This is abc 7 news. We begin with the gauntlet people have to run to get tested for covid19 as labs bog down, some people face long delays. Its at least a ten day wait to get a covid19 test through a city site in San Francisco. For many private providers, the same frustrating story. Good evening. Im dan ashley. We want to hear from you. Has it been easy for you to get a coronavirus test . Go to abc7news. Com vote. For now, stephanie sierra is breaking down what we know about that backlog and how some are getting tests. We know San Francisco is expanding Testing Capacity by 45 . But Health Experts warn until cases peak, we wont see direct impacts for at least a month. Reporter have you ever felt sick but in order to get tested felt the need to stretch the truth . Im wondering if i had to lie to get it. Reporter did you feel you needed to meet a quote yaf symptoms . She would have preferred to not tested me. Reporter or flat out denied by private provider . Couldnt get tested. Reporter thats what happened to these three families in San Francisco. Erin just got back from palm springs. Feeling nauseous after the flight. A symptom to watch for according to the cdc. Yet her private provider told her she didnt have the right symptoms. She was kind of hesitant about whether or not i should get tested. Reporter mel any felt she had to exaggerate her symptoms just to get an appointment. I had to lie to get it. Yeah. Because i felt like everything should kind of count right now. Because i want to protect the people im around. Reporter even if you have private insurance, doesnt make it a done deal. Scott was denied an apwi. We didnt want to ey elderly parents to family in case oneere asymptomatic. Reporter but david wick says no symptoms, no appointment. Their lab already down one machine. Losing up to 4,000 covid19 tests per day. We closed down some asymptomatic testing and focusing on those with symptoms. The cdc lists 11 possible symptoms. Which ones really indicate you should get tested . Almost everyone has a fever, shortness of breath, and a cough. Reporter 90 of covid19 patients report a cough. 80 then report a fever. And shortness of breath could indicate you already have it and its far along. If you have them, you really need to be tested. Reporter now dr. Wick says if you have other symptoms like sore throat, loss of taste or smell, you should still get tested. But providers are specifically looking for the big three, cough, fever, and shortness of breath. Live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. The big three. Thank you. In the east bashy, the only testing site temporarily closed to day one day after it opened. Yesterday more than 750 people were tested forcing others in line to be turned away. Some people showed up this morning and saw no signs about the closure. Were exposing ourselves some more. And then i did see some kids as well sleeping in the car. Its a bummer. They should have closed the gate. Other than the unexpected turnout, Officials Say a Liability Insurance issue between the test site operator and the land owner forced the temporary closure. City health says they are committed to a quick reopening. Testing program was due to run through september 22nd. Well keep you that testing cen reopened quickly. So has it been easy for you to get a coronavirus test . So far our viewers are weighing in on this poll. Fairly interesting results. Yes, 28 say it has been easy. No, 16 at this moment. And what particularly interesting number, 55 have not yet tried. Good luck if you do. In the north bay, the board of supervisors is considering a proposal to find people that violate pandemic rules like wearing a mass income public. But is it enough . Abc 7 wayne frooiedman spoke to everyone about the words. The messaging redundant by now. Okay. Am i supposed to wear a mask right now . Reporter and the maskless continue to make their cameo appearances . Sometimes people forget. You know, its not on purpose. But you know when im walking the puppy and stuff, i feel its the only chance i get fresh air. Reporter so when the board of supervisor debated enforcement today for not wearing a mask, tensions over the issue rose again. We need to get across to the community that after four months of education, education, education, its time now to enforce. Reporter as of today, Sonoma County is on the states wash list with 2300 cases and 22 deaths so far. Like a lot of other counties, there is a debate going on here about people being ordered to wear a mask. When theyre mandating, theyre taking away our choice. Its our freedom of choice to decide what is right for us. Charlie curry, she has two elderly parents. She wears a mass to being avoid confrontations. But really, it just comes down to i dont want to. Its the law. A Public Health order is the law. You dont have the right to say im not going to obey the law. And if you do decide not to obey the law, there are consequences. Those are fines ranging from 100 to individuals to 1,000 for businesses. Think of them as proverbial teeth behind those masks. The board will vote august 6th. Wayne friedman, abc 7 news. Coronavirus cases continue to surge in california. Our seven day average test Positivity Rate is 8 . A big increase from the beginning of the week. The 14day average positivity is 7. 6 . The state reported 12,040 new cases yesterday and daily record of 157 deaths. Today the u. S. Surpassed four million cases. We crossed the three million mark just over two weeks ago. The fbi says the chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a known fugitive charged with visa fraud. He is accused of lining about the fact that shes a member of the chinas Peoples Liberation army. The fbi says tang and three others lied about their status while in the United States conducting including at ucf and stanford. The fbi says this shows the extreme lengths to which the Chinese Government has gone to infiltrate and exploit americas benevolence. A burglary caught on camera. An entire life savings absolutely gone because of this. Abc 7 news anchor has the heartbreaking story of a senior couple in San Francisco and how you might be able to help. His analogy is its like when the japanese innovated. Its like when a hurricane hit. Reporter video shows the moment two men forced themselves into simons parents home in San Francisco late tuesday morning. They actually told my parents were out. Reporter his parents immigrants from china, spent more than 35 years working in construction and house keeping. My parents actually grew up really poor in china. They actually borrowed mon for the pt t fly over americ they worked o thr li. Reporter that hard work put simon and his two siblings through school. Not trusting the banking system, dad kept the entire life savings in cash in a safe. Only for it to disappear in less than 15 minutes. They took everything from if it. Just heartbreaking. I just got off the phone with a senior Law Enforcement official who didnt want to go on camera but tells me asianamericans are targeted for these kinds of crimes because they oftentimes keep cash in their home. Heres what simon says police told him. They were like, wow. We can actually almost see the other house that was broken into two hours prior to yours. Reporter at least three others in the community have come forward, telling me they were targeted as well by suspects matching the same description as in simons fathers case. Including one in nearby visitation valley and another from a victim in oakland. Oakland police have since recovered the vehicle and simons father showed me the items recovered from it. Mostly trash including this empty box. It is though sentimental item thats hurt the family the most. My parents wedding set that my grandma has given to them. And that just broke my heart. Reporter simon has the parting words for the men that did this and hurt so many other families. The way you broke into their home, the way you planned for everything, you guys arent dumb. Like, you guys definitely put in a lot of hard work to do this. You make it so that, you know, we have to be scared. Asians have to be scared. And thats not fair for us to be scared. Reporter in San Francisco, deon lyn. Now simon and his wife moved out of his parents home just two weeks ago. And simon feels guilty he wasnt there to stop the burglary. He set up a gofundme to help. You can find it if youd like to get involved at abc7news. Com. A traffic jam, black lives matter activists lead a caravan. The political leader they targeted to force a change. Thats next. Plus, surrounded by friends and mentors, a bay area teenager gives thanks, wait until you see what he got in return. And the perfect picture. A saurgt talks about being in a saurgt talks about being in the right place [narrator] did you just reward yourself for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. The president s priority for the moment is to get money into americans quickly. Were very clear on were not going to pay people more money to stay home than to Senate Republicans reached an agreement on a new Coronavirus Relief bill. Senators were supposed to release it to day but it will be next week. The 600 boost expires next friday. The next bill will provide a 70 of his or her income. Its also expected to provide for another round of stimulus checks. The need for Unemployment Rate is not decreasing. There were 1. 4 million jobless james across the u. S. In all, 16. 2 million are receiving jobless benefits now. Looking at the past four months, 52. 7 million saw unemployment aid foifrt time. California Employment DevelopmentDepartment Spokeswoman joined us for getting answers today at 3 00. 7 on your sides Michael Finney asked her about what happens if congress doesnt act to extend the 600 a week federal benefit . Unemployment payments are about to go down so where does that stand and what should people expect . Yes. You know, through the pandemic, weve added 600 federal dollars to each regular unemployment benefit that we make. That 600 this is the last week of unemployment that we can pay that extra 600. If were still processing through this week and that payment isnt made until later, we can still pay that 600. But any week of unemployment that you spend after this week trying to claim those weeks, thats where we cannot add that extra 600. If congress does extend the federal benefit, recipients will continue to receive the federal benefit uninterrupted. Across San Francisco, more than 40 facilities will be transformed this fall into Community Learning hubs. The hubs are designed to help up to 6,000 high need elementary age San Francisco unified students dealing with Distance Learning. There will be full day programming along with Emotional Support Services and meals which are very important. Nonprofit workers staff the hubs located at libraries, recreation alpha silt and community centers. Enrollment begins august 15th. The hub is open september 14th. Community members in Contra Costa County protested home. You can hear them. Protesters led a car caravan to her danville home to demand the county defund the sheriffs office. They want funds invested into Services Like health care and schools. Activists say sheriff livingston is pushing the board for almost three million dollars. The county considers cutting jobs and services because of the bu budgets deficit. Weve seen Child Support workers get laid off and we need investment in the programs to help uplift black and brown communities, not more investment into incarceration or the sheriffs department. The group is also calling for closure of the countys Juvenile Hall and the Early Release of juveniles, elderly and those within six months of the end of their sentences. Despite calls to defund the police, one program is trying to improve relations with young africanamerican men one student at a time. To help build a better bay area, were focusing on stories that highlight race and social jurt issues. Eric thomas introduces you to one participant. Reporter the okay or our kids program could honor this years outstanding stwuntlt a plaque or circumstance. This year, that person is mn. The gift was more practical. A car refurbish and donated by a local towing company to get jason back and forth to college and college was far from a sure thing for a youngster who racked up 29 discipline referrals in three different middal schools before a determined mom stepped in. I had people that i did not know that were on my side helping me to help jason. Reporter the okay program is a partnership between police, the Oakland Unified School district and the 100 black men of the bay area. Police officers mentor at risk youth helping with studies, family issues, and self discovery during saturday discussions called kick it sessions. I joined the program. I found a better crowd, smarter kids to help me with school and supportive of what i was doing. And didnt have to look over my shoulder for trouble. They had to have a 90 attendance rate for okay a sions, get good citizenship 3. 5 grade point average all the way through high school. And that was a big turn around for jason. Coming from a 0. 25 grade point average which is an f plus by the way. To a 4. 0. Jasons first mentor Sergeant Gordon says there are nearly 300 youths in the program now and the goal is to reach out to the kids on a personal level so they wont have to reach out to them in a Law Enforcement situation. This is the real gift of being a police officer. Right . Like seeing the influence that you have on young people. And then watching them flourish and give back to their communities. Jason plans to use this car to tend classes at cal state east bay to pursue a career in medical radiology. In oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Incredible. All right. The sun finally came out in most of the bay area. So what will the weekend look like . Our if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work ha these drops probably wont touch me. Xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. What is that . Xiidra, noooo it can provide lasting relief. Xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. One drop in each eye, twice a day. Dont use if youre allergic to xiidra. Common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. Dont touch container tip to your eye or any surface. After using xiidra, wait 15 minutes before reinserting contacts. Got any room in your eye . Talk to an eye doctor about twicedaily xiidra. I prefer you didnt xiidra. Not today, dry eye. Hi there, everyone. Take a look at this view. We have a nice combination of fog and sunshine out there. Our july pattern. Summer time for you here in the bay area. Take a look at live doppler 7. The fog is near the coast. It did pull away briefly for many parts which allowed the temperatures in many areas to warm up. From our camera, were watching that marine layer our chilliest spot is 56 degrees. The golden gate bridge, reduced visibility. Be careful if you have to drive across tonight. 85 in fair field. Our warmest spots got up into the upper 80s today. If you didnt have any luck, i tried with my family last weekend. No luck whatsoever. But tonight its going to be at its closest point to earth. Look after sunset. And youll want to look just below the big dipper to the northnorthwest. Hopefully you have better luck. Checking o checking it out brit fades away. 8 00 tonight, there will be some fog. It is not going to be very widespread. It will be locally around the bay and along parts of the coast f youre in one of the other areas where there is not much fog or haze, hopefully youll get a good view. Its a gray start. Then most areas are seeing the sun except near the beaches. Temperatures first thing in the morning, low 50s to the low 60s for the afternoon hours. Its going to be mild. But certainly a drop from today in terms of the numbers. 84 in antioch. 74 breezy, foggy in half moon bay. Hurricane douglas, the first hurricane. A major category 3 storm packing winds of 125 miles an hour. It is heading towards the hawaiian islands. Got thing is it is expected to weaken as it approaches the island sunday morning to category 1 storm. It is going to dump some heavy rain, bring strong winds and big waves to that area. The seven day forecast, a little cooler tomorrow. You will notice it is warming up for your weekend with 90s inland. 60s coast side. Really not a lot of change from daytoday. Next week, well see minor ups and downs in those temperatures. Dan . Sh. All right. Thank you so much. Still to come, the perfect storm. How a napa sheriffs no matter what challenges life throws at you, were always here to help with Fast Response and Great Service and it doesnt stop there were also here to help look ahead thats why were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and thats just one of the many ways were here to help the military Community Find out more at usaa. Com we told you a few minutes ago about Community Learning hubs coming to San Francisco this fall. Coming up at 6 00, wel