California reported 96 deaths yesterday. That is a significant drop from the previous two days. 9000 people have died statewide since march. Overall, the numbers are moving in a better direction. There were 8000 new infections reported for a total of 493,000. Hospitalizations are down nearly 2 . Now to capitol hill where the House Committee did hear from three of the nations leading health experts. As a Lauren Blanchard reports, the committee wanted answers on the countrys response to the pandemic. We do hope as a time, we get into the late fall and early winter, we will have a vaccine that we can say would be safe and effective. Reporter doctors tell the House Committee positive news about a possible covid19 vaccine. Still, lawmakers had questions. Wire all of the other countries defeating the disease and we are not . There was such a diversity of response in this country from different states. We really did not have a unified response. Reporter 4. 5 million americans tested positive
Court street. Both facing hate crime charges. Jones is disturbed about what she saw. People dont understand they dont understand what the black lives matter means. Were not saying that white living dont matter or hispanic lives dont matter. What were saying is we want to be treated equal. Minutes before the march, this man clashed with demonstrators. He was shouted down. There was a Large Police Presence here today. Due to rumors of violence. Businesses boarded up windows. And doors as a precaution. Today has been largely peaceful. We of course will keep you posted on the protest. Were streaming live online. Earlier this afternoon also in martinez a homeowner mowing dry weeds in triple digit heat sparked a grass fire that raced up a hillside. Firefighters responded to vista oaks and douglas drive about 1 00. Flames burned towards a homeless encampment nearby and homes were briefly threatened. The homeowner said he was trying to create defensible space. A socially distanced block party
vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Kel inside a car, several businesses, gyms, salons and hotels are gearing up to reopen on monday. As Health Care Experts are keeping a close eye on covid19 cases in that county. After a rather hot weekend for many of us in the bay area, cooler weather is about to move in. Well have the detn the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Good evening, and thanks so much for joining us. Im dion lim. And im eric thomas. Hundreds of people gathered today in martinez for a protest over recent racist incidents in the city. There were concerns of potential classes with counter protesters, but this demonstration remained peaceful. It started at the black lives matter mural outside the courthouse and ended with a rally at the waterfront. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez was there and spoke to the organizer. Reporte
And friday and then right back up for inland areas on the weekend and the fog is beginning to make its move here. Is a little bit more than what you are seeing on this satellite image but there is some beginning to work its way around the bay as well. So temperatures in the 50s here. Any 60s, no. 53 to 56, everyone is very close here. Look for a day of cooler for most. Clearly, vacaville could take another day or two, but cool to very warm for some. But there is a little more of a southerly breeze and onshore breeze. Versus no breeze at all yesterday. It was very calm but wednesday and friday, bigger fog bank. Look for temperatures to be near average to a little bit above average including santa rosa. Lets see if, i trust its okay. Things are fine. Good morning to you steve. Traffic is doing very well if you are driving around the bay area, good morning to you, lets take a look at some of these pictures just to give you a sense of what is out there. You can see traffic is moving well a
Morning. Good morning. I am claudine wong. Good to see you on this saturday. If you are waking up with us, lets say good morning to meteorologist Rosemary Orozco with a look at how the weekend is shaping up. Good morning. Happy saturday to both of you. We are looking at just minor warmup for the weekend. Outside the doors at this hour, we have the clouds, once again, giving you a live look across the east bay. We are waking up with a partly sunny sky for the inner east bay. Around the bay and along the coastline, plenty of overcast skies. Into the afternoon, temperatures are expected to climb by just few degrees today. And a tad more tomorrow before we begin to cool it down once again. I will have details on your current conditions. Those afternoon highs and the extended forecast coming up in just a little bit. All right. Rosemary thanks for that. California is seeing troubling new numbers in the fight against the coronavirus. According to johns hopkins, right now, the state is at 440,