Oakland, demonstrators chose to stay still instead pretty group gathered this afternoon for a sit in at freckle gobble plaza in front of city hall. Our top story at 5 30, redeployed workers, thousands of city and county workers in San Francisco getting reassigned to completely different jobs during the covid 19 pandemic good evening, i am alan martin. Sharon chin shows us it is part of the largest disaster redeployment in the citys history. Reporter is Branch Manager of the public library, Bernie Sanders usually moves books. Im not usually moving potatoes into a bag. Reporter one of more than 100 Library Staff reassigned to the food bank to deliver food to 12,000 Senior Citizens a week who are sheltered at home. There is definitely a need for food delivery and we are thrilled to help. Reporter other Library Staff monitoring Homeless Hotels and shifting to covid19 Contact Tracing at you cfs. It is one example how City Employees are reassigned as Disaster Service workers. In a disaster, San Francisco can shift its workers to meet more urgent needs. When we sign up is unemployed with the city it is made quite clear. Reporter he draws on his chemistry background to make muchneeded Hand Sanitizer at the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commissions Water Quality division. A far cry from his desk job at software support. It was totally unplanned but it made sense to do and it was something that helped a lot of other people. Reporter the Hand Sanitizer goes to field crews testing Water Quality from the wqualitdivision director. You are having to make up some of the stuff as you go along. Reporter other employees have added manifolds to fire hydrants. Hundreds of the 2400 employees who cannot work from home or do Online Training have been temporarily reassigned to work with emergency operations, monitor Homeless Hotels and deliver meals. General manager heartland kelly. I have been here over 30 years, this is something i have never seen before but i dont think anyone has a playbook on this. I am proud of all our staff and their willingness and ability to step up during this particular emergency and do all the things they do. Reporter for some, the reassignment can produce new habits once they return to their regular jobs. For a new volunteer chapter in the life of this librarian. In San Francisco, sharon chin, kpix 5. Two recent examples of worker redeployments were during the 2019 kincaid fires in Snohomish County and in 2013 the ring fire and status Long National forest. Santa clara county is trying to figure out the future of Contact Tracing when it comes to technology and privacy. The goal is to test, isolate, and quarantine anyone who has been in close contact with positive covid19 patients. Apps are currently being tested that use gps tracing and Bluetooth Technology to track and alert users. But researchers understand there are privacy concerns. We are working on systems that will not in any way provide personally identifying information. Even on the persons own phone. These are just electronic chirps. Even if it was hacked, no one would be able to make sense of it. Researchers are also looking into technology that would allow people to opt in and out at certain times. 60 of the population would have to agree to that download for it to be effective. San mateo county is easing its shelter in place restrictions starting saturday. Outdoor dining and Charter Services will be allowed with social distancing modifications. The goal is to help those popular fishing and whale watching charters pick up business again. Funeral services will also be allowed with a limited number of people who can attend. Governor gavin newsom spent the day in stockton where more businesses are preparing to reopen. He and stockton mayor Michael Tubbs toward a combination cafc bookshop that is planning on a trial reopening saturday. They have been closed since march. The owners say they have no luck with the federal Small Business loan program but they did get some help from a city fund. The governor also discussed another big challenge many Small Businesses are facing right now. You think there should be any kind of Financial Aid for businesses who might have had their windows broken or been looted by people . There has to be. These businesses cannot simply survive. The question is it has come in many different forms. The governor called on banks, nonprofits and individual groups to join that effort to bolster state and federal relief. Healthcare workers rallied in the bay area today calling for a renewed commitment to social justice. Outside samper Medical Center workers kneeled for nine minutes, remembering the death of george floyd. Was a moving moment, dozens of healthcare workers pausing from their rounds as a call racism another virus that has to be fought. Each of these events are terrible and honorable and require us to step up to push things further along. I think this is the end . Far from it. Do i think that this is moving us closer to a more just society . Absolutely. Doctors also dmonstrated at Highland Hospital in oakland this morning. They held up signs, some reading white coats for black lives. The pain is real. I am so happy to see you guys, it makes me feel less alone. It tempers the rage it makes me feel like possibly there is hope even though we keep going through the same fight. Dr. Spoke about their oath to do no harm in their fight against Structural Racism as it can lead to disparities in medical care. Earlier in livermore, demonstrators gathered peacefully at Civic Center Park in the shadow of civil hall of Police Headquarters and in south San Francisco, a crowd of hundreds marched a mile and a half in the heat from city hall to the Municipal Services building. In san leandro, a small group to stand in front of the walmart on his berrien boulevard. That is where police shot and killed 33yearold Stephen Taylor back in april after he reportedly brandished a baseball bat inside the store. The city Council Voted this week to call for a state investigation into that case. A lot of you are sharing pictures with us from demonstrations all across the bay area. Take a look at some of these on the Stanford Community to families in oakland. You can share your pictures using the hashtag cbsn. Some local and city councilmembers calling on the mayor and police to suspend the use of tear gas at protests. They say it could put people at risk for respiratory issues amid the pandemic. Law enforcement did use tear gas and rubber bullets during a protest on monday after they say that objects were thrown towards officers. So far, no official comment from the mayor on this. She will hold her weekly virtual town hall at 6 00 tonight. The police chief will discuss the recent demonstrations and the use of tear gas at 7 30. In an open letter, apple ceo tim cook calls floyds death senseless and says that americans must stand up to one another to fight racism. He says quote we have seen progress since the america i have grown up in but while laws have changed, the reality is there are protections still not universally applied. Cook also pledged to create more resources and technology for underserved School Systems and donations to a number of groups like the equal justice initiative. Meghan markle also speaking out about the death of george floyd and Racial Injustice in the states. The former duchess of sussex addressed the matter in an online speech during a Graduation Ceremony for her frmer los angeles high school. She says she felt moved to speak out because quote George Floyds life mattered and the only wrong thing is to say nothing at all. One of my teachers said to me before i was leaving for a day of volunteering, always remember to put others needs above your own fears. And that has stuck with me throughout my entire life and i thought about it more in the last week than ever before. Markel went on to say the unrest reminds her of the riots that took place in l. A. After officers were acquitted in the beating of rodney king. Stanford has a plan to get students back on campus but not all at once. How a rotating schedule could work. A wakeup call to fire season in the south bay. The aggressive response to a grass fire that broke out near some highvoltage power lines. Coming up on the mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Lets go back out live to fremont where chopper 5 is tracking the protest on the move through the downtown streets. Marchers just arriving at Police Headquarters on stevenson boulevard. You can see there are several dozen protesters there, we will keep an eye on this for you. Stanford getting ready to welcome students back to campus but the plan is to keep the university mostly empty. Only half of undergraduates would be allowed on campus per quarter and they would rotate each quarter. Stanford says by rotating, most undergrads would be on campus for two quarters and that would allow each student on campus to sleep in a private space. For students on campus, social distancing will be in place along with limitations on gatherings. This fall quarter expected to begin september 14. Despite all the economic chaos of the covid19 pandemic, it seems nothing can get the bay area Housing Market down. Median yearoveryear sale n apriwith e p biggest jumps in alameda, santa clara, and San Francisco. This according to a new zillow analysis. It attributes the uptick to fewer homes going on the market with sellers reluctant to allow strangers inside for a tour. Gap is being sued to for refusing to pay rent for stores to close during the pandemic. Mall owner of Simon Property groups sued the San Francisco bays Clothing Company this week claiming that gap owes three months rent totaling nearly 66 million. Gap has more than 390 stores at simon malls. Gap and other major retailers have said they would not pay rent for stores that were forced to close during the pandemic. Meanwhile, gap sales plunge 43 this latest quarter. We reached out to the company for comment on the lawsuit have not heard back. The popular bay area restaurant change has reached a settlement in a Class Action Lawsuit brought on by a group of employees. In their suit, workers from burma superstar restaurants which includes burma love and beef start claim they were not paid overtime or sick leave. They were not given proper breaks. The chain has locations in oakland, alameda, San Francisco. This week, a judge issued a 1. 3 million settlement in favor of those workers. In a statement sent to the east bay times, the ownership groups say while we strongly disagree with the allegations in the classaction lawsuit, we settled the lawsuit in order to move on. Still ahead, the story heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Z3wvoz z1s6z y3wvoy y1s6y firefighters keeping an eye on hotspots after a brush fire quickly spread in san jose. It erupted early this morning in a remote area near san felipe bay and silver creek roads. Kpix 5s ket do has the very latest. Reporter the fire started at about 3 00 in the morning about a mile and a half deep inside some private property with no public access. Whats more, it started somewhere near the pg e transmission lines. Look closely and you can see the possible point of origin right here. Its marked off by some redtape. On the ground, not much to see, but above is a different story. Its a balloon made a some kind of shiny metallic foil like material. Listen closely and you can hear crackling as the wind blows the balloon into contact with the other lines. It makes you wonder how did this fire get started. Absolutely, ose alys the concerns. How did this fire start. Currently we have an area of origin so we will have our investigator hopefully be here within the next hour to do a full investigation to determine the cause. Reporter the call came in at 3 am when at first it was only about five acres. Albeit a very steep terrain of heartland way and centrally bay road in south san jose. The darkest meant there would be no help from helicopters or tankers dropping water at the target. Cal fire brought in bulldozers and nearly 100 firefighters to mount an aggressive ground attack and kept the fire to just acres. Had the potential to spread up to 100 acres. Would you say this is part of cal fires strategy, hit it hard and hit it fast with a lot of resources . Absolutely, aggressive attack on the fire to mitigate it. With the Current Conditions we had to spend a lot of resources out there to put out the fire and prepare ourselves with what could happen today with additional fires within the county. Reporter as for fire season itself due to Climate Change there is no start to or end to it anymore. You have seen from contra costa to santa clara county, this is going to be another bad fire season. We want to make sure Property Owners do their Due Diligence with defensible space. We are here but at the same time the fields are very dry and we want to make sure everyone does their part and allows us to do our part with fighting wildfires. Reporter in san jose, kpix 5 tran kiet do. Take a look at this video shot of the golden gate bridge. Jeff tells us he was pulling into the overlook when he saw what he thought was kind of a skinny dog. It turned out to be an incredibly calm young coyote who seemed happy just to strike a pose for the grahams all the kids say. s ears are so perfectly sort of tweaked a little bit. Just perfect. Exactly lined up with the bridge as well. Im ready for my closeup. And for once we dont see any fog around the bridge but we will see changes in store beginning with that. Low clouds and fog developing overnight but especially near the bay and along the coast. But the bigger changes going to be noticeable on friday. Much cooler conditions with the heatwave over, a stronger onshore breeze pushing the cooler air much further inland. You can see it cooler this weekend. If you spangles possible saturday we will come to that in a second. Remaining cool and breezy both saturday and sunday. I temperatures today over san jose were toast the inland today. Got up to 82 degrees in san jose. Record High Temperature hitting and even 100 degrees. It was not nearly as warm in the city with yesterdays High Temperature at 82. High temperature today was 72. 70 in Half Moon Bay but temperatures drop him as temple degrees. 60 one Half Moon Bay but still 102 in fairfield 98 degrees in concord. Still very warm to hot inland but that changes tomorrow. Temperatures drop to the 50s with windows open weather. Get some of that fresh air into the house with hot conditions inland. We will warm up tomorrow but not much around the bay and near the coast. High temperatures in San Francisco only reaching to the lower half of the 60s. It is going to be breezy earlier in the day and that is why temperatures will be more limited along with that low cloud cover. Plenty of sunshine for san jose but temperatures a lot cooler. Only reaching to the mid70s for highs similar territory for concord. 98 degrees right now but i temperatures tomorrow only in the low to mid 70s. We are talking about some gusty winds funneling through the gaps in the terrain and that will bring the onshore breeze further and further inland. But not for santa rosa. The wind direction is not a verbal for that. I temperatures barely reaching to the low 80s. All other temperatures on the map, you can see along the coast struggling to even touch 60 degrees. Mid to upper 60s around the bay, low to mid 70s for most inland locations that still low it is for fairfield and santa rosa as well. Rain chance this weekend is not much to get excited about. Talking about a 20 chance saturday, now that is down to a 10 change. This out they may see a few sprinkles, a passing shower, but future cast will add up any potential rain, its barely produ