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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20240713

The north bay. That will allow for cooler conditions as it sets up along the shoreline. Good morning to you. 55. Mid 50s. Throughout the day today, it will be not as warm as it was yesterday. Were up from yesterday. Well look at the fog at the coast. 10 00 in the morning, clouds will increase in the north bay throughout the later afternoon, 2 00 were in the 80s again inland. Thats cooler than yesterday. 60s at the coast. Clouds throughout the later part of the day. The second half of the weekend, even cooler temperatures to come in a few minutes. Liz . Lisa, thank you. At this point weve heard plenty about covid19 patients fighting for their lives in new york. Doctors anri nurt with th inclug that brave team from ucsf. Were hearing from one of those doctors about whats its like on the front lines. Luz pena has the story. Reporter pandemic in the u. S. ,0,0 cases and over 11,000 deaths. More people have died in this city per capita than in italy. I dont think anyone has ever seen anything like this before, luz. Reporter in this war of covid19, front lines of new york medical workers is a group of 20 bay area medical professionals who signed up to help. Hey, everybody. Just got out of a shift here. Reporter one of them. I do take a kind of battle mentality. Reporter when the enemy is a virus, with sweeping through america and killed close to 50,000 people, leaving hospitals scrambling for space. A lot of different auxiliary positions available that you wouldnt expect. Reporter when youre trying to help, whats going through your mind . The hardest thing for caregivers to see right now is people alone, who are very, very sick and under normal circumstances would be surrounded by their loved ones. A consistent pattern hes seeing among his colleagues. I think were entering a phase where Health Care Worker exposure is a much more significant concern. I saw this with my sister, a Health Care Professional in new york city, who tested positive for covid19. She, along with others across the state, are required to reuse their personal protective equipment for multiple weeks. Two weeks after testing positive and fighting the hardest medical fight of her life, shes back to work. As were watching some of the case numbers start to improve, nobody wants to get too hopeful about it. Reporter because the fight is not over. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. Amazing. New this morning, if you or someone you know recovered from covid19, reachers at Zuckerberg San Francisco general and ucsf want you to donate your plaza. Youll be tested to confirm that youve been recovered and that your blood contains antibodies of the virus. Your blood will be used to be transfused andtotreat a patient with the virus. Ten patients died from covid19. In the neighborhood of redwood city, open since 1983 and sfengered to be a top care home ntiat hardthes se facilities because of the fact that the residents require a lot of personal assistance. Former stanford president Donald Kennedy was a resident at the facility. He died this week from the virus. As Nursing Homes have been especially hard hit from the coronavirus pandemic, weve been looking at these outbreaks in the bay area and whats happening. You can read their stories abc7news. Com iteam. If you have a question or concern, thats also how you can contact them. When it comes to the larger bay area, lets look at the numbers, more than 7,000 cases of coronavirus. These numbers include patients who have now recovered. Santa clara has the most with 2,000, followed by Alameda County and San Francisco. To our north six confirmed cases in lake county. In mendocino county, according to the Public Health officer five of those 11 active cases are members of the same family on the round valley Indian Tribes reservation, all diagnosed within the past couple of days. Happening today, thousands of people who live in San Franciscos Mission District can get tested for free for the coronavirus as part of the study. The highest infection rates of the city, four outdoor testing sites will be up and running through tuesday. A swab test with results within 72 hours and a second test which will detect for covid19 antibodies. Either symptomatic or asymptomatic, and be able to support them and their households in the self isolation for 14 days and thats huge. Those results will take between three and four weeks and scientists dont know if those antibodies will protect you next time. Ucsf hopes to test more than 5,000 residents. Its been frustrating being at home the past few weeks and not feeling like we can do anything to help. Are you registering . Yes, we are those sites will be open at 9 00 this morning and well have more information on our website abc7news. Com. New this morning, covid testing site opens monday, pleasanton, livermore and dublin residents can be tested, if you have a fever above 100 degrees, respiratory symptoms, or chronic diseases. Alameda county fairgrounds from 9 00 to 5 00. Appointments are not needed. Up to 150 tests will be given each day. Also in the east bay, no more weekend coronavirus tests will be conducted in hayward. The center in the parking lot at cal state east bay will be open monday through friday from 9 00 to 6 00. Officials say the change was made to free up resources for residents and employees of Nursing Homes and other longterm care facilities. Testing is free and available to anyone with covid19 symptoms. All right. In the south bay, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department says its seeing success in its newly launched covid19 Investigation Unit to stop any spread within the agency. Amanda del castillo shows us whats being done. Reporter an Investigations Unit like weve never seen, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office launched a krchd Investigations Unit on the 26th of march. We had our first case on the 27th. We hadnt had our office setup yet and we literally had to go with our investigation. Reporter nearly a month later, the office is seeing success. Seven sergeants, eight investigators two analysts and herself. Theyre focused on contact tracing, potential exposure, reaching out to anyone who has come into contact with that person and taking steps to stop the spread. Weve been able to identify contact exposure of certain individuals at work, have them quarantine and then get them tested. Reporter the collaborative effort traces the risk of covid19 exposure among employees and inmates. Contact trace something one of our best Public Health tools. Weve seen it work many times in the past with ebola, tuberculosis. Reporter dr. Patel says its no different now. Santa clara county, 13 Sheriffs Office personnel have tested positive for a virus. Thats a mixture of our nonbadge to badge staff and we have about three inmates that have tested positive that have been in our custody. Reporter all inmates, plus nine employees have recovered. Four others remain in quarantine. Contact tracing will be really important as we start to talk about reopening society. Reporter a specialized skill, time consuming, labor intensive, but necessary in this fight. Im amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. Happening today, this will be fun. Legendary singer tony bennett is leaving a mass sing along of his signature song i left my heart in San Francisco and wants us all to join in to honor the Health Care Workers on the front lines. Bennett is 93 years old. He first sang the legendary tune in 1961. You see a statue out fr wearing face covering. Right at noon, record you and your familys version and post it, sing out sf will be sin sin today. Watch and sing along on abc7news. Com and the abc7 news talbo the weat lisa. It will be pretty nice this weekend. Uhhuh. Yeah. Were looking at a return to the marine layer, liz, bringing overcast to parts of the bay area. 58 in oakland, 59 in fremont, but 60 in concord. So, well talk about clouds at the coast. Sunny and warm again in the afternoon. The temperature spread with us throughout the weekend and a cooler sunday. Thats a coming up. Thanks, lisa. Bright beach weather means a worry about visitors getting too close together. Police departments have a warning, what theyll do if you show up. Plus this. It gets into the lungs and does a tremendous number so it would be interesting to check that. His in these uncertain times, look after yourself, your family, your friends. But know when it comes to your finances, we are here for you. What can i do for you today . Well take a look at the portfolio and make adjustments. Im free to chat if you have any more questions. Our j. P. Morgan advisors are working from home to help guide you through this. For more than 200 years, weve helped our clients navigate historic challenges. And we will get through this one. Together. New developments this morning as the cdc is adding six new coronavirus symptoms to its official list. Take a look. Since the pandemic hit, americans have been warned the three main symptoms are fever, cough, shortness of breath. But brand new are fever chills, shaking with chills, and new loss of taste or smell. Doctors say the symptoms may appear anywhere from two days to two weeks after exposure. President trump is now walking back comments, saying yesterday he was just kidding when he suggested ingesting disinfectant to help fight coronavirus. His remarks on thursday were immediately criticized by doctors across the country for its obvious dangerous effects. This morning abc 7 reporter stephanie sierra says now prompting warnings from the Companies Making the products. Reporter most people know bleach or other disinfectants are not consumable for ingestion under any circumstances, but in the wake of president trumps comme comments, which he now says were sarcastic, its important to understand that everyone understands to keep themselves. Safely and effectively against covid19. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had pointed words about the president s remarks. Unfortunately, were seeing republicans make comments with zero connection to signs and facts. Clearly and sadly, this president is not listening to medical experts and i dont know which ones he is listening to, if any. Reporter the makers of lysol also weighed in saying, quote, we must be clear under no circumstances should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body through injection, ingestion or any other route. Potentially, it could be very life threatening. Reporter raymond ho with california poison control said its essentially injecting acidbased chemicals into your blood stream. And if youre not injecting properly, you could inject air bubbles into your blood stream. Reporter to put it in poon e rodisinfectants. That number spiked to 200 this past march alone. These are not things that prove to be injected. Reporter poison control has received reports of people soaking their fruits and veggies in bleach which, again, is not safe to do. Stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Not safe at all. This morning, a massive first in the nation Meal Delivery program is coming to help seniors in our state. This partnership will allow for the ability for restaurants to start rehiring people, or keep people currently employed, and start preparing meals, three meals a day, seven days a week, and have those meals delivered to our seniors all throughout the state of california. Here are the guidelines laid out by Governor Newsom yesterday. Seniors at high risk of exposure to covid19, ones that have been impacted or directly exposed or compromised immune systems and seniors within a certain amount below poverty federal guidelines and 70 a year for one person. 211 or covid19. Ca. Gov. Now turning into a life saver for those who lost their jobs in the restaurant industry. Richard lui shows us how turned into. Reporter restaurant to the front line health team. Famous rotisserie chicken with White Jasmine rice, salad and sauteed green beans. Reporter supported by a go fund me campaign started by burlington resident jeff martini. We started seeing donations up and down the peninsula, the east bay. A doctor at ucsf who lived in San Francisco donated. Reporter close to 65,000 poured in, also helping to support loem restaurants who had to lay off staff. A circle of support, part economic stimulater. In the beginning we had to lay off 85 of our staff, but little by little, weve been able to bring back now were up to 65, 70 of our staff. Reporter the broadway burlington closeknit community. Saving lives. Its a Wonderful Partnership with the restaurants and with the hospital to do this joint effort. Reporter dozens of restaurants are participating. The idea is catching on in other cities across the country. What started out as a onemonth project is getting extended. As long as people keep donating, well keep doing it. Reporter in burlingame, david lui, nbc news. Thousands of Bay Area Stores and services are still open, helping to offer with essential needs and many are hiring, too. Go to abc 7news. Com to find resources. Just click on support the bay. All right. Its going to be pretty nice out this weekend. Its not xloelt a good thing. There is now always the concern that if its too nice out, people will pack the beaches and veeak those social distancing orng o enwayso ecate people about social distancing. Police arent hesitating either to write tickets. People are allowed to go out and recreate, but when you do that, have you to use social distance. Use common sense. If you decide to go for a walk and you get there and its crowded, go another time. San franciscos iconic statue now wearing a mask, of course. Lisa, thursday and friday, boy, were those beautiful days. A little bit cooler, though, today. Yeah. I mean it got so hot out that if you were directly in the sun im not saying it was too hot, but we definitely felt an absence of that sea breeze with 90 yesterday in santa rosa, 73 in San Francisco, cool down on the way due to a stronger sea breeze. Live doppler 7. You can see the cloud cover to the north of us. Ridge of High Pressure still in control. High clouds slipping in from the north and low clouds and fog setting up along the coast. Theyll be patchy. It is 55 in union city. Good morning, oakland. 58 for you as well as alameda. Were looking at mid 50s in San Francisco, 50 in pacifica. Live look outside. It looks nice and clear here in the city and that fog is about 800 feet at the coast. Well have cooler days for the weekend. Looking at that fog returning and a stronger sea breeze today, even more so tomorrow. Tomorrow, the cooler day. Well have higher clouds today, but well break out into sunshine throughout the afternoon. Warming up again next week. It wont be a longterm event. Well just see day and a half or so of some very warm conditions back toye upcong workek. Nds a at cot, they continue to ramp up. That will cool us off today. Point reyes, up to 41 miles an hour, 20 to 21mileanhour wind gusts. By the late afternoon, youll begin to feel that sea breeze in our inland valleys. It will take a while but youll feel it along the coast, San Francisco, communities in north bay. Hour by hour, youll notice we have clouds along the coast and also throughout the day, those increasing high clouds. Here we are at about 2 30, looking at partly cloudy conditions. Throughout the overnight hours, here comes the fog again. Early tomorrow morning, it sets up along the coast. By tomorrow afternoon, were sunny, but that sea breeze is strong and it keeps the temperatures from getting too hot. As for today, were coming down about five degrees inland. About 85 in concord. Thats warm. Another warm day for our communities from livermore to san jose, high 80s for you. Cooler with the breeze here, low 80s, seven to eight degrees cooler in the north bay. Mid to upper 70s with that sea breeze from san mateo into belmont. Clouds around into monday. Not a whole lot of change. 60s at the coast to 80s inland. Tuesday, the warmest day of the week with 80s to near 90 arriving. Wednesday, not as hot. 60s at the coast. 70s around the bay. Mid 80s inland. Cooler today with fog at the coast. Coolest day of the week should be tomorrow and then well warm up again into next week. Liz . Sounds good. Some will say it was too hot. For me, it was just right. Love that warmth. Thanks, lisa. The courts may be closed this weekend but one dunking going on in one spot. Going on in one spot. Why the wow im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Happening today in San Francisco, three muni lines will be restored. 38 gary rapid lines are back int monday the 28, 19th avenue, and 54 felton will resume Weekday Service to help minimize the risk to riders and operator business reducing crowding on buses. Happening now in San Francisco acres live look at pictures this morning. Crews busy in the Early Morning hours, rebuilding part of highway 101. Caltrans says the Major Construction project is on track so far. Jack hammers were lverizingaynt yesrday morning. The roadway dates back to the 1950s. Caltrans originally planned to start work in july on this. It was pushed up since less people are driving. You can see on this map where northbound 101 traffic is being diverted on to northbound 280. Th

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