California has performed more than 13 million coronavirus tests. The sevenday and 14day average test Positivity Rate are both 3. 6 . Thats the lowest in a very long time. Optimism is warranted in the bay area. This graph shows the number of cases every day. The yellow line is on the declin good evening. Thank you for joining us. Coronavirus impacts every bay area county but in different ways. In the south bay, private Health Care Providers are being threatened with fines if they dont make coronavirus testing more accessible. Chris has that story now from san jose. With Santa Clara County in the red tier as part of the color code framework for reopening the economy, experts say any improvement theres largely depend on the expansion of covid19 testing throughout the region. It is really foundational to Community Wide safety and foundational to being able to reopen more and get people back to work and back to school. This afternoon, county leaders called on local Health Care Systems to do
Strank avantage of it while they can. The previous record was 14 days and that was in 2018 during the camp fire. Of course well continue to monitor the air quality as the potential for unhealthy air returns for us this weekend. Mike will have updates for you right here. You can always see the levels at abc7news. Com on our air quality tracker. President trump is once again challenging the nations top health officials, this time at odds with the head of the cdc. And they are disagreeing here on the time line for releasing a covid19 vaccine. While testifying under oath, dr. Robert red field told lawmakers no to distribution to the general public until late spring or summer of next year. Hours later President Trump said redfield was wrong, he claims that the government can start giving the vaccine as early as next month. The president also suggested that redfield misspoke when he said wearing a mask is the most effective way to fight the virus. It is not more effective by any means than a
The same domestic terrorn÷ge o. The federal courthouse ambush that left officer David Underwood dead and the attack on santa cruz Law Enforcement that killed Sergeant Damon gutswiler. Multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation into both shootings tell us stevenzf9n carillo, who isogi÷÷ being held the shooting death of the 4n believed gunman in the oakland shooting. While the driver of the man involved remains at large. Authorities believe the van used is the same one they recovered in the benlowman attack. And they recovered ed ed a3fio guns and explosives in the zna cruz mountains. In an elitez . Air force unit bad specifically trained in explosives and tactics. These three recent attacks are forcing Law Enforcement agencies to9 make some serio changes to better protect officers. This includes newkgf9 protecti equipment. Santa cruz sheriff lori smith ordered new tactical vests and other safety gear. We know that ourd, deputies understand its the nature of the job, but w
And Steve Paulson has perfect weather, to begin our new week. And a huge congratulations, that is seriously major. Very nice. Yes, and the weather is not bad, even in livermore its not bad. We do have a lot of high clouds spilling out, weve had a lot of lows going over the bay area, this time tracking to the Pacific Northwest, the system itself, a dry front, if you will, is dragging across, giving a tiny bit of fog, but 50s, 60s on the temps. Everyone is very close. The average height now is 67, and that is the forecasted high, so 89, the wrecker hide record high in 1908. 8 34 now on the sunset. The lows in june have been very warm, so, look for high clouds and breezy to windy, it will pick up as the system slides by tonight into tomorrow. Highs near average around the bay, and the city also look for inland areas. Over to sal now. Things usually start to back up on the bay bridge toll plaza. Are we seeing that right now, sal . Yeah, things are a bit slower than they used to be, steve.
A government id is not needed to get tested. Most of the test administered through the stores drive through windows. Some bay area dmv offices have reopened. Dmv is opening in the bay area include this office in san jose as well as concorde, oakland, clermont and San Francisco and santa rosa, but unless it is necessary that you come in person, the dmv encourages customers to utilize their Online Services and do to increase social distancing precautions you should expect large wait times. They told me today was basically only for essential workers, basically nobody wanted to help me. Everybody i talked to turned me away. I just want to get my drivers license renewed so i can drive legally, thats all. Other dmv employees will continue to work remotely. Oakland has closed an additional five miles of city streets to accommodate social distancing, this is part of the citys slow Streets Program aimed at giving residents at place to get outdoors, walk, jog or bike while giving them room to av