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Quintin, more than 1,100 people have tested positive for covid19. The San Francisco Public Defenders Office is now working with certain inmates considered low risk to get them early release. New at 11 00, an employee at the warriors oakland facility has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a just released statement, the warriors said the facility has been closed to be thoroughly cleaned. A Virtual Summer camp has been hosted at the location, but only staff has been allowed inside. No campers. Camp will be postponed next week. Please do not take your guard down. Words of caution and new restrictions tonight from the governor. Indoor activities suspended in 19 counties on the states watch list. Including contracosta, santa clara and solano here in the bay area. No more Indoor Dining, outdoor museums a fily entertainment bottom line is the sp at a rate that is particularly concerning. Across the state, percentage of positive coronavirus tests jumped from 4. 4 to 6 over the last 14 days. Im going to ask you to, you know, just advance personal responsibility, personal behavior. Doctors say that needs to be made clear. The importance of taking safety precautions is paramount. I think we screwed up things with masks early messaging they werent all that important. These guidelines will be reviewed again in three weeks. California, unlike some others, we were successful in bending that curve. We will be successful again. In bending this new curve. And during this pandemic were focused on how we can continue to build a better bay area. Well, todays decisions by the governor were driven by health data, it will have a big impact on the economy. In the north bay, Solano County has been ordered to close Indoor Dining which is a big blow to businesses. Night. Eally s usually you get a message if something happens, but i havent gotten anything. Reporter this restaurant in fairfield is reacting to governor Gavin Newsoms decision to close Indoor Dining in Solano County. If he says you got to stay inside, you got to stay inside. You cant sit down in the dining room. Reporter for more than a month, Solano County officials have allowed dinin at restaurants. Signs even say open for dinein, but those signs will soon be coming down. In fact, even though the policy technically took effect midway wednesday, dinein was still happening all across the county well into the evening as many businesses hadnt heard about the changes. We just came from texas road house, you know, theyre dining in over there. So i dont know whats going on. They didnt have that sign up there said covid19. Now it says covid19. So its getting real serious now. Its getting close. I got my face mask on. I feel like as long as we have that going on, you know, we good. Reporter doctors say just like bars, Indoor Dining poses a major risk as small aerosol particles are released when people peek, and those could be infected with the virus. These small particles can be suspended in the air for quite some time. Reporter trapiano says hes grateful to have his regulars, but with the indoor closure is fearful he may have to let go of employees. In addition to restaurant like this here in Solano County, the governors order also includes wineries and Family Entertainment centers. We actually broke the news about this order to the folks over at the Scandia Family Fun Center earlier this afternoon. In Solano County, j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. All right. We are just days away from a very different fourth of july here in the bay area. As abc 7 news rep rep rep celebrations are sure to be smaller and without fireworks booming or family trips to the beach. Reporter no celebration in the last four months has been normal under the covid19 pandemic. New rules are putting a stop to many plans. Governor gavin newsom announcing impacts to the holiday weekend. The state of california is not mandating the closure of beaches this weekend, but we are modifying our Parking Facility operations, and closing them to traffic throughout the Southern California region, as well as parts of monterey county, santa cruz, and through the bay area. Reporter in separate announcements, Half Moon Bay and pacificas mayor taking it a step further, telling abc 7 city beaches will be closed for the july fourth weekend. Most important thing is that weve done so well, we would hate to lose how far weve come. Reporter in santa cruz, the message from its mayor to beachgoers, consider staying home. Miles away in monterey beaches will be closed this weekend. Bad news for this man who promise his daughters they can play at the beach for the fourth. I dont think telling people they can stay home for the fourth of july, you know, nations holiday, thats going to stop everything either. You can drive by and take the road trip, 17mile drive, go along wine country, experience big sur. Whatever you do, know the city of monterey will be enforcing face masks, whether indoors or outdoors. A 100 citation will be issued to people on the their first violation. And if youre looking for fireworks, the governor says he believes counties should consider cancelling shows. Thats the case for most of the bay area, except for the city of gilroy. Theyve asked that people view the show from the safety of their own home. Weve reached out to see if their plans have changed but have not heard back. In the south bay, abc 7 news. Even though most fireworks shows are cancelled, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate virtually this saturday. We have to be creative in these times, of course. You can see a list of whats affected in the bay area by heading to abc7news. Com or on your abc 7 news app as well. Now, the United States is seeing its highest single day of new covid19 cases with more than 50,000 cases just reported today. As cases rise, scientists are racing against the clock to develop a vaccine. Abc news has more. Reporter much of america taking a step back or halting reopening plans ahead of independence day. New yorks mayor stopping plans to move forward to allow Indoor Dining. Even a week ago, honestly, i was hopeful we could, but the news we have gotten from around the country gets worse and worse all the time. Reporter getting worse througou including arizona, with another record jump. Vice president pence seen wearing a mask arrived in phoenix on wednesday. Parts of the country getting on board to make those masks mandatory, including miamidade county, where facial coverings will be required in all public spaces. A miami nurse saying patients shes seeing are more critical than before. If things dont change and people dont take it a little more serious in the next two weeks, you know, who knows where we will be. Reporter but there are positive signs for a vaccine in the next year. Pfizer Just Announced strong results from initial phase one and two trials, indicating they could move on to their next phase with 30,000 volunteers in coming weeks. Oxfords trials are in phase three. If their vaccine is found to be safe and effective, they could have emergency doses of the vaccine ready as early as october. Moderna also about to embark on phase three of trials. But the president on fox business wednesday with a slightly different perspective on how the virus will be controlled. And i think were going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so . Yeah, i do. At some point. Reporter right now this virus is here to stay. Hospitalizations up in 25 states. Deaths up in 14. So many leaders just bracing for the fourth of july, hoping that folks follow guidelines. Abc news, los angeles. New at 11 00, california has extended Unemployment Benefits for seven more weeks. That brings the maximum to 59 weeks for those on regular state unemployment and 46 weeks for those receiving pandemic unemployment assistance. Between march 14th and midjune, more than 6 million californians were on unemployment with 190,000 applications received in the third week of june. Help may soon be on the way for americas Small Businesses amid the pandemic. Congress has voted to extend the Small Business loan program through august 8th. President trump still has to sign off on it. More than 4. 8 million Small Businesses have already tapped more than 520 billion in potentially forgivable loans through the program. About 130 billion is still available. And for a full interactive map of whats allowed and whats closed in the county where you live, you can head to our website. We also have a full list of the 19 counties on the governors watch list, including those here in the bay area. That is all there on abc7news. Com. New developments tonight. The San Francisco Police Commission has unanimously voted to update and clarify the departments use of force policy. The policy prohibits the use of choke holds, as well as stopping officers from putting pressure to a persons head, neck, and throat. It would also emphasize an officers duty to intervene when seeing excessive use of force. All of this, of course, as a result of the death of george floyd. There would be exceptions made if a detainee poses a serious danger to an officer, person or themselves. Heres an interesting change. Youve seen them in the news and online, and now the San Francisco Police Department says it will only release booking photos of people who pose a threat to the public. Police chief William Scott saysd today is aimed at stopping the spread of negative stereotypes of people of color, many times booking photos are made public whether or not the person is prosecuted. Covid is creating big problems for jury trials. Im kate larson in the newsroom. This week in San Francisco, 120 jury summons were sent out, but only 8 people reported to court. Coming up, how this is affecting jurors and the criminal Justice System. Also ahead, it could be a gamechanger in treating covid19. The oral pill about to be tested by stanford researchers. And youre going to want to see this. A wedding photo disaster. The couple trying to capture the Perfect Moment gets swept away. Thats coming up. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. The cooling continues tomorrow, but changes are in the works for your independence day. Ill have the forecast coming up. All right. Sandhya, thank you. All thats ahead, but first, heres a look at whats coming up on Jimmy Kimmel Live right after abc 7 news at 11 00. I made this show with love and cameras. We want to walk side by side, so lets do it. I think thats a dilemma that a lot of members of the military find the when we closed our doors in march, wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members onboard. We then focused our fivestar level of service to all who needed it. We made improvements to peoples lives. We strove to be better and we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. All right. In the east bay, gunfire on a freeway injured four people in the same car. It happened this afternoon on 580 at 106th avenue in oakland. A driver says she saw two of the victims running up to cars looking for help, and she then came to their aid. Blood was dropping all over the street and everywhere, and all the cars passing by, and nobody would stop. It really hurt me to see that. Lisa baker says she used towels to try to stop the bleeding of one of the victims. Two of the victims were seriously hurt. The chp is asking for information in this case. And eastbound lanes of 580, as you can see, lots of traffic there. They were closed during the investigation. The changing workplace is one of the areas weve been focussing on at abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area. And that now includes how courtrooms will confront life during the pandemic. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson explains the big challenges facing the local Justice System as jury trials resume. Reporter out of 120 people that were sent jury summons in San Francisco this week, only 8 showed up to court. Half of them were dismissed, leaving just four prospective jurors. Its taken a process that ordinarily would take a couple of days at the most and turned it into a seven week long process. Reporter the San Francisco District Attorney needs a jury for the citys first trial since the pandemic hit, a violent felony Home Invasion case. About 98 of criminal cases settle before trial, but the ones that go to trial help determine the way that the other cases settle, and its a really important part of what we do to respect the rights of defendants. Reporter last week jennifer, who lives in San Francisco, postponed her jury duty because she is concerned about covid. I really felt kind of conflicted about it. And originally i had planned to serve, but when i thought about it more, i thought, you know, it just it just seemed too risky. Reporter but in San Mateo County, its a different story. 60 of the summoned jurors showed up to court this month for the countys first criminal trial since the pandemic began. Thats a dramatic difference between two counties that are almost the same size and population. Reporter San Mateo County District Attorney says the court socially distanced jurors in different rooms during the Selection Process and once the trial got going, they took the jurors and had them spaced probably a good six to eight feet apart. Everybody wearing a mask out in the audience, the gallery. They had the defense attorney and the defendant up in the jury box. They had the prosecutor sitting at the counsel or near the counsel table. He says his office has been exploring doing hearings virtually but doesnt foresee taking jury trials where evidence is so important to see and understand in person on to a computer screen. In the newsroom, im kate larson, abc 7 news. And these latest spikes in covid cases are already starting to impact the testing supply chain as well. Two major u. S. Commercial labs announced today their Testing Capacity is strained due to high demand. Abc 7 iteam reporter stephanie sierra spoke to one Health Care Worker struggling to care for her patients. Reporter as covid19 cases resurge, the heightened demand for testing has already threatened the supply chain. Two of the nations top testing labs, quest disinfectants and la a warning the testing is undreineo cnt from d a prerecording saying they have no tests, you know, dont bother us. And i called lab corps and they said we have no tests this morning. Reporter the doctor provides services at 30 Dementia Care facilities across the bay area. One of which recently had a covid outbreak. The labs were saying they have no tests. I just felt sick. You know, because i know that people are going to die if we didnt figure out where the disease was. Reporter Quest Diagnostics reported demand for testing grew 50 over the last three weeks. Turnaround times for quest and labcorps are averages three to five days for the general public unless youre a priority hospital patient or symptomatic Health Care Worker, tests are expedited to one day. She couldnt risk wait for her patients. Usually it takes about 5 to 14 days for the infection to spread. Reporter case in point, this retirement facility in san jose. Two weeks ago they had one case of covid19, according to the doctor, now theres 14. I think our response to the need of testing has been a failure. Quest diagnostics is working on increasing Testing Capacity to be able to process 150,000 covid tests per day. Now, labcorps has that same goal by next month. Stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Stanford hospital is starting a Clinical Trial to test a new drug that could treat coronavirus. Researchers are hoping it will reduce symptoms and shorten the duration of covid19. It would be a pill that you take if you contract coronavirus. The drug has been used to treat covid19 in other countries, but has not been approved by the food and Drug Administration here. Well, it does suggest that the drug seems to do a reduce the amount of virus that is shed, and it does seem to prevent symptoms in people who are already infected. The Clinical Trial will begin on monday. Researchers are aiming to enroll 120 people who have been recently diagnosed with the disease but were not hospitalized. New stricter mask guidelines went into effect today for diners in San Francisco. According to the new order, customers must wear face coverings now any time that they are not eating or drinking. That includes waiting to be seated, reviewing the menu, ordering and waiting for food and drinks to arrive. Restaurants must also make sure that crowds waiting do not gather within 20 feet of their business. 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