we have remarkable capacity to mitigate the spread of covid-19 by putting on a face mask, a face covering, when we can't cover physical distancing. >> a plea from the governor today as covid-19 cases continue to rise. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm cyst yep sze. here's where coronavirus stands. after a record high day yesterday, today number of new cases dropped to 5349. as of today, there are just over 4,200 hospitalized patients. testing has been on the rise. the state conducted over 100,000 tests yesterday. let's go to stephanie who tells us, the numbers are some of the highest for the state since the pandemic began. >> yesterday. we learned the latest count of new covid-19 cases from

wednesday is over 5,300. while it's a slight dip, it is the second highest daily total for the state since the pandemic began. >> governor newsom began his press conference today reinforcing a family message. >> we're still in the first wave of this pandemic. we are not in the second ve. >> a wave that is clearly growing. 56,000 new covid cases reported in california in just the past two weeks. and in the last two weeks, a 32% spike in new hospitalizations. let's break it all down. more than 5,000 cases reported on monday. jumping to more than 7100 on tuesday. dipping to 5,300 on wednesday. what exactly is causing the increase? >> yes. the cases have gone way up. but a lot of those are outbreaks and some of it is just more efficient case finding. >> this is the ucsf leading epidemiologist. he explains the latest spikes

indicate cases identified within the last five days. >> so these are from reason exposures, maybe as reason as last weekend. these are not part of the protests. i can tell you that. and these probably represent true, the community transmission, as consequence of reopening. >> while the numbers may appear like a staggering increase, rutherford explains it also has to do with the state increasing testing capacity. >> we've averaged over 88,000 tests a day. not many states can lay claim to that. >> reporter: as testing ramps up, so does the need for tracking and digesting that data. the public release of the dashboard which enhances how counties can track covid cases in real-time. one noticeable piece of data highlighted, there are effective trends by county. this number indicates how many other people and the infected person could transmit the virus to. a 1 is considered stable.

anything above 1 shows a more rapid spread. marin county has one of the highest r-effective rates in the state. but as dr. rutherford pointed out, that's in part due to the outbreak at san quentin. >> is it a cause for concern? yes. is it a cause for panic? i think we have to see what the next couple of days hold to see whether the high peaks continue to rise, level off or fall back down. >> reporter: and the state's forecast model shows statewide hospitalizations could more than triple order the next month if these trends continue. abc7 news. >> i know a lot of people looking at the data themselves and there's a useful new tool for us to use when it comes to tracking covid cases. >> it just came out today. the governor spent a lot of time discussing cal cat. the data dashboard released today. anyone can use this site to track covid cases in your own county in real-time. there is a lot of modeling out there but newsom made it clear,

this is useful because the data is straight from your own neighborhood. we have a link to that site on our webb and broke down some of the highlights. >> all right. and theras pretty di thank you so much. >> so we know cases are rising across the state. the question is why and can we stop it? lye now today. good to see you. everything seems to be going. cases, hospitalizations, ic you were admissions. so let me ask you. on a scale of 1-10, how concerned are you right now with this trend line? >> i'm going to try not to be an alarmist but i will tell you, i am very concerned about where this trend could potentially be going. let's say i'm seeing somewhere around a 7. but i also want to acknowledge that we still have a relatively manageable hospital capacity and a test positivity rate in the

bay area. that's in large part because people have by and large been doing their jobs. they've been come mying, physically distancing. wearing their masks. this is a good thing. if we let our guard down when businesses reopen and let these outbreaks continue, we could very much become another hot spot and that's the last thing we want to do. that's why i'm erring on the side of being carb. >> a 7 is pretty high. is it people let go their guard down, people being stubborn? is it general dumbness with the masks? i mean, all the above is a possible answer? >> i'm going to echo your dumbness. we know the masks work. we know we're picking up a higher amount of fabulous and asymptomatic people. but time, like you mentioned, we have hospitalizations going up over the past two weeks across

the state. on top of that, in specific counties, we've seen the percent of positive tests increase as well over the past seven days which tells us the virus is spreading. if we were to test more people, if that percentage stayed the same, that would tell you it is relatively contained in that time frail and it's not. it is also people letting their guard down because of reopening and quarantine fatigue. >> all right. for those of you who want to come after me on twitter, don't go after the doc. i was talking to a friend. we're like 120,000 deaths nationally. how many people have to die before everybody puts on a mask? and what he said to me was, when somebody close to them or a family mental gets seriously ill, then they wake up and go, oh, this is real. is that what it will take? >> unfortunately in the past, i've seen that exact mentality

play out when it comes the a lot of public health mandates like helmets, seatbelts, not showinging and vaccines. and i don't like that people need to see someone else being personally affected. we remember in march, people were taking videos in certain counties and other states such as my home state. arizona saying, look, the pandemic isn't real. now they're like, oh, it's spreading like wildfire. under fortunately, there are some people out there who just need to see it differently or need to stop getting their news from certain sources which say the virus is spreading down. in reality, it's not. >> well, that's a big factor as well. what your sources of news are. we may be heading to herd immunity, whether we want to get there or not. we'll see where all of this goes in the weeks and months ahead. it is always a pleasure. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> all right. you guys mentioned quarantine

fatigue. that's because today is the 101st day of the shelter-in-place in the bay area. san francisco has gotten its variance which means the city is a go for reopening hair salons, nail slonls and more on monday. today, mayor london breed toured the san francisco zoo ahead of the reopening monday. breed was joined by the board of supervisors president, norman yee. they fed some giraffes and met with some families. they said outdoor facilities like the zoo are safer for children to get outside and have something to do and some sense of normalcy. >> when i was a kid, i was a handsful. i would have felt so bad if i had to put my grandmother through the challenges of my personality, especially if we were dealing with something like covid at that time. so i know a lot of parents are really struggling. >> capacity will be limited at the zoo when it s

all visitors will have to make a timed reservation and make purchases jop line before they visit. we've put together a resource to help you track what's open in the bay area. you'll find this inactive our webb. people will be able to pick you will smart thermometers. 8,800 devices will be available at the 19 locations where the school district distributes food for families. abc7 news report he lyann with the details. >> reporter: these are the smart thermometers families will take home on monday. another was conducted in mid may. there 2,000 thermometers were donated to fals. san francisco unified, a much larger district, will hand out 8,800 thermometers during the monday food pick-up for at home first could help slow down the spread of the virus.

>> we don't want them traveling on a bus or going all the way to school and then being in contact with other staff and students before we find out that they have symptoms. >> reporter: if a child or family member has a fever, they are asked to give out more information about their symptoms. here's how the folks over at gma smabld the app. >> do you have any other symptoms? we're going to say you have a cough. an earache and we'll say you have fatigue. this is going to make a determination based possible your age. michael, we need to call the doctor. >> reporter: jarod says the person remains anonymous but the information on the symptoms given will help track the spread of any virus. >> on our health weather map, you can drill down at a county level to understand where there is level of high illness. for example, percentage of suspected people with influenza-like illness. >> reporter: it will likely not capture a fever when someone is

asymptomatic. she was one of the first to use it and found the app helpful. >> as a apparently you want to make sure you're doing the right thing at all times. especially if it is in the middle of the night and you're already panicking. i feel like there would be an app to tell you concrete things. >> reporter: abc7 news. >> people may be heading back to work but demands remains strong for the school lunch distribution program. every thursday for the last 14 tweaks city and the santa clara unified school district have been handing out food to any student or family who needs help. on average they hand out 1,700 meals per week. search for a cure. the bay area research into the coronavirus. where are we now? ready to reopen. six flags is ready for visitors once again. you'll see some big changes next month.

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you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. police are investigating after a woman was caught on camera coughing on a young child at a san jose yogurt land shop. the child's mother believes she and her family may have been attacked because of their race. abc7 news report he chris nguyen has the latest. >> reporter: you've likely seen the video. in a dispute over social distancing, watch, as a woman appears to intentionally cough on a toddler inside a san jose yogurt land. it is now under investigation by police. the person of interest has since been voluntarily identified by her employer. the oak grove school district. officials there releasing an

updated statement which reads in part, the incident that occurred at yogurt land is despicable. there is no place in the oak grove school district for any employee who would deliberately cause harm to a child. if the district receives confirmation from sjpd that the individual involved in the yogurtland incident is our employee, we will take immediate action. legal experts say the woman could face charges. >> because of the fact that it is an adult who appears to be doing something in retaliation to a child, i think i think likely they would file misdemeanor battery. >> reporter: she is a former prosecutor for the district attorney's office and has represented individuals and corporations in both criminal and civil cases. she says these times of incidents have been on the rise since the rt at a of the covid-19 pandemic. >> a lot of stress going on. we see a lot of behaviors that are not what we would expect of people in a certain circumstance. >> police say they continue to follow up on tips and no arrests have been made. on social media, a petition is now active, calling for the

woman to be fired from her job as an educator. >> we're seeing more problems from people trying to enforce following the protocol than from the person who is actually the one failing to have the protocol because we have people getting in fights in cars and in businesses and shouting out to people and things like that. >> district officials say they've been receiving threats and damages to district property since news of the incident broke. in san jose. abc7 news. >> in november, california voters will be asked to decide whether to bring affirmative action back to california. this after the senate followed the lead and passed aca 5 yesterday. basically, voters will be asked to overturn prop 209 which they passed in 1996. and that prohibited the use of race or gender in university admissions and rewarding public contracts. today i spoke with the assemblyman who voted for aca 5 and he explained why. >> generation after prom significance 20 neighbor said, we shouldn't have the bail to

address structural racism. we think we should give the next generation a chance to decide race as well as gender ought to matter and how we address public employment, public contracting, and education. >> but opponentsaca 5 raise concerns that affirmative action could actually hurt diversity and would allow universities to prioritize race over other factors. a fire agency is trying to get the word out. do not use fireworks. contra costa fire tweeted out these photos saying there's been a four fold increase in grass fires this season compared to last season. 12 fires in june were caused by fireworks. fireworks are illegal in contra costa county and officials said they want to you celebrate the fourth of july and have fun. but do so fireworks free. if you see smoke and fire, near santa teresa county park, don't worry about it. it is just a drill. the fire department is day andomorrow so new

recruits can learn wild land firefighting practices, and the here. if they do have an uncontrolled fire later in the season, it will have less of an mack on the park. and we are removing with fire, nonnative ininvasive species like the star thistle so we don't have they will taking over the park. some trails are closed during the training. it lasts until 6:00 tonight and then from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. all right. conditions still fairly warm. let's check in with spencer christian to see how it is looking temperaturewise. spencer? >> okay. it is not only quite warm. we've got some cooling right around the corner. it is still breezy outside. that has been our pattern the last several days. we have grounds -- i keep saying that. surface speeds.

22 miles an hour. notice the 24-hour temperature change despite it was quite toasty. right now, it's generally a few degrees cooler across most of the area than it was at this time yesterday. so let's take a look at some current temperature readings. 64 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. we've got upper 70s at mountain view. 80 in gilroy and a cool vinyl at half moon bay. 79 degrees in santa rosa, anerluma, 85.tyrm.0s in d as we look across the embarcadero from our roof top camera, we'll see areas of fog once again tomorrow morning. mild coastal conditions. hot inland tomorrow afternoon. and we'll have a cooler and windier pat reminder in the afternoon. speaking of the heat, we have a heat advisory in solano county until 8:00 p.m. saturday. and in much of mendocino and all of lake counties, we have that heat advisory in if he can until 10:00 tomorrow night under these conditions. the heat-related illness is

possible. the forecast animation shows the usual pattern, this time of day with the fog along the coast late tonight. pushing across the bay and locally inland. we'll have another sunny day and more lingering fog at the coast. lows will be mainly in the upper 50s. that's a mild overnight pat person has been with us for a while. tomorrow's highs will range from low 60s at the coast to mainly upper 70s to near 80 along the bay shoreline. and low to mid 80s generally in our inland area. looking to saturday. there will be a slight cooldown. there will be serious cooling on sunday with windy and cooler conditions all across the region. we'll see temperatures rebound but it will warm up slightly around the bay as well.

gradual cooling into saturday. we see the change of temperatures and then mid-week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. you will see the typical summer spread of low to mid 90s inland, along the bay, and mid 60s along the coast. so lots of changes coming up. the biggest one on sunday when the winds start gusting. >> thank you. coming up, the search for a cure for covid-19. several bay area studies are i wanted my hepatitis c gone. i put off treating mine. epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. i just found out about mine. c

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>> reporter: the ucsf cancer researcher have turned the nationwide network known as i-spy. short term trials through more than a dozen major research centers. everything from drugs that might treat organ damage to anl viral that's might attack head on. >> we will have remdesivir as the back bone. so we have an antiviral in there. and we have add to it drugs that alter the immune system. >> reporter: she points out that they have all but taken some drugs off the hydroxycolor quin. dr. caroline studies acute respiratory syndrome and says the new clues need to be followed up. >> i think we're all incredibly hopeful that this will be as effective as the initial report

suggests. but we need to see the data. >> reporter: at stanford, another significant trial is reaching the mid point. researchers trying to learn whether this will interfere with patients' lungs and air passages. >> those are places we think the virus like to stick and replicate. >> reporter: if it proves effective in one aspect of the puzzle, she believes it could be included in an experimental drug cocktail. >> if you use these drugs in combination like do you with hiv where you have two, three, four drugs at a time, you wind up suppressing the virus. >> reporter: she also believes antibody treatments may be available soon. a pace of discovery that builds on each small success and a fight that may end in a flurry of punches instead of a single knockout blow. dan ashley, abc7 news. and stanford is about to launch a new trial of another

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now that budget includes cuts and spending on pre very manying the coronavirus spread. eric thomas joins us live fromt. eric? >> reporter: hi, the budget reckoning that b.a.r.t. had been dreading. they did pass a budget today but it reflects the realities of covid-19. that means you'll notice some cuts in service, a few of them. but they did pass this budget with overwhelming support. >> reporter: it was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid-19 that caused b.a.r.t.'s money problems. >> our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. and since the low point of 24,000, we've now inched up to 45. >> reporter: fewer riders meant less revenue and that shapes the $2.42 billion budget which includes an extra $44 million for cleaning. >> it's not just cleaning the stations, but disif he canning the train cashes every single

night. >> reporter: there's also $146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled jobs and reducing operating expenses. like put ofg a return to ends service at midnight. but there are no layoffs planned. >> you'll notice the 9 clog p.m. closure. in the middle of the day, you should speck 30-minute frequencies. >> reporter: this b.a.r.t. rider is not surprised. >> the economy is struggling and barr is losing a lot of money. >> reporter: the bug plan soules at best, 50% of riders return this year. it could be as low as 15%. adrian is betting ride letters come back and service will be restored. >> it's a temporary fix. when you get tried,back, they will change and amend the budget. >> reporter: speaking of amending the budget, this is set up so the b.a.r.t. board can revisit the plan in october and make adjustments based on whetheridsh has gon

sy tuned. we should know more about that in the coming months. airing thomas. abc7 news. >> thank you. nflt researchers are studying how viruses can spread in buses and other public transportation vehicles. they're using nontoxic smoke to understand the movement of air flow and airborne contamination. researchers from fresno state are leaving the program to finds a solution while they work to keep passengers safe. they say social distancing and facial coverings are no guarantees to stopping the spread in a bus. masks decreased the odds of infections significantly. but there are still odds. and we see people when they talk, they release the mask which is just, it makesering worse. >> reporter: as part of the study, they're working a uv filtration system that could revolutionize the transportation industry and change the way we go to public places again. tale of two amusement parks.

six flags in vallejo have just announced the reopening date and it will be just ahead of the fourth of july weekend. in southern california where cases are climbing, disneyland has put the brakes on the intended reopening plan. here's amy hollyfield. >> reporter: someone is ready to welcome you back to six flags in vallejo. their handlers think they've missed their audiences. >> seeing our guests is very visually stimulating for them. >> reporter: the humans are ready to open the gates. ? i will so excited. i am so excited for our animals to be able to do what they do best which is educate and inspire people. >> reporter: the park is not reaurall g be open starting nex thursday, and animals will be on display. but the rides will still be closed. >> so our dolphins, our sea

lions, giraffes, lion cubs, all the animals you speck to see will be here for our guests. >> this comes just as disneyland announced it will stay closed for now. six flags says they are pressing ahead. they have been planning this for months and have taken many precautions. >> we feel that we're ready. we continue to stay up to date with what the current guidelines are from the state. >> that means a limited capacity. instead of the usual 12,000 people, they will only allow 2,000. masks are required. >> once they arrived at the park, they'll go thank you temperature screening process esat is cet o, you cee imalbe here rea tk reopens next thursday. because it is animals only and no rides, they'll charge landfall price on admission. so it will be $36.49. they also want you to know, there will be some mask-free areas where you can take a break from the mask if you get a

little hot in the sun. they'll have it roped off in an area where you can socially distance yourself. amy hollyfield. abc7 news. splash mountain at disneyland and disney world will have a whole new look. it will be rethemed around the princess and the frog, which features disney's first black princess. splash mountain is based on the controversial 1946 film song of the south. disney says the imagineers have been working on it project since last year. nflt fans will be allowed to stuideline to limit crowdnsy.ay wearing masks unless they're seated, to social distance and to wash or sanitize frequently. and we have some great news for stomper lucille and other major league mascots today. lce b will the games lbe

resume next month. the mascots there. they'll have a chance to get creative since no fans will be attending the games. the first person to portray the philly fanatic says it shouldn't be a problem. the mascots will come up with routines to entertain fans who are watching on tv at home. >> no doubt. the job going battle over ♪ 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.

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time for the four at 4:00. ama and spencer joining me today. some people continue to push back against face mask mandates. public comments at the board of supervisors meeting was shut down after a mask debate boiled over. this was the first time since march that people were allowed to attends a meeting. some say it is hazard to breathe with a mask on. others say it infringes on their rights. the nation's top infectious disease special i have dr. fauci said everybody should wear a

mask when out in public. that it is be a political issue. however, it is. so, anybody want to take a tsta at why that's such an issue? spencer? do you want to start? go ahead. >> i didn't mean to step on anybody else. i think it is a matter of leadership. when you have governors and a president and a whole news network calling it a hoax, people will believe it's a hoax. people talk about it infringing on their rights. if you're putting a disease on someone else, you're infringing o'their rights if you don't wear it. people are locked boo their stubborn positions this and i don't know how you change their

minds unless someone close to them gets very, very ill or dies. >> have you encountered this at all in. >> well, i see a a lot of people not wearing a mask. my opinion, wear your mask. b, unless your doctor says not to. people like to think they know better than other people. and you have all those conspiracy theorists out there. this was just a hoax. it's not real. and i think you round that all up together. >> i would just add the comment that this seems only the more of an issue in the u.s. and a lot of other countries. the public health edict is a public health he'd i can and it doesn't become political. >> how about looking at the countries that are having success and do what they do.

can we do that? >> we told but disney's plan to rebrand splash mountain. they're not the only ones. the dixie chicks will now be called the chicks. they've posted a statement saying they wanted to meet this moment. the move follows a decision by the country group lady anbellum t change to lady a after words association to slavery. i want to go back several weeks to the night. we all felt like, this felt different in terms of the way the movement was going. we didn't know it at the time but it felt that way. now we're really starting to see a significant shift. not only in the black community,

but the white community as well joining in. >> yeah. >> you're right. no doubt about it. this has had a much more far-reaching effect than we could have predicted in the beginning. when you see nascar saying it will no longer allow the flying of the confederate flag. you see some saying, let's remove the confederate flag. let's remove the flags to confederate heroes and groups like the dixie chicks changing their names. this is a pivotal movement in our history, i think. >> ama, does it feel that way to you, too? >> yes. it's never a bad thing to stop and think about what we're doing. to reflect on how we can do better. to have the ride be changed to be a little more inclusive, dog

disney is doing better at also being inclusive and i think we should embrace that. and i think it is time to see more representation, is what i'm trying to say. >> every time there is an awakening by society it seems like momentum lasts a certain amount of time and then it peters out. let's see how much work can be done and how fast how much progress can be made. >> facebook is taking action to keep users from sharing outdated information. announcing a new feature that will notify users thank you pop-up message if they're about to share content more than 90 days old. users will be allowed to continue sharing if they decide an article is still relevant. facebook believes it will help stop users sharing stories which could be taken out of their original context, leading to the spread of misinformation. another step by facebook.

impressed? not impressed? what do you think? >> i don't know. generally in life, to pause and reflect on things. if it helps you stop and think, oh, wait, should i continue to spread this message, then it could be a good thing. it's not like you can't do it. it will prompt you to think about it and then you can continue on. >> think then share. >> yeah. >> spencer? >> i think she's right about this. if you're a long time facebook user, you probably haven't recognized a lot of pausing think and thinking before some of the things posted. i'm all for pausing and thinking. >> think then share. >> there's a worldwide shortage of thinking going on. >> while we're arguing over chli

nicheck tmalut yellowstone park. that bison stopped in front of old faithful as it erupted. the bison didn't even flinch. the bison walked right up to old faithful and stood between the geyser and the spectators. a great shot, by the way. maybe the bison is looking for a shower. you hear the people in the background yelling. i have to imagine them going, you guys are in my neighborhood. this is like my swimming pool over here. there is no show here. >> i'm the show. >> i love this. >> the bison probably got a lot more comfortable over the past few months without as many visitors there. right? and my friends is there right now. and you can't tell. in shot but there are tons of people visiting yellow stone right now. now that they've reopened.

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the u.s. labor department just released the weekly unemployment numbers. there were nearly 1.5 million new claim filed last week. moshl 47 million people have filed for jobless benefits in the last 14 weeks when the covid-19 pandemic caused massive furloughs and layoffs. let's get to consumer news now. 7 on your side's michael finney with a look at the headlines. hi, michael. >> let's begin with this. another national major chain has announced it is going into bankruptcy. this time it's chuck e. cheese. the restaurant says it has filed for chapter 11 protection. the texas based chain has been experiencingub even before the .

the prolonged closure. restaurant have taken an even greater toll. the company says it plans to continue offering carryout and reopen locations where allowed while it negotiates with debt and holdings. target isasurs. eyn t m locations open one extra hour until 10:00 p.m. every night. the move comes after target cut back on hours as the pandemic hit. the chain also announced that it will continue to offer special hours for those in vulnerable populations such as seniors, pregnant people and those with certain health concerns. now, the target says check the webb for the store near you. and here's another sign of the top economic times. credit reporting bureau transunion says the number of credit card accounts officially in financial hardship status has risen 300% above normal. customers requesting hardship status can receive various

considerations, including lower payments, waived fees or extended due dates. in a spot of good news, they said accounts more than 60 days past due actually dropped a little bit. the last time it was measured, was in may. there's a little good news. >> california is set to enact the first of its kind rule for air quality. it was approved this afternoon forcing auto makers to sell more electric work trucks and delivery vans. the largest sources of air pollution on the road. the rules will require at least 40% of all tractor-trailers sold in california to be zero emissions by 2035. all right. let's check back in with spemser and see about the warming temperatures. in a few days, we have the winds kicking up, too. >> we do indeed.

you're right about that. a good forecast. we'll have fog at the coast and over the bay. overnight lows, pretty mild. tomorrow, the heat holds on in many inland locations in the low to mid 90s. upper 70s, around the bay. low 60s at the coast. and then as kristen pointed out, the drop in temperatures, especially on sunday as it is windy and gusty in some spots. it will slow down from temperatures. by mid-week, wednesday, thursday, we'll see highs climbing back to more seasonal summer-like weather. >> all right. thank you. so abc7 has been celebrating the bay area's class of 2020. we've already featured more than 3,000 students. and today, we're featuring the high school in crockett. congratulations to you, class of 2020. ♪

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. coming up at 8:00, game night kicks off with holy mole followed by don't and to tell you the truth. stay with us for abc news at 11:00. many people are trying to find positive ways to make a difference right now. an oakland dance instructor wanted to do something, so she organized a hip hop protest where kids, adults, and seniors came together to dance for equality. here's her story. ♪ >> dance is an incredibly healing art. 'sross-cultural,t'ng wh pple, you st a sense that they're

leaving their problems behind. with all this inequality being brought to the forefront, i really wanted to do something more. and it occurred to me that what i do is dance, so we organized a hip hop class out here on the cul-de-sac and had about 17 people all wearing signs, white silence equals black consent and black lives matter. it's a great success and we're going to do it more. >> i thought it was an amazing idea, something we've never done before. a new way for me to protest and i'm all for it. i'm excited to get the word out. hopefully we have more people join us and we make it bigger. >> when i first the "wte silence equals white consent," it's like a woke up and wondered if my silence was part of the problem. why not protest and say black lives matter and make more awareness that we as white people should not be quiet.

hip hop is something so pron at. engeth some neighbors and friends to come. >> little kids and adults and seniors all dancing in the cul-de-sac all wearing the signs and all enjoying the lesson. >> and dancing with love in our heart and dancing for equality. >> it just fetlt like now we're saying and doing something. now at least these kids can go back and say i'm part of a protest and feel really good about it. >> everyone feels comfortable and empowered by dance. >> i would hope that people would really notice that maybe they can do more. >> hopefully it becomes bigger and we get more people involved and we turn it into something great. >> something great indeed. you can check out more great stories at localish.com on

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