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
Reversing plans when it comes to staff and students returning in the fall. I believe the San Ramon Valley Unified School District should we open on august 11th as scheduled with full remote Distance Learning. Reporter and late tonight, san jose, one of the area, made the call to go virtual until october 2nd. p. The district says, quote, this outcome comes with major disappointment. We believe that inperson instruction, even in a limited capacity, is the best way to serve our students. It went on to say we are grieved by the emotional toll on our students from being unable to see their classmates and teachers facetoface. The goal here is to have one common platform that all students can interact with. These announcements come the night before Governor Newsom is expected to make a call on whether Distance Learning will be recommended or required. Ill let the governor describe that tomorrow. I have some insight and some understanding what that will look like. But its going to be nearly im