developing n san jose where the police department is rocked by a racist facebook post.

>> reporter: san francisco nail and hair salons were set to reopen monday. why mayor breed paused a major milestone. >> reporter: places across the bay area are reopening, in contra costa county, coronavirus cases are increasing. considering new measures. months kild by san san san san san san san >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. abc7 news. >> there is no place in our

police department or union for racists or bigots. >> several active or reis tired san jose police officers are accused of participating in closed facebook page full of racist posts. >> the police union took several actions in response, including a plan to expel any officer involved. >> say this to anyone who participated, the san jose police officers association will provide you no shelter, no protection. >> the union and department have not provided any specifics on the facebook group or posts. in a statement san jose police chief eddie garcia says he has no control over retired employee but added any current employee involved with bigoted material online will be investigated and held accountable to the fullest extent of my power. we have no place for this. >> department has complicated history with things like this.

menacing tweets about the black lives matter movement, arbitrator reversed the chief's decision to fire the officer. currently pushing to change the system. >> too hard for chiefs in this city or any other to fire bad cops. >> as for the new case, mayor is calling for a full investigation. in our efforts to build a better bay area, we're focusing much of our energy on reopening plans. in surprise about face, san francisco is hitting the brakes. >> just monday announced more businesses able to reopen, contingent on state approval, received yesterday. today mayor london breed announced it's back on hold. >> kate larsen is live. >> just yesterday mayor breed was at san francisco zoo, talking about it and other

businesses reopening monday. but data is driving the decisions and today a new set of covid-19 cases was revealed. >> overnight, sadly, we got 100 new cases. there's never been a time we've seen this level of a surge since march. >> reporter: san francisco has organized key health indicators in four colors, green, yellow, orange and red. most indicators, hospitalization and testing rates are in the green, city meeting its target. however in past two weeks average new cases per day gone from flat yellow to orange to approaching red. public health director dr. grant colfax explain whad it means. >> when we're red, we have to take a hard look, consider pausing or reversing. >> reporter: so friday paused reopenings of salons, tattoo

studios, outdoor bars, museums. >> don't know if another week, another month. >> reporter: when mayor breed announced that salons could open two weekser than scheduled, she scrambled to get staff and clients ready. >> hundreds of phone calls to get them rebooked. now i don't know what to tell clients or staff. >> reporter: salons across the city in same position. >> we just opened but cannot now. >> all the staff are ready to go back to work and all the customers call us for the week already. >> japantown, plexiglass barriers up, ready to open. frustrated that customers can travel to other counties for beauty services but mayor breed won't let them open. where are they going?

>> other town. >> i don't know what the mayor wait for, if she think the numbers go down, she's wrong. >> with the percentage of positive test results more than doubling last week, dr. colfax said they'll be watching closely to see if it corresponds to increase in hospitalizations two to three weeks from now. delay in reopening businesses means the zoo won't welcome visitors back next week as mayor breed had announced. considered to be indoor attraction, even though most of the exhibits are outdoors. it's not just san francisco, in the east bay, county. >> reporter: on a state watchlist. >> we have to start using beds not icu beds for patients, we'll

have to start using nurses not trained for icu. you have to make decisions who lives and who dies. >> reporter: in last week number of covid-19 patients in hospitals in this county has increased 42%. without a vaccine, dr. hung is concerned about the pressure more cases will have on the local health care system. >> there's only limited remdesivir we got from the federal government, when we run out, we run out. >> reporter: younger people are playing a major role in increase of new cases. in june 55% of cases were 40 years and under, compared to 38% of that group in april. >> we need to take more precautions. >> reporter: business owners say they're ready to increase safety measures. >> as far as business goes, we're struggling as it is.

>> reporter: county is monitoring the data and will announce a decision luz pena, abc7 news. put reopening on hold for a few businesses, all have to wait some more, were originally going to reopen monday. indoor dining, hair salons and campgrounds can reopen, yesterday marin had 54 new covid-19 cases, highest increase in one day so far. also in marin, new developments at san quenton, where there's been a surge of covid-19 cases. plans to transfer undisclosed central valley prison to create more space. inmates are beinges before and after the transfer. spoke to a woman whose son is on

death row, will remain at san quentin but it's making all the prisoners concerned. >> that's my main concern, healthy people supposed to be transferred will not be healthy when they get there or will become unhealthy while they are there. >> transfer of inmates to san quentin from chino sparked the outbreak there this week. 547 inmates have covid-19, 89 staff members have tested positive. in south bay, doctor is hinting she's about to make changes to health order issued three weeks ago. >> i anticipate a new orderer next week, mark the end of the sector specific strategy and beginning of new phase, many activities allowed to resume with appropriate risk replace. >> some businesses allowed open,

only outdoor dining allowed in santa clara county, it's reopening slowest of any counties. one of 15 on the state's watch list. one of the hardest hit counties in california is imperial county. percentage of people tested positive for coronavirus past two weeks is 23%. statewide, 5.3% is the average. it's along the california and mexico borders. >> we're advising and counseling them to move forward and reinstitute the stay-at-home order. but they will move at their discretion. if they're not able to come to some consensus, i am committed to intervening. >> about 175,000 people live in imperial county. health department has reported more than 5,800 confirmed

coronavirus cases. united states has shattered another record tonight, nearly 45,000 people diagnosed with coronavirus in the past 24 hours. comes as european union is set to ban most american travelers. reporter roy is on that story. >> reporter: abc news has learned that most americans may be prohibited from stepping foot on european soil. european union making list of countries including the u.s., citizens banned for nonessential travel because of infection rates. could go into effect july 1st. this as vice president mike pence painted a positive picture today in first coronavirus white house task force briefing in nearly 2 months. >> all 50 states and territories across the country are opening up safely and responsibly. >> reporter: president trump's

top health adviser dr. anhony fauci warning otherwise. >> we're facing a serious problem in certain areas. >> reporter: and numbers show it. at least 29 states seeing rise in cases. florida, nearly 9,000 new cases past 24 hours, texas with almost 6,000 cases. both states now forcing bars to shut down. >> today we find ourselves careening towards a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. >> reporter: governor of texas reducing restaurant capacity day after announcing next phase of reopening. states are facing increase in hospit hospitalizations. >> i need you to put your mask on. that's how you help me. >> reporter: new mexico, and arizona also pressing pause on reopening. one of the largest hospitals in arizona activating surge plans

for covid cases. >> wildfire, out of control. >> health experts have been pleading with americans to avoid large crowds and keep social distancing, but pressed on campaign rallies, vice president pence defended them, saying shouldn't forfeit constitutional rights to freedom of speech, even in a health crisis. it is hard to keep track of what's open, what's not. we've made interactive map of the bay area nine counties where you can see what businesses are allowed to operate where you live. abc7news.com. demanding action and answers, we hear from til s leat locat, next. >> reporter: i'm laura anthony where demonstrators hospital ceo about racist rant from one of his former nurses.

>> unofficial march kicking off this weekend's pride events. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, i'll have a closer bbut what if you couldg do better than that?

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in the east bay tonight, family of stephen taylor is demanding action. taylor was shot and killed by police officer in san leandro walmart in april. as amanda del castillo reports, family thinks the officer has to be held accountable. >> reporter: family is fighting to keep him on the minds of law enforcement. demanding answers and action. claiming they've been left in the dark. >> i'm sad, my heart hurts, two months we still haven't gotten his belongings, the car from the

department. >> reporter: so they took the demands to police headquarters. body cam footage from april 18th shows the moments before officer fired at 33-year-old taylor. he's seen here holding baseball bat inside local walmart. >> claiming my son has mental illness, might be true, but way our police should be reformed is to help people with illnesses. >> reporter: family members say he wasn't a danger, want the officer who shot him held accountable. >> they committed a crime, murdered my grandson, if you murdered somebody you'd be in jail, not walking around going home to your family. >> reporter: the officer who shot taylor is still on administrative leave. second responding officer is back to full duty, names not yet released. >> officers have received some death threats against them and their families and we want to make sure the threats are frivolous and don't pose

credibility before the names are released. >> reporter: lieutenant ted henderson said the city reached out foram castillo, abc7 news. oakland nurse who posted racist statements on social media is no longer working for sutter health, according to the company. that's not the end of it for black lives matter protesters. they staged a loud demonstration in front of the sutter administration today, confronting the ceo at one point. reporter laura anthony has the story. >> racist nurses have to go! >> reporter: protestersthe side bate's center. as blatant reaction to racist things posted by icu nurse allison cook. demonstrators handed out flyers with cook's posts.

apparently shown giving middle finger. other she writes eff >> overtly racist and sutter has not decried it, still protecting mere in some ways. >> reporter: according to sources, cook has worked as recently as last weekend and subject to multiple complaints by coworkers. was not identified by name but said she was not working for sutter health. >> they did not say term. >> reporter: unclear if fired or resigned. >> sensitive, as you know. >> reporter: came out to talk to them directly. >> everything in the walls is compassionate care to people, doesn't matter the color of skin, race, religion. >> ceo was out talking for

demonstrators for five minutes, said a lot. not what they wanted to hear. >> say her name and publicly denounce allison cook as racist. >> let me finish up. >> we need the community at the table. people are scared. >> racism has to go. >> reporter: cook and local chapter of national nurses united did not respond to multiple requests for comment. laura anthony, abc7 news. today north bay residents weighed in whether to rename sir francis drake boulevard. thousands signed a petition to rename it. told officials from several communities that change is necessary because of drake's connection to the slave trade. >> will they remember us as the generation who actually addressed the past centuries

before us? >> officials plan to next hold a learning session with historians and representatives of indigenous groups. group of community leaders called for leaders in fremont to unite, celebrating diversity and contributions of many cultures. ♪ >> bollywood singer joined the online forum along with speakers from many faiths and fremont police. echoed a message that people from different backgrounds and faiths share similar values and believes. >> we have a long history of defending human rights and equality. >> begins when we as americans earn easterly strive to provide equal opportunities for all. >> organizer lit a candle to represent unity, harmony and peace. happening now, san francisco city hall lit up in blue, white

and pink for transgender awareness. >> black lives matter. >> a group gathered in dolores, marched to the police station chanting transgender black lives matter. said it's not connected to the pride weekend trans march. this year marks 50th anniversary of pride in san francisco. because of covid-19, many events are virtual, instead of attracting huge crowds. two artists created pink torches to star in relay from oakland to top of twin peaks, thousands of l.e.d. lights will form the pink triangle usually made from large pieces of cloth. >> wanted to capture the pink triangle and turn it into a tradition to come back to every

year. >> there is no pride parade but marches are planned to celebrate pride and protest racial injustice. abc7 is airing a special on changing look of pride this year, 7:00 p.m., abc7. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> good evening. we're dealing with the fog, lovely few from our exploratorium camera but it's got fog pushing in. all in response to the dry cold front approaching, that's deepening the marine layer, going to set the stage for really strong winds into the weekend. view from san jose camera, shark tank visible tonight. gusty winds, increased fire

danger. summer warmth returns next week. we had 90s in warmest inland valleys, tomorrow most will be in the 80s except outlying areas. inland, 60s, 70s. along the bay and coastline, 50s and 60s. 7:00, there's spotty drizzle, definitely fog. as we head into the afternoon, fog will pull back to the coast. starts to clear away from northern portion of the viewing area at night. winds are going to kick up. 32-mile-an-hour winds at 5:00 tomorrow. towards midnight, close to 50-mile-an-hour winds near the coastline. going into sunday morning, still gusty, strongest winds over higher elevations, coast and delta. 3:00 p.m., point reyes, goioi into the nighttime hours, fires

that develop will rapidly spread, not good thing. fire danger index taking into account the dry fulz, gusty winds. you will notice the danger increases for parts of the north and east bay, yellows and oranges indicating high to very high fire danger for upcoming weekend. definitely be vigilant. temperatures in morning, 50s to 60s. advisability will be poor on the roads. afternoon is windy and going to be cooler day. noticeably cooler. 87 in concord, 70 oakland, 73 san rafael, 79 in santa rosa and foggy 59 in half moon bay. accuweather seven-day forecast, cooler and windier tomorrow, gusty winds sunday as well. winds ease and warms up into next week, typical summer

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