hall. A similar scene played out in San Francisco were supporters marked around the civic center. There is the closure of Training Facilities for deep cleaning and all players and Staff Members on every team have to get tested before they can return to their facilities. The giant set a Family Member and staff member tested positive for the virus. A Mountain Lion captured in San Francisco was released back into the wild. Mr. San francisco was released into the open space reserve with a tracking collar. Narrator today on lucky dog, an eightmonthold collielab mix is surrendered by her family after theyre caught violating a nodogsallowed policy. Brandon we have a lap dog. Narrator fortunately, a new potential family expresses interest in ruthie, but the question is, is she the right match for them . Brandon if i had to gauge ruthies energy level on a scale of one to ten, id say its a 50, and because of this, its really tough to just put a collar on her and teach her to heel. Im brandon mcmillan, and ive dedicated my life to