thank you director finley for your presentation. all the work you've done in a short period of time. couple of things -- supervisor walton, i want to piggy back on some of the things you mentioned. you have the framework and they're asking for action plans. at some point, maybe you articulated in your presentation, how would you know whether or not what you're doing right now is really going to have an impact? really hang it on the wall and say, this is an accomplishment. in particular on systemic racism. this is not the first time this is the title take -- the attempt to take it on. we take sort of two steps forward and one step back. i always have this question. i want things to be successful but that's why i'm asking the question. how do you view it? >> that's a question that i ask myself everyday. i go back to couple of things. number one, racial equity is just not my job. maybe i get paid big bucks to do this but racial equity is everyone's job. everyone listening on the call, everyone on the board of supervisors, our mayor, al

. >> thank you, director finley. that helps define the conversation, some of the things we had talked about we will come back to that. those are good things and highlight the information that has come out today. are there moving with racial equity action plans? they talked about testing. what control and influence they have over the testing process. that is regarding the overall budget for recruitment and diversity and is there a plan? those are all helpful. we appreciate that and we will come back dow. come -- come back to you. >> i want to give you the opportunity, president beufort to present abgive us your thoughts. thank you for joining us today. >> is the director sims on the call as well? >> i am here. >> is that okay with you that we let director simms to go ahead and jump in. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. thank you, chairman mar, we worked together before and special thanks to all supervisors, especially supervisor safai and walton who i have worked with several times to get mor

evacuation started after midnight for 10 homes on finley ridge road and they are still in place. the first call came in at 11 pm last night for a grass and brush fire burning on the side of anderson like. but cal fire says that it does not pose a threat to the city of morgan hill. the park fire has since burned 100 acres. 15-20 homes sit in the hills. fire crews evacuated 10 homes early this morning. evacuation center is at live oak high school. cal fire is asking people to avoid the area but do not feel that the fire is likely to travel closer to the lake or to threaten more homes. >>> it started a long gun avenue and moving uphill on steep train. difficult act access. the object is objective is to keep the fire from crossing finley ridge. >> reporter: easton avenue was closed off. hellfire has 20 engines that include strike teams and expects tankers and helicopters will be on scene this morning. there is no indication yet if this wildfire is fireworks relay. cal fire says the cause is still under investigation. again, 10 homes had to be evacuated near anderson like that fire cr

thank you director finley for your presentation.ll the work you've done in a short period of time. couple of things -- supervisor walton, i want to piggy back on some of the things you mentioned. you have the framework and they're asking for action plans. at some point, maybe you articulated in your presentation, how would you know whether or not what you're doing right now is really going to have an impact? really hang it on the wall and say, this is an accomplishment. in particular on systemic racism. this is not the first time this is the title take -- the attempt to take it on. we take sort of two steps forward and one step back. i always have this question. i want things to be successful but that's why i'm asking the question. how do you view it? >> that's a question that i ask myself everyday. i go back to couple of things. number one, racial equity is just not my job. maybe i get paid big bucks to do this but racial equity is everyone's job. everyone listening on the call, everyone on the board of supervisors, our mayor, all

last night it was pro dominantly a west wind that pushed the fire toward that finley ridge subdivision that was evacuated and remains evacuated today. we're hoping -- go ahead. >> no, keep going. >> i was saying, with the northwest wind we have some concern that the fire may head to the south. we're trying to get around that this morning with some of our bulldozers and hand crews to hopefully box that in. >> for people who live in this area, they hear that maybe the winds could shift, are there areas in terms of evacuations that should sort of be on standby? do you expect for evacuations potentially? >> no, at this point our incident commanders don't expect any more evacuations. we always want to tell the public to be ready to evacuate. we've been stressing this for years. in the bay area, we face fires, floods, earthquakes. always have that plan. today is a great day to rehearse that, make sure you know where your important papers are and now to get out and where you would go if you had to evacuate and your family was home with you, what would you do? so now is a great time to work on

families living along finley ridge road are being evacuated. est dunn road before anderson lake is closed. cal fire says to avoid that area. this is park fire and morgan hill burning overnight. the cause of the fire is unknown. we have a live picture, a crew on the scene, and we'll bring you updates throughout our newscast this morning. >>> contra costa county firefighterss responded to to tt of fires, as fireworks go off in the background. it's unclear what started this fire. 16 fires were caused by fireworks last night in the span of five hours. there were 67 total fires, ten structure fires and 27 vegetation fires but some good news is that no homes were lost and no one was hurt. abc 7 news reporter ansar hassan has more from pittsburg. >> reporter: firefighters were requestic to contain a fire burning near classrooms at delta view elementary in pittsburg. firefighters say it was started by illegal fireworks. >> i know it's a holiday but they need to be careful. >> reporter: contra costa count y expect this to be a busy fourth of july. >> we

police say ten homes along finl finley ridge road were evacuated overnight.cuations are still in place, east dunn road before anderson lake is closed >>> let's get a final check of the weather with lisa. >> liz, certainly a frightening scene. always should be practicing good fire safety in the bay area. winds from the ocean will pick up throughout the day today. you'll feel them if you're in the city or along the coast. another warm day around the bay. 80 in fremont. inland upper 80s to low to mid-90s. the accuweather seven-day forecast the cooldown comes into play tomorrow, lasts throughout the week, good news with no extremes but then the heat comes back into the end of the week and next weekend. >> all right, what a lovely holiday weekend it has been for all of us. hope everyone was enjoying it from a social distance. thanks, lisa and thank you for joining us here at "abc 7 mornings." i'm liz kreutz along with lisa argen. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. "gma" is next. we'll leave you with this live look of the golden gate bridge. have a great day. >>> go

thank you so much for director finley for helping that work on this. i think they're looking at the framework also and learning and how we can do it statewide. i also want to say that what i appreciate, many times during the budget cycle, i think that my colleagues will know, i asked about impact. the numbers served does not represent how we're changing people's lives. i'm really grateful that you're shifting the focus of not -- as nonprofits also. i was in nonprofit too. we used to having sign-in sheets, we're using to being accountable by the sign-in shoots so we can say we had 20 or 30 people there. what is the outcome for it? how deep does it go? i think these are the types of investments that we want to make it real. the fact that we're asking the questions, it's like have you changed people's lives. it's so important because then we're responsible to the individual and we are not responsible to just the sign-in sheet or to the department that is funding it but we're really responsible to the individual in how we're impacting that person's life. i

police say ten homes along finley ridge road were evacuated overnight.vacuations are still in place. >>> east dunn road and ft. anderson lake is closed. >>> let's get a check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, this is pier 39. a clear start. looks good from this vantage point w temperatures in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s, so milder start, but we take you to the sutro tower at the haze out there. temperatures in the 50s and 60s this morning. so it's cool and comfortable, but warm around the bay, with 90s returning inland, windy at the coast today and a cooldown for everyone starting tomorrow. liz? >> just between us, cleaning with a mop and bucket is such a hassle. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and it's awesome. it's an all-in-one that absorbs dirt and grime deep inside. and it helps prevent streaks and haze. stop cleaning. start swiffering around here, nobody ever does it. i didn't do it. so when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, it was just what we needed. dad? i didn't do it. #1 stain and odor fighte

fast-moving flames forced evacuation. 80 people had to leave their homes along finley ridge road with another 20 sheltering in place. >> it was probably the busiest fourth of july i have seen since 1990. >> reporter: they say the plans for increased staffing made a difference. no lives or property loss. >> we have 16 fire engines and i don't think there was an engine that slept the night. >> reporter: many fire departments say illegal fireworks responsible for the majority of fires last night. >> just a significant amount of illegal fireworks activity. almost 2 the point where the noise was continuous. >> reporter: contra costa county said they have 67 calls between 7 pm and midnight. one fire threatened 20 homes but fair crews were stretched so thin they could only send one engine per incident. summer for injuries. >> we had six three significant injuries including a mother and daughter hit by a firework and somebody lost a hand from fireworks. >> reporter: illegal fireworks in oakland lit up the sky and left a mess on the ground in some areas. along lakeshore avenue near lake merrit

as many were about to give up, they went to michael finley and the "7 on your side" team. >> you justalling all day long. >> i still don't know why i was disqualified. i wrote them an e-mail, they got my e-mail and said they would respond in 7 to 10 business days. that was in april. >> they all lost their jobs in the pandemic, so why aren't they getting benefits? >> it's very, very frustrating, and it's kind of like they have the right to do that, to block people without a reason. >> reporter: jobs lost, savings gone and no answers from the edd. >> thank you for calling the employment development department. >> it goes round and round and round and nothing. >> it's so heartbreaking for us to hear. we don't want to see people frustrated trying to get through the call center. >> we are currently receiving more calls than we can answer and are unable to assist you at this time. >> in most cases people don't have to talk to a represent representative. they can get their claim filed. >> i tried to do that and i can't. >> these are all computer-generated responses. >> an error message comes

this morning we want to take you back to our breaking news out of the south bay where homes along finleyidge are being evacuated because of a 100-acre fire. cal fire is going on hour nine of battling this brush fire. this is near anderson lake. this is east of morgan hill. about a dozen families, at least a dozen families, are threatened by what's called the park fire. east dunn avenue and jackson oaks drive are closed. the fire ignited around 11:00 last night. evacuations are in place. we're not sure if those evacuations will spread to nearby neighborhoods. cal fire last check was waiting for air tankers and choppers to arrive on scene. they're concerned about the wind and want to get the fire contained before the wind kicks up this afternoon. this is a live picture. look at all that smoke. we're awaiting word on whether it has spread larger than 100 acres. hopefully the planes will arrive soon and make headway in the firefight. we'll continue to update you on nbcbayarea.com and we'll have local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 and all day on our website. have a great sunday. s

director finley, did you have a question or comment? >> i do have a comment. i can wait until after chief nicholson speaks. >> you can go ahead. you're good. >> thank you chief and through the chair. thank you supervisor safai, office of racial equity is able and ready with the additional support, our office with perform the analysis. we live in racialized society, the system we set up produce racialized outcome. it's impossible to find a mutual instrument that will produce the type of result that we want in regards to diversity inclusion. therefore, as a city, we have to work extra hard to make sure that we're setting up testing systems, our interviewing systems, our physical tests, background checks in a way that is overcompensate and make sure we're not producing as many racialized outcomes that given we live in a -- i'm committed to advocating and working and pushing to make sure that with department resources and with our agency representatives here that we do that work which is necessary for this to happen. it sounds for us given the racial dropoff that

we have some saving graces in the fact that kelly left behind a fantastic little boy, finley, so everyit's my wife, it's kelly's sisterjess as well, it's aunties, uncles, grandparents. we all feel that loss. deborah james has incurable bowel cancer. her treatment has continued. she's been investigating the disruption to cancer care. covid has taken up all the headlines but ultimately we cannot have a collateral from covid that costs even more lives. this programme is personalfor me. i've heard too many stories about treatment being stopped, about the impact that it's had, and we now have to talk about it. panorama has been shown research suggesting that delays and interruptions could lead to thousands of additional deaths. certain treatments have continued at cancer hubs away from covid patients, and some nightingale hospitals are now being used to help clear the testing backlog. i think all we can do is our best to try and get the service running again, to get the diagnoses going, to get the treatments going again. the full consequences of decisions made during the pandemic are yet to

currently under california law, false police reports are a misdemeanor or finley but there is no law about false reports based on race. the supervisor say discriminatory police calls against people of color are becoming more visible with smart phones and social media. he talked about some incidents that happened in the bay area that were brought to light because of the videos that went viral. >> in the last month and a half in the bay area, an individual called the police on the black man who was dancing and exercising on the street in alameda. then a couple called the police on a filipinon front of his own house stenciling like lives matter. >> the efforts to make changes are not just at the local level. state assembly members introduced a similar bill that aims to end discriminatory police calls by classifying them as hey cripes. ab 1550 is undergoing the committee process at the california's date senate committee. as for the karen act, walt says it will have a 30 day hold after introduction and likely be heard at the public safety and neighborhood services committee at the bore of

mom and dad, megan and casey and the kids brooks and finley you guys share a birthday, when was it oral for the boys >> i did, yes. we had hoped that we would be in texas visiting family. and unfortunately because of covid that couldn't happen so i sent this in and it's just, you know, this is special and exciting my husband turned 38 on saturday my son turned 9 on saturday. and it was -- it's his great grandpa's birthday in heaven >> oh, that's great. well, we're so glad you could be on with us live. we wanted to wish you guys a happy birthday and casey, you're active duty in the air force. want to take a second to express our gratitude for all you've done and for your family for your sacrifice we appreciate it >> thank you >> and your wife just outed you that you're 38 on national tv. >> psych >> he's not as old as i am >> have a great day. thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. let's go back to the big board i am looking for the walker family you get the big board. okay first of all, i want craig to take a long look at dad jason. he's here with zoe, justin, and jayden these tw

we have some saving graces in the fact that kelly left behind fantastic little boy, finley, so every treatment has continued. she's been investigating the disruption to cancer care. covid has taken up all the headlines but ultimately you cannot have a collateral from covid that costs even more lives. this programme is personalfor me. i've heard too many stories about treatment being stopped, about the impact that it's had, and we now have to talk about it. panorama has been shown research suggesting that delays and interruptions could lead to thousands of additional deaths. certain treatments have continued at cancer hubs away from covid patients, and some nightingale hospitals are now being used to clear the testing backlog. i think all we can do is our best to try and get the service running again, to get the diagnosis going, get the treatments going again. the full consequence of decisions made during the pandemic are yet to be revealed. the impact on those involved, and their families, will be felt for a long time to come. lauren moss, bbc news. we've got more than that in about

michael finley from new york, good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. thank you for having me on. i have a few observations and questions. we are a nation of debaters and it is essential to arrive at better solution is to the problems. i also like to reject that a gentle man that wrote a book on popular as some said that politics and politicians will not save us, and i thoroughly agree with him on that. my question is although compromise is essential to getting to the solutions, how can and why should one compromise their beliefs in something they believe runs counter to it, case in point, the abortion issue no matter what side you are on. >> host: thank you. yuval levin. >> guest: it points to the question of what we mean by compromise. and i also think it could mean giving up on core beliefs. it means getting part of what they wan want on a practical poy question by prioritizing what you want based precisely on your core beliefs so that ultimately you are forced to decide what you are willing to give and what most matters to you. so, there are certain

possibility that th co since then now we do know some evacuations in the area are in progress for finley ridge road and that there's also a hard road closure like i mentioned on east done a road. she's prior to anderson lake. so what they're asking everyone they're asking people in the area. so please avoid the area when you are driving off of the freeway. the fire from the hillside is so right the sky and this shot here doesn't really do justice is ran that fire they are continuing to investigate as to whether or not it was caused by illegal even on my drive into town here i passed several small fires were getting an update. we know that well from that 5 hours ago when it was just 40 acres. it is now grown to about a 100 acres in size so again very rapidly moving in very rapidly growing now again conditions in the area as we continue to warm up on that may pose a risk and a threat for the firefighters continue to battle the fire now there was some people. earlier today we're talking to law enforcement just at the entrance where they had the road blocked off and many of them were worry a