Has again Record Numbers of deaths the state reported an increase yesterday for a total of 9,224, as for cases, the state has 5,1340 to date. The positivity rate, the percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive appears to be declining slightly. The rate is 7. 3 over the past two weeks, where state Officials Say this number will be key to understanding spread as testing increases. And as we continueb our coronavirus coverage, we are looking at how we can build a better bay area despite the pandemic. We are focused on severncdehe are staying oop little while longer. As of midnight, the county had been on the states watch list for three days. We would mean many indoor businesses would force to close. This would be hair salons and gyms. This morning the county tweet they had are in discussion about the status and additional businesses are fought being required to close. The county did not elaborate. San mateo was put on the watch list because of several factors, including an increase in the rate of covid cases there. There is more frustration and anxiety in an industry hit hard by the covid19 pandemic across california. Many hairstylists and salon owners still cant reopen. In the east bay, a growing number of stylists are preparing to defy a county order and open anyway. Ac 7 News Reporter joins us now from pleasanton with more on this story. Kornell. Reporter eric, the pandemic has been brutal for hair salon owners across the sf sforniama. I can feed m need tno ownehee held on long enough. Our county will not allow us to do anything. Not even outdoors. Salons in Alameda County have not been allowed to reopen since the shelter in place order in march. I can go get a boob job for crying out loud. But i cant cut hair. Reporter the solidarity rally brought a growing number of stylists to say theyre ready to open safely indoors. We can follow the rules. We can do what they ask us. So let us open up indoors. We are safer inside. Reporter a hair salon owner Christine Palmer says most stylists have been certified in covid19 protocols and should be classified as essential workers. Because we are essential to our Clients Health and well being. Reporter if county officials dont grant permission, these stylists say they are risking fines to reopen collectively august 17th. We have no choice. We have been told every step of the way. Reporter so lon owners want the city to let them open safely or provide them one employment pay and a recovery plan. Well, everyones im crazy. Im the only person here in our desert doing it. Reporter she ishe unimaginable. She is taking her palm springs area salon outdoors where extreme temperatures are pushing 120. Shes got a popup tent and a giant fan offering cuts poet days between 8 00 and 10 00 a. M. I never had the government take away my ability to make money. So this is just a really nice way as a Business Owner again to keep my head up, keep positive, keep looking for the future. Reporter back here in pleas santton, stylists say they are drafting a letter of intent to coun al ng permission to reopen if the answer is no they are prepared to reopen anyway in two weeks. There is no response from the county Health Department toda but saun theisf their licenses revoked from the state but as far as enforcing it all, the Department Says it has cornally bernard, abc 7 news. Now, thanks. A workers rights rally delayed shipments from an amazon in the east bay. Labor groups organized a caravan that delivered a petition to amazon demanding the company shut down the san leandro warehouse for two weeks for cleaning. They want them to implement Safety Measures and suspend delivery during pandemic f. Response, amazon says it has invested more than 800 million on 150 Safety Measures and changes. Weend talks at t nions capitol about a Coronavirus Relief measure. Democratic leaders met with secretary mnuchenen and the Trump Administration is willing to extend t expired 600 weekly unemployment benefit at least in the short term but is opposed to other demand from democrats like state aid and assistance to renters and homeowners. We discussed both the issues we agree and dont agree on. I would characterize this, there is still a lot of work to do. There is a productive discussion. Now each side knowing where they are at. We have been working very hard to come to an agreement. The group has spent two days trying to reconcile priorities for another round of stimulus funding. Theyll meet again on monday. Half the country has seen a rise in death and positive cases of covid19. 33 states and puerto rico are reporting an increase in deathles. Florida broke its record of daildeat and this comes at a particularly bad time forhe testing sites to prepare for hurricanee sigh. At least isaias. In new jersey, the governor says if cases continue to rise, he will pause reopening. Consider this as being put on notice. We will not tolerate these devilmaycare noncha lant attitudes any longer. And in georgia, the World CongressCenter Convention hall is being reopened as a temporary Hospital Next Week as icus near capacity. Hundreds of children have new supplies to start the school year, thanks to the generosity of others on the peninsula. Families lined up inside their cars for a backpack give away at the san mateo event center. Samaritan house organized the event. The ceo explained how the pandemic has made basic supplies harder for lowincome families in this video provided by samaritan house. This year, people lost their income. There are no income families. This is critically important, not only will they get the supplies from schools. But this is also their desk, their way of organizing their homework. Spartan house also tells us its food pantry is serving more families than usual. You can blame that on the economic hardships spurred by covid19. San franciscos public lie prepare will launch a program this month to let people borrow and return books and ought materials on a pick up and dropoff basis the lie prepare called the program sfpl to go. It will day by a august 10th. Library card holders can request them online and theyll get an email telling them when they can pick up items. All materials borrowed be every the make can also be returned at select locations. The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the bay areas artists hard. A San Francisco couple known for some iconic prints is closing their store front. The owners of three fish studios posted on facebook yesterday, the studio in the outer country set has been closed for Curbside Pickup and say that is n enough to meet expenses. It will close at the end of the august. Three fish studio pieces will continue to be available online. Starting today, three Major Companies are requiring customers to wear masks. At target stores, customers will be provided with free disposable masks if they dont bring their own. Employees are also required to wear masks. At mcdonalds restaurants, customers without a mask will be offered one. Employees have been trained how to best deal with people who refuse. And a mask requirement also begins today for shoppers at gap brand stores, which include old navy and banana republic. You can go to abc. Com coronavirus update. We have a map showing you whats opened and closed. Thats on our website, ac7news. Com. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Tiktok is still up and running in the u. S. The latest on president trumps plan to ban the app. And im meteorologist drew tuma. It is a bright and briezy start to the weekend. We will tell you how your sunday is shaping up in the accuweather fa forecast ahead. The safety. President trump says he plans to ban the chineseowned app tiktok from operating in the united states. Overnight the president said he would sign some kind of executive action as soon as today. For months now, u. S. Officials have said the Chinese Government could use the app to gain access to users private data. Some breaches branches of the military, i should say, have already banned Service Members from using the video platform. Tiktok released a written and video statement saying they are dedicated to privacy and to their users. Weve heard your outpouring of support. We say thank you. Were not planning on going anywhere. We are here for the long run and continue to show your voice here. Now, the president s threat comes amid reports that microsoft is considering buying the u. S. Operations of tiktok. It is unclear how the president s plan may have impacted those negotiations. Microsoft has not commented. Members of the public can now visit a floating landmark in alameda again. [ music playing ] they welcome visitors to the uss hornet for the First Time Since march. The hornet is know opened from friday to sunday. Only 50 people can visit per hour at the retired aircraft carrier. The hornet is also limited to 300 visitors a day. Only certain areas of the ship are opened. That includes the flight deck and the hangar bay. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00, a Tropical Storm is headed to florida and it could be upgraded to a hurricane by tonight. Its impact already left on the caribbean. Hang now in southern california, evacuation orders are still in effect due to a wildfire burning near homes in San Bernardino county. The apple fire burned 900 acres in Cherry Valley about 70 miles east of downtown los angeles. Cam fire says there is zero containment on this fire. So far no report of injuries or buildings damaged. Florida residents are preparing for the impact of hurricane isaias. It snapped trees and knocked out power as it blew through the bahamas with 80mileanhour winds and rains. The storm killed at left three people, including a 5yearold boy. Ewillic tristy has been knocked out in the still electricity has been knocked out in puerto rico. Florida has already declared a state of emergency for coastal cities. Eric, safe to say the bay area is a good place to be weather wise . Weather wise, exactly true. We have a look at the forecast. Yeah. Were entering the first day of august. Fog is along the coast. So its a pretty typical weather pattern we have on our sea. Live doppler 7 along with street is showing you that coastal cover. A live look, if you are not seeing fog, are you seeing sunshine. We have that fog returning to the bay shore line over the next couple of hours. Its breezy out there. You see winds are on shore anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour. That is keeping us from getting too hot right now combined with our marine layer. 64 in the city currently, nice in the city. 71 in oakland. 78 in san jose. About 87 in santa rosa. It is pretty warm inland, 92 currently in brentwood. So live doppler 7 along with satellite, we are tracking sandwiched in between two features. There is an area of High Pressure in the desert southwest. Which is bringing some very hot temperatures to the Central Valley right now. But j you to our north, an area of low pressure is keeping our marine layer in check. That is why we are sitting in that comfortable zone between those two features. So overnight, we see the fog returning from the coast into the bay shore line. Lows, you see mainly in the mid if not upper 50s tonight. Future weather, talking about that fog for you. You see at 12 30, its made its presence known around the bay shore line. As we advance the clock later into the morning on sunday, well find that narn layer compressing pretty quickly for that sunshine in the afternoon. So, highs tomorrow, if you like today, tomorrow is very similar. A high of 66 in the city. That breeze does continue about 10 to 20 miles per hour. 83 in san jose. 92 in concord, 91 in santa rosa, palo alto, a lot of sunshine and temperature of 79 degrees. A quick check of the tropics. We take you off the coast of florida, right now, winds 70 miles per hour, but the storm, it is strengthening and it does look to parallel the florida coastline over the next 24 hours before weakening to a Tropical Storm, but bringing a lot of rain. Anything from twotofive inches up and down the east coast. This is a storm we will be watching close lip. Heres the accuweather 7day forecast, bright and breezy on our sunday. Summer spread on monday, a cooling trend, look what happens on wednesday, cloudy, some morning drizzle, temperatures below average, but well bounce back with increasing sunshine and temperatures by saturday in the 70s to low 90s, guys. 80s sound good to me. Drew, thanks, a lot. Chris alvarez now joining us with sports. Hey, c is. Sports sound good to me. Well preview tonights winner go home company san jose, baseball on the break. What the commissioner has to say about positive covid now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. This is easily the busiest sports weekend we had in more than four months. Well start with soccer. It sound like the making quite a run the quakes the first to enter. Takes on the minnesota fc in the quarters tonight. Its all about keeping the same approach. We have to come out with that same mindset that we are the underdogs to continue showing, you know, were having that chip on our shoulder in games that i think is a part of our identity and the san jose culture in the past until now. Never say die. Major League Baseball commissioner bob manfred told espn there is no reason to quit now with miami and st. Louis organizations. That caused games to be postponed. He added the situation is manageable. The players need to be better. The outbreak, nearly two dozen games have been postponed. Espn the entire cardinals brewers series is postponed. The giants and as making adjustments to keep their players and staff safe. Weve taken some if you precautionary measures. You may have seen that 2004 a little bit more physically distant in the dugout. Weve moved, we even moved some players who are not in the starting lineup fwloo the stand. I only know how we go about it. Im comfortable with how we go about it. I dont think you can be perfect. There are just ways to get it even if you are doing what you feel like all the right things are protocol wise. So you know you just do the best you can. The Detroit Lions comparterback Mathew Stafford has been placed on the reserve close contact with someone who has covid19. He is the eighth person in detroits organization to be put on that list. Nhl starts two 12 city, toronto for the east. Edmonton in the west. Sharks, of course, not involved this time around. Actually it looks like hockey. Big hits on ice, tussles and things of that. Walnut creek, the number one pick drafted at liberty strained her left ankle last night on this play, stepped on another players foot. She will be out with a month which unfortunately is a bad sprain. The team will only say she is being checked out. We wish her a speedy recovery. Tomorrow we got two great games for you. Stay with us for after the game. Its back at want restand schools . Pen . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. As we all fight the coronavirus pandemic, california is mandating face masks to stop the spread. Thats why abc 7 wants to remind to you wear a mask for you, loved ones and your community. Please wear because you care. At this very minute, two nasa astronauts are taking part in the final and most important part of their spacex test flight. They are on their way back to earth to make a rare splash down. Flight controllers are keeping watch on hurricane isaias and expect a landing off the coast of pensacola. The astronauts have been at the International Space station since may. Hurley says they are ready both mentally and physicaly. The ground teams are fully aware of the challenges and the water landing and what it does to the human body, well take it from there. Weve exercised very hard, while we have been up here. The landing is expected sometime tomorrow afternoon. It will be the first splash down for astronauts in 45 years. Eric, you are a space buff. I am sure are you all up in this story. Oh, yeah, i will be following that closely. By the way, those are not my fathers space gear. Thats completely stream lined and different. Thats it for abc news at 5 00. Im eric thomas. Tonight, the deadly storm taking aim on florida. Already in a state of emergency from covid19. Isaias battering the caribbean, triggering mudslides, taking at least three lives. The u. S. Mainland now bracing for impact. As many as 70 million americans in the path. Lines for supplies even longer because of social distancing. And some shelters are open, but because of the virus, authorities warning it may be safer at home. Also tonight, the staggering virus surge. Deaths rising in 35 states. A Record Number in california. The first state with more than 500,000 confirmed cases. Texas now with more cases than new york. Fears that those large events are fuelling the spread. A High School Prom in illinois and the new cases in major League Baseball. More games canceled