Firefighters. But thankfully its pretty calm there in san jose right now. Winds around five to ten Miles Per Hour. Lets take a look at whats going on. We still have heat issues. A heat advisory continues for Solano County. Triple digitsndatthugh at least this evening. Heres a look, the moon is about to set but a full moon coming up tonight and a strawberry moon in case you missed this one. East bay hills camera 69 at 1,800 feet. Cooler conditions at the coast. Serving summer spread for lunch and 81 to 90 around our bay and inland neighborhoods and 81 to 96 our last hot afternoon. Enjoy 70s as you head out this evening. Youll notice the closer you are to the coast the breezes picking up this evening, that is a signal that the heat wave is breaking. Ill show you how it drops our temperature dramatically coming up in the forecast. Heres reggie. Cleanup under way in santa cruz after vandals damaged the Police Station and several downtown businesses overnight. Buildings were painted with graffi graffiti. Some of the messages were for black lives matter and other messages towards the police. One woman said she saw pictures of the graffiti and shared it on facebook and decided to lend a hand to clean it up right away. Werer a estopping it before anyone and this is our community and were going to protect our communities. Police say the vandalism happened some time after 10 00 p. M. When the peaceful protests honoring george floyd ended. Well, three of the four Minneapolis Police officers charged in connection with the death of george floyd are due court today. They will have their Court Appearance today. Charged with aiding and abetting Second Degree murder. The Minnesota Attorney general also announced an upgraded charge for the officer scene with his knee pressed into floyds neck. Derek chauvin faces Second Degree murder. Spoke with a former prosecutor on his take on these new charges. A prosecutor in the bay area for several years and also a Police Commissioner and he says people rallying for justice should feel good about a Second Degree murder charge for derek chauvin. For anyone who thinks that is not. It is 20 years in prison. It screams out to me as a murder case, not first degree murder. Its not premeditated from what i can see. Not one of these specified felonies, but a solid Second Degree murder case just as if somebody said im going to go kill him. Keep in mind that 40 years in prison for this officer could be a life sentence because of his age. Hammer says going for a first degree murder charge could ruin the case if you dont have enough evidence to convict. He also says its challenging to convict Police Officers but he thinks there is a strong chance with the Second Degree charge. Happening today, the first Memorial Service to honor george floyd. It is set to get under way later this morning in minneapolis held at North Central university. Hundreds of people are expected to attend even though the memorial is being called a private event for family and friends and people invited by the floyd family. U. S. Civil rights Attorney Benjamin Crump is expected to speak and todays memorial is the first of several events taking place in three states over the next six days. The service is scheduled to begin at 11 00 this morning and that means our program midday live will air an hour earlier at 10 00 a. M. Lawmakers are working on a sweeping packaresn response to George Floyds death and it could become the most ambitious effort that weve seen in years. Jobina is at the live desk with more. Jobina . Kumasi, Congressional Democrats are leading the reform and are petitioning lawmakers in the house and senate to support the changes. Were learning this morning one proposal in congress is expected to include an overhaul of Police Accountability laws and lawmakers are also helping to create a database of police use of force incidents and also circling back to a bill first proposed in 2015 that would ban the use of choke holds. Former Vice President joe biden has endorsed that idea. The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing for revamped training requirements at Police Departments nationwide. We could see some of the proposed changes push through very quickly. The House Majority leader has told reporters he could call lawmakers back to washington to vote before their scheduled. Reie jobina, thank you. Marches and demonstrations still going strong in the bay area. We expect to see two events this evening in Mountain View and fremont. One of the largest events yesterday just down the street from where im sitting this morning. Sky7 video in the mission. The police chief says this event was peaceful. And this morning we are hearing from chief bill scott. Abc7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield live at sfpd headquarters. Amy . Good morning, reggie. Chief scott said this march went really well. He called it overwhelmingly peaceful. He said he knows theres a lot of pain and anger and frustration out there and during this protest, there was a touctetween the crowd and the Police Officers. We saw that the police were not justhe to protect the people, but were also there with the people. Some of our officers actually participated in some of the protests and joined the protesters and taking a knee in honor of mr. George floyd and it was a very moving, moving moment for a lot of people. There were thousands of people at this march and the police chief said its just a testament of the spirit of the city of San Francisco that people were able to show up like this and not have any major problems. He sounded very proud as he talked about his city and what happened here last night. Reporting live in San Francisco, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. All right. Lets take a look at whats going on. Youre never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. Temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s across the east bay shoreline as you head inland and orrinda 65 degrees. Little warmer there. Lets take a look at what is going on else where. A mixture of 50s and 60s and most of us cooler this morning. 57 from our roofam and mixture of clouds and sun and especially the peninsula coast this afternoon where yesterday was just fullon sunshine. That is the marine layer returning but it doesnt make it to all of oour neighborhoods and we have to be careful walking our dogs and stay hydrated. Stay off those hot surfaces. Noon 86. Well flirt with the upper 80s to low 90s for several hours. As far as the north bay goes 64 at 8 00 and mid 90s for the better part of the afternoon hours and lookt a that drop down to 80 degrees at 8 00 and east bay valleys our warmest temperatures air conditioning weather once again and 90 at noon and upper 90s to near 100 for a couple hours this afternoon and down to 83 degrees at 8 00. We come back and some areas like the east bay valleys could drop nearly 30 degrees the next two days. Well take a look at that. First, want to turn it over to jobina and find out how our traffic is doing this morning and how are you, jobina . You know, im doing all right, mike. Our traffic is even better, so thats the good news for our essential workers that have to head out the door this morning. Well take a live look showing you oakland and 880 at the coliseum there and look at those conditions and pretty light this morning at 5 09. For people making their way from the east bay into San Francisco. If youre just starting to begin to return to work, be aware the metering lights will come on in the 6 30 area. So far things are looking good. Reggie and kumasi. Thanks, jobina. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. Also former defense secretary jim mattis accusing President Trump to being a threat to the constitution. The remarkable and rare statement. And a 5. 5 magnitude earthquake in southern california. It was actually an aftershock of one that happened almost a year ago. We have an expert to explain all of this to us. In the meantime, were taking a live look from our exploratorium its always gooder what youto have em. Or, and when it comes to your internet, xfinity gives you the ones you need. On a budget . Theres a speed for that. Not ready to commit . Try a plan with no annual contract. Wanna save even more . Just add xfinity mobile, and save big on your wireless bill. Its internet with the power of options. And thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet and mobile for just 30 a month each, and save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Call or visit xfinity. Com savebig. All right, everybody. 5 11. Here are the seven things to know this morning. Number one, fire crews in san jose are trying to get a handle on this fiveacre brush fire burning near heartland way. The fire is spreading and theyre bringing in more resources to fight it. Number two, investigators say a hammer was mistaken for a gun in a Deadly Police shooting in vallejo. They say sean monterroso was on his knees after a night of looting. A service to honor george floyd in minneapolis today. That live coverage begins here on abc7 at 11 00 a. M. And watch it online at abc7 nnews. Com. The weekly unemployment report. Its expected to show nearly 2 million more americans filed jobless claims last week. That could amount to nearly 42. 5 million americans who lost their jobs since the covid19 pandemic started. All right. Heat advisory continues for Solano County. Risk of heat illness still high here as temperatures will hit triple digits one last day. The rest of us, about three to eight degrees milder than yesterday. Number six. Were going to check out our live camera in san jose right now and see what the conditions are like on 280. Everything has been pretty clear for the most part on major bay area roads and, look at that, pretty quiet down there, too. Number seven. San franciscos presidio will close some roads to traffic this weekend, vehicle traffic because its going to give neighbors more space so they can socially distance and exercise outside. Happening today, the murde 25yearold black man who was running in their neighborhood in georgia are due to be in court. Gregory mcmichael and his son, they were arrested last month for the shooting of ahmaud ambery. They expected he was committing several breakins in their neighborhood in georgia. A third suspectasrrted for felony murder after recording this incident on video and todays hearing is to determine whether authorities have sufficient evidence to send the case to a trial court. Federal investigators are looking for 29 firearms that were stolen from a hayward gun store during a looting incident over the weekend. The atf and the National ShootingSports Foundation is offering a 10,000 reward in this case. It happened at richardson tactical which is on national avenue. Investigators say a pretty large group between 30 and 40 people broke into the shop late tuesday night and stole the guns. The looting caused damage to the shop former defense secretary jim mattis is accusing President Trump of being a threat to the constitution. And a remarkable and rare statement, he says mr. Trump is actively dividing the nation. Heres abc News Reporter kenneth moton. Reporter this morning former secretary of Defense James Mattis tearing into President Trump writing we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. In an essay, mattis blasts the president for threatening to deploy the military to crack down on protests in u. S. Cities. I am your president of law and order. Reporter general mattis writing, donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people. Does not even pretend to try. The former defense secretary took aim at the administrations decision to disperse Peaceful Protesters near the white house monday. The general saying he took an oath to defend the constitution. And never did i dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional Rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op. The president defended that photo op. I thought it was a great idea and it was a great idea. I didnt know if there were people around there or not. Somebody said they were so peaceful, well, they tried to burn down the church the day before. Reporter trump fired back at mattis calling him the worlds most overrated general. But back in 2016, then president elect trump called mattis one of the great generals. General mattis resigned as defense secretary in 2018 over trumps plans to pull troops out of syria. You said enough is enough. That he really had to try to stay out of it. That he really didnt want to directly attack donald trump for all this time. I have known him for so many eryooe years. I have known him in iraq and battle spaces and he is the most political person you ever wanted to meet, this is really quite remarkable. Reporter kenneth moton, abc news, new york. Developing news a 5. 5 m magnitude earthquake hit near ridgecrest. This was in the mojave desert. D. The earthquake was an after shock of last julys 6. 4 magnitude ridgecrest earthquake. She says even though the earthquake was nearly a year ago, after shocks this late are normal. Many people in l. A. And Orange County reported feeling the quake, including new york mayor eric gar seta who was holding a news conference. We just had a large earthquake, as if things could get worse. Mno damage reported, mike. What else could happen and knock on wood, we dont really want to ask that question. East bay hills pretty clear out there. Look to the left side of your screen, gets a little hazier as the clouds are starting to gather along the peninsula coast and that is a sign of some changes today as the marine layer returns. But too late for most of us to get significant cooling. Still expect an almost as hot day today away from the coast and clouds and the cooler weather that really pushes into our neighborhoods tonight and the winds have changed. A brisk weekend with 60s and 70s for highs and the winds will make it feel cooler for that. Today, 87 in sunnyvale and 92 in san jose and morgan hill and gilroy and 79 millbrae and mid to upper 80s for the peninsula. You can definitely see the breeze shooting through the san bruno gap. 60s along the coast and and mid to upper 70s downto downtown, sausalito and the upper 60s and breezy along the north bay coast. And 89 to 94 across the north bay. 78 at richmond and 88 at fremont and as you head inland, we have 96 in san ramon to 102 in brentwood. Here is a look at our lows tonight. Low to upper 50s. Yeah. Open the window physics if youf safe doing that. Our best chance of showers saturday. Otherwise, another warming trend is on the way next week. Have a good day. Back to you guys. Mike, thank you. San jose leaders plan to speak today about the recent protests and demonstrations. The manager, city chief of police are all set to talk at 1 00 this afternoon. Heres a look at the most recent demonstration in the community. Black lives matter this new generation is going to set america up for greater future than it ever had. Thats why i have faith with kids and protect them so much. Im 15 years old. I shouldnt be worrying about my life whenever i walk my dog. I shouldnt be worrying about my life when i go to school. We have black family members. We have black friends. I have black coworkers. This matters to me. This is important to me and i dont want to in 20 years i dont want to look back and not be able to say that i was here standing up for people. Stand up, fight back. Only 14 and 15. They didnt grow up knowing that its either black or white. They grew up knowing that were all equal. So, when these things are happening, it messes them up. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. I want to feel like we all have equal. Were all equal. This new generation is going to be powerful. Were not their to protect from them . Personally feel the have been leading the protest with the brutality that were protesting. Its exactly what i grew up knowing america to be as a melting pot and everyone coming together as one and we feel that, you know, justice has been done wrong here. George floyd. Yesterday hes telling me, mom, i just want to move away to where everybody has my skin color because im scared. Am i going to be next . Whats his name . George floyd reggie, i love just hearing from people. Because sometimes we just hear, we see all these people and these protests but we dont really get to talk to people and see why theyre out there. I love that. I love that, too. I have to say, the big, i mean, that massive demonstration that happened in San Francisco yesterday which was right in my backyard was really beautiful to see. And it was also, to be honest, nice to see people again. Because we havent seen, i mean, the streets have been kind of like a ghost town for months now. So, i understand we, obviously, need to keep safe and all of that and not taking away from that. But it was nice to see people again. I agree. I think people do kind of miss that sense of community and connection. Thats good to see. All right, so, coming up next, you guys. Were going to be talking about some controversial comments. An nfl quarterback under fire for what hes saying about players kneeling. Also this morning, a socially distanced z3wvmz z1s6z y3wvmy y1s6y youre never more than seven minutes away from your accu