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KGO ABC7 News 600PM July 12, 2024

We fell in love with this house. It was a. But house in downal need. A we learned that 85 folks were very interested in the same property which was kind of scary. Reporter 85 offers. Yeah. It was crazy. Reporter in this case, a sellers market in alameda. But Real Estate Agents kneel and aaron, brothers, say in San Francisco properties have taken a little bit of a hit but there are pockets. There are certain areas to where theyre stronger than others. Reporter one pocket hit the hardest, south beach. 147 luxury condos are on the market. According to an abc7 analysis of real estate data. Comparing it to the last five years, it is unheard of. Reporter in the last two days, 25 people posted on the south beach next door feed. They are moving out of their San Francisco condos, citing everything from work from home, high costs, to theres nothing to do. It was all about supply and demand. Reporter theres plenty of supply. Of the more than 13 huh active listings in San Francisco, nearly onethird are in those areas. With inventory high, prices are taking a slight dip. Before covid, the average listing price for a two bedroom condo in south beach was around 1. 95 million. Now average price has dimmed down to 1. 92 million. For one bedroom, that average price is only down 15,000. We will continue to see a bigger vacancy rate. People dont need to live in city. Reporter no need to live or work in the city as some companies are gone for good. We know that from San Franciscos building vacancy rate. Abc7s Data Analysis shows at the end of last year, it was 5. 4 . Now its close to 10 . Comparable to what other major cities are seeing, like seattle and boston. Yeah. It seems probably much worse than it actually is. Reporter if you ask rob, a senior refer with commercial Real Estate Group cushman and wakefield, most are still keeping their leases. Most of the buildings have leases in place long term leases in place, from very well funded companies for the most part. So you know, thats the good side of it. Reporter the tough side. Not all the 7500 companies leasing Building Space in the city and county are well funded. The real question is, how much longer will those tenants last . Thats the tough question. Without a vaccine, without other things in place, we just dont know. Reporter assuming there is progress with the covid vaccine, he anticipates companies both big and small could start allowing 25 of employees back in the office by the fall. But it will be gradual and of course, it will depend on the current state of the pandemic. Stephanie sierra. Abc7 news. And it changes every day. Give as you sense of the other areas of the market are softening a bit. For home buyers looking for a deal, the only real price reduction, and it is slight, is in condos for sale as we pointed out. Whereas Single Family homes are Still Holding their value. Prices havent gone down from the last quarter. Okay. Thanks. About a third of people in california are currently struggling to pay their rental or mortgage. Thats the top line on the graph. The middle line represents the national numbers. Slightly lower, and the bottom line is the bay area where 19 of people are struggling to make house payments. Join Michael Finney tomorrow at 5 15 for housing help, renters and owners. Well have a cushonversation wi tenants and landlords. You can watch on the abc7 website, Facebook Page and Youtube Channel as well. The housing shift is having a rippling effect. The daycare has goe from a twoyear waiting list to openings. For all those who moved away, there may soon be another family waiting to take their spot. The Chatham School is used to having a full house. So full the familyowned daycare central in the Oakland Hills had a twoyear waiting list for infant care. That was before covid19. Now there is no list. Colorado and texas and oregon reporter the owner said nine of her former clients, families with young children, have moved away in reason weeks. Mostly out of state which is back home for many. A lot of parents may not have a fulltime job anymore or theyre needing the search for a job. By moving home to their home town, they have their family, relatives being able to help. Reporter like most daycare centers, chatham closed for two months when the pandemic first hit. It reopened with a small number of students, mostly those with essential workers. The numbers are slowly rising. There is a pod right here that plays all way to that plan. Reporter there are many new safety protocols and much of the care is moved outside in pods. Everything is being sanitized daily. The kids are social distancing. We have a lot of procedures in place to make sure that happens. To make the parents feel safe, that they can come back. Reporter the loss of families who moved away from this daycare central may actually only be temporary. Because according to local realtors, there are many families moving into oaklandful specially from San Francisco. At the Chatham School, they say theyre ready to welcome those new families safely. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. So cute. Well, new numbers remind us that we have a very long way to go. The state saw a record high number of people die of coronavirus in 24 hours. 197. To put that in perspective, as someone lost their life roughly every seven minutes in that 24hour period. It brings the average death toll a new record of 109 per day. The states number of new cases is below average. Hospitalizations is hovering right around the average. It seems to have mat overed recently. And the test Positivity Rate appears to be drog. The seven day average is lower than the 14day average and both remind under the target of 8 . The seven day average of new cases has been on the decline lately. Today San Mateo County became the last in the cabrera to be added to the states watch list for increased coronavirus activity. It joins San Francisco and santa cruz as the haste additilatest. If it remains on the list for three consecutive days, many places will have to close. I honor that theyre doing what they need to do to keep people safe. Does it suck . Is it hard for all the Business Owners . Yeah. It is. It is really emotional of it is scary. Last week the county Public Health officer issued a warning saying social gatherings were partly to blame. Alameda county has more cases than any other bay area county. It is the only one to receive 10,000 local a hot spot. Today on midday live, we asked mayor libby schaaf directly about the situation there. People, your picnic can wait. If you really love your family and friends, respect social distancing. Wear a mask. And call them on the phone or zoom with them. We have got to to that the spread of this virus. The mayor said the city is cracking down on vendors and parking around lakes to decrease crowds. Were tracking every county in california to see where it has made the states watch list and how long its been there. You can check out this inactive map on abc7news. Com. Nflt changing Consumer Habits and impacting the changing workplace. It is part of the building a better bay area focus. A growing demand for Home Delivery of grossries has a mall Bay Area Company expanding rapidly. David louie explains, it is couldnt vinced Home Delivery will have shoppers hooked for a life time. Reporter it is giving confidence to farm stead, a bay area operation that is almost done building a new warehouse our warehouses are a lot less expensive to open. Moreover, they can support thousands and thousands of deliveries. Reporter Home Delivery of groceries grew nationally by 25 in one month as covid19 spread with shoppers spending 6 billion in may. Instacart is the leader. Safeaway, amazon and whole foods markets are also aggressively expanding hole delivery. But farm stead is free and it claims the chiss are competitive by using software to stock inventory and not stocking 20 varieties of potato chips. We can see exactly how much to stock. Reporter consumers are hooked on Online Shopping but grocery delivery has captured only 5 of the market due to limited delivery spots and fees. However, instore shopping can be time consuming with cues to go in to allow for social distancing. Thats a will the to ask for. That one hour might be a lot better spent. The market has expanded greatly. Reporter industry statistics grocery delivery orders are afrlging 90 versus 50 for instore shopping. The key will be if it keeps growing after the pandemic. Farm stead is expanding delivery areas and says it will build more warehouses. It is being helped that laid off restaurant workers are available to assemble and deliver orders. Farm stead will not be happy until 50 are using i. How long will that take . Four and a half years. Well check back to see if hes rye. From grocery delivery to restaurant delivery. Theres usually a lot of plastic involved. How to do no trash takeout. Reporter this is eric thomas in berkeley. A twoday project. Testing for covid19 that doesnt require a nasal swab. Reporter in santa rosa, today the city dismantled and moved a homeless encampment 100 feet. Was it enough in thats coming up. Im im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. San francisco fire crews remain on the scene of tuesdays massive fire. The blaze destroyed two buildings and caused heavy damageoothers. One firefighter was injured. Hes now at home resting. Three residents were displaced. Since 2009, pretty much, we lost everything right now. It is all flooded and full of water. We cant get in. They dome let us back in. Firefighters have notat but in a homeless encampment is part of the investigation. In santa rosa, the city tore down an area that was not welcome. It was located in fremont park. And in some ways, it still is. Wayne friedman explains why. This was one of the worst days in his life. Either move your stuff or whatever or leave it or whatever. Well move it for you. But for jessica, it was one of the best. A happy day. Reporter she owns a restaurant where statues in reason months. It is an area the Fire Department ordered cleared this morning. The encampments were stacked up against each other. They were up against the vegetation thats very susceptible to burning. Reporter after declaring it a fire hazard being more disrummive than productive. Theyre trying to get o get some stability in their lives and they keep getting chased around from place to place. Reporter as it has been in santa rosa and will likely continue. Musical chairs with people and tents and encampments. Abc7 news. Nflt getting a coronavirus test recently has proved challenging. Another hurdle in efforts to build a better bay area. Today and tomorrow berkeley is the site of a covid19 testing project with a testing that doesnt require a blood draw or an uncomfortable nasal swab. Eric thomas put himself through and it found its pretty simple. Reporter leaving next week. Ive never seen a swab in the mouth so ill surprised. Reporter she had the test where it was pushed into the back of the throat and into the spaces of the nose. This test uses oral fluids and takes very little time. Probably a minute, minute and a half. Reporter i tried it myself to see how it works. First you sign up for an appointment online. Then when youre called, do you most of the work yourself. You cough. Three to five good coughs is what ill give. Place the business end of the swab in this tube. Break off the excess and off it goes to the lab with results promised in 24 to 48 hours. The Company Behind the method says the test is close to 90 accurate. Thats comparable to the nasal test. Curative and the city of berkeley are partnering to test 300 people today and another 300 tomorrow. It is only by appointment and free to anyone with insurance. Abc7 news. Cleaning things has been a big focus lately. So much so that disinfecting wipes are hard to find and companies are putting out commercials on their approach to cleanliness. As Lauren Martinez explains, maybe we should be focusing on other ways to come bat covid19. Were taking every precaution to maintain a safe shopping environment. Reporter weve seen the ads centered around a commitment to cleanliness. Auto Nation Reporter it seems to be a lot on sanitation. There is a false home. Oh, my gosh. We clean every single day. It is not even commercials. If you take a trip to the grocery store, you can find cleaning products. But good luck finding disinfecting wipes. He says contaminated surfaces are not the main way its contaminated. The primary way is not from surfaces. It is from airborne transmission, from droplets, from people who are next to you. Not the surfaces. Reporter in march, patrick doyle, the owner of strategy a building solutions, appeared on abc7s midday live to show how when you do clean, wipe in one direction. This is how i clean everything at home. Youre moving dirt around. Dirt, debris, finger prints, smudges, everything like. That so you dont want to do that. Reporter the biology professor at San Francisco state will leave her mask in the sun for long periods of time and wont bring it in the house. I wear a mask and dont bring it home unless i wash it. I just hang it outside under the heat, under the up is for overnight. Reporter both agree the focus needs to be on blocking person to person transmission. Is it really effective wiping everything down . Yes, and no. It could clean the surfaces clean but no if people themselves are not behaving. Reporter ultimately, physically distancing, washing your hands and wearing face masks are behaviors we could be focusing on. Abc7 news. Temperatures are in the 90s inland this week. Inland this week. But only 60s at the [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. We are the thrivers. Women with metastatic breast cancer. Our time for more time. 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All visitors 3 and above must have wear a mask. It sold out today. It is admitting 3,500 people. You must buy tickets online before you visit. The San Francisco zoo reopened to the public two weeks ago. Capacity is limited to maintain social distancing. Tickets regularly sell out. Everyone is looking for a way to get outdoors and do something different, dab. Absolutely. And what more fun than going to the zoo. Sanda is here with the forecast as we inch closer to the forecast. Yeah. It will be beautiful weather to go to the zoo this weekend as well. I want to show you a live look from our mt. Tam cam. This is going to stick around. It is the fog. It is shrouding San Francisco and it will continue to advance as the night goes on. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Fog is near the coastline. A look at our exploratorium camera showing you the marine layer. It is 68 in oakland, mid 70s for gilroy, san jose, Half Moon Bay is one of our cooler spots, 57 degrees. And were looking at a beautiful view of mt. Diablo. Skies are clear. 76 in santa rosa. Upper 80s, fairfield, concord, our hottest spots got into the 90s. And heres a live picture there our san jose camera as we look at the sun shining. Low clouds will spread inland. A wide range of temperatures expected tomorrow and then get ready for the summer heat this upcoming weekend. 7 00 tonight, the low clouds and fog will push over the bay going into tomorrow morning. We wake up to widespread overcast skies. 5 00 to 8 00 a. M. Even the mist and drizzle. Then morning into the giaccherini, you will notice it pulls back to the coastline and sits there well into the ref of the day temperatures will start in the 50s and 60s. 91 in concore, 92 in an i dont know, a nice day in oakland. 70 in rich monday, 66, San Francisco. San rafael, 78. Up to 82 in santa rosa. If it is not quite warm enough for you, look at the forecast for friday. Well bump up the temperatures getting you into the mid 90s inland. Saturday youll notice some of the hot spots, we always have the coast around this time of year to keep us comfortable in terms of the temperatures. I know we cant go a long distance. At least we can enjoy the outdoors. Hoe to mid 60s coast side. Gt ready for the august heat. You will notice it carries over into sunday. And then next week, well notice the temperatures beginning to back off. Some cooling expected with low 90s inland. About average this time of year. Has the typical summer pattern and i feel like were very fortunate even though it gets sort of repetitive around this time. Year. At least we know we can depen

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