Here 110 pounds of high grade fireworks seized by Oakland Police this week. Weve had over 15 fires, you know, wild land fires in the city of oakland just since monday whi w would normally see. Reporter the Oakland Fire Department is braced for a tough fourth of july weekend. Theyre bringing in more engines. Weve also staffed three Additional Fire am rat us that will be patrolling, in the city, specifically at lake merritt. And then we have two Additional Fire apparatus that will be patrolling. Reporter theyve also got a dozen volunteers armed with ham radios ready to scan the horizon for smoke or flames. It is similar to the setup on the peninsula. The enhanced use of our emergency volunteers, close to two dozen of them, at various locations, is really important. If heaven forbid a Bottle Rocket lands in the dry brush up in the hills, our only chance of suppressing that in a timely manner is getting early eyes on that, early detection. We will be in foot hill park reporter theyre among the volunteers ready for fourth of july action. Their shift runs from 5 00 to 10 30 p. M. Well bring camp chairs, binoculars, well have our handheld radios. Well be scanning the horizon for fires. For telltale smoke. Reporter new will be the closure of grizzly peak boulevard in the oakland hills. Usually a popular Gathering Spot for fire shut down from saturday morning in the sunday morning. Abc7 news. Earlier today,. Directly with the assistant deputy about the danger that fireworks present. People just dont understand. When we see fatalities from fires caused by fireworks, we see structures destroyed and we see wildfires all sparked by illegal fireworks. So really, its not a fun and, its really a very unsafe form of entertainment, if you will. Certainly is. We want to bring in abc7 news anchor spegser christian. He has a look at the forecast. It looks to be very seasonable. Spencer . That is true. It will be warm this weekend. Warmer than it has been the last couple days, and dry. Very pleasant weather. Lets take a look at the forecast for the fourth of july. Were looking at sunny skies, mid 60s at the coast to mid to upper 90s in our inland areas. Sunday will be a nice warm day. Perhaps a couple of degrees cooler than tomorrow. At the beaches, look for warm conditions as well. The temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. A word of caution. The beaches may be hazardous this weekend. Wave heights, rough surf and sneaker waves. Ill have the full forecast coming up shortly. Coronavirus has turned events into Health Hazard and thats why many public beaches are closed this weekend. Stephanie is live with how these beach closures will actually work. Stephanie . Hey there. Yes. Officers have been out there all afternoon patrolling the beaches. And notice the entrance to the beaches here, completely gated off with signs clearly indicating both the beaches and the parking lots are closed. That didnt tom at least a dozen people from making their way through this afternoon. The beach and the parking lots are all closed. A fourth of july weekend unlike any other in pacifica. Beaches are closed. The sandsy entrances gated off and people asked to stay away. But some just are not listening. How did the surfers get out there . They probably snuck in through other means. Reporter at least a dozen surfers managed to slip by while others watching the coastline played it safe. I wish i could sneak by, too. I dont want to get a ticket or anything so we wont but yeah. They got out there early. I understand the situation with the whole coronavirus and how the cases are rising. I think it is a good thing the repter hose who are not so understanding will face consequences. We would hopefully maybe issue a warning to include a warning citation. If it he is chats even more, we can result in a citation which, the maximum penalty would be a misdemeanor citation with a 1,000 fine. Reporter it didnt seem to stop this crowd in the days leading up to memorial day weekend. And locals hope this time will be different. People need to get it through their head that this is not a joke. Reporter how are you going to ensure that doesnt happen again . I cant. It all comes down to volunteering clients, education, and everyone taking an onus in helping stop spread the covid19. Reporter there were no fines issued during memorial day weekend. But officers say the fourth of july will be different. Compliance. If they see people repeatedly breaking the rules, fines will be issued. The maximum penalty is a 1,000 fine. That could vary. Live in pacifica. Abc7 news. Thats a real fine. Give us a sense of what would happen during a night enforce many. Reporter we just learned the shifts start at 6 00 a. M. And they end at 6 00 p. M. There will be periodic enforcele checks and they are based on calls for service. They are preparing for a higher call volume with additional staff. Okay. I asked the doctor on the 3 00 program if we could go back to a full shutdown mode if people dont pay attention. If people dont ahead to warnings and start to get complacent, were heading into a holiday weekend. It is another high risk activity where people want to gather just like memorial day. Or if we start to see the death rate really increase from whats happening in a couple weeks, in either of those scenarios, i could see us reverting backwards. The doctor says if we want to get back to our normal lives, we have to wear masks. It has been about six weeks cynic our last federal holiday, memorial day. So lets use that as a comparison when talking about coronavirus. Memorial day fell just days before the United States coronavirus death toll tomds 100,000. Locally that was around the time that california allowed in store shopping to resume for the first time. The governor laid out rules for hair salons to reopen and around that time, roughly 3,000 people were hospitalized for coronavirus. Now there are more than 5,000 people in the hospital. Around memorial day, the number pof new cases in a day was aroud 2,000. At last check, more than 5,600. Thats actually lower than many spikes in the past week. Another thing is the percentage of positive tests. In may the average was 4. 1 . Now it is 6. 4 percent and climbing. And the total number of cases worldwide, that topped 11 million. More than half a Million People have died including nearly 130,000 people here in the u. S. We are keeping track every single day. It is all laid out here. Two more death row inmates at san quenin have died. Scott had been on death row for the killing of two boys in san diego. The other was sentenced to death in 1989 for killing a man during a robbery in sacramento. The Corrections Department said both had been hospitalized and appeared to have died from complications due to covid19. Th total number of inmate deaths to four at san quenin. Nearly 1,400 prisoners have been infected as well as 120 staff. We work to build a better bay area. A Front Line Work we are more than ten years on the job reached out to us this week. Hes worried that he could be next brought on by the increased work load from the pandemic. Chris reyes heard his story. Im running down the hall in a dremplged tshirt and my patients see it. Im trying to do the best i can but its not the standard of care. It is not the best we can do. Reporter he works with covid patients. He still has his job but he said since the pandemic hit, that job has gotten harder in ways that are hurting 99 workers and the patients they care for. We have staff that doesnt have time to use the bathroom. Youre asking us to do the work of three people with only two people. We went to ucsf with his claims. While no one has been laid off, emthe management seems to be scheduling less staff for the same. A work pre covid. They semius this statement. Ucsf takes staffing in our hospitals seriously and ensure thats the needs of our patients are met amongst the many clinical and nonclinical staff. All of our most skilled nurses are saying we need more pcas. We need support. Were getting nothing from management. In late june, he protested in front of his own hospital. Ucsf has not laid off Front Line Workers but on july 1st, the ceo sent out a letter telling staff that revenue loss means learning to work more officially. It is a letter that worries mcknight and prompted him to speak out now while he still has a job. When theyre looking to make cuts, why are they looking at the most essential workers, the ones who showed up through it. Building a better bay area means Digging Deeper into issues surroundsing education. Teachers are starting to plan a potential rush to the class rule. But theres growing concern they may run out of paid sick days. A closer look a what they could face. When a teacher calls in dera take their place . My primary concern before covid was the high likely hood there will be no one to cover my place. Teachers can roll over their sick days. If they this i think unlimited sick days during this time will be critical. We cannot have any Staff Members feeling pressure to come to work if theyre feeling symptoms. Right now, theyre negotiating new terms specific to covid19. School districts would not comment. Where would districts finds the extra money for add sick days . Educators shouldnt have to pay for it with their sick days. The School District should not to have bear the brunt of it. But the state and federal government should have a pool to draw from in case it occurs. More troubling, if a teacher goes into extended sick leave, a 1976 lawayor a substitute. Thats because Public School teachers in california dont pay into the state dibble insurance program. Lawmakers in sacramento are looking into making changes into that law. Away the called another example of a fundamentally broken system. Abc7 news. Building a better bay area is about health and education and also about our economy. Next, meet stores not able to survive the coronavirus. We always say that somebody needs to do something. Somebody needs to do something. I want to do it myself. Still to come, the bay areas 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 the holiday will soon be over and were not just talking about the fourth of july. Enfor parking meters which had gone unmonitored. San francisco, oakland, redwood city and other cities will start checking meters on monday. So feed the meters. Berkeley began enforcement this past wednesday. The covid19 pandemic has been devastating for many small businesses. Along the 24th street corridor, the pandemic has the potential on drive out Latino Business thats have been gentryification. Today, all the pain from the heart. Reporter theyve been merchants on San Franciscos 24th street for more than a deck afld their original store sells mexican crafts. It is an instagram favorite for the masks on the sidewalk. Three years ago they and panel to think a second location. We were so excited. We put a lot of effort, love. Now we feel ready. Reporter the city managed to close. With no income, bills began piling up. I dont have money to pay my rental. Reporter they are not the only businesses suffering. Next door, native forever closed. He said he was given three days to clear out. He had been there 17 years. He now sells remind from a table on the street at the corner of mission and 23rd street. I am trying to recover but its hard, he says. Colorful murals color the neighborhood. Six years ago the city designated this area as a la teen occult raldistrict. An effort to help. Le fear it will further erode the heritage. Gabrielle organizes carnival and the dayd were handsed out as granltss to es t their rental the use it for. Reporter this deli is managing to survive. It sells mexican food but also produces tortillas or corn dough, masa, for many San Francisco businesses. We were doing a lot of business and then everything, the rug got pulled out from under us. One of the reasons let us everybody side but didnt want to go on kam. The fountain has yet to reopen. Before this, a lot of businesses were leaving due to the high rent. They were being eaten up by regulation of the city. When covid came, it was just the double whammy. Shes been giving up. Even though shes closing this store, shes trying on save her original store. I cant even imagine. Reporter shes asking for 20,000 on go fund me to pay her rental and loans. More than 400 people have pledged so far. Some with donations of 5 or 10. There is so much. They are partnering with us to help pre event it. And coming up next, a look at the weath every year, you can see spectacular celebrities at aids walk San Francisco. This year they are coming to you join bette midler Gloria Estefan matt bomer stars of queer eye rupauls drag race superstars. For aids walk San Francisco live at home, streaming on july 19 to benefit prc and their covid relief efforts all over the city. Register now at aidswalk. Net a Mountain Lion spotted in glafk two weeks ago is dead in pacifica. This is the stretch where it happened near skyline boulevard. California fish and wildlife officials used the animals tracker to identify it after it died. They say it is actually the same male cat spotted outside our very own kgo studios on june 18. It was seen in several places around San Francisco and is suspected of killing three marsupials at the San Francisco zoo. Young male often in search for their territory. A beautiful animal. Spencer christian is here with the fourth of july forecast. A lovely weekend ahead. O cf1o a genetical breeze 59 at pacifica. Looking toward the city, 75 in santa rosa. Napa, 69. We have low 80s in fairfield, concord andler more. It will be mostly clear tonight. A couple of paxes of coastal fog. Lets enjoy the warmth coming our way. I might mention, i will mention, as a matter of fact, that the sumpb is rough at bay area beaches as a result of beach hard state. Sunday night for south facing beach its, there is an increase in rip currents. Low prize from most of the cabrera. Tomorrows highs, mid 80s to low 90s. 84, san carlos, mid 60s on the coast at half moon waive. Up in the north bay, sunny skies, 86 will be the high. Than rosa, 87, sonoma, yefl vallejo, they have some at oakland. The inland east bay will have highs from 88 in antioch, 94. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. The warm weather will give way to cooler pattern on monday. For virtually, only in the mid to upper 80s. Another warming trend will begin at the end of next week. A great fourth of july weekend coming up. Enjoy. Coming up next, the case of a 20yearold latina who disappears thousands of miles away is striking a chord in the bay area. Telehealth has been hugely successful during this pandemic. So why are some Insurance Companies trying to close it down . 7 on your side is coming up. Join me on monday for my tax chat. Well be answering your questions beginning at 5 15 at the abc7 website, news app, Facebook Page and youtube a new fight for justice is gaining nationwide attention. This time for a young army soldier stationed at ft. Hood who hand been seen since i am a. 20yearold vanessa disappeared shortly after telling her family she was theville of Sexual Harassment. Now it is believed remains found in texas this week are hers. Her story and others like it are part of abc7s commitment to building a better bay area and we are tracking the pursuit of racial and social justice. And were learning about an investigation thats being called for. As questions mound around the disappearance of vanessa guillen, the oldest and large est association they wont be protected. Right now the earl is turning a blind eye to Sexual Harassment in the military ranks. Reporter her family said before she went missing, she told them she was sexually harassed by a superior but didnt report out of fear. The authorities have charged aguilar. She is accused of helping another soldier, aaron robinson, get rid of the body. He was a suspect killed himself weapons inspection morning after being confront by police and federal marshals. Earlier this week, investigators found human remains 20 miles away from the peaceful protest for answers. A care vandal of cars will make its way. We always say, somebody needs to do something. Somebody needs to do something. This is my Little Something that i can do to help. Pri first class, they say hey personal belongings and identification were found in the armory room where she works. The army is investigating the Sexual Harassment claims but her family said they took too long to act. Now jackie speier, head of the committee is calling for an independent investigation into guillens disappearance. We have to take these cases out of the chain of commands if people will feel comfortable. Reporter she said the climate there is deeply flawed. The message goes out to the service member, dont rock the boat. Visiting your doctor virtually has become more popular. What is the future of these visits as we move forward . A lot of people have really come to like this process . You have got that nailed. A lot of people came to it reluctantly. They preferred to go in and see their doctor. But that was not popular. People have gotten used to it. They like it. Heres a question. Why are Insurance Companies trying to shut it down . Lucy loves to ski. It is an it she can enjoy with the entire family. But this tumble is one she wont forget. The fall blew out her knee. Kneen someone skied in front of me and i had to go. And then i fell. Then i was trying to get back up. With the help of her new puppy, she is doing as well as can be expected. Her days have been filled with doctor appointments. But telehealth has eased the strain for her and her mom. It saved us hours and hours of going to the doctor. Reporter but ucsf alone, telehealth visits went from 189 per day prior to covid19 to 2,500 during the pandemic. A physician warns some Health Insurers will cut off insurance for telehealth