Pretty cool and the morning. Especially retail. In the afternoon, we warm up at 52 degrees at santa rosa. Demand for apartments and san jose is at 62 degrees. Condominiums are expected to stay high, meaning when prices will not drop for those. An Early Morning run, 55, developers expect new Office Projects are unlikely to recover until late next year. Pattillo clouds, the 24hour temperature changes flat. Lets get you ready for a brandnew wednesday. Forecast for the bay area, for today and the next couple of san jose is warmer. Days. Everyone is within one degree or so. The fog gets back to the coast. I think you know, you guys. Nothing that you have not seen or dealt with for three weeks you probably have heard, or you now over to sell. Anything new out there . Know, we have to change, but it you want to look at the bridges . Looks a little bit warmer for some. Reporter lets go to castro for those that know, the model valley. Of the earlier crash that was of the gfs, we keep the pattern there, if youre driving from going exactly the way it is. Of course, that can change. Castro valley towards dublin, you will see debris and up on the hill, he will see stop and go traffic. It may surprise you. Everything looks very quiet going forward. San francisco, saturday, the average high was 66. Since then and has been down. Monday, 64 degrees. 62 degrees. 60 degrees for today. It is hard to pencil in the same temperature back to back days. Subtle changes. Averages 56. It is not a huge backup. We will keep an eye on it for it is not that one. You. I do not like the red that is 83 degrees. Developing right there. In 1977, the stretch was for lets talk about some of the other commutes here. You can see, 37 is getting slow. We will take a look at the bridges when we come back in a few minutes. About 10 days with a record lets go back to the headlines. High from 178, most are below within the hour, we will 90. Get an update from san tomorrow it is 99. Francisco firefighters about the five alarm fire that is in hot for some yesterday, average high as 92. Lakeport, 101 degrees. The intermission district. Lets go to Alyssa Harrington to show us how the fire tore it is hard for some. Through several buildings and look at travis, kicking up destroyed at least two of them. Their heels. Venetia bridge, san pablo bay, watch out for gusts there. One thing that firefighters even low 50s, santa rosa, 52. Are looking at is a link between yesterdays massive fire, and a much smaller fire that had broken out in the same area, hours earlier. I want to show you video from the scene. Both fires started on erie street at the backside of a little bit cooler, pacifica, parkfield sales, is business on 14th street, selling steel fabricated building supplies. 53 degrees. San francisco firefighters were hang out there. It is not going anywhere. Called to the building around it might burn off sooner, but, the lowest in the pacific northwest. 11 30 p. M. Tuesday, at 6 30 am, they were called to the same area for a larger fire that quickly they have pretty much put down spread through a row of stakes and said i am not moving. We are in between them. Structures. 60s and 70s around the water. Low 80s for some. Temperatures within a degree of the mattress fire was extinguished by Engine Companies six. It was associated with a homeless and gammon in the each other, friday we will get area. Do we believe that the fire is a bump up. After that, looks quiet going related to the mattress fire . Into august. Again, the fire investigators will be taking that into account. It is too early at this time to President Trump is planning determine if that is connected to send federal agents to to the fire or not. Oakland to deal with street protests. We will tell you how city leaders may be pushing back. The oakland zoo is reopening for the first time in months. The changes at the zoo, dealing with fines. The fire exploded from one alarm to five alarms and one hour. Huge plumes of black smoke you have the power of could where 150 mornings on fox 2 at nine. Give the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu news app. Firefighters battled the flames. One firefighter was injured, suffering and traumatic injury while directing firefighting operations, but has been released from the hospital and is expected to be okay. Firefighters are trying to determine the origin of the fire, whether it was accidental, intentional or suspicious. Officials will give us an update from the scene in about one hour. Reporting, live, mornings on fox 2. The big fire happened behind the building used by bart sales, and business for 75 years. The owner says that he saw no sign of claims until he opened the door of the building yesterday morning. Within 10 minutes, the whole building was gone. You cannot describe it, your whole livelihood is gone. He says it is too early to decide if he will rebuild, and other Business Owners are simply happy that no serious injuries were reported and they will consider ways to reopen, because they have a sense of community where they are. People are happy to be out, staying safe. We have a Good Community on this block. Everyone was really supportive. Fire Officials Say three people that lived in one of the damaged buildings dont have a place to live. The red cross is helping them. A building used by the San FranciscoSheriffs Department was damaged by the flames. Ammunition was moved out of the building before firefighters had arrived. The sheriff praised the Quick Response by firefighters and said that everyone inside the sheriffs Field Operations building had got out safely. The santa clara Sheriffs Department is investigating after a man was found on fire on the side of the freeway. It happened last friday, for 3 00 and the morning neurosurgeon crossing and highway 101 near gilroy. The Sheriffs Department has identified the man as 40year old jerry of gilroy. He died at the hospital later that day. His sister wrote on facebook that he was in a verbal altercation at a 7eleven in gilroy. The Sheriffs Department is now asking anyone with information to call them. A stretch of highway four welcome back to mornings on fox 2, the Trump Administration in concord is back open this is negotiating with the morning, after a grass fire had governor of oregon about taking shut down lance yesterday federal agents out of portland. Afternoon. Cal fire said 30 acres burned in an area west of willow pass road, two of the eastbound lanes of highway 40 offramp had a white house official has said to be closed. It caused a traffic backup and that for that to happen, oregon the fire is under investigation. Will have to agree to increase their own enforcement. Portland has seen 62 Straight Days of protest since the death of george floyd in minneapolis. William bar justified using federal officers and Portland Police are investigating during a contentious hearing on the death of a 10yearold boy capitol hill, yesterday, after he was hit by a delivery calling the protest and assault truck. Officers say the boy was riding his bike when he was hit on the government of the united yesterday afternoon. It happened on marywood drive, states. House democrats accuse barr of putting the interest of President Trump i had of the near Burton Valley elementary school. Country, and he said he the point was taken to the operates independently of the hospital, but they were unable white house. To save him. The Delivery Driver is now cooperating, and officers have not publicly identified the boy or the driver. Congress has no deal for an there were several heated exchanges. You have to have a difficult time understanding racism. Economic stimulus package, generally, it is in this country. Democrats also question attorney general bar about intervening in criminal investigations involving President Trumps allies. The city council is debating a resolution to republicans are still negotiating but disagree on the size of the bill, and certain prevent the Trump Administration from sending federal Law Enforcement officers. Protections. Republicans want a 1 trillion President Trump has vowed to plan. It includes another 1200 send federal officers to stimulus check and 200 a week several cities, including oakland to crackdown on civil and unemployment benefits. Democrats won a 3 trillion unrest. Libby shaft has called for plan with up to 6000 in payments per household, and they want to extend the current 600 a week in federal peaceful protest since at last unemployment benefits. Weeks violence and vandalism the republican plan falls only helps the president dreadfully short. Justify the need to send in they wouldve said it is not federal agents. Good enough. They want to stay on the today, the oakland as will sidelines. One Sticking Point is Liability Protection for play the Colorado Rockies and schools and businesses. Will wrap up the homestand. Nancy pelosi says this does not the rockies beat the as last night, 83. It may have been the worst game and the new season. They fell behind and never caught up. The piure gave up 13 hits, hold employers responsible for four doubles and a home run. Making workplaces safe, while providing no recourse for employees that may get sick. Tonight, the giants host the san diego padres, they will even up the series after losing last night. The game was decided by two big hits. Fernando junior, hitting a threerun homer, and will myers, hitting a two run homer. The giants pay tribute to the fight for racial equality, for the starspangled banner at was played, there was an a cappella rendition of the song lift up your voice and sing. It is often known as the black National Many businesses are hurting, many restaurants are really suffering. The economic fallout may be worse for oracle park, depending on giants fans. The atwater tavern and high dive bar predicted that they will lose two thirds of regular business, this baseball season. We used to put a carnival event we would have the Liquor Companies and Peer Companies everybody coming out, and going absolutely crazy for opening day. The giants will lose millions of dollars, because of the pandemic. Fans are not allowed at the games, the Giants Dugout for the ballpark book closed, what wouldve been the biggest day of the year, which is opening day. It was pretty sad. It is so tough. I know you like to head down to that area. Sal, i know you are usually eating before or after the games. It is such a great area to hang out in. We feel for the businesses. I just wonder when we will be able to get back to it. I know that sports coming back is a big deal. When can we get into a crowd like that . It will be a while. Speaking of crowds, we dont have many on the morning commute. It looks good on interstate 80. We will look there. You can see it is only taking 17 minutes to drive through that area. Then, it continues out towards the macarthur maze bridge. When you get to the bay bridge theres a small backup. Dont worry about it too much. Five minutes or less. San jose commute, we dont have too much slow traffic in the valley right now. Lets bring stephen with todays weather. Thank you, sir, our weather is on hold here. Subtle day to day changes. Most locations are where they should be this time of year, on the high side. Lows are stuck. 54 and 55. If you are in the 60s, if youre not going anywhere else, in the 70s he will still be in there. Clouds make the usual move. It is solid and cool. 64 is average and the city. Not that warm. 83 degrees and 1977. The record low high was yesterday. 90s are hot but these are within a degree or so of seasonal averages. Palo alto, these are deafly below. Closer to 83 or 84 degrees. Southwest, and travis, that is picked up. Otherwise, theres not a lot. Low 50s to the north. 60s to the south. San jose is at 62. South josc is 61. Saratoga, mid50s morgan hill to gilroy. 56 in felton. Little cooler and the santa rosa mounds. What you see is what you get. Not much is changing. Pacific northwest pressure, the highest in the texas panhandle. It has been hot and parts of arizona. That is not changing. The high might kick in a little bit as you head toward weekend. Until then, steady as she goes. 60s, 70s, 80s to low 90s. Temperatures are not changing much. Friday we will get a little bit warmer. After that it will be a quiet pattern going into august. All right, thank you, the oldest restaurant in San Francisco closes its doors. Why the owners of the grill say they cannot continue and what they say about trying to reopen. Plus, a new is to keep caltrain running. It may be up to voters for them to decide on whether or not to help. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] for the ultimate inhome wifi, click, call or visit us today. Good morning, it is 6 23 am. Morning sans mornings on fox 2. We have earth, wind, fire. Tina wanted to hear this. Thank you for the request. That is the way of the world. Send us your request. Facebook, twitter, instagram. Use our hashtag, ktvu. Golden state warriors have the green light to build a hotel with condos and retail space, right next to chase center and San Franciscos mission bay neighborhood. The board of supervisors gave final approval for a 13 story hotel, in the top five floors would be apartments. Of the complex would also include a spa, fitness center, and three restaurants. The board of supervisors approved a resolution to put an eighth of a cent sales tax on the november ballot, the tax would generate funding for caltrain, losing 95 percent of their writers because of the coronavirus pandemic. The tax proposal also needs approval from the supervisor, and santa clara and san mateo counties, and at for transit boards. Without the money from tax, they might have to seize operations. The marin board has extended their election moratorium, pushed until the fourth extension since the original moratorium passed in march, with the pandemic and lockdown beginning. Landlords cannot evict the tenant or charge a late fee, but rent must be paid within 90 days. Federal prosecutors are asking for a former engineer accused of stealing trade secrets to spend more than two years in jail. Court papers filed this week show Anthony Lewandowski could face up to 27 months in jail, and pay 750,000 and restitution. In march, he pled guilty to stealing information on google self driving car program, and taking the information to his new job at uber. His sentencing is set for next week. Summer camps have helped parents get through most of the past few months. Now we found one that is looking to help parents into the school year. The san jose Valley Athletic Club is converting the Group Workout room to for classrooms. They will Host Elementary School students next month, and offer rs handle details of Distance Learning for the first half of the school day. From zoom, or whatever platform they are using they will take recess, projects, whatever the School District is asking, that is what we will lead the kids through. Students will be put into groups of 12 that will work together. Parents will pay 300 a weekend organizers say they have heard from organizers in the school cam. Police are telling people that living at a homeless camp in santa rosa that they need to move today. The reasons that authorities and neighbors say the campus a threat to safety. For the first time in months, people will have the chance to visit the oakland zoo again today. The change that you can expect, next. From ktvu, there is mornings on fox 2. We want to take your life to the New York Stock Exchange for the opening bell. Investors are waiting to see what the Federal Reserve will announce today, at the end of their two daylong policy meeting. Here is the opening bell, live, we are keeping an eye on congress, testimony from the ceos about the worlds biggest tech companies, based in the bay area. We will monitor that and we will have all of your Business News coming up in todays dollars and cents. Today it is a good opening across the board. Thank you for joining us on mornings on fox 2. I am pan cut. Good morning, i am dave clark. Steve paulson is right next to pam cook. He has a forecast. I went outside, steve, same forecast, overcast and cool. Same year, identical. Rolling one day into the next. Somewhere down the road it will have to change. It will not be today. If youre near the coast, 60s. If youre around the bay, 60s, 70s, and verna finland you will find 100s. It is a quiet pattern for us. Low clouds, sunshine, breezy at times. Wind in the delta. 5262 degrees. Patchy clouds made it to livermore. In the city, 5255. The temperature is stuck there. Theres a good delta wind, some of the bridges, you might get gusts. That is pretty typical for fairfield this time of year. Sfo is down for three. Everyone else is flat, or minus one or 2. Very quiet. Maybe a degree or tw all right, lets get over to sal. Castro valley, is that better now sal . It is better, castro valley, the debris, i will show you the area. What we have now is the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. It has filled in rather quickly. It is a 1015 minute delay. It is not the end of the world. It is typical for this time of the morning. The new world order that we have. This is a look at interstate 880, castro valley, traffic is moving well. We will take a deeper dive into that, but Dublin Canyon looks pretty good. Lets go back to the headlines. As soon as today, police could clear out a homeless camp in santa rosa. The camp is a fire danger to the area, and, we are joined live about what could happen in the next few hours. Good morning, sara. The fremont park is one of the biggest and camdenton santa rosa. The sweep of the park is actually expected to start in 30 minutes. The Santa Rosa Police department warned the campers that live in the park that they will have to leave or they could be cited. Officials say that the size of the encampment at this arc is a health, safety and fire risk. The Fire Department is concerned about open fires, and number of trees in the area. That apartment is that firefighters have recently put out several fires that started in or near homeless camps. They say it is a real threat. The plan today comes after sweeps of highway overpasses, and another parts of santa rosa. Advocates say that the reason the encampment got so big is because people have nowhere else to go. All of these different traumas, where we set up a camp, or they set up their own camp, and we help them, to the underpasses and the other parks, they push them from place to place to place. People who live at fremont park say they are anxious about another move. The city should have stepped up and provided Sanitation Services to keep the clamp cleaner. It is expected to start at 6 00 this morning and we will update you when we have information. Thank you, sara, the attorney for Police Lieutenants accused of destroying evidence and a deadly officer involved shooting say that the two men followed all proper procedures. Now, bobbio rodriguez and Michael Nicolini are unpaid leave, whilestate investigates why they did not preserve a windshield and the shooting of john menteur rosa. The Attorney Says the windshield was replaced because they needed the truck back in service. Michael rain says the crime scene technicians documented evidence from the shooting with photographs. From an evidentiary standpoint, you can understand that there is no value to the windshield, after the photographing has occurred. Sett examples, and they should not be the ones that are deciding what is relevant evidence or not. The Attorney Generals Office is looking into the windshield issue and will be reporting findings back to the Solano County district attorneys office. A body was found in the richmond district, and the San Francisco examiner medical examiner, are investigating. The body was found near the presidio, according to the San Francisco chronicle. It was in the water at mountain lake. No other information has been released for now. And oakland, police are investigating three homicides within four days. Two people were arrested after a general stabbing early monday off of broadway and west grand. After one person was shot and killed, along lake merritt boulevard, after 6 00 sunday morning, saturday, a person died at a hospital after a ease about victims or possible suspects. A 10,000 reward offered about the killing of a homeless man in west oakland, jeffrey chambers was stabbed several times july 20 17th. The attack occurred on peralta street, and he was found dead a block away. Homicide investigators are searching for details about the attack. Happening today, the oakland zoo will reopen for the first time in four months. It is welcome news for the 200 employees, many who were laid off during the pandemic, and mornings on fox 2s Frank Mallicoat joins us now with the details of the zoo reopening. Good morning, frank. The animals have been thinking where is everyone for the past few months. They will have plenty of company come today. The doors will open at 9 00 this morning. The zoo of course was shut down march 17, with the pandemic hitting, and they were losing 2 million a month. They finally got the reprieve when the county was given a special variance on wednesday to reopen. It is welcome news, as you mentioned. Now, there are changes. 2500 people will be allowed in each day, down from 7000. Down two thirds capacity. Face coverings are a given. They are required. Guests will have to stay in family groups and keep social distance between other zoo goers. All tickets must be bought in advance, online. New protocols to keep the guests safe while enjoying a day we have been waiting for this day for a very long time. Four months of being closed, here we are. People are getting ready to go in so we are really excited. I think that they are depressed, not having crowds around. It might have been fun at first, but now, i bet they do. 700 animals at the oakland zoo, including newcomers by the way, over the summer, they had a new giraffe, baboon and seven newborn buffaloes, joining the hurt on the hill. The zoo covers 100 acres of the hills, however, food and drink will be served. It is all dining inside. Outside, rather. Doors open at 9 00. Frank mallicoat, mornings on fox 2. Thank you, frank, join is one week from friday, when we spend a full hour at the zoo. That is the next zip trip, showing you where the zoo has been affected by the pandemic, and Safety Measures that are in place now that it is reopening. Friday, august 7 at 9 am. The the monterey bay aquariums has the ongoing closure during the pandemic is forcing more job cuts. The aquarium is laying off anyone employees in addition to the 93 that were let go in may. Julie packard says the decision was made with the welfare of the aquariums animals and mine, and if they have enough money the animals would be able to continue to get the care they need, and the aquarium expects to lose 45 million this year. All right, steve paulson, back talking about our forecast. It feels good outside the studio. I am still doing my job for you. Dave, youre doing a great job. Keep doing what you are doing. My pleasure. Things are pretty quiet for us. There might be a little change, on friday, he might see a warm up there. It is very quiet here. Sunday was 65. 62 degrees right now, is that going to change . It is 64 today right now, so not much. Ukiah was 102, lakeport was 101. 90s. The summer below, summer way above. In between, most locations are close to seasonal averages, including concord, fairfield, and san jose is 79 degrees. For some it is nice, for others it is a little hot. Others it is cool. 30 mileperhour gusts and travis. Some of the higher elevations, you can get that as well. 52 for santa rosa. Can we find a 40 to the north . There you go. 46. Petaluma is down to 52. Mill valley is at 49. Cloverdale is at 53 degrees. That is cool for them this time of year. They will benefit as well, we have an influx of fog going on. A stable pattern this week, it is hot in the desert southwest. Equal to the northwest. These two simply do not want to budge. As long as they are locked in, our weather isins well. We are not looking at much of a change. 90s through the interior, unless you are at lakeport, brentwood, antioch, pretty out there. The changes into the weekend and the pattern looks very similarceos of the Biggest Companies are about to testify beforeg its power. Concerns and europe about a spike in coronavirus cases, and how countries are once again trying to control the virus. In the next hour, mysterious seeds show up in mailboxes, maybe yours. We will tell you why you will possibly see these packages from china. You can of the Morning Headlines delivered to you, sign up for the mornings on fox 2 newsletter, by going to www. Ktvu. Com and signing up for the daily service. Superfast internet. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. And now flex also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. A very important day for muslims, muslim pilgrims wearing facemasks and traveling in small groups arrive at mecca. Islams holiest site in saudi arabia, for a scaledback experience. Because of the pandemic, normally as many as 2 1 2 million muslims from all over the world would go to mecca, but this year, the saudi government will not allow anyone from outside of saudi arabia to take part. Instead, 10,000 people who live in saudi arabia were selected to participate. There is a surgeon coronavirus cases in europe, several countries are now imposing emergency travel rules, including the uk, where there is a 14 day quarantine for anyone that is traveling from spain. In germany and france, there is mandatory testing for travelers from high risk areas. Authorities have said the gradual lifting of restrictions pull people into a false sense of security, many not Wearing Masks or practicing social distancing. President trump is talking about the rise in covid19 cases and several states. We are seeing improvements across metro areas, and most hotspots, you can look at a large portions of our country, it is corona free, but, we are watching very carefully. California, arizona, texas, it is heading in the right direction. President trump said hotspots are emerging in seattle and portland, blaming it on the wave of street protests. Many Health Officials do not agree with that. The bureau of Economic Research found that there is no solid connection between outdoor protests, and a rise in covid 19 cases. Executives from the biggest name in tack well based lawmakers for the latest antitrust investigation. The House Judiciary Committee hearing will be held virtually, what the ceo of amazon, google and facebook. Jeff basis, tim cook, and Mark Zuckerberg will all be facing questions about company practices, market power and dominance among online platforms. In dollars and cents, economists and investors awaiting a statement from the Federal Reserve about the economy and the plans going forward. They will release the statement at 11 00 this morning, pacific time, Jerome Powell will hold a news conference. Financial analysts predict shortterm Interest Rates will remain at zero through next year. They will be able to boost the economy by buying bonds and offering banks more liquidity. Affects employees and south San Francisco, and the fieldbased sales source. The labs are not related to the pandemic, and the company says they have been transitioning their operations in order to focus on customer engagement. The oldest restaurant, the cottage grill says they will close until they can serve meals indoors again. The grill has been offering takeout and Delivery Services as a way to keep staff working. Now, the owner has decided that they will stop because of concerns that the workers would be exposed to coronavirus. Health officials and the governor will be deciding when San Francisco restaurants will be allowed to serve meals in dining rooms again. I know that the owner of the grill, we had them here. They were trying to stay open and keep employees paid, because they were committed. That is a decision that has been made and we will try to talk to them a little bit later on. Such a fixture in the financial district in San Francisco. I have heard from several of restaurant owners, that the financial district, the waterfront, there are so many districts that it is about to the ambience. Takeout is not going to meet their needs. You are right. Take out will not do it for a lot of restaurants. It is about the experience and we hope we can get back to that soon. Right now, the pandemic has had on this is i guess you can call it a silver lining, traffic that is better than normal, for this time of the morning. There, you can see caltrain writing on the tracks. They are doing well this morning. Were looking at the bay bridge. This looks like the pre pandemic immune. It is backed up and this is the busy time of the morning, trying to queue up to get into San Francisco. Lets bring steve back with weather. We are in the soup again, the fog. If you do not get fog, it will be hot again. There are huge differences in the temperatures. Clearlake, they are in the 100s. If youre near the coast, you are in the 60s and 70s. That is not changing anytime soon. Will coast, hot inland. 55 for the city, again, the record high is not that odd. Any three degrees and 1977. From 18 july to the 29th, there are no record highs over 89 degrees. That ends tomorrow. Record high is 90 degrees. 50s on most of the temperatures. Brentwood, sonny, san jose, cloudy, at 62 degrees. San leandro, hayward, fremont, low clouds. Thunderstorm activity has pushed off into her again. That is not a factor anymore. Low pressure to the north. Highpressure to the south. We are in between. If one decides to take charge, we might cool down. At the high builtin we warm up. Right now it is stationary. 60s, 70s, 80s. No 90s for many. We are right back down, and the pattern looks very similar, you guys. Coming up, trader joes will change the name on packages, but the company disagrees iffy ethnic food brands are racist. At 7 00, the response from trader joes about to their decision. A spike in sales for camping gear. What you may have a hard time finding, in stores and online. San francisco Public Schools are three weeks away from the first day of classes. How administrators are refining plans for the coming school year. Welcome back. We breaking news coming in right now. This is a live picture from arizona. There was a Train Derailment in a fire. You can see in the middle of your screen is black smoke here. You are trying to get that one under control. Hazmat is on the scene as well. There between 8 to 10 cars here. We dont know if the weve not heard of any injuries yet but firefighters are out there trying to battle it and get it back under control. We will bring you more information as we get it. The San Jose City council is put a hold on the proposed measure creating a strong mayor. The drop the push for the original measure. They voted to create a Charter Revision Commission to examine the proposals before handing it over to voters. It wouldve given him two more years in office and more power in appointing officials and overseeing city departments. In the meantime officials are a step closer to getting a new half cent sales measure added. That would authorize the county to impose the tax and allow it to pass the majority vote instead of a two thirds vote. The new half cent sales tax would raise about 81 million year. Mainly for social services. One of the biggest Teachers Union authorize members to go on strike if they plan to hold in person classes without taking proper Safety Measures. The American Federation of teachers says the federal government is encouraging schools to reopen but not offering any help to make sure the educators and students stay healthy. Union represents more than 2 million teachers, school nurses, Early Childhood educators and school staff. The bay areas emphasis go unified School District released a broad outline for starting the new school year. It begins with only Distance Learning for the first week. They will then move into a mix of in person and remote classes. They have to engage with the instructors online every school day and be counted as attending class. School is scheduled to begin on august 17. South bay congressman among the democrats supporting a bill to give free highquality reusable masks to everyone. Its being delivered through the mail or being picked up through selected locations including schools and pharmacies. Get surgical masks and in 95 respirators. And all of our models all masks including simple cloth masks filtered out. The bill provides a 5 billion for the production and distribution of the facemasks. It would also be using the defense production to help with that project. A massive fire destroyed two buildings. With the latest on the investigation and we are moments away from an update from this emphasis go Fire Department. You have to wear a mask or you will be find in one bay area county. Where this is happening and how much you will have to pay if youre caught not following those rules. No deal for stimulus bill. Democrats and republicans just cant seem to agree. Seconds ahead of 7 00 good morning. Im dave clark. Welcome to wednesday morning july 29. We are just a few minutes away from an update from this emphasis go Fire Department. Member this time yesterday and throughout mornings on two we were bringing you live coverage from a massive fire near the 8101 interchange. We are still currently waiting to learn what may have caused that fire and how far that wouldve gone of the past 24 hours or so. We will continue to bring that news briefing to you here shortly. We are going to talk about the weather for wednesday. You would probably approve of what we have right now . Double thumbs up. I approve of that as well