Some voters designed to intimidate and damage President Trump. They say the country is circulating a video suggesting fraud ballot can be cast from overseas. Weve been working for years as a community to build resilience in our election in infrastructure and today that remains resilient. You should be confident that your vote counts. The agencies didnt elaborate on how the voter information was obtained. They say countries that interfere with the election will face costs and consequences. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Lets turn to our effort to build a better bay area and protect our health from coronavirus. Well start with the big picture. Look how california handled the pandemic in the past six months. From the left the daily case counts have dropped and actually flattened out. The in middle the hospital ieszed patients is on the down swing and on the right, the number of lives claimed each day continues to decline. San francisco is the first bay area county to reach the least restrictive tier in the States Coronavirus categories. Two big changes in the next two weeks. Nonessential businesses can reopen at 25 capacity and restaurants can expand to 50 capacity. Abc 7 News Reporter receive nisi ya stephanie sierra is live. San francisco has the building vacancy rate in a decade. It raises the question how many of those will actually have employees return to the office . In the heart of San Franciscos financial district, it still sits quiet. Just how quiet . More than 11 million square feet of office space currently sits vacant across the city. They had put space on the market because they just didnt know what their needs were going to be after all this. Robert is a Senior Researcher wi and said the vacancy rate has jumped to 14 r. The areas hardest hit are from single digit vacancy rates prepandemic to double that. 7500 companies are leasing Building Space in the city. How many do y expect will actually have employees coming back into the office . I think a majority will certainly be coming back. The issue right now is that they may need more space per person. Reporter tech giant google cant afford it. The company just expanded the lease by 42,000 square feet to accommodate social distancing. But other industries dont have that luxury. Like Restaurant Owner tony marcel of way fair tavern. With capacity at 50 , he may not make it. Just the 50 , you know, i could tell you we probably wouldnt have more than, you know, four to seven months. In the meantime hell have other concerns like enforcement. Its a matt equation based on occupation levels. reporter to keep customers safe and his business alive. We want to take care of each other and its new to everybody. Well get through this together. The city has a Community EducationResponse Team that is made up of Disaster Service workers that handle both inspections and complaints and so far, the city received 311 complaints about businesses in seas San Francisco not compiling with the health order. Stephanie ssierra. Speaking of enforcement, what do we know about warnings and citations . As of today, Police Issued 149 warnings since march. 82 of those were to people and the other 67 were to businesses. As far as citations go, 28 have been issued. Roughly half were to people not compiling to warnings to go home and the other half were to businesses not deemed essential but continue to operate. All right. Stephanie, thank you. Many businesses are about to reopen in alameda county. Today county officials said that starting friday, restaurants can offer Indoor Service at 25 capacity or fewer than 100 people. The same capacity rule applies to movie theaters and Indoor Worship Services as well as gyms and fitness centers. Indoor stores and malls can increase capacity to 50 . Indoor activities like climbing walls, bowling alleys, they will start to be allowed to reopen at 25 capacity because you have done such a great job keeping that social distance, wearing the mask. The relaxed restrictions come more than a week after the county moved into the orange tier based on a decrease in covid19 cases and positive rates. Only one bay area county remains in the states highest tier of restrictions. Thats the purple color and its in Sonoma County. Today it announced new measures in its fight to control covid19. Here is wayne freedman. Reporter Sonoma County, color it purple and thats not political in this era of covid purple might as well be the scarlet letter. Were like living in a cartoon. Reporter with so many other counties moving to less risky tiers, Sonoma County is an exception. It still purple, an infection rate of 5 and heading in the wrong direction among people in this county, its taking a toll. How much sleep did you get last night . 30 minutes. Reporter kayla of santa rosa raising three kids on her own keeping them at home every day for Distance Learning and working at the graveyard shift every night. The kids deserve to be in school. They need to be in school because its messing with their mental health. Its not okay. My daughter is not okay. And im not okay. Reporter since sonomas numbers spiked, the county increased testing with 30 gift cards as incentives. If somebody comes up positive, the county will pay them to stay at home. If you get covid, we want you to be able to not go to work and not have to drop out into homelessness. Reporter supervisor james gore blames one disaster after another. Fires, which led to people being forced together in evacuations, then add smoke damage that ruined the great crop leaving Agricultural Workers with no income. Numbers were going the right way and chaos. Reporter the pandemic when influenced by external factors. There is only one track to reopening. We have to lower the case rates right now. Reporter it appears in purple tier Sonoma County comes in the form of more pain. Im like a zombie every day. Reporter wayne freedman. Remember, you can find out how close your county is to reaching the next color tier in terms of reopening with the reopening tracker. Check it out at abc7news. Com. Happening tonight, the power could go out for thousands of people in the bay area as pg e tries to prevent more wildfires. This is the utility companys map highlighting what could be affected. It downgraded the scope of the shut off today to 4200 customers in five local counties with the vast majority in napa are cornell bernard spent the day where between potential shut offs and high fire danger, some residents are reaching their breaking point. Im not even a whining type but its gotten to the point where there is nothing else to do but complain. Reporter we found bill fletcher filling up a gas can, fuel for a generator to power his east napa county home. Fletcher just got this alert, his power will likely be shut off. Its not the first time hes been impacted by a psps or as bill calls it. Psbs. Thats what i think of it. Reporter this napa valley mini mart lost power twice this season. Managers dont want it to happen again because no power, no freezers. Were tired. No power, no business will be out of work but yeah, its concerning. Reporter pg e says weather conditions are forcing the utility to shut power off again to the region. When we see such dry conditions, the possibility of a power line sparking or getting debris in it could lead to an emergency like a wildfire. Reporter with red flag fire conditions returning, cal fire says its crews are weary but ready after whats been a brutal fire season so far. There is no solution unti suo starts raining. We need the public, everybody that likes to reckuate to be vigilant. Reporter the vineyard is on alert. Employees helped fight back flames with hoses with a pump in the pool. We still have our fire hose and water pump in our pool lined out just in case ready to go. Reporter bill fletcher is also ready to go far from the by area. He plans to move in a few months. Very oppressive to have to live in constant fear and other people o peoples control. And we have an in house expert monitoring weather conditions. Meteorologist drew tuma and drew, what are you seeing . Yeah, that red flag warning will begin shortly starting at 10 00 p. M. In the north bay mountains and east bay including the valleys. It will start a little later for the Santa Cruz Mountains at 1 00 a. M. Early tomorrow morning but nonetheless, were tracking the offshore winds again. Weve been through this many times this fire season gusting out of the north, northeast and gusts could be well over 35 Miles Per Hour at times. Drags in that low humidity, we have dry vegetation. Well watch that if any fires potentially do start they have pot terrible potential to spread quickly. Well take you into the hills where the winds are breezy but we forecast them to strengthen as that red flag warning does go into effect. It looks like the gusty winds will really occur before the sun gets up here tomorrow morning in the north bay. Gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour perhaps and then throughout the day, well see a bit of a lull before a second burst of wind os kerrs early friday morning in the north bay. We have the potential not only for this red flag warning but another stronger event over the weekend. Dan will have that in a few minutes. Excellent, drew, thank you very much. Mixed messages then silence. Those are just some of the frustrations california has dealt with trying to get edd benefits. 7 on your side Michael Finney helped solve months of problems for one woman in five days. Im Laura Anthony in lafayette where one family is upset their seventh grader received a letter threatening arrest after h they all endorse yes on prop 25. To end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. Governor gavin newsom and van jones. Theyre voting yes on 25. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic party. They all agree that the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. So, vote yes on prop 25. An east bay parent says a letter received from his sons middle school threatening arrest is over kill. The principal says administration had no choice given state guidelines. Were looking into it because education is a big part of building a better bay area. Leary here is Laura Anthony. This is our fourth child in this school and out of the blue we get a letter. Reporter this lafayette parent says he was stunned when the family received a letter threatening his seventh grade son with arrest for missing exactly three 30minute zoom sessions unexcused absences. He can become truant and be arrested. I said are you going to arrest my son or find me for not getting him to his zoom class on time every day . Reporter he spends seven hours a day attending Virtual School from zoom. The letter lists three periods he missed and says when a student is absent without a valid excuse, the student is considered truant according to California Law and down the law they may be subject to arrest. The principal told us the letter is the result of new state guidelines this fall. Senate bill 98 which requires districts to keep a closer eye on student attendance. Reached by phone of the state requirements and the schools have a responsibility to ensure students are engaged and learning. He said hes heard from other lafayette parents that received similar letters and writing to lawmakers urging a change in the law. Obviously, were in a pandemic and Governor Newsom is trying to manage it and arresting 12yearold children for missing 90 minutes of school in ten months, thats ridicul s ridiculous. Reporter california schools rely on attendance numbers for state and fed eloquent aeral fu. For the first time in a decade, the popular bay area science festival is going virtu virtual. David louie shows us how they are doing it. Reporter youre looking at an example where educators and the Scientific Community are trying to make Virtual Learning work in the era of covid. In person tours of the makers lab or the nanno lab at stanford are not possible but thats not a hurting for the bay area science festival. Thousands of students will learn from and get inspired by stem leaders online. The firsttime attendee is on board. It makes it a lot more accessible to people that might not be able to come in person so that way the science can really reach a broader audience. Be able to hold it in their hand. Reporter Online Learning cant substitute for Lab Experience or in person workshops held at the ballpark. This is what organizers hope will open minds to careers in science and technology giving in this case doctors in training new tools. Were able to do 3 d prints, a pelvis. Were able to make a silicon pad representing the skin, fat and muscle layers. Apply that over the pelvis, and those residents can go ahead and actually practice drilling into this pelvis. Reporter students will get hands on experiences. Many of our event hosts sent out materials or gave out materials to youth prior to the start of the festival and they will lead an online activity. I do think piquing the interest and the interesting types of Research Really help foster that problem solving and science. Reporter the bay area science festival is free to students and adults with events aimed at preschoolers to adults daily now through sunday. Register at bay area science festival 2020. Org. Its a good experience for me to find, be creative at home and find out how i can learn and try to stay engaged other than being in person with other people. Reporter david louie, abc 7 news. Political transit and Community Leaders celebrated the ceremonial Ground Breaking today for a 100 Affordable Housing complex in San Franciscos lake view neighborhood. The 131 unit facility will be built at the balboa park providing residents easy access to the bart station. The mayor london breed says the facility will be a huge boost for the neighborhood and people there struggling to find an affordable place to live. What is so amazing about this project, we will be using neighborhood preference. So the people of this Community Get the right of first refusal for the units built in their community. Once completed in 2023, the development will feature a licensed Early ChildhoodEducation Center with an Outdoor Activity area, a Family Resource center, as well as commercial space. A celebration took place in oakland today for the bay areas newest bay front park. Drone view 7 provided this video of the regional shoreline at the eastern touchdown of the bay bridge. The opening comes more than two decades after the park was first conceived. Its name sake was an east bay civic and environmental leader. For years, he dedicated himself to access to the oakland shoreline so people who live in an urban area can have more access to the bay and more park land. The park concludes a massive 600 foot long but 45 foot wide public observation tier. There is also a 24,000 square foot train Maintenance Building from the 30s. It was renovated to host concerts and community events. A new red flag warning takes effect tonight. Drew is checking how high the fire risk i the pain is always around the corner. O and i live in San Francisco, california. I have been a sales and Sales Management professional my whole career. Typical day during a work week is im working but first always going for a run or going to the gym. I love reading. I love cooking healthy. Its super important to me. I was noticing that i was just having some memory loss. It was really bothering me. So i tried prevagen and it started to work for me. I wish i had taken prevagen five or ten years ago. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. All right. Time to check on the weather. Drew tuma is keeping track of the weekend and critical days with fire danger coming up. Yeah, dan and ama, were watching the winds very closely as another red flag warning goes into effect later on tonight and 35 Miles Per Hour at times. But the picture tonight well take you to a live look from the emeryville camera on the east bay. All and all today was a very warm day. The air quality flux wactuated between moderate and good. It is a pretty mild evenin as we approach 6 30, 70 that current temperature in the city. 73 in oakland, 78 in fremont. Still 84 in concord and santa rosa checking in with a temperature of 80 degrees. Were watching the red flag warning very closely again it begins at 10 00 p. M. Tonight, east bay hills and inland valleys and later in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 1 00 a. M. This entire red flag warning once it goes into effect, it will last until 8 00 a. M. Friday morning. Were watching the winds development out of the north, northeast gusting over 35 Miles Per Hour at times. Well look at the fire danger index. We showed this to you many times during the fire season and what it takes into account is not only how gusty the winds are but how warm the temperature is and how low the humidity is. You can see as we get into