Firefighters. But thankfully its pretty calm there in san jose right now. Winds around five to ten Miles Per Hour. Lets take a look at whats going on. We still have heat issues. A heat advisory continues for Solano County. Triple digitsndatthugh at least this evening. Heres a look, the moon is about to set but a full moon coming up tonight and a strawberry moon in case you missed this one. East bay hills camera 69 at 1,800 feet. Cooler conditions at the coast. Serving summer spread for lunch and 81 to 90 around our bay and inland neighborhoods and 81 to 96 our last hot afternoon. Enjoy 70s as you head out this evening. Youll notice the closer you are to the coast the breezes picking up this evening, that is a signal that the heat wave is breaking. Ill show you how it drops our temperature dramatically coming up in the forecast. Heres reggie. Cleanup under way in santa cruz after vandals damaged the Police Station and several downtown businesses overnight. Buildings were painted with graffi graffiti. Some of the messages were for black lives matter and other messages towards the police. One woman said she saw pictures of the graffiti and shared it on facebook and decided to lend a hand to clean it up right away. Werer a estopping it before anyone and this is our community and were going to protect our communities. Police say the vandalism happened some time after 10 00 p. M. When the peaceful protests honoring george floyd ended. Well, three of the four Minneapolis Police officers charged in connection with the death of george floyd are due court today. They will have their Court Appearance today. Charged with aiding and abetting Second Degree murder. The Minnesota Attorney general also announced an upgraded charge for the officer scene with his knee pressed into floyds neck. Derek chauvin faces Second Degree murder. Spoke with a former prosecutor on his take on these new charges. A prosecutor in the bay area for several years and also a Police Commissioner and he says people rallying for justice should feel good about a Second Degree murder charge for derek chauvin. For anyone who thinks that is not. It is 20 years in prison. It screams out to me as a murder case, not first degree murder. Its not premeditated from what i can see. Not one of these specified felonies, but a solid Second Degree murder case just as if somebody said im going to go kill him. Keep in mind that 40 years in prison for this officer could be a life sentence because of his age. Hammer says going for a first degree murder charge could ruin the case if you dont have enough evidence to convict. He also says its challenging to convict Police Officers but he thinks there is a strong chance with the Second Degree charge. Happening today, the first Memorial Service to honor george floyd. It is set to get under way later this morning in minneapolis held at North Central university. Hundreds of people are expected to attend even though the memorial is being called a private event for family and friends and people invited by the floyd family. U. S. Civil rights Attorney Benjamin Crump is expected to speak and todays memorial is the first of several events taking place in three states over the next six days. The service is scheduled to begin at 11 00 this morning and that means our program midday live will air an hour earlier at 10 00 a. M. Lawmakers are working on a sweeping packaresn response to George Floyds death and it could become the most ambitious effort that weve seen in years. Jobina is at the live desk with more. Jobina . Kumasi, Congressional Democrats are leading the reform and are petitioning lawmakers in the house and senate to support the changes. Were learning this morning one proposal in congress is expected to include an overhaul of Police Accountability laws and lawmakers are also helping to create a database of police use of force incidents and also circling back to a bill first proposed in 2015 that would ban the use of choke holds. Former Vice President joe biden has endorsed that idea. The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing for revamped training requirements at Police Departments nationwide. We could see some of the proposed changes push through very quickly. The House Majority leader has told reporters he could call lawmakers back to washington to vote before their scheduled. Reie jobina, thank you. Marches and demonstrations still going strong in the bay area. We expect to see two events this evening in Mountain View and fremont. One of the largest events yesterday just down the street from where im sitting this morning. Sky7 video in the mission. The police chief says this event was peaceful. And this morning we are hearing from chief bill scott. Abc7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield live at sfpd headquarters. Amy . Good morning, reggie. Chief scott said this march went really well. He called it overwhelmingly peaceful. He said he knows theres a lot of pain and anger and frustration out there and during this protest, there was a touctetween the crowd and the Police Officers. We saw that the police were not justhe to protect the people, but were also there with the people. Some of our officers actually participated in some of the protests and joined the protesters and taking a knee in honor of mr. George floyd and it was a very moving, moving moment for a lot of people. There were thousands of people at this march and the police chief said its just a testament of the spirit of the city of San Francisco that people were able to show up like this and not have any major problems. He sounded very proud as he talked about his city and what happened here last night. Reporting live in San Francisco, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. All right. Lets take a look at whats going on. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. Temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s across the east bay shoreline as you head inland and orrinda 65 degrees. Little warmer there. Lets take a look at what is going on else where. A mixture of 50s and 60s and most of us cooler this morning. 57 from our roofam and mixture of clouds and sun and especially the peninsula coast this afternoon where yesterday was just fullon sunshine. That is the marine layer returning but it doesnt make it to all of oour neighborhoods and we have to be careful walking our dogs and stay hydrated. Stay off those hot surfaces. Noon 86. Well flirt with the upper 80s to low 90s for several hours. As far as the north bay goes 64 at 8 00 and mid 90s for the better part of the afternoon hours and lookt a that drop down to 80 degrees at 8 00 and east bay valleys our warmest temperatures air conditioning weather once again and 90 at noon and upper 90s to near 100 for a couple hours this afternoon and down to 83 degrees at 8 00. We come back and some areas like the east bay valleys could drop nearly 30 degrees the next two days. Well take a look at that. First, want to turn it over to jobina and find out how our traffic is doing this morning and how are you, jobina . You know, im doing all right, mike. Our traffic is even better, so thats the good news for our essential workers that have to head out the door this morning. Well take a live look showing you oakland and 880 at the coliseum there and look at those conditions and pretty light this morning at 5 09. For people making their way from the east bay into San Francisco. If youre just starting to begin to return to work, be aware the metering lights will come on in the 6 30 area. So far things are looking good. Reggie and kumasi. Thanks, jobina. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. Also former defense secretary jim mattis accusing President Trump to being a threat to the constitution. The remarkable and rare statement. And a 5. 5 magnitude earthquake in southern california. It was actually an aftershock of one that happened almost a year ago. We have an expert to explain all of this to us. In the meantime, were taking a live look from our exploratorium its always gooder what youto have em. Or, and when it comes to your internet, xfinity gives you the ones you need. On a budget . Theres a speed for that. Not ready to commit . Try a plan with no annual contract. Wanna save even more . Just add xfinity mobile, and save big on your wireless bill. Its internet with the power of options. And thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet and mobile for just 30 a month each, and save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Call or visit xfinity. Com savebig. All right, everybody. 5 11. Here are the seven things to know this morning. Number one, fire crews in san jose are trying to get a handle on this fiveacre brush fire burning near heartland way. The fire is spreading and theyre bringing in more resources to fight it. Number two, investigators say a hammer was mistaken for a gun in a Deadly Police shooting in vallejo. They say sean monterroso was on his knees after a night of looting. A service to honor george floyd in minneapolis today. That live coverage begins here on abc7 at 11 00 a. M. And watch it online at abc7 nnews. Com. The weekly unemployment report. Its expected to show nearly 2 million more americans filed jobless claims last week. That could amount to nearly 42. 5 million americans who lost their jobs since the covid19 pandemic started. All right. Heat advisory continues for Solano County. Risk of heat illness still high here as temperatures will hit triple digits one last day. The rest of us, about three to eight degrees milder than yesterday. Number six. Were going to check out our live camera in san jose right now and see what the conditions are like on 280. Everything has been pretty clear for the most part on major bay area roads and, look at that, pretty quiet down there, too. Number seven. San franciscos presidio will close some roads to traffic this weekend, vehicle traffic because its going to give neighbors more space so they can socially distance and exercise outside. Happening today, the murde 25yearold black man who was running in their neighborhood in georgia are due to be in court. Gregory mcmichael and his son, they were arrested last month for the shooting of ahmaud ambery. They expected he was committing several breakins in their neighborhood in georgia. A third suspectasrrted for felony murder after recording this incident on video and todays hearing is to determine whether authorities have sufficient evidence to send the case to a trial court. Federal investigators are looking for 29 firearms that were stolen from a hayward gun store during a looting incident over the weekend. The atf and the National ShootingSports Foundation is offering a 10,000 reward in this case. It happened at richardson tactical which is on national avenue. Investigators say a pretty large group between 30 and 40 people broke into the shop late tuesday night and stole the guns. The looting caused damage to the shop former defense secretary jim mattis is accusing President Trump of being a threat to the constitution. And a remarkable and rare statement, he says mr. Trump is actively dividing the nation. Heres abc News Reporter kenneth moton. Reporter this morning former secretary of Defense James Mattis tearing into President Trump writing we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. In an essay, mattis blasts the president for threatening to deploy the military to crack down on protests in u. S. Cities. I am your president of law and order. Reporter general mattis writing, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people. Does not even pretend to try. The former defense secretary took aim at the administrations decision to disperse Peaceful Protesters near the white house monday. The general saying he took an oath to defend the constitution. And never did i dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional Rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op. The president defended that photo op. I thought it was a great idea and it was a great idea. I didnt know if there were people around there or not. Somebody said they were so peaceful, well, they tried to burn down the church the day before. Reporter trump fired back at mattis calling him the worlds most overrated general. But back in 2016, then president elect trump called mattis one of the great generals. General mattis resigned as defense secretary in 2018 over trumps plans to pull troops out of syria. You said enough is enough. That he really had to try to stay out of it. That he really didnt want to directly attack donald trump for all this time. I have known him for so many eryooe years. I have known him in iraq and battle spaces and he is the most political person you ever wanted to meet, this is really quite remarkable. Reporter kenneth moton, abc news, new york. Developing news a 5. 5 m magnitude earthquake hit near ridgecrest. This was in the mojave desert. D. The earthquake was an after shock of last julys 6. 4 magnitude ridgecrest earthquake. She says even though the earthquake was nearly a year ago, after shocks this late are normal. Many people in l. A. And Orange County reported feeling the quake, including new york mayor eric gar seta who was holding a news conference. We just had a large earthquake, as if things could get worse. Mno damage reported, mike. What else could happen and knock on wood, we dont really want to ask that question. East bay hills pretty clear out there. Look to the left side of your screen, gets a little hazier as the clouds are starting to gather along the peninsula coast and that is a sign of some changes today as the marine layer returns. But too late for most of us to get significant cooling. Still expect an almost as hot day today away from the coast and clouds and the cooler weather that really pushes into our neighborhoods tonight and the winds have changed. A brisk weekend with 60s and 70s for highs and the winds will make it feel cooler for that. Today, 87 in sunnyvale and 92 in san jose and morgan hill and gilroy and 79 millbrae and mid to upper 80s for the peninsula. You can definitely see the breeze shooting through the san bruno gap. 60s along the coast and and mid to upper 70s downto downtown, sausalito and the upper 60s and breezy along the north bay coast. And 89 to 94 across the north bay. 78 at richmond and 88 at fremont and as you head inland, we have 96 in san ramon to 102 in brentwood. Here is a look at our lows tonight. Low to upper 50s. Yeah. Open the window physics if youf safe doing that. Our best chance of showers saturday. Otherwise, another warming trend is on the way next week. Have a good day. Back to you guys. Mike, thank you. San jose leaders plan to speak today about the recent protests and demonstrations. The manager, city chief of police are all set to talk at 1 00 this afternoon. Heres a look at the most recent demonstration in the community. Black lives matter this new generation is going to set america up for greater future than it ever had. Thats why i have faith with kids and protect them so much. Im 15 years old. I shouldnt be worrying about my life whenever i walk my dog. I shouldnt be worrying about my life when i go to school. We have black family members. We have black friends. I have black coworkers. This matters to me. This is important to me and i dont want to in 20 years i dont want to look back and not be able to say that i was here standing up for people. Stand up, fight back. Only 14 and 15. They didnt grow up knowing that its either black or white. They grew up knowing that were all equal. So, when these things are happening, it messes them up. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. I want to feel like we all have equal. Were all equal. This new generation is going to be powerful. Were not their to protect from them . Personally feel the have been leading the protest with the brutality that were protesting. Its exactly what i grew up knowing america to be as a melting pot and everyone coming together as one and we feel that, you know, justice has been done wrong here. George floyd. Yesterday hes telling me, mom, i just want to move away to where everybody has my skin color because im scared. Am i going to be next . Whats his name . George floyd reggie, i love just hearing from people. Because sometimes we just hear, we see all these people and these protests but we dont really get to talk to people and see why theyre out there. I love that. I love that, too. I have to say, the big, i mean, that massive demonstration that happened in San Francisco yesterday which was right in my backyard was really beautiful to see. And it was also, to be honest, nice to see people again. Because we havent seen, i mean, the streets have been kind of like a ghost town for months now. So, i understand we, obviously, need to keep safe and all of that and not taking away from that. But it was nice to see people again. I agree. I think people do kind of miss that sense of community and connection. Thats good to see. All right, so, coming up next, you guys. Were going to be talking about some controversial comments. An nfl quarterback under fire for what hes saying about players kneeling. Also this morning, a socially distanced z3wvmz z1s6z y3wvmy y1s6y youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. This is a look at san jose this morning where it is about 63 degrees and use that backdrop on 87 as a sign of things to change today. So, only 63. About 70 this time yesterday. You can see were about three to eight degrees cooler today than yesterday. Lets see where we end up tomorrow. Look at that, barely some 80s holding on in places like antioch and clearfield and the rest of us in the 60s and 70s and all of us in the 60s and 70s as the clouds increase and the chance of drizzle to even the light shower is possible saturday. Now, it will be even windier sunday without a chance of wet weather but temperatures still refreshing and if not a little chilly compared to what we are going through. Ill turn it over to kumasi now for more news. Thanks, mike. In todays gma first look nfl quarterback drew brees is under fire for his comment on players kneeling during the national anthem. Reporter in this mornings gma first look drew brees on taking a knee. Just after a day after new orleans quarterback drew brees shared this post online blackouttuesday where he and millions of others shared their support for the protest sweeping through americas streets. He had this to say about the similar protest taking place in his own league. I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of america. When i look at the flag of the United States, i envision my two grandfathers who fough thisuntr that brees needs to be fine with this knee if hes opposed to this one. His own teammate Malcolm Jenkins didnt mix words. Someone i had a great deal of respect for. Reporter reaction from athletes across the sports world. With your dwgma first look i steve osunsami. Vote on a plan to restart the season in orlando, florida. 22 teams would play eight games at the epsn wide world of sports comflex in orlando, florida. The eight teams with the worst records, which unfortunately does include the warrer i wariet taking part. Seniors at los lamos high school in walnut creek were able to walk the stage and heres how they did it. They walked it alone. Picked up the diploma and posed for a picture and moved on. Only two family members were allowed to join grads but the ceremony was live streamed for all to watch and i have to say this is creative. Congrats to them. I love the stuff that people are coming up with. Who are we to steal their joy. Graduate the best way you can. There is something about actually being on a stage and knowing they had that moment. So, you love to see it. I do. Were coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including social distancing with shoes. Well show you this new creation. Okay. Also the National Park starting to welcome back a limited number of visitors. This morning, a 22yearold man in vallejo is dead. Shot and killed by police as they were responding to reports of looting at a walgreens on tuesday. Information still coming in. Were piecing it building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Right now at 5 30, rallying against racism. Thousands taking to the streets in the bay area and more on the peaceful protests. Loved ones holding a Memorial Service for george floyd this morning. The latest on the charges the four officers now face. And a troubling sign of the dangerous fire season ahead. A fastmoving grass fire in Solano County destroying four homes. Good morning on this thursday, june 4th. And we start at 5 30 with an update on breaking news that we have been following all morning. Fire crews in south san jose trying to get a handle on this brush fire. The fire is burning near heartland way and san felipe road in the california oak creek neighborhood. The San Jose Fire Department says it received several calls about the fire around 3 00 this morning. It is now at five acres and slowly spreading. 60 firefighters on the scene right now and the good news no homes are threatened. Crews say it took them an hour to get access to the fire because the terrain there is so difficult. We do have a crew on the way to the scene and, of course, give you updates throughout the morning. But in the meantime, were checking in with meteorologist mike nicco about those conditions really that may have sparked that fire. Well, the heat yesterday. Im sure that contributed to it, kumasi. Hi, everybody. But the good news is the weather is very conducive this morning. Just as you said, that terrain is very difficult for them to get to it but the winds are very light. Five Miles Per Hour and stay fairly light until the afternoon hours when theyll start to pick up just a little bit as the sea breeze returns this afternoon. Right now you can see the beginning of that sea breeze with some clouds kind of spilling across San Francisco and thats whats going to take the dangerous heat away for most of us except for Solano County where we have the heat advisory until 7 00 this evening. 66 in Half Moon Bay and 74 in San Francisco and 78 in richmond and 80s around the bay and 90s in the north bay and south bay and still a few 100s inland. Thank you, mike. This morning, we are learning more about the officerinvolved shooting that left a 22yearold man dead in vallejo. Police say they shot the man thinking he had a gun in his sweatshirt but it was actually a hammer. Julian glover is live with what we are learning. Julian . Good morning, kumasi. Lots of interest in this story. Top story on our website oe overnight. Moving forward into the actions of their officers firing five shots through the windshield of that Police Cruiser hitting killing 22yearold sean moid it appeared he would get into a get away car and instead kneeled and placed his hands above his waist and thats when an officer said he thought he saw a gun in monterrosas sweatshirt but it was just a hammer. Fired five shots through his windshield hitting and killing the 22yearold. Ill say this, maam, when they responded to that area to the walgreens, the intent was to stop the looting and to arrest any perpetrators, if necessary. The officers reacted to a perceived threat. Vallejo pd said there were two get away cars tuesday night. One rammed a responding Police Vehicle and they eventually caught one of the cars full of suspect in orxcontra c they have45ays to le bodyro the of this incident and police chief shawny willem is says he plans on doing it sooner. All the officers involved in this incident are on paid administrative leave as this investigation continues. Reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. All right, thank you, julian. Well, this morning we are learning more about the young woman shot by Police Tuesday night after she allegedly ran over a protester in san jose. Police chief eddie garcia said orozco hit the protester between fourth and fifth street. Police say orozoco drove away avoiding police until the car was located near a parking garage on east mission street. The suspect did not follow the officer command and drove backwards towards the officer. The officer fired at least once at the suspect. Both orozco and the victim were transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and no officers injured either. Charged with felony hit and run and assault with a Deadly Weapon on a police officer. San Francisco Police chief bill scott says 20 to 25 people were arrested in the Mission District at 20th and mission. Sky7 was overhead when they were being detained. They said the group dumped trash and acting beligerant. They did not want to take away from a peaceful protest earlier in the day where many thousands of people gathered. These killers and these murders, police when they kill innocent. A lot less likely that likell be hurt or killed. After dark, the protests snaked peacefully through the streets for miles after landing at city hall and the hall of justice. And a peaceful crowd gathered near Oakland City Hall last night. Sky7 above the rally to protest the killing of george floyd and curfew in effect for at least one more night. Thousands of people were at 14th and broadway where there were a number of speakers. Am eny ta many talked about how the narrative does not change going forward. We are out here speaking our own opinion about what is going on. It is not right. But the problem is that we have to do this in order for them to realize were not playing any more. I think that people are waking up. I think people are understanding more and more how unjust this system of policing we have now. But im not here for reform. Im here for abolishing the police. Many businesses have boarded up out of fear that there could be more looting. A large police presence, that included officers from other cities stayed on the outskirts of the rally and no problems were reported. Curfew orders have now expired in San Francisco, san jose, santa rosa and san mateo county. They all ended at 5 00 a. M. The order covering unincorporated parts of napa county have expired too. The curfew in Solano County expired at 5 00. Today marks the first Memorial Service to honor george floyd and all four officers are now facing charges. Jobina is joining us live from the live desk with more on this. Thank you, kumasi. Good morning. That Memorial Service is set for 11 00 a. M. Our time and this morning demonstrators are really saying that the arrest of all four of those officers is a step towards justice. Were also learning that prosecutors have upgraded the charges against officer derek chauvin. He is now facing a Second Degree murder charge along with third degree murder and manslaughter. The other three officers who were at the scene are charged are charged with aiding and abetting. Keith ellison was on Good Morning America a short time ago proving what prosecutors will have to prove to win the cases against those men. That they helped. If you could look at the tape and see whos sitting where and see the assistance that was given. Meaningful and important assistance to what chauvin was doing. So, we believe that and we also can see what was not done. That even despite the pleas and the cries, there was no assistance rendered. Even after the arrest, tens of thousands of people took to the streets yesterday for peaceful protests in places like new york, denver and san diego. Floyds funeral will be held next week in houston and former Vice President joe biden is expected to attend. Kumasi . All right, thank you, jobina. As we mentioned before the funeral in houston, there will be a family memorial for george floyd this morning in minneapolis. Now, abc news will have live coverage. The service is scheduled to start at 11 00 this morning. The reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. Because of the memorial coverage midday live will air an hour earlier than it normally does at 10 00 this morning right after kelly and ryan. Breaking news to get to. The latest weekly unemployment report and what it reveals about jobless claims since the pandemic began. Were still working to build a better bay area, even in the midst of the protests and the pandemic. Next, the big changes to transit and traffic we could see as we continue working from home. Right now, we get a check of the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. Thank you, reggie. Hi, everybody. Lets take a look at some numbers in the north bay where we have a 48 in ronard park and talk about good sleeping weather and 60 in vallejo and 66 in clear lake. Most of us in the low to mid 50s. Else where a wealth of 60s in alameda, redwood city, cupertino and low to mid 60s in the east bay and south bay and upper 50s along the coast and san carlos. As far as your commute today, expect more traffic which jobina will talk about and the mildnd hot conditions if youre taking mass transit and little breezy this evening out on the bay. That is the beginning of the more dramatic cooling trend that will hit us for tomorrow. Today on the peninsula start 64 at 8 00 and 80 at noon and mid and upper 80s this afternoon and very nice 70 at 8 00. East bay 65 at 8 00. And sunny 82 at noon and hang out in the mid and few upper 80s in the afternoon hours and only for a couple hours. Already dropping to near 70 by 8 00 and San Francisco still a little bit warmer than average. Temperatures hanging out in the mid 70s this afternoon. Dropping down to a breezy 64 by the evening hours. All right, up to 20 degree drop tomorrow and kind of a fall flavor to the weekend. Ill show you that coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Lets talk more about the traffic with jobina. Good morning. Good morning, mike. Hello, everyone. So, i know a lot of issues going on out there in the world but no problems on our roads right now. So, we are going to take a live look showing you the Richmond San Rafael bridge where it is pretty clear and clear everywhere right now. Actually, excuse me. Were going to san rafael. 101 right now and look at that. Light conditions out there. No slow downs. I, of course, will keep you posted if that changes. But for now if youre never more than seven minutes away from your accukeep weather forecast. 5 43 on a thursday and lets look at our roof camera where its 57 degrees and little touch of haze in the air and marine layer trying to come back. Look what it does to our temperatures today, especially the coast. Look at those low 60s while were in the low to mid 80s around the bay and low to mid 90s in most neighborhoods and east bay valley upper 90s to near 100. You can see the most dangerous heat retreating to the Central Valley and the desert and thats where well find the 100s today. Near record high in tahoe and 73 in monterey. 60s and 70s for highs this weekend and slight chance of rain coming up. Now, breaking news from the abc7 live desk. Breaking news at the live desk. The Alarming Number of people that are continuing to file for unemployment because of the covid19 pandemic continues this morning. Just minutes ago the u. S. Labor Department Released the latest jobless claims so we can see those numbers right now. 1. 9 million americans have filed for unemployment that is of last week. But here is a number to focus on. There are now 21. 5 million continuing jobless claims worse than wall street expected. More than 42. 5 million claims have been filed in the last 11 weeks. However, it is the ninth straight weekly decline since peaking at the end of march. So, that is the positive there and tomorrow the Labor Department will release the may Unemployment Rate and the number of jobs lost. We will see how wall street reacts to all of this when the markets open in about 45 minutes. Kumasi, ill send it over to you. Thank you, jobina. Governor newsom signed an executive order that changes the rules for novembers voting. Orders counties to open polling places for inperson voting at least three days before election day which is november 3rd. Counties also must make drop boxes available for voters to submit completed ballots starting on october 6th. The governor ordered that every registered voter in california get a votebymail ballot. More california counties have filed for paperwork with the state to lift more restrictions put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus. And they include monterey and santa cruz counties. That includes only seven counties that have yet to request a move deeper into phase two. Y area. Them right here ith drone view 7 flew over Mission Beach in San Francisco and the closed for months to deter visitors. As you can see, every space was taken. Not a surprise. It was pretty hot. Yosemite will start welcoming a number of visitors. Wilderness permits can begin entering the park tomorrow. The first step in reopening the park which has been closed since march 20th. Hotels, restaurants and other facilities will not be open. Developing news from Solano County this morning, fire crews are watching for flare ups from a fastmoving brush fire that ended up destroyed four homes. Broke out just before 4 00 yesterday afternoon on kellogg street and susan city. Firefighters from Contra Costa County helped battle the flames. Now, some animals did die when the fire reached the wildlife center. Firefighters and workers had to cut open the cages to free others. Looks like some of the foxes and some of the coyotes were able to escape and were still actively trying to get a count now on animals. The fire also damaged seven homes. Luckily nobody was hurt. Firefighters face some pretty dangerous conditions because of one, high temperatures and also the strong winds. You know that is a very breezy area, the delta. Thats why we got those wind farms out there and it will become even breezier starting this afternoon and all the way through the weekend. The temperatures going to drop dramatically and that will help the fire danger and the winds will increase which will keep a slight heightened fire danger because everything is brown and ready to burn now. 63 in san jose and you can see its a sunny start here and mainly sunny today away from the coast with the heat easing for most. That doesnt mean its completely gone, just yesterday was our hottest day this week and today is going to be about three to eight degrees cooler. Cooler with increasing clouds and a breezy weekend with an absence of summer and feel like fall in many areas. Los gatos and gilroy mid to upper80s and millbrae at 79. Along the coast, mid to upper 60s today with more cloud cover than yesterday. Mid to upper 70s downtown, south San Francisco and south sausalito. Upper 60s and upper 80s to mid 90s in our north bay valleys. Along the east bay shore 70s around richmond and berkeley. 88 in oakland and fremont and our hottest temperatures 96 at san ramon to 102 in brentwood. Heres a look at the cloud cover and it is increasing along the evening hours and move inland tonight and thats why lows are back in the 50s everywhere. My accuweather sevenday forecast almost a 20 degree drop tomorrow with our coolest weather 60s and 70s and fastest winds this weekend and still a slight chance of some drizzle to a stray shower saturday. Have a good day. Warriors guard steph curry joined marches in denouncing racism during a daytime march at lake merritt. Gathered at certain points to remember george floyd and other people who died in police custody. The warriors tell us that Klay Thompson also took part in the peaceful march. Abc7 is hosting a live hourlong conversation on the issues of racial inequalities and police brutality. Thats today at 4 00 p. M. 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Crashes are down 63 and Greenhouse Gas emissions are on track to fall compared to last year. However, changes coming to the workplace. Some will be given an opportunity to continue to work at home while others wont. We will still that need to commute to and from work every day. I hope to see a decline in traffic delays and it probably wont be as pronounced as were seeing right now. The pandemic has given employers the proof they needed that working at home is not only feasible but also productive. Were actually going to see employers requiring it. And theyre going to take that as an approach to their cost savings, their efficiencies and their contribution to the Community Around them. Reporter hancock doesnt see the shift having a negative impact on the b. A. R. T. Extension to san jose. The need for Public Transit remains and major tech campus projects near the Diridon Center will stay on track. I think employers like google are going to be viewing work as something that can be done flexibly. Reporter but the changing workplace and the demand at places on Regional Planning should, he says, lead to new Regional Task forces and discussion. David louie, abc7 news. A shoemaker in romania has come up with a unique way to keep people apart. Check this out. He created this long nose leather shoe that comes in a european size 75. Thats about five feet long and, of course, it doesnt even appear on actual shoe charts. So, the shoemaker says he saw people not respecting the rules and wanted to create a shoe to either punish them or help them keep proper distance. Five feet. That is not five feet. That looks like three feet. Maybe combined. Maybe. Okay. All right. Sir, you tried. A for effort. Yeah. The only thing that came to mind was Ronald Mcdonald and the penguin. And flippers. That i wear when i swim. Lets talk about what is going on, everybody. Lets go down to the south bay and the heat is easing but not completely going away. Instead of 90s and 100s more 80s and 90s out there. Now, the big change, thats tomorrow. About 20 degrees cooler in our inland neighborhoods and 60s and 70s and just a few 80s holding on. Look at this, 60s and 70s saturday and faster breezes sunday and keep our temperatures a little bit cooler and feel cooler than the 60s and 70s out there. Now, if youre wondering about the chance of wet weathert and kind of been downplaying it and will continue to do it as it looks like a couple hundredth of an inch if any are possible. Most of us will remain dray uy r than some drizzle and a chance of showers. Thanks, mike. Coming up next at 6 00, las vegas is reopening today. The changes visitors can expect when the casino floors reopen. Were still tracking breaking news in the south bay. What we know about this grass fire burning as we speak. San franciscos police chief is speaking out about last nights march. Im Amy Hollyfield, youll hear from him coming up next. Live look outside from our roof camera this morning. Pretty clear start as we look at the emba building a better bay area, this is abc7 news. Right now at 6 00, loved ones and the communties preparing to say goodbye to george floyd and this comes the same day that three of the officers charged in his death are due before a judge. Goodern morning, everybody. It is thursday, june 4th. We will start with a breaking news and a live look at south san jose where crews are trying to get a gain on a brush fire. This is in the california oak creek neighborhood. This the San Jose Fire Department says it received several calls about the fire around 3 00 this morning and is now at five acres. It is slowly spreading. 60 firefighters are on the scene. No homes are threatened. Crews said it took them an hour to even get access to the fire because of the difficult terrain. Mike nicco, what kind of conditions are they facing right now . Almost ideal, reggie, weather wise. Temperatures falling into the 60s there and humidity could be higher and the winds are very light. Less than five Miles Per Hour. Their biggest challenge is the terrain and getting to that especially since they cant run the helicopters or airplanes if they need them during the evening hours. Hopefully it wont come toth. Or over theweekend, the winds would be a much more greater tt. S take a lk t heat is most dangerous today. Ou high through 7 00 and as you look 80sttoda roof camera 60s barely andathe t 90s for the rest o