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volunteering in texas says it's been the hardest week of his career. hot summer weather making a return. a close look in the accuweather forecast. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. it has changed our lives forever, and our family will not be the same withou kayla. >> today marks one year since the deadly garlic shooting festival in gilroy. three people were killed, 17 others wounded. >> first responders and the families of victims and survivors returned to christmas hill park today proving that through tragedy the community remain rong. here's abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo. >> it has been a year technically but for many of us it's like it happened yesterday. >> reporter: speaking on behalf of kayla's fami
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the 13-year-old was one of three killed. tuesday marked one year since a gunman opened fire on crowds during the last day of the festival. >> in less than 60 seconds the perpetrator fired 39 rounds striking 20 people and terrorizing thousands more who were here in this park and throughout our entire community. >> santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen honoring heros today afternoon. namely the three officers who charged the gunman and the many others who stepped in and save lives. days after the deadly shooting we introduced you to 10-year-old miranda credited with saving a 3-year-old boy whose parents had been shot. >> sometimes it's a hard day. sometimes i don't think about it but, you know, we get through it day by day. >> reporter: around christmas hill park reminders of the communities desire to rise above
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senseless act of violence. >> our hearts will remain in this space because this is where, you know, kayla took her last breath. >> reporter: the hope now is people see the park as a symbol of resiliency, representing a place where people came together. this year's festival was scheduled for this past weekend but was canceled because of the pandemic. >> well, tonight there is some encouraging numbers in california on the fight against the coronavirus. according to state health officials 6,000 new cases were diagnosed in the last 24 hours. it's a lot but fewer than the previous 14-day average of 9,159. hospit hospitalization rates have decreased slightly but thir still trending upward and the average rate of positive tests the goal is to keep that number
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under 8%. refusing to wear a mask or social distancing could cost you in contra costa county. late today the county board of the supervisors approved fines for people and businesses that violate health orders. individuals face $100 fines for a first violation and after that the cost goes up. fines for businesses start at $250 and can jump to $1,000. most of the state and nearly every bay area county on the state's watch list for increased coronavirus activity. our interactive feature shows you what's open, what's closed and why. check out the county by county information on abc7news.com. south bay congressman ro roo khana is bernie sanders it's called the masks for all act and would spend $5 billion to make reusable face coverings and send them out. khana says if the u.s. can spend $740 billion on defense it can afford to send every american a
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face mask. a san francisco emergency physician has spent the past week in texas treating covid patients in one of the hardest hit towns of the pandemic. he spoke to abc 7 news reporter kate larson tonight about his experience and what he wants everyone to know and understand. >> it's just been overwhelming. >> reporter: dr. robert rodriguez has been an er doctor for the past 25 years but the past week in texas has been the hardest of his career. >> i've been surprised the sheer number and acuity of the patients here. >> reporter: in san francisco county 56 people have died from covid-19. atu.oc ls.-mexico border is in n county, texas, which has half the population of san francisco. but according to johns hopkins university they have had nearly five times as many covid deaths, 272 people. >> there's typically at least one death a day if not more. >> reporter: and that's just at
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brownsville's valley baptist hospital where he's been volunteering in one of four icus they created for the pandemic. >> we're trying everything but these patients are extremely, extremely sick. >> reporter: rodriguez grew up in brownsville where he says there are only six critical care physicians. >> they're exhausted. >> reporter: cameron county is 90% latino. >> everybody's wearing masks here. the spread is not because people aren't being responsible. i think it's largely due to socioeconomic issues. >> are you worried about a surge in san francisco, in the bay area? >> yes, i think it's coming. in the end we need a vaccine to prevent it. >> reporter: but in the meantime -- >> the best way you can take care of front line providers and everybody else here in the hospital is by taking care of yourself. >> reporter: kate larson, abc 7 news. >> coronavirus cases continue to
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surge across the country as a second promising vaccine trial gets under way this week. abc news reporter more. >> reporter: health officials raising concerns as some americans continue to ignore cdc and state guidelines urging social distancing and mask wearing pointing to super spreading events like this benefit concert in the hamptons with hundreds of attendees. governor cuomo tweeting out this video saying i am appalled. the department of health will conduct an investigation. a new report obtained by "the new york times" urging 21 states with outbreaks to put more restrictions in place. >> we are still seeing significant outbreaks occurring from birthday parties, graduation parties, family reunions. >> reporter: president trump once again down-playing the covid-19 threat and spreading misinformation on a discredited treatment. >> many doctors think it is extremely successful.
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the hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: joe biden saying the country cannot fight the virus if they can't trust their president. >> and if a president repeatedly says things to you that are not true and then there comes a time when they say i have something i think can cure you, but it could really hurt you, you're not going to listen to the guy who says i've been lying to you. >> reporter: on capitol hill congress is working to hammer out a new stimulus bill. republicans want to cut weekly unemployment payments down to $200 to start saying the current payment discourages people from working. >> when you pay people not to work what do you expect? >> reporter: but democrats argue the new bill doesn't go far enough for americans. and just a day after muderna started its phase three vaccine trial new evidence it might act quickly. 7 of 8 primates injected with the vaccine showed no detective virus in their lungs just two days after exposure. >> i am cautiously optimistic as
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we get into the late fall and early winter we will have an answer and it will be positive. the giants played their home opener tonight against the padres with the pan demb looming over the league. earlier today the miami marlins put their season on hold because of the outbreak. this has really become the new normal however plenty of people were in kayaks waiting for balls to land in the cubby cove. the first pitch by mayor london breed was prerecorded. >> now, let's get ready. one, two, three. >> i want to see where the balls landed. outside the ballpark the giants had a large black lives matter sign at willy happening now crews are trying to patch a w snapped at
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second streets in san francisco. that's right near an on-ramp to the bay bridge. water is flowing down second street toward fulsome and started flooding one of the streets. it looks like a small river as you can see rushing down the sidewalk. crews showed up a short time ago to turn off the flow. a measure, to quote, protect oakland from president trump's federal agents, end quote is being discussed tonight. the story after the break. dramatic video of a massive fire that raced through six buildings. firefighters expect to be on scene for days. i'm dan noise. coming up as part of building a better bay area we're looking at what's being done to help these people get off the streets and the impact of those living in buildings nearby. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a foggy,
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many of those protesters would likely side with. this is what we've seen in portland, oregon. federal agents being used against protesters. president trump has threatened to send similar agents to oakland to protect federal buildings, and tuesday oakland city council passed a measure called, quote, protect oakland from president trump's federal agents, end quote. the measure comes three days after thousands took to the streets of downtown oakland in a rally against federal agents and for police reform. a rally that started peacefully but turned violent as the sheriffs office says a business owner was beaten with a baseball bat and a fire was set inside the alameda county courthouse causing $200,000 worth of damage. a night where we saw the fremont police department choose not to give mutual aid due to a restraining order that prevents the use of tear gas on protesters and other crowds in oakland. the sheriff's office saying many departments are concerned about
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their officers safety. fremont pd saying with one days notice we did not have enough time to fully understand the implications of the court order or provide proper training for our employees. oakland city council member also against using any help from the feds vowing to fight it in court if it happens. >> i think every american should be deeply concerned about the troubling news reports we're getting about citizens being disappeared. >> that won't quell or suppress a riot or somethig like it would actually insigcite one. >> the oakland city council also did pass a measure to fund -- or to go forward with a task force with a goal of defunding $150 million of police money to non-police programs for public safety. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> all right, j.r., thank you. a stretch of street in oakland will be rename frd a
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journalist who was murdered. rename several blocks of 14th o street from oak to broadway chauncey bailee way. bailee as you may remember was editor and chief at the oakland post when he was shot and killed in 2007 as he walked to his office targeted by a group he was investigating for the paper. a boy on a bike was killed after a collision with a delivery truck this afternoon in lafayette. the crash happened on marywood drive. police tell us the truck diver has been interviewed and is cooperating with investigators. >> that boy just ten years old. happening now fire crews are on the look out for hot spots after a huge fire ripped through six businesses in san francisco. it was terrifying. this morning flames scorched the area of 14th street and south van ness avenue. the fast moving fire posed several problems for crewapos f alarm fire to a fifth alarm fire in under one hour. >> those flames moved fast,
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damaging businesses and leaving three people looking for a place to live. >> i was woken by one of our maintenance people who lives nearby beating on the doors inside. >> in the paths of the flames a sheriff's department building with live ammo inside. it was removed safely. people in nearby businesses say they were terrified. >> oh, looked like hell. i thought it was going to jump this side over here. >> one firefighter was hurt. thankfully he'll be okay. fire crew husband to navigate power lines and fallen transformers, and they say they didn't have enough water from the hydrants. >> we quickly met our capacity for a municipal water source and went to our high pressure water system, our auxiliary water system. this is something we train for and we plan on. >> as you can clearly see from the video we shot the smoke was intense throughout the bay area leading to unhealthy air as far as away as the oakland hills. no word yet where the fire first started or what sparked it.
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people passed out in your driveway, that's one was resident says they have to contend with to get home. abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area. all week we're looking at covid-19 and housing. nowhere is the need greater than in san francisco's tenderloin district where hundreds of tents took over sidewalks. the i-teams dan noise shows us what's being done to clear the streets of >> reporter: tensions are high between the housed and unhoused. they feel threatened by the people living on their street. >> imagine what's going to happen to you when they see this on the news.
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are you threatening him? >> we live in fear and nobody cares. >> reporter: they live in condominiums above willow alley. >> this is the shelter in place slum. >> reporter: what is it like living here day to day? >> it's unrelenting. i can't sleep at night. i can't work during thei w work from home, and i have to have the volume on full blast. >> reporter: dee and daniel tell me they don't feel safe in their neighborhood. people have broken into the building and drug using and dealing is rampant. >> i have witnessed two overdoses right by my garage door. >> we are under siege and this is blocks away from city hall. >> reporter: but the people who live on this street say they don't feel safe either. beyond the challenges of living outside they say residents in the nearby buildings have acted out, pouring water on them from the windows above and running
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over their tents with their cars. >> they pulled in, pulled out and pulled in and went over it. >> reporter: when the i. team walked the streets in may the neighborhood looked more like a third war country than a city. tents had taken over the sidewalk on nearly every street. an i-team analysis of 311 data since the pandemic shows the neighborhood was overwhelmed encampment complaints. >> the people who live here are vulnerable before the pandemic and are vulnerable since the pandemic. >> reporter: the supervisor matt haynie represents and lives in the tenderloin. he says the city only took action after the university of california and a group of business owners sued san francisco. >> it shouldn't take a lawsuit for the cityo do its job and that's what we were saying from the very beginning.
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but we put together a plan, we put together program, legislation, support behind it which allowed the city to have a response they could turn to when a lawsuit did come up. >> reporter: he showed us the progress that's been made. >> this corner right here was full of people in tents. >> reporter: last week the city's homeless outreach team finished clearing most of the homeless encampments moving them into hotels. back on willow alley residents are still waiting for a resolution. we counted 23 tents and found many people frustrated the city hasn't solved the problem altogether. has the city actually offered you a hotel room? >> no, our alley for some strange reason this alley and then the next street over has been skipped. >> most thing about this is that somehow this gets framed as a situation that pits people who are housed versus unhoused. you know, i recognize that these people are victims. this is a failure of leadership.
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>> the residents now tell us the city is saying their alley is set to be cleared in the next three weeks, but the city tells us they can't give a firm date and so it goes on and on and on. for the i-team, dan noise, abc 7 news. >> and join michael finny thursday at 5:15 for a digital only conversation. housing help, renters and owners. that's on abc 7 news website, facebook page and youtube channels. all right, we have have a lot of weather to cover. we're midweek. >> almost. sandhya patel with the forecast. nothing too extreme it looks like. >> no, not at all. i love the count down to the weekend already and it's only tuesday. and there's nothing wrong with that. let me show you a time lapse from earlier tonight from our sutro tower camera. so the classic summer pattern with the fog rolling in through
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downtown san francisco. this is why we're not expecting anything extreme. the fog is around and been around the night and morning hours and for the coast and into the afternoon. it's sticking around. our marine influence moderating those temperatures. here's a look. a very grave view from our exploratorium camera of downtown san francisco kind of fuzzy there. foggy and misty overnight tonight. looking at cooler conditions tomorrow afternoon and warming up again for the upcoming weekend, so not expecting any major extremes, but visibility is running low. down to 2 miles in petaluma, 3 miles in half moon bay. if you have a commute tomorrow morning definitely look out. live doppler 7 showing you the fog near the coast and by tomorrow morning we'll be seeing some more of the advancement 06 the marine layer. temperatures right now anywhere from the 50s to the 70s. and here's a look at your 12-hour planner. the sun comes up at 6:11. in the morning you'll notice those temperatures are in the 50s, cool enough to require a sweater, foggy at the coast at
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noontime, but sunshine inland. and as we head into the afternoon it's going to be a little bit cooler. low 60s to low 90s and the sun will be setting. in the morning it's going to be in the 50s for everyone segood sleeping weather. at least you have the ac if you're inland so you don't have to worry about it. tomorrow afternoon it is going to be warm away from the coast but barely hitting 90 degrees in fairfield, antioch, 82 in san jose, 71 in oakland, 78 napa, 77 san rafael, 64 in san francisco, 62 degrees in half moon bay. so comfortable near the coast where the fog and the sea breeze continue to affect them. accuweather seven day forecast it's a foggy morning followed by a cooler afternoon. and then on thursday temperatures will be near average low 60s to low 90s. we do get a slightly warmer pattern beginning to develop on friday, and by sunday we are talking about mid-90s inland, low 60s to mid-60s coast side.
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temperatures will come back down again on monday and tuesday. i'd call this, say, a mini roller coaster ride, not a major one. so i think we can handle it. >> no major drops or ups. that's good, sandhya. >> no 360. we're not going upside down. tomorrow on good morning america ron howard chats about this cheeseburger is the best! it's about to get bester baby! ♪ menutaur! make it a double, yeah! nice mane! try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery.
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four of the most powerful ceos in the world are set to appear virtually on capitol hill tomorrow. mark zuckerberg, tim cooke and jeff bazos will testify before the house judiciary committees anti-trust panel. their appearance follows a congressional investigation into big tech. lawmakers are trying to determine if the companies have grown too powerful to the point of harming competitors and consumers. the meeting is expected to be live streamed on youtube and facebook, and ama, that should be fascinating testimony to hear from four of the most significant ceos in america, the world. >> yeah, absolutely. now we're going to hear from larry because giants had their home opener tonight. >> yes, non-ceo larry beil here. i'm afraid that's the way it's going to remain. thank you, ama. my agent, am
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it's 1-0, giants.nu going deeal i 3 in the tin will myers aloha, crushed. two run homer. 5-1 pads. the padre win was painful for tommy fann hit. that is a base on balls the hard way. fans okay, though. how about the a's across the bay opening up the series with with the rockies and struggle continues for chris davis who's not crushing. bases loaded in the first, this is popped up. kd left nine men on base in this game, 0 for 15 this started, hang it and bang it, sam hilliard gets all of it. rockies take a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. and you almost never see this
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happen but mark with a grounder to third. the platinum -- with an david dall going high off-the-wall and the a-fall to a final of 8-3. the stros are marked men and everyone knows they cheated in 2017 after throwing over the head he almost hits carlos curara and then he strikes him out and look at the facial expression, sticks out his tongue, the pouty lip. the bench is clear but this is a social distancing brawl. i really want to punch you in the face but i'm not allowed to get close enough. dodgers won 5-2. former a's catcher bruce maxple well back in the brigs signed with the new york mets. he was the first baseball player to kneel back in 2017 protesting social injustice. he's been playing ball in mexico and is now back in the show.
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thank - today on "tamron hall," grammy-nominated singer and actress janelle monáe talks about starring in the hit amazon series "homecoming," plus barrier- breaking ballerina misty copeland and tips for shedding a few unwanted pandemic pounds. an all- new "tamron hall" starts now. [dramatic theme music]
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♪ - welcome to "tamron hall" from my home. listen, today's show is so exciting for many reasons, but specifically it's how we are going to start it today. our first guest, i think, is one of the most electrifying entertainers of her generation. she is a musician, an actor, a strong voice on so many social issues and absolutely one of my favorites. janelle monáe is here. what? i can hear you all screaming from your homes. i think when i ran into janelle-- the last time i saw her, naacp image awards, and then i saw her at the oscars, and at the time she said, "i'm going to come on. i heard from y'all the on social mediave." throughout this year saying, "when is janelle going to come on? is she really coming to see us?" absolutely. now, i didn't imagine in this form.
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i didn't picture that we would be in a pandemic, and she'd be at her home and i'd be here and you'd be in your home under quarantine, but here we are, and i've interviewed her over the years, but this is the first time i get to do it on my own show. janelle monáe is currently starring in the amazon prime hit show "homecoming," and she joins us on skype from la. it is so good to see you. how are you holding up? - well, i'm not going to lie. i don't know what day it is of the week, what time it is, what alternate universe we're living in right now. like, i'm just trying to get used to this new reality. - yeah. we listen to your music, me and moses, the baby. we dance to it. me and my husband binge on "homecoming," so it feels only right that you are here now because you've helped me through this just through your creativity, but listen. you usually keep a packed schedule. every time i see you, you're running and gunning: touring, recording, filming movies. you told someone it feels like you're in a twilight zone

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