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jewish students in marin targeted with anti-semitic posts online. what the school and police are doing about it. even a pandemic can't stop folks from celebrating mexican independence day. bay area -- i'll you know long the wealth wi wealth will continue coming up. this is abc 7 news. this particular incident was particularly terrifying. >> offensive anti-semitic messages posed online targeting high school students in marin county. tonight police are investigating it as a hate crime. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larsen explains how the community is now coming together to denounce these attacks.

>> reporter: two weeks ago someone opened this instagram account with an offensive caricature that said redwood students organized in anti-semitism, currently compiling a google doc of jews in the district. hit us up if you want to help. wehatejews.com. >> this is what happened in nazi germany, they collected jewish names and targeted them for slaughter. >> stacey freedman is the senior rabbi in san rafael. >> children have found swastikas on their lockers, their books, cars in the parking lot. >> reporter: recently this photo of a young person carrying a shell casing wearing a helmet with a swastika circulated on snapchat. a student was attacked on zoom. >> another student said that all jews and all israelis deserve to go to he'll. >> reporter: i spoke to a jewish student who just graduated. she said this instagram account followed her a few week ago.

so she messaged them to find out why. >> they initially told me that it was a joke and they just wanted to see how many people they could get riled up. they ended up saying you stole my money and your existence offends me. so it escalated relatively quickly. >> reporter: redwood high school principal says they're offending. >> the offenses they've committed are suspendable and expellable. if we can identify them as redwood students, i would expect to. >> reporter: police tell me a task force is on the case. katelersen, abc 7 news. >> a reminder, go to abc7news.com/takeaction. there you're going to find links to local resources on hate speech, bullying and school safety. we have links to connect you directly with your local lawmakers. a breath of fresh air for most of the bay area tonight. air quality conditions improved significantly, and tonight we saw some drama sunsets. abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at how

long this better weather, better air will last. sandhya? >> yeah, ama, you have at least two more days of this before things begin to change. i want to show you the air quality right now. it was so nice to just get outside for a few minutes. it's good air quality from the mendocino coast to napa, santa rosa, san rafael into concord, san francisco, oakland. everyone in the green. san jose, livermore as well and around the santa cruz mountains. now, i do want to show you the satellite picture. notice the absence of heavy smoke in our area, but as you take a look here, northern california, you see a couple of fires, pretty large fires. and also right around the central sierra. now, the smoke because of the wind direction was not coming into our region. however, that will be changing as we head towards the weekend. a record 30-day streak of spare the airs over tomorrow. we don't have any in effect. good to moderate air quality the next two days before it declines for the week. i'll be back with the smoke forecast coming up. dan and ama.

>> sandhya, see you in a couple of moments. developing news, the head of the cdc said a covid-19 vaccine would not be widely available until next summer. president trump says his cdc director was confused. abc news reporter ra employ-- >> reporter: the race for the vaccine growing more politicized. president trump saying -- coming as soon as october and doses will be shipped out within 24 hours. but just hours before the head of the cdc dr. robert redfield said that a limited supply will first be made available to high-risk groups and most americans will have to wait. >> i think we're probably looking at third -- late second quarter, third quarter 2021. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci made a similar estimate on nbc last week. >> if you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality, which resembles where we were prior to covid, it's going to be well into 2021,

maybe even towards the end of 2021. >> reporter: but the president rejected the cdc's scientific assessment. not the first time his administration has contradicted scientists. including redfield. >> it's just incorrect information. when he said it, i believe he was confused. >> reporter: redfield also pushed the use of masks as a safer defense than a vaccine. >> i might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine. >> reporter: the president denying this claim. >> number one, it's not more effective by any means than a vaccine, and i believe that if you ask him, he would probably say that he didn't understand the question. >> reporter: redfield later issued a statement saying vaccines and masks are both important. but the best defense we currently have are masks, handwashing and social distancing. in colorado, romina puga, abc news.

new at 11:00, san jose unified says students will not return to the classroom for the rest of 2020. k-12 schools could reopen at full capacity once santa clara county has been in the state's red tier for two weeks, but the district said it just could not ignore the county's data on viral transmission, which could potentially compromise the health and safety of students, families and staff. lawmakers are urging governor newsom to sign a covid-19 relief bill for farm workers before the end of the month. the bill would protect the health and safety of workers, provide education and prevent disruptions to the food supply. the bill's author says covid-19 has hit agricultural and latino communities in disproportionate numbers. in monterey county, latinos make up 93% of the cases but just 6% of the population. >> this has threaten's california's most vulnerable workers. it has threatened their families. and in an industry that is vital to our food security.

>> the governor has until september 30th to sign this legislation. san francisco city hall is lit up in green, white and red tonight. the colors of the mexican flag. the city is paying tribute to mexico's independence day, but as abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone found in san jose, celebrations were a little more subdued this year because of the pandemic. >> i'm very proud of who i am. >> get out the big wheels and the mexican flag because it's mexican independence day. even a pandemic can't stop that. >> this is the real independence now. >> reporter: while cinco de mayo is celebrated in the united states and represents a major mexican battle victory, september 16th is the day that mexico celebrates their independence. only this year there is covid and fires. >> today i'm making some sales. i shouldn't complain. basically they've been coming better than i expected. >> it sucks because of the pandemic and everything that's going on, and i wish that, you

know, you know, more people were out here celebrating. >> reporter: but that hasn't stopped jasmine from making some of the fanciest mexican drinks she can for the customers she does have. >> let's go eat and have a mango margarita, our favorite. >> reporter: add a small flag, a big flag, a flag on a car and you've got yourself a party. well, that and a traditional mexican dish. what kind, little victor? >> i eat tamales. >> reporter: while others here may be eating those, too, for now, it's all about celebrating mexico, even in these channelling times. >> i'm half cuban from my dad and half mexican from my mom, so i'm very proud of who i am. >> we are in a different country, but just remember we are coming from and who we are. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. well, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed

our lives in really just a short time, dan. >> ama, it has so fast. tomorrow will be six months, believe it or not, since the bay area began to shelter in place, so join us tomorrow as we look back at what's happened since then and how our actions have made an impact. we'll have special reporting on all of our newscasts and a special half hour beginning tomorrow at 6:30. frustration crescendos across the bay area entertainment scene as music club owners try drumming up federal support. that story up next. plus, meet the local chef who won the reality show "chopped" is now working to empower black business owners in oakland. that's all ahead. first, what's coming up on "jimmy kimmel live" with guest host josh gad. >> thanks, dana ama. please welcome all the way from aarondale, kristen

save our stages. that is the plea tonight from indy music venues around the bay area and in fact around the country. abc 7 news reporter explains that many fear coronavirus closures could put an end to these beloved entertainment spaces. ♪ >> reporter: streaming jam sessions over social media. this scene has become the wednesday night norm for joel nelson, owner of the catalyst in santa cruz. >> it started with me on piano. i brought in a drum? tonight i brought a full band. >> reporter: all getting down on nelson's home deck, a brief distraction from reality. according to a recent survey by the national independent venue association, 90% of owners promotors and bookers say

they'll have to close permanently within the next few months if they don't get federal aid. >> we did get a little assistance from the ppp loan but, of course, for people like us who can't open, it's really hard for us to use that money because we -- we don't have anything for employees to do. >> reporter: congressman mike thompson sponsored two bills vital to these venues, the save our stages act and the restart act. >> if these venues don't get the funding needed, it could be catastrophic for the music industry and the entertainment industry as a whole. >> reporter: but it goes beyond the owners and musicians. the zoshutdown is impacting mor than 2,000 stagehand union members alone. >> outside lands that live nation does, quite a popular event in the bay area. we staff over 400 jobs. >> reporter: people who hope to still be employed once the pandemic is over. abc 7 news. >> when your business is to

bring crowds of people together, it's going to have a terrible impact. for more details about the save our stages act, just go to our website, abc7news.com. building a community that is fair and just for all is a crucial component to building a better bay area. as part of our focus this week on stories about race and social justice. in the east bay a celebrity chef is giving people a new option for eating out. but as abc 7 news >> reporter: behind the door of this east oakland storefront, something is cooking and it's not just the seafood he is planning -- she is planning to serve up to her customers. until recently, she was in her kitchen selling plates of food to friends, but today she's in this commercial kitchen known as the black food collective as a new business owner. >> i've been getting a lot of catering inquiries and i've been able two actually really build

my business and brand. >> reporter: black business owners like her can use the black food collective space to host pop-ups to serve guests or fill catering orders all while getting support along the way. >> it's like a modern-day mecca of black innovation. happening right before our eyes. >> reporter: rashard armstead started the collective because he knows firsthand the struggles black entrepreneurs face. champion of "chopped" season 42, he owned two restaurants in oakland, but had to close them both because of issues with funding. >> as a black business, typically when we go into banks or institutions, they always underfinance us. to where we're not getting the money to where a part of our business plan, we can include having a salary in there to pay us so we can take care of our bills. >> reporter: a study by the cou -- as a form of outside credit to fund new companies or acquire existing ones. it also found nearly 6 in 10

black entrepreneurs who did not seek additional financing despite needing it did so because they thought the business would not be approved by a lender. that's why the black food collective has launched an indy go, go campaign to raise 1 million to $invest in 30 black-owned businesses. >> i believe that every person, i don't care where you come from, what race you are, what religion you are, you should have the opportunity to own a piece of equity in your community. >> reporter: in east oakland, abc 7 news. and abc 7 will have more stories focused on race and social justice all this week as we build a better bay area. tune in tomorrow as we hand over our mics to people who are working for the better. and on friday, our perce of each other. for now, though, we want to look at the improved weather. >> we do, indeed. sandhya patel here. sandhya, so nice to see the skies clear up, but we may have a problem coming, right?

>> yeah, it was uplifting today to see the blue skies, dan and ama, but definitely this weekend things are going to deteriorate again. i'll show you that in just a moment. right now i want to show you a beautiful time lapse from our mount tam cam. beautiful skies out there today, but still signs of smoke and haze indicated there by the lines, the darker brownish/red lines you were seeing as the sun was getting ready to set at 7:14 p.m. area of low pressure pushing toward the pacific northwest. wind flow onshore coming off the ocean bringing that fresher, cooler air and that's what cleaned out our air. what's going to happen is that low moves east, high pressure builds in and north wind is going to start to pull smoke back down to the bay area. still have good air quality tomorrow morning at 7:00 if you want to go take the dog out for a walk or just go out for a walk yourself. 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night, there might be some pockets of heavier smoke and the air quality deteriorating. but then it's good again for the

most part on friday. as you will notice, indicated by the lighter blues and then saturday, sunday rolls around and with that wind direction switching, the pinks there indicating heavier smoke for saturday night going into sunday, especially. so something to watch out for. golden gate bridge camera showing you a very foggy view. this is something else you'll need to worry about first thing in the morning. live dopplar 7 showing you the fog along the coastline. visibility is starting to drop off. just over 2 miles in petaluma. half a mile in napa and 1/2 a mile in half moon bay. temperatures in the 60s. pretty mild and a little humid feel as well. emeryville camera showing you a murky view. this is what you're going to face tomorrow morning for many parts along the coast and bay. areas of dense fog and drizzle. cooler, breezier, better air quality the next two days and smokier and warmer weather for the upcoming weekend. temperatures in the morning, mid-50s to 60s. quite middle with drizzly spots and so it will be damp.

for the afternoon, cooler than today. upper 60s to the mid-80s. high clouds and haze for your afternoon hours. quickly looking at tropical depression sally made landfall at a category 2 hurricane in alabama earlier. it is producing torrential rain, i mean, ore we're talking 15, 20 inches in some cases, 30-plus inches of rain, and that flooding is going to continue as it tracks into carolinas over the next few days. accuweather seven-day forecast nothing like that here. morning drizzle the next two and looking at breezy to gusty conditions, better air quality next two days and then turning smokier and warmer for the weekend. by the way, last day of summer, monday. autumn begins on tuesday morning at 6:31. ama and dan? >> i'm glad i've already decorated for autumn. thanks, sandhya. >> well, tomorrow, "good morning america" alicia keys helps celebrate and honor inc

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play the two-game schedule with the mariners at oracle park. technically the road team which prompted the m's to tweet, hey, hope you like what we've done with the place. drew smiley did some painting of his own. he was dealing. struck out the side in the second inning. eight ks. allowed three runs. you'll all get nothing and like it. deep shot to right-center gone into the bullpen. last year that would not have been a home run, so one good thing in 2020. giants up 4-0. in the seventh, the other, brandon crawford, that's gone. also would not have been a homer last year. the giants offense erupts for nine runs. this is scary. hits dylan moore, 99-mile-an-hour pitch to the head. somehow moore's okay. giants win it 9-3. a's and rockies, 16 games in 13 days, perhaps a little delirious. no score in the third. this should be a routine robbie grossman grounder. it turns into madness.

tony kemp caught between third and home. rockies get semyon out at home. kemp goes all cirque du soleil, contorting his body to avoid the tag. he scores. wow, 1-0, a's. bottom of the there'd, tapia popping it up. this falls in no man's land. ryan mcmahon scores. only run mike a's win 3-1. magic number to clinch the west, 4. they may clinch as early as this weekend. richard sherman will miss at least three games with a calf strain. j george kittle in practice today sprained knee. kyle shanahan hoping his all-pro can play sunday against the jets. >> we'll give him a week. friday's just a walk-through anyway, but kittle is one guy that he's ready to go on sunday and the doctors say he's good to

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and that is all for us tonight. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us, we appreciate your time. you've made it halfway through the week. you're cruising for the weekend. right now on jimmy kimmel, guest

host josh gad with daisy ridley. have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live", with guest host, josh gad. tonight, daisy ridley, and our health care hero of the week, and now, here's josh gad. >> hello and welcome to "jimmy kimmel live!" instead of guests tonight, we have the sounds of lawnmowers. i'm your guest host, josh gad. i'm shooting this in what appears to be pablo escobar's guesthouse. it's about a hundred degrees right now. but you know with the breeze, it only feels like hell. when i agreed to host this show a few weeks ago, i said "let's do it outside! that's what the health experts recommend!" and then this weekend, l.a. county recorded its highest temperature ever of 121 degrees. i know that because literally every person i follow on social media posted a screen grab of