Let me introduce to you for the first time your next Vice President of the united states, Kamala Harris. Im so proud to stand with you. And i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Biden and harris both outlined their vision for the future, drawing sharp contrasts between their ticket and President Trump and attacking his response to covid19. When other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. Biden also acknowledged the historic name of their campaign. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel their communities. But today, today just maybe, theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Harriss Vice President ial candidacy putting a spotlight on california. Governor newsom reflected on what the harris pick means to him as a bay area native. As a point of pride, not just being a californian. Growing up in San Francisco, it doesnt surprise me at all that so many of our nations great leaders, nancy pelosi being top among them, emanate from that extraordinary city. Harris often called the daughter of oakland. Her immigrant parents, her mother from india, her father from jamaica. Thats how they met as students in the streets of oakland, marching and shouting for the thing called justice. My mother shyamala raised my sister maya and me to believe it was up to us and every generation of americans to keep on marching. And republicans are on the attack as well. President trump is labeling senator harris as phony and extreme. Vice president mike pence said biden has been taken over by the radical left. He also said he will see her on the debate stage in utah. Theres been a lot of speculation about who Governor Newsom might choose to replace as the junior senator from california if she does become Vice President. Newsom was asked about it today. What did he say . The speculation seemed to start before she was announced. Today newsom completely brushed it off. He said hes not focused on it. Hes just focused on the pandemic but he said that the reporter may be the only one who hasnt been and he was only slightly exaggerating. No surprise that a lot of people are interested in that high profile position. Thank you. The biggest p draw crowds like usual because of the coronavirus. We take a look at the pros and the cons of the Virtual Convention thats start in less than a week. Were working to build a better bay area. During the coronavirus pandemic that means looking out for our health. The backlog should be resolved in the next few days. In the meantime, it complicates the number of cases reported each day. Today, Governor Newsom helped explain it. The actual numbers today that we are putting out, the 11,645, includes 6212 backlogged cases and the actual number today is 5433. Thats a lot of numbers to look at. Keep in mind that weve averaged nearly 8,000 new cases a day recently so 5,400 new cases is below average. Heres more perspective. Hospitalizations are down 19 in the past two weeks. Icu admissions are down 16 in that same time period. Cyrus has claimed another 180 lives. That number is above average. And could a recent deadly outbreak of covid19 have been prevented at san quentin prison . New information from Marin County Health officials and prison advocates warnings about the transfer of inmates from Southern California was largely ignored by prison officials. Cornell bernard has the details. Reporter during the past week weve seen an outbreak develop at san quentin prison. Reporter the top doctor gave that news on june 11th following the transfer of prisoners from chino state prison. At the time, a coronavirus hot spot. Und unfortunately because they had been exposed prior to transfer, has the higher risk for creating a second outbreak which appears to have occurred here. Reporter since june, 25 inmates have died from covid19related illness. In a letter obtained by abc7 news, willis tales marin county judge he tried to warn prison officials, such an outbreak could happen. And incoming visitors should be separated and tested for covid. He writes, instead, they were toads june 1st and second and placed in a large shared unit with existing san quentin inmates prior to the return of testing results. This placed all inmates and staff at risk. In response, prison officials told willis, local Health Officers lacked the authority to mandate measures in staterun prisons. We can only hope the 26 lives lost there are not in vain, though we know the deaths were completely preventible. Reporter on sunday, the long time corrections sergeant became the 26th casualty after a long battle with covid19. His daughter told us over the weekend that san quenin needs to do more to protect everyone inside. San quentin is being more reactive than they were proactive. I hope that they continue to get their stuff together. Reporter the California Department of corrections is that rehabilitation says it is now taking Safety Measures to control the virus, to continue to protect all incarcerated staff and covid19, theyre offering testing every seven days to the incarceration. Abc7 news. Researchers at ucsf believe they have a potent new weapon against covid19 and could it fit in your pocket like nasal spray. While it is not a traditional vaccine, they believe one spray daily could protect from you the virus. Heres kate larsen. Reporter if youve never run across this, you may soon be inhaling one. Because it is so stable, we can put in it one of these. This is a little nebulizer. Reporter it could be a potent line of defense against covid19 in humans. The origins trace back to a tiny molecule first discovered in camels called a nano body. They can be ma anymorerelated to perform specific tasks such as attaching themselves to the proteins on the coronavirus. This is effectively a really amazing mousetrap. Reporter they poured through roughly 2 billion nano bodies before they found best candidate. Then they reengineered it to be even more potent. Knowing the coronavirus uses its spikes to attach itself to a specific part of the lung cell, they work to stop the invasion in its tracks. A process illustrated. When they bind to the spike protein, the virus cant attach to ace 2 and it loses its ability to infect cells. Reporter the main challenge left, how to best get it into the body. Theyre stable enough to be turned into an effective arrow sol. A powerful medication patients could inhale to protect themselves from infection. The ability of it, to be delivered to the airways and to attack virus directly, it gives us this incredible power. They are now in talks to ramp up production of Clinical Trials. If successful, it could be used as a super 92 formula to keep healthy patients from being infected or treat potentially an oral infection all by inhaling a simple mist. Abc7 news. One more note here. Once they find a production partner, the ucsf team believes they could work through Clinical Trials in a matter of months. When it comes to the economy, a knew report shows it will take a while for the bay area Tourism Industry to rebound from the impact of covid19. According to projections by San Francisco trial, overall regional spending is down 52 from last year. Overnight spending down an incredible 82 and analysts say it will be a few years before it returns to normal. Any spending to recover in 2023, were expecting it to be only around 90, 96 . Thats because of the International Travel bngess than 100 still. As far as the business lucrative model, they expect to see small and medium size meetings with large events returning in the second quarter. This is all tied to the performance against the virus. In addition to the economy, education is a big part of building a better bay area. It is the first day of school for san jose students but this is as close as they got to a classroom. See how Remote Learning went on day one. Thats next. Anaheim marin county in what looks like a beautiful place to camp until you look closer and realize, it is a reflection of our times. Thats coming up. Im Spencer Christian. A rather severe heat wave is coming our way and it will last about a week. If your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. 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. 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It is not known how this fire started but spreading fast. Temperatures are in the 90s with low humidity. As coronavirus rages on, it leaves all kinds of victims. Sometimes instead of lives, it takes livelihoods. It seems no county is immune, even the richest ones. We sent wayne to a homeless camp that is a refuge in more ways than one. There is a krookt yellow mine separates the haves from the ve in a setting that would seem so idyllic. I camp here overnight. Reporter in this circumstance, he has been camping here for at least 18 months. How did you find this place . Nobody came around it. Reporter now they do. Along binford road between highway 101 and a wildlife sanctuary, he has all kinds of company. He had to go someplace. I had nowhere to go. Just, you know, i have nowhere to go. Reporter locals say the first of the rvs began to appear a couple years ago. First one, two, a dozen. Coronavirus did not help. Nobody wants anyone inside their homes. Reporter we met him a half mile to the north. He is a former electrical contractor. He calls this g. Heasutffectiore sriffs restriction keeping people from parking here. Legally, you cant camp out here. Thats what ive done. Theyve come by and asked if theres anything they can bring me. Very kind. We have fire, open flames. They can light up this whole area. Its depressing for me. Very depressing. Even more so on the other side of this wavy yellow line. A sign of the times. With coronavirus killing incomes, he expects he wont be getting lonely on binford road for a long, long time. Where else can i go . Abc7 news. Education is among the core areas where we focus our efforts to build a better bay area and it is ill pair i have the. Bay area students are going back to school as we speak. Dirng School Campuses throughout the bay area will be strangely empty of students and it will be that way for some time. Were getting a look at the quiet campuses around the bay area earlier today. Imagine every single resident being online at the same time to take classes. 30,000 people. Thats how many students in san joses Unified School District had to be connected online for the first dave classes today. How they accomplished it and what problems they had. This was far from a normal day for nearly 30,000 students in san joses largest School District. 10,000 chrome books and ipads had to be distributed ahead of time so Distance Learning can start today. Fear of glitches or technical problems brought anxiety. It is the first day jitters. Were all excited but were all nervous. We know it will becu reporter parents requested over 5,000 hot spots to boot wireless connections. In some homes, two or more students will be online at the same time. This has been an incredible day and the students are glad to be back. Scott is the orchestra teacher. Technical glitches were resolved. He had 80 students in his first class. Did we learn to play the cello today . No. What we did learn was how to manage ourselves in an online environment. Im teaching middle school. What are best practices. Also, empowering they will to ask questions. Keeping students engaged is a challenge even when they were in the classroom. Theyve spent about 3 million for professional Development Teachers and staff to teach online and to provide social and emotional support. Close to 5 million has been invest in the ipads, chrome books and hot spots. I think families generally feel comfortable telling us what their needs are so that has been a wonderful piece of this process as we really have been able to see how our school staff and families interact well to figure out what the needs are. Reporter david louie, abc7 news. Today oakland teachers and the School District reached a tentative deal. They had to start the school year without one. They say it is a quality learning experience for students with consistent live interaction. We spoke with mayor libby schaaf about it. Im so happy about it. School just started this week. It is the most bizarre first day of school ive ever gone through. Not just as the mayor but as a parent. Ive got a couple of distance learners here in my house. Im just relieved that we are all moving forward. Union members and the board of education will vote on the tentative deal over the next week or so. Well keep you up to date. And returning to inperson learning is certainly intimidating, maybe even frightening for some. But ucsf released a mayh help ease minds about transmission. Reporter weve known children get covid19 less frequently and have less severe symptoms than adults. Why . Inside my nose i have ace two rekrer receptors that bind perfectly with covid19. But children dont produce ace 2 receptors as frequently as i do. Here she is during her zoom. There is to door for the disease to get in, then there is no or limited disease for element age students. Reporter they also have smaller lungs. So when they squeeze or cough, they dont spread the particles as far as High School Students or adults do. Interesting interesting fact is that size does matter. Kids are shorter and their viral particles drop to the floor which means they cant spread upwards toward the adults in the room. Perhaps the most important point they want to make is that masks, physical distancing and ventilation are key to curbing the spread of the virus. Take for example this virus in israel. As seen in this picture, they were Wearing Masks but were not sitting apart from each other. Then for two days, there was a heat wave and every student was allowed to take their masks off. The air conditioning was. On the windows were closed. And it led to over 150 people in the School Getting infected. Reporter ucsf researchers now say a mask will protect others as much as it protects you because it can control how much virus actually comes into your body. Its not that you cant get it. It is just that the severity of the illness is lower which means that anybody including teachers would be less likely to have a bad illness with it. Reporter abc 7 news. We spent a week focusing on education issues as students go back to school. All those reports are available on abc7 news zpok on our connected tv apps. Wherever you watch, youll find the back to School Ongoing coverage. Coming up next, a look at conditions for firefighters as this Massive Wildfire in Los Angeles County keeps going. In just a few oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. A majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Heres your a1c. Oh my a1c is under 7 announcer and you may lose weight. Adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. 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