B. A. R. T. Says daily ridership dropped from 405,000 to a low of just 24,000 people. About 30 of riders say they dont plan on using Public Transportation over the next 12 months. 88 cite a lack of social distancing, 80 cite the concern over others not wearing face masks. And about 60 of the operating funds comes frommic it k iticke. Ansar hassan, abc 7. And the beaches were set to be closed until after the july 4th holiday, but the county Health Officer admits that people were just ignoring the order. She says police are having a really hard time enforcing these restrictions. The county has 32 miles of beaches, and visitors have mixed reactions. I think my kid douwill be excited. We made the trip out for a surf camp. Im happy in one since because i have a son that would like to use it, i like to surf. On the other hand, makes me a little nervous to have a lot more people coming by. Mingling around without masks on. A mask requiorder will stille enforced. They reported 23 new coronavirus cases on tuesday. Governor newsom will provide another covid19 briefing at noon today. He says the number of new coronavirus cases is higher than it should be. After a record high day on wednesday, new cases dropped to 5349 yesterday. There are just over 4,000 hospitalized covid19 patients. And testing has been on the rise with 100,000 done wednesday alone. Were still in the first wave of this pandemic. We are not in the second wave. Marin county in particular is seeing an increase in spread. A ucsf epidemiologist says that is due in part to the outbreak at san quentin. The number of covid19 infections has climbed to nearly 2. 5 million cases in the u. S. And today we expect about to hear from the White House Coronavirus task force for the first time in months. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with what we can expect. Yeah, Vice President mike pence will lead the task force briefing, this is the first public briefing at the white house that weve seen in just about two months. States are finally responding to the surge in cases. Texas, arizona, delaware and new mexico have hit pause on plans to reopen. And the debate continues nation wide on whether masks should be nt to telli you you have to wear a mask . No. It is our choice whether we wear them, not wear them, you guys are overstepping your bounda boundaries. Masks are a critical component to really ending this pandemic. 33,000 lives could be saved by october if nearly everyone wears a mask. The cdc estimates 20 million americans or 6 of the entire United States population here have been infected with covid19. Thank you, jobina. On monday, students at San FranciscoPublic Schools will be able to pick up smart thermometers. 8800 of the devices will be available he at the 18 locations where the School District distributes food for families. Lyanne melendez has the details. Reporter these are the smart thermometers that families with children in San FranciscoPublic Schools will take home on monday. Another giveaway of the devices was conducted in pittsburg in mid may, there 2,000 termometers were did he natured to families. San francisco unified, a much larger district, will hand out 8800 thermometers during their monday food pickup for families. The district hopes that testing at home first could have slowed down the spread of the virus. We dont want them traveling on a bus or going all the way to school and then being, you know, in contact with other staff and students before we find out that they have symptoms. Reporter if a child or Family Member has a fever, they are asked to give out more information about their symptoms. Jared is with kinsa health, and he says the person remains anonymous, but the information on the symptoms given will help track the spread of any virus. You can drill down at a county level to understand where there are levels of high illness. For example percentage of suspected people with inflewdda flew ensa like illness. Reporter and this woman was one of the first families to receive the thermometer and she finds the app helpful. Parent, you want to do the right things at all times especially if it is in the middle the night. I feel like this is an easy tool to tell you concrete things. Reporter lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. And abc 7 has a bland new interactive tool to help you figure out the risks of different activities like play dates for your kids. You can guess the risk and see what medical experts say. Check it out, it is at abc7news. Com or on the abc 7 news app. For those out there sin hey, maybe you are racist, what would you say . Is that not true . Only abc 7 news finds this couple involved in a parking garage confrontation. Coming up next, were hearing what they have to say. And a re lig for arcut oo to the zoo as soon as monday. But the mayor has a warning. Before we get to all that, lisa argen is tracking the forecast for our day ahead. We have the weekend too and that will bring some changes. But right now, we certainly gave some dense fog along the shoreline. Live doppler 7 showing you that the fog has made it across the bay, actually lets show you temperatures. 60 in union city and the fog thick right there from pacifica at 54, 53 in santa rosa. So the fog will stay with us until midmorning. Along 101 and 280. And then we clear. This is 4 00, the breeze picks up, but once again it is back with us and by your saturday, a more significant cooldown gets under way. So we lost a few degrees yesterday. Today it continues. And also the heat f faeld, of course we have the low to mid90s in spots, but if you are in San Francisco, how about 65 today. Another breezy afternoon. But you head inland to our east bay valleys, danville, walnut creek, low 90s this afternoon and you too will have an afternoon sea breeze. So the breeze will be a factor in the afternoon, but lack at what will go on saturday. Well talk about more wind and more cooling in the next several days. And there is my friend jobina with a check on probably a light commute. Oh, yes, light, but lisa, it is great to see you. Good to see you. Happy friday, good morning, everybody. As lisa suggested, yes, it is very light out there right now. We have a couple different advisories those that are coming in from the chp. It looks like we have a high wind advisory for the antioch bridge and venetian bridge. And the golden gate brink hdge a fog advisory. Other than that, not seeing anything too much going on. But our drive times, and this is very reflective of the light traffic there. So tracy to dublin, 26 minutes. Antioch to concord, 13. And san rafael to San Francisco, a 15 valspar signature holds up to common stains and cleans up easy. Discover whats possible at lowes. Good friday morning. Lisa argen in for mike nicco. If you are headed outtown, it will be hot in the sierra nevada. Along the coast, you see all the clouds with the marine layer intact, just partly cloudy conditions. 77 in los angeles. But interior location, wow, 100 in sacramento, 104 in fresno, and you can see that 89 in yosemite. So a little bit closer to home. Well get our cooling under way for your saturday. The winds will kick up. And not very many 90s. Well detail your friday forecast and beyond coming up. Only on abc 7 news, a San Francisco couple responds after being caught on camera blocking a latino man from going into his own apartment building. Here is dion lim with a video of the incident and what the couple had to say. He lives here. We both live here. These tense moments played out at the somo parking garage when michael barajas, a berkeley grad, pulled in to the garage. I pressed the remote from down there. And he was blocked from entering by a man and woman in this white suv with florida plates. His Immediate Reaction was to say you [ bleep ] criminal, youre not coming in here. Reporter the man William Beasley is heard asking what is his key fob is. And bystanders can be heard helping. He threatened to shoot us. Reporter eventually one of the bystanders who smacks the mans car seen getting knocked to the ground. Im protecting our it is my place too. Reporter soma says they are actively working to resolve the issue and condemn violent acts, aggression toward any residents, discrimination and harassment. They cited tenant rights and privacy, but high photographer noticed the couple appearing to load up their car. And asked their side of the story. I asked him nicely. He lives here. Reporter he pressed beasley on accusations of racial profiling. For those saying that maybe youre racist, what would you say, is that not true . Completely not true. Why are you attacking me . Reporter asked if michael was satisfied with the buildings response, he said that he is grateful for those who tried to intervene and proud of how far hes come. Ive always been poor, low income family, and it struck me hard. Reporter and he is empowered by the responsibility to speak out for minorities who may not feel like they have a voice. Someone that had been violence in return, what would have happened. Reporter apex systems where beasley was employed issued a statement saying they condition ductsed conducted an internal review and made the decision to terminate the employee. Dion lim, abc 7 news. Oakland officials are encouraging businesses to take advantage of the citys flex streets programs. And a restaurant on international is using sidewalk space for tables. Under the flex streets program, fees are waved on i go aive and for getting permits is streamlined. But there is a warning for those tsks. Privilege that we have to finally come out of our homes, to support our small businesses, to support people going back to work, this privilege will be taken away if we did not follow doctors orders. Retail stores and other organizations can also apply to use sidewalk space. San francisco joins six other bay area counties with permission to relax restrictions. It is a balance of Health Concerns and economic concerns, both issues that we are focusing on in our effort to build a better bay area. On monday, the San Francisco zoo, museums and other locations will be open for business. Monday and tuesday will be members only days at the zoo, so that means if you are not a member, you cant go, you will have to wait. They will need to make online reservation in advance as will the general public when you can go on wednesday. Mayor breed is attribute sped up time line to a reduction in the number of cases and hospitalizations. The only way that we continue to allow these businesses to remain open and available to san franciscans is if we dont see a spike in the numbers. If we see a spike in the number, it will require us to make a different decision in the future. Differences at the zoo will include painted bear claws to indicate social distancing, closed benches and signs reminding people to refrain from physical contact and to wear masks. And we have put together a resource to help you track what is open in the bay area and where. And you see this map, you can find it on our website, abc7news. Com. It is interactive. You can also find it on our abc 7 news app. I think this is cool. We always just have to be cause you issues, but it is a really delicate bam to get people out and to make sure were safe. Yeah, that is true. And without shame, right . There is a little of that going too. But yes, we definitely still need to be careful. You see the numbers going up everywhere. And this afternoon, once again that breeze is going to be with us, but wait until you look at the weekend forecast, it will be quite windy. Live doppler 7 with the low clouds, the fog across the bay into the east bay. And at the peninsula. But look at all those lightning strikes in the sierra nevada. Weve had thunderstorms day after day. And once again today, we could see some of those 234r5ird flar. But slightly cooler weather in our inland valleys today and a significant cooldown as we head toward the weekend. Visibility 6 to 8 miles from petaluma to half moon bay. A look outside being you may need your morning in the city. 60 in san jose. And looking at numbers in the north bay, in the low 50s. East bay upper 50s to near 60. So fog for our commute this morning, hot again in the afternoon. Cooler and windier over the weekend with fire concerns as we get into the latter part of saturday and into sunday. So throughout the day today, well have the typical breeze, but it has been quite gusty at the shoreline. That continues and well see low 90s inland. How about 65 downtown, 76 in san rafael, 82 in fremont, 87 in san jose and the 7 day forecast shows the cooler and windier day tomorrow. And by sunday, it will be quite a turnaround, feeling like fall, just 70s and 80s. And into early next week, well be hoping for warmer weather, well get it because you know what that is, we have the holiday july 4th into next weekend. So the cool slot over the weekend and then back to uslast year i remember i was cold for the fourth of july. We usually are, youre right. Thank you, lisa. Verizon is now the Biggest Company to boycott advertising on facebook. And an old poster signed by steve jobs is fetching big bucks. Ins techbytes, verizon is withholding advertising until fcebook does more to crack down on hate speech. It is part of a Movement Organizers are calling stop hate for profit. Apple 14 locations in florida because of concerns about the coronavirus. This is the second time they have shut down in the pandemic. A very rare poster autographed by the late steve jobs just fetched 12,000 at an auction. It is from next computer, a Company Founded by jobs in 1985 after he was forced out of apple. And apple ended up buying next computer bringing jobs back be and making him a very, very richest man. Those are your techbytes. There will be no fans in the stands when Major League Baseball games return, but giants fans can still be there in spirit. And lighting up the night sky, this is one last test when you walk into an amazon fulfillment center, its like walking into the Chocolate Factory and you won a golden ticket. All of these are face masks. This looks like a bottle of vodka. But when we first got these, we were like whoa [laughing] my threeyearold, when we get a box delivered, screams mommys work mommys work. With this pandemic, safety is even more important to make sure we go home safe every single day. Good morning. As we look live here, you will notice the highlighted area, heat advisory for those areas north and east of us until tomorrow or ar i shouldhouldo night into saturday. By 10 00, were already in the 80s, but you will have the breeze by the delta. 70s in our inland areas, by 1 00 upper 80s around antioch and fairfield. But the fog is hugging the shoreline once again. And then well do it again tomorrow. But were looking at a big cooldown over the weekend. Splash mountain at disneyland and disney worlded will have a whole new look. The ride will be rethemed around the princess and the frog, which features disneys first black princess. It is based t 19he south. Disney says its imagineers have been working on the project since last year. And there was a sneak peek at the modern twist on a pride tradition. 2700 pink l. E. D. S have been installed in the form of triangle. There was a test run last night. Normally volunteers lay down more than 100 panels of cloth. But they cant really do that now because of the pandemic. And get this, the lights only took ten people to set up. Weve been through the hiv aids crisis and now the covid crisis. So San Francisco has lessons to teach the rest of the world about persevering and resiliency and this is a symbol of it. Yes, and i like your shirt. The triangle lights will officially turn on tomorrow night at 9 00. And then they will stay on through july 10th. Listen to go Fan Cutout Program just to make oracle feel more normal with no fans in the stands. Season Ticket Holders are getting invitations to send in a picture of themselves and then those pictures will be used to create cutouts and they will be placed near the fans seat during home games. It is free for season Ticket Holders and if you are not, you are just a fan, you can have a cutout made too, but it will cost you 99 bucks. Kind of cute. I like that. Good morning, everyone. I talked about the wind over the weekend bringing breezy conditions and our cooldown. Tomorrow well have wind gusts 25 to 35 miles per hour. Were cooler by about 5 degrees inland. But late in the day saturday, 20 to 45mileperhour winds at the coast, but even windier as we get into your sunday. Notice the colors there, 30 to 50mileperhour gusts right along the shoreline and windy all across the rest of the bay area. But today, were back into on the low 90s in our east bay valleys. And south bay, about mid80s cupertino, san jose. And coming up next, we are not the only ones who have been losing sleep over loud fireworks. The trouble for animals at local cias. Zoozoos. And we talked with inmates to get an idea of what is happening behind bars. 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Live doppler 7 right now showing the fog filling in to the east bay, up in the north bay and all throughout the peninsula. And it will be a few degrees cooler today inland, but the big cooldown comes over the weekend. 60 in union city, it is 56 for you up in richmond. And in the