Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
And a good monday morning to you. Thanks so much for starting here with today in the bay. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. I thought you were going to be an announcer for baseball there for a second. Just practicing just in case. Hey, team. I hope everybody had a great weekend. Well get to the Early Morning commute in a bit. Kari is back this morning. Welcome back. Good morning. Thank you. All right, were in for a nice week ahead, slightly cooler temperatures as we start out this morning. A live look outside in walnut creek. We are seeing a few high clouds moving by, but well see that clearing out around 7 00 to 8 00. Once again a nice day ahead as our temperatures have been coming down a bit. Weve seen drifts of smoke coming in, so well talk more about where well see that smoke as we go throughout the day and that smoke advisory that will continue. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commuters . Traffic wise its looking great for Early Morning commuters. Wipe the e
Across the board. We dont see that too often including the vermont, san jose, santa rosa, you can winter to, sima hayes will not clear. Theres just too much. Still westwind 31, gus to 46, it is going to keep the school this week. Temperatures below average especially inland. It is 7 00, anything new . We have a big backup at the bay bridge which is typical. Im looking at it and if you want to wait around, we have seen this pattern emerge. By the time in 00 rolls around, it will be much better and by the time 9 00 rolls around, it will be gone. So if you want to wait, that is cool. Lets talk about the other commute here and that will be the east bay. In general we dont see a lot of traffic right now. Any of these commutes, they look pretty good to start off with including the san matteo bridge. Lets go back to the headlines. Right now, california is coming very close to hitting 400,000 covid19 cases. More than 386,000 positive coronavirus cases have now been reported. More than a 7700 p
In Critical Condition including a child after a fire broke out inside this home. A bay area man is flying to idaho and back in order to get a covid test quicker and results faster. Flags at half staff as San Franciscos city hall lit up in memory of civil rights icon john lewis. More on the tributes that continue to pour in tonight for the tireless champion of equal rights. It was a bright and breezy start to the weekend and tracking cooler weather arriving in abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. I feel like im taking a risk definitely but were taking a risk every day that we cant get an appointment and cant get results. A bay area man says hes trying to do the right thing but has waited more than a week for covid19 test results. The drastic measures hes now taking to get some answers. Good evening to thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. We begin with the latest coronavirus headlines. More than 9,000 new cases reported in california today and Officials Say the Positivity
Its cloudy in oakland at 62. Its 60 in hayward. Taking you back closer to the coast, mid50s in pacifica as well as santa rosa so we still have that air quality advisory for the so some of the hazy pconditions from the coast to te central bay and santa clara valley, this is from the smoke from the mineral fire as the smoke drifts up to the north and west. As we look at live picture outside from our roof camera we begin to see sun after 9 00 for some of you, the rest of you maybe 10 00 and noontime 808 inland. Mid70s around the bay and it will stay warm throughout the afternoon inland but the sea breeze picks up and well talk about a setup for cooler days for the week ahead. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Lets get to the latest coronavirus headline this is morning. More than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and Officials Say the Positivity Rate is trending upwards over a 14day average. A key indicator of community spread. In the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 6