A bay Area Business owner is selling her house thats been in the family for over 100 years just to stay afloat. Then ordered to shut down businesses in san mateo count county. It starts at midnight. We talk to the disappointed Business Owners. It was a bright and breezy start to the weekend. And soon those winds will bring cooler weather. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening and thanks ojoining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. A couple of grim milestones today for california. The state set record 19 deaths. That broke the record set just a few days ago. There are more than half a million confirmed covid19 cases in the state, by far the most in the u. S. And the sevenday positivity rate, which is an indicator of testing and transmission, is now a 6 1 2 . On the peninsula in about an hour indoor businesses like hair salons and gyms will be shut down in San Mateo County. It was the last ba
Plans. Tonight nearly the entire bay area is on the states watch list because of the surge in cases. The one county not on the list, san mateo. Boming a big draw forservices they cant. Some people even driving for miles just for a haircut. But as nbc bay areas Marianne Favro explains, san mateo might not stay off the watch list for much longer. Reporter San Mateo County is seeing an increase in new covid19 cases, which is why Public Health leaders fear that the state will put the county on the monitoring list in just a few days. And that means gyms and hair salons will have to close down again. In san mateo tonight, it was so busy downtown, we spotted several lines for food, something you can get anywhere in the bay area. But a lot of people were barber hair salons are open. So tony llamas drove 22 miles from San Francisco to get his first professional cut in four months. I thought, you know, let me try to get a haircut actually, mainly because san mateo is the only place where you can
Are we doing enough testing for the coronavirus . Some bay area cities say its hard to get an appointment. We look at just how long it takes to get tested these days. This as the clock continues to ticket for the last county not on the States Coronavirus watch list. What you can still do in San Mateo County for now. We were prepared today for what we believe in. And it was this feeling that somebody had to do it. We couldnt wait another 50 years. Another 100 years. And the bay area remembering d honori the late civil rights leaders, congressman john lewis. But we start with covid testing troubles in covid19. Good evening, im juliet goodrich. California reported more than 9100 new cases over night. Bringing the total number of infections to more than 375,000. The state also saw 120 more deaths, researchers at the Harvard Global Health Institute say california needs to triple the amount of testing thats currently being done to mitigate the coronavirus. Kpix 5s kenny choi takes a closer l
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