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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 12, 2024

North of us and that is allowing for not only, yes, the wind and my microphone, i know, is bad, im sorry about that. 59 in mount 56 in fremont. Well talk about the red flag warning in a few minutes. Sorry about that technical difficulty. Before businesses in San Francisco have to wait longer to reopen. They were supposed to reopen tomorrow but a spike in coronavirus forced the mayor to put plans on hold. Here is what is not allowed to reopen just yet. That is salons, tattoo and piercing studios, massage parlors, outdoor bars and museums including the San Francisco zoo and dr. Grant coal f colfax explains. We had near a doubling in the last couple of weeks of our rate of diagnosis of infections. That curve is now very is quite steep, but we need to be very cautious and thoughtful as we move forward. Dr. Colfax says they will be watching closely to see whether the percentage of positive cases corresponds to an increase in hospitalizations. Two to three weeks from now. In the north bay, marin county put tomorrows opening on hold for hotels, gyms and personal Services Including tattoo shops and nail salons have to wait some more time before they can reopen, however, indoor dining, hair salons and camp grounds can reopen. Tomorrow, were expected to learn if Contra Costa County will pause its reopening. Officials are closely monitoring data and will announce a decision about the reopening timeline. Santa clara county will decide this week if it will move forward with reopening. Both are on the states watch list. For a full interactive map of what is open and closed in a county where you live, you can head to our website. It will show you the date each county plans to have different sectors reopen. You can find that all on abc7news. Com. All right. A mcdonalds in oakland will remain closed after workers and Family Members tested positive for the coronavirus. 35 people including a 10 month old child have been aevinfected. A judge ruled the restaurant must not open until the workers and puck lblic are no longer at risk. They held a protest in april. A lawsuit claims management and owners discouraged employees from taking sick leave when they had symptoms. The restaurant has been closed since may 26th, mcdonalds has not respondedeclms mningtrack oa quinton. They halted plans to transfer inmates. Lauren martinez explains why. Reporter covid19 is rapidly spreading within san quintin policen wa prison walls. On saturday there were over 600 inmates and 89 Staff Members tested positive. On saturday the cdc announced plans to halt the transfer of some inmates after two inmates scheduled to transfer tested positive. The outbreak stems from transfers made to san qunitin in the first place. As of march 30th, were transferred to san quintin to the California Institute for men. Reporter the California Institute of men has the highest confirmed covid19 death rate at 16. The total number for the state stands at 21. I cant believe they were actually considering transf transferri transferring, considering that the way covid spread into san quintin was from transfe inmates. He sent letters to Governor Newsom. He suggested releasing everyoe in the system that has a year left. Releasing 30,000 people now. Reporter as of april 13th, cdc expedited the release of 3500 eligible inmates due to be released in 60 days or less. One inmate says there is a high level of anxiety and pleading for people of marin to speak up. Civil Rights Groups are demanding a fast investigation and changes from the San Jose Police department for officers replaced on administrative leavedleave amid an investigation where current and retired officers shared bigoted and racist comments. Reporter t. The San Jose Police Officers Association will provide you no shelter, no protection. Reporter thats the message from the San Jose Police union after learning about a private Facebook Group with active and retired San Jose Police officers allegedly used to make racist and anti muslim comments. In an email to abc 7 news, San Jose Police chief eddie garcia said any Current Employer engaged in bigoted activity online will be held accountable for fullest extent. We have no place for this. Four officers are on administrative leave after a blog post exposed the group. The group dates back to at least 2010. Said were not going to defend him and i think thats important that the Union Leadership and the police chief are clear that this is not the kind of conduct well tolerate in any way and i expect the officers to be fired. How many officers participated if Actual Department trainings conducted by these officers . How many leaders knew and said nothing . Im having a really hard time believing this secret Facebook Group thats been around discov reporter this civil rights attorney is with care. She says what makes this newest case of alleged Police Misconduct is trouble system is one of the officers accused conducted anti bias Police Training for the San Jose Police department. It further entrenches peoples concerns. Im afraid of law enforcement. They are racist against my people and joke about hurting my people. Why would i call them if i need help . Reporter they are calling for an expedited investigation and fire those found guilty. They want the police union involved in crafting legislation around reforming police and for a review of all cases and investigations these officers are connected to to make sure there is no bias in the arrests. Who might be sitting in jail because what looked like an objective stop, what looked like a clean interaction may have actually been driven by bigotry. Who cases need to be relooked at is a very important question for us. Police misconduct should not be treated an intern matter and it should be conducted by in independent author we first sent the alert on this story on our abc 7 news app when we learned the officers were placed on leave. If you want breaking news updates like this in the future, its free to download in the app store. Happening today, the 50th anniversary of pride and as part of the festival tiities, a dis the Police Department will be heven most events are moved online but if you want to take part in person, it will beket street. That starts at 11 00 this morning at polk and washington. San Francisco City hall went up in pink to celebrate pride but for some in oakland this is marched by a disturbing incident. The lgbtq center was vandalized leaving staff and residents stunned. Cornell bernard has the details. Reporter its not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. They crashed that window, broke these completely out. Reporter most of the windows at oaklands Lgbtq Community center smashed. Joe cofounded the center three years ago. Were supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people that we wake up to tha bashing and breaking our windows because of their own hate. Swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. Reporter he was setting up his jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking the windows with a golf club. Cosmo started yelling. Stop stop stop as loud as i could and he saw me. Reporter he says the man took off on a bike. Joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this weeke weekends relay and escorted by mayor libby shaft who is outraged by the vandalism. I am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act on any building but particularly this sanctuary. Reporter San Francisco pride celebrations have gone virtual due to covid19. And many say the Castro District lost its party spirit. Its supposed to be pink saturday and nothing near. Reporter many bars and restaurants dont want big crowds coming here. If people arent distancing, well stop serving and close it down. We want everybody to be safe. Reporter back in oakland, joe says these shattered windows wont break his pride. We are going to be okay. This is going to maha pre. Reporter police are l p sur video and activity investigating this incident. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Three, two, one [ cheers ] there it is all positive and all pink in San Francisco. A foggy night up on twin peaks but youre seeing what may become a new pride tra sessidit the city. Nearly 3,000 pink leds are lit up in the form of a pink triangle, the symbol comes with a meaningful message. Its the same kind of senseless hatred haunts gays, jews, blacks, and other minorities. Thats why the twin peaks display is so important. You can see that wind but looking fabulous. Dozens attended last nights Lighting Ceremony including the mayor. The lights will stay illuminated this is the end point of the pink light recession from the bay bridge to the Ferry Building to twin peaks and a reminder we have a full list of events on abc7news. Com, and lisa, i think i saw something that said some people can see. There are so many lights you can see it from space. Wow. So cool. Maybe. Yeah, thats incredible. I dont know with the fog. Hapar sunday. You can see the emeryville. It is gusty. Numbers in the upper 50s and marine layer in the process of being wiped out due to the wind. What does that mean for your sunday . I have the blustery answers coming up. On guys are vi violating federal law. A shoppers trader joes tirade after being asked to put on a mask. The video going viral. The latest details on coronavirus could be spiking across the country. What the Trump Campaign is having to answer to in newly surfaced video from its tulsa rally. Thousands of free take home thermometers going to local schools tomor try natures bounty hair, skin and nails gummies. The number one brand to support silky hair, glowing skin, and healthy nails. Beauty comes naturally, only from natures bounty. Beauty comes naturally, sfx dog bark sfx confetti popper popping sfx bubbles when we cant be close, we can still be close. 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. Welcome back. There is new details about a walmart distribution center. One worker is dead and four are in fair condition after a man drove into the center and opened fire. This happened in red bluff, which is about 30 miles south of redding. Investigators say the shooter circled the parking lot four times yesterday afternoon before crashing his car into the building that he got out and started shooting with an assault rifle. Police then shot the suspected gunman. He is also died. A witness describes the moment here before shots were fired. I went to help a lady that was kind of trapped at the beginning and at that point i started hearing gunfire and ducked. Officials say a motive for the attack has not yet been determined. According to the sacramento beat the offender is a 31yearold with a history with the distribution center. The coronavirus hitting new daily case records across the country prompting many places like some here in the bay area to rollback restrictions. This morning president Trumps Campaign is responding to a video from the tulsa rally a week ago. Christine sloan as the details. Reporter the fight against the coronavirus across the nation continues with more than 45,000 confirmed cases reported saturday, the largest singleday increase since the pandemic began. In hardhit texas recording 5700 new daily cases, Governor Greg Abbott admitting he reopened the state too quickly, one of the largest cities, houston, millions of residents are being asked to stay home and officials calling this recent outbreak of cases worse. Lets be real. We will not get through this if we dont look at the reality of the situation. Reporter the Sunshine State florida also in a state of crisis. Thousands now rushing to get tested. Miami date county beach is shutting for the upcoming fourth of july weekend to help prevent the spread. And florida bars banned from serving alcohol. However, the governor stopped short of ordering everyone to wear masks in public. Some redensidents agree. Ridiculous, if youre in the area you can eat and take your mask off but i have to walk in the restaurant with it but i have to take it off when i sit down. The rule doesnt make too much sense. Reporter president Trumps Campaign officials are responding to this video obtained by the Washington Post from his cam back rally in tulsa, oklahomak not sit here, please hours before his arrival. The campaign insisting the rally was in full compliance with local requirements. Eight Trump Campaign staffers that were at the rally testing positive for covid19. Dozens quarantined. In the wake of increasing cases, Vice President pence is postponing his Campaign Events in arizona and florida out of an abundance of caution. This next story is catching plenty of attention on abc7news. Com. Trader joes shoppers angry outburst after being asked to put on a face that man is haras not wearing a mask. I have a breathing problem. Anyone harassing me to wear a mask, you guys are violating federal law. Get that on camera. Another shopper recorded the incident on friday and remember, Governor Newsom ordered all california residents to wear face masks in public, trader joes has not commented on this video. The school of medicine is learning about a Security Breach from earlier this month. Investigators believe attackers with no intended target obtained data to use to demand a ransom payment of 1. 14 million. The encrypted data is important enough for the university deciding to pay the ransom for a tool to unlock the data. Patient information, covid19 research and Campus Network information was not exposed. Abc 7 is focused on bringing you stories that help build a better bay area through the coronavirus pandemic. One of the four key focuses is education and what our schools will look like going forward. Starting tomorrow, students at San Francisco Public Schools will be able to pick up smart thermometers. Nearly 9,000 devices will be available in 19 locations where the School District distributes food for families. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has details. Reporter these are the smart thermometers that families with children in San Francisco Public Schools will take home on monday. Another give away of the devices was conducted in pittsburgh in mid may. There, 2,000 thermometers were donated to families. San francisco unified a much larger district 8,800 thermometers during monday food pickup. The district hopes testing at home first could slow down the spread of the virus. You dont want them traveling on a bus or going all the way to school and then being in contact with other staff and students before we find out that they have symptoms. Reporter if a child or Family Member has a fever, they are asked to give out more information about their symptoms. Here is how t folks over at gma explained the app. Do you have any other symptoms . Well say you a cough, earache and fatigue. This is going to make a determination based upon your age, michael, we need to call the doctor. Weve been doing this all over the country. Reporter he says the person remains anonymous. But the information on the symptoms given will help track the spread of any virus. On our Health Weather map, youre able to drill down at a lo county level where there is levels of high illness. Suspected influenzalike illnesses. Reporter the thermometer will not capture a reading when someone is asymptomatic. She was one of the first families to receive the thermometer. She finds the app helpful. As a parent, you want to make sure that youre doing the right things possible at all times, especially if its in the middle of the night and youre already panicking. I feel like it would be an easy tool to tell you concrete things. Reporter in San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, 7 news. Today a special Graduation Ceremony for Mountain View 2020 got the first chance to celebrate their graduates yesterday using a drive in. Abc 7 news was in san jose where youre seeing surt reries of graduation videos playing on a big screen. It was held at the earthquake stadium that the team donated for the event. The videos showed footage of graduating seniors as they collected diplomas and caps and gowns this month. Lets get a check of the weather with lisa argen. Its so foggy today. Had it dissipated a bit . We have not gotten rid of it yet. Its not forecast to move out into the Central Valley as we get towards tomorrow. So thats some good news but between now and then, a lot of things happening around here an out and you can see as we widen the perspective to the north, the rotation there bringing rain up to t

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