Country, treating more than 1000 patients a day with liquid gold. Convalescent plasma, taken from those who survived the disease. Plasma contains antibodies for the coronavirus. Hope a good dose of antibodies will help the sick fight off covid the problem is that the demand outstrips the supply, and some donations have weak levels leaving the issue of this plea. If you have recovered you can save up to three lives by donating your plasma. A bay area Biotech Company may have a solution. We are excited about this. Meth a way to make a co has conty witht reon donors. Its a new class of drugs called recombinant hibernians. Dr. David johnson says without technology you can crank out millions of doses from just a few good survivors. We dont have to go back to the same donors over and over again. Taking dna from the plasma of a Covid Survivor and then using highend dna technologies cranks out a consistently potent antibody serum. That contains thousands of different antibodies. 12,500 antibodies so you can see how this is certainly a much different kind of product. And a newly published study, researchers tested the serum in the lab and in animals. And found that it was 100 fold more potent than donated plasma. That it binds to and detects the virus. Super exciting, when did these trials finally start. Dr. Johnson told us that the company is in discussions with the fda, they expect trials to begin early next year. Good progress being made. Thanks. Some of our top stores at five 30. Governor newsom speaking after the Public Health director resigned. Its the latest fall out from the data glitch in the states reporting system. Nearly 300,000 coronavirus test results were backlogged meaning last weeks numbers were not up to date. We learned about it after the presentation and i think over the time with members of the public that we would not have put out those data points if we had known that, by definition i was unaware and was made aware later that even n franciscdgto sp classifying drivers as independent workers. An injunction was requested as part of a lawsuit claiming that uber and lyft are violating a new law that requires workers to be classified as employees to ensure benefits. Lyft says it does plan to appeal the ruling and continue to fight for their independence. Berkeley police say they arrested the woman who set fire a haened last week at the congregation. Witnesses say they saw a woman set the been on fire and run away. They were able to keep it under control until fire crews arrived. Police found the woman things to security video and she is charged with arson. This comes nearly two weeks after a trashbin was set on fire outside the Way Christian Center in berkeley across the street from the synagogue. It is unclear if the two incidents are related. Right now police are trying to find the suspect who ambushed a couple while they were driving. Officers found the victims at about 10 30 last night. On chancellor avenue a man and a woman were shot while in their car. The 50yearold man did not survive come the woman we are told is in serious condition, so far no word on any motive or suspect description. San francisco inmates can now make phone and vio calls free of charge. Under a new contract with the vendor, the city will now pay a fixed monthly rate for each phone. Mayors office has inmates and their families pay more than 1 million for phone calls from county jails back in 2018. The Santa Clara County is putting up millions of dollars to help bridge the Digital Divide for students. The county is providing more than 7 million to communities connected for athome learning. Laopwi purchased and wifi hotspots will be installed to help out 15,000 students. The next step is to apply care with action when it comes to helping students in the east side of san jose. We were able to issue 2500 devices and hotspots. Earlier the city provided a separate 8 million for infrastructure and digital devices for 11,000 students. Also in san jose right now, the city is trying to figure out what to do with a black lives matter mural. The artwork was painted on empire street between 15th and 18th streets without the citys approval. The mayor tells us the city is now working to figure out how to handle other mural requests saying that streets become forms for First Amendment expression but there is no ability for a city to decide that messages are inappropriate and some are okay. The San Francisco activist calling for more longterm Housing Investments for the black community. Organizers gathered outside the Saint Anthony foundation today, pushing to get people off the streets and into homes. If we really want to see this change we need to get this off the streets. You have to address your problem if you want to address San Franciscos problem. The group there also painting a mural reading housing black along golden gate avenue. More signs in the bay area commute that is getting back to business. Getting back for the first time in months we talked to the chger can expect. From dog walkers to dry cleaners. Begging to let us go. Muni is bringing back the metro service. It was shut down and cut 40 of coverage hours. The agency also cut Service Routes to areas such as the financial district when most people were working from home. Now, the transit director says muni is ready to bring back more commute options. On august 22nd we bring back trains for the first time and this is allowing us to free up so we are storing and extending or approving the frequency. But more importantly not bringing back the subway the way it was before. It will take its one car train the j, k, and l and have new transfer centers. All in an effort to encourage social distancing. More emergency housing is being built in san jose, this new block of evans lane is one of three interim housing sites that will ultimately be permanent. They will provide shelters to those who have tested positive. Designed in the short term, the ones that could be most severely impacted by covid and over the longterm these will turn into Bridge Housing communities. We can find these as little as 85,000 per unit. They would normally cost 700,000 per unit to build. We were able to build it in four months. It will have a garden, dog park, and library once the permanent housing plan is finalized. Metallicas next venue, the drive in . You details on the first show of 2020. And how bay area fans can be part of it. We know it is going to look different for everyone. Show us what backtoschool means this year, send us a millions of Americans Still work from home finding new routines. Its creating a Ripple Effect on Small Businesses like dry cleaners and dog walkers that depend on people being in the th goldendoodle is her a day n sole client. Many clients no longer need a dog walker because they are doing their jobs at home. Many nessveal had to close their doors and others are left wondering what his next without a clear idea of when people will stop working from home. A stanford study found 26 of people were going to their workplace for their jobs. Dry cleaners like john ross book. Theyre not bringing us clothes, there is no graduations or weddings or anniversaries. People are not getting out on the town and going out. He is the owner of gail cleaner started by his grandfather 75 years ago. They had to close one of their locations and lay off employees. The National Dry CleanersAssociation Set across the country many cleaners are seeing a 50 to 80 drop in business. Clearly overnight one day we had all of the business ande next day we had no business. It was a dramatic change. It isdingand othewho dendon clients working at wondering what the future holds. Nancy chen, cbs news, new york. Could be another troubling symptom of coronavirus, hair loss. Actress Alyssa Milano is the latest to show the effects. Hi, everybody. I just wanted to show you the amount of hair that is coming out of my head as a result of covid. She starts brushing their after a few moments you see clumps of her hair from the 47 yearold posted this yesterday urging people to take the virus and Health Orders seriously. According to a Survivor Group on facebook 27 of patients recovering from the virus reporting hair loss is an ongoing issue. Dr. Say it is not uncommon after Major Medical conditions. San jose smash mouth getting a lot of heat for performing a large concert in south dakota this weekend. The band played twos thousands packed in for the sturgis motorcycle rally, footage on social media showed a largely massless crowd ignoring social distancing guidelines. usocial media as you might expect. That guy from smash mouth was right, he aint the sharpest tool in the shed. And they said i cant imagine needing to see smash mouth this badly. Metallica is headed to the big screen at the end of the month at the drive in. The first rock band featured in the drivein nights concert series, locations including the drivein. The fair grounds and the show is scheduled for august 29th and tickets go on sale this friday. The day that never comes song might refer to normal. Someday. Ca forward to the future. A lot of good things are happening in the. Tch thmeteor shower if you are willing to stay up late or get up very early. Its been active since july, peaking tomorrow night into early wednesday morning come the best view get away from the city lights and the fog and low cloud cover around the bay and along the coast. Try to find a secluded location if you can come this is one of the meteor showers we see every year as the earth passes through so if you are willing to step past 10 00 i think its going to be the best viewing because its before the moon comes up so you dont get the Light Pollution from our celestial neighbor. Maybe not quite as visible because of the timing of the halfmoon, temperatures in the 60s expect an increase in clouds with fog near the water run the bay near the coast, spreading further inland as well, look to the northeast to the north is you have through the rest of the night. The fog and low, cloud cover along thast through the golden gate into berkeley and the richmond hills. The winds are funneling right through the golden gate, a noticeable breeze, but it was really windy downtown about an hour ago. Down to a 17 mileperhour, still 21 mileperhour, oakland 20 Miles Per Hour and 23 Miles Per Hour in fairfield. Spreading pretty far inland with a little bit of mist and drizzle along the coast, nothing measurable but it might have a trace or so of moisture along the coast in some of the hills there. Tomorrow afternoon, the fog has backed up to about the golden gate, about where it backs up to today and it will spread back in tomorrow night into wednesday morning. Temperatures running in the 70s and 80s, 70 degrees on the nose right now but downtown it is 63 degrees. 86, 80 in livermore. High temperature up to 94, that was the one spot for around the entire area. Only 64 degrees downtown San Francisco in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Temperatures dropping back to what is usual for this time of year, upper 50s and low 60s. May be a degree or two for mid august, windsor going to pick up 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour for sustained winds through most of the day with higher gusts approaching. Thats not overly windy. Hour by hour temperatures reaching up into the mid60s in San Francisco about where the city topped out today with an Early Morning fog and cloud cover about this time tomorrow evening. San jose will be may be a degree or two cooler red rent 80 degrees by early afternoon into spinning high temperatures in the santa clara valley, temperatures further inland are going to make it up into the mid80s in concord, 87 degrees there almost exactly normal, santa rosa, low average with highs in the mid to upper 70s because the wind is going to deliver the cooler marine air into the north bay. Temperatures in the 60s, 70s, 80s, no 90s on the map tomorrow. At least for one day, we start warming up in the warmup continues as we hit the end of the workweek into the weekend, low 90s, mid90s friday saturday sunday, the middle ground for mid 90s for inland temperatures mean warm spots are going to approach triple digit territory. Temperatures should be into the 70s in most locations over the weekend and mid60s right along the coast. At 6 00 we will zoom in pretty teis ing as at 6 by president trumps unemployment plan wont work in california. Plus the first day of school for the Oakland Unified School district but still, no deal between teachers and the district. I will have that story coming up. Should Santa Clara County extend its eviction moratorium. Why some say the county solved one problem by creating another. Still had for us, masks well many people have such a misunderstanding as to how a reverse mortgage works. People think that the bank takes your home, but that is not true. Thats absolutely 100 wrong. The home is ours. 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Stay in your home. Have peace of mind. There may be a new benefit to wearing a mask during the pandemic. Universal mask wearing may help create some kind of immunity against the virus. If we all wore a facial mask all the time we could get through this pandemic much more quickly. Tonight at 11 00, and original report on how masking up may keep you and others out of the icu and safer as the nation waits for a vaccine. Masks are low hanging fruit in this town, don ford explains. Like many areas, downtown is slowly starting to open up. If you come down and forget your mask no problem. They have got you covered. While money doesnt grow on trees, it seems masks do. Almost. Its not christmas, but it could be. Its a free gift. Free is good, the Community Organization is attaching facemasks encouraging you to pick any mask you like, it is quite popular. All ages are helping themselves to a mask. Brian colbert says its not a city project, is mrs. And your help benefits. Anything we can do to help take away the friction points if somebody is enjoying downtown and say i forgot a mask, i cant go in this business. Come to the free mask tree. The kids were taking so many first, but then they stopped. Please take only what you need. Some masks are donated directly , no public funds involved. The whole thing was on the honor system. I dont know anybody that would have issues with the fact that people were trying to promote the use of facial coverings. They are growing on trees. The idea started in europe. When individual started making masks and hanging them on trees, it spread to the country like a virus and pretty soon everybody, especially in prague were Wearing Masks and proud of it. They hope to expand the mask tree idea throughout the bay area. Don ford, kpix 5. That is it for the news at 5 00. News at 6 00 begins right now. I still have to pay the mortgage and pay water and garbage. Now at 6 00, why landlords say extending an eviction ban would solve one problem by creating another. Right now, jim owners are begging San Francisco to let us open up. The changes they are making to keep customers safe, will it work out . We could not find out what class to go into. Our top story and streaming on bay area, the first day of school in oakland was chaos. Good evening, i am elizabeth cook. Lets get right to Juliette Goodrich on the most unusual first day of school in memory. Thats right, the first day of school, not at school, but from home. Teachers were teaching, but there also focused on negotiations with the district over distance learning. Some parents are saying why didnt they have this figured out before day one of school . Empty halls, classrooms, welcome to the firs