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KGO ABC7 News 1100PM July 13, 2024

A lack of social distancing is concerning many travelers on flights. Shelter life has brought out quite an array of wildlife, but wait until you see the animal that was spotted in this fremont neighborhood. After a beautiful mothers day, were tracking rain returning to the area tomorrow. We will have more in the accuweather forecast. Abc news at 11 00 starts right now. West wing quarantine. Expect to see more officials waring masks and staying the recommended six feet apart at the white house. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. Three of the governments top doctors are also in self quarantine tonight because of possible exposure to the coronavirus. And more on that story right now. It is scary to go to work, you know, its a small crowded place. Its a little bit risky. But you have to do it because you have to serve your country. In less than 48 hours, this past week, two white house staffers tested positive for coronavirus. First, the president s personal valet on thursday. Then on friday, the Vice President s press secretary, katie miller, now three key members of the Coronavirus Task force are following their own recommendations, selfisolating after possible exposure to covid19 at work. Dr. Anthony fauci, the countrys leading Infectious Disease expert, starting what he calls a modified quarantine, after testing negative for the virus, mostly working from home. The cdc director dr. Robert redfield, determined who to have had a low risk exposure on wednesday. He along with fda commissioner dr. Steven hahn will quarantine for 14 days. Will you and other white house staffers be following their example . Well, well take the advice of the white house medical unit which is the best in the business. This week, the president has been in contact with both his valet and miller. The Vice President was with miller on thursday, on this trip to virginia. She tested negative that day. The next day, she was positive. And six staffers who had close contact with her, were pulled off air force two to be tested. The Vice President still traveled to iowa. Yesterday, the cabinet room, President Trump was closely surrounded by senior military officials, and his National Security team, none seen wearing a mask. The Vice President pence was not in that meeting. Tonight his office says he is not planning to self quarantine and plans to be at the white house on monday. It is important to remember when someone has had confirmed close contact with a known case of covid19, the recommendations for selfquarantine while monitoring for signs and symptoms of illness, over a 14day period, thats really for the protection of others, as well as that individual. Other news now a sixmonthold girl in the bay area is believed to be the first to contract both covid19 and a rare disease. The girl known as zara was about to be released from lucille packer Childrens Hospital after treatment for a rare condition called kawasaki disease, when she tested positive for the virus. That happened march 16th. Her doctors say it is the first reported diagnosis of a child having both diseases. Fortunately, zara has since gone home and showing no symptoms of covid19. Its not clear just yet if her condition is the same as a Mysterious Illness thats affecting children in several states. Passengers on board several airlines say theyre concerned about a lack of social distancing on their flights. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to several passengers who joins us live from sfo. Reporter and we have spoken to several passengers who have been flying Different Airlines and theyre telling me theyre concerned about their safety. And they are saying many of these flights have been packed. Petrified. Yes. Definitely. Because it was absolutely ridiculous that we were that close to one another. Kayla preston landed in San Francisco from denver, several hours ago. She flew and says her flight was basically packed with little social distancing. People were very upset. People were saying why . Reporter in a statement, frontier replied to abc 7 news in part, the flight in question had a passenger load of 66 , so the aircraft was around twothirds occupied. A similar story was told by San Francisco resident elizabeth berger, this time flying American Airlines. There were some empty seats in the middle, yes. You can see in the photo that i posted on twitter that its clear that there are some empty seats in the middle but theres not, like its not more than half. Reporter the bay area couple was flying to philadelphia on what they say was a packed flight. If you have to be on this flight and youre touching the person next to you, or if they can take off their mask to eat and theyre breathing right next to you, who knows. And they avoided removing their masks and said one of the passengers in the middle seat was a pilot. Who American Airlines later confirmed was indeed a pilot from a different airline, flying standby. American airlines said to abc 7 news that 25 of their seats were not occupied on this flight. And added, in part, american will not assign 50 of main cabin middle seats or seats near Flight Attendant jump seats, on every flight. And will only use those middle seats when necessary. Starting tomorrow, American Airlines is recovering all passengers to wear face coverings and in the process of providing wipes and face masks for staff and passengers. And they are blocking seats in the middle to help with social distancing and the first to implement, frontier is the first to implement temperature screening. Luz pena, abc 7 news. And there are unusual wildlife spottings in the bay area, spotted in places where theyre not often seen. Jr stone has the story from fremont. Reporter the sweet or not so sweet sounds of coyotes frolicking at hamilton Amphitheater Park in novato could be a sign of the times. Animals taking the popular public areas that are now quiet. If that north bay coyote doesnt do it for you, how about this bobcat that was spotted near homes in fremont . Thats something. Reporter so much so, that police are warning folks to keep their small pets inside. It looks like not a child, its a grownup kind of bobcat. Reporter in recent weeks, they are some of those spotted here and. There in san bruno, two Mountain Lions were seen on a trail. In napa county, a wildlife camera caught three Mountain Lion kittens on video. Wildlife experts are swamped with calls. Humans have taken a step back, which has allowed animals to come forward. Reporter lila travis is the director of the urban Wildlife Rescue in San Francisco. In april, the volunteer organization took in 500 calls. Three to four times what they normally do. Heres a lot of urban wildlife that depend on human garbage. The food that we leave behind. And with us suddenly gone, that food source has also disappeared. Because of the covid19 pandemic, she tells me they have had to cancel a number of fundraising and now dealing with half the funding, and three times the animals. In fremont, jr stone, abc 7 news. Tesla ceo elon musk has plenty of takers if he planned to move out of fremont. Musk threatened to move after almeda countys Health Officer says tesla could not resume making cars because of covid19 restrictions. The Lieutenant Governor of utah tweeted, just because you dont see it doesnt mean its not happening. We talk to tesla regularly and are very engaged with them on bringing more business to utah. Musk also had an invitation from the mayor of palo alto. Many families had to adapt their mothers day plans today. We hope its the last one we have to spend like this. See families across the bay area celebrate mom. And how the holiday also became a way to celebrate our Small Businesses. And one group decided to honor our hero mom, the story behind this special delivery, for local nurses on the job today. Im meteorologist drew tuma. Clouds streaming in tonight ahead of a storm that will bring some rain tomor new details on the alameyn boulevard overpass. The highway crotter cc myers will pocket 8 million for finishing ahead of schedules. They were offered 1 million for every day ahead of schedule. And you can read the column in the San Francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. Mothers day 20202 is reimagined in the bay area. For so many of us, with the shelter in place reality. But many families are making the best of it during these strange times. We have the story from San Francisco. Greg smith and his sister are spending mothers day hanging out with their 89yearold mom, margaret. Happy mothers day. Well, thank you. The balcony is as close as margaret can be these days, shes sending love and hugs, from afar. Im sorry we cant be in a nice warm household. But this is a lovely place to be. Margaret lives in byron park senior village in walnut creek where visitors are not allowed due to covid19. Greg says the last time the family was together in the same room was christmas. This is surreal. But the thing is, we got to be with her which is what counts. And well look back on it fondly. The Concord Police department tweeted these pictures, mothers day treats, flowers, cards, and coffee, for its working moms on duty. Happy mothers day. Its mothers day brunch to go at lb steaks on santana row in san jose. The staff happy to be busy, filling phone orders for food, flowers, and even chilled champagne. Our doors are still open and were happy to accommodate and do everything we can to serve our community and maybe everyones mother feel special. A Silver Lining for lucy in San Francisco, is being with her husband and two sons and having an improvised brunch and takeout at the closest flat surface they could find on chestnut street. Its not perfect but shell take it. All together, all healthy and a good thing and a happy mothers day to all of the other mothers out there. Here, family members are enjoying the day and police were out here giving friendly reminders about social distancing but no citations. Happy mothers day to all of the moms out there including my own mom. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. More popular businesses report reopening in time to cater to mothers day crowd. Manresa bread opened its locations to serve up sweets and drinks for pickup today. The offshoot of the los gatos restaurant had been closed because of the shelter in place order. Our project thanks story tonight shows us how a local Community Groups throughout the country spent mothers day feeding local health care heroes. The Group Chinese americans teamed up with other organizations to deliver thousands of meals to workers on the job and they called it food for love. The local chapter sent 300 hot lunches and flowers to Santa Clara Medical center, in the spirit of giving back to those who were giving so much during this time. Parents of saint thomas the Apostle School in San Franciscos Richmond District are keeping Front Line Health Care workers well nourished through this pandemic. Theyve raised thousands to deliver meals to medical workers throughout the city. Today, meals went to the nurses at st. Marys medical center. The school teamed up with eat americana on balboa street to cook up hundreds of delicious mothers day meals. Wonderful food. A Wonderful Group who have gotten up early in the morning. And they have put their soul into the food. Everyone who has the food can feel the love. The group raised money for staff at the v. A. And Saint Francis and california Pacific Medical centers. When we invite you to enjoy better bay area project thanks, to share your gratitude for those on the front lines of the covid19 battle, use betterbayarea to show us your thank you and we will share the love. Drew has more on the forecast. We are tracking a few days on the sevenday forecast that include some rain. Coming our way. Starting tomorrow. So live doppler 7, along with the satellite right now, showing you the sunny skies, we had earlier in the evening, they have now given way to cloud cover, and mixing with our stars tonight, so it is mostly cloudy, and a lot of spots, currently, we are mainly dry across the region and starting to change starting tomorrow morning. Temperatures are mainly in the 50s in most cities, were at 56 in hayward and in the city, as well, were down to 53. In santa rosa. And 59 in san jose and so what were tracking in the near term, on live doppler 7, along with the satellite, a Bigger Picture across Northern California. You can see the clouds streaming in, from west to east. Ahead of the cold front that will bring us our showers tomorrow. And wider picture shows you that area of low pressure, spinning off our coastline right now. That line of cloud cover is the cold front, and that will move into Northern California tomorrow. And supply us with our rain chance. So on the storm impact scale, its a level one light system, tomorrow, and that front will linger even to tuesday as well. So well track some light scattered showers, both days, and some rainfall totals, they will be the highest in the north bay, where were thinking about a quarter to a half of an inch in most spots there, outside of the north bay, those rainfall amounts really drop to less than a quarter of an inch. Not a lot of rain but nonetheless we are tracking showers over the next 48 hours. So tonight, we have that cloud cover thickening right now, some fog, right along the immediate coastline, and mid 40s, to lower 50s, is what we are called to in the Early Morning hours. As we get you in tomorrow, monday morning, 9 00 a. M. , you can see, showers are beginning to move onshore, in the north bay. And close to ukiah and cloverdale. Most areas first thing tomorrow will start on the dry side. As you head into the afternoon, were finding some light to moderate showers, perhaps, from santa rosa, points to the north, and then its really in the evening, we find the best chance of those showers, kind of going south. By 6 00, 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow evening, on monday, we will find the showers through livermore, into the santa cruz mountains, some showers saturday, and then into the east bay hills and it remains unsettled late tomorrow night, into early tuesday, and we will keep that shower chance, into tuesday, as well. But the front kind of lingers in the bay area. So total rainfall, it is kind of a nuisance storm on our hands with that level one light storm. You can see a half of an inch, in some spots in the north bay. Outside of the north bay, were talking about less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall. So highs tomorrow, cooler than we were today. Most spots will be in the 60s. The inland east bay will find some temperatures in the mid70s. The accuweather sevenday forecast shows scattered showers tomorrow and tuesday. Then we will brighten up our skies as we head into thursday and friday. Then tracking another storm for next weekend arriving late saturday. Next sunday, a pretty rainy day with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Folks, hope you remember where you put those umbrellas. Drew, thank you very much. Yes, totally. Some gripping moments on camera. A hiker in california gets trapped in a but i did pick clarity by knowing i have a treatment that goes right at it. Discover piqray, a treatment that specifically targets pik3ca mutations in hr , her2 mbc. Piqray is taken with fulvestrant after progression on hormone therapy and helps people live longer without disease progression. Do not take piqray if youve had severe allergic reactions to it or any of its ingredients. Piqray can cause serious side effects including severe allergic and skin reactions, high blood sugar levels and diarrhea that are common and can be severe, and pneumonitis. Tell your doctor right away if you have symptoms of severe allergic reactions or high blood sugar while taking piqray. 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