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complaints over a number of citations from people not obeying the health order on the pandemic. >> if we don't get serious, ashes, ashes, we all fall down. the inmate dropped off at the hotel to quarantine and nobody was notified. >> i diabetic, and i'm shaking because i have had nothing to eat. the restaurant industry is in crisis. an alarming number showing how they could close for good due to the pandemic. good morning. it is 6:01 on this saturday, august 1st. i emily turner. it will be hot and especially in the inland areas. doggie but burning off by midmorning. currently conditions are mild with 59 degrees in concord and
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temperature right now at 50 but those numbers will climb big- time, around mid day. it will be windy along the coast with 65 degrees. at the bay it will be breezy and 75 but that will climb. inland in the mid-90s and we could even get close to triple digits today. this will be the hottest day of the weekend. we have heat advisory in effect until 8:00 tonight. be sure to stay hydrated and take it easy. if you are exercising outside, do it in the morning hours before it gets too hot. in the delta mostly midnight these. here is a look at the ballet, 99 to 110 degrees. and death valley they had a record yesterday at 125 degrees thanks of that high pressure system influencing our weather. california is closing in on a half million cases of the
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coronavirus with 270,000 cases recorded in the month of july. friday night was not nearly as busy as it used to be. here is the scene of north beach in san francisco. a new report is estimating one third of restaurants nationwide could close for good due to the pandemic. >> they know their fixed costs, labor costs are going to go up by 20% or whatever it is going to be. that could make a difference between whether they will be able to open up or not. >> the restaurant industry group told bloomberg we could see as many as 230,000 restaurants going out of business. the top infectious disease expert says we could see a coronavirus vaccine in a matter of months. >> ultimately over the period of time in 2021, if we have and i think we will have a safe and effective vaccine, that americans will be able to get it.
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>> dr. anthony fauci testified before the house subcommittee and said if they got a vaccine it would be distributed in few californians are behind bars in large part due to the pandemic. officials have implemented the early release program to prevent infections and has a goal of releasing 8000 more inmates by the end of august. we have the report on one san quentin inmate the said he was dropped off at the novato hotel to quarantine for two weeks but stranded without support or a single male. >> reporter: the san quentin inmate recently released, mi madeid he wadropped off at this hotel on tuesday and since then been scrambling to find something to eat. mike madeux said he feels hopeless because his cries for help went unanswered until now.
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>> i'm not free and it's even worse. >> reporter: mike madeux traded the prison for the novato hotel but the first release and seven years is not so sweet. >> i had to walk into the store to get some type of food. i diabetic and shaking because i've had nothing to eat. >> reporter: he contracted covid-19 while at san quentin. >> everybody caught it. >> reporter: even though he is cleared of the coronavirus he has been asked to quarantine for two weeks and reached out to project hope, the state initiated created to help get food and transportation but he could not leave a message and the county health officer admits there was a breakdown of communication in the case. >> he was not on our radar screen due to a gap in communication and the corrections department never notified us he was on his way. >> that is the hotel used by marin county to quarantine residents that need shelter.
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programs are in place to help people like mike madeux finally had a meal delivered tonight and hopes he can soon put that prison experience behind him >> that was mike first time in prison and the worst thing i've ever gone through. >> reporter: they have reached out to cdc are to see what happened and we are reaching out them as well and we were referred to a webpage of protocols. we covid cases rising a growing number of agency said they would crackdown on health violations but are they following through? >> if we don't get serious, ashes, ashes, we all fall down. >> reporter: unemotional play tonight from the doctor in contra costa county. >> people mut the guidelines of the health community and we must wear a mess. >> reporter: while most are getting a message some continue
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to defy the emergency order and this was what we witnessed hours ago in san jose, several people walking around without a mask. >> we are at a ine wi standi understandin>> rorter: some like contra costa will crackdown on violators with stiffer civil penalties but all counties seem to be leaning on education rather than enforcement. since the shelter-in-place order went in effect and martes, contra costa, solano, marin and novato county have handed out zero citations despite the hundreds of complaints. and alameda county 4524 complaints but only three citations. in san mateo county they gave out four citations with 848 warnings and the police gave out sick citations. and sonoma county they have
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given out 14 citations. the county with the most complaints is santa clara county. last week 10,000 complaints and handed out only 50 citations. >> we are not very focused on education but education only takes you so far. >> reporter: in concounty dr. c not the time for education but the time to follow the law. >> we need the national guard to come out and tell these fools that don't want to wear a mask that if you are not wearing a mask go home. >> sonoma county is expected to pass an ordinance next week with civil penalties of $100 per person, up to $10,000 for business owners. there is an ordinance with less severe penalties that passed in contra costa county earlier this week. re providers to say to step up coronavirus testing. in the facebook live session on friday the health department highlighted the chart showing the county has performed over 104,000 test, beyond kaiser,
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stanford health care, palo alto, el camino and ahca. >> they are not keeping pace with the current system causing it to overflow, in a sense, where people have to wait in lines. they may have to come back at a later date because they have reached or exceeded the amount of materials they have for the testing site for that day, and especially with the pop-ups. it really expresses how critical it is. with the county free pop-up site on friday, the line went down the block wrapping around the parking lot. they have implemented the wristband system to try to ease up on the long waits. thgiants loss to the seattle, 5-3. commissioner rob manfred
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said he would shut the baseball season down as early as monday players don't follow the covid- 19 safety protocols. the milwaukee brewers worked out in the stadium rather than playing the home opener against the carders because two st. louis players tested positive. with the marlins the 18th player tested positive and they are busting the players, busting them back to miami. in all 16 players did not play on friday because they or their opponents have tested positive. the covid-19 cases led to the postponement of 17 games this week. president trump said he would sign in order to ban the popular app tick-tock and the chinese site has been a source of tionrship an serity conce concern over whether could be used to spread propaganda and hack on the users. there was an order for the
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company to sell tiktok, and microsoft could be buying it and they have tens of millions of users in the u.s. capitol hill negotiations between the democratic leaders and white house officials continued throughout the weekend. the federal benefits expired at midnight, including the extra $600 unemployment benefit. more than 30 million americans could lose out on the $2500 a month with bay area food banks already getting it increased the man on food assistance. it is an increased demand on food assistance. >> so many calls we get through the food connection hotline or for people saying i've never had to ask for help before and n' whe to go. hat to do, and i people are feeling very desperate. >> the republicans in the white house are pushing for a short- term extension but nancy pelosi said the stopgap measure only makes sense if it is nearing the
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more comprehensive relief bill. you are watching body cam video of an officer with the los angeles police department that filed a tactical round at a protester with his hands up. >> the police say the incident is from may and is now being internally investigated. the protesters said he was stressed trying to be a peacemaker moments before he was hit in the head. he was injured badly enough and he had to be hospitalized. >> i thought i would go and talk with protesters that were throwing stuff if you guys would stop shooting at us. i thought i was going to die. the vision in my left i was gone entirely. >> the lapd said that the officer used tactical rounds to disperse the crowd because protesters were throwing glass bottles and rocks at officers with businesses set on fire. the insured protester is in the process of filing a lawsuit aiea
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a hope that the missing daughter from bonnet creek will turn up. eric lloyd was traveling to the joshua tree national park to camp out and they lost contact on june 16th. the highway patrol found the car abandoned on that same day. the family believes she was involved in a car crash. >> we don't know if she had memory loss from getting hit with the airbag or maybe she doesn't know who she is, we don't know. >> were not sure about her mental state. >> they have hired a cave and mining expert to help locate erica in the sheriff department is continuing their search. coming up, why the cdc is warning you to throw away your onions if you don't businesses are starting to bounce back.
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the cdc is warning that if you don't know where your onions come from to toss them out. red onions are blamed on the salmonella outbreak with people from 41 states getting sick. it comes from thompson international, a supplier from bakersfield. the cdc said that if you cannot rule out that your onions came geriof the hurricane isaias
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roaring through the bahamas and expected to move toward florida later this weekend. there's a hurricane morning in part at the east coast of florida with people stocking up on sandbags. they have closed the beaches and parks at miami-dade county and safety measures have been set up. let's take a look at exactly where the hurricane is. right now over the bahamas with 85 mile an hour sustained wind, gusting significantly stronger than that. as it makes its way further up the coast it is starting to dissipate. that will happen pretty slowly depending on how long it stalls out over the water. we could see it strengthen. it will depend on what happens over the next several hours. this will skirt along the coast offshore. all the way up the east coast
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we will see significant rainfall as it moves out of the way and begins to get weaker again with significant rainfall in association with that. locally we see fog thanks to the marine layer with current temperatures in concord at 59, 55 at livermore and santa rosa at 50 degrees. temperatures will climb significantly and especially in the inland areas. you can expect as being foggy in the morning, clearing by midday and easily by lunch time. inland areas will have drier and warmer temperatures, very hot along the coast, breezy and windy in the afternoon and evening hours. next week things will cool off again with the high pressure arinthercaliforniathat will temperatures at death valley hitting 125, record highs. we have very hot conditions with that system sitting over a a low pressure system will move in midweek to help cool things all.
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looking at the 48 hour teacher cast the fog with the exception at the coast and building back in overnight with a little more fog tomorrow keeping us cooler tomorrow. today is the warmest day of the weekend. in the next week this will eventually cool off by wednesday. the high temperatures today will be hot inland. 94 degrees and concord, 83 in san jose, 92 in santa rosa. along the coast 66 degrees at pacifica. moving inland to the north or south it will be very warm today. we have heat advisory in effect until 8:00 p.m. . windy along the coast with mid 60s, mid-70s at the bay, breezy at the inland areas with temperatures in the mid-90s. we are getting close to triple digits. things will cool off by midweek
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with a low pressure system moving in. we have to get through the upper 90s before things start to cool off. this is typical for this time gr degrediffer from the inland areas to the coast. >> the trick is to stay cool state close to the coast. >> exactly. you have that breeze influenced but if you don't like it so cool head inland. the falcons enjoyed alcatraz and they have built a nest on the island. they have started a family too, baby falcons have been spotted nesting and testing their wings with doting parents perching nearby. coming up, people in one bay area neighborhood are shocked to learn who is moving in. >> it is a full profit full functioning business,
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our original series, project home, but most of us are working from home now. one companies buying up properties and turning them into businesses in the east base with the substance abuse treatment facility purchasing homes and plans on running homes for troubled teenagers. but one neighbor, susie, found en testouhiial ittle doo fight t neighborhood 30 years ago at walnut creek she liked mostly because it was residential. >> i liked because it was quiet rep she is woied the new neighbor could change that after the treatment center bought this home down the street running a mental health and substance abuse treatment
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center for teenagers inside. >> i was shocked because it is a residential neighborhood and it is eight will profit, full functioning business that can just buy the house and operate in this quiet neighborhood >> no one knew about this. >> reporter: the same company purchased a home down the street in lafayette. >> if the rehabilitation centers are not going to disclose when they come into your neighborhoods, it does not make residents feel comfortable about if you are being fully transparent, and about what's going on. >> reporter: this home was purchased in danville, and homeowners and realtors involved in the transactions told kpix 5 they thought the homes were being bought by families. one realtor showed the home to a man and one neighbor said we were told he was buying the home for his family and needed to do renovations before moving in. we had no indication it would be turned into a home for troubled teenagers. they found out the man worked
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for the treatment center. >> reporter: people in recovery are defined as disabled in the fair housing act so the small treatment centers of six bedrooms or fewer that offer medical treatment do not have to disclose themselves to the neighbors, meant for discrimination. >> we have to address this. it goes along with substance abuse disorder and mental health issues. >> reporter: david, the founder for the time for ethics and addiction treatment, a facebook group of nearly 5400 treatment professionals. he said he could understand why the company would not want to tell neighbors they were moving in, and in fact, he did that with the previous treatment center. >> we made a decision not to say anything and just buy the house with the idea that we would be very good neighbors, and we were very good neighbors. >> reporter: they reclined and declined our request for an interview but they said in a
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stt e feel oordecisis we the neighbors say they support the type of business and sensitive to the stigma but worried this will change the neighborhood. at lafayette it is near the elementary school and on a busy street. >> i get nervous driving up the street during the school pick up or drop off. >> reporter: they hope that the company, evolve, chooses to relocate but if they choose to stay there is very little they can do to fight the business next door. >> at this point residents are frustrated but not a lot they can do. >> reporter: the evolve ceo said he estimatese about 20s ke this in contra costa county and that neighbors may not even knoey ar that could be by design. kpix 5.
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keep sending your stories and ideas to project home at cbs.com and see all of the reporting on our website. coming up, the search continues for eight marines missing in the ocean off the coast of california. wildfires forcing evaluations in riverside county with hundreds of firefighters trying to get it contained before it reaches homes. here's a live
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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> welcome back. it 6:29. thank you for joining us. i emily turner. we have foggy start to the day but not sticking around long. it will burn off by lunchtime bookkeeping temperatures relatively mild at the moment. looking at current temperatures, 50s and 60s. 50 in santa rosa and concord at 59. oakland at 61, 59 degrees in san francisco. you can see the fog at this live picture of the bridge which will burn off other than along the coast. to date we will get in the mid 60s, typical for this time of the year but very windy with the wind gusting up to 20 miles an hour. we have difference in the pressure which i will talk about later.
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along the bay breezy and warm, sunny and 75. inland it will be very hot with 95 degrees at antioch. we have heat advisory in effect until 8:00 tonight. if you go outside and exercise, do that in the morning. by the afternoon it will be very warm and dry. be sure and stay hydrated. in the delta in the 90s, in the valleys in the triple digits. stay safe and cool if you can. search crews are using helicopters and boat's to try the locate eight missing marines after the lynn craft boat sank off the coast of california. chrisb martinez has more from los angeles. >> reporter: search and rescue missions are underway to find the eight missing service members from camp pendleton. >> they were aboard at the time of the mishap and one marine has died as a result of the
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injuries. two marines are in critical condition in the care of the civilian medical professionals. fight of eight marines rescued are back aboard the assigned ship. we still have seven marines and one sailor that remain missing. >> reporter: the amphibious assault vehicle began taking on water thursday evening during the routine training exercise off the coast of california. >> the aav began to take on water and they si t other two ame's d e fety >> reporter: the amphibious assault vehicles can operate on land and water, used to transport marines from the ship to the shore. 15 marines and one sailor brought on board the vessel at the time. authorities say the vehicle was in water that was several hundred feet deep. two rescued marines were found
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floating in the ocean. >> i have directed an immediate suspension of the amphibious assault vehicle water operations until the causes of the mishap are better understood. all of the aavs are being inspected. >> the order by the marines suspending amphibious vehicles, there are more than 800 of those vehicles. the wildfire burning out of control in riverside county has grown to over 900 acres triggering evaluations after the apple fire broke out late afternoon yesterday. the captain said that three smaller fires have merged into one with now 150 structures at risk. evacuation orders are in effect for those residents living south of san bernardino and riverside county line with 375 firefighters on the scene aided by air tankers and helicopters.
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florida set a single day record for coronavirus deaths in the last four days in a row. with the looming hurricane making matters worse the governor declared a state of emergency along the east coast. we have more with our cbs reporter. >> reporter: the hurricane is barreling toward the sunshine state. >> i'm very concerned with a tropical storm more so than normal because we are also dealing with covid. >> reporter: governor ron desantis said shelters are stocked with the kits containing hand sanitizer, masks and gloves just in case. >> we don't know whether the eye will actually interact with the coast of florida. >> reporter: president trump discussing the storm and covid- 19 friday after meeting with the governor. >> we are waiting for the storm and it is right behind me, following may. >> reporter: the states continue to grapple with reopening schools during the pandemic. >> everybody is scared in some
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way or another. >> reporter: in georgia, frying green, covid-19 survivor and father of three elementary school students that returned the class this week. >> as we drove over the rural tracks i said you remember all the rules. >> they said wear a mask and wash our hands all the time. >> reporter: oklahoma, missouri and connecticut being the average coronavirus infection searching and california leads the nation in cases. hermosa beach is threatening to fine those not wearing a mask in busy areas. >> it's much more comfortable than wearing, let's say a ventilator. >> reporter: they predict that in the next three weeks that covid-19 could claim 20,000 more lives across the u.s. a florida teenager is one of three people charged in connection with the massive twitter hack. authorities say the 17-year-old,
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graham clark, seen here was the mastermind. he was arrested on friday in tampa after a federal and state investigation and facing 30 felony charges. he sent to prominent celebrities including bill gates, former president obama and elon musk and using them to create a bitcoin scam. >> there are two in custody facing state and federal charges. cyber investigations often take years but in this case we were able to conduct our investigation and make a number of arrests in only two weeks. >> they offered $2000 for every $1000 sent to the anonymous bitcoin address. a british man and another man are also facing charges for the hack. wanting toturn 120 me dollars away from law enforcement to give it to the
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black community in an effort to prioritize racial equality and that would shrink the budget by $40 million over the next two years and $20 million taken from the sheriff department. most of the money would not -- would come from not fulfilling open positions while other positions would be put on hold. >> we truly believe black lives matter and it's important that we listen to black voices. it's important we allow black people to lead this movement. >> the mayor is proposing that 60% of the $120 million to be used for mental health and programs to help the black homeless people. 35% would be used for educational services and job programs with 5% going to redirect police calls for noncnatiti like helping the homeless and the mentally ill. the services would be performed by social workers instead.
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the mayor will debate the proposal before sending it back for signature no later than october 1st to. the city of oakland is on a path to reimagine public safety r tma 911 calls. >> the six month process with 17 oakland residents will analyze what the impact will be by cutting 50% of the police department. that way everyone will have that information to make informed decisions. >> mare shaft said that she and the city council would use the information to prepare the next city budget. vallejo police are investigating a crime incident with the city councilmember and releasing this work shows spray paint. it was originally charging derogatory language and brown served on the vallejo city council for two years and
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running for mayor. we reached out to the councilman for his reaction to the graffiti but have not heard back. anyone with information regarding the incident should contact the vallejo police. coming up, he asked for valentines and stole hearts around the world and how this oldest marine celebrated his 105th birthday.
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the oldest living marine turned 105 on friday. remember the outpouring of good wishes after he asked for valentines and our reporter adrian moore shows us how he celebrated his milestone birthday. >> reporter: not even a pandemic could quash the drive- by salute for major bill wright , the oldest living marine at 105. how does he feel about it? >>i feel good. >> reporter: major bill has a positive spirit which is one reason there is so much love and fanfare outside of the stockton assisted living facility. >> he went through world war ii, the invasion all that and was hit and blown up with a grenade, and recovered from
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that. he spent 30 years total in the marine corps. an amazing man. >> reporter: for family members that have not been able to visit much due to the coronavirus, the celebration is nothing short of remarkable. >> it is very heartwarming. it does get to you, that there are so many people that love him and appreciate him for his service. >> united states marine. >> reporter: we met major bill and february when he stole hearts, asking for if you valentine's day greetings. it was eventually known as operation valentine's day, bringing in a half million cards and gifts from around the world, including a special note from nasa and president trump. back to the drive-by festivities, major bill is embracing the birthday milestone and looking forward to the next big celebration. >> right now i'm looking forward to 106, one at a time. >> that was adrian moore
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reporting. a paralympian that lost his prosthetic leg has it back in time to get ready for the next year tokyo games. dewalt lost his prosthetic leg one paddleboarding off of the beach and he gave up hope of seeing it again. on tuesday the fire department divers were able to find his prosthetic leg. >> i could not believe it and begin the process already of trying to have a new one made because this one took seven months to get fabricated. >> he will represent the u.s. at the javelin event in the 2021 paralympic games. it is foggy out there keeping temperatures relatively mild at the moment, the fog will be burning off. it will start to clear by mid day. currently temperatures in concord at 59, santa rosa at 50.
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59 in san francisco with 61 degrees in oakland. the day we will wake up with fog but that will clear by mid day. it will be absolutely hot inland. the drier and warmer temperatures today, the warmest day of the weekend. in the inland areas we will reach a mid-90s, and along the coast it will be very windy. it will be breezy in the bay. we will cool off next week with this high pressure system moving out. for the moment we are hot. this high pressure system is dominating our weather right now and it is stuck in place. it will eventually move out with this low pressure system that will build in, cooling things off by mid week. this is normal summer conditions with very hot inland areas, 20 degrees or 30 degrees cooler along the coast. you can see the onshore wind, and it will be breezy inland and very windy along the
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the futurecast will ce and foggy in the morning, but as it starts to clear out it will really raise temperatures. overnight the marine layer will build back in, especially along the bay and coast. tomorrow will be cooler than what we see today. it will be nice and clear by mid week and things will start to cool off. highs today in the mid-90s inland. 94 degrees in concord, 84 in napa with 92 in santa rosa. fairfield and san jose not quite so hot with mid-80s. 60s and 70s along the bay and along the coast 65 degrees. it will be a nice day to be at the beach, sunny afternoon hours. the seven day forecast shows hot temperatures today, sunny and windy along the bay and coast. breezy tomorrow but still warm. things will begin to cool off
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by midweek. we will start to see things warm up again toward the end of this week. in the meantime we will have a break from hot temperatures in the middle of the week. in the meantime we have a heat advisory in effect until 8:00 tonight, especially in the inland areas. is probably best to do the outdst in the morning. >> so along the coast windy but not cloudy. >> it is foggy in some areas but it will be a very nice beach day. one high school has a temporary new name and for now called high school 1327 until the school board approves a new name. those are the numbers from the address. francis drake was a prominent slave owner and the district says the name does not align with their school values and this name has been integral to the school identity for years
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but would recognize the time has come to embark on a new name for the school, one that allows everyone tnity to participate. with school starting back up we want to help parents and students adjust to the distant learning and on the kpix 5 home learning guide we tackle were to begin or what to do and you don't know the answer, and how to best support your child while working from home or in a substantial job. all next week we have tips and advice direct from the experts. for the latest updates from your specific school district had to kpix.com/back-to-school.
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in caplets in the encampments t making worse another neighbors. >> the city had just over a month to clear the tents out of the area. but the conditions on willow, for example, are getting a lot of attention. and we have what's happening in neighborhoods beyond the tenderloin. >> i have been here since 1973 and it has never been this e ed homelessness crisis in a block and it is just about in any direction with the tent encampments that seem to be arriving in waves again from my mission from south oregon through the panhandle and even in the farthest reaches of the avenues. >> in my 45 years out here i've tent on threetbody pitching a
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>>eporter: this is just behind the safeway store. >> we had a neighbor get a petition and had over 100 people. >> reporter: with the tents comes a wave of frustration as more encampments spanish but others simply grow. >> if they can reduce it by 70% in the tenderloin why can't they do it that well in our neighborhood? >> i have never seen the level of frustration as high as it is now. that say they are selling and leaving. >> reporter: the supervisor here says years of patients is giving away with the problem slipping out of hand and while he's a sports the long-term housing plans, eases the short- term strategy is less clear. >> how do we manage the streets and address the needs of people that we cannot house with permanent supportive housing, we will not have a unit for them today or tomorrow, or a year or two. >> reporter: ground is being gained in the tenderloin but
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some 2000 people are sheltered and hotel looks, and ground is lost in other areas of the city were suffering continues. >> this is been a problem for years but feels is reachingthe >> reporter: we reached out to the city department of homelessness in supportive housing for the city but no one has been available to speak with us so far in san francisco. russell walker, kpix 5. persistent as a people, how they describe a doctor doing pioneering work in the bayview neighborhood and we introduced you to the bay area lerropay out-of-pocket. >> reporter: this doctor is testing dozens of people for exposure to 35 potential toxic metals and radiation and she runs the hunters point
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first of its kind independent communitywide program at the superfund site screening those that have lived at least a year and the one mile radius of the hunters point shipyard. >> it is one of the most contaminated parties properties in the u.s. >> reporter: the doctor cofounded the program as a volunteer and the program is funded with a $70,000 grant from the packard foundation saying that tests show elevated levels of arsenic and other elements. >> we have been reviewing the effects of arsenic and it is absolutely mind blowing and associated with multiple tumors. we have two screenings as part of the south basin cluster of the women that have had multiple tumors. >> reporter: the doctor has discovered several with high levels of other metals like nicole lane her son.
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this exposure could explain their nosebleeds and migraines. >> i remembered i would go to class unable to focus and i would have to go to my room because it was hurting my head. i could not function or read. >> reporter: the navy maintains that cleanup of the toxic dumping ground remain safe and is skeptical of connection between the neighbors health problems and toxic elements in the old naval shipyard but the doctor said she will continue her research with the area slated for major city redevelopment projects, and inspiration to the biomonitoring cofounder. >> she does not require others to pave the way for her. she sees an obstacle and she moves it out of the way. >> reporter: for researching the health of people that live near the hunters point naval shipyard superfund site the jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. ahimsa porter sumchia .
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strain due to the pandemic with as many as one third of the country restaurants that may not be able to survive. the restaurant industry group told bloomberg that as many as 230,000 could be going out of business the marin county public health officer said it was a breakdown in communication that led to the san quentin inmate dropped off without food. heat recovered from the coronavirus > mmissioner of major league baseball said he may have to shut down the season as soon as monday if players failed to follow the covid-19 protocols after two more players tested positive on friday. the extra money for jobless benefits has expired leaving many in limbo. house speaker nancy pelosi set a sht-term extension will only make sense if the agreement is near on the larger relief deal. a foggy start for most of
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us this morning but that will burn back to the coast bite midday hours. it will be hot behind that with mid-90s inland. in the bay nice and sunny at 75. it will be breezy. along the coast we have spots of fog but sunny by the afternoon. it will be windy after the evening hours. that is pretty much a similar story for tomorrow but not as hot. today will be the hottest day the weekend. rings will cool off midweek with a low pressure system building in, but we will be signing. it is time for us to call it a morning. thank you for watching kpix ladies... check it out.
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