this is abc 7 news. >> i feel like i'm taking a risk definitely but we're taking a risk every day we can't get an payment poimt aappointment and get results. >> a bay area man is tired of waiting for his covid-19 test results. he's taking drastic measures to get some answers. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, july 19th. i'm liz kreutz. hope you're having a great weekend. we'll have more on exactly what that man is doing to get his test results faster. a quick look at the weather first with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you. waking up to low clouds and fog once again. we have some changes as we get into your sunday afternoon. as we start out, the fog is over locally into the east bay, so

it's cloudy in oakland at 62. it's 60 in hayward. taking you back closer to the coast, mid-50s in pacifica as well as santa rosa so we still have that air quality advisory for the so some of the hazy pconditions from the coast to te central bay and santa clara valley, this is from the smoke from the mineral fire as the smoke drifts up to the north and west. as we look at live picture outside from our roof camera we begin to see sun after 9:00 for some of you, the rest of you maybe 10:00 and noontime 808 inland. mid-70s around the bay and it will stay warm throughout the afternoon inland but the sea breeze picks up and we'll talk about a setup for cooler days for the week ahead. liz? >> lisa, thank you. let's get to the latest coronavirus headline this is morning. more than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and officials say the positivity rate is trending upwards over a 14-day average. a key indicator of community spread. in the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 691

deaths, that count does not include san quentin prison which is 967 active cases. the only bay area county not on the state's watch list is san mateo, san francisco malls and nonessential offices must be shut down by tomorrow. to the testing frustration a bay area man is flying out to idaho this morning where his ay he can get tested for covid-19 quicker and get his results back faster. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke with the couple. >> this is too much. flying out here tomorrow and you can take the test and fly out the tame day. >> tiffany valentine booked her husband, brian devlin, who livers in richmond out to idaho sunday morning so he could get tested for covid-19. >> easier to go in the morning and take a test and drive through and then i'll get the results within a couple of days. >> reporter: devlin has been tested once in the bay area. he said it took him ten days to

book his appointment in san ghda rests to b n theoueays nd theyesse results online. >> put his last name in and birth date, came up, we can't even find you. >> reporter: valentine says in idaho there's pop-up testing tents within every few miles. she's taken the test three times so far. >> it's been about two, three days from my experience to get the results back. in california it's just not that way. >> reporter: we asked the couple could brian be exposing others while traveling if he does have the virus? >> working for the airlines, that's one of the questions, have you had a fever, have you been exposed to anyone with covid-19 in past week.those th. his answers would be no like everybody else. >> i feel like i'm taking a risk? definitely but we're taking a risk every day that we can't get an appointment and whether we can get a test we can't get results. >> reporter: the couple admits they are taking dramatic

measures to get brian tested, but they need to know. >> i just want the results. i just want to know whether you know, i'm positive or negative. >> dr. matthew willis the public officer released this statements about getting test results back. "we have no control over that process. it has to do with private labs and their ability to obtain the reagents in order to process the samples. i agree it's incredibly frustrating for us as well." in the newsroom, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >> and three new pop-up covid testing sites are opening this week in the south bay. the santa clara county public health department says the goal is to increase the overall number of tests especially in communities hit hard. they say testing is encouraged for asymptomatic residents who are at higher risk because they are essential workers. here are the three sites. the county of santa clara service center auditorium and san jose high school and the

south county annex will open back up again. all three are open tuesday through friday. as part of our coronavirus coverage, we are also focused on businesses and how they're surviving during this pandemic. the state will allow salon services to be performed outdoors. the california business consumer services and housing agency tweeted it will soon release updated information on how salons can safely offer some personal care services outdoors. a couple days ago salon owners and state assemblyman jim patterson asked the governor to temporarily waive a law that prevented outdoor services. we put together research and compiled a calculator, to see how risky services are. you'll find it alln abc7news.com. two people including a child were rushed to the hospital after a fire at a duplex in daly city. as luz pena reports, firefighters say this case is a

good reminder of the importance of smoke detectors. >> reporter: facing a wall of smoke, firefighters forced their way into the first floor of this duplex. we c to report of smoke in the building. first company found the building charged with smoke and forced entry. >> reporter: inside the daly city home firefighters found an unconscious adult and a child inside of tha red room. >> two victims inside the house, both trance importanted to the local hospital in critical condition. >> reporter: according to neighbors it was a father and his child. ricky kim lives two doors down. did you know the kids? you have seen them out here? >> yeah, that's why we were in shock, we were shocked because we see those kids riding their bikes sometimes out here. >> reporter: crews battled the flames erupting from the small kitchen. >> it appears smoke detectors may have played a role in this, delayed detection. >> reporter: f remained on scene for over four hours, preventing a broader

spread, while the smoke and sirens woke up many in this neighborhood. >> it's devastating. it's really devastating. it's sad and especially for, to think that the alarms weren't working. >> reporter: this fire remains under investigation and firefighters emphasized the importance of having working smoke detectors. in daly city, luz pena, abc 7 news. the legacy of john lewis extends six decades from atlanta to capitol hill. he was one of the original freedom riders taking on the jim crow south, he demanded equal justice for all. his voice echoed through the halls of congress and inspired generations. here's byron pitts with more. >> keep marching, keep sitting in, keep standing in, keep protesting and to until the sagging walls of segregation come tumbling down. >> reporter: john robert lewis shaped history. march 4th, not once, not twice

but every time he was called upon as lewis liked to put it, by just getting in the way. >> we must cry, all must cry together that we want our fredom and we want it now. ♪ >> reporter: the montgomery bus boycott drew the attention of one teenager and soon civil rights would become john lewis' life work and nearly killed him, the habit where he put his heart his head followed. that's him bruised, bandaged, shedding blood and standing up when others could not or would not. that became lewis' calling card. a sharecropper's son born in 1940 when segregation was law, jim crow the enforcer. by 1963 at the age of 23, alongside martin luther king jr., he was dubbed one of the big six leaders of the civil rights movement. >> my friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution.

>> reporter: who helped plan the historic march on washington, and on a high bridge in selma, one of the low moments of the entire civil rights movement, there out front, john lewis. 600 peaceful protesters crossed the edmund pettis bridge, into the harsh heat of history. it would be known as bloody sunday, violence unleashed by alabama state troopers. lewis struck in the head, suffered a fractured skull. i've interviewed john lewis countless times the last 30 years. >> this spot is almost sacred. this is where martin luther king jr. stood and gave that unbelievable "i have a dream" speech. >> reporter: one of our last, he was still impatient with america, still boundlessly optimistic she would one day live up to her promise, a promise he believed in so deeply he was willing to shed blood

again and again. has the dream been fulfilled? >> the dream is still in the process of it becoming a reality. it's not there yet. but we are on our way and there will be no turning back. >> reporter: byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> san francisco city hall is lit up in red, white and blue this morning to honor john lewis and flags are at half staff. those in the bay area who knew the congressman say that his legacy on equality and civil rights will endure. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard continues our coverage of his passing. >> there have been teachers men and women throughout history who stood and said no, you can't take an eye for an eye. if you do, we'll all be blind. >> reporter: jeff steinberg reads from "walking of the wind" a memoir of john lewis. >> he was the soul of america in many ways. >> reporter: steinberg is the founder of the bay bay bay bay y

sojourn project. john lewis has shared his story of struggle with almost 100 sojourn groups leading some across the edmund pettis bridge in selma where lewis and other peaceful protesters were beaten about i police known as bloody sunday. >> who is more courageous nan john lewis? arrested over 40 times, beaten many times, and yet always nonviolent. >> i feel like i have an obligation to do what i can, to tell the story, because i was a witness. >> reporter: in 2015, the georgia congressman spoke with abc 7 news about his front row seat in the 1960s civil rights movement. >> you would be sitting there in an orderly, peaceful, non-violent fashion and someone would come up and spit on us, put a live cigarette out in our hair or down our backs. that happened. >> reporter: east bay congressman barbara lee says lewis was a close friend. she says he was inspired by the black lives matter movement.

he even posed for this self-ie near the mural in washington, d.c. >> the civil rights movement, sel selma, this was a movement of young people and john lewis saw our young people as a continuation in 2020 of that movement. >> reporter: mayor london breed calling congressman lewis a true hero ordered flags at city hall lowered to half staff. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> coming up on "this week" congressman karen bass and congresswoman val demings will talk about the impact of john lewis' life, watch the full interview on "this week with george stephanopoulous" at 8:00 right here on abc 7. lisa, let's get another check of the weather. boy, it was pretty hot yesterday inment so of the inland areas. >> if the wind calmed down, could you really feel the heat of the july sun and once again this morning, we're looking at a lot of low cloud cover especially in oakl uer 50s way. low to mid-70s and some subtle

changes elsewhere. the changes will get more dramatic as we head through the start of the week. my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. >> thanks, lisa. also ahead, the head of sfmta cracking down on skateboarding near dolores park. what prompted a decision he says he hates doing. a thief steals a woman's car from his san francisco garage, a wedding dress that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use...

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last weeks' incidents. hill bombs are unsanctioned events that draw large crowders. he is consulting with leaders building stronger skate culture and codesigning slow streets in the city. a 12-year-old boy was air lifted to an east bay hospital after he was impaled climbing over a fence to get to a swimming pool. the contra costa county fire department emts and antioch police rescued the boy at deer valley high school. some pools in the county are closed because of the coronavirus and this isn't the first time the school has dealt with this. >> according to the staff there at the school, they've been having some issues with some kids that are climbing over the fence and getting into the du mming pool and in theouy but som onin os ddg because of the pandemic needs your help.

her dream wedding dress was stolen in san francisco. erin constable got married just a few weeks ago, looking beautiful there and gave her sister, katy, the dress to be cleaned this past monday. the cleaner couldn't pick up the dress right away so katy left the dress in the garage of her marina home. when she woke up on wednesday she was shocked to learn the garage had been broken into and her car stolen with her sister's dress inside. >> i doubled over. i was already in tears from the whole experience and i just started sobbing, to be honest. >> i was more sad she was so heartbroken about it. >> the car eventually was recovered by police. the dress was nowhere to be found. the sisters are hoping if anyone finds the one-shouldered sarah seven designed gown to please call sfpd. hoping for a happy ending in that story. in the north bay, a generous community has raised more than $39,000 for a beloved cobbler

forced to close up shop. the owner of tony's shoe repair in mill valley said he was at risk of going out of business. his store has been serving customers since 1950 and the only shoe repair shop in mill valley. a customer asked to set up a go fund me for him and both agreed to a $5,000 goal but this morning they have raised nearly eight times that amount. pretty cool. happening today, it's aids walk san francisco, the event is virtual this year. walk organizers had no problem getting the stars to step up and participate. this past week on "midday live" brett andrews of the positive resource center or prc explained what people can expect. >> we're going to come together for 09 minutes of fabulousness and divas and drag and performance and celebrate the work that not only that we've done to raise money this past year but over the last 40 years of the community coming together around hiv and now so many other issues. >> prc provides services for those who are hiv positive

including financial, medical and housing assistance. brett andrews will be back for part of our live preview with anchor dan ashley counting down on "abc 7 mornings" at 9:00 and catch aids walk live at 10:00 a.m., featuring bette midler, gloria esteban, vanessa williams and more. visit aidswalk.net or call 415-615-walk. lisa, i know it's virtual this year but it's a great line-up, good watching at 10:00 this morning. >> definitely. at that time not having sunshine everywhere. we have very little change trying to mix up the pattern. it's steady with the ebb and flow of the low clouds and fog. we look at live doppler 7, you can see how the fog pushed across the bay and looking at cloudy skies in oakland, up to the north bay, santa rosa, all

along the peninsula. right now it's clear in san jose as well as concord and livermore, and we'll look for maybe just a little bit of cloud cover towards concord in the later morning hours or i should say mid morning hours. other than that it's almost a repeat performance, temperatures i think will be a little cooler inland today, 06 hayward. 57 american conon. brentwood at 62. that onshore flow or the southwesterly wind up to about 30 miles an hour by the delta, allowing for temperatures to come down a few degrees. live to walnut creek the pretty colors from the horizon indicating the air quality is certainly trapping some of the pollutants this morning. so looking at air quality alert especially around the central bay and also the south bay. now we have the smoke in the upper levels of the atmosphere as we go through the mid morning hours and the surface winds not doing a whole lot to clean things out, but we will look for better air quality, part of the

afternoon and parts of the bay area, but overall still that alert with us, so morning low clouds, warm inland with hazy sunshine and looking at a cooler week ahead and as we look at the temperature profile, notice the range. 60s at the coast, we'll get partial sun. 70s to low 70s around oakland. upper 80s in walnut creek, so getting warmer but the real heat stays out towards the sacramento valley and you'll have that breeze today in antioch. here is a look at the smoke forecast, we can see from the central valley drifting up through the east bay, and this is about noon and it will continue throughout the afternoon, so some of the haze over into the east bay, the south bay, looks like we may do this again for your monday. low clouds and fog this morning, retreating to the coast, and then as we get back into your sunday night, into monday, looks like it's going to go even further and perhaps towards the delta as we get started on your monday morning and then once again low clouds and fog keeping that sea breeze with us throughout the afternoon each and every afternoon.

highs today in the upper 70s for new fremont, 72 in oakland. 84 in san rafael. look for those low 90s well out towards the delta, otherwise some 80s for you today in san jose. 84 there, about 84 up in san rafael, and the accuweather seven-day forecast showing the low clouds, the fog with us throughout each and every day, temperatures trailing off a little bit tomorrow, and then the cooling trend gets under way tuesday, wednesday, even waking up to some drizzle, partly cloudy on thursday, maybe a bump back up in the temperatures by friday, but no big dome of high pressure or heat is going to visit us for the week ahead. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. just ahead, meet the oldest state worker in california and why she

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visit right now or call during business hours. a loft people dream of retiring at age 65 but one state worker is long past that milestone with no plans to retire. at age 100, she is the oldest state worker in california. abc 7 news anchor up with her. >> reporter: yellow number two pencil in hand, standing at her desk this is how you'd usually find 100-year-old nai lee, a financial analyst for the department of general services before the pandemic. >> i've been standing for the last, since 1970, so that's the last 50 years i've been standing up. >> reporter: that's on top of another 22 years bringing her total years of service to california through a whopping ten governors to 77, her work

ethic just as strong today a wa i1943. >> she is very meticulous in all the reports that she writes. >> reporter: an accolade the top politicians want to acknowledge and see inspiration from. >> most people would say she should be in a rocking chair on a porch somewhere is. she's still contributing. >> reporter: those contributions are not only for those around her today but for asian-americans. she played a role in helping change the california constitution which once banned the chinese from working in government. >> invited me to the senate may 12th, 1945. >> reporter: downstairs in her second cubicle, she's the only employee with two work spaces, even more evidence of her accomplishments through the years. so may lee, tell me about your the rewards they've given to me. >> reporter: but it is possibly her attitude that explains her longevity in life and in work. >> she wants to express don't

focus on the negative. try to always look for the positive. >> reporter: while she has no plans to retire, two things are certain that she'll renew her driver's license later on this month and that she has no regrets. >> i think i did the best i could with my life. i'm happy. >> reporter: in sacramento, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> what an inspiration, and icon. may lee is also an avid traveler, having visited more than 150 countries. when asked if she plans to visit any more, she says the only thing stopping her are the cobblestones in europe that aren't compatible with her walker, that and i suppose right now coronavirus but cheers to many, many more years of travel for her. neighbors north in the ib break a world record. they held a synchronized four-mile hop scotch race. all participants were able to safely social distance from one

another. the association safely handed out hundreds of bags of chalk. the current guinness world record is 3.8 miles. still to come on "abc 7 mornings," states continue to see a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, how the fda is helping speed up the testing process. and no more trader jose. the effort to get a supermarket chain to rename some of its products

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when it's made with love, it's made to be shared. ♪ discover what's possible for summer... at lowe's. building a better bay area for a safe sean cure future, this is abc 7 news. >> it's my body. it's my choice as to whether i wear a mask or not. >> anti-mask protesting held in some parts of the country as coronavirus cases surge across the nation. covid-19 pandemic in a moment. if you're joining thus half hour, another which can quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> hi, everyone. starting out with a good deal of low clouds here in the city. this is our exploratorium cam

camera, it's pretty gray out there and temperatures are cool in the upper 50s. 62 in oakland and san jose. 52 in gilroy. san rafael mostly cloudy here with mid-50s up in the north bay. cloudy in santa rosa, it's clear in concord at 59. so our air quality advisory continues today, particularly for the coast and the central bay as well as the santa clara valley. you may notice haze from the smoke, the fire fighting efforts in fresno continue today, and we'll look for the temperatures to climb with the sun as we come into the mid 80s by 2:00. a few 90s well out by the delta. notice the fog, not really going anywhere along the coast. that will keep the sea breeze with us throughout the day, and we'll talk about how that sea breeze grows and extends further inland for the week ahead. liz? >> lisa, thank you. more than 140,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus, this as the pan demme sick intensifying across much of the country with states experiencing a surge in cases and hospitalizations.

abc news reporter ty hernandez has the details. >> reporter: new cases of the coronavirus continuing to spread all over the u.s. the food and drug administration issuing the first emergency use of pooled testing for covid-19. four people may be tested at once, speeding up the process. this as 19 states posting their highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day this week. the death toll in florida now exceeding 5,000, but governor ron desantis continuing to push for in-person classes in the fall. >> as a father of three young kids, i do not fear this virus' affect on my kids. i think the risk is incredibly low. >> reporter: texas logging 10,000 new cases for the fifth day in a row, a troubling update from a single texas county. 85 infants under the age of 1 have contracted the virus since march. first-time mom angelica wendell saying her 2-month-old daughter

tested positive. >> i've never had another baby to experience any type of illness with, so when you find out it's covid it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: 34 states now reporting increases in hospitalizations. the debate over mandating masks still sparking pushback in many states. these demonstrators in ohio holding an anti-mask rally outside the state house. >> i don't see people wearing masks and a total disregard for atng o in the world around them. it's very disheartening. >> it's my body. it's my choice as to whether i wear a mask or not. >> reporter: ty hernandez, abc news, new york. >> the former director of the cdc appeared on "good morning america" to talk about covid-19 restrictions yesterday. abc's dan harris talked to tom friede inclifoonan operate in person only if a county off the state's watch list for 14 consecutive days. friedman says setting nationwide

standards helps. >> one of the things concerning to me we have a different set of everything, procedures, dashboards, indicators, messages in different communities, different states. i think the more we're on the same page, the more likely we are to really focus on fixing the things that need to be fixed, like rapid test turnaround, like contact tracing, like universal masking when we're near other people and the more we're on that same page and tracking that, the better we're going to do and the more likely schools will reopen. >> here in the bay area, every single county with the exception of san mateo is on the state's watch list. testing inside yosemitelpark co covid-19. mare poe is acounty public health says alou no employees, residentsei last month. no policy changes will be made,

just something to keep in mind if you are traveling there. and trader joe's is in the process of re-branding products that some have called racist, an online petition calling for the gross i have chain to get rid of trader giato's and trader jose, a trader joe's spokesperson says the chain made the decision several years ago to use only the trader joe's name and updating older labels. the spokesperson it may have been at a light-hearted attempt at inclusiveness and recognizes now it may have the opposite effect. fnc . you knos hotds ffee, cereal and carbonated drinks. however the prices for eggs, apples and sugar are on the downswing, hitting a lot of us as we cook at home because of the covid-19 restrictions on restaurants. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the details. >> reporter: shoppers inside community foods market on san

pablo avenue can agree they're paying more for food, although seeing the biggest >> beef prices sky-rocketed, pork, spares ribs skyrocketed. >> butter, eggs, dairy i'd say. >> reporter: turns out they're both right. >> we've seen price fluctuations in meat anywhere from 10% to a 30% increase in price and in some cases nonavailability entirely for a sustained period of time. >> reporter: justin offenbach says california wholesalers able to source from smaller family votili a so olals o rely on ce restaurant sales are really suffering. >> our business is probably down about 60%, which is a huge hit compared to what we were four months ago. >> reporter: it's not just meat prices. eggs and dairy have seen big spikes in price as well. >> egg pricing for april through

may in particular went up substantially, %n seegg its. shs prices by what she pays her bag of groceries. >> we noticed the number of bags got smaller and smaller. things are getting more expensive. >> reporter: grocers say their prices have come down from the highs of may and june but that can change week to week. keep an eye out online and on weekly flyers for sales. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," having to wear a mask for long periods of time can give you skin problems. you've probably experienced it yourself. we asked a dermatoloterminrmato you can do about it. a live look from our mt. tam camera, as the sun begins to rise, those beautiful clouds, love when we get those pretty, live pictures from mt. tam. we'll check in with lisa and what we can expect, coming up.

part of our efforts to build a better bay area include focusing on issues of race and social justice. yesterday veoyoeer protest.erees ma for defunding vallejo police. in the east bay a display o event in oakland condemned

police brutality and systemic racism. they were inside the gallery artist andrew drake showcased his work "my skin is not a crime." drake was inspired by george floyd's daughter. >> his daughter mentioned her dad changed the world, so i wanted, it resonated with me. i wanted to do what i could and do my part in what i could do to change the world and what i had to give is my art so i used my art as my attempt to make change. all right, lisa, that view of mt. tam so pretty this morning. >> yes, and this one i think does it one better, don't you? from our east bay hills cam camera, beautiful. you can see mt. diablo in the distance there and it hasn't been too warm in our east bay valleys. if you liked yesterday, you're probably going to like today.

temperatures in a comfortable range. warm, though, talking a lot of 80s for you. still a few 90s well out to the east. we'll talk about the rest of the bay area, all our microclimates, when we come back. >> thanks, lisa. also next, we're days away from the baseball season getting started. bob melvin names his opening day there's this game-time internetting room.nity. so fun. wow. and then there's this work-from-home

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welcome back. in sports, baseball is almost here. tomorrow night the giants and a's will square off in the first of two summer camp games. tomorrow's game at the oakland coliseum. the teams meet again tuesday night at oracle park. both teams kick off the regular season later this week. here is chris alvarez with more in this morning's sports. >> well another sign that baseball is nearing its return. the a's naming their opening day

starter bob melvin tapping franky montas to take the ball friday night. melvin announced his first five starters, montas, fires, basset and puck will round out the rotation. montas will be against andrew hainey. he could sense this was coming. >> can he count so i think he knew that he was going to start anyway, but confirming it yesterday and you know, it's always a source of pride to be able to start the first game. there are a lot of things going on this year that are a little bit different, being able to pitch opening day is a special day regardless of the circumstance and you got a big smile on his face and he's ready to g ex go. he's excited about .capleroh thursd.gainst tn

l.a. countering with clayton kershaw. san francisco opens against their rival who won the division seventh straight seasons. i asked gabe capler when the team turns their attention to the blue crew. >> there is a point a long time ago that we turned our attention towards the dodgers. i think i would be in spring stra training and since then we had a lot of conversations about their glove and we've been thinking about them for quite some time and i'm sure they've been doing their homework on the other clubs around the league. that's an ongoing process. did you see this? yankees and mets playing exhibition baseball and a sign what have we cld this season. the yankee is' clint frazier hitting a home run with a mask on, yankees won the game. the bay bridge series exhibition style starts monday and tuesday. blue jay also not play their home games in toronto this season. the canadian government deeming it unsafe for teams to travel

back and forth due to the virus. the jays are looking at alternate sites like their spring training home in florida or buffalo, that's the site of their aaa team. nfl network reports training camp is officially on as ed askuled. rookies from the chiefs and texans with report as early as monday. although the teams expected to fully begin camp july 28th the niners opened the regular season at home against arizona september 13th. third round of the memorial tournament in ohio, tony finau tied for second with ryan palmer 8 over par. finau with the putt of the day, a 50-footer on 10 for birdie, but he is 4 back of leader jon rahm who had four straight birdies on the back nine. rahm is the leader at 12 under par. that is your look at sports. let's send it back to you. >> all right, let's get another check of the weather now lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz, good morning to you. if you could hide from that strong sea breeze, that sun was hot yesterday. so once again the wide range with us as the low clouds and

fog will retreat to the coast, and we have cloudy skies here from our exploratorium cam camera, coyte tower. temperatures in the 60s and this afternoon sea breeze getting a little gusty at times, if you're in one of the favorite areas throughout the coastal gaps. otherwise like i said, it's been pretty nice out there, especially inland, where we've seen the heat well far to the east, and in fact, yes, one of the areas that we do see that is around the delta, where temperatures can get as much as triple digits but because of that, the cooler trend, we're not seeing that, and this is the reason why. from the low clouds, the fog from mt. diablo it's a nice start here, t in concord and livermore, and we're looking at that marine layer to pull back to the shoreline throughout the day today, in fact, mid morning hours. 26 in san jose. it is in the mid-50s for you from pacifica to gilroy. 57 downtown, and 62 over in oakland. another look at the low deck of

clouds from marin county here and looking at the air quality once again, moderate as those winds push that smoke from the fire down in fresno up towards the bay area, the central coast, also the santa clara valley, 57 in napa. by the delta, we have wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour and that is going to allow for the temperatures to stay right around 90 degrees, not getting too hot, in fact we could be well above that this time of year. 59 in concord. santa rosa at 55, and finally a view from santa cruz, where numbers will be topping out right around 70 today with some sun. the morning low clouds are back with us and looking at the warm inland temperatures, hazy sunshine for some of you, and then the cooler weather arriving for the week ahead. here is a look at san jose and temperatures overall a few degrees above where they should be, except for san francisco, 64. today we're averaging in the mid-60s, average high 66, otherwise anywhere from two to three degrees warmer than

average and you see today over in livermore at the airport, maybe about 92 degrees. so looking at a pretty nice spread from the coast to our inland valleys. 83 today for you in santa clara, looking at mid 80s once again in san jose. 81 redwood city, that sea breeze throughout the afternoon, low 70s in millbrae, 75 in san mateo. 64 downtown, looking at the cloudy weather closer to the sunset, in the mid 80s for santa rosa. east bay numbers from the low 70s oakland and berkeley, upper 70s out towards union city. ahead inland we have 80s here and also some low 90s. temperatures will be in and around mid 80s san ramon valley to about 90 in concord. the accuweather seven-day forecast temperatures will come down just a little bit as we get through the middle of the week, allowing for numbers to be below average by tuesday and wednesday, and then looking at numbers getting a little bit warmer by the end of the week.

aids walk, liz, today, check it out at 415-615-walk, still time to get in there, make some donations. it's going to be cloudy out there, and cool, temperatures mainly in the 60s. of course it's virtual but we will be looking at brighter weather in the city with the sea breeze later on today. >> should be a great event. thank you, lisa. you've surely heard the term by now mask me or mask acne, it is one of the terms we're getting used to during the pandemic with us wearing masks as much as possible we needed ways to keep our skin clear. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to a leading dermatologist to get some advice. >> i am all about wearing my mask every single day, but i definitely have been dealing with some breakouts in this specific area and i've heard so many people complai about the same problem. i came to an expert to work on some solutions. >> you're really breaking up. >> reporter: dr. kathy fields i

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> i feel like i'm taking a risk definitely but we're taking a risk every day we can't get an payment appointment and can't get results. >> a bay area man is tired of waiting for his covid-19 test results. he's taking drastic measures to get some answers. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, july 19th. i'm liz kreutz. thanks for joining us. we're going to have much more on exactly what that man is going to do to try to get test results faster. let's start with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, everybody. we are certainly looking at low clouds and fog extending all the way inland, and that means a cooler day for some, as we look at live doppler 7, you can see it along the coast. here is a look from volmer peak. the marine lay we are us with 57 in san francisco. 61 in mountain view. it's 55 on