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routes were cut, and may not be returning. >> as we get closer to the start of the school year, we are starting to see what it may look like for your child. >> gym, salons and small gatherings, a new health order al allowing many to get back to business. >> i will have the forecast, abc news at 11:00 starts now. >> this is abc7 news. >> we fall off a financial cliff startling news from the transit agency, saying the majority of bus lines c s cut do the pandemic may not come back for years. >> we are focusing on the
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building a better bay area efforts. cornell bernard has more on the outlook. >> the cuts we are making are terribly painful. >> san francisco mta dector aec board meeting. he said that every aspect of the city's transportation future looks grim. >> we are planning for a $200 million loss. >> he said that 40 bus lines that were cut at the beginning of the pandemic will not return for at least two years. maybe not at all. with fare revenue down 90%, they need new sources of funding. >> we fall off a financial cliff in 2022. so in order to restore the service that we have, we are effectively living on our credit cards for the next two years. >> what do you see? >> this one is empty. busilreturn.teib.or ty beloved
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cable cars, the officials say they are not likely returning until there's a covid vaccine to keep operators safe. >> start cutting from the top. >> the president of the transport workers's union say city leaders should take a pay cut. >> that was the challenge that i made to them and i would be the first person to take a 10% pay cut for the next 12 months. >> but they say etven that will not be enough to close the gap >> tonight, governor newsom is launching a new public awareness campaign to stress the importance of wearing masks. some say it's not enough. >> what do you say to critics that suggest that psas are great, but it's time for your office to get tougher on enforcement. why aren't you just imposing fines. >> we are not going in
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everyone's backyards and enforcing it. people know what the right thing to do is. i encourage them to do the right thing. >> the governor could withhold money for counties that don't as to be consequences, it worked for france. >> if they were out beyond their one kilometer and one hour without a purpose, 50 euros first often and 200 second offense. >> what do you tell people that cannot see your grandparent when they see thousands of protesters. >> people know what the right thing to do is, i encourage them to do the right thing. >> in the south bay, new strict rules could allow for more businesses in santa clara county to reopen. that includes hair and nail services, gyms and small
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gatherings. >> reopening based on risk level. beginning july 13th, gyms, hair and nail salons and small gatherings across santa clara county are allowed to return. they call this moment an inflection point. >> this marks the end of a phased reopening and the beginning of a new stage that we anticipate will be stable for some time. >> at one point, the county was the hardest hit in the bay area. and after the governor identified a nail salon as the source of the state's first case of community spread. salon owners were not sure when they would get back. >> every day, we hear news and we hear what the governor is saying and it's like, oh, my god, it does not look good for us. >> she reached out to her customers and said, the spa is booked through august. new orders are including face coverings and capacity limits.
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expectations, they are working to meet. one location in the neighboring county is finally back in business. but without clear directive from santa clara can county, he knits it -- he admits it's hard to get ahead. >> it's hard to have any business, but specifically one that has a lot of people coming through. so we are doing the best to listen to the cdc. >> hotels, motels and small social gatherings, political, or casual are green lighted. indoors the limit is 20 people. outdoors is 60. >> it will come back with a vengeance if you let your guard down. we will not let our guard down here in santa clara county. >> off limits, high risk businesses. indoor dining, indoor swimming pos.ears and nightclubs and casinos. education is another big part of building a better bay area, and we have made a promise to keep you informed about what may be coming this fall for your kids.
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tonight, the oakland unified school district had a special meeting to update everyone. j.r. stone is live in the newsroom with details on what was discussed tonight, j.r. >> well, dan, a couple hundred people were expected to be part of the virtual school meeting tonight, but there were a thousand. people want to know what is going to happen this coming year. >> he misses his friends and he, you know, talks to them on the phone or, you know, when they are playing their video games. >> kerry is talking about her ten-year-old son le, seen here with his best friend. the two are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it's still up in the air as to when that will happen. >> i'm not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. but we have to start that process of actually having a specific plan. >> oakland unified's superintendent spoke at thursday night's school board meeting. the first after a recent
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district survey found that 55% of oakland parents like the idea of half day in school, and half day distance learning. 53% like full day in school next day at home, and 51% like year round schooling. outside of those possibilities, the talk thursday was all about safety. during this meeting, and when we spoke with state superintendent tony thurmond on our 3:00 p.m. show. >> masks are on their way to each of our 10,000 schools. many have had it, the face coverings and the hand sanitizers and the thermometers. >> they have received the chrome books. >> the issue is, chrome books don't work that great with zoome
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works better. but sometimes you have the mute the participants. >> we will not see plans until july 10th. those are always subject to change depending on what happens with the pandemic. j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> a story we will continue to follow, j.r., thank you. in the north bay now, 32 people at a san ra fell nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus. they say, 15 of the residents and 17 staff members contracted the disease. the sffho tested positive could be cleared to return tok in the comin days. a dire new the cdc tonight, predicting up to 160,000 people could possibly die of coronavirus by july 25th here in the u.s. to date, more than 128,000 americans have already lost their lives to the
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disease. abc news reporter rina roy has the latest. >> with america making up a quarter of all covid-19 cases across the globe, dr. anthony fauci warns we are losing the fight against the deadly virus. >> right now, if you look at the number of cases, it's quite disturbing. and we are setting records practical aly of new cases. >> president trump claiming things are better. despite the hospitalizations climbing in the states. more than 50,000 cases confirmed in the u.s. in a single day. >> we have some areas where we are putting out the flames or the fewers and that's working out well. the crisis is being handled. >> florida reported a record 10,000 new infections. the virus claiming 67 lives including the state's youngest
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victim, an 11-year-old boy. >> if things don't change and people don't take it more serious in the next two weeks. who knows where we will be. >> authorities in alabama say young people are throwing coronavirus parties with a prize pay-out for the first person that gets infected. this as cases increase among younger populations. in oregon, cases in children younger than ten grew five followfold in june. and more than 300 infected in daycare centers. one medical center in houston said icus hit 100% capacitythe governor requiring face masks. >> covid-19 is not going away. in fact, it's getting worse. now more than ever, action is needed. >> it's one of at least 19 states that paused or reversed reopening plans. in florida, miami-dade county imposing a 10:00 p.m. to 6:00
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the spread.indefinitely to help for the holiday weekend, alameda's crown beach is one of the ew local beaches that people can visit. this follows the closing off access to many state-owned beaches due to the spike in covid cases. some people visited today to avoid the weekend's expected crowds. >> we thought we could still get out here and be far enough away from people before the crowds hit tomorrow. >> so far, i felt very safe. people are keeping their distance. i'm able to park safely, and walk over safely. east bay regional park police say crown beach will remain open as long as visitors follow basic rules. including wearing a mask and maintaining social distance and no alcohol and no fireworks either. so, what can you expect for the holiday weekend? we will touch base with spencer tonight. spencer? >> all right, dan, well you may
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have heard that it will be cooler than average tomorrow which is july 3rd. there's warmth on the fourth. here's a out look. we have sunny skies and high temperatures from 61 to 77, and 77 across the bay in oakland. the inland east bay, low to mid 90s and up in the north bay, 86 in napa and the on for sunday. i can assure you a nice fourth of july weekend. >> thank you, well, as you make plans for the fourth of july. we put together a guide of what is allowed and what is not. you can share it with your friends so we can all celebrate and have fun responsibility. >> frustrated u.p.s. customers lining up for delayed packages.
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seven on your side's michael finney gets to the bottom of the problem. >> thinking of heading up to lake tahoe for the fourth. what to expect for the holiday weekend. >> and a brush with nature turns in to a frightening encounter. >> all that ahead h, but here i what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> i didn't know you got notifications on how much screen time you are logging and the maximum i met during the time, was 11 this cheeseburger is the best! it's about to get bester baby! ♪ menutaur! make it a double, yeah! nice mane! try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery.
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the hospital and now in stable condition. >> major shipping delays are angering u.p.s. customers, maybe you had it happen to you. hundreds have been lining up at distribution centers around the bay area in recent days and the complaints are pouring in. so michael finney is getting you answers. >> the line is long outside the u.p.s. distribution >> i would would be happier if i knew why or where it was going on. but it's i don't know, i don't know where your package is. >> i was standing there with my eyes covered and shaking trying not to cry. >> it was crucial for her to find the missing package. it contained a live animal or she hoped. >> i drove down and was crying and begging for help, asking anybody to help find him. >> she had purchased a baby
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bearded dragon, it was shipped overnight to ensure it got there quickly. but days later, it was nowhere to be found. >> so i finally wrote them an e-mail and said, if you don't deliver him, you will kill him. >> she was stunned at this replay from u.p.s. saying, i understand your concern, and that this may cause that your pet arrives dead. i'm really sorry. >> but i hope he arrives alive, even though we are not going to help you. >> nothing monday, or tuesday morning. >> david concord was waiting too. u.p.s. said his new kitchen sink was about to be delivered, so he ripped out the old one and waited for the familiar brown truck and waited and waited. >> i felt like a little kid watching for the ice cream truck and i kept looking out the window all day long. >> his sink never came. >> it's so awkward when you realize you cannot wash your hands, you have to go to the bathroom and wash your hands.
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you cannot rinse out something. >> he went out of u.p.s. looking for the package himself. >> he said there's 45 trailers out there, we don't know where it is. >> we asked u.p.s. to help, and the next day they found david's sifr sink. and they found the box with ilene's lizard. was he alive? >> we had already agreed that i was too scared to emotional to open the box. and then a scratching sound. >> he told me he was alive. and i was trying to hold it together to not cry and i was so happy. >> here he is, a tiny dragon, apparently okay after element a week with no food or light. >> i thank you so much. i can't even describe how much it means to me that you guys took the time to help. >> u.p.s. blames a coronavirus
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and a surge in shipping for the mishappen mispaps and delays, they are saying they are hiring more workers. >> hm-mm amazon has postponed prime day until october because of the virus. business insider reports that the company informed sellers that the annual shopping event could be held on the week of october 5th. but the date was not given. amazon has postponed the event multiple times because of the pandemic. >> and starting august 1st, they are waving the if you have a negative test. flights out of san francisco and oakland and san jose. south lake tahoe is being overwhelmed by tourists. take a look, this was the scene
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today ahead of the fourth of july weekend, parking lots and campgrounds packed there. and businesses that were struggling two months ago are packed. it's a problem tahoe typically ses this time of year. but park officials are saying covid demands are making it harder. >> we had to hire more people to keep up and keep our staff safe and the public safe. so, there's these layers of challenges. >> more people, less managers to help take care of it. really means everybody needs to step up their game and leave tahoe better than they found it. >> with so many tourists this weekend, many are advising people to stay home. certainly though with the weather, it's pretty tempting to get outside. >> it is, but we have to be as disciplined as we can and still have fun on the fourth of july. looks like, spencer. >> it looks really nice, dan and you are right, it will be tempting to get outside and
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let's try to play it safe and stay healthy and look out the window and enjoy the weather. right now, i'm giving you a look at current surface wind speeds. the wind is calm and light in most conditions except fairfield, that has gusts to 32 miles an hour. okay, here is a view from the rooftop camera. temperature readings are 56 in san francisco, and oakland 59 and low 60s in mountain view and san jose, and low 50s at gilroy and pacifica and the view from emeryville, and santa rosa and petalmua, and others at fairfield, concord and livermore, and as you look at the skyline, these are the forecast features. fog will expand overnight and it's patchy right now. spotty morning drizzle is likely. warming up the fourth of july weekend and cooling down again early next week. we have a beach hazard statement in affect. the surf is rough right now and it may be a good where hday to
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away from the coast line. what is patchy fog will increase and expand in the overnight hours. expect fog to greet early morning commuters. the fog will burn back to the coast line by mid morning giving you sunny skies. overnight temperatures will be in the low to mid 50s and tomorrow, look for highs in the lows to mid 80s. we will see mainly mid 70s on the peninsula, and 76 in redwood city, and 75, palo alto. and breezy at the coast. 64 degrees downtown san francisco tomorrow, we will see highs of 78, and 82 santa rosa, and east bay high, 75. and the inland east bay will have highs in the low to mid 80s. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, once again the weekend is look lovely. nice and warm and sunny on saturday and sunday. with inland highs in the mid 90s
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and mid 60s on the coast and it turns breezy and cooler on monday and it looks like it's cooler than average for most of next week. but that is okay if you enjoy the warmth of the weekend, you may care about the cool down next week. >> yeah, good timing. you aim to please, spencer, thank you. >> always a trade off. >> tomorrow, good morning america, old dominion performs some of their hits at aids walk san francisco. evits this year they are coming to you! join bette midler gloria estefan matt bomer stars of queer eye rupaul's drag race superstars. for aids walk san francisco live at home,
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well, here is something you may not have thought of, the hand sanitizer and fireworks can be a bad combination. because the hand sanitizers contain 60% alcohol. and handling fireworks while the alcohol's residue is on your hands could increase the risk of a burn. hand hygiene is rt s the withp and water,
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particularly if you are going to handle fireworks in any way. have you taken our coronavirus risk calculator yet? it gives you 12 different scenarios like shopping and getting a haircut, guess the risk level and see what the experts have on say about it. you will find it at abc7 news.com. a california woman was attacked by a bison at yellow stone national park after repeatedly pro vehicvoking the . they watched the woman as she tried to get close and even pet one of the nearby bison, they say they could hear the bison making noises and blowing steam and that's when it attacked. shern.cis proybriey.itially ten,
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now, abc7 sports. >> the giants and the a's return to the field if a couple of days at least in practice form. we will take it, right? the giants will hold the first workout of so-called summer camp tomorrow at oracle park, we will be there and the a's begin at oakland coliseum on saturday and the yankees started to work out aaron judge facing cole, and bryce harper getting hacks in, in philly. word is mlb will probably release the schedule next week. nba, the warriors are working out individually at the practice center in chase center and now there's talk of the nba putting together a second bubble in chicago for teams that are not in playoff contention. sounds like glorified summer league stuff. n way the warriors are sending steph and klay and any star
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players in to that. getting a look at the first practice sports the nba is laying down in the original bubble in orlando. they have flown in their own hard wood, talk about custom. look at the side, that's carpeting. they are going to be practicing in ballrooms. to golf, plenty of birdies and some ducklings at the rocket mortgage classic. doc redman finished second here last year and he is among the co-leaders. three-why tie. dechambeau, bulked up considerably. the eagle on 14. but he bogeyed 18. he is 1 back from the leader at minus 6. how about the epic tweet of the 49ers. sending out the kittel catch saying be a saint, grab a mask. that, that was an excellent tweet. time for tonight's edition of
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