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
Let me introduce to you for the first time your next Vice President of the united states, Kamala Harris. Im so proud to stand with you. And i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Biden and harris both outlined their vision for the future, drawing sharp contrasts between their ticket and President Trump and attacking his response to covid19. When other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. Biden also acknowledged the historic name of their campaign. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel their communities. But today, today just maybe, theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Harriss Vice President ial candidacy putting a spotlight on california. Governor newsom reflected on what the harris pick means to him as a bay area native. As a point of pride, not just being a californian. Growing up in San Francisco, it doesnt surp
And we share together with my daughter. But if i not share with my daughter, i cannot pay my apartment. Reporter the maximum unemployment benefit is 450 a week which is why the federal boost was such a big deal. To add salt to the wound, the cares act. It is on a slightly different schedule. You cant even claim unemployment hours after july 26th. A lot of desperate people out there who need the basic essential things. If they are not getting it, theyre going on find a way to get to it survive. Reporter a new study from zillow predicts eviction without the supplement. A tremendous number of households would be in economic pain if this and pirates. They are stories heard every day. Were afraid of being evicted. Theyre under certain about what the new school year will bring. For her, the pain is real. It is unrealistic to live on the ui benefit alone worth as little as 677 a week. I am emotional about that. I thinking, my apartment if i lose the 600. Abc7 news. The up employment numbers s
In the bay area our analysis found that sites serving mostly hispanic neighborhoods were 20 busier than those serving white neighborhoods. Its not too surprising. Reporter hes professor of Public Health at uc berkeley. This country has a long history of disparities in health care and access to health care with poor people and communities of people of color having less access. Reporter he said one factor driving longer wait times in hispanic neighborhoods is that they a rates of infection and presumably eager to get testing. But two cities buck that national trend, we found. In San Francisco and oakland, testing locations near mostly black census blacks were an estimate 21 less busy. In the mostly hispanic neighborhoods, they were about 4 less busy. The San Francisco department of Public Health emailed a statement that reads in part the results dont square with our perception of the situation or what we are hearing from the community. I am afraid it is pre mature to declare victory. I a
Now i know ive been in a location where someone has tested positive. Reporter this safeway employee said the managers failed to tell the staff in a timely manner and only confirmed the covid19 case after being confronted by a group of employees who heard it from the infected person. Reporter did the manager say anything about not telling other employees or keeping it quiet . Im not supposed to tell. Reporter the manager said that. Yes. Reporter she said many have still not heard about it from managers. They have to rely on the rumor mill to make important decisions. Reporter i reached the store manager by phone but she hung up on me and safeway spokesperson wendy did not agree to an oncamera interview but emailed, we have confirm that employees have tested positive and we are not aware of any manager telling employees to keep quiet. They are on paid quarantine leave adding, throughout this pandemic, the health and safety of everyone who walks through our doors has been our top priority