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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 530pm July 12, 2024

Reopened its doors today, shoppers can expect to see the same safety precautions. Year is headed to Small Businesses in San Francisco and it is free. Haout arriving on paet tal million masks, 600,000 face shields and 150,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. That is big relief for a Small Business owners. The chamber of commerce reported only 46 of all storefront businesses opened at the beginning of the pandemic are still open. The fact is our businesses are struggling, they are struggling because a lot of them are not even open yet, but, when they are open, they are not doing the level of business that they use to and they cannot afford sometimes the onpment and support and all of the things they need to provide for their staff and their customers. The personal protective gear was purchased thanks to state funding. Fremont announces the opening ucenter to address the citys n homeless crisis. With homelessness rising 27 in two years the city plans on giving people a place to live and a path to securing permanent housing. It will start housing residence in september for up to six months. Home prices hit near record levels last month. Medium home prices for Single Family homes rose 8. 6 up to 950,000. The San Mateo County is leading the way, agents say wealthy buyers are snapping up highend homes and fewer lowerpriced starter homes are selling. Lets take a live look at state capital, lawmakers are expected to vote on a statewide Eviction Moratorium bill any minute now. And time is running out for struggling tenants, the states ban on evictions expires tomorrow. On friday, the governor said he was ready to sign the bill, to protect tenants from eviction through january. And allow landlords to begin pursuing losses in Small Claims Court starting in march. Bills on the governors desk that would require corporate boards by the end of next year at least one director would have to be from an underrepresented group, the mandate would Impact Companies headquartered in california and the assembly approved the bill on sunday. Still had, the bobcats found poison in the santa cruz mountains. They tell us its an invisible danger and how they want the state to step in. How amazon just got a step closer to delivering your packages by drone. Coming up new at 6 00. How to make sure your vote counts for the president ial election. The verification process. And if bay area counties are ready for the onslaught of mail in ballots. Plus i am in San Francisco on the legislative session there are multiple Police Reform bills working their way through the legislature. We will break them all down for you. Why do i love being a doctor at Kaiser Permanente . My only job is to take great care of my patients. Im empowered to do whats right for you. Our digital records mean your medical history is in one place, so i can give you great care. Your primary care doctor, your specialists. Its great we all Work Together as one team. Our integrated approach to health care helps my patients live longer, healthier lives. I dont just practice here, im a patient, too. I wouldnt trust my familys health care to anyone else. Stocks fell more than 200 points but both the s p and the nasdaq closed out their best since the 1980s. Getting a big lift after two big stock splits took effect today, apple and tesla made the moves today splitting stocks and bringing the price per share way down. Tesla has been skyrocketing codify for one split meaning each share now becomes five shares, apple split for stock splits offer more affordable opportunities to buy into a Company Without affecting the value. With tesla shares surging, elon musk becomes the third richest person in the world. Passing facebooks mark zuckerberg. According to bloomberg billionaire and exelon musk is worth 115 billion. Only amazon and microsoft are worth more. s zoom made as much money in the past three months as it did all of last year. The Video Communications Company Reported its net income at nearly 3300 percent beating wall street expectations and trading and that record highs t25 inrur trading. Tiktok could sell operations as soon as tomorrow, microsoft in partnership with walmart and oracle. The sale price is expected to be in the range of 20 30 billion but the deal could be put on pause. Tiktoks Parent Company said it would need a license from the Chinese Government before it can sell to a u. S. Company. Amazon is one step closer to using drones to deliver packages. The company got approval to establish a fleet of drones it notes that this is an important step, but there is still a lot of testing that needs to be done. No word on when prime shoppers will start receiving those deliveries. Niners fans may not be able to cheer on the team in person, but there will be a way to show support from the stands. And kpix 5 wants to bring you the good news in the bay area. Go to kpix. Com together and you will find stories of how we we take a live look at the state capital, lawmakers are closer to passing a statewide Eviction Moratorium bill. The senate just approved the bill, and now goes before the state assembly. The states ban on evictions does expire tomorrow. Tributes continue after the death of actor, Chadwick Boseman. He played jackie robinson, james brown in thurgood marshall. The first black superhero in his own movie. He died at the age of 43 after a private battle with colon cancer. A cancer that disproportionately impact black men. Morning anchor reports that his death is highlighting the Racial Disparities of the disease. The death of black panther star, Chadwick Boseman at age 43 from colon cancer hit many people hard. Why him and why not me . Cbs news continue to be diagnosed after months of symptoms. They did not more ss order me to get a colonoscopy but i would not be here right now. From 2012 to 2016, rates were 27 20 higher in blacks than whites. This doctor treats patients in mount sinai hospital. They go across the entire spectrum of survival and the outcome of the treatment. Some medical organizations recommend that africanamericans again screening at age 45 instead of the general recommended age of 50. Over the last decade a growing number of cases are being detected in even younger adults. If you are a young person, the actual incidence of the disease is still quite low, but you of symptoms like leading, unexplained change of habits and things like that, go to your doctor and get tested. Black lives matter is not just about police violence, its about Racial Health disparities. If you have a negative relationship to medical providers because youve been subjected to racism or people have not been listening to you, then you are going to be less likely to go to the doctor. It marked the second anniversary finding he was cancer free. The same day that Chadwick Boseman died. You can catch the Morning Show Team weekday morning starting at 4 30. Fans wont be in attendance to kickoff the 49er football season. It does not mean the stands will be empty. For hundred 49 fans can have the chance to see themselves on screen is a cardboard cutout. Send in a high quality photo in your best 49er gear and purchase the cutout that begins today. All proceeds go directly to the foundation. A live look, the Airport International terminal will open tomorrow, they closed the 15 gate concourse months ago after a significant drop in foreign travel because of the pandemic. Meanwhile, delta and American Airlines are dropping change fee policies on domestic flights after united announced a move to get rid of its 200 change fee yesterday. Authorities are trying to track down a pair of poisoned bobcats Wildlife Emergency Services sent us these images of the bobcats. Authorities say they were spotted about 10 miles apart just hours from each other, they are suffering from a skin disease and they believe rat poison is the cause. I know they are going to die if we dont get them help so this is like the use is like an oil spill. The animals get poisoned but you cant see it is the difference, they are not coated in oil, if they were glowing. Everyone would be in an uproar. Wildlife Emergency Services is calling on the state to issue a moratorium on several types of rep poison which they say are harming wildlife. Four days after hurricane laura hit the gulf coast there working to clean up the damage. The storm is responsible for 18 deaths in louisiana and texas. More than 300,000 homes and businesses lost power in lake charles louisiana 100 of the city went without power and water and 16,000 people have been displaced. Theres a lot of our citizens who are homeless. I dont mean that dramatically or some type of adjective, but they need places to stay. Preferably, right now those places need to be outside of lake charles. The mayor says its going to take more than a month to get the power back on. A quick update from our kpix 5 red cross virtual telephone for fire relief. We raised approximately 655,000 and had about 2300 individual contributions. Some corporations stepped up as well, so a big, huge thank you to everyone who has helped out. A lot of generous people out there. Speaking of wildfires, firefighters are making fantastic progress as we have talked about throughout the newscast but the air quality just wont give us a break here. Its not going to be good for the rest of the week. Hour by hour it will improve but at least the weather is not always cooperative it hasnt been a hindrance as they try to get fires under control. Temperatures tomorrow will be in the upper 60s and 70s which helps out because they dont have to worry about the heat, humidity is helpful as well. 50 to 70 where we wanted to be. Not quite as good for the scu lightning complex. For the 80s most of the day, but in the 25 to 35 range and per s from the southwest are onthe wind is consistent and not too strong but can account for that. The lowest humidities will be for the lnu lightning complex. 80s and low 90s, the humidity in the 10 to 30 range. They are contained already, further to the west the wind can funnel through the valley, so those winds are going to be from the south east at 15 miles per hour. The humidity is a little bit higher, temperatures are in the 70s and low 80s. Most favorable conditions for one of the more stubborn fires its one of the smallest but only about 15 to 20 contained bay. He smoke haineyno as ll even though it one of smaller fires. That the marine layer has reduced visibility. Poor air quality once again tomorrow unhealthy for sensitive groups and the worst air quality is rent fairfield is going to be unhealthy for everyone regardless if you have preexisting breathing difficulties. You can see the haze and smoke hanging out over san jose in the Santa Clara Valley has had some bad air quality over the weekend. The tempter only reached 70 degrees so its not really hot. 64 degrees was the High Temperature and only one spot hit 90. 90 degrees in fairfield, not bad for the last day of august. Low to mid 80s down to livermore, mid70s right now. 60s for the most part around the bay, 67 and cooler downtown. Upper 50s at half moon bay. Temperatures affected by the fog and low cloud cover, mist, drizzle, spreading back into the inland valleys towards early tomorrow morning. Then backs up towards the coast, improving visibility by 9 00 or 10 00. Then we will see the sunshine overhead filtered through smoke and haze server located to leave us. Its not going to fully get out until we see a shift in the overall weather pattern which will not happen over the next several days. Mid to upper 50s to start the day tomorrow is normal, temperatures in the city only rising to the mid60s in the afternoon, about five degrees below average around the bay, san jose should be a couple of degrees warmer than today. Almost exactly average with High Temperatures just about 80 degrees. Sing a lot of sunshine but its going to be filtered to be layer of smoke and haze across the bay area. I temperatures in the upper 70s, should reach the mid to upper 80s in concord a couple degrees warmer than today. Tempters are going to take off as we head towards the end of the week and into labor day weekend. The summer is not done, High Temperatures across the board, low 60s along the coast, low 80s in the Santa Clara Valley. Only upper 70s with hotspots from the trivalley getting close to 90 degrees. Once it arrives the longrange outlook shows a near certainty of above average temperatures for the weekend and early next week. Its going to stick around through basically the first half of the month. A few days of near normal temperatures tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. Mr. Heating up on friday but then it kicks into high gear over the weekend. Mid90s on saturday right around 100 degrees even around the bay. Temperatures into the 70s over the weekend some spots on the east side of the bay, 80 degrees and along the coast. Temperatures should reach close to 70 degrees with the fog still there in the morning. Its not going to be quite stubborn. Coming at 6 00. We will zoom in for a closer look at tomorrows High Temperatures. Before wildfires ignited across the north bay and number of small wineries were already facing a challenge keeping the business going during the pandemic. Michelle griego spoke with wine experts who say they are trying to look at the glass halffull. A lot of the histories of napa valley began with smart family operated vendor such as ourselves, our back stories are history. In the last several months small producers like us, we have relied heavily on restaurants or big events to get out in front of consumers. And, since march, that has disappeared. The lightning complex fire burning in the north bay has also been a big problem for grape growers. Buyers are backing out over fear of smoke tainted grapes. All of this with just under a month before the start of the cabernet harvest. Like every big event, burning man is going virtual. Do what you have got to do. The festival draws tens of thousands of people to the desert but it is going online. Organizers created interactive virtual universes full of theme camps, art projects, live performances, the very first burning man happened on San Franciscos baker beach in the 80s, it is now one of the biggest cultural art festivals, especially popular with folks in silicon valley. It starts next saturday. 6 00, how to make sure your vote counts in the upcomingitis counties are ready for the onslaught of mailin ballots. Plus i have got to say, it is a little weird being inside a mall, but, here we are. I will have more of the new Health Orders and santa clara county, straight ahead. And retrofitting the anderson dam will greatly endanger a species of fish downstream. The electrifying method they are using to save them. Still ahead here at 5 00. I will tell you why a spare the air alert remains in effect for tomorrow at least. Don ford takes a closer look at the Science Behind the smoke and how we north bay valley is playing a role. Nevada was known to have crisp, clean air blowing in from the ocean a few miles to the west. But not this week. While we have had smoke across the bay area, for the last few days, nevadas smoke has sometimes been three times as dense. Three times as thick, and some of the worst air in the bay area. It is pretty bad. Due to lucas valley, the valley that normally channels fresh air into novato put it happens to be her near the valley. The onshore breeze concentrates the smoke into novato. I was surprised, yes. I thought it was hopefully clearing up, i was quite surprised. It is really bad. Here is something you probably did not know. While the little blue paper mask may help us keep safe from covid but not against smoke. Masks are good, but if you are looking purely at the question of how much does it protect you from the particulate matter come the surgical masks are not very effective in that regard. The n95 does a much better job of keeping smoke from our lungs. We will see it in the next couple of weeks. Its odd that they are getting dense smoke and dont count on the little blue surgical mask to do much about the smoke. We think hopefully the fire will go away. In novato, don ford, kpix 5. That is at the news at 5 00. News at six begins right now. Now at 6 00, making sure your vote counts in the president ial election. The signature verification process and is thy rey for the in ballots . For the first time in months, customers are back inside bay area salons and malls. The rules we found were not really being enforced. And, a live look at the state capital where time is running out with a series of Police Reform bills. These reforms are important, because they are immediate fixes to keep the public and officer safe. The bigname celebrity who is pushing to strip bad officers of their badges permanently. Good evening, i am alan martin. I am elizabeth cook, lets get right to kpix 5s andria borba keeping track of Police Reform bills being debated. Elizabeth and alan, this is typically known at the state capital with lawmakers typically working well into the night and sometimes even into the Early Morning hours to get through the onslaught of bills who have come through. A look at a few. Seven the senate bill 731 has Police Officers and would not allow them to get hired by another one. Much like how lawyers cosmetologists can have their licenses pulled. If they are decertified they could not go anywhere else in california and deal a Law Enforcement person. The 46th state to enact officer dece

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