Plans. Tonight nearly the entire bay area is on the states watch list because of the surge in cases. The one county not on the list, san mateo. Boming a big draw forservices they cant. Some people even driving for miles just for a haircut. But as nbc bay areas Marianne Favro explains, san mateo might not stay off the watch list for much longer. Reporter San Mateo County is seeing an increase in new covid19 cases, which is why Public Health leaders fear that the state will put the county on the monitoring list in just a few days. And that means gyms and hair salons will have to close down again. In san mateo tonight, it was so busy downtown, we spotted several lines for food, something you can get anywhere in the bay area. But a lot of people were barber hair salons are open. So tony llamas drove 22 miles from San Francisco to get his first professional cut in four months. I thought, you know, let me try to get a haircut actually, mainly because san mateo is the only place where you can
Are we doing enough testing for the coronavirus . Some bay area cities say its hard to get an appointment. We look at just how long it takes to get tested these days. This as the clock continues to ticket for the last county not on the States Coronavirus watch list. What you can still do in San Mateo County for now. We were prepared today for what we believe in. And it was this feeling that somebody had to do it. We couldnt wait another 50 years. Another 100 years. And the bay area remembering d honori the late civil rights leaders, congressman john lewis. But we start with covid testing troubles in covid19. Good evening, im juliet goodrich. California reported more than 9100 new cases over night. Bringing the total number of infections to more than 375,000. The state also saw 120 more deaths, researchers at the Harvard Global Health Institute say california needs to triple the amount of testing thats currently being done to mitigate the coronavirus. Kpix 5s kenny choi takes a closer l
Extra precautions because of court roaming the area. There have been two animal attacks in just eight days. The first happened last thursday where a child was bitten by a coyote at moraca commons. Authorities still arent sure what kind of animal is behind the attack at the country club. New at 10 00, greg liggins joins us now with reaction from people who live in that area. Greg . Yeah, thats right. I you can at thatted with some people that lived near where these two incidents took place. To be clear, one is a confirmed coyote attack. The other is under suspicion. Now for people who live in this area, this is very unsettling and potentially dangerous. Security videos taken recently outside a home shows a coyote meandering through the yard. The homeowners say in april, their 12pound dog iggy was killed by the coyote. At the start of covid, our dog was taken by a coyote right by our feet. Police say a man sitting with others at a fire pit at maragan country was bitten on the leg by some
An oakland and traffic is moving along well, heading south or north on 80. We can also look at south bound 880 between hayward and fremont. That is nice looking drive, all the way through the bay. Checking the pass, we dont see a lot of traffic here that is going to be slow. Lots of times we have that. We dont have anything to talk about there, or on san ramon and pleasanton. And on north barry north bend 280, the entire silkfor 101. Lets go back to the headlines. The Supreme Court approved a second federal execution. 68 yearold wesley ira purkey, scheduled for last night, was removed. The claims that he has progressive dementia and severe Mental Illness needs to be evaluated. But the department of justice appealed it to the u. S. Supreme court, and they voted 54 to allow the execution. Wesley ira purkey was accused of killing a 16yearold girl and an elderly woman. This will be the first case of this type since 2003. Here in california, 355,000 people have tested positive for the virus
Reporter governor gavin newsom is promising to fix the states overloaded unemployment system with a strike team. Newsom explained there should be no barriers between californians and the benefits they have earned. He pointed to Unprecedented Demand due to job loss during the pandemic and an antiquated system creating what he calls an unacceptable backlog of claims. His office estimating there could be about 1 million claims eligible for benefits with added information. Welcomed news for valerie dean. I hope that it brings about action for so many people. I mean, i think that theyre just completely overwhelmed and i feel for the Unemployment Department employees. Reporter dean initially reached out to 7 on your sides Michael Finney for help after losing her job at a Printing Company because of covid19, edd started paying her benefits, but then the money stopped. According according dean, edd flagged her for a job from three years ago. Deducting penalties this year. She went seven weeks