All 50s, 55 degrees to 59 degrees. Temperatures are on the high side. They are below average. A ton of record highs were said on the stand 2006. Data send airport. You are rocking and rolling. And lynn, forecast denies today, lets get over to sell. 580, anywhere else . All right, we have traffic that is getting there. It is not stop and go. We have more cowers than we did an hour ago. No issues here, if youre driving on interstate 880. Right now, the earlier issues that we had have been cleared up. It is 6 01 am. Lets get back to the headlines. The city Council Called for additional cuts to the police department. Alyssa harrington is joined now to talk about the vote that would have got millions from the force. Good morning. Good morning, it is libby shaft the cast the vote. She voted no on the cuts. She said that response times during the emergency many residents demand cuts, there are nationwide calls following the in custody death of george floyd and minneapolis. 100 speakers reported the cuts during last nights Public Comment. The city of oakland took 14 million from the police budget. Councilmembers Nikki Fortunato criticize the number, saying cuts should be deeper. The Council President proposed an announcement, and another 11 million to be taken from the police, with resources shifting to other community needs. The proposal had also called for a reduction in overtime. A freeze on positions and a moratorium on arrest for nonviolent bicyclist and pedestrian stops. The council is deadlocked on an alternate proposal that would have slashed another 2. 75 million. The money would have been used for a violent prevention and cleanup and homeless encampments. It was the mayor libby shaft who voted no on the deciding vote. Reporting live, alyssa harrington, mornings on fox 2. Thank you. The oakland mayor, libby shaft says she will not let vandalism to her house stop her from supporting Police Reforms and programs that she believes in. Yesterday morning, they scrawled messages on her garage door, driveway and retaining wall. The messages had included wake up libby. Blood on your hands. They also had defined to the pd. They set off fireworks. The mayoral candidate said that she does not know the specifics of the vandalism and explains why activists are angry at the mayor. She repeatedly sits on the other end of the fence, from the people and her response to the crisis and the city of oakland is tone deaf. Police have not named any suspects, but an Anonymous Group went online and claimed responsibility. The post outlined why the mayor was targeted, and warned other politicians that do this is just the beginning. Shot, chicagos mayor wants the public to track down the shooter. Witnesses say it was a war zone. Police found 60 shell casings. Investigators say that someone in a car started shooting at someone in a funeral who was killed last week. People at the funeral had fired back at the car, before it sped away. Later, the mayor had tweeted we cannot give shelter to killers. In portland oregon, another clash overnight between protesters and federal officers. The 54th straight night of protests demanding social justice. A group of mothers dressed in yellow had created a wall, separating the police and the young protesters. The Defense Department was raising questions about having federal agents in camouflage patrolling u. S. Streets like troops and a war zone. We want a system where people can tell the difference. It is literally the federal government making it much worse. Mares and cities like new york and chicago and portland say they dont want federal officers there. The attorney general is suing the Trump Administration, saying protesters are detained without probable cause. Launching a new homeless plan that houses an estimated 6000 people over the next two years. Among other services, the homelessness Recovery Plan encourages people to move into new centers. It will be funded by philanthropic centers and money from the citys coffers. Lawmakers and oakland are extending the citys moratorium on rosing housing moratoriums, he will be in place until the council lifts the state of emergency order. Yesterdays decision by the Oakland Council follows a similar decision by Alameda County leaders. The county board of supervisors had voted to extend their own moratorium until september 30. They make it illegal for landlords to evict tenants for nonpayment of rent. And oakland, Community Activists battle over a tennis court near lake merritt. The plaza court became a homeless camp when the shelter in place order began in march. Neighbors say that setting a porta potty using handwashing stations has only attracted more homeless to the area. People who grew up playing tennis on the courts are hoping to find alternate sites for the homeless. The people that live here should be able to use the park. I dont want to be there. I dont choose to be there. Is no place i would like to stay. A city council aide says the site is not sanctioned by oakland, but they work to find a new home for the homeless and revitalize the Tennis Courts so that they can be used again by the public. Californias chief Health Officer predicts that there will be a drop in the number of covid19 cases. The health and Human Services says reimposing restrictions will slow down the virus and let the economy recover. He also says that it will help Contact Tracing be more accurate over a wide area. They also warned that there is a possibility of what the governor calls a pandemic in some parts of the state. This is to avoid the ongoing increases with positivity rate. The deaths that we have seen over the past few cases. The doctor says the state is preparing what he calls a playbook for essential businesses to help reduce the spread of covid19 and the workplace. There are more than 409,000 confirmed cases of covid19 across california. 8536 more cases, a slider lower number than the average. 133 people died in california in the past day, higher than the 14 day average of 95. 7900 people have died in california since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. Changing gears, the oakland as played last night. Teams are ready to begin their baseball season. The preseason game at the bay bridge series is played and San Franciscos oracle park. No fans at all there. History was made right here, by the assistant coach, becoming the first female to coach the field during a major league came as he went in as a first base coach. Tomorrow night, the giants start theiseason playing the the National Football league has canceled preseason games after the nfl offered a chance to plano preseason games because of the pandemic. The nfl network had said that players and the nfl had agreed on players who opt out of the season. After negotiations, they look to reduce preseason rosters down from 90 to 80 players. All right, lets check in with steve paulson. I wanted to say it was exciting to see a woman on the baseball field coaching. That is a great big deal. A very big deal. Yeah. Pam, you are not excited about the wind . Yeah. Very windy. It makes me a little concerned about fire danger and everything. That is true. Humidity is high. We are not expecting high temperatures. Wind kicking out is cause for concern. We have a low moving in. That is the cause of these wind events. We have been answering a lot of emails. Why is it so windy . It is because of the lows. We have cool temperatures, but this time of year, all they do is increase low clouds and crank up wind. Also, monsoon cloud cover continues to fire up. Mainly on the east side, close enough to tahoe, northeast california, the wind of change. It has been during for some. Sevastopol is been around 100 degrees. 50s and 60s with your temperatures. Everyone is close. Usually it is warmer this time of year. The low that is moving around the Santa Cruz Mountains is going to join together, with the low to the north, and that is going to give us pressure along the west coast and give us a mild pattern and lend. We have a muggy humid feel. 60s and 70s and low 80s. It will be cooler than this. 11 northerly breeze, temperatures are near average. United states ordered china to close the consulate in houston, texas, how china is expected to retaliate, as tensions escalate between the two countries. 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He will be asked to keep a physical distance. Teegarden will be open wednesday through sunday, from 9 00 to 5 45 p. M. You are encouraged to buy your ticket in advance online. Today, trustees at the California State University system are going to vote on ethnic studies for graduation requirements. This comes as the legislature is on the verge of passing a bill with their own defined rules for ethnic studies and wake of racial injustice. Some csu trustees say that lawmakers should not be stepping in. If approved, the ethnic study requirement would be the first change to the schools general education curriculum and 40 years. Parents file a federal lawsuit claiming that california takes away their constitutional right to in person Governor Newsom had decided they would have to start the school year with remote learning, and they will not reopen the classrooms until they have been off the list for two weeks. Parent should have the choice on whether or not to take a Reasonable Risk or send their children to school. A we will defend the challenge to the exercise of authority, as we have all others. We note that federal court will rule on challenges, and rule that the exercise of authority is lawful. Where month month away from major challenges at the Light Rail Service is being brought back august 22. The trains will not go underground. Service downtown stations. The k and l lines will also combine into one route. Changes include more transfer social distancing. They also improve or bring back service to more than two dozen bus lines. Speaking of the bus lines, lets check in with sal on traffic. I know that you have been keeping an eye on the toll plaza at the bay bridge. What else is going on, sal . The toll plaza is something that we keep an eye on. Pam and david, i used to go to school by myself when i was 12 years old. What a big man i felt like. Okay. Good morning everyone. Lets take a look at the toll plaza. There is a little bit of slowing. It should be completely filled in, if today is a normal day, we dont have anything unusual. We have a couple things going on. You can see that traffic is a little bit slow, from 580. The area is a mess. The rest of the commute and the south bay looks all right. Lets bring stephen with todays weather. Our weather has good wind gusts for some. To drizzle, the observer Michael Polansky checked in with drizzle. It is there. It is verified on the forecast, and you can see the spin and the atmosphere, that is what the impact is. Wind. It will also give us drizzle, from the lower cloud deck. Thunderstorm activity is erupting over the sierra. This will continue to die down. 6456. The record high is 87. The record high as 87. On this date, july 22, these were all the records. Salinas got in, at 87 degrees. 35 miles an hour. Thatll do it. I will keep temperatures far apart. Everyone is very close. Around the peninsula, theres another one to the north. They have joined together, theres a drizzle on the coast. Thunderstorm activity will continue, into south lake tahoe. 60s and 70s, low 80s. It will be cooler. Blustery and windy. The northwesterly breeze, thank you, steve, the lawyer for Ghislane Maxwell wants to have a gag order. What the president is saying about his history with Jeffrey Epsteins exgirlfriend. Colorado is moving a lot earlier, how they will increase cases and the city taking tough action, to get people to wear masks. Young people are up. Right, lucy . Relative to me, of course. The stallion, thank you very much for coming and off of instagram. Savage. That song is all over the radio. Send me a request. Facebook, twitter, instagram, even pam cook has seen this on ticktock. My daughters keep me hip. Okay. A tsunami warning, it has been called off. It was a 7. 8 magnitude quake off the coast of perryville. Tsunami warnings were issued for the alaskan peninsula, and the aleutian islands. The earthquake was 6 miles deep, shallow and more likely to cause tsunamis. All warnings and advisories have been canceled, and there is no word of damage. Colorados governor has ordered less alcohol sales to be moved up to 10 p. M. Bars and nightclubs were ordered to shut down last month, they could stay open until 2 00 if they serve food. Counties have been given variances to places staying open. They have been increasing in colorado for five weeks after a long period of decline. If you want to be heard, what is the best way to be heard . Talk loudly and take your mask off. Will that happen a lot when people are socializing and connecting and drinking . I think so. Restaurant groups are critical of the change and of threatened legal action. Once that in colorado has adopted a strict possibility of jail time for those that do not obey. The denver suburb of inglewood requires everyone over the age of five to open a facemask. Government offices, and Public Transit are included. Violators face up to a year in jail and 2600 in fines. A popular coffee shop in Mountain View faces an uncertain future. Redrock coffee struggles to pay the rent, has landlords grant rent breaks. They have been operating independently as a nonprofit supporting local schools and other causes. The coffee shop has long been a Gathering Place for social clubs, live music and even tech startups. We have been the location for many places to do startups and work from here, for instance, a Company Called whats app was first coded upstairs. Ago fund me has stayed in business, 46,000. 07 shipton for the 400,000 goal. A a major agreement for the u. S. And the makers of promising Coronavirus Vaccines, up next, how the government places thats on which drug macer will be the first to get a vaccine. A growing risk between the u. S. And china, how china will respond after the u. S. Ordered consulates and houston to close. Superfast internet. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. And now flex also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. With peacock premium included for no additional cost. From ktvu, mrs. Mornings on fox 2. A you are being taken live yorkhe new between the u. S. And china. Also something to watch out for, tesla has announced earnings after closing bills. We will continue to watch stocks and have your Business News coming up in todays dollars and cents. Thank you for joining us on wednesday morning. I am pam cook. I am dave clark and the studios, pam, steve, ive been working for you a long time checking the weather for you. I went back outside for you. Still no sign. It is kind of gloomy. It is cool. Very much so. There are bits of drizzle in the city. 03 reported there. A little bit of minced out there. Wind is the big factor as well. It is a combination of what is causing a low, swinging and around the peninsula. The Santa Cruz Mountains, you can see the circulation. We have had a series of these for a while. The spring and summer. That is why it has been so windy. We have the lows coming in, they crank up the wind. The wind of change is up early here. Clouds and drizzle for some. Here is something that you do not see all the time. San jose, with a south wind. The circulation around hello, that is giving the southwind. Cooler weather will take you into the next few days, near average. All right, lets get over to sell. Lets see if theres anything popping up that we can get to right away. We have traffic that is doing well around the bay bridge toll plaza. There are no major problems. There is a little bit of slowing, beginning to develop. I would not call it anything that you are not used to. Your often to San Francisco, without major delays. The freeways and oakland, traffic is moving along fine. We have this coming up soon, for the most part it is a nice drive. Lets get back to the headlines. Cell, the Trump Administration ordered the Trump Administration to close the consulate in texas. Allie rasmussen is here with more on the rising diplomatic tensions between the United States and china. Good morning. Good morning, dave, the state Department Says that Trump Administration had ordered the closure of the chinese consulate in houston in order to protect American Intellectual property and private information. The order came a day after the Justice Department had accused two chinese hackers of trying to steal information on a Coronavirus Vaccine from 10 other countries. The International Relation experts say without the allegations, ordering a consulate to shut down is a rare and extreme move. This came yesterday afternoon, and there was a fire reported at the chinese consulate in houston. It was in the courtyard of the building, firefighters were not allowed inside. According to the chronicle, firefighters were told they were burning paper in trashcan. The people who work at the consulate have until friday to leave the building. China has condemned the state department to close. They called it an outrageous decision and they had warned that there will be diplomat countermeasures of the u. S. Does not reverse the decision. The u. S. Has six embassies and china, including one in beijing. Most Analysts Expect the government to retaliate by ordering the u. S. To close one of the embassies. President trump now says that the coronavirus pandemic will get worse before it gets better. The president held a White House Briefing on the coronavirus, the First Time Since late april, his tone was somber as the death toll from the virus and the u. S. Keeps going up. The president had also advised everyone to wear a mask. We are asking everyone, when youre not able to socially distance, wear a mask. Get a mask on, whether you like the mask or not, there is an impact or an effect. We need everything that we can get. We are imploring Young Americans to avoid packed bars. Be safe and be smart. The president said the administration wants to make sure that Rapid Testing is more widely available, because of widespread delays in processing test results. The democratic president candidate joe biden criticized the response to the pandemic. A san mateo is the only bay area county that is not on the States Coronavirus watchlist. There libeling to stay off the list. San mateo, her salons, barber shops and gyms and Worship Centers will remain open, many people do believe that that will change before the end of the week. That is because the state has fewer than 100 cases per day for every 100,000 people in the county, san mateo has had more than 100 for the past several days. There has to be a balance approach. The county, the path that they are taking is not the right way to go about it. County leaders hope that they can stay off the watchlist , and includes an emergency order that requires face coverings, social distancing them a possibility of fines for those who violate the rules. The santa clara District Attorney will announce that his office will no longer pursue the Death Penalty in all cases. The mercury news reports the District Attorney is set to make the announcement and a News Conference later today. Rosen voiced support for the Death Penalty as recently as last year, but is announcement today comes after Governor Newsom had announced and issued a moratorium on the Death Penalty last year. The Oakland City Council is rejecting cuts to the budget. They were deadlocked on a proposal that would have cut another 11 million from the police department. The mayor broke the tie by voting no. They passed a budget that included 14 million in cuts to the police force. The mayor says she is worried about additional cuts that will have an impact on Emergency Response times. Starting last night, at 7 30 p. M. , near golden gate park, if we look at video posted on the app, it looks like the home is under construction, no injuries have been reported. The investigation of how that started continues. Residents were displaced after an suv crashed right into a building on nevada avenue. Video shows that it knocked out part of a wall. People inside, the suv was able to get out of the car safely. The san jose Water Department is explaining why water bills were so high this month, for many customers. Some bills were 100 higher. They stopped sending out to meter readers between march and may. San jose Water Departments will now recalculate the bills and give credit to customers who are overcharged. Voters and San Francisco were asked to decide if the Works Department will be split into two, if this passes, one department would focus on street cleaning, the other would focus on design and project management. This comes after recent scandals and the department of public health. It led to the arrest of the departments former director. Lets go back over to steve for the forecast, as we have talked about, it is gray and gloomy. Will we see the sun today steve . Yes. It is clarity. Everything is cloudy on the reporting stations. That includes san jose. When you hit that big of a push on the fog, there has to be a reason for it. The lowest swinging in. You have seen the circulation out there. It is gaining momentum. It is also giving us a day were temperatures are below average. Big time showers over the sierra. We will see a repeat of that going into the next few days. 66 degrees, the record high this day was in 2006. What is the big deal about that . I will show you in a few minutes. Distillate, july 26, these are record highs. Santa rosa, 108. Oakland airport, 90 degrees. Salinas is 91. Very hot on the stand 2006. West southwest winds, oakland, campo, 35 miles an hour. 50s with most of the temperatures. Thunderstorm activity, the low will swing in and we will disperse the fog. We will get a lift in there, not before we get some drizzle. Temperatures run below average. Breezy, windy, it is inland. For the coast and bay, somewhere we will after warm up. The next few days really we only have subtle changes. Looks a little bit warmer. It will be nice going into the weekend. Talking about the trial of Ghislane Maxwell, how the president describes the pass connection with her as she faces charges of sexual abuse. Drugmakers are getting closer to developing a Coronavirus Vaccine, how the United States is making moves to get the first. The fda is telling 10 companies to remove their flavored cigarettes. We will tell you the reason for that, and the request from the fda, moving forward. Do not forget, you can have Morning Headlines delivered right to you. You can sign up for the mornings on fox 2 newsletter, just go to www. Ktvu. Com and sent them for the daily service. President trump had kind words yesterday for Ghislane Maxwell, the british socialite that is accused of recruiting underage girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein. I have not been following it, i wish her well. I have met her numerous times, especially since i lived in palm beach. I guess he lived in palm beach. I wish her well. Ghislane maxwell socialized with people including donald trump, Prince Andrew and former president bill clinton. Last week, Ghislane Maxwell pleaded not guilty to charges that she recruited three girls, one as young as 14 years old back in the 1990s for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. He asked the judge to impose a gag order to protect chances for getting a fair trial. Twitter says they are banning thousands of accounts that are responsible for spreading cueing on conspiracy theories. They suspend 1000 accounts and they will affect 150,000 users. Some of the main conspiracy theories had claimed that dozens of political leaders and celebrities work with the government around the world in order to engage in child sexual abuse. There is also a deep state effort to remove president trump. The followers have known to make unfounded claims and use doctored or out of context evidence that is posted on social media in order to back up the allegations. The u. S. Has agreed to pay 2 billion for experimental Coronavirus Vaccines once they get approval from the fda. The deal calls for 100 million doses of a vaccine that is made by pfizer here in the u. S. Researchers are beginning to test on human volunteers. If successful, doses will be given to the public at the end of the year. A a farmer Trump Campaign advisor is one step closer to a seat on the federal reserve. The Senate BankingCommittee Approved the nomination of judy shelton on a partyline vote, republicans say that she no longer supports controversial positions including returning the u. S. To the gold standard, at which the value of the dollar is tied to the price of gold. The nomination goes to the full senate before a vote. A theres a delay in returning 737 max jets to flight status, the jets had been expected to be back in service in october, and Officials Say that is unlikely to happen on till next february at the latest. That is because the faa has decided to ask for Public Comment before the approved changes to jets. It could take weeks, after that the regulators and other countries use the jet to approve changes, they have been grounded for two years after software problems. A Carbon Neutral company by the year 2030, apple says that every device they sell will be releasing zero carbon into the atmosphere. They will accomplish this by making more parts of the hardware inhouse, including computer processors. Apple says more than 70 of the manufacturer partners and 17 countries have committed to using Renewable Energy to meet the goal. A theres a new study out, saying that the polar bears are extinct, by the end of the century. Melting ice will lead to a reduction in bear population. Polar bears live on sea ice and, where they hunt for seals by waiting for them to pop up and holes on the ice. They stay on the ice all year long. Now they are forced to come ashore in the spring and summer because of melting ice. People and some San Francisco neighborhoods are complaining that they are being left out of San Franciscos slow streets program. The city started creating these outdoor spaces three months ago. At least 33 streets were part of the program, more will be added. None of the streets are in the tenderloin or south of market neighborhood. Those areas are dense areas of the city, with the highest number of pedestrian collisions. The supervisor says the city has the potential. You should be work you should see work being done in tenderloin more than anywhere in the city. Instead, because its hard, they have done less. The mta says that they have studied streets and the tenderloin, adding streets to the program. Locations in chinatown, fishermans wharf, there are also being reviewed. We check in with sal, i am curious to hear what sal thinks about that. It seems like it has been dated for a while, having certain streets that are busy, and blocked off to traffic all the time so that there can be more shopping and walking around, maybe its pers change going forward. I dont know about before or after the pandemic, but right now it works. You cannot too much. For social distancing, we are ready, so to speak. I like that. Lets go to the favorites. You can see traffic right now is moving along slowly. We have reached the peak of the commute. It is backed up all the way to the macarthur maze bridge. It is a 50 minute delay. It is not terrible but it is not a normal thing that you will see at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see the traffic is going to be okay once you make it onto the bridge. 880 traffic is fine. We have traffic on 880, it is a little slow. Southbound 880 near the road, you can see, it is a little bit slow heading south. That is an easy thing to avoid if you just get on the freeway. 580, it will be slow as you drive through the area. Watch out for that. I want to show you 280 and san jose. That traffic is moving along very nicely into the west valley. Lets bring in steve paulson. I was watching the game last night. I have to say, i like the crowd noise that they piped in. It makes it sound like a normal game. They have to do something, right, otherwise it will get quiet. Yes. Finally, we get some sports back. Maybe the nba soon as well. We have a big area of low pressure for july. For july we swing in. As it swings and around the peninsula, there is drizzle. Highs yesterday, pretty close to average. Even a little bit hello. It should be around 88 or 89 degrees. Kannapolis, san jose, all in the 70s. Even gilroy, 82 degrees. Theres a quilt pattern. Below average. I dont think they are warming up. We have a low coming in. Drizzle, and when, 33 out at travis. For many locations today, and this morning, the ultima pass, 50s. Livermore is 59. The locations here are all pretty close. Two lows, the one that i talked about, north, we have pressure on the west coast. Sierra nevada, thunderstorms into friday and saturday. You can lose the heat energy. Things will die down. 60s, 70s and 80s. It will get cooler. A little bit of a warmup. It looks like we will keep it status quo. Steve, thank you, we have an update on the latest development in the Oakland Police department. At 7 00, we will have the Big City Council voted that is affecting millions of dollars in the Oakland Police budget. Details ahead on changes for the coronavirus guidelines and, from the cdc. First, nurses, mourning the death of one of their own, and why they say they need better protection against coronavirus. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. 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You may see clouds of smoke in the area during the fire drill today. Happening today, a new coronavirus testing site will open in alameda at marina village. It will offer free testing to anyone with Health Insurance or a government issued i. D. It will be opened 7 days a week from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. The Golden State Warriors doing some good in the community away from the basketball court. The warriors teamed up with the American Red Cross and Kaiser Permanente with the thrive City Community blood drive. They say that africanamerican blood donors are really needed for the people in the u. S. Who have sickle sell disease. Were recalling to all donees, and right now we are especially reaching out to our africanamerican donors. Covid19 antibody tests are also being conducted on all donations. Nurses in the east bay sadly remembering a coworker who recently died from the coronavirus at the very same hospital where she worked for 25 years. Janine responder they say was an exceptional and caring nurse. She died on friday about a week after me and another nurse in her unit tested positive for covid19. A vigil was held by the California Nurses Association in her honor yesterday, and they called for change. Years ago, she became my mentor, who became my friend, who became my second mom. Now her husband, two children, and loved ones there were at the vigil alongside the nurses. Sutter health said it is providing appropriate ppe, and that their covid testing complies with state and local rules. In oakland, Police Still Investigating how a Candidates Forum for the school board was taken over in a zoo bomb attack. We have been zoom bombed, apparently, by some white supremacists. Two School Board Candidates who are both africanamerican women were about to take questions when the feed was hacked and taken over. They were attacked with racial slurs and even death threats. The Oakland Police department and the fbi are investigating. City leaders in oakland have narrowly decided against making big cuts to police funding. The concerns lingering on the minds of some council members. Also, vandals attacked the home each oakland mayor libby schaaf. The messages left behind, and the search for who is responsible. 7 00 on a wednesday. Good morning. Welcome to the middle of the week. Its wednesday, july 22nd. How are my favorite bike riders, gacia . They are sleeping this morning, but they are riding their hearts out at the bmx track every