Were marching today to dramatize to the nation, dramatize to the world from selma to washington, john lewis dedicated his life to the fight for civil rights. We might a lot of progress but were not there yet. The son of sharecroppers, he believed nonviolent action could ignite social change. We can change america, and in changing america, we can change okay. The world. He became one of the original this time next week the as Opening Night will be an empty freedom riders, challenging laws coliseum. In the south prohibiting black but thanks to a new program, the as found a way to bring fan and white riders from sitting energy back into the ballpark. Together on interstate buses. Fans can be a part of the action in the form of your own in 1963, lewis helped organize the march on washington. Cardboard cutout. Later lewis worked to organize you send a picture of yourself and then you buy a seat in the the marches from selma to stand. Its more than just adding montgomery, which included the
Microclimate forecast. Boy, we are seeing sunshine across the bay area, rob, but definitely not in San Francisco. Lots of fog. A Little Something for everybody. You know, this morning we have low clouds and fog in San Francisco, and likely some drizzle or mist with some of those low clouds. You are seeing that around San Francisco this morning. A different story in walnut creek and also in san jose. You notice the hazy skies we have out there this morning. Not a lot of wind to start the day, and the smoke from the mineral fire thats been burning off to the south kind of settles into some of the interior portions of the east bay and south bay. On that topic for air quality we have a smoke advisory today across the inland east bay and areas around the Santa Clara Valley, especially south of san jose for the afternoon with moderate levels of smoke pollution for today. In terms of the temperatures hourbyhour, 50s and 60s right now. By lunchtime we should see 80s inland. Eventually today, t
Contra costa county. I hope the students can get back to school because thats where the best learning is done for everyone. Reporter she says shes been hoping to send her daughter back to school in a few weeks. Concords two catholic high schools had been looking at a partial reopening. They must begin this school year this fall through Distance Learning. Reporter but the governors new mandate means those plans are likely to change. Parents we talk to say theyre not happy. This is formative time. They need to be in school, in class with their peers, with their teachers facetoface learning. I dont think anything should be shutdown. They dont shut anything down for the flu. Reporter the Liberty School district in east Contra Costa County also planned to reopen its high schools using the hybrid model. Now the district has just three weeks to gear up to go all virtual. I think the best way to describe how im feeling is sad. Sad as an educator, sad as a superintendent, sad as a parent. Repor
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. The man known as the conscience of the u. S. Congress is died, the legacy of representative john lewis. New developments in a deadly shooting in the east bay that is caught the attention of the House Speaker. Enough attention is on this that people get a sense like we do, that the pd is out of control. A san jose woman that is deaf has been repeatedly kicked out of businesses are not wearing a mask, and her emotional plea to the public. It is 6 00 a. M. On the saturday, july 18. Good morning. I am devin fehely. It is nice to see you back and hopefully we will hear about the new arrival to your family, the reason you have been out for several months. We are all waking up to gray. On a technicality, less gray than yesterday but most of us wont notice that. Here is the oakland view from Treasure Island looking back at the city. San jose has clear skies with that doughnut hole opening over the san jose valley. Your headlines for today, some locations inland wi
The gate here we are quiet getting out of the gate here. Lets go out and take a look at the bay bridge. It looks very nice. There is some road work here and there around the bay but its not causing major delays. The webster tube is shut down northbound runtil about 5 00 this morning but the posy tube is still open. Topping our news this morning Governor Newsom has issued an advisory for large events. Cancelling or postponing gatherings of 250 people or more. Small events can go ahead as planned if organizers create whats called social distancing. Meaning people get no closer than 6 from each other. The advisory does not apply to essential Public Transportation, shopping centers, or dormitories. A number of new coronavirus cases have been reported around the bay area. Health officials in Santa Clara County confirmed three new cases there. Bringing that total to 48. Two new cases reported in marin at a tote ol after three people so far and two new cases in santa clara. Total 177 patients