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KGO ABC7 News 400PM July 12, 2024

Day. Here is abc 7 News Reporter lyanne melendez. Reporter it was a welcoming sound for the owner of joes barber shop in San Francisco who took his business outside after being closed for six months. Very well spaced, lots of airflow. Its really its great. A nice safe place for a haircut. Yay reporter besides barber shops, hair and nail salons and Massage Centers were allowed to reopen outside. Everyone must wear a mask and go through a screening process. 97. 4. Perfect. This is a step that matters a lot for people like joe and the people getting the air cut. Ive been waiting months. Reporter malls and Outdoor Personal Services are now accessible to the public. Many mid september hotels, indoor museums, indoors zoos and aquariums will be added to the list. But late september Indoor Personal Services like hair and nail salons and tattoo studios will reopen for business. The phased plan for a reopening comes with a stern warning for mayor london breed. All plans are subject to change just like they were before. The last thing i want to do is tell you that were going to be opening and then need to make changes and to start closing businesses once again. Its the last thing i want to do. Reporter the Health Department is concerned about the upcoming Labor Day Weekend when people typically tend to gather. The rate of new cases of covid19 remains high. We are seeing about 75 new cases every day right now and are still in the red zone. Reporter for schools, the plan is that those applying for a waiver grade k through six can go back through mid september. Those without a waiver may reopen by mid october. That final decision will be made by the San Francisco unified school district. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Grocery stores have been limiting capacity since the start of the pandemic, and now its a mandate for most counties in california. According to the states colorcoded tiers, counties in murm and red are only a maximum of 50 capacity. The california Grossers Association says its a protocol theyve already been following. Schools in the bay area may be closer to reopening than you think. Today on getting answers at 3 00 p. M. , the superintendent explained how the governors new guidelines affect education. For many schools, even with the guidance that the governor released on friday, that means you can set a date within days and weeks from when a school can open again for inperson instruction. Others are where the case rate is so high, they may not have an immediate date. In most cases, many cases, we can track when its safe to reopen. That conversation at 3 00 today with kristen. The state is allowing for Small Group Learning for students with high needs where there is a couple of adults and no more than 13 children. Thats key. Schools are allowed to apply for a waiver from the state. Millions of californians on the brink of eviction are protected for five more months. The bill was signed last night by Governor Newsom. Landlords say it puts the financial pressure on them. Reporter right before the deadline Governor Newsom signed the bill granting tenants five more months of eviction protection. Passing ab3088 is the least that we can do. Reporter tenants are required to pay 25 of their rent until january. But it doesnt have to be paid every month. It can be paid in one lump sum at the end of the time period. A decision affecting Property Owners with their bills. What its going to do is put a lot of small mom and pops into foreclosure. Reporter he owns two Housing Properties in san jose. At least 20 of his tenants have been unable to pay. He says many like him are holding on by a thread and afraid of losing everything. They should have figured out where to get more funds to help support the tenants with their payments so we can continue to pay our bills, mortgages, property, taxes, handymen, utilities everything else. Instead they say, sorry, 25 is the best we can do. Reporter Assembly Member to this bill is i78 perfect by necessary. Housing advocates are calling for federal intervention. Right now what the federal government should be doing is stepping in with economic help, either directly to landlords or directly to the tenants. Reporter thats the overall goal. This is a bandaid to a bigger crisis. We just balanced a 54 billion budget deficit in california. We need the federal administration to help provide Financial Assistance come february 1st, tenants are responsible for the backedup rent. State legislators say theyll reassess this decision next year. Were in tough times. Reporter in san jose, luiz pena, abc 7 news. A San Francisco supervisor is pushing for the city to get behind the basic Income Movement to make direct Cash Payments to residents. Matt haney laid out the resolution and cited a wide gap between top income families and low income families. Hanie says whites have the highest Median Household Income of 116,000 while the median for blacks is 30,000. More than 25 cities including oakland committed to a basic income. In the south bay a gilroy man accused of having ties to the boog la movement has been charged with mailing threats to the Santa Clara County 55yearold Alan Viarengo has been charged with one felly count of stalking and threatening a federal employee, dr. Sarah cody between april and july, aggressive, offensive and threatening in nature. There were veiled threats, essentially alluding to ending the Health Officials life. Reporter the lieutenant from the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office says some of the letters made reference to the boog la movement, far right week, antigovernment, anti establishment, anti Law Enforcement, pro gun. Loosely organized group. Reporter upon a search of his home, investigators say they found 138 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Sterda ially pl a a laswe maed hwioubail appnis new attor dennis luka who says it appears his clients First Amendment rights are being violated. Hes a teacher. Hes a firearms instructor. Hes well respected within the community and poses no threat to ms. Cody or anyone else. Reporter District Attorney jeff rosen released a statement saying theres a major difference in expressing disagreement with a Public Officials decisions and making criminal threats. We will prosecute anyone who crosses that line and tries to terrorize people simply doing j. He taught mathematics at Gavilan College in gilroy where administrators say theyve already replaced him with another instructor. The School President sent an email to students this morning which read in part, the charges are not related to this individuals work at Gavilan College and the alleged actions leading to the charges are not alleged to have occurred at the college. As members of the college community, however, we are shocked and saddened by what took place and will cooperate with Law Enforcement fully if it is required. Investigators say viarengoviareo sent a disturbing letter to the wife of an officer killed in the line of duty in june t Sheriffs Office calling this an ongoing investigation. We believe there are other victims out there. Wed like to ask at this time for them to come forward. Hes expected to enter a plea in early october. Chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Its happened again, another death of a race hold at golden gate field. A 2yearold colt named sheets died yesterday during a training session. The horse was the fourth to die at east bay track in august and the 20th fatality there this year. A total of 79 race horses have died at california tracks in 2020. Lets turn our attention, chris, another spare the air day on the way. Spencer, its been really difficult. Nobody can go out for their walks and exercise. Can you believe weve had 15 done seccive sparetheair days. There is gradual improvement occurring, but not happening at the same place everywhere. In the north bay, good air quality indicated by the green circles. Poor air quality in ukiah, moderate at vacaville moving southward just a little bit. Come on, button. There it goes. Moderate air quality in concord, san rafael, oakland. Poor air quality at redwood city. Moderate in san jose and good in all those green dot areas down in the Santa Cruz Mountains and in the south bay. Nonetheless, its still a sparetheair day tomorrow and thursday. We expect areawide improvement, better air quality on friday. Well, that will be nice. A San Francisco publicew ha out what they call the jaw dropping before seen. This was left on page street near octave yeah. Crews picked up an average of 900,000 pounds of garbage from San Francisco streets and sidewalks every week. Officials think theyve identified the culprit and they will issue a fine. Getting the upper hand as fire crews gain containment of the wildfires. Governor newsom tours some hardhit spots. No vote, no date. How a popular dating app is accusing users to register. The f great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. The International Terminal is back open at s fnchtso. Concourse a was closed in april. Air travel is still a fraction what it normally is, flights are slowly returning this the coming weeks. Today the muni metro subway will likely be closed at the ends of theins we bkin ser l. Service was shot down two days later because spliceds, a metal piece used to connect the overhead wires broke twice in a matter of days. Replacements wont arrive uil october. Then it will take weeks to install them. Are you being scammed when you buy gasoline . Price gouging is in sacramentos crosshairs. Todays consumer catchup information you need to know, michael. A lot of interesting things. Lets start with price fixing. The legislature has passed, i should say, a new price gouging bill that is headed to the governors desk. The bill closes a major loophole with theaw now in effect. You see, currently, current sellers can only charge 10 more for items once a disaster is declared. New sellers of the exact same item can charge whatever they want. The disparity became obvious when sellers on ebay and amazon and other websites doubled and tripled masks and gloves and Hand Sanitizer earlier this year. The governor is expected to sign it into law. Ou sure wants to be s like us. The latest example is our cash is good law here in San Francisco. You see, stores here must take cash. There was implemented because a third of us dont have bank accounts. Now a Bipartisan Group is pushing a similar rule through both houses of congress in washington, d. C. The coronavirus prompted many retailers to stop accepting cash which of course discriminates those who are unbank and many of those are low paid workers. You may want to start buying your gasoline with cash. For the second year in a row more americans are saying credit card skimmers ripped them off at gas stations. Skimmers steal the information from your debit or credit card. Researchers are told by nearly a third of motorists they were victims of skimming within the last year. The best way to protect yourself is to hang on to receipts and use credit cards, not debit cards, because youre not responsible for credit card fraud. One last thing, American Airlines joined with united, american and delta in getting rid of those onerous change fees. Well be keeping track of all the other airlines. Right now four domestic carriers along with southwest which hasnt charged those fees for years. Dan. Thank you, michael. Uber will soon require some riders to take mask selfies. Later this month passengers reported by a driver for not wearing a mask must take a selfie for mask verification. If all goes smoothly, passengers wont have to take a selfie on their next ride. Since may uber has required drivers to take selfies to verify theyre wearing a Face Covering before theyre able to pick up riders. Repeated violations for drivers or riders could lead to deactivation. Elon musk just joined the sent billionaire club. According to bloomberg musk is now the third richest person in the world. His net worth is valued at 115 billion, sliding him past facebook founder mark zuckerberg. After a stock split, prices of tesla shares went up 12 on monday which boosted the 49yearolds net worth. Only amazons jeff bezos and microsoft founder bill gates are worth more than elon musk. Boy, thats rarified air, isnt it . All the money in the world, its not going to buy good air right now. I was thinking along those lines. I was going to say, but can they forecast . Lets take a look at whats going on right now before i start forecasting. Its a bit cooler in most locations around the bay area than at this time yesterday as you may have noticed already. Here is a graphic illustration. Its ten degrees cooler right now in concord. Livermore, eight degrees cooler. Its getting pretty breezy right now. Gusts up to 17 Miles Per Hour in novato. Over in the delta area, vacaville, gusts to 20 Miles Per Hour. Most of the locations are a bit breezy as well. Here is the view. Were all suffering from the smoke lingering in the air. Here is a few from abc 7 looking across in embarcadero. 73 at san jose, gilroy 76. 67 at Half Moon Bay. The view at the Golden Gate Bridge shows the continuation of smoke, haze and low clouds moving through the golden gate as has been the pattern all week long. Current temperature readings in the north bay, 69 at an that rosa. Concord 76 and livermore 80. The view of downtown oakland from emeryville, also a smoky view. These are our forecast features, fog and smoke overnight. Areas of drizzle will develop as uaith us again tomorrow and it will be heating up Labor Day Weekend. Our forecast animation looks like this. Starting at 7 00 this evening. Well see the expansion of low clouds and fog across the bay, locally inland along with the smoke and haze above. Spotty drizzle during the overnight and Early Morning hours. That will be the picture for most of the morning commute tomorrow before the fog and low clouds pull back to the coastline. The haze and smoke will linger and overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. Then tomorrows highs will range from about 63 in Half Moon Bay to only 66 in San Francisco. Well see low 70s in oakland and san mateo. Farther south, upper 70s, fremont and palo alto. Inland east bay only mid to upper 80s tomorrow. Cooler day than today. Saturday the warmup begins for Labor Day Weekend. Upper 90s to about 100. 104, 105, maybe 106 in the hottest inland spots on sunday. Even monday, labor day, still upper 90s to about 100, perhaps just above 100. Weve got a very warm to hot Labor Day Holiday weekend coming our way. Here is the accuweather 7day forecast. Two more days of spare the air through thursday. We are expecting better air quality and no sparetheair day on friday. Then we get the heat saturday, sunday and monday and the heat will not begin to ease or moderate until tuesday. Be prepared for warmth, dan and kristen. Spencer, thank you. Fire season is not over by any stretch. What do you do to make sure youre breathing a bit easier . Well have advice. Plus a tree with a long history will soon be cut down. Some east bay residents are saying my only job is to take great care of my patients. . Im empowered to do whats right for you. 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