Women in sunnyvale faced were ought for a walk. In a region home to some of the safest cities anywhere in the country, and tonight, neighbors, understandably, are on alert. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama dates. Abc 7 news anchor, dion lim, brings us the story from sunnyvale. She got attacked. Literally, like, she got attacked. I mean, you dont know. Youre not prepared for Something Like that. Reporter the video shows two women on a walk in sunnyvale midday wednesday. Whether a man runs by, pretends to trip. One of the women pauses and her gold neck llace is ripped from r neck. Many online and in person describe their neighbor as multicultural and say theyre south asian. But say they feel they are being targeted for their gold jewelry and warning each other not to wear it out. Please, honor your cultures but when you are walking around, maybe its a good idea to cover it. Wear a scarf. Cover up the bracelets. Reporter just an hour before this incident,
Coronavirus california is turning the corner. The number of new infections, hospitalizations and the percent of coronavirus tests coming back with a positive result, all of those categories are down and have been steadily declining for weeks. Look at the graph of cases in the bay area. Our rolling average is represented by the yellow line and you can see its distantly lower from a peak set in mid august. Health is just one participant of our life thats been impacted by the pandemic and its one of five areas where were working to build a better bay area. The economy is another. Youve probably seen the struggle many Small Businesses like restaurants are going through. It been unbelievable. After surviving with only delivery and takeout, some restaurants are allowed to serve customers without door dining. Diners alternated eating, drinking and putting their masks back on. Its a struggle that is not easy for anyone anywhere. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen looking at the big picture from
How interconnected these two areas really are. Our Public Health continues to show signs of improvement. Take a look at this comparison for the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths in california. Both are distinctly below average according to state data. And take a look at the trend in the bay area. A yellow line represents a rolling average of newly diagnosed cases. Its continuing downward trend. Thats a very good sign. And one day after business opened, Health Officials say theyre closely watching the case rates following Labor Day Weekend. The mayor today said she doesnt want to turn back the clock and hopes the guidelines are followed. Lyanne has the latest. Reporter the salon in downtown San Francisco decided to wait until tomorrow to reopen. This is our third time preparing to open. After six months, we feel very ready. Reporter mayor london breed warned all businesses to follow the proper protocols if they want to remain open. We dont want to turn back the clock
Leaf the house. I wont go out. Today i was watching. It was about 102, so i put on my tennis shoes and came out. Reporter it was a breath of less toxic fresh air. Good enough for this older couple. Still not clear. I mean, im breathing. Its okay. Its sad that it has gone to this point. It is almost normal. Reporter normalcy for dog walkers. For the last week, you couldnt make out mt. Diablo or the foot hills. They were totally obliterated by smoke. So the fact that you can least see the outline today, thats encouraging to people. 260 golfers seized the opportunity to tee off when the decision was made to reopen today after four days of a complete shutdown. I cannot remember ever that weve ever done four days straight. In fact, before this year, ive never closed due to air quality. So whats the new normal . People and pets gradually coming out of hiding. More grateful than ever to be back outside. In the east bay. Abc7 news. Abc7 news anchor Spencer Christian with more on the changing a
The sheep now over 70 contained. These are some of the larger fires. The one remaining one is the fire that may not be as large as scale in scope as the lnu or scu but is precious in terms of the impact. This is some of the worlds most majestic sequoias. We are at 1 . 17 is progress. Were monitoring it. Thats it. Broad stroke updates. Let me update you quickly. In the last week weve seen a reduction in the total number of cases 4,708. The new numbers came in yesterday. 4,255 and thats based upon over 110,000 tests that came in. 255 individuals tested positive. We always look at the 14day positivity rate. Its now down to 5. 1 in the state of california. Interesting, and i think importantly the sevenday, this is the 14day positivity. The sevenday positivity is 4. 4 . So 4. 4 positivity in the state of california over the last seven day, 5. 1 over the last 14 days. You can see the average number of daily tests have started to go up again, the impact. Well get those testing numbers back up