Stayathome order. First, and Alarming Number of americans avoiding the Doctors Office and what could be a healthcare disaster. Good evening. When it comes to healthcare during covid19, numbers are bleak. 75 of us have delayed or canceled doctor visits. Childhood vaccinations are down 40 and 35 of stroke or heart attack patients are not getting to the er in time. This year, california hospitals may see up to 18 billion lost in net revenues. We have the covid phobia fallout in an original report. Reporter early this year she suffered a stroke. Her speech was garbled and that was an alarm immediately for me. Reporter also from the north bay, he needed surgery to fix a leaky heart valve. He was having shortness of breath and also his heart rate was beginning to raise. Reporter both underwent lifesaving surgeries at Ucsf Medical Center in the middle of the pandemic. It goes without saying that i was a little concerned about going to the hospital. Because you hear people say dont go to the hospital because you will catch the virus. Reporter that fear known as covid phobia is raising alarm among healthcare professionals. Those of us in healthcare are worried about the next step which is all the regular care that people have not been getting while sheltering at home, so we are worried about kids who have not come in for their immunizations and we are worried about people with type Blood Pressure who have not come in to get their Blood Pressure checked and are at risk of stroke and we worry about our babies and will they be born as healthy as they can because they have not been coming in for prenatal care. Reporter unlike tracy, people are staying away from hospitals at their own peril. Many becoming disabled or even dying before they get home. 25 or 30 reduction in stroke or heart attack admissions to the hospital. That is not because there are fewer of them. Reporter he said it is troubling how patients are not seeking critical emergency care. But he does warn what may need lifesupport is the healthcare industry. While it survived the last two recessions, it may not survive this crisis intact. No crisis passes without significant change. There will be change. Reporter they depend on payments and elective procedures to stay afloat and with unemployment people are losing their health plans and enrolling into less reimbursed Public Health plans. Some are not seeing their healthcare practitioners at all. Those wind up getting help are thriving and tracy had a blood clot plucked from her brain and her surgeon he asked me at the end to hold up my fingers and i could do that right away and i was excited. Reporter he was fixed by specialist. Across the bay area hospitals, medical centers and Doctors Offices are now employing stringent new protocols to protect patients and staff. To minimize any risk of infections spreading in any occupation. Reporter how do you protect the largest sector of californias largest economy from this pandemic. One Immediate Impact is telemedicine. It does seem here to stay and another potential changes swapping out fees for individual services for more Stable Funding such as a fixed month we charge for each patient. Here is a look at some of our top stories at 5 30. A lot of confusion at the new pop up testing site in alameda. People showed up this morning and the sign said the place was closed and it turns out the city was dealing with a liability issue with the Property Owner but for now it appears to be back open but just for appointments. The fbi said the chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a uc davis researcher who concealed her ties to the Chinese Government on her visa application. She is one of four alleged members of the Peoples Liberation army now charged with visa fraud. Unemployment claims in california climbing to their highest levels in nearly 3 months amid fresh rounds of business shutdowns and the total number statewide now approaching 7 Million People. With covid19 cases spiking, there calling out the governor. The senator said he should impose strict shelter in place orders. We need it back now and all parts of our state to shut it down and more significant shelter in place with the additional masking requirements and hopefully with continued effort to identify our blind spots in terms of spread. It can result in a better recovery. Sonoma county is considering fines for people and businesses not following the Coronavirus Health orders that includes not wearing a Face Covering. And a proposal the county would set up a hotline for people to call in violators and individuals can make up to 100 in fines and businesses could be hit up for 1000 and the hotline is up and running in marin county. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has filed a lawsuit against google over youtube scam involving bitcoin. He said the scam used his name and likeness to convince viewers to send that currency during a fake going giveaway event. Though the event promise to give viewers back double what they had sent, but nothing was returned. Was an file the suit with 17 other alleged victims saying that youtube and google repeatedly ignored their request to take down the videos associated with the scam. This is a crime we reported hundreds of times through youtube but no human and you cant reach a human and that is one of the problems with todays Tech Industry because it is so big they dont have to listen. Attorneys in this case are comparing the event to the recent twitter going scam and that targeted 130 hope profile accounts including bill gates and former u. S. President barack obama. They say that while twitter was quick to shut down the scam in a day, youtube allowed that scam to go on for months. A youtube spokesperson issued a statement saying in part quote we take abuse of our platform seriously. We take action quickly and when we detect violations of our policies such as scams or impersonation. You first saw the lawsuit announcement live on the news here and you can keep upto date by streaming it on our website. Google is giving 4 million in new grants to organizations helping families with housing. The company is also adding 50 million to an ongoing collaboration with Housing TrustSilicon Valley and the partnership is started development on several projects in berkeley and san jose and now google said its launch initiative will speed up construction and preservation of Affordable Homes and the initiative could support the creation of 4000 new units over 10 years. Lock of Affordable Housing is the number one reason teachers leave the bay area. Tonight on our original series project only look at one startup that is trying to change that. Landed offers down payment assistance to teachers and it works as a coinvestment and they give you half of your down payment and they share 25 of the investment gained or lost with them and how expensive the home is or on how much or little you make. One of the Biggest Barriers in buying a home is the down payment, that large sum of cash you need to get into a home. It has helped 400 teachers by a home so far. You can catch the full story tonight at 11 the lock. The genealogy site used to catch the Golden State Killer hit by hackers. The sophisticated attack exposing dna profiles. How a happy birthday is helping scientists determine the safety of singing during the pandemic. Coming up, a tweet from san joses police chief crating controversy. It was supposed to highlight a gun today the nation paid its final respects to legendary civil rights leader reverend vivian. A private funeral was held in atlanta to honor him who died friday at the age of 95. He was a civil rights champion who worked alongside doctor Martin Luther king junior and he was a trailblazer. He organized citizens in the 1940s in peoria illinois a decade before those were used across the south. Today he was remembered in video tributes by oprah winfrey, hank aaron, and joe biden. He was truly a remarkable man. A man whose physical courage was exceeded only by his moral courage. Whose capacity for love overwhelming incredible hatreds and is faith help trevor change our nation. Among other awards was honored by president obama with the president ial medal of freedom in 2013. The genealogy site used to catch a notorious california serial killer is shut down the night after a Security Breach exposed the dna profiles of more than 1 Million People to Law Enforcement agencies. Ged match said in a Facebook Post mondays attack on its servers left that information out in the open for about three hours and the company said no dna information was compromised, but it is keeping the site shut down until all vulnerabilities have been addressed. The company made headlines in 2018 when it led investigators to the home of Golden State Killer joseph dangelo. As you stay home, you may be getting a lot of deliveries and amazon is helping you repurpose all that packaging. The shipping convertible boxes you can turn into a robot costume for kids or a mini golf windmill or even a mini condominium or car or rocket for your pet. The boxes are part of their push for more and better my millie, environmentally friendly packaging. Saving this east bay landmark from shutting down. Can it come through again during the pandemic . A reminder, we have a new app that gives you easy 24hour a day seven day a week access and the newscast and realtime news updates. Yo im completing the census for my family. That could mean education for our little man and a closer bus stop for her. Shape your future. Start here. Complete the census at 2020census. Gov. A new report out there from yelp ranks the bay area third in the nation for business closures right behind new york city and los angeles and the company said the city of San Francisco, oakland, and heyward alone have seen just over 5000 temporary or permanent closures since march and nearly 370 restaurants like luis at lands end, now gone for good. And east bay landmark will celebrate its 79th birthday in december, but the pandemic has forced it to close since march. The owners have reached out to the community for help and they say residents say they have save the theater once before the 1980s when it was at risk of being torn down and theyre hopeful the community will come through once again. We started this campaign, would you donate the value of one ticket to save the theater and in june or july which actually most theaters make 45 or 50 of the revenue just in those month which helps you on the slow months but we lost those month also. So far a Gofundme Campaign has brought in nearly 83,000. British researchers are saying the safety of singing during a pandemic that has been dubbed the a happy birthday study. In the study they sing or play into a funnel and scientists record how many particles are exhaled and how far it travels in the World Health Organization said covid19 can be transmitted through respiratory droplets and while social distancing may protect from talking or breathing, little is known how particles spread while singing. We know that when you speak, much the same as when you talk or sneeze you generate all the small particles. What we call for is more Systematic Research to be done in these types of settings so not just how or when transmission happens but the settings in which they happen. Researchers say they heard the classic tune now more than 1000 times in just the past few weeks. So, i will sing you that song and i will save you from that but i will ask you for the weather. Is there any song you could listen to thousands of times in the span of three weeks and have it not drive you insane . I would say once a year is enough for that song. I think even my favorite songs i would be done with that after 21 days. A pretty typical july pattern weatherwise and including the back and forth fog. Temperatures are little bit below average and further below average tomorrow and also it includes some showers and thunderstorms in this area and you can see this bubbling up on the nevada side of the border a lot of what you see on the radar in green indicates rain, but unfortunately a lot of that evaporating on the way down and the last thing we need are dry lightning strikes and not quite as much of that into the weekend. A little bit of rain would be nice but the problem is that hardly ever happens without the lightning. We are looking at the satellite picture. The clouds are at the coast with a little clearing this afternoon and it didnt last long along the coast and now it is spreading inland through the golden gate and it will move across the bay as we head through tonight. A lot of sunshine right now in the Santa Clara Valley and san jose looks good and blue skies overhead and 81 and a fantastic month of july with mid70s in fremont and redwood city and 60s downtown and midto upper 80s and everybody stayed below 90 degrees today and temperatures right now mid 80s in concord and fairfield are the warm spots along with 83 in livermore and upper 50s for Half Moon Bay and downtown the temperature is at 62. The fog is spreading back in and has swallowed up the top of salesforce tower. Low 70s in the north bay and further north it is toast year and the geography keeps the temperatures in the 90s there. We show the fog spreading and as we head through tonight and maybe not quite as widespread for inland parts of the bay area and it will backup. But i dont sate it will make its way to the coast tomorrow but it will be a great day tomorrow along the coast and even on the San Francisco side of the bay and the fog and low fog will be hard to shake but temperatures will be cooler in general and we start off with near average temperatures in the mid50s for most of us to start the day friday and tomorrow if you degrees to below normal from 1b0 below average in oakland five or six below normal for san jose and concord. Temperatures near the coast struggling up to around 60 degrees and you may fall short at Half Moon Bay and low 70s from the south bay and a mix of 70s and low 80s in the Santa Clara Valley and the warm spots on the east side of the diablo range in the mid 80s for antioch in brentwood and temperatures upper 70s and low 80s for most of the trivalley and midto upper 60s around the bay itself and 64 customer cisco, 69 oakland and low to mid 70s here and there is the warmer air and low to mid 80s for northern sonoma and napa counties but low 90s for lake and mendocino counties. A significant chance of above average temperatures on the way as we finish off july and head into august and this tells us the probability, not how above average but we could see tripled the, digit temperatures as we head into the week of august but this weekend does look nice and warmer with 80s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay. At 6 00 will have a look at the hour by hour temperatures. New at 6 00, Elementary Schools facing a confusing process to open. The bay area county paving a clear path while others wait for guidance. Plus, if you start the long overdue Home Improvement project, you may not be able to finish it and i am not talking about lack of motivation. The staple instruction materials in short supply. Suffering from a case of regulatory whiplash and how the state hands down a decision on dear california, we know these are challenging times. And with summer here, energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. He got a reward for turning his grades around. We report it is thanks to hard work and a special mentor. Reporter his grades were terrible, 0. 00 something and less than a f and now he is headed to college with the 4. 0 and has a car as a reward. 18yearold Jason Saunders graduated from one of the toughest high schools in oakland, castle month high school. At first he struggled, but then he met Oakland Police sergeant. When i met jason, i knew he was intelligent and just speaking to him the first time i knew he was intelligent. So i knew this was not an issue of whether he could perform in school. Reporter he convinced jason to join the okay boys Program Officers mentor Young African american males through school. It was eyeopening for jason. The police are not always bad people in my opinion. I think they are good people especially the officers that i have met and come across with. I think theyre great people. They truly helped me become who i am today. Reporter for all of this hard work for being a positive influence in the community and maintaining the highest academic standards, the boys club and auto plus congratulates jason with the new car. He has known about this day for weeks. I am ready to drive already and you keep pushing the dates back. I had a permit for a long time. Reporter Bishop Bob Jackson said the boys club has hundreds of boys still in the program. We have 289 men, young boys i should say, africanamerican boys, in the okay program and we have four police officers, real police officers, assigned to the boys 24 hours a day. Reporter thank you oakland pd, okay boys club and all the teachers and coaches who continue to work with these future leaders because we are all Better Together. For more feelgood stories like this one, check