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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 530pm July 13, 2024

A government id is not needed to get tested. Most of the test administered through the stores drive through windows. Some bay area dmv offices have reopened. Dmv is opening in the bay area include this office in san jose as well as concorde, oakland, clermont and San Francisco and santa rosa, but unless it is necessary that you come in person, the dmv encourages customers to utilize their Online Services and do to increase social distancing precautions you should expect large wait times. They told me today was basically only for essential workers, basically nobody wanted to help me. Everybody i talked to turned me away. I just want to get my drivers license renewed so i can drive legally, thats all. Other dmv employees will continue to work remotely. Oakland has closed an additional five miles of city streets to accommodate social distancing, this is part of the citys slow Streets Program aimed at giving residents at place to get outdoors, walk, jog or bike while giving them room to avoid getting too close. Barriers, cones, and signs are posted to divert traffic. And weve posted a link to the entire list of road closures at kpix. Com. Just as golden gate field is set to resume racing we are learning another horse has died at that track. It apparently happened today during training, a threeyear old gelding named arky baughn had to be put down, no word on what happened. Golden gate field was set to reopen to the public next thursday without spectators, it has been closed since march 12 because of the coronavirus outbreak a new study shows the majority of california voters support protections for farmworkers including those who are undocumented immigrants. Researchers at uc berkeley found nearly 80 percent of voters support employers providing full benefits to farmworkers who stay home sick with the virus, of those, 79 percent think all farmworkers should be included, regardless of their status, that includes paid sick leave, medical benefits and replacement wages. There is now a facility in Northern California is being used to sanitize those n95 masks. Our reporter takes us inside and shows us how the process works. Reporter a nonprofit based out of columbus, ohio would be supplying northern and Southern California with their Critical Care decontamination system, sterilizing used n95 masks as many as 80,000 per day. One unit is now up and running in burbank, the other in fremont in the bay area. Traditional hospitals in the traditional way they use masks, they put it on and when they are done with it they throw it in the garbage and we are not doing that anymore. Reporter justin sanchez, attack fellow for Life Sciences at the Memorial Institute explained how the process works. What first happens is we establish a protocol with the hospitals to save and collect the masks. They are marked and bagged up, barcoded and transferred from the hospital to this facility. Reporter this video shows a unit being assembled and put to use in ohio, once the masks arrived they get unpacked and placed in these big shipping containers. They are then exposed to Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide paid as those masks are hanging in this container it uses vaporize Hydrogen Peroxide and sits in there for about two and half hours. Reporter one sterilize, the masks sit for another two and half hours to make sure theres no trace of the Hydrogen Peroxide the masks are then marked, rebagged and shipped back to the hospital they came from, each mask can be sterilized up to 20 times. A nonprofit thinking inside the box to keep our frontline workers safe. In a time of need to see a nonprofit come together with the federal government deploy at the speed of this magnitude and help the people who need it the most is an amazing thing. If you wear cloth or reusable mask you can also clean it yourself at home. According to the experts the easiest way is to throw it in the washing machine, otherwise soap and hot water will do the trick. This only works for masks made out of fabric or some kind of reusable cloth. The cdc does not recommend trying to wash n95 masks. A local bakery in santa rosa specializing in pies is closing its doors for good. Unfortunately the whole pie is serving its final sweet treats as a coronavirus has forced them to close permanently. The threeyearold bakery has made it through previous disasters like recent fire seasons, but for the owners, it made more sense to close now. The shop is dishing out the remainder of baked goods today and tomorrow. Still ahead, a major blow for laurie locklin and over 10 other parents facing possible jail time in the College Admission scandal. Was a letter lost for decades, why this man finally received a postcard from 1987 all because of the pandemic. One of the bay areas soft music [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. A medical mystery involving a bay area baby, her mother, and a team of doctors. It turns out the babys case is the first in the world to document a possible link between the virus and a rare condition. Reporter two months ago as Passengers Evacuated from the grand princess in oakland, before the bay area issued any state home orders, a medical mystery was unfolding in st. Clair county. It was a regular morning, we woke up and she was hot. Reporter sixmonthold baby zara had a high fever, her mother called the pediatrician. Zaras fever persisted, she also developed a horrible rash, red eyes and dry, chapped lips. Her mother brought her to the Urgent Care Center at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in mountain view. She was crying pretty much the entire exam even when mom was holding her to her chest. Reporter the doctor examined the baby. She had a pretty significant red rash all over her body from her chest and arms and legs all the way down. Reporter the doctor suspected kawasaki disease, a rare illness that causes blood vessels to be inflamed. Most commonly in young children. Thats why admitted her to the hospital for treatment for kawasaki. Reporter czar would be treated at Lucille Packard hospital stanford but said she had a fever it was protocol to test her first for covid19. This is not covid19 because theres no possibility, i was keeping her safe. Reporter than the results. I was pretty shocked, i was definitely shocked like how is this possible . Reporter zara tested positive for the coronavirus. I was surprised and a little apprehensive about walking into the hospital and caring for a patient who at that time was the first patient at stanford childrens to test positive for covid19. Reporter doctor jones is a pediatric hospitalist in charge of zaras case. While there is no known known cause for kawasaki, it may be triggered by a virus, but covid 19 . She did have covid19, but i cant tell you for sure that the two are related. I can tell you its possible that the virus triggered the kawasaki disease, but i cant tell you that definitively. Reporter in the hospital the baby was successfully treated with an iv of anti inflammatories, no more fever, rash, or red eyes. I was pleased to see she actually looked quite well. Reporter since the baby was covered positive they needed to figure out how to discharge her home. I need a plan how to go home because when youre going home in your body no there are three people at home and my other kids are there, we havent seen them for two days and has been is there, so it wasnt easy. Reporter both zara and her mother would need to be quarantined for 14 days. We are trying to be brave and positive. Reporter they succeeded, no one else in the household ever tested positive. To this day, how was babies are infected . Its still a mystery for us. Reporter her case is now part of medical history, doctor jones and her colleagues wrote a report to alert other clinicians. Love your kids, hug your kids, they are your world and just take this seriously. Reporter kawasaki disease can impact the blood vessels in the heart making it very dangerous, but so far zaras heart is fine and her mother tells her she is actually doing quite well and her issues have been completely resolved. The College Admissions bribery case against Actress Lori Loughlin and more than a dozen other people will move forward, they are going to court. A federal judge today denying a motion to dismiss the charges. Lori loughlin her, her husband and 12 others claiming the government mishandled the investigation and failed to turn over evidence in a timely fashion but the judge rejected that argument saying prosecutors have not misled the court. Lori loughlin and her husband are accused of paying a half Million Dollars to get her two daughters into usc and that trial is set to begin in october. A man in iowa says he just received a postcard from his sister 32 years after she sent it. This postcard was mailed from arizona in 1987, it has a photo of his older sister with a happy holidays message, intrigued by the findings, the 76yearold paul willis called his local post office to see why it took so long and he was told that many of the post offices were doing deep cleanings because of covid19 so they think it was just found somewhere and put back in the mail. Mothers day is this sunday, sadly for many of us including the staff here at kpix 5, we wont be able to go home and see our moms this year so we would like to make a quick shout out to one mama. Happy mothers day to my mom, you are my best friend, my adventure partner and even though you live in wisconsin, im glad you are always just a phone call away. I love you forever. And from all of us here at kpix 5, we want to wish all the moms out there and early happy mothers day. Coming up next, celebrating graduates in style, a special low rider surprise for seniors getting their caps and gowns. The latest gerber baby hailing from the bay area, why she is making history. This graduate overcame incredible odds, how he fought back from th like cordless phones. phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Visit right now or call during business hours. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state Program Visit right now or call during business hours. Colorado community in richmond honoring their 2020 high school graduates, take a look. The bay area peacekeepers invited all low riders and car clubs to congratulate graduates as they picked up their caps and gowns. Thats what im talking about. Honks blaring, signs made with the end goal of lifting the spirits and congratulating them. Gerbers new spokes baby is the first adopted baby in the companys history and a bay area local. Gerber announced their 10th annual gerber spokes baby today is baby magnolia, she was crowned as the winner, gerber was drawn to her, what a great name, due to her unique story and beautiful smile and the new spokes baby face of the brand she will be featured on the brand social channels and also wins a cash prize of 25,000. Congratulations to magnolia. Google has launched a new tool to help parents trying to keep their kids entertained while teaching them at home. The new app is called the read along, it helps kids learn to read and gives them feedback as they read stories out loud. The company says the app uses speech recognition to help them develop literacy skills and is now available in nine different languages. A new attraction at the oakland zoo, a young female giraffe is relocated from kansas, shes just two years old and already stands 11 feet tall, the zookeepers think she would be a good match for another fouryearold giraffe. Shes only been inside the exhibit a few days but shes settling in and eating well and we are told she has been warmly welcomed by the rest of the herd. Thats always good when youre out there and you are a herd animal to be warmly welcomed. Especially on a warm day like this. Im sure she doesnt mind the warmth and im thankful to the kpix herd for welcoming me when i started a few months ago. Dense fog developing as the marine layer returns. More clouds, cooler temperatures both saturday and sunday but its going to be a fine weekend, right along the coast i think you will see gray skies and then a chance of rain, early next week, something to get excited about. Lets take a look at the high temperatures from today, 99 degrees in fairfield, just short of triple digit territory and and 64 degrees and half moon bay. 76 degrees in the city today, in the upper 80s in fremont and low to mid 90s further inland, still very warm out there right now, 64 degrees downtown, 87 in san jose, 90 degrees right now in fairfield in mid 90s up and down 680. The trivalley very warm this evening. Temperatures will drop back to the low to mid 50s by early tomorrow morning, just a degree or two cooler than where we start off this morning but tomorrow will be several degrees cooler, today we were attended 20 degrees above average. Tomorrow, 10 degrees or less above average high temperatures right at the normal high for the city. Lets them around and show you where we are going to be, anywhere from 60 degrees along the coast, mid 60s at best to the low to mid 80s. The east bay were talking mostly 80 degree temperatures up and down the trivalley and mid 80s further inland and around the bay itself, mid to upper 60s, maybe around 70 degrees for the high. Warmers you had further inland in the north bay with even warmer temperatures farther to the north, youre going to have to wait another day to get the relief from the warmest of the warm temperatures with highs still in the upper 80s. The next chance of rain is going to be heading toward us but not until monday, late in the day the future cast indicates the potential for showers, let me get out of the frame and fix what ive done because i do want to show you the showers and i want to show you how much is going to add up out of the showers which is going to be a whole lot but we will take what we can get, anywhere from less than a 10th of an inch to maybe a quarter inch for the north bay where you have the best chance of rain overall, we will take another stab at showing you the our by our future cast coming up during a 7 00 half hour theres a shower chance along with cooler temperatures by monday and tuesday and slowly warmup the rest of next week. Happening now, governor gavin newsom is issuing a stern warning to three counties defying his stayathome order, the warnings go to yuba, sutter and modoc counties, all counties that reopen businesses against the governors orders, he said the counties were endangering public health. Now newsom is threatening the counties could lose disaster funding if they continue to defy orders. The county later said they opened up because they felt they could because the areas had fewer covid19 cases and other parts of the state. The governor of the directors offices of services sent a letter to those counties today saying they may lose their eligibility for disaster funding and just yesterday Wilson Walker visited Sutter County were Business Owners told him it was right to shut down but its also right to start reopening. Phase 2 of reopening underway for some bay area counties, but many Business Owners remain confused about the new rules in place. 1 bay area citys roadmap for reopening one of the areas hardest hit industries. Some boat ramps are being opened up for the salmon seat season, i will have that story coming up. One barry area high scho we have been honoring graduates the past couple of weeks with their pictures, we appreciate you sending those in but this particular young man really stood out. Not even a near fatal car crash could diminish his college dreams. Reporter willie logan did not think he would graduate, let alone on time in june. He credited his village, family, friends, and school for providing the support he needed to overcome his devastating injuries. To understand why this is significant, let me take you back to january 11 of last year. The teenagers were just leaving a High School Basketball game last night. Reporter i covered that story, a man that covered a van hit a car of teenagers. The force of the impact tour of willies left leg, his brain was so badly damaged she could not speak. To this day his speech is still a work in progress, and short term memory remains a big problem. I used to not know what 2 2 was. Willie had to be retaught everything, he needed to learn how to care for himself again, to use the restroom, to walk. Reporter the three sport athlete refused to surrender, he put even more effort into his rehab and his classes. His high school coaches, counselors and teachers also spent extra time with him to make sure he had all the support he needed. Mom and dad say his faith although helped him maintain his smile. To see where he was and where he is now its hard not to be completely overwhelmed with excitement. Reporter willie played baseball, football, and ran track before the car accident. Hes not ready to give up on sports, especially baseball. Its a passion. I feel like a superhero when im on the field. Reporter somewhat say hes already a superhero, from being in a coma to now receiving nine College Acceptance letters. After consulting with his family he has decided to stay close to home to continue his rehab, he will attend his local community college. Willie cant run yet, he will continue to strengthen his body and mind, he hopes to one day try out for the Baseball Team at his college. What a strong kid and what a Strong Family and the support they gave him, and you can tell thats a good family, they wont give up on him. He has such a Bright Future and what a milliondollar smile, too. Just incredibly inspiring. Thats it for the news at 5 00, the kpix 5 news at 6 00 starts now. Sonoma county gets the green light for phase 2 but a lot of businesses here are taking a cautious approach, we will

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