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liz, an absolutely amazing, remarkable and historic day. historic, there is no other word for it. we did hear from many of our local lawmakers on the house floor. democrats all voted yes, for the most part. republicans all voted no. but we did get harsh words from kevin mccarthy from bakersfield, and one congressman from the central valley did break away from his party and vote yes. which the sound of a gavel, house speaker nancy pelosi made it official. for the first time in u.s. history, a president impeached for a second time. pelosi once again leading the charge. earlier this morning, she made her case against president trump on the house floor. we know the president of the united states incyited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our common country. he must go. he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. reporter: as expected, every democratic representative from california voted yes on impeachment. this heinous act of dome ....
it would be tragic to that kind of landmark. it a popular bar now. reporter: not only is twin peaks iconic but the first lgbtq bar in the country to have something unique, windows. back then the windows were revolutionary. at that time it was risky because if you were seen in a gay bar, you could lose your job. reporter: in an effort to save the bar, owners started this go fund me page to cover expenses and the community responded big time. so far donating more than $55,000 and growing. because we are an institution that people don t want to see us go away, and i just thank every one of them from the bottom of all of our hearts. reporter: the senator says twin peaks is part of history. the lgbtq community, the bars are part of our culture. it part of our dna and we need to make sure they survive. reporter: twin peaks owners hope donations will be enough to get them through until the day they are allowed to reopen their doors and welcome customers back. c ....
you can t get through. the regular customer service line 8:00 to noon, forget it. reporter: michael hurley has been waiting since june. no faith in the system, none at all. reporter: the e.d.d. blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. i think i m now in another reporter: kim was told to wait eight weeks. i was upset. because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity? i sent why eight weeks? reporter: the e.d.d. required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. but the governor s task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. during a two-week reset, the e.d.d. will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesn t address the old ones. good ....
and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. sonoma county bracing for big crowds this weekend. amid a spike of coronavirus cases. how families are celebrating small here in the east bay. getting a group together for july 4th, while you may be tempted health experts suggest you resist. building a better bay area, this is abc7 news. we are facing a very different fourth of july this year. coronavirus cases are surging and hospitalizations are on the rise. bay area residents who hoped for return to normal will instead find beaches closed, wos, the officials are outdoor hoping all of us will just stay safe and stay at home. tonight, marin county was added to california s watch list after an increase in transmission rates and hospitalizations. many of them are from the outbreak at san quinton prison. and also added to the states list, montrae and san diego counties. firefighters in san francisco have already been bus ....
fireworks explosion, this evening. the san francisco fire drain pipe, it blew ice larger three windows out of the house, no injuries. 15 especially were displaced by fire in san francisco s mission district that may have been started by fireworks. two buildings burned and no one hurt. bu warning. san francisco, fireworks are illegal for a reason. we could lose entire communities by fireworks. in the east bay, contra costa fire crews are busy as well. fireworks are blamed for a grass fire off of highway 4 and also they are fighting a barn fire. the cause of the fires is under sth up a hill side in san jose. it started at about 7:00. that is near the happy hollow zoo. you can see the flames burning the grass there. it took san jose firefighters a little more than an hour and a half to get it under control. the lack of legal fireworks venues and an increase in illegal fireworks has firefighters, police and residents on alert. from the peninsula, to the oakland hill ....