University system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. Campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then theyll approve courses. Reporter wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. Those we talked to on campus said to them this is a nobrainer. She recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. Like i said, i was a Public Health major. I feel like it was built in our curriculum. Of course it could be put into our curriculum a lot more. Reporter dr. Alison wren says some csu schools had requirements in place, but this puts them on place on all 2 and students. Some believe this measure should be taken a step further and put into high schools. I even say in the general ed in the earlier two years they add that type of study in there as a required course. Reporter unclear at this point if that will happen, but this is one of the most widereaching College Requirements of its kind. We believe that this requirement elevates ethnic studies in a way that it has never been elevated before. Reporter j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. Now reaching north of 400,000 positive cases that we have collected here in the state of california. Reporter a worrisome milestone for california tonight. The state now has the most coronavirus cases in the country. Surpassing new york. What put the state over the top is a singleday increase of 12,807 cases. Thats the highest since the pandemic began. The Positivity Rate over the last seven days is 7. 6 . The highest in the nation. Not highest per capita, not highest in that respect, but nonetheless, a sober reminder of why we are taking things as seriously as we are. Reporter california is more populous than new york and has had fewer deaths, but tonight San Franciscos Public Health director has a warning about what we could learn from new york. Im very concerned that as as cases increase, its plausible we could get in a new yorklike situation in the in the late summer or early fall. Reporter San Francisco has seen an increase in hospitalizations, and if the trend continues, it could strain the system. Hospitalizations across the bay area also climbed to a new high today. Now, as we see those grim numbers tonight, there is some hope and some progress. Stanford just got approval to start covid19 pool testing. Its a method that could save valuable testing supplies and prevent large outbreaks. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larsen explains. Reporter pool testing vols mixing several peoples biological simples and examining them in a single test. The practice has been around for decades, but just now being used to covid testing in the u. S. Quest diagnostics received emergency authorization over the weekend. Youre doing 100 individual tests and able to pool those, it becomes 1,000 tests. So in a situation where there is not tough testing, it gives you the opportunity to really leverage what you have. Reporter he is the director of clinical pathology of stanford. At their labs he says pooling eight covid tests together is optimal to prevent ds doctor have to test people individually to locate the infected person. Once things are under control, its a really good way to keep an eye on things and detect outbreaks before they occur. Reporter so what will stanford use pool testing for . A group living situation like nursing homes. Reporter what about testing schools or students living on campus . One way to think about it would be like if you had a dorm with three floors, you could do, you know, the first floor one day, the second floor another day and the third floor the third day and just repeat that every week. Reporter could pool testing result in false negatives . If there is an outbreak in that nursing home, some people with a lot of virus, some people with a little bit of virus, and even if the test is a little bit less sensitive, it would detect an outbreak. Reporter zander says pool testing should have started sooner, but optimistic about that. Well get it right finally. Reporter kate larsen, abc 7 news. Tonight, startling numbers on the toll the covid19 pandemic is taking on filipino americans. New data Shows Community members are dying of the virus at an alarming rate. Here is abc 7 News Reporter man. Reporter there is no denying filipino americans are incredibly imbedded withined the health care system. We wanted to check bay arront l. Jeanette works with Covid Patients daily. Its different just because its a new virus that were dealing every day. Were learning from it. Were always at risk and its always something to think about that we could always catch it. Reporter the l. A. Times cited occupational hazards, Underlying Health issues and multigenerational households as factors. A lot of us have diabetes and my family members have preexisting conditions, too, so its really scary coming home thinking i could possibly transmit covid19 to them. Reporter finding filipino americans account for at least 35 of covid deaths in californias asian population. As it stands, the stateubc hnitby asiup wannot get a siangroups. The impacts are for reporter the times found 1 5 of registered nurses in the state are filipino, a reflection of the culture. I think a lot of filipinos get into this registered nurse profession. They have can extreme amount of reporter surveyed close to 1,000 filipino americans in california. Their research showed that while so many are in the health profession, many others arent sure how to prioritize their own health. Youd think that because we are in that in that discipline, in that labor force, right, folks would know how to get tested, where to get tested, but a lot of the people within our sample, 30 of them dont indicate that they dont know where the nearest testing location is. Reporter Santa Clara County leaders plan to organize an effort to get this information out to its Asian Pacific islander population. In san jose, abc 7 news. 35 of the states 58 counties are on the watch list. Where does your county stand . You can check out the entire state with our interactive feature at abc7news. Com. Seeing not only how long each region has been on the list, but why the state is keeping an eye on the spread of the coronavirus there. Tonight congress is working to pass another massive emergency Coronavirus Relief bill, but the fight isnt between republicans and democrats. Abc 7 news News Reporter zohreen shah explains. Reporter for the first time in weeks the United States announces more than 1,000 deaths in a oneday period. At least 31 states announcing more restrictions to curb the virus. With this mask mandate and with the things that we have done previously to this, i think it is very possible for us to not have the darker days behind us, but for us to start moving forward. Reporter President Trump not issuing a federal mask order, but reminding people to wear masks, socially distance and wash their hands. Hes also now placing at least part of the blame forcas on you increased gatherings such as memorial and young people closely congregating at bars and probably other places, maybe beaches. Reporter the president also weighing in on extending shortterm unemployment insurance. 25 million americans could lose the 600 per week expansion of benefits, which is given on top of state benefits, unless washington steps in. While some republicans are calling for a shortterm extension, others claim americans will be paid more to stay at home if it goes through. Some say they cant go back to work, though. This new orleans worker saying her business depends on tourists but her city has few. 600 is important to a lot of households, especially my household that cannot go back to work. Reporter and the virus hitting an arizona mom two weeks before she delivered her second child. The baby lived but she died during childbirth. In houston, these brothers losing their mom and dad in the same month. I didnt get to say goodbye to my mom or my dad now, and thats what hurries me the most. Reporter zbohreen shah, abc news los angeles. Access to covid19 testing, is it equal for all of us . Its being called app eviction time bomb in the south bay. The dire warning and what can be done to help renters. Closing the Digital Divide in the east bay. When muchneeded technology will get in the hands of students. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Its going to be a foggy start tomorrow morning. Ill show you the changes in store. First, a look at whats coming up tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live with guest host george lopez. Thanks, dan and ama. Im george lopez. Watch this or ill find you. You said you were going to quit smoking marijuana and the whole world went upside down. I read that somewhere, and i Public Health officials are scr scrambling to speed up the rate of coronavirus testing. People across the country routinely wait hours for an exam if they can get one at all, but a new extensive review of testing sites by our data team shows sites in communities of color in many major cities face higher demand than sites in whiter or wealthier areas in those same cities. The review of testing sites across the country by 538, abc news and abcowned television stations including abc 7 shows people of color, especially black and hispanic people, are more likely to experience longer wait times and understaffed testing centers. We estimated the potential demand by looking at the number of sites and the number of People Living nearest them. In los angeles, for example, test sites serving mostly black neighborhoods were 26 busier than those serving white neighborhoods and those serving majority hispanic neighborhoods were 9 busier. In the bay area, our analysis found that testing sites serving san joses mostly hispanic neighborhoods were about 20 busier than those serving mostly white neighborhoods. Unfortunately, its not too surprising. Reporter arthur is professor of epidemiology and Public Health at uc berkeley. This country has a long history of disparities in health and access to health care. With the poorer people and people in communities of color having less access. Reporter the professor says one factor driving longer wait times in san joses hispanic neighborhoods is that they are experiencing higher rates of infection and are presumably eager to get testing, but two cities buck that National Trend we found. In San Francisco and oakland, testing locations near mostly black census blocks where an estimated 21 less busy on average than testing sites near mostly white neighborhoods. In the citys historically hispanic neighborhoods, testing sites were about 4 less busy. The San Francisco department of Public Health emailed a response, the results of your survey dont square with our what we are hearing from the community. I also spoke with mayor libby schaaf about how oakland has addressed the issue. Was this a surprise to you, that it did turn out so well . It was encouraging, and i want to say that we have worked with so many phenomenal e city opened the first. Walkup testing site, realizing that driveup sites were a barrier for many lowincome families. Did not always require an online appointment. Made phone lines available in different languages. Intentionally located testing sites where they would reach people of color. We established a covid19 Racial Disparities task force immediately. We did not wait for the data to show those Racial Disparities because we knew about the preexisting disparities in the risk factors for covid. For asian neighborhoods across San Francisco, oakland and san jose, our analysis found almost no difference in testing access to predominately white neighborhoods. Im posting a complete rundown of our data across the country at abc7news. Com, including the full statement from the San Francisco department of Public Health. For the iteam, dan noyes, abc 7 news. In the east bay, hundreds of people lined up at a new covid19 testing site that opened today in alameda. The test is free and unlike most other sites, this one says it gets people their results in 15 minutes. 380 people had appointments, another 400 were walkins. They started lining up at 4 00 a. M. Theyve got their lawn chairs. Some people had sleeping bags and blankets and snacks. City Health Urgent care is partnering with the city of alameda to offer the testing. The site is open seven days a week through at least september 22nd. On our website, abc7news. Com, we have all the coronavirus resources you need, including links to testing sites. Just head to abc7news. Com covidhealth. New at 11 00, people gathered in San Francisco to mark what would have been a man who was killed by police 31st birthday. They heldac i 2015. They say he refused to drop a knife. Those at todays remembrance also spoke out for Racial Justice and made a plea for unity. A video of federal agents beating a black lives matter demonstrator in portland, oregon has been getting a lot of attention. Today the man, christopher david, a military veteran, joined abc 7 news anchor on todays episode of getting answers. I wanted to go down there and ask the officers, the federal officers why they were violating their oath to the constitution. I actually just wanted to ask them a question. So i decided to go down there, put on all my navy gear so as a way of trying to identify myself as a veteran. And i was hoping that on the other side there would be veterans as well, and maybe we could it would give them pause long enough that we could actually have a conversation, but that was a complete mistake. They didnt care. David says his hand was broken in the beating, but hes not deterred. He said he now wants to create the wall of vets at the protest site. A progress to report tonight in the effort to get oakland unified students connected to distance allergi distance learning. The School District says it will get 25,000 laptops to students by late august. Part of an effort called oakland undivided, that includes the district and the city. They raised money to buy chrome books and plans to provide them to students without access at home. In the south bay, a ticking time bomb, what some experts call the situation. An estimated 43,000 households in East San Jose would be facing eviction. Many tenants have lost jobs, have to buy food and a way to connect to the internet for their childrens distance learning. The moratorium expires at the end of next month. Tenants are not going to be able to pay tens of thousands of dollars in backed rent that they will be facing. Congress could help, but its not clear when and if theyll agree on a new round of supplemental benefits. In the meantime, south bay nonprofits are raising money to help renters. A Cultural Institution in San Francisco says tonight it is cutting jobs because of the pandemic. The center for the arts is eliminating 27 staff positions. 44 remaining Staff Members face pay cuts. The art center relies on events and gallery and theater programs for income. They estimate theyll lose nearly 7 million in revenue this year. Meantime, a San Francisco landmark is now off limits under a state health order. The city classifies the Ferry Building as a mall. Malls were shut down again monday in San Francisco after an increase in covid19 cases. There are 26 restaurants and shops in the Ferry Building. Restaurants with outdoor entrances can stay open. Other businesses must use delivery, Curbside Pickup or sell online. Lets turn our attention to the weather forecast. Ama, its nice and cool, but that may change, it sounds like. Sounds like it meteorologist sandhya patel here with a look at whats coming our way. You know we cant escape the summer heat around this time of year. We can for the time being, dan and ama, but by the time we hit the weekend, youre going to see the 90s returning. Lets look at a time lapse from our emeryville camera. Just a gorgeous view tonight. A little morning drizzle today. Were going to do it all over again tomorrow morning, although night quite as drizzly as it was this morning where we had a lot of measurable drizzle. Live dopplar 7 showing you fog around the coast, around the bay. Its going to advance into our some of valleys. This area of low pressure right overhead, it has been responsible for triggering thunderstorms, pulling up that monsoon flow in the sierra and northern california, but thats all quieted down. Temperatures at this hour in the 50, 60s, as they low pushes off to the east, High Pressure builds in and were going to warm it up for you. From our emeryville camera, look at this beautiful marine layer. Foggy skies with patchy morning drizzle. Sunny and warmer for most areas tomorrow. It is back to average as we hit the weekend. Here is your threeday forecast, in case youre thinking about the weekend. Warming back up again on saturday. Sunday will duplicate that, pretty much. The hour by hour forecast between 5 00 and 8 00 a. M. Is is when youll see the foggiest conditions. Spotty drizzle. For the afternoon, most areas will be clear. Along the coastline, that fog will hang tough pts moing tempetus beginni in the 5 out the door, and then tomorrow afternoon, 64 in half moon bay. 69 in San Francisco. Just nudging those temperatures up a few degrees. 75 in santa rosa. 80 in napa, 74 oa