forecast. i'll have a closer look coming up. abc7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. >> tonight, two of the largest school districts in the bay area agree. it will be distance learning this fall. san jose unified and san ramon valley unified announced their decisions ahead of official state guidance tomorrow. >> the pandemic has forced school leaders to make some very difficult decision, and their plans for the school year are a big focus of our efforts to build a better bay area. abc7 news reporter lauren martinez is in the newsroom with the details tonight. lauren? >> dan, san ramon and san jose made decisions late tonight to not to return to school in person. these announcements come the night before governor gavin newsom is expected to release clear guidelines on reopening schools in california. >> it's more uncertain today than it was two days ago. >> reporter: the san ramon valley unified district is

reversing plans when it comes to staff and students returning in the fall. >> i believe the san ramon valley unified school district should we open on august 11th as scheduled with full remote distance learning. >> reporter: and late tonight, san jose, one of the area, made the call to go virtual until october 2nd. %-p. the district says, quote, this outcome comes with major disappointment. we believe that in-person instruction, even in a limited capacity, is the best way to serve our students. it went on to say we are grieved by the emotional toll on our students from being unable to see their classmates and teachers face-to-face. >> the goal here is to have one common platform that all students can interact with. >> these announcements come the night before governor newsom is expected to make a call on whether distance learning will be recommended or required. >> i'll let the governor describe that tomorrow. i have some insight and some understanding what that will look like.

but it's going to be nearly impossible for schools in counties like contra costa to open in person. >> reporter: the comments were echoed by board members. >> the governor is going to say and do and declare what he is going to do tomorrow. the state superintendent has made his opinions clear. the wave is very -- well, you can see it. schools are going remote in the state of california. >> governor newsom will be olding a press conference regarding reopening schools friday afternoon at noon. reporting in the newsroom, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> and we'll carry that live, lauren. thank you. two other school districts had votes on resuming classes tonight. dublin unified is planning to start the school year entirely virtually. the school board approved this tentative deal with the teachers union. the napa valley is proposing starting with online classes. the school board was voting on the plan on a late night meeting. we will update you here on abc7 news just as soon as we hear the results.

in the south bay, accessorizes of packed parties at a san jose club during the pandemic. the events were promoted on social media, and any comments about health concerns were met with hostility. here is amanda del castillo. >> reporter: a patio party on the 3rd. another on the 11th, and a summer day party on the 12th. these event flyers were posted publicly to social media, directing guests to a kitchen bar in downtown san jose. currently outdoor dining is allowed but long-time patrons showed growing concerns this post deleted. showing crowds. >> these people were shots, shots out of the same bottle, and i was like okay, and there was hugging. >> reporter: ruby castillo is a long-time customer who decided to post about her concerns. she wrote in part, i love you guys our remarks but in times like y'all got to be more careful. we reached out the aura sj and its management repeatedly,

looking for answers, hoping to learn when the video was recorded and the now deleted responses. a man named armando who identifies himself as the operations director replied to castillo saying expletive off. another be smart, y'all, this ain't it. to which they responded who the expletive is you? anyone who posted worry, with aggressi aggression. >> he told me if you don't like it, don't come back. >> cast see the you shared the private message. armando writing i say let us drink and go find a way to go expletive yourself. posting publicly, he says stay home then. we reached out to the city of san jose to see whether they received reports about the business. we'll share that update when we hear back. in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. nationwide, the number of coronavirus cases has passed 3.5 million now, and more than

138,000 people have died. according to the latest numbers from johns hopkins university, abc news reporter zohreen shah has the growing debate over mask. >> reporter: on thursday the epicenter here in the u.s. shattering its record for lives lost. 156 deaths in florida in the last day. miami hospitals 95% full. their mayor warning things could get worse. >> if something is not done to dramatically alter our course, we could be in a more dire situation than what we're in. >> reporter: in texas, that dire situation taking the life of a 47-year-old mother of triplets. anise long beat the coronavirus four months ago, but it left her with a damaged liver and kidneys. her husband says the hospital did not have space for her to get a potentially life-saving transplant. >> that was the hardest thing. is that she -- she gave it her all. >> reporter: as americans

continued fighting for their lives, utah protesters thursday battling over masks. >> i think it's totally wrong. i think it's a political hoax, and i am against the masks. >> since when do we have a constitutional right to put other people's lives in danger? we can't smoke in public places. >> reporter: georgia's governor signing an executive order banning cities from passing mask mandates. >> we shouldn't need a mask mandate for people to do the right thing. >> reporter: the president wednesday in georgia throwing his support behind the state, despite climbing cases, hospitalizations, and deaths with this incorrect statement. >> because, you know, you've kept it down and you've reopened. and you're getting close to having 100% open. and you've really kept the virus level down which is an incredible tribute. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci telling facebook's mark zuckerberg the country overall is not going down the right path. >> there really is no reason why we're having 40, 50, 60,000 other than the fact that we're

not doing something correctly. >> reporter: here in los angeles, the county breaking a record here too. nearly 4600 new coronavirus cases in the last day, an additional 59 deaths. zohreen shah, abc7 news, los angeles. marc benioff is joining other leaders in telling americans we should all be wearing mask. but he is taking it a step further. >> at some point the government has to step in and say yes, you have to wear a mask. and if you're not wearing a mask, you're going get fined. just like if you don't wear a seat belt, you get a fine. there is no difference. >> benioff is putting his money where his mask. he and cnbc host jim cramer are joining forces to sponsor a competition to develop the next generation of surgical-grade consumer face masks. it's being organized by the x prize foundation. the winner gets a million dollars. >> there is incentive. santa clara county wineries are back in business with some big changes, of course. they are allowed now to do

outdoor tastings without having to serve food, but there are new rules visitors have to follow. reservations are required, and parties are limited to six people. winery owners say they want to keep both employees and the public safe. >> you to have your mask on from the time you enter any of the properties and premises, and keep your mask on all the way to the table. when you're at the table, you can take your mask off. >> spit buckets are no longer allowed. you can expect most santa clara wineries to reopen by the end of the month. now to keep track of what's now opened or still closed and where, check out this interactive map on abc7news.com. you can go county by county to see which businesses where you live are open. developing news. a wildfire is burning north of vacaville tonight. it started about two hours ago and has already burned an estimated 20 to 30 acres. it's located at pleasance valley road near quail canyon road. another fire burned in this same area last month. also developing, fire crews

have stopped the forward progress of the hollow fire. it's burned just over 250 acres and is 60% contained. helicopters and two large air tankers were called in to help with the fight. new details tonight about that massive twitter attack. for a small portion of those accounts, the attackers were able to send out tweets. yesterday's security beach argued the verified accounts belonging to politician, celebrities and billionaires in a virtual heist to get people to turn over their money. student athletes are back training at many schools. here at uc berkeley, eight of them have tested positive for covid-19. my story next. i'm wayne freedman in mill valley with the story of a saesor community,ade a and how after the pandemic, that community has saved him. coming up. and from being out on the beach to hail. see the wild weather in the sierra.

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new developments. cal fire confirms tonight that pg&e electrical transmission lines are to blame for the massive kincade fire in sonoma county. it started near geyserville last october during a strong wind event, as you may remember. this time lapse video was recorded near the fire's origin. 374 structures were lost in that fire. a pg&e spokesperson says he has not seen the report or the evidence but is looking forward to reviewing both. also new developments in oakland. the city will pay $32.7 million to settle a lawsuit filed on and a half of the 32 of the 36

people killed in the 2016 ghost ship fire. most of it goes to the families. around $9 million will go to an injured survivor. the city says it continues to assert that it's not liable for the deaths. ghost ship master derrick almena is set to be retried on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. bay area college sports are quickly becoming the latest victims of the pandemic. uc berkeley confirms that eight student athletes involved in voluntary workouts have tested positive for covid-19. abc7 news reporter jr stone is in berkeley. >> reporter: all is quiet outside california memorial stadium at uc berkeley, and it may be this way for some time. there are still major questions, and many wondering if we'll see a college football season. >> the numbers have spiked quickly because there is no social distance. we talk about college football. how do you play football without contact? i've never seen it played like that. >> reporter: former oakland athletic bip roberts says he

wouldn't be surprised if the stands stayed empty because of the pandemic. at uc berkeley, 125 student athletes have come back for voluntary workouts. eight of those individuals have tested positive for covid-19. and while it's unclear what sports they were involved in, even alumni are questioning the safety of any sport season. >> the numbers are still up. so i think it would be a bad idea to sacrifice the safety of the athletes. >> you have to make sure these athletes are safe, the people that possibly could attend are going to be safe. >> reporter: a berkeley public health order allows small groups of 12 to weight train outdoors. you can see the weights on the football field. while seeing that may give you hope, roberts says there is a difference between a sport like football and others. >> there is no social distancing. you've got to have the virus spread around the team. and there is really nothing you can do about it, except not play. >> now i talked with a sports

executive who said out of all the starts starting back up, he believes college sports is the most challenging because you're dealing with student athlete, not professionals. in berkeley, jr stone, abc7 news. even with precaution, any activity really represents some level of risk of contracting coronavirus. put your skills to the test with our coronavirus risk quiz, like hitting the gym. guess the risk level and see what the experts have to say about that. you'll find it on our website, abc7news.com. new developments. a man is facing charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a black lives matter mural in martinez. only abc7's crew was there on july 5th and caught the arrest. the contra costa district attorney's office announced the charges against the man, joseph osuna today. along with two charges related to pointing the gun, osuna is also facing a charge because investigators say the gun wasn't registered to him. also in the east bay,

oakland mayor libby schaaf held an online town hall on the subject of policing. he is addressed calls to defund police and agrees with city council members who are calling for a task force to analyze the impact first. >> because to do this in a moment of passion without analysis and without being transparent to the public about what the actual impacts of these budget decisions will be is irresponsible. >> mayor schaaf says some people argue that oakland has already defunded its police force because it's too small. she says people are afraid of further cuts. meanwhile, richmond police announced their new chief today. bisa french was appointed last fall and now that title is official. french is the department's first female chief. she has spent her entire career in richmond since first being hired back in 1998. more than a dozen new streets are being added to san francisco's slow streets program. take a look at this map. the 14 new additions nearly

double the number of streets in the network to 30. slow streets were first introduced in april because of the pandemic. the idea is to create space for le a function andxeanke sce. in his community who also plays an important role who gives. and as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman found out, mill valley has given back. >> reporter: a very simple sign, but complicated story beginning with the name outside. >> tony is the person who started this business in 1950. >> reporter: so too this day, misak still answers to it. he specializes in saving comfortable shoes. and based on the thousands of them in this crowded space, he is never out of work. >> my favorite shoes. >> which only begin to explain his appeal h. >> he is the most ng lovgma and no matterha problem you have, he can fix it. >> reporter: in a world where we throw so much away, this is the

alternate. >> beautiful shoes that came apart. >> reporter: the tools speak of their experiences with 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 is all kinds of people that come in. and you listen to them. >> like a lot of other businesses in this pandemic, misak 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 is to see him not survive the pandemic. >> so anne ledre asked him if she could try to raise some money for him. >> i just asked for $3,000 to try to stand on my et she said let's go with 5,000. >> as of this morning it's 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 is no words to describe this. >> 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. >> even in the toughest of times, from mill valley, wayne freedman, abc7 news. check this out. the weather has changed dramatically over the past week in the sierra. this was south lake tahoe last weekend. warm and clear enough for people to be out on the beaches. and then today it hailed. an abc7 news viewer shot this video of the sizable hail coming down today. thunderstorms were predicted through the evening across the sierra, lake tahoe basin, and western nevada. what month is it, dan? >> i know, right? mid-july. sandhya, why are we getting

hail? what's going on? >> hey, monsoon moisture. it's that time of year, dan and ama, when that moisture rides up against the mountains, and we do get the thunderstorms that do drop hail. the good thing is at least we had rain with the thunderstorms. that helps with fire danger. and speaking of fire, i do want to show you a smoky sunset from tonight. this is our san jose camera. 8:30 this evening when the sun was going down, you can see some smoke layers. very thin layers in the upper parts of the atmosphere. those are coming from the mineral fire in fresno county and the coyote fire in san benito county. as you can see on satellite picture. most of that smoke will continue to drift in our direction. i should say most of it will be concentrated there. some of it will be drifting in our direction tomorrow. here is a look at that forecast. so tomorrow morning, you will notice the concentration of the smoke near the fresno county fire. it is thick there. that's where they have the air quality alert. for us, we will continue to see some thin layers of smoke, which is why an air quality advisory remains up through tomorrow, due to that smoke.

moderate air quality for coast and central bay and santa clara valley the next two days. look at the green on sunday. good air quality for all areas. hopefully some of the smoke will disperse. live doppler 7 showing fog tonight. more of it tomorrow morning around the by as well. 50s and 60s on those temperatures for most of you, and from our emeryville camera, looking at that fog layer tonight as we look back towards san francisco. fog and low clouds overnight tonight. hazy areas due to the smoke tomorrow, and it is going to get hot inland for the upcoming weekend. your fog in the morning will remain reduced visibility between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the morning from the 50s to the 60s. it is going to be a cool night, which means great sleeping weather. you can already feel the delta breeze, up to 35 miles per hour tonight. tomorrow afternoon, it will be warm inland, but low 90s at best. a 73 oakland. 75 in san mateo.

accuweather seven-day forecast looks like this. hazy areas tomorrow. low 60s to low 90s. a bump up in the temperatures. and saturday when it is going to get hot inland. but really, temperatures fluctuating very little sunday, monday. and then it gets cool were some morning drizzle showing up wednesday, possibly even into thursday. right now i want to turn your attention to something very important. our one-hour food drive special, give where you live food drive airs this saturday at 7:00 p.m. this hour-long program goes behind the scenes of food banks to discover how they are meeting the growing demands of feeding families and children. learn how to make -- learn how to make a difference by tuning in to abc7 news this saturday at 7:00 p.m. dan and ama? >> yeah we hope everybody tunes in. thanks, sandhya. we hope they tune in to this as well. aids walk san francisco is just three days away. the virtual walk kicks off this sunday july 19th at 10:00 a.m. aids walk live at home is a star

stud event. proceeds benefit prc and 20 other bay area hiv/aids service organizations. now there is still time to register and raise money. visit aids walk.net. abc7 is a proud long-time sponsor of the san francisco aids walk. and tomorrow on good morning america, ellie

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a really exciting update to a story abc7 fist told you about last week. and i, a 6-year-old east bay girl selling homemade bracelets has raised more than $200,000 for the oakland zoo. the zoo was facing permanent closure because of the pandemic, but has gotten permission to reopen to the public july 29th. >> that is awesome. actor chris evans had a special message for a boy seriously hurt saving his little cyster from a dog attack. >> you're a hero. what you did was so brave, so selfless. >> on the left, you can see 6-year-old bridger walker, anis sending bridger, essage. who lives in wyoming, an authentic captain america shield. stars including anne hathaway and hugh jackman have als

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good evening. opening day exactly one week away, and the giants may start the season in l.a. without their corner infielders. yes. first baseman brandon belt has been hobbled by a sore heel, hitting and fielding but not running the bases yet. he is iffy for opening day. and evan longoria mildblue

strain. lo he is officially day to day. here is gabe kapler. >> evan has a mild right side oblique strain. and we are -- we're just kind of taking it slow with him the last couple of days. and, yeah. that's where we are with it. >> the a's will be piping in crowd noise and music to the coliseum to make up for the lack of fans in the stands. don't want it too quiet. and now the debait is what music to play, with maybe club collie. >> maybe not music with words, just kind of some instrumentals. maybe something like the three tenors or something like that. i'm guessing probably won't go over. but i wouldn't mind hearing that. >> a little opera, maybe a little acdc? tiger woods is back. first pga event since the pandemic, playing the memorial in ohio that is jack's tournament. tiger said he felt rusty.

but looking good here. 3rd hole, the backspin for a tap-in birdie. bryson dechambeau, he is on the steak, potatoes and protein diet. the result is ridiculous power. 10th hole, a 423-yard drive leading to a birdie. dechambeau muscled up for two 423 dreyfus. that's ridiculous, over 400 yards. back to tiger, 15th hole. the approach shot looks good because it is good. setting up another birdie. woods tied for 19th at 1 under 71. five strokes behind the leader, tony 15 gnaw. time for abc7 call my play. yes kicking it. >> how do you keep your soccer skills sharp during a pandemic? esteban is from pittsburg. hey, if you can find a wall, you can practice. behind the back with ease. out on the field, the three-cone

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thanks for joining us tonight. tonight. i'm ama - today on "tamron hall," melinda gates on her commitment

to finding a coronavirus vaccine, and what she says parents with school-age children should be prepared for post-pandemic. plus, the tragic rise of domestic violence in quarantine. the warning signs and what to do if you or someone you love needs help, right now on "tamron hall." [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ - hello, welcome to "tamron hall" from my home. as you well know, several states have now decided to slowly reopen. some a little faster than others, but it has set off an incredible debate over where we stand as a country. caiecemeal jor lingering question.there when will we see a vaccine?

you have some leaders, even politicians saying that you, me, we have to accept a certain number of people will die as we reopen. are we truly prepared for that? well, some of the world's richest people have now pledged millions of dollars to fight covid-19, but not just the battle of information. they are putting their money to work in an effort to come up with a vaccine. bill and melinda gates are leading that charge here in the us. the bill and melinda gates foundation has committed more than $300 million. and melinda gates joins us now from her home in seattle, washington. melinda, thank you so much for your time. - thanks for having me, tamron. - i have so much to talk to you about, obviously, but i want to start with just the fact that your home, where you are, seattle, washington, was really the start of this pandemic in the united states. and now it is one of the cities