and j.r. stone has reaction from 39 parents. >> he misses his friends and they talk on the phone. >> reporter: she is talking about her 10-year-old son cole. he and his friend are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it is still up in the air as to when that will happen. >> i'm not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. but we have to start that prcess of actually having a specific plan. >> reporter: oakland unified's superintendent spoke at thursday night's school board meeting. the first after a recent district survey found that 55 3% of parents like the idea of half day in school and half day sdns learning. 53% like one day in school and then at home. and the talk thursday was all about safety. during there meeting and when we spoke with tony thurman -- >> masks are on their way to each of our 10,000 schools. many have already gotten it. the face coverings, hand sanitizer. >> reporter: and her son has received a chrome book and she says there are

that's where j.r. stone is for us tonight. j.r.?> reporter: well, the good news right now, ama, is that the fire does not pose any direct danger to the homes behind me. but i want to go off and show you what it looks like on the hillside. these are lights that had just been turned on in the last five minutes or so. you could see those crews up on the hillside, closely monitoring this situation as i speak to make sure hot spots don't spark up. flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday. one of many fires to burn across the area. >> i thought the house was going to burn down. >> reporter: so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. >> got very close. you can see the flames were literally in their backyard. >> as i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. >> reporter: chris engle turning on the sprinklers andfairfield, evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in jeopardy. near i-08 in rodeo, another frightening situation. >> the wind is going that

here is j.r. stone. >> reporter: this used to say sir francis drake high school, but now it just says high school as school employees have removed sir francis drake. in a letter to parents, the principal saying one of their goals is to become more anti-raci anti-racist. >> my reaction was they are actually listening and responding to the public demand that we remove this stain of slavery from the school. >> reporter: the removal of sir francis drake above the gym entrance comes less than 24 hours after officials temporarily removed the sir francis drake statue near the ferry terminal. that in response to a planned demonstrations to tear it down on thursday. much has been made of his dealings with the slave trade. >> i don't think it is appropriate to take down the sir francis drake sign without more ed aould cus b rove to see peop focusing on that rather than diddling around with the sir francis drake name. >> reporter: but some say it is about setting the right tone going forward. >> there is a lot of

j.r. stone is live in the newsroom with details on what was discussed tonight, j.r. >> well, dan, a couple hundred people were expected to be part of the virtual school meeting tonight, but there were a thousand. people want to know what is going to happen this coming year. >> he misses his friends and he, you know, talks to them on the phone or, you know, when they are playing their video games. >> kerry is talking about her ten-year-old son le, seen here with his best friend. the two are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it's still up in the air as to when that will happen. >> i'm not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. but we have to start that process of actually having a specific plan. >> oakland unified's superintendent spoke at thursday night's school board meeting. the first after a recent district survey found that 55% of oakland parents like the idea of half day in school, and half day distance learning. 53% like full day in scho

j.r. stone is live in the newsroom with details on what was discussed tonight, j.r. >> well, dan, a couple hundred people were expected to be part of the virtual school meeting tonight, but there were a thousand. people want to know what is going to happen this coming year. >> he misses his friends and he, you know, talks to them on the phone or, you know, when they are playing their video games. >> kerry is talking about her ten-year-old son cole, seen here with his best friend. the two are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it's still up in the air as to when that will happen. >> i'm not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. but we have to start that process of actually having a specific plan. >> oakland unified's superintendent spoke at thursday night's school board meeting. the first after a recent district survey found that 55% of oakland parents like the idea of half day in school, and half day distance learning. 53% like full day in sc

j.r. stone spoke with his wife and son. >> reporter: gilbert is an army veteran and corrections sergeant who is fighting the battle of his life up against covid-19 in a bay area hospital. >> they said his numbers are getting a lot better and it made us so happy. >> reporter: currently he is heavily sedated and on life support, something that is heartbreaking to his son vincent who is following in his father's foot steps and currently serving our country in south korea. >> my job is literally to protect and serve my country and my country is being defeated by something that i can't even protect my own family from and friends, you know. and that really affects me. >> reporter: gilbert was admitted to the hospital july 3. and his wife and daughter was also diagnosed with the virus. they had their own battles but are doing well today. while they are frustrated about the spread at san quentin, their focus is what comes next. >> we just need to figd out wur what is the best solution to keep everyone s

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live in fairfield with reaction. j.r., this is so discouraging for those businesses. >> reporter: it certainly is. here in solano county, these restaurants, dan, had been open for the last couple of weeks but that all changes today. in fact, it changes as i'm speaking right now. this restaurant right behind me, the chevy's actually had guests dining inside when we arrived, people just learning the news out here. as we go to the video you can see some of the signs. the signs have been seen for the past couple of weeks. letting people know indoor dining was open all across the county. the closings happen immediately according to the health department. doctors i've talked with say that indoor dining has been a major concern because we've seen the virus spread to other people in these locations. those doctors are saying the particles can go into the air and stay in that stagnant indoor air for sometime. those that we talked with here in fairfield have mixed opinions about that. >> i'd rather stay home till we don't have t

j.r. stone is live in the newsroom tonight. j.r., this measure was passed but not without some drama tonight. >> yeah, that is right, dan. what a meeting it was. there were definitely some heated moments here. at one point, some profanity was dropped by one of the police commissioners. >> the letter talked about political -- this being political speech, which is absolute horse [ bleep ], if you excuse my french. >> reporter: that from vice president of the san francisco police commissioner demali taylor, in reaction to a san francisco police officers association letter that objects to putting black lives matter signs in each of the city's police stations. >> the leadership of the poa just simply does not get it. >> reporter: the measure, which was passed unanimously, will put a 32 by 24-inch black lives matter poster or sign in each station. >> this strictly came from the black community and members in the community. >> again, i think this is a step in the right direction. but we definitely need

that's where j.r. stone is for us tonight. j.r.? >> reporter: well, the good news right now, ama, is that the fire does not pose any direct danger to the homes behind me. but i want to go off and show you what it looks like on the hillside. these are lights that had just been turned on in the last five minutes or so. you could see those crews up on the hillside, closely monitoring this situation as i speak to make sure hot spots don't spark up. flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday. one of many fires to burn across the area. >> i thought the house was going to burn down. >> reporter: so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. >> got very close. you can see the flames were literally in their backyard. >> as i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. >> reporter: chris engle turning on the sprinklers and life. in fairfield, 30 homes were evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in in rodeo, an frightening situation. >> the wind is going tha

j.r. stone is live in the newsroom tonight. j.r., this measure was passed but not without some drama tonight. >> yeah, that is right, dan. what a meeting it was. there were definitely some heated moments here. at one point, some profanity was dropped by one of the police commissioners. >> the letter talked about political -- this being political speech, which is absolute horse [ bleep ], if you excuse my french. >> reporter: that from vice president of the san francisco police commissioner demali taylor, in reaction to a san francisco police officers association letter that objects to putting black lives matter signs in each of the city's police stations. >> the leadership of the poa just simply does not get it. >> reporter: the measure, which was passed unanimously, will put a 32 by 24-inch black lives matter poster or sign in each station. >> this strictly came from the black community and members in the community. >> again, i think this is a step in the right direction. but we definitely need

>> reporter: j.r. stone, abc7 news. aew covid-19 testing site opened in san francisco's mission district today. it's called a low barrier site. that means you don't need a doctor's referral or insurance to receive a free test. the site will operate every thursday on alabama street. and if someone tests positive for covid-19, they will receive information on benefits that they can receive for not getting paid while missing work. >> new at 11:00, many california prison inmates are getting time shaved off their sentences due to covid-19. because of the pandemic, credit-earning programs have been shutdown, and now state officials wrote inmates today saying most are getting 12 weeks of time served. inmates with serious rule violations or those sentenced to life without the possibility of parole or death row are ineligible. the outbreak in state prisons is having an impact on cal fire to fight fires. dozens of inmates to work on hand crews are quarantined because of the virus. we are already in peak fire season. the state is

>> reporter: j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> a new covid-19 testing site opened in san francisco's mission district today. it's called a low barriersite. that means you don't need a doctor's referral or insurance to receive a free test. the site will operate every thursday on alabama street. and if someone tests positive for covid-19, they will receive information on benefits that they can receive for not getting paid while missing work. >> new at 11:00, many california prison inmates are getting time shaved off their sentences due to covid-19. because of the pandemic, credit-earning programs have been shutdown, and now state officials wrote inmates today saying most are getting 12 weeks of time served. inmates with serious rule violations or those sentenced to life without the possibility of parole or death row are ineligible. the outbreak in state prisons is having an impact on cal fire to fight fires. dozens of inmates to work on hand crews are quarantined because of the virus. we are already in peak fire seaso

. >> abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone has more from cal state east bay in hayward. >> so starting in 2023, csu students will have to take a course in ethnic studies and social justice. >> social justice including things like the criminal justice system and public health disparities. ethnic studies including classes like african-american history. this is the first time in 40 years that the cal made a siificant change general education requirements. >> campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then they'll approve courses. >> reporter: wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. those we talked to on campus said to them this is a no-brainer. she recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. >> like i said, i was a public health major. i feel like it was built in our curriculum. of course it could be put into our curriculum a s csu schools requirements in place, but this puts them on place on all 23 campuses and includes 482,000 students. s

. >> abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone has more from cal state east bay in hayward. >> so starting in 2023, csu students will have to take a course in ethnic studies and social justice. >> social justice including things like the criminal justice system and public health disparities. ethnic studies including classes like african-american history. this is the first time in 40 years that the cal state university system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. >> campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then they'll approve courses. >> reporter: wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. those we talked to on campus said to them this is a no-brainer. she recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. >> like i said, i was a public health major. i feel like it was built in our curriculum. of course it could be put into our curriculum a lot more. >> reporter: dr. alison wren says some csu schools had requirements i

j.r. stone has more on the major actions in marin county. >> reporter: this used to say sir francis drake high school, but now it just says high school as employees have removed sir francis drake. in letter to parents, the principal saying one of their goals is to become more anti-racist. >> my immediate reaction was they're actually listening, they're actually responding to the public demand that we remove this stain of slavery from the school. >> reporter: the removal of sir francis drake above the gym entrance comes less than 24 hours after officials in larksburg temporarily removed the statue near the ferry terminal. that in response to a planned demonstration to tear it down on thursday. much has been made in recent months of drake and his dealings in the slave demonstrated. >> the paper is actually covering the sir francis high school sign. while we were interviewing folks over by the gym, someone walked up and ripped this paper right off. >> i don't think it's appropriate to take down the

j.r. stone is in vallejo. >> reporter: these are the gunshots fired by police through the windshield of an unmarked pickup truck. shots that proved to be fatal for 22-year-old sean >> no, we don't have dash cam video. >> reporter: vallejo police released this body camera video on wednesday. it shows the response to a looting call at a walgreens location. none of the video shows montarosa before the shots, but after you can hear an officer driving what he had seen. >> he pointed it at us. >> i know, man. >> hey, he pointed a gun at us. >> [ bleep ] stupid. >> well, i thought he was armed, too, dude. >> you'll be all right, dude. >> not what i needed tonight. >> i know. >> calm down. take some deep breaths. take some deep breaths. >> reporter: officers have confirmed that montarosa did not have a gun but a large hammer in his waist belt. >> he was in a crouching, half kneeling position. his hands were towards his waistband when he turned towards the officers. the officers perceived the butt of a g

j.r. stone is in solano county tonight. >> usually you get a message if something happens, but i haven't gotten anything. >> reporter: this restaurant in fairfield is reacting to governor gavin newsom's decision to close indoor dining in solano county. >> if he says you got to stay inside, you got to stay inside. you can't sit down in the dining room. >> reporter: for more than a month, solano county officials have allowed dinin at restaurants. signs even say open for dine-in comiinn. factven thoh policy technica wednesday, dine-in was still happening all across the county well into the evening as many businesses hadn't heard about the changes. >> we just came from texas road house, you know, they're dining in over there. so i don't know what's going on. >> they didn't have that sign up there said covid-19. now it says covid-19. so it's getting real serious now. it's getting close. >> i got my face mask on. i feel like as long as we have that going on, you know, we good. >> reporter: doctors say

j.r. stoneeporter: these are the gunshots fired by police through the windshield of an unmarked pickup truck. shots that proved to be fatal for 22-year-old sean montarosa. >> no, we don't have dash cam video. >> reporter: vallejo police released this body camera video on wednesday. it shows the response to a looting call at a walgreens location. none of the video shows montarosa before the shots, but after you can hear an officer driving what he had seen. >> he pointed it at us. >> i know, man. >> hey, he pointed a gun at us. >> [ bleep ] stupid. >> well, i thought he was armed, too, dude. >> you'll be all right, dude. >> not what i needed tonight. >> i know. >> calm down. take some deep breaths. take some deep breaths. >> reporter: officers have confirmed that montarosa did not have a gun but a large hammer in his waist belt. >> he was in a crouching, half kneeling position. his hands were towards his waistband when he turned towards the officers. the officers perceived the butt of a gun and th

j.r. stone has more on the major actions in marin county. >> reporter: this used to say sir francis drake high school, but now it just says high school as employees have removed sir francis drake. in letter to parents, the principal saying one of their goals is to become more anti-racist. >> my immediate reaction was they're actually listening, they're actually responding to the public demand that we remove this stain of slavery from the school. >> reporter: the removal of sir francis drake above the gym entrance comes less than 24 hours after officials in larksburg temporarily removed the statue near the ferry terminal. that in response to a planned demonstration to tear it down on thursday. much has been made in recent months of drake and his dealings in the slave demonstrated. >> the paper is actually covering the sir francis high school sign. while we were interviewing folks over by the gym, someone walked up and ripped this paper right off. >> i don't think it's appropriate to take down the

and j.r. stoneeaction from parents. >> he misses his friends and they talk on the phone. >> reporter: she is talking about her 10-year-old son cole. he and his friend are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it is still up in the air as to when that will happen. >> i'm not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. but we have to start that process of actually having a specific plan. >> reporter: oakland unified's superintendent spoke at thursday night's school board meeting. the first after a recent district survey found that 55 % of parents like the idea of half day in school and half day distance learning. 53% like one day in school and then at home. and the talk thursday was all about safety. during the meeting and when we spoke with tony thurman -- >> masks are on their way to each of our 10,000 schools. many have already gotten it. the face coverings, hand sanitizer. >> reporter: and her son has received a chrome book and she says there are still

in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> right now have a county by countly li lly what is open and closed. >>> and at the live desk, i'm tracking hurricane hanna as it weakens to a tropical depression.storm made landfall in texas over the weekend. it was the first atlantic hurricane of the season. maybe neighborhoods and businesses were blooded. >> and it is sweeping through an area that is the most challenged area in the state for >> it is shaping up to be an active hurricane season. hurricane douglas is threats ths beibe the hawaiian islands. it seemed like everything was canceled could ydue to covid-19 the hurricane season. >> yeah, it knows no boundaries. and other than the calendar year. let's go kigs focus on douglas. flooding will continue to be an issue with hanna. so much of us have a stake in so close to hawaii, i wanted to show you what is going on with douglas. it is moving off to the northwest at 16. it still could bring up to 6 inches of rain and beach erosion for the western most islands the

in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> also on our website, abc7news.com, we have a complete list of what's open and what's closed in your county. >> in oakland, clean-up was underway today after some protesters became violent during a march through downtown supporting racial justice last night. there were clashes with oakland police and there was a fire set at the alameda county courthouse. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard has images and reaction. >> reporter: police say demonstrators set fire inside the alameda county courthouse in oakland saturday night. sky 7 captured another fire set outside the building. the fire department put both fires out quickly. windows were broken here, and at a nearby apartment building. at oakland police headquarters, a group kicked down a barricade surrounding the police department. >> i saw a lot of intensity, you know, people are very upset. >> reporter: vanessa dove joined hundreds on the street. it began as a peaceful protest through downtown oakland in support of black

j.r. stone has the surveillance video. >> reporter: this is surveillance video showing a burglar who had just broken into st. thomas the apostle school where he stole 100 computers. >> we offer our children these computers if they don't have any at home. so it was really painful to see that. >> reporter: and painful to see it just weeks before distance learning is set to start. school employees say the man busted in through the girl's bathroom window, ransacked a number of rooms and eventually made his way to the second floor. the computers were locked in this cart, that lock was broken when the cart was pushed down the stairs. >> busted it open and he basically boxed all the stuff and headed out. >> reporter: and the man took his time inside, dwrarank an ore juice, left pop sickles on the floor and candy rappers. >> it seems that they were also looking for money and in the faculty room, there were more pop sic pop sick bl poples. >> if they really needed something, they could have knocked on th

here is j.r. stone. >> reporter: these are the gunshots fired by police through the front windshield of an unmarked vallejo police pickup truck, shots that proved to be fatal for sean monterrosa. >> no, we don't have dash cam video. we're releasing as much video as we can. >> reporter: and vallejo police released this body camera video on wednesday. it shows their response to a looting call at a walgreen's location. none of the video shows monterrosa before the shots, but after you can hear the officer describing what he had seen. >> he pointed a gun at us. [ bleep ]. stupid. >> i thought he was armed too. he was going like this. >> it's all right, dude. take some deep breaths. >> reporter: officers have confirmed that monterrosa did not have a gun but a large hammer. >> he was in a half kneeling position, his hands toward his waste band when he turned towards the officers. the officers perceive the butt of a gun and they shot. >> reporter: family members are upset saying that what happened shouldn't ha

j.r. stoneas more now from cal state east bay. >> starting in 2023, csu students will have to take a course in ethnic studies and social justice. >> reporter: social justice including things like the criminal justice system and public health disparities. ethnic studies including classes like african-american history. this is the first time in 40 years that the cal state university system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. >> campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement. and then they will approve courses. >> reporter: wednesday trustees voted to approve the measure. those that we talked with on campus said to them this is a no-brainer. this woman recently graduated from csu east bay and she said she felt like this was already in place. >> i was a public health major so i felt it was built into our curriculum. >> reporter: dr. rinn says some csu schools did already have requirements in place, but this puts them in place on all 23 cam

i'm j.r. stone. eric thomas has the night off. >> i'm dion lim. it's been no holiday weekend for bay area firefighters. they have been racing to keep up with the hundreds of fires in our region, mostly started by illegal fireworks. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us live in san pablo with more on this story. cornell? >> dion, very scary night for firefighters no, professional fireworks shows in the bay area last night, but lots of amateur ones, just ask any firefighter. many started firesis o in san pablo. the firework debris is just feet away. fireworks lit up the skies over san francisco on july 4th, but it's a show firefighters didn't want to see. illegal fireworks caused large grass fires like this one near hunter's point, and this fire less than a mile away. >> we were virtually working nonstop. we were going from one fire to another fire. >> lieutenant jonathan baxter says his department responded to 108 fires, all started by fireworks. at one point fire crews came under attack from a barrage of fireworks being launched. >> i have a

i'm j.r. stone. eric thomas has the night off. >> and i'm deon. firefighters have been racing to keep up with the fires mostly started because of illegal fireworks. more on this story and you can even see the remnants of last night, cornell. >> reporter: for sure. firefighters on the run this weekend, chasing fires blamed on illegal fireworks. check it out. this is san pablo where this hill caught fire briefly last night. and just feet away, remnants from fireworks. fireworks lit tim skies over san francisco on july 4th. but it's a show firefighters didn't want to see. illegal fireworks caused large grass fires like this one. and this fire less than a mile away. >> we were virtually working nonstop. from one fire to another fire to another fire. >> he says his department responded to 108 fires, all started by fireworks. at one point, fire crews came under attack from a barrage of fireworks. >> reporter: two small kids were injured after they got too close to fireworks. in oakland, neighbors were helping clean up lakeshore avenue where lots of debr

j.r. stone has more. >> reporter: white lives matter are words that can be seen in this picture and words that were painted on this street in martinez. anderr gates5:00. >> what i saw was hate speech written on the ground. and we won't tolerate it. >> reporter: when word got around town, groups of people showed up and at least one person started to cover over the words. >> we won't tolerate this in our neighborhood. we're not going to take this kind of hate. >> reporter: these writings are just the latest of tense days. a couple was seen vandalizing a "black lives matter" mural. a day later, someone drove by yelling -- >> and f us off. so i got on my skateboard and followed him to get the plates. >> reporter: and witnesses say that man who was later arrested pulled a gun on people. those accused of vandalizing the "black lives matter" mural have been identified as david nelson and nicole anderson. both now facing hate crime charges in this latest scene, police say the roadway was illegally paint

j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >> j.r., thank you for keeping on top of that.omes to issues of racial injustice, go to abc7news.com/takeaction to find a list of local resources. >>> now to the book the president tried to block his niece from writing. the final hurdle cleared in just the last 24 hours allowing her to speak out. and she did so today in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos. >> what's the single most important thing you think the country needs to know about your uncle? >> he's utterly incapable of leading this country. and it's dangerous to allow him to do so. >> based on what you see now or what you saw then? >> based on what i've seen my entire adult life. >> you can see more of the exclusive interview with mary trump on "good morning america" tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is hospitalized tonight withsieal las night and experienced fever and chills. she underwent a procedure this afternoon to clean out a temperature and is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days. this comes aft

j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >> j.r., thank you for keeping on top of that. when it comes to issues of racial injustice, go to abc7news.com/takeaction to find a list of local resources. >>> now to the book the president tried to block his niece from writing. the final hurdle cleared in just the last 24 hours allowing her to speak out. and she did so today in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos. >> what's the single most important thing you think the country needs to know about your uncle? >> he's utterly incapable of leading this country. and it's dangerous to allow him to do so. >> based on what you see now or what you saw then? >> based on what i've seen my entire adult life. >> you can see more of the exclusive interview with mary trump on "good morning america" tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is hospitalized tonight with a possible infection. the 87-year-old went to the hospital last night and experienced fever and chills. she underwent a procedure this afternoon to clean out a temperature and is

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live in the newsroom tonight. assed but not without some drama tonight. >> yeah, that is right, dan. what a meeting it was. there were definitely some heated moments here. at one point, some profanity was dropped by one of the police

that's where j.r. stone is for us tonight. j.r.?t the fire does not pose any direct danger to the homes behind me. but i want t

j.r. stone has more. >> reporter: giants/dodgers opening night, about you with the pandemic going on, how much celebration is actually happening? beer going we're going to find out. got the lucky panda sweat shirt and time to mask up with the right mask. let's do this. with the game going on down in los angele ait tr cove.inking that we here we are, i know this game is in dodger town, but let's see if we can find some boaters watching the game. got the lucky sweat shirt on, we are at mccovey cove. >> we're going to listen to it. >> nice. is there a plan where you could pick us up and we get onboard? laughing and crickets. they are listening to the game tonight on board. and what is your prediction? >> giants! >> giants by three. >> reporter: on the idea of listening to the giants game on a boat in mccovey cove, that sounded pretty good, but we wanted to watch the game and find other people who were watching the game too. san francisco athletic club, yeah, it is a party. are you going on brave it

j.r. stone has this story. >> reporter: giants/dodgers, opening night. with the pandemic going on, how much celebration is actually happening? we're going to find out. got the lucky panda sweatshirt and time to mask up with the right mask. with the game going on down in los angeles, this could be tricky. but i'm thinking we go to mccovey cove. >> here we are, at oracle park. i know this game is in dodger town, but let's find some people watching the game. got the lucky sweatshirt on. we are at mccovey cove. >> are you watching the game on the boat? >> we're going thebe to it. >> nice. is there a plan where you could pick us up and we get on board? >> reporter: they do have a radio on board and they are listening to the game. what is your prediction? >> giants. >> giants by three. >> reporter: so the idea of listening to the giants' game on a boat in mccovey cove, that sounded good, but we wanted to watch the game and find other people who were watching the game, too. san francisco athletic club, yeah, it's a party. are you going to brave it out here all

. >> abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone to take a course in ethnic studies and social justice. >> social justice including things like the criminal justice system and public health disparities. ethnic studies including classes like african-american history. this is the first time in

abc7 news reporter j.r. stone is in martinez. >> white lives matter are words that can be seen in this picture and words that were painted on this street in martinez. >> our gates open up around 5:00, and it was there. >> what i saw was hate speech written on the ground. and we are not going to tolerate it. >> when word got around opportunity of what had been painted, groups of people showed up and one person started to cover over the words. >> we are not going to tolerate this in our neighborhood. we are not going to take this kind of hate. >> these writings are the latest in what was a tense four days in martinez. a couple was seen vandalizing the black lives matter movement with black paint. a day later and after the area was cleared, someone drove by yelling. -- >> flipped us off, and i got on the skateboard to follow him and get the plates. >> reporter: witnesses say that man who was later will arrested pulled a gun on people. those accused of vandalizing the black lives matter mural, have been identified. bo

abc7 news reporter j.r. stone is in martinez. >> white lives matter are words that can be seen in this picture and words that were painted on this street in martinez. >> our gates open up around 5:00, and it was there. >> what i saw was hate speech written on the ground. and we are not going to tolerate it. >> when word got around opportunity of what had been painted, groups of people showed up and one person started to cover over the words. >> we are not going to tolerate this in our neighborhood. we are not going to take this kind of hate. >> these writings are the latest in what was a tense four days in martinez. a couple was seen vandalizing the black lives matter movement with black paint. a day ler ahe area was cleared, someone drove by yelling. -- >> flipped us off, and i got on the skateboard to follow him and get the plates. >> reporter: witnesses say that man who was later will arrested pulled a gun on people. those accused of vandalizing the black lives matter mural, have been identified. both now facin

j.r. stone has this story. >> reporter: giants/dodgers, opening night. with the pandemic going on, how much celebration is actually happening? we're going to find out. got the lucky panda sweatshirt and time to mask up with the right mask. let's do this. with the game going on down in los angeles, this could be tricky. but i'm thinking we go to mccovey cove. >> here we are, at oracle park. i know this game is in dodger town, but let's find some people watching the game. got the lucky sweatshirt on. we are at mccovey cove. >> are you watching the game on the boat? >> we're going the will be to it. >> nice. is there a plan where you could pick us up and we getd? reportey do have a radio on board and they are listening to the game. what is your prediction? >> giants. >> giants by three. >> reporter: so the idea of listening to the giants' game on a boat in mccovey cove, that sounded good, but we wanted to watch the game and find other people who were watching the game, too. san francisco athletic club, yeah, it's a party. are you going to brave it out here

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> all right, j.r., thank you. >>> a stretch of street in oakland will be rename frd a journalist who was murdered. rename several blocks of 14th o street from oak to broadway chauncey bailee way. bailee as you may remember was editor and chief at the oakland post when he was shot and killed in 2007 as he walked to his office targeted by a group he was investigating for the paper. >>> a boy on a bike was killed after a collision with a delivery truck this afternoon in lafayette. the crash happened on marywood drive. police tell us the truck diver has been interviewed and is cooperating with investigators. >> that boy just ten years old. >>> happening now fire crews are on the look out for hot spots after a huge fire ripped through six businesses in san francisco. it was terrifying. this morning flames scorched the area of 14th street and south van ness avenue. the fast moving fire posed several problems for crewapos f alarm fire to a fifth alarm fire in under one hour. >>

j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> in the north bay now, today's news hit santa rosa hard.onoma county's sharp increase in cases since memorial day put it on the state's watch list on friday. so it's impacted by both of the governor's new health orders, including shutting down all bars and/or tasting rooms and indoor dining. some places only reopened just a few weeks ago. >> you have to be nimble, you have to make decisions on the fly. and if you can't adapt, you will not survive. >> the new closures will last until at least august 2. >>> new at 11:00, another inmate has died at san quinten of covid-19. that brings the number to ten. nearly 1300 inmates and 155 staff members are being treated for the virus. last friday, the state announced it would release up to 8,000 inmates early. >>> san francisco is one of the few counties not currently on the state's watch list. however, health officials are concerned the city could be on that list soon if people don't take action right now. kate larson explains. >> reporter: compared to other u.s. cities and counties, san francisco's

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> all right, j.r., thank you. >>> a stretch of street in oakland will be rename frd a journalist who was murdered. the city council voted today to rename several blocks of 14th street from oak to broadway chauncey bailee way. bailee as you may remember was editor and chief at the oakland post when he was shot and killed in 2007 as he walked to his office targeted by a group he was investigating for the paper. >>> a boy on a bike was killed after a collision with a delivery truck this afternoon in lafayette. the crash happened on marywood drive. police tell us the truck diver has been interviewed and is cooperating with investigators. >> that boy just ten years old. >>> happening now fire crews are on the look out for hot spots after a huge fire ripped through six businesses in san francisco. it was terrifying. this morning flames scorched the area of 14th street and south van ness avenue. the fast moving fire posed several problems for crews. >> it rapidly rose from a fi

j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> in the north bay now, today's news hit santa rosa hard.onoma county's sharp increase in cases since memorial day put it on the state's watch list on friday. so it's impacted by both of the governor's new health orders, including shutting down all bars and/or tasting rooms and indoor dining. some places only reopened just a few weeks ago. >> you have to be nimble, you have to make decisions on the fly. and if you can't adapt, you will not survive. >> the new closures will last until at least august 2. >>> new at 11:00, another inmate has died at san quinten of covid-19. that brings the number to ten. nearly 1300 inmates and 155 staff members are being treated for the virus. last friday, the state announced it would release up to 8,000 inmates early. >>> san francisco is one of the few counties not currently on the state's watch list. however, health officials are concerned the city could be on that list soon if people don't take action right now. kate larson explains. >> reporter: compared to other u.s. cities and counties, san francisco's

in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> depleting their life savings, going into extreme debt, having trouble paying rent. >> the edd is blasted over its >> fear of another toor me foreclosure crisis 7ed on your side's michael finney examines what you can do now. >>> can small children spread covid as easily as adults? the question is being raised as schools are about to reopen. >>> temperatures on the rise the next two days. i'll show you how warm it's going to get as we hit the weekend, coming up. >>> first, a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live after abc 7 news live at 11:00 with guest host anthony anderson. >> tonight's show has 100% more me. >> i was last week number 17 op the contemporary. >> on the adult contemporary. >> i'm 16 this week. i'll still going up. this cheeseburger is the best! it's about to get bester baby! ♪ menutaur! make it a double, yeah! nice mane! try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. order now with no contact delivery. an

in solano county, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> all right. we are just days away from a very different fourth of july here in the bay area. as abc 7 news rep rep rep celebrations are sure to be smaller and without fireworks booming or family trips to the beach. >> reporter: no celebration in the last four months has been normal under the covid-19 pandemic. new rules are putting a stop to many plans. governor gavin newsom announcing impacts to the holiday weekend. >> the state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend, but we are modifying our parking facility operations, and closing them to traffic throughout the southern california region, as well as parts of monterey county, santa cruz, and through the bay area. >> reporter: in separate announcements, half moon bay and pacifica's mayor taking it a step further, telling abc 7 city beaches will be closed for the july fourth weekend. >> most important thing is that we've done so well, we would hate to lose how far we've come. >> reporter: in santa cruz, the message fro

in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> depleting their life savings, going into extreme debt, having trouble paying rent. >> the edd is blasted over its failure to pay benefits and its plan to sort out the mess. >>> the real fear of another foreclosure crisis 7ed on your side's michael finney examines what you can do now. >>> can small children spread covid as easily as adults? the question is being raised as schools are about to reopen. >>> temperatures on the rise the next two days. i'll show you how warm it's going to get as we hit the weekend, coming up. >>> first, a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live after abc 7 news live at 11:00 with guest host anthony anderson. >> tonight's show has 100% more me. >> i was last week number 17 op the contemporary. >> on the adult contemporary. >> i'm 16 this week. i'll still going up. puberty means personal space. so sports clothes sit around doing a little growing of their own. ohhh. ahhgh. so imagine how we cheered when we found tide pods sport. finally

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> about 5:08. and let's take a look at our temperatures. mid to upper 50s with cloudy conditions and a little mist in the air over the east bay. a little bit of fog in the north bay. visibility is okay right now. about 3 miles. we do have some 60s out there, mountain view, san jose about 60 to 63. the rest of us mid to upper 50s once again. here is a look from the roof camera where it is 54 degrees. nothing extreme if you will be walking the dog or mildest day,u have yard work, not a bad day to do it. we still have a small craft advisory from 3:00 this afternoon to 9:00, same time as it was yesterday. let's take a look at some of our microclimates. east bay valleys, we'll see the sunshine the fastest and feel the warmest this afternoon. upper 80s for this afternoon. and as far as the south bay, cloud cover this morning, but by 10:00, breaking out in sunshine. 77 at noon. low to mid-80s this afternoon. and a very comfortable 70 at 8:00. and the peninsula, a little milder. we should see the sunshine break out around 10:00. we're 72 and sunny

jr stone is live in solano county where some businesses just found out, they'll have to close down again, j.r. >> reporter: yes. and i've broken the news about these indoor closures to about half a dozen people. many of them saying these are the governor's closures, putting them slowly on him. some in a positive light. others in a negative one. >> we'll have some beer after work. to know let down like that over an unconstitutional mandate from a governor, as far as i can tell, you know. >> the governor has to bear the brunnel of this. he's trying to acome date everybody. and sometimes when everyone's health is concerned, you can't accommodate everybody. >> now, here in fairfield, i've seen open for dining signs outside chevy's, and buffalo wild wings to name a few. they are likely to come down. the closures will happen immediately according to the health department. doctors i talked on from stanford and ucsf say indoor dining has been a major concern for them because we've seen the virus spread in those locations across the country. those doctors saying that the particles from the virus can g

stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress during the russia probe. now back to "dateline." >>> when the detectives got back to the station, they reviewed what they had on j.rnment system installer -- his alibi, his dna, his scratched hands. but soon, they had something else -- doubts. >> he would install sound systems, you know, so he's always working in tight spaces and that's how he's cut his hands up. >> did you believe him? >> it's believable. >> yeah, it's very understandable. i mean, with the kind of work that he does, you could see his hands getting cut up. >> and they learned that j.r.'s alibi for the weekend kim died checked out. two men, joshua veal and j.r. the installer, were now off the suspect list. you're going from person to person to person but no arrest. >> no, not yet. >> are you getting a little frustrated, or are you just following the trail? >> just following the trail, because the trail, it tends to start narrowing after a period of time. we felt like that it wasn't going to be a situation where this was going to go unsolved. there was just too much, too much information for us to follow up for that to happen. >> optimism alone doesn