Shorter isolation Period Health experts are no longer encouraging testing. Before you go back to work on fortune well bellow spoke to a doctor about the changes. Almost as if testing. Means everything but also after certain points Means Nothing testing isnt one tool among many. And its a very good tool, but it needs to be interpreted properly. 6 months into the covid19 fight here in the u. S. And Health Experts are revising previous recommendations to help stop the spread. In an article published tuesday the centers for Disease Control states and those who have tested positive can be around others 10 days after the positive test 8 as long as you have no fever and your symptoms have improved we started off with 14 days because we really didnt understand much about the virus. Stanford Infectious Disease expert doctor Yvonne Maldonado says Health Experts were right to be cautious in the beginning but now theres no real evidence of transmission that occurs. 10 days after somebody is infected as you move forward. And you learn more information you try you try and just so you dont do too much and you want to keep people on for 2 weeks when you dont have to solano and San FranciscoHealth Officials are adopting the new recommendations. Which Health Officials are calling the 1020 will 10 days for normal patients, but 20 days for those who are immunocompromised when asked why testing is no longer recommended before being let back to work. Doctor maldonado says its just not clinically relevant. Once youre symptomfree very sensitive testing could be overly sensitive meaning. It might take a teens that may not actually represent actively replicating virus. The one thing that hasnt changed the recommendation to wear a mask and stay socially distant when you can. And San Francisco noelle bellow kron 4 news there are growing doubts tonight on the exact status of the coronavirus outbreak here in the bay area. We learned from the state yesterday that technical issues have led to incomplete covid19 testing data and significantly under counted cases since mid july. Santa clara countys Public Health officer. She says she is quote back to feeling blind. Doctor sara cody says that the county saw a dramatic drop in case numbers back in may only see resurgence in june. She says she expects those case numbers to be rising, but to what extent she does not know. We dont know how the epidemic is trending so its not just inconvenient, but this lack of data. Doesnt allow us to know where the epidemic is heading how fast, its growing ah or not. Now the state says that the discrepancies have not led to delays in patients being notified of lab results which are generally reported directly to health care providers, but the state data helps counties keep their own information up to date and hear the case numbers we have so far the bay areas a total of more than 55,000 cases. And 846 deaths. Both San Francisco and santa clara counties reported more than 200 new covid cases today. Every county except San Francisco and napa counties as reported at least one new death from the virus you can get a complete breakdown on our website kron 4 dot com. Maybe youve noticed a bigger received at the Grocery Store and if you have more youre not alone yet not figure like longer like cbs style but like the money your pain bigger. Analysts say people are spending more the supermarket during the pandemic than they have in years kron fours gayle ong explains whats behind this rising cost of food. Susan dunn again says its costing a whole lot more to fill up her shopping cart absolutely i just spent a 118 and therefore. Not a lot of groceries analysts blame the higher prices in part on less food in restaurants, sending more people to the stores supply and demand. And were demanding more food in supermarkets, Daniel Sumner is a professor of Agricultural Economics at u c davis he says the coronavirus pandemic has changed shopping habits. If you look at the trends theres a lot more trend towards people cooking at Home Learning how to cook learning how to prepare meals, according to recent data by the bureau of Economic Analysis from february to june meat and poultry rose nearly 11 eggs is at a 10 high the b e a found shoppers shelled out for percent more for cereals and fresh vegetables down again notice the spike in prices mill. And just now he said festival things that you file the time sumner says the Meat Industry took a hit after workers fell ill installed production now causing customers to pay more so weve slowed down the processing line. Weve space the workers a little further apart. Weve put up barriers between workers so that theyre a little safer on the line. While prices are increasing theres no shortage of food i spoke to the store managers of rallies and safely here in pleasanton who tell me by phone theyre not seeing any panic buying like what we saw in the spring which means the shelves are fully stocked here in pleasanton gayle ong kron 4 news, san jose leaders are seeking to extend the citys emergency Food Distribution contracts through october. But they also want to see some improvements. They agreed today to renegotiate the citys partnerships with food banks and businesses. The program called Silicon Valley strong was first launched in march to feed the vulnerable population like seniors, low income families and the homeless by the end of july it provided more than 52 million meals citywide but some officials are concerned over the meals nutritional value and conditions. Frustration and confusion are building up among parents in Oakland School starts monday. But the district said. Parents several texts this week with a list of tasks. Heres a screenshot of one of the texts sent from horace mann elementary to a father of a 5 yearold there the messages ask him to fill out a survey about tech needs and register his son to assign a teacher. The father says the text contradict the information on the districts website that say returning students do not need to register. He also says the links to register do not help. And also in that someone savvy when it comes to navigating the web sites. And im having that difficulty i can imagine for parents who have a hard time. He says the only option left is to complete the registration process in person which she says is a major challenge for it was a single dad kron 4 reached out to the district to find out why returning students do not automatically matriculate to the next level, were still waiting to hear back tonight and in oakland a Virtual Learning hub is helping served a. That is helping underserved students there get a head during the Distance Learning the parent lead a Community Group its called the oakland reach lead online classes this summer in core academic subjects now its focusing on setting students up for success in the fall has come for us Taylor Bisacky explains. The citywide virtual hub is more than just an academic resource. The oakland reach which is apparently nonprofit is working to bring in Successful Summer Program to the fall the citywide virtual hug provided live online classes in core academic subjects such as math and english Language Arts for k through 8 oakland students, mostly low income families is just clear. That we needed to plan for a complete shut down for 2020. All right. So i think like it was important for us to think about a longterm Covid Response and make sure that our families the ones that are at the lord arming schools stanley is already trying to buy the kate and their children to get a better education that. Covid wooden not get off our feet again as executive director and cofounder of the oakland reach lucky. She young explains. The aim is to keep their students on the right track despite the struggles of Distance Learning. But the Resources Available to the families are more than just academic the virtual hug program served nearly 200 students in the summer and set them up with chromebooks hot spots in texas for Distance Learning with zoom in google classroom in addition families receive state funds to participate in learning with their students over the 5 week program in a family liaison to assist parents with technology or learning needs integration. Parents academic learning needs and aspirations for their kids along with the socioeconomic lines right we dont want our parents to have to decide whether to play to light bill or to make sure that is maybe going to college now the nonprofit is working to mirrored Summer Program for the fall and bring much more to the table based too. I think we look like a combination of of 2 things one it would be an option of supplemental. We should be from the body and when i went to terrain richman in some cases our families may need to board around core instruction. Its very its unclear. How regular struction is going to look for the School District. Young says phase 2 for the fall will begin in september families interested in getting involved can head to their website openreach dot org. Im Taylor Bisacky reporting kron 4 news. In mill valley and murder in the first day of school is now august 24th instead of august 20th the Mill Valley School district and the Teachers Association reached a deal tonight to start the school year. Later and with all Distance Learning at least to begin with. Students will take classes at pome until at least october 5th. Teachers will have august 17th through the 21st to prep for the school year and they have the option of teaching remotely from their assigned classroom or from their homes. A shocking discovery at his San Francisco hotel being used to house the homeless during the Pandemic Police found a suspected drug lab as kron fours Maureen Kelly reports for us tonight, the city is now working on some changes to its alternative housing program. It is what it is so you know i wasnt surprised about the that there was a drug lab over there a witness across the street saw some of the action unfold here on 9th street at the civic center motor and as police fire and a hazmat unit responded to a 911 call about a strong chemical odor. Coming from a room saturday afternoon. The guests and some workers at a nearby businesses were evacuated inside the room police say they found the chemicals known for making drugs and equipment for drug production set up the suspected mac been suspected terror when the people who were manufacturing the drugs. In that room were taken into custody, this building is one of several hotels being leased by the city to house the homeless and those who need to be quarantined during the pandemic. Many who work on the street say they have not notice much of a change since the city took over the in a few months ago and were surprised by the alleged discovery of a drug lab. Security guards are visibly present the city says after a review of saturdays incident they will be making changes to their covid19 alternative housing program, including making sure wellness checks of guests include visible inspections of the rooms. This bust happened during a time that hotels in this program had lost a level of oversight from march until june sheriffs deputies checked in on the shelterinplace sites every few hours since they were not needed in the shattered a court system but as the city reopened theyve been pulled back to their regular duties as of july. In a statement, the sheriff says he expects to be able to free up deputies to patrol those sites again after the hall of justice jail is closed. In november. Maureen kelly kron 4 news now the big story we are following for you tonight new disturbing details are coming out in last years shooting death of. Willie mccoy. Were learning tonight that he was hit by more than 3 dozen bullets fired by Vallejo Police. Were also learning that delay hose police chief recommended an officer in that case be terminated from the force for Jonathan Mccall joins us live in the newsroom with the response tonight from the lake opd jonathan. Grant vicki we have been checking in with the Louisville Police pd all night long to get an update on the status of officer, ryan mcmahon the officer who Vallejo Police chief Shawny Williams recommended be fired in this case for his role in the shooting tonight which will once again learned that the man remains on administrative leave. After being involved in 2 deadly shootings in 2 years. According to an internal affairs investigation. Mcmahon and was cleared of excessive and unlawful force in the case. But violated bps own policy when it comes to safety and misconduct. It was one of 6 officers fired shots at the 20 yearold mccoy in february of last year. The video released on monday shows 9 different i was from Police Body Camera in 2 new videos taken forward to cell phones. The video show officers yelling for mccoy who was found unresponsive in his car sitting in a taco bell drivethru. Police claim they fired when mccoy reached for gun that was sitting in his lap. At the time it was known 6 officers fired 55 rounds into his car in less than 5 seconds. Today mccoys autopsy showed that he was hit a total of 38 times with 13 of those shots fatal according to a memo from chief Shawny Williams mcmahon shot of mccoy running from a rear position even as officers were engaged. Mccoy family Attorney John Burris said it was important to have the information released. But says even a year later the details are disturbing. Most of these officer very limited experience within the department itself with once kind of see new person. But i was. And surprising that they were also yeah which also explains some rap and this the shooting the vine of the shooting and also shows the difficulty and terminating play you can make claims against an you can bob, i charge you can try to discipline them, but sometimes police union and an Office Building right prevent that from happening on the quickly. Burr settle lawsuit in the case is continuing to move forward. Last week Solano CountyDistrict AttorneyKrishna Abrams announced a special prosecutor to take a look into the shooting. And you can see those new documents and the video for yourself we do want to warn you that it is indeed graphic. We have all of the posted right now on our website thats kron 4 dot com. Live tonight in the newsroom Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news all right jonathan time now for 4 zone forecast as we in a live look outside right now at San Franciscos embarcadero kind of quiet out there has been cool big day in San Francisco tomorrow is the pga championship gets going at harding park out there by the coast. But greece uh you know how much. Further you have to try to hit the ball because this is not to travel right with this cold foggy from the cant even see it going rusher on the shoulders hugger and she was tiger going to do i mean hes going to be great is always the guy but were going to track warmer temperatures and calmer winds speed breeze. So. Thats going to help them write those calmer wind conditions around 20 Miles Per Hour less not as blustery as it was today, we did see wind gusts upwards of 35 Miles Per Hour less throughout the bay area to do is daytime highs noticeably cooler as well only warming up into the 60s along the coast and east bay shoreline 70s as you made your way in lands were about 5 to 10 degrees below average but really cool for those of you in livermore only warming up to 69 degrees when you should be flirting with 90 so nearly 20 degrees below average there live look outside from the east bay over berkeley tracking that marine layer but more high clouds then dense low clouds and fog in fact you can even meet make out the city lights out in the distance and temperatures for the most part cooling down into the upper 50s along the coast with low to mid 60s as you make your way inland and wind speeds are starting to notice calmer conditions overall we did get some pretty gusty winds last night, especially around San FranciscoInternational Airport at around 45 Miles Per Hour or less very late last night but the good news is were tracking breezy winds in the teens right now throughout downtown San Francisco in fairfield and conquered seeing the gusty winds but in the 20 mile per hour range. So finally tracking calmer and warmer conditions in the days ahead, but future cast for is going to show another round of overnight d