Rules. First the virus spreading at its fastest pace yet. Good evening. Thank you for being with us. It doesnt look like were anywhere near the finish line and doctors are ringing the alarm bells. As hospitals in the bay area see more patients, theyre noticing Something Different about the patients. At Good Samaritan hospital, ten new patients have been admitted to the covid19 ward. Part of the troubling trends across the region thflg shows the rising number of patients being admitted into santa clara hospitals over the last month. Were back almost to the same levels of in patients in march and april. Still about 20 off. Reporter mark brown the chief nursing officer. This week California Nurses Association demonstrated there, one is the short staffing that were experiencing. Reporter Hospital Leaders say they are prepared for the rising cases. Thats because theres a key difference in the cases theyre seeing now and the ones in march and april. The majority are a med surge or telemetry level of patients. For lack of a better word, a basic hospital admission as opposed to an acute care. Reporter basically, the new patients are not as sick but getting infected more easily. We think it is an evolutionary adaption. Reporter medical experts believe the coronavirus is mutating fast to try to survive as long as possible without killing its en are not as sick. They also believe that is why everyone should be wearing a mask, because the virus is potentially more infectious now. In san jose, bay area news. Thank you. Tonight covid cases nationwide now exceed 3. 5 million. More than 138,000 people have died. California may be entering a dangerous new phase of the pandemic. Take a look at this graph. It shows the number of daily new cases, relatively flat. The numbers throughout april and may. A small uptick in june and then 7 8, july 8th, more than 11,000 cases confirmed on the 7th of july. Then yesterday another 11,000 cases. The takeaway, our numbers are getting worse. Heres the county breakdown. 802 new cases across the bay area today. Santa clara county saw the biggest jump. 235 cases since yesterday. Contra costa county, 117 new cases. Just in, students within the Liberty UnionHigh School District have tested positive for the virus. This is in eastern could notra costa county. The district sending this out today. It doesnt name the specific high school but it does say three students engaged in approved activities contracted the virus while working outside their pods or workouts groups. Anyone who came in contact with them have been notified. All conditioning activities have been postponed. It is unclear if School Sports will be resumed. Many doctors say if we all wear masks, the spread of the virus could come to a screeching halt by around semi. A lot of people are not buying in. Tonight, marin county is getting tough. Not wearing a mask, be ready to pay up. Step one of the crackdown is already in place. The violation at marin county. Org. Thats where people can report businesses not playing by the rules. It goes straight to the states covid19 enforcement arm. Were getting a lot of complaints about Short Term Rentals operating and theyre not supposed to be operating. Tomorrow representatives of enforcement will meet to discuss a strategy for the entire county. That plan will have some teeth. We want people to comply so we can slow the case numbers. If we have to get to fines and citations, well do that. Our goal is to educate people. This man is hoping people can work things out among themselves. If somebody has a problem, i think they should be taking it into account. The final plan will be announced on friday and were told it will include a bicultural and bilingual outreach. Nbc bay area news. A lot of anxiety for parents, from Bay Area School districts about plans for the Upcoming School year. Tonight pleasanton unit identified says it will begin 100 online. Once it is deemed safe, families will have the option to enroll students for some inperson classes or continue with distance learns. The district says it will reevaluate its plans on a monthly basis. School starts in midaugust. A similar north america from San Francisco unified. School will be online to star with. Campus will be closed. They home to ultimately move to a hybrid learning model later in the year. Parents are in a tough spot. Is it worth to it sends your kids back to campus . What about those parents who cant afford the proper setup at home . We asked the doctor at ucsf pediatrics. They should be able to go back. As far as middle schools and high schools, there is probably a hybrid. There should be a real capacity for Elementary Schools to go back. Not just schools. Many parents are would understandering and worrying with covid19 and childcare. Coming up in less than ten minutes, we investigate new data that shows hundreds of new cases linked to daycare facilities. Dozens of them here in the bay area. We have new details on a story we brought you last night. A criminal investigation is now underway. The city of vallejo is asking outside agencies to investigate the destruction of evidence in a police shooting. The Police Officers shot and killed shawn montrosa on june 2. An officer was in a police truck and shot through the winds shield of his truck to hit him. The truck has been repaired and put back in service. It was replaced and taken away. The city says it wants the Solano County d. A. , the attorney general or the fbi to investigate why that evidence was mishand. Also an employee has been placed on leave. The sfpd has been supporting its biggest critics. Each will be part of the black lives matter movement. Heres more on the plan and the reaction. Direct the chief to install black lives matter posters. Reporter the San FranciscoPolice Commission requires tutting up a black lives matter sign inside every district station within the next 30 days. A move black officers say will help members of the community feel safe. It at least opens up an opportunity for someone who looks like me to feel like perhaps theyre going to be understood, not prejudged. The resolution comes as people in the bay area and across the nation are supporting the black lives matter movement. Demanding reform after the death of george floyd. A minneapolis man whose death in Police Custody sparked massive protests. The police chief said he supports the plan. Yes, we are fully committed. Reporter the Association Opposes the idea. A law firm sent a letter to the Labor Relations director that says in part, while it supports the notion that all black and brown lives matter, it is concerned about the endorsement of a specific organization in district stations. A position commissioner strongly disagrees with. It is no more than the pride that we all celebrate. To me it is really concerning. If you have such a visceral reaction to a post per says black lives matter, i want you to search your heart. Reporter nbc bay area news. Tonight twitter is on damage control. This was no ordinary hack. Some of the most famous people in the world like bill gates you see there, which leads to a lot of concern they were ha for every day americans. Jack dorsey saying tonight, some of his own employees were targeted and exposed. Just because your name is not bill gates, elon musk, president obama or Vice President biden, you should be concerned about hackers getting into your twitter account. Experts say you are vulnerable, too. It has all the classic elements of a scam. Theyre using this to convince people to transfer their money over to this account. Reporter each of them urges users to send money address. With the promise theyll be paid back double. Reporter nbc news is reporting at least several hundred people responded, sending hundreds of thousands of dollars. Twitter support is saying we detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted many of our employees with assets to internal systems and tools. For these companies to get hacked, it is a blow. Reporter the political analyst says twitter isnt the only company that can be hakds. With the election year, that can be a big problem. We go all the way back to the 2016 election when we know for a fact that the russians were hack go. Hacking has continued ever since. Not only by the russians but a lot of domestic terrorists. Reporter in this case, twitter says the hackers also went after verified accounts. Access to accounts were interrupted for a while today as the investigation continues. Cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Still ahead, a bizarre moment. What were learning about this troubling video of a woman who set her hair on fire. Also, the major shakeup in president Trumps Campaign team. This comes as he continues to slump in the polls. Im chief meteorologist jeff randalieri tracking smoke, moving into parts of the bay area and the air quality. Ill have the update coming up. We made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. They didnt panic. They got a bigger car after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Usaa insurance is made the and the hidden smiles. It the foggy glasses, and the muffled laughs. A simple piece of fabric makes a big statement i care. Wear a mask. Lets all do our part to slow the spread. Disturbing video on b. A. R. T. A woman sets her hair on fire. You can see her screaming, trying to put out the flames. At least one other person tried to help. This was around 5 00 p. M. Last night. A person reported to it b. A. R. T. Police. Officers say it appears the woman did it to herself. A shakeup in the Trump Campaign this evening. The president announcing his Campaign ManagerBrad Parscale has been reasinds. He was considered one of the key reasons trump won the 2016 election. The Current DeputyCampaign Manager will take over. This comes as new polls show President Trump is falling behind joe biden. The nbc news wall street journal poll shows biden has an 11point nationwide lead over President Trump among registered voters. Election day is november 3rd. We know how covid19 has ravaged many nursing homes. What about the other end of the age spectrum . New data that shows nearly 1,000 positive cases at childcare facilities across california. Candice has the story youll see only on nbc bay area. Reporter last month, early horizons preschool got the call it had been dreading. Two siblings attending the daycare tested positive for covid19. When you got the call this happened, what went through your mind . It was immediate, what do we need to do . To make sure everyone stays safe. Reporter antonio is the director. He says the parents started feeling sick on a wednesday. But dropped the kids off at daycare because they were unaware they had covid. They didnt have any symptoms. Reporter on thursday they still felt ill and kept the kids home. They got tested and found out the whole family had the virus. Thats when they called early highsons. We shut down the school. Have them come pick up their children and shut the school down. Reporter in the north bay, a similar scare. North bay Childrens Center ceo sues an gilmore got a call in may that two kids, also siblings, were exposed to a covid positive aunt. The children later tested positive. These were kids that never would have been tested. They were asymptomatic. They went through checkin every morning. Taking their temperature. Reporter both facilities say they prevented an outbreak. The virus did not spread to 10 cohorts to minimize exposure. We shut down that cohort, that classroom. So all ten children were tested. All the teachers were tested and all the parents of the children were tested. They all tested negative. Reporter bundle every childcare central has been as successful. Nearly 1,000 covid19 cases linked to licensed childcare facilities. The number includes staff, kids and parents and it shows a 12 increase since last week. Broken down by county, Los Angeles Tops the listing with 170 cases. It has by far the most facilities open during this pandemic. In the bay area, Santa Clara County had 28 cases. Alameda company had 19. Contra costa, 14, marin, 14, and solano, 11. Liz and her husband are aware of the risks but like so many bay area parents, they both have full time jobs. Youre faced with an impossible choice. Your livelihood or your child. Reporter early horizons reopened after cleaning and sanitizing. Some parents might be scared to there kids back after Something Like that. What do you want to say to them . Its a very valid concern. It is risky. We do have a consent form for parents to seibign to make sure they know risks. Reporter every single provider weve spent on with say it is struggling as a fwois keep one the guidelines and keeping kids safe. For resources on what you can do if youre a parent, head to nbcbayarea. Com parents. If you have a tip for Candice Nguyen or anyone else, you can give us a call or visit our webb. You can call it whip lash in alameda county. The county just shut down Outdoor Dining over the weekend because of a rise in covid19 cases. Today, california approved the request to reopen Outdoor Dining. Its good news for a lot of the restaurants. Yes, you can do it outdoors and bring everybody back. We can tell them, hey, youre going to be on the schedule. Also in alameda county, today state said the oakland zoo can reopen to the public. It has been closed for four months. The general manager tells us the zoo has gone through most of the reserve funds and was at risk. Closing for good. They man to reopen july 29. That would be a fun thing to do as a family. Were talking about the end of the week weather. Were almost there. Were inching closer and closer. Weve had some pretty good weather. The one thing we didnt have to contend with is some haze and some smoke moving boo contra costa and alameda counties. I think we could have that haze moving in as we head into tomorrow. I want to start with that. You can see the fire down here near coalinga, near fresno. It has grown in size. The containment is up 15 contained. However, tomorrow with a west southwest wind, we could have the smoke particles moving up into the bay area. We do have an air quality advisory in effect. It will be moderate. For the east bay, it will be the worst and thats where you might need to limit your outdoor exposure. Think about that tomorrow before you start heading outside and exercising, especially if you have asthma. As we roll you this tomorrow mornings forecast, we do get the fog back at the coastline. That will leave us for some nice cool crisp air to star. Vial for the trivalley. The peninsula, San Francisco, also the north bay. The best chance of the low clouds to start. Even some patchy fog near the bay for the east bay and 50s. As we move through tomorrow, the numbers dont change a whole lot. You will see it in the south cupertino and holding on to 86 as well. Oh the east bay, a couple of lower 90s. Then toward danville and walnut creek, in the mid to upper 80s. And then it drops off with that bay breeze. The peninsula looking at some 70s for redwood city and san mateo. We drop it off to 60s. The ocean breeze and San Francisco, widespread 60s from the mission to the outer sunset. For the north bay, less in the way of wind and temperatures look really good. Specially from mill valley to about sonoma with some 70s in the forecast. The extended in San Francisco, no big changes the next seven days. Stable weather. 60s the next several days. A little below average with some fog mixed in for the morning and then we get our afternoon sunshine. For the inland valleys, were looking at some 90s the next couple days. The highest right now gets here on saturday with 95 degrees. And then well start to see it gradually drop off a little here as we hit next tuesday and wednesday. So raj, its july. July 15th. And this is good news on the seven day. Normally we can get a couple of triple digits sneaking in but that sevenday forecast not looking too hot the next several days. A very good point. 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