Point of racial tensions to action taken as the result of the nba players boycott. Protesters have their say nationwide. And campus quarantine. As College Students return, well look at one schools extreme approach to control covid outbreaks and ensure classes can continue. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter heartbreaking news, Actor Chadwick Boseman has died. Boseman was a star of black panther. We must find a way to look after one another. He will forevering known for changing changing the landscape. Historical black figures i know what its for. Its not the best experience we ever had in life. Hurricane laura blamed for at least 14 deaths across louisiana and texas. Its not the material things. Its the memories, i think, that are gut wrenching at times. The president is campaigning, trying to build preliminary momentum after his speech on the white house lawn. If i did tonights speech there, i would have been criticized by
Wildfire in Southern California threatens thousands of people and their homes. Washed out. On the end of an Historic Mission for 2 nasa astronauts heralds a new era in commercial space troubles. People around the world are facing heavy new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year when a global tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 have recovered and about 690000 people have died but its estimated more than 200000 of those deaths are in latin america and nearly a quarter of those fatalities are in mexico the 3rd highest in the world its gottman. Began lifting restrictions and made to kick start the economy now its looking like it will have to reverse that course not interrupt the reports are new cases of coronavirus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. In argentina which had largely kept t
Here 110 pounds of high grade fireworks seized by Oakland Police this week. Weve had over 15 fires, you know, wild land fires in the city of oakland just since monday whi w would normally see. Reporter the Oakland Fire Department is braced for a tough fourth of july weekend. Theyre bringing in more engines. Weve also staffed three Additional Fire am rat us that will be patrolling, in the city, specifically at lake merritt. And then we have two Additional Fire apparatus that will be patrolling. Reporter theyve also got a dozen volunteers armed with ham radios ready to scan the horizon for smoke or flames. It is similar to the setup on the peninsula. The enhanced use of our emergency volunteers, close to two dozen of them, at various locations, is really important. If heaven forbid a Bottle Rocket lands in the dry brush up in the hills, our only chance of suppressing that in a timely manner is getting early eyes on that, early detection. We will be in foot hill park reporter theyre among
Building a better bay area, this is abc7 news. Firefighters had their hands full last night due to illegal fireworks, from fires to one crew even having Bottle Rockets shot at its truck as it responded to a call. Im j. R. Stone. Eric thomas has the night off. Im dion lim. Its been no Holiday Weekend for bay area firefighters. They have been racing to keep up with the hundreds of fires in our region, mostly started by illegal fireworks. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live in san pablo with more on this story. Cornell . Dion, very scary night for firefighters no, professional Fireworks Shows in the bay area last night, but lots of amateur ones, just ask any firefighter. Many started firesis o in san pablo. The firework debris is just feet away. Fireworks lit up the skies over San Francisco on july 4th, but its a show firefighters didnt want to see. Illegal fireworks caused large grass fires like this one near hunters point, and this fire less than a mile away. We were virtua
Says he didnt commit. And the person who fought for his freedom. The Fireworks Safety tips that Everyone Needs to be reminded of to have an enjoyable weekend. Early today starts right now im frances rivera. Im cori coffin were heading to the fourth of july Holiday Weekend like we have never seen before cities across the country canceled parades and more businesses are closed as new covid19 infectionsrage out of control in several states. Infections have now surpassed 2. 7 million nationwide federal Unemployment Benefits set to end this month, some states are taking things into their own hands. California and new jersey have decided to extend them jobless californians will get an additional 7 weeks, while the garden state extended them for 20 weeks usc reversed its reopening as californi in cases classes will be mainly online. As the nfl gears up preseason, fans could be in games. They would be required to sign a liability waiver jay gray is looking back at states rolling back reopening