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KGO ABC7 News 600PM July 12, 2024

And we share together with my daughter. But if i not share with my daughter, i cannot pay my apartment. Reporter the maximum unemployment benefit is 450 a week which is why the federal boost was such a big deal. To add salt to the wound, the cares act. It is on a slightly different schedule. You cant even claim unemployment hours after july 26th. A lot of desperate people out there who need the basic essential things. If they are not getting it, theyre going on find a way to get to it survive. Reporter a new study from zillow predicts eviction without the supplement. A tremendous number of households would be in economic pain if this and pirates. They are stories heard every day. Were afraid of being evicted. Theyre under certain about what the new school year will bring. For her, the pain is real. It is unrealistic to live on the ui benefit alone worth as little as 677 a week. I am emotional about that. I thinking, my apartment if i lose the 600. Abc7 news. The up employment numbers shook up wall street today. The dow dropped 353. The s p 500 dropped more than 40 points. Federal unemployment aid currently includes a 600 unemployment payment. An extra amount of money. When does that end . The answer is at the end of this month if congress doesnt act. A lot of people are really depending on that money. Michael finney says that question is pre mature for some. Today while many are asking, t an edd extension of unemployment benefits, there are many others asking, can i just get my money from the first round . Most of us are not familiar with the edd login process or filing for edd unemployment benefits. Thank goodness. The application process is hard. I mean, the form itself printed out is 12 pages long. A dozen pages asking for very personal information about your identity and work. Once the form is turned in, you might think the application is either approved or denlds. But the attorney for the Nonprofit Group legal aid at work says theres a third option. I think the biggest frustration of all is for these workers who are in limbo. Who wont be, who havent received their benefits and who also havent received denial. Reporter approval is best because you get your california edd payments. The denials at least allow you to appeal. A lot of workers are being deprived of. Because theyre not getting the denial thats needed to be able to pursue. Its a purgatory. Absolutely. A perfect word for it. A perfect purgatory. Jason middleton knows all about that perk purgatory. I was doing pr until the first week in june and i was let go. On my birthday. Jason may seem familiar to you. He once hosted a tech talk show for kgo radio. A Silicon Valley journalist. Even he cant get answers. Much less, the edd 600 stimulus. I did get a human on the phone. But without what they call a letter of determination, it is an official denial, you cannot appeal anything. So im stuck. I havent been approved. I havent been denied. Ive just been disqualified. Another edd failure. And it shouldnt come as a surprise. National Employment Law project attorney George Wentworth predicted a nationwide system failure in 2017. Running it in this op ed piece for the hill. Today the Unemployment Insurance program is in far worse shape than a decade ago with many states gravely under prepared for the next inevitable downturn. We really need a National Commitment to the idea that it is a fundamental right for somebody who loses their job through no fall of their own. They should be able to receive an Unemployment Insurance benefit and not have to run through an Obstacle Course to get it. D but here an these suead ur ki earned benefits to those who earned them. A lawsuit in florida. Another in nevada. One in washington state, too. John heads up the seattlebased unEmployment Law project. We have to get the Unemployment Security Department to process claims and make timely payments. No lawsuit has been filed in california. However, if the payments dont start flowing, that could change. Im Michael Finney. California Department Spokeswoman laurie levy joined us for getting answers today at 3 00 and Michael Finney asked her about delays people are seeing when they apply for benefits. We all wish we had a magic wanted and we could expand capacity overnight. We really do. We sincerely do care about helping our neighbors and our communities. This is a very tough road. We never faced a pandemic like this. Certainly not for at least 100 years. She said theyre working on a new feet that you are should speed things up to upload documents that will be then indicated in realtime. If you need help during the pandemic, we are here for you. You will see a button labeled, covid19 resources. Building a better bay area during the pandemic means balancing our Economic Needs along with our health concerns. The state rallied a record high number of deaths. 157. That brings the total above 8,000 for the first time. California has more than 425,000 diagnosed cases. The most of any state in the country. The sevenday positivity is now 8 . The goal was to stay below that number. It is at least a tenday wait to get a covid test thank you city site in San Francisco. Same story. Testing in San Francisco is expanding by 45 but Health Experts warn, until cases peak, we wont see direct impacts for at least a month. Have you ever felt sick but had to lie . Did you feel you needed to meet a quota of symptoms or just flat out denied by your private provider . Couldnt get tested. Thats what happened to these three families in San Francisco. Take erin, for example. She just got back from palm springs. Feeling nauseous after the night, a symptom to watch for, according to the cdc. Yet her private provider told her she didnt have the right symptoms. She was hes daniel about whether or not i should get tested. Meanwhile, melanie felt she had to exaggerate her symptoms just to get an appointment. I had to lie to get it. Yeah. I felt like everything should kind of count right now. I want to protect the people im around. And scott was denied an appointment with kaiser. We did not want to expose my elderly parents to the family in case one of us was asymptomatic. But kaisers lead epidemiologist said no symptoms, no appointment. Their lab already down one machine. Lose go up to 4,000 covid tests per day. Weve closed down in the last few days some asymptomatic testing. Were focusing on those with symptoms. But the cdc lists 11 possible symptoms. Which ones really indicate should you get tested . Almost everyone has a fever, shortness of breath, and a cough. To put in it perspective, 90 of covid positive patients first report a cough. 80 then report a if he ever. And shortness of breath could indicate you already have it and it is far along. Those are the three keys. If you have them, you need to be tested. The cdc has flagged 11 symptoms only the wary of. If you have any of them, it is important to get tested. But the doctor said the big three, cough, fever and shortness of breath are often key indicators of infection. When does he think cases with this haste surge may peak . He did admit from his perspective at kaiser, it is starting to like covid cases are peaking knew. He was quick to point out, this is still the first wave. The real second wave expected in the fall could be muc okay. Thank you. Well, so what does california need to do to slow these cases down . Abc7 news contributor dr. Patel said it is possible but it is going to take some work. Part of slowing this down is hob honestly being able to identify where it is happening. People need to not get quarantine fatigue. Of it is in our hands. F along with being able to identify outbreaks, testing continues to be crucial for safe reopening. The noma board of supervisors is saying it is important to wear a mask in public. Sonoma is already on the states watch list with 2300 cases so far and 22 deaths as of today. The fines would range for 100 for individuals to 1,000 to businesses. Some dont think it will work. It comes down to, i dont want to. Its the law. A Public Health order is the law. You dont have the right to say im not going to obey the law. And if you do decide not to obey the law, there are consequences. The board will vote on it august 6th. Take a live look at the beach in than cruz. You see some people out there. This county has been flagged by the state and is expected to end up on the watch list. Of the 878 cases in the county, twothirds of occurred in the last two weeks. This is a dramatic change for the koichbl santa cruz. So far we have not seen a huge surge in hospitalizations or deaths, although we are beginning to see the mack on our hospitals. Once cpa goe on the watch list, there will be closures. Mono county was just added to the watch list for increasing coronavirus activity. Where does your county stand . You can check out the entire state at abc7news. Com. See not only how long each region has been on the list but why the cdc is keeping an eye on it. San francisco will begin with Distance Learning. Some mo than others. Next, the newest plan to provide help for those who need it. Im sandhya ive been involved in. Communications in the media for 45 years. Ive been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. For me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. And i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. It has helped me an awful lot. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. And you can make a difference today by cometing the nsus. The census impacts everything from hospitals, schools and public transportation. The census builds america, so the census should look like america. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. For spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. As california sees cases of coronavirus growing, demand for Food Assistance has doubled in the south bay. David louie looks at the strain at over 100 Community Food panelries and the challenges theyre facing. Its the fourth thursday of the month and volunteers are preparing boxes of food at the elementary school. It is one of 129 drivethrough panelries across th. Minutes later, cars are lined up to pick up meat, cheese, and other food. The san jose resident said shes very happy and appreciative because she has a large family at home. She can stretch the food for every day of the week. Demand has increased. Theres no visible end to the crisis and a second round is uncertain. Now were trying to move into a marathon mode. We know this will be with us for a long time. That can have a serious mack on the people we serve and can really increase the amount of need. As we reported, unemployed renters are months behind in paying rent. With some students doing Distance Learning this fall, feeding a family is more difficult. Expenses are greater, isabel tells us. When the kids are home because she has to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner and snacks. She needs a family of seven plus her sisters family of seven. And for some, there is fear of seeking government help. The consequences of someone finding out they dont have documents. So yeah, you see people coming in. They dont have that available for they will. So pressure is growing to address this demand. Abc7 news. Today the city of San Francisco announced it will form learning hubs, turning places like libraries into temporary spaces for students to learn for Distance Learning. The locations will be for families demonstrating a high level of need. Joining us with more insight. The executive director of the San Francisco department of children, youth and their families. Thank you for joining us. Tell us about what will be happening at these hubs. Thank you for highlighting this amazing opportunity for San Franciscos families. So we are very excited today to announce that we are standing throughout s there will be 40 sites in and around San Francisco that will be serving children that are from our highest need areas. So we are hoping to create supported learning environments for children who have to turn on to their Distance Learning come this fall. But after they finish Distance Learning, theyre going to be able to have healthy meals. The story we just aired just now talked about the food i am secure issues were seeing throughout the area and were seeing you the in not sfra. Well be providing the healthy meals for them. And then afterwards, were going to provide enrichment programs and the physical activity and Recreational Services that Young Children really need to 35. It is part of learning. I think not academics only. It is about all the social interactions and being with each other and other people. And we want to create that opportunity in San Francisco. And im so happy that we were able to do that and announce that today. There will be many more logistical parts to this because we wont be able to stand these up until september 14. But we wanted to make sure families know we have this service, a were putting this together to support them. And this is need driven. The need is great enough that you are opening 40 of these centers. How are you going to identify the students who will need to utilize this . Or who may want to get access to it . What do families need to do to be a part of this . We are going to be working very closely with our Public School officials as well as our other city departments to identify children who need it the most. We are going to prioritize enrollment to this program for children in our Public Housing who live in Public Housing, who are homeless, who are low income, foster care kids. And we will have priority enrollment for those families. And then if there are spaces still available, well open it up for other families to enroll. We feel like this is really important. This is where we want to support our Public School teachers as they areo he best to provide amazing quality, amazing Distance Learning curriculum for our students. But we know there are some students who need additional supports and oneonone supports. So this is where children like that can come and receive that oneonone support in a safe environment. That sounds wonderful. I know a lot of parents will want to take advantage of that and help their kids. Thank you. Thank you. Stay here with us. A weekend warmup is part of sandhyas sevenday forecast. We are the thrivers. Women with metastatic breast cancer. Our time for more time. S come. Me living longer is possible and proven in postmenopausal women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant. In a clinical trial, kisqali plus fulvestrant helped women live longer with hr , her2 metastatic breast cancer. And it significantly delayed disease progression. Kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. It can cause serious liver problems and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. Tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, inbl brfe clls, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, or other symptoms of an infection, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. Avoid grapefruit during treatment. ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. Maybe im making this up but i think i fell a little warmup today. I think you did. I certainly fell it in the east its nice. Yeah. It is nice. And dan and ama, imagining things. It was a little warmer this afternoon for both of you, where you live and i want to show you a lovely view for those of hue dont like the warmup, of the fog. It was along the coastline which allowed to remain at the coastline. The fog at the coast will be advancing over the bay overnight. In the sierra, we are tracking some thunderstorms. Luckily theyve been dropping rain around that region so we dont have any fire starts from line. And the camera showing the marine layer. 61 in the city. 67 in oakland. Low to mid 70s from gilroy to chief san jose. It is a murky view from our golden gate camera. You cant even see the top of the tower. 82 in fairfield, 80 in concord and livermore. And from our exploratorium camera, you are looking at cloudy skies around coit tower. Cooler and breezier tomorrow afternoon. Just by a few degrees. Then the temperatures will rebound again. The hour by hour forecast, well show you the fog pushing back in over the bay by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. A great star. 5 00 to 8 00 a. M. Watch out for low visibility and then for afternoon, the fog will hang around near beaches, advancing back over the bay. Temperatures first thing in the morning. Good sleeping weather. Make sure you grab that extra lay layer. An i dont know, 84 degrees. 78 in san jose. Youre looking at 59 in half moon bay, foggy, breezy, 63 in San Francisco, 74, san rafael, 79 in santa rosa. Here the accuweather sevenday forecast. Were all about pleasing everyone. A little warmer for most of you. A little cooler tomorrow. Warming back up for the weekend plans if you go get outside for some fresh air. Walk the dog out. The numbers will be in the low 90s inland. Low 60s coast side. And then monday through thursday, you will see the minor ups and downs. Nothing too extreme on either the cool end or the hot end. Enjoy. All right. Louie hates the heat but he also hates the rain. He just hates a lot. An oakland student was on the verge of failing out of school. Today

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