7eleven. Always open. Tonight, wife of a san quentin prison guard who is battling covid19 in an icu. Need a haircut or to get your nails done . San mateo is the only bay area county to get that done. But experts say not for long. The cooling trend will wel have the detls in the accuweather forecast. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. You hope whoevers in there that they have a good officer that treats him well and fair. He is aes th he is that leader. As the coronavirus outbreak shows few signs of letting up at san quentin prison, a gua to se. Good evening and thanks so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. There are currently 925 inmates with confirmed cases of coronavirus at san quentin in marin county. More than 1,000 inmates have recovered from the virus. 234 employees have also tested positive. Army veteran and correction Sergeant Gilbert polanco is a south bay native and one of those employees. We talked to his son who is currently an army soldier serving overseas. This is gisep against covid19 in a bay area hospital. Today he said that his numbers are getting a lot better. And it just made us so happy to hear that. Reporter currently he is heavily sedated and on life support. Something that is heartbreaking to his son, private firstclass vincent who is following his fathers footsteps and serving in south korea. That really affects me. Reporter polanco was admitted to the hospital on july 3rd shortly after his daughter selena was diagnosed with covid19. Then after that his wife was diagnosed with the virus. The two had their own battles but are doing well today. They are frustrated about the spread in san quentin, their focus is what comes next. Now we just need to deal wit best solution at this point and keep everyone safe. Reporter vincent says wrestling is part of his training. Something that reminds him of his dad. When i used to w dads always been there watching my corner. Reporter he still remembers his last conversation with his father and hopes his dad was correct. Hes on the ventilator now. And before he was on any of that, like, he just told me hes going to be okay, and im going to get through this. And the community has certainly come up big for sergeant polanco. There was a goal of raising at least 25,000. At last check they had raised more than 55,000. We will have a link to that gofundme page on that website at abc7news. Com. This afternoon at san quentin, faith leaders honor t i h crisi. The group held signs, some demanding that Governor Newsom critical thing of his legacy thats happening right now in his term. He said he was against the death penalty, that he wanted a iallyei d the gerno annncier 8,000 prisoners would be released. Heres a look at covid19 across the state now. The latest state numbers released today show californias sevenday average of new cases is more than 9,100 per day. That is an increase of 463 cases from the previous weeks average. Testing is expanding in the state, and an increase in cases is expected, keep in mind. There have been 7,685 covid19 deaths in california since the start of the pandemic. In the bay area, there are at least 41,000 cases and 698 deaths. New test sites are opening this week in alameda and santa clara counties. During this coronavirus pandemic, were focusing our efforts to build a better bay ulta now hair salons, nail salons and gyms have been open. San mateo is the only bay area county not on the states covid19 watchlist. But as abc7s luz pena reports, that could change in a matter of days and force those businesses to close once again. Reporter San Mateo County houses of worship gyms, nails, and hair salons have been holding on by a hair. Were lucky, but i dont think well be able to stay that long. We have to do the Temperature Check and have to do the sanitizer. Reporter theyve been doing everything in their power to help the county contain the covid19 spread and stay open. Disinfecting in between clients. So we have to even make our time spot schedule longer. Reporter but that could change very soon. San mateo countys projected to make the covid19 state watch list in the upcoming days. Our numbers are trending in the wrong direction. Make no mistake about it. We suspect that itll be tuesday of this week. Reporter Health Officials are tracking these numbers. Countywide, san mateo has 4,465 covid19 cases, and 114 deaths. Accordi according to this county supervisor, this county was excelling. But what got them was a sudden increase in new cases last week. The threshold is for all 58 counties in the state of california. Anything over a hundred for 100,000 cases that puts you on the watch list. Our number right now in that category today is 121. Reporter once on the state watch list, businesses and certain sectors like beauty clo the county sees a decrease in cases. For now, many are enjoying the short backtonormal phase until its time to close again. In San Mateo County, luz pena, abc7 news. In San Francisco, reopening has hit the brakes. The city is the latest to officially land on the states watch list. That means rollbacks. Starting tomorrow nonessential offices and indoor malls must close. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard has the story. Andy just reopened his boutique in july after being shut down since march. Its kindsafetys first, i guess. Reporter this mall has been the anchor of japan town for 53 years. Dozens of long f peo are saying they wont be able to suste the mall. If this is what we got to do, we got to do it. Its for Peoples Health and everything. Reporter indoor malls and nonessential offices must close because San Francisco made the states watch list due to a significant increase in covid19 infections and hospitalizations. And if conditions in our city dont improve, we can also choose to close additional wesinesses and activities as ls preparing to san m close. Saiid just reopened his Perfume Store only yesterday. How are you feeling about all home. Reporter they fear many businesses cant afford another closure and reopening. Weve done over 47 of our Chamber Business members have said that theyve lost 100 of sales or shut down permanently. Reporter back here at japan center, majorityo allow curbsid pickup for the restaurants inside this mall. They are still waiting for an answer. Well, tomorrow we are expecting new covid19 testing requirements in San Francisco. City Officials Say theyll enact a new health order calling for private Health Care Providers to those health ce providers wil bed to offer teg with som covid19 or tho cl infected person. We do want to help clear up all of this confusion. So to keep track of whats open and whats closed in each county here in the bay area, you can head to abc7news. Com. There, we are continually updating this interactive map so you can find your answers with just one click. Still ahead on abc7 news at 11 00, a glimmer of hope for the financially strapped cal train. The letter saying voters should be able to decide on funding. And musicians took part in this years San Franciscove wen virtual for the first time. And im meteorologist drew tuma. We are watching the fog roll back in tonight. And thatll lead to a an army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Fenow theres more toe the wlove with xfinity x1, . T the ultimate entertainment experience. Like live sports. Theyre back with the best way to watch. And more streaming apps all in one place. More classics. Pl, more tea and more streaming nd apps all in one place. Reav you been a ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. Oaklands Community Foods market is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for covid19 today. The markets management says they have reason to believe other employees may have been exposed as well. R i s tomorrow the store will the Alameda County health department. A group of seven elected leaders joined forces today urging voters to keep cal train rushing. San franciscos board of supervisors last week rejected putting the tax on the ballot. Cal train depends o during the pandemic. All youre going to see is increased Traffic Congestion and people getting angry on the road and Greenhouse Gas emissions going up. Some s bigger priorities than sales tax. This was the last night for the cliff house for at least a while. The San Francisco landmark says it is ending its Takeout Service effective tomorrow. The restaurant had been preparing to reopen for indoor dining, but that was put on hold after a spike in coronavirus mo. In a letter posted on facebook, the restaurant said its decided to hang onto their remaining resources until they can reopen at some point in the future. Aids walk San Francisco went virtual for the first time in it but some were able to team up to help fight hiv and aids. Its the first time that aids walk new york and aidsci walk s. She wasnt the only taking part in this years aids wa the same covid19 fears that forced these bigname entertainers to give up touring made them available to take on another deadly virus. Here in San Francisco, dan ashley hosted the local portion and introduced us to local aids activists who are trying hard to overcome the factors that can contribute to hiv. Mental health, substance abuse, homelessness and profit. Reporter the crowds of 20,000 walkers may have been absent. But one thing has not changed. The generosity of people on both coasts. Because of you aids walk San Francisco and aids walk new york have already raised with el over 2 million. And ross mathews was the joint host of the program in both ends of america. And they raised 2. 5 million. Very impressive. And that number continues to climb. All right. Shifting gears now, getting to the weather. Things on the cooling trend, drew tuma. Yep. Thats exactly right. We found cooler weather today compared to yesterday. Some five to 15 degrees cooler today. And that trend we will continue over the next couple of days. Live doppler 7 along with satellite tonight, weve got a deepening marine layer. Fog already ushered itself over the city and now its pushing to the east bay, the north bay and the south bay. We will have a pretty Expansive Network of cloud cover first thing in the morning tomorrow. Its still a bit breezy out there. Not as strong as the winds were earlier today. You can see fairfield still gusting to 31 miles per hour. And thats going to act kind of like a vacuum tonight and suck some of that fog in from the coast and move it inland tonight. That will keep temperatures on the cool side tomorrow as well. The 24hour temperature change right now, were actually a few degrees cooler than we were this time last night. So, numbers pretty nice sleeping weather tonight. 50s and 60s. 58 in the city. Were down to 60 in palo alto. 58 in napa. A little bit warmer than that coming in at about 69 degrees. So heres live doppler 7. We have an area of low pressure right off our coast line that is developing as we speak. You can kind of see that counter clockwise flow in the cloud cover offshore. And that is helping to keep our marine layer pretty deep toures, slightly below average for this time of the year. So overnight tonight it is a pretty cloudy night for a lot of us. Numbers falling into the low and mid50s as we start tomorrow morning. So, future weather well show you as we go hour by hour, well stop the clock at 7 00 in the morning. And there you can see a fair amount of cloud cover. Most of us dealing with mostly cloudy skies first thing. It looks like itll take some we do expect sunny skies. But that slow reveal of sunshine will keep temperatures slightly below average. 7 in san jose tomorrow. A little bit warmer at 84. Along the peninsula tomorrow 75. For palo alto, 68 for san mateo. 67 the high. Downtown San Francisco a little bit of afternoon sunshine a lot of cloud cover, 63 downtown, 63 and breezy in daly city. The north bay is warm but not too hot for this time of year. About 76 the high inaluma. 69 in berkeley with morning fog to afternoon sunshine. 75 in fremont. And then tomorrow pretty comfortable. 81 for walnut creek. 86 in pittsburg. So, the accuweather sevenday forecast, well keep that trend of morning fog to afternoon sunshine. Numbers dip all the way through wednesday where we actually track some morning coastal drizzle midweek around here. A lot of cloud cover. And then numbers slowly bounce back. But next weekend its not too hot. Thats not bad. Well take that. Drew, thank you. Well, still ahead on abc7 news at 11 00, finding the value of karens. Im sharing Lessons Learned of try the brie, its exquisite. Psychedelic music te. Go ted, go ted. Enter the golden state with real california dairy. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. The credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. You say revealed today that both he and his wife have contracted covid19 in march and have since recovered. I had a sore throat and a cough. It didnt last very long. And we were very lucky. Barb and i are both of the age, both of us 80 years old. That is the atrisk age. Our hearts go out to the people that did lose their lives and the families. Nicklaus and his wife both recovered at their home in florida. And well have much more sports coming up in our next half hour, including the online blitz by nfl players today questioning whether returning to the field is safe. Hi. Whats on your mind . In. Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. What about wireless data options for the family . You can customize and save. What about internet speeds that can keep upwiming . Thook you uwi faesinternet from xfinity. And now with our stores rng, were putting Healthy Practices in place. Come visit a store today. Stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Ask. Shop. Discover at your local xfinity store today. N95 white Green Hospital blue. Of one nation uniting in gratitude thank you for showing us that we never stopped being. The home of the brave. We are living in an age where videos of people behaving poorly travel at the speed of light on social media and then become news. But should it be . What is the role of journalists in this caughtoncamera craze. I bring you this reading of my oped which appears in the San Francisco chronicle. My world has become consumed with karens and their male equivalents, people caught on camera or in photos and emails displaying various degrees of poor, often racistfueled behavior. The Laney College professor who asked a vietnameseamerican student to anglicize her name, claiming it sounded like an expletive. And the male offender later seen assaulting a bystander who tried vel mre companies asiaanil k t them on a hike. The news landscape has clearly entered into brand new territory. There was a period of two weeks when five out of six of my stories involved people behaving badly on camera. The audiences voracious conten i for kin outrage. Want to say that again . No one wants black lives matter. Thats what i said. The more emotions are stoked, the more the story is shared. Now admittedly part of me enjoyed the dopamine hit of me breaking a story knowing it would go viral and the satisfaction of on theion website. This never happened when i was reporting on a city council meeting. But during the fast and furious pace at whichy inundated with new karen leads, i questioned my role in this new candid camera 2. 0. Was i just repurposing this boorish behavior into a twominute piece of entertainment disguised as news . Then i received a message that helped answer the question. It was from another educator at school took new measures to help teachers pronounce student names. I felt a surge of pride knowing the content i was presenting to the bay area was more than just a novelty but held the power to enact a change that would hopefully prevent others fromti na, andonthlty parties quickly lost their jobs and the consequences of being publicly lambasted seemed to from repeating their actions, or, so we hope. But in order for us as journalists to avoid the dangerous slide of becoming tabloid tv, we must assess each case with an enhanced level ofd amplifies boorish behavior without adding context, we must go beyond the superficial shock and awe. Brazen video captured the moment a man this is all to hit the hasty digital gold mine and we need to dig a bit deeper into our reporting. What did the interaction entail before the camera started rolling . And you dont know if i live here or if this is my property. We actually do know. And a racist rant toward a filipinoamerican family. Did a man slash a womans car tires in martinez because ofpos the black lives Matter Movement or for another reason . These are not questions that could be answered with a click of a like or share button. If we as journalists fail to answer these questions or ask and cant find the answers ourselves, the story should not be considered news. If we make this ethical promise to exercise heightened responsibility for this new breed of storytelling, i hope consumers of this content can understand the importance of context during consumption. The mso inform and empower. If we take the time to add original reporting and context to caughtoncamera karen moments, we can use this new breed of storytelling to enhance the publics understanding of a critical time in our culture. You can read my oped online and in todays edition of the San Francisco chronicle. And id love to hear what you think. You can find me on instagram and facebook and twitter. Im dion lim will have tv. More on the coronavirus pandemic. The debate over funding for Contact Tracing and testing heats up between the president and his own party. And tributes continue to pour in for congressman john but what if you could startdo better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver. In new ways. To new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. At comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back. But bounce forward. And now, were committed to helping you do just that with a powerful and reliable ier and voice solution at a gre p call or go online today. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Once again, thanks for staying with us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. And the 925 inmates with confirmed cases of covid19. Thats at san quentin prison in marin county. More than a thousand inmates have recovered. But 234 employees have tested among them, army veteran and corrections Sergeant Gilbert polanco. His family is telling us he is showing some improvement but remains on life support. San mateo county is the only bay area county not on the states covid19 watch list. But their case numbers are trending up and he expects the county will be added to the states watch list on tuesday. In San Francisco, nonessential offices and indoor malls must close starting tomorrow. Among them, the westfield San Francisco center on market street. The San Francisco chamber of commerce says more than 47 of the members have lost 100 of sales or have shut down permanently. Americas covid19 death toll climbed past 140,000 today. And theres aos resist debate is also erupting washington, d. C. Over spending more money to fight the pandemic. Abc7 News Reporter meghan tells us more. Reporter the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. Nearly 64,000 new cases reported today. Numbers rising in 80 of states across t across the u. S. , prompting los angeless mayor to issue a second stayathome order. We have to be as vigilant as the first day. Reporter in texas, medical facilities stretched so thin, refrigerated mobile morgues now line this street in el paso. There are going to be deaths and we have to plan ahead for that. It would be irresponsible for us not to plan for that. Reporter texas, one of the new states that set records for the daily death count, but the daily death count is rising in more than half the country. I will be right eventually. I said its going to disappear. Ill say it again, its going to disappear. President trump seeming to downplay the virus on sunday and disputing the u. S. Mortality rate which is higher than russia and about tied with brazil according to john hopkins university. Te kayleighs rhtre iea we have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere in the world. Reporter the need for more testing met with resistance from the white house. The Trump Administration is at odds with senate pushing to block billions of dollars from testing and Contact Tracing as well as funds for the cdc and nih. Apparently, the opening bid from the white house was a bit surprising, certainly for many of us who are certainly hoping to see more in the way of support. Reporter a white house official claiming the president is fully committed to a robust aid package that addresses real needs, adding there have been no negotiations to date. Abc7 news, san diego. In that eff t rename. Military bases. One of those bases, fort bragg, north carolina, was named after Braxton Bragg who served as a confederate general during the civil war. Go to that community where fort bragg is. And i love that state. Bragg and then what are regoing to name it . Are you going to name it after the reverend al sharpton . Fort bragg in Mendocino County is also named for the confederate general. The city formed a Commission Last month to look into changing its name. Lives matter march. There was a small group of counterprotesters but they stayed in the town plaza area. The march was peaceful but caused traffic to back up in both directions. Drivers are being asked to avoid santa cruz avenue and main street. Dozens of activists marched in San Francisco today calling on city leaders to disband the police department. The group began its protest, which ended about a mile away at Richmond Police station. The Union RepresentingSan FranciscoPolice Officers called the proposal, quote, reckless and said, quote, disbanding Police Departments would be a dream come true for gang members and criminals. A new black lives matter street mural was dedicated at the gardens at lake maret afternoon. Members of the tgi Justice Project and the et solidarity to dismantle systemic oppression. The family of john lewis spoke today for the First Time Since the congressmans death on friday. While we grieve the loss of this legend, we are blessed to know that he touched so many people on every corner of the globe. He fought until the very end. That was my big brother. He was a fighter with a tenacious spirit. Bu kindhearted. Tonight, there are nearly a half million signatures on a petition to rename the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama, the john lewis bridge. He was beaten and suffered a Skull Fracture on the bridge given by an Alabama State trooper during a protest march. Pettus was a confederate general and kkk leader. Coming up on abc7 news at 11 00. Tracking fog tonight and a cooler day tomorrow. Ill have the details coming up. Coming up in sports, baseball is almost back. Well preview the bay bridge series. Plus, moving on. T s mls now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. The San Jose Earthquakes took the field tonight with a simple goal, win and advance to the knockout win. The quakes taking out chicago fc in the mlss back tournament. Another brutally hot evening in orlando. 86 miaerfectpass. And core withis left. 10, san jose just two minutes later, chicago looking to answer. But daniel vega is there to deny Robert Barich the goal. Chris, his 161st Career Major League soccer goal. San jose wins their group and the game 20. Theyll play next in the round of 16. Well, eight weeks from today marks the first full nfl sunday. But can we get qn as apected t. Players took to twitter today with the hashtag we want to play. They cited their leagues lack n for players safety and health protocols. As and giants will play two exhibition games for the bay bridge series. One in oakland, one in San Francisco. That gets started tomro a theoliseu good final two before the games count for real. Its important that we do get to play a couple of games against another team thatll feel like a real game as opposed to what weve been doing. Because our guys are starting to tire a little bit in this format. For now were pretty excited that opening day is coming, that we have a real exhibition series to look forward to. And its right around the corner. The intensity, you know, is like one final tuneup before the regular season starts. Its going to be huge. Should be a lot of fun. Weather a factor in the final round of the memorial tour on 16 for birdie. The pga tour did review it because the ball appeared to have moved a little before he shook that shot. Twoshot penalty. He picks up the win at 9 under and takes over in texas, small f fans in the stands to watch this race. Thatll bring on the red flag. Should be a lot of fun. Giants and as, thats a look at sports. Lets send it back to you. National ice cream day. And of course it wasnt that hot out there. So how does that make sense . I mean, i think we can eat ice cream no matter what the temperature, drew. Yeah. I think thats totally right. Does not matter the temperature. But it does feel nice to eat ice cream on a hot day. It was a cooler finish to the weekend. And tonight were tracking fog rolling on back in. Temps in the low to mid50s tonight. About 7 00 in the morning were starting out with that gray summer sky for a lot of us. And it looks like the marine layer will be slow to pull back to the coast. But by 2 00 or 3 00 in the afternoon, a lot of us are seeing sunshine. Highs tomorrow 63 in the city. 70 in oakland, just slightly below average for rosa. 82 the high in concord. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Cooling trend continues the next couple of days. Youll find some morning drizzle possible wednesday along the coast with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. And then well bounce back for the upcoming weekend saturday and sunday. Well, jeopardy host alex trebeks memoir is coming up on tuesday. He talks about his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He gave us an update on his health. Im doing well. Ive been continuing my treatment. And it is paying off, though it does fatigue me a great deal. My numbers are good. Im feeling great. In fact, during the break from the studio, i even wrote a book. Hes such an overachiever. He looks great, loving the beard. That book is titled the answer is reflections on my wife. Tune into good morning morning america at 7 00 a. M. And tomorrow night at abc7, tune in for jeopardy. Coming up on abc7 news at 11 00, a little boy bored during the pandemic started keeping a watchful eye on the ups rnetti so fun. Wow. And then theres this workfromhome internetting room. Finally, the openconcept internetting room. This is not an open house. But your front door was open, so technically it is. Get the most inhome wifi coverage with xfinity xfi. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfitinrn for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Or, ask about packages with speed up to a gig. Click, call or visit a store today. Well, a simple act of kindness is making a big difference for a little boy and his family, especially during this pandemic. And its all thanks to a caring ups driver. Reporter veronica miracle with our sister station has tr . But sadly langston never getsal too, i want one too. And im, like, oh. You know, it felt like i felt like i couldnt do anything at the time, but im, like, let me. Reporter he decided to rummage around for something to deliver, leaving this note for his parents promising a special delivery the next day. Inside the special delivery, toy racecars and candy. He made me feel special. Reporter hectors explanation was simple but profound. He said the world didnt give my wife and i any boys. Its not only my kids going through this epidemic. You just try to do your best to show him that, hey, youre not alone. Alhere together. Its been a really meaningful special message to many of our friends and family right now. So, it means a lot. For him to be that busy and still be that thoughtful just says a lot for him as a person, especially as a dad, it says a wheels and kindness. That was veronica miracle reporting. And, eric, i love that these small acts of kindness can show up anywhere you turn. Goo we can an army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Merica. Hi, america. Hey, there, america. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and hi, america. During this crisis. Over 37 million people. Dont have access. To nutritious foods. But there is a way we can all help. With feeding america. Their network of 200 food banks are up and running. Distributing food to people and communities they serve. Across the countryk in your community. Together. Together. Together. Lets feed the love. john h. all right, america tis the season to be freezin. And wipin out. I hate winter well see iceslick spills. Uhh aah