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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 6pm 20240712

Orchestrated it. Reporter now backing the account was the stylist. He said the owner has been approving one on one appointment since april. The speaker maintains she was told the salon was seen individual clients. Shed rather focus on more important issues than her hair. We have to get our country moving again. I will not let this subject take away from the fact that we have 180,000 people who have died from this virus. Reporter salon onus owners and hairstylists said this is proof to open their business safely. Theyd rather do it sooner than later. Alameda county is looking to ease some of their restriction starting tomorrow. Hair salons, barber shops, Retail Stores and malls will be allowed to operate indoors with 25 capacity. Outdoor such as batting cages end other Outdoor Activities can start tomorrow. Outdoor dance classes can start up again. Its been a really long, hard journey. We are open now and ready and we know that we are safe. We are really hoping this is an opportunity to prove everyone wrong. The salon owner said working outside was not giving her clients the best service. The heat and wildfire smoke, made it difficult to work outside. New numbers from state Health Officials show new cases are still trending lower. 5000 new cases reported yesterday. The total is now above 717,000. 164 more people have also died. The death toll stands at 13,327. Tests positivity has dropped to 5 . Hospitalizations and icu admissions are continuing to decline. The state reported 17 deaths in Alameda County and 10 elsewhere in the bay area for a total of 27 deaths. According to data from the mercury news. That is the highest daily death toll yet here in the bay area. Theres no information on where those deaths occurred. Alameda has the highest number of deaths in the bay area at 274, followed by Santa Clara County at 250. Positive test rates for covid19 in predominantly latino communities continue to rise. Test results from uc San Francisco show alarming infection rates in the Mission District, compared to the rest of San Francisco. They will soon it expand their testing to oaklands, fruitvale district. Reporter covid rates are starting to decline but not so in San Franciscos predominantly Latino Mission district. I know one case, the father got infected. Of theres 13 People Living in the house. Reporter Mission District resident, Roberto Hernandez is a executive on the task force. I know people who caught the virus that show up to the mission food house for food. I have to send people home and we deliver food to their home. Reporter this antidote is a piece of a troubling picture. Is San Francisco released the results of testing at the mission bart station in august. The rate of positive tests was 11 among latinos. Thats more than four times the Positivity Rate of all of San Francisco. Those on the task force say they are not doing enough to help people once they paste test positive. We compare this to buckets of water to fight a five alarm fire. Reporter they need to be more aggressive getting those that test positive into quarantined hotels and paying wages of those who cant work from home. Get the resources that provide the solutions we need in our community. Reporter the Public Health director said we must continue to expand investments in our response including the latin x communities. Put the funding so we can do the work ourselves. Reporter they did similar testing in oaklands for dale district, which has a higher infection rate in the area. The messaging needs to be different in the way we approach things and do business here. Hopefully, this will give us the tools we need to get that message home. Healthcare residence and many residents that cant work from home living crowded conditions. Infection rate among children is especially high. Once it makes it into our community, it will spread into every kid in the home. Reporter they hope to test 4000 people in september with results coming back within four days of testing. Dr. Anthony fauci said its unlikely that a Coronavirus Vaccine will be ready next month. In an interview with cnn they said its unlikely but not impossible that testing and protocol could produce a vaccine in october. The National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases, said its more likely to happened in november or december. The dow was down 807 points, nearly 3 . And nasdaq down 598 points, 5 drop. The s p fell 125 points. Analyst say there was profit taking after recent runup in shares of tech companies. Apple was down 8 and amazon was down 4 1 2 . The Labor Department reports a decline in new unemployment claims. Of the government said 881,000 people filed last week. Thats a drop of 129,000 compared to the week before. Analyst say the lower number of claims said the Labor Department is changing the way they adjust seasonal swings in unemployment. Using the old accounting method, claims would have gone up slightly from last week. The ec. The ecigarette maker, juul labs is laying off workers. They plan another 1000 layoffs. Of the company was scaling back operations due to a sharp drop in sales. They were blamed for a surge of team teen vaping in the united states. With 60 days left till the november election. Pet President Trump when to key Battle Ground states. The president said this election is all about safety. Democratic nominee, joe biden went to kenosha, wisconsin. He held a Community Discussion at a local church after speaking with jacob blake on a telephone. Blake was a man shot in the back by police and left paralyze. Different messages coming from the campaigns when it comes to policing and protest. Reporter democratic nominee joe biden, and his wife jill, traveled with a private meeting with the family of jacob blake and the legal team. They showcase a different message compared to the president s visit earlier in the week. I honest to god think that we have a and dermis opportunity , now that the curtain has been pulled off. To see whats going on in the country and week can do positive things. President trump said there opponent is using this for political gains. Bidens visit to the battleground state taking place when his campaign releases a new ad, focusing on Police Violence and racial justice. We have to let people know we understand their struggle and we understand they deserve to be treated with dignity. Reporter with the election weeks away, President Trump is traveling to western pennsylvania, keeping a strong focus on law and order. He said my administration will do everything in its power to prevent week mayors and lawless cities from taking federal dollars while they let and arcus harm people and burn businesses. The president threatened to cut funding in a white house memo. This drew criticism from mayors. Legal experts say the white house memo on cutting funds is unlikely to be upheld in court. Backlash today over what President Trump said yesterday about voting twice. You get the unsolicited ballot, send it in and then go make sure you are counted. If it doesnt tabulate, you vote. White House Press Secretary said the the president was not condoning voting twice and blame the media for taking his remarks out of context. In a statement, the National Committee blasted the president and said he encouraged his voters to commit fraud. Mark zuckerberg has new members measures to safeguard the november election. They will remove posts with clear miss information about voting and the pandemic. Coming up, concerns about violence in vallejo after two deadly shootings hours apart. The Police Shooting points to understaffing as the reason for up tick in violent crime. Labor day weekend coming up. Next at 6 30, concerns for help officials and what they recommend for the long holiday weekend. And assess of he warning heat warning. All that and the fiveday forecast, we will see you after the break. As we brace for another heat wave, temperatures could hit 100 and more degrees in the bay area. A look outside right now, beautiful shot of the golden gate ridge. We will be back with more. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. Another heat wave across the bay area and the states power grid programs warn people to conserve energy to avoid rolling blackouts. It temperatures could hit 110 degrees in some parts of the bay area. Both flex alerts and excessive heat watch will be in effect this weekend. Grid operators who could not muster enough power for the august heat wave, said they dont know what will happen this time around. The pandemic has changed our forecasting profiles. Is blurred the lines a bit between work days and weekend days. Where we can issue a flex alerts. Reporter the most Energy Critical time of day is between 3 00 and 9 00. They ask customers to precool their homes in the morning and set their ac after 3 00 and use fans. Dont use washers, dryers and dishwashers and other large appliances until 9 00. But bottle water in the fridge to keep it cool. Dont use ovens because they create heat. Consumers conserve, they do not expect blackouts. The most critical time is six p. M. When solar is less efficient. Going into the top periods with less supply. This event happens every 10 years or so. This is another statewide heat event. Reporter since weve had two such events in two months, are we seeing a Climate Change event . Or is it too early to tell . We need to have more time to see if theres a positive timeline for events like this. Reporter some beaches will be close. In San Francisco, sonoma and san mateo county, beaches will be open except for pacific up. Air quality will be problematic. Expanding the airquality alerts until saturday. Going into the Labor Day Weekend with smoke situation present. Reporter at pg e will operate cooling centers throughout its service area. Whats going on with the heat events . Dan mentioned it as well. And not just the bay area that will have the heat advisory, is from southern california, orange county, las vegas. The whole western grid is getting hammered. It makes you wonder, what would happen if businesses and we are pretty much shut down in the state of california, imagine if businesses were running full steam, how would that work . You would think we would be okay without the big highrises running. Is an interesting thing, for sure we would have blackouts of San Francisco or san jose was up and going. The western grid is under the gun starting saturday, sunday and monday. For us its excessive heat warning. For all those areas in red which is all of us and some of us. Than the heat advisory at the coast, peninsula and along the bay shoreline. The reason this is a big deal is because heat is what messes with people the most. It kills more people is the most dangerous weather event. When you get a city like san jose with excessive heat warning or san rafael. Thats a good example not a lot of air conditioning, probably more. That area doesnt people without air conditioning and san jose in palo alto. Something to Pay Attention to. It will be hot this weekend. The complete forecast, takes us through the five day. The spare air alert will cling with us through tomorrow and into saturday. The three big lightning sparked fires throughout Northern California. Firefighters making good progress. Right now the ccu complex in san mateo and Santa Cruz County has burned 85,000 acres. 48 containment. The san mateo and other fires in santa clara and alameda have burned more than 391,000 acres. Again, good news in regards to containment, its up to 78 . Californians living in fire prone areas are getting help on how to be ready in case a disaster. They hold webinars with the new guide on protecting property and finances. Verifiers, as we mentioned burning up and down california and several other western states keep in mind, we have a couple months to get through this wildfire season. Experts say there are packed goal steps that homeowners and renters can take to reduce their risk from wildfires. So many people in homes at risk to wildfires in california. Thats why we are here today to talk about how californians can take steps to protect themselves from the damaged and lost homes and protect their families and themselves from the financial loss that can happen when a wildfire strikes. The Insurance Information institute said theres three steps to simplify damage claims. To start a claim as soon as possible. Contact your Insurance Company or agency and understand whats going on with businesses, homeowners, renters and vehicles. Check two more people were killed last night. Vallejo police said this could be the worst year for killings in the citys history. It happened near maine and sacramento. They found the victim lying on the sidewalk, he was dead at the scene. The second shooting happened after midnight on vanessa street. They found cars riddled with bullet holes. The victim taken to the hospital by relatives, he died shortly after. This year could break the record for most killings in vallejo. So far thereve been 21 killings in the city. The record was set in 1994 when 30 people were killed. In a statement, the police union said the Department Needs to hire more officers. They say right now Vallejo Police officers are forced to work overtime shifts and work 16 hours of the time because of chronic understaffing. Fatigue for long hours result in dangerous working conditions and adversely impacts citizens safety. There is now a new leading cause of death of Police Officers in the united states. Later tonight the mounting toll of covid19. It is back to the classroom for some students. We will tell you about the bay area county that will allow some schools to reopen. Did you know the source of odor in your home. Could be all your soft surfaces . Odors get trapped in your homes fabrics and resurface over time. Febreze fabric refresher eliminates odors. Its waterbased formula safely penetrates fabrics where odors hide. Spray it on your rugs, your curtains, your furniture, all over your home to make it part of your tidying up routine. Febreze fabric refresher, for an allover freshness youll love. The Alameda School district will no longer be using a Popular Online learning program after complaints from parents. According to the chronicle, parents filed a petition saying the program is sexist and racist. It offered economic justification for slavery and compared Harriet Tubman to a burglar. They expect to choose a new Online Education program sometime this week. 15 elemental Elementary Schools in marin county will be allowed to shift from Online Learning to in Person Learning next tuesday. They will be required to comply with the Protection Plan as part of the waiver application. Other local schools have submitted applications and will be notified next week about their possible opening date. If the county continues to have declining numbers of coronavirus cases, all elementary, middle and high schools will be allowed to reopen on september 22nd without the waivers. The pandemic forced movie theaters to shut down but some are reopening including three in california. The chain has more than 500 theaters across the country and 12 cities in california. The three theaters reopening in Northern California are located in el dorado and 12 me counties. These theaters, this is the first time theyve been open to visitors and more than five and a half months. I have concerns, obviously. Everyone is wearing masks, ive got mine. I want to risk it but at the same time, im not sure. But i want to see the movie. The Safety Measures in place require guests to wear masks. The theater has a cut capacity by 50 . At least two empty seats are required between groups and group size is limited to members of your own household. Coming up on ktvu news at 6 30. A look at charges recently filed against San Leandro Pol

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