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KGO ABC7 News 600PM July 12, 2024

Across the state received a notice the Public Health mandate must be enforced. But how it will be enforced is still a question. What we do know is the state is not issuing a penalty for those who do not come my. Ahead of the holiday weekend, governor gavin newsom announce ad new Awareness Campaign hoping to encourage compliance. Messages that we think can hit home in traditional ways, emotional ways. Reporter while the videos may spread awareness, some criticize it is not enough to solve the problem. What do you say to critics who suggest that psas may be great but its time for your office to get tougher on y imposinfi orter the reon ptily answered the wiheld funng to thosemand but it is still foggy. What enforcement means. Look. Were not going into peoples back yards to enforce it. I encourage peopled the the right thing. Reporter even Scientists Say encouragement isnt going to cut it. If you want to solve this, we need to enforce it. Reporter dr. Wit with Kaiser Permanente said there needs to be consequences. He said it worked for france. If they were on a street without a mask, they were fined. If they were out beyond one kilometer without a purpose, 150 euros first offense. 500 euros second offense. The curve went up and it went do you mean. And it is as low as it was in a busy holiday weekend, there are only a select number of counties across the state like monterey that will be issuing fines. A avoid crowds. Reporter he talked about strike teams today. This is his latest effort directing state agencies to help counties with enforcement. What exactly that help will be is still under clear at this point. We are looking into it. Stephanie, before you go, enforcement makes you think there could be periodic compliance checks, doesnt it . Reporter a great point. It certainly raises that question. The governor didnt give a direct answer. We know the strike teams are working in six regions across the state which does include, of course, the bay area. We are waiting to see if in fakt compliance checks will be a part of. Effort. Thank you. Some cities are now willing to issue fines for not wearing a mask. In santa monica and beverly hills, it is 100 for a first offense. In west hollywood, 300. I think the problem is people are not taking it seriously and it is a full blown pandemic. Im a doctor Covid Patients all the time. So its real. Its been two weeks since Governor Newsom mandated Wearing Masks across the state. Many counties already had local rules to that effect in place. In napa, the city and county announced the formation of a Compliance Task force to tackle the issue of mask wearing. Heres abc7 News Reporter wayne friedman. Reporter in communities across california, places like napa, the change has been slow and steady. From never trusting people in masks, it is the other way around. I think a little irresponsible to be in places Walking Around without a mask. Considering the infection rates and the advice from Public Health officials and the a oer coun now fe los of state funding if they dont get masking and social distancing under control. That is why napas county Health Director and board of supervisors are talking about taking it to the next level. If education and outreach isnt enough, it will get to the point where we have to have more enforcement for noncompliance. Reporter you just heard the two new ewords. Education and enforcement. Now at add another for business owners, elation. It is not our job. No. It is really challenging to make the host at a restaurant be the enforcer of mask wearing. Reporter as in many communities, theyve been through three excruciating months without income while investing for reopening. This owner has nut plastic barriers and still not opened inside to protect his staff. It is tough being tough, he says. If somebody comes in and theyre not willing to wear a mask or get their temperature taken, we wont serve them. Period. Full stop. Reporter it remains unclear what measures it might take. Fines . Citations . If Health Officials cant change behavior, the governor cant change someones behavior, if the data wont change someones behavior. I dont know how effective a fine will be. Reporter we may soon find out. Abc7 news. Now in total, the bay area including snab cruz county has more than 25,000 diagnosed coronavirus cases now. This graph here charts the number of new cases reported each day. The yellow line is our rolling average calculated from the previous seven days of data. That rolling average continues to set new records. Alameda county is the first to fast 6,000 case mark. The last county to allow for Outdoor Dining that started less than two weeks ago. Santa clara county officials announced a new risk based framework to have the next phase of the opening. Reporter departing from the sector specific plan that has been used in santa clara county, sarah cody outlined a new order offering a long term containment pstrategy for covid19. We need to adapt to a new way of being a new way of living, that keeps us all safe and that allows us to do some of the things we miss and that we cherish and find most meaningful. Multiple activity thats were previously restricted can now resume including gyms, hair and nail salons and small gatherings. However the mandatory use of Face Coverings and capacity limits will be in place. It will come back with a vengeance if you let your guard down. Indoor activity thats will require the removal of a Face Covering such as Indoor Dining or swimming pools will continue to be off limits. Ples that eoura large crowds like theaters, nightclubs and arena theres stay closed under the new order. Infectious disease experts say the countys approach make sense. The more air flow you have access to, the better. We have to double down and keep reminding ourselves that what were doing is literally for the lives and well being of our community and our nation. Reporter employers must also alert the Public Health department of any cases of covid19 that are directly tied to their work places. I want to say one big thank you to all of you who have been sheltering in place, for wearing your masks. Join us. This is the only way to fight te t ord or ds afterer. The statepproveswhr date comes. Abc7 news. In addition to health, education is a big part of building a better bay area. Today we spoke directly with the head of california schools, tony thurman. We cant make a bunch of rules and then not supply support to our educators. This is all different and new. Weve never had this level of Online Learning provided in california. Or in the nation. So as we move to more of it, we have to provide professional development and training that focuses on quality for our educators and we will be pushing for that and with our districts to make sure our teachers are getting that training. Titled getting answers. It is on tv and it is interactive so you can take part online through facebook live, on youtube live and the abc7 news app. Next, well turn to the impact on our economy which is pro found, as you know. Thousands are still waiting for Unemployment Benefits to arrive. What is being done about it . Im spencer the nasdaq was up 53 points. The dow gained 92. And the s p 500 rose 14 points for a fourday winning streak. Unemployment was at 11. 1 last month with the economy adding 4. 8 million jobs. That was down from 13. 3 in may. But it is still at depression era levels. The economy is part of building a better bay area. And called on californias Employment Development to reform its ways immediately as so many people deplete their savings. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is on that story. Reporter californias Development Department says it is working around the clock, seven days a week, processing Unemployment Benefits during the pandemic. Despite paying more than 37. 5 billion in benefits over the past few months and processing more than 7 million claims, there are hundreds of californians who have told 7 on your side and state lawmakers that theyve received only one payment or no payments at all. Ive just been using credit cards and savings and my business isnt able to open. So yeah. I dont know what to do next. Ive been paying taxes for my entire life. Good upstanding citizen. I dont understand why i cant access these benefits. Ive only received one payment in the last 15 weeks that ive been unemployed. The Assembly Member is calling on e. D. D. To reduce think response time, better manage the call centers and perform its online operations. E. D. D. Is truly failing our state. People are suffering tremendously. Reporter in an email, a spokesperson says we are enhancing our Technology Systems to increase efficiencies and have already hired or have offers extended to more than 4,000 new staff needed. Anna lou has been trying to help her parents whose names were incorrect on their claims. Trying to call e. D. D. It has not been able to reach anybody. Reporter state senator scott people are not asking for any kind of special treatment. People simply want to be able to access the Unemployment Benefits to which they are legally entitled. Reporter he says the contractor is part of the problem. The fact e. D. D. Has been relying on a contractor but has had a history of bungling projects is mystifying. Reporter a spokesperson says, the system we developed in 2013 and continue to help maintain has paid out more than 30 billion in state and federal Unemployment Benefits and processed more than 6. 3 million claims from californians since midmarch. Abc7 news. A lot of us are using these many months at home to finally clean our garages and storage spaces. But some are going too far leaving donations outside several good will locations even though most of them are closed and this has created a big problem. Good will reached out to abc7 to let people know where to drop off their goods. Heres more on this story. Reporter in midmarch all the centers closed. Since then only one dropoff location has reopened in San Francisco with limited hours. All the way up. Reporter from 9 00 in the morning to 2 00 p. M. Tuesday through saturday. We started with getting over 100 per day. Reporter many people have been stuck at home so theyve been digging deep. Deep inside their closets and garages getting things theyve years. Our garage has never been cleaner. So yeah. Obviously were going for everything. Were donating what we can. Reporter good will wants everyone to know the Portrero Hill location is where you drop off donations. Not here at the haightashbury and not here on fill more street. When they drop off, it gets exposed to the elements so moisture can damage clothing. Sometimes people go through our stuff and styles it gets strunl throughout the street. Reporter so much was going on that good will retail store had to put an employee outside the store to people thattions a accepted. Thank you very much. Reporter where are all these items going to . Good will has reopened only 8 of the 19 Retail Stores in San Francisco, san mateo and marin counties. So they say theres quality and quantity. It feels like youre in right now. It is great. Its really great. We have to manage it the best we can. Abc7 news. New at 6 00, the solano District Attorney said she is recusing herself and her office from reviewing two recent deadly officer involved shootings. The shootings are being referred to the state attorney generals office. Last month, the office turned down a request to conduct an independent review saying the d. A. Did not provide them with information indicating her office was not capable of a fair and thorough review. She was killed in 2018. Social justice is one area that abc7 is focusing on as we focus on building a better bay area. Few have been donating to social justice causes. A major exception is the Levi Strauss Foundation and abc7 News Reporter dade louie takes a look at how it is making a difference. Reporter the bay area has a long history as an incubator of grass ruth movements. Of protests. Calls for change. We are really at a cross roads as a society and what it mean to build a better bay area. Reporter the Levi Strauss Foundation has been supporting social justice leaders for over a decade, recently donating close to 4 million to help several leaders of bay area groups to reinvent themselves. Calling them pioneers. The black lives Matter Movement is intensifying the call for change. I dont necessarily feel pressure. I feel relieved that i think the entire country is seeing the depth of change that is necessary. Reporter Zachary Norris is the executive director. Being a pioneer allowed him to write a become on Justice Reform and to develop restore oakland. A Community Resource central for job training and other services. The resources spent on locking down and locking down young people are instead spent on lifting them up and kegting them to opportunities that will ultimately make them successful. The pastor can be found holding a mega phone or challenging the status quo. One of the Foundation Goals was to encourage coalition building. We all have different roles to play. An alignment around a shared on, purpose and shared ideas. It takes a deep, deep love for the people most facts by the systems that are funded by our tax dollars. How do we show compassion and belonging . Reporter the Levi Strauss Foundation hopes other companies lets where they invest their money. Less than 4 goes to social justice causes. David louie, abc7 news. Now when it comes to issues of Racial Justice and equality, you can trust abc7 news to be your ally. You go head to abc7news. Com take action to find a list of local resources on the topic. Including guides for how to discuss these issues with your kids. Stay with us. The summer heat returns for the holiday weekend. Spencer ha im norm. Im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa. Com hugh downs, long time broadcaster and host 20 20 has died. Well be in touch so youll be in touch. He hosted with Barbara Walters from the late 1970s until his retirement in 1999. His career spanned more than 60 years. He once held the begin he is book of world record in appearing in more hours of u. S. Television than anyone else. The record later broken by regis philbin. He died yesterday at his home in arizona from a heart ailment. He was 99 years old. Just a remarkable tv broadcasting legend, who i and so many of us admired. I remember my parents told me to watch 20 20 so i could be inspired to learn about news and speak english without an accent. Thats what they would say. So hell be missed. Im sure you have plenty of memories as well. Do i. I met him, he was telling me once, he was in his late 70s. He had just had double knee cam replacement. He was waiting to get active with his water sports again. Lets take a look at our weather as we wind down this week. Breezy and gusty. Gusts up to 28milesperhour in napa. 38 in fairfield. And its cooler in most inland locations now than this time yesterday. As you can see, one or two degrees. Warmer at the shoreline. San francisco at 69, mid 70s in san jose. Looking back toward San Francisco, 66 degrees in santa rosa right now. 69 in napa. Petaluma, 74. Mid 70s at fairfield, concord and livermore. At goeg, this is the view. Fog will expand rather forcefully tonight. It will surge from the coast across the bay and locally inland. There is a chance of some spotty morning drizzle. Well be warming up significantly for the fourth of july weekend and then cooling down again early next week. I should point out that the surf at our bay area beaches is rough right now. Wave heights are elevated. And as a result, we have a beach hazard statement that will be in effect from 3 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. Sunday for our south facing beaches, an increased risk of sneaker waves and rip currents. And on we go to our forecast animation showing that surge of low clouds and fog moving across the bay and locally inland. 5 00 tomorrow morning, as the commute gets underway. There will be reduced visibility and lots of fog. It will burp back giving as you sunny day away from the coast. Hoe to mid 50s. Up to about 60 on the coast. Mid 70s along the bay shoreline and mid 80s inland. It will warm up rather sharply on saturday which is fourth of july. Look for mid 60s on the coast, to about 80 on the bay shoreline. And well see some mid 90s in the warmest inland locations on saturday and on sunday. So it will be a nice warmup for the entire fourth of july weekend a cooldown begins early next week. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Notice on monday, temperatures drop rather sharply under breezy conditions. Well have a rather breezy pattern with temperatures be

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