Investigation into the fatal officerinvolved shooting in vallejo. Police shot and killed Sean Monterrosa on june 2. The City Council Unanimously voted to have the criminalinvesn attorney general he Attorney Generals Office but the office declined the invitation. Abrams did not provide information indicating her office was not capable of conducting a thorough and fair review. The ags office is undertaking a comprehensive review of the extra Vallejo PoliceDepartment Policies and practices. And support for the black lives matter by flying a flag above revilevi stadium. This close to four years after former 49er Colin Kaepernick took a he knee to highlight racial inequality and police brutality. Jay york block about the black lives Matter Movement in a state of the franchise video. When colin started the protest movement in 2016, what we had talked about in talking to dr. Harry edwards, his message which is what we really adopted was taking protest to progress. The 49ers ownership has pledged to donate a 1 million to groups working for change. The fbi says that noose found hanging in Bubba Wallaces garage at talladega was not a hate crime. Video evidence revealed that the noose had been there since last october. The reason was used to pull down the garages door. Wallace is the only black driver at nascars top level. He was assigned to the garage just last week. Nascar is continuing its own investigation into how and why the garage the reason in the garage was made into a noose. At the live desk, i have the results of a New York Times poll just released this morning. It is showing that former Vice President joe biden would be ahead of President Trump by 14 points if the president ial election was held today. Well take a look at those results on your screen now. 50 of registered voters surveyed said that they would vote for biden. 36 say that they would vote for trump. 14 say other, meaning they dont know. They plan on voting for someone be else, or they dont plan on voting at all. By diden has an advantage among women and minorities. And he is gaining favorite with republican leaning groups that are disappointed with the president es response to covid19. Thank you, jobina. Reopening is causing a worrisome rise in covid19 cases across Santa Clara County according to their Public Health officer. Yesterday the once hardest hit bay area county reported 122 cases. According to dr. Sarah cody, it is the second lanlg he rgesnl l single day. Once transmission begins to accelerate, it is very difficult to contain and slow down. Down. Akz snd she confirms that th seems to be an increase in positive cases at workplaces. Since may 25th, 89 sites had reported at least one case of covid19. 38 from construction sites, the first sector that reopened after the countywide shelter in place. The state requires everyone to wear a mask in public, a rule that nearly every bay area county had already put in effect. How do you get people to understand how important it is to mask up to protect others as well as to protect themselves and keep our economy in reopening mode . Leslie brinkley looked at this maskdy wlem ma lemm made. Reporter the more very move around, the more were at risk. There is a striking warning saying unless we want to see more suffering and go through another round of closures, it is critical to wear a Face Covering when you leave the house. But how do you make people wear masks and what did you do if they dont . I walked in to a restaurant here to pick up a takeout order and the employee handing me the bag refused to put on a mask saying it is my choice. Reporter at funerals last week in santa cruz and pinole, many in attendance condition wear Face Coverings even inside a theater packed to capacity. We cant expect the police to go out and enforce that and give tickets, really it is about education. Reporter abc 7 news checked in with Bay Area Police agencies and found there are no citations being issued for not wearing a mask. Oakland, concord, san jose and berkeley all said that they have thus far issued zero citations asking instead for voluntary compliance. In the reopened shopping district in downtown walnut creek, about a quarter of the people didnt wear masks. The governor on friday came out with saying that everybody has to wear a mask when you are out in public. I didnt know that. Im not reading the news. I couldnt agree with Governor Newsom more. I think that it is mandatory that everyone in public. You also need to look at the person next to you. If they are not wearing their mask, is that patient seay very, zero. Reporter and protecting others is one way, or you can try this. Even if we are just excited about moving forward in society and continuing to reopen, the best chance of doing that is for us to wear our Face Coverings and decrease ongoing transmissions. Reporter leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. San francisco supervisors have adopted emergency legislation requiring large employers to rehire workers laid off because of the pandemic before hiring new people. This is according to the examiner. This affects businesses with more than 100 employees. It applies to employers that laid off 10 or more employees since february 25th which is when San Francisco declared a local emergency. Data shows about 39,000 employees in the city have been laid off by businesses having at least 75 workers. The special treatment a top government prosecutor claims was given to convicted trump pal roger stone. And doing your job from home, it can come with some challenges. But one local company is out to make working from home work. It looks like it is working for you, friend. Im just happy that were matching in our green. I feel like we need to do this more often. Just tell me. Ill see what i can do. I have a pretty wide range of shirts. Lets talk about what is going on. Glad this makes you happy. We need Little Things like that right now. 57 in morgan hill, 57 in milpitas. Everybody else in the south bay in the low to mid60s thanks to a partly cloudy sky. Mid to upper 50s everywhere else except for newark, presented would, san carlos and redwood city. Lets look at your commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. Brisk bridges and choppy water. And it will be hot this afternoon if you are taking mass transit this afternoon from San Francisco. And here it a look at east bay, look how quickly the sun breaks out, low to mid80s for a couple hours. Very nice 69 at 8 00. Peninsula, 70s through 2 00. And 80s for a couple hours late this afternoon. And down to 72 where sunshiith 8 00. Well see more sunshine even at the coast today and that will push us into the up her 60s for the afternoon hours. 63 at 8 00. So stilt gettil getting free ai conditioning in some parts. More coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. Now a look at the morning commute. So we have two advisories coming in from chp that i want to get to. The first, well show you a live look of the Golden Gate Bridge where we have a heavy fog advisory for the area. A high wind advisory for the bay bridge. So you can see the fog moving through. As soon as the sun comes up you, well see if that sticks around. Aside from that, everyones lets open the weather w window from the roof camera. You can see the flags unfurled and pointing to the east and that will keep the coast and San Francisco pretty comfortable in the 60s today while we already hit the 70s and 80s around the bay and inland by noon, 75 to 80 at 7 00. Still nearly 6 Million People under dangerous heat conditions today. Possibly all the way through saturday. Flyer nearly 100 or more in the central valley. Palm springs, 109. Slight chance of thunderstorms around yosemite today. Yesterday they were beautiful. At the live desk, im following a high stakes testimony on capitol hill today, a federal prosecutor is expected to Tell Congress that roger stone a close ally of President Trump was given special treatment before his sentencing. Abc news has obtained a copy of aaron zelenskys prepared remarks which says that i was told that the acting u. S. Attorney for d. C. Htimothy shea receiving pressure to cut stone a break. He was told that shea was afraid of the president. The Justice Department says that mr. Zelenskys actions are based on his own interpretation of events and hearsay at best, not firsthand knowledge. Stone was convicted last year of lying to congress. Zelensky and his team recommended that stone be sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison. Stone was ultimately sentenced to kumasi. The board of superintendent has approved a proposal on the November Ballot to expand Voting Rights in local elections to 16 and 17yearold residents. Right now you have to be 18 to vote in the city of San Francisco. Voters rejected a similar measure four years ago. Backers believe younger teens should have a bigger voice in San Francisco. They say many teens who work, pay taxes, but they cant vote. Changing workplace is one of the areas weve been focusing on here as abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area. Remote working has become pretty common during the pandemic, but there are indications that row dubl productivity has suffered. A San Francisco company is working to improve that. Reporter the Conference Room is dead, but it doesnt mean Virtual Meetings are a perfect substitution. They are not able to haahah moments that you have at the office while drinking a coffee or collecting with your colleagues. Reporter ceo of a Business Services company in San Francisco trying to improve collaboration among Remote Workers pl google and Electronic Arts are among its customers. He is promoted augmented collaboration backed by artificial intelligence. For example, it empowers employees to give stars to recognize team members for doing great work. We just see the amount of stars that people are giving to different people. Who are those that are making a difference because people are recognizing them. Reporter but it is more than that. He says bosses need to give more autonomy to virtual teams. You feel more motivated when you are left alone, when people trust you that you will do the right thing. Reporter and he cites a survey they did with hundreds of workers, almost half said their productivity had suffered due to limited interactions with coworkers. And that is also said by this professor. And it makes people less motivated and actually their bosses controlling them more makes them perceive more. Reporter and bosses may need to intervene less while recognizing the need for more human interaction. So working remotely 100 of the time might not work for everyone and creating opportunities for employees to reach out to others even outside their teams could be healthy. David louie, abc 7 news. I just want to do my job. I dont need to be micro managed. Is the work complete . Yes. Were all good. Yeah, i think our bosses have done a really good job of that, too. I appreciate it. I really do. Trusting us, letting us work from home and not ten emails every day during the show. Thats nice. A star though . That was kind of cute. All right. Lets take a look at what is going on as far as our weather. Ill start the show here and start about san jose, partly cloudy and about 60. Faster sunshine today. Slightly warmer across the board. Heightened fire and heat risk continues through at least saturday because the heat breaking breezes, they show up sunday. And here is a look at how fast the fog goes away. By about 10 30, it is completely gone around the bay and inland. Even at the coast, well see a little more sunshine this afternoon, that will help warm it a degree or two. And so we have mid to upper 80s through most of the south bay, morgan hill and gilroy hitting 90. 74 at millbrae, 77 san mateo. Redwood city, 82 there. And low to mid60s along the coast and upper 60s to near 70 for Downtown SouthSan Francisco, sausalito. It is warmer in the north bay than it was the last couple days because those southwest breezes wont be quite as strong. So we have mid to upper 80s and even near 100 in cloverdale and lake ports. East bay shore, 72 at richmond. And the hottest temperatures, mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. Good new, well drop into the 50s and 60s, not quite as cool as this morning, but still comfortable during the overnight hours. Look at the heat really build inland thursday and friday, it breaks in the bay and the coast saturday and then sunday were back to average everywhere. It will feel nice come sunday. Perfect. Thank you, mike. Twitter is making election day a paid holiday for employees. And now you can buy unclaimed Airline Baggage online. Here is techbytes. Election day is now a Company Holiday at twitter. From now on, workers at the social media site will get a paid day off to vote in National Elections here in the u. S. And around the world. Employees responsible for election related work will still have to clock in. It is now easier to buy secondhand items found at the airport baggage claim. For 350 ye50 years, left behind hassage has been going to an alabama store and now they are on line. Finally segues days are numbered. The Company Behind the personal transportser says that it will stop making them on july 15th. The segway debuted in 2001 and was spoked to revolutionize the way we get around. Those are your techbytes. Movie theaters are starting to reopen in some states. Fandango has that new feature to find out how various theaters are handling the coronavirus safety. And that includes mask requirements and changes at the concession stand. Jcpenney is revealing more store closures and well be talking about the bay area location that will be closing its doors. The pride flags are out in San Francisco, but the doors are closed at the nations first gay hi welcome back. Lets talk about the heat advisory. The National Weather service in sacramento readd ed lake a a a seen know cou mend seen know counties through friday. And also possible will fairfield, solano county, and that continues until 8 00 saturday with temperatures in the upper 90s to near 100. And San Francisco will not hold a pride parade this year, the celebration is one of the biggest draws for a museum about gay history. And the nonprofit is taking an economic hit since coronavirus forced the cancellation of the parade. The lgbt museum is the first stand alone museum of lgbt history and culture. But just one percent of the Current Holdings are on display. Now the museum plans to expand into a larger space, but those plans have been put on hold because of the Economic Impact of the novel coronavirus. The public funding fell through. Clearly were in a recession right now and we werent in a position to launch a capital campaign. If you would like to help, the lgbt Historical Society and museum and archives, it has reduced its regular membership to just 35 for pride month and you can find a link on our website, abc7news. Com. Jcpenney is closing more Stores Including one at sun valley mall in concord. The retailer has announced nearly 150 store closures since it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. Liquidation sales in concorded are expected to start around july 3. Fairfield Police Responded to a call at an Apartment Building and ended up in a water balloon fight. Oh, my gosh. So the buildings pool is closed because of covid19, so the officers turned to plan b to help the kids cool off. They brought some balloons and it was on. There were plenty of soaked uniforms and a lot of smiles afterwards. That is crazy. I think that we can all agree we need our pools back. Yes. It is that time. But if it leads to stuff like that this is true. I still want a hmoped. You love to see that interaction especially with younger kids. So a positive experience, that is nice. Lets talk about what is going on for friday. You can see kuwaitk secan see q spread. But look saturday, barely some 90s in antioch and and look winds break the heat. Mainly 60s and 70s for sunday. 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Liberty. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. A possible ban on travel to europe, the impact for american travelers at the u. S. Airports including sfo. And the return of baseball, the deal that puts players back to work next week and a new season beginning in one month. Good morning, everybody. You can believe it is wednesday, june 24th . Happy wednesday. Here we are. About to serve you some news and some weather. And mike knee dougneicconicco. Good morning, reggie and kumasi. Welcome to wednesday. Lets take a look at live doppler 7 which is dry. But you can see some of the low clouds along the coast spilling into 101 and the north bay and also parts of the south bay and east bay. So a little more cloud cover this morning. Thankfully it is hovering high enough that we dont have visibility problems right now. Lets take a look at what will happen with your temperatures. 56 to 60, almost exactly where we were yesterday at this time. However, by noon, well be a couple degrees warmer away from the coast. And 80 to 90 at 4 00. So drier air will lead to a little bit faster sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures today except for the coast. I hate to do this to you at 5 00 a. M. , ruin your dreams, but if you thought that you might be going on a european vacation sometime in 2020, that may not be possible. Amy hollyfield is standing by at sfo to tell us why. Reporter yeah, apparently were on a lis