The afternoon. So very comfortable for us especially with dry air. And then back into the 70s by the time we get to 7 00. Well talk about the warmer weekend coming up. And there is a rush going on throughout the bay area to get students the tools they need so they can properly learn from home. Today you will hear more about this from the state superintendent as there is still a Digital Divide in so many communities. Education is one of the areas that were focused on as we try to build a better bay area. And there is some good news because there is something that we can do to help. Julian glover is joining us with more. Reporter yeah, that Digital Divide, the difference between students who do have access to a laptop and those who dont, it is a critical issue and we expect the state of california to be announcing today steps they are taking to close that gap, but there are also things that you can do at home. Well tell you about that in a second. Again, the divide was a major concern in the spring when learning moved on line. And while some progress has been made, much more still needs to be in oaand,het ar o wayoo do nave Group Oakland undivided raised more than 12 million to make it happen. Laptops and also wifi hot spots, those will be provided to students starting in early august. In the south bay, there will be a drivethru device donation happening today in san jose. The city is asking you to drop off a used laptop or chrome book that will then be refurbished for the 14,000 students in san jose that are trying to learn without the proper tools right now. That did he nation drive is happening this evening from 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. At the berryessa branch of the library there. And they will also accept cash donations to help them pay for the refurbishment of those laptops and get them to kids in need. We expect to hearhos, at 1 00 p what the state will be doing about this huge issue. Julian fwluf glover, abc 7 news. A new poll finds only one this ten americans think that schools should open without restricti restrictions. Most surveyed believe that mask requirements and other Safety Measures were necessary to restart teaching in person. And three in ten said that teaching kids in classrooms shouldnt be happening at all. The United States is closin any country in the world. Deaths are up 12 from last week. And nine states california are reporting record hospitalizations. More states are taking a more aggressive stance to stem the spread mandating masks and closing more nonessential businesses. Dr. Fauci says the worst though may be yet to come. I dont see this disappearing. We are certainly not at the end of the game. Im not even sure were halfway through. There is some economic concern as well. More than 25 million americans stand to lose the 600 unemployment benefit as early as this weekend. And that is unless Congress Takes action. Two cafeterias that serve white house personnel are closed after a person tested positive for covid19. The cafeterias are not in the white, but adjacent to it. Abc news has learned that the white house sent an email to staff telling them there is no reason for alarm since staff are supposed to wear masks and gloves when preparing food. They started Contact Tracing but the white house says there is no need for any staff to selfquarantine. At the live desk, we have an update on the situation unfolding in portland, oregon. You heard in the last half hour how mayor wheeller was teargassed by the federal agencies he is trying to remove from his city. Wheeler was joined or was joining the demonstration and called on the federal the deployment as unconstitutional. I think that it is right for me as the mayor and the Police Commissioner to be out here for people who are demonstrating. Local Business Leaders also gave wheeler an earful for not reining in the protests weeks ago and before the federal government sent in agents, they say week of unrest have decimated their shops and restaurants already hurting because you of the pandemic. About 1,000 protestors joined in on the demonstration in Downtown Portland last night, it is the 60th continuous night of demonstrations in the city since george floyd was killed. Happening today, Congressional Panel will vote on redistricting one of the biggest powers held by president s and that is the right to grant pardons. House democrats are pushing a bill that would discourage president s from granting pardons to friends and family. The another proposed bill would ban president s from pardoning themselves. It is unlikely either one of these will actually become law. This push by democrats follows President Trump recently commuting the sentence of former aide roger stone. The funeral today for c. T. Vivian. And also why apples cofounder Steve Wozniak is suing youtube. And a few small steps forward today as a wind shift will bring us slightly warmer weather. A lot of 70s and 80s in the accuweather 7 day focast 6 09 on a thursday. Thanks for hanging out with us this morning. Lets take a look at some neighborhood temperatures. 60 in redwood city. A little bit of fog around half moon bay. 60 along the east bay shore. And here is a look at san jose, 59. Seasonal temperatures if you are out exercising. If you have a pool or access to one, youre lucky in my book. Strong sunshine, so be careful out there. Could burn quickly. North bay, much faster sunshine today and temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon. As far as the east bay, were stuck in the 60s through noon and then low to mid70s from about 1 00 to 5 00. 62 though at 8 00. San francisco, were in the 50s through 8 00 and then a mixture of sun and clouds and mid60s during the afternoon hours. Well look at the weekend coming up next. Good morning, everyone. So we have a problem in san mateo right now. A three car crash there, this is going to be on westbound 92 just before 101. One of those cars has turned on its side, at least two lanes are blocked, speeds down to about 7 Miles Per Hour in the area. An ambulance has been called to the scene as well. And you can see the red line is beginning to form there. This is going to slow down everyone going on to the san mateo bridge. So well bring in a live camera showing you the san mateo bridge. And we can see that the backup is extending to the eastbound side. So you can see that it is moving, but that righthand side where you see the brake lights, that is where people are making their way toward the peninsula and you will definitely come to a halt once you make your way toward the end of the bridge. 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. He was a friend and confidant of dr. Martin luther king jr. He was awarded the president ial medal of freedom by barack obama in 2013. Yesterday a horse drawn carriage took his casket from the georgian capitol to kings tomb. Steve wozniak is suing youtube and going. He says that it failed to remove bitcoin ads that use his likeness and that they were duped into believing if they sent crypto currency to the account, they would receive twice as much tvide google hased owst. Again, the new rules if you want to use them in marin county. Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. Some experts are warning about a ticking time bomb. 43,000 households could face eviction. Many lost their jobs and still have to find a way to buy food. The Eviction Moratorium expires at the end of the next month. And tenants wont be able to pay the tens of thousands of 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 new round of 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, there will be a special town hall called cry for help. They will hear the frustrations from bay area folks and discuss possible solutions. That is tonight at 5 15, you can find it on our facebook page, Youtube Channel and at abc7news. Com. A plea to save hair salons in the east bay, stylists are trying to send a message to outsi f. T sayhe i toomy auall locations are right next to restaurants who are also dining outside. So i have these visions of us cutting hair and hair flying into peoples food. It is a good intent, but it is so empty because there is so many logistics that have to be applied. This is to survive, this is not a fun hobby were doing. This is our livelihood. Were just trying to keep our clients safe and we can do in a best indoors in our salons. The group wants to start a discussion with state officials about how they can safely seven 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 actually do the bagging for the groceries. Like many other bay area counties, marin banned the Reusable Bags during the onset of the pandem but ie found little risk of them being sources of coronavirus transmission. Facebook pages of your favorite celebrities and other Public Officials might be getting a new look. According to tech crunechcrunchl be a cleaner design that leaves out extra information. The streamlined stedesign will replace the like count with the number of followers. And they say it will make the accounts easier to manage and more accurate. I have a list of complaints about pages, but nobody wants to hear that right now. Are is it bad . I mean, because instagram got rid of the likes on some formats. I dont know. I like to see the likes. I just found it very wonky, the whole situation. Awa follow me and like me at mike nicco abc 7. Yeah. Moral of the story. Yes. My job depends on it, people. Help me lets take a look at the weather. It is thursday, and lets talk about what will happen today through the weekend, it is 59. You can see it is a little breezy in San Francisco as we look down the embarcaderembarca. Warmer highs this afternoon as the winds shift a little bit coming out of the north more than the weather. Highs will retreat tomorrow, bu suerartart saturday. You can see the low pressure is sinking to the south and east predominantly to our west, and now it is giving us a are more mild northerly flow and that is why temperatures will warm up today. But notice another trough coming down from the gulf of alaska, and that will bring us cooler weather tomorrow before the bump up this weekend. So 80 to 85 in the south bay, 73 to 80 on the peninsula. 82 to 64 with partly cloudy conditions along the peninsula coast. Near 70 in Downtown SouthSan Francisco, sausalito. Sausalito. L 69 in richmond, 71 at berkeley to 78 at free month. And east bay valleys, 84 to 89 is our spread here. Temperatures about the same tonight, mid50s to low 60s. Cloud cover not as extensive in the north bay. And inland east bay neighborhoods. So we drop about six degrees tomorrow, but four to ten degrees warmer for saturday. Temperatures close to average, 60s at the coast, mid to upper 70s afternoons bay and upper 80s to will he 9 to low 90s inland all the way through next wednesday. And lets bring in ginger zee with look at what is coming up on gma. Hi, ginger. Nice to be with all of you. And coming up here on gma, well start with the coronavirus. Weve now topped 15 million cases around the world. Dr. Fauci warning that we are certainly not at the end of the game. Three more states have announced mask mandateses, and that makes a total of 31. Fema administrator will join us to discuss all of that. And it is time to play ball, baseball finally back. First major team sport to get its season going during the pandemic. Well show you all the changes to deep players safe and rookie of the year pete alonso will join us live. Plus apparently you can go home again. Millions of Adult Children are living with mom and dad during the pandemic including a lot of our young producers ive noticed. Well talk to an expert on how to set some ground rules to make it the best it can be. And then ask the sharks, barbara and roger will be answering your Small Business questions and how to you are is strive this any. And then the Small Business deals and steals bringing you hot Summer Solutions and supporting a Small Business hopefully near you. That is all coming up here on gma. You talked about baseball season and were extremely proud because the giants have the first onfield assistant develop wholb hist hist so a big deal. That is a big deal. Congrats to her and lets keep it going. Absolutely. Something to celebrate. Ginger, well see you at 7 00. Thanks. Plans for San Franciscos hardly strictly blue grass festival are expected to be announced this saturday. The festivals artist Relations Manager will host a Virtual Event and they will talk about what is in store for fans this october. Coming up, a recall impacting 22,000 toys sold at target. And also an iconic San Francisco building now just the latest to close because of 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 . First hurricane of the season quickly became the first major hurricane. This is douglas, category 3. Drier air will take some energy away from this as it heads toward hawaii this weekend, but there could be very gusty winds, dangerous surf and some flooding rain. Well watch it for you. You wont be able to visit San Franciscos Ferry Building at least for now. The Ferry Building is considered a mall and so the city is saying it has to close. Can still stay open becaus have outdoor sgraentrances and Farmers Market will still operate. Manhattan tool is pulling their activity toy because it can can apart. But the concern is that the silicone teethers attached to the tubes could be a choking z hazard to young kids. Target sold more than 22,000 of these tools. If you have one, you can return to target and get a refund. Tesla will officially locate its second u. S. Car Assembly Plant in austin, texas. The new factory will build their up coming cyber truck among other cars. The factory will be bigger than the one in fremont but it will only employ 5,000 people compared to fremonts 10,000. Experts say the plans for austin seemed t aer mk stayathome order. And footage from will be sold at auction. About 60 of the footage shows kobe playing f merion aces. Abc 7 sources are confirming something 49ers fans will want they have permission to open Training Camp next week. And we learn football fans will have to wear masks at nfl games this season. It is unclear how many teams will actually be hosting fans or when. The nfl does not have a l wide stadiums during the pandemic. Local governments would have the last word on this. First regular season game is scheduled to kickoff september 10th. Next at 6 30, were job hunting with jobina. She is telling us about parttime work that is available for the next few months. Reporter and San Francisco city Officials Say they know the demand is high for covid19 tests, and they have a plan. Ill explain coming up. And a live look outside at but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. An extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Wow. Ok thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Idina menzel to sing your own theme song . Tara, tara, look at her go with a fresh cup of joe. Gettin down to work early geico. Save an extra 15 percent when you switch by october 7th. Give it up for tara it is plausible we could get a new yorklike situation in the late summer or early fall. Now at 6 30, a wakeup call in San Francisco as cases increase across the bay area, the city is boosting its testing efforts. Congress divided over how to help people who are unemployed. The latest stimulus bill to make its way to the senate floor. When you love baseball, you really love it. After a 119 day delay, Major League Baseball is back. And who better fit to throw out the first pitch during the pandemic than dr. Fauci. He is talking about how he practiced plus the Ground Breaking move for the giants tonight. Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, july 23. Do you all think that you could make it from the mound to the plate . I did some kind of little challenge like that before. It is hard. It is hard. It made it, but it was not pretty. Is there video . Girl, no, thank god. I think i could do it. I think you could too. I think all of us could. I bet on j