It took just half as long to go from 3,000 to 4,000. And in just ten days, this month, we went from 5,000 to 6,000 cases of covid19. Dr. Colfax says 107 coronavirus cases are in San Francisco hospitals. That is the highest number since the pandemic began. 58 people have since died. Dr. Colfax says at the current rate of spread, it is estimated more than 750 people will be hospitalized by mid pocket and there will be more than 600 deaths by the end of the year. He says we all should behave as if we have covid19 and continue to wear masks, wash our hands and avoid gatherings. With every bay area county on the monitoring list and orders to shut down businesses, what exactly does it take to get off that list and can counties even meet the guidelines any time soon . Heres abc7 news report he chris reyes. Solano county was the first to be put on the list june 29 and every county followed after. San mateo was put on the list. Dr. Grant cold fafl admitting, theyre not getting off the list any time soon. San francisco remains on the state watch list. The main reason we joined that watch list was because of the rapidly rising hospitalization rate. We have 15 more covid19 patients in the hospital than we did just a week ago. These check marks next to nearly every county in the state tell you how hard it is to stay off the states monitoring list. Every bay area county is on it, meaning they crossed the line in at least one of the six indicators related to number of new cases, hospitalizations and hospital capacity. I think the metrics are very reasonable. Within this understanding, we dont really have what we really need which is the number of infections. On payment getting off the list is simple enough. After a company is within threshold for all metrics for three days, it is removed from the county monitoring list the following day. The harder part, getting the numbers down once theyve crossed the threshold because of the long incubation period. Even with a complete shutdown, it would take at least a week. It will take while for the case rates to come down. By a while, i mean a few weeks. And so its not, it is because people are already infected, or in various points of incubation. Sandal mateo county was off for weeks. I dont know what we could have done. I really dont. We spent a huge amount of money on advertising, on billboards. Weve done all these things about placards and businesses, reaching out to communities. The toughest part about the states watch list. It affects everyone differently. Some people get to stay open and some dont. It just doesnt seem fair. But were all just going to have to do the best we can. Reporter abc7 news. You can check out our exclusive abc7news. Com interactive watch list map. Click on your county to find when and where they were added. Were now exactly six months into this Public Health emergency. The World Health Organization made that call on january 30th. In the last six months, more than 17 million cases have been reported worldwide. Nearly 670,000 people have died. 10 million have recovered. But this pandemic is far from over. The head of the w. H. O. Is warning, the infection rate is accelerating right now, as we just learned in San Francisco. Cases worldwide have doubled in the last six weeks. The fda has paved the way for the development of a rapid at home coronavirus test. The goal is for something as simple and fast as a home pregnancy test. The fda commissioner said these times of tests would be a game changer because more people without symptoms could get tested. The agency laid out how theyll approve at home tests but some experts say the rules are too burdensome. Some similar tests are already in development but none have received approval yet. Businessman and former republican president ial candidate herman cain has died from the coronavirus. Cain had been ill for several weeks. He tested positive for covid19 on june 29th. He had been hospitalized since july 1st. Now, its not clear when or where he was infected, but mr. Cain was diagnosed only days after attending president trumps june 20th Campaign Rally in tulsa, oklahoma. Just a day after congressman louie wear a mask. He even suggested in an interview that the mask might have caused him to get sick which is a new one. The cabrera congressman Jackie Speier said he sleeps in his office and shes asking, where is he going to quarantine . Speier told abc7 news, his behavior is not only irresponsible. It is dangerous and reckless. San francisco sheriff is confirming a second hall of justice employee has tested positive for covid19 this month. It is not known where that employee contracted the virus but the sheriff says his office is testing both staff and people currently in jail. San franciscos famed cliff house restaurant is suing its insurance carrier after having its catastrophic Business Interruption claim denied. The 162yearold establishment is taking action againstalians insurance. They played exorbitant claim for decades. They closed temporarily last week. Meantime california pizza kich general filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. C pmp cpk is doing it voluntarily to reduce the debt load. It says it remains open for takeout and delivery. And google has not escaped the economic woes. Ad sales have tanked causing to report first quarterly revenue decline in the companys history. Its always important to have an emergency plan. Especially now. The city of santa rosa and Kaiser Permanente say that has taken on new meaning during this pandemic. Theyre working on protective strategies and supporting wildfire prevention and infrastructure efforts in communities are at risk of devastating wildfires. The Kaiser Hospital in santa rosa was evacuated during the 2017 tubbs fire. The person leading the evacuation said more than people, that they can plan where theyll go in theres a big fire, the better off theyll be. Obviously, in a time pandemic it is not ideal to be mixing fals but two families in a household is better than 250 in a shelter. So to the extent that people can prepare for that and have an idea where they may go, not only does it help them but it help others. Then the shelters wont be under as much pressure. We have Disaster Preparedness resources on our website. All you have to do is go to abc7news. Com prepare nor cal. A small fire at a church is fanning the flail have controversy in the east bay. It all happened at a church in berk will you. The pafltor said it was intentionally set on the same day church put up a black lives matter banner. Heres abc7 news anchor erik eric thomas. There is a visible sign of scorch marks in berk will you and below that, evidence of a fire deliberately set that melted two large plastic trash bins and blackened a metal one. We are angry and we are upset. And there is nothing more dangerous in the world than righteous indignation. The way church has been around for 40 years and the pastor has been a fervent civil rights activist. Damage to the building may appear slight but authorities told him, an excel rant was used. He believes someone was trying to burn down the church because of this. A black lives matter banner put up tuesday afternoon. He said the fire happened tuesday night. We know that this is an historical legacy. He calls it a hate crime. He said not only is he upset with the culprit but the way police responded. The only notification our church received was this report slid underneath the front of our church. Reporter berkeleys mayor said hes disappointed that this happened in one of managers most progressive cities and the way police handled it initially. Just slipping your Business Card under the door isnt acceptable. Any place of worship, a church or a synagogue, we have to take that very seriously as a potential hate crime. Reporter he said he told the city manager and Berkeley Police to investigate this as a hate crime, and to make the case a top priority. In berkeley, eric also to. Abc7 news. Housing shift. The now housing prices in the pandemic and what does it mean for the economy . A growing call for Home Health Care aids. Desperate needs for workers. School shopping. The store shelves are fulfill will the shopping frenzy still happen this year . Im meteorologist sanda patel. A wide for people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. Abc7 is committed to building a better bay area. That means a big focus on the economy. Part of that is the housing shift that were seeing now. All week long weve been looking at the housing crisis caused by this pandemic. This is executive Vice President for Bridge Housing and smith is joining us live now. Thanks for joining us. Lets start with bridge. Some people may not be familiar. A nonprofit organization, started back in 1983. But what is Bridges Mission . Our mission is to provide Affordable Housing to working families and seniors and also now more and more to homeless families and seniors such as the homelessness. So what have the effects of the homeless been, especially on low income renters . Our residents are especially frugal. Unfortunately, this pandemic has really impacted them in terms of employment. And what we are seeing is that at present, theyre still continuing to pay their rent. The stimulus checks have certainly helped and making the unemployment payments have help. We provide a lot of Resident Services which is really important at this time. Weve been providing food and meal deliveries to a lot of our properties, our Service Coordinators check in with our senior residents, especially. They provide them Daily Wellness checks. Make sure that theyre able to Access Health care resources, and also to shelter in place. Were looking to provide services remotely to a lot of our local income families as well. It sounds like youre really hands on. I wonder what level of anxiety youre hearing from people that you work with. So you know, our households and other population thats we serve sadly in the bay area, the cost of living is so high, it has always been the case, and housing is so difficult to find. So one of the things that a lot of our tenants are concerned about, what is it going to mean for me if im behind on rental payments. So thats definitely a big concern. The loss of employment, of course, sometimes means that you dnt have health care benefits. So theres a lot of anxiety all around. A lot of our tenants are employed, so a lot of folks are uber and lyft drivers, they work in the hospitality and retail seconders. So a higher degree of uncertainty than in other populations for sure. A lot of people are talking about leaving the bay area. Some may. Especially San Francisco because it is so expensive. Thats not as easy for low income workers because many of them have to be present to do their job. They cant really work from home. Yes. And you know, were definitely seeing that in our properties. Our vacancy rate is still pretty low. Our occupancy, most recently is still up at 96. For you , i believe. So you know, we are definitely not seeing the exodus that we believe is happening in the market sector. A big reason for that is because our tenants do not have those resources where they can just pick up and leave. Andthe other thing to keep in mind is that we house a lot of fixed income seniors and a lot of working families, low income families. A lot of them have lived in these properties for many, many years. And there is a very closeknit community so it is really difficult from that perspective as well to just pick up and relocate to someplace else. Sure. A lot of people dont want to leave their homes. Thank you. An organization that help low income and Homeless People in Santa Clara County is now asking for help itself. West Valley Community services is looking to raise the final 300,000 on a 2 Million Fundraising Campaign that started last year. The money is needed to offset the triple digit increase in demand for Services Since the pandemic began. We need the communitys help to get us over that hump so we can make these Resources Available now. West Valley CommunityServices Received a jump start toward its goal. Take a look. Today lehigh hanson, a cement plant sits idle, donated to the campaign. 49ers players began taking coronavirus tests. Jimmy garoppolo and the other quarterbacks, plus the rookies and injured players took their first tests last week. The 49ers took a photo of garoppolo with a mask on. For their take on a meme that made the rounds a couple years ago, they followed up with the hash. Wear a mask. We cant say that often enough these days. Especially with all the, i guess, athletes coming down with it. That applies to everyone. Absolutely. Absolutely. Lets take look at the forecast. Sanda patel is here. I think it will get warmer. It is indeed. Look at it this way. At least right now, wearing a mask is not that uncomfortable. We dont have any extreme heat out there. Let me show you live doppler 7. As long as we have the marine layer around, were good to go. Its sitting there around the pth reyes area. It will move across the area. Were seeing a lovely view toward mt. Diablo. Visibility is good. It is 62 degrees in San Francisco, 70 in oakland. Mid 70s from mt. View to san jose. 89 in gilroy. Heres a look at the fog as we take our attention shore. It is 91 degrees in fairfield. Do you know around this time. Year, it can get a lot hotter. 89 in livermore. From our san jose cameras, sunny skies over the shark tank. Low clouds and fog will spread overnight. It will get warmer and then summer heat expected inland. Hour by hour forecast, well show you the fog branching out. It will start off in many parts of the bay area. And then it will pull back to the coastline and sit there all afternoon long. We are specking a slight uptig in the temperature. Tomorrow morning, low 50s to low 60s. Youll need an extra layer to keep you comfortable as it starts off cool. Tomorrow afternoon, 64 at half moon bay. Breezy conditions, San Francisco. 81, san rafael. Mid 80s in places like santa rosa. Taking the temperature to about 94 in antioch. 83 degrees in san jose. As you check out saturdays high temperatures, this is when youll feel the heat. Up into the mid 90s range. 96, fairfield, a a a cloib. Slight back off. In heat. Accuweather seven day forecast. It will be a little warmer the next few days with mid 90s inland. Low 60s coast side. Well have our summer spread going into the weekend. Early next week, the temperatures begin to trend lower. You will notice we drop out of the 90s tuesday through thursday. In the mid to upper 80s. Upper 50s to low 60s. I think it is a get forecast for any of your plans this upcoming weekend. Agreed. All right. It is the time. Year when parents usually do backtoschool shopping. But this this morning from Cape Canaveral in florida, it is expected to touchdown on the red planet in february. So relatively quick trip. Six, seven months. Among other things, perseverance will search for signs of ancient microbial life. This backtoschool shopping season is unlike any other weve experienced in the past. Parents and their kids are shopping but not for the items we usually see this time of year. Abc7 News ReporterLauren Martinez shows us what theyre buying. She wants to go back to school. Really bad. Reporter its backtoschool shopping season. Were anticipating breaking the record and having record spending for back to school. It will be in different supplies than your traditional back to school supplies. Reporter different because now parents are the teachers. Parents are now investing in electronics. In laptops, in head phones, theyre investing in things to support distance learning. Reporter you can even see in it back to school ads. The majority of california schools not returning to in classroom education will impact the state and local economies because the Sales Revenue theyre losing. Parents wait until october, thats when you see this rush to the stores to buy the supplies. And right now youre seeing a rush on electronics. Reporter at classic Design School uniform, business is lower. Upwards of around 50,000 in sales. Right now, with our newer system, we are climbed of lucky to make 3,000. Reporter this uniform store would normally be packed with families and students running around with union forms. It would be too noisy for me to even shoot this standup. Still there are some purchase. They want uniforms on their children during the zoom meetings for the upcoming fall semester. They feel it is more of a sense of unity. Reporter they hope for a supply list. It serves as a rite of passage. To have that structure will be really important. Important for the success of our kids. And backtoschool shopping is a piece of the structure that our children need. Reporter Lauren Martinez, abc7 news. The fight to get benefits. What is being done to make sure californians get their unemployment money. Unemployment money. Plus lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitle