Soaring. If im going to go camp out in the desert, no water, no look ups, i want to take good water with me. Hes getting familiar with the hv he just bought. He and his family are ready to roll as counties release the brakes on shelter in place orders. Theyre not the only ones. These are all class c motor homes. Sales associate robert smith says covid19 is generating another kind of surge. Sales are through the roof right now. Thats like double last year. Thats right. Rvs are selling so fast, formally this lot is full with more than 200. Today, its half empty. The vacaville store has rung up about 40 rvs each week in the last month. Motor homes ranging from 10,000 to more than 200,000 each. Customers are looking for the comforts of home. Not just kitchen basics, beds, and bathrooms, but extras like st ar power, storage, and soisis urr nyyers want str ared es ke ho we find that this is probably the safest way in terms of exposure to the virus. Its a small quarantined hotel on wheels. Nationwide, a record 48 million americans are expected to take an rv on the road this year. Thats up from 28 million last year, according to a survey by koa campgrounds of america. The sales are up 650 . National transportation and camping expert, mike, says rv rentals are soaring too. Consumers want affordability. A lot of people have been furloughed or la off. Ay remain socially distant and spend time with their family, bring their pets along, this is the way theyre doing it. Many people are driving their home on wheels out of their home state. Mike himself took his family from nashville for a threeweek tour to the we coast. A lot of people are simplifying their lives. This is a way to do it. Its going to pump a lot of money into the local economy. Its going to be good for the country. They have their twoweek 5,000 mile trek from gilroy all mapped out. Were going to go to yellow stone, mount rushmore, and then into chicago. The first big road trip wont be their last. We have a goal of seeing all the National Park in knorr america many the next ten years. A new way to make memories during a pandemic. Theyre sold on it. In vacaville, sharon chen, kpix 5. Camping world Sales Associates say some rv units are on back order because Manufacturing Companies were closed for a time during the shelter in place. Thyoin an francisco family emotional plea for justice after their sixyearold son was shot and killed in the bayview on the 4th of july. Today they called on the community to help find jace youngs killer. He didnt deserve nothing but good things. So if yall want to do something in his name, in his legacy, do something for him, get justice for jace. If this done make us rise up, i dont know what will. Thats right. If this doesnt outrage you, i dont know what will. If this doesnt make you stop, i dont know what will. Saturday was a no. Now its a go. For santa clara countys reopening plan. The abrupt about face by the state gives businesses such as gyms, hair, nail salons the go ahead to reopen starting monday, as long as they meet the safety requirements. Meanwhile, many San Francisco businesses that were opening to reopen next monday will have to wait. The mayor just put an indeferent hold on resuming Indoor Dining and opening outdoor bars as the citys case load continues to climb. Today oakland mayor libby shaft made an appearance at a free covid19 testing site at the native American Health center. She spoke about the importance of making tests available across different cultural groups. To have culturally Competent Community health clinics. Like the native American Health clinic. Like la clinica de la rasa. These are trusted partners. When i these tests are confidential. We do not ask immigration status. You dont need medical insurance to get a free test. If you dont believe me, believe these community partners. In San Francisco, a new covid19 testing site opened up today in the citys tenderloin neighborhood. Its located at glides parking lot on ellis street. Officials say the new location is intended to make sure vulnerable communities have access to free testing. The San Francisco board of supervisors pazed an emergency ordinance that will set strict cleaning standards for hotels and office buildings. The socalled healthy building ordinance requires hotels and Large Office Buildings to sanitize public areas multiple times a day to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Supporters say its the only way to reopen hotels and offices safely and protect workers. But hotel groups argue the measure adds a steep cost to businesses all ready struggling. In a statement, the Hotel Council of San Francisco says quote, the ordinance imposes significant Financial Burdens to implement. Putting their employees at Greater Health risk by demanding they enter rooms more frequently and further delays the hotels ability to reopen for tourism. San francisco based levis is slashing 15 of its workforce. The cuts will include non retail. Nonmanufacturing jobs. The downsizing comes if response to plunging sales amide the pandemic. The jeans maker says the layoffs will save about 100 million a year. The names of joseph and john lacant could soon be erased from campus. Joseph lacant used his position as a scientist to argue for white supremacy. A Berkeley Elementary School dropped the lacant name two years ago and last month, the cal Physics Department voted overwhelmingly in favor of removing it from its building a more controversial proposal would nix the name of anthropologist alfred krover. Known for his work. At least one cal anthropologist is pushing back on that. Riding on the berkeley blog that he was quote neither a neocolonialist nor racist nor fascist. Weve reached out to cal for a comment. In the mean time, the school will take input from the Campus Community in the next five weeks. If the changes are approved, the decision on new names would follow that. A close call out on the water to tell you about now. The coast guard rescued three people from their sailboat after it began taking on water near richmond this morning. The boat report lid capsized. All of its occupants ended up in the ocean. They were rescued safely. They are doing okay. Still ahead t fda warning about more potentially toxic hand sanitizers. The brands you need to no about. And a woman seen stealing a sleeping kitten on a porch. Now shes wanted for a horrible act of animal cruelty. Coming up new at 6 00, whats the best way to respond when confronted by a racist . Experts weigh in after this viral video of a man harassing an asian fami well the fda is expanding its list of potentially toxic hand sanitizers. The agency now says some sanitizers made by aaa cosmetica soluicionas. It may contain a wood alcohol that can be deadly if swallowed. It can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and seizures, the fda flagged several other sanitizers all made in mexico, find a list on kpix. Com. Animal rights activists rallied outside San Francisco city hall demanding the city stop buying meat and other animal products. A vote set for monday on a proposal that would scale back the citys animal product food purchasing. The jails would replace 50 of purchases with plant based products. And the two Public Hospitals would cut back by 15 but activists are saying the only acceptable figure is 100 . San francisco has always led the way on different social justice issues and the Animal Rights movement is a social justice issue. We want San Francisco to protect the vulnerable. And to set an example for the world that cities without animal cruelty are possible. The activists also site the risk of disease, claiming crowded factory farm settings are ideal breeding grounds for pandemic disease. Los Angeles Police are looking for a bomb they say killed a homeowners kitten. The woman in question was caught on security video outside a home this week. That owner says the woman grabbed her six week old kitten who was sleeping outside. Then began rummaging through her things. At one point, the owner says she could be seen spraying bug spray on the kitten. The animal was found dead the next day with a br jaw. This person. I dont understand how they can do Something Like that to a little innocent animal. Its scary. I think if she can do that to a small animal, she can do it to another one, like i said, children, who knows what shes capable of. The homeowner says that same night the woman tried to break into her daughters home down the street. She says her grandson confronted the woman who continued to try to get into the home. Coming up, making a statement with your wallet k ow businesses are all ready seeing a boost. And before we go to break, weve been getting a lot of reaction to the talk of the u. S. Banning tiktok. Francis caldera writes i think there are more important matters to be concerned about. And does this have anything to do with tiktokers trolling trumps rally. Never going to happen. Too many people use and watch it. You too can weigh in im Elizabeth Cook on whats being called black out day. A protest calling on black people and allies not to spend a single cent today. The goal, to confront institutional racism. But if people have to shop, theyre urged to support black owned businesses. And some are all ready seeing a boost. Were going to throw fermentation and yeast into it and get it rocking and rolling. From making won to filling orders. Its a busy time for this winery in napa valley. Wsoctv getting so many email were getting so many emails requesting tastings. We have to turn some down because we cant do it all. Sales are up 200 as part of the black lives Matter Movement social Media Influencers encourage people to spend money at blackowned businesses. Teodora lee has also seen a surge. Online sales for her wine have quadrupled. We got to keep that momentum. We got to let everybody know. And most of all, if you drink our wine and you like our wine, take to social media and tell them its good. Its not just social media making a difference. Google says searches for black ohmedded businesses near me hit an all time high in june. And yelp changed its search function making it easier to find companies that are black owned. The support is critical during the pandemic. A recent study found black business opener ship dropped 41 from february to mid april. Thats compared to a 17 decrease in white business ownership. The question for me is whether this commitment to black owned wineries is sustainable. Our sales are increased 100 . Sean of Shadow Ridge Spirits Company is one of a few black owned Whiskey Companies in california. Were part of the community. We want to add to the community and make the community better. And those new customers raising a glass are helping build successful black owned businesses. And on kpix. Com, we posted a list of local in a National Resources for social and racial justice. The San Jose Earthquakes working to help those suffering from Food Insecurity in the bay area. The team launching a new initiative called pledge 74. The goal is to raise and donate 740,000 over the next 18 months as well as promote volunteerism. Since the pandemic started the quakes have donated more than 50,000 to help those in need. And kpix 5 wants to bring you good news happening throughout the bay area, head to kpix. Com together and find stories of how we are bettered together. Better together. The aquarium delaying its reopening. It planned to reopen monday. But now Monterey County is on the states covid19 watch list. The aquarium has not announced a new reopening date yet. Time to get a check of the forecast, paul hagan is standing by in the Weather Center which is open 24 7. Yes, it is. This time of the year. Not a lot to worry about other than fire danger. Were going to have a detailed look at that at 6 00. Just the coastal bay fog well be watching as we head into late this evening into over night. Theres not much of it out there right now. It will gradually thicken up toward early tomorrow morning. One more day of near normal High Temperatures on wednesday. And our morning temperatures will be close to whats typical for early july as well. And then we do have a little heat wave building in as we head toward the weekend for inland portions of the bay area. Talking ab temperatures in the low to mid 90s there. Temperatures several degrees above average by saturday and sunday. By tomorrow morning, not a lot. Compared to what the map looked like last week, the numbers arent bad. Were not highlight to go many areas in red. Where the thickest fog is expected to develop. It wont take long to back up toward coast. It should burn off quickly once the sun comes up tomorrow morning a nice they over all. Temperatures were a little toasty inland in spots. 90 degrees in concord. Santa rosa 89 degrees. Looking great in san jose now, High Temperature this afternoon 82 degrees. Mid 70s for fremont. 60s for the city and halfmoon bay. 67 at sfo while the downtown temperature has dropped off a little more down to 64. 70 degrees in oakland. 80 on the nose in san jose. The warm spots, farther east. 89 degrees in concord. And still 91 degrees in fairfield. Youve been the hot spot throughout the afternoon. Most temperatures are a few degrees at least warmer than they were at this time yesterday. Petaluma is 11 degrees warmer than this time monday. Livermore, 10 degrees warmer. Santa rosa, you were weirdly warm throughout the day yesterday. The reading was a little bit off in this return to reality today. Temperatures a degree or two warmer. The wind will have an influence on our temperatures, but its not going to be that strong. Along the coast, winds gust up earlier in the day. 10 to 15mile an hour gusts. Sustained winds for most of the day. The wind picks up Late Afternoon and evening hours. Fire danger wont be zero. But its going to remain relatively low for this time of the year. Still fire crews are always watchful. Strongest winds along the coast gusting up over 20 Miles Per HourLate Afternoon and early evening tomorrow. Low to mid 50s. A couple spots way inland may start around 60 degrees. And theyll warm up faster than everybody else. Temperatures by noon tomorrow, well into the 60s. Even 70 degrees around the bay. A lot of inland temperatures will be into the 80s. Well have a couple more spots touching 90 degrees for highs tomorrow. Over all, a similar temperature map compared to today. Maybe a degree or two warmer. Especially for the santa clara valley. San jose, mid 80s after today, confined to the low 80s. Around 90 degrees for the tri valley. Hotter than that farther inland for contra costa and sola solano counties. A degree or two above normal with mid to upper 80s for the north bay. Low to mid 90s inland. Temperatures around the bay reach the low to mid 70s. Above average for july. Temperatures on the coast warming to the upper 60s on thursday. By sunday and monday, a little fog early tomorrow, then plenty of sunshine for everybody as we go through the day on thursday. Coming up at 6 00, well have this evenings hour by hour dog walking forecast for you. All right, paul, thank you, new at 6 00, napa county businesses that were just gaining momentum now have to slam the brakes again. The growing frustration of trying to make it during a pandemic. Plus a danville doctor is murdered during an off roading trip with his son, leaving his family asking the unimaginable question of why. Im john in concord, Small Businesses are the backbone of the american economy. But new data shows that many are not getting help from the federal paycheck protection program. Well have that story, coming up. Im in berkeley, special furnace filters and air purifier, can they keep the Environmental Protection agency has given approval to lysol disinfspray. Hatcos. And lysol disinfectant max cover mist. When used on hard surfaces, they killed the virus within two seconds on contact. Theres new evidence this evening about the possibility that covid19 can spread through particles in the air. Kpix 5s john ford with more on that and how you can protect yourself. Special filters for your furnace and some air purifiers for selected rooms will certainly help your home feel more comfortable. But will it help protect you from the virus . Some doctors are suing that covid19 may be spread by much smaller particles than the water droplets that mask may catch. Some folks are getting air purifiers. There are dozens and dozens of air purifiers on the market. They claim to filter and remove, dust, pollen, and mold from the air. But do they catch viruses . Xperts say theyre better rce n colonel and sanford Infectious Disease specialist, dr. Dean winslow is cautious. I would be concerned that just putting a few inroom air purifiers in a large crowded room with lots of people would give folks a false sense of security. The virus is extremely small and isnt likely to be captured in standard filters. The most important place to incorporate filters would be as part of a very high efficiency hvac system. Your home heating and cooling system gives you options. Filters claim to remove viruses down to the five micron level. Thats 1 10 the average diameter of a human hair. Filters that are used for this purpose will generally work really well against five micron droplets. Some of the viral material might be in droplets as small as one micron. The volume of air is equally as important as the correct filter. In berkeley, kpix 5. Thats it for the news at 5 00. Kpix 5 news at 6 00 begins now with allen martin and Elizabeth Cook. Now at 6 00, a family adventure in the sierra ends in an ambush. A bay area doctor murdered. His son running for cover in the forest, so what happened . What to you have to think about when you start going backwards . You have to think about what youre going to throw away. Some reaction from up in napa. The latest spot in the bay area to start taking a step back. Ive dealt with racism as well. But never on that scale. A racist confrontation in Carmel Valley goes viral. What experts say you can do in a situation like this. Our top story on kpix 5 streaming on cbsn bay area, a fatherson off roading trip in the mountains ends in tragedy when someone starts shooting. Good evening, im allen martin in for ken. And im Elizabeth Cook. It happened in the community of downieville. Dr. Gershman and his son jack were driving backroads in their brand new jeep when they were ambushed. Kpix 5s Katie Neilson is in danville where the family and community are reeling from this. Katie . Liz, no family should ever have to go through what the gershmans are going through right now, but its especially difficult. Because aris wife, paige, was just diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma two months ago. Part of the reasons why he wanted the jeep. He had stacks on his desk with maps and trails and where he wanted to go and what he wanted to see. He felt like this was something he could share with the kids. His cousin said he got the jeep to go on adventures with his family while keeping them safe