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to come from today is that there isn't one camera angle released today that actually shows shawn monterrosa's movements before he was shot. you don't see his actions before he was shot. as i talk about this, i want to go to some of that video. this is the video chip where you can see the gunshots from the office per proved to be fatal for him. there were three officers in this patrol pickup truck. it is the one in the back seat who fired the shots through front windshield as they rolled up. there is no sound on this clip because it had not been turned on at this time. then he is just lying motionless on the ground. officers had responded to a looting call at the walgreene's where they had made previous arrests. there was a response to questions about additional video and what happens. >> we are releasing as much video as we can to the public. no, we don't have dash cam
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video. he was in a crouching half kneeling position. his hands were toward his waist band when he turns toward the officers. it was the butt of a gun and they shot. that's accurate. that's factual. >> reporter: the chief said he did that have a gun. he had a hammer in his belt and he was shot in the back of his head. now family members spoke this afternoon. actually spoke at the same time as officers this afternoon here in vallejo. you will hear from those family members who still want justice today. live, stone. abc7 news. >> thank you. >> let's move. on the economy is a big part of our building a better bay area focus. tonight, because of the coronavirus, the oakland zoo may be on its last leg, sadly. laura anthony with what's being
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done. >> reporter: the gates at the zoo shut tight. this facility has been closed now for the better part of four months. 90% of the revenues come from visitors. so as you can imagine, the zoo is now in dire straits. >> you got his attention now. >> reporter: at the oakland zoo, it seems even ash knows something is amiss or missing. his human visitors. normally as many as 7,000 per day. that is exempt for the staff that continues to feed zebras and chimpanzees and all the others. it is a shutdown that may never end just three years after a $72 million expansion that included a new gondola. >> by april we were in a situation where we needed help. >> reporter: he said the fate of the animals and the beloved facility is now in the hands of county and state officials. >> by far, we are supported by operations, the admission price, the concessions, the restaurant,
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the rides area. we cannot make up for this by philanthropy alone. >> reporter: under current restrictions, the zoo cannot reopen to the public unless it is reclassified or granted an xegs or variance by the state. and according to a county health spokesperson, we have sent a letter to the state asking them to reclassify the zoo as an outdoor museum which would allow to it open now. if the state doesn't agree, the zoo has to wait until we have our variance attestation in place. the zoo has all its new signage, sanitation protocols in place foerves g out. >> in theing about $1 million p month. that's why we're on this trajectory we are to run out of money. >> i am urging officials at the state or county level to allow the zoo to open safely.
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it is such a community tre >> reporter: the koicounty was the process of filling out the paperwork with you they told me they stop that process because of a surge in coronavirus cases here in alameda county. if the zoo does not get that variance, it will run out of money like i am, in a matter of weeks. and in that case, it would revert back to the owner of the facility, the city of oakland, that would be in charge for the care and feeding of the animals here. in oakland. laura anthony. abc7 news. >> what a tough spot. meantime, on the other side of the bay, the san francisco zoo is ready to reopen as soon as officials give at this time green light. the mayor had announced the zoo was ready to open last month until there was a spike in new cases. public health officials consider the zoo to be an indoor attraction even though most of the exhibits are actually outdoors. as school districts around
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the country struggle to reopen, president trump called the original guidance tough and expensive. vice president mike pence said it is essential for students to return to the classroom for in-person learning. >> there are measures we can put into place to make sure we don't see the spread of the virus or outbreaks in individual schools, by having children learn in a single classroom or learn outside as often as possible, to not go into larger settings. >> he did say there may be some areas that may have to adjust man's for in-person learning and that we'll be very respectful of that. in santa rosa, they're hammering out the details on what school will look like this fall. it involves masks and shorter schedule for everyone. cornel more. >> we are planning for whatever may come. >> reporter: santa rosa city school summit diane feels like she's preparing for battle.
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that's what back to school is feeling like. an arsenal of supplies has been ordered. >> enough hand sanitizers. we'll have one gallon jugs in each classroom. we have enough face masks and shields. >> there is a plan for 16,000 students to return to school august 17. >> we're splitting our student body in half. >> reporter: it looks something like this. 8,000 students would be at school two days a being. then switch places with a second group of students, distance learning from hole. the fifth day, everyone would be learning virtually. >> we think maybe 80% of our students would come twice a week. >> he says a maximum of 16 students will be allowed per classroom. some teaching could be done outside. >> we're going to utilize outside spaces. we have rain in sonoma county, you know. >> reporter: the plan comes a day after sonoma company made the state's watch list for covid-19 because cases are
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spiking. for that reason many parents feel under easy with sending kids back. >> it is better for them to continue with online school. >> it is a rock and a ready had a place. the kids need to go back for more than abc's. >> reporter: the district will need more teachers and custodians to make it work but money is not in the budget. >> it is coming out of reserves. it will be a rob peter to pay paul. >> the key is about the ability to pivot depending on what covid-19 does. and that's the uncertainty. >> if cases of covid-19 continue to rise, the district will pivot and return to all distance learning this fall. no matter what happens, any student or teacher concerned about returning to the classroh. th sooloard vot the only the.
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about closing a historic school in richmond. parents were told the school is closing because of declining enrollment. some wonder if race is the most important factor here. >> why it closed only latino and black people at school? >> reporter: he hedmundo has students here and he's not the only parent asking if the racial make-up of the student body is a factor in the decision to close it. >> the majority of russ his hispanics. we have a few african-americansful. >> reporter: the school was found in the 1948. since then, enrollment has been as high as 300 plus but right now it is at 140. >> to take an historical place away from us, it is just ripping
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the heart out our community. >> reporter: they have a daughter entering eighth grade and one who graduated two years ago. they were told in march, the school was in trouble. they and other parents came up for a plan for fundraisers and community outreach to raise money to keep things going. >> we were on it. then what happened? mid-march. the pandemic happened. >> that made fundraising and outreach impossible. instead, parent faced the prospect of send go their kids to other catholic schools a couple miles away. but they are not giving up. >> we are asking to give us the opportunity to keep our schools open, at least for this year. >> a spokes woman for the diocese says race was not a factor in the closure declining enrollment was. parents still plan to hold a protest in front of the diocese on friday afternoon in home of asking the bishop to keep the school open. in oakland. abc7 news. the free coronavirus testing
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site at cal state east bay and heyward has been so bth the last couple weeks, an appointment system will be implemented. right s the site and we've sped up this video to show you how long the line of cars stretches. look at this. on monday, 542 tests were performed. organizers stop people from getting in line at 11:30 in the morning. the last person was not seen until 4:30 in the afternoon. >> this hit us within the last couple weeks, as far as those wait times. before the demand was not as high. now it's super here. and we have to come up with the system. >> are you surprised by the long lines? >> after the fourth of july, no, i was not surprised. >> the positivity rate has jumped from 8% to 14% in the last week. captain nicholson said that's likely as people test positive and come back for another test a few days later. he says you should wait a couple of weeks. california is now doing more than 100,000 tests per day.
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as for the results, the state says there were morm 11,000 new positive cases just yesterday. but that number is inflated by a backlog of cases from the holiday weekend. the seven-day average is 8116 new cases per day. 6448 people have now died of coronavirus in california since the beginning of the pandemic. governor newsom warned faye the number of coronavirus hospitalizations in california is continuing to surge. the deaths in the golden state are lagging. stephanie sierra has more from the governor's news conference today. >> the cause and effect of why people are ending you in the hospitals. >> the governor announced yet another jump in hospitalizations. new data shows a 44% increase over the past two weeks. icu admissions following suit with a 34% jump in two weeks. but death rates are not following the same trend.
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>> deaths lag well behind new cases in positivity. >> does this mean we should expect a spike in three weeks? not necessarily. according to ucsf lead epidemiologist dr. george rutherford. >> we're not really seeing it in many parts of the country. in the united states, the mortality rates are coming down. the case counts are soaring. >> covid cases across the u.s. and in california began resurging around memorial day. five and a half weeks ago, well past the three-week lag period. >> at least one explanation is that people getting it are not as likely to progress to the icus and die is that that's because they're younger and have less underlying disease. >> while young people, carrying less disease, are less vulnerable, it doesn't mean the death rate won't climb back up. >> nonetheless, the clear data from florida that says, as cases go up in 20 to 30-year-olds and 30 to 40-year-olds, they go up in people over 60. so it's not like those
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populations are isolated. >> he pointed out an increase in hospital capacity and improved quality of care and other fact pores could explain why the death rate is lagging and hopefully it stays that way. abc7 news. >> all right. thank you. >> living with coronavirus means constantlily evaluating the risk level of different activities from summer camp to shopping. we put together an interactive game where you can guess the risk and see what medical experts think. >> a lot more to bring you here. up next, the birthday celebration and an upscale restaurant ruined by a racist ran. >> do not talk to our guests like that. get out now! >> you're going to hear from the serve here saw it happen and stepped in to stop it. >> also, behind the bad behavior. we'll talk to someone who has turned the study of bad behavior into a career. i'm spencer christian. a surge of summer sizzle is
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register now at aidswalk.net nypd now to the man who was accused of being racially abusive. the video has been shared all over the world and tonight that server is speaking out. she spoke exclusively tonight with abc news report he melanie woodrow who is live with us tonight. >> gennica cochran's story is a real live example of what would you do? without giving it a thought, she said she did what was right. >> say that again. >> it was those words that caught her attention. the carmel valley lucia waitress said she had been watching michael all night. she had not serve him but saw
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him sent back food all night long. even be rude to the manager. the final straw? >> get out of here! get out! you are not allowed here. do not talk to our guests like that. get out now! >> to hear the emotion coming out of my voice, to see my manneris mannerisms. it was unbelievable. you know, there was just something that came over me and i just, i just, i did what needed to be done. i think i did what anybody else should or would do in that situation. >> reporter: her entire life is about service. she's worked in hospitality for 20 years and has been teaching yoga for ten years. >> i felt very protective of them. you don't come in and say those things to people. especially being so raw coming out of quarantine. most of these people, it is the first time they've come out to dinner. and then someone attacking them.
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no. no. i don't have time for this. >> reporter: she was not even the waitress for the family who was celebrating a birthday. she was just nearby. >> i'm not a mother. but it felt almost maternal. this is my family and i will take care of them and i will do whatever i can to protect these people. to have somebody hate you because of the way that you look. that's beyond me. i don't understand it. it's not something that i will condone ever again. being silent. >> reporter: and she was not. there is a written statement apologizing to the family. >> i think it is the standard issue, an apology that you get from racists. people who believe those things. and they get called out for them. that's the, right in i don't believe a word of it. special lay ceo of a business? in san francisco in no. no. >> reporter: cochran has a message for the family.
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>> i love you. i've got your back always. i will always speak up for you. and please come back. i would love to buy you a drink. and please know that those words are not the values of the people that live here and on the peninsula. >> reporter: she also has a message for you. >> if you see something, do something. stand up against hatred in any form any time you can. >> and one final message. cochran says be kind to your servers. she said it is a really tough job. to that end, people are being very kind to her. there are three separate go fund me pages and that's in addition to money people are sending to her via venmo. all of it totalling well over five figures. she said it will help her do more of what she loves, which is to teach yoga and she's giving a lot of thought to where she can
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don't participate money to other people in need including in the service industry. abc7 nus. thank you. it seems cameras are catching more and more people in questionable behavior. and the people involved know they're being recorded. why is that? >> reporter: it's become an almost daily parade of, well? let's just be kind and refer to they will as extremely bad moments, all caught on camera. >> no one wants black lives matter. that's what i said. >> reporter: have you begun to wonder what's happening? has the stress of a pandemic made it more widespread? >> i think it is that we have cameras everywhere. >> think before you speak. my mom told me that a long time ago. think before you speak. >> reporter: stanley rob has made a franchise of catching people in the act of behaving badly. and the doctor at santa clara university has th psychological credentials to analyze them.
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only now -- the presumption of privacy is long gone. so we had to ask, why do people dig themselves in deeper knowing there are cameras recording every move and every word? >> it is really hard for a lot of people, once they get launched, to dial it back, take a deep breath, and say, hold it here. >> they are trying to defend their position. it just, they dig a deeper hole. >> i'm being threatened by a man. please send a cop! >> reporter: especially on the internet where we see these people pilloried and vilified. when we see these videos, we may feel more virtuous ourselves. >> it is this mob mentality. >> reporter: all from a few recorded moments that will live online forever. do these serve a purpose? especially in fighting racism? >> this is a way to get out
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stuff that we knew was going on but we couldn't prove it. >> reporter: so there you have it. if george or well was still alive, he would say he warned us. welcome to the 21 century with cameras all around. you'd better be ready for your close-up. abc7 news. join us tomorrow as we host an hour-long conversation tomorrow at 4:00. more to bring you, the list of retailers tha california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.
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masking and social distancing practices and littling public events for the next ten days. she also says, quote, i cannot stress this enough. if you test positive, it's on you to stay home and not expose others. again, mayor london breed potentially exposed to covid-19 and now being tested. no doubt she'll let us know the results of the test. let's move on spencer christian is here with the forecast. >> i jumped the gun a little bit. i'm just so eager to enlighten you and warm you up with my forecast. here's a look at what's going. on sunny skies across the bay area. and it's quite breezy. we don't have powerful gusts but up to 25 miles per hour at fairfield right now. most other locations have surface wind speeds between 15 and 20 miles an hour. broevenleke look a some current tperature readings. 60 degrees in san francisco.
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i mountain view. 88 at gilroy. and only 59 at pacifica. here's the view from emeryville looking westward. and you can see barely a hit of any fog near the coast. the temperature readings in other locations. 80 degrees at santa rosa. 94 in fairfield, concord, 89, and 84 in livermore. and across parts of san francisco out to alcatraz. we'll have hot weather in our inland areas in the next seven days. in most areas during that time, and higher concerns. we'll see majorly clear skies. here's the forecast animation. notice a little fog near the coastline. majorly clear skies for commuters and sunny skies from coast to inland throughout the day. overnight conditions, under
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clear skies. low temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s. over the bay and inland. low 50s along the coast and low 50s in the north bay valleys. then sunny skies. mild conditions at the coast. we'll see a high of 68. highs in the low to mid 80s from oakland to fremont. inland east bay highs, 96 at concord. 98, antioch. we'll see 94 at than rosa. 90 at napa. in the south bay, look for hi s highs. it will remain quite warm. friday we'll see more mid to upper 90s inland. it might be slightly cooler friday on the coast and around the bay. and similar pattern will prevail on saturday. on sun, temperatures surge upward again. we'll see highs in the inland areas in the upper 90s and possibly up to or even above 100 degrees at fairfield and an i
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don't know. -- antioch. upper 60s to low 70s at the coast. as you can see, on the seven-day forecast. sunday will be the hottest day inland. generally the warmest day across the cabrera. next week, not much of a cooldown. the temperatures will ease up a bit. we'll see high temperatures in the mid 90s and around the bay. low 80s. it will be a very warm seven days ahead but not much of a cooldown expected for at least a week. >> it looks like it. that 100 is something. >> yeah! coming up, theten atome fro cahen guard. and housing prices during a pandemic. what someone paid for this fixer upper. a billion dollars in stimulus money has been sent to dead people.
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san quenin state prison has the biggest outbreak of coronavirus of any prison in the united states. it is straining hospitals across the bay area. just weeks ago, san quenin reported no cases of covid-19. tonight the i-team digs into how this outbreak started. >> the prison has a total of 1350 active cases among inmates. seven inmates have died. 184 staff have also become sick, although about a dozen have recovered enough to go back to work. the abc7 i-team has the story on how ineffected inmates came from another prison and caught san quentin officials completely off guard.d.d.
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>> dani >> dan noyes joins us with the latest. >> inmates were sent to saab quentin, sparking the massive outbreak. >> reporter: there were no cases of covid-19 as recently as may. but the virus was already raging 400 miles to the south at the california institution for men in chino. i spoke to an inmate who has been there 20 years. he doesn't have coronavirus but has seen many others get sick. >> it spread like wildfire. noble knew it was there. because most of the people who had it had it for a while before they knew they had it. ⌞> reporter: emeven after it was clear coronavirus had arrived in chino, guards and staff didn't take adequate precautions. >> we had officers here come to work sick, knowing they were sick. >> reporter: us about loads left for san quentin. inmates tested negative before the transfer but the inmate says
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they had days of additional exposure to other inmates before boarding the buses for marin county. >> now these guys are going over saying, hey, listen. you got me on this list. i'm not feeling good. i genuinely think i've got covid-19. >> it raced across the population. more than 1,000 inmates. several have died after arriving at local hospitals. many staff now infected. last week the chair of the committee told the state prisons chief, the public has a right to be angry. >> i just feel like it was not taken seriously. >> we can do better. and i know we will do better. i need to express, we've had successes. >> ralph diaz listed the steps they've taken, halted visitation and tours, expedited release for 3,500 inmates to allow for more social distancing, more sanitizer and masks for inmates and guards. >> noble is wearing any masks or anything else. as a matter of fact, they were
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actually threatening with us rules violations if we wore masks. >> reporter: after serving 20 years for a violent crime, the inmate is just months away from a scheduled release. he doesn't think he'll make it. he believes he'll be another coronavirus victim because of several pre-existing conditions. >> i can't think of anything worse. >> reporter: the inmate tells me that cheenl over is already talking about easing restrictions there with the rate of infection slowing. in marin county, the crisis continues. dan noyes. abc7 news. >> thank you. new data has shown what happened to nearly 1.4 billion dollars worth of stimulus checks. it went to dead people. more than a million of they will. so where is the money? michael, we're not talking about a rounding error. this is a lot of money. >> it is a lot of money and it got sent to families. the irs has told families, they
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should return that money. but they haven't said must return the money. and many of the families are asking me, how? >> it's not my fault that my husband died and they're sending me this money that i don't know what to do with. >> reporter: yvonne kennedy of santa rosa received a $2,400 stimulus check. half for her. half for her husband rob. even though he died last year. >> like $2400 check. and i didn't want to return all that and never get my share. so i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: she consulted her bank and her congressman and. they told her to deposit it all. >> did i deposit it. i'm not using his half until late summer, early fall. my trees need trimming. if they haven't contacted me by then, i'm going to go ahead and use it. >> teresa o'conner got a check for her and her late husband, too. she told me by phone how hard
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she's tried to return his share. >> the government made a mess. they sent it to my dead husband. i'm trying to do the right thing so it's up to me with their mistake to correct it. i don't think that's fair. >> she wrote a personal check to the government for $1,200. she sent it certified mail to the irs in fresno. but the post office lost the tracking. no one has kashld her check. now she's worried. >> i'm really afraid. that it has been stolen, misplaced, still waiting somewhere. i cannot afford to write another $1200 check. >> she contacted 7 on your side. it turns out the irs office in fresno has been mostly shut down during the pandemic. her check hopefully is i thisit there. as for yvonne, she's hanging on to it for now. >> i won't useett. if it is mine, i'll get my trees
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trimmed and i won't have to worry about them falling on my house. >> now, it is still be clear if the irs will come looking for that money. the irs taxpayer advocate has recommended going not, pardon me, not going after families. that's just a recommendation. we really don't know what they're going to do. if it were me, i would be ready to give the money back if i was holding one of those payments. >> they are likely to come for it at some appointment. thank you. the coronavirus is pushing brooks brothers into bankruptcy. the 200-year-old venerable privately held company filed for chapter 11 protection today. in addition to the virus, it has struggled as business attire has become more casual in reason years. according to the filing, brooks brothers has received financing to continue operating but plans to close 50 of the 250 stores. it seems that not even the
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pandemic can drive down bay area home prices. after a small dim at the start of the stay-at-home order, prices have continued to decline. especially for single family homes. dion lim tells us about the crazy bidding war. >> reporter: as far as curb appeal goes, this house does not have it. >> it's missing doors and windows, pretty. everything. >> he never expected this result. >> we were asking $400,000. and it ended up going north of $650. >> even with moldy cabinets, it sold for more than $250,000 over asking price. if you thought home prices were dropping because of the pandemic, this was a kick in the gut. >> it does be affect home prices. we have a lot less inventory than last year. interest rates are quite a bit lower which is really moving the
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market. there were no signs of slowing down. >> they found that home prices in several bay area counties actually jumped in may. they saw a 7% increase. prices in santa clara county climbed 6%. single family homes like this one in san francisco are especially desirable. >> people want more outdoor space. i think some of the studio condos are having a heard time. jabis lee has been selling hole for 15 years. she represented one of the potential buyers. >> my client put in an offer, all cash, no contingencies. we found out there were 54 offers. >> he was shocked, too. he even posed with a stack of all the offers. he said the lack of supply is feeding the frenzy. >> i think they have such a scarcity of finding properties
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that they pretty much will pay whatever they need to get their hands on a property to get the people working. >> he thinks they will probably build a two-story home and sell it for more than $900,000. abc7 news. the curtain opens on a new chapter. how they were able ♪ oh, oh, (announcer)®! ♪ once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily
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>> in the hard of san jose, this bill is at stage may be dark but theatergoers home it's not for long. >> i call it social. it is experiential. >> the director of the hammer theater down has been closed since the start of the coronavirus. >> they have an interest in theater, music, opera, all sorts of different gwen res. >> and they truly do appreciate being able to gather together. >> the hammer executives launched a campaign to help reinvent self in a post covid world. the goal is to invest in a high definition multicamera set-up. current employees will also be trained to operate the new equipment. >> having the opportunity to step on that stage. it would honestly just take my breath away. >> the reason graduate performed in four productions at the
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hammer throughout her undergraduate career. >> with other actors and other students studying theater, and i felt very blessed and i was very grateful for the opportunity. >> formerly the home of the theater, the hammer hosts nearly 200 events every year and supports dozens of arts organizations throughout silicon valley by providing them with space to call their own. them prior to covid-19, the art sector accounted for more than 190 million in economic impact on an annual basis. >> we know that the arts are a source of inspiration for people. the arts speak to that and what it mean to be human today. >> the city which owns the central recently agreed to a new contract that allows sjsu to operate it for up to 35 years which can help for years to come. abc7 news. coming up next, a big blow to stanford's athletic
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hundreds of student athletes and coaches are now in limbo after stanford cut men's volleyball, wrestling, fencing field hockey, and synchronized swimming. chris reyes with reaction from the college sports community. >> a program of stanford's caliber to cut one-third of their programs in one day, that's stunning. that hand happened anywhere else in the country. >> 11 varsity programs in total on the chopping block at the end of the academic year including wrestling. >> it's heart breaking for me. i know that i need to be able to finish my career. that wrestling was something that brought me some rt sow of soleas. >> he just graduated from stanford and worries for his friends who are still students
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there. stanford's head wrestling coach tweeted this. nothing like a little adversity and a good challenge. first we will listen to understand why. then we will strategize and prepare for the battle. a change.org petition is already in the works to help save the program. ? i think it is possible. >> reporter: in 2019, stanford's endowment it was $28 billion. but the statement outlined financial hardship in supporting one of the largest athletics departments in the country. the university projects a $70 million shortfall over the next few years. a number that was already growing before covid-19. and now made worse by the pandemic. >> i think the whole reason why you have an endowment is so you es forstes and things that are important for the community. >> reporter: stanford says teams will be able to complete the upcoming season if covid allows it. student athlete scholarships
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will be available for those who remain. however, 20 support staff will be losing there are jobs. abc7 news. >> let's switch gears. let's get to spencer christian. >> we had a warm day today and a hot one is coming our way, at least in the inland areas. here's a look at the temperatures. upper 60s to low 70s. mid 80s in some bayside locations. up ander 90s in the warmest inland spots. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. not much change going into the weekend until sunday where we get some summer sizzle with the hottest locations up near 100 degrees. it looks like we won't get a significant break in the warmth for at least seven days. dan and ama? >> we're in for it for a bit. >> let's talk a little football. >> hey, it's really hard to keep super bowl contenders together. because guys want to get paid.
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i prefer you didn't! xiidra. not today, dry eye. while the frymaners figure out how much they can pay george kittle, another contract issue to deal with now. the agent for running back raheem mostert made the pay him or trade him demand. i want you to listen to what he told us with our with authority podcast in april. >> we don't look at each other and say, me, me, me, i, i, i. we all want to succeed and i want to see everybody else succeed. >> well, succeed more financially now. report edding playoffs against factors, helping they will get
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to the super bowl. he has two years left on his deal. around $3 million a deal. for comparison, kevin coleman makes $4.5 million a year. jaric mckinnon was jet to play a single down for the frymaners. made $7 million aier. we'll see if the niners sweeten the pot before training camp. let's get back to kittle for a second. he did a round of interviews today. he was primarily promoting gatorade. but moving off that subject, he's same thing as everybody else. can you actually have a football season with the coronavirus out there in. >> it's hard to play football while social distancing. you have to get into a huddle. i still have to block. so it's hard to social distance when you're in a line of scrimmage. that's the one thing i'm most interested in seeing how it plays out.
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>> the former niners coach jim harbaugh said mostly the right things today about playing football in the fall. follow the 'l that. and then he completely undermined it by saying, sports isn't going to make anything worse. >> no expert view that i'm aware of, sports is going to make that worse. it's part of our society. we're going to have to deal with it. >> paging dr. fauci. paging dr. fauci. to counter him, remember when the ivy league cancelled the ng dovye totally canceled most all fall sports today. there's a chance they could move football season to the spring. at least that's what the coaches are hoping for. baseball news, the giants have
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almost all the covid-19 test results back. able to resume summer camp workouts today at oracle. the man you see there, brandon belt, out for five to seven days. he's got a sore heel. gabe kapler is hoping he'll be ready for the season opener. time for call my play. you send me your video and i call the action. we have a first tonight. we have the first appearance by a rabbit. this 2-year-old is so quick, she makes bugs bunny look slow. kids, google bugs bunny if you're not sure about that. she darts around back and forth. mabel just getting cardio in. then in a flash, snow ball left the building. hey, snow ball, we just called your play. >> no in the? our videos. believe sure to use the #abc7
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call my play. >> i have to admit, when i first saw the video, i was not sure if snow ball was a ran or what it was. is there something on the other side of this cage? excellent quickness from snow ball. >> good quicks. >> good quicks indeed. >> join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. i'm kate larson in berkeley. the greek system is at the central of a new covid outbreak. coming up, you'll hear from fraternal members who knew about the parties that led to this outbreak. the teachers protesting school reopenings. what they 58 the biggest issues. coming up, the goldbergs, then black-ish, then the conners, american housewife at nape:30 and then marvel's agents of shield. stay with us for abc7 news at
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