Us the rope is part of a rigging using by him and friends as part of a larger swing system. He even shared this video of it in action with abc7 news. Out of the dozens and hundreds and thousands of people that walk by, no one has thought that it looked in where close to a noose. Folks use it for exercise. It was really a fun addition to the park that we tried to regrate. Reporter they told this small piece of rope is part of the same system. Still for many people the image of anything that looks like a noose stirs up intense emotion. These are acts of hatred and our country is experiencing that right now. But oakland is about diversity and equity. It is unfortunate that genuin cate a good g misierpreted into heinous. Reporte lra anthony, abc7 news. New at 6 00, a birdseye view of the black lives matter painted on fulton street. Volunteers painted it last week. The words point to city hall to act as a reminder the community is watching. Multiple bay area labor unions have tried to defun
Kari, in fact, has a look at the forecast. Do we have any more rain coming our way . Yes, we still have a chance of rain in the forecast today. As we take a look at concord and where we begin it will be spotty and our chances will be going up as we go into the afternoon. We do have a dry morning. For our micro climates and temperatures staying on the cool side, we are still going to be tracking a system moving closer as we go into this afternoon. Ill have more on that and rain chances tomorrow as well coming up in the full micro climate forecast. All right, some showers in may. Thanks so much. The dispute between tesla and Alameda County is finally coming to an end. I want to check in with today in the bays bob redell near teslas electric car factory in fremont. A lot of people were paying attention to it. They want to open their businesses. Reporter correct, laura. The Alameda County Health Department said they can go beyond their minimum basic operations and resume full operations th
We are going to start out clear but will see our rain chances going up as we go today. We are having a dry start, temperatures with low 50s. Rain could start to fall this afternoon. Thank you very much. On capitol hill this morning a dire warning from the states top expert on the coronavirus saying that states could be opening just too soon. It could affect students going back to school in the fall. Tracie potts is live in washington this morning with that. Good morning, tracie. Reporter california and other states trying to reopen and thats participate of what we heard with remote testimony from dr. Anthony fauci with this morning that if we reopen too soon we could see unnecessary deaths. He talked about students going back to school saying a lot more testing for parents to be comfortable sending their kids back to school and talked about the more than 80,000 deaths so far in the United States explaining why that could be an undercount. The people who died at home who did have covid
Were going to check out our temperature trend in dublin, mid50s, a lot of clouds today and that will keep the temperatures down and some of us will get some rain. Ill talk more about where well see our highest chance of getting some of that wet weather for today. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Laura . Sounds good. Taking a live look at capitol hill this Tuesday Morning new rules start for the white house today after two Staff Members tested positive. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with more on that this morning plus the very latest as well funding to fight to reopen the country. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning. So that funding still up in the air and now with two Staff Members infected the white house is requiring masks, temperature checks and also daily testing of those closest to the president , his senior staff. A Senate Committee will discuss how to get americans back to work. They are holding a virtual hearing to try to figure out how to get americans back
That we desperately need the rain but its going to keep our temperatures down today. A lot of clouds and a few peeks of sunshine but most of our micro climate will stay in the 60s. Well talk about where we may see the forecast. An auto shop on fire in cupertino. That fire is contained. They are trying to make sure there are no hot spots. Some neighbors nearby are being evacuated because of the fire. This could be a scary scene for anyone living near it in the 6 01 right now firefighters at the scene have that fire under control. Were going to keep following the story and bring you any new developments as we get them. Were still waiting to see what possibly caused this fire. Laura . 6 01. Live Staff Members tested positive for coronavirus. Bay bys tracie potts is live with more on that this morning plus she has the latest on the funding that could be available theres a big fight to try to reopen the country. Good morning, tracie. Reporter right, and its still up in the air. Democrats an