Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20240713 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20240713

Ben t should be moving towards napa and American Canyon. Nor showers, novato, marin wood, westward through san mateo, 280. Wet from montera. More showers offshore will continue with that west to east trajectory. Today we have the showers, scattered downpours throughout the first half of the day, a quarter to a third of an inch. Were at 54 right now, mild degrees in oakland. 50 in san jose. Throughout the day well get brighter, we will dry out but to start out through about 1 00 we have the scattered showers, and maybe some heavier downpours at times. Near 60 in our warmest locations. Liz . Well begin with the rapid spread of covid19 in the bay area. Never night the bay area topping at least 1,800 cases. 46 deaths across the region. Almost every bay area county confirmed new cases yesterday. Santa clara county recorded five deaths in a 24hour span, that is the most in a single day since this outbreak started. We are also keeping an eye on cases for viewers in northern neighboring mendocino and lake counties. Mendocino reported its third confirmed case. Good news, one of the three has recovered, according to the county Public Health department. Lake county continues to report no confirmed cases. We have heard plenty of the severe medical supply shortages to get Health Care Workers the protective equipment they need to fight this pandemic but this morning an open 3d Printing Company is completely changing what it produces. The Fathom Company usually employs 50 people but now down to four with the sheltering in place, racing to print the much needed medical supplies. As abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez explains though they are hitting a few snags. Ive never thought i would b rorter atmmanufacturining can. Intheyre verting their effor sourcing ppupie we reached out to our colleagues in china and had them explore potential fda improved manufacturers making ppe to see if we can fulfill the need for our local communities. Reporter those chinese vendors are sending thousands of n95 masks and other supplies to the company but theyre running into restrictions. They need to pass emergency procedures to approve suppliers because this equipment exists out there. It just simply is not, the dots are not connected between the manufacturers and hospitals currently. Reporter peter allen is a Program Manager for vituity, a Physician Group that operates 140 Emergency Rooms in 17 states, 20 in the bay area. A hospital in the bay area was down to maybe a day left of masks at their site. Fathom had hundreds of masks and handed those off directly to our medical director. Reporter theyre working with other 3d Printing Companies to design and manufacturer a swab to fulfill the covid19 test kit shortage. How can we use the technology in the time of need to help our country. Reporter the Program Manager from vituity said there are different businesses that have supplies that can keep our front line businesses safe, dental offices, nail salons, construction and paint supply companies sometimes have a stock of masks, gowns and gloves. Reporting in the newsroom, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. When it comes to the statewide emergency, Governor Newsom is calling on help for making lifesaving equipment. One Sunnyvale Company is being tapped to make new ventilators, having no knowledge of how to build them a few days ago. Cornell bernard tells the story of their switch to the Assembly Line. Hello, everybody. Good job. [ applause ] reporter governor gavin newsom led a round of applause for these tech workers putting in long hours in what used to be a warehouse for bloomenergy, just days ago. Now become a popup Assembly Line for life saving ventilators. These balloons simulate lungs during testing. Bloomenergy is looking to refurbish hundreds of ventilators from the States Supply in hopes of getting them to hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. The number of patientses surging. Yesterday icu numbers went up 105 overnight in the state of california. Reporter the state secured 4,000 ventilators but may need at least 10,000 and thousands will need new batteries. Bloomenrgy, which normally produces fuel cells has stepped up to help. Hopefully what we are doing here is to say we can do this. A week ago none of us knew anything about ventilators other than what it is used for. Reporter these workers are figuring it out and getting it done. San jose mayor sam liccardo is impressed by the ingenuity. So heartened by what i have seen from the incredible people behind me, who are working all hours and finding whatever creative way they can to make things work. At a time of need, i think the only way we can do what we want to do is to understand what the need is. Reporter Governor Newsom says other California Companies are now pitching in during the pandemic. Thats the spirit of california. Thats the spirit of this moment. Take responsibility, take ownership. Reporter some of the refurbished ventilators will go to l. A. , others to hospitals in the bay area. Bloomenergy has a manufacturing plant back east. They are now doing the same thing. Stanford hospital acting as a consultant for the operation. In sunnyvale, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Many are asking how you can help in this crisis. We have a full running list of what materials you can donate to hospitals and as well as other ways to get involved, all at our website abc7news. Com. This morning the city of hayward is tightening the criteria to get tested for coronavirus. This past week its running its free testing site open to all to all who show symptoms and now limited to a fever more than 100 degrees as well as other symptoms like cough or shortness of breath. The tests are being conducted at hayward fire station number 7 on huntwood avenue every day besides monday until supplies run out. New this morning, if youve been using instacart for your food or grocery delivery, you may feel some effects tomorrow. Workers are planning a nationwide oneday strike as many as 200,000 Instacart Shoppers are planning to walk off the job, demanding improved equipment, life mask, hazard pay and extended benefits as they work during this pandemic. Instacart announced last week its hiring 300,000 workers to keep up with surge and demand. The company promised changes including extending sick pay for workers and added bonuses. On the peninsula, more long lines for people getting groceries themselves. You see long costco lines in redwood city before they opened yesterday. Customers were lined up from the entrance down the side of the building and back and weve also seen lines start up before 3 00 a. M. At one costco in southern california. While you may see a few empty shelves, costco says the flow of goods into the stores is strong. In san mateo county, a supervisor is warning from the panic buying and grocery hoarding continues the government may have to step in. David canepa said the California Grocers Association are trying to have stores value voluntarily limit panic buying for items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer. If it doesnt show results in a month hes ready to introduce an ordinance to make it law. If they cannot regulate and its not working amongst all stores, then we need to see what we can do to implement something county wide. Canepas proposal would limit purchases to four items for certain products. When one bay area county starts a safety campaign, others are likely to join in. Its not just toilet paper and cleaning supplies people are hoarding. Americans are panic buying pet food. Recent data shows sales are up more than 50 . Amazon and petco are posting strong sales for pet items. The pet supply Delivery Company chewy is hiring 6,000 workers to keep up with demand. New this morning, what about your morning oj . The value of orange juice is soaring as more people try to cram in more vitamin c to boost their immune system. One top grow we are a florida citrus trade group says hes seen a jump in the past four week. But we should tell you, there is no evidence that vitamin c is directly effective against the coronavirus. It still goes great with breakfast, though. Major changes to Public Transportation tomorrow in the bay area. That you should know about. B. A. R. T. Will continue to close early at 9 00 p. M. With ridership down almost 95 , and tomorrow, muni metro and light rail will no longer run. Caltrain will run fewer trains going from its normal 92 to 42 trains. Since the shelter in place daily ticket sales are down 95 . Todays caltrain Weekend Service stays the same. Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco is holding Online Services today. You can watch it on facebook live, services are every sunday at 9 00 and 11 00 a. M. Glide says it will do online celebrations until april 30th. Several other churches moved to livestreaming and some drivethrough confessionals amid the covid19 pandemic. Abc 7 was proud to help people of all faiths in the bay area worship from home last weekend together. Today you can do the same, watch an encore presentation of abc 7 presents finding faith Better Together today at 3 00 p. M. On abc 7. Everyones just trying to adapt, lisa, how however we can. Lisa, have you gotten on the zoom band wagon . I havent but my sister is a teacher so shes all about it. Ive heard a lot about it. And i have a daughterhas to do that for college so yeah everybody is going to get with it one way or the other probably. Were looking at a few more showers out there. Right now its light rain in santa rosa. San francisco were cloudy. 51 degrees here, 44 in los gatos, so they are moving into the bay area. How long will they stick around . We do have sun on the way, and a chilly start to the work week, but that changes. Stay tuned. My accuweather sevenday forecast is next. Thanks, lisa. Also ahead, a bay area nurse on the front lines, scared of what shes seen. Why she believes local nurses may be unknowingly carrying the virus. Plus a beach in San Francisco, and it was wonderful. We were six feet apart, except for when we kissed. Saying i do from a distance. The story of the newlyweds who pulled off a marriage in the middle of a global pandemic. Plus, a personal trainer gets personal about this new way of life living with a shelter in place. Stick with us. 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With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Welcome back. A local kaiser nurse helping treat coronavirus patients in the bay area says shes scared nurses may be spreading the virus around, urging kaiser to keep medical staff safe. Something countless other Health Care Workers are calling for across the country. Heres abc 7 news anchor eric thomas with more. Its been scary. Its been very stressful, because were not really hearing or getting the leadership that we need from a national leel or even really at the hospitals. Reporter amy scott slovik is among nurses who protested saying theyre in dire need of masks and personal protective equipment also known as ppe. When we ask for ppe we should be able to get the ppe we need rather than one mask and told you have to make it last for the entire shift and even if youre taking care of some Covid Patients and not Covid Patients. Reporter scottslok ys kaer cngtsn and allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work, as long as theyre not medical grade, but she says that doesnt provide enough protection from covid19. We could be transmitting it but not even having the right ppe we feel like were Walking Around and passing it along to other rooms and thats not safe. We cant understand why theyre so stingy with the ppe. Were told on one hand yes, we have enough for now, but in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. Reporter nurses say a meeting is set for monday to discuss the situation with kaiser. We want to take care of our patients. Wed like to have conversation about how to do it safely. Kaiser permanente tells us nurses can bring their own medical grade productive masks to work, and kaiser says in a statement, we are providing our staff with the protective equipment that is aligned with the latest science and guidance from Public Health authorities. We have asked that staff, when practical, continue to use masks that are not soiled, in alignment with cdc recommendations. Of course we know Health Care Workers across the country need more ppe. San franciscos ladue in a honda hospital remains under lockdown this morning. Seven Staff Members and a patient just tested positive for covid19 at the hospital. Although reportedly in good condition, five Staff Members provide patient care. The cityrun hospital is in the process of testing 175 people. Most of the residents are over 65 with Serious Health conditions. New this morning, the home of the Seattle Seahawks will soon be looking a whole lot different than this. Century link field will be transitioning to become a military Field Hospital for people with medical issues that are not related to the coronavirus. This is to free up bed space in hospitals for covid19 cases. Officials say the facility will be ready in just a few days. In the nba, the Detroit Pistons are also announc facility to help medical professionals to fight the outbreak. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing many plans to change for residents in the bay area, and that includes couples who had weddings planned. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to two couples affected by the stay at home order and what they plan to do next. This is the dress in here, and these are the shoes. Reporter six days prior to their wedding day, seems like meghan duffs Wedding Dress will stay in her closet for now. Were basically in limbo. Reporter their civil we had willing at San Francisco city hall was canceled after the mandated shelter in place cut into their wellawaited dream date, april 3rd. He has his tux and we had our venue to have dinner with our family, and my cousin was going to do our flowers but the flower mart closed, so everythings just on hold. Reporter a statewide hold that didnt stop this San Francisco couple. Kelly and toby castle are newlyweds in the midst of a global pandemic. We got married last thursday. We got our marriage license about an hour before they closed city hall to get marriage lances. Reporter they decided on the fast wedding, having in mind that toby an australian citizen, was going to have to go back home. We gathered about three people on a tiny little beach in San Francisco, and it was wonderful. We were six feet apart, except for when we kissed. Reporter in a statement the office of the city administrator said in part those who wish to reschedule for an inperson ceremony will receive priority appointments to get married at city hall, as soon as it is safe to do so. Because in the midst of the uncertainty of this pandemic, what these two couples do have in common is confidence in their love. One day, im going to have that special moment. We knew that we loved each other, and we wanted to spend our life together. Thats the most important thing. Well figure out a party later. Reporter luz pena, abc 7 news. Were focusing on how life changed in the bay area and helping us get through the time. This morning our new special limited series shows you how one personal trainers life has shifted. Nba2k and call to dury my best friends. Helping pass the time. My name is nate berry, i live in bay point. Im a personal trainer at barrys boot camp San Francisco. What ive been doing is on instagram and facebook doing workouts, not even to get paid about to you help people just keep their sanity while at home but at the end of each workout i say, you know, if you can, donate, if you cant, its fine. Im still going to keep doing what im doing. The support from these people is, it doesnt make sense. Like its unreal the support from, and these people are watching multiple instructors and potentially donating to different instructors throughout the day. So the support from them is just unbelievable, like its hard to wrap my head around it. Our abc 7 original limited series covid19 diaries telling personal stories as the bay area copes with coronavirus. Watch a

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