luz pena is live on the scene there. luz in. >> reporter: yeah. we've spoken to several residents who are now packing up and gearing up to evacuate. you can see the flames raging right behind us. the white smoke expanding through the ridge. you can see flames raging as they approach a community of 200 to 300 people. we're flying over the fire. you can see the flames and pagd throughout the area. cal fire confirmed, this fire is directly imtwo major communities. loma mar. it is presumed it started sunday morning. firefighters responded to 22 fires throughout this region. many residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. here's one of the residents, thomas marks. >> judging by that, at least twice from last night, a little more than that.

luz pena, abc 7 news. >> thank you for the latest there. here's the latest view of smoke. >> nasa says the smoke trail running northeast to southwest is approximately 1200 miles long. the smoke isn't just impacting california. aerosols in the air, particles in the atmosphere are believed to be from wildfires. they can be seen as far east as minnesota. you can see as we look at the east bay hills, not great outside. east bay is hit particularly hard right now. drew tuma is tracking that part of the story. >> some areas are seeing an improvement in their air quality. that wind could push more smoke into other areas. you take a look at that sea breeze at 20 miles an hour in the city. from the city to san rafael, we have moderate air quality. smoke is continuing to be pushed inland. you can see those levels are in red, unhealthy air quality. it looks like over the next 24 hours, we're going to stay within that trend we've seen over the past couple days. the air quality where you live is going to fluctuate between poor and unhealthy. another spa

luz pena. abc7 news. >>> vallejo city councilmember hakeem brown's house was vandalized. he said she was shocked and disappointed as a black man and part of black lives matter. police are calling it a hate crime. tomorrow morning he will show vallejo is a place of understanding, not hateful when it come to social justice and equal, we are here to help you find your ally. >>> mayor london breed is proposing a major budget cut to the san francisco police and sheriff's departments. $120 million in funding will be redirected from law enforcement to addressing disparities in the black community under this plan. that includes things like housi housing, work force development and education. >> i want black boys growing up today to thrive because we close to change how this city and how this country treats our young black men. not as a statistic or an inevitable tragedy but as an important part of our city's future. >> chief william scott said in a statement, while the cuts are significant, they are cuts we can absorb and that will not dominion he shall our bail to provide essen

and luz pena has their story. >> reporter: this is what pivoting sounds like. >> i was work position at the chase energy. >> i was doing some dine work. >> i work a lot of music festivals. >> reporter: aside from their love for fabric and design, these friends have one more thing in common. they were all laid off in march. >> absolutely everything i had to work for the year got eliminated. >> reporter: in the back of this garage now turned in to a customized face covering designer is michael pe tchpetry. >> my good friend francesco who has the business upstairs allowed me to work in the dining room when they had to close down. >> we can make you one that is identical to this one. >> reporter: so when you first walk in, you get fitted with a mask just like this one. several days later, you come back and you get your customized mask, mine, is the stingray. love it. the mask shop is expanding while keeping high safety guidelines and getting tested for covid-19 every two weeks, every thread giving them a new purpose to create. >> working here as a volunteer with michael has saved my sani

luz pena. abc7 news. >>> vallejo city councilmember hakeem brown's house was vandalized. he said she was shocked and disappointed as a black man and part of black lives matter. police are calling it a hate crime. tomorrow morning he will show vallejo is a place of understanding, not hateful when it come to social justice and equal, we are here to help you find your ally. >>> mayor london breed is proposing a major budget cut to the san francisco police and sheriff's departments. $120 million in funding will be redirected from law enforcement to addressing disparities in the black community under this plan. that includes things like housi housing, work force development and education. >> i want black boys growing up today to thrive because we close to change how this city and how this country treats our young black men. not as a statistic or an inevitable tragedy but as an important part of our city's future. >> chief william scott said in a statement, while the cuts are significant, they are cuts we can absorb and that will not dominion he shall our bail to provide essen

in american canyon, luz pena, abc7 news. >> fairfield unified put out this statement. nathan was a joy to be around, our hearts go out to nathan's family, friends and all who loved him. many of our staff members. >>> san francisco police are leaving the force in record numbers. "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc news contributor is reporting that 23 sworn officers have resigned, 19 took jobs at other law enforcement agencies. officers gave many reasons for leaving, including the high cost of living. others are frustrated by expected budget cuts, calls for pay freezes and more defunding. read phil in the "chronicle" every sunday and tuesday. >>> more than 620,000 people have tested positive, 78 hnz more than yesterday, 77 additional deaths due to coronavirus. tomorrow the governor says he'll break down the number of cases per county, tell us which counties remain on the watch list and which can come off. it's been frozen since a data glitch was discovered july 25th. >>> turning to the weather, drew, a wild weekend and busy few days. >> heat wave continues another

damage to small business is hurting the exact people you want to help. >> reporter: in oakland, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> jacob blake's family led a peaceful justice for jacob march through kenosha, protesting systemic racism and police brutality. hundreds prove testers demanded justice for the 29-year-old father. rittenhouse, who allegedly shot and killed two protesters last week. >> he took life that wasn't his to take, he took it. so how will he be famous? infamously famous? you know, they make a big deal out of scarface, but he killed a lot of people, right? so he's infamously famous. that's what we're talking about? is gxcharged with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide. >>> the white house says president trump will visit kenosha on tuesday to meet with law enforcement and look at the some of the damage from recent protests. yesterday he praised the federal presence in wisconsin. take a listen. >> we've had tremendous success as you know. we were finally able to get the go-ahead from the local authorities to send in the national guard. we sent in the national gu

"abc7 news" luz pena is live in morgan hill with the latest. luz? >> reporter: kristen, we're here in gilroy and technically surrounded by this fire right now. those flames behind us, that was on purpose by firefighters to be able to burn some of the brush that you see behind us so the fire does not expand all over this ridge. what these firefighters don't have are resources. what they do have is a strategy. what's making it difficult is this terrain. access is one of the main complications firefighters are faced with inside the state park here. we saw it embedded with the fire team into the fire zone. >> there's only a few roads up into this part of it. so there's a lot of rolling terrain and just small roads and getting large vehicles up here is somewhat difficult. >> reporter: the local and state resources have not been enough to contain the scu lightning complex fire with over 347,000 acres burned in eight days. it's still out of control. help is coming from across the country. this team got here from texas. what's the strategy now? >> right now

in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> announcer: now the accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >> wrapping up a warm weekend for a lot of us, especially those away from the coast. tonight our marine layer is growing and tracking dense fog. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing the coastal cloud cover intact at current moment. visibility mode on live doppler 7, zoom into the coast. half moon bay, visibility reduces to less than 1 1/2 miles because of the fog. expect areas of dense fog to linger tomorrow morning, and coastal drizzle is go golden gate bridge camera, fog is low. and could be areas of drizzle first thing in the morning. breezy earlier this afternoon. most areas the wind has backed off. exception through the delta and the strait where the winds are gusting 10 to 20 miles per hour right now. we have onshore wind keeping the coast cool, 58 in the city. but still warmth inland, brentwood, 81. 74 in ukiah. but cooled off to 58 in santa rosa. 63 in hayward. next few hours the concern is the dense fog along the coastline, and patchy fog spilling into the bay shoreline t

abc 7 news report luz pena has details. >> reporter: tonight, behind closed doors, millions of californians share the same worry. come september 1st, many will lose their protection against evictions for lack of payment during this pandemic. >> any renter who has not paid some portion of rent in recent months, could be immediately evicted. and that would be catastrophic. >> reporter: the covid-19 tenant reli a of 2020 is hoping to extend evictfive more months. it needs to get two-thirds of majority votes in each house. and the clock is ticking. >> we are trying to prevent millions of renters being, potentially, evicted if we don't pass a law by midnight, on monday. >> if approved, tenants would need to pay 25% of the rent during that period. tenants together says this is a start but not a complete protection. >> where money owed doesn't disappear. it just becomes consumer debt. so this is really about turning -- making that -- that rental, that not a cause for evictions. >> now, this is basically an extension. so, by the end of january, that's going to end. come february 1st, many people co

abc 7 news reporter luz pena has the story. >> reporter: this is night three as oakland protesters demand justice for jacob blake, an african-american man shot seven times in the back by a wisconsin police officer leaving him paralyzed from the waist down and generating nationwide protests. oakland police reporting one of their officers was injured as the crowd threw rocks and bottles and pointed lasers at the officers. need to be made with the police brutality against african-american males in this community. we're supportive of peaceful protesting. >> reporter: as the nice progression, many are afraid of history repeating itself, where smashed windows and fires were left behind. this woman is from the oakland african-american chamber of commerce and says small business owners are the ones picking up the broken glass and the bill. >> this serious business. don't come here vandalizing our city. >> reporter: truve is a prime example of these attacks. they've been vandalized three times since july. >> we still have to pay our rent and do all those things, now we have added damage, fixing g

first, to luz pena. >> reporter: dan, we're on the edge of palo alto as we speak right now. you go see behind us, the flames inching up to about 200 to 300 people in this community. we spoke to several residents of la honda who are now packing and gearing up to evacuate. you cahahi sn s expanding through the ridge. you can see the flames raging in that community with about 60 homes. let's look at sky 7. you can see the flames aggressively expanding. they are impacting two major communities. loma mar and dearborn park. it is presumed this fire was caused by lightning sunday morning. cal fire responded to about 22 lightning fires in this region. le residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. now there is nothing else to wait for. they're evacuating. here's one of the residents. >> we are evacuating now. we had no instruction by the san mateo county sheriff's thpartment to do so. e rangers, we have had no one come into our communiy to tell us what to do. so myself and my brother-in-law rick took it upon ourselves to go around our middleton track and make

luz pena talked with the young man's co-workers. . >> reporter: on the ground was 18-year-old nathanabriel reeg garza. he had been delivering groceries to a customer on this lot sgl lot. >> very wild thing. >> reporter: it took place around noon, investigators asking witnesses and customers to report any information about the suspect who got away. >> i never heard of anything like this here. my everything. and nothing, you know. tis is really shocking. >> reporter: and this is an unprecedented event in this community, pointing to the last shooting that happened 10 to 15 years ago. >> certainly our hearts go out to the family and loved ones affected by this. police and sheriff are investigate being. >> reporter: and american canyon police have notsed information about a eamotive.el investigators say that there is no evidence this shooting was over a mask despite earlier social media speculation. safeway put out this statement, our team is fully cooperating with the american canyon police department and napa county sheriff's office in in investigation into this tragic situation. his co

abc 7 news reporter luz pena is now live from a command center, and she has the very latest. luz? >> reporter: eric, we're right outside of the ben lomond fire station. firefighters are gearing up and strategizing for deployment. i want to show you around this town it's practically a ghost town. over 77,000 people in santa cruz and san mateo counties have evacuated. today we spoke to two of residents. the uncertainty and fear of what the flames have destroyed have this family holding on to their faith. >> i hope the whole town, it's -- i hope they can stop it. there's a lot of friends of ours who lived up here for 50 years, 70 years. you know, mothers and sons living right next to each other. >> reporter: gabe harris drove up to this point with his son two days after their evacuation. they were hoping to make it home and pick up a family heirloom. >> my grandma got it for us. and it was a game. >> reporter: their car is covered in ashes. in the back seat their most precious memories. >> this is my daughter's dress when she was little, a little baby. this is what my son wore to our

luz pena spoke to public health officials how they plan to do this. >> reporter: it hasn't been 24 hours since many of the wete to close. and now public officials are saying, we'll fine you if you are not wearing a mask. >> this solution around fines, one, it brings attention. but the second thing it does is it saves lives. >> reporter: the emergency order, a written warning first. if the person does not comply, there will be a $100 fine for the first violation. $200 for the second. and $500 for additional violations. >> right now, it's a misdemeanor, meaning you could do 90 days in jail and the fine is $1,000. what we're trying to do is to take it out of superior court, out of criminal court, and bring it into civil court. >> reporter: with 5,683 covid-19 cases, and 119 deaths, this bay area county was the last to join the watch list, and now they're hoping these strict changes will help them reopen soon. >> last year at this time was 2.9% unemployment. right now it's 10.9%. >> reporter: the sheriff is support thing ordinance and is starting to write new guidelines for his deputies. >>

luz pena has the story. >> reporter: this is night three of oakland protesters demanding justice for jacob blake, an african-american man who was shot seven times in the back by a wisconsin police officer, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down and generating nationwide protests. oakland police reporting one of their officers was injured as the crowd threw rocks and bottles and pointed lays lasers to their officers. >> changes in policy need to be made with the police brutality against the of acap american males in this community, so definitely we're supportive of peaceful protesting. >> reporter: as the night progresses, many are frayed of history repeating it self, where smashed windows and fires were left behind. shanda scott with the oakland african-american chamber of commerce says small business owners are picking up the broken glass and the bill. >> this is earious business. don't come here vandalizing our city. >> reporter: a wellness center is a private sample of these attacks, vandalized three times since july. >> we still have to pay our rent and do all those things and

in san francisco, luz pena, abc lo at the wildfires. the three combined have burned more than 800,000 acres. in if you look, the red area is basically where the fires are. the satellite detected burn scars by looking for charcoal or ash and the sudden loss of trees and greenery. nasa's satellites are frequently used to detect wildfires especially those in remote areas. >>> sparehe air alert is in effect right now through at least tomorrow because of the smoke from those fires and that means that youpacted and mike is tracking it. >> and it doesn't look good. sorry to be the bearer of bad news. let me show you the current conditions and we'll start by showing you what it looks like in downtown san francisco. you can see it hanging in the air right there. that is a mixture of smoke and fog, so that is the technical definition of smog. it is a smoggy start this morning. and you can see whi w are have r in the east bay and the most dangerous from about oakland and san francisco northward. so unhealthy for everybody outside right now. so let

here's luz pena with the story. >> reporter: what if is the headline of nine bill boards looming over bay area freeways, targeting entinternational tech talent. who is behind it? canada, sort of. >> we're all looking for great talent and canada is a welcoming place. >> reporter: they are investing $100,000 in this ad campaign offering a sweet deal, targeting international tech talent feri the e, days. >> that's the thing that our government realized, they know that for every one of those people that comes in, they're creating between six and ten new jobs for canadians. >> reporter: this comes at a time when president donald trump suspended h 1 b visas to the end of this year. so canada's doors are open, and silicon valley's ceos are seeing the impact. >> sitting in the board meetings, they're trying to hire programmers from russia or other parts of the world. >> reporter: how concerned should silicon valley be? trying to poach talent from our area. >> we should always be concerned that we are protecting and presvi tiadvantag a t h economy. >> reporter: the pandemic and immigration hal

in napa, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> and governor newsom announced a new moratorium eviction bill. the bill must get a two thirds vote in the assembly and senate to pass and it needs to happen by monday night when this legislative session ends. the california department confirms they've received $4.5 billion from fema for its lost wage said assistance program. the program will provide an additional $300 in weekly payments for three weeks. those payments will start within two week said. >>> and this weekend san jose animal care is sponsoring an online adopt athon. abc 7 reporter david louie look at efforts to meet the needs for our furry friends. >> reporter: feeding a caring for a pet is no different for caring for a child. pet owners who lost their jobs or got sick had to turn for help. animal shelters and welfare groups stepped up. >> we've delivered or given out over 7,500 pounds of wet and dry cat and dog food. 6,000 cans of food to go with that and almost a thousand pounds of kitty litter. >> reporter: support came from donors, corporations and pet owners. san jose animal serv

here in sonoma, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> luz, thanks very much. we love to hear the hopeful signs. let's switch over live now to scotts valley once again in santa cruz county as cal fire is updating the media on the czu lightning complex fire. this is the first update they've let's lien in. >> people evacuated from their homes and communities. and there's over 100 aircraft assigned specifically to fight fires in the state at this moment. with that, we've dropped over 2.7 million gallons of retardant on that -- on these fires over the last ten-plus days. and obviously, there's additional resources coming in from throughout the western united states to help us fight these fires. little bit about the specifics of the czu complex this evening, we can confirm that the fire is up to 79,640 acres. as we spoke about the other day, this number is sgg to get more and more specific as we gain better intelligence. we have good news in the sense that we're up to 19, 1-9% containment on the fire. as you know, every percent of containment is hours and hours of sweat and blood up on those lines ge

luz pena has been covering this devastating story, and today she spoke with the family. >> reporter: emotionally shattered, the parents and siblings of 18-year-old nathan are holding on to the last memories of him. >> i didn't get to speak to him, see him or hold him or hug him for a while. >> reporter: his mother, tracy, flew back from helping her daughter in texas to the news of his passing. she described him as her miracle child. >> we waited for him for a long time. he was the youngest. he had six older sisters, and he was our only boy. and he filled the room, he filled our life. >> reporter: on sunday around noon, he was working at this safeway, when a suspect drove up, shot him, and fled the scene. >> reporter: garza was simply doing his job, according to his co-workers, delivering groceries in this parking lot. >> there's nothing that can explain what happened or justify it. it was senseless. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting, napa county confirmed this 23-year-old from martinez was arrested and charged with murder. >> i thank the napa police department.

abc7 news reporter luz pena has tonight's story. >> reporter: over five million people in america have tested positive for covid-19. medical experts see the main solution. >> we're not going get there without a vaccine. >> reporter: once there is a vaccine, the next question is who will be the first to get it. >> the highest priority groups certainly in the beginning are going to be health care workers and people who have direct covid exposure. >> reporter: dr. chris buyers suggests a good starting point for answers is to look at the distribution patterns from other vaccines. he is a senior scientific liaison for the covid-19 prevention network, a federal advisory panel providing recommendations to the cdc. >> there is a long way to go before the distribution and access issues, and that plan is very much underdeveloped. >> reporter: the cdc's advisory committee on immigration practices suggests a five-tier plan that was also used for the influenza vaccine. in tier 1 we have critical health care, law enforcement, and public health care professionals. tier 2, groups in the homeland and n

luz pena, "abc7 news." >> luz, thank you very much. so heart warming to see firefighters from other parts of the country coming in to help out. check out the latest evacuation areas. this affects multiple counties, as we said. the evacuation order zones are in red. that's where people have to leave. they must get out. te evacuation warnings are shown in yellow. those are not mandatory, they're just told be prepared. leave if you can, but be prepared to be ordered to get out and move immediately. >>> because of all of these fires burning everywhere, the air quality is just awful. >> and it's always changing and it depending on where you live. let's get to meteorologist drew tuma for the details on our air quality right now. >> if you're not directly impacted by one of our fires, you're impacted by the smoke. another day of unhealthy air quality, but this evening, we are seeing a it will of a sea breeze kick up. there is some good news directly along the immediate coastline. you can see san rafael has improved to good air quality. improv

a job, h 1 b luz pena has the story. >> reporter: bill boards are targeting international tech talent. who is behind it? canada, well, sort of. >> we're all looking for great talent. >> reporter: canadian companies are investing $100,000 targeting international tech talent offering them a job, health insurance, and a visa in ten days. >> that's the thing that our government realized. for every one of those people that comes in, they're creating between six and ten net new jobs for canadians. >> reporter: this comes at a time when president donald trump suspended h 1 b visas to the end of this year. so canada is putting it out there. their doors are open in silicon valley and ceos are seeing the impact. >> sitting in board members, ceos have related they're trying to hire programmers from russia or other parts of the world. >> reporter: how worried should silicon valley be, with them trying to poach talent from our area? >> we should always be concerned that we are protecting and preserving our competitive advantage as the hub of the innovation economy. >> reporter: the pandemic and im

abc 7 news reporter luz pena has the story. >> we're all set up, it's $400 per week and we're doing that without the democrats. we should have been able to do it very easily with them. >> reporter: nation wild the unemployment number surpassing those of the great depression. in california many like single mom are running out of money. >> it's been really hard. not having a job and not being able to provide for my son, sorry, and he asked me like yesterday we went shopping and i couldn't buy him a lot of things he wanted. >> reporter: california assembly member david chu pointing to president donald trump's executive order as unsatisfactory. >> this is going to make it ex-cheaplily difficult for folks trying to decide whether to put food on their table or pay the rent. >> reporter: president donald trump asked states to cover 25% of the cost, urging them to get the federal funds from the c.a.r.e.s. act. >> in california we've had a $54 billion budget deficit. we have to balance our budget but the federal government can print money and support americans during this time period. >> reporter

we also have our dozer on standby. >> reporter: in livermore, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> there are waysergy and maybe avoid outages while still trying to beat the heat. first, set your authority at 78 degrees fahrenheit or higher. keep the house cooler with fans instead of the ac. be sure to draw your curtains to block the sun. turn off unnecessary lights and appliances if you can and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. higher rates are usually charged between noon and 8:00 p.m. in the summer. >>> all right, lisa, what a wild morning it's been, a wild night. let's get a check of what things look like right now. >> i know, if you got up, i hope you enjoyed the light show because it went on for quite some time. gray skies right now as we look outside towards emeryville. temperatures in the upper 70s. high relative humidity, a muggy and cloudy-ish kind of day. do we get rivetd of the heat? no. i'll have your accuweather servi seven-day forecast, next. >>> and coming up, a scheme where california inmates received unemployment benefits. >>> plus the crisis involving the post

chief officer working tonight and we also have our dozer on standby. >> reporter: in livermore, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> there are ways to help conserve energy and maybe avoid outages trying to beat the heat. set your thermometer at 78 degrees fahrenheit or higher and keep the house cooler with fans instead of the ac and draw your curtains to block the sun. turn off up necessary lights and appliances and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. higher rates are usually charged between noon and 8:00 p.m. in the summer. >>> and a warning for swimmers andew stay close to shore while trying to beat the heat. abc 7 was out at ocean beach in san francisco yesterday where three teenaged surfers were rescued. one had to be given cpr and is in critical condition. the others were able to walk to the ambulance. san francisco fire tweeted they made eight surf-related rescues in and one cliff rescue yesterday. they responded to around 700-safety-related calls. >>> a fire damaged a building deyed drirs along a stretch of freeway in san francisco. people saw smoke rising miles away from th

luz pena has answers. >> reporter: it hasn't even been 24 hours since mateo county businesses were mandatedto close. we'll fine you if you're not wearing a mask. >> this solution around fines, it brings attention, but the second thing it does, it saves lives. >> the emergency ordinary nens opposed by a supervisor, a written warning first. if a person does not comply, there will be a $100 fine for the first violation, $200 for the second. and $500 for the additional violations. >> right now, it's a misdemeanor, you could do 90 days in jail and the fines at $1,000. what we're trying to do is take it out of superior court, out of criminal court. and bring it into civil court. >> with 5683 covid 19 cases and 119 deaths. this bay area county was the last to join the watch list, they're hoping these changes will help them reopen soon. >> last year at this time is was 1% unemployment, right now it's 10%. >> we approach among solid law enforcement, especially in these tmes, you want to work with your community members to gain compliance. >> officials will approach a peson or business who's not impl

here is lose pe here is luz pena. >> reporter: this is what pivoting drew in an pandemic lo like. >> i was doing design wok. >> i worked a lot of music festival. >> reporter: aside from their love for fabric and design, these friends have one more thing in common, that they were all laid off in march. >> absolutely everything i had to work for the year got eliminated. >> reporter: in the back of this garage now turned into a customized face covering business is the lead designer andfounder of the mask shop. it all started with a phone call and $1,000. it later moved into a designing room and now here we are. >> my good friend francesco allowed me to work in the designing room when they had to close down. >> and that one actually somebody reserved. we can make you one that is identical. >> reporter: and so when you first walk in, you get fitted with a mask just like this one. several days later, you come back and you get your customized mask. mine is the stingray. >> reporter: and the mask shop is expanding while keeping high safety guide lines and getting tested for covid-19 every tw

luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> cal fire shared a video to show what it's like driving through a wildfire at night. you can watch that and seeing the flames burning trees and brush right next to the roads in santa cruz county. terrifying video. >>> the scu lightning complex fire exploded in size. a new evacuation order a couple hours ago for those south of welsh creek road and east of calavaros road. we have a list of evacuation shelters online and a list of the evacuated areas. this fire is burning 339,000 acres growing nearly 50,000 on saturday and it's jumped now to become the second largest fire in california history. behind the 28 mendocino complex fire. fe is still 10% contained. >>> governor newsom toured the scu complex fire yesterday. he met with several first responders and surveyed the damage both from the sky and on the ground. he also stopped by the world central kitchen in vacaville where the team of chef jose andres and volunteers help feed and evacuees. >>> president trump just approved the california request for a major disaster in ten counties statewide meaning the federal

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in napa, luz pena, abc 7 >> tenants would be protected through january as long as they pay at least 25%f their rent. the bill must get at least a two-thirds vote in the senate to pass and needs to happen by monday night before the legislative session ends. and the california department confirms they've received $4.5 billion in funding from fema for its lost wages assistance program. the program will provide an additional $300 in weekly payments for three weeks, and those payments will start within two weeks. >>> and this weekend san jose animal care is sponsoring a virtual online adoptathon where all the adoptions are free. abc 7 reporter david louie looks at efforts to meet the needs of our furry friends. >> reporter: feeding and caring for a pet is no different than raising a child. they need love, attention and occasional discipline. when the pandemic created economic turmoil pet owners who lost their jobs or got sick had to turn to help. animal shelters and welfare groups have stepped up. >> we've delivered or given out over 7,500 pounds of wet and dry cat and dog food, 6,000 cans t

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> and remember, our 7 on your side team is dedicated to fighting to help on your unemployment claims, if you are having trouble, you can get in touch with michael finney and the team right on our website, head to abc7news.com/7onyourside. >>> as unemployment drags on for many coronavirus cases in california continue to climb. we anticipate a backlog of tests to be processed in the next few upcoming days because of the state's data system glitch this past week. more than 7,300 new cases were reported saturday, above the seven-day average of more than 6,500 as well as the two-week average of 7,100. another 178 deaths were reported as the state topped 10,000 friday. right now the positivity rate is falling with the seven-day average now at 5.6%. >>> now to the big week ahead, for so many teachers, parents and students, the return to school, it's something we are keenly focused on in building a better bay area, having just spent a whole week on this issue. tomorrow, oakland public schools are set to open for distance learning but the district and teach

. >> reporter: in livermore, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> there are ways to help conserve energy and maybe avoid outages trying to beat the heat. set your thermometer at 78 degrees fahrenheit or higher and keep the house cooler with fans instead of the ac and draw your curtains to block the sun. turn off up necessary lights and appliances and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. higher rates are usually charged between noon and 8:00 p.m. in the summer. >>> and a warning for swimmers and surfers from fire crews, stay close to shore while trying to beat the heat. abc 7 was out at ocean beach in san francisco yesterday where three teenaged surfers were rescued.e d to be given cpr and in critical condition. the others were able to walk to the ambulance. san francisco fire tweeted they made eight surf-related rescues in and one cliff rescue yesterday. they responded to around 700-safety-related calls. >>> a fire damaged a building and delayed drivers along a stretch of freeway in san francisco. people saw smoke rising miles away from the scene after the fire started along the so

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