Covid19 screaming at work and at home they keep to themselves. We need to be one community to make iten repe worhat guy bec me prompting the countys Public Health officer to release a letter of warning. Many, many of our infections are related to fairly small gatherings of family and friends. Birthday parties, picnics, eating at restaurants with mixed households without the basic precautions being taken. It infuriates me. Were trying to bring down the curve and people are going out and not taking it seriously. Have a Virtual Birthday party. Right . If you feel the need to have that sort of social connection, do it virtually. Reporter San Mateo County has been on high alert since june 29 when the positive rate exceeded 100. The countys Public Health officials have been asking the statement to reconsider their metrics. Were saying look at the deaths. They havent increased. Sometimes silence is golden. They may be taking that into consideration. Reporter the tracing is at nursing homes. T
Shut down now and start over. Help is on the way to stressed out workers on the front lines of this pandemic. Free Mental Health counseling available to them. In San Francisco, this school was vandalized overnight. Turning hate into an opportunity for unity. Referring today, warmer for the weekend. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight the numbers tell the story of the coronavirus pandemic. Cases rising in 40 states. 17 ds by augus. Ing thereould in califni for the second day in a row, we reported a record daily number of deaths. Today it was 159, two more than yesterday with more than 8,000 deaths total. The state has more than 435,000 cases and a test positivity average of 7. 9 . Now some Health Experts and Decision Makers say the only way out of this is to shut down again and start over. Abc 7 News Reporter has the story. Reporter more than 150 Health Experts across the u. S. Say it is time to hit t
Say it is time to hit the reset button. They have signed an open letter to lawmakers. I believe everybody that signed that endorses it and sees this crisis for what it is, a crisis. Thats not gotten any better. Its only gotten worse. Reporter the message, shut it down and start over. The warning, if you dont take these actions, the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death. He says america struggle to contain the virus is evident on the world stage. We have seen many countries act swiftly and efficiently to quash the pandemic, and theyre reopening and theyre doing fine. We didnt. Reporter a proposal was introduced to require residents to once again shelter in place, doing so until the rate of positive tests over two weeks dips below 2 . Our objective is to kill this virus. A shelter in place is the medicine we need to take. Reporter san jose, named one of 12 cities being tracked by the feds as covid19 cases rise. County executive addressing what it would take to s
We may actually have to be very flexible with our school models. Trying to create things that honor the social distancing requirements, but dont create a system thats scary for kids. The thing that i miss the most about school is constantly having something to motive me. That feeling of gratification when it comes to learning a subject and applying yourself. I want to see my friends and my teachers. I also miss my friends, and i also misplaying. I miss recess at school. I want to go back to school in the fall. Its not going to be a common open for every Single School district in the district. There is no one size fits all. Together we are working to meet the needs of our 6. 2 million students. Abc7 presents education a bay area conversation. And there is so much to discuss. Thank you so much for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news. Im ama daetz with lyanne melendez. Instead of our 4 00 p. M. Newscast, today were going to spend the hour talking with experts and you in an ab
Coronavirus. Reporter do you feel like a prisoner . Absolutely, i feel like a prisoner in my own home. Reporter she heard commotion outside her window. It was jasmine fighting with a woman who began choking her dog. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. Reporter i went back this morning to talk to lisa about witnessing such a thing. This dog is innocent. It didnt hurt anybody. Reporter she told me the police wouldnt take action unless the dogs owner pressed charges. So you can just abuse a dog in San Francisco. Reporter so i contacted public officials, franciscan mal Casan Francisco care and control. They saw the disturbing video. Weve heard anecdotal reports of rapes, of middle of the night violence. I didnt like seeing that video, but it just confirmed what we already know. Reporter pascan tells me hes working on finding alternative sites for homeless tents, including testing for hotels. Hes been working on homelessness in his 20 years as supervisor. Reporter i hear that youre trying your best, but m