Yellow. Each category will take into account only two things, the number of daily new case and the positivity rate. Those two things wills determine when and how businesses and schools can reopen. Reporter until today the state took into account several factors to determine if and how a business can reopen in a county. Such as the hospitalization rates. The number of available beds, the number of people in the icu and etc. But now the number of cases and test positivity will serve as more crucial metrics. Here is what we are looking at. Where he looking at these four tiers, color coded. For folks, purple, red, orange and yellow. Reporter if your county is most nonessential business can red means more in door businesses like museums and movie theaters can reopen with restrictions. Orange means places like wineries and bowling alleys can open. The yellow level, all indoor businesses can reopen with modifications. Reporter by modifications, the state means physical distancing is still required and so masks and health screening. Every place in the bay area is purple except San Francisco and napa. This new framework meaning they can be more rigid but not less. We also have a criteria, not just 21 days, moves between tiers but also two weeks of some stability and steinsefore you move into those tiers. Reporter with that the state seems to acknowledge that covid and its effects on the population will be around for some a conversation that counties in the red or lower can begin sooner or later. With 14 days or two weeks of waiting in that red tier that they can pursue opening schools and all the local School Districts in that planning. Imagine that. All of this is dependant on how well we all behave. Governor newsom says hell be ready to apply the brakes if if the state sees a new increase in the numberf hospitalizations. Leanne melinda, nbc 7 news. The governor announced new evictions, tenants will be protected until january as long as they pay 25 of their rent and suffering with their landlord that they are suffering financial hardshipthnd. Allf this has to happen before monday night when this legislation ends. Under the states new guidelines, San Francisco is in the red tier. That will means hair and nail salons can offer Indoor Services with modifications. That subjects to local Public Health officials. Before Governor Newsom gave us the update, the mayor announced hair and as a whosalons can reo. Public health will provide guidelines thatll make sure you know what to do. Ultimately, what we dont want to do is open up these places and all of a sudden see a spike and have to go backwards. According to the states website, even if you are purple, the most serious lefrl, indoor operations can be held with modifications for nails and hair as a who salons. It will be interesting to hear what the city says. The city is reviewing the tier system and how it impacts future reopening. We are sorting todays action by the governor impacts a couple of bay area counties that are reopening. Alameda county, these businesses are being allowed to resume in operations, hair salons and Skin Care Services and massage shops. There is as catch that they must do everything outside. Thats what they plan for until the governor made hisnday. Personal care businesses like nails and hair salons and massage business are allowed to open in amelameda county. Ji gyms and Fitness Centers can open but also do so outdoors. We were in the east bay when businesses found out about the new order. Lauren martinez. I have to buy a new set of furniture to leave here. Reporter stylists at walnut creek have been working outside. We get to open indoor at 25 capacity. Reporter the salon is under the impression they can reopen in doors from the governors system. Hair and nail salon outdoors. Robert lupu is setting up three salon chairs on the back of his terrance. It has been difficult and kind of discouraging but the logic behind certain things that theyll allow indoors or outdoors and certain things they wont does not make that much sense. His next door neighbor polished nail salon is deciding not to reopen outside point. If it is just me working by myself and my clients are outdoors, who knows whats happening out there and i have no protection for them. Owner of deciding not to open because to her is unsanitary. Well probably or temporarily permanently shutdown. All right, education, one of the five key issues we are focusing on. School in the south bay resumed inPerson Learning after they got a waiver from the state. Reporter it is back to the classroom for about 60 students at sunnyvale Christian Christian friday morning, temperature checks, students eager to get back to their friends. Did you think you will be this excited to get back in the classrooms . All the school, they keep their distance and going in the playground and keeping the kids separa separately. Reporter colorful dots are on the ground to remind students to keep their distance and tents and tables and chairs are outside. We are having classroom time outdoor and we are eating owl doors. All teachers and staffs are required to wear masks and. Tk and kindergarten and first graders do no. Students are anxious and excited. To say we are going to take care of you and we are doing everything to protect you. Across santa clara, 62 schools have aapppply a waiver allow them to open. While some counties like alameda according to mercury news are not considering waivers at this time. Being able to be on campus and being at home trump any fears they were having as far as the coronavirus virus. The emotional toll is just as important. Reporter i t princie here sheheair aprooufrl. So they had a strategy for in of Person Learning thatll hopefully make this a success. Abc7 news. It will be to have kids in class and learning and doing it safely. It will be open to the public tomorrow. The landmark has been shutdown since march 15. This structure is made up of 8 million bricks. Kim kn jim novak gymed into te water. The czu lightning complex in can ta cruz and san mama county. We are hearing stories of home being on the grounds. A man who wrote every lover letter his family already lost. If you believe there was one other thing harder. Thats putting these words to warp it is a better to it felt leike to to to to to tot north of d i will let him tak it from here. We built your home around you when you were still inside your mother. I thought a lot about every piece of wood. People visited always ask about the soul fullness. I sauid that i will build house where i will raise here. Help thousands of visitors and rich deep conversations. I hope that it would be yours one day and i am working hard to keep it. The field fires cause by lightning and the most beautiful storm that i have seen. Fully and completely. You are strong, you are made of mill creek water, the frutd from our trees. Please dill memory where ever you go. One more example na the fire did not destroy mere structure. Abc7 news. In the middle of the wildfire, dash to save valuable data. The Important Research being done in the north bay that was saved in from the planes. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. Hopefully, well be part of this community for many, many more years. Its made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and its made for her shes serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks whether they served one tour or made a career of it. 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We dont want to bat. Operated by nonprofit point blue conservation science. This is from the sper. And bird banding for expertisehead. Reporter luckily the wood wood fire did not reach the field center, it is about two mills from where we are. Until the fire is put out, this road is closed. If we doo some of the data, we are not just losing individual fascinating record of an individual birth or nest or te lose the ability tohe story. Nbc 7 debris fwr a burning tree injuring two firefighters. The injuries had official officials they have closed the point raised. 2,868 acres and the pair is 80 . Residents and lima are still under a mandatory evacuation and kos tal road, now with the weather. Things are improving in terms of the humidity. For t for t for the firer fighter tonight. Here is a live look. Whats whats creating the problem there. 61 degrees in San Francisco, 69 in oakland. 76 in san jose. I think as the sea breeze picks up, visibility will improve for those firefighters tonight. Hid 70s from san rafael to santa rosa right now. It is in the low 90s for fairfield and livermore. Certainly warmer around the coast. You will notice poor air quality oakland and concord and it is unhealthy fwor fremont and red ood city. The smoke had been trapped in the area and lack of winds. Thats why it is bad at times. Ear is a look at the air quality fraks, continuing right on through sunday. Mod date air kexpected on monda or tuesday. The fog near the coastline the flag is going to move. We need a stronger sea breeze to push that smoke out. Well continue right on through if weekend. Spare the air alert had beened. Perhaps a slight improvement in some areas and not all. I want to show you the fire conditions right now near the ln complex. Hid hi umidity is till up there. Around the woodward fire, 57 degrees. Mid hi is way up there and that should help it out. 70 degrees right now and humidity at 61 . Here is a look at your smoke forecast. The folk still will be heaviest in the north bay. Same general area is going to be impacted and going into the evening as well. The air quality should fluctuate between mods rate to unhealthy at times. Your temperatures in the low 50s and low 60s. Hazy and foggy. Well call it smoogy. Cooler afternoon as you check out the accu weather. Hazy and high schooler but smoky at times. Election week we are expecting those temperatures to come up into the mid to upper 90s. It is going to get hot in land. September terned about. Larry, kristen. Boy, we have nads enough smoke. Thank you. Alameda county is offering remote students grab and go meals. Parents and students can pick up the food, the lunch are offered between 11 00 a. M. And 1 00 in the afternoon on tuesday and fridays. It will come with a variety of lunch options. Any student enrolled are welcome to purchase a lunch. Many families will not succeed without food aid. We have a good program running. We are up to 2 quarter a my lunch that is we have served through the summer. We are hoping to capture stirn to the regular school year also. Reporter the School Democratic welcomes everybody. It may look like one small buildsing. The solution the city has foupd in an old college dorm. A site in washington today. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. When you have depression, it can plunge you into deep, dark lows. And, can leave you feeling extremely sad and disinterested. 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This is a great project. It is right by the corner of college and broadway, close to the bart station and all those great shops and rock bridge. Par part of our old cca campus. I am thrilled this is our beautiful home for our most vulnerable. Securing funding from the states grant program. If all go as planned, the city will close no longer than november 30th. Police officers can now show their pride for the lbgtq community with the uniform patch. This patch was purchased with the San Jose Police foundation. The mercury news, the first shipment of 300 patches sold out fast. Additional 500 patches have been ordered. The the proceeds will go to lbgtq community and the Community Center in san jose. The Business Partner is opening up about his allege sexual encounter with evangelical leader with his wife. Hell appear on good morning america. Lets go back to how i met them. I was 20yearold and i a am and i noticed this woman behind me and noticeably drunk and she started flirting with me. At the end of my work ship, hey, do you want to go back to my hotel room and as a single 20yearold, i am like yeah, of course and she was like my husband wants to watch. I thought it was a bit change and i backed off. Hes not going to do anything. Hes just going to sit the the corner and he want to watch. I had no ideas who they were at the time. After think work shift they called me through a block number to schedule where to meet and we met at another hotel. I walked into the lobby and she was sitting there. We talked for a bit and relaxed and we went upstairs. Jerry was laying on the bed and drunk and giggling. Again, i am kind of hey, at any point if you get jealous and you want me to back off, let me know. Hes like no, just go for it. The alleged sex scandal at liberty university, he told politico he had a sexual encounter with becky falwel. With the nation reckoning race and social justice this year. The famous march in washington. With the rub for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Grubhubs gonna reward you for that with a 5 off perk. doorbell rings [crowd] grubhub fireworks exploding building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tens of thousands of people gathered at the National Mall this afternoon to call for Racial Justice and inequality. Q abc News Reporter has the story. Reporter undeterred by the global pandemic. We lay ourselves on the line because this is important. Reporter the unforgiving summer heat. We didnt come out and stand in this heat because we had nothing to do. Black lives matter and we dont stop until it matters to everybody. Reporter a crowd of 70,000 marched in washington on friday, fighting for the same thing their mothers andhe c rights movement. Because of my parents and despite the fact they were not in things, i want to make sure that progress continues. Reporter for a lot of people it is emotional and it is life or death. My uncle was gunned down at the age of 18. Reporter activists young and old, family members of george floyd and breona taylortaylor ahmad is enough. My brother cant be a voice today. We have to be that voice. Reporter demanding Police Accountability and Economic Empowerment and access to analthcare and education and the vote. In family also spoke before the Martin Luther king jr. Memorial. Reporter theyre hoping this event will drive a lot of people to the polls. We heard from marchers saying it over and over again vote like your life depends on it. New development of the case of jacob blake, he was left paralyzed after being shot seven times in the back. Attorney at the blakes family announced the handcuffs on blake had been removed. He had felony warrant which is how vacanted. The two officers fired tasers to stop blake before he was shot. The officers on leave and no charges have been filed against them. A judge in illinois delayed the hearing of the 17yearold accused of killing two protesters in kenosha. He did not attend the hearing. Kenosha authority charged writtenhaus as an adult of intentional homicide. Last night marks the ends of the republican convention. Abc news has the latest on the convention race. President trump is hitting the campaign trail and joe biden is ramping up his attack online. Reporter a celebration at the white house. President trump accepting the nomination in front of nearly 2,000 supporters, few Wearing Masks and little social distancing. With more than 180,000 americans dead from covid19, the president is defending his handling of the pandemic. Reporter the president went on attack as it is a dark choice. Well defend it has way of life. Reporter the president calling out joe biden by name 41 times during his own acceptance speech. During his speech, biden never said the word trump. We must never allow mobs. What is he doing . He kept on pouring gasoline on the fire. This happens to be Donald Trumps america. Donald trumps america. Reporter online ads that targets sports fans, showing footages of empty football stadiums and classrooms and churches. Reporter President Trump is rallying supporters in New Hampshire today. Joe biden is going to hit the campaign trail after labor day. Abc news, washington. Up in the case, the nba is about to resume the playoffs over the weekend, famil can it help with snoring . Ive never heard snoring. Exactly. No problem. And done d Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 60 months. Ends monday. 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 up with my gaming . Lets hook you up with the Fastest Internet from xfinity. And now with our stores reopening, 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. All right, time now for our four, the nba is resuming their games tomorrow after players took action following the protest. Baseball games were postponed and hockey followed and it went on and on. One of the key figures back and forth between nba players and owners how to move forward. Michael jordan is the only black owner in the nba. His activism recently picked up. Dan, you know your time with the carolinas. Michael jordan is this huge icon. Hes been quiet speaking out about anything really and so i think it is great, he has a huge selfinterest getting the nba players back to the course. Absolutely. I know a lot of Michael Jordans legacy. People talk about king james. Hes a huge figure in all those spo sports. Hes been criticized for not being active. They have such a great opportunity to raise awareness and all of sports and not just the nba. Dan, you made a good point. That may not be in everyones dna. I think we may reach that Tipping Point that you cant not ber be racist but antiracist. A lot of people are coming forward now. They strengthen in numbers, too. Everybody is getting on this train true. All right, a new study found evidence that asymptomatic of carriers can transmit the virus on airplanes. The study was based from milan to italy with 299 people on board. Six passengers who were asymptomatic before the flight tested positive at the start of the quarantine. Reseechers are not sure how the virus are transmitted since all the mas masks. It is possible that they did not wear their n95 masks completely. It is a reminder that this is a really insidious and determine virus. Some one may be infected by the new strain. We have to be vigilant and careful. This thing is really tough and spreads moresly. Sandhya, what do you think . I agree with you both, dan and kristen. Perhaps people are not wearing their masks correctly but is it virus is escaping and we dont know about it. With these passengers on flight and as we learn more and more about it. This virus can remain airborne if somebody sneezes or coughs or even if they have a mask on, can they pass through little part of your mouth that has holes. I did some research, it is about 14 hours flight, people take their masks off and the bathroom could be a key of spreading it throughout the plane. Again, 14 hours on a plane to contain. A new rescue vote customized resc take a look at that, the boat is a navy vessel painted bright pink with a young girl holding onto safety float. It carried out a number of rescue Missions Including taking on board 89 people who were stranded in the mediterranean on wednesday. This is an incredible story. I am surprised they decided to go public with it because these are supposed to be secret rescue missions because these people obviously dont want to get dragged back to libya and enslaved. Interesting, dan, that they would go with this and wanted publicize. Kind of interesting. It is a great point, larry. Usually these things happen behind the scenes. I love the paint scheme by the way. It is fun and calls attention to it. Maybe they really have made a clear decision to go public and let people know these kinds of operations and rescues and people in trouble, it is happening every single day. You know if we are not aware of it there is nothing we can do to be supportive of it. Clearly choose to raise awareness. You guys listen to this one. It may not be the most romantic Marriage Proposal ever but it is certainly unique. A guy named matt ryan driving down to new jersey when he was pulled over by police. The officers ordered ryan and his girlfriend out of the car. Police chief lisa parker asked if he had anything onim and that the ring and proposed. Ryans dad works for the police department. I love it. This is a year for experimenting and trying different things. We are in a pandemic. You got to be creative. Hes certainly was creative. I am sure she was beyond shocked and surprised especially when two officers are pulling you over and the last thing you are thinking is my boyfriend is going to propose to me. I think thats great sweet. These tense times and anxious times with everything going on, sweet stories like that is nice and fun to see. I genthnt nervous every time see a traffic stop now. And she said yyes. I am glad it ended well. Congratulations to them all. All right, i am going to take you guys out. Time now for consumer news. Face masks are paying off for one company and drivers in the bay area saving a lot of mumbai staying a home. Yes, 7 on your side with Michael Finney with a your side. Many are making money for covid19 making face masks. The Company Reported earning 130 million face mask sales alone last quarter from gap. The company owns brands including Banana Republic and old navy. Gap reported of an increase in online sales. American says around 90 billion so far by giving up their daily commute. According to the silicon valley, the average commuters staying at home saves 2,000. Some of those who benefited most live in the bay area and pending where they live the i says it wont charge bad check penalties made between march 1st and july 15th. The irs did not process immediately. By the time the irse already mailed in their 2019 tax returns. The agency closed its facilities, leaving returns and payments. The penalty waiver could help taxpayers who did not have enough money in their account. By the time the irs got around for cashing the checks. This is a good thing and save people a lot of money. You need to make sure you have money at the irs. Thank you, michael. I think we can say kristen that the weekend has officially begun. Can we declare that right now . You and i cant do it. Why not . I think it is here. It is friday and the weekend is here. Larry and kristen, i want to show you the air quality. Smoke from the wildfires and impacting us and expect hazy skies again tomorrow. Sea breeze strengthening could mix out the smoke a little buy. Low 60s to low 90s. Taking a look at Tropical Storm laura. It is expected to lose its tropical characteristics later tonight. Next week the heat is on. Larry, kristen. All right, see, enjoy everybody. Thats why she has the power to declare. Thank you. Thats it. Make it happen. Up next, we have a new chapter of the covid dan is here with a preview offf covid at 5 00. The strategy and solutions may be deploy in the air. The pooch afterist, how this for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . 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Not today, dry eye. Weve been enduring this pandemic for more than five months now, and as part of our ongoing limited series, covid1919 diaries, were looking at how life is evolving. This one features one of our own coworkers who had to make an emergency trip with her family out of state following the passing of her brother. Then she had to deal with the virus. Im heather pittman. Im an executive producer here at abc7. It was about 5 00 in the morning on june 18th. My phone rang, which is unusual, and it was my sister. And i thought for sure she was calling about something with my mom. But it was my brother. My brother had passed away suddenly. My brother lived with my mom in rural east texas. It was very conflicting because i knew that my brother would not want us to risk getting sick or to risk getting our mom sick. But then i also felt that my mom would need us. Hello, bay area. I tested positive two days ago. Hi. Hi. Her name is wren. Shes negative. Shes negative. Mommys positive. Mommy positive . Yeah. Were not 100 sure how we got infected. We had just like tons of hand sanitizer, and we were wearing gloves, and, you know, we were really trying to be careful. Hi. Distancing with a toddler is almost impossible. I think the first couple of days i tried to like lock her out, close the door and keep her out of the room i was in. We were in touch with our pediatrician. She kept saying, your daughter is probably already positive, and its going to be more psychologically scarring for her to be away from you. So just be as careful as you can. Covid19 diaries is an abc7 original limited series telling personal stories as the next at 5 00, Governor Newsom unveils sweeping new reopening rules for businesses. The watch list is out and colorcoded tiers are in. Well explain. Those rules are prompting frustration in San Francisco. They seem to be causing confusion instead of clarity. Meanwhile, haircuts are back in alameda county. To say people there are excited is certainly an understatement. Also ahead, taking a stand against injustice. New rallies and reflection today over race. Plus out of the ashes. One mans love letter amidst the fires. And petite portraits. How one mans masterpieces are changing lives. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Good evening, everybody. Im dion