Coasttocoast. This is amazing. Im so happy. Hey, hey, hey, goodbye its pretty incredible. Biden already making plans for his first order of business. Our work begins with getting covid under control. But trump and his supporters vow its not over yet. Many cases are going to be filed. Some big, some small. And with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. It was pennsylvania that put biden and harris over the threshold today, surpassing the 270 Electoral College votes needed. Nevada was called shortly after, giving biden 279 over President Trumps 214. Biden also surpassed the record for popular votes with more than 74 million cast. And it will go beyond pennsylvania. Harris would be the first woman and first woman of color to serve in the secondhighest office in the United States. But President Trumps team is vowing to move forward with legal challenges disputing the results. The next chapter in u. S. History starting off with a bang. The crowd at the biden election headq
Dangerous and record setting heat in areas today. Lightning strikes kaugtd on camera by the california highway patrol. Thunderstorms are expected to be strongest in north bay. A wildfire in st. Helena started around the wildfires. Its been so strange. And power knocked out in mill valley. A bolt hit power lines. You can see pg and e responding, and a salon owner says they were working with clients outside when it happened. We got so scared but five seconds later, the big line happening again. Sop we move everybody inside. We heard like an explosion, and it was a small one and a big one like a bomb. Mother nature is mad because something is going on here. Rough weather. That is what is going on. Pg and e reports power has been restored. Thank you for joining us, those issues are not enough, more than 3 million homes statewide could have their power shut off. If that total is reached, it would be the largest shut off in state history. I know that its going to be highly disruptive to peop
Shut down now and start over. Help is on the way to stressed out workers on the front lines of this pandemic. Free Mental Health counseling available to them. In San Francisco, this school was vandalized overnight. Turning hate into an opportunity for unity. Referring today, warmer for the weekend. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight the numbers tell the story of the coronavirus pandemic. Cases rising in 40 states. 17 ds by augus. Ing thereould in califni for the second day in a row, we reported a record daily number of deaths. Today it was 159, two more than yesterday with more than 8,000 deaths total. The state has more than 435,000 cases and a test positivity average of 7. 9 . Now some Health Experts and Decision Makers say the only way out of this is to shut down again and start over. Abc 7 News Reporter has the story. Reporter more than 150 Health Experts across the u. S. Say it is time to hit t
Say it is time to hit the reset button. They have signed an open letter to lawmakers. I believe everybody that signed that endorses it and sees this crisis for what it is, a crisis. Thats not gotten any better. Its only gotten worse. Reporter the message, shut it down and start over. The warning, if you dont take these actions, the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death. He says america struggle to contain the virus is evident on the world stage. We have seen many countries act swiftly and efficiently to quash the pandemic, and theyre reopening and theyre doing fine. We didnt. Reporter a proposal was introduced to require residents to once again shelter in place, doing so until the rate of positive tests over two weeks dips below 2 . Our objective is to kill this virus. A shelter in place is the medicine we need to take. Reporter san jose, named one of 12 cities being tracked by the feds as covid19 cases rise. County executive addressing what it would take to s
Good evening. Im dion lim. And im ama daetz. Thank you for being here. We begin with the backlash over the black lives matter fallout. In San Francisco a new firing and apology over the couple who called the police on a man stencilling black lives matter outside of his home. And in san carlos where were getting Restaurant Owners to share their side of the story after a viral photo surfaced accused them of being racist. That is where stephanie sierra starts us off. Reporter this Restaurant Owner is scared for her life. I dont know if i need to close my doors tomorrow. I dont know if shun is going to break into my home. I dont know if someone is throwing rocks at my restaurant right now. Reporter the family is dodges dozens of Death Threats after this surfaced on social media accusing their restaurant of being racist. It claims the man whose image we blurred was dining on the outdoor patio heckling and spewing hateful comments at a group of peaceful demonstrators during a and one pulled