County reason. Professor of epidemiology says we clearly have Community Transmission and he says testing remains a key way to monitor and manage the growth rate of infection. You dont achieve Public Health goals by not testing the people who are infected, you find the people who are infected, diagnosing them and putting them into isolation and tracing their contacts. Southern california has seen the largest increase. He believes that early bay area stayathome orders may have saved thousands of lives. Today, the governor declared a budget emergency to support the state response to the covid19 outbreak. This allows legislators to dip into the rainy day fund. Reporter monitored the News Conference and has more. It is something to worry about. The governor has always said that we reopen the economy, we will see a rise in cases and that is because the virus is, was and continues to be out there. The rate of positive test for coronavirus has been 5. 1 for the previous two weeks and now has crept up as the state has opened up. At 5. 6 Positivity Rate in the last seven days. Reporter in the last three days we have seen a short spike in cases and and record daily high as we test more and more people. Yesterday we had a record high 7149 people that tested positive. You can see, today, that number dropped to 5349. We see roughly 56,000 new cases just in the last 14 days and points of obvious and real concern. Reporter the number of hospitalizations is also up which could and being a reopening surge. Yesterday i shared a slide with you that showed 29 increase in hospitalizations over 14 day period. You can see it has increased slightly to 32 . Reporter in human terms that is 400 people on their backs and rising with an 18 increase in admissions to intensive care units in the last two weeks. Is not a sufficient explanation for the increase we see. Reporter the governor says the states ability to respond to a major surge is well in hand right now. As we see in so many states that can change rapidly. Beaches in Santa Cruz County will reopen after Officials Say it has become impossible to keep enforcing. The order was put in place was supposed to expire on july 6. The Health Officer says Law Enforcement was having a hard time keeping away. A week from today six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo will partially reopen. Guest can see the animals and marine life. It is an animals only experience as rides will be close. The number of visitors has been reduced and extensive new Safety Measures have been put in place to keep people safe and comfortable. Tickets need to be purchased online and in advance. Dozens of states are reporting a Record Number of our cases. Laura ingle tells us that the numbers come a day after the United States saw their largest oneday increase since the beginning of the outbreak. Reporter Public Health officials are scrambling to contain a spike of cases. On wednesday there were nearly 39,000 new cases were hoarded in the United States. The uptake mostly coming from states in the south and west prompting a new 14 day quarantine order from the governors of new york, new jersey, and connecticut applying to visitors from the hardest hit states. I understand where Governor Cuomo is coming from, but whenever you are looking at growing the economy, this is not particularly helpful to that. Reporter the new surges having a major impact on Hospital Systems especially in texas where greg abbott signed an order to increase icu capacity and also announced a temporary halt to the reopening plan hoping to slow the spread and give hospitals time to free up more beds. To get to an emergency capacity which is pull out all the stops, use all the space. That is not sustainable for more than a couple of weeks. Reporter lawmakers are spending a second straight day looking at the federal response. The focus thursday is the Economic Impact with some democrats questioning wheteher enough emergency money was appropriated. It is important we do Everything Possible so Small Business can get capital. Reporter they say they hope to have another stimulus bill ready after the fourth of july recess. Health officials believe as many as 20 million have had the coronavirus. That is almost 10 times more than the number of confirmed cases in the United States suggesting that millions of people have the virus and never knew it. 20 million infections means that about 6 of the population has been infected. The number of californians filing new unemployment claims keeps going up. The state says 287,000 people filed for jobless insurance last week. That is up from 241,000 the previous week. Another 80,000 selfemployed filed for federal health. 6. 7 million have received assistance since the start of the pandemic. We represent about 11 to 12 of the civilian labor force nationwide. This morning, our claims were over 20 of all the claims filed nationwide. Officials with the Employment Development department say they have paid more than 33 billion in benefits. Coming up at 5 30 we will have more on these numbers and details on a 13 week extension of Unemployment Benefits that will soon become available. We go to oakland where the School District grab and go meal program has been such a success. They have distributed more than 3 million meals since the pandemic began. Staff and volunteers at the 24 grab and go sites handing out four days worth of meals to students and their families. Some people took on pet food, diapers and other necessities. Since the closures on march 16 the district has given out 300 tons of groceries from the allegheny food bank. That is about 2. 8 million meals as of today. An accused shoplifter died during a fight with an employee. It happened at the lucky supermarket just before 10 00 last night. Our Crime Reporter is here with more on what happened. Reporter what we know is that two men got in a fight and the suspect ended up dead. We dont know why he died and if this was a case of self defense. It started with a theft on this store. Police say an employee knows the man trying notices the man trying to steal meat behind the butcher shop. The employee confronted the suspect shoplifter and they began fighting with each other. Some kind of a physical disturbance. Reporter have some point the suspect stopped breathing. They found one suspect unconscious with no pulse. The officers began doing cpr. Reporter the thief was 34 and from antioch. He is probably trying to feed his family. You never know. Reporter the employee was hurt and taken to the hospital. Police are investigating. It is unclear if the suspect died from injuries from the fight or had a medical emergency. Many supermarkets instruct their employees not to confront shoplifters. They say it is not worth the risk or the liability. A spokesman would not address the issue, but said the safety of our boys and customers is a top priority. We are working with the Police Department on their ongoing investigation. Shoppers we spoke to had mixed reaction. From a security standpoint i would say, dude, go, dont come back. It is no point in me getting physical. If it is in selfdefense yes, it is tragic that a life was taken especially over shoplifting, but if you attack the employee and everything is in selfdefense. Reporter if Police Believe terminal charges could be warranted they will bring a case to the das office for review. A new way forward to keep students safe in the School District. Coming up tonight, what the district has planned after they voted to pull officers from campus. People social media id the woman in this now infamous video. We now know the woman intentionally coughed on a one yearold works at bay area School District. Coming up, we speak to the mother. The attorney general is moving with his called for Police Reform. He is discussing the topic at the innovations topic. It is an online event where experts and advocates discuss ideas and proposals to transform and shrink the criminal justice system. This is the fourth year the conference has been held, this one comes with a sense of urgency because of the demands for Police Reform and social justice. What we are trying to do now is do practices, you wont get to it all the way if the only thing you do is come up with the best practice because of you have best practice people who learn to be racist, that will be very tough. Earlier this month unveiled measures to Reform Police which include spanish polls and requiring officers to intervene to stop a colleague from using excessive force. Part appears their budget bart approved their budget. Because of the plunge and ridership. It does include 190 million in cuts and a oneyear hiring freeze and that includes for new Police Officers. The board approved a resolution to focus on new ways to deal with riders who are homeless or suffering Mental Health issues without relying on armed officers. It is been a month since george floyd was killed and the push for Police Reform continues. House democrats are proposing a wideranging bill, but our reporter tells us it is likely to fail in the senate due to the lack of compromise. Reporter the house is set to vote on the George Floyd Justice and policing act one month after he died pleading for help after an officer held his knee on his neck. They say it bands to colds, eliminates qualified immunity that protects officers from lawsuits and increases reporting and recordkeeping of police use of force. We have had enough of Police Killing black votes. Folks. Bad Police Officers must be held accountable while we focus on rooting out the bad apples we need to remember, the overwhelming majority of Law Enforcement officers are good people. Reporter republicans accusing democrats of writing the bill in a partisan fashion without any input. It is the exact same thing democrats say about the bill they shot down in the senate wednesday. The problem we have and the problem so many have is the substance of the bill. You cant say no and then i have a serious question about getting to a deal. Reporter there is at times antagonistic debate this congressman says there is a lot of common ground. We can pass those that we agree on. Reporter likely not pass the senate forget the president s signature. We will talk weather right now and at this moment, as we week the marine layer is rolling in. It has been playing cat and mouse with my live picture. We have San Francisco and as you can see you have fog. There it is peeking through. Look at the difference in temperatures. San francisco, 62, livermore, 89. That is the difference of the layer bringing that air in and bringing the sun. Santa rosa 78, oakland 67 and 77 in san jose. We have some wind out there an onshore flow that continues through the night tonight and we will see the breeze pick up as we get through the weekend a new system that will roll through. Right now 18 miles an hour at san jose and you can really see the marine layer streaming into the bay. As we zoom out, you can see the Bigger Picture that it has been hugging the coast all day and cooler along the coast and now we will move in and it will cool us down. Check this out. The thunderstorms popping right now in the sierra with lots of lightning coming up. That is because the heat of the day helps to kick those off and that is where we see that convection. That part of the state under a heat advisory and you can see if you move closer to home that is for other counties in effect until eight and 10 pm and that is because the marine layer doesnt make it in that far. They get the impact of the High Pressure causing the heat and that is why they see triple digits where we have had more triple digits. Tonight, again, we will see that marine layer roll in. Temperatures expecting and we wake up tomorrow with a little more fog and low clouds with us again. A very similar day as today was and tomorrow will be cool along the coast and nice around the bay. We will see some of those 70s and 80s and see some of that heat inland. We will see some in the 90s tomorrow and we have a very big change as we go toward the weekend. We will cool down a little bit. I will talk all about that when i come back in a little bit. It will be windy and cool and a little bit of a change coming your way. The video would make anyone angry. A woman intentionally coughing in a childs face because she thought he was too close. People have track down where she works. It turns out she works at a bay area School District. Coming up, a pride tradition gets underway in San Francisco with some changes due to the pandemic. The cdc has listed three new symptoms of the coronavirus. What you need to watch out for if you think you have been exposed. You can save for an emergency from here. Or pay bills from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. Because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. Visit chase. Com mobile. It is a viral video showing a woman pulling off her mask and coughing in the face of a oneyearold boy and a yogurt shop in san jose. The mother has said it was because the woman thought that she wasnt following social distancing. Our reporter tells us it has come to light that the woman involved may be a schoolteacher. Reporter the oak grove School District put out a statement saying they dont tolerate conduct that compromises a childs safety. The victim in this case says that she would like them to take action. I took my sontroop she was horrified and even more upset when she find out who was responsible, a schoolteacher. The woman apparently angry that she was standing too close and a yogurt land intentionally coughed on her oneyearold son. It happened so fast that she took three or four steps as shes taking off the mask and cough in my sons face three times really hard. The woman is allegedly is will teacher. There is more to this story than she does coughed on the baby, the school needs to take action. Reporter a petition is calling for the teacher to be fired. The School District released a statement saying please be assured that we hear you, we share your sense of outrage and will take appropriate steps once the identity of the individual is confirmed. The identity has been made public in some social media post, we are not identifying her because she has not been charged with a crime. Or has been released a statement saying my wife has been subjected to false news reporting and says the family has retained a lawyer. There is video proof that she coughed on my sons face. How is that false . Reporter she says her son is traumatized and so is she. She hopes the School District will take action. They say the priority is the children and clearly they are not showing that it is. Reporter San Jose Police are investigating this and say no arrests have been made. The School District says that their employee is off work for the moment and is not dealing with any children. Everyone throws around that turn, fake news, the husband in the statement, did he say specifically what the false news reports are that his wife has been subjected to because you see the video, you see exactly what happened. Reporter i specifically asked that question and he said i will leave it to you guys to figure that out. We will work on that. What is next now that the Oakland School district decided to eliminate the Police Department . The new security measures and staff being considered. A new Clinical Trial on another potential antibiotic to fight coronavirus. Coming up, we will speak to one of the leaders of the Clinical Trial and how you could potentially join. Remote work, the costs keep piling up. Still to come, a look at how much more money people are spending by working at home. And youth rally today about outside the budget meeting. Demonstrators from the group free our kids oppose the plan to spend 42 of the budget on youth detention. They are calling on supervisors to pull 10 million in funding for the facility and to remove foreign half Million Dollar allocation to hire probation juvenile services staff. In this time where there are nationwide call for the dismantling of mass incarceration and calls to defund the police, there are calls to and youth incarceration and youth prison, we think it is important that the budget reflect the values of this community and reflect the values of racial justice. Board of supervisors has not discussed. The unified School District is going to create a new security plan. The students and staff. Last night, as we reported the school board voted to shut down the Police Department in december. Our reporter has been asking that question and joins us live. Reporter when it comes to the safety plan it is out with the old and in with the new and what the new plan will look like is still to be determined. The oakland unified School District is in the process of creating a new security plan, one that will no longer involve its own Police Department because the school board unanimously voted wednesday night to eliminate the 10 Member Police force by the end of december. It is a step in the right direction. We still have lots of work to do. Reporter she is part of the organizing project that has been lobbying to get rid of the Police Department for years. This School District does not need an entire Police Department. What we have been doing and are doing is trying to get people to shift their hearts and mind over what it looks like. Reporter and said we have to transform our mindset and behaviors toward black and brown students and families. We had a false sense of security if we said a couple sergeants and the chief and with 84 schools, we need specific plan. Reporter she said locked gates and surveillance. They are looking at the School Security officers with counselors trained. You would be amazed how they can dig deeper into the underlying cause. We have cause for Restorative Justice and more counselors and social emotional counselors and Trauma Services and more librarians and a more holistic approach. Reporter they respond to 2000 calls per school year and 2 to 3 calls are high priority and Oakland Police landfilling those. The Police Department is understaffed by 60 to 70 officers. We dont have the manpower to do what we are supposed to do and addressing the immediate needs of our school, we dont have the personnel. It is about being preventative. Reporter the planning process is set to begin this summer and the plan must be ready to go by january 1. Not a lot of time to figure this out. Disney now says their theme park in anaheim will be reopening as planned next month. The company wanted to open on july 17 after a four month closure. Today, they said they are still waiting on Opening Guidelines from the state and that the state said it wont issue those until after july 4. Disney is negotiating agreements with employees who have raised safety concerns about the reopening. Disney plans to reopen disney world in florida on july 11. Joining us now to talk about the coronavirus and a Clinical Trial is the doctor at uscf. They are recruiting adults that are newly diagnosed. Can you explain what the test is and how it will work . Up absolutely. Thank you for having me. The study is a joint collaboration. We are studying azithromycin which is a common antibiotic. Is effective for preventing hospitalization. How would it work . With they come into the hospital, would you send them the antibiotic . Describe how the test would work. The study is completely remote which means you can be anywhere in the United States and anticipate. You contact the staff and we enroll you remotely and mail you the drug. Tell me more about this antibiotic. What kind is it and is it safe . It is a very common antibiotic. You may have heard of it called a z pack. It is used for a large number of things including bacterial respiratory, some eye infections. We are interested in studying it for covid19 for 3 primary reasons, the first is that it may have antiinflammatory properties and if it does, this may be useful for preventing the inflammatory responses and it has also been shown to have some Antiviral Properties. It is an antibiotic, but in the laboratory there have been some studies that have shown Antiviral Properties for some. The third reason is that some patients may have or may develop a secondary bacterial infection and since it is an antibiotic it can help. It looks as though it has frozen. Let me keep trying and see if we can get her back. Im wondering what the best Case Scenario would be under this trial. Best Case Scenario would be this is not a cure and really we are looking to identify therapeutics that could prevent hospitalization early in the disease. At this point, even a small decrease would be impactful. Do you have the 2500 people yet or are you still looking . Not yet. The study is still open for enrollment and it is open nationwide. How would people if they want to enroll in this, what would they do ask it is simple to participate. You can visit the website for more information and there is a screening form that could be filled out and contact details. On a personal note as someone who deals with things like this, what is your thought of the coronavirus and your thought on where we are in terms of the curve and when or will life ever get back to normal for us or is this really just a complete change in how we are going to live from now on wax that is a great question. I am an epidemiologist. What we see now is really a concerning trend in terms of cases in california and in other areas of the country. I think that what we are looking for is a vaccine and i think that we need to be practicing things like masking and social distancing and i think once we get the vaccine. Do you have any doubt that you will not find a vaccine, in other words, are you sure that at some point we will be able to come up with the vaccine . I know there are number of candidates being tested now. I am very hopeful that there will be. We appreciate you taking the time and we look forward to hearing the results of the study. The San Francisco zoo is preparing for the longawaited opening. Visitors wont be able to get in without a reservation. Today, the mayor and board of supervisors toured the zoo ahead of the reopening under thes modified reopening plan, the zoo and museums can reopen as early as this coming monday. The zoo has modified the operations and layout to follow Public Health orders and to allow social distancing is visitors. We open locations like the zoo, museums, and other locations that provide an opportunity for families to enjoy during the summer, we still living in covid19. It is important that we maintain our distance, it is important that we wash our hands and where our masks. The zoo will be open on monday, as mentioned visitors must make reservations and buy tickets in advance on the website. 47 million americans without jobs up next, a look at california is driving some of the biggest job losses acthe co also coming up, arm workers on strike. You say that customers make their own rules. Lets talk data. Only Xfinity Mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. I accept 5g everybodys talking about it. How do i get it . Everyone gets 5g with our new data options at no extra cost. Thats good. Next item corner offices for everyone. 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Added to this more than 86,000 more not covered by state unemployment they filed for federal pandemic relief. 6. 7 million unemployment claims filed in california since the start of the pandemic. We represent about 11 to 12 of the civilian labor force nationwide, this morning, our claims were over 20 of all the claims filed nationwide. Reporter rehirings are not significant compared to the continuing layoffs and closures and many were furloughed awaiting a call back are now being laid off their jobs are gone. This is so far in the stratosphere beyond anything we have seen in the postworld war ii period. Reporter back in march the st. Louis district of the Federal Reserve projected that 47 million americans would likely lose their jobs. Today, that number reached 47. 25 million and the bleeding looks to continue for weeks or months to come. On wall street stocks rose on gains by banks. The dow is up 299 point. The nasdaq and 107 and the s p was up 33. Financial companies surged after the Federal Reserve said it will change regulations to allow banks to make investments in hedge funds. Chairs and macys were down 4 after they announced they are laying off or thousand corporate employees. A group of 50 farmworkers in the San Joaquin Valley are on strike demanding protective gear from the owner of a farm. United farmworker official says that the workers began picketing outside the farms. It is a farm that grows pistachios and other nuts. The protest follows dozens of coworkers who have tested positive. They are asking for free face coverings, gloves and more information about the cases from the owner. California regulators pushing to approve new rules that would approve automakers to sell work trucks and delivery vehicles. That would cleanup the pollution problem. California is ranked the worst state in the country for air polity. The new policy would require a number of work truck sales each year to be zero emission vehicles. Critics who oppose the change argue it wont work without forcing companies to buy the electric trucks. I thought i would be saving more and cooking more at home. Does it feel like you are spending more money while working from home . Another warning to stop setting off illegal fireworks. Up next, the number of fires one department has already responded to all because of illegal fireworks. Another warm day. We have some 90s out there and we have a cooldown. I will have the details coming up in your extended forecast. Despite working from home Many Americans are lighter. Reporter in march the prospect of working at home offered the allure of saving time and money. Three months later and only have that equation turn true. New Research Findings americans are spending more, not less each month. The average person working from home is spending an average of 108 more per month. Reporter 900 people were surveyed in the biggest up as utility bills and grocery. Im not working at the moment. I have seven boys everything is i thought i would be saving and cooking and im running to the store more. Economic theory explain some of this. Reporter University Economist says stay at home orders affect lower wage earners. The more affluent can afford not to spend. Low income households are still spending what they were or more because now they are eating at home, leaving the lights on, they may need a more robust internet and this is going to raise their bills where the higher income households generally will save money because theyre not spending money on things they used to like to do. It is more may force an adjustment on the part of households struggling to balance the monthly budget. The San Franciscobased company flak is joining other tech giants and allowing employees to work from home. With an interview today the ceo said it will allow them to hire and keep the best employees. They were set to open september 1. Other companies are allowing their employees to have the option to work from home from now on. East bay fire Officials Say they are getting more concerned about an increase in fires caused by illegal fireworks. As you know in that has we have been working there have been a lot more called for fireworks in the last few weeks. Now the county fire says they have put out 12 fires all linked to fireworks this month alone. That is four times the usual number in june. Authorities right people all fireworks are legal in contra costa county. They are all dangerous to all of us. They also say children and teenagers are the most likely to be injured by the use of illegal fireworks. It has been a Beautiful Day around the bay today. More sunshine and gorgeous temperatures. We have some 90s out there. Lets take a look at the highs today. Santa rosa 88. 64 in San Francisco and the high today. This is a shot of San Francisco and you can see that where the camera is. The marine layer is rolling in. These are the current temperatures. The cooler moist air rolling in. While we havent gotten out of the 80s, will see those temperatures rollback as that marine layer makes its presence known. Look what is happening and lightning with some rain coming down. We have a kinder gentler thing happening. We have the marine layer and it is rolling in pushing into the bay as we speak. That is why that live camera is just fog at this hour. We are going to see partly cloudy skies as temperatures drop into the 50s. Some we will see 60s. 54 for San Francisco and napa about 56. Tomorrow, a foggy start in San Francisco. Similar to today and it will dissipate and we will get into a nice day. A high tomorrow, seasonal, below average and it is nice sunshine. We will stay cloudy which means we will have those lower temperatures where you will see 63. May be a degree or two cooler. You might make it up to the 90degree. 84 degrees, High Pressure is keeping us warm. We will see a pattern change as we go toward the weekend. Tomorrow we will be similar to what we had today. The mild weather at the coast and sunny and warm as we get inland. This is a dry cold front and it will cool us down. This is how you will know the front is passing by. Tomorrow, we will see 90s inland and upper 70s and mid 60s at the coast. There is that cooldown and we dont start warming up until we get basically in the beginning of next week. We will see warm temperatures inland. President trump and joe biden both making trips to keep battleground states. I will have a look at the latest polls from the 2020 election, coming up. In a few moments on the news at 6 00, a popular disneyland ride getting a makeover. Why the park is making this change and the movie will pay tribute to. A new Program Announced today that will help more businesses reopen while maintaining a safe distance. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Joe biden and donald trump spent the day in battleground states. Polls show the former Vice President leading. Reporter joe biden making a rare public appearance traveling to meet with families his Campaign Says that benefited from the Affordable Care act. It seems to me we should be thinking about healthcare not as a privilege, but is a basic right. Reporter the democratic nominee coming as polls released thursday show the native pennsylvania and formers delaware senator in the lead in six battleground states over president trump. This as the poll shows biden surging ahead by 12 points nationwide. The president responding tweeting the fake news and phony fake suppression old have never been worse. The lame stream media has gone crazy. And it will be the one that does better every day and establishing a message and going up the weaknesses of their opponent. Reporter the president traveling to a swing state in a pretaped town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin and sean hannity to discuss up i dont want to be nice or a nice. The man cant speak. Took over three months from now they were told to square off in their first president ial debate at the university of notre dame perhaps appropriate as it is known as the home of the fighting irish. The beaches arent reopening, it is not because covid19 worries have eased it is a crowd control. It has become impossible for Law Enforcement to continue to enforce that closure. Health Officials Say they wanted to keep it close, but could no longer enforce the closures. More than 5000 new cases of coronavirus. There were 101 deaths reported around the state. That is the highest total since june 10. Hospitalizations are up 3 1 2 with an increase in 145 patients. Health experts say we need to slow down the spread. We clearly have Community Transmission, it is clearly related to reopening the state and we knew it would be the price. More on the beach reopening. The beaches reopen tonight at midnight for the first time in two months. Beaches are opening before a beach weekend. We are talking about one group threatening to sue because restrictions left out one segment of the local community. The Santa Cruz Health department lifting on what is probably the biggest attraction. At midnight the beach closure will and. Reporter it wasnt