In the bay area our analysis found that sites serving mostly hispanic neighborhoods were 20 busier than those serving white neighborhoods. Its not too surprising. Reporter hes professor of Public Health at uc berkeley. This country has a long history of disparities in health care and access to health care with poor people and communities of people of color having less access. Reporter he said one factor driving longer wait times in hispanic neighborhoods is that they a rates of infection and presumably eager to get testing. But two cities buck that national trend, we found. In San Francisco and oakland, testing locations near mostly black census blacks were an estimate 21 less busy. In the mostly hispanic neighborhoods, they were about 4 less busy. The San Francisco department of Public Health emailed a statement that reads in part the results dont square with our perception of the situation or what we are hearing from the community. I am afraid it is pre mature to declare victory. I also spoke with mayor libby schaaf about how oakland has addressed the issue. Was it a surprise to you . It was encouraging. I want to say that we have worked with so many Phenomenal Community based partners. Reporter mayor schaaf said the city opened the first walkup testing site realizing sites were a barrier for low income families. Did not always require an online appointment. Spoke in different languages. We established a covid19 Racial Disparities task force immediately. We did not wait for the data to show those Racial Disparities because we knew about the preexisting disparities, in the risk factors. Reporter for asian neighborhoods across San Francisco, oakland and san jose, our analysis found almost no difference in testing access compared to predominantly white neighborhoods. Were posting a complete rundown of data from across the country at abc7news. Com and also the full statement from the San Francisco department of Public Health. For the iteam, abc7 news. All right, dan, thank you so much. Juggling issues of health with Racial Justice and Economic Prosperity is part of the balancing act that is building a better bay area. Today in alameda, a walkup testing site opened and hundreds of people took advantage of it. Tests were at no cost and results were given in minutes instead of days. Reporter there were growing papers on day one of this outdoor testing clinic at this Research Park in alameda. One of my employees. It is like building an airplane when youve already gone into flight. Reporter shawn is ceo of city health which is partnering with the city to offer the testing. Check out the sheer number of people waiting. 380 made appointments. Another 400 were until they couldnt accept anymore. City leaders have been waiting for the county to open in town but other places always seem to take press dense. The mayor said they couldnt wait any longer. For some like our seniors who may not drive long distances or people with limited mobility, it is nice to have this in your backyard. Reporter technicians take nasal swabs looking for the presence of covid19 toxins. The manufacturers say theyre up to 97 accurate. But the cdc and mayo clinic says in general, antigen tests are not as accurate and more likely to produce false negative. The results take 15 minutes. We are limited by the number of machines we have. Reporter thats a lot better than the week it can take from the county health department. From the time i got the results, it was maybe 30 roran lo waiting at 4 00 a. M. They got their lawn chairs, some had sleeping bags and blankets and snacks. Reporter and there may be more early risers camping out since the Testing Program will continue seven days a week through at least september 22nd. In alameda. Eric thomas. Abc7 news. California today passed nosh for the highest number of of cases. We have only a fraction of new yorks but could that change in a few months . Thats the question and what many are worried about. Stephanie sierra is live with the warning that we got from officials in San Francisco. A pretty jarring warning. Dr. Colfax says if these trends do not improve, we could reach a new york level crisis by late summer, early fall. In the meantime, mayor breed did announce big plans today to expand Testing Capacity across the city. Were going to make three major expansions. Reporter in an effort to curb it across the city, three maybe editions. This includes testing sites at the embarcadero site. Two new popup test sites, one of which starts this week, and a third test site launching in august. All of this will increase the citys Testing Capacity by 45 . Crucial help but getting tested is not a password to do whatever you want. You can still get infected at any moment. Reporter and were seeing those infections rise. On average, 79 new covid cases are diagnosed in San Francisco each day. As of tomorrow, we will have been in that red zone for a month. Reporter the city in the red zonal and on the states watch list for a rapid increase in hospitalizations. Showing a 23 increase as of today. But as dr. Colfax pointed out,. San francisco has the hoest rate of covid19 cases and deaths and the highest rate of testing when compared to other jurisdictions, including los angeles, seattle, denver, boston, new york. Reporter good perspective but it doesnt mean cases wont surge. As cases increase, its plausible we could get in a new yorklike situation in the late summer or early fall. Reporter dr. Colfax pointed out, it took 38 days or the cases in San Francisco to increase by 1,000. Were seeing spikes like that in just a mere 13 days. Live in the newsroom. Abc7 news. Thank you very much. San franciscos famous and iconic Ferry Building must chose because of the health order. Malls and counties on the states watch list must close to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Were told the building itself will remain open. There is a farmers mark and outdoor tables will stay at operation. Restaurants with outdoor entrances can stay open. Others must use delivery, curbside or online retail. 58 counties are on the watch list so where does your county stand . You can check out the entire state with our interactive feature. See not only how long each region has been on the list but why the state is keeping an eye on the spread of the coronavirus where you live. California set several coronavirus records today. The governor gave an update to address the rising concerns. Liz . Reporter hi. Yesterday we had said that this mile stone was imminent and here it is today. The most cases in the country. Now, Governor Newsom expressed concerns about this but he did say we are ramping up ppe in the state and he believes the state is prepared. Inside aware house full of ppe, the governor announced it officially. California has overtaken new york for the state with the most coronavirus cases in the country. Now reaching north of 400,000 positive cases that weve collected here in the state of california. Reporter if california were a country, we would rank fifth in the world for most number of cases. Eye popping, yes. But there is this important nuance. The highest in the nation. Not highest per cam at a. Not highest. In respect but nonetheless, a be reminder of why we are taking things as seriously as we are. Reporter emover the past 24 hours, california has hit 12,807 cases. A record in the state for the most number of cases in one day. The statewide positivity race continues to climb. The sevenday average now, 7. 6 . And deaths are rising too. Up nearly 20 over the past 14 days. Yesterday reported 115 deaths here in the state of california. Reporter here in the bay area, weve reported more than 1,000 new cases overnight. A number we never started to hear since mid july. When will the reason rollbacks to reopening make a difference . It may take up to three, four, five weeks the feel the full impact of some of those changes that youve seen in the past couple weeks. Reporter these kinds of discouraging trends are in large part why the governor decided to even hold this prompbls in a ppe warehouse. Despite the growing numbers, he said we havent seen an overwhelmed Health Care System because the state is prerpared. He asked us all to do our part and even gave President Trump a mention. I want to applaud the president and others for now wearing a mask and sending a message. I expect that will have an impact. As we mentioned, 35 of californias 58 counties are on the states watch list. That accounts for 91 of the states population. Live in marin. Abc 7 news. Another numbers question for you. So california saw 12,000 cases in one day. Only 1,000 from the bay area though. Where are all the other cases coming from . Yeah. A lot of math. A lot of numbers. A lot of the cases, the bulk of the cases were seeing are in southern california. Particularly in l. A. County. Over the past 24 hours, they reported more than 3,000 new cases. So about three times what were seeing here in the bay area. 60 of their cases there are among young people and theyre seeing a rise in hospitalizations among young people as well. Thank you. . Some hospitals unable to get new n95 masks have been seconding their used masks to a facility to decontaminate them for free. The governor is encouraging this. It is paid for by the federal government. A look at the technology and explains why one of the largest nurses unions in the state doesnt approve of this process. Reporter this machine pumps Hydrogen Peroxide into an air tight container full of used n95 masks. It will produce water vapor inside. It looks like when you take a shower. It is saturating them and killing the viruses on them. Reporter the masks spend about four hours in this room soaking in the solution before getting aired out. Staff in full ppe gear inspect the masks before shipping them out again. All within 72 hours. We always suggest the health care providers, the first responders, have a brands new mask every day. But were in a pandemic and theres an extreme shortage of ppe currently. Until the supply chain picks up and catches up to our current need, this is a solution. Reporter it is approved by the cdc and authorized by the fda. Health care workers from all over the bay area have signed up to use the free service. But earlier this month the California Nurses Association sent this letter to the governor. We respect any request that the state no longer allow use of the battelle system and similar systems. Adding that they believe it doesnt effectively kill the virus or prevent damage to the mask. They also took issue with the use of Hydrogen Peroxide. The testing we did in our lab with you a worst Case Scenario simulating an actual exposure to the sars virus with a cough or an aerosol event. And we proved that we could inactivate the virus. Our sveum is were happy to talk with you, share the data with you. We think we have extremely sound process backed up by data. Reporter at the fremont facility, theyve decontaminated 90,000 masks. Nationwide, 1. 5 million. They intend to keep going as long as there is a need. Abc7 news. We talk a lot about bebldsing the curve of coronavirus cases. What about bending the arc . The arc of justice . To end the Death Penalty. Thats what you get when you call the e. D. D. For benefits and its why people are now calling Michael Finney. Im spencer christian. 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So i decided to go down there and put on my navy gear so as a way of trying to identify myself as a veteran. And i was hoping on the other side, there would be veterans as well and maybe it would give them pause long enough that we could have a conversation. That was a complete mistake. They didnt care. David says his hand was broken in the beating. Hes not deterred. He says he now wants to create the wall of vets at the protest site. In Santa Clara County, jeff rosen has unveiled new reform plan to address racial inequality in the criminal justice system. This includes abandoning his pursuit of the Death Penalty in all cases that his office prosecutes. Chris nguyen has more on this changing policy. Reporter following the public outcry over the killing of george floyd, santa clara District Attorney jeff rosen has unveiled a series of reforms focused on Racial Equity and oversight. It has changed our country and our community. It has changed my office. It has changed me. Reporter rosen announced he would no longer seek the Death Penalty moving forward. His office previously charged four Capital Punishment cases during his tenure as District Attorney although none have resulted in a death sentence. I am proposing these reforms to pose as a bridge and to strengthen the trust between Law Enforcement and the people we serve. Which is essential for the health and well being of our democracy. Reporter Santa Clara University says Research Shows it doesnt prevent crime. Shes glad he has changed his prosecution philosophy. Once someone in Law Enforcement acknowledges we have a problem, then solutions are possible. Then conversations can begin. Then ideas can be, if it is encouraged and exchanged. Reporter in addition to a slew of outreach initiatives, she intends to have a Police Investigative unit. The daflts office mans to back away from prosecuting minor crimes. His team has stand alone resisting arrest charges. The move was criticized by the head of the San Jose Police union. As of today, those officers on the street, not only the city of san jose but the count, theyre less safe. Their target just became bigger. Reporter he responded by saying these changes would help to deescalate tensions. Social Justice Groups say the reforms are a step in the right direction but more needs to be done. What we want to see is less violence by police because they know they wont have a d. A. s office that will justify through the criminal court process. Reporter in san jose. Abc7 news. We are here to help you find your ally or become one. Go to abc7 news take the weather will warm up for the weekend. Were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. 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I think were waiting for a warmup. We are, indeed. Its been a little cool but nice nonetheless. Thats true. It has been cool for most of this week. Cooler than average but pleasant. We have majorly sunny skies. The low clouds and fog are building. It is pretty breezy out there.