Message asking people to wear Face Coverings which is mandatory in california and Governor Newsom says most of the 19 counties on the state watch list including Solano County are taking positive action to prevent the spread of the virus. We do not want to do things to you, with you but we reserve the right to move forward with the mandate we do not they see action at a local level and 24 hours, you see local level action along the lines of what we are hoping for and we expect all 19 to come into compliance and if not, the hand will be forced in the spirit that requires this moment. And again, we are confident we will see progress. 4 july Holiday Weekend coming up and the recent surge in cases, Governor Newsom also urged everybody to avoid large crowds and family gatherings. More than 240,000 coronavirus cases in california over 4000 cases in the last 24 hours which is the lowest daily increase. 6000 160 people have died here in our state. Theres more than my bigger part of, that is 73 more deaths in the last 24 hours, hospitalizations are up 3 and i suitcases up three have since yesterday. The june jobs report is in and the National Numbers directly better than expected. Employers adding a record for 20 million jobs is the appointed rates now sits at 11. 1 , leisure and hospitality saw the largest growth, breaking records from these industries among the hardest hit by the pandemic shutdown seeing more than two minor jobs dated june but its not all good news. We go now for more. It california to get out of this abyss economically, we strike a workable balance between health needs and economic needs. In california, new unemployment claims remain extraordinary high according to labor lawyer and former edd director michael bernick. There down slightly from the previous week. Just for this most recent week, we still had 280,000 new employment claims file the california, way above what we were averaging prior to the pension. With new virus cases spiking, these numbers closure orders made this week. Up to now, as you say, we had a clear plan of reopening various stages for the first time these stages seem to be halted and even some reopening close. So, many recently hired or rehired folks are likely to be laid off again and or businesses who hung until now may not be able to do so any longer. We may well see even larger numbers, even above the very high number of 279,003. The largely untouched Public Sector is now getting hammered. Finally, people may be reluctant to spend in such uncertain times. New plug claims will increase and, for many employers, they hung out and hung on and hung on. Sometime soon, continued lockdowns will have more devastating effects unless the federal government seriously comes up with a lot more relief which is already delayed until this month and month maybe possibly into next. Heal clara county announced new Health Orders which would serve as longterm measures to reduce the spread of covid19. The order allows certain additional businesses to resume including hair and Nail Services and small gatherings. But only with the limitation of strict rules on social distancing and the use of Face Coverings as well as limits to capacity. These principles are outdoors is safer than indoors. More physical distance safer than less distance. Fewer and briefer contacts with others, safer and more or longer contents, Face Coverings should be worn consistently and become the new normal. And some higher risk settings cannot safely open at this time. The new order will go into effect july 13 or when it receives approval from the state which ever is later. San Francisco City officials and Committee Leaders urging people across the city and the area to stay home over the fourth of july weekend, officials have seen an alarming increase in Coronavirus Infections and hospitalizations in recent weeks, indicating the start of a surge. The San Francisco department of Public Health director and several local leaders held a Virtual Meeting today to remind people about the importance of staying home despite the upcoming holiday. To socialize virtually, where Face Covering and stay safe, keep your family and your neighborhood and community safest possible. Stay at home and be safe. I mean, the last thing you want to do is sacrifice somebody in your family and the last thing i want to go to is lose another friend. It the doctor says while hospitals are not overwhelmed right now, the rate of covid19 hospitalizations was up 61 in San Francisco over the past week. Officials will be monitoring conditions of the next few days reposes restrictions. The state superintendent of public instruction tony thurman said today he is concerned about the Mental Health children when classes resume in the fall. Furman says students have been deeply impacted by the pandemic and for schools to reopen, they are going to need proper supplies as well as counseling to help many of the students. The really is our students are deeply impacted by the pandemic as, you know, for our schools to reopen they will need all kinds of personal protective equipment. The state is providing some but it is a partial amounts. You know, we need to have more counseling available for art students with experiencing depression as part of the pandemic thurman also said he is grateful to the state for the budget just signed by the governor which does not make cuts to education but he says without additional help, schools could see hardship over the next couple of years. Track across the country sunbelt states are seeing a rise in new Coronavirus Infections can the latest outbreak League Officials to crackdown on mask wearing and social distancing. Jonathan seri has more now from atlanta. Cancel firework shows and close beaches, that is the norm this fourth of july weekend with at least three dozen states reporting more Coronavirus Infections, california shutdown Indoor Dining and miami is opposing a night curfew and restaurant employees say the new orders are devastating. We been here since 2008. Since 12 years. The family. Florida, california and texas are seeing record numbers of positive tests in recent days. Critical care beds in houston are quickly disappearing and elective surgeries in south florida have been canceled for a second time. Ron desantis decided not to reimpose a shutdown, rick scott defending the decision saying people need information, not mandates. They are not consistent with a message, we have to be very consistent with a message and talk to people, people are smart, they will make decisions. Public Health Officials have brained the recent rise on not Wearing Masks and social distancing and they are cracking down on folks who do not follow the orders. Violators of mask mandates could face hundreds of dollars in fines for cities like miami and west hollywood. It lasts because it takes something off her plate we have to be defensive about or explain to customers who do not want wear a mask. President trump says he does not plan to issue a nationwide mask mandates. We are learning more about a meeting for zescol administrators in the south they may have exposed to thmeet for the Santa Clara County days later, one of the attendees tested positive for the virus. Elissa harrington has been working on the story and she joins me now with more on what she has learned. It has been 13 days since the meeting and according to district officials, nobody else has tested positive for covid 19 but certainly brings up questions as to why the meeting was held in person and what Health Guidelines are in place now. The june 25 Board Meeting for the Unified School District posted on youtube, stella kemp mentioned a Leadership Meeting days earlier at the Educational Options campus where attendees may have been exposed to the 19. Unfortunately one of the members of the Leadership Team tested positive for company days following fridays meeting. Since then we have taken the following steps, cleaned and sanitized the meeting location and all attendees quarantined according to directions from the county health department. It the district is backtracking on her remarks saying reports are inaccurate and she misspoke. Part of the statement from the district reads for clarification at last weeks Board Meeting, the doctor misspoke when she is the word corn to accomplishments to see shelterinplace. We are following the county shelterinplace orders in the county. The district would not say why the meeting was held in person rather than mostly in the midst of a pandemic. She would not tell me how many people were exposed. The board of trustees voiced concerns saying 45 people were there. It i got several calls from educators panicked about the exposure with the principal meeting and i personally was surprised because of what i heard other School District to with the meeting around 45. The board president said attendees had the option to participate via zoom and everybody who attended practiced social distancing. She wrote attendees said at least six feet apart, wore masks, and eight lunch outside. In addition, doors were left open for ventilation. The office of education said the district followed social distancing guidelines and schools are considered an essential function. When i reached out to the Santa Clarita public of the they sent me a statement. In this case its not clear why meeting in person was necessary, it is a lesson for other Government Agencies even though they have the authority to hold an in person meeting, doesnt mean they should exercise the right to do so. Just officals say nobody at the meeting has contracted the virus. St. Clair county department of education says schools will follow county Health Guidelines when they reopen. Elissa harrington. Coming up on 4, white officer opened fire in the ongoing search for a suspect. First, complaints keep piling up about the state being too slow to process unemployment claims coming up next we talk live with state senator scott wiener on his proposal to try to fix the problem. A water cooler day with gusty wind as well but things will be warming up for the Holiday Weekend and we have the forecast, coming up. Bit of a cold out today, some gusty wind out there with a bit of a breeze outside, keeping you indoors today, we have some patchy fog coast side but a lot of sunshine for the rest of the bay area and heres the plan heading into Holiday Weekend, right . Friday a warmup in fact the hotspots back into the mid to upper 80s particularly the forecast tomorrow, into the weekend, patchy morning fog warmer for the fourth of july but warm, take a look at inland temperatures creeping back up into the low possibly mid 90s this weekend. Today we have this, low clouds and fog is a bit of a factor near the coastline but you will notice we actually have a little bit of clearing offshore so more sunshine with that from the beaches out towards pacifica and San Francisco ocean beach and the headlands as well. Current numbers checking in San Francisco 66, san jose in the mid70s, concord 76 and redwood in the upper 80s. Here is a live camera looking towards downtown San Francisco, haze in the sky but still, lots of sunshine, but this afternoon, here is the plan for friday, it will be a warmer for us with temperatures in the 60s, 70s, and 80s so patchy morning fog partly sunny, even mostly sunny skies once again and tomorrow should be a little warmer compared to today. Here is a look the numbers tomorrow, you can see some of the forecast highs with 88 oakland 72 San Francisco in the mid 60s. We will continue to turn up and warm up temperatures as we head into saturday for the fourth of july, we talk more about the forecast on the fiveday coming up with your full forecast and a little bit. Sounds it will be a warm weekend looking forward to it. Think. A brush fire on the shoulder of interstate 580 eastbound in livermore earlier this morning caused major traffic delays. The fire started around 10 30 on the shoulder of the freedom this morning west of the North Livermore exit. Authorities shut down lanes of the freeway near the fire causing delays for at least 90 minutes. The fire burned about 20 acres total before firefighters got it under control, no word on how the fire started. Track state lawmakers blasting California Development department saying its failing be very people it is supposed to serve, scott wiener says both of their offices have been overwhelmed by people calling for help getting jobless benefits. Some artwork residents telling them they have now gone without for several months, there was a request for a legislative Audit Committee looking into the problems there at edd. It edd is truly filling the states, people are suffering tremendously. We have constituents who have gone without benefits from edd since march. Its actually heart wrenching, the stories. Constituents who depleted their entire life savings going into extreme debt in deep panic. Its estimated over one in three California Workers has now filed for unappointed benefits since the pandemic began. Me now the talk about the ongoing issues at edd as state senator scott wiener, thank you for being here, what is behind the delays . How do you propose fixing them . I think it started because edd has was staffed and we were at 16 or 17 of employment and that we were overwhelmed. Early on i cut the agency some slack because it was an unprecedented situation in terms of fast rise. We are now four months in and edd is not doing what needs to do, there are so many californians waiting for unappointed checks for months and you are really struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table and get somebody on the phone when they get something on the phone they do not get accurate information, the states can be corrected and so forth, we have more resources and edd and they are heading up which is a good thing but its not happening quickly enough and by august every day there are numerous calls from people at the end of the rope because they do not know max ming out credit caway. If staffing is one of the main concerns, how do you get the agency to hire more quickly . They have been hiring people, but, that of course, people have to be trained. One of the situations happening is people finally get through to somebody and the person does not have all of the information they need and if you had to call 300 times it gets ugly on the phone and they tell you to the website, its not a satisfactory answer. My office is helping animals number of people coming for us sometimes it is slow to get a response. So, we unfortunately are muddling through this right now and its a failure for the agency. Way too here at ktvu have been getting calls saying they called numerous times and cannot get the satisfactory answers, so, what do we do from here . You mentioned the agency is hiring, but, he also mentioned it is still not enough. Yes, there have been some improvements, it just is not happening quickly enough. For my perspective, my staff and the districts doing heroic work every day, what they are doing is helping people get on planet, we are triaging for individuals in the district. Edd announced a policy for legislators we could get a case expedited once per week which is unacceptable. One person every week to get benefits you are entitled and we have been advocating that needs to be a lot more. At this point it is triaged. Im hopeful it gets fixed over time the problem is people are desperate right now and they need benefits right now, they are entitled to those benefits. When this is done, we need to do a severe audits to make sure this never happens again. I do what the spokeswoman for edd said today, recognizing this is an unprecedented situation working around the clock, in the midst of a massive hiring efforts but as far as you are concerned the efforts made thus far are not enough. Yes, to be clear, the folks here are very committed, not trying to intentionally denying people benefits. Comes with fraud and there are various challenges. These are the people working hard under a lot of stress and trying to do the right thing to help people. Its a system failure. Granted this is a once in a 100 year pandemic with another 100 years you know, you have to be prepared to pivot and be nimble when an unprecedented expected economic meltdown happens. That did not happen here, we are triaging and really putting pressure on the agency making improvements. It has to happen a lot faster. Right, as you mentioned once, once its over sooner rather than later the system can be a valley, state senator scott wiener always a pleasure. Thank you. Think of having me. Coming up here next, a briefing in washington dc about elected targets of american troops, we have the very latest from capitol hill next. We hope you tune in tonight for Celebrity Watch Party followed by labor of love at 9 00 instagram for the 10 00 news and 11 00 news all right here on ktvu. The country top intelligence officials today briefed congressional leaders about intelligence reports of killing american troops in afghanistan. We get the latest from ray bogan. Reporter members mostly silent on their way out of the classified briefing the top crits and republicans on capitol hill briefed on reported russian bounty for u. S. Troops by the director of National Intelligence and and as a director. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she now supports sanctioning russia. Business is the highest priority, protection, a threat to men and women in uniform. I want anything about the tough enough on vladimir putin. Reporter the briefing comes as the the New York Times reports a drug dealer turned businessman acted as a middleman between russian intelligence and telebeen fighters. According to the times, he had that money targeting american troops. I understand the military. I think the system got it right. Contradictory intelligence increasing force protection and just to be cautious i cannot imagine briefing the president of the United States about this allegation given the intelligence. We responded we do not comment on specific intelligence however we are well aware of the potential threats we face from the variety of actors also weighing is well known russia supplied the legitimate government. Top members briefed but still there are calls to brief the full house and senate. Coming up on the 4, a dangerous encounter in hayward. What caused an officer to open fire and a search going on today for the suspect. A bay area family loses two loved ones to covid19, the warning they are issuing about family gatherings ahead of the Holiday Weekend. In the east bay searching for a suspect wanted in connection with an incident that turned violent. The officer was forced to fire jesse gary with the latest. Early thursday morning Hayward Police and chp investigators combed the scene in hayward. Measurements and evidence collection with part of the story leading an officer to fire a gun in selfdefense. Officals say trouble started around 2 30 a. M. During an unrelated traffic stop officers worked the case with a motorist approaching reporting a man passed out behind the wheel of a caeast. Officers checked the license plate and it did not on indicat either the plate of the vehisto the try to get them out of the vehicle and ordered him out, he was not compliant. He was willfully refusing actually according to the officers he was saying i did not do anything i am not getting out. Actively disobeying and refusing to comply with directions then, after less than a minute, he puts the vehicle and drive and takes off, swerves towards an officer for his life to shut off around the the suspects direction. One round struck the suspect vehicle but he escaped on the less. When officer was injured in the incident when he jumped out of the way in the oncoming vehicle stepping onto a road strip spike, the spike im sure the officers foot and he was treated at the scene and is reported in good condition. The suspect is described as a white male 20 minutes 30 years old with red hair and possibly with face tattoos. Driving a silver fourdoor tuna with front end damage. The suspect flat on time and avenue. We arning more about the shooting yesterday where four people were injured it happened on the freeway in oakland and backed up traffic for miles and hours. It happened on eastbound interstate 580 near the 106th avenue exit about this time yesterday. Chp says all for the shooting victims were in a black infinity described as free men and a woman in her late teens and early 20s. Two had serious injuries in the other two were not hurt as badly and are expected to survive. Chp shut down the freeway more than three hours to carry out the investigation. It backed up traffic on both sides of the freeway as well as several side streets. Idisappointed Something Like this goes on at a time like this, you know . Its scary. We are still hurting each other. You know . Its wild. Investigators still do not have any information about the shooter or the vehicle involved come anybody who saw the shooting is asked to contact highway patrol. As Governor Newsom urges people to rethink family gatherings for the upcoming fourth of july weekend, a family in san jose losing two family members to covid19. I am thing about going through life without my parents and its hard to imagine. Reporter she is having a difficult time coming to terms with the loss of not one parent but both. She sits in her apartment with the current virus taking the lives of 72yearold richard and Mercedes Hardwick 33 years leaving behind three children. My mother was sick first and obviously we never thought it would be that serious. Reporter her parents contracted the virus early in the pandemic and her father passed away first back in april. Her mother died one week later with the virus sickening at least five other family members. My mom and aunt with the family gathering, maybe a few days before my mom got sick. It could have been from a family gathering. I hope you reconsider those gatherings with people you do not live with not in your immediate household. Anderson urging californians to not let their guard down this upcoming holiday. For a time it wasnt clear if her 51yearold aunt would survive. She was in the icu for months. I could not breathe or talk. My chest hurts a lot, the kept giving me medication. Tech at home shes doing with memory and hair loss, ptsd and panic attacks. You do not know where your extended family has been or you know, you are together in close proximity Wearing Masks. I feel it heightens the risk factor. The last for the july like most holidays, naomi went to her parents house, this year shes thinking about paying a visit to the cemetery. Is not worth the risk to have to watch your family or your loved ones suffer through a horrible virus. For more on this issue we go to Sharon Bateman who is an infection specialist at marin health. Good to have you here today. You obviously heard the warnings, multiple warnings for the governor asking people to avoid large family gatherings coming up for the Holiday Weekend. Why is there so much concern about getting together with a few people, maybe for backyard s outside of your household . Why is it the worst . Its, it threat. We hope they would stay home. It started as some he feels will. Be do not live in your home, become to your house for a gathering, the concern is with a potentially the sick in the days to come with covid19 . That is why we are concerned. I think it is difficult right now because we were sheltering in place so long kind of runnin get back to the norm and i think everybody is anxious we need to stay correct a bit longer. Maybe a lot of folks are trying to do a couple things as we hear the governor say they do not want any family gatherings here especially the Holiday Weekend. I remember there was talk about people establishing social bulewhere you could sort of choose the circle of family members or friends with interacting on a regular basis. How do i make sense of those two things . Yes. I think this weekend is a special instance. I think the governors trying to say this weekend lets take extra cautions. I think the social bubble is 12 or less people. I think basically the recommendation is kind of something we want to look for for the rest of the month if we dont have more inclusive cases. Speaking of this Holiday Weekend, you know, a lot of firework shows and parades, some largescale events which are canceled to keep us safe but you get the sense people try to travel and try to get away in some form or fashion to celebrate the holiday as a medical professional, how much concern do you have . About the long Holiday Weekend and transmission of the coronavirus . I think there will be concern maybe once the summer months came they would not be as much covid19 but i was sick, thats not the case right now. I think what we do to stay the course, our position is stay at home as much as possible. If you have to go out, make sure you always are wearing a mask in public. Within six feet of those not in your family. Make sure you have sanitizer at least 50 alcohol. Make sure the most important thing is stay home if you are sick. Even if you are sick its not a good idea to go out with a facemask unless you have to go to the doctor. I think we have to be more stringent on the guidelines right now. Hopefully so. We can celebrate safely here. Over this weekend. I appreciate the advice. And insight think you for your time. Thank you. A popular theme park back open the bay area coming up next we time out the Safety Measures in place to keep everybody safe and why you cannot hop on the rides. Wards the Holiday Weekend, we have your forecast, coming up. The number of passengers using the san jose airport is on the rise meaning officials had to make changes to keep everybody safe and healthy during the pandemic. The airport has placed more than 300 floor decals throughout the airport to keep passengers at least 6 apart. Signs also found in seating areas with Hand Sanitizer stations throughout the terminals and signs reminding everybody to wear a facemask at all times. Covid i think is what happened today explaining the level of cleaning were doing, its cleaner than my house right now. Is far as getting electrostatic wiped out and services. Travelers we talked with say they felt better going to the airport after they saw all the extra steps that were taken. The most popular amusement parks in the bay area partially reopened, six flags discovery kingdom allowing visitors with marine world experience while the animal attractions are open now roller coasters and other rides open at a later date. Six flag season pass holders allowed to go in today and tomorrow for the general public demand saturday. Earlier today we talked to the animal ambassador about new Safety Measures in place. Coming here we have facial masks required to enter the park and you go through a tunnel with thermal imaging taking the guest temperature so a temperature of 104 and above the pole from the line given an opportunity to cool down. Once in the park we have social distance setups with mark stations. The Biggest Party is safety of her guests. All visitors have to book a reservation. To do that you go to the web links section. Officials in the cr expect a surge in tourists over the upcoming Holiday Weekend, there are signs along highway 50 reminding travelers campfires and fireworks are not allowed in el dorado county. The beach is already seeing a number of people enjoying the water. No bonfires on the beaches. That is thankful, so the urban areas people set off fireworks. We hope it doesnt happen here and this is not the place for fireworks. So, yes, please leave your fireworks at home. Before services all campgrounds are likely booked this weekend. Take a look at the forecast this weekend. Lots of sunshine with temperatures high actually in 80s so its warm around lake tahoe tomorrow into saturday and sunday. Back in the bay area we head into the long weekend for your friday clear skies in the afternoon hours and patchy morning fog for saturday with the fourth of july temperatures warming up saturday and into sunday. That will be the changes weekend. A cooler day for the entire week. Satellites show fog out there but you notice the past few frames, the cloud Bank Actually is pulling away from the coastline to be reused once again, with circulation in the pacific, clouds wraparound the circulation there, right now looks like there is sunshine over the coastline closer to the beach, clouds gradually regroup over the next few hours. Current numbers, 82 fairfield, san jose 75. Oakland 73. 70s novato and santa rosa. Wind speeds up, we show you wind right now in fairfield gusting 26 miles an hour. A few more neighborhoods checking in and a sustained at 12 dusting 222 in san jose with a southwest wind at 60 miles an hour. Live camera looking to San Francisco this afternoon, your thursday afternoon, mostly clear skies above, still, patchy clouds out there in the distance, overnight lows start friday morning mainly in the low to mid 50s, partly cloudy skies, fog likely closer to San Francisco, oakland, hayward, san rafael and pacifica. Partly cloudy skies inland. Today the coolest day of the week because of this guy, this area of low pressure towards yesterday going in reverse, offshore and temperatures down a bit, finally it kicks out of town as we head towards friday and saturday with that, it sets the stage for a warmer weekend in the area of pressure comes from the south. We talk about fog morning, comp to the afternoon hours increasing sunshine although we could have patchy coastal fog with temperatures in the mid 60s all the way to the mid to upper 80s. Here is a look the forecast for friday 84 santa rosa, concorde 85. Oakland 72 and pacifica 63 degrees, watch out for bury it beaches and coming as well a lot of energy in the coastline, rip currents, all effector this weekend. The forecast high in san jose 81 and gilroy in the mid80s, heres a look at the fiveday forecast, it will be a warm fourth of july with patchy morning fog, warm weather patterns continue decided then we gradually cool things into early next week. A bit of a cold out today going into the warmup beginning tomorrow. Coming up on the four a close confidence of Jeffrey Epstein in custody. What we are learning about the accusations helping jeff epstein traffic underage girls. Gun point. He was out of his mind. He couldve pulled the trigger that would be the end of a. More the wild video and what minces saw coming up at 9 00. In missouri man freed from prison after spending 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. The 40yearold jonathan irons was 16 years old and arrested for burglary and assault during a home invasion. Yesterday he walked to prison a free man to applause and into the open arms of the family members and friends. On hand was a champion for criminal reform playing an integral role fighting irish release. They became friends after meeting in prison. The conviction was overturned with no evidence showing fingerprints found at the house did not belong to him. Jeffrey epstein confident delay mask will under arrest facing multiple federal charges accused of luring three minors to epsteins home where they were allegedly sexually assaulted. If she is convicted she could spend more than 30 years in prison. Arresting Ghislaine Maxwell with federal agents taking her into custody thursday morning in the small town of bradford, New Hampshire. This case is the prequel for earlier cases be brought against Jeffrey Epstein. According to the indictment. They helped ultimately abuse girls as young as 14. He entice girls and are not trusted delivering them into a trap they set set up to be abused by Jeffrey Epsteins hom in new york, florida, new mexico. For her part shes facing six federal charges including conspiracy enticement and transport of minors to engage in illegal sex acts and two counts of perjury. These charges based on accusations by three unnamed victims all under 18 at the time, maxwell kept a low profile with the fbi keeping tabs on her whereabouts. Continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims live through trauma inflicted on them years ago. She was arrested without incident. Mitchell makes the initial Court Appearance via phone and concorde, New Hampshire it is expected be exited to new yorke charges against Jeffrey Epstein. Coming up, a recent push by city leaders in minneapolis to remove the Police Department can we have a look at the proposal which could potentially be in the hands of voters soon. A recent push by city leaders in minneapolis to remove the requirement of the Police Department from the city charter. If the proposal moves forward the decision would then go to voters in november. The Charter Commission cannot itself tracy charter. Mayor kenney city council. Because the charter is like the constitution. The minneapolis Charter Commission explains what the process is like to make major changes to the structure of city government. He and 14 other commissioners appointed by a judge to sit on the panel all volunteers. Wednesday night was the first step in what could be an unprecedented move to put an amendment on the ballot later this year to vote to abolish the minneapolis Police Department in the aftermath of the george floyd killing. The review is important in this situation for time. We know the charter potentially has 150 days for an amendment imposed by the city council but the deadline has a ballot for the november 2020 election august 21. It seems disingenuous for the city council to move forward at such a rapid pace when they have not done their Due Diligence to find out what the committee wants and what we need. A civil rights attorney and local activist say she and others in the black community have deep concerns about abolishing the Police Department altogether having civilians overseeing public safety. We do not feel protected as a community and we know we are under attack by white supremacist coming into the community and shooting at people as well as committed to violence taking place and so it is incumbent to understand the dynamic of some of the crime happening in the city, the root causes of the crime. Two public hearings held in the next few weeks even if the Commission Rejects the amendments the City Council Still puts the measure on the ballot. Seriously take seriously this weekend this moment we are living in a moment. Its not permanent. The governor giving one final reminder as we head into the Holiday Weekend. He urges, wear a mask, maintain physical distance and avoid groups during the fourth of july holiday. The governor acquitted to a game of baseball sank the first few innings of this. Good evening. Now more than 240,000 cases of coronavirus in california including 4000 new cases in the last people have died of coronavirus in california including 73 people who died last for hours. Hospitalizations also up 3 and i suitcases up three have processes yesterday. They say this was the governors last chance before the Holiday Weekend to get people to Pay Attention how serious the situation is of california. Exactly right. The governor gave us a statewide pepped up. Cabin fever does not turn into hospitalization later this month. Take seriously this weekend this moment. We are living in a