We were kind of at our max. Reporter while the median price of a home in california is 706,000, in the bay area its 1,068,000. This time last year it was 900,000, and 18 increase. There has been a pentup demand for homes in the last several years. We have had a low supply of homes for sale. Reporter while some are leaving the bay area, able to work remotely during the pandemic, realtors say many people still want to live here. This is an area thats surrounded by hightech employers that are willing to pay a lot of money for you to work for them. Even if you want to live here. The weather here is wonderful. Reporter this Real Estate Broker sold the 759 square foot one bed, one bath house in san jose for over asking price, 1,055,000 with six offers. The new owner plans to tier it down and rebuilt. The broker says the biggest factor pushing up home sales is the historic low interest rates. And the two percentile, 2. 5 to 2. 75 . Whenever the cost of money is this low you find people being able to afford more house. Everybody is refinancing or finding a new place. Reporter as for this teacher, he feels lucky to have found a home in his price range. Out that it was crazy during covid looking for a house, but apparently a lot of people, everywhere we looked at there were multiple people looking at them. Reporter alameda, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties all had median home prices of more than 1 million. The most expensive place to live in the state, San Mateo County with a median home price of 1. 8 million. A lot of sellers getting multiple offers. It is crazy how hot this market is. A new poll shows a majority of californians say the state is in a recession six months into coronavirus restrictions. 72 of adult surveyed by the Public Policy institute said the state is in a recession. 31 describe the downturn a serious and 58 say they think the u. S. Will continue to see bad times during the next 12 months. Governor newsom signed two new bills to expand workplace protections for employees during the pandemic. The governor spoke about the new laws during a Virtual Event with essential workers. One was authored by San Mateo County state senator jerry. It makes it easier for police, firefighters, healthcare workers and other essential employees who test positive, due to an outbreak at work, to be covered under the states workers comp program. There is no such thing as a clean unit when it comes to covid19. There is covid and noncovid. Nine of my nurses got sick and i was assigned to my clean unit. Im a charge nurse. The second bill requires employees to provide written notice to workers who may have been exposed to the virus and inform Public Health officials. State Officials Say the coronavirus numbers in california are still on the right track. There were about 3200 new cases reported yesterday. Unfortunately 106 more people died of the virus. Test positivity went down to 3. 5 in hospitalizations and icu admissions are continuing their steady decline. Clusters of coronavirus have hit 13 free schools and Childcare Centers in Sonoma County. More than two dozen children under the age of six or infected. We have more now on the outbreaks and why Health Experts say theyre not surprised. Reporter the announcement came as part of an online presentation from the Sonoma CountyPublic Health officer wednesday. Covid19 has been traced to three preschool and homebased Childcare Centers in Sonoma County. We have had 62 cases and childcare settings, or in schools that provide daycare. Reporter of those infected 25 our children, 27 are family members and 10 are childcare workers. The county would not reveal which centers are affected, they are temporarily closed. Patients are in quarantine or have recently finished. We have had one in north county that is at 30 cases as of september 15th. 16 students and it looks like one was actually the first case. This outbreak is ongoing. Reporter the county is performing contact tracing. The good news in this story that i was looking for so far is there is no hospitalizations, which is key. Reporter dr. Vanilla sing is the chief medical officer for the u. S. Department of health and human services. She says outbreaks at childcare facilities in general are not unexpected. Its not surprising to me. Just because its likely people are coming in close contact, the younger age groups in general. It will be hard for them to socially distance. Reporter she says most children are able to successfully fight covid19. Many Health Experts believe children are more likely to pass on the virus to others and then be sidelined by it. Had to have it will probably do okay with it, but they can certainly transmit it and it can be grandma or grandpa. Reporter in Sonoma County many are pushing for reopening schools. This is when we still have not heard or approved any waivers for k6 in person education. Reporter Sonoma County is in the purple tier for reopening. Parents and students in Sonoma County valley this evening, calling on officials to reopen schools. Reporter Santa Rosa School board has voted unanimously to keep kids out of classrooms until at least 2021, regardless of Sonoma Countys tier. The decision has many families upset. No more zoom no more zoom reporter masks couldnt muffle their discontent. Dozens of parents, students and teachers line santa rosas old Courthouse Square to say no to zoom school. We need to get these kids back in the classroom. What started off as a 2 to 3 weeks at down has turned in the six months and these kids are really suffering. Reporter critics note, Sonoma County has about a half million residents and 114 covid deaths. So few these families say in Person Instruction should be offered at least parttime. Hybrid is a great way to start. You have half the kids go in monday, tuesday, sanitize wednesday and the other kids go in thursday, friday. I get confused and start Online Shopping sometimes. Im very guilty of that. Its not ideal at all. Reporter 17yearold peyton has a nine hour day online and admits its hard to stay focused or take it seriously. From my experience every student who is taking a test, they just text each other and ask them for the answers. Reporter peyton has a sixth grade brother, unhappy too. If theyre depressed, anxious, falling behind in parents are exhausted and someone needs to be a voice. Kids need to be with each other and they need to be with her teachers. No one is an expert on all of this. This is all new for all of us. We have never faced this. Reporter School Board Members so theyease of hind scr wifi, calling the situation agonizing, the school board said it had no choice but to stay with Distance Learning under county and state guidelines. We are in the purple tier. We would be remiss if we returned to school. We cant, its an impossibility. Reporter this crowd wants schools to be ready if the county moves from purple to red tier , instead of tabling reopening until the new year. This family share his experiences on a Facebook Page focused on getting Sonoma County schools reopened. Santa rosa, with more than 15,000 students, is the largest district and tends to set the pace. Certainly a controversial issue, to say the least. We go to Santa Clara County where Baptist Church defied Public Health orders and held and or services and is facing the north valley Baptist Church racked up more than 100 10,000 pastor of the church says, moving forward they will hold outdoor services. Telling his congregation last night, it was the right decision to move outside. Coming up, a fire at in my mannion community center. Church Officials Say the damage was caused by molotov cocktail thrown at the building. Another day, another chance to bounce forward. Lets do this. By making internet speeds fast and reliable. So you can keep up with your customers. By ensuring those speeds have wireless internet backup. So if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. And by covering all your connected devices with serious security. So we can handle this. And this. While you get on with this. And this. Be fast, be secure. Bounce forward. With comcast business. Get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just 64. 90 a month. Call or go online today. New tonight, one person is dead in an accident that sent an suv into the Guadalupe River in san jose. The citys Police Department reports the crash happened on eastbound Airport Boulevard at about 6 15 this evening. They said the driver lost control and hit a tree before crashing into the river. Investigators say there was no one else in the suv and no other vehicles were involved. Church officials is a fire that destroyed two floors of an Armenian Community center in San Francisco was deliberately set. The fire damage next door to the saint gregory Community Mem about 4 00 this morning someone threw a molotov cocktail at the building. The fire gutted areas used as Church Offices and a Gathering Place for Community Members. In july vandals scrawled vulgar and threatening graffiti at a Armenian School in another part of the city. Leaders are worried the two incidents are part of a disturbing pattern. This is the second one and we think there is a connection and we cant be haves hazard. It is connected with the other one, the way the destruction is here. San francisco fire investigators said it is too early to definitively say if this was arson. There was a 25,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with the vandalism or the fire. San jose police have made an arrest in connection to the deadly shooting that took place last month. 32yearold Hector Castillo is charged with murder. The shooting happened on august 24th. Police responded to north 12th street in san jose, where they found the victim, 38year old joscgayton suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Castillo was arrested wednesday. It is the cities 24th homicide this year. Ktvu has learned that the black lives matter mural that served so much controversy outside the courthouse in martinas is slated to be paved over. That is part of a street paving project approved earlier this year. Reporter the bright yellow letters have faded in martinas. They will not allow us to refresh it. Reporter it is still getting vandalized more than two months after it was complete. Soon the mural will be covered in october as part of a street paving project the city approved in may. Organizer justin gomez feels city officials are dragging their feet and finding a permanent place for civil rights art installation. It just shows continuing this message in martinas was not a priority for them. Reporter he was saddened to hear how divided the Community Remains over the mural at wednesday nights city council meeting. They got what they wanted out of it. It served its purpose and now its time to move on. There are other people that would like to put up signs, lives matter, martinas backs the blue. This is an about the misunderstanding the message, this is about them trying to hold onto the ideology of white supremacy. Reporter vice mayor mark ross knows tensions are high. The arrest of two people for allegedly vandalizing the mural put the city in national spotlight, prompting protests, emails and calls to city officials, even death threats. A strong statement will be bringing strong reactions. And is time to move on to action , seeing where we can end systemic racism, if we have any in martinez. Mack the city is creating a citizen let Antiracism Task force to address any issues with city policy. I just want to make sure that it is not set up sm tokenism scapegoat that will allow them to blow off the actual changes necessary. If theyre not willing to stand up for a symbolic statement, how are they going to listen to Community Recommendations that are meant to protect that Community Members . Reporter the city says there possibly looking at installing a civil rights mural at the boys and girls club. Nothing has been finalized. The couple that has been charged with a crime is due in court next month. Six in 10 californians say Race Relations have gotten worse compared to a year ago. Only 9 said they have gotten better. The Public PolicyInstitute Survey Finds overall 53 of californians think local police treat all racial and ethnic groups fairly, almost always or most of the time. But only 19 of African Americans agreed with that view. Coming up, a push to get thousands of masks to the people who need them. We show you the mask mobile making the rounds and one county. Honoring tradition amid a pandemic, how bay area congregations plan to observe Rosh Hashanah. The weekend is around the corner, the smoke is Getting Better and their quality has much improved. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. Try my 4 mini munchies with marinara or ranch. Back at jack in the box. A family in Fresno County says senator, harris and governor gavin newsom trespassed on a property for a photo opportunity. On tuesday they visited Fresno County to survey fire damage and get a briefing from cal fire. They also stopped to look at a property where a home had burned to the ground. In a facebook post, travis patton, who says hes frustrated used the property for a photo op before the family was even allowed back home. Harris spokesperson declined comment. The jewish high holy holidays are set to begin at sundown tomorrow at bay area congregations. They are prepping to celebrate with pandemic protocols in place. Sees will be empty in synagogues and temples throughout the state due to the Public Health orders. Instead many will observe Rosh Hashanah virtually this year at Temple Beth Abraham in oakland. There will still be a torah reading by teens, but this year it will be socially distanced. Normally we have seven people reading from one torah, this year we have seven different stations, to keep everybody safe. Many bay area residents restaurants will be offering traditional Rosh Hashanah dinners for take out only. San mateo county is giving away thousands of free masks from a new free mask mobile. County supervisor david canopy was making the rounds today disturbing masks from the newly painted van. The mask mobile is funded by San Mateo County, the aim is to educate people about the need to wear masks, especially in hardtoreach communities. Before the county resorts to issuing fines for noncompliance. The county plans to distribute tens of thousands of free masks to help control community spread. The county has made an investment, the board of supervisors and the message is clear, its not about the cost, its about us making sure that we save lives. The mask mobile will make its way to several cities on the peninsula and the brightly colored ban is easy to spot. A Beautiful Day today, better air quality and thats the trend. The air has gotten better, much better. There is a little smoke out there, but it is not in the warning concerned stage. We are seeing temperatures on the mild side. It was warm today, but feels mild, 74 in oakland. We had a little bit of an onshore flow. Fairfield was the hotspot. Tomorrows temperatures are generally mid70s to mid80s, or low 80s. Thats her friday. So sorry about that, scotty. Thats better. All right, so there is the airport, there is the fog. Weve got a lot of it along the coast. With that fog you are going to see temperatures obviously in the morning a little bit cooler. There is the lowpressure center as it loops around and brings us the clearing era, the clearing winds like here. You can see the winds being cleared out as we go through time here. Thats super great. And here is the current temperatures. You can see it in the 60s, low 60s. And then there you go, five degrees warmer in napa, about the same in concord and in fairfield. Than there is that lowpressure that is setting us up with a really nice pattern with showers north, which is cool, but also cleaner air, better air quality and just a cool, clear pattern friday. Evening to saturday. A really nice break we are getting from this, really weeks of just hot weather, Stormy Weather with the thunder and lightning, the fire