And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att first, the sir Francis Drake statue was taken down, then less than 24 hours later, the name came off of the high school. The governors new strike team. Their mission, fixed states overloaded unemployment system. Were locked into our typical summer pattern for now. Ill show you whats changing for the weekend coming up. San franciscos latest weapon against covid. Millions of dollars in support for immigrants and undocumented families. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. So, yeah, its a little scary for me because, to me, its life and death. Tonight, relief is finally on te way o californians who have been unable to get unemployment benefits. Governor newsom announced a new strike team to address the numerous problems and the backlog. This is an issue abc 7 and 7 on your side have been on since day one. In fact, weve received abou
What some officers are accused of doing and how the police chief is responding tonight. But first, help is on the way. The new covid testing method that could speed things up. Tonight there is an urgency to clear the backlog of covid19 tests as people are sometimes waiting more than week for results. So the fda is now giving the green light to major Testing Companies to use a new technique to speed up the process. Nbc bay areas ian cull explains. Reporter in the beginning, covid testing was scarce. Then it ramped up. But now the time to get results is backed up so much, some people are waiting more than a week to find out if they have it. Got tested 11 days ago. Reporter christine hoffmans son just went back to preschool. Her husband is an essential worker in san jose. So just to be safe, she got tested for covid19 july 18th. This is my first test and i have g and his first test a few weeks ago, it took ten days for him to get results. Her story is becoming common. But today the fbi cl
A couple hot ones as got my full Weather Forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes back to the news a lot lets get to our big story which is the coronavirus now killing over a 150,000 people in the u. S. And now some of the nations top medical experts say that america. May need to hit the reset button when it comes to the response to the pandemic whitney wild now to explain. It is time to reset medical experts at Johns Hopkins releasing a new report wednesday titled resetting our response urging the United States to reset its response with policy actions at the federal state and local level to get control of the covid19 pandemic unlike many countries in the world, the United States is not currently on course to get control of this epidemic. The report says this as republican congressman Louie Gohmert was not allowed on president trumps visit to texas after testing positive for coronavirus wednesday. You know a lot of people in made a big deal out of mind out wearing a mask ow ly n
Reporter governor gavin newsom is promising to fix the states overloaded unemployment system with a strike team. Newsom explained there should be no barriers between californians and the benefits they have earned. He pointed to Unprecedented Demand due to job loss during the pandemic and an antiquated system creating what he calls an unacceptable backlog of claims. His office estimating there could be about 1 million claims eligible for benefits with added information. Welcomed news for valerie dean. I hope that it brings about action for so many people. I mean, i think that theyre just completely overwhelmed and i feel for the Unemployment Department employees. Reporter dean initially reached out to 7 on your sides Michael Finney for help after losing her job at a Printing Company because of covid19, edd started paying her benefits, but then the money stopped. According according dean, edd flagged her for a job from three years ago. Deducting penalties this year. She went seven weeks
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