lives matter protests that have filled the streets of oakland. the i-team reporter dan noyes has this exclusive report. >> after father ayden mcaleenan became pastor in oakland 12 years ago, he changed the building to reflect his largely black congregation. he hand carved this african symbol for god, hung pictures of black saints, painted these angels he got from costco, even commission ad new black jesus. >> it was very interesting when we put it up. people cried. >> they did. >> it was so emotional to walk into a church and see the artwork looked like them. >> he puts up a cross for every homicide in oakland each year. after george floyd's death, and the protests, he joinlds his congregation on the street in front of the oakland diocese headquarters. >> black lives matter! >> i'm a good priest. i love, i love my people. and i want to do what's right

for them. >> he said he urged him to take action. he had a face to face meeting but it did not go well. >> the bishop of oakland is a racist. >> their meeting last friday spurred this video. >> he said to me, black people should be happy with the way the church and this country has treated them. and in that moment, i got up and i am, i cannot believe what you just said. this meeting is over. >> his spokesperson tells me, bishop barber did not say those words but barber declined my request for an interview. did he make a media appearance last month with other clergy urging governor newsom to allow churches to reopen. >> can't we reopen under the same conditions that the stores and supermarkets, marijuana clinics tarks too parlors are opening under? >> he pointed to this video today in which california clergy

come out against racism. >> so many of our brothers and sisters suffer daily from the injustice of racism. >> bishop barber is there but does not directly comment. he did hold an online service the day george floyd was buried. >> we will observe a period of silent reflection and prayer for 8:46. >> the pastor says that's not enough and he complains about a phone meeting he had with president trump and other catholic clergy in i am a in which barber praised the trump administration. >> the bishops are more worried about white sensibility and the white european church and they don't want to hurt their people. i think bits this, if you're going to be honest about it, money, at the end of the day. >> that's facebook live video that received more than 30,000 hits before the pastor took it down. he now tells me he's made his point. bishop barber tells me he's willing to talk to the congregation any time he's invited. for the i-team.

dan noyes, abc7 news. nflt new at 6:00, another disturbing discovery at lake merritt. now there will be more police patrols. in area. the mayor calls it a human effigy. someone cut it down and then called police to report it to remove it. this comes after the discovery of ropes tied to tree in a way that some described as nooses. a man said he set them up as part of an outdoor swing and exercise equipment. the oakland policedepartment has notified the fbi and is investigating both these incidents as possible hate crimes. in a statement, the police department says, it and the city, quote, understand the historical and harmful associations of ropes, nooses and effigies attached to trees, limbs or other objects often associated with hate crimes and racial violence. we recognize that especially at this time, any symbolic messages such as these incidents frighten and harm our communities. protesters in walnut creek

marched to the mayor's home last night. what's next for the black lives matter movement in the city? there have been at least three other protests since the beginning of the month. one business owner is suggesting a different way to support the cause. renaming a street black lives matter way. laura anthony has a look at the plan. she joins us live. laura? >> reporter: hi, ama. i'm standing on the street. it is bonanza street, a relatively short street. it dates back more than a century but now the business owner of the building behind me wants to change the name permanently. in the mean time, just as the boards were coming down in walnut creek, the protests continue. >> they did damage to our sprinkler system. >> reporter: the walnut creek mayor surveyed the damage in front of her home. the morning after, it was the seasonable of a loud demonstration. one that included the burning of a law enforcement flag in the driveway.

and while the mayor told us she is sympathetic to the movement, she was a bit shaken that it came to her front door. >> it is discouldn't certaining. you think it damages the goal of what they were trying to proclaim. it was very upsetting to my neighbors. and it was late at night. >> reporter: mostly known for shopping and restaurants, walnut creek has become a hot bed of protests in recent weeks and in some cases, looting. while things had calmed, some business owners were frustrated. they had to put the boards back up for another round wednesday. >> we like to see that we sends a good message. >> reporter: one business owner has written an open letter to the city asking that a permanent black lives matter mural be painted on a stretch of road in front of his building. bonanza street. and he wants that name changed to black lives matter way. >> the message could be a message of solidarity that we really care about what is going on in the country, and the

injustices that our black brothers and sisters have faced for so many years. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: the mayor said the idea will be taken up by a newly formed committee on racial equity. >> we'll let them figure out what the right thing is to encourage the end rule. turning walnut creek into what we want it to be. >> reporter: now we're back live here. in the short term, the business owners put up these banners. the mayor said a suggestion to change the street's name will need to become part of a formal proposal and that would come through the newly formed committee on inclusion and equity will laura anthony, abc7 news. >> all right. thank you. tomorrow is juneteenth. and jobina fortson will host a live chat about its significance. it happens at noon and it will stream live on abc7news.com.

our news app, facebook page and all our connected tv apps. join us tomorrow for an abc news special called juneteenth. a celebration of overcoming. it airs right here on abc7. amidst the coronavirus pandemic, we're working on building a better bay area with the focus on four key areas. health, education, our work places and the economy. governor newsom is ordering all californians to wear face coverings in most indoor and outdoor settings when social distancing is impossible. all bay area counties except solana already require wearing masks in public. and tomorrow, solano, and other counties will allow nail salons to reopen following the new state guidelines that take effect friday. also, there will be outdoor dining and in-store shopping for the first time. today marin county released guidelines for schools to reopen in the fall with students physically back in the classrooms. it doesn't encourage any mention

of remote learning. new rules include new schedules to maximize physical distancing, and time for cleaning and the prohibition of large gatherings like school assemblies. colleges are figuring out how to bring students back to school in the fall or if they can even try. cornell bernard found out many students have mixed feelings about all this. >> the classroom atmosphere is gone. >> reporter: students know the semester starts august 26 at berkeley but admit it may be hard to recognize. even the chancellor said these are uncharted academic waters. >> i sometimes use a metaphor, it is like driving through tule fog. we simply don't know what will happen. >> reporter: the chancellor said students will not be required to return to campus this fall. nearly all classes will be online due to the coronavirus pandemic but some in-person classes will be available but limited to 25 students. this undergrad believes the

classroom is too risky. >> as much as i would like to see them and miss in-person classes, i don't think it's wise. >> the campus is prioritizing student health. >> forget crowded move-in weekends at the dorms like we saw. the university will provide housing for up to 6,500 students but arrival dates will be staggered. covid testing is a big part of the return plan. there is already testing up and running on bancroft. students returning to campus will need to get tested. >> and testing the whole community that are symptomatic or asymptomatic every two weeks. >> reporter: this student jut graduated and is headed to stanford. stamp's president recently sent this email to students and parents detailing a plan which could allow only two class years to be on campus each quarter. the fall quarter would ends before thanksgiving. seniors would be allowed to be on campus in the spring for graduation. and only one student per room in

the dorms. >> there is definitely something maybe to missing out on the experience of having a roommate in that initial dorm. >> reporter: both cal and stanford admit, the plans could change rapidly if there is a second or third wave of covid-19. cornell bernard. abc7 news. health is one of the areas we focus on at abc7 as we work to build a better bay area. our region is the central of biotech research. a small number labs has been making synthetic elements of the covid-19 rirs to allow researchers to develop treatments and vaccines. david louie takes us inside a lab in newark that has already touched your life if you've been tested for the virus. >> reporter: if you're a sign or researcher, this is probably where you turn to get a sample of the covid-19 virus. has the by a over tech lab that took genetic code first provided by chinese scientists to produce synthetic versions of proteins

in genes so they can begin to work on vaccines and therapeutic drugs. >> we don't need to ship the whole virus around. it makes it a lot faster and safer and more fish. >> reporter: in just five days, the scientists took this code to create vials of what the doctor calls bits and pieces of the virus for research. code is vulnerable to errors so as covid-19 emerged in the u.s., corrections were made. >> we can just overlay the chinese data over the other data to see it. >> reporter: the earliest benefit led to the development of diagnostic kitts for antibody and nasal swab testing. the synthetic programs are widely used to perform billions of tests to determine how covid-19 reacts to different kinds of antibodies. it is a repetitive process aided by intelligence and robotics. >> using that same underlying

logic, we can build diagnostics and all these things using the exact same logic. >> reporter: demand has the lab operating seven days a week and up to 20 hours a day to fill orders. in nurg, david louie. abc7 news. a big supreme court decision has direct impact in california. it leaves an immigration issue unresolved. you'll hear from the people affected next. i'm spencer christian. cooling coastal fog will soon return but inland heat may not go

a ruling affecting 200,000 californians. the supreme court blocked the trump administration from immediately ending the deferred action for childhood dhaka program. >> i think today is a win not just for us but for folks who stand with us. >> president trump said he is asking for a legal solution, not a political one. that quote, we have to tart this process all over again. abc7 news report he chris nguyen has more. >> reporter: in santa clara county, a collective sigh of relief from the dreamers mopping us. >> daca does not define me, i define myself, our power, our strength defines us. >> reporter: county officials applauded the supreme court's decision to uphold the deferred action of childhood arrivals program which was originally introduced by executive order by former president barack obama. >> our dreamers won, our county

won, but the fight is not over. >> reporter: daca currently protects 700,000 young immigrants across the country from being deported. >> we are very pleased with the supreme court's decision. but the most important thing here is that our dreamers have this momentary respite. >> reporter: in trying to end the program, president trump has said that creating or maintaining it was beyond the legal power of any president. >> one thing that i love hearing about the people around me and the people who are also recipients is the phrase meaning, moving forward. >> reporter: the court did stay administration could try again to provide adequate reasons for shutting down daca. the cheryl of the san francisco gop was concerned about today's decision saying congress needs to decide whether or not to grant dreamers a path to citizenship. >> it doesn't really get to resolve the issue in the end. so now we've opened the door for

donald trump and any future president to claim powers that before now didn't exist. >> reporter: despite that, leaders in santa clara county which sued in 2017 to challenge the trump administration's repeal of daca are looking ahead. these dreamers, now able to step out of the shadows once more. >> today i stand before you proud, undocumented and unafraid. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. nflt the economy is part of building a better bay area. contra costa county is cutting jobs and scaling back hours in its public library system. that may not seem like huge news but economists say it could be the start of a flood of local government cutbacks sprouting from the covid-19 crisis. eric thomas reports from walnut creek. >> reporter: having to drop off and pick up books outside the i go nashio branch of the contra costa library is a visible sign of the covid-19 effect.

it is what you can't see that will hurt. >> we will be reducing at some locations because our city partners have been struggling with the effects of the economic down ton because of covid-19 and they've had to make some really hard decisions. >> reporter: more than 30 library workers will be laid off and hours will be cut back at about half the 26 branches. it is just one department of county government but it may be the canary in the coal mine. >> we know that revenues are down for cities and states, and spending demands are up. >> reporter: she said cities saw a steam drop in revenues from income and sales taxes. she warns that libraries are low fruit and more and deeper cuts may be on the way. >> we might see cuts for fire, police, though again, there might be other calls for cuts for police, but also, we'll see a lot of cuts to the social safety net. >> reporter: she said local governments often look to the tate for help.

in this case, the state is looking to federal aid. with that much uncertainty, there are tough choices ahead. >> they're going to need to assume that revenues are not coming back. specially those tourism dollars, and figure out how they can budget accordingly. >> reporter: the county supervisors are considering something that may be difficult to swallow in tough financial times. a potential sales tax increase. they've commission ad survey to see how voters feel about the idea. in walnut creek. eric thomas. abc7 news. as the bay area reopens, many of you may be wobbledering abo , may be wondering about taking part in activities. there is now a risk calculator and 12 common scenarios of social interaction. peick scenario, rate how risky it is, then see how three medical experts rated it, allowing to you come pair answers. i just did it with play dates.

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in several neighborhoods is now back in the wild on the

peninsula. the 68-pound big cat was captured early this morning in mission bay after putting up a bit of a fight. the veterinarians gave him a check-up and decided it was healthy enough for release so that's good to hear. especially for all people walking around outside, dan. >> yeah. let's move now from a big cat to a cool cat. spencer is here with the forecast. >> i appreciate that. today was a day to try to today cool because it was pretty hot. we're looking at breezy conditions around the bay area. not terribly winny. we have some 20-mile-per-hour winds. the 24-hour temperature change shows most locations are a few degrees warmer than this time yesterday. so on we go to current temperature readings as we look at the sky line of down san francisco. 72 degrees in the city right now. oakland, 77. we have mid 80s at mountain view, san jose and gilroy and faye at pacifica.

78 at pacifica? that's pretty warm for pacifica. looking across the shark tank in san jose, 88 degrees. both santa rosa, low to mid 90s. and here's a look at our forecast features as we gaze toward mt. diablo. the cooling coastal fog will return. it will remain hot inland and a couple days after that as well. summer begins saturday afternoon and it is going to feel like it for the next week or so. we'll see coastal fog moving from the south and forming along the coastline. locally over the bay and into maybe a couple inland spots. and that will linger during the day. we will have sunny skies over most of the bay and inland. overnight lows will be majorly in the mid to upper 50s. maybe even a few places dropping into the 60s. then tomorrow, look for highs ranging from about 64 at half

moon bay to 69 in san francisco. 77 in oakland, 84, fremont. san jose, 89. inland will be our warmest region with highs in the 90s. we'll see some upper 90s in the far north, at cloverdale and ukiah. as we look the saturday, the cooling will have reached beyond the coast and temperatures start to drop a little around the bay and inland as well. then sunday, father's day, the temperatures rebound and then monday will be another toasty day. especially in our inland areas. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. saturday marks the beginning of summer at 2:43 p.m. pacific daylight time. and notice it will be the coolest day in the forecast period even though it is the beginning of summer. it will be cooler than the last day of spring tomorrow. father's day temperatures bounce up to mid 90s. we'll see warm mid 90s inland on monday and tuesday and low 80s along the bay shoreline. then wednesday and thursday, it

gets even hotter with the upper 90s inland. mid to upper 60s inland. so summer gets off to a pretty warm start. it looks lying it will hold at least a week. specially inland heat. >> it sure does. summer is here, obviously. coming up, what is the boogaloo movement? the process that may have made a role. contact tracers will be contacting those exposed to the coronavirus. scan search will be contacting them, too. i'll s

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. prosecutors have linked the man arrested for killing a federal officer in oakland and a santa cruz sheriff's dem to the boogaloo movement. what exactly is it and how organized is it? >> a lot of questions. melanie woodrow spoke with the attorney today about his alleged involvement with that group and what it means. >> air force sergeant steven carillo and on suicide watch. >> he is monitored 24 hours by cameras. >> reporter: he is already facing 19 felony counts in connection with the murder of the santa cruz deputy when he was charged in a federal

criminal complaint earlier this week for the murder of federal officer pat underwood. the special agent in charge john bennett said carillo along with robert justus took advantage at a time when the country was mourning the killing of george floyd. >> how does one reconcile what seems like an insane act that seems like an act that is wholly inconsistent with a person's record and history. >> reporter: david anderson says carillo used his own blood to write phrases associated with the boogaloo movement on the hood of a car he carjacked. >> the term is used by extreme. is to reference a vile uprising or impenaltying civil war in the united states. >> it seems to me, very active and social media, and it reaches out to vulnerable individuals, and somehow sucks them in. >> reporter: according to the federal criminal complaint, they met on facebook on the morning

of the attack, carillo commented, go to the riots and support our own cause. show them the real targets. use their anger to fuel our fire. think outside the box. we have mobs of angry people to use to our advantage. carillo's attorney said his involve nypd any organized or unorganized ideology is unproven. he is also examining what if any role his suicide and a nonrelated traumatic brain injury may have had on his mental state. they said he is caring for his son and daughter. abc7 news. pg&e was sentenced today for causing the deaths of 84 people who were killed in the 2018 camp fire. the judge ordered the company to pay a fine of $4 million. that's the maximum. it comes two days after the utility pled guilty to manslaughter and unlawfully starting a fair. the judge said if a person had committed similar crimes, they

would have received 90 years in prison. the fire virtually wiped out the town of paradise. just look at this video. pg&e is preparing to exit bankruptcy which was triggered by the catastrophe. one of the greatest hopes for stopping the spread of coronavirus is contact tracing. you've heard that term a lot. health workers are calling people exposed to the virus and directing them to quarantine. but now quls warn, imposters are out there, too. 7 on your side's michael finney has an important warning on this. michael? >> this is posing a real dilemma. the officials are telling us on one hand, when health officials call, we really need to speak with them. then they say on the other handled, scamsters will be calling, too. so here's how you can tell them apart. if someone you know has come down with covid-19, you may be getting a call from the public health department. >> we want to identify all the people that may have been in contact with the individual who

was contagious. >> reporter: it's called contact tracing. health workers calling everyone who came in close contact with a covid-19 patient. >> and close contact is definds by an interaction less than six feet apart for greater than ten minutes. we ask them whether or not they're experiencing any symptoms. we link them to testing and then we inform them they need quarantine for 14 days. >> reporter: the doctor from san francisco's public health department says these calls are vital to stopping spread. the only problem in bad guys know that, too. >> now we hear there are scammers out there posing as contact tracers. >> reporter: law enforcement officials across the country tell us this scam is just beginning. imposters out there pretendsing to be contact tracers. >> i don't want our residents to be victimized. i want them to respond to contact trace here's are doing legitimate work. >> so how can you tell the difference? real contact trace letters tell

you you've been exposed. ask about any symptoms. help you get tested for free and tell you to quarantine for two weeks. they may also offer to deliver groceries and immediate single during your quarantine. >> they are never going to ask for bank account information or a social security number or other personal identifying information that could give rise to someone losing money. when someone is asked those questions. they should hang up the phone. >> reporter: here's what to remember. contact tracers will never ask you for money. they ever never charge fees for testing or 90 services and you should never give out your bank account number, social security number or any personal data. and never click on a link they may send to your phone or email. if you have any concern at all, i want to you hang up the phone and go to our webb. i have all official telephone numbers for the health department lidstrom there. i'm going to tell you, this is going to be a real probable. we're going to hear about a lot

of people taken in. we're at home, a lot of people are lonely and very vulnerable. >> so true. thank you for the warning on this. envelop helping the economy is part of building a better bay area. providing a life line to black-own businesses. now standing in solidarity here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held.

all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do.

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stocks finished virtually unchanged. another 1.5 million americans filed for unemployment benefits. the dow dimmed 39.5 points. the s&p 500 was up nearly two. cynic march, the total number of claims filed reaches 45.5 million. black business owners need help because of the pandemic. they have until saturday to apply for grants from the oakland african-american chamber of come, he. we first told you about the campaign for th resiliency fund. it is now up to $6,500.

>> this is my second time in here since the pandemic started. i don't even come here no more. i just do everything online. >> he is showing us the private exercise studio he launch ad year and a half ago in oakland. the first step in his dream to set up a wellness central. >> you're getting to know the person in a way that's hard to do. so that's what people love. it is more intimate. >> he is a veteran and former truck driver who overcame a devastating injury. then lost 100 pounds. that inspired him to start a career in fitness. just as his business was taking off, covid-19 shut it down. some clients are still doing personal training online. without his studio, his business is in trouble. >> it is very scary for me to do what i'm doing. being a black man, never going into business before, and it's hard. he worries his business is too

small for the distancing required. he is might go for a grant from the african-american chamber of commerce. any black-owned business in oakland can apply for help. >> grants range from $5,000 to $10,000 to support and fund these businesses so they can in fact keep their doors open. >> the chamber president said many black businesses are facing a double pandemic. first covid-19 and then looting and vandalism. they just got a big boost from chlorox which is donating $200,000 but the push is on for smaller donations. >> we have an anonymous donor that would do a dlr for dollar behalf. this is an opportunity for the entire community to step up and participate. >> applications for grants are still coming in and business owners like jay are hoping for the best. a donation could raep help him and you at the same time. >> at least you can sit in your home and your office and say, you know what?

i did my part and i tried to help. >> reporter: the oakland african-american chamber of commerce is hoping to raise $1 million. if you would like to apply for donate, we have a link at abc7news.com. summer starts on saturday. it feels like it arrived already. it was almost 100 degrees in parts of the east bay today.

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having conversations about race can be uncomfortable. a company in the east bay is using their culture and craft to educate others. we go inside the fortune cookie factory where black lives matter one cookie at a time. >> we make everything by hand. it's an extremely labor intensive process. >> if you pay close attention, through the hum of machines, more than 60 years old, you'll see oakland's fortune cookie factory is going through somewhat of a renaissance. >> we want to change what people think or how people see a fortune cookie. >> reporter: amid the sea of batter and familiar looking cookies we're used to, shaped one by one, the cookie is a

different color. >> the black community has been suffering centuries of injustice and violence. so it is, i believe, everyone's responsibility to identify that. we want to take action and help. >> reporter: but there's more to the cookie than what's on the outside. it is what's on the inside starting a conversation. >> when you open it, not only are you rewarded with a delicious treat. there is a thought provoking message on the inside. >> reporter: quotes from civil rights leaders like martin loorth he king jr. and from the book, how to be an anti-racist and other resources to get educated. >> there is a lot of tension between the black and asian-american communities but i think it is from a lack of understanding. our culture is a really great starting point to have a conversation. it is a way for people to talk about really big issues like discrimination and racism. in a way that is nonconfrontational. >> reporter: not only will they hand out the solidarity cookies

to protesters but 50% will be donated to charities like the innocence project and local community groups. their way of showing this chinese american creation isn't just a snack or after dinner treat but a way to bring people together. >> if you are a person living in america, it is your sole duty and responsibility to help your fellow citizens no matter what race. abc7 news. >> that's great. >> it certainly. all right, let's get back to the weather now. more on the heat up. >> okay. well, as you know, we've been heating up and there is no end in sight in the immediate forecast. the fog is moving up. it will expand overnight and push locally out over the bay. it will cool things down at the coast. it won't help much if you're

living in the uncomfortable heat in our inland areas. it is still pretty mild. they won't even heat up. tomorrow the fog lingers at the coast so it will feel cooler and it will be a bit cooler in most locations along the bay shoreline. still sizzling inland with highs in the low to mid 90s in most inland spots and upper 90s in some. here's a look at the accuweather forecast. saturday marks the beginning of summer and it will be a cooler day and the final day of spring. sunday will be a nice mild to warm day. upper 70s around the bay. temperatures will remain in that range monday and tuesday and then it heats up even more wednesday and thursday. so happy summer and happy father's day to me. >> to both of you. >> thank you very much. >> and to this gentleman right here, our sports director with some 49ers football to talk

about. >> yeah. and this is not good news. deebo samuel is going to be a forceful but first a setback. surgery. on his foot. so will he be ready fo

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and it does help us save a bunch of money. two inches over regulation. thanks, cynthia. for bundling made easy, go to geico.com deebo samuel was poised to have a breakout season and maybe that will still happen. but first, surgery happened. on a broken foot that suffered,

he suffered while working out. samuel has had the operation to repair what's known as a jones fracture on his left foot. the 49ers have been could not did you going informal workouts in tennessee. that's where this injury occurred. the normal recovery time after the surgery is about ten weeks. that would mean he could be ready to go for the season opener on september 13th. he tweeted, ten weeks? i'm back better than the deebo you've seen before. he emerged as a major weapon. on the year, a total of six tds, three in the air, three on the ground so he's a critical part of the offense. baseball moves back and forth we go every day. the baseball players unit has made a counter proposal to the owners. 70 games. that is up from the owner's pitch yesterday which was 60. this also includes a mutual waiver of grievances that was a thorny issue.

now that is out of the way, progress seems to be on the horizon. we naturally soon have a deal and baseball being played. hey, look. live sports. round one of the rbg heritage. beautiful out there. a 32-footer here. finishes the round at 7 under 64. sebastian munoz playing with poulter on 16. holds out from the bunker. finishes at minus 6. a big day for jordan spieth. he got hot. six straight birdies. the longest birdie streak of his career. he also has a triple bogey and finished at 5 under. kiler murray said he will be kneeling during the national anthem this upcoming season. nate boyer, he advised colin kaepernick that kneeling was more respectful and sitting in 2016. he just joined us on our with authority podcast which is now up on youtube, sound cloud, all

major podcasting platforms. he is taking a lot of criticism. he says people need to get comfortable discussing issues that make us all uncomfortable. >> i don't want people to sit or kneel during the anthem. i want people to feel the same way i do. if they don't, what can i help to get to it a place where they do? you know, i don't want anybody to do anything out of obligation. i don't want you to stand for the anthem because you feel like you have to or you can't wait for those two minutes to get over with. i want to you stand and put your hand on your heart because you feel the way i do. if you don't, let's figure out how we can make this country better and how we can fix these issues so you feel the flag and the anthem and the symbols are representative of what the country is supposed to be about. >> with authority! hey, first tonight for abc7 call my play video, my narration, how about some axe throwing?

scott loves built this wooden wall for fun during the pandemic. his teacher throwing the long axe. not as easy as it looks. scott's wife amanda with a hatchet. oh, she's dangerous! how about daughter vera! the family that axes together, stays together. son jack. back to dad. who needs to threaten kids with detention when you can show them this video? hey, lubbs family, we just called your play on abc7. send me your video. use the hash abc7 call my play so we can put out tv. that's one dangerous family right there. but good fun. and anybody else that has axe throwing video, send them my way. >> just be careful. >> thank you very much. >> all right. be sure to join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00.

>> reporter: i'm in san jose. problems with illegal fireworks neighbors say are more powerful than ever before. that story at 11:00. masks will not be required at one major movie chain when it reopens. the surprising reason why. coming up, at 8:00, holey moley followed by don't, to tell the truth and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. nflt finally, a few thoughts about what really matters. tomorrow is a day set aside to mark and celebrate the end of slavery in the united states. juneteenth commemorates the day when union gentle gordon granger led thousands of troops into galveston to announce the civil war had ended and to read federal orders proclaiming all slaves in texas were now free. keep in mime, that was two and a half years after abraham lincoln's emancipation

proclamation had been given. this year, more than any time, juneteenth takes on new meaning given the kill of george floyd by minneapolis police and the overwhelming national outrage it sparked. all around the country, we are having profoundly important and often uncomfortable conversations about the racial justice that has still continued to elude us. but there seems to be a new resolve to make real and lasting progress. tomorrow, juneteenth will commemorate an important date from a tragic part of our past. and what really matters is using old wounds to heal the scars we still bear today. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook. dan ashley, abc7. look for news any time on the abc7 news app. we appreciate your time. >> we hope you have a great evening.

alex: alex trebek here. your favorite champions, their best wins, and how they get to this season's tournament of champions coming up right now. johnny: this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are-- an english teacher from cheyenne, wyoming... an attorney from washington, d.c... and our returning champion, a banker from seatac, washington... ...whose 3-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for making me feel so welcome. good to have you with us. i think it's safe to say after three lopsided wins that we can now start referring to our young champion, ryan,

as someone who is really good. but no matter how good our champions have been in the past, they wind up being replaced by somebody who defeats them. sara and justin are here to attempt that today. i'll wish all three of you good luck and put you to work now in the jeopardy! round. here are the categories for you. first off... yeah. next... each correct response will end with that letter of the alphabet. we have an... ...for you, followed by... and, of course, it's an... -ryan, start us. -let's do geography for $400. justin. -what is san diego? -no. ryan. what is...los angeles?