Nearly 60 . And the number in intensive care beds is up nearly 50 . And more than 350,000 businesses have received know and the governor announced a new public a washness campaign to encourage people to wear masks. It starts this weekend on tv and radio. And in the south bay, higher risk businesses will be reopening in santiago clash are a cousandir and on july 13, indoor gatherings of 20 people are fewer are on outdoor ones with 60 people or less. Guidelines are being sent out to businesses so they can train their employees on the new standards. The new orders require mandatory face coverings, strict social ty li. Ing and positive, business have four hours to report to the county. And it will come back with a vengeance. We wont let our guard down here. Dr. Cody says that covid19 will be here for a long time and we need to adjust our life to confront the new reality. And Alameda County passed the 6,000 case mark. Ashd in t and in the north bay, 32 people at anursing home positive. And staff could be cleared to rub to work in the coming days. And across the country they are preparing for another surge. And jobina has the latest numbers. And the cdc is now forecasting up to 160,000 deaths in the United States by july 25. And they are pointing to party, especially with the Holiday Weekend going on, as a part of that increase in the numbers there. So what were also learning is at of late last night, the president once again argued new cases are rising at a record rate because of more testing. The president s own testing czar said that it not just testing but an increase in infection that is driving the surge. Hospitals in arizona are struggling as icu beds fill up. And houston is reporting that one in five tests are coming back positive. It is quite disturbing. Were setting records particularly every day of new cases that clearly is not the right direction. S now mandat manda mandating face masks. And several of course are closing bars and beaches to hope maybe slow all of that. District is expected to release their plan for the school year. Last night they held a special meeting to update everybody. And j. R. Stone has reaction from 39 parents. He misses his friends and they talk on the phone. Reporter she is talking about her 10yearold son cole. He and his friend are ready to go back to school, but in oakland, it is still up in the air as to when that will happen. Im not recommending for sure tonight that we are going back to school on a specific date. But we have to start that prcess of actually having a specific plan. Reporter Oakland Unifieds superintendent spoke at thursday nights school board meeting. The first after a recent District Survey found that 55 3 of parents like the idea of half day in school and half day sdns learning. 53 like one day in school and then at home. And the talk thursday was all about safety. During there meeting and when we spoke with tony thurman masks are on their way to each of our 10,000 schools. Many have already gotten it. The face coverings, Hand Sanitizer. Reporter and her son has received a chrome book and she says there are still kinks to be ironed out. The one issue is that chrome books seem to not work that great with zoom. And the google Messenger Service works better, but there are down sides to it like not being able to mute the participants which is sometimes necessary. Reporter j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. Coming up next, the since t since t sin since ter nate of coronavirus. And first lets check in with mike. A friday before a Holiday Weekend, i love the energy. And pretty take a look at what is going on. North bay, cloudy from 50 in napa, most of us in the low to mid50s there. And weve got noticmid to upper in other areas. And lets look at the bay bridge where you can see it is cloudy, but not too foggy. And it will be a little breezy on the bridges. Choppy again on the water, but mass transit, it will be fine. In sfwraan francisco, clouds wi linger. Well be in the midmidafternoon. And peninsula at low to mid70s this afternoon with sunshine and 66 at 8 00. And for the east bay, 59 at 8 0 8 00, well break out into the sunshine at 10 00. And low to mid70s this afternoon. It is friday, holiday tomorrow, hoping the traffic will be good. And it looks like we might be the other ones that are at work so far this morning. People are definitely staying home for the Holiday Weekend. As we take a live mateo bridge, you can see that it is definitely much lighter than it usually is. You will have no problems getting through. There is not a single incident coming in from the chp right now. And so no crashes, no stalls, no lets take a look at what it looks like. Just a few stars breaking through the cloud cover. And lets take a look at the 12 hour planner. Looks a lot like yesterday. So hopefully youve liked the last couple days. Today is the last day of temperatures average to a little below average. 107 in palm springs. Mid to upper 70s around l. A. And look at tahoe, mid to upper 70s all weekend with sunshine and windynditions. The economy is a big focus and this mornings California Employment Development department is coming under fire for failing to deliver Unemployment Benefits to people who really need the countless californians are today completing their save i dont know while waiting for Unemployment Benefits. They are hiringing no are to answ more to answer the phones. People just want to be able to access the Unemployment Benefits to which they are legally entitled. And in an email, a spokesperson writes question are inhansing our Technology Systems to increase efficiencies and have already hired or have offers extended to more than 4,000 new staff needed. And a Research Team has unlocked some unnerving secret bts coronavirus. And at the same time, it could provide a powerful strategy for disrupting it. And dan ashley shows us the Ground Breaking work being done. Reporter the covid19 virus isnt just devastates, it is also clever. Hijacking the power of our own cells in novel ways to make itself moor dangre dangerous. But now a team is hoping to turn one of its own weapons against it. You really have to respect the virus. But let the virus tell you its secrets. Wrrt and th reporter this biologist began spying on the virus spaying special attention to how the cells are being exploited using tools like mass sp spectromet spectrometers, they discovered something chilling. First it helps to understand that invading viruses like covid use materials in our own cells to make copies of setin t stballoon. And when that aboballoon plursbt can swim out to attack other cells. But images they have grown tentacles and have the ability to appears the surfa s pierce the surrounding cells that provide them an invagvasi tunnel. It is just such a brilliant and devious strategy. Reporter but could it have an achilles heel . They says that it was exploding a specific molecule. And they are so critical to a cells function that they have become a target. So the question now, could one of those cancer drugs be a covid fighter . We highlighted those that are potent and were with excited to try to take these into chin. Caller clinical trials. Wrrt and t reporter and the strategy is to neutralize one of the potent weapons with the goal of eventually defeating it. That was dan ashley reporting. He says if one of the kinese inhibitors is successful, they could actually treat the virus. And a popular Vantage Point for fireworks will be the Oakland Fire Department is shutting grizzly peak boulevard. It is a measure that were taking for multiple reason, one to discourage areas that have been used forgregating and also due to fire safety. Weve had five fires that are started would i fiby firewo. And most cities have canceled their five works shows including San Francisco and berkeley. We put together a guide on what is allowed and what is not for the fourth of july and you can find that on our website abc7news. Com. Still i think a lot of people might be venturing out. So what can they expect for the weekend weather . That is a beautiful view up there, too. Expect the fire danger to go up tomorrow night. Not only because of humans but also the air will be extremely dry. And the winds will pick up a little bit in the higher elevations. Lets take a look from the roof camera. That is looking down towards the bay bridge. It will be sunny this afternoon, even more sunshine along the coast. Free air conditioning continues. And the burst of warm over the weekend. And you can see by noon, the fog is back to the coast and even there, it thins out a lot during the afternoon. So nearly normal temperatures if not a degree or two below. Temperatures from 76 in milpitas, 85 in south bay. And at the coast, it will be brisk, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. Mid to upper 60s downtown, south San Francisco and salsz lusalitn with the sunshine. And upper 70s to low 80s in the valleys. And along the east bay shore, low to mid70s. And inland, if you didnt use the air conditioner yesterday, you wont need it today. 81 to 88 degrees. Tonight upper 40s in the north bay valleys. Rest of us in the low to mid50s. It wont be nearly as cloudy tomorrow morning. And so well be in the 80s and 90s in the afternoon. And same thing sunday with 60s at the coast and you can see temperatures return back to average as the sea breeze returns from its break. Kobe bryant will grace two covers of a video game. And fit bitting on runni in in on opposition. Google is running into opposition as regulators claim it would hurt competition and which mi compromise privacy. And kobe bryant will be on games. And one version comes out in september, the other for the holidays. This is the third time bli aunt is on the games cover. And captain america has arrived in fortnite in time for independence day. Players can purchase a captain america scan and use of his shield for about 20 from north nig fortnites ingame story. Those are your tech bytes. Are you heading up to lake take show . Well tell you what to expect. And land sanitizer is a vital weapon in fighting coronavirus. But yo when we closed our wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members onboard. We then focused our fivestar level of service to all who needed it. We made improvements to peoples lives. We strove to be better and we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. It is not the size but the motion of the ocean that he wis really going to be dangerous. It continues through 8 00 sunday. Wave heights are small, 4 to 8 feet. But it is when they crash on to the beaches that they will have long runups, they will position create dangerous rip currents and some of the waves will be kind of sneaky as they try to crash and run up and grab you. So dont turn your back on the water if you are at the beach that may be open. Not a lot, but there may be a few. And fireworks and Hand Sanitizer could be a dangerous democrat bow on t combo. Many contain at least 60 alcohol. So if you handle fireworks shortly after you put on the Hand Sanitizer, that could increase the risk of a burn injury. We still know that hand hygiene is important, so the National Safety council is recommending that you wash with soap and water. Airlines will expanding the flights to hawaii. And the 14 day quarantine priorment is waved if you have a negative test. And health officialsla tren surge in coronavirus cases holi weekend. Parking lots and camp grounds are already packed and businesses that were struggling two months ago are packed. But adding to the influx of tourists is aa shortage of employees. Weve had to hire more people to keep our staff safe and the public safe. So there are layers of challenges. More people, less people to take care of it, really just soutlake tahoe, officials are u urging other people just to stay home. Some city are cracking down even more on people who dont wear face coverings. Sants among a sants mond sachbt mond there could be 100 for the first offense. I think people are not taking is it seriously. Andull blown pandemic. Im a doctor and i see Covid Patients all the time. So it is it has been two weeks since xwo Governor Newsom mandated wearing masks. And lets take a look at what is coming in on at the beaches. We talked about the beach hazard statement, but lets talk about temperatures. Today near 60 around tomorrow will feature our warmest temperatures. 15, 20 minute burn time. And the mid60s ocean beach and half moon bay. O and you can check out the ocean temperature, 55 7 day forecast coming up. And coming up next, how covid may disrupt service for years. And why u. P. S. Is losing track of thousands of packages. And one north Bay Community its about to get bester baby menutaur make it a double, yeah nice mane try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. Were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa. Com for when it matters most get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. And well have some good weather. Well focus on right now, you can see with live doppler 7, there is plenty of cloud cover northern half of the bay into the north bay. In fact this is the way it works from the exploratoriuexplorator. Temperatures in the mid50s this morning and we stay upper 50s for near 60 at the coast. Once questiwe get to 8 00, wel falling into the 50s and 60s to grab a coat. And before you pack that cooler and think about heading to the beach for the Holiday Weekend, you will want to think again. Governor newsom is ordering parking lots to state beaches are closed to deter the big crowds. And at half moon bay, beaches are already closed