It was a total fabrication in life. Reporter they said the Department Release as much information as they could. We believe that transparency is the most responsibility. We need to give context to the video and not just throw it out there. This is a tragic event. And my sincere condolences go out to the family. Reporter the Police Captain was the first to suggest that Sean Monterossa was armed with a gun. The captain tried to comfort the officer who was involved in several other shootings that were deemed justified. Reporter the District Attorneys Office has recuse themselves, and asking the attorney general to take a look. Today they said that is not going to happen. Reporting live , henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Lisa say that a person was shot and killed after a confrontation that involved a stabbing. Officers responded to the area at 9 00 this morning. When the Police Arrived they found one victim was fatally shot. Another person was wounded. Its unclear what led to the deadly violence. No arrests were made. A the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. Today the White House Task force held a briefing at the u. S. Department of education. President donald trump was not there and neither was a dr. Fauci. Vice president mike pence said that hospitalizations and cases of coronavirus are beginning to flatten in several hot spots across the nation. He credited increased testing by other governors. They said there closely monitoring the cases in california, texas , arizona , and florida. But its asking the American People to use face coverings, avoid bars, and not gathering in homes. And decreasing those gatherings to the phase 1 recommendation of 10 or less. Today the United States topped 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to data from Johns Hopkins university. 132,000 people have sadly died in the United States. California has seen a another record in coronavirus cases. Governor newsom said that more than 11,000 new cases were reported as of yesterday. He said some of those new cases are from a backlog and reporting from los angeles county. The averages above 8000 new cases a daily. The hospitalization rate is up with the 44 increase to 6100 patients. Icu is up to 1700, and 114 the deaths were reported. This is according to state and local officials. The governor held an update as did the San Francisco officials. Heres more on that story from tom vacar. Reporter since we had californias first case, the governor and the city by the bay had updates on reopening the education sector. The governor sounded like a man that was a standing on the shore looking for a tidal wave of coronavirus cases to approach. But people are not wearing masks, for many reasons theyre not practicing physical distancing that that they should to mitigate the spread of the virus. Reporter he talked about hospital capacity, and Surge Capacity and the need for qualified people to assist in rural and overloaded places across the state. We have the capacity to treat 50,000 covid19 patience. Well be on the 20 Surge Capacity. We will get hundred and 90 individuals coming from federal partners to come in and help relieve some of the stress for caregivers. Hospitalizations have risen by 44 . Reporter yesterday 111 patients died. Well above the smaller number of deaths that occurred over the weekend. Governor newsom talked about School Reopenings at a time that the president said that they must open soon. I am not worried about the latest tweets. We need to safely reopen schools, and we need to make that a foundational principle. That is nonnegotiable. That is on how to safely reopen schools. Reporter San Francisco also held a press conference. We are sharing this guidance because we know that schools need to plan ahead for safely resuming in person attendance. If and when San FranciscoHealth Officers allow schools to open. Reporter some of the guidance of the smaller groups of students that must stay within their small groups to prevent cross infections. Some of the initial no goes will be no sports, no singing, and no wind or brass instruments. Anything that can be done outdoors is better than indoors. And once reopen the schools are responsible for how they implement policies. That is going to be a decision for schools to make. Reporter Governor Newsom noted that of the 26 counties on the states watchlist for rapid spread, napa valley was added to solano, contra costa , and marin county. Tom vacar , ktvu fox 2 news. Another death row inmate at san quentin has a died from complications of the coronavirus. Authorities say that sixyear old david reed died yesterday at a hospital outside of the prison. He was sent to death row in 2011 for the racially motivated murder of a black transient in palm springs. He is the sixth death row inmate to die of covid related complications. 1400 of the 3500 inmates have tested positive for the virus since may. Stanford university announced today that they are eliminating 11 intercollegiate sports programs after the Upcoming School year. Including mens volleyball and wrestling. This comes in the wake of what stanford is calling them mounting budget deficit. The announcement came as a shock for many. Reporter it is a sport that jay loves the most but will not get to play any longer. Stanford university announced that their nationally ranked mens Volleyball Program and attend other varsity sports are being eliminated after the upcoming Academic Year. It is become my life. And i dont know anything else besides that. To think it could be taken away is terrible. Reporter the sport that is going away in 2021 and 2022 is fencing, field hockey, rowing, coed sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, wrestling, and men volleyball. They claim that the Athletics Department was facing a 25 million shortfall and that the pandemic is only expected to make it worse. In an open letter stanford officials wrote that we face the reality that begin changes needed to create fiscal stability for Stanford Athletics and to provide support that is essential for student athletes to excel. Stanford said that condemned sports will be allowed to continue for one final Academic Year. With the black cloud of covid 19 hovering that could change. I am emotional because i love the school and i love my team. I love it all together. It stinks that a volleyball would not be part of it. Turkeys one of the 240 athletes that are seeing their sports vanish. 2020 has been the worst year of my life. Today Ivy League Schools announce that they are postponing fall sports. That means that the football season has been postponed for harvard, yale, and princeton. Also there will be no early season for Winter Sports like basketball and hockey. The league said that he will not begin until january first mac. There has been talk about rescheduling football to the spring. The ivy league is the First Division i conference to make this decision. Coming up at 5 30, how universities are working to find a unique solution to the problem . Honoring a child that was killed by a stray bullet. Coming up next remembering the sixyearold who died on the fourth of july in San Francisco. Getting kids back to School Safely . How do you do it . We talked a member of the School Board Association in california about what schools are planning . It is july and it feels like it. Temperatures are going to be hot , mild around the bay and cool around the coast. I will lay that all out for you and we see you back here. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. Is an today catholic leaders are mourning the loss of sixyear old jayce young. Catholic leaders want to raise awareness about the epidemic violence is claiming the lives of children across this country . Reporter the city of San Francisco is still reeling from the death of that sixyearold boy. And today was the day of reflection and that morning. Mourning. Reporter catholic leaders at the very spot where the young boy was struck down. They said that jayce young and an adult man word the intended victims. May god bless this space. Reporter the leaders praying for the young family. And for other children who were lost to violence on independence day. The Catholic Community coming together to mourn. I did not know Derek Chauvin but i knew his older brother. Reporter they said in this time of tragedy that community has come together to end violence and support one another. Is important to come out here and support jason come i wanted to come and support him and his family. At this point we are still waiting for any word about an arrest or any information about a suspect. The gofundme account that was set up to reach 20,000 has reached 65,000. Reporter christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Attorney general released a report on the policies and practices on the second the Police Department. In an effort to reform the Police Department after a plea shooting in 20 team that killed stephon clark. This is a second phase of the report on the departments practices. This is part of the effort to set the National Standard for innovation and reform in policing. We recommend that they make deescalation and affirmative duty. In light of the findings of the use of force incidents that involve people who fail to comply with orders but did not pose any danger. Included a comprehensive study with racial disparity. We are looking at the forecast as we head into thursday. This week is flying by. Its not going to be a record heat. This is an unusual, this is july. You need to be prepared through sunday as temperatures will be in the mid 90s and above. Nothing recordsetting, very warm and consistent day after day and that really primes the fire danger. Wheres the fog . Not really there, this is something cool , see that white water thats a little south swell on the water. Thats an indicator, if you see white water thats the south swell. And thats the time of year we get those south swells. The fog is down along the coast but it burned off quickly. There was around last night that burned off. It will be back tonight. Patchy and sparse , it doesnt have that big robust marine layer, the wind is exactly what you would expect for july. You can see the fog that is coming in close at livermore, you can see this fog is going to do this move work comes back up the coast. You can see word has been swept away. It will go back up the coast and do what it did last night. The plan tomorrow is nice along the coast but not hot. Around the bay its warm. Inland its going to be warm to hot. It sounds like july. When i come back we will get specific with the 5day forecast and look at the weekend. A 40,000 pound World War Ii Navy deck on is leaving its home on Treasure Island will become part of a museum ship. For decades the navy used that gun for training. In recent years the gun has rested and been marked with graffiti. It will be cleaned up and placed on the red oak victory ship in a place were similar gun was mounted during world war ii. One of the new volunteers found that this gun that it Treasure Island was going to be available. And they were just going to scrap it. And so we said we would take it. But the equipment and labor to move the gun is being donated. The white house weighs in on reopening schools across the country. How School Districts across the state are responding to the demands . Coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00. Woman accused of smuggling meth to inmates in a south bay jail . 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Reporter Vice President mike pence reiterated the trump ministration strong urging for schools to open in the fall for daily in class instruction. The American Academy of pediatrics said that keeping places closed puts the children at increased risk risk for morbidity and mortality. Everyone should start with the goal of having everyone start with kids in school. Reporter they will issue new guidelines in a fivepart series for recommendations for schools to reopen. Yesterday President Donald Trump suggested federal funding could be at stake if they do not fully reopen. Today the Vice President struck a milder tone. As we work with congress on the next round of the state support, we will be looking for ways to give states a strong incentive and encouragement to get kids back to school. You have some of the highest most powerful political leaders in the country saying that we need to go back to school on campus full time or something close to it. Yet they do not provide anything close to those resources and support that would be required to make that a success. Reporter spokesperson for the School DistrictAssociation Says that in the survey , 70 of districts plan on starting the Academic Year with a hybrid model. With students spending half of their time in the classroom, and half learning at home. Going back to the way things were before the pandemic is not realistic. How will we get sanitation stations to every school in california in the next five weeks. How will we do those deep cleanings that need to be done on a regular basis . Will there be sufficient ppe for every school in california for 1218 months. Reporter even though schools receive federal funding, the decisions about reopening is made at the local level. California requires districts to have a specific amount of daily instruction, its unclear how much of that has to be in person versus online. There is a growing amount of medical evidence that show that children dont get seriously ill from covid19. But Staff Members are concerned about their safety. About one third of the states teachers are over the age of 50. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Health officials in San Francisco released guidance on a welcoming students back into the classroom safely. If conditions allow that would happen in the fall. The guidelines emphasize required use of face coverings, physical distancing, maximizing outdoor space, and that limiting nonessential staff and visitors. A unique way to protect International College students. With schools may do to keep them from being deported . Doctors and nurses being pushed to their limit . The u. S. Has a 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. Ahead tonight. Its not the words painted in the street that is causing controversy. Its a mural of someone depicted in the letters. How palo alto is responding to calls to remove it . 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This policy undermines one of the greatest assets that the United States has. We get to play with the all star team of the world. We have the best Higher Education system in the world. And it is attractive to all this top students in the country. Reporter professors across the country are offering to help saying that they are willing to hold in person study sessions to work around the requires. The policy creates confusion and pressure for universities to reopen. This policy is indifferent to the pandemic and is indifferent to the impact that it will have on students who are already in the country. And in some senses it is cruel. Expects students to leave the country if their school is online. When they might not be able to do that. Reporter a uc berkeley phd student said that she returned to europe to be with her grandparents and needs to return to berkeley and attend classes in person to maintain her visa status. There still a travel ban in place because of covid19. This puts us between a rock and a hard place. The reason we are considering social distancing and doing things online is for reasons of Public Health and safety. Reporter leaders say the new guidance from i. C. E. Is deeply concerning and runs counter to their values of being inclusive. In a letter to the Campus Committee they said they recognize the concern and anxiety that the new rules have created. And we are working to make sure that theres a balance of that students can remain in the United States and satisfy their visa requirements and that students residing outside can maintain their enrollment status. I came to the u. S. As a foreign student, and i did my phd in colorado. All of the work, research, and accomplishments in science today would not have happened if this policy had been enacted when i was a student. Reporter harvard and mit filed a lawsuit against the trump ministration over this new policy. Uc berkeley is considering its legal options. Cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. So much uncertainty other. Thank you. Nurses in concord protested outside the hospital. They said theyre concerned about patients safety because of staffing issues. Nurses say that theyve been trying to push for contact changes. We are out here so that they understand that making cuts affects people in the commute. It affects the nurses , its not about the dollar its about making sure that we are safe at the bedside. But in his statement the hospital said that theyve offered a fair offer that increases rest and meal periods. Dozens of hospitals reporting fewer hospital beds as numbers continue to spike. Heres more now from texas, one of the hot spots in the country. Reporter doctors and nurses are being pushed to the limits again, the u. S. Reaching a grim milestone with a 3 million confirmed cases. One of the biggest emerging hot spots is texas where hospitalizations are up 515 . An icu bed space is tight. Public Health Officials are pushing for increased Contact Tracing to stop the spread. While most patients say they did not know how they became infected. We wipe down food deliveries and groceries, i didnt go to the grocery store. Reporter texas is one of 38 states reporting searches completing officials to rethink their opening plans. Some are tightening social distancing roles including face masks in the public. Business owners say there should be a greater enforcement. The white house said that theyre working to reopen the economy as soon as possible. Some Administration Officials acknowledge the new surge could slow things down. They are not recommending another shutdown. But we know the best practices. Reporter the cdc is expected to issue updated businesses. A restaurant in berkeley said that they denied coverage for losses brought in by the shelterinplace order. They said that the restaurant paid hefty premiums and the Insurance Committee has an obligation to provide economic relief. Other Restaurant Owners across the country have filed similar lawsuits. Today Governor Newsom is rolling out an initiative to help those hardest hit by the pandemic. Tom steyer is a leading the new campaign. The former president ial candidate is the cochair of the Recovery Task force. He joined us today and said that the Campaign Goal is to encourage people to safely support their local businesses, especially those owned by minorities. Its really designed entirely in concert with the governors intention to put health first. And with an awareness that we need to protect those of vulnerable businesses, jobs, and those owned by minorities. This is consistent with what Governor Newsom has been doing. But the task for force plans to supply ppe and help people shop local from the safety of their homes. United airlines resumed Service Today between shanghai, china and sfo. They operated five daily flights before the coronavirus pandemic. They said they have installed filters on their planes to remove airborne particles. The Better Business bureau is issuing a scam warning, and urging people not to purchase fake exemption cards. They look legitimate. , 30 say that you could end up losing a lot more if you purchase one. The scam artists are after your personal and banking information. But if you take a closer look you will see misspellings. It also uses the wrong name. The Better Business bureau said that if you encounter this post to take a screenshot and send it to the Better Business bureau to investigate. An illegal search of a journalist order from the top of the San FranciscoPolice Department. A look at the investigation . Internal documents obtained by ktvu fox 2 news show how far San Francisco police were willing to go to identify the confidential source of a local journalist. This involved the case of a former public defender. More than one year after the illegal search new information shows it went all the way to the top of the San FranciscoPolice Department. Reporter the police chief was intimately involved in the effort to ferret out the person who leaked the police report. It turned out to be a disastrous investigation suggesting that officers write a warrant to search a cell phone. It is detailed in a declaration from the former internal affairs captain. Split the shield law in california is asserted by a journalist. It is not for journals. Its to protect their sources. For the people can freely speak to journalists and know that their identity will not be compromised. Reporter the attorney sought to have the warrants thrown out. They failed to mention that he had a press pass. Those were eventually quashed. There was an improper egregious violation of california law. But there are more twists in this story, including how police used in geolocation obtained from the legal warrants to track the phone. Full coverage coming up tonight at 10 00. Public Health Officials in tahoe said that they are seeing the fallout from the return of tourism. They said the increase in visitors is leading to spike in cogic cases. Cases have doubled over the past three weeks to 260. Half of those are in south lake tahoe. The county Health Officer is considering tightening restrictions without an order from the state. They have cabin fever and they are coming to visit and they may not know that they are carriers of covid. And they are leaving their buyers with the residents of tahoe. If tahoe was its own county, it wouldve surpassed the threshold that the state requires when it decides to put a county on the watch list. The El Dorado County of supervisors will have an emergency meeting and consider reinstating a travel ban to the tahoe basin. From a distance you see the words black lives matter. When you look closer each word is a mural. Why the person in the letter e of the word matter is causing controversy . Welcome back charlie brown. A northbay favorite has reopened . What will look at different the next time you go to the scholz museum . For the sweaty faces, and the hidden smiles. The foggy glasses, and the muffled laughs. A simple piece of fabric makes a big statement i care. Wear a mask. Lets all do our part to slow the spread. A black lives matter mural painting outside of Palo Alto City Hall is causing controversy. A class of perspectives is in due to the movement , but an image within the mirror. Heres more on that story from jesse gary. Reporter looking down can expose passerbys to a controversy in front of Palo Alto City Hall. Im not surprised at somebodys upset about something. Reporter painted within the mural is an image of joanne chesimard. She and two members of the black Liberation Army were convicted for the murder of new jersey trooper shes also known as tran 22 and has escaped fbi custody and living in cuba and exile. The controversy of police abuse of citizens. She murdered a young state trooper. And Police Officers take that very personally. Reporter the National Police association wants her image covered which is six feet from the police headquarters. I believe that her image is depicted on that mural just to be provocative and hurtful to Police Officers. Reporter Palo Alto Police refused, saying that the mural was a city project, the citys chief communication officer said that the mural is one aspect of a large dialogue taking place on race and equity. In no way does the mural take away from the value that we have in our Police Officers. Some people say they dont support the killing of place but welcome the debate that the art inspired. Weve had plenty of incidents where police overreacted. And a lot of people that are murdered are listed on the mural. Its part of the bigger story , if they destroy one letter than a destroy the entire mural. City officials said theres no master plan to remove the mural. This is some have taken up positions to make sure that it is not damaged by the natural flow of traffic. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. In santa rosa the Schultz Museum is open again. It reopened after being closed to the public since march in response to the state and county orders. The museums curators said that the museum is grateful to be able to provide people with a fun escape from the pandemic. Have visitors come and visit us in person. Weve been able to provide some things online but its not the same as coming in and seeing the original artwork of charles schultz. Current exhibitions are greetings charlie brown, and drawing books from when schultz was in the army. As we head outside, temperatures look like these. Ninety six and and yeah , and i 93 in concord. Temperatures today are close to where they were yesterday. Not a big difference, temperatures will be about the same. It will roll this way for a while. Theres that fog coming back in from the coast. You dont see a lot of it, a lot of that collecting at the headlands. Thats why you get these first bits of condensation. You get a cloud like that , and you can fit coming down on the backside because that High Pressure is pressing down. I like that that is a cool shot. As we look at the current wind speeds, 60 mile an hour wind in oakland. And 25 mile an hour gusts in fairfield. And 18 miles an hour at sfo. There is a low up there, we are way down here. In looking at getting some fog back in here. You can see it working its way up the coast. It will be back in tonight. Very patchy. With that patching is comes not a lot of staying power. When it shows up it is around in the morning but it is gone quickly in the beaches have been relatively nice. About the same as yesterday. One warmer in livermore and cooler in hayward. With that theres the forecast for tomorrow. Whats the fog going to do . Its coming up the coast, this model just updated and changed it a little bit. I think there will be patches of fog off the coast. Its going to be limited. And that means another nice day tomorrow. In another nice week ahead with temperatures inland will be hot. Around the bay what you expect is classic july weather. The only thing thats not classic is the bob bank. A nice day in the avenues after that fog burns off. We will see you back here at 6 00. The Supreme Court wrapping up their decisions for this term. We will look at todays rulings and why the Trump Administration is calling them a win . Coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00 . A wrongful death lawsuit . And a Community Effort to help the oakland and native save his iconic home . Why reverse Mortgage Loans are targeting low income communities . The u. S. Supreme court issued rulings on a Workplace Discrimination and birth control. Both decisions are being considered victories by christian conservatives and the Trump Administration . Reporter on wednesday the Trump Administration handed two wins by the Supreme Court. Siding with the religious freedom advocates. They decided that employees who serve in any faithbased capacity at a religious institution cannot sue for Workplace Discrimination due to the separation of church and state. Another said that the Trump Administration was within its rights when it allowed for more exemptions to the Affordable Care act. White House Press Secretary saying that ensuring that women receive the health care they need does not require banishing religious groups that refuse to surrender their beliefs from the public square. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the decision is a brutal assault on women by the administration and is unconscionable that in the middle of the worst Global Pandemic in modern history that the ministration is focused on denying basic health care to women that is essential for their health and financial security. Instead protecting lives and livelihoods. We learned that chief Justice John Roberts suffered a fall last month and was hospitalized with a head injury. They believe it was due to dehydration during a walk. While he did not indicate that he is going anywhere his injury further fueled speculation that another vacancy could come open before the election. This is a big deal, anytime a justice might step down. Reporter normally the court is in summer recess, all remaining opinions will be announced on wednesday. Including whether fox news. The Wine Industry is taking a major hit from the closure of restaurants and bars. And now tariffs could bring another setback. The white house is considering tariffs on european winds up to 100 . Elevated 25 tariff during a trade dispute. We spoke with a wine importer said that the call cost will fall on the average consumer. This will have to be paid and the cost will go back to the consumer eventually. Through higher prices and acquisition costs. Eventually the consumer will feel the brunt. Local wine producers could reap the benefit as of restaurants switch to local wineries. A huge blow to the Athletic Department at Stanford University announces plans to cut 11 varsity sports teams in the face of massive budget deficit. Im emotional because i love the school and my team. I love it altogether. It stinks that volleyball might not be part of it. Mens volleyball being asked. Acts. Good evening julie haener and i am frank somerville. Heres more on that story. Reporter its a sport that jay loves but he will not get to play for much longer. Im still in shock. Im heartbroken. Reporter Stanford University announced that their nationally ranked mens Volleyball Program is being eliminated after the upcoming Academic Year. This is my life and i dont know anything else. To think that it could be taken away is terrible. Reporter the sport going away in 2021 are men and women fencing, rowing, coed sailing squash, synchronized swimming, mens wrestling and mens volleyball. Stanford announced the cuts saying the Athletics Department was facing a 25 million shortfall and that the pandemic is expected to make it worse. In an open letter stanford officials and say that we face the reality that significant changes needed to create a fiscal stability and providing the support that is essential for student athletes to excel. They said the condemned sports will be allowed to continue for this final Academic Year. With the black cloud of covid 19 hovering that could ch