Single day record for new coronavirus deaths. Also a Pilot Program is unveiled in berkeley. Results from a do it yourself test promised within 48 hours. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. With San Mateo Countys addition to the states covid19 watch list all bay area counties and 94 of the states entire population is being monitored. Our reporter was in San Mateo County today to get reaction to the news. I honor the fact they are doing what they need to do to keep people safe. Does it suck . Is it, you know, hard for all of the Business Owners . Yeah, it is. Reporter that is regina skinners reaction after hearing San Mateo County has been put on the state watch list. Her business was just getting back to normal. She reopened in june. If she gets shut down again she says she could lose half her sales. So the reason why this flower shop is concerned is because they are attached to hillsdale mall and if the county stays on the state watch list for three consecutive days the businesses that could be shut down include indoor malls, nail and hair salons, gyms, and fitness centers. Im just hoping we can reverse that by everybody staying home if you can and following the rules. We want to keep healthy but we really need to keep this economy going. Reporter San Mateo Countys Public Health urged businesses to prepare for shutting down by august 1st. The case rate in the county has been over 100 since the end of june. Last week the county Public Health officers sent out a stern warning saying social gatherings without the proper precautions are causing the recent rise in cases. You know, we just cant be turning the switch on and off for the economy, for people who are trying to make it. Reporter that is the reality so many businesses have to prepare for in the next three days. Many of them are emailing san mateos chamber of commerce. They are saying oh, this is horrible. You know, this is disastrous. Somebody said nuts. Its really emotional. Its scary. Reporter in san mateo, abc 7 news. Two people have tested positive for the coronavirus in modoc county the last of californias 58 counties to confirm cases of the virus. The county was also the first to defy the states shutdown orders as well. And for the first time, Governor Newsom is with withholding money from cities that defy state Health Orders by allowing all businesses to open. The state is withholding nearly 65,000 from atwater and more than 35,000 from colinga. The money is the first part of 2. 5 billion cities and counties risk losing if they dont toe the line on coronavirus safeguards. Today and tomorrow berkeley as a pilot covid19 testing project is at san pablo park. A lot of people were there today. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas reports on how it works. Reporter that is a woman from berkeley getting a covid19 test before leaving for a Family Gathering in l. A. Next week. Ive never seen people test with the swab in the mouth. I was a little surprised. Reporter she was expecting the test where a swab is pushed uncomfortably into the bask the throat and into the nose. This test uses saliva and takes very little time. Yes, probably like a minute, minute and a half at this point i tried it myself to see how it works. First you sign up for an appointment online. Then when youre called, you do most of the work yourself. You cough and you bring up sputum from your lungs. Three to five good coughs is what ill give. Then you swab for about 20 seconds collecting oral fluid around your whole mouth. Reporter place the business end of the swab in this tube. Break off the excess. Off it goes to the lab with results promised in 24 to 48 hours. Curative the Company Behind the method says the test is close to 90 accurate. That is comparable to the nasal test. Curative and the city of berkeley are partnering to test 300 people today and another 300 tomorrow. Its only by appointment and its free to anyone with insurance. In berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. In San Franciscos Mission district there were long lines for the first day of free covid19 testing at the 24th street b. A. R. T. Station. The Latino Task Force is working with ucsf, b. A. R. T. , and the city to conduct the test. They are targeting commuters and essential workers who work along the corridor. Test be available 6 00 to 7 00 on wednesdays and fridays for three weeks. It is free and insurance is not required. A troubling record involving cases in california. State Health Officials tonight reporting 19 nce all of this started. In california, cases are now above 470,000. John Hopkins University says the states daily test Positivity Rate remains steady week to week while new daily cases are trending down. Here in the bay area, we are now at nearly 51,000 cases. Lets go now to capitol hill and todays unprecedented testimony by the ceos of apple, amazon, facebook, and google. It was the most significant antitrust hearing in decades. Lawmakers hammered chief executives on a litany of complaints including theft and censorship. As abc 7 News Reporter chris wynne explains the Business Leaders barely got a chance to defend themselves. Reporter in an historic hearing the chief executives of four of the worlds Biggest Tech Companies faced questions about the work they do, lawmakers challenging size, power, and overall approach to business. As gatekeepers of the Digital Economy these platforms enjoy the power to pick winners and losers, shake down small businesses, and enrich themselves while choking off competitors. Reporter this representative, chairman of the houses top antitrust subcommittee led the questioning accusing the companies of anticompetitive behavior. For more than a year his staff has conducted hundreds of hours of interviews and collected 1. 3 million documents throughout the course of the investigation. Simply put they have too much power. Reporter facebok was asked about acquiring instagram as a way of neutralizing a competitive threat. It was not a guarantee instagram was going to succeed. The acquisition has done wildly well largely because of not just the founders talent but because we invested heavily in building up the infrastructure. Reporter google was questioned over predatory practices and how it steers traffic to its own Search Engine and products. When i run the company i am really focused on giving users what they want. We conduct ourselves to the highest standard. Reporter appleas press on if it has too much power over App Developers through the app store. We make no concession on the facts. What began as 500 apps is now more than 1. 7 million. Only 60 of which are apple software. If apple is the gatekeeper what weve done is opened the gate wider. Reporter amazon was accused of inappropriately using data from Third Party Sellers to develop its own competing house brands. Analysts say antitrust cases can be political and the fact that a company is huge doesnt necessarily mean they are against competition. The only way they can maintain that Competitive Edge is to continue to serve customers very, very well. If they dont innovation and other competitors will come along and do it for them. Reporter the hearing comes as lawmakers rethink federal antitrust laws and explore whether to make it easier for the federal government to probe and penalize major companies. In silicon valley, abc 7 news. Up next breaking news on how the state will handle unemployment claims. That is next. Plus, daycare in crisis. Families leaving the bay area are leaving behind a vacuum with Child Care Centers stuck in limbo. Also under the cover of darkness the threat that had a work crew removing a statue before the sun came up. Solidarity instead of its important californians have health coverage. If youve lost health insurance, covered california can help. You may even get financial help to pay for your health insurance. Just visit coveredca. Com today. Throw we have breaking news about unemployment to tell you about. Lets get right to 7 on your sides michael finney. Reporter the governor is weighing in and he is making big promises. These promises can actually be quantified and qualified. We will of course keep doing that for a new call center will be put in place where they route calls to an e. D. D. Specialist that can actually answer questions. Now often untrained personnel take the calls and offer callbacks that never come. Next, the oldest claims will get priority and the entire backlog is to be cleaned up by the end of september. That is a hard date. Finally a strike force is being set up and will return with an action plan to fix all of these issues permanently. Short term, midterm, long term. The task force has just 45 days to get that part of its job done. There has been an increase in the number of complaints about credit reports. Lind edu looking at the numbers and found an 84 increase in year over year complaints. The company which helps consumers compare various types of loans says the pandemic has made a complete mess out of the relationship between consumers, financial institutions, and credit bureaus. All of that has resulted in a spike in complaints with the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Do you have a question about the rental situation in the bay area in the middle of this pandemic and near recession . Join me tomorrow at 5 15 for housing help, renters and owners. Well have a digital only discussion with tenants and landlords about the Current Situation in the bay area rental market. Where do you stand . Where do you stand legally . You can watch on abc 7s website, facebook page, and youtube channel. This should be an interesting discussion. I invite everybody to join us again tomorrow at 5 15 online only. Interesting and important, michael. Thanks very much. Well, in the north bay we are learning that the name changing process has begun for sir Francis Drake high school. The School District crews removed drakes name from the schools main entrane today. A group of faculty, students, alumni, and parents believe it is time to stop celebrating the british explorers the word explorer is a euphemism for a colonist, slave trader, rapist, and looter. That is the known historical record of sir Francis Drake. The superintendent of the high School District released a statement saying quote it is our hope that all sides can be heard and we can move forward with a new name that is unifying and inclusive. Whats next remains unknown for a statue of sir Francis Drake after the city manager had it removed overnight. Activists had planned a rally for tomorrow. Organizers called for possibly tearing down the tribute to the british explorer. Police say drakes statue was taken away to promote Public Safety while its future is debated. The statue had sat along sir Francis Drake boulevard near the Ferry Terminal for many years as you probably know. Drake landed on the marin county coast in 1579 but also traded slaves. That is why activists wanted drakes statue gone and for the boulevard to be renamed for good. The debate rages on about reopening schools during the covid19 pandemic. Daycare centers in the bay area have been quietly reopening but in some cases are finding their regular clientele isnt coming back. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony has our story from oakland. Yeah reporter the Chatham School is used to having a full house. So full the family owned Daycare Center in the Oakland Hills had a twoyear waiting list for infant care. But that was before covid19. Now there is no list. Colorado and texas and oregon. Reporter the owner says nine of her former client, families with yng children, mov awa in ren mtly of l o partsay not have a fulltime job anymore or theyre needing to search for a job. But by moving home to their hometown they have their family, relatives being able to help. Reporter like most Daycare Centers in the bay area chatham closed for two months. When the pandemic first hit. It reopened with a small number of students mostly those of essential workers but the numbers are slowly rising. There is a pod right here that plays all the way to that plant. Reporter there are many new safety protocols and much of the care is moved outside in small groups or pods. Everything, you know, is being sanitized daily. The kids are social distancing. We have a lot of procedures in place to make sure that happens. To make the parents feel safe that they can come back. Reporter the loss of families who have moved away from this Daycare Center may actually only be temporary. Because according to local realtors there are many families moving into oakland especially from San Francisco. At the Chatham School they say they are ready to welcome the new families safely. Five, six, seven, eight. In oakland, abc 7 news. Its practically a stampede. The oakland zoo reopens after ur monthsfhelter woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. Tickets to the oakland zoo were sold out today when the zoo was welcoming guests for the First Time Since the forced closing in mid march. Admission was limited to 2500 people about onethird of the usual capacity. All visitors ages 3 and up Must Wear Masks or face coverings. It is to keep them safe and healthy and dont get sick and go to the hospital. Weve implemented a lot of preventative measures that will make sure when the family comes they will be safe and able to experience the outdoors and wildlife and be with their families. If you want to visit the oakland zoo you must reserve a spot and prepurchase tickets online. The zoo is sold out through monday. It was a lovely day to enjoy the zoo. Good evening, everyone. Lets take a look at a live picture right now from our santa cruz camera. You will notice we have half and half. A little bit of fog and some sunshine. Ill take you back in time as we look at visibl satellite picture. The low fog and clouds were widespread this morning but then pulled back and sat here near the coast line. Here is a look at the wind onshore. 25 miles an hour in San Francisco so that wind is going to push that marine layer along overnight tonight. From the explore tore yum camera you can see the fog over San Francisco. 62 degrees in the city. 68 in oakland. Ill ask the director to change the input in my ear because i am hearing myself repeating everything. 77 in san jose. Here is a live look and youll notice the marine layer way in the distance. 80 degrees in santa rosa. In the low 90s from fairfield to concord. One other live picture from our san jose picture where youre seeing sunshine over the shark tank. Low clouds will spread inland tonight. Wide range of temperatures tomorrow. Hot summer weather coming your way for the weekend. I know weve enjoyed a nice break from the extreme heat but it will get hotter inland. 7 00 tonight. Fog already spilling in around the bay as we head into the overnight hours. It spreads into some of our valleys. Tomorrow morning expect gray skies. That continues to 8 00 a. M. There might be a little mist and drizzle like this morning and then for the afternoon the fog will hang around near the beaches like it did today. Temperatures first thing in the morning anywhere from the 50s to the 60s. We start with the clouds, the fog. For the afternoon a warm day. 90 degrees in gilroy. 91 in morgan hill. If you like the sun 79 degrees in sunnyvale. On the peninsula. 80 palo alto. Low 60s near the coast. It is going to be breezy in the afternoon. Downtown San Francisco 66 degrees. 60 daly city. North bay temperatures from the 60s to the 90s. Quite a spread. 78 in san rafael. 79 vallejo. Napa. 82 santa rosa. East bay communities. 73 oakland. 78 castro valley. 79 free month. Head inland and itll be a warm summer day. 91 in concord. 90 livermore. 92 degrees in antioch. Your accu weather 7 day forecast morning gray giving way to sunshine. A little warmer on friday. Then get ready for august heat. 96 degrees for our hottest inland valleys on saturday and sunday. 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And a local companys effort to reinvent food delivery and help the environment. Your meal arrives cold and in containers that you send back. It is an interesting model all coming up in a half hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Finally tonight an Oakland Organization that is making a difference helping families who are facing food insecurities. Tonight wed like to show our gratitude in our better bay area project thanks. Just what the community should do when times are tough. Reporter before covid19, the Homies Empowerment Program operated as an independent after School Program in east oakland. Now theyve taken up a new mission making food accessible to their community. We fks g need. Reporter every tuesday they create the freedom store front at a time when so many families need it the most. We have formula. We respond to what the Community Needs and asks for. Reporter during the pandemic the store saw the need for food was higher than they anticipated. Volunteers and Community Organizations came together to donate canned goods and fresh vegetables to serve over a thousand people a week. It takes a barrio and it takes a community to come together and have volunteers from all over who are coming through and extending their time. Reporter the freedom store volunteers believe in standing in solidarity with their community and to provide the help that they need. We dont believe in charity we believe in solidarity. Just give back to the community whenever you can even if it is five mints or 50 cents. Just trying to find ways to continue with the community because we are all in this tgether. Reporter in oakland, abc 7 news. Fabulous work. Good job. And our thanks for what theyre doing. World news tonight with david muir is next. We appreciate your time. Thank you for inviting us into your homes tonight. Well see you again at 6 00. Tonight, the new headline as we come on the air. The number of coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Now topping 150,000. America with a 30 increase in deaths over the previous weeks numbers. The federal government now identifying 98 emerging hot spots in 30 states. Florida and texas reporting record deaths in the last 24 hours. In texas, they have crossed a grim milestone tonight, with doctors saying everyone is exhausted. Hospitalizations on the rise in 39 states and puerto rico. And the debate continuing over reopening schools and what the secretary of education acow tod w ool north caroli wit plan to reopen schools. Tonight, President Trump doubling down on his support of that controversial doctor who had said masks dont work and who had pushed hydroxychloroquine