Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20240711 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20240711

And as we go through the afternoon, youll notice it will be a warmer day with full sunshine for most, as we get into the noon 1 00 hour and increasing clouds in the north bay but well see highs in the upper 70s and 60s in our warmest locations. Mid60s around the bay but 70s are on the horizon, liz, for many of us on monday, then welcome rain returns for tuesday, well plot that out for you when we see you next. Certainly welcome. Lisa, thank you. Were going to begin with a look at the surge in covid19 cases. California officially topped 1 million diagnosed coronavirus cases. The state reported more than 9,800 new cases yesterday, one of the largest single day case counts that we have seen since august. Almost 10,000. The 1 rchb day pa4day positive 4. 2 . It was 3. 7 a few days before that, indicator of the virus going up. Since the pandemic started, the bay area has seen more than 133,000 confirmed cases. Because of this growth in cases, much of the bay area is pivoting once again, when it comes to eating out. Health and the economy are key to our efforts to building a better bay area. Indoor dine something shut down Indoor Dining is shut down in San Francisco and more cities will follow suit in just a few days. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard shows us while some restaurants are adjusting, others think they will not survive another round of restrictions. Reporter theres an echo construction in San Franciscos hayes valley where Pierre Pegeron is busy building this parklet, the same type of structure hes been building for months. We intend to get it done by the end of the day. A lot of people are struggling. We need to get this thing up and running. Reporter the parklet is for david bass owner of sugar lounge who plans to reopen serving food outdoors after a ninemonth closure. Hopefully that will give us a little bit what have we used to have. Reporter up an hayes street chefs at amano restaurant are cooking you have kasey dishes for outdoor diners. The Indoor Dining room is off limits. Its not as hard to say goodbye to Indoor Dining, to keep the staff safe as well as the guests safe. Reporter at a time when covid rates are surging statewide. We need our people to be safe and healthy out there so i think theyre smart for closing things up. Reporter Marin County Health Officials Say covid cases have almost doubled in the last ten days and still rising and because of that, new restrictions start tuesday. Gyms must reduce capacity to 10 , a 50 limit at malls and restaurants must stop serving customers indoors. The Marin County Health director says were seeing more people getting sick with covid19 and needing hospitalization. With flu season and potential impacts from holiday gatherings and travel, its time to act to prevent a much larger surge. We got a lot of people. Reporter his tam commons tap room and kitchen in san rafael cannot survive more restrictions. We have to shut down. We dont have any to go, only outside seating and the weather is not going to help out. Reporter hes hopeful he can reopen someday. In san rafael, Cornell Barnard, abc 7 news. Santa clara county and Contra Costa County are also bringing an end to Indoor Dining starting tuesday. Contra costa is ordering Fitness Centers to stop indoor operations as well and Santa Clara County currently in the orange tier expects to be bumped to the more restrictive red tier. It is keeping gyms open but at 10 capacity. San francisco gyms have new limitations because of a spike in coronavirus cases. All health and Fitness Studios in the city are limited to 25 capacity or to 50 people. Many gyms have shut down. Other studios switched to online streaming but many say theyve lost customers and cant afford to pay rent. The cofounder and ceo of San Francisco gym tribe says their membership reduced by twothirds. He says his gym is fine for now but hes not sure a lot of gyms will make it. I think next year were looking at least 50 of the health and Fitness Studios brick and mortars will be gone and if theyre not gone already, theyre headed that way. Coronavirus cases in San Francisco have jumped 250 since october 2nd. San Francisco Crossfit is closing its doors permanently today. Owners say membership has been down around 70, and overhead costs in the city are too high. Crossfit first began in 2005 and led to the creation of 20 other bay area and coaching businesses. The cultural phenomenon drew in serious athletes, physical therapists and patients and people just looking to get in a good workout. Sad to hear that. We first told you about this story yesterday here on abc 7 mornings. The Grocery Store in San Francisco is offering late night shopping by reservation only. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone explains why shoppers feel this is safer. Its the holidays. Its been a crazy year for everybody so were think being staying safe and staying home. Reporter that at a time when covid cases are soaring, and Indoor Dining is ending in some cities like San Francisco. Reed harrington says he doesnt want to deal with supermarket crowds, especially now. Thats why his main shopping is done. We picked up our turkey and ham and were just putting things together. Reporter but quieter shopping with empty aisles like this are still out there, because at least one store, San Franciscos Rainbow Grocery, in this case, is offering a reservation only half capacity late night shop after closing time. We decided to offer this, and a lot of what we heard from people last week was that they thought a lot safer, safety was their main concerns and one of their main motivators for coming in during the reservation time. Reporter and while it is only on certain nights, its something that will likely help those families who are doing all they can to still make some good old holiday memories. No visiting families, so its pretty sad, but we try to, you know, like save us and save other people as well. I know theres a lot of restrictions but i think the community or the people are going to make an extra effort to make sure that is meaningful this time. Reporter youre looking at the special senior and high risk hours here at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. Those special safe hours that we talked about are only on certain nights, and you can go to our website for details there, abc7news. Com. J. R. Stone, abc 7 news. And if you want to see what kinds of activities put you most at risk for covid19 exposure, test your knowledge at abc7news. Com. Choose answers to various situations and then see what the experts have to say. All right lisa, lets get a look outside this morning. Looks pretty nice out there, nice and clear from mt. Tam, where its awfully chilly in the north bay, 30s there. 40s closer to the bay, and a warmup for most, but well see increasing clouds in the north bay, but can we see any rain . Ill have the answers next. Lisa, thank you. So pretty out there. Also ahead, a trump rally in sacramento turns violent. His supporters echoing the president s claims of voter fraud. And diwalacy looking different because of the pandemic. How local Hindu Temples made theres no bad time to start at amazon. I like the flexibility. It also allows for picking up shifts. Safety comes first, speed comes second. Safety. Safety. Safety. Were making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. It makes me very happy. Just how much visibility your cars headlight bulbs can lose before burnout, so weve taken away 50 feet of visibility from this walk home. Dont wait until your headlight bulbs burn out. Switch to sylvania, the 1 Automotive Lighting brand, and see better tonight. All right, sad news this morning. The long time owner of rickys sports theater and grill in san leandro has died. The sports bar is a favorite hangout for fans in the east bay particularly on sundays when the raiders were playing. It first opened in 1946 and then moved to its recent location in 1960. This summer it appeared the bar was in danger of closing because of the pandemic. The chronicle reports Ricky Ricardo died from complications to a stroke and alzheimers disease, he was 75 years old. Laura anthony tweeted this so sore troy hear this news. I was fortunate to interview ricky several times over the years. Always gracious and welcoming. A true icon of the east bay. Rest easy, ricky. You can share your memories on our facebook page, in a post online, the bar also asks fans to say a prayer and light a candle. Also in the east bay, a protest in walnut creek in downtown walnut creek turned violent with protesters clashing with counter protesters. Organizers called it a no justice, no peace protest, several downtown businesses were left vandalized with antipolice graffiti. There were several physical confrontations. The crowd of a few dozen marched through downtown walnut creek streets at times interrupting Outdoor Dining happening at some restaurants. Weve reached out to Walnut Creek Police to see if any arrests have been made. President trump admitted for the first time on twitter that he lost the election, referring to president elect joe biden, the president wrote in a tweet he won before falsely claiming that the election was rigged. Were not showing you that tweet because it has been flagged by twitter having false information in it. Yesterday supporters of President Trump rallied in washington, d. C. , protesting the results of the election, and again falsely claiming that it had been stolen from the president. [ chants of usa ] cheers and chants accompanied the president answer motorcade as he drove down pennsylvania avenue, headed to another golf outing. President trump waved and smiled at his supporters, estimated to be in the thousands. He has not conceded the election. The mostly maskless crowd descended on the steps of the u. S. Supreme court where many feel the election would somehow be overturned. There was counter protesters amd a few scuffles between groups an at least ten people were arrested. While the socalled million maga march took over the nations capital, a group of california Trump Supporters rallied in sacramento to stop the steal in their words, thats the name of the campaign, echoing the president s claims of voter fraud. Dan noyes was there to see the rally break out in violence. Antifah reporter this is what happened when the talking stopped, when the far right proud boys squared off against antifah and other counter protesters. This is how the day started, just over 30 of californians voted for President Trump in this election and hundreds of them rallied at the state capitol. They believe trumps still claims the election was marked by widespread voter fraud and calling for a national recount. [ chants of four more years. We have had people trying to steal our nation out from under us for decades. California used to be a nice place. Reporter the rally drew a large asianamerican contingent and people from across the state. This trump supporter was very critical of the media and declined to give his name. Im here to support my president. Im here to support the constitution. Im here to support every americans right to vote. Reporter on stage and scattered in the crowd i found members of the proud boys, a farright hate group according to the southern law center. People faces covered and wearing all black arrived, antifah twitter accounts called for a counter to the rally. Sacramento police and chp on horses in and riot gear kept the opposite sides apart for most of the day. This is really a phase, setup right here, you have the rally over there, still going on, but then back this way, youve got antifah and other counter protesters in a standoff with some of the Trump Supporters. Look at you. Youre the one that has no pride in what youre standing for. I do. You are not taking off your helmet, your glasses and your mask. Youre scared. Has the recount changed anything . It will this time. Because of trump . Its what i feel in my heart it will happen. Reporter the proud boys came around the block to confront the counter protesters, unleashing a cloud of bear spray. Antifah [ bleep ] reporter despite the scuffle, no serious injuries were reported. Several suffered the effects of the bear spray. Police made at least two arrests. For the iteam in sacramento, dan noyes, abc 7 news. As President Trumps refusal to concede impedes the biden transition, john bolton and former obama Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson will discuss the National Security implications of this delay and you can watch those full interviews on this week with George Stephanopolous at 8 00 this morning, right here on abc 7. Parents and teachers are protesting possible School Closures in newark. [ horns honking ] lots of support in the form of honking horns, the protest on wheels reached all the Elementary Schools in the city, protesting the Newark Unified School districts plan to close or consolidate two schools. The board says attendance is nearly half of what it was, and because of that, so is funding. Parents say they werent allowed to weigh in and other options were never discussed. The district released a statement saying School Consolidation is an extremely difficult process for any community. We know this situation is very challenging and appreciate the commitment of our community to get through this together. The bortdards decision will be released on thursday. Check out the beautiful pictures, diwali celebrations are looking a little bit different because of the coronavirus. Still very pretty. These are pictures of what the holiday looked like in india. Abc 7 News Reporter kris reyes is in fremont with how temples in the bay area made the festival of lights safe. Reporter in many ways this diwali follows tradition, this hindu temple illuminated with temples burning in clay lamps, the theme as always the triumph of good versus evil. In the front you can see a lotus so the pictures are drawn and then the lighting was put around the picture so thats the low tess of the goddess lackshmin. Reporter this sun like any other year. The xs on the floor, mask, hand sanitizers and the room a limited capacity. On any other year, this temple would be overflowing. Its really that idea of the fact that how do we come together, and hope for prosperity of everybody. When will this pandemic end . Its humbling. Its somber, but its a hope for the future. Reporter diwali is one of the most important traditions in the hindu faith, celebrated during the holiest month in the hindu lunar calendar. In the bay area tens of thousands attend events during the fiveday celebration. This year, thats just not possible. Were having a small intimate gettogether with people that have been in our covid bubble. Reporter dr. Bala with the hinduamerican foundation, a nonpartisan organization. This year, they sent out a diwali tool kit to spread awareness about the celebration. It was welcome news that Vice President elect Kamala Harris tweeted this greeting. Its always exciting to see representation and the last couple of years i dont think theyve added diwali at the white house, so it will be great to have it back. Reporter at this hindu temple in fremont, prayers for better days ahead and gratefulness for the opportunity to celebrate at all. Very important for us to keep going, because otherwise if you see that people get depression, drinking problems. My hope and prayer tonight is that everyone should stay healthy, be safe and no one gets affected by this pandemic really. Reporter in fremont, kris reyes for abc 7 news. Beautiful. Lisa, lets get a check of the weather. I hope people are still able to enjoy all their holidays the same way, safely. Yes. Theyre seeing that everywhere. The hardest thing is to see the kids with the masks and the social distancing. Yes, just is still always hard to see. Good morning, everyone. Looking at a lot of sunshine today for most of you, but a weak weather system will bring some clouds, just high clouds to the north bay, could even offer up a sprinkle or two in sonoma but not going to get further south than that most likely and that means the milder weather for the next 48 hours, for the rest of the bay area, theres live doppler 7, well widen the view and this is what is moving into the pacific northwest, but a little bit of that piece of energy you can see in extreme northern california, well want to visit parts of the bay area in terms of clouds first and then maybe a sprinkle, but look at volmer peak, clear in the east bay but chilly. 48 in San Francisco. One of the milder locations with 37 in Mountain View. You had all that fog yesterday, 42 in san jose. Upper 30s Half Moon Bay, and a lot of sun here in San Francisco, its going to be warmer for everyone, well into the 60s, even upper 60s, a few degree

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