Contra costa county. I hope the students can get back to school because thats where the best learning is done for everyone. Reporter she says shes been hoping to send her daughter back to school in a few weeks. Concords two catholic high schools had been looking at a partial reopening. They must begin this school year this fall through Distance Learning. Reporter but the governors new mandate means those plans are likely to change. Parents we talk to say theyre not happy. This is formative time. They need to be in school, in class with their peers, with their teachers facetoface learning. I dont think anything should be shutdown. They dont shut anything down for the flu. Reporter the Liberty School district in east Contra Costa County also planned to reopen its high schools using the hybrid model. Now the district has just three weeks to gear up to go all virtual. I think the best way to describe how im feeling is sad. Sad as an educator, sad as a superintendent, sad as a parent. Reporter superintendent says his district has everything in place to reopen. Hes hoping the mandate wont apply to Contra Costa County for long. My hope, my dream is we see students on campus as soon as possible. I know trying to look out for the best interests of everybody, teachers, students, families. Reporter most parents and students we talked to today say they understand the governors difficult decision but they wish things were different. It would be nice to sit in the classroom and get the full experience. Reporter any is a senior at cal state east bay. She says the only one happy about the Distance Learning mandate is her dog, duke. Duke is very happy. Dukes getting lots of attention and lots of walks. Reporter in Contra Costa County jody hernandez, anbc bay area news. Go to nbcbayarea. Com return to school. While San Francisco is now on the safe watch list because of the surge in hospitalizations. Being added to the watch list means the city will now reclose some businesses, indoor malls and nonessential offices will need to shutdown by monday if it continues to be on the watch list for three days in a row. In a fiery speech today the mayor blamed much of the increase in a jump in unsafe gatherings and stressed that even one persons actions can have consequences on the entire city. We have flattened this curve once and we must do it again. But what im afraid of is the complacency. People are tired of the virus but the virus is not tired of us. The city will also issue a new health order on monday which will require private Health Care Providers to increase testing so the city can focus its efforts on the neighborhoods hit hardest by the latest surge. One of the many frustrating parts to all of this is testing and then waiting. Thousands of people are waiting as long as 14 days to get their results. Many Health Experts say the delays are detrimental to the entire community. In san jose where he recently got tested. Reporter its been a steady flow here at cal stadium today and that can mean longer wait times for your test results, and that can get nervewracking. She found herself pacing for two weeks staring at her phone wondering where her covid test results were. I was looking every minute every second to see if they were back and they werent. I was calling for an update. Reporter elycia took her test at kaiser. I took mine at cal stadium. The center is run by googles sister company. I swabbed my own nose and then waited. On the fifth day this email arrived saying my results were still being processed and that there was a delay due to increased testing nationwide. But those delays are not just stressful. Doctors say they could erase the efforts to trace and contain the spread. Well, with Contact Tracing the idea is you want to be tested and then do a case investigation, quickly identify from that person who they came into contact with, notify them as quickly as we can so that they can isolate themselves and quarantine themselves. Delays in testing and inadequate testing are making people sicker, are making the outbreaks bigger and are leading to more deaths. Reporter my results ultimately came back negative after day six. For elisia kaiser needed two weeks to give her the all clear. Huge relief. Huge relief to see results and know im in the clear and im not affecting anybody. Reporter but elisia wonders what if she wasnt negative and had spent two weeks carrying and spreading the virus. Doctors say thats exactly what theyre worried about. Nbc bay area news. Lets bring in the latest numbers. Sonoma county surpassed the 2,000 mark today. Marin now also has 2,000 cases. San francisco is almost at 5,000 cases. But yet Alameda County continues to be the hot spot with 8,800 cases. All right, so what are masks . Local leaders, celebrities, government officials youve probably seen the message in stores, highway signs but are people actually wearing the mask . The New York Times interviewed people all across the country to find out if theyre wearing a mask. Check out this map. This will give you an indication. The cities in dark burgundy are the ones where people are wearing more masks. The lighter areas are where people are not wearing their masks or less people are. You can see this area over here of new england and new york are dark purple. And if you look on this side close to california also dark purple. But whats going on here . Lots of vast white space. So what about the bay area . Now, overall the bay area which you can see here, right, pretty dark purple. Deep shade of burgundy. That includes stran, san mateo, san jose, all of that. However, this patch in here thats a little bit lighter thats palo alto and redwood city. Both are a lighter shade which means people are wearing less masks. Wed like to remind everyone the information compiled was by phone interviews. You may have had a different experience in these cities Walking Around but this is according to those phone calls. A sheriffs deputy in San Francisco tested positive. For deputy worked in the hall of Justice Court as a bailiff. The deputy was asymptomatic and had followed the protocols by wearing a face mask and pr practicing social distancing. This is the seventh sheriffs employee to test positive. Whats open and whats closed . The back and forth between county and state Health Officials are leaving people confused and frustrated. Today Santa Clara County held a q a. One of the questions was about summer camps and if theyll remain open. Yes, parents can continue to send their kids to camp especially those camps that are outdoors. Theyll still need to continue to follow our guidance we provided on our website which is including, you know, pods of 12, making sure theyre in that pod for a three week period of time before they move onto another group. Were in high season right now for summer camps. As of right now indoor camps are still allowed but the county is reaching out to the state to get more guidance. Well, reeffective a lot of hangry people across the country. Door dash and post mates are back up and running. The food delivery apps were down this afternoon and they werent alone. Internet service giant cloud flare suffered an outage knocking out several websites. It was traced back to a problem in atlanta. As of 4 00 p. M. Door dash and most other apps and websites were back online. Now to making it in the bay, our ongoing series about the challenges of living here. After struggling to survive the pandemic bay area restrupts are suddenly hot again at least when it comes to creating jobs, some of them on a hiring spree. Reporter it turns out dining alfresco is a real boost to the bay areas economy. In a surprisingly strong june employment report the bay area gained a record 122,000 jobs. And while many of them were in the still robust Tech Industry close to 40 of the new jobs came from restaurants and bars. Were very thankful and grateful things are picking up. Reporter the ceo misty cohen says delivery and Outdoor Dining gave her business a huge shot in the arm. Customererize feeling more comfortable coming out even if its only on the patio. It feels as though were taking a step forward and being able to better provide. Its a little bit less horrible here than in some parts of the u. S. Reporter good weather and stable tech jobs means more money spent dining even during a pandemic. Since those people can relatively easily work at home theyre getting continuing to get paid and theyre going out and spending money. Reporter the latest job growth lowered californias jobless rate to 14. 9 from 16. 7 , a nice drop yes but still historically still very high. In san jose scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants answers tonight and shes calling on the fbi to get them. In a Statement Today she called the Police Killing of sean mont rosa a horrible act of brutality. He was shot and killed back in june outside of a walgreens. He was on his knees at the time. Police thought he had a gun but it turned out to be a hammer in his pocket. Shes now calling for an outside independent federal investigation. Pelosi also called for the senate to pass the George Floyd Justice and policing act which is intended to change the culture of policing in the united states. Up next here at 6 00 new cases tied to fraternities and sororities. The latest on the covid outbreak at cal. Plus facing weeks if not months of Distance Learning. A bayair mothers struggle to educate her children. Im chief meteorologist jeff raniere. That cool ocean breeze is starting to move in over the east bay. Ill show you the impact it has to our temperatures tomorrow coming up in about 7 minutes. Menutaur get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. Just into our newsroom the covid outbreak at the santa rita jail in dublin is growing. The Alameda CountySheriffs Department says theres now 101 confirmed cases. The jail says of the 101 cases 45 of the inmates have recovered. In Southern California one of the states most conservative counties may be headed for a new showdown with the governor. Orange county has been on the states watch list for weeks but has repeatedly protested it states orders to roll back reopenings. Earlier this week several of it counties School Districts unveiled School Reopening plans that didnt require masks or social distancing. The governors new order today means those districts must now revert to all virtual learning. County Health Leaders are urging everyone to follow the rules so they can flatten the curve. Wear a mask, clean your hands, stay away from people. If im going to be close to people for a lot of time or if im going to a store of course ill wear one. But if im on the street and the wind is blowing i dont see the need. The county continues to record positivity rates around 8 , a rate too high to be explained simply by an increase in testing. While the governor did make it clear most of california will begin the next School Year Online only. But for many parents the governors plan to avoid a crisis at school is creating a different kind of crisis at home. We spoke with one mom about it struggle she has with Distance Learning. Learning in the state of california is simply nonnegotiable. Reporter as schools across the state try and plan for a safe way to educate students at a distance parents like Jennifer Fowler are feeling like there are no good options left. I dont have high expectations. Im more worried than positive. Reporter jennifer was one of 1,000 struggling parents who listened as the governor outlined what will have to happen to get students back to school in socalled watch list counties like the one she lives in. 14 days off that list with no rise in cases. We all prefer inclassroom instructions for all the obvious reasons, social and emotional foundation. But only if it can be done safely. Reporter jennifers son and daughter are students at the Mountain ViewSchool District schools and jennifer says the all Virtual School days ahead present a very big problem for her family. She says her and her husband both have to work and they cannot be monitoring their kids at home full time. That may be especially challenging for their son who often struggles to focus. He kind of needs somebody to keep him on task. He kind of oh, theres a squirrel over here and he kind of goes off. With being on Distance Learning it was okay my teachers on this screen but i can open a tab and i can go on youtube and i can watch something and the teacher doesnt know. Reporter meanwhile jennifers daughter has vision problems and says a lot of screen time could damage her eyes to the point where she may need surgery. Im just worried about being virtual sitting in front of the screen for 6 hours is going to keep making the situation worse with her eye. Reporter this bay area mom doesnt take issue with any of the governors masks or social distancing requirements in classrooms and would even be okay with a shorter school day. The school day should just be from 8 00 until 12 00. Reporter but like thousands of others she really needs that day to include a real classroom instead of a virtual one. Well, school is out for the summer but uc berkeley is still reporting new covid cases even with no classes the university is reporting 25 new cases. More than half of them have ties to the greek system fraternity and sorority houses. The school says compare today the 40 cases report last week this is good news because its a downward trend. Leaders also say its a plus people are coming in for testing after theyre identified through Contact Tracing after being exposed. Well, californias latest lawsuit against the Trump Administration aims to preserve tens of millions of dollars intended for public schools. You recall last week education secretary betsey devos threatened to with hold federal covid relief funds from states that failed to fully reopen schools. Now state attorney Javier Becerra is leading eight other states plus the San Francisco unified School District in seeking a court order to block that order. He and the other attorneys say devos cannot redirect money since it was approved by congress. We are in desperate news of good news. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with our weekend forecast. Reporter you know what the weekend forecast looks better and better due to this strong ocean breeze were seeing right now. Earlier this week we did have some smoke moving in from a fire down near fresno, but the way the wind is blowing its helping to clear out our air quality. You can see as we move through your saturday forecast good air quality in the north bay, east bay and also for the south bay. Itll be moderate here for the bay and coast and Santa Clara Valley but nothing really you need to worry about at this point. I think weve got nice fresh air coming our way. Theres that fog at the coastline in San Francisco, rolling in pretty strong, dropping us down to 64 degrees and got those chilly 50s through 9 00, 10 00 and 11 00. What about tomorrow . Were going up through 80s, upper 80s in concord, antioch and livermore. Not as quiet as originally thought because of the that colder foggy ocean breeze im seeing right now very strong. If youre headed to the beaches be ready for that jacket weather, low 60s in Half Moon Bay. This is our dry season but we didnt really have a great rainy season this past year. We were 6 to 16 inches below normal, so the latest Drought Monitor i wanted to update you on this now 21. 5 of california is in a severe drought so were starting to see this drought move a bit more to the south, and that severe drought now includes northeast bay, also the peninsula and can bring us fire danger, and even some pasture loss. The good news is next week im tracking a milder system that looks to keep us out of the hot 90s and 100s. Well detail more of that coming up in about 25 minutes. Thank you, jeff. Look how happy jeff looks out in the sunshine. You look great. Thanks, jeff. Up next sentencing day in a high profile murder trial. The man convicted of stabbing a teenage girl on a b. A. R. T. Platform finds out his punishment. Stay with us. An emotional day for the family of nia wilson. She was the 18yearold attacked and killed at random at an oakland b. A. R. T. Station nearly two years ago. Today the man convicted of killing her learned his sentence. Nbc bay area spoke to the Wilson Family after the hearing. It seems like yesterday and its hard to even talk about it sometimes without getting choked up. Reporter anything before the pandemic feels like a lifetime ago. But for the Wilson Family the pain from july 22nd of 2018 still feels fresh. We were just three black africanamerican women going on public transportation. Reporter also two years to this day John Lee Cowell killed and s