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good evening and thanks so much for joining us. i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. there are currently 925 inmates with confirmed cases of coronavirus at san quentin in marin county. more than 1,000 inmates have recovered from the virus. 234 employees have also tested positive. army veteran and correction sergeant gilbert polanco is a south bay native and one of those employees. we talked to his son who is currently an army soldier serving overseas. this is gisep against covid-19 in a bay area hospital. >> today he said that his numbers are getting a lot better. and it just made us so happy to hear that. >> reporter: currently he is heavily sedated and on life support. something that is heartbreaking to his son, private first-class

vincent who is following his father's footsteps and serving in south korea. >> that really affects me. >> reporter: polanco was admitted to the hospital on july 3rd shortly after his daughter selena was diagnosed with covid-19. then after that his wife was diagnosed with the virus. the two had their own battles but are doing well today. they are frustrated about the spread in san quentin, their focus is what comes next. >> now we just need to deal wit best solution at this point and keep everyone safe. >> reporter: vincent says wrestling is part of his training. something that reminds him of his dad. >> when i used to w dad's always been there watching my corner. >> reporter: he still remembers his last conversation with his father and hopes his dad was

correct. >> he's on the ventilator now. and before he was on any of that, like, he just told me he's going to be okay, and i'm going to get through this. >> and the community has certainly come up big for sergeant polanco. there was a goal of raising at least $25,000. at last check they had raised more than $55,000. >> we will have a link to that gofundme page on that website at abc7news.com. this afternoon at san quentin, faith leaders honor t i h crisi. the group held signs, some demanding that governor newsom critical thing of his legacy that's happening right now in his term. he said he was against the death penalty, that he wanted a iallyei d>> the gerno annncier

8,000 prisoners would be released. here's a look at covid-19 across the state now. the latest state numbers released today show california's seven-day average of new cases is more than 9,100 per day. that is an increase of 463 cases from the previous week's average. testing is expanding in the state, and an increase in cases is expected, keep in mind. there have been 7,685 covid-19 deaths in california since the start of the pandemic. in the bay area, there are at least 41,000 cases and 698 deaths. new test sites are opening this week in alameda and santa clara counties. during this coronavirus pandemic, we're focusing our efforts to build a better bay ulta now hair

salons, nail salons and gyms have been open. san mateo is the only bay area county not on the state's covid-19 watchlist. but as abc7's luz pena reports, that could change in a matter of days and force those businesses to close once again. >> reporter: san mateo county houses of worship gyms, nails, and hair salons have been holding on by a hair. >> we're lucky, but i don't think we'll be able to stay that long. >> we have to do the temperature check and have to do the sanitizer. >> reporter: they've been doing everything in their power to help the county contain the covid-19 spread and stay open. >> disinfecting in between clients. so we have to even make our time spot schedule longer. >> reporter: but that could change very soon. san mateo county's projected to make the covid-19 state watch list in the upcoming days. >> our numbers are trending in

the wrong direction. make no mistake about it. we suspect that it'll be tuesday of this week. >> reporter: health officials are tracking these numbers. countywide, san mateo has 4,465 covid-19 cases, and 114 deaths. accordi according to this county supervisor, this county was excelling. but what got them was a sudden increase in new cases last week. >> the threshold is for all 58 counties in the state of california. anything over a hundred for 100,000 cases that puts you on the watch list. our number right now in that category today is 121. >> reporter: once on the state watch list, businesses and certain sectors like beauty clo the county sees a decrease in cases. for now, many are enjoying the short back-to-normal phase until it's time to close again. in san mateo county, luz pena,

abc7 news. >> in san francisco, re-opening has hit the brakes. the city is the latest to officially land on the state's watch list. that means rollbacks. starting tomorrow nonessential offices and indoor malls must close. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story. andy just reopened his boutique in july after being shut down since march. >> it's kindsafety's first, i guess. >> reporter: this mall has been the anchor of japan town for 53 years. dozens of long f peo are saying they won't be able to suste the mall. >> if this is what we got to do, we got to do it. it's for people's health and everything. >> reporter: indoor malls and nonessential offices must close

because san francisco made the state's watch list due to a significant increase in covid-19 infections and hospitalizations. >> and if conditions in our city don't improve, we can also choose to close additional wesinesses and activities as ls preparing to san m close. saiid just reopened his perfume store only yesterday. how are you feeling about all home. >> reporter: they fear many businesses can't afford another closure and re-opening. >> we've done over 47% of our chamber business members have said that they've lost 100% of sales or shut down permanently. >> reporter: back here at japan center, majorityo allow curbsid pickup for the restaurants

inside this mall. they are still waiting for an answer. well, tomorrow we are expecting new covid-19 testing requirements in san francisco. city officials say they'll enact a new health order calling for private health care providers to those health ce providers wil bed to offer teg with som covid-19 or tho cl infected person. we do want to help clear up all of this confusion. so to keep track of what's open and what's closed in each county here in the bay area, you can head to abc7news.com. there, we are continually updating this interactive map so you can find your answers with just one click. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, a glimmer of hope for the financially strapped cal train. the letter saying voters should be able to decide on funding. and musicians took part in this year's san franciscove wen

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oakland's community foods market is temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for covid-19 today. the market's management says they have reason to believe other employees may have been exposed as well. r i s tomorrow the store will the alameda county health department. a group of seven elected leaders joined forces today urging voters to keep cal train

rushing. san francisco's board of supervisors last week rejected putting the tax on the ballot. cal train depends o during the pandemic. >> all you're going to see is increased traffic congestion and people getting angry on the road and greenhouse gas emissions going up. >> some s bigger priorities than sales tax. this was the last night for the cliff house for at least a while. the san francisco landmark says it is ending its takeout service effective tomorrow. the restaurant had been preparing to reopen for indoor dining, but that was put on hold after a spike in coronavirus mo. in a letter posted on facebook, the restaurant said it's decided to hang onto their remaining resources until they can reopen at some point in the future. aids walk san francisco went

virtual for the first time in it but some were able to team up to help fight hiv and aids. >> it's the first time that aids walk new york and aidsci walk s. >> she wasn't the only taking part in this year's aids wa >> the same covid-19 fears that forced these big-name entertainers to give up touring made them available to take on another deadly virus. here in san francisco, dan ashley hosted the local portion and introduced us to local aids activists who are trying hard to overcome the factors that can contribute to hiv. >> mental health, substance

abuse, homelessness and profit. >> reporter: the crowds of 20,000 walkers may have been absent. but one thing has not changed. the generosity of people on both coasts. >> because of you aids walk san francisco and aids walk new york have already raised with el over $2 million. >> and ross mathews was the joint host of the program in both ends of america. and they raised $2.5 million. >> very impressive. and that number continues to climb. all right. shifting gears now, getting to the weather. things on the cooling trend, drew tuma. >> yep. that's exactly right. we found cooler weather today compared to yesterday. some five to 15 degrees cooler today. and that trend we will continue over the next couple of days. live doppler 7 along with satellite tonight, we've got a deepening marine layer. fog already ushered itself over the city and now it's pushing to the east bay, the north bay and the south bay.

we will have a pretty expansive network of cloud cover first thing in the morning tomorrow. it's still a bit breezy out there. not as strong as the winds were earlier today. you can see fairfield still gusting to 31 miles per hour. and that's going to act kind of like a vacuum tonight and suck some of that fog in from the coast and move it inland tonight. that will keep temperatures on the cool side tomorrow as well. the 24-hour temperature change right now, we're actually a few degrees cooler than we were this time last night. so, numbers pretty nice sleeping weather tonight. 50s and 60s. 58 in the city. we're down to 60 in palo alto. 58 in napa. a little bit warmer than that coming in at about 69 degrees. so here's live doppler 7. we have an area of low pressure right off our coast line that is developing as we speak. you can kind of see that counter clockwise flow in the cloud cover offshore. and that is helping to keep our marine layer pretty deep toures, slightly

below average for this time of the year. so overnight tonight it is a pretty cloudy night for a lot of us. numbers falling into the low and mid-50s as we start tomorrow morning. so, future weather we'll show you as we go hour by hour, we'll stop the clock at 7:00 in the morning. and there you can see a fair amount of cloud cover. most of us dealing with mostly cloudy skies first thing. it looks like it'll take some we do expect sunny skies. but that slow reveal of sunshine will keep temperatures slightly below average. 7 in san jose tomorrow. a little bit warmer at 84. along the peninsula tomorrow 75. for palo alto, 68 for san mateo. 67 the high. downtown san francisco a little bit of afternoon sunshine a lot of cloud cover, 63 downtown, 63 and breezy in daly city. the north bay is warm but not

too hot for this time of year. about 76 the high inaluma. 69 in berkeley with morning fog to afternoon sunshine. 75 in fremont. and then tomorrow pretty comfortable. 81 for walnut creek. 86 in pittsburg. so, the accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll keep that trend of morning fog to afternoon sunshine. numbers dip all the way through wednesday where we actually track some morning coastal drizzle mid-week around here. a lot of cloud cover. and then numbers slowly bounce back. but next weekend it's not too hot. >> that's not bad. we'll take that. drew, thank you. well, still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, finding the value of karens. i'm sharing lessons learned of

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we are living in an age where videos of people behaving poorly travel at the speed of light on social media and then become news. but should it be? what is the role of journalists in this caught-on-camera craze. i bring you this reading of my op-ed which appears in the "san francisco chronicle." my world has become consumed with karens and their male equivalents, people caught on camera or in photos and emails displaying various degrees of poor, often racist-fueled behavior. the laney college professor who

asked a vietnamese-american student to anglicize her name, claiming it sounded like an expletive. and the male offender later seen assaulting a bystander who tried vel mre companies asiaanil k t them on a hike. the news landscape has clearly entered into brand new territory. there was a period of two weeks when five out of six of my stories involved people behaving badly on camera. the audience's voracious conten i for kin outrage. >> want to say that again? >> no one wants "black lives matter." that's what i said. >> the more emotions are stoked, the more the story is shared. now admittedly part of me enjoyed the dopamine hit of me

breaking a story knowing it would go viral and the satisfaction of on theion' website. this never happened when i was reporting on a city council meeting. but during the fast and furious pace at whichy inundated with new karen leads, i questioned my role in this new candid camera 2.0. was i just repurposing this boorish behavior into a two-minute piece of entertainment disguised as news? then i received a message that helped answer the question. it was from another educator at school took new measures to help teachers pronounce student names. i felt a surge of pride knowing the content i was presenting to the bay area was more than just a novelty but held the power to enact a change that would hopefully prevent others fromti

na, andonthlty parties quickly lost their jobs and the consequences of being publicly lambasted seemed to from repeating their actions, or, so we hope. but in order for us as journalists to avoid the dangerous slide of becoming tabloid tv, we must assess each case with an enhanced level ofd amplifies boorish behavior without adding context, we must go beyond the superficial shock and awe. brazen video captured the moment a man -- this is all to hit the hasty digital gold mine and we need to dig a bit deeper into our reporting. what did the interaction entail before the camera started rolling? >> and you don't know if i live here or if this is my property. >> we actually do know.

>> and a racist rant toward a filipino-american family. did a man slash a woman's car tires in martinez because ofpos the "black lives matter" movement or for another reason? these are not questions that could be answered with a click of a like or share button. if we as journalists fail to answer these questions or ask and can't find the answers ourselves, the story should not be considered news. if we make this ethical promise to exercise heightened responsibility for this new breed of storytelling, i hope consumers of this content can understand the importance of context during consumption. the mso inform and empower. if we take the time to add original reporting and context to caught-on-camera karen moments, we can use this new breed of storytelling to enhance the public's understanding of a critical time in our culture. you can read my op-ed online and in today's edition of the san

francisco chronicle. and i'd love to hear what you think. you can find me on instagram and facebook and twitter. i'm dion lim will have tv. more on the coronavirus pandemic. the debate over funding for contact tracing and testing heats up between the president and his own party. and tributes continue to pour in for congressman john

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>> once again, thanks for staying with us. i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. and the 925 inmates with confirmed cases of covid-19. that's at san quentin prison in marin county. more than a thousand inmates have recovered. but 234 employees have tested among them, army veteran and corrections sergeant gilbert polanco. his family is telling us he is showing some improvement but remains on life support. san mateo county is the only bay area county not on the state's covid-19 watch list. but their case numbers are trending up and he expects the county will be added to the state's watch list on tuesday. in san francisco, nonessential offices and indoor malls must close starting tomorrow. among them, the westfield san francisco center on market street. the san francisco chamber of commerce says more than 47% of the members have lost 100% of sales or have shut down

permanently. america's covid-19 death toll climbed past 140,000 today. and there's aos resist debate is also erupting washington, d.c. over spending more money to fight the pandemic. abc7 news reporter meghan tells us more. >> reporter: the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. nearly 64,000 new cases reported today. numbers rising in 80% of states across t across the u.s., prompting los angeles's mayor to issue a second stay-at-home order. >> we have to be as vigilant as the first day. >> reporter: in texas, medical facilities stretched so thin, refrigerated mobile morgues now line this street in el paso. >> there are going to be deaths and we have to plan ahead for that. it would be irresponsible for us not to plan for that. >> reporter: texas, one of the

new states that set records for the daily death count, but the daily death count is rising in more than half the country. >> i will be right eventually. i said it's going to disappear. i'll say it again, it's going to disappear. >> president trump seeming to downplay the virus on sunday and disputing the u.s. mortality rate which is higher than russia and about tied with brazil according to john hopkins university. te kayleigh's rhtre iea we have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere in the world. >> reporter: the need for more testing met with resistance from the white house. the trump administration is at odds with senate pushing to block billions of dollars from testing and contact tracing as well as funds for the cdc and nih. >> apparently, the opening bid from the white house was a bit surprising, certainly for many

of us who are certainly hoping to see more in the way of support. >> reporter: a white house official claiming the president is fully committed to a robust aid package that addresses real needs, adding there have been no negotiations to date. abc7 news, san diego. >> in that eff t rename. military bases. one of those bases, fort bragg, north carolina, was named after braxton bragg who served as a confederate general during the civil war. >> go to that community where fort bragg is. and i love that state. bragg and then what are regoing to name it? are you going to name it after the reverend al sharpton? >> fort bragg in mendocino county is also named for the confederate general. the city formed a commission last month to look into changing its name.

lives matter" march. there was a small group of counterprotesters but they stayed in the town plaza area. the march was peaceful but caused traffic to back up in both directions. drivers are being asked to avoid santa cruz avenue and main street. dozens of activists marched in san francisco today calling on city leaders to disband the police department. >> the group began its protest, which ended about a mile away at richmond police station. the union representing san francisco police officers called the proposal, quote, reckless and said, quote, disbanding police departments would be a dream come true for gang members and criminals. a new black lives matter street mural was dedicated at the gardens at lake maret afternoon.

members of the tgi justice project and the et solidarity to dismantle systemic oppression. the family of john lewis spoke today for the first time since the congressman's death on friday. >> while we grieve the loss of this legend, we are blessed to know that he touched so many people on every corner of the globe. he fought until the very end. that was my big brother. he was a fighter with a tenacious spirit. bu kindhearted. >> tonight, there are nearly a half million signatures on a petition to rename the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, the john lewis bridge. he was beaten and suffered a skull fracture on the bridge given by an alabama state trooper during a protest march.

pettus was a confederate general and kkk leader. coming up on abc7 news at 11:00. tracking fog tonight and a cooler day tomorrow. i'll have the details coming up. coming up in sports, baseball is almost back. we'll preview the bay bridge series. plus, moving on. t s mls'

now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the san jose earthquakes took the field tonight with a simple goal, win and advance to the knockout win. the quakes taking out chicago fc in the mls's back tournament. another brutally hot evening in orlando. 86% miaerfectpass.

and core withis left. 1-0, san jose just two minutes later, chicago looking to answer. but daniel vega is there to deny robert barich the goal. chris, his 161st career major league soccer goal. san jose wins their group and the game 2-0. they'll play next in the round of 16. well, eight weeks from today marks the first full nfl sunday. but can we get qn as apected t . players took to twitter today with the hashtag we want to play. they cited their league's lack n for players' safety and health protocols. a's and giants will play two exhibition games for the bay bridge series. one in oakland, one in san francisco. that gets started tomro a theoliseu

good final two before the games count for real. >> it's important that we do get to play a couple of games against another team that'll feel like a real game as opposed to what we've been doing. because our guys are starting to tire a little bit in this format. >> for now we're pretty excited that opening day is coming, that we have a real exhibition series to look forward to. and it's right around the corner. >> the intensity, you know, is like one final tuneup before the regular season starts. it's going to be huge. >> should be a lot of fun. weather a factor in the final round of the memorial tour on 16 for birdie. the pga tour did review it because the ball appeared to have moved a little before he shook that shot. two-shot penalty. he picks up the win at 9 under

and takes over in texas, small f fans in the stands to watch this race. that'll bring on the red flag. should be a lot of fun. giants and a's, that's a look at sports. let's send it back to you. >> national ice cream day. and of course it wasn't that hot out there. so how does that make sense? >> i mean, i think we can eat ice cream no matter what the temperature, drew. >> yeah. i think that's totally right. does not matter the temperature. but it does feel nice to eat ice cream on a hot day. it was a cooler finish to the weekend. and tonight we're tracking fog rolling on back in. temps in the low to mid-50s tonight. about 7:00 in the morning we're starting out with that gray summer sky for a lot of us. and it looks like the marine layer will be slow to pull back to the coast. but by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, a lot of us are

seeing sunshine. highs tomorrow 63 in the city. 70 in oakland, just slightly below average for rosa. 82 the high in concord. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. cooling trend continues the next couple of days. you'll find some morning drizzle possible wednesday along the coast with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. and then we'll bounce back for the upcoming weekend saturday and sunday. >> well, "jeopardy" host alex trebek's memoir is coming up on tuesday. he talks about his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. he gave us an update on his health. >> i'm doing well. i've been continuing my treatment. and it is paying off, though it does fatigue me a great deal. my numbers are good. i'm feeling great. in fact, during the break from the studio, i even wrote a book.

>> he's such an overachiever. he looks great, loving the beard. that book is titled "the answer is reflections on my wife." tune into "good morning morning america" at 7:00 a.m. and tomorrow night at abc7, tune in for jeopardy. >> coming up on abc7 news at 11:00, a little boy bored during the pandemic started keeping a watchful eye on the ups

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too, i want one too. and i'm, like, oh. you know, it felt like -- i felt like i couldn't do anything at the time, but i'm, like, let me. >> reporter: he decided to rummage around for something to deliver, leaving this note for his parents promising a special delivery the next day. inside the special delivery, toy racecars and candy. >> he made me feel special. >> reporter: hector's explanation was simple but profound. he said the world didn't give my wife and i any boys. it's not only my kids going through this epidemic. >> you just try to do your best to show him that, hey, you're not alone. alhere together. >> it's been a really meaningful special message to many of our friends and family right now. so, it means a lot.

>> for him to be that busy and still be that thoughtful just says a lot for him as a person, especially as a dad, it says a wheels and kindness. >> that was veronica miracle reporting. and, eric, i love that these small acts of kindness can show up anywhere you turn. >> goo we can

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