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Cooldown with highs that are well below average for this time of year. If you like it, enjoy it, it is not going to last. Today looks pretty good. Anything new at 6 00 on a wednesday . Nothing new right now, steve, it is still pretty good out there, so far, so good. Getting out to the macarthur maze ridge, and continuing toward the bay bridge and, if you are driving on 80 it should not take you too long. Too long from the cockiness bridge, to the maze 18 minutes or so. Theres a little bit of a backup. It will extend itself and the next few minutes as you drive into San Francisco. Lets go back to the headlines. New details coming in within the past 10 minutes about the breaking news in san jose. Police have been in an hours long standoff overnight, with the man at the Santa Clara County jail. Lets go to sara who has new information now, sara . Good morning, pam, the standoff is over. The Santa Clara Sheriffs Office as a man has peacefully surrendered and is in custody. Lets look at the live scene. Lets break down exactly what led up to this point. This is at the corner of mission and san pedro in san jose. This is where the cameras position. There are a lot of officers and deputies that are still in the area there, the standoff is over, but you can see that roads are blocked off. This all happened at the Santa Clara County jail on heading straight. The Sheriffs Office had said that an armed man was by himself and a Basement Parking lot of the jail, inside of a patrol car. He fired several shots but no injuries were reported. After about three hours, the standoff ended. We know he was arrested at some point before the standoff, but we dont know why he was arrested, or how he ended up with a gun inside of the patrol car in the Basement Parking lot of the jail. We are expecting an update from the Sheriffs Office on the developing story, and we know that the Sheriffs Office worked with the San Jose Police department, the Santa Clara Police department, and chp san jose to come to a peaceful resolution. The standoff is over, the suspect was taken into custody, it all ended peacefully. Reporting live, mornings on fox 2, sara send an. Guns were stolen from a gun store and they were, and four people have been indicted for stealing them. The guns were stolen from richardson tactical, during a protest against police brutality. Three of the four people indicted have been arrested. One of them is also charged with being in possession of a stolen gun, and another is charged with being a felon in possession of a gun. San Francisco Health Officials Say it is too early to move ahead with the reopening businesses, even though there are signs of progress in stopping the spread of coronavirus. The infection and hospitalization rates for covid 19 in the city are improving, and the head of the Public Health Department Says that the number of new cases has dropped to 90 per day. It is down slightly from two weeks ago but he says it needs to be 50 to get San Francisco out of the red zone. As we see some of our numbers, just some improving slightly, we must stay very vigilant. We will continue to pause our reopening, that is one likely reason for the slight slowdown in cases. He says other reasons for the slowdown could be that more people are Wearing Masks when they go out in public, and not visiting with family and friends in person. San franciscos chinatown has been hit hard by the pandemic, especially the restaurants. There are more than 200 places to eat and drink in chinatown, one third of the owners say that they are at risk of shutting down permanently within the next six months. The Chinese Chamber of commerce and the Chinatown Development Community Center are helping Business Owners move outside. They are offering financial grants to help pay for barricades, canopies and tech support. Restaurant owners us a long time businesses need help facing the new challenges. We are open seven days a week. A lot of people, they come to our restaurant. Three or four generations. We hope that before we get the vaccine, we will be able to at least mitigate some of the impacts that the pandemic has drawn. Businesses have faced more hurdles than other areas, some are worried about how crowded chinatown is, normally making it easier to spread the virus. State Health Officials say that technical problems and the recording system may be the reason for the drop in the number of positive virus cases, here in california. Dr. Mark calvin, health and Human Services secretary said there are problems with how ready the Electronic Laboratory reporting system is. It resulted in counties that were underreporting the number of positive cases. They are concerned like we are. We have been in communication with them about what the discrepancies are, and how we might hope to improve them. The doctor did not say how many days were affected by the problem, but local Health Officials who depend on the system for information are really concerned. The state is now promising to provide correct numbers manually. The Solano County Health Officer is telling us about the lag time in getting correct information from the state on how covid19 cases affect operations. We rely on knowing about a case, and as quick a manner as possible being able to interview and investigate illnesses. If we cannot investigate people that we cannot learn about where they got sick and we cannot learn who they have spread it to. We cannot do Contact Tracing or any of the things that we would have to. Outdated information has been coming in since the pandemic started and state officials again are trying to fix that. And san mateo county, you can be fined for not wearing a face mask. County supervisors had approved a find on people and businesses that do not obey Public Health orders. For individuals, the fines start at 100 for first offenses, and for a second violation it would be 200. It goes up to 500 dollars for more v year. For businesses, the fines start at 250 with a maximum of 3000 per violation. Some say the fines may be the only way to make some people obey the health order. I hope they would not have to resort to fines, but, you know whatever it takes for people to refuse to wear masks to wear them. It might be an incentive for them to wear it. The county ordinance calls violations administrative infractions, not criminal citations. Today, thousands of bay area healthcare workers will take part in a national day of action, nurses, therapists and lab workers and 16 bay area cities want to bring attention to what they are calling a medical system that makes economics a priority over people. Rallies are planned today outside six medical centers including kaiser and Sutter Health facilities. The workers say that coronavirus has revealed inequality in society and they want protections and support for all patients and medical workers. State lawmakers and labor leaders will highlight new ways to save lives and safely reopen californias economy. They believe that workplaces are now the main source for the spread of the coronavirus and that people that work in retail, farming and manufacturing are in the most danger. They also say that people of color are more atrisk than others. All right, lets talk about wednesday morning weather, right in the middle of the week. Steve paulson is now talking about the changes that we will see and feel. Steve . That will be changed to cooler, maybe the coolest day by far of the week. Even tomorrow it looks cool. We will start to see a rebound. The area of low pressure is settled then and it has cranked up the wind and fog. Also the drizzle on the coast. The coolest day of the week looks to be today. I think fog began drizzle. Some of the fog will burn off and it will be sunny and windy. The wind has tailed off a little bit. Low clouds have made it out to fairfield. That is a heck of a push. It will be cooler for all. A lot of 70s, 89 or 90 degrees. That is not the case today. 36 Miles Per Hour. Ultima pass, the gust of 42. Sfo shy of 30. It is an onshore breeze from san carlos, to mountain view, hayward and livermore. 50s on the temperatures near 60 for some. Santa rosa is the only location where it is clear. Southern branch goes over us. A significant cooling trend for august 5. Near 80 degrees. I want to punch in the 80s, but, i cannot ignore the data. Well below average for many of these locations. All right, it looks like a bomb and felt like an earthquake. 100 people are now confirmed that and beirut, from this gigantic explosion. What President Trump things may have caused it. If youre having a hard time finding disinfecting wipes, do not worry, youre not alone. We will tell you one of the reasons that clorox and other companies are having a difficult time keeping up with the demand. You have the power of mornings on fox 2 at the news, the 11 and 10 00 news. You have the power to know wherever you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Welcome back to mornings on fox 2, and beirut, lebanon, the investigation into the deadly explosion continues as search crews search through rubble. I want to show you a social media video of the occlusion. It is incredible. 100 people are confirmed dead, 4000 were injured, from an explosion that was heard 200 miles away. Now, this is the scene and beirut. Ed by a large amount of Ammonium Nitrate left unprotected anywhere else. The damage is incredible. President trump indicates that it may have been an attack. They seem to think it was an attack, a bomb of some kind, yes. According to the associated press, there is no evidence that it was an attack. Countries around the world are now pledging to support to the people of lebanon, including britain, france, and the united states. The president of france, manuel mccrone will be flying to lebanon, tomorrow. The u. S. Navy has found to the amphibious vehicle, the one that sank off the coast of san diego after a military Training Exercise last week. Seven marines and one sailor are presumed dead, after the vehicle had sank. The search for them was called off last sunday. A remote camera when in and video indicated that the bodies are still on board, and getting the remains is top priority now. Ared dead at the scene right after the vehicle had sank, and seven others were rescued. Today, state School Superintendent tony thurman will talk with educators about one of the biggest concerns about the new school year. He is holding an online meeting, to explain what technology and tech support is available for distancelearning classes. 97 percent of schools around the state expect to start the school year with remote learning. The Mill Valley Teachers Association signed a protest last night. They are demanding the right to choose whether or not they return to the classroom to teach distancelearning. The districts proposal has him returning to the classroom in order to instruct for five hours of online classes. It is a choice that the teachers say should be up to them for safety and for their students. We just want to be able to make the choice ourselves. There are lots of reasons that people need to stay home. Some of the teachers do not mind going in. Betsy mill valley educators say that five hours of screen time on zoom is inappropriate for students, and school is back in session for mill valley august 20, and the union has not indicated if they plan to strike a, if the teachers requests are not met. Teachers and san joses Largest School district are being told when School Starts a week from today that they will need to be in the classroom. Students will not be there but administrators say that there are big advantages to having the teachers in the classroom, including wifi connectivity and tech support. One teacher has said that she still plans to teach from home. Tonya jako lives with her parents that are high risk. She says the district has shared areas including bathrooms i will be thoroughly cleaned but it decreases the risk but does not eliminate it. Am i going to have to choose between doing what i love, professionally, versus keeping the people that i love safe, personally . I can always get another job, but if i lose a Family Member i cannot get them back. She says that she is starting to hear that other teachers have similar concerns, and she says that means that a lot of students might not have any teachers on the first day of school. A park in palo alto that only allows City Residents in may someday be open to the public. I am talking about foothills park, it only allows residents or guests of residence inside. Critics call it discriminatory, racist and unconstitutional. People living in palo alto say they worry about preserving the park. The mercury news is reporting that the city council a showing support for a Pilot Program where 50 nonresidents could buy access to the park every day. The city council is also looking at the idea of putting it up for a vote in 2022. T, we in with sal, covering traffic, in addition to the great music that you bring us every day, sal, i know you are keeping an eye on the roads as well. I love it. Yes, we are. Pam and dave, we have more people that are on the road right now. I can tell you that traffic is going to be getting a little bit more crowded out there. Lets go to the bridge. I want to show you the traffic there at the bridge is moving along okay, no major issues. More people are beginning to show up, and on 80 it is a smooth drive. Yesterday we had a little bit of a problem in richmond. There are more people at the bay bridge toll plaza for sure, and 880 traffic is doing very well. Lets bring steve back in here with todays forecast. All right, it is a cooler forecast across the board for everyone. A system is dropping in for august 5, it is for empty ramped up the fogging. Even concord and livermore, cloudy. Because of this, in the upper atmosphere you can see a dip in the jet stream. Southwest will get flowing. The southwest flow is giving us a big cooldown. The coolest day of the week will be today. Tomorrow it will not be that much longer. 62 and the forecast for the city today. It is my below average. The record high is not that warm. It is 55 degrees embarcadero. Sfo to the ultima pass, it is 3042 Miles Per Hour. Be cognizant of that. 50s with most of the temperatures. Low 60s, these will probably be the lows, santa rosa, the only location that is clear. 49 and kenwood. That will do it. San anselmo, bodega bay, the water temperature at bodega bay, 50s. That is a cold pattern. The area of low pressure, the west southwest flow, it is really monsoon season for arizona. They have not had much. That is the reason they keep getting the lows dropping in. With it a little breezy. We will be into thursday and friday and rebound on the weekend. Near average on the temperatures, guys. I know a little breezy. School is starting for millions of students across the state, the reason that private schools can have an easier time allowing students back into the classroom. Big news in the movie industry, you may not have to leave the, or you will not have to leave your home to catch the next big film from disney. We will tell you about the companys plan for five action adaptations of mulan and how yo. Good morning, this is peter gunn, with the art of noise. It was requested by anthony. Nice request, anthony. We take a lighter look at to the airport, and the fog that is out there. I think this was a 90s tune. If i remember correctly. Send me a song, facebook, twitter or instagram. Use the hashtag ktvu. It is fun. Thank you, sal, we know the pandemic has been a challenge for many of our favorite activities and places around the bay area. We are excited to shine the spotlight this friday on the oakland zoo. The zoo was on the brink of closing, it went several months without paying visitors. Now that it is back open we wanted to show you how the zoo continues to care for the animals and how it adjusts some practices to allow visitors to return. To join us at 9 am for the next zip trip to the oakland zoo, we would love for you to share some of your favorite zoo memories as well, share them with us on social media with the hashtag ktvu and we will share some of them, friday morning at 9 am. There are reports of hundreds of layoffs and for those hitting the bay area, airline workers, American Airlines announced yesterday that they send furloughs, and warning notices to 700 employees at sfo and Oakland International airports. This comes after the airline announced plans to and flights together at the oakland airport. Alaska airlines is preparing to layoff 4200 employees a, companywide october 1. The airline tells us that layoff notices were sent to 652 employees here in the bay area, about 33 percent of employees who say Customer Service agents, flight attendants and Maintenance Technicians are being laid off. In todays dollars and cents, a major drop in sales during the pandemic, lockdowns have put an end to events for the french luxury line, louis vuitton. Producers say they have lost an estimated 2 billion in sales this year. A Champagne Committee will meet in two weeks to discuss their options, which may include destroying access grapes. Clorox wipes are a hot commodity, as usual, the companys assets or shelves will not be fully restocked, until next year. Most of us have seen those empty shelves, where the wipes are supposed to be. The oaklandbased company says the entire supply chain is stressed, they cannot meet up with demand. One issue is the material that is used to create the wipes is also used to make masks and medical gowns. It is in short supply. Hostesses getting into the body building business, believe it or not. They have teamed up with a bodybuilding. Com for a line of cake flavored protein powders. The first products are twinkie flavored and chocolate cupcake flavored protein powders. 82 pound tub cost 30, and more flavors will hit the market soon. This is something very new, disney is skipping the theaters for their liveaction new movie mulan. Every family must contribute one man to fight. My father cannot so i will t the film will be available on disney plus, but you will have to pay 30 in addition to the membership fee for disney plus, and mulan will get a Theatrical Release in markets not available, and where theaters are open. The film is supposed to debut back in march, it continued to be pushed back, because of the pandemic. We continue to follow the breaking news that we have been following out of san jose, sn off at the Santa Clara County jail. It is now over. What we know about the person who started firing a gun at the jail. San joses police chief is retiring, as we have reported, and now we will hear from him about his decision to move on after 28 years with the department. From ktvu fox 2, this is mornings on fox 2. Welcome back to mornings on fox 2, we would like to take you live to the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning. In an interview with mornings on fox 2, President Trump has said that he will suspend the payroll tax as part of his administrations effort to help the economy after the coronavirus shutdown. The idea faces opposition and the next relief bill, here is the opening bell. It looks like a pretty good day this morning it disney is up on earnings. They also announce that, very interesting news about the latest movie. Your Business News is coming up and todays dollars and cents, thank you for joining us. I am pam cook. I am dave clark, at the ktvu fox 2 studios. I ran outside for you. It is still overcast and not real cold , pam and steve. Not very breezy. It is like steve has been tais changing. For august 5, pam and dave, theres a robust fog bank. There is a deep fog, and there is drizzle. It will be the coolest day of the week. Temperatures will be 1015 degrees below average. It carved itself out, low pressure over california. Temperatures, along with the drizzle, the wind will pick up once the fog burns back, but it will take a while. We have 50s for temperatures and santa rosa. Santa rosa finally got in on cloud cover. The low is sitting right there, it is set up and it is saying i am going to be mr. Cool air. Temperatures are well below average for this time of year. Especially outdoors at livermore. All right. Lets get over to sell. We will see if there is something new on the bridges. Good morning, sir. Good morning to you, steve, we do not have anything new, but we do have a backup that is building at the bay bridge toll plaza. Just like clockwork, it is beginning to show up at the toll plaza. 1015 minute delay on most of these lanes. We have heard from a lot of people that say that a lot of these people who are going to work would normally be on bart trains and buses, but right now they feel more comfortable driving alone. This is interstate 880, traffic is moving along very nicely. No major issues heading south from here. Oakland, all the way down to the san jose area, it is great. Lets go back to the headlines. Thank you, sal, we follow breaking news of a standoff with an armed suspect act the Santa Clara County jail. The standoff is now over. We are learning more information now. The Sheriffs Office said the suspect surrendered peacefully, a half an hour ago. Sheriffs deputies say that someone who was in custody got a hold of a gun and fired several shots. It started sometime this morning, and negotiators were on scene, on nearby streets. The streets were blocked off. So far there were no reports of anyone being hurt in this. We have a crew on scene, we will continue to update the story throughout the morning. All right, happening today, picket lines will go up at bay area medical facilities. Healthcare workers are drawing attention to the need to be protected from coronavirus. They are also talking about the financial hardships it is causing. We have mornings on fox 2s allie rasmus here with the details. Good morning. The healthcare workers taking part in the day of action include nurses, lab workers and respiratory therapists along with others. The unions organize and the rallies that are taking place across the country and in the play area. Including at this location where we bring you a live picture. This is the kaiser in fremont, that we show you a picture of. The exterior is there. Any minute now we are expecting to see a rally with an informational picket line, so the nurses and the people participating in this day of action will express information. They are having these rallies across the country at six medical centers a, including Kaiser Health facilities and the bay area. They say they want to raise awareness about a lack of government and employer support nationwide during the pandemic. They are calling on the u. S. Senate to pass legislation that would allow the u. S. To manufacture personal protective equipment or the defense production act. A lot of the nurses and healthcare workers are quite concerned about having to reuse some of ppe. They are calling on congress to extend pandemic related Unemployment Benefits that had expired for most americans at the end of july. Republicans and democrats and the white house have not reached an agreement on extending the Unemployment Benefits. Along with a rally that is set to take place at kaiser in fremont, there are similar events i will be starting right now. They are scheduled to start right now at the kaiser at redwood city and the hospital in antioch. Coming up next, well have an update as we head to the kaiser in south San Francisco where there is a rally scheduled as well. Allie rasmus, mornings on fox 2. City leaders in San Francisco are extending the deadline for businesses to pay for registration and licensing. They were originally due in march, but deferred to may, then onto september. Now they are due march 1 of next year. That does not mean that businesses are getting out of paying for registration, and licensing fees for this year, but the fees bring in about 49 million to the city every year. Supervisors support setting aside 5 million of federal money to help renters and Property Owners who have been hurt by the pandemic. The supervisors also extended the repayment. For randy, at last nights meeting. When the moratorium on evictions runs out at the end of the month, tenants will now have six months to pay at least half of their rent and up to a year to pay the full amount. The supervisors decided not to extend the moratorium. The bay area Latino Community has been hit hard by the coronavirus. Some Community Organizations are trying to help her it across the country and in the bay area there has been a lack of reliable information on covid19 , printed in spanish. The clinic i is doing outreach at the testing site in oaklands fruitvale district. We took it upon ourselves to translate these pamphlets, and those are being handed out at testing sites. A group called streetlevel Health Project is connecting people to resources if they test positive. Teachers say that californias new guidelines for reopening Elementary Schools put Public Schools at a disadvantage compared to private schools. According to the chronicle, schools and counties with large numbers of coronavirus cases can still reopen, but they need to get a waiver. To get the waiver, the schools will have to show that they can follow a long list of safety protocols such as providing face coverings and keeping students socially distanced. Teacher unions say meeting the guidelines is easier for private schools than for Public Schools. San Francisco Police are investigating a meth lab that was found in a hotel room, and a hotel that was protecting people during the pandemic. A call came in at 2 30 p. M. Saturday afternoon about a strong chemical odor coming from a room at the civic center motor inn. The police say they found two people running a meth lab in a hotel room. People were evacuated from nearby rooms and, and a hazmat crew was called in to make sure that the area was safe. Theres a meth lab right above your room, so, we need you to evacuate, it could explode at any time. They conducted an investigation and they discovered chemicals in the room known to make narcotics. The San Francisco sheriffs deputies were doing regular checks of all location since march, but they ended the patrol july 1, when the reopening plan was rescheduled. The deputies will resume checks now that the date has been moved back. San Francisco Police are searching for a person who targeted food trucks that were used by the San Francisco marine food bank. These trucks deliver meals, and Officials Say that someone had sabotaged the truck at the food bank in san rafael. Five delivery trucks were damaged, someone poured acid and detergent into the gas tanks. It was discovered on monday morning, and caused a delay during the weekly monday food giveaway, but there is Surveillance Video of the vandalism. The food Bank Officials believe the vandal may be someone who is angry with them, or trying to send a message. 30 percent more hungry people are coming to us now that the pandemic has hit, then were before. It is even more important that we give the food to our clients. I would consider this sacred ground. I mean, this is an organization that benefits everybody. Theres no excuse for it. Theres no reason for it. There is no word right now on how long repairs will take or how much it will cost. If captured, police say the suspect will face charges of felonies. We hear from san joses police chief, eddie garcia, announcing that he is retiring in december. The police chief says he will miss the work, and the people after 28 years with the department. You want to leave while you are effective. I believe i am still effective. It is one of those things, that you look at and, i am not going to be chief forever. Chief garcia says recent protests and criticism of the poanges have nothing to do with his departure. He says he has thought about this for quite a while and he has advice for the next chief. Listen to your neighborhoods, listen to what they want in policing. Also, you need to ensure that they are treating rankandfile fairly. His final down the child is december 12, and the city will launch a nationwide search for a new chief, and the chief says he hopes he will choose someone that is from the San Jose Police department. What used to be hurricane isais is a postTropical Storm, booting up the east coast, it caused a lot of damage. It killed at least six people, triggering tornadoes and dumping lots of rain along the east coast. Two people died when a tornado hit a Mobile Home Park in north carolina. Another person was killed in pennsylvania, their car was swept downstream, and downed trees killed at least three people. Many businesses were flooded, right as they were dealing with the pandemic. I spent over 30,000 to put all of this back together. I cannot recoup a penny of it. It is just i am absolutely devastated. These pictures are devastating. This is my hometown of philadelphia, and what it looks like this morning in some areas, cars are underwater. The river that runs through philadelphia, expecting to reach its highest flood level in more than 150 years. It is incredible. Wow, it is hard to watch. It is hard to see that video of all the damage there. All right. Lets check in with steve paulson. I know you have been watching that as well. It moved through quickly. At least it did not have her over the area for some time area it was moving about 38 miles an hour. That is flying. It held together as Tropical Storm gusts were at 70 miles an hour. My friend in caldwell was a texting me, rain, sun, wind, once he got on the backside of it. It was flying. All right, back here we have winds that is flying as well. We have had gusts 2550 miles an hour. It is 43 degrees at the ultima pass. The wind of change is roaring, for some, even unto fairfield, that is a rarity. 70s with most of the temperatures, down, these are below average. Yesterday we started the trend downward, and we will a lot tomorrow and that it will go back up, nothing too strong. It is still 26 mileperhour gusts. Fairfield, concord, 30 degrees. Even livermore is at 22 Miles Per Hour. 40 Miles Per Hour at the reservoir. Split jetstream, but the low is settling in over us. This is anytime during the winter, it would be rancidity. The best he can do is drizzle here. 60s, 70s on the temperatures, for everybody. After today it will be a slow ride on the temperatures. They will stay below average all the way to the end of the week, getting your average by the weekend. All right, Football Players are pledging to set out if certain changes are not taking place, and later this hour we will tell you about their meeting with governor newsoms office. Voters may soon decide on a possible financial lifeline for caltrain. We will tell you about a proposed sales tax that would help save the struggling transit agency. For the next hour, businesses around the state are affected by the new coronavirus restrictions, but one owner of a nail salon has said that the changes are actually helping her business. We will tell you why. Do not forget, you cannot the Morning Headlines delivered directly to you by signing up for the new mornings on fox 2 newsletter. Just go to www. Ktvu. Com , and sign up for the daily service. Weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. Welcome back to mornings on fox 2, negotiations continue in washington on a new coronavirus stimulus package. Congressional leaders say a compromise to deal may be reached by the end of the week. Yesterday, House Speaker nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer met with white house officials that, and they agreed to several concessions, but had also said that if there is a long way to go. The u. S. Census bureau says it is sending the 2020 county september 30, a month earlier than previously scheduled. It has some people concerned. First of all, this requires truncating the current census operations, particularly the doorknocking that would be happening next week. Because of the pandemic, the original census deadline was pushed from july to october, but the agency says that they will and counting september 30. The House Committee on oversight and reform wants to interview Census Bureau officials about the change in the schedule. We are concerned about the accuracy of the count. The president has done Everything Possible to distract from a count. The census information is now going to be used to draw congressional districts and distribute federal funds. The bureau has said that despite the shorter timeline, the agency is putting measures in place to improve the speed of the count without sacrificing accuracy. Data shows the majority of americans are under the age of 40, the Census Bureau and the perking institution reports 1. 16 million americans 162 million are baby boomers, and older generations. The report had also showed that more than half of millennials and younger generations classify themselves as a racial or ethnic minority compared to less than 30 percent of baby boomers. The Great American outdoors act is now a law. President trump signed this major conservation bill yesterday at a white house ceremony, creating a restoration fund, 9 billion over the next five years and, to invest in repairs at National Park service locations. President trump had called it landmark legislation, that will preserve americas majestic natural wonders. Happening today, lawmakers and transportation officials from across the country are holding a virtual rally, pushing for legislation to save public transit. Our general management bob howard and executives from chicago, new york city and new orleans will be joining advocacy groups and members of congress and a call for emergency funds for covid19 relief. They are asking congress for at least 32 billion to up the agencies recover. Caltrain is one step closer to getting financial help that it needs to keep the Transit System operating. The santa clara board of supervisors unanimously voted to approve putting an innate sense sales tax on the november ballot. It will raise an estimated 180 million per year for the rail agency, and they lost 95 percent of their ridership during the pandemic. Transit officials in san mateo and santa clara counties and the San Francisco board of supervisors need to approve the measure this week in order to make it on the fall ballot. Pam, did you know that sal not only plays great music, but he also knows about traffic . Absolutely. Sal, you know everything. It goodness, you guys are in a very complementary mood. Thank you. Keep it coming. All right. Good morning everyone. You know, we do have traffic to talk about. It is getting a little bit more crowded out there. I want to show you the richmond bridge. It is not completely stop and go but we have storm had on the bridge. You can see it for yourself. There have been no major issues on the span getting over to san raphael, a seven minute drive to the macarthur maze bridge. We have a 15 minute delay, but no problems once you make it on to the span as we look at the other commute across the bay, we have not a lot. We have the typical plate 80 commute over the ultima pass, 205 and 580 continues to be slow. Traffic looks okay. If youre driving and to san jose we are off to a good start with your Silicon Valley commute. Lets get back in with todays weather, it seems foggy and some places, correct . It is very foggy out there, sal, this will be the coolest day of the week by far. The trend around monday, it was hot. Mid90s. Today it is 70s. Low clouds, drizzle, a 10th of an inch for some. The coolest day of the big fog sun has been front and center. 62 for the city. Below is at 55. That is average. 49 on the record low again. Mount diablo west, at 33 degrees. Middle p, northwest at 30 Miles Per Hour. There have been gusts up to 40 Miles Per Hour up to brentwood and towards the ultima pass. 80s and 60s on your temperatures. Its with jetstream. If this was november to march, we would be looking at a warning. It would be a very rainy pattern. For this time of year it is a cooler pattern with the drizzle. Temperatures are 60s and 70s. Mainly 70s on a lot of the temperatures. It will take a couple of days for gradual warming, but not until the weekend. Guys . Nationwide, the number of deaths inside parked cars is going down this year. Coming up and the next half hour, why child Safety Advocates worry that the pandemic might cause new kinds of problems. Concerns about mailin voting for the november election, white democrats and republicans are raising questions about whether or not it will work. Football Training Camp for the San Francisco 49ers, what jamika ruffalo says about 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. Song. Facebook, twitter. A flower shop in san ramon doing something nice for Senior Citizens and assisted living facilities who are isolated now. The staff at enchanted florist in san ramon created about 50 bouquets for the Senior Citizens. While the bases and some of the flowers are donated, the owner is paying for much of this herself. Even though sales are down about 60 because of the pandemic. Doing this is making it nice and this is to make people happy. Its not about the money and we need to make people happy and bring joy because we are all in this horrible disease. The idea came after the death of sharons fatherinlaw whose last days were spent in one of those facilities here, no one was allowed in to visit him and since then she has purchased flowers and taken flowers to more than 300 Senior Citizens. The flower shop owner said she will keep doing this as long as the pandemic continues. A group of pac12 Football Players asking the governor for coronavirus related protection for the coming season. The players want the governor to sign an executive order that will call for thirdparty oversight of covid19 rules. They also want to make sure that the players who opt out of the season will not lose a year of eligibility. The group is meeting with pac 12 officials later this week but they hope that the governor could speed up their goals. Ball practice is due to begin on august 17. The season is starting at the end of september. 49ers quarterback jimm talking about the 49ers top super bowl loss. The quarterback talked with reporters for the first time in six months yesterday. He is getting ready for his third year with the 49ers. But between a poor super bowl appearance, a pandemic and a no preseason this year, Jimmy Garappolo is not expecting business as usual just yet. Obviously it is a different off season. So there is some positives that come out of it but it will be different. We know that going into it and it is just 31 20 loss to the chiefs in super bowl liv. , Jimmy Garappolo called it a productive year but he said he wished the score was different and that less than. The 49ers kick off their season on sunday, september 13, at home against the arizona cardinals. The 49ers announce plans for their annual fundraising event called, players for purpose. This year because of the thfund be a Virtual Event on september 1 and second. You are looking at video from last years event. Normally fans get a chance to mingle with the players, coaches and executives at dinner down on the field at the stadium. This year, fans can pay for interactive virtual sessions with players and coaches. The money raised goes to the 49ers foundation which helps to educate and empower young people all over the bay area. A standoff at the county jail in san jose is over. Details on the suspect and what led to this intense incident. Also californias efforts to track covid19 cases may have been seriously hampered the technical issue affecting the electronic data system used by Health Departments across our state. Cleanup is underway across the east coast after proper storm hit the area. The latest on the destruction left behind by isaias. Ktvu fox 2 news. It is 7 00 a. M. Happy new hour. Welcome to the middle of the week, wednesday, august 5. Did you sleep with the windows open . They were close but open now and a cool breeze is coming in. Seat is telling us about that now. There is a cool breeze. There is a really cool breeze with temperatures well below average here on the coast and even inland. The drill lizzo has been reported and a 10th of an inch for a few locations. The cool steak of the week with a fog ba