Spring was one change after another. Now everythings very stable, locked in with only just subtle changes. One day it may be one degree warmer and one cooler. Theres not a lot going on. Theres thunderstorms in the sierra. Thats different for us. Not my forecast. I have to mention it. Good morning. We have traffic around the bay area. If youre driving to the bay bridge, youll see the traffic is light. People are out there but its crowded. 5 01. Lets go back to the head lines. Thank you. Happening today there could be a major change in who is called when theres an emergency on a School Campus is oakland. In a School Board Meeting a couple of weeks ago there was a movement. Theyll consider a proposal to remove the unified Police Department, set a time line and talk about developing another safety plan. The ous Police Department has seven officers, two sergeants and a chief. They arent at schools but respond when theres issues. At a meeting earlier this month, they support superintendent johnsons proposal to redirect more than 2. 5 million in police funds to student services. We spoke to the police chief whose supportive of the plan. It might make a difference. It could include specialist unarmed and dont have to power to arrest students. Then the oakland Police Department would be responsible for more serious calls which the chief says averages two or three per school day. The officers held a contract with the district through june 2022. Negotiations have to happen to end them. The superintendent says she doesnt think they could disban the Police Department until december. The board is expected to vote tonight. The meeting starts at 4 00 p. M. Reporting live, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, sarah. 3 50. Police reform legislation and the republican plan expected to be voted on at the u. S. Senate. Well see if theres a compromise worked out or if theyll walk away from a controversial issue thats sparked a nationwide debate and mass protest. Its clear the republican bill as is will not get 60 votes. American people expect us to do our jobs and discuss the subject thats captured the nations attention. Meantime, later this week, a house plan to vote on the Democrats Police reform plan called the George Floyd Justice and policing act. Its expected to pass in the house on the party line vote. This happened late last night in washington dc. Protesters burned an American Flag near the white house. President trump wants congress a year in prison. The Supreme Court has ruled burning a flag is a protective form of free speech under the first amendment. Today is the second of free anti body testing events in oakland. Its to reavenue reach underserved people. It starts at a public area known as 13th street commons at 13th and broadway. Tomorrows testing is at east oaklands church of christ. You can register by going to the web links section of ktvu. Com. Also today, the San Jose Sharks will continue to host their free week long coronavirus testing at the s. A. P. Center. The event started yesterday and runs through saturday. Up to 1,000 people can be tested each day. It takes about an hour. The pop up is organized by the county and the santa collar are health officials. Theyre now forecasting the state could see coronavirus deaths nearly triple to more than 15,000 by october. How were doing as a nation, not so well. How are we doing as a state . Not so well. How are we doing as a region . Not doing so well. Dr. Jeff smith said the county saw the largest case numbers monday with 122 new cases. The blue line is california and the red line is santa clara, both showing a similar up tick. Now, members of the White House Coronavirus task force expect concerns about the rise of infections across the country. Ktvu shows us what dr. Anthony fauci said about the stthe odds successful vaccine. Edged out of the spotlight, the coronavirus pandemic has taken center stage. The nations top disease expert and three other members of the task force testified before the House Committee on capitol hill tuesday. They were drilled on a claim made we President Trump in tulsa over the weekend that he asked for testing to be slowed down because increased screenings revealed more infections which was making the country look bad. Were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing. I dont kid. Let me tell you. Let me make it clear. I know for sure to my knowledge none of us have been told testing. Hospitalizations have crept to 5,000. One of the things is an increase in community spread. Thats something that im really quiet concerned about. The bright spot here according to dr. Fauci, the fast moving results of operation or speed. The designation given to the upper defining the coronavirus saks nation, the head of National Institute of allergy and diseases says hes cautiously optimistic one will be available by late this year or early next year. Theres several moving along at various paces. One of them will answer phase three study in july. Its a history of viral diseases and vaccines that put the nail in the coffin of these types. Experts of warning of another problematic issue. Flu season a few months away and just like covid19, it too is a respiratory illness. The concern is the flu compatible with covid19 could lead to more hospitals and health care professionals. Theyre urging everyone to get a flu shot. All right. Time 5 09. People having to go to europe this summer, you may want to reconsider. The European Union may want to extend the ban on travelers because of the prices. Right new york city u. S. Travelers have been banned from visiting europe since the middle of march. The park is changing cords now. Theyre expending some of the campground closures because of the jump in coronavirus cases here in california. The officials started to reopen some campgrounds earlier this month after they were closed for 2. 5 months during the pandemic. Reservations with the rival dates between now and july have been canceled. Too bad a lot of people look forward to that. Those campgrounds are crowded. Makes sense. 5 10 the time. Lets check in with steve. Speaking of getting outside, i guess you need to head to the coast again if you want to not avoid the heat. Or the bay. Its not bad there. If you know anyone they have golf and tennis sized hail. Morning overcast and breezy cool mild to warm and hot. This is a tough week inland. If you like the heat, i dont. Well continue through friday. I think the weekend will cool down and a good system digs in from the north. Travis southwest, oakland northwest. Very stable pattern. Theres nothing changing until the weekend when it will cool down. Thats the place to be in the 70s. You dont have to look hard to find the heat or conditions. Look for the quiet patterns. Cooler and windy especially on sunday. Time 5 12. A deadly crash on the interstate. Chp says it didnt have to happen. Coming up, the important rule on the road drivers have to ignore. More confederate monuments are coming down. Many land marks are being renamed. What may change along the american river. Remember, you always have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver, in new ways, to new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. At comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. And now, with one of our best offers ever, were committed to helping you do just that. Get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Welcome back to mornings on 2 at 5 15. Hundreds of people gathered in charleston overnight watching the removal of the statue of john c. Calhoun. A former Vice President and a slave owner. City counsel voted to take down the statue from the downtown square. Eventually, it will be permanently placed at quote an appropriate site where it will be protected and preserved. California officials debating a name change. The state Parks Department debated the name change since 2018 when the first online petition debate. Was it offensive way back when and now it has become. I couldn think of a better name of the space that would sort of sonsiestly capture what it was. Theres plenty of ways to tell history without keeping negative connotations and names. At this point an online petition has changed. The park has collected more than 68,000 signatures. The African AmericanCommunity Feels changing the name of the park would take away the contributions African Americans made during the gold rush era. A tow truck driver helped a stranded driver along the freeway was hit and killed. It happened on 280 between the boulevard and edgewood road and the hills above redwood city. Chp says the tow truck driver was hit by a lumbar driver yesterday afternoon. It appeared the driver didnt follow the move over law. That requires them to switch lanes and leave room for the tow trucks on the shoulder. Theyre required to move over one lane and slow down. They say hes a 25yearodd man from san jose and stopped and cooperated with the investigation. Today at noon uber drivers will mr. Test outside the home of ubers ceo. They also complain while they live in mansions, workers struggle to survive. For east bay riders, good news for you this morning. Plans for service relacement pr near the station have been canceled. The repair work was finished ahead of schedule. Now, the next track replacement project south of hayward station begins on the july 18th weekend. 5 18 the time. Is the weather going to continue through the weekend. Its been hot and windy. No. Its going to be windy and the system dropping to the north stirs up the fog and increases it on saturday. Well talk about the sierra. Big time thunderstorms yesterday. Kirkwood had almost tennis size hail that fell. Very active in the mountains and for us, it retreats and then its cool and mild to warm to hot. Oakland 71 and the city 74. West on the breeze there, 55 and low clouds. Theres an on shore breeze all the doesnt amount to much. It bee 60s on the temperatures here. 56 and 59 haily. Low clouds along the coast. Its hot and the heat advisory goes until saturday. It might break before then on saturday afternoon. Trump putting a hold on certain work visas. The impacts it can have on the tech companies. San francisco is one step closer to opening the first safe injection site. Details on the controversial vote and what needs to happen before the doors can open. We have some Election Results to tell you about. Closely watched primaries in kentucky and new york. Now, in kentucky two democrats battling it out to face Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell in november. Amy mcgrath is leading kentucky state representative charles booker. A winner is not expected to be delayed for days due to a large number of mailin ballots. Senator mcconnell won the republican primary against little known challengers. In a statement, he said hes confident kentucky voters will uphold conservative values in november. In new york, for first time congresswoman alessandria cortex cortex. The president is facing backlash from bay area tech companies. Theyre lasting his executive orders. Ktvu political reporter tells us those visas are a vital part of silicon valleys economic engine. Google, twitter, apple, some Major Tech Companies based in the bay area railing against President Trumps executive order. It suspends many work visas through the end of the year preventing Foreign Workers from entering the u. S. And limits immigration siting protecting u. S. Jobs lost to the coronavirus. The Trump Administration is using the cover of a Global Pandemic to lash legal immigration. A former u. S. Proimmigration group backed by tech companies. He says this will hurt americas place. The ban goes beyond the h1b visa for skilled workers and impact seasonal employees and others with few exceptions. Part of order says certain nonimmigrant visa programs authorizing such employment pose an unusual threat to the deployment of American Workers. Immigration says it will have an opposite effect. Because when youre not bringing in the specialized workers, theres support and staff u. S. Workers that cant be hired as well. The order is not expected to effect visa holders already in the u. S. It has a ban on green cards. The confederation for American Immigration reform says President Trump repeatedly promised he would put American Workers first. To his credit, he did that. Businesses and pro immigration groups are looking at the next move. We dont have the ability to do this while youre doing it. This order go into effect tomorrow. Some people weve been showing you are celebrating 4th of july a little too early this year and on their own. Coming up, well tell you how emergency crews are responding. Plus, San Francisco one step closer to opening its first safe injection site. We have details on the controversial vote and well tell you what needs to happen before the doors can open up. Volkswagen today. Youll get 2 years or 20,000 miles of scheduled carefree maintenance. 3 years or 36,000 miles of 24 7 roadside assistance. 4 years or 50,000 miles bumpertobumper limited warranty. 5 years of connected services. And for 6 years you wont have paid any interest. Down the road, youll be grateful you bought a volkswagen today. Social distancing and how life could look on school property. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Good morning. Its wednesday morning, june 24th and i can feel a difference in the air as we get later in our show, steve, the air through the window starts geeing a little bit warmer. Hopefully, not right now. If you dont get the fog, its still 100 to 90s. Hot inland and upper 50s to 100. 36 at travis. 54 santa rosa. 57 san carlos. Taste stable pattern and stuck until the weekend. It will cool down. Nothing new, steve. Right now, we have a nice looking commute. Theres not a lot going on. This is just the way we like it here at 5 31. Lets take a quick peak at the toll plaza. Traffic is moving away nicely. No major freeways. 5 32. Lets go back to the head lines. Were following a breaking story where authorities are searching for expects involved in a high speed chase. The chase started in san jose after 12 30 this morning. One person was arrest and two others were able to run away. So far we do not know what led up to the chase, why it started in the first place. But again, this is in the san jose area. Also, developing right now in San Francisco, a power outage that once effected 5,000 now down to 400. That was first reported about 2 15 this morning. Mostly in the castro district. Pg and e says an equipment issue led to the overnight outage. At least one on social media reported hearing a large explosion as the lights went out. This is from San Francisco. Way also find out if california sets another single day record. The state reported for the first time in a day. The number of patients increased monday for the Third Straight day. Santa clara, one school back in session giving incite into how the students can social distance into the class room. The new procedures in place. At the middle school in central san jose, this is what it looks like. Students with staggered start times line up for temperature checks at the beginning of each day. This is six feet away. This is actually three feet. That makes it about six feet away. Monday this became one of the first schools to open class rooms under new pandemic rules. We have to clean the desk, sanitize the door handles. Keeping track of whose going to the bathroom. Most field trips are canceled and the pool is off limits for now. The San Jose Mercury news dubbed it a reversal for fall. We had to make sure they could wash their hands four times a day. During the four hours on campus, 12 students are met with one teacher and eat lunch inside the class room and if a student or Family Member get sick, the entire class room and teacher must stay home for two weeks. Im virus. As for the fall, this school and all the others are still waiting for official guidance for the county office of education which is expected to put out the guide guidelines for the end of the month. Commanding two Police Officers resign. Unofficer, Michael Maloni was involved in of a homeless man in San Francisco. He resigned from San Francisco and earlier was retired by police. The other officer, police corporeal who posted on his personal Facebook Page it would be quote officer to slap a protester who flipped off the police. That gesture is covered by free speech laws. They took the first step in changing the rules. They limit when deputies can fire shots at a moving vehicle and requires deputies to intervene when another is using excessive force. The board gained preliminary resolution. A parked car had signs of black lives matter in the windows. Both sides of the car were painted and the front window was smashed. They hope theres Surveillance Video from saturday night or early sunday morning to help track who did this. The owner of the car is an African American man who told us hes parked his car there for three years and never had a problem. To feel the negativity of someone vandalizing my property or that type of manner kind of scared me at fiif hell put sig neighbors started a go fund me for the victims and for the repairs and said hes grateful for the community support. Police investigating several hate crime messages targeting white people and the police. Yesterday three more were reported that the beach and park mall shopping center. Police believe the same person did it all. Police say if you have any information, give them a call. Police want the District Attorney to charge a man seen here destroying posters. Hes been tearing down black lives matters displays. He doesnt like messages about racial justice. June said a man hit her in the face. Police want him to be charged with battery, disturbing the peace and making criminal threats. Steven is accused in the deadly shooting of Sergeant Damon on june 6th and the killing of federal protective officer Dave Underwood in oakland a week earlier. Made him eligible for a death sentence and hes due back in court next week. They said he would be unable to rep resent him too to a conflict in interest. We have to do something, steve, to make allergies be less of a problem. Theres your blanket of fog. If you want to cool down, go west. You dont have to go far to find warm temperatures. It was also very warm. Little soon in the season for thunderstorms in the mountains but its there now. These were the temperatures yesterday. Concord 93. 79. Oakland 71. The city 64. 59. San francisco, 6555. Average 6753. 99 and 47 back in 1908. Still looking at 96 today. West wind at concord and napa. 50s, 60s. Wont change much at all. Everything kind of looks like it settled in. These are lows. The fog retreats and 50s, 60s around the coast. 70s around the bay. That warm air aloft, its 7879 degrees. Theres a heat advise until 8 00 p. M. Saturday. Its toasty all the way to friday. 5 42. Details about the return of Major League Baseball after months of negotiations. Also, how student athletes are honored despite the pandemic. First, just a reminder, you can have the morning head lines delivered to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. Head to ktvu. Com email. Make sure you sign up for the daily service. Here are Police Photos of the suspects van and they want you to track down the shooter. Its a late van with a late 1990s or 2,000 oldsmobile sill wet. A man with a gun was involved in the shooting. The victims are expected to recover. San francisco is a step closer. The board of supervisors approved the idea yesterday. It would allow nonprofits to illegally inject drugs. It will help prevent overdoses, prevent the spread of disease and while critics say these sites will violate federal law and promote illegal drug use. They still have to pass a bill to operate Overdose Prevention programs. Workers union is protesting plans to lay off furloughed employees to cut cost during the pandemic. Notices have been sent to 200 workers the union says those workers are the lower paying workers. Starting the season next month, ktvu joins us now to talk about the changes in place to make it very different than what were use to seeing, alley. Fans nonetheless are happy to hear the news. Major League Baseball made the announcement yesterday. To express joy and excitement and disbelief, the as, this tweet they wrote starts out with there will be no fans in the stadiums for now. The mlb says the post schedule will keep teams and games within divisions to avoid teams from having to travel. 10 teams make the play offs running through the end of october. Heres what the Houston Astros have to say about how it starts off. Watching the games on tv to start and get people in the ball park. Players will report to training camp. Players, coaches, support staff will be tested every other day throughout the season. The league says anyone testing positive will be quarantined. The season is expected to start about a month from now on july 23rd or 24th. Reporting live, alley, ktvu fox 2 news. Reach has been holding a breakfast to reward College Scholarships to student athletes but that wont happen because of the pandemic. Still, sports stars involved want to make sure special athletes are honored. Enter this is a moment. What do you do with it . Hopefully, were going to see a lot of kids not quit but get better. We have to find a way to make sure we let not only them know but their families know we care about you. 47 seniors will be celebrated digitally instead of in person. Celebrated nonetheless. Great story. Steve, im working for you outside. I know its going to get warm. It feels nice right now. All right. If youre inland, its hot. By the coast, its cool. This will not change until the weekend. July, august, we start to get the thunderstorms up in the mountains. It was boom big time. On twitter, the National Weather service in sacramento retweeted. If you any anybody at the meadows con toe does its amazing. Heres what happened yesterday. We get the fog, boy do we. You get the fog, sun and please. Fog is coming up a little bit. That will stir us up and cool us down. 60s, 70s. It looks cooler and windy as is weekend looks cooler. Steve, thank you. Time 5 52. More stimulus checks may be coming. More details about the possibility of a second round of stimulus checks and what President Trump says about it. Plus, the pandemic forced universities nationwide to close. Now theres a new Health Concern as colleges get ready to reopen coming up. Whats in the pipes that may be harmful. And were talking about people celebrating the 4th of july too early. This cheeseburger is the best its about to get bester baby menutaur make it a double, yeah nice mane try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. George floyd. His name was george floyd. Say his name. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. Say their names. Go to blacklivesmatter. Com get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. Pg and e told us about their up at a timed plan. The goal, they say reduce the number of public power safety shut offs by a third and explained their plan yesterday to the board of supervisors. They said they would use the same methods to forecast if power needs shut off. Theyre installing equipment to shut off power in areas. Its technology to shut off the power to high fire threat areas. The areas where the fire threat is. Controlling burns before conditions get too dry later this summer. State records show theres been more than 300 fires so far this year. Thats almost twice the number as this time last year. With the 4th of july coming fast, fireworks could easily start a fire. The coronavirus is changing firefighter tactics. Cal fire is coming up with ways to increase distancing. Theyre also anticipating smaller and more evacuations. Weve been talking about fireworks going off around the area. Some see it as entertainment and others see it as a major problem. Theres commercial grade fireworks reported since memorial day weekend. If we stand together we have a strong footprint. This is a city wide concern we have and a city wide approach. Oakland police and firefighters are working on promoting awareness, education and prevention. Theyre also on the lookout le meantime, the annual macies Fireworks Show will go ahead. There will be a change to keep spectators from gathering in large numbers, there will be a series of unannounced displays around the city leading up to the hath of july. The mayor of new york described them as five minute surprise displays that will come by broadcast featuring a grand finale and musical performances. Time 5 58 and and one acre triangle is normally installed each june to honor pride month. This year, volunteers cant get together to install the art piece because of social distancing. Well, a vote to eliminate the open School DistrictsPolice Department. What School Officials and parents are saying about it and who will be called in when theres an emergency on an oakland campus. Plus, a grim forecast for california the cases. What santa clara has to say about the numbers as more businesses reopen. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning to you. Welcome to the middle of the week. Its wednesday, june at the timeth. Good morning. Im pam cook and we made it to the middle of the week. The overnight air cools down where i am and starts to warm up just a tad through the window. Not at my place pam, not yet. A just stepped outside and its cold and overcast here. I know what you mean. It doesnt long to warm up. Low clouds in place and 50s on the temperatures. 95 or so today and the city around 65. Highs 59 to 103. Bay 59 and 103