dan ashley has been there all day. you got at love people excited when you said free girl scout cookies. that was bait-and-switch by you. i see the cookies in the back ground. >> i think we can build a better b.a.r.t. if we give everyone cookies. having an interesting day hearing from a lot of commuters. it is really fascinating to hear boots on the ground. what they have to say. b.a.r.t. has focused a lot in the last year as we have trying to improve the system. we're asking folks with our white boards, dear b.a.r.t. how would you make it better? we've got another one going. we're hearing comments like. this be on time of 34 cost. better accessibility at the stations. somebody says here love b.a.r.t. cleanseliness. we're hearing those comments mostly centered around safety and concern about crime, homelessness and cleanliness. we hear a lot of comments about safety. run more new trains. let's go over here. thin mints, if you don't mind. as promised. we have cookies of the i'm supposed to go now. it is such a beautiful

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. the vast majority of riders dot right thing and wear masks but those that don't often become combative putting the well being of operators at risk. lyanne melendez has the numbers. >> reporter: when getting on a bus in san francisco, the rules are in plain sight. no mask, no entry. since april 22nd, when the mask ordinance went into effect, the san francisco municipal transportation agency kept a record of the number of people who wear a mask while on board. on average, 90% of passengers compile. mta looks at the surveillance video on a week by basis. >> we're able to take a look at the service on the streets from week to week to see how well the mask compliance is going. >> reporter: the sfmta also reported having trouble with a few passengers when told to mask up. according to their data from april to august 31st, this are 63 verbal altercations specifically dealing with masks and nine operators have been assaulted. one driver was struck several times with a wooden bat in july. >> t

. >> i'm dan ashley. thank you for tuning in. welcome to our daily program called getting answers and that's exactly what we're going to do. we're asking experts your questions every day at 3:00 here to get answers for you in realtime to the questions you need information about. and today, we have a lot to get to. we're going to talk with our special correspondent dr. alok patel about the latest yunupdat with covid-19. post your questions on our facebook live stream, youtube live or check out our instagram stories as well. we try to get to your questions answered directly but first, before we get to dr. patel, today we are joined by sheila buck and her attorney, dan smoelen. buck arrested outside of president trump's campaign rally in tulsa, oklahoma, while wearing the i can't breathe t-shirt on saturday and she's wearing that same t-shirt today and with her attorney dan smoelen as well. thank you very figufor being wi. set the scene. you live in tulsa, not far from where this rally with president trump took place. set the scene.

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i'm proud a few things are the same, dan ashley is with us, abc 7 is with us. it would not be july in san francisco without a gathering in support of coplehe sve as walk san francisco remains key to this community's fight against hiv. >> reporter: it sure does. we'll talk about the beneficiaries in a moment, but walk me through how different this aids walk is in terms of planning. obviously we don't have the giant stage, we don't have hundreds of volunteers, we don't have thousands of people here. but the event has taken months to plan, and virtual planning has been huge. we have some terrific stars as we always do. they're just not here in the park this year. walk us through how this year has been different for you from a planning perspective. >> we started off thinking it may be practical and feasible and safe to gather in person, in golden gate park. but as the months wore on, it became evident that that would not be the case. so aids walk san francisco has long been blessed to have the participants of a lot of important leaders and high profile celebrities

i'm dan ashley. welcome to our daily program called "getting answer." i hope you're doing well on this christmas eve. what a strange year it has been, and it's going to continue right on through the holidays. one thing that isn't changing probably for you, i know it is for me is that last-minute procrastination to get everything done. i was wrapping gifts frantically before i came to work today. i hope you can have as good as holiday as you possibly can. we're not supposed to gather. we're not supposed to travel. a lot of things are so different this year. so it is a challenging and different year. we can't control it. we can just make the best of it. glad you're with us on "getting answers" today. we're going to talk about travel, kwanzaa, and we're going track santa as well. of course, it's his big night. first, holidays can be a very tough time, especially if you're alone. and it's likely more of us are alone this year than ever before, because yes being asked, urged, implored to not travel and not gather with family and friends as we normally would

he was on a board with dan ashley. they were good friends and jorge would also play with dan's band. his family says he died of natural causes. he was 68 years old. >>> pars of is the bay area rattled by an earthquake that hit western nevada early this morning. it was 6.5 in magnitude. the quake hit near tonopah 400 miles east of san jose. several small aftershocks followed. the earthquake damaged u.s. 95. that's the main highway between las vegas and reno. look at the crack there, nearly two inches wide in the road. a stretch of the freeway is closed so troopers can assess the damage. tremors were felt in southern california's central valley. video from fresno shows a vand here swinging back and forth. the usgs says this quake was the largest in nevada in 65 years. >>> retail in the bay area is preparing to reopen for curbside pickup, and restaurants are looking forward to day when they can start serving people tableside again, as we continue to look for ways to build a better bay area and our economy, abc7 news ancho

and dan ashley shows us the ground breaking work being done. >> reporter: the covid-19 virus isn't just devastates, it is also clever. hijacking the power of our own cells in novel ways to make itself moor dangre dangerous. but now a team is hoping to turn one of its own weapons against it. >> you really have to respect the virus. but let the virus tell you its secrets. wrrt and th >> reporter: this biologist began spying on the virus spaying special attention to how the cells are being exploited using tools like mass sp spectromet spectrometers, they discovered something chilling. first it helps to understand that invading viruses like covid use materials in our own cells to make copies of setin t stballoon. and when that aboballoon plursbt can swim out to attack other cells. but images they have grown tentacles and have the ability to appears the surfa s pierce the surrounding cells that provide them an in-vagvasi tunnel. >> it is just such a brilliant and devious strategy. >> reporter: but could it have an achilles' heel? they says that it was exploding a specific molecule. and they

he's pokey the greek turtle rescued off the street in walnut creek by dan ashley. pearl just can't figure him out. >> pearl, hey. ♪ >> sorry, pokey. >> reporter: but pokey loves exploring, not to mention eating grass and blueberries. hey, slow and steady wins the race. hey, pokey, we just called your crawl on abc 7. send me your videos so i can call your play. bbut what if you couldg do better than that? like adapt. discover. deliver, in new ways, to new customers. what if you could come back stronger? faster. better. at comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. and now, with one of our best offers ever, we're committed to helping you do just that. get a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution for only $29.95 a month for three months. call or go online today. ♪ ♪ we've always put safety first. ♪ ♪ and we always will. ♪ ♪ for people. ♪ ♪ for the future. and there has never been a summer when it's mattered more. wherever you go, summer safely. get zero percent apr financing for up to five years on sele

he's pokey the greek turtle rescued off the street in walnut creek by dan ashley. pearl just can't figure him out. >> pearl, hey. ♪ >> sorry, pokey. >> reporter: but pokey loves exploring, not to mention eating grass and blueberries. hey, slow and steady wins the race. hey, pokey, we just called your crawl on abc 7. send me your video so i play. ♪ ♪ ♪ for 40 years you've helped make-a-wish, make the stars align. because when we come together, hope and joy will shine. together we've granted more than 500,000 wishes for children fighting critical illness. but we're not done. help us make every wish come true. ♪ >>> all right. that is it for tonight. thanks for watching. i'm ama dates. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we appreciate your time. right now on jimmy kimmel, pete davidson. have a good need. -today on an all-new "tamron hall," why are african americans disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, and why are so many men testing positive? after his own battle with the virus, "the bachelor"'s colton underwood shares his advice. plus, chr

dan ashley with you on "getting answers." nyn t bay area hee season and already heardks o nearly nightly basis. i'll tell you something, and i'll ask our cal fire person about this. the other night driving home, last night driving home on 24, there was literally some cars stopped on the other side of the freeway shooting fireworks over my side of the freeway. bizarre and dangerous. joining me to talk about safety and fire concerns is assistant deputy director for cal fire. daniel, thank you so much for coming on. >> absolutely. >> first of all, let's talk about the fire season. how is it looking this year? >> well, you know, we've already been off to a busy start in the year. we once again have seen record low amounts of rainfall across california, and here we are in july. things are dry and we move into the fourth of july and we add a lot more risk obviously with people who are going out for independence day. obviously there are a number of stay-at-home orders discouraging people from traveling this weekend, so hopefully tha

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for >>> a routine construction job in brooklyn, new york, turned deadly when a nine-foot retaining wall collapsed onto

as always, i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. we'll see you again at 6:00. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on. two tropical storms, a one-two punch in the gulf. one forecast to become a hurricane. states of emergency at this hour. mandatory evacuations under way. tropical storm marco delivering the first blow tonight. tropical storm laura, 48 hours behind, expected to become a hurricane, gaining strength over the warm waters of the gulf, set to slam into the u.s. right near new orleans. rob marciano live in the storm zone. >>> also tonight, the national guard called in this evening as protests erupt over the police shooting of a black father in wisconsin. video showing an officer grabbing jacob blake by the shirt, shooting him several times in the back. his three young sons in the backseat of the car. blake in the hospital tonight.

. >>> well, our very own dan ashley is ready to rock tonight. next on abc 7 news, details on the annual charity event and >>> tonight it is time to rock out for a good cause. >> our very own dan ashley charity concert will be held in walnut creek. ♪ i was bad to the bone ♪ bad to the bone ♪ bad. >> he does it all. the nonprofit raises money for children in need. this year's headliner is bruce springfield. that concert starts at 8:00. >> i didn't know he did bad to the bone. >> i didn't know he does valentine's day songs. he was on the show. he was on good day live this morning. >> eclectic mix. >> very well put. that's it for abc 7 news. thanks f appreciate you being w us. we will see you right back here tonight at 11:00. tonight at 11:00. >> warrio we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with ha

dan ashley was there and spoke with larussa. >> you called this sports stars raise the roof, which is a clever name. you hope to raise half the money needed to put an of roo on t ro. >> now it's cool, dad, bianca says, raise the roof is something people understand. and there's a gesture with it. i nowwe wouldn't be cool without . >> larwe have information on ou website if you would like to help out. >>> they aren't man's best friend, but this pair is going viral for a unique bond all their own. >> hi! yeah, look at it closely, a giant english pet rabbit is seen here joining his feline friend for quality time in the uk. this video was captured by jesse is is sase. the bunny would hop over to advice the her kitten leo. she didn't think the love would last, but they are super friendly. she often finds the pair just, you know, sitting to the. >> cute. >>> still tessaoge of gratitude for australia's heroes. how one of the country's most iconic landmarks is cheering them on. >>> and drew tuma is next with your accuweather forecast. >>> i'm larry beil, the 49ers, they hosted their playoff ga

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for drew tuma, chris >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, post malone. kawhi leonard. music from lewis capaldi. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, that's me. hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thanks for watching. oh, we have a lot of entertainment for you tonight. some might even say too much, right, guillermo? >> guillermo: right, jimmy. >> jimmy: i'm tired. our 3-year-old, tuesday night he woke up, he woke me up, he was yelling from his bedroom. so i went in and he said, my blanket is off. i had to put the blanket on him. i go back to bed. two hours later i hear him again screaming. again, my blanket is off. i put the blanket on him again. then last night before he went to sleep i taught him how to put his blanket on himself. i said, don't wake me up again, i'm sleeping, 's

i'm dan ashley. >>> i'm ama daetz. we begin in san francisco where the plan to reopen more businesses on monday came to a halt. they were preparing to move into the next phase. the state had just given san francisco approval yesterday. but today mayor london breed announced she's halting the plan because of the spike in the number of confirmed covid-19 cases. >> we've gotten a little too comfortable. the fact that we've seen over 100 cases overnight completely changes our plans for reopening. so we got to put a pause on it. >> mayor breed says it's one of the toughest decisions she's had to make. the announcement came during honoring frontline workers at the hospital. >>> contra costa hospital is having second thoughts about resuming activities. that's because the rate of people testing positive is growing. the hospital admissions have rise past week. contra costa report fd 92 new cases just today. all of those numbers have put them on a watch list with the state. you're looking at what's expected to be open in contra

. >> i'm dan ashley. the video shows a latino man blocked from entering his apartment building by a man and a woman, the man lunging at a bystander who interventions to help. dion lim is live from san francisco with the story. dion, not only did you speak with the man who was blocked from entering the building, you also confronted the man and woman who did it, right? >> it's crazy because we just happened to see the man and woman in this video and my photographer sprang into action and approached them for their side of the story. let's just say i got a little under investigation and tensions, those are running high. >> you don't have a right to come in here. >> he lives here. >> these tense moments played out tuesday night when resident michael bara haas, a berkeley grad pulled into the garage. >> i pressed the remote from down there. the garage opened. >> and was blocked from entering the building by a man and woman in this white suv with florida plates. >> his immediate reaction was to say hay you [ ble

. >> i'm dan ashley, we appreciate >> i'm dan ashley, we appreciate your time, on - today on "tamron hall," incredible stories of survival. after five weeks in a coma, he beat covid-19 and made history. a boating accident left a florida woman on the brink of death. she credits the power of prayer for her comeback. a boy's recovery from a one in a million fall astounds doctors, and the young star of netflix's "raising dion" refuses to let brittle bone disease break her spirit. an all new "tamron hall" starts now. [uplifting music] ♪ - welcome to "tamron hall" from my home. today's show, it's a big one. it's about people who beat the odds. what does that mean? well, incredible stories of survival that leave us wondering what we are capable of overcoming when facing adversity. we know that life can change in the blink of an eye. we know that more than ever before, but when your life hangs in the balance are you able to pull through? last year, lee ann dorn was enjoying a fun boat ride with her family as they had done together countless other times then everything changed. leanne slipp

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. to the north, we have the lnu lightning complex fire and to the south the czu august lightning complex. the largest fire is the scu lightning complex burning east of milpitas. cal fire says 137,000 acres have burned. that's 214 square miles. bigger than the city of san jose. a fire bee afr analyst with cal fire explains how he's able to calculate how fast and far it's moving by using a technique called spotting. >> right now the spotting distance is up to three quarters of a mile. what that means is we'll have that brush ignite and once it ignites, it throws embers out three quarters of a mile ahead of where the fire is at. >> he says he's seen the fires spread at a rate of 120 feet per minute in grass. this fire is 5% co >>sthae siea is live with the sthani >> fire is moving southwest, fire. i wachblt to step out and show you what we're seeing. this large plume of smoke every five to ten minutes or so. it's billowing and tower higher than what we're seeing n

i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. "world news tonight" is next. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. abc news has learned president trump intends to pick amy coney barrett as his nominee to replace ruth bader ginn against on the supreme court. what we've just learned tonight. the news comes on the same day the nation witnessed a historic farewell at the u.s. capital. the casket escorted into the rotunda. becoming the first woman and jewish woman to lie in state. joe biden and kamala harris among those attending. the bipartisan women of lawmakers saluting her as she left. justice ginsburg's trainer doing pushups to honor her. >>> president trump moving to make his pick

my name is dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. for michael finney, spencer and the rest, we'll see you. >> bye for now. >>> tonight, with the u.s. now leading the world and the highest number of people testing positive for coronavirus, surpassing italy and china, the president issuing a order compelling gm to make ventilators. part of the defense production act after the president took aim at gm tonight, trying to force them to act. the new statement from them at this hour, as doctors and nurses sound the alarm that they do not have enough ventilators and masks. >>> and the alarming images inside an e.r. overflowing with patients in new york city. new york's governor now warning the number of cases doubling every four days and that we are still three weeks from the peak here. with other cities now seeing a

dan ashley, abc 7 news. re next wspchoods par the w pk the out dirty dishes at the customer's homes just like delivery orders. that i i noticed our green bin where you can tut your yard waste and also paper that comes in contact with food, it has a lot more of that paper that comes in contact with food in it more than it did before the pandemic. so at least there is some stuff we can recycle. the plastics we've known for almost decades that it is not good for the environment. so great to see someone taking that up. let's take a look at sfo, about 358 and clo 58 and cloudy. we'll have slightly more sunshine today. a moderate heat risk inland this weekend. and highs will taper next week when it becomes quite breezy. they will more than likely drop below average as we'll try to balance some of the heat. here is the battle brewing automatic over the ocean, we have an area of low pressure foreign corners, and the high pressure push and pull decides whether we cool or warm up a couple degrees. the high pressure wi

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i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. president trump delivered his state of the union tonight that can be described as the president doing what he does best. >> it felt at times like a political rally with some showmanship mixed in with political partisanship on full display. >> we begin with our reporter in washington. >> reporter: walking into the chamber that impeached him less than two months ago, the tension high. the house speaker introducing him -- >> members of congress, the president of the united states. >> reporter: but leaving off the typical phrasing that includes her high honor and distinct privilege, president trump apparently giving her the brush-off, not shaking her hand. but quickly pivoting, moving to tout his accomplishments in what he dubbed the great american comeback. >> jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling. >> reporter: but the partisan divides of congress on full display. his caucus giving him their full endorsement. the other side, not so much. the first

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz.a let' gappened a nail salon. he said it was a factual statement but it was not meant to be an indictment of the industry. as parts of california move into phase two of the stay-at-home order, hair and nail salons remain closed. when asked thursday why salons are part of phase three and not phase two, governor gavin newsom said this. >> this whole thing started in the state of california, the first community spread, in a nail salon. >> i think my brain stopped working and i was saying what the hell? i never heard anything like that before. >> reporter: kelvin pham is the producer of the documentary "nailed it." the impact of this remark, what it can have on not only the nail industry, but particularly the vietnamese nail industry. we came here to this country as refugees. left our country. not because we want to, because we have to. >> reporter: today when asked to clarify the origin of california's first community case, governor newsom called the nail salon industry noble and said fac

i'm dion lim. >> and i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, we appreciate your time. our next newscast is at 6:00. we'll see you then. >>> tonight -- the covid holiday fears as the nation celebrates the fourth of july in the middle of a pandemic. the summer surge showing no signs of slowing down. a third straight day with more than 50,000 new infections. in florida another 9,400 new cases. the positivity rate nearing 15%. employees at 30 publix supermarkets testing positive. miles of south florida's famous beaches deserted. beaches in texas and california closed too. in arizona, a bar under investigation for allegedly allowing infected employees to keep working. in washington state, more than 100 fraternity brothers testing positive. and tonight, the line of traffic to get to the jersey shore, fueling concerns about a new spread. amid the crisis president trump

i'm dan ashley. commune activists are hoping for a miracle. abc 7 news reporter, luz pena has the story. >> reporter: this is 14-year-old alisa aguillar, fighting for her dad. >> i hope they can see that, rather than just seeing him as a number, as an immigrant in this country. >> in the back of her head, this date, november 2nd when her dad hugo aguillar will automatically enter deportation proceedings. in these boxes, their last hope, 50,000 signatures from community members also pleading for the father of three to remain in the u.s. >> if you could just please see that my father is a human being. he is a regular person just like you. >> in his early 20s hugo aguillar completed a two-year sentence for a drug conviction. he was transferred to i.c.e. and deported back to mexico. he returned to support his daughter who at the time was 1 year old. >> one mistake and they'll take me away from my family. i came here when i was 16 years old. i went to school here, graduated from high school. and then i became a carpenter. >> hugo has no appeals lef

. >> and i'm dan ashley. prosecutors say today's plea deal brings justice for those who have waited for one of the state's most notorious killers to be sentenced. abc7 news reporter laura anthony was in sacramento for the court hearing, and joins us live. laura, this day certainly a long time coming for so many families. >> it is, dan. the level of detail, the brutality in the details we heard inside what was a courtroom here at sac state today was stunning. joseph deangelo with his admissions and his pleas confirmed that he is in fact the golden state killer. he avoids the death penalty. and while he looked and sounded frail, the level of evil in his acts was overwhelming. >> how do you plead, sir? >> guilty. >> it's the word joseph deangelo's many victims and their family members long to hear. the golden state killer's unqualified admission of guilt to 13 first-degree murders and dozens of rapes and other crimes. >> the family members of the murder victims have waited for decades for justice for their loved

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you so much for joining us tonight. we begin this evening with a bay area teen that may be closing in on a potential treatment for covid-19. it relies on our own immune systems, our own body's ability to fight off infegs when invaded by a virus. now a south san francisco doctor says his work is taking the next step. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> in the race to find a cure for covid-19, there's new hope from bay area scientists who have been working around the clock. >> good to have big dreams, big dreams got us to the moon. >> reporter: you might recognize dr. jacob glenville from the netflix docuseries pandemic. he's the president and ceo of distributed bio, which is developing an antibody therapeutic to treat the novel coronavirus. >> if your loved one has to go to the hospital. we give them the therapy and instead of getting more sick, they get better rapidly and go home. the minute we have an antibody therapy we can end the crisis. >

dan ashley has more. >> reporter: california is seeing coronavirus cases drop and counties are coming on which the state's watch list. how can they reopen? we'll find out this week.on whi the state's watch list. how can they reopen? we'll find out this week. >> we hear about transmission, the impact of what some people say are family gatherings. we continue to by teat the drumd think about the new guidelines that will be coming out later this week, that will be a theme. >> reporter: the guidance will apply to education and child care settings. they won't be allowed to havere two adults in one place, but as california prepares to move forward, dr. galley has this reminder. >> this sneaky virus that we call covid-19 doesn't take a rest. >> reporter: masks are at the heart of some new guidance from the centers for disease control. it is advising employees not to get into arguments with customers who are against wearing face coverings. we've seen several incidents inside stores that have escalated, people have been confronted about not wearing a mask. dan ashley, abc 7 news. >>> up next,

. >>> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with promising news about an experimental vaccine for covid-19. the vaccine is being developed by the federal government and moderna biotech company in massachusetts. researchers say it produced antibodies to the coronavirus in every person tested, but whether the shots work and prevent people from getting infected from the virus is still unclear. a dose of the vaccine was given to 45 healthy people who rolled up their sleeves back in march. all are between the ages of 18 and 55, then a second dose was given about a month later. some did get side effects including fatigue, chills, headache, muscle pain and a sore arm. the next step is to enroll 30,000 people to see if the shots work. >> many believe that any vaccine that does get approved may work in only maybe 50% or 60% of the population, so it's still quite a bit of work to make sure that the vaccine works and that it's safe. you know, remember that if we do generate a vaccine it does show a protective immune respo

i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz. so sad to see but hearing incredible story of survival. two newlyweds who escaped the smoke, flames with their lives and cherished war medals and memories. >> cornell barnard with a story only on abc7 news. >> no question with all the smoke it was time to leave. >> reporter: 100-year-old says the glass fire was closing in. he and new bride high tailed it out of their deer park neighborhood with two dogs. >> started about a mile from our house. that's when i figured got to go quick, take the most important stuff. >> 75 millimeter cannon in the nose. >> reporter: wasn't food or clothes but memorabilia from decorated career flying missions as captain with the u.s. army air corps in world war ii. >> this is world war ii victory. distinguished flying cross. >> reporter: shows the combat medals. joanne gets emotional, nothing she treasures more. >> nothing else in the house was as valuable as his experience and memories. it's something we all need to understand what the veterans do for us.

dan ashley has those details. >> reporter: a new neighborhood of sorts, lily has transformed the area in front of her willow glen home into a fairy wonderland. a plan that has been in the works for months ever suns she saw an article for a similar idea. >> that was it. i knew i had to do this. >> reporter: lily was waiting for summer to unveil her magic, but after the stay-at-home order went into effect, she got to work. hung decorations from trees and attached fairy doors to the trunks. >> i wanted to bring positive messaging to kids and their families and no better time than doing it now. >> reporter: every day lily discreetly adds a new door with a little message written on it. sometimes kids leave something in return. >> not me, but fairies get a lot of notes from the kids and on those they express how happy they are that the fairies are here. my heart fills up with joy every single time. it just never gets old. >> reporter: lily says as soon as she can get enough supplies, she hopes to expand the fairy wonderland to other yards. dan ashley, abc7 news. >> we could all use a little

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. we want to begin with a key endorsement for the vaccine. kris? >> this was a marathon meeting and one of the consequential steps, the first wave of vaccinations in this country. while it wasn't a unanimous vote, it was an overwhelming endorsement of pfizer's historic vaccine. >> we do have a favorable vote and that concludes this portion of the meeting. >> the question on the table for the fda's advisory panel, based on the totality of scientific evidence available, do the benefits of the pfizer biontech covid-19 vaccine outweigh the use for those 17 years of age or older? >> we will take into consideration when deciding on not only the eoa issuance here, but also how to move on. >> the vote happened after more than eight hours where the 23-member panel made up of the world's leading independent scientists and health care experts raised their questions and concerns. >> because the stakes are so high, i think having an outside group look and ask hard questions of not only pfizer, but o

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama candidates. th -- for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. i'm to help california's 19 most vulnerable. or high blood potassium. over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. it's wrong. prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. join firefighters and emergency responders in voting 'yes' on 19. >>> tonight, the u.s. officially reaches that grim and heartbreaking milestone. 200,000 american lives lost. the

. >>> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. another step forward. the governor announced today most barbershops and hair salons can reopen under specific guidelines for the first time in two months. restaurant owners love what they do, but it's m their future is now very much in doubt. if you've been outside, you know just how hot it is. get ready, though, the forecast will soon change. big-time. >>> plus, hitting the beaches in half moon bay turned into a big problem. you can probably guess what happens with the restrooms are shut down. >>> new details on that massive fire on a san francisco pier, why the search for a cause can't even get started for days. >>> those are just some of the major headlines tonight. but we bin with governor newsom and how the state is officially now entering phase three, though, not all bay area counties will see hair salons and barbershops reopening at this moment. liz kreutz is live to break down the governor's big announcement today. liz? >> hi, dan. very big announcement with hair salons and ba

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. the bay area is out in force to honor george floyd. let's go back live now to the march and rally happening in fremont. >> abc 7 news amanda del castillo is there live. amanda, tell us what's happening where you are. >> more than 100 protesters just left washington high school here in fremont. they are making that two-mile trip to fremont police headquarters, which is where we're at right now. we want to send it to sky7 so you can get a view of what that crowd looks like overhead. plenty of young people wanting to make a difference. organizers say they're expecting around 300 people to come protest the death of george floyd and to push for the end of police brutality. fremont pd added staffing to its patrol division. we are still expecting the citywide curfew to go into effect at 8:00 tonight through 5:00 a.m. pd says this is to prevent large-scale looting, though they add there has been no credible threat. we connected with a 16-year-old high school stunt, the first protester to arri

dan ashley, abc7 news. >> so many people have looked at that floating lab from land wondering what is that thing throughout. we have a glacier in the bay. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. for drew tuma, all of us here, thank you for inviting us into your homes tonight. we'll see you again at 6:00. my psoriasis. cosentyx works on all of this. cosentyx treats the multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthritis to help you look and feel better. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. watch me! learn more at cosentyx.com. >>> tonight, news just coming in on the coronavirus here in the u.s. now soaring to record levels. more than 130,000 lives now lost. and atlanta's mayor tonight just revealing she has tested positive. at least nine sta

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. president trump delivered his state of the union tonight that can be described as the president doing what he does best. >> it felt at times like a political rally with some showmanship mixed in with political partisanship on full display. >> we begin with our reporter in washington. >> reporter: walking into the chamber that impeached him less than two months ago, the tension high. the house speaker introducing him -- >> members of congress, the president of the united states. >> repr: leaving off the typical phrasing that includes her high honor and distinct privilege, president trump apparently giving her the brush-off, not shaking her hand. but quickly pivoting, moving to tout his accomplishments in what he dubbed the great american comeback. >> jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling. >> reporter: but the partisan divides of congress on full display. his caucus giving him their full endorsement. the other side, not so much. the first biparti

. >> and i'm dan ashley. a major step backward as all california counties shut down many activities across the state. the governor is ordering indoor dining, wineries, tasting rooms and movie theaters, zoos, museums and card rooms all closed. in addition, bars will not be allowed to operate indoors or outdoors. the governor said this virus is not going away until we see a vaccine or a therapy. >> we were able to suppress the spread of this virus. we were able to knock down the growth of this in the beginning. we're going to do that again. there is no doubt in my mind. >> you could check to see what is open and closed on our abc7news.com reopening tracker. in contra costa county indoor dining and curb side pickup are open. in marin it is also outdoor dining and curb side pickup and in-store retail and everything sels is a closed. outdoor tasting is allowed at napa and as does solano county where curb side pickup is alameda county will likely be added in two days. santa clara is taking a step back and it is add

dan ashley checking in with the riders. hi, dan. >> reporter: hey, larry, hey, ama. we're having a really interesting time at the b.a.r.t. station. we have waves of people that we've been speaking with. trying to get a handle as we focus this issue as part of our effort to build a better bay area. to understand in very real terms what the issues are, the challenges, where the successes have been, and where the failures and points of concern still exist. we're talking to people and asking then to participate by writing on our dear b.a.r.t. how would you make b.a.r.t. better white board. you hear less crowded. here's one. i would make b.a.r.t. free. i don't expect that to happen. stop fare evaders. i heard a lot of that. people concerned about fare evaders and cleanseliness as well. new and improved website is not better. go back to the old one. keep it safe and clean. make b.a.r.t. more comfortable for long commutes. better than driving in san francisco traffic. that can certainly be true. all things considered, it is true. better for driving, better than the environm

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. yesterday's skies may have been a bit scary, but climate advocates are actually seeing an opportunity. in fact, they may mark a mind-set changing moment. abc7 news reporter kris reyes explains why. >> it was as if the day was night. >> reporter: that's exactly what this picture shows. date stamp 9-9-20, 12:00 p.m. a moment turned into a message, when the day is night, will it finally dawn on us that the time for action is now? the caption, one word. vote. the image was posted by one atmosphere, an s.f. based nonprofit dedicated to fighting climate change. >> for people that are harder to reach, yesterday was probably a watershed moment and it really brings it home. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor rafael said he plans to use the image, too, when he tries to pass legislation, banning natural gas in new buildings in the city. >> when we're talking about the fires, we're going to talk about the day the sun didn't come out. so many images from yesterday i think will get used again an

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a couple of grim milestones today with the coronavirus. the state of california has well over 2,000 confirmed cases. >> the bay area topped the one thousand mark this morning as the virus keeps spreading that includes a san francisco police sergeant with the special victims unit who worked at the hall of justice. the sergeant has tested positive. >> a second oakland police employ plo has tested positive and a fourth santa clara sheriff's deputy has been infected while los angeles county reported the first person under the age of 18 to die in the u.s. from coronavirus. >> now here is where those cases are in the bay area. santa clara's case count went up today by 54, pushing the total to 375. there were three new fatalities there reported within the past 24 hours. the south bay continues to be the most impacted county here. alameda county reported a second death today. its total case count is now 135. and san francisco's total has increased to 152. >> there are now confirmed cases in m

. >> i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. according to the johns hopkins university tracker, there are more than 11.3 million coronavirus cases in the united states including people that have recovered, of course. today california reported more than 8700 new cases, the state's seven-day positivity rate is up to 5.2%. several states are increasing restrictions. ohio just announced in fact, a 10:00 p.m. curfew for the next three weeks and governor newsom is considering a curfew to curve the spread of the virus. what the potential curfew would look like and how effective they actually are. >> reporter: if you listen to governor newso m's press briefing, you ears likely perked up with this. >> we're considering full disclosure, a little preview, the notion of a curfew. >> reporter: nothing official has been announced yesterday, marin county public health director told kristen sze he's not surprised. >> we're aware this is on the table. it's something that's more co common back east in massachusetts, virginia. >> reporter: massach

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for all of us here, thank you so much for inviting us into your homes tonight. >> see you again in half an hour at 6:00. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air on the eve of president trump's historic impeachment trial. what we have just learned tonight. what to expect from the very start. and president trump's legal team tonight revealing how they plan to defend the president. and all eyes now on a small number of republicans. will they join democrats in asking for witnesses? mary bruce live on the hill tonight. >>> also this evening, the state of emergency in place as thousands converge on virginia's state capital. our team is there. >>> just hours after kansas city makes it to the super bowl, the deadly shooting. more than a dozen injured. authorities before the cameras just a short time ago. >>> outbreak. authorities tonight confirming the mysterious and deadly virus is being spread from human to human. teams in hazmat suits. federal authorities here at home are now scre

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. so people are clearly getting tired of not being able to go where they want to go when they want to go. in fact, a well-known san francisco attorney has filed several lawsuits calling into question governor gavin newsom's stay stay-at-home roules. >> reporter: kristen and dan, harmit dylan filed six such lawsuits and said there could be more. some of governor gavin newsom's stay-at-home orders are at the center of several lawsuits. civil rights attorney harmit dylan says over the last couple weeks she's filed six lawsuits against the governor. >> governor's overreaching on a number of grounds. >> reporter: in part the lawsuit center around protests. >> the governor has chosen to limit protests to zero in this state. which is outrageous and absurd. >> reporter: small businesses. >> no appeal process. no selection criteria. >> reporter: the closure of houses of worship. >> going to worship communally is a 1th amendment protected confident. while it is not at the same level as 1st amendm

. >> and i'm dan ashley. reaction is pouring in right now about joe biden's historic election. >> for those of us who worked on her campaign and i can't as a woman -- of a woman of an indian-american i can't tell you what this feels like. >> as a black man i am absolutely blown away that there is on that ticket a black woman of a vice-presidency. >> today kamala harris became the first california senator, the first black woman and the first indian-american woman to run on a major political party's presidential ticket. political analysts say harris will likely motivate at least one group of voters. >> women, especially older women are going to be very drawn to having her as part of this ticket. >> former president barack obama says joe biden mailed his decision while president trump called harris, quote, nasty and just about the most liberal person in the u.s. senate. >>> california has shaped kamala harris' politics almost as much as california has shaped her. liz kreutz is here with her bay area background.

. >> and i'm dan ashley. abc 7 news anchor dion lim was first to speak with both parties that you just saw in that stunning video and brings you the story. >>> unfortunately, that's the reality of being black in america. >> reporter: this is what they never expected to happen in their discovery bay neighborhood. >> you are acting like black people and you shouldn't. >> reporter: caught on surveillance and cell phone video neighbor adena dean. >> you're acting like one. why don't you act like a white person in a white neighborhood. >> reporter: who was seen holding a poodle in one hand and a stun gun in the other upset over their 2-year-old pit bull dice. >> i don't want to see that dog outside. >> well, he's going to be outside because i have a right to have him. >> reporter: adena goes on to claim -- >> i was raised in oklahoma city where there were tons of black people. >> but we're acting like what? >> you're acting like people that aren't normal. >> normal to her is people that will lay down and submit to

good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daitz. we're breaking down what we learned today about the pace of progress into phase two. >> this staying at home thing is rough for me, too. >> reporter: despite excitement that california will begin entering phase two later this week, today it became clear the bay area for the most part will not be. >> let me clarify. the san francisco and bay area health orders currently in effect through may do not permit curbside pickup from nonessential businesses. >> reporter: abc 7 news reached out to the 9 counties if our region. san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, alameda, contra costa, alameda counties, don't expect to start phase two on friday possible napa and solano counties told us they do plan to do so. san francisco mayor london breed explained it this way. >> the numbers are still going up. the number deaths are still going up. and we have not lowered the curve. so we have to be mindful of that and we have to be responsible when we look at ways to bring various industries back. >> repo