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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 12, 2024

Frances. We have lots of sunshine this morning, dealing with morning clouds and fog. Live doppler 7 you can see the coastal clouds as well but the fog is thick in Half Moon Bay, visibility is limited down to one mile, petaluma down to five miles. Our day planner toward the bay bridge sunrise at 6 20, temperatures and its going to get hot there this afternoon n the mid90s. We may even see tripledigit heat in a few spots around the bay, near 08 degrees and at the coast, still mild because of the sea breeze in the mid to upper 60s. Sun sets at 8 08, a few mainor changes in the sevenday forecast, ill tell you about that coming up. Breaking out of San Francisco this morning, a twoalarm fire is burning at a multiunit complex near dubas park. The Fire Department shared this photo of the building on the corner of waller and caramelitas street. The red cross will be called for residents who are displaced. No unchryes reported and we have calls to the department for details about what sparked the flames. The economy is one of the he kingz were focused on in our efforts to build a better bay area for all of us during pa pandemic. The unemployed 600 a week federal benefit expired july 31st. The ppp program expired yesterday. Here is abcs karina mitch well more on how things stand. Reporter President Trump issuing an executive order and three other directives, restarting Unemployment Benefits but cutting the weekly checks to 400, 75 paid by the federal government, the other 25 paid by the states extending eviction moratoriums, deferral interest on federal Student Loans and enacting payroll tax cuts. Something opposed by both parties. Through the four actions my administration will provide immediate and vital relief to americans struggling in this difficult time. Reporter however the constitution gives congress not the president control over federal spendle. Yesterdays move likely to face legal challenges by cashstrapped states who shouldered much of the financial burden fighting covid19. If legal action is brought against you why not work with congress on this teal . Im not saying theyre not going to come back and negotiate. They might very well. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer released a joint statement these announcements to nothing to increasing testing, nothing to reopen schools, nothing to put food on the table for hungry families, nothing to prevent heros from being laid off, nothing on many critical needs of the american people. Karina mitchell, abc news, new york. Senate leader Chuck Schumer will join this week and larry kudlow will talk about how the president plans to respond to the stalemate. Watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopolous. Unemployment experts say if President Trumps plan goes through, it could take a while to implement. The plan is getting mixed reaction from California Workers and lawmakers. Some saying the 400 should be more and people need it now. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena has the story. Were all set up, its 400 per week and were doing that without the democrats. We should have been able to do it very easily with them. Reporter nation wild the unemployment number surpassing those of the great depression. In california many like single mom are running out of money. Its been really hard. Not having a job and not being able to provide for my son, sorry, and he asked me like yesterday we went shopping and i couldnt buy him a lot of things he wanted. Reporter California Assembly member david chu pointing to president Donald Trumps executive order as unsatisfactory. This is going to make it excheaplily difficult for folks trying to decide whether to put food on their table or pay the rent. Reporter President Donald Trump asked states to cover 25 of the cost, urging them to get the federal funds from the c. A. R. E. S. Act. In california weve had a 54 billion budget deficit. We have to balance our budget but the federal government can print money and support americans during this time period. Reporter in her case the 400 check sounds promising but she hasnt received any Financial Aid since filing for unemployment back in march. It sucks because i havent seen anything at all, not a dime, so its just ive been waiting for so long, ive depleted all my funds pretty much and down to like less than 100 now. Reporter along with her are over 1 million unemployed californians, waiting on the Employment Development department to fix its broken system, so they can receive their first wave of Financial Aid, as many gear up to potentially receive the second. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. And remember, our 7 on your side team is dedicated to fighting to help on your unemployment claims, if you are having trouble, you can get in touch with Michael Finney and the team right on our website, head to abc7news. Com 7 abc7news. Com 7onyourside. As unemployment drags on for many coronavirus cases in california on it climb. We anticipate a backlog of tests to be processed in the next few upcoming days because of the data System Glitch we talked about this past week. More than 7,300 new cases reported saturday, above the sevenday average of more than 6,500 as well as the twoweek average of 7,100. Another 178 deaths were reported as the state topped 10,000 friday. Right now the Positivity Rate is falling, that is some positive news, with the sevenday now at 5. 6 . Now to the big week ahead, for so many teachers, parents and students, the return to school, its something we are keenly focused on in building a better bay area, having just spent a whole week on this issue. Tomorrow, oakland Public Schools are set to open for Distance Learning but the district and Teachers Union are working out several issues, how much time teachers have to prepare for classes. Union workers want two full weeks for ten days and the district is proposing nine. Both sides disagree on the length of time teachers will work each day. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors of considering changing the role of its Police Department after the recent social justice protests in the bay area, changes include deemphasizing policing related to homelessness, Behavioral Health and substance abuse. The board says those are a few of the areas that did not need an armed police response. They will discuss a different model of Public Safety that prevents bias policing. Check out this scene in San Francisco, a huge crowd of people showed up at ft. Mason to get outside on saturday, and our cameras were there after getting several calls from concerned people walking by and seeing crowds. You can see the large groups of people, some in what appear to be togas, most without masks on, very few social distancing. The area is managed by the National Park service and does not fall under San Francisco city services. Hotels in San Francisco are getting ready to welcome back tourists but only when its safe and when the city allows. Theyll have a whole new set of health and safety changes and abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard has been looking into it and has the details. We just came out to enjoy a day and check out the city and see whats going on now. Reporter delise boone from Salt Lake City flew to San Francisco for the day. She says union square was kind of disappointing. Well, its very empty. It is not what were used to, but its beautiful, the weather is great. Reporter she wont need a hotel tonight, good thing. Most hotels in the city remained closed to tourists, housing essential workers and some homeless. Its extraordinarily challenging right now and many of our partners feel it. Reporter kelly powers from the Hotel Council of San Francisco says the pandemic has been devastating to the hotel industry. She says the council has developed new clean and safe protocols for guests and employees when doors reopen, including requiring the use of hand sanitizer, and wearing masks. Employees should avoid touching car and taxi doors. Valet services suspended, one person or party allowed on elevators, use the stairs when possible, and room cleaning should follow cal osha and cdc guidelines. We want to open our hotels safely. We know thats the quickest path to economic recovery. My great, great grandfather founded the hotel and weve been passing it down through the generations ever since. Reporter handlery remains closed, 09 Staff Members furloughed. Breaks my heart. Some of the housekeepers used to babysit me and my siblings and to not see them every day, i miss them and i want everyone back, not just guests. Reporter handlery says her familys hotel will survive. The biggest question, when can hotels reopen . Its unknown. Zbl well get through it and positivity is key. Reporter the Hotel Council says about 10,000 Hotel Workers are currently unemployed. The Mayors Office says as long as the city remains on the states covid watch list, all reopening plans, including hotels, are now on pause. In San Francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. Frances, so good to see you. Its great to see you, too, but having a tough time seeing through the fog this morning, from our roof camera as we look toward out the embarcaderembarc. Plenty of sunshine this afternoon except at the beaches and another warm day on top for us. Ill have your neighborhood temperature high coming up. Frances, thank you. Rerolling the dice. 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Reporter San Mateo Police are looking for this man, suspected of seriously beating and raping a 62yearold woman. It happened off ninth avenue and south el camino real, possibly near a bus stop, around 10 45 on the night of august 5th. The suspect is described as a late teens to 20yearold hispanic white male or light skinned hispanic male. Reporter police obtained this red lifeguard sweatshirt they believe he wore and recovered a silver bicycle with duct tape wrapped around the seat. After he disguarded his red sweatshirt he was wearing a white tshirt and specific satchel bag going across his chest. Reporter Police Ask Residents and Business Owners to check Security Camera footage august 5th between 10 00 and 11 30 p. M. Its a low crime neighborhood. The only thing that happens around here is people going through your car. Reporter neighbors say theyre surprised a Sexual Assault happened nearby. I lived here for four years now, never heard anything remotely like it. Reporter Police Believe the suspect is homeless and may have visited businesses in the city of san mateo. Its just scary. Anybody can be a victim, thats kind of what the story tells and its just kind of a shock to see this happen around us. Reporter anyone with information or Security Camera footage that matches the description of the suspect is asked to contact police. Anonymous tips can also be submitted. In san mateo, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. And state senator scott weiner of San Francisco says his personal information has been published online. In a tweet yesterday, wiener had personal information publicized about i a right wing conspearist follower. The harassment began this past week sparked by a bill wiener is working on. He thad his supporters including San Francisco mayor london breed who denounced with the doc im with scott hashtag. Bets are back on at a card table in tracy, a card room, the stars casino is going al fresco in its reopening. Managers say they got the okay from San Joaquin County and the state to open on the patio. They held a soft opening friday and say business is steady already, while the indoor casino holds nearly 300 people, outdoor capacity is limited to 60. It performs a thermal scan of everyone before they enter and masks are required at all times. We have hand sanitizing stations throughout the property and trin gestringent disinfecti guidelines so the chips and cards we use are regularly disinfected. Stars casino rehired 95 of its workers. Stars says the states 70 card rooms bring in 500 million in state taxes each year. Were seeing another newcombeback amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tiny wine windows are back in italy, a relic of the plague in the 1600s, retailers to pass wine through a small hole to avoid contact with customers. The Wine Windows Association tracks the win toes and has been posting photos of them back in action as you can see here on facebook. They say prior to covid19, they knew of only one wine window that was active. Its estimated at least 100 now exist in both florence and tuscany. So frances, the big question, how can we get one of those here . Yes, i think we have those already for takeout, but we dont have those cute Little Windows that we saw in those posts. What we do have right now is a window to your forecast. Heres a look at live doppler 7 and the satellite radar image, waking up to the fog and low clouds along the coast that spilled in a bit as well. You can see it here with this live shot from exploratorium looking out towards the Ferry Building and the financial district. Right now in San Francisco, its 56. Oakland is 60 degrees. San jose 62. Gilroy and Half Moon Bay at 55 degrees and checking out the very quiet san jose airport, havent seen too much activity here but there will be clear, lots of clear skies and sunshine earlier on, like in the south bay and also in the inland communities. Santa rosa 53 degrees right now. Napa 57. Low 60s from you fairfield, concord and livermore. How the fog plays out throughout the day, 7 00 this morning, we have the fog that has moved into the east bay and across the bay, the east bay and across the bay, and weve got it all along the youll notice that the clouds start to fill back in overnight into tomorrow morning. So we have this very typical summertime pattern with overnight clouds and the morning fog and then sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a little bit higher than average, though. So once again, lots of sunshine, warm weather in the south bay, san jose 87. Santa cruz 73. Morgan hill 93 degrees and look for low to mid 80s in the lower part of the peninsula. Redwood city 83 and at the beaches with the sea breeze throughout the day well see the cloud cover and temperatures there only in the mid50s like daly city, 65. Downtown San Francisco more sunshine getting up to 69 degrees. Similar to yesterdays numbers as well and going to be warm in the north bay, petaluma 87, as well as sonoma. Check out the tripledigit hit, ukiah and lakeport and in the east bay a gorgeous, sunny day once again, 76 in oakland, newark 82 degrees. Our warmest

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