taking place near san francisco's alamo square. sky 7 is hovered over the scene minutes after a construction crew ruptured a 12-inch gas main. you're looking live what is happening. fire crews are standing by. you have a bunch of workers, p grg and e gathering. you're about to hear from a man who was evacuated from his home. >> there were police vehicles, a little commotion and then they came and rang the doorbell and asked everyone to evacuate immediately, there was a gas leak and that's as far as we know. >> sky 7 shows how close this is happening to san francisco's famed painted ladies, a string of victorian homes on side of alamo square. good afternoon. thanks for joining us.

i'm larry beil. >> i'm christian see. >> we're in a difficult situation and we got to keep pushing. >> the push to get people to wear masks and stay safe into the holiday season. this as california hits an unfortunate milestone in the fight against the pandemic. the state marked 1 million cases today according to data compiled by several news organizations. that includes people who have recovered, texas became the first state to hit a million cases yesterday. more than 18,000 californians are died. in the bay area, there are more than 130,700 cases. alameda county is causing further reopenings as it anticipating moving to the red tier. daily new cases for 100,000 people are up to 4.9% from the county's low of 3.4. there is also a steady increase in hospitalization. officials say if current trends continue, the county may be put back into the most restrictive tier and that is purple. spiking numbers have counties in

the bay area hitting pause in their reopenings. the question is this going to be enough as we head into the busiest holiday months of the year. kris reyes talked to two doctors on the front lines and are issuing a warning, get complacent and we could lose the gains we've made in the course of the last nine months. >> as the virus becomes more prevalent in the community, the chances that person sitting next to you at a dinner table or next to you in a store is infected is higher than it was a month ago. we got to be super careful. >> reporter: new stats could show thanksgiving could see the most air travel since the pandemic was declared. united added 1400 new flights and christmas and new years's celebrations, dropping temperatures driving people indoors as numbers spike in the bay area and all over the country. it's a formula public health officials are extremely worried about especially considering everyone's favorite holiday

activity. >> sit for many hours together with masks off because they're eating. that's a combination of all the things that are about as worrisome as you can imagine. >> you kind of get behind the eight ball and you get to the point of no return and it's once you start increasing, you increase exponentially. >> reporter: in the bay area doctors are on the lookout of spikes because of halloween and elections. the worries people are getting complacent as the virus remains as contagious. >> the problem is the virus doesn't care. it's the same virus as it was all along. >> reporter: the other warning from the doctors we talked to is this so-called third wave could be worse and last longer than the previous two, which lasted about two months. one reason is that the holidays could bring more people into the bay area traveling from covid-19 hot spots. >> the thing that keeps me up at night is over running our hospitals with patients and not having enough staff to take care

of them, enough icu beds. >> reporter: the doctor must remain vigilant and remember nine months into the pandemic, we have a long way to go and a lot more to lose. >> the good news about vaccines means that if we hunker down for another six or eight months, we may be in a much, much better place next year. >> reporter: kris reyes, for abc 7 news. some of you are counting on covid tests before thanksgiving and we warned you that could be challenging. in san francisco, city testing sites at the embarcadero are fully booked. if you need a test today, we know a place you can get one with little to no line. amy hollyfield was in fremont today where testing comes with a little fun. >> reporter: lab workers are set up and ready to go at the bart station. the only thing they need is more patients. this is the third day of the free covid test site and hope as many people as possible will take advantage of it. >> the last two days that we have done here, we've tested around 140 and 160 patients.

i'm hoping to hit that number again today. >> reporter: bay area community health arranged the clinics when alameda county moved into orange figuring as businesses reopen, cases would likely go up and testing would be crucial. >> the important piece i want to say after the mask is the testing because a lot of asymptomatic cases of young people, they don't feel symptoms and can be positive and spread the disease across. >> reporter: once eve notable difference is how covid test sites changed. this has a d.j. creating a fun environment. quite a contrast to when the pandemic started and sites were quiet and tense. patients who have been tested more than once noticed the change. >> it was very tense. i was really afraid. everybody was like so serious and today coming here, hearing the music and people extremely friendly was -- it put me at ease, yes. >> we have definitely been enjoying the music out here. the chief medical officer told me that is bedesign. they wanted to create an

environment where people felt relaxed and comfortable, not scared. a amy hollyfield. staffers with the santa clara county office of education staged a rally. they have a rush to reopen schools. members of the service employees international union called on the officials to implement three things before any decision is made to reopen. first, ensure appropriate staffing for in person and distance learning classrooms. second, allow workers to telecommute when their job duties allow them to do so and provide comprehensive health and safety training for all workers. >> it's hard to ask for help when you don't know what you don't know. i thought i'd asked all the necessary questions until i went to work the first day and realized i didn't know how i was supposed to disinfectant the toys in beach and water, how long are they supposed to be there? >> the union members were flanked by mock body bags to dramatize their desire to be safe. we've reached out to the santa

clara county office of education but have yet to hear back. a new study compares state and federal responses to the pandemic and concludes an early nationwide mask mandate would have been the number one saver of lives. the study by economics and statistics was done by santa clara university professor and others. they found had a federal mask mandate gone into effect in mid march, mid april between 90,000 and 180,000 deaths could have been prevented. in san francisco today, dozens of homeless residents were provided with free masks. the salvation army teamed up with mask manufacturer halo life. for every mask sold, they donate another to organizations that serve the homeless. you can see where your county stands with the reopening tracker now on abc7news.com. to the south bay, sky 7 flew above santa clara after a sink hole opened up and damaged at least two cars right near levi

stadium. it appears a broken water main caused the pavement to collapse. the ground rupture in a parking lot and the tracks used by ace and amtrak's capital c c train. water from below. can we see water from above? tomorrow, rain perhaps. spencer is here with the forecast. >> rarelarry, okay. you've given us the question and part of the answer. let me show you the storm impact scale. the storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. we have friday p.m. there because more most of the bay area, this is going to be an afternoon and evening event. however, the rain will begin tomorrow morning in the north bay light to moderate showers up to a quarter of an inch and a wet evening commute. here is the forecast animation. 8:00 tomorrow morning, by late morning you'll see the rain and showers spreading across the north bay. by mid afternoon, we'll see the rain through the central part of the bay area through san francisco out to parts of the east bay across the peninsula and later in the afternoon,

early evening, it will be on the south bay, the east bay, the peninsula and still raining in some parts of the north bay. rainfall estimates indicate that it will be a wide range of rainfall totals anywhere from just a few hundredths of an inch in some places like redwood city to a quarter of an inch or more. good news is there will be sunshine this weekend and i'll have the seven-day forecast coming up later, larry and kristen. >> see you in a few minutes. a group of people that saw an older woman getting robbed did not just speak up, they jumped right into action. abc 7 dion lim brings us the story of some china town good samaritans working together with sfpd to make an arrest. >> when you see someone especially like an older woman like yelling for help. >> you kind of just -- >> help. >> react. >> reporter: during a routine trip to china town to buy groceries, lily and tom house knew they had to spring into action when they witnessed a

young man snatch a cell phone right out of an hand. >> we saw a man running with something in his hand and i said should we go after him? she said heck yeah. >> reporter: they chased him and when tom, a 25-year service member jumped out and gave chase on foot. >> i turned and said hey, give me the phone back. he turned and looked and his eyes got really big and he turned and threw the phone at me. >> reporter: also witnessing the incident, a u.s. army veteran and rob low, founders of the united peace corps. a neighborhood watch group formed at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. they stood by to console the victim and then jumped in themselves. >> we chased him down all the way to murphy ally and the police officers and robert and i teamed up together and we chased the thief down. >> reporter: thanks to community team work, sfpd arrested a suspect across from the china

town police station. this image taken by one of the good samaritans. police tell me they are appreciative of the community working together, but. >> we don't recommend citizens approach or confront suspects on their own accord. >> if he would have had a gun and turned and shot me, that would be bad but i don't know, i didn't think of it at the time. >> reporter: both groups of good samaritans have this request to others who might one day be onese witnesses to crimes themselves. >> we see these cases that go unnoticed, unarrested. >> what we all should do as a community, if you see something, say something or do something. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. in the south bay, the city of san jose hopes an incentive program, cash for trash. the city is partnering with mastercard and valley water to incentiv

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jose sharks are raising concerns about a slate of massive development projects right near the sap center, the shark tank they say can impact their viability and success in the downtown area. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen spoke with the sharks' president about the team's concerns. >> as more details surrounding google's downtown west development are beginning eme e emerge, the san jose sharks are asking the public to weigh in about the future of the massive project adjacent to the sap center. >> the arena might be infeasible at some point in the future. it might be impossible to host a concert or hockey game and if that were to come true, then we would be forced to leave. >> reporter: jonathan beggar, president of sharks sports and entertainment is raising concerns about street network access, parking challenges and construction impacts related to san jose's station area plan, which is set to transform 250 acres over the next two to three decades. but as the city starts to layout

its plans, some say more must be done to ensure that projects are staggered to avoid congestion. groups such as the san jose downtown association say they're excited for the future but also be keeping a watchful eye on the process. >> there is going to be a lot more people, customers, traffic. we want them to be able to circulate and move between all the businesses. we want it to work. >> reporter: local reconfigured as officials focus on transit oriented development with housing, commercial and open space. progress can be painful but say if done properly, the sharks could have a lot to gain. >> we have to change. we have to be a forward looking 21st century city. >> reporter: the mayor says he's confident the city and teal will be able to work out any differences in the long run. >> the ability for us to bring thousands of sharks' fans in the form of bart riders, form of local workers and new residents right to their front door is something that any professional

sports franchise would love to see happen. >> reporter: for now, the sharks have a lease agreement at the sap center through 2025. >> we were born in san jose. we've grown up in san jose. this is our home and we want to stay here. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, a brks krrks 7 all right. time for consumer news. >> michael finney with a look at today's consumer headlines. what doe you have? >> well, let's start with costco. soon, they will require every shopper that goes into their stores to wear a face covering no matter what. here is what is going on. staring on monday, costco says those who cannot wear a fe mask, must wear a face shield. costco is one of the first retailers to implement the mask mandate at the start of the pandemic. costco encourages customers to use its delivery service if they are unable or unwilling to wear a mask or shield.

a new survey by the american hotel and lodging association says 28% of americans plan on traveling this the christmas holiday? 31%. and the survey also says 44% of us don't plan to stay at a hotel for vacation for at least another year. the better business bureau is warning about an online secret sister gift exchange c am email or social media encouraged to sign up. the scam asks for personal information, don't they all, and promises gifts as long as a participant sends a gift out, as well. now the bbb says this is a pyramid scam. they are correct, and that makes it illegal here in the united states. look, when anybody is offering you a gift, you guys, you know it's a scam. right? right? >> too good to be true. >> especially if it's you. [ laughter ] >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> just joking.

>> okay. you're right off of my christmas list. there you go. >> i know. [ laughter ] >> michael gives me gifts all the time. >> i didn't know i was on it. >> thank you. now to a square car on the course. these photos were taken yesterday at the valencia golf and country club in naples, florida. the gator appeared to be about 17 feet. apparently the alligator strolled throughout the golf course before oh, just kind of slipping away. >> he's just playing through. spencer, looks like tryju gigantic. >> you're right. for sure. scary. absolutely scary. iad i'm he comfort of my home. let's look at the weather. bright sky out there today and a few high clouds around. clouds will increase overnight as we have a storm on the way. here is a view looking toward the golden gate. 53 san francisco right now and

we have rather uniform temperature readings in most locations. 62 right now at oakland and mountain view and san jose, 59 gilroy and 54 half moon bay and looking toward the golden gate, alcatraz. 61 up north, that vmid vamid vmd and concord and 62 livermore and look down into the bay from tam, rain alivrrives and spread rain to other parts of the bay area. sunnier, drier and milder. the approaching storm ranks one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. light to moderate showers for most areas. we'll see up to a quarter of an inch and it will certainly be a wet evening commute. be careful on the roadways there. there is a forecast animation by late morning where it will spread across much of the north bay and by midday into early afternoon, rain through the golden gate across san francisco to the east bay, parts of the

peninsula and then down to the south bay and the remainder of the east bay peninsula in the early evening hours. once again, it will probably likely be a wet commute tomorrow evening. tonight, overnight low temperatures will be mainly low to mid 40s except in the inland chilly valleys where lows will drop into the upper 30s. tomorrow's highs not so high at all. only mid to upper 50s in the forth b north bay and low 60s in other locations. looking ahead a bit, rainfall totals as i said will vary from a few hundredths of an inch, san mateo, redwood city to a quarter of an inch in hayward, oakland, san francisco and perhaps over a quarter of an inch in wetter locations in the north bay. and king tides are coming higher than normal. high tides in the area and saturday phenomenon can sometimes cause flooding in low

flyi lying areas. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. clearing out over the weekend, warming trend on sunday, monday, tuesday high temperatures inland will be in the low to mid 70s and clouds thicken midweek next week with another chance of rain late next week. larry and kristen? >> thank you, spencer. a whale of a tale, a dead whale and bad decision made to get rid of the body with explosives. >> that thing went up and nature's bounty unleashes something exciting. say hello to a drug-free way to ease stress. stress comfort. a gummy supplement with lemon balm plus saffron, to naturally boost your mood. stress comfort from nature's bounty.

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a sea lion is recouping recg after car shopping. it's name is mini after the dealership, of course. according to the marine mammal l center, it's in excellent conditions and has a little arthritis. mini will be released at a later date after veterinarians at the center give it a clean bill of health. >> so cute. this is a little different from that. this is explosive tv history, in fact. so we're going to go back a few years. the department of transportation in argentioregon were trying tov a dead whale and said let's blow it up.

it didn't end well. a story was filed on this in 1995 and here is a portion of the story. >> the flag drops, the thing goes off and they touch that sucker off and let me tell ya, that thing went up and it was the biggest mushroom cloud you ever seen and red and white and black and nothing but guts and good and gunk. >> reporter: carried by a wind, the cloud moved inland. >> so everyone all of a sudden start realizing oh my god, here it comes in this midst we were covered with redness. and the smell. >> reporter: that would be the least of their problems. those who witnessed the explosion agree that the next few months seemed to last forever. individual descriptions vary but it soon became apparent what should have been little pieces of whale turned out to be big ones. >> this stuff starts hitting the ground, boom, boom, boom and all

of a sudden, you realize my god, i could be killed by while blubber here. and i'm watching this one piece, there's a big piece up there kind of fluberring and floating around and we ran. we literally ran and it just absolutely stopped, and it came flat down and ka pow. >> reporter: on top of walter's 1969 olds mobile. >> it was a neat car. i just got it, and it eshlgs -- reagain si. their slogan was a whale of a deal. i got a whale of a deal. >> the story is unbelievable. i mean, you could see wayne's full report on abc7news.com as well as our connected tv app on roku, amazon fire tv, ♪

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so thanksgiving is just two weeks from today and there are concerns this holiday could fuel the most dangerous covid-19 spike yet. abc news reporter marcy gonzales has warnings from experts how to celebrate this holiday safely. ooking rter: at the end of the l for a sense of normalcy and togetherness are making plans to celebrate thanksgiving with family, more than half of americans say they'll travel for the holiday, despite warnings from experts and cdc guidelinesg thanksgiving virtually or only with peoplen i

household. >> we have uncontrolled, you know, disease transmission from covid happening across this entire country, and the more interactions we have, the more th willtransmission. >> reporter: dr. john brownstein, an epidemiologist with boston's children's hospital says if you plan on seeing your loved ones, start preparing today. >> you need to be implementing those now. 14-day quarantine and that is starting right now that someone needs to be putting themselves in isolation from others and then testing. >> reporter: the cdc recommends wearing masks, staying six feet apart and eating outdoors if possible. but if you do plan to be indoors, experts say leave the winds open. make sure the home's air are clean and air purifiers. >> things that are hepa filtration. they are very efficient removing particles of the size we care about and ready available on the

market. >> reporter: also, check on any travel restrictions as places including chicago and new york enforce testing and quarantine requirements for visitors. glenda flowers who lost her mother to covid-19 earlier this year says she knows the horrific consequences of this virus firsthand and urges people to simply cancel their holiday pl d'tan>> have holiday gatherings. you'd rather lose one thanksgiving than lose the rest with your family. the economy is an important pillar of building a betteay area a this year theor consumers and tiiltare spike co. david louie talked to retail experts about the next 30 to 60 days being so unpredictable. >> reporter: the uncertainty of the election has consumers pausing their spending online. now, adobe says there is a fast rebound. no doubt simulated by e commerce

sites promoting black friday deals all month long. >> we're seeing them kick in earlier discounts especially in these first early days of november. we've seen discounts across categories come down by between 5 to ebo se -- -- spending is 21% better than a year ago. worries over rising covid infection and hospitalization rates could turn upbeat forecast from rosie to gloomy very quickly. >> oprt ac t tion, reer ll a lot ofvolatility. >> reporter: as director of th retailer management institute, he says holiday spending is split between two groups of consumers, those with similar jobs and incomes and those pandemic. d group still hoping rfo a stimulus check will likely cut their spending. toas and where. t

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at 4:00 as we welcome spencer and ama and begin with the idea being floated by one of president elect biden's covid advisors. this is saidhu sttgin dn weeks could keepix s covid in track. he says what the country is doing now is not working and that we're headed toward quote covid hell. spenls spencer, could you imagine shutting down everything at this point after what we've been through for so many months? >> it's hard to imagine but he's right. what we're doing now is not working, and it looks like according to all the experts in

this area, the only thing we can do to stop the spread and save many, many, many more people from dying is to consider a shutdown. i know it's de i know it will damage the econom il w witork and in desperate situations but it may keep people alive. >> yeah. i would argue that if we had done this very early, wehtig m be threw with though with this point. ama? >> keep in mind -- i agree. >> many on his counsel and there are places such as north dakota where it's 170 people per 100,000 that have it. that's significant. we here are only at 19 per 100,000. it may not need to be done everywhere but in places where it's just raging, it is one option. and we lost -- >> the problem is you have -- by the way, we lost spencer. but doing it some places vers p spreading? people are just going places

just because. i don't think that works. me personally, i don't see how that works. >> right. >> spencer is back. >> spencer is back. >> all right. welcome back, spencer. next topic, should people who work from home face an additional tax? spencer, i'm looking at you and he disappeared and larry. ma an argument causing a stir online reaping financial benefits from hope should be taxed. the argument here is people who work from home aren't using gas buying coffee, doing thing to help the economy that those who go into work tend to do. the proposal calls for 5% tax or about $10 a day. ama, i'm sure you have thoughts about this. >> spencer is in and out by the way it seems. there he is for now. yeah, i don't know. we're still spending money. i'mgrocery store. buying coffees there rather than -- i never really went to starbucks or anything like that

to begin with. we're buying more coffee at the store than we normally would have working from home. so i don't know, it's not like it's all sunshine and roses especially if you have kids at home, too. >> i was going to say, you should get some relief for that. [ laughter ] >> yeah, right. >> clearly those of us working from home are without aren't totally bias. the entertainment set for the super bowl halftime show, canadian performer the weekend tweeting today he'll be performing in the super bowl in tampa. he said he's humbled and honored to be the center of the infamous stage this year. time recently named the weekend one of the most influential people of 2020 thanks to his song "blinding lights" that is the billboard's longest running number one song. some people want to watch for the commercials and halftime show. i don't know. kristen, your take on this? >> oh, i was hoping you wouldn't

call on kno w nothing about musicians. i'm the worst person to call on. i watch it for a little bit of the football, a little bit of the commercials but you know what, if we haven't beaten covid, it won't be the same. you're not going to have a big party and have everybody come over. i don't know. i don't know. >> that's a good point. ama? >> i like them. you're not going to get a response like when gaga was doing the halftime show. i like -- i didn't realize he wadian.nas yeah, you know. unless it's somebody like gaga. he's a great musician, although, i saw him on some award show and i had to ask drew because drew is the resident cool guy, right? what's with this face? did he get in an accident or beat up? no, he's promoting his makeup line. it looked like he got in a fight. i was like that's weird. maybe i'm too old to get it. >> okay. >> right. >> sorry. candy cane lovers, here is one for you, maybe. this might just be the perfect

take on 2020. ketchup and mushroom flavored candy canes. >> blah. >> seattle based novel shop proclaims its product is the best candy cane to eat with french fries. they add quote ketchup candy canes are here to save christmas from being try and tasteless. i don't know, that sounds like a grinch invention to me. >> i'm not a fan of ketchup just ketchup but i wouldn't want it in a candy cane. of course, i don't eat candy canes so it doesn't matter to me, right? >> i don't even understand this. like it's like putting peanut butter on your roast beef. let's -- these things have nothing to do with one another. it's absurd. you think that's a good idea now? >> sometimes the novelty foods you'll want to try just to be like oh, let me just see what it tastes like but first of all, i

don't like mushrooms. anything that tastes like mushrooms in a candy cane, not having it. >> how about the booger flavor jelly beans, have you tried those? >> what does that even taste like? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] >> all of this -- let's california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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covid-19, he surprised the staff with a gift. he's known as the sweetest customer in town. ♪ ♪ >> i started lookingor f a for then i found this. the kids were so friendly. wanted to do things for you. i just started coming here on a regular basis. ♪ ♪ >> heha donuts and coffee. customs.lace w w have thousandsf ♪ ♪ >> all of a sudden, the shutdown came. gasoing to lose business and have to shut down. >> it was in march the shelter in place orders went out. grandpa could come through the drive-through every day in his car and one day, he came a said i have a little something for your crew. >> i put $280 in an envelope and said $20 a piece won't change your life but i just want to know i appreciate what they do

and i want to help out a little bit. >> it took my breath away. idn't how to react. the nothing i ever experienced before, the kindness, the generosity and love. immediately we thought look, this guy will never pay for anything ever again here at duncan, period. >> i insisted on paying, and they insisted on not taking my payment. >> he'd tell me about how they tried to trick him and he'd try to trick them back. sometimes he'd go back a second time to make sure he paid enough or throw them an extra tip. it was like a mini revolution. >> that put a poster up on their bulletin board for the employees that says if you take any money from grandpa, let him pay, you're immediately terminated. >> obviously, it was a joke. it became this contest between grandpa and all of us where he would try to pay and we said no, we don't want your money. we'd come up with different he of you paid.

he figure that out quickly. >> i'd give him$20.th made chane the0 re 2 is still 20. >> just like this back and forth that is just been really been entertaining. >> sometimes i throw a 20 inside the window and drive off. >> takes his money and literly . now what he'll do isay g no, it pay for my food but we can't say noo that. he's figured a t work around. we're trying to figure out how to get him back for that. >>elieve in the old saying if you b i really want to see te to them. >> that's something you don't expect when you get into this business is all the relationships that will develop out of this go s inda south carolina called up to ofor managers hey, is coming up.

>> they had balloons. we had gifts, a great big basket >> they walked away saying happy birthday to me aad nd hparty. >> it was wonderful. they were so warm. >> customers come in. avco hweersaetions. we get to know some really encrednd ad grandpa. so much more than donuts and coffee. it's a community. it's a family. >> when you pull up to the order place and say grandpa is here and i hear the kids in the background, it'sre way to start day. >> it sise>>ove that. love thatur story. love it. >> all right. but do you love the weather we got coming up? >> i like thery to sknow. let's take a look at the weather. can't match that. here is a look at the forecast

avateiman arrived in the north bay and spg southward and east looks like a wet evening commute because it will hitll a yksnly wind down tomorrow night leading to a sunny weekend and a warmup early next week. so the weather does get nicer after the rain. kristen? >> all right. sounds good. thanks, spencer. cleaning up an east bay group doing more than picking up trash. they are trying to changerehe th w dithoing what5:00. the crnceon sr anve otascol fruits and vegetables and what is being done to fix it the diffilty? of distribution, moving the pfizer vaccine when has to be kept as cold as being in the south pole on a winter day. what if everyone drove electric cars. in

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coming up tonight on abc 7 on 8:00 it is s followed by two hours of gray's anatomy at 9:00. then stay with u fbc new at 11:00. trash as sight we have been seeing all too often but an east bay man decided to make it his mission to clear litter in our natural habitats. abc 7 east bay community

journalist melissa pixcar has the story of how he is working to build a better bay area. >> there are four main sources of trash. litterostly food wrappers and smoking related things. dumping. homeless camp sites. parks. untrash east bay is a volunteer group. we meet once aeebo w 350k.be s one of our ildclrs land areas and to build community and ultimately to stop trothowfl flfowin og into the environment. in recent years i think all of us have noticed how bad the trash has bn getting and at some point i just decided something had to be done. since the beginning of the year 've removed 1250 bags of trash, appliances, and mattresses and so on. this is aquatic park. we have six projects right now and this is our second major one. the first one was grizzlyk p 50o

trash in those months. we put in interventions to reduce the amount of new trash coming into that environment dramatically. this is how we care for these lands. i see it as our responsibility and our burden to reduce our impact if we're not doing the things we need to do to take care of it. you know, one of the things that's fantastic about this project is that it's the perfect thing to do during these high stress times. we're out in a beautiful area, making a difference. it is really satisfying work and it is socially distant. i think that's what brings people out. we've got the -- just ayer v th want to make a difference in your community. >> and he certainly is.

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next at 5:00 a grim e ifnia. mistle 1 million cases of covid-19 as one county is now on the brink of going back to a more restricted tier and another says it deserves to move forward. plus the concern over school lunches in santa rosa. why are kids getting rotten fruit anables and what isdet egbein vg done to stop it? also ahead the spike in crime in oakland. how do you change a police department when officers may be needed more than > an jr?ve e the sharks say they may have to leave town if downtown development doesn't ease up. we begin with a somber milestone. california has now reported its 1 millionth case of coronavirus. iatth dsata tracker by our media partner "the east bay times."