governor newsom warns on the focus on indoor gatherings. at the moment the coronavirus surging. the governor saying the only way to solve the crisis is to do something faster. california travelers face new restrictions this evening. it is a recognition, the situation in the states have gotten worse. >> students at stamford are warned of a fundamentally changed experience, split shifts taking on a new meeting. one college senior is caught right in the middle. also ahead, the odds of kids getting covid in south based schools and uc berkeley starts trials for an easier and quicker test. >> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. >> we begin with a warning from the governor about people fought wearing masks and the new restrictions that they nay face. >> the frame for us is that you will not stay home sand you will

not wear masks in public. we have to enforce and we will. >> in the last two weeks, the governor says the positivity rate has climbed from 4.4% to 5.6%. she says more people are becoming infected and hospitalizations are going up. all of this days before a holiday weekend. >> we've got fourth of july weekend coming up. one of the areas of biggest concern as it relates to the spread of covid-19 in the state remains family gatherings. >> newsome says that he will flip the dimmer switch as he calls it again tomorrow focusing on restrictions restricting indoor gatherings. governor newsom addressing the state's efforts to protect the homeless and others from covid-19. he focused on a program in pittsburgh. abc 7 news reporter has that story. >> reporter: at a press conference at a motelf parking lot in pittsburgh turned into a collision course over

homelessness, soaring covid stats and black lives matter. the governor is here to talk about how successful california has been in getting the homeless housed during this pandemic. >> we work with fema to develop a partnership under projects that allowed us to move forward to secure hotel rooms, motel rooms like this here in pittsburgh, where we can get people off the street. >> reporter: so far, the project room key has taken over 193 hotel rooms occupied by 14,200 of the formerly homeless there to get homeless people off the streets into a temporary situation is what we feed. >> reporter: among the supporters was this dialysis specialist who interacts with several of the residents at this motel 6. >> when i've asked my patients who lives here, whether or not they have a cutoff date as to when they will be kicked out. they said, no, they're holding

them until covid end. >> but there were enraged citizens who never got a coveted hotel room there i'm asking them for help, because i'm homeless, they won't give me help. they won't give me a hotel room. >> would you tell me to go to the rescue mission? i'm tired of this racism around here. >> reporter: she used her bullhorn as the governor ventured into the grim covid statistics with positive cases and hospitalization rates on a steep rise in california in theened the governor says he will be raising the alarm bells tomorrow, making an announcement before the fourth of july weekend especially in regards to family gatherings. >> and the state is seeing some of the highest numbers since the governor issued an unprecedented state wide stay at home order designed to stem the virus earlier this year. the los angeles times says yesterday the state saw more than 8,000 infections, breaking the daily record for the third

time in eight days. today the state has 6,000 coronavirus-related deaths. the surge in cases now total more than 223,900 cases statewide. and because of these numbers, new york is telling travelers from california they must quarantine two weeks when they arrive. we are live with that and more. >> reporter: yeah, there are a lot of passengers headed home to new york, new jersey, connecticut. it seems they know they have to quarantine when they get home. some of the passengers headed to new york city for business or pleasure didn't know the sudden change. he found out at the last minute at sfo. >> no, i'm not happy with it. >> reporter: he didn't know he has to quarantine. he is only going for a few days and wouldn't have bought a ticket if he knew. >> i understand that texas, arizona and on in this i can't

understand, california, i don't get that. >>reporter: the governors of new york, new jersey and connecticut are asking travelers in states with the spike of covid like california to voluntarily quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. he is flying home to manhattan. he plans to self quarantine. >> i think it will be effective in new york. i mean, new york is just bad at the beginning. [ inaudible ] so i understand i will have to quarantine. >> reporter: at a time when covid is changing the reality on the ground, american airlines is changing its policies in the sky. beginning july 1st, they will sell seats to capacity, meaning no more middle seats offer. the decision is getting some pushback. >> i can't say this is under critical review right now by us at cdc. we don't think it's the right message. >> american airlines says they've added extra cleaning and soviet protocols open its

flights and say quote, and we're providing additional flexible for customers to change their travel plans as well. we know our customers are placing their trust in us to make every aspect of their journey safe. she is headed to boston, not city that requires quarantine. she says she picked jet blue to avoid sitting close to others. >> i'm happy i don't have to update and change. i really like jet blue, so i'm glad they are adhering to the separation. >> reporter: it's important to remember not all flight are flying at full capacity right now. american airlines says passenger who's don't like their seats can change without penalty on flights through september 30th. at sfo, anser hassan, abc santa clara county put out schools to reopen. it put an emphasis on social distancing and minimizing contact in the classroom. dr. sarah cody was asked about

the coronavirus. her answer provided fascinating insight what about ha has been learned so far about this virus. >> the working hypothesis is this virus is a lot like the flu. we know when kid get the flu in school it spreads and more in the community get it as well. what we are learning so far with covid is that young children aren't sort of the engines of transmission as they are with flu. in fact, it's probably more likely that an adult would spread to a child. >> the guidance from the county is for public and private schools as well. a reopening date has not yet ben determined. in the meantime, higher education now, stanford university announced its new model for reopening for a state's plans are still in the making. abc 7 reporter chris wynn has this story. >> reporter: as colleges and universities re-imagine what their complus look like come

fall because of covid-19, many are feeling uneasy about it. >> i would love to be able to finish my degree. >> reporter: we spoke with a senior and student leader who was forced off campus in mid-march at the start of the pandemic. this week, the university announced its reopening plans, which calls for staggering students around the school year. most classes are going virtual. there will be limited student housing because of social distancing. freshmen, sophomores and transfer students can live on campus in the fall and summer. seniors and seniors can apply for housing during winter and spring. that leaves upper classman, blind out of luck for this fall unless she is able to get a special circumstance exemption. but she isn't hopeful and is worried about the high rent in silicon valley. >> i don't have a place to stay right now. i have been living with friend, sleeping on couches. i have been trying to do what i can to help. >> reporter: at san jose university administrators are working on their plans, which

will include a mix of online and in-person offerings. >> i'm still so excited to see other students online even if we're not going. it will just be a whole new experience report. incoming freshman satya jones will stay home in southern california to save money and is taking it all in stride. >> i'm kind of scared leaving my family at first. i will be able to spend a little more time with them, which is great. >> these students doing their best to navigate the uncertainty. >> students are struggling with personal life and not just housing or things like that, just with the emotional impact of covid-19. >> in the south bay, chris wynn, abc news. >> they announced they started trials for covid-19. it allows people to literally spit into a tube. the samples would then be an leads at a pop-up lab with

results available in five days. the tests would allow them to identify students and isolate them and quarantine. >> when students come back, we want to make sure they're not bringing in more virus. berkeley doesn't exist in a university. we live in the bay area and we have to protect them. it's key to make sure we are testing them quickly within they come back. >> if all goes well, researchers hope to submit an application for an emergency use authorization. the fda, which would athrough tests to be clinically.

tracing. living with coronavirus, people are constantly evaluating the risk level from summer camp to shopping, we put together where you can guess the risks and see what medical experts think about i.. coming up, the deadline for small businesses is hundreds of billions actually enough? the wrenching questions for one bay area grappling with a financial cornerstone about to come to an end? that is as we continue also here as remote work becomes the norm, security issues are spiking just ahead, the risc and the fix for getting hacked at home. how polluted is the water at bay area beaches? a few

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our time is running out for small businesses to apply for forgivable loans under the paycheck program. the deadline is tonight at midnight. some are still struggling to get help. >> there are 25 major bay area companies that received more than $70 million in ppp loans, but this small business owner just barely made the cut. >> wells fargo kept on sending me e-mails, you're in line, you're in line, nothing would ever happen. >> reporter: he owns a concord based comic store and despite having a valid application, he tried to qualify for a loan for two different things but had no luck for nearly three months. >> it wasn't until a few days ago when my wife ran into somebody at the store, who knew

someone at wells fargo said i can help you out. >> reporter: that's 85 days he had to wait to get an application approved and he has yet to see a dime. yet san jose based quantum corporation had no problem landing a $10 million loan a near den tase after filing an application. >> the small business administration is managing ppp loans. they can make sure that obviously inappropriate entities weren't getting these fund. >> reporter: the executive director of a federal government oversight group. >> they have set a standard that says you have to certify as the company receiving these funds, that it was necessary to have them in order to continue your operations. >> reporter: yet, many companies like quantum ignore those rules, prompting a congressional select committee to send this letter demanding the agency make all ppp loans public. the deadline for documentation passed yesterday. so i ka you would the committee directly. >> what's the purpose of sending

a letter if these agencies are going to refuse to comply. they were unable for an interview and told a statement, the sba has not complied and repeatedly failed to commit to a time frame. there is $124 billion in ppp funding still yaibl available. it's possible congress could extend the program. but that's not likely to happen until after the july 4th recess. >> now, at abc 7, we four wkey areas, education, economy, health, social and the changing workplace. a warning is sounded as more of us work from home, cyber criminals are exploiting the changing work place to steal sensitive data from networks. a new area of risks adds to the scope of the problem. you want to turn to abc news reporter david lew. he has been looking into it today. >> reporter: dan, ucf this week acknowledges it paid $1.1

million in ransom after part of its computer network has hacked. security experts say bad guys are exploiting remote workers. you might be feeling safe working from home. but you are at a huge risk for something else. >> what is actually happening is phishing and ransomware attacks are up 1,200%. right. so remote work, work from home exposes everyone. >> reporter: cyber criminals from around the world are exploiting unsecured home wifi networks and filling workers with e-mails, set up here. the ceo of infoblox, a backbone service provider in silicon valley. >> we know the bad guys are out there trying to take advantage of the pandemic we're in, sending e-mails pre tending to be the w.h.o. or pre tending to be the -- >> reporter: by opening those e-mails or responding to them, an employee's unprotected laptop or computer can provide access

to a corporate network. a ransom demand might be made. criminals are using artificial intelligence to launch relentless attacks to find their ways in. >> we are responding at a human scale which is slower. the attack happens 100 times per second. we can respond as to one attack at an hour. you see why we're at a disadvantage. >> reporter: they recommend remote workers should reset the wifi password and separate work and home devices. deep allow ou others to use work devices and keep software updates and patches. keep video dushanbebells and baby monitors could be hacked, too. >> reporter: all of this has companies scrambling to work on networks. they are hiring staff to keep the cyber criminals out. we are live, abc 7 news. >> david, thank you. it definitely feels like summer outside. the temperatures will be

shifting a bit this week. we have

time for the non-profit released the annual beach record card and showed the state's most polluted beaches. you can see on the map beaches family raised partly circled in red. six of the state's top ten were in san mateo county. they include moss landing named the most polluted beach and they gave upgrades to point harbor, rock away and lindemar beaches >> right. after shooting that report, you may not want to be endoors right now. but i do want to show you this you will notice there is some fog sitting there in santa cruz. it will work up toward the bay area later on tonight. here's a look at dive loper 7.

patch and fog around santa cruz. wind are beginning to pick up. they have been light all afternoon. you notice out of the south, napa gusting to 28. that wind direction is going to shift our weather towards a cooler pattern the next few days. here's a lovely view of the sunshineing as we look from our east bay hills camera. 65 in the city. 71 in oakland. it was warmer today, 82ive in san jose, probably a few degrees as we take a look at our camera, nothing but sunshine looking back towards san francisco, 83 in santa rosa. 77 in napa. 91 in fairfield, some of our hot spots, the low-to-mid-90s today. 86 in livermore, here's a lovely view, foy that bouncy camera, the reasons are picking up. some fog, cooler, breezier the next two days. it will be warming up again, here's a look at the fog forecast, 7:00 tonight, that fog will be along the san francisco san mateo coast line.

it starts off around 7:00 a.m. it will thin out at 10:00 a.m., lingering along the coast. temperatures in the morning, most of you begin in the 50 except around sandy ab lot. it will be a mild day in the south bay. 81 in san jose. milpitas, occasional clouds down there. redwood city, 60 degrees pacifica, it will be breezy compared to today. 62 in the sunset district. north bay temperatures, 60, coast side, low 90s around ukiah cloverdale, inland areas, will you feel that delta breeze, especially around fair feel, 88 degrees. it will be cooler. 85 in livermore. here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. it is a cooler afternoon tomorrow, windy and cooler on thursday.

that's when those temperatures bottom out in the mid-80s inland, warms back up again, wind on friday. you will notice it will be nice for the holiday. mid-60s to mid-90s, a 30 degree spread, a little heart inland on sunday, seasonal range for essential next week. overall, i think the holiday is shaping up in terms of the weather. if you are going to be outside, doing any barbecueing, in the back yard. >> yeah, looks great, thanks very much. still ahead

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. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the i-team answers the call. what we have learned about a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened dozens at a healthcare facility. fighting the pandemic takes a group effort. how the bay area college is helping to set up with demand for protective gear and there has been heavy emphasis on

testing with the coronavirus. but we do already have the solution to get rapid results for a large amount of people. really fascinating story on research being done. all coming up in a half hour at 6:00. finally tonight, baseball season is three weeks away, it will be a shortened season and no fans will be allowed to attend, the as are hoping to fill the stands with a cardboard cutout of miami like you. >> that is so funny. all you have to do is send in a photo. access members pay $49. regular fans $89 or you can pay for a foul ball zone cutout. >> and if your foul ball zone cutout gets hit by a ball, then the team will send you the ball. will you get two complimentary tickets to an exhibition game next season. >> those costs $99. then in is scheduled to start july 23rd. your cutout is there if you were to catch the ball.

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tonight, sounding a new alarm, as the coronavirus explodes across the u.s. america could soon be looking at 100,000 new cases a day. covid-19 infections rising in more than 30 states. california shattering its own record. the virus dividing america. new york, new jersey and connecticut expanding their travel advisories, now up to 16 states. dr. anthony fauci warning the country is going in the wrong direction. and some of president trump's most vocal supporters now appealing to him to wear a mask. overseas, the eu following through on its threat to ban american travelers. the dangerous spread across florida. 6,000 new cases. the state topping 150,000. masks becoming mandatory in miami and jacksonville.