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Long to eliminate school police. The vote was unanimous and will do away with Law Enforcement and any Armed Security in Oakland Schools. We dont need police. We dont need any Law Enforcement entity. The move will eliminate the Districts Police department at the end of the year, and will shift all calls to the oakland Police Department. In recent weeks there have been rallies and marches in favor of this. Even warriors coach steve kerr took to the streets. Some parents we talked with are not happy. I think its a bad idea. Carolyn bim has two sons in the Oakland School district and she worries for their safety and others. My son was bullied this year, sixth grade year and seventh graders threatened to bring a gun and shoot my son, right . Im like whoa, right. Former District Security guard tony helgel agrees. I think its a dangerous mistake. Thats telling people that the school zone is a free for all for criminal activity. Now, though, there is a hope from many that School Employees will work with students to solve issues before they become major problems. Now, i did reach out to the oakland Police Department who has struggled at times with responding to calls. They would only say they will continue to provide security to all of the community. J. R. Stone, abc 7 news. J. R. , thank you. Oakland unified isnt the only bay area School District removing police from campuses. San francisco unified voted unanimously to declare the citys Public Schools to be plicefree and a petition is under way to do the same at the east Side Union High School District in san jose. As bay area schools cut ties with police, state education chief Tony Thurmond has ordered a report on the impact on schools. We should have more Restorative Justice programs. Programs that focus on deescalation and intervention to use peacemaking skills to reduce thuondershouldtu lik criminals. A task force on School Safety has also been created and its members will have its first hearing next tuesday. In the north bay, the napa Police Department says it will limited use of restraints commonly referred to as choke holds. Napas police chief told the city council that officers can only use the technique in a deadly force situation. Earlier this month, police said they would no longer use choke holds as did the daly city Police Department. As the bay area meets the challenge of equality, justice and race, we have resources to help. Just go to abe 7 news. Com takeaction to find your ally. Police are looking into social media posts claiming the woman who coughed on a 1yearold boy is a teacher in san joses oak grove high School District. Shes accused of intentionally coughing on the child last friday in a dispute over social distancing. The boys mother says police have shown her a photo lineup and shes identified the woman. The district said in a statement that the employee is currently off work and not providing any services to our district students, and goes on to say the district is cooperating with police. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, we are focussing our efforts to build a better bay area on four main areas. Health, education, our changing workplaces and the economy. Today Governor Newsom announced an explosion in new covid19 cases across california. 57 News Reporter kate larson spoke with epidemiologists about what is and is not going well when it comes to containing the amendment. Remember, covid19 didnt take summer recess. Reporter Governor Newsom warned that since sunday new coronavirus cases have increased 69 in california and patients hospitalized with covid has gone up 29 in the past two weeks. It is our behaviors that are leading to these numbers, and we are putting peoples lives at risk. This is getting much worse. Right now were reopening at a higher level than we were ever at. Reporter this doctor is an epidemiologist and Health Economist in washington, d. C. If you were to choose between economic shutdown of businesses and schools versus simply Wearing Masks 95 of the time for everyone, i think the choice is pretty clear, but now were we didnt do the shutdown well and the mask compliance is woefully inadequate. One thing that has gone well, at least here in the bay area, according to experts, is Contact Tracing. Rather than testing people at random, were actually going into neighborhoods and setting up Testing Centers where most of the transmissions going on. So were doing a better job of finding cases. Reporter dr. George rutherford is a professor of epidemiology at ucsf. Hes in charge of training thousands of californians to track down covid cases. What have you discovered in the last three months during your Contact Tracing program . That we were right all along, the disease is concentrated in neighborhoods. Its being transmitted principally in denselypopulated households. You can look where those are right now. The canal district, san rafael, the mission. Reporter both doctors answered a few important questions. We have not yet begun to see cases from businesses opening back up. The protests were not drivers of this new surge. Reporter kate larson, abc 7 news. The coronavirus outbreak at san quintin prison is showing no signs of slowing. State data shows 456 inmates are infected with covid19. 433 of those cases are new cases within the last two weeks. 51 Staff Members have tested positive. The Marin County Health officer says the surge started after inmates were transferred from a prison in chino where there was an outbreak. Health officials in san jose are hoping to test 1,000 People Per Day at the s. A. P. Center this week and turnout looked pretty good. Testing this week is free. You dont need an appointment and you dont need to be show symptoms. Tonight the United States is seeing its highest number of new infections since april and now some states are taking steps to limit infected travellers from hot zones. While some parts of the world are looking to do the same. Abc News Reporter zarine shaw has the details. Reporter as the u. S. Reports nearly 35,000 cases in one day, governors from new york, new jersey and connecticut requiring visitors from hot spots to quarantine for two weeks to curb outbreaks. We now have to make sure that the rate continues to drop. Reporter new yorks governor saying police will stop cars with out of state license plates. Visitors from states with 10 infection rates could face a 10,000 fine if they dont quarantine. Florida breaking a record after over 5,000 positive cases and texas where this couple married over half a century died next to each other in a fort worth hospital an hour apart. My mom said, okay, see you tomorrow, and then she reporter over in harris county, texas methodist hospitals icu beds filling up. Their nursing director describing the heartbreaking losses. When they dont survive, you know, knowing that we did everything we possibly could to restore their okay. Youre going to make me cry now. Reporter while states limit travellers, the European Union now reviewing which countries they will allow visitor from when they lift restrictions next week. An eu spokesperson saying right now the u. S. , brazil and russia do not appear to make the cut. This Washington Post graph based on john hopkins data shows europe has recovered from the pandemic far betterthan the u. S. Even though Health Officials say right now younger people are driving up these numbers, some of the deadliest cases have been at places like holyoke soldiers home in massachusetts. 97 veterans dying there in just the last three months. Investigators calling it a tragic failure to protect soldiers after discovering a move to consolidate veterans, mixed those who were infected with those without symptoms. The virus is already taking a major toll on the economy and now the imf is predicting that the u. S. Economy will shrink by 8 this year because of the coronavirus crisis. Abc news, los angeles. Disneyland has delayed its reopening. The park was due to open july 17th if given state approval. Park officials now say Governor Newsom isnt expected to issue reopening guidance for theme parks until after july 4th. That would be too tight a turnaround time to open. They are not yet predicting a new reopening date. Disney, of course, is a Parent Company of abc 7. One east bay School District has come up with a tentative plan for the fall. The superintendent announced today the school year will resume in mid to late october with partial distance learning. He says the goal is for 100 oncampus instruction once that its safe. But he also reminds families this is subject to change, of course, depending on any new guidance. Well, as we navigate the pandemic, weve put together a resource to help you track whats open in the bay area and where. Youll find this inactive map on our website. Just go to abe 7 news. Com. A familiar face. A superhero helping out the Homeless Population here in downtown san jose. Plus, a child driving a car in oakland. What police are saying about this startling video. How did a bay area vodka importing company receive a multimillion dollar crockett to produce ppe . The iteam looks into it next. Baking in the heat again inland tomorrow. Ill let you know when a break is coming straight ahead. Thanks, sandy. All thats heart. But first, here is a look at whats coming up tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live right after abc 7 news at 11 00. Jimmy . Tonights show is glutenfree and regular free. When you go to jiffy lube, are you any help to get under the car . Thats not my hey rob does it really matter which protein bar i choose . Yes. It does there are some protein bars that have as much sugar as a candy bar. My atkins chocolate Peanut Butter bar. I dont want it packed with sugar or refined carbs. So, choose wisely. In the sixth bouth bay, a superhero is walking the streets of san jose. His mission, help the growing Homeless Population. The teenager known only as batman of san jose. Reporter a familiar face is taking to San Jose City streets, but instead of fighting crime, hes feeding the homeless. People will notice me and see what im doing and then theyll notice the problem. Reporter underneath his makeshift costume made of motocross and riot gear, this 19yearold is on a mission to connect with the citys Homeless Population. Behind him a wagon full of food and water. His rival means a muchneeded meal. I give food a couple of times a week from this guy. I dont even know how he does it. Reporter since last summer the teen has used mainly his own money to purchase supplies, but his growing pse many contribute. And others recognizing hes here to help. Can i have some food, please . Some food . All right. Reporter we watched as several people flagged him down in the downtown area and as he entered a nearby homeless encampment. This is my first meal of the day. Ive already gone through the 189 in food stamps i have and its 12 days early. Reporter besides food he offers a friendly exchange. Food, water and, like, clothing are very temporary things. Reporter in all his volunteer efforts, the teen says hes learned living on the streets has the potential to dehumanize someone. Sometimes the conversation is ou f than enough to help. Human again. Reporter for some theres also a level of nostalgia. Come on, its batman. I probably wont be hunting him down like im the joker, but i definitely if i see him, i know its somewhere i can go to to be comfortable for me. Reporter after w i am underneath, but what i do that defines me. For this teen that means bringing attention to 6,000 people in the city are currently experiencing. In san jose, abc 7 news. New at 11 00, police are looking00 in looking into a video showing a young child seemingly driving a car in oakland. Take a look. This video and from june 19th at the Martin Luther king jr. Regional shoreline. You can see the child behind the wheel with an adult in the passenger seat. The car is moving. Police tell us they received a report about the incident and are investigating. No one has been arrested or cited so far. They say someone could face child endangerment charge for Something Like this. Tonight, the iteam investigates more than 100 Bay Area Companies that are cashing in on big multimillion dollar contracts to fight covid19. And as abc 7 news iteam reporter found out, one Company Stands out. After taking heat for lacking qualifications. Reporter pleasanton based techcentrix normally makes Wearable Technology like this wrist band, but now there are questions on how the tech company landed a nearly 50 million fema contract to source ppe. The company criticized for lacking qualifications. Its actually not true. We have a lot of experience procuring millions and millions of dollars of technology, and the ppe side of it actually is its a lot easier, right . Reporter ceo Brandon Laidlaw spoke exclusively to the abc 7 iteam for the First Time Since taking heat for the contract. We do have experience. Weve been procuring millions and millions of dollars out of china with much more detailed product. Reporter laidlaw says hes connected with a governmentrun manufacturer that owns three ppe factories out of china. According to federal records, medea inc. , the Parent Company of techcentrix, that advertises to be a vodka importer was registered as a Government Contractor on april 16th. Six days later the company landed a 50 Million Contract with fema, getting paid ten days later. It really raises red flags on whether theyre going to be able to deliver. Reporter scott amy is an attorney with the project on government oversight based in washington, d. C. Some questions with these newly formed companies on whether theyre going to be able to perform because they dont have that performance track record, and there are some real risks that agencies are taking on. Reporter fema has publicly stated their contract vetting process is thorough, but declined abc 7s request for an interview. Meanwhile, medea signed off on delivering roughly 26 Million Masks, ranging from disposable to n95s. A 48 Million Contract to start, but documents show once completed, the company is eligible to receive up to nearly 100 million. But laidlaw says the deal was never about the money. 6 Million Masks still have to be delivered, but laidlaw says hes confident theyll make the deadline in two weeks. For the iteam, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. In the east bay, Police Departments joined forces today to tackle the problem of illegal fireworks. The san pablo, richmond and el cerrito took part in a meeting. Dealing with an 81 increase in fireworks calls. Richmonds police chief spoke about the challenges police face. With this whole defunding of the Police Department, you know, there is the argument that, you know, should the Police Department be responding to fireworks . I say yes because it is having a Significant Impact on our community. The departments say they are shifting officers to focus on fireworks using undercover vehicles, and richmond is offering a reward for tips that lead them to recover fireworks. An 11monthold boy is alive tonight thanks to two San Jose Police officers. On sunday, fathers day, a dispatch call went out about an unresponsive child. Officer joshua peretes is and his partner arrived on scene. Performed chest compressions while his partner did mouthtomouth. He says his training prepared him for this, but its also about more than that. I dont have any children, but i do have a niece and nephew and, you know, when you see someone like that on the ground, you cant help but want to help them. The child was rushed to the hospital where he is recovering. Its not clear what obstructed his airway, but thank goodness he looks like hell be okay. Now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Hi there, everyone. Lets talk about the heat that is coming our way. We have a heat advisory in effect for Solano County saturday at 8 00 p. M. Until 10 00 p. M. Friday for lake county and Mendocino County goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon and runs to friday night. Now, here are the things you need to know. This week we have the risk of heat illnesses. Moderate to high for mendocino and solano counties. A hot one w

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