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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20240713

Look north from the shark tank. 55 to 63. So, pretty mild this morning. Stay in the 50s at the coast as the breezes pick up, once again. Theyll keep us in the mid 70s along the bay shoreline and you can see upper 70s as we head from our inland neighborhoods and then were back in the 50s and 60s with clearing conditions. More stars as we head towards 7 00. Lets get back to reggie for more news. Thanks, mike. A brandnew testing site opens today for those people in the east bay and Amy Hollyfield tells us about it at the allegheny fairgrounds who who this could help. This opens at 9 00 this morning for residents of livermore and dublin who have one of the following symptoms or it must meet one of these requirements. Take a look. We have a list for you of what theyre looking for before they decide to give you a test. A fever above 100 degrees. Shortness of breath, recent exposure to confirmed or suspected coronavirus patient, any other chronic disease that you may be suffering from. People over the age of 65. Currently or recently pregnant or the homeless. Stanford Health Care System is putting this on. Organizers say they have 150 tests available per day or about 750 for the week. They say the results will be available for you within three days. We are at gate 12 at the Alameda County fairgrounds. If supplies run out for the day, theyll post signs at the gate lating you know theyre out for the day. No doctors note needed and no appointment necessary. So, if you meet one of those requirements or the residents of one of those three cities, this is available to you. And its opening today starting at 9 00. Reporting live in pleasanton, Amy Hollyfield. While we are speaking about testing, we saw thousands of people taking advantage of the testing site in the Mission District this weekend. An area with one of the highest infection rate in San Francisco. Remember, these people do not have to have symptoms to get tested. The tests are part of a larger study to learn more about the virus and how it affects people in different ethnicities. We learned saturday that 24 people tested positive at the Single Room Occupancy Hotel in the mission. Many of those residents speak spanish and have under lying health conditions. Well, there are signs that many people are staying home less. The experts are calling it quarantine fatigue, which could be a disturbing trend in the mist of the covid19 pandemic. Heres cornell bernard. I think everyone is anxious to go out. Reporter a gorgeous sunday afternoon on the sausalito water front and for many it was too hard to stay home. A lot of cabin fever. Reporter dave and carolyn came from napa for a quarantine break. We came down here to get some fresh air and social distance from everybody and just enjoy life. Reporter the city of sausalito has triedawin t shelterinplace order and signs have been posted and starting this weekend every single city parking lot is closed to discourage day trippers yet people keep showing up. You cant go to work right now but people are going on vacation. Reporter ken collins shared this video in santa cruz. Parked cars lined up for more than a mile near a beach because beach parking lots are off limits. I have never seen it this crowded on fourth of july, memorial day, labor day, christm christmas saw scenes like this. Crowded beaches with little social distancing. Beaches are full of people and i dont think its right. Staying home is just not easy. I think people are getting a little quarantine fatigue. Reporter university of maryland professioner is tracking smartphone data which shows a disturbing trend. For the First Time Since states are implementing stayathome orders, americans are staying home less. Not helping in terms of fighting the virus. Reporter theyll stay home as long as it takes. If that is what it takes to keep the world safe, well do what we have to do. At the same time, we should be able to go out and self distance. Reporter sausalito says this park remains open, but police urge folks, stay home if you can. Help for Small Businesses is on the way. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with the program that has more funding starting today. Jobina . The Paycheck Protection Program has been restored, thanks to the economic stimulus Deal Congress approved last week. The deal replenishes this program with 320 billion. The Small Business administration will resume taking applications at 7 30 this morning. Small businesses can apply for loans that will be forgiven, if they maintain their payroll. The Paycheck Protection Program initially ran out of funding earlier this month. About two weeks after the program launched with 349 billion. Many businesses are banking on these loans to have their businesses survive because they had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. Reggie, ill send it over to you. Jobina, thank you. Happening today, british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading back to work. This is video of him arriving at downing street after being in the icu for coronavirus. At one point authorized British Foreign secretary to Prime Minister duties and he is returning to work after being discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. The hospital of Amy Klobuchar said he is one of the states first to donate his plasma. Donating to the mayo clinic after recently recovering. Plasma from recovered patients has shown promise in helping others fight the virus. Her husband is still showing one lingering symptom. He cant clean the basement because he said he has too much dust. Theres a lot of dust down there. Thats the one thing. A similar plasma just started at ucsf this weekend and doctors hope it works based on other Infectious Diseases but they dont know for sure. You can donate at any blood bank if you have no symptoms for at least 28 days. Well, krsk survivors are sharing their past two recovers some recovered setbacks after being discharged from the hospital. Reporter as life starts to get back to normal, many people are adjusting to their new lives after having had the virus, but its clear people are recovering differently. Chicago nurse daniel ortiz who tested positive himself. I woke up and i was like in sweat. But i felt really cold. Reporter in early april after his symptoms subsided and her cdc guidelines he returned to work and his cough returned and he was tested again, twice. One result negative and the latest test positive. Were right back at square one if you think about it. I had it, is there a chance i could get reinfected . Maybe. Reporter so far 900,000 in the United States of those 110,000 people recovered. Jack allerd is a former allamerican lacrosse player and he was placed in a medical induced coma one month ago after testing positive. He now has to learn again saying, quote, your legs dont do what you want them to. But you put your head down and force yourself to stand up and take a couple of steps and the next day take a few more steps. This 36yearold michigan mother of three battled the virus for 40 days and says she was turned away six times before she could get a test. I thought at times the hospital was sending me home just to die at home in my bed. Reporter she suffered intense flulike symptoms for weeks all while isolated from her children. Shs now feeling better, but still has no sense of taste or smell. People need to be aware of how serious this is. That is a lot, but im so happy to see they recovered. You know, even though it is probably a long road, but they are doing better. She had symptoms for weeks. That is, that is rough. That is rough. Stay off the beach. Thats got to wear on you. Only sheltering in place and then you catch it and then you have to stay confined to your bed. You cant get up and move around. Thats too much. That almost gets to be too much. Lets talk about temperatures out there. 48 in Castro Valley right now. Weve got low to mid 50s with mostly Clear Conditions along the east bay shore. Low to mid 50s along the peninsula also down into the south bay. Los gatos about 49 right now. Mid to upper 40s. 46 to 48. 49 in pleasanton and 63 right now in antioch. We have microclimates in our east bay valleys. Emeryville 52 degrees and lets talk about our activities. Mask and sunscreen if youre going to be outside. That sun is strong. Stay hydrated, too. Dont want to get de a for aod. Takes a lot longer to walk off the calories than working out at the gym. Can you stay away from the beaches . Please. Lets look at the east bay valleys. 64 at 9 00 and 74 at 11 00 and low 80s for the afternoon hours. Still 75 degrees at 11 00. 53 at 7 00 in the south bay and then low to mid 70s from noon all the way through 6 00 and 68 with sunshine and very comfortable at 7 00 and our last stop will be the peninsula where we have high clouds and sunshine. 53 this morning and 63 up until 11 00 and low to mid 70s as we head into the afternoon hours and down to 67 at about 7 00. Well look at cooler conditions coming up in the accweather forecast. First, get it over to jobina and see how our essential workers are commute this morning. Hi, jobina. Good morning, everyone. The biggest thing we have going on on our roads is construction. Well start right now in San Francisco so you can get a live look at 101 there and the alemany circle project. This project courtesy of cal trans. Closed in both directions because of the work you see here. The major deck replacement is happening there right now. What you need to know is that northbound and southbound lanes are being diverted on to 280. That will happen until 6 00 a. M. That is when theyre expecting to reopen the southbound lanes but reroute that traffic on to the northbound side while workers demolish the southbound deck. The project does appear to be on schedule. They demolished the northbound deck over the weekend and it has been repaved. So, basically, all of that needs to dry so it is good to go. Also here another story after a few weeks of sheltering in place, drivers are starting to get back on the roads. According to abc7 news contributor phil traffic on bay area bridges are beginning to edge back up. There has been about a 5 increase every few days. Traffic is still significantly lighter than usual. Of course, we can see that. But as people slowly return to work in this new temporary normal, fewer people are taking public transit. Reggie and kumasi. Thanks, jobina. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning. Also, international mystery. Where is kim jongun. The speculation about the health of the north korean leader. Also this morning, prom also this morning, prom going virtual for some students also this morning, prom going virtual for some students when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. So, when you get a check. You can deposit it from here. And you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can save for an emergency from here. Or pay bills from here. So when someone asks you, wheres your bank . You can tell them heres my bank. Or heres my bank. Or, heres my bank. Because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. Visit chase. Com mobile. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. It is 5 15. If youre just joining us, seven things to know this morning. President trump may be scaling back his daily Coronavirus Press breaching briefings. Why they want the president to cut back his appearances, they feel that he is overexposed right now. Number two, amid the coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker nancy pelosi has formally endorsd former Vice President joe biden for president. In a statement he said biden is the best person to lead us out of this crisis. Number three, a new driveby coronavirus testing site is set to epoen at 9 00. Stanford health care is putting this on for people that live in pleasanton, livermore and dublin. Usa today reports disposable diapers and wipes are slowly returning to store shelves. The diaper makers have ramped up production to keep up with demand. And number five, a little bit of a warming trend to start off the traditional workweek, if youre one of our essential workers. 50s at the coast where it will stay pretty chilly and 6 o0 in n francisco and 80s inland. Number six. We are taking a live look right now at the 101 alemany project. All northbound and southbound lanes are being diverted to 680. They will go on to the northbound side of 101. Number seven. This weeks contestants on wheel of fortune could be somebody you know. They are all from the bay area and wheel of fortune airs 7 30 on week nights. Quepideveloping news over k jonguns health. Its been two weeks since he was seen in public and he missed celebrating key celebrations. Abc news contributor says we swi will have to wait for north korean officials to explain what happened. Intelligence in north korea is so bad that we have no way to verify or deny these rumors. We have no idea. We cant only wait until the north koreans themselves tell us whether kim is alive or dead. A south korean official tell that he is alive and well outside the capital. Students heading to college are now wondering what their future is going to be like. Many are days away from a crucial deadline. Heres eva pilgrim. Reporter in this mornings gma first look when will College Campuses reopen. Purdue university making plans to bring its community of more than 50,000 students and staff back to. Cas this august. President Mitch Daniels writing in a schoolwide email that covid19 poses close to lethal threat to students. Saying our students pose a far greater danger to others than the virus to them. But room mates kaly and jalen still concerned about young people who have preexisting conditions. Like jalen who struggles with as mu. Wed love to have a senior year but we do worry about what health risks that would pose. Reporter dr. Jen ashton weighs in with what every parent and students needs to know. With your gma first look, im eva pilgrim. A Fresno High School has found a way for students to celebrate prom without any of them actually leaving the house. Are you ready to rumble . Its a prom like no other in the history of Sunnyside High School in fresno. No ticket is needed and no dress code is enforced. Instead, students are encouraged to stay home and attend virtually. Hey, guys. I brought my mom to prom reporter like all high schools across the state, it has forced sunnyside to close its campus postponing the prom but that didnt sit well with staff members. A sense of loss for the seniors. In a lot of ways, the seniors are grieving. Reporter they wanted to give them an escape from the pandemic and no party is complete without music. Administrators reached out to three deejays who were also sunnyside alums. He was scheduled to work unified proms before the outbreak and it changed her plans but didnt keep her from her gig. I decided to come with more of the danc we are still trying to our best to do what we can and st sunnyside is a great example of that. Reporter staff organized within 24 hours and raising more than 1,000 for prizes and give aways. Well give out 100 gift card. Reporter but they say there is no substitute for an inperson prom and they still plan to hold one as soon as its safe. Our principal and his principal address to the senior class to save that dress. Reporter in fresno, gilbert, action news. That party looked fun. I was down with what she was doing. Did you guys party this weekend online . It sound like you did. You know i did. I am just going to start inviting you guys next time. Please. We can party together. We had people over, but before you judge me, we have a pretty big patio in the backyard. We marked off ten feet spots. Everybody brought their own drinks and their own food and no one got within ten feet of each other. Its the first time weve done anything like that since this started. It was much needed. Okay, mike, well trust you. Lets talk about whats going on as far as the weather out there. And you can see from the exploratorium, looks like a gorgeous morning. 52 degrees and mostly sunny early week warming and then tonight with more clouds and a little bit of fog in the morning and coolest sunday with some sprinkles possible. Lets take a look at our microclimates for today. We have about 75 to 80 in the south bay and 70 to 75 on the peninsula with looks like 75 being Mountain View as you head into the south bay one of the warmer spots. We have upper 50s to near 60 along the coast and how about some mid 60s in downtown and south San Francisco and up in the north way low 70s. Richmond and berkeley, 72 in oakland and newark and as you head into the east bay valleys, 79 in san ramon to low to mid 80s as we head throughout the east bay valleys. Tonight you can see that extra cloud cover and temperatures in the main to upper 50s and 51 in Half Moon Bay for the cool spot. Even warmer tomorrow. Well pull back those temperatures as the sea breeze begins wednesday. Back to average thursday and friday and below average with more cloud cover and breezes and that slight chance of a sprinkle on sunday. Do you guys know what crane flies are . No. People mistake them for mosqui mosquitos. Theyre like the big ones that are this big and somehow one got in the house and with two lights, tv, computer, two ipads and an iphone, it is attracted to all the lights in this room. He is just buzzing around here. Hes this big. If you see me do this. All right. Working from home. All kinds of challenges. One more thing to deal with. All right. So, one passenger is scridescri her experience on a recent flight saying she was stunned. The video she took onboard. And the healthiest way to make your morning coffee. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard

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