and phil matier says the sierra club is raising concerns about the impact to the area.rned about the lack of transit, impact to local community and toxic waste. and they are also worried about the potential for the loss of jobs at the port of oakland. as president refutes all of the concerns, he says that theil gr gas neutral and a positive addition to west oakland. you can read phil matier's columns every wednesday and sunday. >>> and happening today, the 23rd annual international aids conference gets under way right here in the bay area. it will begin with the unveiling of aids memorial.org. the website will feature a virtual display of all 48,000 panels of the aids memorial quilt. the organization will also host a display of 80 pan himhimhimhim on the quilt. and the conference will be conducted virtually because of covid-19. >>> a texas man's birthday celebration is definitely one for the record books. al turned 103 and how do you think he celebrated? well, the retired craftsman took this 14,000 foot plunge from a plane over san marcos, texas. and became the oldest p

"san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier"chronict review is under way of schools named after presidents and hysterical figures. the list includes lowell high school. the school district says he wavered on his commitment to anti-slavery. you can read phil's column in the chronicle every sunday and wednesday a. >>> a tribute to congressman john lewis. hundreds of mourners watched his flag-draped casket drawn across the edmund pettus bridge. it brought congressman lewis back to the spot where he almost died on march 7th, 1965, when alabama state troopers attacked him and other civil rights demonstrators on what became known as bloody sunday. >> our nation is better off because of john robert lewis. my life is better. selma is better. this nation and this world are better because of john robert lewis. >> congressman lewis is lying in state at the alabama state capitol in montgomery and will lie in state at the u.s. capitol rotunda sunday. a programming note here. this week will air at midnight tonight because of the abc news special report honoring john lew

governor newsom, joining me to break it down is abc7 news contributor phil matier, boy, we talked about this on the commercial break. lots to get to. recommend that, urge this, urge that, set up guidelines this is a mandate. also, let's realize that in the bay area in particular it was looking more and more like schools were not going to open physically, and the students come in. district after district was saying the way it was set up between the money and the various herculean effort to prepare the schools, they weren't ready for it anyway. but it is very difficult for parents because what we saw today is the first step in what continues to be a very confusing path forward and that is even if the school opens, it could close again. what is the certainty we're looking at in the weeks and months to come, not only for the children's learning but the parents having to take care of them and juggle their work as well? >> phil, i can only imagine, it's going to take a tremendous amount of manpower in order to monitor all of these mandates, for example, when you can once again reopen the numb

contributor and san francisco insider phil matier explains some regions may benefit from outdoor salons more than others. >> other places have things called parking lots. they have wide open spaces. it's a different world. >> reporter: small businesses also have to decide if adapting to even more rules and regulations is worth it. >> starting up and then stopping and starting up again costs money. >> reporter: kate larson, abc7 news. >> the covid-19 outbreak at the alameda county jail is growing. 106 inmates are now infected at the santa rita jail in dublin. there are 42 cases in one housing unit alone. one inmate was sent to the hospital but has since recovered. no deaths so far. 44 staff members and contractors have been infected since the outbreak started. >> another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic tonight, more than 140,000 american deaths. there is a glimmer of hope, though. promising results involving a vaccine from oxford university. abc7 news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: tonight covid-19 cases are rising in at least 40 states. florida, the nation's epicenter,

contributor and san francisco insider phil matier explains some regions may benefit from outdoor salons more than others. >> other places have things called parking lots. they have wide open spaces. it's a different world. >> reporter: small businesses also have to decide if adapting to even more rules and regulations is worth it. >> starting up and then stopping and starting up again costs money. >> reporter: kate larson, abc7 news. >> the covid-19 outbreak at the alameda county jail is growing. 106 inmates are now infected at the santa rita jail in dublin. there are 42 cases in one housing unit alone. one inmate was sent to the hospital but has since recovered. no deaths so far. 44 staff members and contractors have been infected since the outbreak started. >> another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic tonight, more than 140,000 american deaths. there is a glimmer of hope, though. promising results involving a vaccine from oxford university. abc7 news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: tonight covid-19 cases are rising in at least 40 states. florida, the nation's epicenter,

. >>> and the san francisco cron kell phil matier wrote that review is under way of schools named after presidents and other historic figures. the list includes more than a dozen has lowell on the list. you can read his column every sunday and wednesday. >>> and the bay area native who just became a citizen in another country. >> and mel gibson's fight with covid-19, what he revealed about his health. >>> and as we fight the coronavirus pandemic, california is mandating face masks to stop the spread and that is why abc 7 wants to remind you to >>> let's show you what is on wihanna. i think that flooding will be an issue. it won't be the winds, look at this, takes tropical depression with winds around 25 miles per hour, but it is drawing in all of the gulf moisture and that will ring out the air mass. so i think that flooding will be an issue. it will be interesting to s if it returns to a drtropical nature. let's look forward to the weekend. you can see the temperatures will be a little buiit above average. saturday maybe a degree or two warmer. and sunday about the same. so expect abov

. >>> san francisco chronicle insider phil matier wrote that review is under way of the schools namednt d hri figures. the list includes more than a dozen schools including lowell high school. the district says he wavered on his commitment to anti-slavery. you can read his columns sunday and wednesday. >>> and concern from two san francisco business owners who planned a three day socially distant event described as a music and dancing experience, the owners of midway sf said that they were following the rules but still a path owner says that social distancing has been implemented and that there they can order food and drinks while listening to a deejay. >> it is not willy-nilly, it is thought out. >> duane: planns it planned out. and a big part of why we're doing it, 75% of why w events io people back to work. >> and abts the city has not issue address response. >>> and this morning we're learning why one giants outfielder is taking a knee during the national anthem. he says that he is siptsing hs his friends. he said i just wanted to let them know that i love them and i support them an

"san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier writes in today's chronicle schools that are named after president ands other historic figures, the list includes more than l hschool namedfter poet ask diplomat james lowell. the school district said he wavered on his commitment to anti-slavery. you can read phil's comments in the chronicle on sunday. >> still on abc7 news at 11:00. >> whoa, whoa, that is not acceptable. >> a racist rant caught on camera at a bay area post office. >> no, it's not. >> and we are seeing the clouds move in right now from the coast, spreading overnight, widespread low clouds and fog for tomorrow morning, but we have another pleasant afternoon in store for us and i'll let you know how long the summer pattern will last with the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> plus, honoring regis philbin. th it's about the next 10 years. but this is something you can do today. you can make a difference today. by completing the 2020 census. the census impacts hospitals. schools. public transportation. and most importantly, our representation in government.

the san francisco chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier is here to talk about this. why not go through the entire neighborhood and get them off the street? >> that willow alley is a classic example. i was there this morning. i would have to say it's pretty much as dan presented it. but i got to tell you a couple of weeks ago, it looked a lot worse. so, to some degree they put in portable toilets. and i don't know if that's better or not for the residents there because when you put in portable toilets you're basically saying, okay, you get to camp here for a while. we'll see if they clean it up in the next three weeks. this piecemeal approach that you're talking about is partly because the tents are everywhere around the city. it's not just the tenderloin. they've pulled some 300 plus tents out of the tenderloin in the last couple of weeks. 500 people have been put in hotel rooms at a cost of $250 a night. now, citywide, they have some 2,000 homeless people in hotel rooms. that comes to a bill of about a half a million dollars a night. the feds are paying 75% of it. b