N95s. Catch me if you can. How this kangaroo was able to hop off unnoticed. And sing us a song. How trash day turned into a surprise concert from the piano man. And good friday morning, everyone. We begin with shocking new details about the spread of the coronavirus. July now has more new infections than any month since this pandemic began, and july 31st is still two weeks away. This as the debate over masks grows. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is suing the city of atlanta arguing Keisha Lance Bottoms has overstepped her authority by ordering people to wear masks in public. And Manhattan Beach, california, are now ticketing people who do not wear masks. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has more. Reporter this morning, covid19 cases exploding around the country. A Record Number reported thursday. 71,000 new cases in just 24 hours. Despite the drastic rise in numbers from utah i think its a political hoax. Reporter to oklahoma. My rights are civil rights. Reporter to wisconsin. Its an outrageous infri
West of grant line. We have reports of a crash there over to the right shoulder. Traffic getting busy anyway on the westbound side out of tracy. As you work towards that grant line area. Weve got some slower speeds there. Friday, so not seeing as many cars on the roadways so your travel times only about 26 minutes 205 over to 680. The good news is, eastshore freeway and highway 4 and 101 all in the green with no delays. 101 at clear field over to sfo. Thats a look at the morning drive. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are keeping our eye on several fires burning in the bay area starting off in alameda county. Fire crews making progress on this grass fire in a rural area near livermore. It has scorched more than 250 acres since it started last night near tesla and mclohl ad last report, it was about 60 contained. Luckily not many homes nearby. But we did spot some crews there dousing flames near one property. Also keeping an eye on a brush fire that broke out last night nor
Lets check in with our industry forecast. That kind of disturbed me, dont let science get in the way of open something that is what we have to rely on, isnt it . The 12 hour planner, upper 50s to near 60 as we head through 7 00. Clouds will peel back to the coast revealing sunshine and 71 to 79 for our bay and inland the same as the last couple days and gorgeous evening on tap. And well take a look at the warmer weekend coming up. Uc berkeley confirms eight student athletes have now tested positive for covid19. Health one of the areas that abc 7 news is focused on in our effort to build a better bay area. And Julian Glover is live with what we know. Obviously a big concern. Reporter yeah, a big concern for the student athletes out there. It is pretty hard to imagine that sports could go off happen, rather, in the fall when were getting news like this. Eight uc Berkeley Student athletes testing positive for the coronavirus. We dont know which sports they are involved with just yet, but
But we are going to warm things up as High Pressure builds back in for us. Just in time for the weekend. Well talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. Len . New this morning, gunfire erupts at two separate scenes in san jose. And now four wounded victims are in the hospital. Kpix 5s Katie Nielsen is at the scene of one of those shootings for us this morning. Katie, whats the latest out there . See the flashing lights behind you. Reporter yeah, so len, officers still here at the scene. This is actually on kollmar drive near south capital avenue and story road. So what we do know right now is that this shooting happened around 12 45 this morning. Nsthfr italo we learned this happened in front of one of the apartment complexes righkollmar drive. Now there was also a second shooting earlier in the night. That happened around 11 15 last night. That other shooting was at 24th street and san antonio. One person was shot there. We still do not have the condition of all the victims but
Tonight who says that they will be enforcing the eviction order asman dated by the court. But they really want everything to remain peaceful so theyve also reached out to the group to help and to try and come up with a nonconfrontational resolution. But so far the moms have declined their offer. Now, i have seen people in the house. Weve knocked on the door. I saw one woman walk up to the front door. They clearly do not want to speak to us tonight, but we have spoken to their neighbors and their neighbors are sympathetic to their situation. That theyre moms trying to provide housing for their children, but they are also concerned about whats going to happen this week with the eviction, with all of the attention, and, of course, most importantly, the safety of the children in the house. After this were going to speak to the representative for the property owner, hear what he has to say about all of that and we will have everything right here on abc7 at 11 00. For now that is the latest