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Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 7pm 20240712

We believe workers are being infected here. Im one of the few that have decided not to return. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 10 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Big crowds are gathering in San Francisco right now to celebrate a Monumental Supreme Court ruling. Good evening, i am ken bastida. I am elizabeth cook. This is a life look at the Castro District in San Francisco. 56 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed the Supreme Court ruled that it protects lgbtq employees from sexual discrimination in the workplace. Todays ruling was written by President Trump first nominee to the court, justice neil gorsuch. Take a look at the celebration from the ground. The crowd there growing by the minute. There were also celebrations in the south tonight. Kpix 5s kevin feely is in san jose tonight. Reporter in san jose a sense of elation and accomplishment over the protection and recognition of the Supreme Courts decision. We are human beings that have a right to work. Gabrielle said the Supreme Courts decision is a watershed moment in the fight for lgbtq rights. No longer she says will people be forced into a faustian choice between openly expressing their actual orientation or gender identity, and keeping a job. I was unable to get a job and what they kept saying is we cant have an open lesbian in the workplace. The Supreme Court ruled the basis of race, religion, national origin, and sex also applies to Sexual Orientation and gender identity. There is still plenty of work for us to do but it does feel like this is, this is one, one pillar that weve kind of put in place now. Reporter california has been dissemination on the basis of it but many have not. Juan hernandez believes he missed out of a job opportunity outside of california when a Job Interview veered off into the discussion of marriage. When i give my opinion of marriage to my employer, i dont think the question was appropriate but it was asked and they told me you do know that marriage is between a man and a woman. Hernandez helps the Court Decision will now provide him with the protection so sorely lacking in that moment. The true value of the courts decision is that it provides protections nationwide and it is not a decision left two communities or states where those protections can be patchwork and uneven. In san jose, devon feely, kpix 5. Another live look at the castro celebration. Would you have crews on the ground there right now speaking to the crowd. We will have much more tonight at 11 00. In another big ruling today, the u. S. Supreme court refusing to consider President Trump challenge to californias sanctuary law. That law limits the cooperation between Law Enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The president was arguing the law was meant to undermine the feds. It has been there project, their campaign really from the beginning of the presidency to try and shut down socalled sanctuary jurisdictions or jurisdictions that dont want to participate or cooperate in immigration enforcement. We are please been vindicated, i am, to see our own look at what is constitutional and not constitutional as a Guiding Light upheld by the Supreme Court. San francisco, berkeley, and oakland among the bay area cities that have their own sanctuary policies. Tonight a call to Reform Police nt throughout california from the top Law Enforcement officer in the state. Attorney general Javier Becerra announced his agenda calling on Law Enforcement to adopt a set of reforms called eight cant wait banning choke holds, shooting at moving vehicles, and requiring officers to intervene when others are using excessive force. Becerra also wants to decertify officers found to have overstepped their bounds and place limits on crowd control techniques like rubber bullets and tear gas. With americans across the country standing up against injustice and racism, we have been called to recognize the systemic failures that caused and allowed Police Misconduct to perpetuate. The latest on where we stand in the fight against the corunna virus. Governor newsom says the state is flattening the curve but we are not out of the woods just yet. Kpix 5s andria borba reports, we could see a spike in cases as bay area counties loosen even more restrictions. Andria. Elizabeth, the governor said today that the stayathome order was not meant to be independent, it was meant to give hospitals and the state a chance to buy time, to get supplies and other things needed to fight covid19 as the weeks and months wear on. People are returning to San Franciscos area at a greater clip been seen since midmarch, reviving the famous stretch of bayside sidewalk from ghost town status. We felt like we were in jail so we had to get out today. [ laughter ] i think generally local and state officials have done a pretty good job in trying to manage this so that we dont have a resurgencethat hits hard again. Is cali sl reopening, the question many are asking, is it too much too soon . As we miss . As we mix, as we reopen, we will see an increase in the total number of cases. It is our capacity to address that that is so foundational and to make sure we are prepared for spikes. The preparation times in the march lockdown afforded worked with over 175 million procedure masks and 1. 4 million and 95 masks talk paler stockpiled along with 7000 contact racers coming online by july 1. And remember the worry over ventilators . Having more than 11,000 ventilators is from our perspective fairly healthy at this moment. Reporter file this under good news, Governor Newsom said crowds of folks out enjoying the sun on memorial day weekend did not cause a massive spike in new covid19 cases and th far with protests. He maintains that the choice to begin reopening lies within counties and not the state. Guidelines dont mean go. We do not prescribe when, we prescribe how. Reporter the state of california has the word of the day from the governor. He said the word of the day here is civility. Civility in hospitalizations, stability and icu admissions. He said moving forward to making sure we dont have massive second and third waves three things must be adhered to. Face coverings, washing your hands and maintaining physical distancing in public whenever you can. Live in San Francisco this evening, Andria Borba Kpix 5. Another big step in the bay area reopening, some stores and shopping malls were allowed to welcome back customers today. A lot of shoppers lined up to step inside valleyfair in san jose today. Only about 40 of the stores have reopened and there are social distancing measures in place. The customers we talked to didnt seem to mind those changes. I think this is definitely the new normal with the masks and hand sanitizer. Even Walking Around the mall the comes a happy experience again instead of the norm. Its pretty cool. Meanwhile, Retail Stores in San Francisco also allowed to reopen today. To celebrate the milestone mayor london breed stopped by shops in no way valley. She wanted to reassure Business Owners that this is all a step in the right direction. Tesla under fire tonight, workers demanding answers about the reported spread of coronavirus at the fremont plant. Today a small group of protesters called for better Workplace Health practices. Some say they will not return to work until cal osha conducts health and safety inspections. One Assembly Worker tells kpix 5 that tesla has not been requiring masks, checking employees temperatures or enforcing social distancing. We believe workers are being infected here and there is no tracing, no role of cal osha, no proper protection of workers here. Is a worker im extremely concerned. I am one of the few that decided not to return. Im not afraid to lose my job because i would rather lose my job in my life. An internal memo from tesla reportedly acknowledges workers have been infected but does not say how many and claims infections happened outside of the factory. The Alameda County Public Health Department Says it does have the numbers is keeping them confidential. We reached out to tesla for comment and have not heard back. Still ahead, the common from the mlb commissioner painting a doubtful picture for an upcoming season. Its just a disaster for our game. Absolutely no question about it. Yesterday this rut was earos calling for much more than just lease reform. What they are calling themselves tonight after dozens of arrests. Why thousands of people in the bay area now need to find a new place to work out. They say if you dont have a gym within 2 miles you wont go to the gym on a regular basis. Breezy conditions. If you are going out to do a little recreating weve got 2030 Miles Per Hour sustained winds across most of the bay area and it could be even windier tomorrow. We talk heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Plus, well cover your payments for up to 2 more months. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. Shopathome at nissan usa dot com. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. 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. Protesters who took over the bay bridge yesterday sa they are fighting for much more than just police reform. They are calling themselves the bay bridge 27 because thats how many people were arrested during the demonstration. They say they want to see change with big tech companies, healthcare, homelessness, and education. Yesterday was to disrupt whats going on. To bring attention to the systemic racism going on not only in one sector, but in all sectors affecting the nation. A live look at the bay bridge tonight, wind was kicking up once again across the bay area are chief meteorologist paul heggen is here. We are seeing some gusting out there tonight, nothing like we saw a couple of weeks ago though. Even friday and saturday had stronger winds than today. Tomorrow is going to have stronger wind than today as well. The whole atmosphere overhead is being squeezed in between a couple of big systems. One is a storm system that brought unsettled weather to the Pacific Northwest over the weekend. The other is the hot weather that will be building and by the middle of the week. That is funneled through a pretty small amount of space, relatively speaking, and that allows the winter really kick up talking dirty40 mileper hour gusts tomorrow but then the hot weather does take over, especially inland portions of the bay area by midweek. Outside right now just a little cloud cover floating in but otherwise seeing plenty of sunshine directly overhead. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s, anywhere from 61 degrees in the city to 77 degrees in santa rosa. Temperatures were a mix of upper 60s and 70s around the bay and 70s and 80s inland for high temperatures today. We will be in various similar territory again tomorrow. When she gradually relax as we go through the overnight hours but not that much. Early tomorrow morning still talking about some pretty strong wind gusts in the 3040 mileperhour range. These are the strongest gusts we suspect, not be sustained winds out there but by noon about 30 mileperhours around San Francisco and we will see those 2030 even close to 40 mileperhour gusts throughout the afternoon and evening hours and then the wind relaxes is that hot weather takes over later on this week. Temperature setting off tomorrow morning in the low to mid 50s. We are going to warm up it will be the usual pace in which we warm up this time of year. Into the 70s by noon inland but mid to upper 60s around the bay. Low 70s for high temperatures on the east side of the bay, just a degree or two above noon temperatures for highs in the city and right around 60 degrees for Half Moon Bay but inland lower numbers. We surgical off as we go into the evening hours but the hot weather will take over as we go towards fathers day weekend. Sunshine for almost everyone on sunday with temperatures along the coast only reaching the mid 60s. But inland reaching up to around 90 degrees and that is not even close to the hottest day in the 7day forecast. Wednesday, thursday, and friday pretty toasty, especially inland. The even around the bay high temperatures near 80 degrees on thursday. We have an update on the fathers day weekend forecast coming up at 11 00. Here is a look at your top national headlines. A live look in atlanta, many in the city there still angry tonight after a black man was killed by Police Friday night. Police a 27yearold Rayshard Brooks was shot after taking an officers taser and then firing it while brooks was being chased. Prosecutors will decide this week whether to charge those officers. It is clear that we do not have another day, another minute, another hour to waste. New calls tonight for the president to cancel fridays rally in tulsa over coronavirus fears. The president says nearly 1 Million People have applied for tickets but only 19,000 will fit inside the venue. Organizers say attendees will get temperature checks and will sign a waiver saying they will not sue if they get infected. Its amazing, no one has heard of numbers like this, i think we will have a great time, we will talk about our nation, talk about where we are going and where weve come from and i can tell you on covid or coronavirus or whatever you wa to call it, plenty of names, tremendous progress is being made. It appears to be all doom and gloom when it comes to having baseball season. Looking live at oracle park just days after guaranteeing that there would be a season the mlb commissioner said late this afternoon that now he is not competent. Last week talks broke down between the owners and the players. Its just a disaster for our game. Absolutely no question about it. It shouldnt be happening and its important that we find a way to get past it and get the game back on the field. Here is the response from the Players Association saying quote layers are disgusted after rob manfred unequivocally told players and fans that there would be, 100 be a 2020 season, he has decided to go back on his word and is now threatening to cancel the entire season. So the drama continues, ken. All about money, elizabeth. Coming up next, pga championship coming this summer to one of our local courses. Why the announcement is bittersweet for bay area call fans. We are all very disappointed. The big blow tonight for lots of you looking forward to getting back to the gym anytime soon. Later, why 49er fans will be seeing that guy on the sidelines for at least a few more years. You need to read the rules and read the section about cooperating with market management. Video of a confrontation at a bay area farm this past weekend pga tour had a successful return in their first tournament since coronavirus and that is bittersweet news for bay area call fans. According to the chronicle, San Francisco has approved a plan for earning park to host the pga championship in early august with no fans. 40,000 people were expected to show up for the four days of play. They have never hosted a major championship. It appears there will be an announcement this week that will reaffirm that the championship will be played in harding and most likely with no fans. More fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. 24hour fitness is filing for bankruptcy and closing several of its bay area locations. Four of them are in San Francisco, the others in berkeley, walmart creek and fremont. The company says it is working to reopen its other gems under the states reopening guidelines. We are all very disappointed. Its social, yeah. And then we stay fit that way. They say if you dont have a gym within 2 miles you wont go to the gym on a regular basis. At least 124 hour fitness gyms are closing nationwide. For a full list of bay area locations closing, it had to kpix. Com. Coming up next, a newly signed deal that shows the niners have a lot of trust in their head coach. The open road. The wind in your hair. The feeling of freedom that drives us to go out and discover. At chevy, were committed to getting you there with confidence and peace of mind. Thats why your chevy clean dealers commit to using enhanced vehicle cleaning measures with cdcapproved cleansers. If you need a new equinox, get 0 apr for 72 months or, four thousand five hundred dollars cash allowance on most models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home where available. So you can find new roads with confidence. A final look tonight, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan cashing in on last season success. Shanahan reportedly agreed to a new sixyear contract that runs through 2025. It replaces his original deal that still had three years remaining and it will make him one of the

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