right now people arrived here in the mission district, closer to 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. a lot of them did what they had to do. they said they were -- they did their part, and some are going away. but clearly, as we have been seeing thanks to sky 7, that large group continues to march. actually, in some cases, some people decided to move in a different direction. the largest crowd moved towards at one point towards the police station here in the mission district, police station. it all started again on -- in front of mission high school. they flooded 18th street between valencia church. and right now that crowd is moving on 16th and valencia. that's where we are right now. and like i said before, they did at one point move towards noe

valley and i guess they circled around. it has remained a very peaceful demonstration. people trying to be very responsible, wearing masks. this march, if you can believe it, was organized by two very young people. they told me they were inspired by what they saw in oakland, another march earlier this week which was also organized by two young adults. they were inspired. they called them. they put it on instagram, and this is how this works. a lot of people i mentioned that i had not seen in san francisco in a long time participating in this march. so far it's peaceful. i just wanted to also share an experience that i had. i had to at one point during this demonstration move my car, which was right in the middle of the part where a lot of the demonstrators were gathered. and i politely ask groups of people can you just move so i

can move my car? and they did. they were very organized. they said this lady has to move, and they just about 150 people moved so that i could get my car out of that situation. so that's the kind of people, the crowds that we're seeing right now. but, again, remember, there is an 8:00 curfew still in effect in san francisco. so we'll see how that goes, if they're still going to be out here. but so far very peace 68, a lot of different people here in the mission district. i'm live, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. what a great story you shared. it gives you a sense of the folks that are there today and why they are there, to peacefully make their feelings known. as you look live from sky 7 hd in the area of mission high school and down valencia, just a huge number of people, estimated at about 8,000 people. very peaceful. and the sense in the crowd is this is very much a communal

gathering, children, different groups of people, different ages. so thus far quite peaceful. and certainly very emotional and powerful to see so many people turn out. thanks, lyanne. let's move on the breaking news. a fire burning in suisun city is threatening homes. this has spread quickly. now multiple agencies responding, including contra costa fire, crockett, el cerrito, and rodeo hercules. evacuations are affecting elmwood and maple streets, and according to suisun city police, that is the area they're focusing on. crystal middle school is being used as an evacuation site. flames gutted at least five homes and damaged seven others. now of course it's incredibly hot out there in that part of the bay area today, and that is only making it more difficult for firefighters, and of course making it even more difficult to fight. >> let's get to spencer

christian who is tracking the weather conditions. spencer? >> okay, ama. weather conditions are certainly not helping contain this fire. it is hot. as dan mentioned, it is hot. the entire region over 100 degrees, and even right now it's 100 degrees in suisun city. relative humidity is fairly low. not dangerously low, but low. 43%. and the wind, the steady wind, the sustained wind is generally under 10 miles per hour. but there have been gusts above 10 miles per hour. breezy but not very windy. once again, even with relatively light wind and humidity being where it is, it's still not the conditions that firefighters were hope for. because it is so intensely hot. and probably won't cool down for the next couple of hours. dan and ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you. well, take a look at these pictures tweeted by medic ambulance of the scene. they are helping with the evacuations. the fire is putting up just a big plume of smoke as you see in this photo in the video that we shared with you. we're updating this story on our

website, abc7news.com. you can also find it on our abc7 news app as well. and more breaking news this evening. the official autopsy report for george floyd shows he had coronavirus. the report says floyd tested positive on april 3rd. however, it also says he probably did not have symptoms, indicating covid-19 likely had nothing to do with his death. minneapolis police officer derek chauvin killed floyd last week by kneeling on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. chauvin is charged with second-degree murder. three officers who were with him are charged with aiding and second-degree murder. in the east day, this is the scene from sky 7 in hayward as hundreds of protesters gathered outside city hall. hayward does have a curfew set between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. it comes after several incidents of vandalism and looting. that followed peaceful protests last week. in many cities, tear gas has been deployed during protests. now there are calls for police to stop using the gas as a crowd

control measure, especially during a pandemic. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> from walnut creek to the south bay and in oakland, police have deployed tear gas to disperse large crowds. but now some city leaders and doctors are urging to stop in the interests of public health. in oakland, three city council members sent a letter to the mayor, police chief, and city administrator. quote, we're writing to urge you to immediately halt use of tear gas for crowd control during the covid-19 pandemic. >> the last thing we want to do is exacerbate that. we've been getting complaints about tear gas getting into the homes of seniors who then can't breathe, hitting people who had nothing to do with doing anything wrong. >> oakland isn't the only city police force used tear gas to disperse protesters. it happened right in this intersection earlier this week. the widespread use of tear gas

recently in the bay area and beyond has prompted some doctors to express concerns about potential harm to a community trying to fight off the coronavirus. >> using tear gas now in the middle of a respiratory epidemic is antithetical to good public policy. the protesters, their eyes will be watering. they will be coughing and sneezing. their whole respiratory system is irritated, and they will just be spewing their respiratory droplets around everyone northeastern, which in this case is going to be a lot of people. >> top officials in oakland told abc7 news they are reviewing the request to cease the use of tear gas, but at this point they have no comment. laura anthony, abc7 news. on the peninsula, marchers filled streets in east palo alto around lunchtime today. minutes before it began, we spoke live with the organizer, a 15-year-old girl, who put it all together. alana stevenson is a rising junior at menlo atherton high school. >> i just decided to do

something because there's no way that we should have that many people killed in a day. there's no -- there's no excuse for how many people have been killed due to police brutality. so i felt it was necessary to raise awareness. >> remarkable young woman. alana even invited east palo alto's chief of police to join in the march. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen was on of east palo alto, community members came together to protest in memory of george floyd. she brought her 6-year-old son tristan to jack farrell park wants him to witness history in the making. >> he will have to face challenges, and i won't always be there, be able to be there with him. and that bothers me. but i feel like if i raise him up and i, you know, show him the right ways to go in life that he

won't part from it, and that he'll keep walking on that straight and narrow path. that's what i'm looking forward to. >> myvette knows she can't do it alone. a frank acknowledgment that will take more than just a show of solidarity. >> we have to destroy systemic racism, the institutional racism that is in all of our systems, whether it's in our police force, our education system. everybody here is tired, and we are ready for a change. >> as protesters peacefully marched from one park to another, the weight of the world evident on the shoulders of many. >> and it breaks my heart to see the things that are happening in this world. and i'm ready to contribute to be a part of the change. >> people from all walks of life aching to make a difference. >> we will never really understand what it's like to be in a black person's shoes, but for us to be here and to show our support and to show that ste acanloed and we're for

>> strangers before today now bound together in the fight for justice and equality. an encouraging sign for this 6-year-old kid, who has the rest of his life ahead of him. >> i want him to know there is peace out here, that there is people that love him out here. you know, there is people that care out here. >> in east palo alto, chris nguyen, abc7 news. in the north bay, police arrested close to 100 people last night in santa rosa for minor violence and curfew violations. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman caught up with some of those protesters as they walked out of jail this morning. >> there has to be a morning after for roughly 100 protesters arrested in santa rosa last night, it looked like this. friends, coffee, and donuts to go with citations for misdemeanors. >> breaking curfew and then refusing to leave a riot was the exact word. >> should local people be

worried about you and damage and vandalism? >> absolutely not. they should be worried about the police who are agitating us and putting us into a position of chaos. >> it was activity last weekend that forced santa rosa to declare a curfew and then to box the downtown section behind concrete barriers. imagine owning a business just trying to stay afloat in a neighborhood turned semi ghost town. >> it's really weird. it's eerie. >> angela grant owns an english tea house. she would normally see 60 customers at noon. but not with the barricade and the protests. >> it's a real eye-opener that we're kind of going backwards, we're not going forward. >> santa rosa police chief reynard navarro saw no other option and has continuing concerns. >> we've heard from other agencies that they anticipate protests in those areas. >> which explains boarded windows in healdsburg a few miles to the north. they're expecting a protest here tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. details unknown. they're not all that worried.

and yet. >> if it keeps something happening to the building, that's a good thing. >> meantime, back outside the jail, a confirmation that they will be protesting again tonight. where? they're not saying. >> we're not trying to hurt people. we're trying to make people feel better and safer. >> which passes for reassurance in june of 2020. in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. tomorrow curfews will expire in san francisco, san jose, santa rosa and san mateo county. the order covering unincorporated parts of napa county, including american canyon, expires tomorrow, as does solano county's curfew. but the city of vallejo issued its own order that runs indefinitely. a lot more to come here. up next, a live update from oakland where a hostage situation has been going foreign more than 12 hours involving an armed man and two children. we'll be bac

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this standoff with police has been going on since almost 5:30 this morning. police say the man fired shots from the home earlier this -- today. this is near harmon and 57th avenue. it's been very tense. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live near that area now with the very latest. eric, everyone wants those kids out of there safely as fast as possible. >> they sure do. and police say they're in constant contact with the suspect and the children. the children are fine at this point, but they would all like this to be over. we're at 57th and edge r a couple blocks away, a lot of police on hand. s.w.a.t. team, drones, and other items monitoring the situation from the air. this all started, as you mentioned, around 5:30 this morning when police patrolling the area and the shot spotter technology identified gunshots in the area of 57th and harmon. more officers were called on the scene. police say that suspect opened

fire on them. fortunately, no one was hurt, and they did not return fire. now the suspect's wife managed to get out of the home, but their 6 and 8-year-old kids remain inside. they say they are fine, and they are not actually anxious to leave. >> we are in communications with a barricaded suspect who is armed with a rifle. there are two children inside of the residence. we have evacuated other residents in the neighborhood. >> yeah, they'v evacuated about a block around the house that's involved, and others are being told to shelter in place. police say the suspect has a history of mental illness, and they've called in a special police unit that helps deal with people with mental challenges. they are advising the negotiators who continue to talk with the man in hopes of having him give himself up, put down that rifle and let the kids out. right now it hasn't changed much from the way it was at 5:30 this

morning. 12 hours and beyond now, a standoff continues at 57th and harmon in oakland. live in oakland, eric thomas, abc7 news. hope they can get those kids out. thank you, eric. well, we're learning more about the young woman shot by police last night after she allegedly ran over a protester in san jose. today police chief eddie garcia talked about how this fits in with the department's protest response overall. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra has the story. >> 23-year-old san jose resident yuridia ochoa is under investigation for allegedly running over a suspected protester just after 9:30 tuesday night. >> the suspect was doing donuts on santa clara street, ran over a pedestrian with her vehicle, and then fled, leaving the pedestrian on the ground in an unknown condition. >> it happened near san jose city hall on east santa clara between fourth and fifth street. police say ochoa drove away, avoiding police twice until the

car was located near a parking garage along east mission street. >> the suspect did not follow t cer fired at least once at the suspect. >> both ochoa and the victim hit were transported to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. no officers were injured. ochoa has been charged with felony hit-and-run and assault with a deadly weapon on an officer. >> she was on active probation, three grants for battery, grand theft, resisting arrest, dwi, and driving on a suspended license. >> we don't know the name of the officer who shot the suspect, but chief garcia confirmed he has been on the force for 13 years and is now on administrative leave.ifd tosa be an ongoing conversation about recent videos on twitter, criticizing his department's use of force. >> we're going look at all the tactics that we use throughout the week and make determinations

after that as to what tactics we can change, what we can do better. >> but no answers to t of officer jared ewet and his actions last friday, despite comments that flooded the facebook feed. the sjpd's homicide unit is conducting an investigation. in the meantime, vallejo police shot and killed a 22-year-old man early tuesday morning following a night of looting. today chief shawny williams said that sean monterrosa was on his knees and officers saw what they thought was a gun in his sweatshirt. it turned out toby a hammer. melanie woodrow was at the news conference, asking the tough questions. >> sean monterrosa was on his knees outside this walgreens when a vallejo police officer fired at him five times through his vehicle's windshield. one of the shots hit and killed the 22-year-old, who they believed was armed.

the fatal shooting came after a night of multiple calls for looting, including to the walgreens. shawny williams said it appeared monterrosa was going get into a getaway vehicle before changing his mind. >> this individual appeared to be running toward the black sedan, but suddenly stopped, taking a kneeling position and placing his hands above his waist, revealing what appeared to be the butt of a handgun. investigations later revealed that the weapon was a long 15-inch hammer tucked into the pocket of his sweatshirt. >> chief williams says the officer who shot monterrosa is an 18-year veteran. chief williams did not release his name. attorney john burris is representing monterrosa's family. >> he did not see mr. monterrosa put his hands on it in a threatening way. so the question here is what threat, if any, did they actually present? >> of the two getaway vehicles filled with suspected looters that drove off, one rammed a responding police vehicle, injuring an officer. police caught the suspects from

one vehicle in contra costa county. the suspects in the black sedan got away. chief williams said the department has made many changes since he arrived, including to its de-escalation policy. how was de-escalation used here? >> well, i'll say this. when they responded to that area, to the walgreen's, the intent was to stop the looting and to arrest any perpetrators, if necessary. the officers reacted to a perceived threat. >> the department has 45 days to release body worn camera video. but chief williams says he plans to do so sooner. based on your experience of 27 years, was this excessive force? >> like i said, the district attorney is going to look at this.d rl aai uis going to look at it. >> and you could hear there chief williams did not want to answer that question. as for the officer who fired the fatal shot, he has been placed on routine paid administrative leave and so have the witness

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take a look at this. sky 7 is live over the bay area's biggest demonstration right now. a crowd of thousands marching through san francisco's mission district. you see them right there in the center of your screen. this gathering started around 4:00 p.m. at mission high school. a few minutes ago the head of the march was at 16 and

harrison. see? look at them all. the muni bus service in the area is actually being rerouted. we did hear that, so we wanted the pass that along to you. so far we are hearing it is peaceful and respectful. we are waiting this curfew tonight. we will see what happens then. a lot of people out there showing their solidarity after the death of george floyd. dan? >> absolutely, ama. and great to see that peaceful display. thousands of people out tonight. and they are marching in some hot weather. not as hot as it is in other parts of the bay area, spencer, but warm nonetheless. >> you're right about that, dan. it's warm all across the region. still hot in some spots. we had three record highs today for this day. check them out. 88 degrees in oakland. 89 at sfo. 95 in santa cruz. all new records for this date. and we still have a heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area until 9:00 tonight. it expires at 8:00 in mendocino and lake counties and is in effect until 8:00 tomorrow night in solano county.

heat illness is possible under these extremely hot conditions. right now it's still pretty warm in some spots. only 71 in san francisco. oakland 79. 93 at redwood city. 97 at gilroy. 70 at pacifica. and it's really hot in some north bay and inland east bay locations. mid- to upper 90s at santa rosa, petaluma, napa, concord and livermore. and still 100 degrees at fairfield. on we go to our forecast features. cooler conditions will prevail at the coast tomorrow, but it will still be hot inland. much cooler, windier conditions across the entire region on friday and saturday. and showers are possible this weekend. tonight we'll have clear skies and mild conditions once again. mild to warm, i should say. upper 50s to low 60s will be the lows overnight. tomorrow's highs will range from 66 at half moon bay to 74 in san francisco, to lots of low to mid-80s around the bay shoreline. but still lots of upper 90s to ndaiie andin inland locations antioch. up in the north y, 99 aterdaleih

now the accuweather seven-day forecast shows a nice cooldown coming our way. windy on friday and temperatures will drop sharply from tomorrow's levels. look for highs only in the upper 50s at the coast. mid-70s around the bay, and low 80s inland where we had triple-digits today. saturday and sunday, will be even cooler still, with clouds beginning on saturday. and a chance of scattered showers on saturday. they should taper off by sunday. and monday, we start another string of sunny and mild to warm days. in fact, tuesday and wednesday of next week, we won't have a heatwave, but it's going to be quite warm with highs up to 90 inland on tuesday. mid-90s inland on wednesday. mid-80s around the bay and upper 60s on the coast. but big news in our weather forecast right now is the major cooldown coming our way starting on friday. it's going to be a very comfortable weekend. dan and ama? >> glad to see that, spencer. thank you very much. as protests over the death of george floyd continue, there

is growing conversation about white privilege. a controversy in marin county is hitting at the core of this issue. they're reunited with my family. trying to get justice for my father. >> his father was george floyd.

now from abc7, live breaking news. >> thousands are gathered in san francisco's mission district right now, calling for justice for george floyd. video from sky 7 shows one of the biggest demonstrations we'v% had in the bay area. organizers say it will be a peaceful protest, and it certainly has been that from the beginning. roughly 8,000 people marching in the mission tonight. >> should local people be worried about you and damage and vandalism? >> absolutely not. they should be worried about the police who are agitating us, and putting us into a position of chaos. >> while in santa rosa, protests are expected to continue even

after police arrested close to 100 people last night for violence and curfew violations. protests that turned violent last weekend for santa rosa to declare a curfew and then to box the downtown section behind concrete barriers to keep people out. a 15-year-old girl put on a peaceful protest in east palo alto today. community members came together to protest in memory of george floyd. marchers went from one park to another. and meantime today, new charges were filed against police officers involved in george floyd's death. >> abc7 news reporter alex presha is in minneapolis with the details. >> former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin's charges upgraded to second-degree murder. the other three officers involved charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. the charges coming nine days after the killing of george floyd. >> i strongly believe that these developments are in the interests of justice for mr. fl our state. >> today the family of george floyd visiting the site where he lost his life.

>> reunited with my family. trying to get justice for my father. >> george floyd was an american citizen, and george floyd was a human being. george floyd deserves humanity. >> minnesota's governor also visiting the memorial this morning, staying low-key, reflecting and writing this message just as now the mother of his 6-year-old saying this about his daughter gianna. >> i mean, that was his baby. he loved his little girl. >> what do you want people to know? >> tell them that i miss him. >> floyd's death at the hands of police has sparked a worldwide call to action for more than a week. protesters in new york city facing off with police on the manhattan bridge and forcing an earlier 8:00 curfew after violence and widespread looting occurred on monday. >> peaceful protests! >> the group of 5,000 marchers eventually allowed to cross peacefully into brooklyn. there were instances of clash in some cities.

pepper spray shot into clouds in boston. and in philadelphia, a controversial statue of former mayor frank rizzo, known for discriminatory policies removed overnight. but after days of images of cities set on fire and violence, the calls for calm seeming to be answered. in los angeles, a large group of protesters bringing their demonstration to mayor garcetti's front steps. garcetti greetings them and taking a knee there is a memorial service scheduled for george floyd here in minneapolis tomorrow. there will be a public viewing in north carolina on saturday, and then there is a funeral service on tuesday in his home state of texas. alex presha, abc news, minneapolis. today former president barack obama hosted a virtual town hall to talk about what's been happening since george floyd's death. >> to those families who have been directly affected by tragedy, please know that michelle and i and the nation grieve with you, hold you in our prayers. we're committed to the fight of creating a more just nation in memory of your sons and daughters.

>> obama called for turning the protests into policy change and urged specific reforms to ensure safer policing and increased trust between communities and law enforcement. george floyd is sadly the latest name on a long list of people who died in police custody. governor gavin newsom says this time it's different. >> people have to know, have to feel it in their bones that this time is different. don't say something. do something. and prove to me that you can rebuild trust. and trust is about continuity. it's about consistent it is. it's about doing the right thing over and over and over again. and we have to reearn trust. >> the governor was in los angeles today meeting with community members about the recent protests. george floyd's death and the protests this week have many now navigating how to talk about race and really implement real change. in the north bay, we're seeing different approaches play out in different cities. abc7 news anchor liz kreutz explains. >> as protests continue over the

death of george floyd, there is white privilege, what that means and how white people can be an ally in the fight to end systemic racism. we saw it yesterday in marin city, where several hundreds of people in marin county, which is 85% white, showed up in solidarity, holding signs like this, white silence equals violence. but just up the road in mill valley a remark by the mayor is bringing to light deeper issues. at a city council meeting the mayor said this following a public comment about the black lives matter movement. >> is our council policy that we do not take action on issues that are not of immediate local importance. >> mayor the mack entee has apologized and stands with black lives matter, but jc farr is the first black principal of mill valley's tamalpais high school. he says issues of race are very local. >> we have less than 20% students of color, and about 4

to 5% african americans. and so there is a social adjustment that takes place when students come to town. >> i asked him about another image that struck me, marin county malls in corte madera and greenbrae are restricting access and beefing up security out of fears potential violence could make their way into the suburbs. >> it's not surprising for me to see progressives, liberal when the issues come to knock on their front door, respond in similar ways to, you know conservatives. it's almost like it's okay as long as it is over there. when it starts to get too close to home, then you really start to see people's true belief systems. >> reporter: in mill valley, there is outcry from residents over the mayor's comments and a petition for her to step down.

those r s,l counities they're uncomfortable. >> i'm not about cancelling people. we need everyone to engage in a meaningful dialogue that i think would make us better. >> liz kreutz, abc7 news. and the walt disney company is pledging $5 million to support nonprofits that advance social justice. the first donation is $2 million to the naacp. disney is the parent company of abc7. and we've curated a list of the local branches of the naacp, as well as the aclu and other organizations. it's part of our take action initiative on race resources. you'll find it at abc7news.com/takeaction. and a programing note. tomorrow's edition of midday live will air at 10:00 a.m. that will be followed by a full abc7 coverage of the family memorial for george floyd in minneapolis. delivering the eulogy will be

the reverend al sharpton. the service is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. and we are still workin to build a better bay area in the midst of the protests and the coronavirus pandemic. tonight we look at the long-term impact working from home could have on everything from traffic to transit. well, business insurance cover vandalism and

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breaking news. just minutes ago, a standoff in east oakland involving a man with a rifle and two children. we are grad to report to you ended peacefully. it started around 5:30 this morning, shut down part of the neighborhood, and resulted in evacuations in the area. the man was holed up inside a house with his two children, ages 6 and 8. police negotiated with him for

hours, and again, he peacefully surrendered just after 6:00 tonight. the children are okay. and we continue to monitor this massive crowd marching through san francisco. this gathering started around 4:00 p.m. at mission high school. it is a peaceful march. muni bus service in the area is being rerouted. the changing workplace is one of the key areas we're focusing on in building a better bay area. as companies begin to adjust to a post pandemic world, the congestion-free highways we see today could revert to the nightmare commutes of a few months ago. abc7 news reporter david louie looks at whether that's true with the shift to working from home. >> this is likely an image that people will recall most about the pandemic, the noticeable drop in traffic as a result of working from home. freeways with no backups and vehicles zipping along at or above the speed limit. new data from joint ventures institute for regional study says silicon valley traffic is down 94%. crashes are down 63%. greenhouse gas emissions are on

track to fall from 8 to 21% this year compared to last year. however, change is coming to the workplace. some will be given an opportunity to continue to work at home, while others won't. >> we will still have a huge share of our employees that need to commute to and from work every day. i hope that we see a decline in traffic delays, but it probably won't be as pronounced as we're seeing right now. >> the pandemic has given employers the proof needed that working at home is not only feasible, but productive. russell hancock is ceo of joint ventures silicon valley. >> we're actually going to see employers requiring it. they're going to take that as an approach to their cost savings, their efficiencies and their contribution to the community around them. >> hancock doesn't see the shift havi n extension to san jose. the need for transportation remains and projects such as the one google plans near downtown diridon center will stay on track. >> there isn't that expectation that it will be there all of the time. i think employers like google

are going to be viewing work as something that can be done flexibly. >> but the changing workplace and the demands it places on regional planning should, he says lead to new regional task forces and discussion. david louie, abc7 news. more california counties have filed more paperwork with the state to put in restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus that means monterey and santa cruz. six of seven are in the bay area. lassen county which briefly reversed its reopening process after diagnosing its first case has resumed moving forward. today droneview7 flew over ocean beach in san francisco. the parking lot operlose monthsr people from traveling today. today every space was taken. for information about resources about coronavirus, go to abc7news.com. at the very top of the home page, you'll find a link to this page organized by topic. all right.

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at grand canyon university. visit gcu.edu. businesses across the nation, as you know, have been devastated by the covid-19 shutdown, and now many are suffering the added losses of vandalism and looting. but an odd twist to the dual crisis, insurance. 7 on your side's michael finney is live with that story tonight. michael? >> hey, dan. insurance companies told many businesses they were not covered for losses tied to the coronavirus. so now those same businesses are wondering what about vandalism? what about looting? it became a dismal normal during the pandemic. empty streets, shuttered businesses, now struggling to survive. >> we have insurance. >> how is it working? >> it's not working at all. >> i thought i was ensured for something like this, yes. >> business owners thought they were covered for the pandemic. since they had already purchased

business interruption insurance. but carriers denied their claim, saying viruss are ruled out for coverage in the fine print. amy bach of united policy holders disputes the blanket denials. >> when you get a situation like covid that makes a lot of businesses what the hell was i paying for insurance all these years when i'm teetering on the edge of losing my business completely and my insurance company is telling me that none of my loss is covered. >> and now the double hit. vandals looting, breaking windows, fleeing with expensive merchandise. bach says theft and vandalism at least are usually covered. >> ironically, the businesses that have been hit by the vandalism and the looting and the fires have a better shot at getting insurance companies to honor their claims for those losses than they did for the losses they were incurring due to the shelter in place orders. >> but it's a small subset of businesses that will get help. only those that were vandalized

will get coverage. and insurers will likely limit payments to physical losses from looting, not long-term business interruption. >> insurers will say most of your loss is because of the covid-19 situation, not because of this. it's not fair, but at least it's some little bit of good news, for some businesses. >> united policy holders is urging every insurance company to look at every claim individually and not just give these blanket you're not covered. dan, ama? >> michael, thank you. great information. we appreciate it. we have some breaking news. actually, we're going the breaking news now, or are we going to spencer? all right. we have breaking news. a pretty strong earthquake in southern california. dan, the preliminary magnitude is 5.5. >> yeah, not too small, actually. the quake is in rural kern and san bernardino county, between death valley and ridgecrest. seismologist lucy jones says this is an after quake from an

earthquake last july in that same area. so we'll continue to keep you posted. it's a decent size, but we won't expect much damage against a rural area. ama, let's focus once again on the heat. spencer christian is back with that. >> yes. i can tell you the heat will be receding a bit tomorrow, but it's going to be going away completely by the end of the week. overnight we'll have mild to warm conditions under clear skies. overnight lows, if you can call them that, will be mainly in the upper 50s to mid-60s. tomorrow look for cooler, more comfortable conditions for the coast. and highs around the bay tomorrow will be only in the low to mid 80s for the most part. but inland areas will still sizzle. up to 100 degrees in fairfield and antioch. upper 90s in many other inland locations. check out what happened on a friday. a really nice sharp drop in temperatures as a refreshing sea breeze kicks in. we'll see highs only reaching to 80 inland. and over the weekend it will be cooler than that. so here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after another sizzling day inland tomorrow, cooling release

friday through the weekend with a chance of some scattered showers on saturday. and then it will start to warm up again to more seasonal levels by midweek next week. dan and ama? >> all right. we will take seasonal. thank you, spencer. >> we will indeed. let's turn to sports director larry beil, where sports intersects news today, larry. >> yeah, dan, ama, warriors stars turn out to march and protest in oakland. steph curry and klay thompson on hand, supporting the protest the weather's perfect... family is all together and we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. how could it get any better than this? dad, i just caught a goldfish! there's no goldfish in this lake. whoa! it's pure gold. we're gonna be rich... we're gonna be rich! it only gets better when you switch and save with geico.

now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. warriors stars turn out to march and protest in oakland. the protest for justice featuring the star power there, the splash brothers. there along with damian lee and kevon looney, supporting their teammate, juan toscano-anderson who is from oakland and helped to organize today's protest. >> we just want to emphasize the

same things. our whole goal was to come out here and be positive, put together a peaceful protest. all you have guys here obviously support black lives, but it's bigger than that, you know. your partners need to support black lives. your family members, your friends, your coworkers. and like i said before -- [ applause ] >> colin kaepernick started kneeling as a protest against police brutality in 2016, and it cost him his career. nobody would sign him, even as a backup quarterback. he was more than qualified future that. the topic was discussed on coach pete carroll along with steve kerr. >> what an extraordinary moment it was that he was willing to take. dwle i don't know that he had any idea what the impact would be, as it turned out. but what a symbol of courage and vision, maybe even as he was just learning it, to do what he did. i think it was a big sacrifice

in the sense that a young man makes. but those are the courageous moments that some guys take. and we owe a tremendous amount to him. >> meanwhile, saints quarterback drew brees still interprets kneeling with the flag, telling yahoo i will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the united states of america or our country. his teammates immediately went after him on twitter. they're going to have some interesting conversations in the locker room. meanwhile, aaron rodgers responded it has never been about an anthem or flag, not then, not now. while we await the return of major league baseball we do have this. tonight's edition of abc7 call my play. >> oh, look at the swing from chase cannon here. >> come on, come on. >> chase is the appropriate name because that's what the outfielders will be doing trying to run down this bomb. chase going for the inside-the-park home run, and he is safe!

and this 11-year-old from richmond playing on a traveling team went 3 for 3 in this game. chase almost chasing down the base runner ahead of him here. hey chase, we just called your home runs on abc7. >> send me your video. be sure you use that hash abc7 call my play so we can put you on tv. for horse racing fans, they're back racing at belmont park. in the third race there was a horse named fauci racing against a horse named garoppolo. so we'll show you that race tonight at 11:00. >> all right. were they both wearing masks? >> of course, of course. >> thanks very much. all right. join us tonight for abc7 at 11:00. >> i'm amanda del castillo in downtown san jose. after days of protests, we wanted to know whether people

felt their message was being heard. that story at 11:00. all four officers involved in george floyd's death have now been charged. what comes next? a former bay area police commissioner break downs the case. here is tonight's primetime lineup on abc7 at 8:00, the wonderful world of disney brings you "up." followed at 10:00 by "marvel's agents of shield." and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. and "jimmy kimmel live!" comes on at 11:35. "nightline" airs after at 12:05 a.m. that will do it for this edition of abc7. look for news any time on the abc7 news app. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for larry beil, spencer christian, we appreciate your time as we do every night. we're going leave you with a live look atas c of s fncisco protesters now outside the hsoma neighborhood. the crowd started gathering at 4:00 p.m. at mission high school, and they have been marching now peacefully for hours. there have been no problems

whatsoever. of course, a curfew is coming up at 8:00. we'll see what happens. but this has been a very, very peaceful, powerful march through the streets of the mission district. again, now at the hall of justice. we'll keep you updated on air and on line as the evening progression. but for now, have a good evening. we'll see you again at 11:00.

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