In inland areas. So i hope you guys are all doing a great day or enjoying a great start to your day, i should say, at home as well. Lets take a look at your outer sunset using our cameras. 55 degrees and you can see that fog and those low clouds lingering around the coastline. Overall, our current temperatures are in the 50s for San Francisco, cool throughout so it will be cool to start, but take a look at that coastal fog. So were seeing some fog in half moon bay, San Francisco, started to make its way in toward hayward and livermore as well. Not much change when it comes to the temperature but by the afternoon, just a quick sneak peek of what were tracking. When it comes to that temperature trend, inland areas will see a lot of sunshine. However, because were seeing as High Pressure, were not only going to see it stay sunny, were also going to see a warmup in our temperatures and thats, of course, going to bring dry conditions, which always brings an elevated fire danger concern tlohroughout the inland areas so ill have a closer look at that in a few minutes. We begin in marin county as Bay Area Public Health officials intensify warnings about the spread of covid19. The violent reaction of a jogger asked to wear a mask is now under investigation in marin county. Rangers responded to an assault on a trail at phoenix lake. A 59yearold larkspur man said he put his hand up and told an approaching jogger to put a mask on. He said that jogger pushed him to the ground and kept running. Rangers did not locate the young man. Walkers, stunned by the violent reaction, and divided about how to handle people violating mask rules. And i think its the wrong choice, but yet, you know, its like, its their choice, and im not here to police people. And sometimes people when people come really close, i ask them, please give me my six feet and that works. I never had any problem with it. Courteously asking enemy to put it on is okay. But to behave abusively, i dont agree with that. Marianne county supervisors passed an ordinance adopting fines for people who violate the health order t. Fine for not wearing a mask when its required starts at 25 for individuals. Enforcement is expected to begin as early as next week. California has updated its total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Its a big number, now more than half a million. The death toll now stands at nearly 9,200 statewide. A vast majority of those deaths have come from older people, but yesterday, the state registered the first death of a child. Covid19 has taken the life of a Central Valley teenager. The California Department of Public Health says the teen had Underlying Health conditions. The death is hitting the Central Valley community hard. Im speechless when it comes to anything that i could say to the family. Its a hard case. And it just brings home the reality that this is not sparing even the youngest members of our community. Valley Childrens Hospital confirmed that patient was theirs and released a statement reading, in part, quote, we understand how all of our best efforts cannot ease the grief of families, something we wish we so deeply could lift. The death of this patient reaffirms that children and no age group are immune from the devastating impact of the covid19 pandemic. Here in the bay area, our counties collectively added more than 700 cases. The county with the highest number of cases is medAlameda County. Santa clara county added 182 cases on friday alone. Effective today, many businesses in San Mateo County have been forced to shut down again. Gyms, hair and nail salons and indoor malls will be forced to close or find a way to move outside. A recent rise in coronavirus cases put the county on the governors watch list, triggering these additional business restrictions. We spoke to one salon owner who says the closures are not only threatening his business but the whiplash from reopening and closing again is frustrating and exhausting. I would rather quit. I will have no business. Emotionally, its impossible. Financially, its as impossible with rent and overhead. San mateo county now joins the rest of the bay area under the watch list. Time is running out and with it, money for millions of americans depending on unemployment checks during the pandemic. Congress has not come to an agreement about extending them as part of the next relief bill. The lack of a deal means more than 25 million americans are losing 600 a week in unemployment. For many, that money was the only thing keeping them afloat. Its going to be like probably cutting back on groceries, its going to be cutting back on anything extra i was planning or trying to do. Its just going to be its just tightening it down to core basics. Several Republican Leaders have said they think the 600 a week actually discouraged people from going back to work. The latest stimulus proposal would drop that 600 to 200 a week. The Vallejo Police department is enlisting outside investigators to look into accusation of so called badge bending. We reported on the practice earlier this week after open vallejo broke the story. There are longrunning reports of vallejo officers bending a corner of their badge to indicate theyve been involved in a fatal shooting. The outside investigation could begin as early as next week. Our Investigative Unit has spent months looking into vallejos use of force records. Officers have killed 19 people since 2010, including an unarmed man just last month. Vallejo police have launched a hate Crime Investigation into vandalism at an east bay city councilmans office. Graffiti was found yesterday morning at vallejo councilman and mayoral candidate hakim browns office. Messages such as black lives matter and defund the police along with racial slurs were sprayed on the building and sidewalk. Police say they may notify the fbi. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, estimating antibodies, the new first of a kind test the fda just approved and what they could show us about a persons immune tooeps to the virus. Plus s for me, we start closing on every monday because monday is a disaster for us. Minority businesses in the bay area struggling to survive in the pandemic. 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For me, its going to be difficult to continue like this just on three kids and i dont want to close down my business because two of my families are essential. Reporter agarwals business is one of many east bay black and brown businesses impacted by the covid crisis. Stanford institute for Economic Policy research recently did a study. It shows that nationwide, the business shutdown disproportionately affected blackowned businesses by 40 . L. A. Latinx businesses by 32 and asian businesses by 26 . Due to coronavirus, people half of the people, like, scared coming out. Reporter mohammad and jose opened up mamas pizza take and bake in pleasanton back in february. One month before shelter at home orders were taking effect. We were the stage we were about to close all the the whole business here, but we dont want to give up because its just a couple of months, we open. We didnt know the pandemic is going to be worse. Reporter they say they are refusing to give up. The restaurant is a lifelong dream for them. They will do everything they can to keep the business open. In pleasanton, cheryl hurt, nbc bay area news. Dozens of salon owners and workers rallied outside of San Franciscos civic center yesterday afternoon. Their argument, they should be considered essential workers and allowed to open, especially given their training in sanitation measures. Current state guidelines allow salons to operate outside only and not all services are perspectived. Many owners are facing a tough decision, close their businesses or sink deeper into the red, hoping the government extends Unemployment Benefits soon. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, looking for coronavirus antibodies just got easier. The new test thats showing doctors even more than whether or not someone has those antibodies. I am tracking summer temperatures in inland areas, upper 80s, low 90s, what we can expect frorom your w weekend co up i in just a f few minuteses. Were approaching 7 15. Heres a live look outside at the very fogcovered bay bridge there. Still a beautiful sight. A new kind of Antibody Test will not only tell if patients if they had the antibodies but how many their bodies produced. The fda has approved two serology tests. The test tells patients how many antibodies their bodies have produced. Doctors say being able to measure some of the antibodies will be helpful in learning about the virus and what antibodies mean to potential immunity. Many bay area cities have been experimenting with different ways to help their businesses stay afloat like closing downtown streets or expanding outdoor seating. Danville tried it but theyre scaling back now. For the past month, danville has been shuttering down a main part of hart avenue from sunday morning through sunday evening, but starting today, a much smaller stretch will be closed. The reason, the town found that shutting down most of the avenue to traffic on weekends was actually hurting small businesses. Well, definitely hoping about to get more business and have more people walking down in this section of harts avenue and climb out of this thing altogether. Other businesses we spoke to believe foot traffic will not come back until the pandemic is over. And if you were one of apples 25,000 bay area employees, we hope youre comfortable working from home because youre going to be there a while. The cupertinobased tech giant announced its letting its people work remotely until 2021. This comes, of course, as the pandemic worsens in california and nationwide. Apple employees have already been working from home for most of the year. Apple ceo tim cook said employees eventually returning, it all depends on a vaccine. Other bay area tech giants like google, twitter, and facebook already made similar announcements. Looking for a place to spread your wings during this pandemic . No better place than an Aircraft Carrier and we have one in our backyard. The Uss Hornet Museum is reopening today after closing in march. The hornet is famous for hosting all types of patriotic events but the pandemic means only the open air hangar bay and flight deck will be open. Still, those things are big so there will be plenty of room for you and your kids to safely w d wand wander about. Visitors will have to wear masks and social distance. Only then will you be welcomed on board. Time for a check in with vianey arana for your microclimate forecast. How are things looking out there . You know, depending on where you are and, you know, what view your windows looking at, youre going to see either fog or a lot of sunshine, sierra. Thats the beautiful of microclimates here in the bay area and its going to be a nice afternoon. But as sierra mentioned, earlier, the fog is really covering the Golden Gate Bridge and also the city. So lets get right to this San Francisco hayes valley Weather Underground camera because normally its a great shot but you can see the buildings down below and then thats kind of all you can see because of the fog. Now, we do have High Pressure thats sort of going to help keep us hotter and also dry throughout the bay area. And meanwhile, areas like san jose seeing pretty good clearing and a lot of sunshine expected for this afternoon about 59 degrees right now, current temperatures throughout, probably the coolest part of our morning so far. And then by the afternoon, lets take a look at the hourbyhour outlook when it comes to that cloud cover around the coastline and that fog. So, well get partial clearing for the coast but it will slower to clear compared to inland areas. Inland areas, expect plenty of sunshine, im going to push this timeline forward all the way through tonight and also into tomorrow morning so very summerlike, especially for areas like San Francisco, half moon bay, santa cruz can expect to see some of that fog as well, into early tomorrow morning. Expect that as well into monday. So really its just a trend of summerlike temperatures. Todays forecast will be a lot warmer in some spots but slightly warmer in others. So san jose, a high of 82, concord, 93. We have this High Pressure from the Desert Southwest thats keeping us warmer but were definitely cooler compared to southern california, where they have been seeing tripledigit heat in some areas, also in salina, theyve been seeing tripledigit heat so definitely, when you compare the tripledigit heat to what were going to be seeing here this weekend, were off to a much cooler weather start, at least you have a chance to get away to the coast from the heat. As far as your air quality, though, im happy to say that its going to be such a good day for a hike. Were not worried about the air quality for today. Its going to be good. And as far as your pollen count, also keep in mind that if grass pollen usually tends to get your sinuses going, take that medication to go because we are seeing top allergens as grasse and juniper. Because it is High Pressure, remember High Pressure dries us out. Now, thankfully, its not going to be a windy day, just breezy, mildly breezy at times, but even then, whenever we see those hot conditions paired with that dry weather, we see elevated fire danger so be mindful of that if youre going to be out and about. Report any suspicious activity and if youre going to be grilling, please be safe about it. Longrange outlook, into wednesday, that High Pressure starts to back off a little bit and overall were going to see comfortable weather. If youre going to be hiking in the trails of the east bay, sunny and warm by 1 00. So get those Early Morning hikes out of way before, i would say, 3 00. Inland temperatures start to cool off by monday, 89 degrees and then they get nice and really cool by wednesday, look at that, predicted high of only 80 degrees. Thats about a 15degree drop compared to where were going to be at today and into tomorrow. Early morning fog, again, will linger for the majority of the day for the kwocoastline and th well get some good clearing for this afternoon. Sounds like a perfect forecast. Thank you. Still ahead on today in the bay, from Campus Living to toiling in the fields, the stanford students life being altered by the pandemic. M menutaur geget a load o of my souththwest chcheddar cheeeeseburger. Let memenutaur makake it a a doubleeee,e, yeah its beaeautiful sasay what . I i said its s bea. Try mymy 5. 99 sououthwest cheddar chcheeseburgerer combo and makeke it a doububle for a a buck more. E. 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Reporter covid19 has created plenty of worst case scenarios, so she had to set her degree aside and take a bucket to pick blueberries alongside her family. You strap on the onegallon bucket on to this, like, almost backpacklike strap. That really wears you out throughout the day. Reporter in 110degree heat, she and other farm workers picked the crops no one else wants to pick. A gallon bucket of blueberries fetches 3. 50. On a good day, she can fill four an hour. When i left to college, i thought, you know, ill never have to come back here again. Ill have an education and be able to get a good job. Reporter instead, she works alongside the same workers who encouraged her to go to college. Everyone in the fields tells you, get a job where you can have airconditioning, you dont have to be outside like us. Reporter but once again, she will leave the fields to return to stanford next week to Start Medical School. But her field of dreams is the one she will leave behind, the one she hopes to return to with a medical degree in hand. Its where i come from. Its the people that raised me, that supported me when i was dreaming about going to college. I definitely want to come back. Reporter joe rosdao jr. , nbc bay area news. For students across the bay area, returning to class will bring a lot of changes and a lot of challenges. The nbc Bay Area Responds Team is working to help your family prepare. Join us for a half hour back to School Special tonight immediately following our newscast, after the nhl on nbc. We have much more for you on today ttoday in the bay. Coming up, signs of improvement in the south bay, the important number that is starting to go down and the reason that could signal progress in the fight against covid19. Plus, taking money away from the police, where San Francisco plans to spend millions of its dollars its no lolonger givinio law w enforcement. 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Its nice to have you here on the weekends, i know i dont get to work with you as often but hey, i hope youre enjoying the bay area so far because you certainly get a choice of what temperatures you want to see for your saturday, depending on where you live. San francisco, this is a shot using our Weather Underground camera, 55 degrees right now. You can see the clouds lingering overhead. Current temperatures, 61 in oakland, 59 in san jose, and if youre going to be out, maybe on an Early Morning run, it is great jogging weather, at least for the first half of our morning. Look whats going to happen around 12 00. We start to warm up into the 70s. If you live around the coastline, half moon bay, santa cruz, youre going to see great weather all day long for running but if you live inland, get that exercise out of the way early on because it will get hot in the 90s. More detail in just a few minutes. We begin in marin county as Bay Area Public Health officials intensify warnings about the spread of covid19. The violent reaction of a jogger asked to wear a mask is under investigation. Rangers responded to an assault on phoenix trail in ross wednesday morning. A 59yearold larkspur man said he put his hand up and told an approaching jogger to put a mask on. He says that jogger pushed him to the ground and kept running. Rangers did not locate that man and walkers are stunned by the violent reaction. They were also divided about how to handle people violating mask rules. And i think its the wrong choice, but yet, you know, its like, its their choice, and im not here to police people, and sometimes when people come really close, i ask them, please give me my six feet and that works. I never had any problem with it. Courteously asking them to put it on is okay. But to behave abusively, i dont agree with that. Marin county supervisors passed an ordinance adopting fines for people who violate the health order. The fine for not wearing a mask when its required starts at 25 for individuals. Enforcement is expected to begin as early as next week. California has updated its total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. And its a big number. Now more than a half a million. The death toll now stands at 9,200 statewide. A vast majority of those deaths have come from older people, but yesterday, the state registered the first death of a child. Covid19 has taken the life of a Central Valley teenager. The California Department of Public Health says the teen had Underlying Health conditions. The death is hitting the Central Valley community hard. And im speechless when it comes to anything that i could say to the family. Its a hard case. And it just brings home the reality that this is not sparing even the youngest members of our community. Valley Childrens Hospital confirmed that the patient was theirs and released a statement reading, in part, we understand how all our best efforts cannot ease the grief of our families, something we wish so deeply we could lift. The death of this patient reaffirms that children, and no age group, are not immune from the devastating impact of the covid19 pandemic. Here in the bay area, our communities collectively added more than 700 cases. The county with the highest number of cases is Alameda County with a total of 11,131. Santa clara county added 182 cases on friday alone. Effective today, many businesses in San Mateo County have been forced to shut down again. Gyms, hair and nail salons and indoor malls will be forced to close or find a way to move outside. A recent rise in coronavirus cases put the county on the governors watch list, triggering these additional business restrictions. We spoke to a salon owner who said the closures are not only threatening his business but the whiplash from reopening and closing again is frustrating and exhausting. I would rather quit. I will have no business. Emotionally, its impossible. Financially, its as impossible with rent and overhead. San mateo county now joins the rest of the bay area under the watch list. Weve shared a lot of dire numbers when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, but theres also some good news to report. One county seeing a drop in cases. That could lead to a drop in hospitalizations in the coming weeks. Today in the bays ian cole explains. Reporter heading into the weekend, new covid numbers show improvement. Test Positivity Rate is now slowly trending down in the south bay and statewide. Yeah, its an amazing thing. Test Positivity Rate gives you an idea of an early indicator of how were going as a community. Reporter and how much its spreading. Out of thousands of tests in Santa Clara County, that test Positivity Rate has gone from a monthly high of 4. 2 to around 3. 6 on the 7day average. Dr. Peter chinhong of ucsf says the numbers are lower than much of the state. 10 is kind of the threshold that many people use as an index for badness. And below 5 is even better. Some have proposed that below 5 is a number you can think about when you think about reopening schools. Reporter but doctors still say more testing is needed. And today, Santa Clara County says its doing five times the amount of testing as Healthcare Providers and again urging them to do their part. They have the same access to resources and so forth that we do. You know, theyre not keeping pace with our current system, which is causing it to overflow in a sense. Reporter and before many counties can be taken off the watch list, dr. Chinhong says they also have to see a decrease in case rates per 100,000 people and in hospitalizations and an increase in hospital and icu capacity among other indicators, but a positive sign over time is encouraging. If Santa Clara County continues to improve, youll see some of the other indexes drop. Reporter in the south bay, ian cole, nbc bay area news. Local black activists have a message for protesters who cause harm and damage. Do not join our movement. Leaders from local chapters of the naacp met with reporters yesterday to complain about infiltrators. Theyre dismayed by the violence they see at protests around the country. Their organization, more than a century old, was built on nonviolence. A noble movement. The Civil Rights Movement and the black lives movement have both been discredited, disrespected by interlopers, persons who go out and commit violent acts. Theyre not necessary. Were asking that they stay away. Stay away. We dont need you. The naacp is asking those who are serious about activism to gets involved in making things better, not worse. Defund the police has been one rallying cry of the black lives Matter Movement and now we know what this is going to look like in San Francisco. Mayor london breeds proposed budget cuts 120 million from law enforcement. The plan is to redistrict the funds to the Africanamerican Community and other minorities in the form of housing, mental health, Job Development and other programs. So far, there are few specifics about how the resources will be offered, just that the city will work with local programs. The police chief was supportive, saying the cuts are necessary to support racial equity. He also said the cuts would not impact the departments ability to provide essential services. Were following developing news out of southern california. Firefighters are frying to put out the apple fire in Riverside County. These are images youre seeing from the Cherry Valley area. 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Yesterdays game between the cardona and brewers was postponed just hours before it was supposed to start. Two cardinals employees tested positive. In all, six teams didnt play on friday as a large outbreak involving marlins players and staff continues to have a Ripple Effect on the schedule. Coming up on today in the bay, San Francisco fbi agents sweep in and you wont believe how young the alleged ring leader is for a twitter hack that targeted highprofile accounts ranging from elon musk to barack obama. And im tracking a foggy coast now, but sunshine later. Ill have a closer look at your daytime highs, plus the latest updates on hurricane isaias and of couourse thehe forecastt comp after ththe break. Good saturday morning. I hope your day is off to a good start. Say good morning buddy. Binxys forecast will be at the end of this. But first, we have a lot to get through today. Not just daytime ties. Theres his tail. Shake it off. And well talk about the latest in hurricane isaias. Hayes valley in San Francisco, showcasing that fog in this camera, using our Weather Underground shots. You can see were starting to see some of that fog start to sort of roll off there. Once we see that, well get some partial clearing. Meanwhile in woodside, you can see that layer right there over the mountainside using our underground kacams as well. San jose, waking up to partly clear conditions, overall plenty of sunshine. Thats going to be on tap for today, thanks to some good old High Pressure from the Desert Southwest. But are we going to see clearing around the coast . Well, fog and 24hour temperature change right now, no major temperature change differences as far as our start to the day. But notice we are seeing foggy conditions in some sports in hardware and livermore as well. As the afternoon progresses, well get some good clearing for most inland areas, plenty of sunshine in the south bay. Look at the daytime highs in san jose. 82 degrees, morgan hill, 90 degrees, milpitas, 84. Concord, pittsburg, cant i dont care antioch in the mid 90s so get all those early exercises outfit way. Whenever we see 90s like that, the High Pressure dries us out. That will mean elevated fire danger so i want everybody to be careful, cautious as you head outdoors for any sort of outdoor activity, if youre going to be grilling, please be smart about it, take frequent breaks as well. Any brush can spread or burn. Its not going to be too windy today. Were not expecting gusty conditions, so that will help sort of back off when it comes to that fire danger. But still, so much dry brush out there, you just rather be safe than sorry. Mission and embarcadero northwesterly wind. Temperatures in the 80s. Santa rosa, 87 and now i want to talk about whats going on in the longrange outlook really quick because that High Pressure thats been bringing us this heat, its going to linger for tomorrow but for those that live in southern california, theyve been seeing record heat, tripledigit heat, so at least were not in the triple digits here locally. All right, lets talk about hurricane isaias because i did want to bring you the latest updates on location and what were tracking right now. In just a few minutes, theyre going to be showing the latest update on where its headed. As of right now, still a category 1 and even though it is expected to potentially either stay at a category 1 or be downgraded, it looks like the weekend impacts are still going to come in the form of some pretty good rain totals and very strong wind gusts, so for those who live in florida, theyre still preparing, you know, for this system as we head in towards tonight at 11 00 p. M. , so far, right now, coming in at about 80 Miles Per Hour so as soon as that latest update is released as far as to where it stands and its location, i will, of course, make sure to post that on twitter and on my social media accounts. Inland temperatures for the next seven days, take a look at what happens tomorrow, we start to cool off a little bit, and then we get some good cooling by tuesday and wednesday by as much as 15 degrees temperature drop for San Francisco. 60s for most of the coastline, really for the remainder of the weekend, no major changes there. As far as bixs out walking forecast, hes always jealous of the dogs that live in the coastline because they get to walk at any time of the day without worrying about the heat. 60s, lot of sunshine expected for some areas. But inland areas, take them out early. Still ahead on today in the bay, what if detecting the coronavirus was as simple as using a swab on a surface like a playground, elevator or Grocery Store . Well give you an exclusive look at a test that promises to do just that. Yoyou asked fofor em, so o tiny tacocos are backck for good. Grab a box of f 15 or t try them loloaded. Get em now w with nono contact d delivery. A medical leader search for solutions, a new coronavirus test. Makers say with a swab and 48 hours, you can find out if any surface is contaminated with the virus that causes covid19. The nbc team took swabs from a test kit and fanned out across the country to find out whether what youre touching in public could be a hot spot for coronavirus. Nbcs vicky nguyen got an exclusive look at how it works. Reporter going up. From handrails to elevator buttons, indoors and out, could the coronavirus be here . This new test lets nonscientists like us find out whether anyone with covid19 has touched or breathed on the spaces were in. Its made by San Francisco based company phylagen. Were trying it out for the first time. We have exclusive access to show you what the phylagen surface test is and how it works. You take a swab, dip it in the solution and basically swab any surface that you want to test. Were doing this playground steering wheel. Just snap the top of the swab off in the sample tube, and youre done. I swabbed all over new york city, in busy, public spaces like the subway, coffee shops, and the Grocery Store. All right, were going to see whats on this cart handle. The seat belt, p. I. N. Pad and door handles in a taxi and inside an uber. Not pretty, but we got to check. Even inside a public restroom. Another good spot, the elevator. And what about these hightouch items at a restaurant . I wasnt alone. We enlisted nbc news producers from coast to coast, swabbing surfaces in five states, including hot spots california and florida. 48 hours after shipping our samples to the lab, we got the results. All our swabs from pennsylvania and new jersey came back negative for coronavirus. No traces of the virus on the train, at the drugstore, or on the mail we swabbed. Not even the chair in the pharmacy waiting area. No positives in california either, where the producer swabbed a gas pump, bus seat handle and this elevator button in an office building. But in new york, two positive hits, this grocery cart handle came back positive for sarscov2, the virus that causes covid19, and this selfserve bread bin . Also positive. But the worst was covid19 hot spot florida. Nearly 20 of our samples from miami, positive. Overall, 6 of the samples that we took indoors came back positive, which is within the 5 to 20 positive rate predict bdbed by the company. We shared our results with an epidemiologist. Is it ri assuring to know that coronavirus isnt in all the places they thought it might be. Absolutely. Its reassuring to know that some of our prevention measures are working and that were not seeing coronavirus in places like the mail or on certain public restrooms. While im definitely surprised by that, i think its good news. Reporter what are the limitations of a positive result . Well, the limitations are that you really dont know how much of the virus is there. And you dont know if its dead or alive. So you dont know if it can actually infect somebody or not. Reporter phylagens cofounder and indoor microbiology expert jessica green says the tests are useful tore businesses to monitor indoor exposure to covid19. The real power lies knowing whether or not you have infected people that are asymptomatic that are shedding the virus in closed indoor spaces. Reporter like a school or a nursing home . Yes. This type of test could be used in schools, in nursing homes, hotels, restaurants. Reporter she says if you regularly swab a school or an office and see a sudden spike in positives, it can mean people there are infected, even if theyre not showing symptoms. Thats really valuable information if you want to curb the spread of the pandemic. Reporter vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. A florida teenager is expected to stand trial in San Francisco for the hacking attack on twitter earlier this month. 17yearold graham clark was arrested at his tampa home. He just graduated from high school and now faces 30 federal felony charges. Hes accused of hijacking the accounts of bill gates, elon musk, and other famous names and inviting their followers to send in a thousand dollars in bitcoin and get their money doubled in return. Twitter has said the hackers accessed the system by spear fishing or targeting a twitter employee. Two others have been arrested. One in orlando, the other in england. Still ahead on today in the bay, could it be san joses version of the gateway arch in st. Louis . Well show you the new designs for a landmark coming to Silicon Valley. It has wealth, great weather and a nationally known hockey team but unlike San Francisco, st. Bureaucra st. Louis, or paris, san jose doesnt have an arch of its own. Its drawing entries from all over the globe. Scott budman shows us some of the ideas that are hoping to become san joses icons. Reporter its the bay areas largest city. Its got highrises, tech companies, and the sharks. But really when we think of san jose, sadly, we might think of the shark tank but we probably think of suburbia. Reporter marketer dan orlof says san jose needs something more than the title, capital of Silicon Valley. Silicon valley is where i work. San jose is where i live. Getting to a landmark that gets to the heart of who we are as a region headquartered here in san jose is important. Reporter so, a contest was launched to bring an icon to san jose. Something to define it, like the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco or the eiffel tower in paris. And i have always thought that it was a hole in our community that we dont have such a place. Reporter 963 submissions from 72 countries later, a group called urban confluence Silicon Valley has a lot to choose from. From the techie to the spacey to the flatout weird. Each aiming to give san jose an identity boost. Any of us who have traveled anywhere know how important those things are both for Economic Development of the community, also for peoples confidence in their own community and having a sense of optimism about who they are and where they live. The plan is to eventually put the icon here at san jose arena green where it will be seen not only from the ground but from the air, because its in the flight path to sjc. The next move, september 18th, when the contestants will be whittled down to three, each one getting 150,000. All this month, nbc bay area and our partners at telemundo 48 are working to clear the shelters. Its one of our favorite annual efforts as weve seen so many great animals find their forever homes over the year. During the pandemic, local shelters are getting creative to help people find their perfect pet. In the past, you could just walk right in and you might fall in love with a pet instantly. But with covid, shelters have been forced to look at new strategies from shelters offering virtual meet and greets, match making. People who have been matched with pets would go well with your family. Heres a quick look at adoption totals during our last three clear the shelter campaigns. The bay areas love of animals, quite evident, with nearly 4,500 pets adopted during the effort in 2019. People still encouraged to adopt and donate at their favorite shelters for the entire month of august. You can find a list of participating shelters by going to our website and click on the clear the shelters tab on the top of the home page. Thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. Well have more local news for you tonight at 5 00, 6 00, and 11 00 and all day on nbcbayarea. Com. Have a great start. Clear the shelters tab on the. Narrator when you see this symbol you know youre watching television that is educational and informational. The more you know on nbc. Dylan hi, im dylan dreyer, and were about to embark on another earth odyssey. Today, we explore the hidden animals and ancient cultures that live in the himalayas. Well see if we can spot the spotted snow leopard before he spots us, and later, the locals show us the dangers that come with living in one of the worlds biggest mountain chains. [music]
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