Redell. Hes live for us in san jose. Bob, i know most of those businesses, they were closed for months, only to open for just two days because of that recent order. Reporter correct, marcus. Lets take the owner of the westcott gym behind me in downtown san jose. He is frustrated and unhappy, to say the least. He was finally able to reopen yesterday after being shut down for four months. He doesnt know if he will or even can follow the order to shut down again tomorrow. As of now were just confused. Were upset. Were sad. Reporter westcott gym owner doesnt know if his business can survive another shutdown. He is still paying full rent, has spent thousands to make his gym safely and socially distanced for his customers. Theres a temperature scan and uv light disinfection at checkin. Personal disinfections for customers to wipe down their equipment after each use. Thats on top of the regular cleaning by employees. Capacity is limited. He went above and beyond the safety guidelines. Now he must contend with this new order to shut down with absolutely no guidance from the county. This isnt the place where people are getting sick. People are getting sick, i believe, because theyre partying on the fourth of july, hanging out and theyre not Wearing Masks. The places where people are Wearing Masks and taking sanitary precautions are safe zones. This is a safe zone. So, again, im at a loss for words. Its depressing. Theyre taking way more safety precautions than any Grocery Store or essential business. So, its stupid. Reporter the owner believes we can lower the number of covid19 cases if everyone would just wear a Face Covering. He said look at places like japan and korea where their numbers are already down. He says wearing a mask is not a conspiracy. Reporting live here in downtown san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. All right, bob, thank you. Now, Santa Clara County is opening three new and free coronavirus testing sites today. Two locations are in san jose. This is new video for you of that line at the county Service Center auditorium. This is on berger road. Our photographer says there were at least 500 people in line there. And one of the others is in gilroy. These are all considered popup sites, offering free nasal swab tests. No questions asked. Testing is available today through friday until 3 00 at the county Service Center auditorium and at Independence High School in san jose. Now, gilroys popup will offer aid from 1 00 p. M. To 6 00 today. This is through friday and then select hours on saturday. Right now, the problem, as many people are finding out, is there is not enough resources to keep up. And many places theres not enough tests or man power to conduct those checks as well as test results. Meanwhile, the lines keep getting longer. Reporter for many people across the country, a recurring testing nightmare. I was online for five and a half hours and they shut it down four cars before i got to the entrance. Reporter and even after receiving that test, another hurdle. This south florida woman waited 15 days for the results of her exam. I think it was more stressful. I mean, thank goodness it was negative. Reporter so why such a lengthy lag . As were seeing an increased demand for testing, it is straining the capacity of the laboratories that it is taking additional time in order to get the results. Reporter part of a National Testing crisis that prompted former trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to break ranks with the peasand put up this oped. Nationally, more than 40 million tests have been conducted. Florida, breaking state records with nearly 143,000 tests on sunday and 112,000 monday. As the percent of those testing positive in the state actually dropped back from 20 to around 13 . Miamidades mayor says the problems go deeper than testing. We can do all the tests in the world you want. You can get all the contact tracers in the world you want. Its not going to make a difference. We have to change our behavior. Reporter still, Infectious Disease experts say a shortage of tests is fueling a coronavirus fire. We are maybe at about 17 in florida of the level of testing that we actually need to do to accomplish getting the virus under control. Reporter medical experts stress if you cannot get test results and you think youre sick, you should be selfquarantining. Sam brock, nbc news. When you hear that information, a lot of parents wondering about the schools. A lot of bay area schools are now trying to nail down fall semester plans with schools resuming in about one month from now. San francisco leaders are discuss the recent recommendations to reopen with distance learning. Also, Santa Clara Union schools are going to inform parents about recent distancelearning decisions. In santa rosa, schools in the north bays largest district are looking at three options, including resuming with 100 distance learning. District leaders plan to make a final decision next week depending on infection rates. And happening today, berkery city leaders, they will consider a new idea that could change the way you get a traffic ticket. City Council Members are going to discuss having unarmed public worker agents enforce traffic instead of police. Thats a way to reduce Police Response to nonviolent crimes. This is tied to reform and to funding. This is believed to be the first idea of its kind anywhere. Community members say that this plan, it could reduce the racial injustices and Police Brutality in the city. I feel that they abuse their privileges and really harm us rather than protect us. So, i think thats a good measure, everything berkeley is doing to cut back on funding and those kinds of things, im totally in favor of. Reporter if approved, the Citys Department of transportation would staff the civil servants. Happening today, north Bay School District will discuss the process of possibly renaming one of its high schools. Last week, several protesters stormed the Union District meeting. They demanded a name change for Sir Francis Drake High School in san anselmo. He was involved in the slave trade. The school says that its committed to ensure diversity and equity. Switching gears for you right now. And of course it feels like summer across the bay area because it is summer. A live look for you at walnut creek. Lets head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at what people can expect today. Kari, liking nice out there, a little cloudy. Yeah. Weve seen the fog rolling across the coastal areas right over the golden gate bridge. But most of San Francisco enjoying some sunshine right now. And so this is going to linger throughout today keeping those coastal areas cool. You may not see a lot of sunshine in spots like half moon bay. But everywhere else were looking at a lot of sun and warming temperatures. As we get a look at where we are right now, were at 72 degrees in livermore. 74 in concord. We are going to see those highs back in the upper 80s here and staying in the 60s in the city. Well talk about the range in temperatures and even take a farther look ahead to our water. A federal prison in indiana has carried out the First Federal execution in 17 years. Daniel lewis lee was convicted of killing an arkansas family in a plot to establish a whiteonly nation. He was killed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 8 07 this morning Central Standard time. He was scheduled to die monday, but a federal judges order prevented the execution. The Supreme Court overturned that decision. Two more executions are scheduled this week. Jeffrey epsteins confidant Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty. Prosecutors are charging her with helping epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Her attorneys want her released from jail. This is due to coronavirus. Prosecutors say that maxwell is a flight risk. She has millions of dollars in overseas Bank Accounts and they also say that when she was arrested last week, well, she ran from officers. And a cell phone wrapped in tin foil was found in her home in an effort to avoid detection. More than a billion dollars worth of stimulus money sent to dead people. Were going to tell you the steps the government is taking right now. Plus, youve seen people wear them, face shields. Well, how effective are they . Nbc news puts them to the test. And friends star David Schwimmer stops by the Kelly Clarkson show to say hello. What to say about his new show intelligence. Tara, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Wow. Ok thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Idina menzel t to sing your ownwn theme sonong . Tara, tarara, look atat her o with a freresh cup of f joe. Gettinn down to w work ear followingng her dreamams intoto taxidermymy oh, itits. Tax a attorne. I read ththat wrong, oh yeeeeaaaah geico. Saveve an extra a 15 percentnt whenen you switctch byby october 7 7th. Givive it up fofor tara welcome back. We have new details for you this midday. As temperatures soar, more people are looking for those alternatives to the face masks. One option, face shields. But do they offer the same protection as face masks . Well, frankly, masks are not comfortable to wear. Theyre hot. They can even make it harder to breathe. So, are face shields a safe option . Nbcs vicky nguyen asked Public Health experts where they stand. Reporter as cases spike, growing calls to keep your face covered. Face coverings are game changers. Its going to be required. Reporter at least 24 states and countless cities and counties have orders in place requiring people to wear Face Coverings in public. But whats right for you . A mask or a face shield . I would wear a face shield as the preferred Face Covering in public or a home made mask, over a surgical mask. Reporter this is an Infectious Disease doctor at Johns Hopkins university. Reporter help people understand why is it effective. It not only covers your mouth and your eyes. We know people who are Wearing Masks are touching their face constantly. When you wear a face shield, thats not an issue. Reporter these are definitely a different look and feel than a mask. Its a lot easier to talk and to breathe while wearing them. And i dont have to adjust it once i put it on. Plus, i can actually even drink while wearing it. And a bonus, the facial recognition on my phone works. But after wearing a mask for the past few months, it is a strange sensation to have so much open space underneath my chin and around the side of my face. When i wear a mask, you can see it covers my nose, my mouth, and my chin without any big gaps. The cdc recommends we wear Face Coverings like this because they capture our germs and prevent them from spreading to others. So, which one is better . So far, no studies have been done to compare the two when it comes to covid19. But a 2014 study looked at how well face shields blocked cough droplets. It reduced their exposure by 96 . But smaller droplets were able to flow around the shield and be inhaled. The World Health Organization has now acknowledged coronavirus may linger in the air and could be responsible for outbreaks of covid19 reported in restaurants, night clubs, work, and places of worship. Still, this doctor says he believes face shields are effective because of the way that droplets move in the air. The face shield seems to have a lot of openings down by your mouth and chin area. Does that reduce their effectiveness . You want to make sure that a face shield goes down to at least your chin. And there is definitely going to be an opening there. I dont think youre seeing many people get infected where a droplet comes down and goes back up. Most of those are going to fall to the ground. Reporter he says cloth masks prevent you from spreading the virus. But he thinks face shields offer twoway protection. However, the cdc currently does not recommend using face shields for normal activities or as a substitute for cloth Face Coverings. And research shows, masks prevent the spread of covid19 by containing germs. [ coughing ] back in june with help from a Columbia University micro biologist, we showed you how three different masks contain bacteria and droplets from my cough. Droplets that could carry coronavirus. Nothing grew on the petri dishes when i had my nose and mouth covered. But look at what grew when i didnt. Whether its a shield or a mask, Public Health experts agree covering your nose and mouth will reduce the spread of covid19. Very insightful. Wear those masks. Now, Health Care Workers have worn those face shields for years because they have higher exposure to sick patients. But should people reach out to buy those shields . Some doctors think that it could be good for people who have breathing issues. The cdc is still not recommending them as a substitute for those masks. If you wear both, you will have eye protection as well if you wear those masks. Now, not all states are considered face shields acceptable to use in public. New york recently said that they are allowed to be worn in place of a face mask, but ruling has still yet to be made in other states. So if youre planning to enter a business where those masks are required, you should carry one with you. Its unclear if businesses would see this as efficient. But that could change. New at 11 00 for you, the federal government is canceling stimulus checks that went out to dead americans. It comes after the Government Accountability office found that stimulus payments total in, get this, 1. 4 billion. They were sent to more than a million deceased americans. The irs previously said that family members would have to send that money back. Happening today for you, leaders across the bay area, they will consider proposals to help people struggling to make it in the bay. San francisco supervisors, well, they will consider a plan that would ban rent increases during the pandemic. Meanwhile, Contra Costa County leaders will discuss extending a similar ban as well as continuing its countywide eviction moratorium. Oakland city leaders will talk about placing limits on how much landlords raise the rent for their tenants. Hiphop star lizzo helps out some front line workers. Youll want to keep an eye out on the night sky as well tonight. Nbcs laura garcia explains it all for us. Reporter how about something good from singer lizzo . She donated dozens of sandwiches from a local Sandwich Shop to Health Care Heroes in arizona. The daily manager says the order came in with special instructions to let the staff know it was from the star. Hospital workers took to social media to thank lizzo for the lunch. An english pub owner has come up with really a rather shocking way to keep his thirsty customers distancing during the pandemic. What i thido you think of this . The star in cornwall has installed an electric fence to protect its servers. British pubs were allowed to reopen on july 4th after being closed during the uk lockdown. Social distancing remains mandatory. A drink fit for the queen. The royal family is reportedly selling a small batch of london dry gin. Sources say its made with items from the Buckingham Palace garden. The 23ounce bottles are selling for about 53 online. Youll want to look to the skies tonight to see the bright yes comet in 23 years. This is one of the few comets you can see without a telescope. Its visiting our part of the solar system for the first time in 6,800 years. So dont miss it. Because you wont have another chance. Nasa says watch the northwest horizon about an hour after sunset. Early enough for all of us to enjoy it as well because im not waiting around another 6,800 years. So true. Kari, that seems really cool though you can see that tonight. Just looking up to the sky, is it going to be clear enough for that . Yeah. I think for most of us it will be clear now. If youre along the coast and in San Francisco, youre going to have to contend with that fog. As we get a look at what we are seeing right now, taking a look now from the south bay, the san jose foothills looking at an allclear sky here. And we will continue to see those temperatures starting to warm up very much like yesterday. As we go hour by hour, were going to take it into early in the afternoon looking at all of our micro climates. Some of us will already be in the low to mid80s. Youre seeing that with concord with 85 degrees at 3 00 and san jose in the lower 80 as well. While san mateo will be in the low 70s. San francisco will be in the 60s. As we head to the north bay, we are looking at some cooler air there with some upper 70s and low 80s. And into the evening right around the time for most people to be heading home from work or going for an evening walk, you can see the fog that starts to return to the coast line. So thats also when youll be looking to the sky for the comet neowise. And you may not be able to see it in these areas. But away from the coast well have some clear skies and also really comfortable temperatures. From comets to la nina, lets talk about whats going on. Because weve been looking at all of the data thats coming in from sea surface temperatures in the pacific. We still have the blob with some warm water just south of the gulf of alaska. But then when you head to the equatorial pacific, we are actually seeing cooler than normal sea surface temperatures. With the la nina, that means the cooling of the waters there and the storm track can develop a little bit farther to the north. That can mean some good news for us here in the bay area in terms of the storm track and how much rain well see. And then for el nino, when we have those years, that means warming of the Pacific Waters near the equator. And that brings the storm track farther to the south, which usually would take it around l. A. Heres a look at what it looks like as we look at those sea surface temperatures and la nina developing. Right now its a very weak la nina, only just a little bit below normal. But well see if it continues to develop over the next couple of months. And for once again for us in here in the bay area, that can mean nearaverage rainfall or slightly aboveaverage rainfall. The last one we had was just a couple of years ago when we ended up with about 91 of our normal amount of rain. So could be good or not so good. But we are looking like hopefully well get some more rain here in the future because now were in a drought. And we are looking at some hot temperatures and we will stay above normal for the inland areas with highs peaking on saturday, but San Francisco not too much of a warmup here, marcus. Were staying in the 60s over the next seven days. Yeah, call and make sure they stay nice and cool all the time. Thanks, kari. Coming up for you, jimmy fallon back at 30 rock. Were going to talk about the changes youre going to see on forks the tonight show. Efforts to save a shrinking glacier in italy involving tugging it in. This is actually massive geotextile sheets. Workers there have put them over glaciers to reduce the melting from the sun. That blanket is meant to reflect the sunlight during the summer months. The matsive cover will be removed at the start of the skiing season which is when temperatures drop. That cover has been installed every year since 2018. Much more for you right after the break. Today on california live. Layer up. How to make your mask safer. And tracy tutor is here with ways to conquer your fear in these scary times. Its all happening at california live, this morning on 11 30 on nbc bay area. You want c coffee. But you u also want t to not spspend money. Y. Geget 7 cups f free with 7 7re. Is t that what y you want . Oh, we k know. We mightht know you u better ththan you knonow yourselfl. 7eleven. Always opepen. Well, the number o one man latete night tv is back. K. Jimmy fallolon i is now hosting shshow from 30 0 rock for the f time sincece the p pandemic. So last nightss shshow, it w e first one i in the stutudio sin march. Wow, its been a longg time. E. It actctually opened w with illuststration off all the c ch you now s see in placece at the bubuilding. Also, stitill noo audieience. Fallon says that he is happy to be back. And he really hopes that show can give people a sense of normalcy in these times. I dont know if anyone else feels this way. But normalcy, any type of normalcy feels great. So hopefully we can put a smile on your face for an hour every night and let you sit back and relax while we try to bring you just a little bit of normal. Of course, no audience in the stands there. They are actually joining him virtually. Tonights lineup includes snls colin jost, representative val demings and musical guest davido. That is coming up for you right after nbc bay area news at 11 00. Some musicians of color, theyre really trying to educate people on equality through the power of music. Hip hop legend ll cool j spoke about the death of george floyd and the music that has inspired so many people and really inspired by what all has happened in recent months. When you wrote for 400 years you had your knees on our necks. They tried to run me over and arrest me. I havent heard that from you. And, man, what did that feel like . It hurts. It hurts. I mean, you know, when i wrote that, that was me speaking from the heart. But heres the key to the whole thing. You dont want to get bitter. You want to get better. Good words right there. You know, here at nbc bay area, we are continuing our conversation dealing with race in america. Its this thursday for you. Jessica and i are hosting that. Thanks so much for joining us. Right now on california live. Tracy tutor is teaching us how to become fearless. Its just about figuring out how to embrace it, you know, experience it, and then move the hell on from it. Then, no pitfalls from plastic surgery. It is the first off the shelf that is injectable. Plus, how to cut your own bangs in quarantine. Most of us behind the chair cringe when we think of people doing their hair at home. But we are in a time of need right now. And making your mask even safer with layers. 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