Call 1. 877. Only. Att a thief busts through a window like this, and then steals thousands of dollars worth of laptops and tablets from this catholic school. At least 31 costco employees test positive for covid19. Public Health Leaders across the south bay address whether its safe for you to shop. In the midst of major covid surge, San Francisco has readied this new care facility in the c. A warmup ahead. Ai. This is abc 7 news. Oures ng rord at several south bay costco locations. More than 30 employees have tested positive. Take a look. This shows the four warehouses with socalled clusters in santa clara county. You see Mountain View, sunnyvale, and gilroy. Tonight word from the Public Health department about the outbreak. Here is amanda del castill. Clusters reported at four costco locations across santa clara county. Public Health Officials defining a cluster with three or more cases of covid19 reported over a twoweek period. As of thursday, the combined number of positive cases was more than 30. The way we get these reported, if youre a worker there, you get tested on your own for the most part. You then report your positive case to your employer who then reports to us. Reporter covid19 testing officer dr. Marty fensterschibe says by thursday, the Mountain View reported four positive cases. The sunnyvale location on lauren station road reported 13. In san jose, on center road, there were eight cases of covid19 there. And gilroy on camino arroyo, six employees tested positive for the virus. Investigations by the county found infected employees likely caught the virus outside the workplace. The official investigation shows that most likely was not inside the store, but were still investigating these and well have a final determination later on. Despite the clusters, he says investigations show these locations are meeting county Health Standards and will not need to close. Fensterschibe says customers can continue shopping, urging them to do so safely. We want to make sure that people remember when you do go shopping in any retail store, to wear your mask always when you go in, and leave back in your c. Weve reached out to costco, and to the Teamsters Union for comment, but have not heard back. In the south bay, im amanda del castillo, aibs. One thousand cases in ten days, and a new peak in hospitalizations. Tonight San Francisco is taking new steps to prepare for worst case scenarios. The virus is moving fast, and more people are getting seriously ill. San francisco has readied a new care facility in case hospitals become overrun with covid patients. Abc 7 reporter kate larsen explains. Let me be clear. We are in a major surge of covid19. Reporter San Franciscos director of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax says coronavirus is spreading fast. Almost 100 new cases every day. He also says people are getting very sick. There are 15 more people in the hospital now than there were just a week ago. If things continue at current rates, we estimate that on average, we will have more than. And more than 600 deaths from covid19 in 2020. Were right at the edge at that point in time, you know. And then if Something Else happens, if there is a big influenza outbreak, if there is some sort of disaster, if we have to start taking people from fires, thats where you start to run out of room. Reporr north to creat more sanciscs hospitals, the city has converted this building here in the presidio into a care facility. Its ready to go right now for low acute noncovid patients. Unfortunately, other ailments are not stopping just because of the pandemic. Opening this facility will allow the city to shore up our medical resource. Reporter district 2 supervisor katherine stephanie collaborated on the new care site which if needed will initially open to 20 patients with a capacity of 93. It is not a dropin acute care site, testing location or shelter. So please do not visit this location if you are seeking any of those service. Reporter but rutherford says overrun hospitals are not a forgone conclusion. Weve got to get it together, and people have to wear masks. Reporter if i were a mask, am i borderline immune to covid . Yes. Reporter kate lasen, abc 7 news. Now to troubling numbers in other bay area counties. This map shows you the ten bay area counties now on the states monitoring list for covid19, all of them. Alameda county continues to have the most cases in the bay area, now over 11,000. It reported 72 new cases just today. Contra costa county reported seven more deaths. Its highest total for a single day. And napa has had a low rate of infection since the beginning of the pandemic. The citys mayor calls this a sad day after reaching 500 cumulative positive tests. We are tracking every county in california to see whether it made the states watch list, and how long its been there. You can check out this interactive map on abc 7 news. Com. Nationwide, more than 152,000 lives have been lost to coronavirus. It comes as 1. 4 million americans filed for unemployment last week and emergency benefits for 30 million are about to expir expire. Reporter one day after the United States passed over 150,000 coronavirus deaths, the country continuing to break grim milestones. Florida losing another 253 lives in the last day, breaking its Third Straight day of record deaths. Ohio with a record for new case, and california, north carolina, florida, and texas hitting record daily death tolls this week. One texas nurse now sick with covid19 herself. The hardest thing to ever hear is that youre positive. Reporter one doctor frustra frustrated, seeing so many people on the street not Wearing Masks or social distancing, saying he is fighting two battles. A war against covid and war against stupidity. Reporter some people admitting they thought the virus was a hoax. Northwestern doctors saving this 62yearold man with a double Lung Transplant after the virus damaged his lungs. I didnt wear a mask or nothing. Its hit me like a slammer on my head. Reporter the association of medical colleges warning it could take down many others, staying if the nation does not change its course and soon, deaths could be well into the multiple hundreds of thousands. One of those deaths on thursday former president ial candidate herman cain. He tested positive for the virus president trumps rally last month in tulsa, oklahoma, seen here not wearing a mask. The trump rally, i was there. Reporter he said the campaign took safety measure, giving out Hand Sanitizer and checking temperature. Even though it was a crowded room of people, if they took precaution, probably not going to be a big uptick. Reporter its rally, but local Health Experts had pushed against it saying it could be a super spreader for the virus. On two ways, on the financial front, 30 million americans got their final 600 federal unemployment benefit check last week. Zohreen shah, abc news, langes. Tonight a deadlocked senate left washington for the weekend without extending those weekly jobless benefits. President trump says he does not want novembers election delay despite floating that idea on twitter today. He wrote in part delay the election until people can properly securely, and safely vote. I dont want to delay. I want to have the election. But i also dont want to have the wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything. The session flared up opposition from both sides of the political aisle. He says oh, wellbe we wont have an election. Thats up to the senate and the house. Well cope with whatever the situation is and have the election on november 3rd as already scheduled. The president does not have the power to delay an election the constitution says only congress can change the date. Breaking news. Berkeley police are investigating an officerinvolved shooting tonight. It happened just before 9 30. Police were trying to detain a suspect involved in a theft at a cvs pharmacy on schaddock avenue when a shot was fired. Its unclear if anyone was hit. The suspect was able to jump in a waiting car and take off. Police are looking for a black ford fusion. New at 11 00, a cruel crime. 100 laptops meant for students stolen from a bay area school. It happened early Tuesday Morning at the st. Thomas the Apostle School along balboa street in San Francisco. Abc 7 News Reporter jr stone has the Surveillance Video of the crime. This is Surveillance Video showing a burglar who had just broken into st. Thomas the apostle in San Francisco where he stole 100 computers. We offer our children these computers if they dont have any at home. So it was really painful to see that. Reporter and painful to see that just weeks before Distance Learning is set to start. School employees say the man busted in through the girls bathroom window, ransacked a number of rooms, eventually made his way to the second floor. The computers were locked in this cart. That lock was broken when the car was pushed down the stairs. Busted open, and he basically boxed all that stuff and headed out. Reporter but employees also say the man took his time inside, drank an orange juice, left popsicles on the floor, marshmallows lying around, and candy wrappers all over the place. It seems that they were also looking for money, okay. And then in the faculty room there were more popsicles. Reporter about a dozen devices were recovered near a bus stop by a Good Samaritan that can be seen here dropping them off outside the school. Borelli just wishes the thief would have come to her first. If they really needed something, they could have knocked on the school door and i would have helped them out. Reporter going forward, the principal tells me they are looking at additional security measures to make sure that this doesnt happen again. In San Francisco, j. R. Stone, abc 7 news. Depleting their life savings, going into extreme debt, having trouble paying rent. The edd is blasted over its fear of another toor me foreclosure crisis 7ed on your sides Michael Finney examines what you can do now. Can small children spread covid as easily as adults . The question is being raised as schools are about to reopen. Temperatures on the rise the next two days. Ill show you how warm its going to get as we hit the weekend, coming up. First, a look at whats coming up on Jimmy Kimmel Live after abc 7 news live at 11 00 with guest host anthony anderson. Tonights show has 100 more me. I was last week number 17 op the contemporary. 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Yesterday they began the process of removing drakes name. Lawmakers slammed the states unemployment department, accusing its leader of failing the public. This is an issue abc7 news and 7 on your sides Michael Finney have been on since day one. Lawmakers say theyve been inundated with stories from people out of money for food and shelter now. For the firstti, e Employment Development department, the edd acknowledged that more than one Million People are still waiting for their benefits. Many of the people in my district have had no income, no income. Since march. Because of edds failures, our constituents are depleting their life savings, going into extreme debt, having trouble paying rent and putting food on the table. People have called 7 on your side complaining that there is no one to talk to when they try to call edd. Edd says it has implemented more tools and hired thousands of ckwith t this week we are dedicating our building a better bay area efforts to addressing the housing shift thats under way as we speak. Triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. The latest figures from wereport. Com show a significant drop in sales of Single Family homes and condos in the bay area. Sales are down mostly doubledigits in San Francisco, alameda and san mateo counties from july 2020 to the year before. Condo sales are also down doubledigits in santa clara county, and home sales there are flat. But as Michael Finney reports, many already in a home are fearful of losing it. Robert benavides walks into his meeting with a housing counselor from a1 Community Housing services in hayward. The Union City Man is struggling to keep up with his mortgage payments. The independent plumber has seen much of his work dry up during the pandemic. Started to slow up even a little before that. But this just made it that much worse. Reporter robert asked us not to show his home, but just recently succeeded in getting a loan modification to save it from foreclosure. I was threatened and dates were given for auctions of my house on four different occasions. Reporter he is fearful the Current Situation could push him back into foreclosure. But its tight. Its close. It is affecting my income. Reporter roberts situation may not but unique. The Mortgage BankersAssociation Estimates just under 4 million americans are in forbearance. That allows those with federally backed loans to skip paying their mortgage due to the pandemic. Lenders give them three months to get become on their feet. Those three months are about to expire for many, but under the c. A. R. E. S. Act, homeowners could get another three month, and ultimately a total of a year. Executive director nancy rivera of a1 Community Housing services fears that could cause more harm. The way im seeing it is youre just buying time. Youre just buying time. And once thats due, unless you have the 20,000, the 30,000 from the back payments, i mean, were going back to 2009. Reporter the Great Recession began in 2007. By 2010, 120,000 homes were repossessed in the month of september alone. A1 Community Housing services fears a repeat. So for the next seven months, its hosting monthly webinars for individuals in danger of foreclosure. Were starting to offer more direct oneonone counsel ling with individuals to help with the loan modification. Reporter homeowners who lack the funds can request a deferment to put the payments owed on the back end of their mortgage. So its almost like youre starting all over again. Reporter Christina Tatro of Consumer Reports emphasizes that may be the preferred option for many. There is no requirement that those payments, those skipped payments be repayed in a lump sum still, benavides is uneasy. He has dipped into his Retirement Savings to keep up. So im staying afloat, but sometimes its yeah, i get a little nervous. Reporter if youre having a tough time paying your mortgage, i want you to go to our website, abc7news. Com. Then click on 7 on your side. There youll find additional resources, including links to foreclosure prevention workshops. Im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. After six days of memorials paying tribute to the life and many achievements of representative john lewis, today the civil rights icon was laid to rest in atlanta. He spent his entire life fighting not just for the civil rights of african americans, but for the rights of all people who suffered social injustice.