Few hair salon owners in the county today. They say they need more clarification from the state. The owner of ones hair salon in los gatos tells us she worries the new order will force the industry to break the law. They have no choice but to go underground and into the backyard and into peoples homes hair to survive because literally theres no assistance coming their way. Santa clara county is among the 7 bay area counties, currently on the states covid19 watch list who was added to the list of sunday along with Alameda County. Concha costa. Moran napa solano and sonoma counties have been on the watch list for more than 3 consecutive days already, and under governor newsoms new restrictions they have to close gyms places of worship and offices in non critical sectors which some Health Officers say is not very clear plus hair and nail salons and indoor mall that news was a gut punch for Business Owners have been working hard to prepare for reopening this. Now wont be happening. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian has reaction from a salon owner who says shes done everything she can to keep our customers and employees safe. Its just utterly devastating to our salons. More than 600,000 licensed cosmetologists and 53,000 hair salons across the state. Are now out of work again most of who have only recently reopened and all of whom have purchase new equipment like the owner of citrus salon in downtown martinez. Who says that her life has revolved around making the salon a safe place to be shes invested money into remodeling for distancing plexiglas and a touchless checkout system theyve only been able to use since midjune yeah its hard to understand like i want to believe that. Its not going to was the first time now that we enter this before you know to keep an eye on the numbers what benchmark it in our community for us to be able to you know kind of see a light at the end of the tunnel these Business Owners have been trying to keep up with the state and local orders and say that its had an emotional and financial toll. First there were the initial layoffs and then navigating of the ppp loans and. Short lived reopenings with strict guidelines to do their best to keep things sanitary and now more furloughs. When we didnt have money because weve already been down for 2 and a half 3 up to 4 months for nail and skin care professionals, we still in best it. The Legal Counsel for the professional Beauty Federation of california says it can move operations out doors because the state board at least in their interpretation of the law requires cosmetologists to be inside a licensed establishment. They also believe that house calls are illegal with the only exception being 4 people called shut ins who cant get out of their homes for kron 4 news, im Ella Sogomonian. The sun valley mall in concord is now offering Curbside Service for customers shopping with certain stores, them all most close again because of the governors latest announcement. But the malls website explains the process for Curbside Pickup which stores are participating and where you can pick up your items and family struggling to pay rent in Contra Costa County will not have to worry about evictions know or rent increases through the end of september a Contra Costa County board of supervisors voted to extend moratoriums on evictions and rent increases because of covid19 the ban on late fees and grace periods to pay past due rent. Now last through january 31st of 2021. Students in San Francisco wont have to worry about catching their ride to school in the morning, the San FranciscoUnified School District wants to start schools on august 17th with Distance Learning that means theyll be at home kron 4 sarah sak he joins us now live from the School District headquarters with more taylor. They can right now the plan is to start the school year with distant learning and then to eventually phase students back into their classrooms once its safe to do so now the school board says that this is the best option after holding several town Hall Meetings and also reviewing the latest science and data. The San FranciscoUnified School District is moving forward with starting the school year at home at the district zoom meeting on tuesday. Superintendent Vincent Matthews recommended schools begin on august 17th with Distance Learning. The plan is to eventually move towards a phased in return starting midoctober at the earliest the earliest it would be a big south so i want people to get the tazer turn starts 2 weeks history. We said we we think we should it in person. School for small groups and we will on the 28th. We will come back to what that looks like and then we will we really believes that there should be a gradual high return what science and data suggest safe to do so the Distance Learning recommendation comes after many town halls with Staff Students and parents assessing the current behavior of the pandemic in San Francisco, the school board also took many constraints into consideration like social distancing requirements, the word to bring students back clearly we would not be able to do that so we we basically need another half of district. But for the nearly 54,000 students across 133 schools in the district distancelearning wont be easy some of the concerns are centered around consistency and instructions for Students Learning at different paces. Other big challenges include access and connectivity for all students we need to make sure that theres access to that technology and connectivity for families and staff well it seems most parents and staff on the call were on board with Distance Learning in the fall i also am unsure about them being contagious or not i dont have enough information so i i dont support returning. Baptist others voiced opposition warning students to return to their classrooms. Theyre expecting to learn more details about the School Districts a fall plans at its next Board Meeting on july 28th for now live in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news center. Thank you and this just in tonight, the san leandro Unified School District voted to start the school year also with Distance Learning. These are just some of the bay area School Districts that will go virtual include the berkeley Unified School District oakland unified district west contra costa Unified School District and the Brentwood Union elementary School District. Happening right now the Berkeley City Council is hearing from the public about whether or not to remove Police Officers from in forcing traffic stops the Public Comment session actually does started about 10 minutes ago on this issue the proposal would create a new department of transportation that would handle incidents, including broken tail lights and parking tickets city leaders behind the j say they are trying to prevent minor traffic escalating into more serious encounters. If this plan is approved berkeley would become the first city in the nation to make this kind of change the bay area now has more than 35,000 coronavirus cases and 657 deaths Alameda County leads the way with. 8,321 cases and 152 deaths statewide there are now more than 336,000 cases and more than 7,000 deaths covid19 spreads across the state. Both hospitalizations and icu admissions are up the latest numbers show 6 to 700 people hospitalized for the virus of those almost 1900 or 28 have been admitted to the icu well the governor hopes the rollback of reopening combined with a greater emphasis on social distancing and maskwearing will slow the spread. He says for now california continues to have an abundance and icu beds if the surge continues. Kron fours dan kerman takes a look at how hospitals are getting ready for that search. Ucsf Medical Center they have 29 covid19 patients, the highest number yet since the pandemic began and 15 or in the icu with 8 on ventilators thats a cover General Hospital hospitalizations are also increasing with just over a quarter of all i see you in acute care beds still available. John muir health is also seeing an uptick in covid hospitalizations but still has capacity for covid19 patients are prepared for the worst understand what well see is probably not the and try to find that balance what we need without having to learn that what we can offer to issues of it are doctor nick mica says medical director of clinical operations, the John Muir Health. He says while planning early in the pandemic focused on icu capacity thats changed to some degree. Were say a more widespread. Im Community Spread of the virus and thats going to impact a wider number of a wide variety of people so i think that although we are prepared with the icu capacity that we could need. I think were seeing and i think others are saying as well that there are a lot of medical surgical not by issues as well as were seeing different demographics percent the other thing thats changed is just what kinds of illnesses the hospital will treat. Initially it was shut everything down and so this clearly on this one back but micah says that single focus on covid19 left a lot of people. With other urgent needs not getting the care they needed he says Going Forward serge are no surge will be focusing on a more balanced approach i think any of us want to get back to the base for people are sitting at home with just paying the freight to leave their houses because they dont want them hospital we need to be able to see people in the same John Muir Health says theyre also in good shape when it comes to supplies like gowns and masks they say theyve been. Building up their supply since the Ebola Outbreak in their continuing to do so in preparation for what could come this fall or winter. Dan kerman kron 4 news. As covid19 cases rise in california, the demand for testing is also going up today state Health Leaders role about new testing guidelines prioritizing who gets tested and when as well as guidance for the laboratories on which specimens to process first. The priorities are split into tears with hospitalized covid19 symptoms patients first and those with known exposure to the virus. They are followed by those with covid symptoms or those working in congregate care facilities such as hospitals, Nursing Homes and prisons and then those who work in other industries such as retail manufacturing Food Service Transportation and education. All of this is to try and meet the high demand for testing and the state also hopes to expand testing to the offices of Health Care Providers across california. The testing in california is a vital piece of our response not only to focus on taking care of patients who present with symptoms in our care Delivery System but also to understand the patterns of transmission. Health Officials Say the state is now averaging more than 105,000 covid test every day. Older adults who are at greater risk of covid19 can get meals delivered to their home for another month, the state extended the great plains delivered program through august night that program delivers 3 restaurant meals a day to atrisk adults living alone or who cant get food while sheltering in place a long time bay area restaurant is shutting down for good and it is considered another victim of covid19 kron fours Maureen Kelly talked with the Restaurant Industry expert who expect to see many more beloved institutions close in the coming months. Its a little restaurant with a big view. Louise overlooking sutro baths and the Pacific Ocean has been serving up hot cakes and hamburgers for the past 83 years. Now the door has a sign posted reading closed forever, and thats got one longtime patron bombed out you still want to keep a little bit of the old flavor of the city and it seems to be disappearing one of the grandkids of the original owners says they are said to close the Family Restaurant down. But the pandemic makes it necessary, especially with the new health rules needed when Indoor Dining starts up again in San Francisco seems like there wont be much money he made it to percent capacity. Even more than that was just a safety. Our staff and our south so far theres no official tally of the number of local businesses in San Francisco closed by covid19. But the website eater sf as a running list of close to 40 bars and restaurants that have shuttered since march just in the city alone i spoke to a Hospitality Industry lawyer, who believes the next 3 to 4 months are going to be the most difficult time in terms of bar and restaurant survival as ppp loans and landlords patients if they had any to begin with run out and uncertainty over the industrys future in the time of coronavirus continues of the restaurant is congress right now that would be 120 billion dollars worth of funding. For restaurants. So you know, yes, i think there are things that state and also the federal government could do to assist the Hospitality Industry. And i think that they have to it. The industry employs over 500,000 people in california, one of the owners of louise tells me that says they announce their decision to close up forget. Theyve had over 700 messages of support on facebook. He says while he louise that a lot to his family he had no idea it meant so much to so many others. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. It is an institution all right, lets take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge on this tuesday night. And you can see the fog of the health still taking over out there. Lawrence, though course that means is cooler. Yeah here comes that summer fog is rolling on shore right now. It is going to push well into the valleys i think overnight tonight much for the what we saw this morning. So yes, certainly that summer fog making its way on shore right now already bouncing up against parts of the east bay hills and eventually work its way well inland today at a very nice day of that these numbers are right about the average maybe slightly cooler than normal in spots inland, but 86 degrees in concord 87 and warm in love more hot manioc still 93 degrees today inside the bay a lot of 70s 80s in the Santa Clara Valley of course the coastal sections this time of year. They can be as much as 30 degrees cooler than some of the warmest parts of the bay area. All because of low clouds and the fog kind of swirling around here a little edie circulation here you start to see the wind dragon across parts of of the land they see and thats kind of the frictional drag in a kind of slows it down to get a little swirl in the atmosphere but now all that fog. It started to rotate back on shore here comes tomorrow morning you see that feeling pretty well and thats all being carried by that sea breeze outside tonight, 25 mile an hour winds in fairfield 13 in benicia 25 in the byron 9 now into San Francisco 10 Miles Per Hour winds on the west in mill valley. Overnight tonight certainly going to see breeze begin to settle down just a little bit tomorrow morning a fairly calm around much of the bay area maybe a little breeze along the coastline and then as we head through the day get that afternoon heating in the Central Valley and the winds will pick up in the afternoon again youll feel that breeze right to the delta by tomorrow afternoon little blustery in spots well out there. Temperatures are right now youre looking at 60 degrees in hayward to 62 in livermore 55 and foggy in pacifica 57 degrees now with some clouds in the berkeley 54 temper on 61 degrees in the napa valley 62 in fairfield overnight going to see a fairly strong run of low clouds and the fog i think it moves all the way to some of the valleys to the delta overnight tonight tomorrow morning. Patchy fog early on then becoming mostly sunny by the middle of the day and really its all about the sea breeze is picking up in the afternoon to carry low clouds and fog back on shore nightly fog sunny summer days ahead over the next few days that the High Pressure trying to knows its way in here t