Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas in the cities of oakland and San Francisco are like ghost town stamp him. He is encouraged by recent openings process, those are very restrictive and limited. It took six to seven years to recover from the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009 and he believes this recovery can even be longer. This downturn in 2020 is far far more severe than that of the Great Recession. And, it would seem that we dont have precise numbers yet. The number is closures. Not only jobs lost, but business closures. It has been far greater and more rapid. Patients and the vaccine will likely be the keys to jumpstart our economy. California was one of 41 states to see a drop in the unemployment numbers in the month of august. Seven states remain the same and only by in about were the only states to actually go up. Nevada by the way, has the highest Unemployment Rate in the country. At 13. 2 . That is the latest. I am Frank Mallicoat for fox 2 news. Starting on sunday, you will not be able to download the popular app tiktok or wechat. Earlier this morning, the Trump Administration announced it will travel ban the apps starting this weekend. Allie rasmussen is plaintiff security and privacy issues with the apps and what some legal experts are skeptical of the Trump Administrations concerns. If you already have tiktok or we check down at on your phone, they wont disappear. Starting also that you wont be able to update the software. We have for all practical purposes it will be sent him. Tiktok upgrades maintenance and things of that. Permit the u. S. Commerce secretary explains the reasons for shutting down the apps. Take out and wechat are owned by chinese companies. China has been taking all kinds of data from all sorts of internet activities. That is what we are trying to squelch. Reporter Savannah Holland is the interbeing of Santa Clara University school of law. She says wechat can present personal risks for some users. If you things say things that are antichinese government, if you are outside of china, you are fine. But, if you should ever travel to china, theoretically, those things you say could impact the. She says whether that resizes to the level of a National Security risk is unclear. If you are concerned about data privacy, my advocacy, we have plenty of u. S. Companies who are not doing enough to protect our privacy. With tiktok and wechat, it is very much in my mind, i fallout of the u. S. China trade disputes and the tension created in recent months. Reporter business leaders, white house and chinese authorities are trying to arrange a sale of chinese authorities to American Company. Oracle is a possible buyer. If that happens but november 12, the app may be restored. A pop up covid19 testing site is now up and running. In San Franciscos oceanview neighborhood. The San Francisco mayor alongside the director of health, dr. Grant koufax, were at the site this morning. It is in a parking lot at broad street and san jose avenue. It will allow for more testing within the citys high risk latino activity. We have to make it easier in the communities on the Southeast Side of San Francisco because we know the disparities are right here in communities like the omi. We know that our latino population in particular has experienced higher amounts of covid19. A City Health Officials say more than 50 of the covid19 cases in San Francisco are people from the latino community. The mayor is reviewing the plan for allowing San Franciscos cashstrapped Restaurant Industry to reopen. Restaurants would be able to begin Indoor Dining at 25 capacity. Up to 100 people. This will happen when San Francisco is classified as orange. On the states color tiered system. It will occur next month at the holy spirit right now the city is in the red tier which does allow it to move forward with reopening some activities. Services including indoor salons. Much of congress has now left washington, delta02, for the weekend. They are no closer to passing the stimulus bill. The help the struggling families and businesses, who are suffering during the pandemic. President donald trump says he will step in himself as joe biden says the president could have prevented thousands of covid19 deaths and did not. We have the latest from lauren blanchard. Reporter there is a y divide on capitol hill over how much delivery should go into another stimulus bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a number closer to the already house passed 3. 4 trillion h. E. R. O. E. S. Act. What is it so hard for the republicans to accept the science. So we can open our economy. And open our schools more safely. Reporter Congressional Republicans are aiming for a number under 1 trillion. However, President Donald Trump says he supports something higher. When we start the business of lets see how high we can go, they have lost me. This is taxpayer money. Permit on friday, the white house announced 11. 6 billion in relief for puerto rico for its energy and education systems. On thursday night, the president announced billions in funding for americas followers. My administration is committing an additional and you have been asking for this for a long time. 30 million in relief to help farmers recover from that china virus. Reporter while the president announced relief efforts, his rival joe biden, says what President Donald Trump does not deserve a second term in office. If the president had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I am not making this up. Permit the end of the month is the end of the fiscal year and lawmakers need to reach a deal to avoid a government shut him. There was an effort to bring a stopgap measure to the floor that would allow congress to leave town until after the election. Johns Hopkins University confirms the global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases. It is now top 30 million. The world reached 20 million on august 12th. That is an additional 10 million cases in the la month. More than half of the cases are from three countries including the u. S. , india and brazil. According to johns hopkins, more than 940,000 people with covid19 have died. The race for the white house, both President Donald Trump and joe biden arkin pertaining in the state of minnesota. Last night the president was campaigning in wisconsin. He told supporters that the voting for biden is like a vote for california senator kamala harris. The president suggesting that she will take over the over office during bidens term. If a woman is going to become the first president of the united states, it cant be her. That would rip our country apart. This is not what people want. If she comes in through the back door, it would not be what people want. The president is scheduled to hold a rally at an airport in North Central minnesota. He was criticized for yesterdays event at an airport hangar in an area of wisconsin in is experiencing a spike in covid19 cases. Now to the very latest on the california wildfires. A firefighter was killed while battling the el dorado fire in San Bernardino county. The u. S. Forest service is not release the identity of the firefighter. Or the circumstances surrounding the persons death. The fire broke out back on september 7th and has burned with an 31 square miles. It was ignited by a smoking meeting protective device that was used in a gender reveal party. Closer to the bay area, the deadly most complex fire has been active for 30 days and has burned more than 437 square miles. Is 41 contained. That is the good news. 15 people have been killed in the fire. And 1200 homes and other buildings have been destroyed or damaged by the flames. The creek fire in france low is the 10th largest wildfire in modern california history. It has burned 381 square miles and is 20 contained. The Merced Fire Department shared dramatic video of the first day of the fire in the Sierra National forest. The fire is destroyed or damaged more than 800 homes. As the fires continue to rage, we have been asking viewers to help us think all of the brave First Responders and firefighters out there. We are getting a lot of signs of support. Including the photo from so we. It says thank you to the cloverdale fire department. You can take a photo of your thank you sign and upload it to help us honor First Responders all week long. You can scan the qr code that is right there on your screen. Or you can go to ktvu. Com signs of support. Still to come, overnight fire under investigation on the south bay. What was filling the flames that destroyed the shop in the city of san jose. Dozens of new covid19 cases in Sonoma County. Where they are being linked to and what one doctor says she is not surprised. Give you a live look in the south bay. A lot of people in san jose. 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We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. Dozens of new cases of covid19 in Sonoma County are being traced back to pre schools and Childcare Centers. The county Health Department says positive virus cases were found at 13 of the centers in the county. 25 children had the virus. 27 family members of children also had the virus as well as 10 preschool workers. That comes to 62 virus cases linked to the childcare facilities. The announcement came yesterday after an online presentation by the Sonoma CountyPublic Health officer. All of the facilities are closed temporarily. Many Health Experts are not surprised by the Virus Outbreak at Childcare Centers including a former top official at the department of health and human services. It is not surprising. Just because it is likely people are coming in close contact at a younger age. It will not be hard for them to socially distanced and keep their masks on all the time. We still dont know which centers are affected. The reports is almost half of the cases are at one facility and is traced back to one child. Lets take a look at the coronavirus cases in children statewide. According to the california Health Department, 16,000 children under the age of five have tested positive so far. Those infections are 2. 2 of the states total number of cases. That age group accounts for 5. 8 of the total population. None of the specific cases has been fatal. Distancelearning. For the past six months, it has been challenging for parents, for teachers and students. Especially challenge for immigrant families. Now, there is help on the way in form of a free program in the south bay. It is called the parent academy. Classes are offeredsan jose Evergreen CommunityCollege District with topics such as dealing with technology and time management. We dont know what is a ms. We dont know what google classroom use. Classes are taught in a number of languages including vietnamese and spanish. 140 parents have already signed up. I think is a great idea. A lot of the parents, the technology is new to us. Lets talk about the weather and bring in our meteorologist Rosemary Orozco for an update of the week and conditions. Happy friday. We have good air quality outher another Beautiful Day around the bay area. Time for the weekend and air quality will change a bit as well. A l fog. Highlevel clouds to go along with the low clouds here today. A little bit of moisture coming in from the south. Checking in on the air quality, look at all that green. It is actually a nice view. Getting into the north bay, we are with good air quality today. Central bay and the south bay. Moving through the Pacific Northwest, you know the one we have been watching all week long. Bringing us good onshore breeze at all levels. 65 degrees right now in San Francisco and mid70s and woman read. And in the south bay 74. Just a Beautiful Day around the bay area. Some of the inland cities. An east bay reporter degrees. By 11 in fairfield. Around the bay, plus some of us warmer and cooler with winds light in most areas. In the north bank we have in nevada in fairfield reporting an onshore breeze at 16. Here is a look at what is going on. There is the storm in through the Pacific Northwest. Washington, oregon and california getting in on a little bit of this rain for us. It has been cleaner air in the onshore breeze and some of the moisture to the south across the sierra. And bringing scattered showers to that area. Hopefully that is good news as we know there is a fire burning out there closer to the yosemite area. Future cast will show you the system moves inland by tomorrow afternoon. That is going to actually help create change in the way of the wind pattern. With that, we are looking at another spare the air for your bay area saturday. Air quality could worsen just some. Better details coming up in a little bit and in most areas for today, concord will be cooler. 81 afternoon high. Santa rosa at about 76 and 75 for san jose. Upper 60s in San Francisco. Load 70s in hayward and along the peninsula, 0. 76 redwood city. 80 degrees expected for antioch. Summer and a spare the air day. More on this coming up in just a little bit. Coming up next, excitement over a new Grocery Store in the south bay. Where the trader joes just opened up and how the storm handled the long line of eager customers. The Lawrence Berkeley national map has pulled his employee Diversity Training Program following an order from the Trump Administration. The lab is managed by the university of california the is funded the federal government. Program was suspended after President Donald Trump called such programs divisive at that american propaganda. New at noon, the city of antioch is establishing the covid19 relief program. For small businesses. They can apply for a special five feather grant from the city. It will benefit up to 60 businesses. Criteria include the musthave no more than 25 employees and show they suffered substantial losses during the pandemic. The seat will accept applications between september 28th and october 9th. Silicon valley startup has come up with a groundbreaking medical device that could so dramatically speed up the number of people being tested. The fda has now approved the emergency use of the companys portable covid19 test kit. It wo