Put trend day too, because both of these i can celebrate today. I dont think that i have enough letters for International Friend day. Mike has on pajama pantses . No, i have pants on. That is our friend. Well let him be. Can we move on . I didnt know the library was open this early. Read. Always open. All right. Here is a look at what is going on weatherwise. Welcome to friday. International friends day, National Cheesecake day, whateer. Have a great day. 32mileperhour wind at fairfield, about 23 through the altamont pass. And you can see the clouds hanging out once again. The mist not quite as anth willll aittle bit ee o thi afternoon. There is now a clearer picture of what the start of the school year will look like for students in berkeley. The School Board Just signed off on their plan. Of course education is a big part of building a better bay area. We know a lot of families are looking for answers especially during this pandemic. Amy hollyfield is live for us in berkeley this morning with the information. Reporter yeah, the Distance Learning plan is now set here in berkeley and for the older kids, it means a lot of time in front of that computer screen. High school and middle school kids here in berkeley will be attending live online classes from about 9 00 in the morning until about 2 00 in the afternoon, four days a week. Wednesday will be an independent leare dsthey will meet with their teacher live every morning for 30 minutes and then be assigned independent assignments to work on. Elementary School Students will also opportunities for Small Group Meetings online. The school board said that high schont will doemester until the december break. Middle school and elementary School Students will be coming Distance School learning for the first eight weeks. There is a town hall meeting for monday so everyone can get their questions answered. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. San Francisco Mayor breed says her proposed city budget will include 15 million for public schools. That money will help offset the 22 million in revenue the district lost because of covid19. Some of the money will support Distance Learning. The mayor will reveal more details on her two year budget tomorrow. The fda has paved the way for a rapid at home coronavirus test. And the goal for this is just are to be as simple as taking and at home pregnancy test. The fda commissioner says these types of tests could be, quote, a game changer because more people without symptoms could get tested. The agency laid out how they will approve at home tests, but some say that the rules are too burdensome and Companies Wont be motivated to make these tests. Similar tests are already in development but none have received approval. Yet at least. San francisco is stepping up support for the Latino Community which is have been hit hard by the pandemic. They have a new partnership to get out messaging about testing and Health Orders and also to let people know about Financial Resources they canccess. Do, you know that you dont qualify for any of the state or federal benefits that apply to others. So if you knowthat, you more than likely will be timid to get tested if you are asymptomatic or not and be told that you have to stay home for two weeks. At that point if you have to stay home and you will lose your wages, you may not be able to recover that. There are several local programs offering financial aid. We have more information on how to access these resources on our website abc7news. Com. Every bay area county as of right now is on the states watch lists. San mateo county was just added yesterday because of an increase in cases. So that means many outdoor businesses face the possibility of shutting down again this weekend. Face masks might not be enough to keep you safe from covid19. Dr. Fauci explaining what else might be needed for complete coverage. Also the first dog to test positive for covid19 has died. What else weve learned about the Health History of this familys pet. And the warming trend begins today and extends into the weekend. Ill let y areas will hit the mid80s to midnight are starting off in the 50s to 60s this morning. Low to mid60s pittsburg answd brentwood. We have mostly cloudy conditions. Visibility about three miamimil. So more sunshine today. And north bay, were in sunshine at 74 at noon. Low to mid80s this afternoon. For San Francisco, well see a little more sunshine today and that wil60s. For the east bay, were in the 60s through noon and then sunshine and low to mid70s this afternoon. Time for our commute with jobina. Good morning, well show you the toll plaza. You have a pretty smooth ride across the bay bridge this morning. And you can see no slowdowns there. Weve seen the lights kind of shift as far as when they are turning on, the trend has been around the 6 30 area, so i will keep you posted on that as we bring in the graphics here, injuries pointing out a couple of the slowdowns of course coming out of tracy there. Our usual spot. And also on 84 as you move in and out lreown in that area, and also at the maze. The first pet dog to contract covid19 in the u. S. Has died. This is buddy, a 6yearold German Shepherd in staten island. He started having breathing problems in mid april. He lost weight, became lethargic and tested positive for covid19. Aditional testing five days later showed the virus was no longer in buddys system, but he did have antibodies. His family says Buddys Health got so bad they had to euthanize him. Blood work showed that he also most likely had cancer. And dr. Fauci says people should consider wearing goggles or face shields. You should protect all the mucosal surfaces. So if you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it. I mean, it is not universally recommended, but if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it. The nations top Infectious Disease expert made that suggestion during a conversation with dr. Ashton on instagram. He also spoke about a secondary benefit of 9d lethe lens on he e hopes the face coverings help limit the spread of the flu. On our website, you can find our risk calculator. Everything from riding the bus to go to the gym. Select the activity and see what the experts have to say. Also there are no gyms open, so thats not going to be something you need to worry about. Go to abc7news. Com. And nasa is celebrating a successful launch, where the newest rover is heading this morning. And botox may do more than just hide signs of age. At the live desk, just in the past 30 minutes, President Trump has taken to twitter and for the first time is suggesting that the november election be delayed. Here is what water sere seeing. He writes with universal mailin voting, this will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history. He continues saying it will be an emp embarrassment for the country and he writes delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote, followed by some question marks. He has long made claims of mailin voting fraud which have been unsupported. Many states have relaxed mail voting restrictions during the pandemic, but not all states. New developments, a federal judge has sided with activists and placed more restrictions on Oakland Police when they try to control crowds. Rubber or rubber coated bullets. They may still deploy tear gas and foam tipped projectiles if there is an imminent threat of people being hurt or property being damaged. Oakland police say they will be aed by by the order. New developments in the massive College Admissions cheating scandal. An atherton father was sentenced to six months in prison. He and his wife pleaded guilty to paying to have their daughters s. A. T. S corrected and to fraudulently portray one daughter as a tennis star to get her into georgetown university. Manuel was sentenced yesterday, elizabeth was sentenced back in march to 7 months in prison. Both face years of supervised release, hundreds of hours of Community Service and fines that combine to nearly three quarters of a million dollars. New this morning, nasas latest rover is now headed to mars to search for ancient life on the planet. Ignition, two, one, zero. Liftoff. There it is. The rover perseverance, it took off on a rocket from cape canaveral, florida this morning. Once it makes to mars, the rover will study the geology and delay mats of the plan either. The goal is to find signs of ancient bio microbial life. It will travel 62. 5 million miles and it is expected to land on mars in february. Happening today as mike mentioned, it is National Cheesecake day. And that means sweet deals on this treat. The Cheesecake Factory for example is donating 1 to feeding america for every slice sold. It is also introducing a new flavor and here it is, it is the chocolate caramel cheesecake made with snickers. It is basically cheesecake swirled with snickers on a brownie crust. If you order it, thelt donate 25 cents to feeding america for every slice sold and that go through wait a second. Donates to feeding america for every slice sold and that go through wait a second. That goes through a date in the past. So im not really sure what that is about. But why dont you forget that and just look at this. Weve seen some interesting beer combinations residentially. And this is just in time for National Miss tarred dustard da. This is a mustard flavored tropical wheat ale. It is billed as a tropical wheat beer brewed with key lime, lemon, tangerine, Passion Fruit and 150 pounds of frenchs classic yellow mustard. Only available while supplies last. I was on board until we got past Passion Fruit. And then they said i love miuove mustard, but n. Did you . Yeah, it is one of the things that my family gets me as a stocking stuffer, exotic sauces and mustards. Five years never knew that. So specialty mustard for mike. Write it down. Yeah, dropped a big hint there, i . I hoeppe i can ketchup. Lets tart about whstart ab going on weatherwise. San jose 61, and even with the collude cover, i think that well see sunshine just slightly faster that will add a couple degrees to our warming trend that will head through the weekend when it gets a little warm inland. Moderate risk of heat illness there. High temperatures will taper next week. Even up in the north bay along the coast, you should see a little more sunshine than yesterday. 79 sunnyvale, cupertino, 91 in morgan hill. 80 in palo alto, dropping done to 70 in millbrae. 60 to 63 along the peninsula coast with 66 in downtown and then upper 60s for South San Francisco and sausalito. Upper 70s to low 80s through most of the north bay. The hot spots the usual cloverlear low to mid90s. A oaan amontfremont. 87 in san ramon to kind of toasty 93 in brentwood oig. Bt look at the cloud cover coming back to most neighbors. A degree or two warmer tomorrow and saturday. Holding sunday, heat tapers monday and then it gets really kind of breezy with temperatures mainly in the 70s and 80s for highs away from the coast starting tuesday. Good morning america is coming up at 7 00. And rob marciano has a look at what is ahead. Good morning. Great to be with you on this thursday. Soak it in, what do you think . South beach, a beautiful morning to start things off, but may not be the case this weekend because covid19 is now colliding with hurricane season. The record breaking Tropical Storm now spinning through the caribbean will be heading towards florida potentially the northeast. Were all on high alert hear as it heads toward this area. Puerto rico certainly getting the worst of it right now. Always ahead, the latest on the coronavirus emergency across the country, 150,000 now have lost their lives as Homeland Security identifies 98 hot spots in 30 states. The battle over reopening schools rages on as education secretary admits that there is no National Plan. Fis and experts join us along with dr. Ashton live. And plus basketball is finally back, the nba gearing up for their highly anticipated restart, but will the bubble hold . Plus the big changes sweeping the court with the social Justice Movement and the new tech placing you court side. That is tonight. Excited about that. I know you are as well, reginald. You like yourself some south beach. So soak it in. Kumasi, back up to you as well. Coming up new at 6 00, botox may not only erase your frown line, it might make you happier. A new study says that the injections may actually alleviate depression. Researchers thi s botox may dis feedback loop. 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But it still has the potential along this track the next 48 hours for wripd winds gusting u0 Miles Per Hour and 10 inches of rain. Not quite to the mainland u. S. , but it is just a matter of days. Cleaning has become a big focus lastly and so much sofectt hard to find. We spoke to dr. Patel about whether it really makes a difference. He said that contaminated surfaces are not the main way the virus is transmitted. There is a false hope that businesses are sending out saying oh, my gosh, we clean every day, therefore you can come here and never get coronavirus, when we know that is not true. We have to remember that the primary way that you will catch this is not from surfaces, it will be from airborne transmission, it will be from do that droplets, from people next to you, not the surfaces. So it effective to be spending so much time wiping everything down . He says yes because it will keep the surfaces clean, but no because if you are not behaving properly, then it negates the cleaning. For the first time, Governor Newsom is withholding money from cities that defy state Health Orders by allowing all businesses to open. So here is what is happening right now. The states withholding nearly 65,000 from atwater and more than 35,000 from coalinga. The money is the first part of 2. 5 billion the cities and counties risk losing if they do not follow coronavirus safe guards. New developments this morning, trader joes says it will not be rebranding certain items despite a petition calling some of their products racist. A teen helped organize that petition and it called attention to the names of International Food items like trader joses. Trader joes says that it disagrees with the accusations of racism and it doesnt make decisions based on petitions. Changing Consumer Habits are influencing a changing workplace in the grocery business. Growing demand for Home Delivery of groceries that a small local company expanding. It is called farmstead. Priousacilitynan igger than ho delery of in month as covid spread with shoppers spending 6 billion in may. Farmsaid ig htead has a dif compared to icompetitors. Our warehouses are a lot less expensive to open, and moreover, they can support thousands and thousands of deliveries per day. Farmstead says that it will build more warehouses as demand warrants. Next at 6 30, a closer look at covid testing sites. And an estimated 1 million californians still ste unemployment benefits, now Governor Newsom stepping in with a strike team to fix that backlog and get help to the folks who need it most. Im Julian Glover with the plan to fix the problem. And we take a live look outside this morning, and you cannot see the tops of the buildings in San Franciscos financial distric reinventing. Its what with comcast business, your Small Business can work faster, with powerful internet from