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studios, this is kpix 5 news . the man known as the conscience of the u.s. congress is died, the legacy of representative john lewis. new developments in a deadly shooting in the east bay that is caught the attention of the house speaker. >> enough attention is on this that people get a sense like we do, that the pd is out of control. a san jose woman that is deaf has been repeatedly kicked out of businesses are not wearing a mask, and her emotional plea to the public. it is 6:00 a.m. on the saturday, july 18. good morning. i am devin fehely . >> it is nice to see you back and hopefully we will hear about the new arrival to your family, the reason you have been out for several months.

we are all waking up to gray. on a technicality, less gray than yesterday but most of us won't notice that. here is the oakland view from treasure island looking back at the city. san jose has clear skies with that doughnut hole opening over the san jose valley. your headlines for today, some locations inland will be as much is 10 degrees warmer today with concord being one of those. i will get to the daytime highs in a second. the other thing you will notice in the sky after the gray marine layer goes away, it will be hazy today and that is wildfire smoke coming from central california from the mineral file. concord is 89 a barely hit 80 yesterday but most other places will only go up 3 or 4 degrees today. the civil rights icon and

georgia congressman john lewis died after serving 33 years on the u.s. house of representatives. he played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement and skyler henry has more on the life of a man that helped to change history. >> reporter: congressman john lewis dedicated his life to the civil rights and nonviolent activism. he was a trusted friend of dr. martin luther king jr. and was one of the freedom riders and suffered severe beatings while challenging segregation laws. that was when the civil rights act of 1964 that met resistance in the south, john lewis led hundreds of black voters on a 50 mile royal arch, a march from selma into alabama. >> we were marching across that bridge just saying that we simply wanted to vote and participated in the voting process. they got as far as edmund pettus bridge. >> they came toward us, beating

us with nice seats, using teargas and trampling us with horses. >> reporter: that went down in history as blood he sunday. he and many oters including dr. king completed the march in montgomery and he attended the american baptist theological seminary and graduated from fisk university in nashville with degrees in religion and philosophy, elected chairman of the student nonviolent coordinating committee of 1963. >> i wanted to make a contribution. i did not like the signs that said white only or colored only. >> reporter: at 23 the youngest speaker at the march on washington where doctor king delivered the i have a dream speech,. his passion for people and racial reconciliation brought him to the halls of congress. john lewis won the fifth district congressional seat in georgia in 1986. >> i am proud to be a liberal

democrat. >> reporter: he received numerous awards throughout his life including the presidential medal of freedom. congressman lewis and president barack obama led thousands across the edmund pettis bridge to commemorate the 50th anniversary of buddy sunday, but boycotting the donald trump inauguration. on the 50th anniversary of the martin luther king jr. assassination he was asking americans to step up. >> if you see something not., not just, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. >> reporter: a principal he lived by earning his reputation as the conscience of congress. a longtime friend and cerebral bill of rights

activist reflects on the passing of john lewis. >> going home is always good. you have to die too, so you just as well get ready and live a good life so that you are ready when your time comes. you know not the day or the hour. i don't think anyone has spent anymore fruitful years on earth and john lewis. >> last december john lewis announced he had stage iv pancreatic cancer. congressman john lewis was 80 years old. new rules from the governor forcing bay area schools to start online in the fall. the ucsf task force is mapping out a plan for a safe return when they return to the classroom. we spoke with doctors to sort out the. from the fact. >> reporter: the task force gathered data from other countries that have successfully. out what works and what doesn't. tanks in the information, doctors have some solid science as the schools try to figure out how to get back to the in- person learning.

>> it's hard. the only way is for all of us to work together. >> reporter: the doctors on the ucsf task force for safe return to school. >> i think the error we made this time around was opening the bars and restaurants before the schools, probably because it was summer time. as a society we should look toward opening the school's first. >> reporter: 30 of 58 counties on the california monitoring list. doctors say there is a way to get the kids back to school but that hinges on a decline in covid-19 cases. >> with rising community prevalence it will not work. good data shows if there is community transmission going on that will transmit into the school and mostly in adults. >> reporter: the doctors say the kids, especially in elementary school, are at a very low risk of catching the

coronavirus but the biggest concern is spreading between the faculty and staff >> are mentor model as we think about kids and patients being the source of infection is when you get in the break room, or sit down to have lunch and take off your mask restart to eat, chatting with a colleague that you trust and are familiar with . that is where the greatest risk of transmission will be. >> reporter: doctors say this point it's hard to estimate when a return to school will be possible. parents can play an important role in speeding up the process . >> make good choices. we bend over backwards for kids and do everything for kids, and the minimum we can do far kits now is to wear masks, socially distance and stay home. here are the rules for the schools to reopen campuses. first they must be in a county off the state watch list for two consecutive weeks and all the staff and students from the

third grade you must wear a mask. everyone in the classroom must maintain physical distance and. temperature checks will be conducted daily and teachers after reminded students to wash their hands frequently. >> the governor also indicated that the final plans are in works for the csu and uc systems, and offering most classes online this fall with final decisions expected in the coming days. with state county prosecutors refusing to investigate the deadly shooting in pelee hope house speaker nancy pelosi wants the fbi to take charge. the officer shot 22-year-old sean monterrosa through the windshield of the cruiser outside of the walgreens. but his family said he had this hands up and was surrendered but the police said they saw a gun in his hand. i hammer was found in his pocket. this week the police department employee was placed only after the city discovered the windshield, a key piece of evidence, was destroyed last night. the department revealed a second employee on leave as well. they sent a letter to the da

urging her to investigate the shooting of sean monterrosa and that of willie mccoy. remember back in february 6 officers opened fire on mccoy who was inside of a car in the taco bell drive-through. so far both solano county prosecutors and the state attorney's office have refused to take on either case. we spoke to the attorney john burris who is representing both families. he said he welcomes any outside investigation and the attention from speaker pelosi. >> we have real reservations about the vallejo pd policing itself and certainly about the local district attorney's office . that the speaker of the house has made this inquiry brings more attention to it to the facts, and it could be that one or more organizations that they conduct an investigation, will do so in an impartial and fair matter. the attorney general's office said they would investigate the destruction of evidence in the case of sean

monterrosa but not either shooting. the vallejo police released a statement thanking the attorney general for stepping in. a san jose woman whose death is making an emotional plea to the public that she was repeatedly kicked out and harassed at businesses for not wearing a mask and we have that story from san jose. >> reporter: according to the order, those that are hearing impaired are exempt from wearing a mask. but despite that exemption erin young says she has been harassed so many times for not wearing a mask that she almost never leaves her home. >> it's horrible, horrible. i'm trying not to cry now. >> reporter: erin young said her trips to the gas station store mostly in with her being persecuted by the employees or other customers. >> it's disheartening and makes you feel inadequate as a human.

>> reporter: she is exempt from wearing a mask according to the state department of health. >> reporter: you have your mask on and i can hear you but it's very hard to understand you. she is deaf. >> people tell me all the time you don't sound like someone that is deaf. without my hearing aids i would be squinting my eyes and looking at you, and with the background of the traffic noise i can hear you but not your words. >> reporter: she has a hearing loss of 99% in the right year here, 60% loss of hearing in the left there. >> it pushes it almost completely off of my ear. the shield creates an echo. >> reporter: she has tried several different types of masks, but none are made for her impairment. >> i am screeching in my ears because it compresses where my hearing is. >> reporter: she is speaking out for herself and others that may not look exempt from the order but are in says that because it seems no one understands and she now feels she is confined to her home.

>> i am done being harassed for something i cannot help. >> reporter: she said she reached out the county and state officials but has received no help or answers. maria medina, kpix 5. the board of supervisors approved an ordinance on friday where fines would range from $25-$500 and businesses would have to pay more, $200 to $5000. they say the citations are lasty resort for repeat offenders and fines issued by code employees and not officers. facing backlash after launching in online store for strivers, lyft sales protective gear but many say the company should provide that for free. there is more fuel over the debate on whether the drivers are employees in independent contractors and to what point

the company should provide benefits and protection. the lyft spokesperson said that all the protective equipment and clean supplies were provided to drivers at cost or for free in says they do not make a profit on ppp. they said that have stores across the u.s. to supply cleaning supplies and face masks that have been difficult to find. the mayor has a small window of time to get the cases of coronavirus and a control and san francisco is now among the counties on the state watch list. kpix 5 betty yu reports on the uncertainty of business owners . >> reporter: this boutique in the japan center in japan town will be closed yet again. that is under the city new measures where the indoor malls and nonessential offices may shut down. >> we are a store in our income is from a store, we don't have other things going on. that is our lifeblood. when that is not happening it

has a heavy domino effect. >> reporter: news of the closure did not surprise shopowners. >> there are still those walking round that feel they don't need it. i think this is a basic understanding that you are protecting people from yourself. >> reporter: today mayor london breed is urging residents to avoid social gatherings outside of the immediate household, and to wear a mask. the most recent data shows that the average age of hospitalized patients with covid-19 has been 41 years old. >> what we know from our contact tracing team is that a large part of the new virus spread we are seeing is coming from people that are having gatherings with others outside of their household. >> reporter: the new closures are happening as the california con men begun to but, but the state added 1.5 million new jobs in june, and adding to the

instability is the extra $600 per week boost unemployment benefits. that is helping millions of americans but that expires next week. >> i am concerned because after that is over i have no more income. i will have to budget very closely. >> i have been kind of saving my money so that when i go back to school i don't really have to work. for other people it will definitely impact them a lot. >> that was betty yu reporting. major breed says if the city does not flatten the curve she will be forced to close more businesses and activities. hair salons and indoor dining will remain on hold for the time being. the measure of justice for the family of neil wilson, brutally murdered at the oakland bart station and her killer has been since to life in prison with no chance of parole. john lee cowell convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder after stabbing wilson and her older sister in the station on july 2018. they said that he showed no

remorse during virtual sentencing but that they are relieved the trial is over. >> i did want the death penalty for him that he would not suffer like we do. we suffer every day we wake up. >> i just want him to know justice was served and i'm thankful for that. >> he will be transferred to the san quentin prison. coming up, a rare spectacle for stargazers for the next six nights as we take a look at the once-in-a-lifetime comet neowise. heavy lifting along the san francisco waterfront and the unusual project going on at pier 70.

the comet neowise is gracing the bay area skies over the next few nights and here's the time lapse video from the sales force camera. that tiny white speck is comet neowise. it looks small but experts say it is rare for one to be bright enough to spot with the naked eye or even the binoculars. the space & center held a virtual presentation to help the stargazers prepare. >> we are in california so you should be able to see it if you're not in the fog. look to the northwest. it is way out in space, 60 million miles away from the earth. just about anywhere that it is dark you should be able to see

you. >> catch comet neowise through next thursday with the ideal time to see youbetween 9:00 and 9:30. it will not return for another 6800 years. following up, if you go, do not get your hopes up to get a great show unless you are very used to looking at the sky and you know what looks different. that is unless you have a good pair of binoculars. you can technically see it with the naked eye but at the lower elevations at the bay area even if you get away from the fog you may not know when you're looking at it. if you are determined to take a look at the forecast and looked toward the northwest in the sky with time best at 9:30. it will get better over the next couple of nights and get higher and tonight relatively close to the horizon and by the 23rd steel relatively close but higher to make it easier to see. there you go, comet neowise.

back to planet earth to get caught up on the forecast, we have low grade clouds. that means in the immediate bay don't bother to look for the comet neowise. you will not be of the see that until you get in the mountains or look out like san jose and wake up to clear skies. 59 degrees with concord at 58, oakland at 61 with a lot of marine layer and low grade clouds coming in, particularly in the north bay. much more than we typically see with a stronger surge bringing clouds. if you look down at san jose there is the opening. at the tri-valley we have an opening but the delta waking up to this but it will burn back like the last couple of days. at the immediate coast and at the gate staying with gray skies for most of the day. look at the top line and that is concord, 90 degrees warmer

than yesterday. santa rosa and oakland 5 degrees warmer with livermore up by 4 and san jose by 3. you will not notice it in the bay in it is a subtle warm up. but inland at contra costa county a 90 degree warm up you will notice. concord and any areas around the media delta will feel this the most. with your daytime highs, 86 at campbell, 85 at san jose with mountain view at 80. bar inland contra costa county around 90 degrees. walnut creek will hit 88 and oakland will go to 75 with san rafael hitting 79 and novato at 80 with santa rosa hitting 83. and mendocino county mid to upper 90s. nothing will change over the next several days other than we might get cooler in the early part of next week. we will see more of marine layer pushing onshore but that is subtle. it is that time of year.

what's the difference if really 16 are mostly gray but really gray at the end of next week. >> at least we have no 100 and that 7-day forecast. >> that's a good point. with that surge of gray we do avoid the heatwave. the ships were built in world war ii and getting a lift thanks to this big engineering feet. the 2000 ton building at pier 70 will be raised 10 feet due to the rising sea levels. chopper 5 flew over friday and it looks like the lifting has begun with hydraulic jacks being installed under the building over the last nine months with the wood and steel getting stacked under the. here is what it will look like in a few years after complete transformation. redevelopment is expected to open to the public in 2022. the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg discloses she is battling cancer once again.

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supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg say she is fighting cancer for the fifth time. the diagnosis came in february and the 87-year-old justice has been undergoing chemotherapy over the last few months but has no plans on retiring. >> reporter: the supreme court over this justice is no stranger to cancer. over the past 20 years it has attacked her pancreas,: and longs. the latest scare began in february when a periodic scan revealed lesions on her liver.

the immunotherapy proved unsuccessful but the twice- weekly chemotherapy is yielding positive results. >> most likely it spread from the pancreatic cancer. >> reporter: the director of the pancreatic cancer center at nyu. >> the prognosis with pancreatic cancer is not favorable. i would say in the case of justice ginsburg is the fact she has actually done quite well with her diagnosis over time. >> reporter: can emote therapy sure this type of cancer? >> it is but quite rare. >> reporter: justice ginsburg is long insisting her diagnoses did not holder back. >> so long as i can do the job i will be here. >> reporter: in may she participated in oral arguments from the hospital bed after her gallbladder treatment and defense, her fitness regimen is no joke as she showed stephen

colbert in 2018. >> reporter: her health is being closely watched in washington and were she to leave the court that would give president trump a chance to nominate his third supreme court justice, and his first chance to replace a liberal justice with a more conservative one. nancy cordes, cbs news at supreme court. ruth bader ginsburg spent time at the hospital this week for possible infection but she said that was unrelated to her cancer. the trump administration must begin accepting applications for daca, the obama air program that protects undocumented immigrants and that came to the u.s. it is to block the program to in daca and now the judge ruled the program has to go back to normal essential, meaning hundreds of thousands of docket -- daca immigrants can apply once again. >> in florida intensive care

units may soon run out of available beds. the leaders in oregon demanded trump administration pullback federal officers who are accused of provoking conflict with officers. here's a live

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welcome back. it is 6:32 a.m. and thank you for joining us. i am devin fehely. let's check with the weather with our meteorologist devin fehely. >> it is drizzling in the north bay and it is that kind of the morning were the marine layer is thick enough that the windshield wipers will probably be needed. you can barely see the towers over the golden gate bridge. here is the zipper on this side of the tollbooth as it skip over to the spay. at oakland not as low of clouds but still it is gray. looking back at the city from treasure island it is a similar story. san jose is waking up to sunshine this morning and 59 degrees. that is pretty much the temperature everywhere even in the north bay at 55 degrees. everybody is in the mid to upper 50 with a few 60s. some locations will be as much as 10 degrees warmer inland today and specifically at

contra costa county. i will spotlight that in your complete forecast. most other places are 3 to 4 degrees warmer. you will notice hazy skies as we pulley in the upper level smoke from the fire burning in central california. that is the mineral fire throwing smoke our way. you can pick out your part of the bay with livermore the warm spot at 91. san francisco the cold spot at 68 and we are ranging in between. i will be back with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. over 70,000 new coronavirus cases confirmed across the u.s. friday with california, texas and florida accounting for half of those cases. we are in los angeles with the latest developments. >> reporter: with covid-19 spreading through the sun belt lord is announcing over 100 deaths the fourth day in a row after confirming 11,000 new cases. >> testing has been going

through the roof in the state of florida. >> reporter: governor ron desantis attributing the spike in cases do more testing saying that the florida hospital's overall are not reaching the limit. >> we have capacity and ability to care for the people. >> reporter: but the infectious disease specialist is warning that miami-dade is nearing the tipping point with the icu full in 8 of the county 25 hospitals. >> we are hoping against hope that people are getting the message and changing their behavior. if we don't see that by monday or tuesday it is possible you may have to enact further measures. >> reporter: the miami beach announcement 8:00 p.m. curfew at south beach and broward county imposing the 11:00 p.m. curfew and limiting gatherings to 10 people. one share for reporting parties that were apparently aimed at spreading infection. and texas the death toll reaching another one day high

on friday. san antonio started moving in refrigerated trucks to store the bodies of the dead. in california covid-19 cases are surging with small businesses struggling with the second round of the shutdown in effect and some trying to find a new way to stay afloat. hair salons are asking for permission to work outdoors and the california governor said schools that don't meet the new guidelines will have to begin the year with distance learning. cbs news los angeles. new york governor andrew cuomo said new york city that managed to flatten the curve introduces face four of reopening including schools and low risk activities but not indoor dining, malls, movies or museums. the state leaders and organ demand the trump administration remove the law enforcement from portland, saying they provoke confrontation with protesters. last night federal officers used tear gas to disperse

protesters outside of the courthouse, nightly protest going on for almost two months. the department of homeland security sent heavily armed and armored officers to patrol the areas near the federal building senate times federal agents have been seen detaining protesters and putting them in the unmarked vehicles. the portland mayor says that president trump is looking for confrontation in hopes of scoring political points. >> it is an explicit abuse of power and places that federal officers or putting our residence and danger. mr. president, we see right through you and we see what you're doing. do us a favor and keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city. >> the acting head of department of homeland security is accusing local litters of failing to protect portland which he says is under siege by a violent mob. new details emerging from the night that the police in

louisville kentucky shot and killed breonna taylor in her apartment. the information is raising questions about the officer's conduct. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed that after being shot five times breonna taylor was alive but struggling to breathe. in a revise lawsuit filed on behalf of her family, the attorneys have alleged that she was left to die. they said she was not killed immediately, that taylor lived for another 54 6 minutes before succumbing to the injuries on the floor of her home. the cell phones video released last week shows officers momus after the shooting with guns drawn arresting her boyfriend, kenneth walker. he later told investigators that he thought the cops were intruders. >> the door comes off the hinges and i just let off one shot. but i could still not see who it was or anyone, or anything. >> reporter: describing how he fired back. >> i just returned fire and got

all four rounds. it was like simultaneous. >> reporter: the march 13 raid is under investigation by the fbi and the kentucky state attorney general. the police targeted the home erroneously believing it was used by drug later to receive packages. the death of taylor has been a rallying cry or protest across louisville and the country with demonstrators calling for criminal charges against the officers involved. cbs news, washington. back in the bay area elizabeth holmes, head of the federal trial and san jose, and the charge from an arizona patient has been dropped but facing 11 counts of defrauding patients, doctors and investors. conducting a full range of tests using only a few drops of blood was the claim that prosecutors allege she knew the technology was unreliable and inaccurate but she denies the

allegation. her trial was set for the summer but the trial of elizabeth holmes was set back into october due to the pandemic. the shares dropping 6% on friday for netflix. the streaming giants that it expected to add 2.5 million subscribers this quarter, far less than what the analysts had projected. next flicks, netflix driving revenue by 25% last quarter. the infamous water district has some real concerns about the water supply. that story will be coming up. also ahead, how one woman helps ladies... check it out.

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troubles brewing and one part of the bay area after yet another dry winter. if you think you know where, you may be surprised. >> reporter: the inverness public utility district said they generally have much more water in the tanks this time of the year but now worried about the water supply. as if the pandemic, social unrest and economic uncertainty were not enough, the tiny town of inverness is facing a water

shortage. they do not have reservoirs, wells or connected to a nearby water district. they only have the small streams and the rainfall. >> is mid-may with only 23 inches for the year and our normal is 37. we began to realize there was a problem but we hoped to get more rain but we did not. >> reporter: customers are asked to conserve and the bed and breakfast here is closed but the owners, david and nancy, already rationing. using the bathwater that is safer the garden. >> we have turned on the faucet a few times and we've had no water. >> they were drawing water out of the fire hydrant at the bottom of the hill. >> reporter: the construction crews unaware of the water supply being low were quickly stopped and this got the attention of the fire chief. >> reporter: this is concern the fire chief? >> yes. we want enough water in the tanks to fight the fires but luckily we don't have too many high-rises or large buildings. >> reporter: the automated sprinkler systems weakening

homeowners is a concern but they are confident that folks are getting the message to be very careful with the water. >> reporter: what happens if you run out? >> we will not run out and we will keep tightening the screws to the customers in terms of more and more severe restrictions on the usage. >> reporter: in inverness, kpix 5. keeping our eyes to the sky today . in addition to clouds after the low clouds clear out which will not really do that at the coast, but they will for the majority of us farther inland and farther inland at the bay. but we will see hazy skies. unfortunately we are still pulling in smoke from the wildfire burning in central california. that is in the coastal range and that is throwing smoke almost directly at us again today. most of that should be in the higher levels.

if you notice hazy skies, that should be the extent of it. that is the scene from treasure island looking back toward the skyline. we have a healthy marine layer right now with the salesforce tower this one right here. all of the cameras up. give us that beautiful view but useless on a morning like this. in san jose that's not issue at all as they wake up to sunny skies. you can see the light glinting off of the side of the building. we are all around 60 other than santa rosa in the mid-50s. as far as what to expect today, not only widespread gray start to the day but also the fact that if you are inland you will experience a noticeable warm up, particularly at contra costa county. that is clayton, concord and walnut creek, you did have a

nice cool down yesterday which is why we have such a big jump today. here is that marine layer and much more widespread today in the north bay than typical. as we get down into the south bay we have a clear opening at san jose. everywhere in between is looking at gray until 10:00 this morning. we will get more sunshine after that and for most of us we will be 3 to 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. and san jose is a good example with numbers in downtown san jose at a daytime high of 85 but 82 yesterday with a 3 degree warm up. but here's the bigger jump over here mainly because the onshore surge was so much stronger yesterday. concord only get 80 on friday so to get to 89 you will notice. open will hit 75 today and yesterday there dytime high was 70. that was a 5 degrees bump in the east bay. all of these tell us it is a slightly less onshore flow. shekinah at 97. in your 7-day forecast it will

stay like this all the way through. we have daytime highs in the mid to upper 80s inland. looking at the numbers for the bay with low 70s. as we look at the coast we never really get a sunny day. the marine layer will stay fairly healthy. that will stay in the bay every morning, burning back at the coast every day. this is classic for late july when it goes into overdrive. we are honestly coming to the golden gate right about now and falling right in line with that. this is a very typical mid to late july forecast. i went to watch the sunset the other day at alviso, and i'm glad i did. it will be rather gray an overcast. thank you. the robot bree steffen in moscow is catering to coffee lovers that want to follow the social distancing roles and that device with two arms can

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white and wealthy jurors and this would diversify the jury pool giving minority defendants a better chance of a fair trial. the california system just admitted the most diverse first- year class ever in the fall of 2020 and for the first time latinos make up the largest group of students admitted in california with 36%. agents are 35% and whites 21% and lack students are 5%. uc berkeley led the way in the effort accepting the largest number of black and latino students in three decades. other college students get an extra incentive to study from home and the university of southern california is handing out $4000 in financial aid for the fall and spring semesters for the undergrads that would otherwise received a for room and board. the condition is that students have to stay home during those

two semesters but either way the university will hold most all classes online. some farmworker families are not feeling forgotten thanks to the jefferson award winner this week. >> kpix 5 sharon chen has the story of giving. >> reporter: everyone will drive through and get a bag of tortillas, rice, beans and vegetables fresh for the farmworkers. a day off from work for the farmworkers and families but at work giving them free food. >> i think about the hard work that our immigrant community puts in every day in this country. that is what keeps me going. >> reporter: belinda started off serving latino families as a social worker but discovered they needed more. >> they were suffering from depression, anxiety and stress. they really needed to be visible, to have space to celebrate who they were. >> reporter: in 2011 she founded an organization and this means

helping latinos to dream big and the nonprofit offers cultural arts, mental health, educational and social justice programs for latino families from half moon bay did so to montero. >> reporter: belinda has been serving three times as many families, 1000 every week. >> she's very hard-working and always looking out for resources to help the community. >> reporter: volunteers had given 7000 masks to protect local farmworkers on the front lines of food production. at the ranch she begins to help other needs and when the pandemic hit this farm entrepreneur got stuck with the hundreds of pans of beans, and the restaurants no longer needed them. so she bought them to give to the poor families, and she said the business for the owner as well.

>> i was desperate. i was ready to give up but she came in and started helping. >> reporter: this employee said that belinda is leading the way. >> he says that belinda has a big heart and is very noble and humble. >> reporter: or serving latino farmworkers and families on the north san mateo coast the jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. belinda hernandez. >> belinda is also assistant professor at the usaf school of education and on the bay area border relief team and goes to the border to help families that are seeking asylum from mexico.

it is 6:56. john lewis, the lion of the civil rights movement and longtime member of congress is died at the age of 80. he led the blood he sunday march in selma, alabama. he and his fellow protesters crossed the edmund pettis bridge. the images that reveal the ugly reality of racial impression oppression in the south were the turning point in the civil rights movement. john lewis served over three decades in congress and was known as the conscience of congress. new rules around governor

gavin newsom requiring most schools to start with online learning in the fall with full reopening that can only happen if the counties are off the state watch list for two consecutive weeks. classrooms must maintain physical distancing. house speaker nancy pelosi wants the fbi to take charge of the investigation into the deadly shooting in vallejo after the destruction of a key piece of evidence, the windshield where the officer fired his gun. some could get a ticket and napa county for not wearing a mask with fines ranging from $25-$500. the county supervisor said that citations are the last resort for repeat offenders. the man that stabbed neil wilson to death on the bart platform will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars and john lee cowell was sentenced to life in prison with no

possibility for parole. he will be transferred to san quentin . we are sunny in the southb bank but that is the onl place and that is what it looks like in oakland right now with low clouds over the east bay and gray skies into the city. the headline today is almost 10 degrees warmer at inland contra costa county with concord going up to near 90. with daytime highs across the bay area, most of us only going up about 3 or 4 degrees from yesterday. we will have a lot more of this over the next seven days. thank you and is time for us to call it a morning. you so much for watching kpix 5 news . >> we will be back tomorrow morning at 6:00. enjoy your s urday.

narrator: today on "lucky dog", brandon rescues a pit bull that shows signs of a rough past. brandon: it's all right. i know. i'm not going to hurt you. narrator: she also displays severe separation anxiety. brandon: as the days went on, her panic attacks got worse. this right here has escalated to a level that any worse, she could potentially hurt herself. narrator: brandon will work day and night to help her learn to trust again, and if he succeeds, she might just have a home waiting for her. loraine: i love the way pitties look.