Dangerous heatwave continues until next wednesday for inland areas. Heat advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tonight for the bay shoreline. Heat illnesses are possible. The risk is high. Be careful. Live doppler 7 showing you no fog. What we have been dealing with is tropical moisture, which has added to the humidity, and thats made it even more uncomfortable. Ill let you know how long this heatwave will last and whats changing for this weekend, coming right up. Okay, sandhya, thank you. All right there are several Power Outages in the bay area, affecting at least 10,000 customers, including some large ones on the peninsula and the south bay. There are also two large outages in concord and martinez that were affecting 4,000 customers at one point. Power has been restored to some of those people. Now we just got this video our newsroom not long ago, showing a melted mess on Begonia Court in martinez, where one of these large Power Outages is going on. Contra costa fire says a transformer box in front of a home blew after it got overheated. That caused an at t utility box next to it to then melt. Pretty intense. To help prevent Power Outages, the states power grid operate, thats call isa has issued a flex alert. But because of excessive heat driving up energy use, they declared a stage 2 emergency. If conditions dont improve, there will be rotating Power Outages. Which can all do well to be thoughtful about our electricity and energy consumption. If you want to remind your kids when you walk out of a room to turn the lights off, this is the time to do it, particularly wean the hours of 3 00 and 8 00. When youre out there this weekend because of the tripledigit temperatures, we encourage you to physically distance, avoid as much mixing as you possibly can. Flex alerts call for turning off all unnecessary lights, using major appliances before 3 00 p. M. And setting the air conditioner to 78 degrees or even higher. Our intense heatwave is sending many of us in search of relief, places to cool off. One spot in the nux visitors, but warns you have to play by the rules. Russian river in heeldsbealdsbu where people are trying to beat the heat. It is downright sizzling right now. If you dont like the heat, healdsburg not the place to be right now. Temperatures spiking well over 100 degrees. But the Russian River looks so inviting right now, right . Many families coming up to cool off. County Officials Say social distancing and mask requirements are still in place, even during a heatwave. Im just happy to be by the water right now. Reporter eli burnside and his family from oakland came to the Russian River in search of some place warm, and thats exactly live what they got. Its so hot. It feels so good, though, because were tired of that bay area fog. Right now, this time of day, there is not many people out so we can easily maintain that distance from other people. Reporter by 1 00, it was 104 degrees in healdsburg, and Memorial Beach was getting popular. Well, the heat especially, its going to be crazy out here. Reporter lifeguards say theyre expecting big crowds this weekend. Not a good thing in the middle of a pandemic. Signs warn the beach and adjacent park would close if it got too crowded. Really encouraging people to take care of themselves and if possible, you know, just stay home. Reporter Sonoma County is still on the states watch list for covid19. 140 new cases in the past 24 hours. If you are going to take advantage of a park or beach, one of our beaches, to practice social distancing, to wear a mask, not be in groups of more than 12 people. Reporter in marin county, this novato backyard thermometer said it was well over 100 degrees. Get on it before it gets too hot. Reporter at pinie hardware, lots of fans in stock, but portable air conditioners sold out. We should get another shipment monday or wednesday. But its really hard to keep them in stock, especially when demand is so high right now. Reporter if you dont want to shell out money for air conditioning, there is always local beaches. And yep, the Russian River to cool off. A lifeguard tells me the water temperature a refreshing 75 degrees. Of course, dont forget to hydrate and use sunscreen because the heats going to be with us for a while. Were live in a very toasty healdsburg tonight, cornell bernard, abc7 news. Toasty to say the least, cornell. Thank you so much. In the east bay, a problem at chevrons richmond refinery raised concerns during todays spare the air alert. A technique known as flaring shot thick plumes of smoke into the air. You could see it around for miles. Chevron calls flaring a safety measure that releases pressure to prevent pumping toxins into the atmosphere. Contra costa county Health Officials took air quality readings and say levels never reached what is concerning for human health. Even so, the county and the bay area air Quality Management district will be investigating what happened. So if its not done for safety purposes or it was not it was done in a way that does not go by the district regulations, then they certainly can be issued a violation. There were no injuries at the refinery, and no reports of Health Issues in the surrounding areas. Chevron warns the flare cog continue into the evening tonight. San Francisco City officials are expecting people to head outdoors to find heat relief, and theyre urging them to do so while protecting themselves from covid19. Youre not with people within your own home or family. You should be wearing a mask. But, again, in the heat, take it easy. Stay in the shade, and dont overdo it. The city will not open cooling centers because of the pandemic. San francisco has done so during previous heatwaves. Officials say being indoors with lots of other people from different households might increase the risk of spreading covid19. In the south bay, some are attempting to beat the heat outdoors. Sky 7 caught some folks boating and water skiing on the on the e reservoir. For those hoping to stay inside, cooling centers are also open and covid19 ready. Here is kris reyes with where you can get relief and resources to help this weekend. Reporter running a cooling center in the time of pandemic means more resources. Everyone is screened. Masks must be worn at all times. Disaster workers are on staff, and inside plenty of social distancing. We need to make sure there is enough hand sanitizer, bottled water. And so there is a lot of consideration that goes into our cooling centers. Reporter so in the past, cooling centers in san jose have not been used anywhere near capacity. But with the pandemic, its a different situation with so many other option closed. This fountain in downtown san jose shut down. Any other summer, it would have been a place where families could gather to cool down. Same with mlk library, also closed. It was the place to go for many young people who get support from bill wilson center, and thats why they prepared their dropin space to help with the heat. We have, like, tables with umbrellas. Wed offer water. We have support groups. And during those groups, we offer popsicles or ice creams during that time, just like a little cooling period. Reporter the center opened to youth 18 to 24 also offers wifi. Same with san joses three cooling centers open from 1 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Until wednesday. We have tables set up. So we have familystyle tables where families can come in and do their Distance Learning. We have outlets. Were not sure what to expect. We definitely could have a higher turnout, especially with families doing Distance Learning. But were here to help, and were here to serve our community. Reporter downtown san jose, we spotted some with their masks off. Theyre giving extra reminders to their young people. It may be hot, but keep your masks on. Because of times like this where its going to be hot, people are not going to want to be Walking Around with a mask on at 100 and some odd degrees. Reporter in san jose, kris reyes for abc7 news. Remember, you can always check the forecast for where you live on our free abc 7 news app. And well send notifications for flex alerts or other breaking news. Today global coronavirus cases passed the 21 million mark. That number includes many people who have already recovered, keep in mind. Nearly 5. 3 million of those cases are here in the united states. The bay area is approaching 71,000 cases and nearly one thousand deaths. Governor newsom provided an update today on that data glitch that led to thousands of unreported covid19 cases. Abc7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow is on that story. Reporter ahead of the weekend, Governor Newsom said the state had finished organizing thousands of backlogged covid19 cases which resulted from a recent data glitch. This will be the last day we will have to report backlogged cases. Reporter the governor reported 7,934 covid19 cases as of thursday, but said 4, 429 of those cases had been backlogged, putting the new number at 3,505 covid19 cases. On monday, were going to break down by county a detailed list so people will have with clarity and precision every single number again on the countybycounty basis. Reporter the county watch list has been frozen since the data glitch was first noticed and reported. In order for a county to be removed from the watch list, that couny must meet its threshold for all metrics for three days, a critical scorecard as individual counties make decisions about students returning to the classroom. The governor estimated more than 90 of california students are likely to start the school year with Distance Learning. Please wear a mask. Continue to physically distance. These are rules and guidelines that we put out within our Education System when, not if we reopen for inperson learning that will happen. You ask when that will happen . Sooner than later, if we continue to wear a mask, continue to take seriously the need to physically distance, including this weekend. Reporter the school year has already begun for many. Governor newsom also announced an executive order and initiatives to minimize the Digital Divide and increase quality access to the internet for all students. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. There are new details about how Oakland Unified Schools will handle Distance Learning this fall. Students will be in class virtually between 9 00 a. M. And 3 15 p. M. Grades will be a combination of online and interaction with teachers. They also have Flexible Work schedules for teachers and preparation. Parents will be able to Schedule Office hours with teachers every week. This agreement is tentative and is expected to be approved next wednesday. A lot more to bring you here tonight coming up on abc7 news. Im dan noyes in san jose. How did a minor noise complaint at this couples Birthday Celebration lead to them being beaten and tased by San Jose Police . I investigate. And you heard it from the governor. Most California Kids are starting school with Distance Learning. We talk to teachers about how it will impact their lessons. Also here, the heat is not an cues to mask up. Ive been involved in. Communications in the media for 45 years. Ive been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. For me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. And i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. It has helped me an awful lot. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. An update now on that breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour. Sky 7 is live over the scene of that grass fire in los gatos. This is on highway 17 southbound, just south of the cats. Its causing quite the backup as you can see. No surprise on that narrow road. But Santa Clara County fire has stopped forward progress and tells us no structures are threatened. So thats very encouraging news. And well continue to keep you posted on this fire. Again, this is live sky 7 pictures of this grass fire burning in los gatos on highway 17 southbound. You can see with our sky map 7 Technology Shows you the santa cruz highway and exactly where this is happening. Well keep you updated. Download the abc7 news app for updates. Taser, taser, taser you kidding me . Get off of me stop it right now, get off right now get off stop very intense video, as you can see. How does a minor noise complaint at a south bay hotel escalate into this . A young couple celebrating a birthday was tased, shot with a riot gun, and as you can see, beaten by San Jose Police. And now the abc7 news iteam has obtained the officers body camera videos from that incident, key evidence, of course, in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Iteam reporter dan noyes is here with the story you will see only on abc7 news. Dan . Well, dan, this federal civil rights lawsuit says the san jose pd has a can ultcher of Excessive Force that has resulted in deaths and injuries, and that this is just the latest example. Marissa santa cruz and paea are planning their future together. This is actually the love of my life, you know. And we are planning to be forever. Reporter he hopes to be a jail guard one day. She is studying to become a firefighter paramedic. I just came back from a firefighting training boot camp for women, and my birthday was coming up. Reporter in may of last year, the couple got a hotel room and started preparing for a night out to celebrate marissas 22nd birthday. They had music on. But after a noise complaint at 8 45 p. M. , they turned it down. San jose police. Reporter still, San Jose Police arrived and told them the hotel would allow them to stay. I talked to them, if they agreed to keep it down and no more noise complaints the rest of the night, they agreed to let you stay. Reporter several Law Enforcement officials tell me thats where it should have ended. But an officer asked for identification, even though there was no indication a crime had been committed. Do you have any id . Why . We came out. We id everybody we come in contact with. Reporter the couple argued with the officers but finally relented, going inside the room to retrieve their identification. I told you, this could have gone easy. Exactly. Lets go. Lets get your id and go. The officers all day for backup. As three more officers and a sergeant arrive, paea asks for his drivers license back. Can i have my id back . No, not right now. The officer tells the couple they have to leave because they slammed the door. The agreement was you would not violate the policies here. You slammed the door in our face. You said you wanted id, right . Yeah. As marissa and paea began to pack, the sergeant told an officer to retrieve a riot gun from the car. I have a 40 mill. Theyre not packing quickly enough for Sergeant Michael pinna. He urges them to huto arguing packing and lets go. Let me pack, damn marissa hears the order to tase her boyfriend and rushes for the door. Just to put myself between the officers and my boyfriend. I didnt want him to be tased because, i mean, he had nothing cursing is not breaking any laws. Taser, taser, taser after marissa got tased, paea told me he shotted the riot gun and reacted. Just jump on top of her, whatever theyre going to shoot her with or taser or whatever it was they were holding, i was plan paea got tased by two officers at the same time, shot with the riot gun, beaten with bats on the. Marissa jumped back up, and officers hit her repeatedly with batons and fired the riot gun at her. It shoots foam projectiles. Thats one on the floor. Paea tells me this is the mark the riot gun left on him. These are marissas contusions from the beating she suffered. God bless that we have video footage and body cam. Attorney Robert Powell has filed this civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the officers and the city of san jose saying the Police Department has a culture of Excessive Force with either no training whatsoever, or inadequate training on the constitutional boundaries of the use of force. The escalation is just so intense. To go from youre talking to them and the next thing youre tasing them . In fact, prosecutors declined to press charges in the case saying the rapid escalation of force and use of batons, tasers made this a case we did not think would result in a conviction at trial. After i called and emailed, the san jose pd called me to freeman, whod she wont e titio. Her office filed thisich ms pae were combative and reached for a taser, and each use of force was an appropriate, reasonable, and constitutionally permissible response to plaintiffs actions under the circumstances. It was brutal. Definitely brutal. I dont think we did anything to deserve how we were treated. We need to hold the Police Accountable for their actions. And we cant let them continue to act like this. The san jose pds duty manual says these tasers and riot guns are supposed to be used only when the subject poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers. Now this case, it appears to have been punishment for packing too slowly and for talking back. For the iteam, dan noyes, abc7 news. 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