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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20240712

And lack look at this shot, thi, can see how low the clouds are. 60s will dominate the coast today. 73 to 80 around the bay. 83 to 92, yep, it will be significantly warmer this afternoon. Spare the air will linger through the weekend. Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education is a major focus of abc 7s effort to build a better bay area. And now a South Bay School has reopened its campus for inperson learning, that is the first time were seeing that in the bay area. And Julian Glover is live at Sunnyvale Christian School with that. Reporter good morning. Yes, we expect inperson learning classes to start here at 7 00 a. M. For a second straight day at the sunnyvale Christian Academy. We expect about 57 Elementary Students to show back up here. And like you said, this is something that weve not seen so far in the bay area. The private school here started the school year with Online Learning but they quickly transitioned to inperson larning in the classroom when the state 6 california of califd the waiver request. And this again is the first school here in the bay area to receive a waiver to reopen. And Moreland School district in san jose will be starting inperson instruction on september 2, making them the Second School here in the bay area it reopen for inperson instruction and were learning within santa clara counties, 62 schools have already applied for those waivers. But in other counties in the bay area like alameda, they are not even are considering the waiver requests right now. One concern for the School However is enrollment, it has already been cut by half. And tuition starts at about 1,000 a month, but you can imagine that this is a big relief for parents concerned good how they would manage the Online Learning while still trying to work from home. Julian glover, abc 7 news. And there is much needed good news for Contra Costa County small businesses. Nail salons, massage studios and gyms can reopen outdoors. This is because. Declining coronavirus infectious rates. Although contra costa still remains on the states watch list. Hotels and Short Term Rentals are also allowed to reopen to recreational travelers, but thonot for those staying for essential businesses. A bill that would stepped the Eviction Moratorium is expected to be unveiled this morning. The bill is sponsored by david chiu and is the subject of nonstop negotiations. Under the compromise bill, it will stop evictions for tenants unable to pay their represent because of the pandemic through january 31. Tenants will be required to pay at least 25 of rent in the coming months. For the bill to take affect immediately, twothirds of both chambers of the legislature need to pass it. And the latest on the wildfires, favorable weather conditions are helping firefighters on the front lines of the czu complex. It is now 24 contained. The fire has burned more than 81,000 acres on the southern end of the peninsula and Santa Cruz County. The massive scu complex has scorched more than 36 9,000 acrs and is 35 contained. And the lnu complex is roughly the same size burning nearly 370,000 acres and is 35 contained. Cal fire says that it is making Good Progress thanks to the extra help from the California National guard. We have 12 crews and roughly 16 personnel per crew that we have on the walbridge fire. So that is good relief for us and well be utilizing those National Guards crews the best we can. The fire is still threatening 30,000 structures. It has destroyed more than 1,000. Sf there is a huge sense of relief for people affected by the czu complex. Tens of thousands are now able to go back to their homes. Cal fire looked at the Evacuation Order for about 2 20,000 residents. One couple has been using their where i think door webell cam t see if their house was still standing. Weve been able to see that it was fine. Santa cruz county office says that it anticipates lifting more Evacuation Orders in the coming days. They have to lift the orders as crews gee from t go from the le to those with the most damage. And there is a map for residents to find out whether they can go home. Red indicates areas still under Evacuation Orders and the green indicates rebomb lags zones. We have a link to this map on abc7news. Com. Bay area wildfires have put local Emergency Alert systems to the test. And in some cases they failed. And kate larsen has the story on what Sonoma County leaders are doing to improve the essential systems. Reporter after so much loss of life and property during the north bay fire, Sonoma County is working to improve their emergency communication system. But last week when the lnu complex erupted, new issues emerged. I was at home and received an alert, it was an Evacuation Order. Reporter but Sonoma County Communications Manager lives in santa rosa and the alert was for lake county, 40 miles away. There are many things that can go into the failings such as power lines going down, power going out, cell towers being burned down. Reporter and Chris Gottlieb said they sent out 40 alerts in a two day period. How do you think communications went . Better but not perfect by a long shot. Reporter part of the problem is that the alert system is maintained by wireless broadband companies. There is no pro improve the technologies. Reporter and so there was an error and they sent out an alert for an optin system. This state senator says they should automatically be signed up for alerts. People say you doesncant do because of privacy concerns but i say take the risk. Reporter and more low Tech Solutions include siren systems and noaa weather radios. Kate larsen, an abc 7 news. And this is a look at the exploratorium camera where you can see we have some fog. And it is lying low in . Neighborhoods. Your activity planner for today, spare the air. So if you are out exercising, use our app and it will tell you how the air quality is in your neighborhood. If you are out on the bay, it will be a slower breeze and a little warmer. 57 in San Francisco with the cloud cover. You can see increasing sunshine and mid60s to upper 60s all the way up until about 7 00. For the east bay, weve got cloud cover through 8 00. You can see wall to wall sunshine from 6 00 or 10 00 to the time the sunsets. And that means temperatures in the upper 70s. The peninsula, just slightly warmer. This afternoon well hit the 80s. And south bay, fullon sunshine. Mid80s for a couple hours this afternoon. Well have more time in the 80s in the north bay from about 1 00 to 6 00. And even some 90s showing up in the east bay valleys. And today is not even the holtehol hottest day in the accuweather 7 day forecast. And were hoping for friday light, lets find out from jobina. Good morning. Thank you. We definitely have it. Hi, everyone. Ill start off with a live look in emeryville checking out the conditions there. We dont really have a lot of they have spots rig slow spot. You can see the headlights making their way westbound this morning. As we bring in the maps, im looking at fog as well. It is going to be an issue for people driving around the north bay especially along 101 and highway 1. You can see the low visibility. Chp has also issued a fog advisory from marin city to the Golden Gate Bridge follow 4r5z. Plaza. So heads up to. A Business Owner claiming to be racially profiled and the Police Body Camera that has just been released. Also laura leaves a deadly path of destruction across texas and louisiana and the threat is not over. And major announcement from oversea, a shakeup involving japans Prime Minister. What is forcing him to hand over power. And were taking a live look outside, a little bit of fog morning. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. Number one, starting today some businesses in Alameda County will reopen for outdoor services. They include barber shops, air and nail salons, waxing and nonmedical massages. And also nail salons and gyms can reopen in Contra Costa County outdoors. But the county still remains on the states watch list. And number three, cal fire lifted the Evacuation Order for about 20,000 residents in scotts valley. The Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office says it anticipates being able to lift more swrakatievacu orders in the coming days. And number four, spare the air still in the north bay and south bay through the weekend. Number five, we have a pretty clear ride outside as we take a live look just showing you the conditions out there. The biggest problem that we have on ur roads is going to be in the north bay with low visibility due to the fog. Number six, the 17yearold suspect accused of shooting bloaters in kenosha, wisconsin will appear in court for an extradition hearing. Kyle rittenhouse was arrested at his home in illinois in connection with the deaths of two people. And mayor schaaf will be on abc 7 mornings at 6 45. Well be talking with her about the recent bloatprotests, the pandemic and much more. At the live desk, we have major developments overseas. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe has resigned citing health reason. He made the announcement in a News Conference a few hours ago. He said that he was stepping down to fight a chronic noncurable inflammatory bowel disease that hes had since he was a teen. This month he made consecutive visits to a tokyo hospital for unspecified checkups that raised concerns about his health. In 2007, abe resigned as Prime Minister after a year into his term attributing to the same disease in his decision. Abe was reelected in 2012 and has been an indomitable force in japanese politics. He says that he will stay in power until a successor is chosen. And were seeing the damage and destruction from hurricane laura. At least six people have died in louisiana and nearly 800,000 people are without power. Will reeve has the latest. Reporter this morning laura pushing north, triggering flash floods and heavy wind all the way to illinois. But in the south, the path of destruction left in her wake now becoming clear. This place is completely gone. Reporter Cameron Parish ground zero, the first images of the wreck anxious definiage de g homes toppled, huge trees snapped. Homes like this completely destroyed out here. Reporter and in lake charles, similar scenes. Some of the winds from hurricane laura took upper floors of this hotel and ripped to shreds. Reporter huge branches catapulted by the winds skewering cars. This radio tower mangled, smashing nearby buildings. So much defies imagination, but you are looking at here a half mile of up ended rail car, each one weighs 65,000 pounds. Just west of lake k45ir8s, char fire at this Chemical Plant frcing residents to stay inside their homes if they still have one. You see this slab . That is where his house was. Reporter overnight many communities still too dangerous for rescuers to reach. Power poles and live wires blocking many areas, but neighbors already starting the recovery. This woman even saving llamas on the loose. Despite the destruction, Officials Say that lauras aftermath could have been far worse. When you consider the magnitude of the damage that could have occurred here, we did dn dodge a bullet. Reporter will reeve, abc news, new york. It seems like the storm surge was not nearly as bad as they were predicting. Yeah, at some point National Hurricane center said that it would be up to 20 feet tall and possibly penetrate 40 miles inland. We thought for sure lake charles would get buried and look like new orleans did after katrina, but thankfully that part of the forecast was not accurate. 2020, we just want to get back to normal and these people are even further from normal and it will be years before they get their lives back together. It is over batesville arkansas right now, and you can see the rain is going to be flooding potential for the next 24 hours. And then it just kind of calls down, gets caught in the cold front and brings rain to the midatlantic later into the weekend. Back here at home, we have a west wind at the Golden Gate Bridge and look at that, thankfully there is all fog. It will be brighter today with warmth returning with the spare the air. Seasonably cold tonight and mild to warm conditions this weekend as the spare the air lingers. The clouds will retreat back to the coast. And that is because High Pressure is sitting on top of us and that sinking air will warm considerably today. You can see some 90s around morgan hill and gilroy, low to upper 80s for most of the south bay. No seabreeze along the coast. You will get into the mird 60s farther north, the more likely the air quality will deteriorate and it gets significantly warmer. Look at these 90s to 100 80s around freemont. And air conditioning weather is back. Check your if i recall ter. Filter. You may need it change it after all that smoke. Even i think fewer clouds than this morning tonight. And now tomorrow afternoon, the seabreeze does temporarily take over. Look at that drop in temperatures, mildest day moving forward, the summer sizzle through monday which is the end of august. And were looking at temperatures in the upper 90s inland, even 70 at the coast. Summer not letting up. Happening today, it is the 57th anniversary of the march on washington. And that is where dr. Martin luther king jr. Delivered his i have a dream speech. The historic march for jobs and freedom drew about a quarter Million People in 1963. Today thousands of people are expected to attend the get your knee off our necks commitment march while honoring the anniversary. The naacp says thousands will virtually march to restore and recommit to the dream. The board of supervisors has approved a plan to give raises to city workers. Nearly. Million will be taken out of city coffers. Work ersz wiers will get 3 rai. And they also voted to fund it with part of the business tax stabilization reserves. The plan goes to a final vote next month. Mayor breed has voiced concerns over using so much money out of the reserves during the ongoing economic crisis. Finally, something to feel good about related to covid19. There is a Success Story involving kids. A summer camp kept them safe and organizers are revealing how they did it. And as we fight the coronavirus pandemic, california is mandating face 345masks. So we remind you to wear your. Lets look at tt smoke fore. Tomorrow morning the north bay will be the poorest once again. And look through the day, we have the slight seabreeze tomorrow and that tries to push more of that smoke away from us. So expect tomorrow to be the cleaner day as far as smoke goes because look at this, sunday the winds calm down and the smoke starts to spread a little bit farther to the south. And even more smoke developing in the south bay. So sunday will be the tougher day for outdoor activities. As our effortsr effor build a better bay area, were focusing on the economy. And a new study finds that restaurant sales are down in San Francisco bay 91 since the pandemic started in mid march. The chamber of commerce received data from Credit Card Companies on city businesses and that data doesnt include cash sale, although most businesses now accept credit cards because of concerns of spreading the virus. That is a tough number to swallow. There is a covid19 Success Story coming out of several sleepaway camps believe it or not. A new cdc study is outlining the measureschasms took. Trevor ault has that. Reporter and the sum that yououtsmarted covid19. An they had a 14 employ prior to the start of camp and frequent cleaning and also quarantining in pods for the first two week of camp. We called them layers to mitigation. It wasnt one thing that was going to keep even safe and that was really our priority. And we needed to be able to do it safely. Reporter so how can account lessons from summer camp be used to help schools reopen safely . That is coming up at 7 00. Trevor ault, abc news, new york. Well, were coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including tense moments in tibur tiburon. And outrage at a Community Meeting and bed camera video shedding new light. Reporter and you can finally get a hair did you tell ircut in that story coming up. And firefighters are gaining the upper hand in the bay area wildfires. Te latest containment numbers and the resources now available for homeowners. Another day, another chance tlets do this. Rd. By making internet speeds fast and reliable. So you can keep up with your customers. By ensuring

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