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bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> you know, we appreciate the little things right now, you know?ather's day. >> father's day across the bay area was anything but typical thanks to the covid-19 pandemic and nationwide protests. hello, thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. today many people had to rethink their plans to best celebrate dad. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us from san francisco. at least the weather was good. >> dion, gorgeous day in the city. so many families have become so adaptable during the pandemic that pivoting plans was really no problem today. father's day re-imagined.or dad >> today is celebrating black fathers. >> she organized this free event inspired by the black lives

matter movement. >> i feel like in light of everything going on, i wanted to take time to appreciate life instead of, you know, just death. >> there was lots of good food, free haircuts, and family pictures by the lake. >> nice event for the climate which we are in right now, a chance for everybody to get out and mingle or whatnot, celebrate fathers. >> this one to right center. >> this year taking dad to an a's game, giants game, or grabbing tickets to watch the dubs isn't possible due to the pandemic, so planting an inflatable sofa is a solid plan b for this family. >> especially with the pandemic, we're flying by the seat of our getting cofor the fathers today.hi coffee truck. he's bummed he can't spend the day with his kids but feels lucky he's working. >> we appreciate the little things, even if it's working on father's day, you know?

you know, i just can't really complain. i'm just happy i got a job still. >> we're just out here today celebrating father's day and with our masks. >> tina castro was treating her dad, joe, to lunch on the embarcadero where tables are cleverly spaced apart with artificial green hedges. >> i feel blessed, lucky to have two daughters. they took pictures on instagram and their friends and, you know, i'm lucky. >> joe said he wanted to walk across the golden gate bridge with his daughters after lunch, that's exactly what they did. happy father's day to the dads out there. >> on our website we're featuring many more great dads. check out a slide show or a story on the dad gang working to break stereotypes all on abc7news.com. in the east bay a group of communitytists painted the words

reparations n "words reparations now" along mcdonald avenue. reparations would compensate the african-american community for slavery and centuries of racism. part of that includes changing how local governments spend taxpayer money why is it ultimately we're talking about budgets being moral documents and understanding that we're where we the city puts its money talks about what the city cares about, where the city's priorities are. we do not need more police on our streets. we need more funding in our schools. >> one of the people leading today's effort says the reparations message covers a street where the kkk held parades years ago. a call to defund police urging city leaders to disbd e . dozens marched in fort mason this afternoon. one leader claims they want the mayor to go beyond promising to reform police. >> our objective is to disband

the police department and rebuild something that actually protects and serves the citizens, all the citizens of the city and county of san francisco. we're going to make that happen by any means history. >> approximated of the san francisco police officers association lashed out at the calls to disband the police department made this statement. the death of george floyd has fueled a movement that has led to the toppling of statues that are viewed by some as symbols of racism and oppression. san francisco was swept into the discussion over the past few days, first the city removed a statue of christopher clubhouse from coit tower and junipero serra in golden gate park. they topped a statue of

cervantes. >> part of this is about trying to reflect our understanding today of who makes history. so i think the public's basis isn't fully reflective of the work we've been doing over the past 60 years. >> many southern states have been removing statues associated with the confederacy. "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier reports san francisco is already getting suggestions on replacements for the christopher columbus. the list includes everyone from nancy pelosi and ju acceptpy ger you can read his columns in the "san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. it's a big weekend for sonoma county. on friday it entered another step of reopening.

reopening and the economy are things we're focused on as part of our efforts to build a better bay area amid the pandemic. hotels, short-term rentals and zoos are permitted to reopen including johnson's beach on the russian river in guerneville and safari west east of santa rosa. the animal refuge is honoring tours with health and safety measures in place. >> we modified our trucks, put vinyl in between each seat. you have social distancing, markings on the ground which happens to be cheetah paws. >> restaurants have been open offering indoor and outdoor dining. sonoma county businesses say they brought back many fourfold workers who've been out of a job for months. this year's solano stroll in albany and berkeley has been canceled because of the pandemic. the solano merchants association made the announcement today. the annual event draws a quarter million people to take in a lively neighborhood festival. alameda county and berkeley public health departments weighed in on the decision to

cancel as well. organizers say they hope to bring the event back in 2021. a brand-new interactive tool for abc7 news to help you figure out the risk of different activities like play dates with your kids or hitting the park for father's day. you can guess the risk and see what medical experts say. check it out at abc7news.com or the abc 7 app. coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, the coronavirus pandemic was top of mind at president trump's rally last night. his team explaining trump's claim he tried to slow down covid-19 testing. i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it is breezy and sunny out there on this sunday. we're about to warm up those temperatures away from the coast in the next couple days. we'll have the details in the accuweather forecast ahead. apple's conference kicks

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president trump took part in one of the first large gatherings this weekend since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the spread of the disease as more states are reporting spikes in confirmed cases. actions reporter za reason shaw has the story. >> president trump back on the campaign trail holding his first rally since the coronavirus crisis began. >> i saved hundreds of thousands of lives who we won't even mention. >> dismissing concerns about holding the event midst an ongoing pandemic. but hours before he arrived in oklahoma, six staff members,

including two secret service agents testing positive for the virus. in addition to taking on rival joe biden and the george floyd protests, the president also addressed the increasing number of covid zblasz when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. so i said to my people, slough sloe the testing down, please. they test and they test. we got tests that people don't know what's going on. >> adviser peter navarro claims it was a joke. >> president trump said last night at the rally that he had actually asked for testing to be slowed down. >> that was tongue and cheek. what else you got? that was clearly tongue in cheek. >> this as cases surge across the nation, many states among the first to reopen. in florida, nearly 3,500 new cases reported today. arizona, which president trump plans to visit this week, also seeing a rising trend. new york city prepares to enter phase two on monday, restaurants setting up to offer outdoor seating to patrons.

and the famed talladega super speedway in alabama welcomes 5,000 fans back to today's nascar event. abc news, los angeles. tonight on the abc7, an inclusive tell-all interview. abc7 news chief global affairs correspondent martha ra ditz the first to sit down with john bolton. the former national security adviser published his new book where he claims the president's only strategy is re-election. the justice department had requested the publication be blocked, but a federal judge said no. you can watch the exclusive interview with john bolton tonight at 9:00 p.m. here on abc7 news. coming up, a bay area student has won an international competition for this machine. how she came up with the chain of events all to drop a piece of soap into her ha

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demanding justice organized a skateboarding protest this afternoon calling out racial injustice. skaters paid a visit first to city hall where there was an open mic event. participants called for solidarity to stand against the hate. then the group made their way to the skate park in central park for another gathering. we had a lot of time on our hands, but an american canyon high schooler put a lot of effort into winning the people's choice award at the annual international rube goldberg competition. that, by the way, is 16-year-old chanel roses rube goldberg machine, this crazy contraption she made beat out 30 people in a dozen countries. the end result of that action, to deliver a bar of soap in her hand for hand washing. >> what a great way to wash your hands. tomorrow apple kicks off one

of their biggest events of the year. but it will look different this year because of the pandemic. the event is virtual only this year. the conference is when apple shows off new software and product updates. the keynote is open for everyone to watch. that is tomorrow at 10:00. tech experts are expecting apple will reveal a new iphone operating system with new home screen views. , well, we've been waiting for this week, me draegd it personally, but waiting for this week to arrive. with hot temperatures. here's drew tuma. >> yeah, eric. especially away from the coast over the next several days, it's going to be down there hot, well into the 90s for the next four to five days. a pretty warm pattern setting up across northern california. live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showing you most areas seeing sunshine. we have a bit of fog right now along the coastline. in fact, the tam cam, a live look as we face to the south. you can see a little bit of fog

moving through the golden gate right now. our marine layer is going to expand overnight tonight. with it intact we'll have that wide range of temperatures where the coast is cool but we are cranking up the heat inland. it's breezy right now. those winds are gust to go 30 miles per hour in san francisco. 24 at fairfield. 24 in pathological. we're going to keep these winds tomorrow as well. so the afternoon will be breezy with frequent wind gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour at times. you look at the numbers right now, there's a littl something for everybody. it's cool with a little bit of fog at 58 in half moon bay. 68 in oakland, sunnier skies. 95 right now in brentwood. 82 in livermore. 90 in cloverdale. 76 in san jose. overnight tonight after the sun goes down and we'll have that fog pretty much expanding around the bay shore line after midnight tonight. numbers slightly cooler tonight compared to last night thanks

for that enhanced marine layer. most spots settling into the mid-50s over the next 12 hours. tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., you see fog from santa rosa a -- fog burns off for sunshine. as it clings to the coast, again, we'll have a wide range of afternoon highs. so highs in our mike climate, 88 for san jose. 85 for sunnyvale. 91 for morgan hill. along the peninsula it's 84 for mountain view. half moon bay staying cool with fog and only 62 degrees. downtown, cool day, 64. 69 and breezy for south san francisco. the north bay, it's a hot day, 97 in cloverdale. 88 in napa. 83 in vallejo. 73 for oakland tomorrow. 83 for fremont. 79, castro valley. i would n we have a heat advisory going

into effect form for solano, lake, and mendocino counties. hot temperatures increasing the risk of heat illness. keep an eye on the hot temperatures. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. morning fog, breezy afternoon, we'll keep the trend of that cool coast. but we stay hot inland in the 90s the next seven days. >> i know eric you don't like the heat, but did your kids get at you ferrari for father's day? >> no. it's just a porsche. and you know better. it's match box. >> right, right. i do know better. >> thanks. let's get to chris alvarez with a look at sports. hey, chris. >> that sure beats the father's day tie, right? coming up in sports, the nba, the major league baseball, what are their plans with covid cases spiking? plus, let's go down mem

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. >> father's day typically a great sports day. usually you have the final round of golf's u.s. open. of course it's not being played right now. scheduled to played later in the year. baseball, what are we doing with that? the latest news, they won't vote on a proposal to play for a while at least. espn reporting that major league baseball will not vote today on the latest 60-game proposal. the vote was expected to happen today, but late word literally within the hour is that the vote

has been pushed. all major league baseball training facilities are closed as coronavirus cases rise in both florida and arizona. mlb's latest proposal for a 60-game season to finish by the end of september with expand playoffs. the players countered with a 70-game season but major league baseball will not go any higher than 60. with a surge of covid-19 cases in florida, there's definite concern about the nba bubble restart in orlando. espn reports the players association held a virtual town hall to address concerns about the spike in florida. now, earlier this month the nba announced plans for a 22-team restart starting july 30th with the nba finals ending in mid-october. but we wait for that as well. the father's day nascar race at talladega has been profound due to bad weather. there was lightning and rain that made it unsafe to race, of course. the track that's famously known for at least one big

will go noon pacific time. one of the biggest nights to celebrate sports going down tonight 6:00 on our sister network, espn. it's the 28th annual espy awards with a focus on stories of service, perseverance, and courage. >> number one pick in the 1997 entry draft, joe thorton. >> san jose is proud to select from the seattle thunderbirds, patrick marleau. >> a big day in sharks history. today two kids called joe thorton and patrick marleau went one, two, in the nhl draft. he was two weeks from his 18th birthday while marlow didn't turn 18 until september. thorton said he intends to come back next season.

a couple of young bucks now savvy vets, still playing hockey all these years later. happy father's day to my dad and all the dads out there. send it back to you guys. >> chris, many thanks. abc7 is proud of bay area's class of 2020. we celebrate by showing you as many high school seniors as possible. so far we've featured more than 3,000. congratulations, class of 2020. ♪ ♪ ♪

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day with john legend and family? a bigger love father's day tonight at 8:00 here at abc7 news. see you. tonight, the record-setting surges of coronavirus this weekend. and new concerns mounting about how the virus is spreading. the grim new numbers tonight. 11 states reporting more new cases than ever before. in florida, the death toll now surpassing 3,000. more than half of the new cases there, people under 35. the governor acknowledging this isn't just about more testing. hospitalizations on the rise in 17 states. in arizona, icus nearing capacity. the white house tonight saying they are now preparing for a second wave. and president trump at his first campaign rally since the pandemic. the racist term he used to describe the virus. and after he said he wanted to slow down covid-19 testing in america, what his aides are saying tonight. the abc news exclusive just hours from now. mart r