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Set to expire august the first. A new report from working partnerships usa and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley predicts a looming crisis when that happens. We predict and eviction time bomb of 43,000 evictions which is 16 times the normal rate we see in a typical year. Reporter this, in Silicon Valley where rents are among the highest in the nation and when the moratoriums and tenants will be asked to pay back rent too. Most of these low income tenants that have been unable, they have been unable to pay rent, they are going to struggle immensely to pay hundreds of dollars additional each month to be able to pay the back rent. Reporter the nonprofits say there needs to be action to extend the moratorium and to provide Legal Assistance and to get congress to act on rent relief. We see this crisis compounded what was already a very severe housing crisis. Reporter the California Department association believes there is a crisis too, but sees a different solution, government rental assistance. They say landlords need to pay their bills. Make rental assistance immediately available to make sure that the rent gets paid, there for the owner can pay their own obligations and there is no disruption in anyones housing. Local advocates say if action is not taken, the Homeless Population in Santa Clara County could more than double. A federal Eviction Moratorium is set to expire at the end of this week. All right, thank you. New unemployment claims in california are at their highest level in nearly 3 months. New numbers show California Workers filed 292,000 new claims from the week before. And start of the fourmonth shutdown. The latest numbers come just as extra Unemployment Benefits are set to run out at the end of the month. Lawmakers disagree over if and how those benefits should continue. We break down the impact of the pending decision. We are all dreading the august 1 date. We call it doomsday. Reporter allison fears reality is about to hit her family hard the event planner lost her job, her husband was furloughed and they have two young kids. She has applied for dozens of jobs but nothing panned out. Their only relief so far, the 600 a week extra unemployment federal benefit to help millions of americans. We live in the bay area. The cost of raising children and living the lifestyle of the bay area is extremely expensive. The 600 saved our lives essentially. Reporter the benefit is set to expire at the end of the month. Many californians will receive their last payment sunday. She also relies on the 600 to pay her bills and is begging for it to continue. If youre going to shut down the economy, then you have to be responsible for taking care of people without any restrictions. Reporter as Congress Negotiates the next relief bill there is disagreement over the future of the boost. Democrats wanted continued, some republicans wanted to eliminate it and others agree with the white house plan to reduce it. We are not going to pay people more money to stay at home and then work but we want to make sure that the people that are out there that cannot find jobs do get a reasonable wage replacement. Reporter the gop plan calls for a 70 wage replacement which some say would reduce the bonus to about 200. There is more than 14 million more unemployed workers than job openings, youre not going to incentivize those people to take a job, it will just cause pain. Reporter she is with the leftleaning Economic Policy institute and the chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor. She argues cutting the bonus could cause more job loss as lawmakers battle over what is best, allison is trying to stay hope will. Living in a really large unknown that is difficult to wake up to every morning. It is estimated that more than 4 million californians have received extra 600 weekly over just the last month. Greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Work began today on a deep cleaning of san quentin prison. More than 2000 inmates and staff have contracted the coronavirus since the outbreak started in late may. 14 inmates have died from coronavirus. Sky fox was above the prison where tents have been set up to house the inmates while the cleaning is done. It will take at least four days to deep clean the 600,000 square foot interior of the prison. All hard surfaces will be disinfected. Crews will also spray and electrostatically charged missed on to all services and object. California now has more coronavirus cases than any other state in the country. More than 425,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus with more than 12,000 cases just yesterday. The second highest ever. There were also 157 new deaths which is the highest reported in a single day. More than 800,000 people so far have died from coronavirus in california. The rate of testing also continues to climb. Nearly 7 million californians and all have tested so far. A state senator in the east bay is calling on the governor to come up with strict new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. Senator steve glaser is criticizing the decision to reopen. He says that californias soaring caseload has overwhelmed the states testing and Contact Tracing program. He says that limiting interaction is the only way to stop the spread of the virus. The senator is calling on the state to reinstate and expand the shelter at home order. If we cannot adequately test we cannot adequately track, trace and ultimately quarantine those who have the virus, there is little alternative left except to institute a much more severe shelter in place circumstance. He also says that a new shelter at home order should apply to any county with a positive test rate that is higher than 2 . Sonoma county is considering imposing fines on people and businesses caught violating covid19 health orders. The county board of supervisors is looking into an enhanced covid19 education and Compliance Program including fines. The goal is to have better communication on the importance of prevention and to get greater compliance wearing masks, social distancing, handwashing, and avoiding large groups. Fines would run 100 for individuals and 1000 for businesses. We need to double down and put more emphasis on that, that more emphasis on communication. And, so we are all running like hamsters running in that wheel as fast as we can to outreach to everyone about what we are seeing and feeling and experiencing. If the fines are approved the citations would be given out by Sonoma County park rangers and Code Enforcement officers. President trump said today he is calling off the Public Events of the Republican National convention coronavirus cases in jacksonville, florida. Jonathan tells us that Health Officials all across the country are scrambling right now to try to get a handle on this new surge in cases. Reporter the geography of the outbreak is shifting as a new spike in infections continues. California, now overtaking new york is the state with the most confirmed cases well florida leads the nation in new coronavirus deaths, 173 in the past 24 hours, setting a state record on thursday. The intensifying surge, leading to new containment efforts. California, enforcing mandatory mask laws with fines, and updating social distancing guidelines for businesses. I take their temperature, name and phone number. Reporter more states are making a big push for increased testing although many say they are falling short of their goals. There is also an increased focus on Contact Tracing. Doctors at the university of arizona announcing a new study on wednesday involving some 250,000 people. How frequently does reinfection occur . How long is it until reinfection can occur . When you get a second injection, is it less severe mark reporter as the economic damage continues a growing number of Business Owners are saying the government is not doing enough to keep them from closing for good, leading to protests in some states asking for more help from lawmakers. I depend solely on the economy coming back and the tourism coming back. If they dont come back then there is no conventions and i cant go to work. Reporter for the first time in 75 years World Leaders will not meet at the general assembly. Instead boating to hold their gathering online. In atlanta, ktvu fox 2 news. The number of vacant storefronts around San Francisco keeps going up. Coming up at 5 30, the idea that could solve the vacancy problem and a shortage of covid 19 resources at the same time. A vandal with a baseball bat spent a second straight night smashing car windows. What victims say they heard and late word that police may have caught the suspect. Sports fans rejoice. Opening day of baseball season has arrived and for the giants that means the game against their arch rivals, the la dodgers. We have more, next. We are taking a look at the weather. Not that far from the weekend. A lot of fog and kind of mild. What will it be like saturday and sunday . I will have that when i see you next. It is opening day of the Major League Baseball season and things will be in the stands, sort of. Box. Sports fans to debut virtual fans. They will cheer and even do the wave. The Computer Program that runs it can also easily put virtual fans in the proper team colors. They say the virtual crowds will look and move like real people and can be customized for each game. You can catch the games with virtual fans right here on ktvu on saturday. Coverage begins at 10 am. As we mentioned, today is opening day and the giants play one of two games. They will take on the los angeles dodgers. Are sports director is here with a preview of this unique season that is just getting underway. Good to hear you and you know what . You hit it right on the head. A unique season. That nails it because it is going to be an opening day like no other. You have a little hint there when youre talking about virtual crowds. Are we watching a real game or are we watching a video game . It is going to be weird. The way that i see it, you can either embrace it or you can say no, this is not baseball as i know it is so it is the new normal take it or leave it and it is not going to be a normal opening day between the giants and the dodgers. Usually you think Madison Bumgarner against clayton kershaw, it is not happening. This afternoon the dodgers announced that their ace, clayton kershaw, scheduled to start the opener at Dodger Stadium has been scratched. He has been put on the 10 day injured list due to back stiffness. If you know anything about kershaw, he has had issues with his back for the past 34 years. That is of concern for the dodgers and the giants will be sending to the mound johnny, not medicine baumgardner. And, they will counter with rookie righthander. He just activated and he will be the first rookie to start for the dodgers on opening day since a fellow by the name Fernando Villanueva back in 1981. The giants and dodgers will have highlights to talk about tonight on the 10 news. Changing gears a little bit and not to get too far off into the future and not to get too inside baseball but it is going to be a new look on the playoffs in the postseason for Major League Baseball as well as they announce a new slate of events to happen once the 60 game regular season is over and i guess it has been designed to give more teams a chance at getting to play in the postseason. So, the Players Association and Major League Baseball have agreed to expand the postseason playoffs and remember, there are 30 teams while 16 teams are going to make it to the postseason. So, we will see how that turns out. 16 teams will make it to the postseason. The owners need final approval. There is every indication that they will about it will be different than anything we have ever seen before. All the way. Start to finish, one 9, as they say in baseball and speaking of baseball there was an opening day back in the nations capital. Washington dc, and another them dr. Anthony fauci throwing out the first pitch he is a lifelong nationals fan. Maybe not lifelong because they have only been in existence for about 15 years. But, he could work on his delivery a little bit, no doubt about it. And the yankees, starstudded as they are. Stanton is up against Max Max Scherzer with a two run as frank likes to say, crater to left center field. It is gone and the yankees are in control very early but that is the situation we have got opening baseball tonight. Giants and dodgers, it sounds like real baseball but will it be . We will wait and see. I know you have been waiting a long time to have some highlights for the 10 and 11 news later tonight. Finally baseball. There are so many things to talk about and get your thoughts, but overall, your thoughts on the return of baseball and in particular, your thoughts on the extended format . Yeah, julie, as you know i am a big baseball fan but i am also cautious with regard to the return of all sports because there are so many questions. We do not know honestly how safe it is going to be. Some of the early testing that major League Testing has done at summer camp has been very positive in that there have not been a lot of players testing positive so that is a good thing. But, evidently they have been playing safely and that gets things to this point of the season, to get it started with no Major Concerns about health, but the game itself, baseball is a marathon, 162 games. This is a 60 game sprint and the whole thing is going to look different. As a set on the outset, you either embrace it and want something new and different, or you are going to be fighting tradition and all of those things the hallway because it will not look like anything we have ever seen before. As we said, very unique season. All right, we will leave it at that and we will see you a little bit later, thanks. Quarterbacks, rookies, and injured players reported today to the 49ers Training Camp in santa clara and were tested for coronavirus at the stadium. The testing has to be done before workouts can begin. The rest of the team is set to report to camp next week. Nfl players will be tested for coronavirus every day for at least the first two weeks of Training Camp. The Washington Football Team has settled on a new name at least for the time being, the Washington Football Team. Earlier this month washington decided to stop using the old name, the redskins and go through a new rebranding. The Team Released a few pictures of what the uniforms will look like. As you can see, they kept the same color combinations but instead of a logo on the helmets you will see the players numbers. The team will be known as the Washington Football Team for this Upcoming Season before potentially picking a new name. We are looking at the weather and i tell you what, it is more of the same. That is how it went the last couple days. The reason is this a low Pressure Center right here and it has been malingering and that pushes the fog onshore and keeps things cool and that is where we are about as we head into the weekend, this high builds in. Have you seen this pattern before . This is what we have done week after week. The low drop senate it stays cool and then the high builds in and we get heat in the valley. That repeats itself this weekend. Is it going to be hot . No. It is going to be warmer than the mid80s which is where we have been today. The hotspots the last few days have been in the mid80s. There is fog along the coast. There has been clearing on the east side of town and a little on the west side too and you can see the airport you know, we take that live picture of the airport in the day before the quarantine and such, you would see airplanes taking off i have not seen one take off just by luck when we tune into that spot. A 20 to mileperhour sustained wind at fairfield. It is breezy and in the Livermore Valley 14 but gusts up to 25 and then we have hoffman bay blowing at seven miles an hour with sfo 22. This will be a concern, it is a concern in the pacific now. It will throw some swells our way but the story will be hawaii by saturday, sunday things stay a category one and then that is the big news. If you are on the big island what this has the potential to do obviously is the wind, but this is going to be a lot about rain especially on the big island because they have a lot of topography so the warm water in the hurricane, the ring potential for the storms when they get there could be huge. So, sunday looks like they have a cat one going north of the big island. This will change but i know nobody is really traveling there right now but for our friends in the islands, it is something they are watching closely. When i come back, we will look at the weekend because i know you care about that. I will see you back here in just a few. We will see you in a bit, thanks. It is like a hardball. And then it shattered. Late word of an arrest after a vandal with a baseball bat causes thousands of dollars in damage for the second night in a row, new details coming up. Coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at six, a chinese researcher wanted by the fbi now believed to be hiding in San Francisco, but why agents cannot get to her. The coronavirus proves too much for another retail group as the Parent Company of ann taylor and lane bryant files for bankruptcy. Tara, did you know geico is

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