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After reopening many have been told they need to keep customers out once again. Good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us on kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight, new details about what San Francisco Public Schools will look like in the fall. The San Francisco Unified School District recommended beginning the school year with Distance Learning. Kron fours taylor sackey live for us now from the School District headquarters with the very latest taylor. You can while the plan is to start the school year with Distance Learning the School Board Hopes to eventually face students back into the classrooms once its safe to do so the school board says that this is probably the best option after reviewing the latest science and data and also holding many town Hall Meetings with the community. San Francisco Unified School District is moving forward with starting the school year at home and the district zoom meeting on tuesday. Superintendent Vincent Matthews recommended schools begin on august 17th with Distance Learning. The plan is to eventually move towards a phased in return starting midoctober at the earliest the earliest it would be a big south. So i dont want people to get the tazer turn starts 2 weeks history. We said we that we think we should limited in person. School for small groups and we will want to 28. We will come back to what that looks like and then we will we really believes that there should be a gradual high return what science and data suggest safe to do so the Distance Learning recommendation comes after many town halls with Staff Students and parents assessing the current behavior of the pandemic in San Francisco, the school board also took many constraints into consideration like social distancing requirements, the word to bring students back clearly we would not be able to do that so we we basically need another half of district. But for the nearly 54,000 students across 133 schools in the district distancelearning wont be easy some of the concerns are centered around consistency and instructions for Students Learning at different paces. Other big challenges include access and connectivity for all students we need to make sure that theres access to that technology and connectivity for families and staff well it seems most parents and staff on the call were on board with Distance Learning in the fall i also am unsure about them being contagious or not i dont have enough information so i i dont support returning. Baptist others voiced opposition warning students to return to their classrooms. More details on the fall plan and a full report will go to the board at its next meeting on july 28 for now live in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you well as covid19 spreads in california both hospitalizations and icu admissions are up the latest numbers show 6 to 700 people hospitalized with the virus right now of those almost 900 have been admitted to the icu kron fours dan kerman reports on how hospitals are prepared for. More surges. Ucsf Medical Center they have 29 covid19 patients, the highest number yet since the pandemic began and 15 or in the icu with 8 on ventilators thats a curb or General Hospital hospitalizations are also increasing with just over a quarter of all i see you in acute care beds still available. John muir health is also seeing an uptick in covid hospitalizations but still has capacity for covid19 patients are prepared for the worst understand what well see is probably not the and try to find that balance of power and what we need without having to learn that what we can offer to issues of it are doctor nick mica says medical director of clinical operations, the John Muir Health. He says while planning early in the pandemic focused on icu capacity thats changed to some degree. Were seeing a more widespread. Im Community Spread of the virus and thats going to impact a wider number of a wide variety of people so i think that although we are prepared with the icu capacity that we could need. I think were seeing and i think theres just things well, but there are a lot of that search will not buy this issues as well as were seeing different demographics percent the other thing thats changed is just what kinds of illnesses the hospital will treat. Initially it was shut everything down and so it was clearly on this one back but micah says that single focus on covid19 left a lot of people with other urgent needs not getting the care they needed he says Going Forward serge are no surge will be focusing on a more balanced approach i think any of us want to get back to the base for people are sitting at home with just paying the freight to leave their houses because they dont want to in the hospital we need to be able to see people in the same John Muir Health says theyre also in good shape when it comes to supplies like gowns and masks they say theyve been. Building up their supply since the Ebola Outbreak in their continuing to do so in preparation for what could come this fall or winter. Dan kerman kron 4 news. In the south a rise in coronavirus cases have force hair salons gyms malls and other businesses in Santa Clara County to close their doors just days after they were allowed to reopen. Tonight those Business Owners say theyre upset and they want answers. So we went from joy to devastation which is extremely heartbreaking getting mixed messages. Both by the state and county level officials and our state Board Regulations of what we can and cannot do. Low racial kwan whose nirvana of the to concepts salon in los gatos was forced to close to customers worries the new order will lead to workers breaking the law she started a petition to keep salons open tonight, it has more than 40,000 signatures. Gyms hair and nail salons tattoo shops barber shops and shopping malls, well be forced to close at midnight happening right now the Berkeley City Council is discussing whether or not to remove Police Officers from enforcing traffic stops the proposal would create a new department of transportation that would handle incidents, including broken tail lights and parking tickets. City leaders behind the change say that they are trying to prevent minor traffic violations escalating into more serious encounters if the plan is approved berkeley would become the first city in the nation to make this change happening now city leaders are learning the results of a Study Commission on the Police Departments use of force. The 70 page report outlines 45 recommendations for the department including a stricter use of body cameras creating a family liaison for victims families during officer involved shootings and releasing Video Evidence as quickly as possible. The study found many of the departments problems trace back to boyles bankruptcy back in 2008. The findings come on the heels of a deadly shooting involving Sean Monterrosa lawyers for monterrosa responded to the findings. The commissioning of people to investigate force. But we just had received use of force in the way they handled that is pretty telling in regards what the status quo is continues to be before that he really doesnt get to the core problems that a lot of off or because solutions for the historic problems we have here. Kron 4 did reach out to the Police Officers association for comment but so far we have not heard back. The California Department of justice is also doing a comprehensive review of the departments use of deadly force policies. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall is listening to that meeting right now and hell have details including new developments in the case of Sean Monterrosa thats coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 9. 10 and. Kron fours hosting a live town hall tomorrow with Police Chiefs from across the bay area thats tomorrow night at 9 oclock here on kron 4. Well lets take a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge way you can see the sea that hours that you can definitely see all that fog in the background. It was a cooler day and night lets check in with our chief meteorologist about whats ahead lauren yeah that marine layer that good ol fog is rolling back into the bay area down there you go you see the fog beginning to stretch inside the bay, the sea breeze blowing the flag. Yes certainly going to see more fog and spreading further on shore tonight and in some of the valleys to today, not a bad day these temperatures right the average at 67 degrees in San Francisco, 76, nice warm day in oakland 83 in san jose 87 degrees one of the warmer spots in livermore 86 in concord and 81 degrees in santa rosa. But look at the clouds now swirling along the coastline and now moving inside the bay more of that to come overnight tonight likely stretch all the way into some of the delta decency breeze out there right now and the marine layer is deepening somewhat 60 mile an hour winds through benicia 24 into fairfield 20 mile an hour wind out of the southwest in the napa valley so fairly significant sea breeze now tomorrow morning. Were waking up some patchy fog temperatures in the 50s the 60s by noon becoming mostly sunny. Well still see some lingering clouds near the coastline and mainly 50s and 60s there 70s inside the bay and 80s inland. Then by the afternoon still a chance. We could see a couple low 90s, the warm spot. So that will be well inland the temperatures near the coastline and easily be about 30 degrees cooler up toward the beaches and right in the middle 70s 80s around the bay. Thank you lawrence coming up tonight at 8 a potential breakthrough in the fight against covid19 has researchers report promising early results from an experimental vaccine purses california hits pause on reopening Contra Costa County is extending help to renters the protections so will last through the year and next the shootings are up more than 30 this year in oakland by some officials are linking in the east bay Oakland Police are seeing a troubling spike in crime assault with a firearm are up more than 30 this year. You can see where Shotspotter Technology has pinpointed the Gunfire Police say this year the system has been activated more than 2600 time kron fours has it but talked with a pair of open city leaders who make a connection between the rise in gun violence and the coronavirus a covid19 connection to the city of oakland experiencing a 34 increase in the violence who says shooting some activities something nice though was still riley. And oakland city councilmember noel dial says he sees a direct link to the rise in shootings in east oakland, and the state of california releasing inmates from jail due to covid19 release from prison. Coming to and they dont have a job a place to live and so we turn to the next thing we used to do growing up even i might be a family to support his speech. It was ok to you know protect us open different ways. What is happening. You have a little bit of the perfect storm here most as but is is the chief of oaklands department of violence prevention. He talks about the impact covid19 is having on his staffs ability to implement their community lived strategies to prevent violent crime. War depends on Community Relationships its committed by our ability to keeping contact with the Community Influencers sleeping well got from our perspective has been disrupted. Were still in the middle of one of the worst and we have. Ive been through has it menu kron 4 news. Developing details tonight on the medical trial for a coronavirus vaccine. Researchers with the Biotech Company moderna had some good news. They say the phase one trials of their covid19 vaccine triggered an immune response and all of the volunteers who received it on top of that the levels of antibodies in the volunteers were similar to the patients who naturally recovered from covid19 all the 45 page of volunteers had only mild side effects another good thing, including 40 chills and muscle pain now the next step will get underway later this month after that regulators will review the results and decide whether or not to approve it. Covid19 cases are rising in california and the demand for testing is as well. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how state Health Leaders plan to expand and improve testing. California health and Human Services secretary doctor mark kelly announced the state is now averaging more than 105,000 covid19 tests today but still a lot more work to do testing in california is a vital piece of our response not only to focus on. Taking care of patients who present with symptoms in our care Delivery System but also to understand the patterns of transmission state Health Leaders tuesday rolled out new guidelines prioritizing who gets tested and when also guiding labs on which specimens to process first the priorities are split into tears with hospitalized covid19 symptom patients first and those with known exposure to the virus followed by those with covid symptoms or those working in congregate care facilities like hospitals, Nursing Homes and prisons then those who work in other Industries Like retail manufacturing Food Service Transportation and education to try to meet the high demand of the state is aiming to expand testing to the offices of Health Care Providers across california, this will allow vulnerable populations to be able to obtain appointments at the state Testing Facilities state leaders also announced new cochairs of the states covid19 Testing Task Force including Gilbert Chavez of the States Center for Infectious Diseases and the Senior Vice President of Kaiser Health Plan Foundation the shot us you care so a cornerstone of our work. Going forward must be ensuring that testing is available testing is affordable testing is equitable and as reliable for californians in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. A spike in the need for testing Means Health Care workers need more protective gear since the pandemic started the Governors Office of Emergency Service ses has partnered with agencies across the state to ship out millions of n 95 masks, heres a breakdown of just how many masks have been distributed across the bay area. Santa clara county has received the most mass more than 6 million 3 other counties have also received more than a million masks, San Francisco with one 0. 5 million. Alameda with more than 1. 4 million in contra costa with more than 1. 3 million sonoma marin and solano and napa counties combined received more than 1. 6 million n 95 masks to the east bay Contra Costa County is extending its Eviction Moratorium and rent freeze county supervisor, john goya tweeted out that decision today he says in order to protect tennis. The county will extend the Eviction Moratorium and will freeze rent prices through september 30th plus the ban on late fees and the grace period to pay past due rent will now last through january 31st of 2021. The county will discuss further extensions in mid september and starting tomorrow police in sam, a tale will resume in forcing parking in the city payments will be required at all parking meters and downtown garages street cleaning enforcement also resumes wednesday police are reminding drivers about parking in areas with the residential parking permits they say make sure your apartment is current or that you have a visitor tag if you park on the street for longer than the posted time limit. The sun valley mall in concord is offering Curbside Service for customers them all must close again after the governors announcement yesterday shutting down many indoor businesses across the state. You can find more information on the malls website explains the process which stores are participating and where you can pick up your items. Now our 4 zone forecast with a live picture of a place not a lot of people are going to these days but at least we can look at sfo look at that fog bank in the background there are chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow standing by not only cooler but also breezy, yeah that Summer Breeze blowing around the bay area bringing that fog into the bay look at this from the berkeley hills, the clouds now bouncing up. I guess part the Oakland Hills well going to continue to see the fog fill in overnight tonight and as it does there we go were going to see that fog. All the way to the interior valleys enrolling inland even to the delta going to see that happening right now its a little swirl in the atmosphere thats a little any circulation out there right now continuing off the coastline, but the winds. Theyll continue to blow through the evening and then overnight tonight, those winds begin to subside a little bit just a gentle breeze tomorrow morning. Then again in the you know the pattern we start to see temperatures warm up the central valley. All that cool air comes in from the ocean you get the breeze whats going again toward the afternoon numbers, 60 degrees right now in san jose to 68 also in livermore 56 in foggy in pacifica 59 with fog now in the San Francisco, 71 still nice and conquered 75 in pittsburgh, 75 also insane lena and 75 degrees in cloverdale High Pressure trying to nudge its way in here ever so slowly, but really no major change in the weather pattern kind of interesting as we get into thursday. Theres going to be a weak area of low pressure to develop south off the coastline. That may be just enough to bring a little subtropical moisture into our skies to bring some partly cloudy skies and thursday right now its all about the fog and low clouds just how far as going to move on shore looks like its going to push all the way into the bay by tomorrow morning got some cloudy skies by the afternoon, plenty of sunshine except along the coastline, 50s 60s. The beaches war sallys 80s, maybe some low 90s. And whats going on to maybe made still ahead at 8 a Police Officer multitasking trying to calm down a panicked parents while performing lifesaving treatment on her infant and it was all caught on cam plus while Governor Newsom ordered zoos across the state to close the oakland zoo needs visitors back in order to stay in busines you know were looking at and down the barrel of another. For months to take it climbing reserves and now and then its so we have a lot of people who are at stake mabel and of course we have the animals. The oakland zoo is now one step closer to possibly reopening despite the governors new us order to keep it shut down the Alameda County board of supervisors voted today in favor of a variance for the zoo now the next step if it is approved by the state the variance would grant the zoo special permission to reopen as kron fours michelle kingston reports reopening the zoo also means keeping it alive. We have no intention or anybody does it get sick with the oakland zoo could be back open to the public in less than 2 weeks on tuesday, the Alameda County board of supervisors voted in support of the variants at a station that will be submitted to the state if the state approves it can welcome visitors again for the First Time Since march now on radar. When we are open and we dont get any support from the federal government county government or city government. All we have are reserves for sunday with built up an emergency reserves that is kind of kept us alive, but thats whats running now zoo Officials Say it costs about one 0. 2 Million Dollars a month to operate the zoo and theyre down to their last 3 Million Dollars in reserve funds theyve also received donations from the public like the more than 180,000 raised by 6 yearold and hes a large to help keep the zoo open we rolled in with you know with restrictions, no indoor exhibits will be open at the zoo masks will be required and there will be hand sanitizing stations throughout the park, the zoo expects to hear from the state within the next 2 weeks theyre optimistic they will be able to reopen by the end of the month in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news meantime, the San Francisco zoo got clearance from the state to be open last week it was reclassified as an Outdoor Museum and yesterday was the first time guests with reservations were able to enter since march. Everybody is required to wear a face mask and capacity is limited to 50 all indoor spaces however remain closed. The National Student studying in the United States remain here for now because the Trump Administration reversed a policy to put them back to their home countries the classes in the fall would be online only were going to hear from an immigration turning on them. Open everything now. Is that a strategy for success. The Presumptive Democratic president ial candidate, joe biden delivering a strong pandemic message to the president before unveiling his economic plan for success and President Trump that holding back on biden but that was not the only thing on his agenda as he also announced executive Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee, joe biden taking his Campaign Tour to his home state of delaware today, the former Vice President released a 2 trillion dollar plan aimed at combating Climate Change and spurring Economic Growth in part by overhauling Americas Energy industry. It is the latest example of binds efforts to appeal to progressives as he bills out a legislative agenda. He also took aim at President Trump who he says is downplaying the covid19 pandemic in an attempt to boost the economy. Were still a country in crisis. The pandemic is affected more than 3 million americans. It is cost more than a 135,000 lives in climbing. And the shows no signs of slowing down. Mister president. Open everything now. Is that a strategy for success is barely us locate. Quit pushing the false choice. Between protecting our health. Protecting our economy. All it does is in danger or recovery on both fronts. President trump blasted back at biden today it happened as the president also announced a new bill an executive order that hold china accountable for actions against hong kong kron fours terisa stasio has more. This law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible. The individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom. President trump announcing a bill and executive order that he says will hold china accountable for actions against the people of hong kong. He also dove into taking a swing at china saying his administration places the blame on china for the coronavirus. And make no mistake we hold china fully responsible for concealing the virus. And unleashing in upon the world and you could have stopped it they should have stopped it. Would have been very easy to do at the source when it happened mister trump then took a swipe at joe biden. Calling his views. The radical left saying that mister biden as a politician help china over the years take advantage of the u. S. In contrast, joe bidens entire career has been a gift. To the Chinese Communist party and to the calamity. Of error is that theyve made they made so many errors and he didnt do any of the things but now he says hes going to be the president as president hes going to do all the things that he didnt do. The president s comments followed an appearance by mister biden who announced his Clean Energy Plan for the country in a speech today in delaware, calling it part of his platform to build back a better america. I am. Im here today talk about infrastructure in jobs, our Clean Energy Future but i have to start by speaking about what millions americans know when they wake up every morning with worry anxiety and fear. Were still a country in crisis and mister biden also took a jab at mister trump. Mister president please listen. To your Public Health experts. Instead of denigrating the. Do your job mister president. Because if we can. With the Public Health crisis. We cant deal with the economic crisis, theresa stasi to kron 4 news. InterNational Students will no longer have to leave the country if all their classes are moved online because of fears of contracting the coronavirus. Thats because today the Trump Administration rescinded a policy that would have done that kron fours also the monae and talked with an immigration attorney about the latest move. Shes now live in our newsroom with details l a. Its a complete reversal of the proposed policy which Immigration Attorneys say is a rare move by the the administration it might have been because of mounting backlash and pressure from Harvard University as well as mit who together launched a lawsuit in response plus they were backed by 60 other colleges, 17 attorneys general along with bay area based tech giants like amazon facebook and twitter within minutes of the Court Proceeding the government ended up coming out and telling the judge that they are pulling back on the plan. So that means that students who are here from Foreign Countries can remain here while they take their Classes Online or in person in the fall, Immigration Attorneys said that this would have been very messy for the 1 Million Students who already live here. They rent apartments, they buy cars. You know some of them have parttime jobs. Its really easy to say well just you know just do everything online or just go home but were dealing with peoples lives in there is just so much confusion about that and how do you break the lease if you didnt have to leave United States quickly that had you know major financial repercussions, so yeah weve seen it across the board, you know both emotionally mentally economically been a very hard time for interNational Student. So it may be off the plate for now, but she went on to say that the Trump Administration could try again by modifying the policy to just focus on incoming students who are still abroad live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news ellen. Thank you. Cases of the coronavirus continue to increase across the u. S. , but the state seeing the most cases right now is florida. There are thousands of people currently hospitalized across the Sunshine State and dozens of Florida Hospital say they have reached icu capacity Camila Bernal reports. A number of states now pausing or rolling back reopening plans as covid19 cases increase is are crazy times and you never think its going to happen to you Heather Valentine is a 24 yearold icu nurse in houston she tested positive after caring for coronavirus patients. You just have to take all the precautions, everybody no matter how young old you are Health Experts continue to point to the virus for a better timeline of when to reopen specifically schools. We get the virus under better control clearly kids can get back into School Safely but it doesnt appear the virus is under control in many states including texas california and florida now the nations at the Center People are respecting this virus, especially younger people going out there having parties there. Theyre not exercising social distancing. And of course they have family members who are older in louisiana tuesday, a more positive view from Vice President mike pence we not only slow the spread but we bent the curve. And were going to do it again. And to do so says valentine everyone must do their part take every precaution wear a mask dont go out if you dont have to its not worth it. Im Camila Bernal reporting. Now our 4 zone forecast with a live view of the bay bridge in the city know that that is the bay bridge toll plaza to get on to the bridge close enough and can look at all those clouds hanging over the east bay, it must be pretty chilly over there, lets check in with lawrence n look ahead to the rest of the week yeah covered with fog now theres going to morph all the way to stretch well on shore tonight as that deck of clouds really going to push inland tomorrow in the San Francisco grab a jacket of the sunset about 60 degrees with some patchy fog 61. In pacific about 62 in Half Moon Bay inside the bay of find some warm sunshine by the middle of the day 70 degrees in millbrae 73 in foster city 80 in redwood city, the south bay filled with 80s by tomorrow afternoon. And still so much warmer temperatures may be on the hot side as you make your way into pleasant about 90 degrees, 91 in livermore about 80 former og 86 in walnut creek 70 degrees in berkeley 77 him but he should do expect that delta breeze to blow once again into the afternoon. The fog along the coast like keeping a much cooler temperatures there as much as 30 degrees cooler up toward the beaches and the 50s and stenson next couple days, couple clouds on the way some some tropical moisture may be moving in on thursday temperatures going down right through the weekend. Thank you laura. Still ahead in a indications of improvement by the navy believes it is making progress in efforts to save a burning ship off the coast of san diego. Help off the hardwood how a Basketball Hall of famers earning legendary status in the eyes of a florida family plus for some coronavirus complications last well beyond the time of the initial symptoms wearing off what were learning to every day were learning more about the coronavirus and its effect on our body tonight were hearing from those who have been battling the virus and feeling the affects 4 months Mandy Gaither reports. March is when i became ill nationally and the symptoms were. As like a searing hot pain throughout my chest my lungs and it like kind of a heavy feeling up on my chest thats more than 3 months of symptoms after she was diagnosed with coronavirus and shes not alone. According to Johns Hopkins university while those with more mild cases of coronavirus will feel better within one to 2 weeks for more severe cases it could take 6 weeks or more. I am asthmatic so i that does render me higher s i am 32 years old so one would think that would have been able to kick the virus at this point by now experts say theyre learning that this Lasting Impact and other Health Problems are trademarks of the virus for some patients, the problem with coronavirus even once the virus is fun. It has created a lot of damage so people can end up with. Additional of pneumonia is bacterial pneumonia strip staff and so on as a consequence of the damage has been done to their longs for todays health minute. Im Mandy Gaither. Next and a race to the rescue new video showing an officer responding quickly when a 3 weekold baby stops breathing. And after the break jason dumas takes us inside the nba motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. And in fenton michigan is alive, thanks to a Police Officers quick action after the child stopped breathing the incredible save was all caught on camera ross jones has the story. Whats going on that maybe 1045 thursday night Sterling Heights Police Responded to a call of a 3 weekold baby that wasnt breathing officer cameron met, yes, key arrived at the home they say the panic family members stood outside the baby was making no noise the bees looks it turned purple on the face was blue clearly not getting any year the officer immediately knew something was wrong with the baby officer match yassky helder took her vital signs and quickly turned her over using back thrusts to clear her airway haha. And everyones you easement the baby made it a and the mother you know actually collapsed to the ground after that in. And just so proud of our officers and what he did feel have a lot of times what we do doesnt make the news and in this you know it saved a life. Now as ross jones reporting the police chief also says his officers did a great job calming down the instance infants family. Before the baby was taken to the hospital to be checked out. A Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is in the hospital tonight and being treated for a possible infection that is the latest from a Court Spokesperson who says the 87 yearold was taken to a hospital in washington dc last night fever and chills. She was transferred to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in baltimore for a procedure to clean out a bile duct stent which was put in last august that happened when she was being treated for pancreatic cancer. Justice Bader Ginsburg has reportedly resting well but well stay in the hospital for a few days in order to get antibiotics. The fight to save a bernie navy warship docked in san diego is in its 3rd day and the crews are making progress. The navy says much less smoke is coming from the u. S. As rush are today the ship caught fire on sunday as it was undergoing maintenance hundreds of sailors as well as outside Fire Agencies and Navy Helicopters are all pouring water on the ship. The coast guard has hired a cleanup crew just in case the million gallons of oil on board the ship starts to spill. Google is lending a helping hand to unemployed workers amid the pandemic the Search Engine says it plans to fund a 100,000 need based careers certification scholarships. Google Senior Vice President of Global Affairs says a certificate sarin Data Analytics User Experience design and project management no College Degrees are Prior Experience are needed. And google says it considers their certificates a fouryear degree programs take roughly 6 months to finish. The nfl has unveiled a new prototype mouth shield it is designed to reduce the spread of covid19 among the players, the shield is placed behind the face mask, it has offset vents and a filter lined up directly in front of them out concept art shows held a shield when combined with a visor can cover the entire face. Players are set to Start Testing this next week or this week. Meanwhile, the league and the Players Union are still finalizing health and safety protocols for the upcoming season. One fan has beaten the washington nfl franchise to the punch when it comes to picking the teams new name 61 yearold Philip Mccauley has already trademarked at least 6 potential names, including the pig skins monuments redtails veterans red wolves and lawyers mccauley says he is not in it for the money he says he offered the team, those names for free earlier this month, but he has not heard back on monday. The franchise drop the names redskins which has been criticized as offensive to native americans mccauley says his favorite new name is the washington pandas but that choice is considered far fetched all right take a look at this Shaquille Oneal caught on dash cam video. Being a Good Samaritan the basketball legend was assisting a family in florida after they had a tire blowout on a highway. The hall of famer stayed with the family until death 2 deputies showed up. And then shaq was seen fist pumping the deputies before driving off more proof that Shaquille Oneal is a really good guy. Time now for schools. Jacks a good guy hes a big guy to i wonder what he would think of this nba bubble, were just 16 days away from the Opening Night of the nbas resumed season as of now there are 22 teams in the bubble. They are all in varying stages of practicing and quarantining as they prep for that july 30th opener and the stories out of orlando. Theyve been as crazy as the current state of our society Richaun Holmes of the kings accidentally left the bubble to pick up delivery food. Which forced him to have to quarantine for 10 additional days. Jimmy butler had security called on him for dribbling the basketball in his hotel room all night while he was quarantining weve seen pictures of the food, the video game room the dj booth. The nba bubble is one of the most fascinating stories in sports right now its a lifestyle that will require some adapting but retired nba vet in current inside the nba commentator. Kenny the jet smith believe it will all work out in the end. Theyre really cautious. But at the same time optimistic over him at you know. Things could go well because it also could be a c planted on how we can all start functioning a little bit. You know in in in pushing together in larger groups. So its a lot at stake right now. So cautiously optimistic. Now the players arent the only ones in the bubble of dozens of members of the media have flown down to orlando to cover the event and they are subject to pretty much the same quarantining roles as the players reporters will be quarantined for a week before they can leave the bubble. In addition to several other safety protocols mark spear senior nba writer for espn, the undefeated i believe the atmosphere is safer inside the bubble them that i think in america. All right were getting covid tested every day. You know a thermometer every day checking our temperature were not accident a check. Were getting the band for a finger like a almost a wedding band that. Well i checked different things. In our bodies. We got like 20 masks that obviously i can use right now, but light. So many mass that i could just get used to mask it every day just get a wast hey hes been cut down, lets head down to another pro basketball bubble. Columbus ohio site of the basketball tournament. Winner takes home 1 Million Dollars was jump straight to the elam, ending first team to 78 point winds. Marcus keene put his side like answer squad up 73 to 72. But heres the dagger this is the most excitement ive seen on a Basketball Court in the last 3 and a half months. Travis diener of the golden eagle hits a tray to win 1 Million Dollars or his team. Thats the same guy who led marquette to the final 4 years ago with wayne weight, the Golden Eagles windy basketball tournament. And they are all a Million Dollars richer that paying it forward one social media challenge at a time. One man in ohio decided he wanted to do something nice for a stranger, so he asked his family and friends to help him raise some money that ended up being a big surprise for more people than he planned for eyre and mueller shows us more. Between the hustle and bustle of serving hungry customers at commune in Virginia Beach youll find smallpox of beauty that beauty took on new form on friday when damp you walked through the doors i wanted to spread some love and positivity during the trip the ohio native was scrolling through social media when he came across the venmo challenge you ask your social media followers, your friends or family or business is or anybody and you say hey if you want to donate through venmo challenge and then you donate and then you surprise a Food Service Worker with a tip so he posted this so so were going to Virginia Beach for vacation this week and we want to surprise a Food Service Worker with a huge tip after putting the challenge out there the internet got to work he racked up hundreds of dollars in just a few days and then on friday after being helped by aubrey saker bake this happens. And yet like a lot of cash inside like and i honestly didnt know what was happening at it now hear him and see if i would take it or not it was no experiment isis has been clouded by so much negativity despite everything going on recently and that like little glimmer of tightness that ive received yesterday was enough to just remind me that like. There is still good people in there so that people in this world that we need more of that even better the other servers got a piece of the pie we ought to chair, so it kind of puts all of us living a life that was going to be casey there so its really off they had the means and they decided to help. And thats all that anybody can ask for right now is its not about me. Its its not about the money its about the message of spreading positivity and love. 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