Covid vaccine. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Dr. Anthony fauci told Mark Zuckerberg during a Facebook Live that a abc ns leit stepe, cerencouraging, dan. Cautiously optimistic was the first thing dr. Fauci said after being asked about a reliable vaccine. He pointed out theres one of many promising vaccines that could enter a phase three Clinical Trial by the end of this month. Its the question on everyones mind, when will the world see a safe and effective Covid Vaccine . Dr. Anthony fauci had a promising answer to Mark Zuckerberg during a Facebook Live today. Im cautiously optimistic about this, mark, because of what weve seen. Given the technologies we have and the different platforms we moved from literally the day that that sequence was put on a public database. Reporter that sequence transformed within 61 days to a promising phase one trial. So where are we right now . There are multiple candidates, not only one. I may talk as the proto time of one but more than one will be going into advanced trials. Reporter one of the most promising options was posted just days ago in the new england journal of medicine. Its described as having the real bullets or neutralizing antibodies in this case to stop the virus. That is the cold standard of protection is neutralizing antibodies. It induced it at levels, at a moderate dose of the vaccine that were as high or higher than you see with convalescent plasma after natural infection. Reporter this means the closer the vaccine response is to natural infection. The vaccine would likely be successful, even though the proof of the pudding is always you have to do the big efficacy trial. Reporter while there will be many top contenders, this vaccine is entering a phase three trial testing 30,000 people. Theres potential a reliable vaccine could be a reality in a mere six months. Dr. Fauci says we should have an idea by mid to late fall or early winter how many vaccine candidates are safe and effective to use. Stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news has learned Governor Newsom will order all schools in california to remain closed if their counties are on the covid19 watch list. A decision that would affect every county except San Francisco and san mateo. Governor newsoms decision takes the burden off districts trying to decide whether to reopen. Livermore valley joint unified is one of the few districts that remains undecided. Right now its preparing for hybrid learning, even though the county, alameda, is on the watch list. Challenge our community to get those numbers down. Just wear your masks, socially distance. Do all of those things because we got it down once. Hanging over the governors head is president trumps threat to cut federal funding to states that dont fully reopen schools. This comes as marin county teachers and parents rallied. Amy hollyfield explains they want the board to do Distance Learning instead of bringing kids and teachers back on campus. Reporter thats the sound of concerned parents in marin county protesting in front of the county Superintendents Office asking for kids to stay home for now and not return to the classroom. This protest may not be necessary. It was announced last night they agree its too soon to send kids back. Our Public Health officer said given the information about the testing in our county as well as the current surge that he is not comfortable having our children return to the classroom in august. I feel that we still need to put pressure or at least express to other districts who have not yet come out to make the statement. Reporter she says asking teachers to keep kids safe from the virus is asking too much of them. Issues with teachers having a difficult time getting to put their cell phone down, take their hoodie off, look up and pay attention. And now the teachers are tasked with wearing a mask properly and for social distancing. I feel theres a lot put on teachers. Reporter some think returning can be done safely and it is vital to kids development. There are kids who need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the state could be the final say and would mandate what the next step is. In san rafael, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Oakland will pay 32 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of 32 of the 36 People Killed in the 2016 ghostship fire. 9 million to sam maxwell who has severe lifelong injuries. The rest goes to the families of those who died. The city says it continues to assert, as the agreement provides, it is not liable for the deaths. Derick almena is set to be retried on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, a mistrial was declared last year. A fire was caused by electrical transmission lines owned by pg e. The power lines have long been suspected as the cause of the kincade fire that started in strong winds and dry vegetation last october. Time lapse video shows how quickly the fire exploded near the fires origin in geyserville. Fire burned 374 structures. Cal fire sent its investigative report to the Sonoma CountyDistrict Attorneys office. During that fire hundreds of cell towers lost power making it impossible to use phones for emergencies. Today the California PublicUtilities Commission voted to require wireless providers have 72 hours of backup power. They are also asking them to do a better job of working with emergency responders. Last fire season more than a Million People lost service during pg e blackouts. Administrators say they plan to reevaluate the role of policing on campus in their efforts to address systemic racism after 1,300 students and staff signed a petition to defund the police department. Chris nguyen has the story. Reporter a call from students and staff to partially defund the Campus Police department is opening the door for dialogue. The president now plans to create a task force that will meet this fall to reevaluate the role of policing on campus. Their response is the first of what i think will be many steps that should unfold over many years. Reporter nikki oboa helped write the petition urging the university to redirect some funding from police to initiatives that support black students and staff. The demands include disarming Campus Police. You can imagine how long these issues have been on campus. So to think that a threemonth task force will address the issue, i feel like misses the mark a bit. Reporter in a statement papazian says the task force will select an external reviewer to support and guide the work and offer recommendations for reform such as new models of safety and policing, new training protocols, policy revisions or redistribution of resources. Sjsu professor lipton says while it appears to be a step in the right direction, more must be done to support the work of students and faculty of color. My student say they are sometimes stopped as they run because they are seen as suspects rather than students. Reporter according to University Data more than 80 of sjsu students are people of color yet more than half of faculty are white. Papazian plans to add two new roles within her office to focus on antiracism and diversity education. Some students are skeptical of the announcement but hope the university will take their concerns seriously. People dont have trust the university is going to perform in the way they say they do. And theyre nervous about what will happen with these new measures if the university is serious. Reporter in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Oaklands top cop, meantime, is responding to criticism that her departments release of rising Violent Crime statistics was racially motivated. As Laura Anthony explains those numbers come as the city council is discovering deep cuts to the opd budget as a larger push to defund police. We are not trying to cause any alarm. Reporter with city leaders debating ways to cut the budget by nearly half, Susan Manheimer defended the release of statistics that show a recent surge in Violent Crime. I think its interesting that in oakland in the bay area its a political statement. We are extremely overburdened in terms of violence and gun crime and it is not meant to cause alarm or panic. It is to let them know the trends. Reporter opd reported seven murders in one nineday period. Since july 2nd there have been none. Still, the Department Says assaults with firearms are up 34 this year. Any city is overwhelmed with crime during a pandemic. You have despair and unemployment and hunger. The problem is using data to inform rather than to get a reaction. Reporter the observing city council has already cut 14 million from the opd budget. Next week will consider much deeper cuts up to 150 million. If we are giving you half of our general fund and you are still overwhelmed by Violent Crime we need to try Something Else and what were doing is not working. I think were moving from the National Narrative of Defunding Police to that hyper local focus of what is reimagining police. Reporter manheimer seas ee is struggling to answer the 2,000 calls for service that come in every day. In observing, lakland, laura an. No one will be charged with a crime following the arrest of a black man dancing on an alameda street. 44yearold Molly Watkins arrested in may by police after a woman reported she was concerned for his Mental Wellbeing n. A video released to the abc 7 news i team you can see two officers handcuffed him. The District Attorney omalley says he should be allowed to go free. Omalley says neither the officers nor the woman who reported watkins will face charges either. Richmond police announced their new chief sewed. French was appointed interim chief last fall and now the title is official. The first female chief. She has spent her entire career in richmond since being hired in 1998. A lot more to come here, the barber who refuses to shut down his business tund the latest closures. Financial support is now pouring in and hes paying it forward. That story is next. Reporter im Wayne Freedman with the story of a toddler who has made a lifetime of making shoes for the community and after the pandemic that community has saved him. Now to a tale of two businesses trying to get by during the closures caused by the pandemic. We begin with a barbershop in vacaville refusing to shut down. Reporter ryan hill has the story. I dont know who you are reporter the barbershop isnt letting the state trim back on their hours. Why decide to close down yet again. The closure hurt our economy. Reporter this isnt New Territory for primos, the shop determined to stay open, defied the previous order to shut down. Im not putting my barbers who are sole providers for their families in a category that were not essential or able to provide for our families. Reporter the owner tells me he received about 12,000 in donations to pay for potential fines for staying open during the first closure. When they reopened instead of putting the money to his own business, hes donate to ugnatih sports. He reached out to my daughter and wanted to give us half of it. I was shocked. Thats the biggest donation from a single donor ever. We pumped that money right back out to the youth. Reporter in honor of james capu, an avid Girls Basketball coach. It was spread to Noah Coughlin who raises awareness for rare diseases. It was a testament to the goodwill of vacaville in general. Reporter the barbershop says its an awesome feeling helping out his community and just wanted to help the community thats helping him. I couldnt be prouder to give away the money people gave to me and i will continue to. Should we get shut down, i will have to figure out a way and i will. A pandemic story that has a happy ending about a man who plays an Important Role in his community. As Wayne Freedman explains, mill valley has given back. Reporter a very simple sign but a complicated story beginning with the name outside. Tony is the person who started the business in 1950. Reporter so to this dehe still answers to it. He specializes in saving comfortable shoes and based on the thousands of them in this crowded place he is clearly never out of work. Which only begins to explain his appeal. He is the most humble, loving, caring man and no matter what kind of problem you have, he can fix it. Reporter in a world where we throw so much away this is the alternate reality. Beautiful prada shoe that came apart. Reporter the tools speak of their experiences with just a glance. But his most important ones may actually be his ears. People come in to tell me bad news, good news, sad news. Theres all kinds of people that come in. You listen to them. Reporter like a lot of other businesses in this pandemic he had to close for two and a half months. No more purses to save, no more shoes, no more belts. No income. And the last thing we wanted to do was see him not survive the pandemic. Reporter so ann asked him if she could raise some money for him. I just asked for 3,000 so i can just stand on my feet but she said lets go with 5,000. I said okay. Reporter as of this morning the go fund me page climbed well past 36,000 and counting. Whatever you can do to help preserve your community in a time like this is worth doing. What can you say that will justify this . Theres no words to describe this. Reporter a lot of Small Business people have suffered through the pandemic, but how often does a community embrace a man like this . Do you see the comparison between the shoes and you . Yes. Because ill make it comfortable for them. Reporter even in the toughest of times. Great story. More to come here. We are calling this smoky sunshine. You can see why. Hazy skies from a fire in the central part of the state. Abc hi there, everyone. Lets take a look at a live picture from our santa cruz camera. It is a lovely day. We have our typical fog and low clouds mixing in with the sunshine right now. A couple people out there enjoying the sun and some fog. A nice delta breeze. 26 in oakland. That wind has helped to mix out the atmosphere a bit. Although we are seeing areas of smoke and haze, it is not as bad as yesterday. Air quality advisory continues, though, through tomorrow. Moderate for the coast and central bay. Its the mineral fire in Fresno County and the coyote fire in san benito that we are keeping tabs on. Live doppler 7 and youll notice the typical fog near the coastline. Monsoon moisture flowing in and rapidly development. Thunderstorms dropping hail in the area as well. This is the possibility again for the next three days as were in that time of year and pattern. Exploratorium camera, 61 degrees in the city. 69 in oakland. Most areas were in the 60s to 80s range. 75 in san jose. And from our east bay hills a few buildups over mt. Diablo. Bright skies over the shark tank in san jose, fog and low clouds overnight tonight. Hazy for some areas tomorrow due to the smoke and hot inland for the upcoming weekend. Not expecting any extremes. Tomorrow morning we start off the day with the fog like we would 5 00 to 8 00 a. M. By noontime notice the fog is peeling back to the coast and it sits around there into the afternoon hours. That will keep your temperatures in check. Fog first thing in the morning, mostly 50s. In the south bay youre looking at a temperature of 86 in gilroy. Hazy skies in the south bay. 85, san jose. On the peninsula, 78 in palo alto. 64 degrees in half moon bay, downtown San Francisco, 66 degrees. 62 in daly city. The north bay. Up into the low 80s in san rafael with sunshine in santa rosa, calistoga. East bay, 73 in oakland. Head inland and this is where the warmth will be found. 90 in livermore. 88 in concord. Your forecast, its a 30degree spread from coast to inland. Welcome to the microclimates. Summer heat for saturday. Mid90s. Cooling next week and midweek were talking about the possibility of morning drizzle. Dan and ama . Thank you, sandhya. As we continue, peacocks are known for their colorful displays but not this one. Why some say this new neighbor in oakland is for coming up at 6 00, bay area roads are slowly getting more crowded. Youve probably noticed. We examine the future of local traffic and whether it will return to its prepandemic ways. Plus allow the beauty professionals to get creative on the best ways that they can perform their services. Outdoor dining is allowed so why not outdoor haircuts . There is an effort to make that happen. Those stories and more coming up at 6 00. Neighborhood disputes are nothing new but they usually dont center around peacocks. In a North Oakland neighborhood a spectacular male has taken up residen residence. Everything was fine until mating season came in the spring. Thats when things got annoying. He would start at 3 00, 4 00 in the morning, go at 15minute intervals for three, four hours at a time waking us up and firing up in the evening and go until 1 00, 11 00 at night. We love the bird, its beautiful. Fortunately the sound doesnt bother us. The sound has gone down a lot. As much as she loves the bird she thinks its probably best for the sake of the neighborhood peace it be relocated to a sanctuary. The peacock is staying silent. Probably a good idea. Its beautiful, though. World news tonight is next. Oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. A majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. 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