Be able to breathe. Rest in power. George floyd was buried today in houston. Tonight the tributes across the bay area to a man whose death sparked a global movement. Good evening. And thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. George floyd prompted the movement, but among the questions now, will that passion and widespread push for racial quality continue in the months to come . We begin tonight with nbc bay areas ian cull in san jose. Reporter three weeks ago, not many knew his name. But tonight in cities across the country and world, people are gathering to honor the life of george floyd 15 days after his death. And here in downtown san jose. This memorial is more of a like a starting idea that we can do more than just protest. Reporter vigils spanning to italy and france on this day george floyd was buried. The 46yearold was a father of three kids, and his death has awoken a global fight against racial injustices. No justice, no peace reporter demonstrations, protests, millions raising a fist and taking a knee, sometimes alongside law enforcement, agreeing in the pain and pledging to listen. This is the beginning of the fight. Its not the end of the fight. Reporter and today a final goodbye in houston after a week of commemorations with eulogies from family and friends. I will keep on speaking. I will fight. I will fight. I will fight because ive been fighting for him, and i will keep on fighting for him. Reporter and the persistent calls for Police Reforms now leading to changes. The houston mayor announcing hes implementing a ban on choke holds and requiringtervene in e. We honor him not because he was perfect, but we honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe. How do i reporter Later Police Officers saluting floyds casket as crowds lining the street in scorching heat watched the funeral procession pass by. Floyds body was taken by Horse Carriage its final mile to the cemetery where he was buried next to his mother. But his legacy and what his death has changed will certainly live on. Ian cull, nbc bay area news. Protests are not letting up in oakland. Several hundred people marched down broadway this evening. The group ended up in front of opd headquarters. Organizers say theyre relying on prayer and solidarity to End Police Brutality demanding the Police Department gets rid of officers who are not there to protect all the people. Anyone else that believe in change, we got to continue on going on. So that way change will happen. After one or two months, its not going to change. Protesters vow to march in the streets of oakland daily until there is change within all Police Departments. Former president obama said just last week protesting works. It puts an uncomfortable pressure on Civic Leaders to make notable changes. New at 11 00, what happens to the Business Owners who recently had their stores vandalized by the violent protesters . The oakland Police Department says nearly 200 businesses were looted, vandalized, or destroyed on may 29th. Opd is trying to identify and arrest those responsible, so theyre asking for any video or photos that might help them. The department is also asking Business Owners to file a report online. Well, after get, san joses mayor and police chief are making changes. During an online session of the city council, people denounced the actions of sjpd. On the first night of the protests, San Jose Police say officers used 400 rounds of pepper spray and rubber projectiles to quell the crowd. Officers say they were responding to people throwing rocks and bottles and attacking them. While the chief defends his officers, he is making changes, including new limits on when officers can use socalled rubber bullets. The chief says theyre reexamining all tactics as they do after every major situation. Did we do everything perfect . Absolutely not. Are there things we can work on and improve . Absolutely. Is there better training we can have . Yes. Chief garcia says hes already reached out to Community Leaders and groups to help continue the conversation. Todays hearing will also continue friday when the city council will be asking the chief direct questions. Not just oakland mayor libby schaaf is signing on as well. Today she tweeted that she signed president obamas reform pledge. It calls for mayors, city councils, and Police Oversight bodies to address police use of force policies. To read what each bay area mayor has to say regarding Police Reform and defunding the Police Departments, head to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Weve put together a page where you can read their statements, each mayor here, and see where each mayor stands. Well, as feared, california is seeing a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases. Health Officials Say its to be expected as restrictions are lifted. So what now . Heres nbc bay areas jean elle. Reporter as life begins to return to normal in the bay area, the number of new covid19 cases is on the uptick. Infectious disease experts say its a statewide trend. The combination of the increased testing that were doing, a combination of some of the lifting of the Public Health measures that were seeing. So its something that we definitely need to keep an eye on. Reporter in the bay area over the last week, santa alame counties all report doubledigit increases in new cases daily. I think that people just want to get back to normal. Reporter out for a walk tonight, the renfroe family had their masks on but are concerned people are letting their guard down. Im seeing a lot of people that are just walking around, like barefaced, and a lot of people actually kind of doing it. So it feels a little bit unsafe sometimes. Reporter california isnt the only state seeing an increase in coronavirus cases. In arizona, the state is urging hospitals to keep emergency plans activated after seeing covid19 cases more than double. Health Officials Say eight out of ten hospital beds are being used and warning they could hit full Hospital Capacity in a matter of weeks. This may not be a spike. It may be the new normal in terms until we get a vaccine. Reporter texas is also seeing a spike in hospitalizations. No one knows yet how nationwide protests will impact the spread of the virus. Here in the bay area, protesters are being urged to get tested even if they dont have any symptoms. Here in San Francisco, those tests are free. While the numbers are going up, governor gavin newsom says hospitals in california are better prepared to handle sick patients. We are in a substantially different place than we were 90 days ago. Reporter experts say testing and Contact Tracing will play an Important Role in controlling the spread of covid19. Isolation and quarantining. Its one thing to detect the positive case, but then you want to prevent the onward transmission. Thats something we need to work on. Reporter jean elle, nbc bay area news. Here are the updated numbers. Alameda county has nearly 4,000 reported cases. The county added 37 new cases just today. Contra costa county reported the highest number of new cases today, adding 68. Santa clara county with 46 new cases. On the business side of things, where can you sit down and have a meal . Take a look. Seven of our nine counties have now reopened restaurants to outdoor dining. Those are in green. San franciscos opening monday. Alameda county has yet to announce when restaurants will start reopening in terms of dining here. If you want to get a haircut, youll have to go to the north bay. Only sonoma, napa, and solano counties have reopened barbershops and salons. Contra costa county will allow them to reopen on june 17th. The other counties in red have not announced a reopening date. And what about indoor Retail Shopping . The six counties in green are allowing it. Starting monday, San Francisco and marin counties will also allow it. At this point, Alameda County has no plans to let people shop inside of stores. A message from b. A. R. T. Tonight. An employee tested positive for covid19. B. A. R. T. Says the employee last worked on sunday and spent the day in stations trains throughout the system. B. A. R. T. Adds video trackers show that he wore a mask and gloves and had no contact with the riders but did come in contact with other employees. Those employees have quarantined. This is the first frontline employee that tested positive for the virus according to b. A. R. T. He was a product of the streets, but did he deserve to die . Were learning more from Oakland Police on what led to the shooting of 23yearold erik salgado, who was killed by chp officers last weekend. His pregnant girlfriend was injured, and his family says she miscarried. Heres nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Oakland Police detectives are for the first time releasing detailed information on what led to the shooting death of erik salgado. Family and friends want to know why chp officers had to use deadly force. They didnt try to peacefully arrest him. They acted like what they wanted to do was kill him. Reporter Adriana Fuentes expressing her feelings tonight as she mourns the death of her good friend, erik salgado. You would think that the police would try to like peacefully arrest people when they have to try to prove the people wrong, that theres not Police Brutality, you know, how they like to claim. But no. Reporter Oakland Police now giving details on what happened in the 9600 block of terry street in east oakland. This cell phone video taken shortly after the shooting. The report says chp officers spotted a Dodge Challenger srt sedan driving recklessly in the neighborhood. Investigators were told the license plate on the car was stolen, and while attempting to make a stop, salgado allegedly started ramming chp cars. Family attorney john burruss doesnt believe thats what happened. What happened is he was shot. His foot was on the pedal, and the car continued to go. Reporter the official report says three chp officers fired their weapons. Salgado was shot several times and later died. His girlfriend, who was four months pregnant, was injured and is in stable condition. The car salgado was driving was one of the 74 cars stolen from the san Leandro Chrysler dodge dealership on june 3rd. It doesnt matter what the reason was. Im sure there was a thousand better ways to handle the situation than they did. Reporter in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. San francisco fire investigators say theyve pinpointed precisely where that huge fire started at pier 45, but they still dont know how. Thats the word from the citys fire chief, who toured the burnedout pier along with mayor london breed today. The chief says investigators are hoping to get heavy machinery onto the site in the next week to help determine the cause of this fire. That fire burned the historic shed on may 23rd, destroying offices and more than 1 million worth of crab fishing gear there. We are back in 60 seconds. Still ahead. Lines of people waiting to vote. Could this be a preview of the november election . The problems plaguing tonights election. Well show you where. And looking to get away this weekend . The places reopening in Santa Cruz County that could have a lot of people heading down highway 17. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the hottest day of the week tomorrow and then increasing shower chances. Ill show you what could be coming our way in about seven minutes. Weve seen plenty of car parades for schools, but this time a caravan for social justice. This afternoon dozens of cars making their way from Contra Costa College in san pablo and ending at Kennedy High School in richmond. Drivers honoring george floyd. We have a policy change in San Francisco. The city will help any victim of Police Violence. Today District Attorney chesa boudin announced both victims and witnesses of Police Brutality will be eligible to receive help to pay for funeral expenses, medical bills, and counseling. Boudin says it makes sense that victims of Police Violence receive the same financial help that any other crime victim would receive. The bottom line is that people should not have to rely on a gofundme page to pay for a funeral of their son or daughter when theyve been killed by law enforcement. The president of the San FranciscoPolice Officers association agrees that all crime victims should receive support but called todays move a political ploy by the d. A. A new Company Holiday for many bay area workers. Twitter and square are honoring juneteenth. The ceo of both companies, jack dorsey tweeting the announcement today. June teeth is rigteenth is the africanamericans celebrate the he mans pags from slavery. On that date in 1865, Gordon Granger read the emancipation declaration to africanamericans. Berkeley will soon be the latest city in the United States to paint black lives matter on its streets. Weve shown you similar murals on the streets of oakland and washington, d. C. Berkeley is planning its own version, which will most likely be on milvia street in front of city hall. The goal is to have it finished by this week. Tonight in San Francisco, the buzz in all about dining. Mayor breed announcing today that restaurants will be allowed to offer outside dining this friday. So a city thats known for its fantastic and diverse cuisine can start serving it again. Heres nbc bay areas terry mcsweeney. Reporter at aquilina restaurant in the heart of north beach, news of opening has got the owner cooking up some big plans. A new menu and special dishes. For the people that have been supporting us during this very tough days. Reporter he only has a few days to get it all ready and that includes the plexiglas hell need to separate customers, the constant sanitizing and masks for everyone. But all he wants to talk about is full tables and soon to be happy customers. They ask me every day, when can we make a reservation . When can we do dining at the restaurant . So i really think there will be a lot of people. It will be a great day. Every day is a saturday night now. Reporter over in sausalito, amy spendberg at poggios restaurant went through the grand opening a couple weeks ago. Poggios is seeing a 400 increase in business compared to what they had with just takeout. But she says an equally great feeling is welcoming back the staff. We were able to high our cooks back, our servers, our runners, our bussers, our support management team. And people, they want to come back to work. Reporter she says that list of new Health Regulations is long and can be intimidating. But she says if you take it one step at a time, its very doable and necessary. In north beach, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. Terry, thank you. So for a lot of these restaurants, its a race to get ready for friday. This is a live look now in the city. Part of our new normal, we know this. Many of us are working from home, and that will have a huge impact on restaurants in soma and the financial district. These restaurants will have a difficult time in serving restaurant lunch patrons, the lunch crowd. Its so important right now that we focus on keeping big, medium and Small Businesses in San Francisco. The big businesses and medium businesses provide those customers for all those sandwich shops. He says also if you want to keep Small Businesses going, its important to support all businesses on all levels. One of the bay areas biggest malls is getting ready to reopen. Westfield valley fair in santa clara will welcome customers next monday with modified hours. Masks are required, and social distancing protocols will be in place. The Sun Valley Shopping Center in concord will reopen this thursday. Not all stores. Mall Officials Say it will be a gradual rollout. Tenants will over time return to normal operations. And how about this . If you want to get away this weekend, you finally can. Santa cruz and monterey counties are lifting restrictions on hotels and Vacation Rentals beginning this friday. Heres a look at what else will reopen. Gyms, fitness centers, and swimming pools. Also bars and tasting rooms. Again, this is santa cruz and monterey counties. You can also go to campgrounds and rv parks. And familyfriendly activities like aquariums, movie theaters, galleries, and museums will be open for business. Its a good idea, though, to call or research it online before you head down south. But under the new order, Santa Cruz County beaches will stay partially closed through july 6th. So after the 4th of july weekend. That means beaches are only open for exercising like running or walking, b walking. Surfing, swimming and paddle boarding are all allowed at any time. That brings us to our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. We need to get out, enjoy the sunshine. We also know weve got some changes coming our way, right, jeff . Oh, we definitely do. Its star