reports say hackers are uploading fake maps, showing the virus' hot next at 5:00, could we see a covid vaccine by 2021? dr. anthony fauci now saying he is cautiously optimistic. that word coming in just a short time ago. also, the governor's expected announcement about schools. parents in marin rally to make sure their voices are heard about keeping kids safe. police reform is gng newt step. oakland's police chief is on the defense this evening. what she's telling critics who say she's playing with the politics of fear. plus, the cobbler and his community. neighbors reach out to save a man who may be the heart and "sole" of mill valley. and we begin with a time line on a safe and effective

covid vaccine. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. dr. anthony fauci told mark zuckerberg during a facebook live that a abc ns leit stepe, cerencouraging, dan. cautiously optimistic was the first thing dr. fauci said after being asked about a reliable vaccine. he pointed out there's one of many promising vaccines that could enter a phase three clinical trial by the end of this month. it's the question on everyone's mind, when will the world see a safe and effective covid vaccine? dr. anthony fauci had a promising answer to mark zuckerberg during a facebook live today. >> i'm cautiously optimistic about this, mark, because of what we've seen. given the technologies we have and the different platforms we moved from literally the day that that sequence was put on a

public database. >> reporter: that sequence transformed within 61 days to a promising phase one trial. so where are we right now? >> there are multiple candidates, not only one. i may talk as the proto time of one but more than one will be going into advanced trials. >> reporter: one of the most promising options was posted just days ago in the "new england journal of medicine." it's described as having the real bullets or neutralizing antibodies in this case to stop the virus. >> that is the cold standard of protection is neutralizing antibodies. it induced it at levels, at a moderate dose of the vaccine that were as high or higher than you see with convalescent plasma after natural infection. >> reporter: this means the closer the vaccine response is to natural infection. >> the vaccine would likely be successful, even though the proof of the pudding is always

you have to do the big efficacy trial. >> reporter: while there will be many top contenders, this vaccine is entering a phase three trial testing 30,000 people. there's potential a reliable vaccine could be a reality in a mere six months. dr. fauci says we should have an idea by mid to late fall or early winter how many vaccine candidates are safe and effective to use. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. abc 7 news has learned governor newsom will order all schools in california to remain closed if their counties are on the covid-19 watch list. a decision that would affect every county except san francisco and san mateo. governor newsom's decision takes the burden off districts trying to decide whether to reopen. livermore valley joint unified is one of the few districts that remains undecided. right now it's preparing for hybrid learning, even though the

county, alameda, is on the watch list. >> challenge our community to get those numbers down. just wear your masks, socially distance. do all of those things because we got it down once. >> hanging over the governor's head is president trump's threat to cut federal funding to states that don't fully reopen schools. this comes as marin county teachers and parents rallied. amy hollyfield explains they want the board to do distance learning instead of bringing kids and teachers back on campus. >> reporter: that's the sound of concerned parents in marin county protesting in front of the county superintendent's office asking for kids to stay home for now and not return to the classroom. this protest may not be necessary. it was announced last night they agree it's too soon to send kids back. >> our public health officer

said given the information about the testing in our county as well as the current surge that he is not comfortable having our children return to the classroom in august. >> i feel that we still need to put pressure or at least express to other districts who have not yet come out to make the statement. >> reporter: she says asking teachers to keep kids safe from the virus is asking too much of them. >> issues with teachers having a difficult time getting to put their cell phone down, take their hoodie off, look up and pay attention. and now the teachers are tasked with wearing a mask properly and for social distancing. i feel there's a lot put on teachers. >> reporter: some think returning can be done safely and it is vital to kids' development. >> there are kids who need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. we believe it can safely be

done. >> reporter: the state could be the final say and would mandate what the next step is. in san rafael, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. oakland will pay $32 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of 32 of the 36 people killed in the 2016 ghostship fire. $9 million to sam maxwell who has severe lifelong injuries. the rest goes to the families of those who died. the city says it continues to assert, as the agreement provides, it is not liable for the deaths. derick almena is set to be retried on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, a mistrial was declared last year. a fire was caused by electrical transmission lines owned by pg&e. the power lines have long been suspected as the cause of the kincade fire that started in strong winds and dry vegetation last october. time lapse video shows how

quickly the fire exploded near the fire's origin in geyserville. fire burned 374 structures. cal fire sent its investigative report to the sonoma county district attorney's office. during that fire hundreds of cell towers lost power making it impossible to use phones for emergencies. today the california public utilities commission voted to require wireless providers have 72 hours of backup power. they are also asking them to do a better job of working with emergency responders. last fire season more than a million people lost service during pg&e blackouts. administrators say they plan to re-evaluate the role of policing on campus in their efforts to address systemic racism after 1,300 students and staff signed a petition to defund the police department. chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: a call from students and staff to partially

defund the campus police department is opening the door for dialogue. the president now plans to create a task force that will meet this fall to re-evaluate the role of policing on campus. >> their response is the first of what i think will be many steps that should unfold over many years. >> reporter: nikki oboa helped write the petition urging the university to redirect some funding from police to initiatives that support black students and staff. the demands include disarming campus police. >> you can imagine how long these issues have been on campus. so to think that a three-month task force will address the issue, i feel like misses the mark a bit. >> reporter: in a statement papazian says the task force will select an external reviewer to support and guide the work and offer recommendations for reform such as new models of safety and policing, new training protocols, policy

revisions or redistribution of resources. sjsu professor lipton says while it appears to be a step in the right direction, more must be done to support the work of students and faculty of color. >> my student say they are sometimes stopped as they run because they are seen as suspects rather than students. >> reporter: according to university data more than 80% of sjsu students are people of color yet more than half of faculty are white. papazian plans to add two new roles within her office to focus on anti-racism and diversity education. some students are skeptical of the announcement but hope the university will take their concerns seriously. >> people don't have trust the university is going to perform in the way they say they do. and they're nervous about what will happen with these new measures if the university is serious. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news.

oakland's top cop, meantime, is responding to criticism that her department's release of rising violent crime statistics was racially motivated. as laura anthony explains those numbers come as the city council is discovering deep cuts to the opd budget as a larger push to defund police. we are not trying to cause any alarm. >> reporter: with city leaders debating ways to cut the budget by nearly half, susan manheimer defended the release of statistics that show a recent surge in violent crime. >> i think it's interesting that in oakland in the bay area it's a political statement. we are extremely overburdened in terms of violence and gun crime and it is not meant to cause alarm or panic. it is to let them know the trends. >> reporter: opd reported seven murders in one nine-day period.

since july 2nd there have been none. still, the department says assaults with firearms are up 34% this year. >> any city is overwhelmed with crime during a pandemic. you have despair and unemployment and hunger. the problem is using data to inform rather than to get a reaction. >> reporter: the observing city council has already cut $14 million from the opd budget. next week will consider much deeper cuts up to $150 million. >> if we are giving you half of our general fund and you are still overwhelmed by violent crime we need to try something else and what we're doing is not working. >> i think we're moving from the national narrative of defunding police to that hyper local focus of what is reimagining police. >> reporter: manheimer seas ee is struggling to answer the 2,000 calls for service that

come in every day. in observing, lakland, laura an. no one will be charged with a crime following the arrest of a black man dancing on an alameda street. 44-year-old molly watkins arrested in may by police after a woman reported she was concerned for his mental well-being n. a video released to the abc 7 news i team you can see two officers handcuffed him. the district attorney o'malley says he should be allowed to go free. o'malley says neither the officers nor the woman who reported watkins will face charges either. richmond police announced their new chief sewed. french was appointed interim chief last fall and now the title is official. the first female chief. she has spent her entire career in richmond since being hired in 1998. a lot more to come here, the barber who refuses to shut down his business tund the latest closures. financial support is now pouring in and he's paying it forward. that story is next.

>> reporter: i'm wayne freedman with the story of a toddler who has made a lifetime of making shoes for the community and after the pandemic that community has saved him.

now to a tale of two businesses trying to get by during the closures caused by the pandemic. we begin with a barbershop in vacaville refusing to shut down. reporter ryan hill has the story. ♪ i don't know who you are >> reporter: the barbershop isn't letting the state trim back on their hours. >> why decide to close down yet again. the closure hurt our economy. >> reporter: this isn't new territory for primo's, the shop determined to stay open, defied the previous order to shut down. >> i'm not putting my barbers % who are sole providers for their families in a category that we're not essential or able to

provide for our families. >> reporter: the owner tells me he received about $12,000 in donations to pay for potential fines for staying open during the first closure. when they reopened instead of putting the money to his own business, he's donate to ugnatih sports. >> he reached out to my daughter and wanted to give us half of it. i was shocked. that's the biggest donation from a single donor ever. we pumped that money right back out to the youth. >> reporter: in honor of james capu, an avid girl's basketball coach. it was spread to noah coughlin who raises awareness for rare diseases. >> it was a testament to the goodwill of vacaville in general. >> reporter: the barbershop says it's an awesome feeling helping out his community and just wanted to help the community that's helping him. >> i couldn't be prouder to give away the money people gave to me

and i will continue to. should we get shut down, i will have to figure out a way and i will. a pandemic story that has a happy ending about a man who plays an important role in his community. as wayne freedman explains, mill valley has given back. >> reporter: a very simple sign but a complicated story beginning with the name outside. >> tony is the person who started the business in 1950. >> reporter: so to this dehe still answers to it. he specializes in saving comfortable shoes and based on the thousands of them in this crowded place he is clearly never out of work. which only begins to explain his appeal. >> he is the most humble, loving, caring man and no matter what kind of problem you have, he can fix it. >> reporter: in a world where we throw so much away this is the alternate reality. >> beautiful prada shoe that came apart.

>> reporter: the tools speak of their experiences with just a glance. but his most important ones may actually be his ears. >> people come in to tell me bad news, good news, sad news. there's all kinds of people that come in. you listen to them. >> reporter: like a lot of other businesses in this pandemic he had to close for two and a half months. no more purses to save, no more shoes, no more belts. no income. >> and the last thing we wanted to do was see him not survive the pandemic. >> reporter: so ann asked him if she could raise some money for him. >> i just asked for $3,000 so i can just stand on my feet but she said let's go with $5,000. i said okay. >> reporter: as of this morning the go fund me page climbed well past $36,000 and counting. >> whatever you can do to help preserve your community in a time like this is worth doing.

>> what can you say that will justify this? there's no words to describe this. >> reporter: a lot of small business people have suffered through the pandemic, but how often does a community embrace a man like this? do you see the comparison between the shoes and you? >> yes. because i'll make it comfortable for them. >> reporter: even in the toughest of times. >> great story. more to come here. we are calling this smoky sunshine. you can see why. hazy skies from a fire in the central part of the state. abc

hi there, everyone. let's take a look at a live picture from our santa cruz camera. it is a lovely day. we have our typical fog and low clouds mixing in with the sunshine right now. a couple people out there enjoying the sun and some fog. a nice delta breeze.

26 in oakland. that wind has helped to mix out the atmosphere a bit. although we are seeing areas of smoke and haze, it is not as bad as yesterday. air quality advisory continues, though, through tomorrow. moderate for the coast and central bay. it's the mineral fire in fresno county and the coyote fire in san benito that we are keeping tabs on. live doppler 7 and you'll notice the typical fog near the coastline. monsoon moisture flowing in and rapidly development. thunderstorms dropping hail in the area as well. this is the possibility again for the next three days as we're in that time of year and pattern. exploratorium camera, 61 degrees in the city. 69 in oakland. most areas were in the 60s to 80s range. 75 in san jose. and from our east bay hills a few buildups over mt. diablo.

bright skies over the shark tank in san jose, fog and low clouds overnight tonight. hazy for some areas tomorrow due to the smoke and hot inland for the upcoming weekend. not expecting any extremes. tomorrow morning we start off the day with the fog like we would 5:00 to 8:00 a.m. by noontime notice the fog is peeling back to the coast and it sits around there into the afternoon hours. that will keep your temperatures in check. fog first thing in the morning, mostly 50s. in the south bay you're looking at a temperature of 86 in gilroy. hazy skies in the south bay. 85, san jose. on the peninsula, 78 in palo alto. 64 degrees in half moon bay, downtown san francisco, 66 degrees. 62 in daly city. the north bay. up into the low 80s in san rafael with sunshine in santa rosa, calistoga. east bay, 73 in oakland.

head inland and this is where the warmth will be found. 90 in livermore. 88 in concord. your forecast, it's a 30-degree spread from coast to inland. welcome to the microclimates. summer heat for saturday. mid-90s. cooling next week and midweek we're talking about the possibility of morning drizzle. dan and ama? >> thank you, sandhya. as we continue, peacocks are known for their colorful displays but not this one. why some say this new neighbor in oakland is for

coming up at 6:00, bay area roads are slowly getting more crowded. you've probably noticed. we examine the future of local traffic and whether it will return to its prepandemic ways. plus -- allow the beauty professionals to get creative on the best ways that they can perform their services. >> outdoor dining is allowed so why not outdoor haircuts? there is an effort to make that happen. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. neighborhood disputes are

nothing new but they usually don't center around peacocks. in a north oakland neighborhood a spectacular male has taken up residen residence. everything was fine until mating season came in the spring. that's when things got annoying. >> he would start at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, go at 15-minute intervals for three, four hours at a time waking us up and firing up in the evening and go until 1:00, 11:00 at night. >> we love the bird, it's beautiful. fortunately the sound doesn't bother us. the sound has gone down a lot. >> as much as she loves the bird she thinks it's probably best for the sake of the neighborhood peace it be relocated to a sanctuary. the peacock is staying silent. probably a good idea.

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stay well and keep it golden. tonight, the breaking news as we come on the air -- florida and texas marking their deadliest days yet in the coronavirus. hospital icus at or near capacity. the tearful nurse tonight who held her patient's hand until the end. and 72 nfl players testing positive for covid. deaths climbing in 27 states. in florida that grim new record, 156 lives lost in 24 hours. more than 50 hospitals there without any icu beds available. record deaths in texas, too, tonight where refrigerated trucks have now been brought in. in houston tonight, the army setting up a new covid ward. the mother of triplets who thought she beat covid. her husband says her kidneys and liver never recovered. he says she died after failing to receive a transplant, saying there were no open beds. tonight the debate over