I believe they targeted certain businesses for closure, but that was not warranted based on the data that we have. Reporter dr. Scott morrow says with all the factors taken into consideration, the county is stable. I think its a mistake to focus on single data points. And i think thats what the state is doing, and i think thats a mistake. Reporter others like the county supervisor agree, citing huge unemployment rates that will grow if the state doesnt make changes. In san mateo county, it was 2. 9 this time last year. Its now 10. 9 . That means theres 47,000 people that arent working in san mateo county. Reporter dr. Morrow says he agrees with indoor bar and restaurant closures, but says theres no data showing that transmission rates are higher in locations like barbershops and salons compared to other open businesses. Those in the industry are livid. Its been our industry, to be shut down again. Basically financially the Beauty Industry is being crippled right now. Reporter j. R. Sto
Also issuing fines. And there is a grim milestone in californias battle against coronavrus. The death toll from covid19 has now topped 10,000 people. The state reported about 5,000 new cases since wednesday. Those numbers are well below average, but that could be because of an ongoing computer glitch in the state data system. It has left california counties kind of in the dark unaware if cases are trending up or down. The state has now asked labs to report data to health departments. There is a lot more negative cases, they are pulling out the positive cases and assigning those as soon as we know about it. The results that individuals get from labs are not affected. Hospitalization and death figures also do not appear to be impacted. Hospitalizations are down and are now below average. Nationwide though, 160,000 people have now died from covid19. And a new estimate predicts that there could be 300,000 deaths by december. Here is reena roy. Reporter the cdc predicts that overall deaths
Police officers arresting an 8yearold for allegedly hitting his teacher. The familys search for justice. And sacked by the virus. Theres no football this fall for two bigtime College Athletic conferences. Plus, some local School Districts are changing their minds on how to reopen. First here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I am just so excited. Shes going to be an incredible candidate. Joe biden couldnt have made a better choice. He and Kamala Harris will make history. The stage is set. California senator Kamala Harris is joe bidens Vice President ial nominee. Lets see how that all works out. The Millionaire Media tycoon has died at the age of 97. He famously proclaimed content is king. He was a force of nature. Big 10 and then the pac12 postponing their fall seasons in light of medical concerns related to covid19. Theres just too many uncertainties to feel comfortable from a medical standpoint to proceed forward. Cleanup is under way in midwest states after a powerful
Smaller relief bill then house the lows will think up ushering oakland for years and it is the coast. A low pressure for much of the apparently getting worse and heading over to stenson enters afton under the dispatch west coast and that means 60s beach. Its little banana belt. Im dave clark. And 70s and mainly low 80s for there was fog, but moments of good morning on pam cook. Also picketing at two San Jose Center means thousands of tuesday morning, july 21st, it hospitals this afternoon. Some. This time of year its normal. People are not receiving is blue tuesday here on ktvu. Democrats 3 trillion heroes act that passed in may. Critical help in their time of sun. Yeah. We all woke up in a blue mood we are starting another need. Were nice. Trillion dollars, we think that just like steve said. Will make a big impact. Risk steve has the forecast for during the pandemic, their Retirement Benefits are being thank you. Somehow. Cut. They claim the hospitals owner it is 4 42. Steve paulson
And breezy. Southwest 6. 55 degrees. Same as mint hill. Everybody is stuck there. Ive seen he 53 to 55 in the city. A robust onshore breeze. Fairfield gets stronger gusts to 32. Those two lows will sync up and keep us on a cooler pattern for this time of year. So temperatures below average, coast, bay and especially inland. Over to sal now. See if theres anything new at 5 01. Good morning, sir. Nothing new right now, steve. As a matter of fact, we look pretty good so far. As a matter of fact, i am looking to see i have a picture of downtown oakland up. So let me change that to the bay bridge and see if i can get that for you. You can see traffic is moving along very noisily. Lets look at one more thing. What can i dial up here. Lets talk about the Golden Gate Bridge i am sorry the richmond bridge. This traffic looks very light. So, we are off to a good start. At 5 01, lets go back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. We are following breaking news out of oakland this morning. F