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KGO ABC7 News 600AM July 12, 2024

Inland valleys and just about 80 around the bay, so certainly cooler out there. Numbers coming down even more so below average for your sunday. Well detail that and a look at july in just a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. This morning were keeping an eye on a brush fire burning overnight in an a remote area of brentwood. Its called the deer fire. Crews say it was contained add 20 acres just before midnight. Firefighters say they were on the scene into the Early Morning mopping up any remaining hot spots. No evacuation warnings were given. There is no place in our Police Department or our union for racists or bigots. And more developing news this morning. Several active and retired San Jose Police officers are accused of participating in a closed Facebook Page full of racist posts. The police union has already taken several actions in response including a plan to expel any officer involved. I say this to anyone who participated. The San Jose Police Officers Association will provide you no shelter, no protection. The union and department have now provided many specifics on the Facebook Group or the post. In a statement San Jose Police chief eddie garcia says he has no control over retired employees, but added quote any current employee involved in bigoted online will be investigated and held to the fullest extent in my power. The department has a complicated history with incidents like this. In 2016 a san jose officer made mensissi m menacing tweets about the black lives matter movement. Mayor sanlocardo r currtlhae t ns cal for a full investigation. All right orb onto the coronavirus front where happening today its the last day you can get tested for covid19 for free at the home of the san jose sharks. Santa clara county and the sharks have run this walk up test site all this last week. You can just walk in and take the quick test regardless of your immigration status, by the way. Youll even get a free piece of sharks gear and a chance at a sharks jersey. The site opens today at 9 00 a. M. In the road to reopening bay area schools so many parents are wondering about the specific changes in their districts to keep their children safe in the classroom. San francisco unified is setting up a series of q a sessions to give some answers. This virtual town hall will be from july 6 9. Th where the district is at with different learning scenarios for the fall. The state will schools to screen students and staff for any required symptoms and practice physical distancing inside and outside the classroom. In our efforts to build a better bay area we are focusing much of our energy on the reopening plans and in a surprise about face stran is now hitting the brakes. It was just monday the city announced more businesses would be able to reopen. The plans were contingent on state approval received thursday, and yesterday friday mayor london breed announced the plans are going to be back on hold. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson explains whats behind the new turn around. When you look at the data theres never really been a time when weve seen that lechbl of a surge since arch. San francisco has organized key indicators into four categories, green, yellow, orange and red. Most indicators including hospitalization and testing rates are in the greenwich means the city is meeting its target. However, in the past twoeeks thavage new cases per day has gone from a flat yellow to orange to more vertically approaching red. San francisco Public Health director dr. Grant colefax explains what that means. Especially when were red we need to consider pausing. Reporter so friday mayor breed paused the reopenings of an museums. Bethany jackson owns posh hair salon on philmore street. When mayor breed announced salons could reopen two weeks earlier than originally scheduled she scrambled to get her staff ready. Now were just uncertain. City are in the same position. We were ready to open but we cannot now. All the staff are ready to go back to work and all the customer call us to book for the whole week already. Reporter they have plexiglass barriers up at every station and are ready to open. Theyre frustrated that their customers can travel to other counties to get Beauty Services but mayor breed wont let them open. Where are they going . San mateo. I dont know the mayor she wait for what, why she dont etus reopen. With the percentage of positive test results more than doubling over the past week dr. Colefax said they will be watching very closely to see whether that corresponds with an increase in hospitalizations 2 to 3 weeks from now. In the newsroom im kate larson, abc 7 news. And San Franciscos delayed reopening more businesses also means the zoo wont welcome visitors back next week as mayor london breed announced thursday. Health officials consider the zoo to be an indoor attraction even though most of the exhibits are outdoors. Abc 7 News Reporter luce pena spoke to Health Experts there to find out why. Reporter Contra Costa County on a covid state watch list. We start using beds that are not icu beds for pags that well have to start using. Nurses were not trained for icu. Well have to start making decisions about who lives and who dies. Reporter in the last weekfo inosls i this increased 42 . Without a vaccine Infectious Disease specialist dr. Peter is concerned about the pressure more cases will have on the health care system. Theres only limited remdesivir we got from the government and when we run out of remdesivir we run out. Reporter Contra Costa County is also pointing younger people playing a new role in the majority of cases. We need to take a little bit more proper precaution. Reporter avital Beauty Lounge opened may 17th but now asking for the county to intervene. Backtrack in things that are open, Closing Service industries such as ours where you touch people, we shouldnt be touching each other right now. Its not safe no matter how much youre sanitizing. Reporter other Business Owners say theyre readyet ur. Afa. Rorloly monitoring this data and says theyll announce a decision about the reopening time line on monday. Luce pena, abc 7 news. And in the north bay marin county has also put reopening on hold for a few industries. Hotels, gym and personal Services Including tattoo shops and nail salons will now all have to wait some more time before they can reopen. Indoor dining, hair salons and campgrounds, those can still reopen next week. Also in marin quintan where theres been a surge of covid19 cases. The state now plans to transfer an undisclosed number of inmates to the central valley. Officials say that will create more space for physical distancing and health care treatment. The inmates are being tested before and after the transfer. We spoke to a woman whose son is on death row, and although he will remain there it the idea of transfers is making all inmates nervous. Its just a domino effect. Thats my main concern that the Healthy People that are supposed to be transferred will not be healthy when they get there or they will become unhealthy while they are there. Its thought a transfer of inmates from chino to san quintan is what sparked the outbreak there this week. 540 inmates, almost 550 inmates currently have covid19. 80 Staff Members have tested positive. A nursin home hit hard by covid19 as well. So far 100 residents and 32 Staff Members have been infected at millbrae skill care. The chronicle report inspector discovered patient care problems in january. Medicare also fined the facility 43,000 for unsanitary conditions in 2018. And in the sary cosa sarah cody is hinting shes about to make health orders. I anticipate issuing orders that will mark the end of our specific strategy and the beginning of a new face where many activities will begin to resume with the appropriate Risk Reduction measures in place. Some businesses have been allowed to reopen and only Outdoor Dining is allowed in santa clara county. Its been moving at the slowest pace when it comes to reopening the economy. Its one of 15 on the states watch list. One of the hardest hit counties in california is Imperial County in southern california. The Positivity Rate which is the Percentage Rate who tested positive for coronavirus out of those tested in the past two weeks there is 23 . By comparison statewide the positivity average is 5. 3 . Imperial county is east of san diego along the mexico and arizona borders and Governor Newsom is urging the county to shutdown or he says he will get involved. We are advising and counseling them to move forward and reinstitute the stay at home order, but they will move at their discretion. If they are not able to come to some consensus i am committed to intervening. About 175,000 people live in Imperial County. Its Health Department has reported more than 5,800 confirmed coronavirus cases. All right, we know its hard to keep track of what is open and what is closed so we have made an interactive map for you. It has each of the bay areas nine counties where you can go in and see in advance what businesses are allowed to operate and where. You can find that on abc7news. Com. Lisa, it is so complicated. Every day im like is that open, is that, im calling stores but well get there. Yeah, you just alerted me of all the changes day to day for sure. And things are definitely changing in the weather department. It is clear and nice, 60 degrees. You can see the camera not shaking yet but it will be later on today as the winds pickup. Temperatures at least 6 degrees cooler in the loovmer valley today, so you will not even hit 90 degrees. Were talking even cooler and windi windier conditions for your sunday but the holidays around the corner and thats looking nice. Also ahead its pride weekend. Stivities this year because of the pandemic plus demanding action and answers. We hear from the family behind the man who was killed at the hands of san leandro my name is christine payne, im an associate here at amazon. Come on christian, step onto the blue line. Good stay safe, man. This device is giving us an Accurate Temperature check. Youre good to go. Have a good day. The safety of Amazon Community is very important. Youre good to go, sir. Thank you if i can take care of everyone who is sick out there, i would do it in a heartbeat. Step onto the blue line, sir. I have to take care of my coworkers. Thats how i am. This is my passion. Have a good day. I have a son who is 10 years old. I say, you know, mommy loves to help people. And he said, wow, one day im gonna be like you too. Im gonna be a doctor. He make me cry. Have a good day out there, okay . That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. All right, in the east bay the family of Steven Taylor is demanding action. Taylor was shot and killed by a Police Officer inside a San Leandro Walmart back in april. And taylors family says that officer needs to be held reporter Steven Taylor, his family is fighting to keep him on the mind. I am sad, my heart hurts that we have to go through this too much down the road. Too much. Ng. Still havent gotten his we still havent gotten the call from the department. Reporter so they took their demands to police headquarters. Body cam footage from april 18th shows the moments before an officer fired at 33yearold taylor. Hes seen here holding a baseball bat inside a local walmart. They claim my son had Mental Illness but the way that our police should be reformed is to help people with illnesses. Reporter family members say he wasnt a danger, and they want the officer whoaccoe. They commi a c th murdere grandomodbe yd in jail. You wouldnt be Walking Around going home to your family. Reporter pd says the officer who shot taylor is still on administrative leave. The second responding officer is back to full duty. Their names have not yet been released. The officers have received some Death Threats against them, their families, and we just want to make sure those threats are frivolous in nature and dont pose any credibility before the names are released. Reporter lieutenant ted out to the attorney as General Office for an independent review. Its pride weekend and San Francisco city hall is lit up blue, white and pink for transgender awareness. Tnight and tomorrow night itll be lit up for pride weekend. Though majvents have rsary ofe. Been pandemic the pride is still shining through virtually. Heres abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard. Reporter thats the kind of pride were used to seeing in San Francisco. Although the pandemic has forced the cancellation of major events the partys still happening online. I think we need to get this party started, monique. Reporter the annual trans march kicked off a virtual gathering, typically the first event of pride weekend. We need encouragement. We need support. We need to know we are loved. Reporter right here 18th and delor ezhas always been the starting point for the event. Although there was no trans march on the street this year there is a renewed sense of empowerment and focus. With black lives matter we really wanted to pivot and do our best to support black lives and especially black tra trans lives. Reporter several marches are scheduled sunday in San Francisco celebrating pride and protesting racial injustice. This will be my first year with pride feeling more like a in 69 at stone wall and feels more appropriate for our time. Reporter creating something cool for pink saturday, a pink toofrp that will the star of a pride procession relay from oakland to the top of twin peaks where thousands of pink leds will form the famous triangle. So we wanted to capture the triangle within our torch and turn this into otradition we can come back to every year. We melted down about 300 cans for each one these. Youre recycling, too am. Yeah, this entire thing is 100 recycled aluminum. Mayor london breed said 50 years of pride didnt come easy. We have a president , sadly, whos trying to really take down our lgbt community. The Supreme Court just ruled that no matter who you identify as or who you love you cannot be discriminated against in the work place. Reporter but even a pandemic cant contain the love this weekend and the pride. In San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. And the triangle lights atop twin peaks will stay illuminated through july 10th. You can join us for that tonight at 7 00 p. M. For pride 2020 right here on abc 7. And lisa, lets get the pride forecast. Going to be good. I know people arent going to be outside in the parades as much but whats it going to look like . Despite our paltry season with very little rainfall all this fog has helped things kind of stay moist. Thats what it does the mist and drizzle of the dampness out there has allowed for us to sort of delay that fire season because we certainly could have been done better in the Rain Department this past year. And you can see nothing but the gray sky there from the golden gate bridge. As we look at live doppler 7 the low cloud deck has been generous. Anywhere from 1,200 to 2,000 feet this entire week and the winds that worked to actually dry things out at least they went from an onshore component from the moist pacific, but they will be slightly northerly and any wind we get does dry things out. As we look to the north this signature cloud its actually an area of low pressure and this is going to allow for more wind coming our way especially for our sunday. Theres a look at all the clouds. Kind of pretty isnt it with the low deck extending into the east bay. Concord and livermore are looking at a clear start. It is 56 in San Francisco, 60 in oakland. Low 60s in Mountain View, san jose, and 50s on the coast. Heres a look at the shark tank, nice way to start the day and temperatures will be in the 80s today so very pleasant there on the warm side but not too warm in the santa clara valley. 57 in napa, lots of clouds and fog up towards petaluma, 52 with a gray start in santa rosa. Gusty winds for the weekend and developing today and pick up again and increase for your sunday. That aloas things to dry out and the fire danger increases but a summer pattern with some warmth inland not too extreme returning for the first week of july. Heres a look that fog. Into the east bay the peninsula. As we get to the 9 00 hour clearing the north bay, by 11 00 weve got a little bit of sun here in San Francisco. Its going to hang out at the coast. But as that front to the north gets closer it will sweep away the cloud deck, and well get some midlevel clouds as well. As we look towards the afternoon, 10 00 winds not a factor. But as we get towards 2 00, theyre picking up. You can see the colors through the delta there. Also through San Francisco a little breezy

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