Trees fell left and right. It sounded like a category 4 or 5 hurricane. It was that loud. The winds shook the trees loose littering the streets and roads and prompting a big cleanup. I was shocked at the mess this morning. Branches was everywhere. So were power lines. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im ama dates. And im dan lashly. The peak gusts reached over 80 miles an hour in st. Helena and 50 at the oakland airport. Sandhya, you told us this was coming, and boy, did it. Yeah, they were ferocious no doubt about it. Let me show you the wind advisory still in effect for salono county. Gusts up to 40 not out of the question until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Still the possibility of downed tree and a few power lines going down. Look at the gusts right now to 25 in fairfield. Were going to get a second round of winds coming in later tonight going into tomorrow morning. Right now over the Higher Elevations gusts to 30 at mt. St. Helena. We did so these wind gusts close to 90 miles an hour ov
Are focus our efforts. And tonight protesters held a go slow caravan over three bay area bridges including the bay bridge. You are seeing the end of it right now. We just saw the chp pull over an ambulance and two other vehicles which were part of that protest as we zoom in here. This is on maritime street in west oakland heading east. They were leaving San Francisco, and you can see all those officer vehicles there as those three cars including that ambulance are off to the side. You can see they are there. It appears the people may still be in their cars at this point, but officers are standing by. Our live sky dot 7 technology showing you exactly where this is happening. So were keeping an eye on this. Earlier officials closed the Treasure Island exit. The protesters are showing their outrage over the kentucky grand jurys decision not to charge any of the Police Officers in Breonna Taylors death. Taylor was an emt shot and killed by louisville Police Officers in march during a botch
The last one left off, away from the classroom. Thanks for joining us. No one will be sitting in these chairs anytime soon after the governor announced this afternoon that public and private School Students cannot go back to class until their counties can slow the spread of the coronavirus. Schools in counties on the states covid watch list are not going to be able to reopen until theyre able to reduce their numbers of cases for 14 consecutive days and so far that effects 43 of 58 counties. When schools do reopen most of the students will have to wear masks. The governor says california is the first state to explicitly have this kind of max mandate. Abc 7 reporter Leanne Melendez joining us now on a busy day of Decision Making for the governor. That was a long press conference. Now Many School Districts were hoping for this mandate because it puts the burden off of them. Now, heres oakland unified, for example, which had 3 55 this afternoon send out a press release to say we had alread
Even the coast will be slightly milder in the mid to upper 60s. Around the bay were talking numbers in the mid and upper 70s and near 90 inland. Lets get right to the latest numbers in the coronavirus pandemic. Cases are going up in more than 40 states. The cdc is forecasting there could be 175,000 deaths by august 15th. Here in california for the second day in a row we reported a record daily number of deaths. Yesterday it was 159, two more than thursday with more than 8,000 deaths total. The state has more than 435,000 cases now. And the seven day positivity average going, 7. 9 . Now, some Health Experts and Decision Makers say the only way out is to shutdown again and start over. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo has that story. Reporter more than 150 Health Experts across the u. S. Say its time to hit the reset button. Sfong them dr. Travis porco at nd see this crisis for what it is. A crisis thats not gotten any better. Its only gotten worse. Reporter the message shut it dow
Well have much more on the life and legacy of congressman john lewis in a moment as well as the latest updates but first as always lets start with a quick look at the forecast. Hi, everyone. Starting out a pretty good dose of low clouds and fog. You may have to give yourself some extra time if youre an early riser navigating through the shoreline there. Weve got some dense fog. Otherwise its moving in locally. Numbers in the 50s for the most part. 55 santa rosa, 59 with san ramon and livermore. As we go through the midMorning Hours in the 60s around the bay and inland. And temperatures will warm up quickly inland today with upper 80s by noontime, near 80s allowing temperatures to reach the low 90s inland. Well talk about another warm day inland for your sunday but changes arrive coming up. Civil rights hero and congressman john lewis had died. The 80yearold had been battling pancreatic cancer. He stood shoulder to shoulder during the struggle for civil rights in the 60s and continues t