Coast today. Breezy by noon for the bay and inland neighborhoods where well hang out 70 to 77. 77 to 84s as we head to 4 00. And a comfortable evening on the way. There is a rush going on right now throughout the bay area to get students the items they need to go back to school. Tony thurma will be talking about will Digital Divide later this afternoon. There is some good news, you can actually do something to help out if you have some electronics laying around the house you dont use. Julian glover has more on that. Reporter good morning. Yeah, the Digital Divide, the difference between those students who have a computer and stable Internet Connection at home and those who dont, such a critical issue with a majority of those k through 12 schools opting for Distance Learning for the start of the school year. Well be hearing from the states superintendent of schools tony thurman on what the state will be doing about it and well talk about what you can do about it in a second. But i want to talk about what is going on in oakland. It was a major divide in the spring, and some progress has been made in getting laptops to families in need, but more needs to be done. The district just announcing 25,000 chrome books are on the way for students who dont have a computer at hole. The Group Oakland undivided raising more than 12 million to make it happen. Laptops, hot spots will be provided startinging in ea in e august. In the south bay, there iss is drivethru for people to drop off the used laptops and chrome books that will be refurbished for students trying to learn currently without the proper too manies. That is from 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. []at the berryessa branch of the library. And they will accepting small monetary donations to help them fund the refurbishment of those laptops. And of course well be hearing from the state superintendent of schools today at 1 00 p. M. Look for that on abc7news. Com. Julian glover, abc 7 news. A new poll finds that only one in ten americans think that schools should open without restrictions in the fall. The poll was conducted by the Associated Press and orc energy for public affairs. Most believe that mask requirements and other Safety Measures are necessary to restart teaching in person. Three in ten said that teaching kids in classrooms shouldnt happen at all. This morning covid19 records are being shattered across the country. More 125states are reporting a tidal wave of infections. Here is Andrew Dymburt with the latest. Reporter the actual numbers are believed to be much higher, but even so hospitalizations and cases are on the rise here in the u. S. This morning the United States is closing in on 4 million confirmed cases of covid19. Death are up 12 from last week, nine states hitting historic high in hospitalizations. At least 31 states ramping up restrictions to slow the spread. More implementing mask mandates. With this mask mandates, i think that it is very possible for us to not have the darker days behind us, but for us to start moving forward. Reporter there has been no nationwide order from President Trump to wear face coverings, although trump admitting that it probably helps. I believe that you should wear it even if there is a 1 it helps. Reporter meanwhile top Infectious Disease expert dr. Fauci says the worst could still be yet to come. I dont see this disappearing. We are accept not at tcertainly of the game. Reporter on the economic front, critical life lines are running out, more than 25 million americans stand to lose a 600 unemployment benefit as early as this weekend unless congress acts. And this morning cause for concern at the white house, two cafeterias were shut down after a worker tested positive. They are located in two different buildings next to the white house. Andrew d andreAndrew Dymburt a washgt at the live desk, w h a foinon r agentst hhour, that he is trying to remove from his city. That was just a part of the intense night that he had. Wheeler joined the demonstration calling the federal deployment unconstitutional. Before that, he addressed protesters, many of whom booed him for his early support of local police using tear gas. I think it is important for me as the mayor and Police Commissioner to be out here where people are demonstrating. Hear their concerns not only about the federal government, but also about our local government. Local Business Leaders also gave wheeler an earful for not reigning in the protests weeks ago before the federal government sent in agents. Weeks of unrest have decimated shops and restaurants already hurting. About 1,000 protesters joined the demonstration and this is the 60th continuous night of protests since the death of george floyd. Happening today, a Congressional Panel will vote on restricting one of the biggest powers held by president s, the right to grant pardons. House democrats are pushing the bill to discourage president s from granting pardons to family and friends. Another proposed bill would ban president ial pardoning themselves. This is unlikely to become law though. Happening today, a private funeral will be held in atlanta for civil rights pioneer c. T. Vivian. The 95yearold passed away last week of natural causes. Reverend vivian was a friend and confident of Martin Luther king jr. And he was awarded the president ial medal ever of freedom by barack obama in 2013. Yesterday a horse drawn carriage took vivians casket from the georgian capitol for kings tomb in atlanta for a memorial service. Lets take a look at some neighborhood temperatures this morning. Well start with cloudy conditions in the south bay where our spread is about 57 to 62 degrees. And weve got about 54 to 61 elsewhere, newark at about 61. Lets take a look at the exploratorium camera, you can see the cloud cover not nearly as low hanging or as juicy as yesterday. A seasonal day if you will be out exercising today. Maybe you have a pool or you have one of those designated hours at a pool to swim some laps, there will be strong sunshine. So make sure you have a sunscreen on and Small Craft Advisory north of the bay bridge through the delta, fourth day in the row for that. For the north bay, well break free of the clouds much faster. Temperatures near 80 during the afternoon. East bay, well also break free by about 10 00. And well be in the low to mid 70s this afternoon. Down to 63 by 8 00. And San Francisco, were in the 50s and pretty cloudy through 8 00, and then a mixture of more sun than clouds this afternoon and highs hitting the mid to upper 60s. We did have slightly warmer weather coming at you after a big dip tomorrow. Well show that you roller coaster coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. Coaster coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. And lets start off with a live look in the south bay showing you our 280 camera in san jose. Everything down there is moving pretty smoothly. No problems there. And also around the bay area here, going to check in on the drive times for you. Walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. Santa rosa to San Francisco, 47 minutes. And highway 1 to los gatos, 23 mnutes. Some experts are warning about a ticking time bomb in the south bay, an estimated 43,000 households in East San Jose could be facing eviction. Many tenants have lost jobs and they still have to find a way to buy food. The Eviction Moratorium expires at the end of next month. Tenants will not be able to pay the tens of thousands of dollars in back rent that they will be facing in the six months to a year that the county ordinance requires. Congress could help, but it is not clear when or if they will agree on a oouf supplemental benefits. In the meantime south bay nonprofits are raising money to help renters. And you can join Michael Finney and the 7 on your side team at 5 15 tonight for a special town hall called cry for help. Well hear the frustrations of bay area folks trying to get Unemployment Benefits and discuss possible solutions with two Assembly Members and an hr manager. That is on our facebook page, Youtube Channel and abc7news. Com. Coming up next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. Plus the bay area county that is now allowing people to use Reusable Bags in stores. A practice banned when the pandemic first hit. And this hiker sharing his survival story, how he survived fenow theres more to wlove with xfinity x1, . The ultimate entertainment experience. Like live sports. Theyre back with the best way to watch. And more streaming apps all in one place. More classics. More premiers. Plus, more to easily find using just your voice. Hello, more. Where have you been all my life . Awes if you are just joining us, here are the 7 things to know. Number one, more coronavirus testing is coming to San Francisco. Mayor london breed says 1400 more tests will be done at multiple sites. And number two, you can donate used laptops and chrome books for students. It runs f to 6 00 at the berryessa branch library. And Senate Republicans are expected to introduce their 1 trillion stimulus poday. Mitch mcconnell is said to be proposing another 1200 stimulus check. Number four, there is a fast testing sight in officials promise test results in 15 minutes. And small steps forward in most of our neighborhoods as temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. And number six, werelive l bridge this morning. Pretty smooth traffic for the most part. It is busy out there though. Ive been watching a couple crashes, and you can see it is already slowing down as people make their way toward the peninsula. Number seven, a new way to watch movies is coming to San Francisco. Floating cinema will allow you to watch movies in socially distanced boats. It comes to town the first week of september. Public Health Officials are scrambling to speed up the rate of coronavirus testing. People across the country routinely wait hours for an exam if they can even get one. But a new extensive review of our testing sites shows that sites including communities of color in major many cities face higher demand. Dan noyes has this exclusive report. Reporter the review of testing saitos beingites acrossy 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 site 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 testing sites in mostly has panic neighborhoods were about 20 than white neighborhoods. Professor of epidemiology at uc berkeley this country has a long history of disparities in health, access to health care, with poorer people and communities of color having less access. Reporter and he says one factor driving longer wait times in 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 were an estimated 21 less busy on average than testing sites near mostly white neighborhoods. In the citys mostly hispanic neighborhoods, Testing Centers were about 4 less busy. The department of Public Health emailed a statement that reads the ruts of your survey dont square with our perception of the situation or what were hearing from the community. Im afraid it is premature to declare victory. 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 it based partners. Reporter the mayor says the city opened the first walkup testing site, did not always require 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 t preexisting disparities and the risk factors. Reporter for asian neighborhoods being a cross San Francisco, our analysis found almost no difference in testing access compared to white neighborhoods. Im posting a complete rundown of our data from across the country at objecabc7news. Com including the statement from the department of health. Dan noyes, abc 7 news. A plea to safer hair salons in the east bay. Stylists gathered to send a message to state officials. This week the governor allowed salons to reopen for their cuts only outdoors. Xt to restaurants who are thee dining outside, so i have these visions of hair flying into peoples food. It is a good intent, but it is so empty because there are so many logistics that have to be applied. This is to survive, this is not a fun hobby were doing, this is our livelihood. All were doing is trying to keep our clients safe and we can do that best indoors in our salons. The group wants to start a discussion with state officials about how they can safely serve customers indoors. Marin county will once again allow Reusable Bags to be used at stores, but shoppers have to leave the bags in carts and they have to do the bagging. Like many other bay area counties, marin banned reusable grocery bags during the onset of the pandemic, but recent studies found very little risk of those bags being sources of coronavirus transmission as long as the shopper is the only one touching the bag. Plans for San Franciscos blue grass festival expected to be announced this saturday. There will be a Virtual Event and they will be talking about what is in store for fans this october. That block had a lot of things, friends. I did not think about cutting my hair cut and the hair flying in somebodys plate. If the salon is close to a restaurant. Because i would like to do both of those things outside, but that is one of the biggest beefs with my hair, when i get it cut, it sticks to everything, so i cant imagine how gross that would be. Partition . Curtains . Something . Inintend unintend theed consequences. It is a dryer morning out there. We have warmer highs today. They will retreat a little bit as the breeze comes a little faster off the ocean tomorrow. And in an extended period of seasonal temperatures, they start saturday. In the north bay, you will notice the clouds eliminate much faster than they did yesterday. By noon, just about all of us cleared out there. Even some sunshine developing along the north bay coast. And as we head into the afternoon hours, you can that it is pretty quiet out there until we get to the evening and then the clouds start making that march back to the east. Rebounding highs means 80 to 85 in the south bay, even santa cruz going to be warmer today at 72. Head up the peninsula, we drop down into the mid70s. Abou 7n san rafael. Oast today t. And low to mid80s through most of the north bay. Cloverdale northward, warmer as usual. Richmond 69. 78 in fremont. And east bay valley, 84 in san ramon to brentwood oto 89. Tonight cloud wont wont s won extensive. Tomorrow temperatures below average and then saturday all the way to wednesday, enjoy some really smooth weather. We deserve that. Listen to this, a hiker who was stranded for 40 hours in the california wilderness is sharing his story. Janai norman has the details. Reporter in this mornings first look, an excruciating journey of survival. Help help reporter that desperate cry for help coming from the 67yearold man stranded at Joshua Tree National pack unable to move after a serious fall. I landed right on my left hip, i cant move it for the pain. I cant move myself. Reporter robert ringo was just planning on a short walk. He had stwrus t just two liters of water and a cellphone but no cell service. It is about 4 30, 4 20 on thursday afternoon. Aim up in i dont know if you get this or find it. Reporter and coming up, the one trick that may have saved this hikers life. With your gma first look, im janai norman, abc news, new york. Im glad hes okay. An iconic building in San Francisco is now the latest establishment that has had to close forviwh Health Officials cant stay hope sfloop a. And tesla has picked where they will build its next factory. And california is 3457b man first hurricane of the season has become a major hurricane. We went from category 1 to 3. Douglas, 120 mileperhour winds. But there is a lot of dry air, so that is great news. It does weaken considerably. But still could be a very Strong Tropical Storm as it hits the islands over the weekend and in to early next week. Kumasi. A space race is now on after china launched its first Unmanned Mission to mars and the u. S. Plans to launch another space craft to the red planet later in month. Chinas probe blasted off earlier today and it will orbit mars before landing a rover on the martian surface. The u. S. Spacecraft will last next week. Both expect to reach the surface of mars