She said not all employees needed the 600 per week and hopes the next stimulus plan makes revisions. I wish that now we could investigate who needs what and it will be distributed differently. Some think that is discouraging people from getting back to work. The 600 would drop to 200. July is going into the books as the worst month so far for california during the pandemic with the state recording the most cases and deaths yet. This is a chart showing the number of cases each month for california. April, may, doubling in june. There may be testing that wasnt so widespread. In april and may, drops down in june to about 900 and then a spike up to 2,800 deaths, 1,000 more than the month ahead. Several Health Experts said they are seeing the worst of their outbreak right now. A Record Number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths this week. One doctor sent out it is not just the elderly dying in nursing homes. We had a shift in the demographics that we noticed younger people are dying. We Must Wear Masks and protective gear and must wash our hands and practice social distancing. In the south bay calling on leaders to step up their testing. The county issued a new order requiring Health Care Providers to test people with symptoms and all essential workers. They sent me to a survey. And after i completed the survey there were three or four questions and they told me i did not need testing. Santa clara county leaders pointed to this chart. A countdown to closure tonight. By midnight all of the gyms, hair salons, places of worship have to close up shop or find a way to move outside. The county was added to the states covid watch list. Tomorrow marks the third day on the watch list to trigger the additional business closures. They will continue until the county reduces the number of new infections and hospitalizations. We stopped by in South San Francisco where a coowner said the classes cant be moved outside and a closure would paralyze the business. You know, you take away our wellbeing and now you are taking away for us to provide for ourselves. It is getting dark at this point. Shopping malls, indoor retailers must shift to curb side pick up or outdoor sales starting tomorrow. Dozens rallied outside the civic center this afternoon. Their argument, they should be considered essential workers and allowed to open. Current state guidelines allow salons to operate outside only. Many are facing a tough decision, close their business or hope the government extends Unemployment Benefits soon. The president s coronavirus experts face harsh questioning. Dr. Fauci said the federal response is failing because the government has shifted responsibility to the states. Fauci blamed states that reopened too soon. As far as a vaccine, fauci said it would be here sooner than later. We will have a vaccine by the end of the year. I dont believe it is dreaming but a reality. Money is running out tonight for millions of americans. The white house and democrats are far apart of extending them. The white house wants to slash the benefit to 200. Just in the Police Department is enlisting an outside investigator to look into investigations of badge bending. There are long running reports of vallejo officers bending a corner of their badge to show they have been involved in a fatal police shooting. The outside investigation could begin as early as next week. The city has one of the highest rates of shootings in the country. You can see our report by clicking on the investigations tab. Mayor breed unveiled her Budget Proposal and it cuts more than 100 million from law enforcement. The money is redirected to the Africanamerican Community in efforts to address racial inequality. There are still key questions about the proposal. Reporter we will redirect 120 million from law enforcement. With that mayor london breed took the next step towards redirecting the funds to the citys minority community, calling it a step towards making real change. We are listening to the community and prioritizing investments in the Africanamerican Community around housing, Mental Health and wellness, workforce development. Reporter leading up to the announcement there were several Community Conversations around reinvesting in the black community. We have to listen to the people in the community. We have to listen to the people that have seen and have lived the devastation resulting from decades of disinvestment. Reporter the Community Identified priorities in the city. There would be a process but few specifics. This is a First Step Towards reparations and identifying millions of dollars we are going to invest into a community that has been systemically oppressed. Reporter the police chief said we knew there would be pain and sacrifice associated with the budget cuts but they are necessary to fulfill the promise of the mayor and the initiative to support Racial Equity and said they wouldnt diminish their ability to provide essential services. Vacancies that are going to be filled and then you have the issue of retention. You know, that is a concern. What else is on the mayors mind these days . Unsurprisingly, a lot. I want to be able to live here for the rest of my life and i want to make it into the city that i know it has the potential to be. A and one on one interview where they talked about everything from leading the city through a pandemic to the impact that recent protests over Police Brutality had on her personally. You can watch the story tonight on the news at 6 00. San joses mayor personally joined the legal fight against president trumps census. He ordered the census to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted. San joses mayor personally joined the lawsuit claiming the president s memo violates the constitution. Californias attorney general are leading a separate lawsuit as well as state and senate groups. Coming up next, a twitter hack that hit some high profile accounts. What we are learning about the teenager the fbi says was the mastermind behind it all. And it is a story we are following all week in the south bay. The cluster of coronavirus cases at Costco Stores. We will have the latest information. Menutaur get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. It is a story we have been following all week. The biggest cluster, 13 cases among workers at the sunny dale store. We are learning about new locations. Workers and Public Health officials are so upset about what they are hearing. On going investigations at south bay costcos including the one here still have a long way to go to determine how workers are contracting the virus and where. It is still pretty busy inside some of the Costco Stores today. Some are upset Health Officials said the preliminary investigation said most workers that were infected were infected outside the workplace and it felt like employees were being blamed for the outbreaks and that more precautions needed to be taken. I didnt believe what i heard. They didnt take into consideration the thousands of customers coming to the store every day. The Health Department said when they talked about most cases they were talking about the eight and not the sunnyvale costco. The cases nudged sunnyvale into the highest category of hot spots with 305 cases per 100,000 people. Still lower than gilroy at 974 and san jose. The more people that are working and the more people that are not practicing shelter in place, the more at risk we are as a community. They said the investigations are on going. A situation that always seems to be changing. In san jose, nbc bay area news. Vallejo police launched a hate Crime Investigation after graffiti was found this morning at hakeem browns downtown office. Messages like black lives matter and defund the police along with the racial slur were spray painted on the building and sidewalk. Out for comment but havent heard back. We now know who the fed think is behind the hacking of twitter earlier this month, a florida teenager. The 17yearold graham clark was arrested today at his tampa home. He just graduated high school and now faces 30 federal felony charges. The hack tweet invites followers to send them bitcoin and get their money doubled in return and the hackers targeted a twitter employee. Two others were arrested, one in orlando and another in england. Apple employees wont be seeing the inside of the space ship for a while working remotely until 2021. Apple employees have been working at home most of the year and tim cook said employees returning depends on a vaccine. Google, twitter, facebook made similar decisions. For students returning to class will bring a lot of challenges. Nbc Bay Area Responds Team is working to help your family prepare. Make sure thaw join us for a back to school and this saturday night following our newscast after the nhl on nbc. One thing that hasnt been changing is the great summer weather we have been experiencing all week. Lets turn it over for the weather backyard to see if it is going to continue into the weekend. Oh, yes. Had to get outside again today. It is just amazing outside. You know when you are under the sun it is maybe too warm for you after a halfhour or so. Dont worry. We have a cooler breeze moving on in tonight and i still think you will be happy with what is coming our way. Lets start off with a look at the Weather Board that shows the current live sky cameras on the lefthand side of the screen and then you can see the temperatures and where the fog is right now. The great news for those of you in San Francisco, we did get a break from the fog and the current live camera view we have sunshine with you and notice that the fog is right there near the immediate coast line. That will move back in easy tonight. 61 in San Francisco. You have 90 in concord and taking note of sacramento, 99. If you didnt have the foggy breeze we would be in the 100s. Tomorrow morning a few clouds for the south bay. Pence larks t pence larks t weather tomorro warm up a couple of degrees but i do not think it will be incomfortably hot for the south bay because we keep the cool ocean breeze and the fog at the coast line. We are going up to 82 in san jose. Still magnificent weather. Over to the east bay, the spot to be is oakland. 74. Concord, 93. Coast line, maybe you want chills and refreshing air. 62 degrees. Pallo alto, 82. San francisco, we are back in the 50s and the 60s with winds out of the west at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Right off through the north bay we will also see plenty of 70s to the lower 80s return back in the mix tomorrow. That will leave with ma it will be beautiful here. If you are doing any traveling i wanted to let you know about the hurricane. It is now approaching the bahammas and it will move parallel to the florida coast line, a half inch to four inches of rain. Winds that could be up to 60 miles per hour. Any traveling with less flights due to covid, you will have delays. Right here across the inland valley, a little bit warmer. But monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday for the first week of august when we can typically have several days in a row of the 100s, we will be in the 80s. Sit back, relax and know next week wont be too hot. A break in the electric bill, not too bad with everything that is going on. Good weather coming our way as we head into next week. All the credit goes to you, jeff. We should send the extra money we are not paying to you. Okay. All right. I will put it in to new weather equipment. Thanks so much. Coming up, they tried closing streets for Outdoor Dining but some restaurants are still struggling. The new idea in one town to get more people to support the businesses, next. Stretches of do you want streets in many bay areas cities have been closed to cars to help businesses during the pandemic but now a town is reversing that. Danville has been shutting down the main part for several blocks friday morning to sunday evening. A much smaller stretch will be closed saturday. The reason is that the town found out shutting down most of hart avenue traffic on weekend was hurting small businesses. Definitely hoping to get more people and business walking down this section of harts avenue and climb out of this thing. Others believe that foot traffic wont come back until the pandemic is over. New evident today we are in this all together, and that means helping when you can. In fremont at the wells fargo, a food drive organized by volunteers and the bank. One volunteer told us the demand continues to grow. The number has doubled since covid. So to keep up with the demand having a fifth pantry like this being ran helps to provide the families with food. And these families need it for their children and their aging parents and for everyone in their community. Today they gave out about 600 boxes. The event is ongoing, 9 30 in the morning until 2 00 in the afternoon at the wells fargo. In San Francisco there is help to keep front line workers safe. Today supervisor walton, First Responders partnered to donate ppe to local health organizations, more than 1,000 n95 masks sent to firefighters and nurses. Not just San Francisco. They are donating in los angeles, phoenix, tacoma. For parents eager to get the kids out of the house, the uss hor net museum is reopening tomorrow. It had been closed since march. They are famous for hosting all kinds of events. But only the open air hanger bay and flight deck will be open. Visitors must wear a mask and social distance. Only then are they welcome to board. You might not march with the penguins this year but San Francisco zoo wants you to be a part of the fun. We will show you how next. Hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . 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. Tonight at 6 00, back in the fields where she used to work. The stanford student gaining appreciation for what is important in the pandemic. Coming up on nightly news, Covid Concerns on college campuses. One change is testing for students every two days. We will tell you what is behind the aggressive schedule. Lester holt joins us in about a minute. And finally, a question you never considered before, what would you name a baby penguin . If it were a boy i would name it darius. A beautiful name. San francisco zoo is holding a penguin chick naming contest. It is in place of the zoos yearly march of the penguins event. Suggesting a name will only cost you 5. The zoo is accepting names until midnight on thursday. The winner will be announced on facebook next saturday. If you enter, there you go. The chick is a boy. The chick is a boy. In my family actually one of my children had a stuffed penguin, penguini was the name. Tonight, the race for a vaccine with the new death toll projection of 180,000 by the end of summer today a 2 billion deal to make vaccines as dr. Fauci tells congress hes cautiously optimistic they could be ready as soon as this winter. And tonight experts warning about crowds of young people driving an explosion of new cases and as colleges prepare to reopen, researchers say students may need to be tested every two days. The stalemate over new relief funds for American Families as those enhanced Unemployment Benefits run out today. The latest on the large hurricane threatening florida and the u. S. Eastern
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