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h president trump is threatening to send federal troops into cities across the united states, including oakland. >> san mateo county has managed to stay off the coronavirus watch list. but county leaders expect that to change tomorrow. >> many salon services, hair cuts and manicures included allowed outside. the new one size fits all rules don't work for everyone. >> a break from the summer heat. i'll let you know how long it will last coming up. abc7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. >> a powerful moment before tonight's exhibition game between the giants and a's during the playing of the national anthem. several giants players including
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manager gabe were kneeling. >> the gesture follows recent protests after the death of george floyd and the push for social justice. after the game he explained why he joined several of his players in kneeling. >> i wanted to use my platform to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with the way we've handled racism in our country. um, i wanted to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with our clear systemic racism in our country. and i wanted them to know that they got to make their own decisions and we would respect and support those decisions. >> kneeling for the anthem was started in 2016 by former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick as a way to call attention to these issues. as for the game and how it turned out, abc7 news sports anchor chris alvarez will have the highlights a little later.
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>> i don't need law enforcement in oakland. i need testing. i need personal protective equipment. >> strong words from oakland's mayor tonight following president trump's threat to send federal forces to her city. it follows fierce clashes in portland between federal officers and protesters. >> part of our efforts to build a better bay area include focusing on issues of race and social justice. abc7 news reporter laura martinez is live in the newsroom with more. lauren. >> ama and larry, earlier today president trump suggested he'll send federal agents into cities like new york, chicago and oakland in response to protests across the country. he referred to the protesters in portland as anarchists. >> oakland is a mess. we're not going to let this happen in our country. >> reporter: oakland was among a list of cities president trump said would soon see more federal law enforcement following the recent unrest and deployment in portland. >> more federal law enforcement,
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that i can tell you. in portland they've done a fantastic job. they've been there three days. >> reporter: during abc7's midday show oakland mayor libby schaffe said the president is not doing his job at protecting us from the pandemic. >> i don't need law enforcement in oakland. i need testing. i need personal protective equipment. we need direct income support for people who are out of work. >> reporter: during his daily press briefings, governor newsome answered the question whether the state has been given a heads up from the trump administration's plans, and what his response would be. >> the answer is no, and we would reject it. >> reporter: at a local level, founder of together we stand fernandez has organized black lives matter protests in the bay area. she feels militarized police force is what got us here in the first place. >> you cannot police a community with a military mentality. >> reporter: fernandez feels like the focus today should be about education, not to send
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federal troops into cities. >> we really need to be putting our federal dollars and energy into building up our community, not sending in military force. it's counter intuitive in every way. >> >> reporter: the oakland police department released this statement in response to president trump's comments. quote, the oakland police department has experienced peaceful demonstrations, marches and protests for well over a month. they went on to say, the oakland police department and the city of oakland has not nor would we request federal assistance to address crowd management within our city. reporting from the newsroom, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> lauren, thank you. now to the coronavirus pandemic. certain covid-19 trends in california seem to be stabilizing, but the state still has a way to go. today california reported more than 391,000 cases total. after more than 9,000 new cases each on saturday and sunday, the stated to reported about 6800
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additional cases. the rate of growth for hospitalizations is 16% over the past 14 days, marking a steady decline. >> 50, 28 to 16, that's an encouraging sign. we are seeing a reduction in the rate of growth, but a rate of growth nonetheless. >> the rate of people testing positive for coronavirus in the state is holding steady at 7.4%. where does your county stand on the state's watch list? you can check out the entire state with our latest interactive experience at abc7news.com. see if your county has been added to the california department of health's watch list and we'll tell you not only how long each region has been on the list, but why this date is keeping an eye on the spread of coronavirus there. >> on the peninsula, san mateo county remains the only county in the bay area off the state's watch list. but county leaders aren't getting too comfortable with that. instead, actually bracing for
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potential restrictions that could come as early as tomorrow. taking a look at the numbers now, the county's case rate of 110.4 cases per 100,000 people as of friday may exceed the state's benchmark of 100 per 1,000, 100,000 residents. the bay area's average rate of cases is about 124 per 100,000. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo has our story. >> reporter: your seemingly innocuous get togethers are driving the spread and are a major reason why you can't go to a restaurant, why you can't go to the gym, why you can't go get your haircut. why kids can't go to school. work from san mateo county's public health officer monday, more than 100 cases over three consecutive days. that's california's recipe for roll backs during the pandemic. it's a move county leaders say it likely to be announced tuesday. >> we're at the edge of a diving board. it looks like we're going to join all those other counties. >> if we do get shutdown, our best options are to go outdoors.
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>> reporter: ready fit co-owners say they understood future of closures were not out of the question. so they took an overly cautious approach. constantly sanitizing, social distancing and developing an extensive safety plan. >> so it gives us room for situations like this where we can pivot and shift our operations. >> reporter: but any shift outdoors isn't going to be easy for everyone. in daly city, black and gold barber lounge owner says small businesses they are in a sense powerless during the pandemic. but he's willing to take another cut to keep his community safe. >> the landscape of san mateo county is small businesses and, you know, we have to do our part. >> reporter: his colleague j.j.'s shot shuttered early under san francisco county orders while other sectors continued under modified operations. he is now cutting hair with him hoping the same doesn't happen here. >> if they're going to shut a county down, then you have to shut everything down. >> reporter: county public health officer dr. scott morrow
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writing monday, to get out of the situation depends on all of us. in san mateo county, i'm amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> if you've been desperate to get your hair or nails done or even get waxed, governor newsome gave many the green light under one condition, it must be done outside. abc7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> and i'll be sitting right here doing the facial right here. >> reporter: angelina is the owner of spa radiance in san francisco. >> when i heard that we could reopen, i cried, just bawled. i couldn't stop crying. i was so excited. and i felt like such a relief. we've been closed ford such a long time. >> reporter: she plans to set up a full menu of outdoor facials and waxing on the balcony of her salon. >> we'll have beautiful green plants, we're going to have screens. so it's going to be private for sure. we have heating blankets. we have heating mitts. we have heaters. the only thing that could stop us is rain.
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>> reporter: but not every beauty business is created equal. >> some difficult, not all salons have outside space. >> reporter: hair stylist vargas says the outdoors is too limiting. >> honestly, it seems like maybe we would be able to do a quick haircut service with like no shampooing, no blow drying. >> reporter: there is also the weather. cold and windy in san francisco and hot in other parts of the bay area and southern california where vargas also works. >> to stand in one space for two hours under that heat, i just -- i don't know. it doesn't seem like it would be good. >> reporter: the state's new guidelines allow all barbering and cosmetology services including manicures and pedicures to be done outdoors. there are exception to the rule. chemical services like relaxing and coloring are not allowed. electrolisis is not permitted. contributor and san francisco insider phil matier explains
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some regions may benefit from outdoor salons more than others. >> other places have things called parking lots. they have wide open spaces. it's a different world. >> reporter: small businesses also have to decide if adapting to even more rules and regulations is worth it. >> starting up and then stopping and starting up again costs money. >> reporter: kate larson, abc7 news. >> the covid-19 outbreak at the alameda county jail is growing. 106 inmates are now infected at the santa rita jail in dublin. there are 42 cases in one housing unit alone. one inmate was sent to the hospital but has since recovered. no deaths so far. 44 staff members and contractors have been infected since the outbreak started. >> another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic tonight, more than 140,000 american deaths. there is a glimmer of hope, though. promising results involving a vaccine from oxford university. abc7 news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: tonight covid-19
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cases are rising in at least 40 states. florida, the nation's epicenter, reporting more than 10,000 new cases for the sixth day in a row. protesters frustrated with that state's governor, drowning him out at his news conference today. in miami-dade county, a miles long line for testing. fast and accurate results becoming a problem in some areas. public health officials in connecticut confirming 90 people received false positives due to a flaw in their testing system. they are now reaching out to impacted patients. 39 states now reporting an increase in hospitalizations. in hidalgo county, texas, patients are waiting up to ten hours before an initial exam. >> it's very difficult when you are putting your mom's best frien in a body bag. >> reporter: with no signs of the pandemic slowing down, a potential breakthrough. a new study published in the lancet finding an experimental oxford vaccine appears to be
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safe and activates the immune system to respond to the virus. >> that gives us a best chance of getting good protection. >> reporter: the u.s. government investing $1.2 billion and ordering 300 million doses of the vaccine, which is currently in phase three trials. abc news, washington. >> i'm dan noyes. coming up, san jose police hit with a civil rights lawsuit by half a dozen protesters injured by rubber bullets. >> trader joe's is ditching branding that some are calling racist. meet the east bay teenager behind the campaign for change. >> and getting fans back into the ballpark, see the new technology that could be used to sanitize stadiums. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. it is going to be a gray drizzly start tomorrow morning. i'll let you know how long this pattern will last coming up. >> first here's a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live
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with guest host joel mckale. >> thanks, larry and ama. wait 30 minutes after eat being then watch jimmy kimmel live. it's too bad you're not staying in shape during covid. i'm sorry that you've let yourself go. >> listen, i see you're covering yourself up is what i see. >> that's very true.
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developing news, evacuation orders have been lifted from a grass fire in east contra costa county. the so-called holland fire burned 75 acres and is 65% contained. broke out a little after 2:00 p.m. and came dangerously close to the brentwood marina. winds were fanning the flames and threatened one home, leading to an evacuation order. >> new video tonight of san jose police firing rubber bullets at protesters just days after the killing of george floyd, and that video is now part of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed over the weekend against the police department. accusing officers of excessive
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force. i-team reporter dan noyes spoke with several of those plaintiffs. >> reporter: the lawsuit filed in federal court accuses san jose police of violating protesters' civil rights. injuring them with rubber bullets and other projectiles during five days of protests. >> protesters have a first amendment right under the u.s. constitution to be out peacefully assembling and protesting. >> reporter: attorney sarah moreno's complaint on behalf of seven plaintiffs says the s.j.p.d. used unlawful attacks. on the first night breyona was hit in the temple with a police projectile. he tried to calm the situation. an officer shot him in the groin with a rubber bullet. he may never have children. he is a community activist who trains police recruits about implicit bias and procedural justice. >> the way that they've treated people out there has -- over the
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weekend has been really heartbreaking. >> reporter: during the following night's protest at san jose city hall yelled at them from her window. >> they can do what they want and nobody can do a dm thing about it. >> reporter: they sent projectiles to her window. >> who shot me? >> reporter: june 2nd, j.t. was protesting after curfew when they used rubber bullets and foam batons. the complaint says an officer tripped him and other police fired when he was on the ground, leaving contusions including a 9-inch bruise on his leg. the lawsuit says officer jared nguyen taubting protesters and firing the gun has not been trained in five years. the manufacturer requires
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certification every two years. >> so it's really concerning that officers are out there equipped with deadly weapons and they had received no training. it's unacceptable. >> reporter: san jose police chief eddy garcia declined to be interviewed. sortly after the protests and the uproar that followed he banned the use of rubber bullets and other reforms. >> we are not perfect particularly in the face of chaos. i'm sure we've made mistakes and we will hold ourselves accountable to those mistakes. >> reporter: san jose mayor sam liccardo would not discuss the pending lawsuit but he has pushed for broad police reforms including not allowing them to investigate themselves. i'm posting his complete statement at abc7 news.com. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> a local high school senior can claim victory tonight in her effort to get trader joe's to rename items that some consider racist. activist breyona badel of oakley signed a petition to get the company to stop using names like
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trader jose and trader mings on its international food items. more than 3300 people signed it. she said her ultimate goal was to raise awareness. >> i think when anyone chooses to represent a culture, especially one that's not their own, it's necessary to take these measures to ensure that they're not -- even if this is not the intention, that they are not furthering prejudice, discrimination or misunderstanding. >> a trader joe's spokesperson said the chain was already in the process of changing the labels. wen it comes to issues of social justice and racial equality, we are here to help you find your ally. go to abc7news.com/take action to find a list of local resources. >> high school sports in california will be staying on the side line for the fall because of the coronavirus crisis. this means football fields will remain empty until december or possibly january. the california inter scholastic federation made the decision today to shift the schedule, saying schools should be worrying more about education
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right now. so for now there is going to be a season, they hope, it will just be delayed. >> prolonging extending the start of the season does prioritize that. so i think that for sure is by far the most important thing in this whole process. >> this change could create a dilemma for athletes who participate in multiple sports as well as coaches who oversee several teams because of the potential for overlap. >> all right. it's weather time. it's a monday and time to find out what the rest of the week holds. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest. sandhya. >> ama and larry, it is going to be nice weather. a break from the hot summer weather that we're used to around this time of year. let's first start with smoke from that fire in east contra costa county. you can see it traveling all the way towards the central valley this afternoon and evening, so that's not the only fire that we've seen brek obreak out aroud
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the state. in fresno county and the hog fire, both of those contributing to the smokey skies here in the bay area. so the air quality advisory will continue through tomorrow. moderate air quality, north bay and inland east bay. here's a look at those temperatures in the 50s and 60s for most of you right now. live doppler 7 showing you the push of the fog from the coast over the bay tonight, and we're going to continue to see that strong marine influence as we do have a circulation off the coast that is going to influence our weather, squeeze out a little drizzle the next couple of days. and keep us cooler than average. so san jose 83 degrees is the average temperature tomorrow. 4 degrees below coming in at 79. down 4 degrees compared to average in san francisco. and livermore will be about 6 degrees cooler than the 88 degree average coming in at 82 degrees. exploratorium camera showing a foggy view as we look toward the financial district. patchy skies. hazy sunshine away from the coast. temperatures below average, a little warmer for the upcoming
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weekend. the hour by hour forecast, you see the drizzle 5:00 a.m., even into 8:00 a.m. so if you have to commute watch out for slippery roadways. and for the afternoon, even though the fog will pull back to the coast, high clouds will come in, and that along with the smoke will create the hazy skies that you will be seeing tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow morning, drizzly, foggy, temperatures in the 50s, great sleeping weather tonight, tomorrow afternoon. 86 degrees for the warm eest sp in the bay area. above the marine inversion, 94 in lake port, 59 in ukiah, 78 in santa rosa, 73 in san rafael. low to upper 60s to oakland, san jose 79 and 70 degrees in santa cruz. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. and it's the dpriz drizzly couple mornings ahead. upper 50s coast side. a little more sun thursday, but those temperatures are going to go back down on friday as another area of low pressure develops. and over the weekend we'll warm it up just a few degrees. larry and ama? >> thank you, sandhya. from sizzle to drizzle.
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a woman played dead to escape an attack by a charging bison. the terrifying moment happened friday at yellow stone national park. a man and a woman got a little too close to the bison. the woman trips and falls while running away. the teenager who captured the video says she yelled to the woman to play dead. 20 painstaking seconds later, the bison retreats, and the woman was helped to safety. scary. >> really scary. people have to remember these
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are wild animals, okay. pennsylvania company says it has the solution to help get fans back into sports stadiums, a drone. aeras fog company says it can sanitize an entire stadium this three hours. similar to those used to spray crop fields, it sprays disinfectant as it goes and the developer says it can get to hard to reach spots like underneath seats. >> there's no room for error. human error could be an issue where somebody might miss something. this drone doesn't miss anything. >> the company still needs approval from the federal aviation administration before it can actually start spraying disinfectant. i'm actually more worried about the humans than the stadium, but that's another issue. chris handling sports. we have a game tonight, chris. live highlights. >> larry, how exciting is this. i wanted to wear my eye black for this sports cast, but i was
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>> announcer: now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> there's no denying tonight was different. cardboard cut outs replaceed the fans in the stadium. even oversized teddy bears that had a great seat behind home plate. between the white lines, baseball was back in the bay tonight. gabe kaplan among several giants taking a knee. powerful statement. bases loaded. we are reading baseball highlights. that will clear the bases for a three-run double off of sean manaya. take a look at the teammates. they were happy. socially distanced. bottom two, pleasant ton steven piscotty hits the first home run of 2020. solo shot to left made it a 3-1
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game. socially distanced play mates excited. austin slater had a day. finds the gap in right center. two more runs scored. three hits, five rbi. definitely the player of the game. wilbur flores going to find some room in center. that made it a 6-2 game. check this out. the first full-time coach in the league, 6-2. here's gabe kaplan on the decision to take a knee. >> the reason it could come off, it could potentially be divisive because the conversations aren't had and the moment surprises people. and we are going to continue to ensure that our players and staff feel safe expressing themselves and peacefully protesting in any way they choose. and, by the way, i just wanted to know that players spoke about their decisions and respecting the choices of others in the
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clubhouse, which i thought was -- which i believe united us prior to going out on the field together. >> abc7 play larry calls the action. here's a cat with dog-like skills. >> fetch. >> dogs love to play fetch. so does this cat named tea. she's a 1-year-old. this breed known for hunting clearly has those instincts. owner wolfgang rescued tea from albuquerque. how many cats can do that? >> sit. good girl. >> look at those eyes. hey, tea, we just called your play on abc7.
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an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy. and that is going to do it for us tonight. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. up next on jimmy kimmel, guest
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host joel mckale in a swimming pool with russell wilson of the seattle seahawks also in a swimming pool. hello. i'm craig kilborn. and welcome to the "jimmy kimmel live" summer bash pool party. >> it's the "jimmy kimmel live" summer bash pool party. with guest host, joel mchale. tonight, russell wilson. and music from billy strings. and now here's your host, joel mchale. >> that was not a crew member, and i'm not lying. unfortunately, this is what a pool party looks like now. instead of jimmy kimmel, you have a guy who used to host a basic cable clip show. yes, the despair of covid continues. but the good news is, i'm currently relieving myself on national television, and there isn't a damn thing the fcc can do about it. i'm kidding. i have a terrible urinary tr

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