Companies. You cannot do anything about it, just fix it and keep going. Reporter there was a similar spree in the willow glen neighborhood but no word if there is a connection. We want to show you now a picture of the mug shot of the 24yearold who was caught after San Jose Police say he was spotted smashing a car with a baseball bat as henry mentioned, 18 other cars were also vandalized. Now we had to berkeley where police are investigating a breakin and theft at a jewelry store. Thieves hit studio six jewelers on telegraph near channing late last night or early this morning. The owner says the thieves hid behind garbage cans as they cut the middle guard that was protecting the store. He says they made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars of merchandise and that is not the worst of it. I would like to survive this covid19 shut down. I have canceled my insurance and a lot of stuff during this to save for bills and i do not think that i will be able to open backup without that inventory. Reporter he is asking thieves to return what they took, no questions asked. He just wants to save his business but says the store may have to close after 62 years in operation. New at six, a street closure in San Francisco. The boost to the bottom line. Starting about an hour ago part of valencia street in the mission was closed off to allow businesses to move their operations outdoors, hoping to attract more customers. Andre joins us with a look at how this is all supposed to work. Reporter we have seen other businesses, other cities across the bay area do Something Like this to boost struggling businesses in their city but those in the mission will participate in this experiment for the next several months amid a growing number of covid 19 cases in that section of San Francisco. Reporter we have been telling you about a sector of the economy hit hardest by the pandemic, the Restaurant Industry. The impact is led to closures and a precipitous drop in business for many of them. The losses have not gone unnoticed by local governments like San Francisco which is throwing Small Businesses a much needed lifeline. We will set up on the curbside and we will also set up one or two tables right next to our restaurant. The manager of project juice in the Mission District describes how her location will have more room to serve customers outdoors when the city begins closing down valencia between 16th and 17th streets and 18th and 19th streets thursday through sunday. A lot more people are outside and then they see the businesses open and they can buy things. I think it is important for a lot of businesses. We are really hoping to see increased foot traffic as well. Reporter down the street to the manager of the chocolate shop is looking forward to the change that prohibits vehicles from parking on the section between four in the afternoon until 10 at night four days a week. A lot of businesses cannot survive so it is great to see the city taking some action on this. Reporter a welcome change, not without its challenges because the mission has the highest number of positive cases it all of San Francisco with 827. We caught up with the supervisor who told us this about that concern before heading to survey the first day of the program. It is terribly concerning and critically important that people wear masks and follow the Public Health guidance you know, there is a tendency when you are drinking to take the mask off and get in peoples faces and this is not the time for that. This is what we have to get used to, whether we like it or not. Reporter retail shops will be able to move businesses outdoors and into the street. The experiment is temporary, lasting for the next three months but it remains to be seen whether the program will be extended after the three month testing is done. We will wait and see. Thank you. Chinatown is seen a boost in business thanks to street closures. Grant avenue is closed on weekends through the summer. The closure allows restaurants on the prominent street to offer Outdoor Dining and people can walk around while maintaining a safe distance. The program started last weekend and is set to continue on saturdays and sunday through september 20. A new study finds more than permanently closed since march. Yelp says that is the third highest number of closures in any metropolitan area in the country trailing behind only new york city and la. They say the Restaurant Industry has been hit harder with permanent closures from the coronavirus than any other industry. On wall street, shares slumped on the Labor Department report that an employment claims rose last week. The dow lost 353 points and the nasdaq, which has been on a recordsetting pace, fell 244 points off more than 2 . Shares in apple and microsoft were both down more than 4 and the s p dropped 40 points. There is a look at those jobless numbers. The Labor Department says one. Million americans filed for new Employment Benefits last week, that is the first increase since march and comes as many states have had to pause or rollback reopenings. 50 2. 7 million americans have now lost their jobs since the start of this pandemic. Here in california, on employment claims are at the highest level in nearly 3 months. New numbers show California Workers filed 292,000 new claims last week, it is up about 8000. 7 million workers have filed for unemployment since the start of the shutdown. And as greg lee reports now, a key benefit is now set to expire. We are all dreading the august 1 date. We call it doomsday. Reporter she fears reality is about to hit hard. The event planner lost her job, her husband was furloughed. They have two young kids. She has applied for dozens of jobs since march but nothing panned out. The only relief so far, the 600 a week extra unemployment federal benefit to help millions of americans. We live in the bay area. The cost of raising children and living a lifestyle in the bay area is extremely expensive. The 600 saved our lives essentially. Reporter the benefit is set to expire at the end of the month. Many californians will receive their last payment sunday. She also relies on the extra 600 to pay bills and is begging for it to continue. If you are going to shut down the economy, then you have to be responsible for taking care of people without any restrictions. Reporter as Congress Negotiates the next relief bill, there is disagreement over the future of the boost. Democrats wanted continued and some republicans wanted to eliminate it and some agree with the white house plan to reduce it. We will not pay people more money to stay at home than to work that we want to make sure those who cannot find jobs get a regionareasonable wage replacement. The plan calls for a 70 wage replacement which some say would reduce the bonus to about 200. There is more than 14 million more unemployed workers than job openings. You not going to incentivize those people to take a job, it will just cause pain. She is the former chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor and argues cutting the bonus could cause even more job loss as lawmakers battle over what is best, allison is just trying to stay hopeful. Living in a really large unknown that is difficult to wake up to every morning. Reporter it is estimated that more than 4 million californians have received the extra 600 weekly over just the last month. Ktvu, fox 2 news. The Parent Company of the Womens Clothing brand and taylor is filing for bankruptcy. The Center Retail group said they will close 870 stores although and taylor locations only make up a portion of that list. The company owns other retailers including loft, lane bryant, and the girls clothing the store, justice. It is the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy amid the pandemic. A brooks brothers, jcpenney and Neiman Marcus are among the other bigname companies that have filed for chapter 11 protection. Coming up, President Trump calls off the Republican National convention in florida. What he says will happen instead. Plus, a deep cleaning underway at san quentin. The prison is home to the states largest coronavirus outbreak. How long it will take to get the job done. We will take a look at those temperatures from today. The fog is out there and the weekend that is just around the corner. Also ahead, a chinese researcher wanted by the fbi, now believed to be hiding in San Francisco. Why agents cannot get to her. 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Call now so you can. Retire better President Trump has canceled plans to hold the Republican National convention in jacksonville next month. He cited a flareup of the coronavirus as the reason. His nomination will go forward and charlotte, North Carolina next month. 336 delegates will gather to vote on august 24. The remaining 2500 will vote by a proxy. Florida was to have posted four nights of programming and parties capped by the president s acceptance speech before a full house. Today, the president said he regrets supporters will not see the pageantry, the signs, and all the excitement. The timing for this event is not right. It is just not right with what has happened recently. The flareup in florida. To have a big convention, it is not the right time. President trump says he still plans to deliver an acceptance speechait will be in an alternate form. A new poll has found that three out of four americans favor rules requiring people to wear facemasks well outside of their homes to try to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. People from the Associated Press says support for Wearing Masks is overwhelming among democrats, but only 58 of republicans back the policy. About half the people polled said they are extremely or very worried about themselves or family members getting sick. They also found two out of three americans disapprove of how President Trump is handling the outbreak. California reported an elevated number of coronavirus cases for second straight day. The 12,040 new cases marked the second highest to date. Since the start, there have been 425,000 positive tests. There were 157 deaths yesterday which is the highest total in a single day for california. More than 8000 people have now died from covid19 in our state. There is a bit of positive news. Hospitalizations were down more than 8 and icu patients down 3. 5 . Work began today on a deep cleaning of san quentin state prison. Officials say it will take at least four days to deep clean the interior of the prison. Officials say tents set up in the yard will be used for inmates while there area is cleaned. We are told that crews will be using and electrostatic disinfectant and cleaning missed on all services and objects. They have distributed masks, gloves, and Hand Sanitizer refills. The state senator is calling on Governor Newsom to come up with strict new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. He criticize the governors decision to reopen in may saying that californias soaring caseload has adequately we cannot track, trace and ultimately quarantine the virus. There is very little alternative left except to institute a much more severe shelter in place circumstance. He also says that a new shelter at home order should apply to any county with a positive test rate higher than 2 and he says the order should prevent counties from reopening using local variances. Sonoma county is considering imposing fines on people and businesses caught violating health orders. Theyre looking into an enhanced education and Complaints Program including fines. The goal is to have better communication on the importance of prevention and to get greater compliance Wearing Masks, social distancing, handwashing, and avoiding large ribs. Fines would be 100 for individuals, 1000 for businesses. Citations would be given out by Sonoma County park rangers and Code Enforcement officers. Back here with the weather. And, it is thursday and it looks like wednesday which looks like tuesday, the week has been very similar in the temperatures im showing you now, here they come. Those temperatures are similar to what we have seen. So, definitely steady as she goes if you will. And tomorrow, friday looks like this also. It is good, just very much the same. The live picture tells the story. Foggy in the city and you have a pretty deep. See how thick it is . That fog that you have seen in the morning and in the livermore valley, there it is now. It will be in livermore tomorrow morning and walnut creek. He will start off foggy and cool and slow to warm, then you will warm up into the 70s and mid 80s. There is tropical moisture coming up from the Desert Southwest, continuing to bring thunderstorms today to the donner lake avenue area and along the coast. It is foggy again and tomorrow, it is going to be a lot of the same. But, this is it, there are changes coming this weekend. That will give you something to talk about when i see you next. New at six, the California Attorney general announced charges against three men for allegedly operating a multimillion dollar investment fraud scheme. The attorney general said of the men targeted 70 victims around the world and instead of paying investors, they would split the money among themselves. Authorities say they stole more than 10 million, two of the suspects were arrested today, a third is still on the loose. Together, they faced 32 felonies. The fbi says it thinks a chinese researcher accused of the visa fraud is hiding out in the chinese consulate in San Francisco. They allege the researcher who worked at uc davis that she claimed she had not served in the Chinese Military, but investigators found photos of her in a Chinese Military uniform. The fbi questioned her on june 20. The suspect she then fled to the consulate and has remained there. U. S. Law enforcement cannot enter a Foreign Embassy or consulate unless invited. We are also learning where the Trump Administration says it ordered china to close the consulate in houston by friday afternoon. They say chinese agents tried to steal data from facilities in texas including the texas a m medical system, and the university of texas. China calls the accusation was just slander and says its officials have never operated outside ordinary the somatic norms. Coming up, it is being called a sophisticated attack. More than 1 million customers of a genealogy website are alerted about their information was exposed and renaming a two block stretch of shattuck avenue. We will tell you about the salvation look that is expected to be named after. Were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. A Security Breach at a genealogy website has exposed the dna profiles of more than 1 Million People to Law Enforcement agencies. The company said in a message posted on facebook that a sophisticated attack on the companys servers made the dna profiles of its members available for police to search for about three hours. The site was shut down today. It is the same database used by investigators to identify joseph dangelo, the golden state killer. Apple cofounder, steve wozniak, is suing youtube over a bit coin giveaway scam. It alleges that youtube and their Parent Company are allowing fake ads that use his image to try to lure victims. It tries to convince people to send in bit coin in exchange for double the amount. His attorney say tech giants should not be protected by federal law from the actions of those who post on their site. Wozniak says he has been reporting fraudulent youtube videos for more than two months now. This morning, there were some new posts even of this thing. It is still going on. And we will reported for fraud or something and after a while youtube will take it down pretty funny thing is two days ago we took three of them down or we reported three of them in the next morning there were four new ones. This is similar but not related to the hacker attack that compromised some high profile twitter users last week. President trumps former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has been released from prison. A judge ordered the release saying he believes the government retaliated against Michael Cohen for riding a book about President Trump. He was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion and lying to congress. He was released from jail in may because of the pandemic and placed on house arrest but ordered back to prison on july 9 after probation authorities said he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book. A judge said that violated his First Amendment rights. Coming up on ktvu fox 2 at 6 30, reimagining empty storefronts. The plan for one supervisor to Host Community services in them. And fears of the housing crisis when eviction protections expire. What housing advocates say needs to happen to help renters. And coming up in sports, it is opening day in baseball. We will hear about a surprise move that the dodgers may just hours before the game against the giants. My money should work as hard as i do. Thats why i use my freedom unlimited card every time i get gas. Give me a little slack with freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I said i need some slack on pump three for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. Now to our top stories. Police in san jose have arrested this 24yearold man after he was spotted smashing a car with a bat it Police Believe he is the same man who damaged 18 other cars near capital expressway. The vandal apparently picked cars at random and parked on driveways. Others parked on the street. More sobering news on the coronavirus pandemic here in california. With 157 deaths reported yesterday. That is the highest total so far. More than 12,000 new cases were also reported. The bulk of them in southern california. Part of the valencia in San Franciscos Mission District is closed to allow businesses to operate outdoors. It is the first night that restaurants and retail shops can spell out onto the street with the hope of attracting more customers. The street will be shutdown thursday through sunday for the next three months. You are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6 30. The pandemic has led to a marked increase in vacant businesses in San Francisco. City officials now have plans to repopulate some of those storefronts and use them to help communities with relief and Recovery Efforts for the coronavirus. San francisco has been struggling with bacon storefronts four years and approved a plan to tax building owners who let storefronts that empty with the pandemic, that has been put on hold until 2022 but she is still working to keep them occupied. He works in the supervisors office. Reporter the department of Economic Workforce Development says this is commercial corridors active will be critical to helping the city economically through the pandemic and when its over. That means making sure those commercial corridors are active, thriving and inviting. Its a concern for people, if people want to see activation in their neighborhoods and you know from the facts of your experience walking down the street when something is vacant and inactive. Crazy negative reaction. Reporter changes are said to be considered by the committee next week before board of supervisors set to vote on whether or not to allow those vacant storefronts to be occupied the next month. On the selfpay housing advocates are concerned that women covid 19 eviction protections expire thousands of the area residents will end up in the streets. There calling on the government to step in and prevent another crisis. Reporter through a translator karoly not explained how worried she is. With no job shes having trouble paying rent. She feels once the majority misfires they will then try to find any reason to evict her. Reporter eviction moratoriums are in place and counties all over the bay area, however in Santa Clara County they are set to expire august 31. A new report from the Law Foundation of so generally predict a looming crisis when that happens. And eviction timebomb of over 43,000 of actions, 16 times the normal rate of evictions in a typical year. Reporter rents are already among the highest in nation and when the merge rooms and tenants will be asked to start back rent. Most of these low income tenants that have lost jobs and unable to pay rent are going to struggle to pay hundreds of dollars additional each month to be able to pay their background. Reporter nonprofits the reaction to extend the moratorium to provide Legal Assistance attendance and get congress to act on rent relief. We see this crisis compounding already. Reporter the California Apartment Association leaves theres a crisis but sees a different solution. They say landlords need to be able to pay their bills as well. Make rental assistance immediately available to make sure the rent gets paid therefore the owner can pay their own obligations and if theres no disruption in anyones housing. Reporter advocates say if action is not taken the Homeless Population could more than double. A federal election moratorium is also set to expire at the end of this week. The trump of menstruation is revoking and housing is only a regulation designed to eliminate Racial Disparities in the suburbs, a call that relates rent to the suburbs and says it will result in more crime and lower home prices the rule established a survey and grading tool requiring local jurisdiction to assess their racial and economic disparities and give detailed plans on how to address them. The housing and urban Development Secretary says it will be replaced by a new rule that reduces the burden on local jurisdictions. The California Association of realtors disputed the assessment saying in part quote the minimizes a communities responsibility to reverse the impact of historical discrimination and segregation practices. The rule also advocates a responsibility to properly monitor and oversee the implementation of the fair housing act. 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Some lawmakers are pushing back saying the president is taking things too far. Reporter President Donald Trump pushing forward with operation legend, and anticrime program aimed at combating Violent Crime in cities across the country. About 200 agents being deployed to chicago as the city sees a surge in violence, just this week 15 people were injured and a mass shooting outside a funeral home. Opportunity cannot thrive where theres violence. Reporter Lori Lightfoot says shes open receiving the help as long as her city does not the type of federal response currently playing out in portland. We dont need federal troops we dont need a name secret federal agents roaming around the streets of chicago. Reporter the president not ruling out sending agents to more cities if necessary, critics calling his plan a ploy. This president has been clear that Violent Crime is a priority, this is about protecting the american citizens. Reporter meanwhile tensions boil over in portland where a right has been declared after federal officers were deployed to the city last week the administration noting these officers are not a part of operation legend. Rather on the ground to protect federal property. The portland mayor calling the officers presence and constitutional joining demonstrations last night though he was booed by the crowd calling for his resignation. Later in the night your gas alongside them. The chicago mayor harsh critic of the president says this whole effort is to divert attention away from his handling of the pandemic. My money should work as hard as i do. Thats why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. With freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I shouldve purchased lighter weights dont the pandemic caused so much anger is an especially heart wrenching for children involved with the makeawish foundation. We spoke with volunteers who say many of their wishes cant come true right now. Reporter your outside his home a volunteer with the Makea Wish Foundation was putting together a special balloon display. A surprise for the 7yearold with leukemia. I went outside and i saw all these balloons. Reporter she and her sister and parents were all set to take a trip to australia in april. But the coronavirus pandemic put that on hold. They are just really cute i wanted to hold on. Reporter the balloon display included callers and slots. Its nice to have Something Like this while she waits to know that people are still supporting her. Reporter the moments were a way to bring joy during tough times. What better way to do it then bring smiles to kids whose wishes were not granted. Reporter for all the misery covid19 has brought some of the worst is having a search or terminally ill child. Its hard to have the conversation. We are in the hope and joy business and to have the lead back a little bit and say hang on a little bit longer. Reporter panel to 50 to 400 cases per year, if possible makeawish is trying to see if Something Else works that is still including shelter in place. Its heartbreaking. Yet there is also things just great about it. There are things we are seeing, the joys, you have never seen a kid so joyful when they get a a tough road filled with hospital stays and daily chemo treatments, she was looking forward to seeing her friends in school. Its a joyful day. And it is nice to know that they are still thinking of us. I know that shes waiting patiently for her wish. We are looking at the weather and the weeks are flying by, we are headed for tomorrow which is friday with high temperatures that we saw today and the numbers right about where they have been the last couple days. How far out you had to get to find out, most temperatures were in the 70s and even Mountain View and san jose just low 80s. Same deal tomorrow maybe a little bit cooler. You can see the strong onshore flow. The wind is coming from the ocean to the land and the ocean is much cooler out in the Sacramento Valley is much warmer until you get this and when the land hits of the heat rises. Sacramento 90 today about yearly air sinks because its cold and what happens is theres a vacuum here so at the surface you get this flow. For tomorrow, tropical moisture and a few thunderstorms of around carson city and reno, a few scattered showers and partly cloudy and mostly cloudy all day at the coast. A little cooler around the bay, a little warmer and lynn today. Six degrees in fairfield and concord, warmer than yesterday. You have seen this before it is going to look is like it did yesterday, maybe upper 80s low 90s, plan the next few days not so much tomorrow but on saturday and sunday we will notice more warmth and that will come from the Desert Southwest and mainly impact inland bay valley. Thats on saturday and sunday. Tomorrow the same deal, 82 in fairfield, 87 in brentwood and stem the forecast size down in san jose, 76 and 81 in morgan hill. No fire stores today thats a direct result of these mild temperatures. The five day forecast looks like this was temperatures on saturday and sunday being the warmest and then it just flatlined, next week looks very similar with that same kind of june gloom there. Get used to it. Good place to be. And Oakland PoliceDepartment Partnership Program held a special event today, the goal to teach young man life and leadership skills. A recent graduate completed the program also known as the okay program. Today he was awarded a car for turning his life around. He started the program in 2013 when he was at frick middle school, at that time Failing School and had 29 behavior referrals from the Previous School bus the program was a saving grace for him. When i joined is definitely put me on the road to stay focused and get in the books and learn more about myself and about the ones around me and how i can influence the ones around me. The program is a partnership between the Oakland Police department and school district, 100 black men in the area and the africanamerican community. All everything known about majorleague baseball, is not going to happento embrace it or say i dont even want to others familiar ring to that is not going to be the same because is not going to be medicine against clayton. She has been scratched late this afternoon he has back problems, issues for the last three or four years. Just in may will replace him. First rookie since fernando, giants counter with johnny quinto. Note baumgartner, hes a diamondback know posey, longoria on the team but injured. It could be a rule 60 games for the giants. They dont have a lot of hitting we dont know much about their pitching but gabe is always the optimist. I thought the players did a really nice job of embracing a new way of practicing. I wanted to thank them for their willingness to be creative. It was going to be a good opener today. Yankees traveling to the Nations Capital take on the gnats, that has been delayed but we did get a glimpse of dr. Anthony fauci, socially distancing his first pitch from the catcher by a long shot. He has been a long time gnats fan and certainly entertaining you can say for the most part. Then the yankees lineup goes to work. Look at this home run off the bat of young carlos stanton. The leftcenter about 460 fees and its raining right now, 41 yankees in the sixth inning, by the way soto tested positive for the virus and is going to be out for quite some time. The Players Association has agreed to expand what will be the postseason after the 60 game regular season and 16 teams out of 30 are going to make it to the postseason. The owners need to approve it but it will be different than anything we had seen. And so will this. Talk about whats going to happen. This is what has become as they tried to capture the field of a ballpark in the pandemic era. Theyre using augmented reality. A work in progress theyre going to try to hone in on the details as the season progresses. Crowd noise virtual grounds, it is going to seem a lot like a videogame as they work on that. Here we are july 23, there was a time when things were more normal we have that all in focus for you. No shortage of exciting baseball moments. Will clark and ozzie smith ignite lingering bad feelings on this day in 1988. The allstar game was played in the Nations Capital and the giants home run twice and mvp in a 93 National League win. That is the same sports july 23. 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