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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 12, 2024

Down 20 to 30 during the overnight hours and winds that are still very manageable around the crews fire in gilroy. Your winds will stay manageable while the winds are up near the Mountain Meadow are an issue as we head throughout the day. Quick look at what is going on with your planner. Mid to upper 50s at the coast and 79 around the bay and a touch warmer this afternoon. Thank you, mike. Happening in Santa Clara County the crews fire is continuing to burn right now. Flames have scorched 5,400 acres since this started sunday afternoon and dozens of people have been evacuated. This fire destroyed one structure. Containment is at 20 . In Solano County the Mountain Meadow fire has burned dangerously close to several homes in fairfield. Burned 60 acres since it started yesterday afternoon. The flames destroyed an outbuilding and nobody was inside and luckily no one was hurt. Amy hoyfthe scene rning. We coming upn the next half e lkin abon socialorceinternati students and beyond to leave the u. S. If their universities go online only this is fall. Education, of course, one of the main areas we are focusing on here at abc7 news as we work to build a better bay area. Julian glover is live with the details on this new rule that comes from i. C. E. Julian. Hey, good morning, reggie. Just another thing for anxious students to be worried about. This new rule singles out International Students studying in the u. S. On a visa. The bottom line is if their program goes all online in the fall, they would have to leave the country or transfer to a different program. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement as you mentioned, reggie, made the announcement monday when more big name schools like harvard decided to make classes completely online for the fall to protect Campus Safety during the pandemic. The most shocking part of the new rules is even if an outbreak happened in the middle of the fall sumester and forced a Students Program to move online, they would still have to leave the country or attempt to transfer to a university offering inperson classes mise. Hif be. President trump tweeted his support on the measure yesterday and overnight on social media, weve seen a group of uc Berkeley Students trying to scape the rules a little bit and create a onecredit, studentled class to meet that new requirement so they wouldnt be forced to transfer. This could affect as many as another incentive for schools to open up in the fall despite the Public Safety risk. This is a big one affecting a lot of students. Reporting live this morning. Julian glover, abc7 news. I have gotten messages about it from viewers who are concerned. The coronavirus is worsening in california. New records have been set in cases and hospitalizations. The rate at which coronavirus tests are coming back positive has now increased by nearly 40 over the last two weeks. Sunday the state recorded 5,700 patients in hospitals. Thats an increase of 50 over the previous two weeks. And more than a quarter Million People have been diagnosed so far with coronavirus in our state. Governor newsom has expanded monitoring of counties hit hard by the virus to 23. In the bay area, that now includes marin. Contra costa is back on the list and santa clara is off. Three factors go into a county joining the watchlist. Elevated disease transmission, increasing hospitalization and limited hospital capacity. Napa county will likely have to roll back reopenings beginning thursday because of a jump in coronavirus cases. That means Indoor Dining will end, tasting rooms will close, both indoor and Outdoor Service at bars and breweries will be put on pause. Those new restrictions run through july 30th. The state could extend that. A lot happening, reggie. In the south bay, some confusion over restrictions and reopening plans in Santa Clara County. Business owners claim there is no clear consensus on what is allowed or when they might be able to get back to business. Heres abc7 News Reporter amanda del castillo. Reporter Santa Clara County is officially off the coronavirus watchlist. The move announced monday. But Business Owners across a number of sectors say the news isnt doing much to calm their confusion. Four months now. We need to reopen. If they dont allow us to reopen, we need answers. We need help. Reporter last thursday county Public Health officials announced a new reopening plan to take shape on july 13th. Among the many activities would have opened gyms, hair and nail salons. Over the weekend they denied the countys request to move ahead. Another dip on the covid19 roller coaster for linda doe. The end result of this, were all going to close out. All Small Businesses are going to die because of whatever issues the state and the county has and were the casualties. Reporter in an email, dr. Sarah cody the state explained it does not meet the metrics or criteria necessary. According to the county, data tied to hospitalizations. Adding to confusion across the region, department of alcoholic Beverage Control agents visited ladera grill and they warned about possible citations to Outdoor Dining but the county health order has allowed Outdoor Dining since june 5th. He believes the main tan believes the county is allowed and it doesnt explicitly ban the county from banning Outdoor Dining themselves. We have not received any information from any state agency that that, in fact, is now true. It is optimistic it can resolve issues with the state. Im amanda del castillo, abc7 news. A live desk update. Government leaders are not immune to the coronavirus as we know. Here at the live desk, were hearing from atlantas mayor keshia lance bottoms. She spoke about testing positive. Her symptoms include a slight headache typical to what she feels during allergy season. Her husband and one of her children also have coronavirus. My husband literally slept from thursday until yesterday. And thats what gave me some concern. Ive just never seen him sleep that much. But hes feeling better. Bottom says she will take her other children to get tested for coronavirus. Coming up at 7 00 on gma the link that mayor bottom has that she is saying between coronavirus and a surge of violence in her city. Interesting connection there. Shell talk about that more. Ill send it over to you, kumasi. Abc7 news put together a coronavirus risk calculator to help us all figure out which activities we may or may not want to avoid. So, you select the activity and then see what the experts have to say. You can find it on our website, abc7news. Com and also on the abc7 news app. Investigators in San Francisco say theyre working tirelessly to find the person responsible for a 6yearolds death. Jace young was shot on the fourth of july. He was watching fireworks at a Birthday Party with his sister. A man was also shot and is expected to survive. He was the youngest of four and his dream was to use technology to change the world. The most perfect child. He was so sweet. He loved to read. He loved his video loved comput. He just loved learning. Police believe this was not a random shooting but they say jace was not the target. San bruno police made nearly three dozen arrests over the Holiday Weekend for illegal fireworks. They responded to 181 firework related calls and 35 people ended up being arrested. Each of othem received a 1,000 fine. Officers seized 58 pounds of illegal fireworks. Wow. Police say leading up to the fourth, they visited spots in the city that have had problems in the past to talk with residents about not setting off illegal fireworks. All right. Seeing winds around the Meadow Mountain fire are going to be around 10 to 15 this afternoon and gusts even faster than that. 20 to 25. This is in the lower elevations and you get up a couple hundred feet. If it does climb up some of those hills, were in big trouble. Down in gilroy winds ten Miles Per Hour and sustained ring the afternoon hours and good for the folks there battling the crews te mi 5strivalley and concord 57 and upper 50s to near 60 out highway 4 in northern Contra Costa County. 50s everywhere. And a little fog trying to form around petaluma right now. South bay 59 at 8 00. At noon were 75. Well touch 80 for a couple hours and drop down to 70 during the evening hours. Check out all the sunshine in the north bay and we jump from 57 at 8 00 to 78 at noon to 87 at 4 00 and mid to upper 80s and in the east bay valleys, almost the same thing. In the 60s through 10 00 and mid to upper 80s and several hours this afternoon and a sunny 78 at 8 00. Well take a look at the weekend forecast coming up next. Hey, jobina. All right, good morning, everybody. Hi, mike. So, first off, things are looking pretty good for the most part. Ill take you outside to a camera showing you our coliseum camera. Traveling northbound. Northbound 880 at 16th. Looks like we do have a single car stalled and doesnt look like a crash but it is blocking a lane and you may run into a little slow traffic there and you should be able to get around it just fine. Drive times for you here, as well. Walnut creek to dublin 13 minutes for that drive time and santa rosa to San Francisco 51 minutes and highway 1 to los gatos 51 minutes. Coming up next, the seven things to know this morning. A local vigil for ft. Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. The connectpl in the bay area people feel to her and her story. The countdown to tipoff. T nba teams start heading to an extra 15 percent credit on car and motorcycle policies . Ok . Thats 15 percent on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Dj khaled to be your motivational coach . Yo devin remember to brush in a circle motion. Thank you. Dj. Khaled. Tiny circles, devin. Do another one. Another one. Is this good . Put in that work, devin. Dont give up. Geico. Save an extra 15 when you switch by october 7th. Can leave you holding your breath. But Bristol Myers squibb is working to change things. By researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. Including options that are chemofree. Because were committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. Becatheres this gametime internetting room. Nity. So fun. Wow. And then theres this workfromhome internetting room. Finally, the openconcept internetting room. This is not an open house. But your front door was open, so technically it is. Get the most inhome wifi coverage with xfinity xfi. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Or, ask about packages with speed up to a gig. Click, call or visit a store today. Its 5 13. If youre just joining us, seven things to know this morning. Number one, Governor Newsom added marin and Contra Costa County to the states watch list because of concerning coronavirus activities. They are being ordered to roll back reopenings. Number two, new guidelines for u. S. Colleges means International Students have to leave the u. S. Or transfer to another college if their schools go entirely online this fall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out those regulations. Number three. Evacuations have been lifted for residents who live in fairfield after flames burn nearby. The Mountain Meadow fire burned at least 60 acres and an outbuilding was ut thanully was hurt. And heres a look at whats going to happen today where temperatures are going to be within two degrees of average. But this wont last. Warmer weather is on the way. Number six. We do have some minor things going on in traffic right now. But nothing that is going to slow you down too much. We are checking in live showing you san jose. We have 101 for you right now and a clear ride in the south bay. Number six. Tech ceos from apple and google and facebook will testify. Part of antitrust laws and competition in the digital marketplace. Dont be surprised if you see the blackoutday2020 on social media. Draw attention to sis mystemic racism. New developments in the death of Vanessa Guillen, the soldier whose remains were found in texas. The woman charged with being an accomplice in her killing made her first appearance in federal court. Federal investigators say Cecily Aguiler said Aaron Robinson helped killed guillen and robinson killed himself last week as investigators closed in. Guillen disappeared in april. Her family says the army didnt take it seriously. Im just not going to stay grieving in my room because vanessa wouldnt want that. She wants justice. If convicted, aguiler faces up to 20 years in prison. Outrage over Vanessa Guillens death is spreading over the county. Reporter east bay and beyond rallied in richmond with a caravan and vigil for Vanessa Guillen. The 20yearold soldier was killed while stationed at ft. Hood in texas. Aaron robinson shot himself last week. Family says robinson had been sexually harassing guillen. That could have been me. I f faierre richmond resident andus and make a movement to honor her name everywhere. Reporter nobody ive spoken to here at the vigil new Vanessa Guillen personallybut somany people feel connected to her and her story. Im a mother. My daughter is 23 and my son is 18 and i can feel, you know, pain. I can only imagine the pain that the mother is going through. Reporter Rosa Rodriguez flores came to the vigil because shes angry about how long it took the air force to release information about the investigation. Its really heartbreaking that we all feel like were just supposed to take it. Reporter pittsburg resident said she was sexually assaulted and harassed by three different people while she was in the air force. Theres a really big stigma with reporting. I think that were scared because we see over and over that nothing is done. I think that especially being like a woman of color, we get, like i got labeled as crazy latina. Reporter she says the military needs to change reporting structures so they can report to someone outside their chain of command and also a major lack of accountability when it comes to the militarys investigation into guillens death. Kate larsen, abc7 news. One of the things were focusing on is race and social justice. If you need an ally, go to abc7news. Com takeaction. You can be an ally and do the same thing. Were here to help you find local resources and guides. In the Central Valley, a fresno firefighter has now come full circle over the Holiday Weekend rob lee helped save a dog from a burning home. That rescue came exactly 21 years after a firefighter saved his dog, mackie, from his childhood home before it burned down. Heres a picture of lee when he was 6 years old. The rescue had a profound impact on him and inspired him to be a firefighter. Also gave him the opportunity to return the favor and rescue another fourlegged friend and sampson is expected to be fine. Mackie was so cute. They look so happy. He does. Thats a great story. That is a nice story. It is. I love that story. You never know when your opportunity will come up whether its the next day or 21 years later, but he stepped up. That was awesome. All right, guys, lets talk about what is going on weather wise. Mother nature bring us another wonderful day. If you love sunshine and temperatures close to average with a touch of a breeze to make it feel pretty comfortable out there. I got it for you. Letsk at wha i going on in san jose. 101 and 880 and the sun will come up in half an hour or so. Well need the sunglasses today and the shorts and short sleeves if youre not at work, dress appropriately there. Warming trend begins tomorrow with the warmest temperatures in the afternoon and this weekend i want to show you the overall pattern and watching two areas of low pressure roll across our neighborhoods and really enhanced the breezes. One of them is kind of falling apart and the other one is well up near the chimn chimney and t why were going to have sunshine everywhere this afternoon even along the east bay shoreline and the peninsula coast where we have a few clouds this morning. 76 in milpitas to 83 in los gatos and 72 in millbrae to redwood city 78 on the peninsula. 63 at Half Moon Bay and everyone 61 along the peninsula coast. South San Francisco and saus degree in sta rosa 73 in oakland to 80 in hercules and 82 in pleasanton to 90 in brentwood your spread in the east bay valleys. Tonight low to upper 50s once again with cloud cover in the same areas. Tomorrow you can see we warm up just a touch inland while everybody else stays the same. Well drag the bay into the warming trend starting thursday. And by the time we get to the weekend, well have 80s around the bay and 90s inland with the free air conditioning at the coast. Thats where youll find the 60s. Have a great day. Thanks, mike. 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