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communities of color in many major cities face higher demand than sites in whiter or wealthier areas in those same cities. dan noyes is live with his exclusive report. dan? >> reporter: dan, our new study shows where you live and how much money you make could determine how easy it is to get a covid-19 test. but there are some exceptions in the bay area. the review of testing sites across the country by 5:38 and stoegss such as abc7 show people of color, especially black and hispanic center are likely to have longer waits. we looked at the number of sites and the number of people living nearest them. in los angeles, for example, test sites serving mostly whack neighborhoods were 26% busier than those serving white neighborhoods and those serving majority hispanic neighborhoods were 9% busier.
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in the bay area our analysis found that sites serving mostly hispanic neighborhoods were 20% busier than those serving white neighborhoods. >> it's not too surprising. >> reporter: he's professor of public health at uc berkeley. >> this country has a long history of disparities in health care and access to health care with poor people and communities of people of color having less access. >> reporter: he said one factor driving longer wait times in hispanic neighborhoods is that they a rates of infection and presumably eager to get testing. but two cities buck that national trend, we found. in san francisco and oakland, testing locations near mostly black census blacks were an estimate 21% less busy. in the mostly hispanic neighborhoods, they were about 4% less busy. the san francisco department of public health e-mailed a statement that reads in part the results don't square with our
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perception of the situation or what we are hearing from the community. i am afraid it is pre mature to declare victory. i also spoke with mayor libby schaaf about how oakland has addressed the issue. was it a surprise to you? >> it was encouraging. i want to say that we have worked with so many phenomenal community based partners. >> reporter: mayor schaaf said the city opened the first walk-up testing site realizing sites were a barrier for low income families. did not always require an online appointment. spoke in different languages. >> we established a covid-19 racial disparities task force immediately. we did not wait for the data to show those racial disparities because we knew about the pre-existing disparities, in the risk factors. >> reporter: for asian neighborhoods across san francisco, oakland and san jose, our analysis found almost no
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difference in testing access compared to predominantly white neighborhoods. we're posting a complete rundown of data from across the country at abc7news.com and also the full statement from the san francisco department of public health. for the i-team, abc7 news. >> all right, dan, thank you so much. juggling issues of health with racial justice and economic prosperity is part of the balancing act that is building a better bay area. today in alameda, a walk-up testing site opened and hundreds of people took advantage of it. tests were at no cost and results were given in minutes instead of days. >> reporter: there were growing papers on day one of this outdoor testing clinic at this research park in alameda. >> one of my employees. it is like building an airplane when you've already gone into flight. >> reporter: shawn is ceo of city health which is partnering
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with the city to offer the testing. check out the sheer number of people waiting. 380 made appointments. another 400 were until they couldn't accept anymore. city leaders have been waiting for the county to open in town but other places always seem to take press dense. the mayor said they couldn't wait any longer. >> for some like our seniors who may not drive long distances or people with limited mobility, it is nice to have this in your backyard. >> reporter: technicians take nasal swabs looking for the presence of covid-19 toxins. the manufacturers say they're up to 97% accurate. but the cdc and mayo clinic says in general, antigen tests are not as accurate and more likely to produce false negative. >> the results take 15 minutes. we are limited by the number of machines we have. >> reporter: that's a lot better than the week it can take from
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the county health department. >> from the time i got the results, it was maybe 30 roran lo waiting at 4:00 a.m. they got their lawn chairs, some had sleeping bags and blankets and snacks. >> reporter: and there may be more early risers camping out since the testing program will continue seven days a week through at least september 22nd. in alameda. eric thomas. abc7 news. california today passed nosh for the highest number of of cases. we have only a fraction of new york's but could that change in a few months? that's the question and what many are worried about. stephanie sierra is live with the warning that we got from officials in san francisco. >> a pretty jarring warning. dr. colfax says if these trends do not improve, we could reach a new york level crisis by late
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summer, early fall. in the meantime, mayor breed did announce big plans today to expand testing capacity across the city. >> we're going to make three major expansions. >> reporter: in an effort to curb it across the city, three maybe editions. this includes testing sites at the embarcadero site. two new pop-up test sites, one of which starts this week, and a third test site launching in august. all of this will increase the city's testing capacity by 45%. crucial help but -- >> getting tested is not a password to do whatever you want. you can still get infected at any moment. >> reporter: and we're seeing those infections rise. on average, 79 new covid cases are diagnosed in san francisco each day. >> as of tomorrow, we will have been in that red zone for a month. >> reporter: the city in the red
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zonal and on the state's watch list for a rapid increase in hospitalizations. showing a 23% increase as of today. but as dr. colfax pointed out, . >> san francisco has the hoest rate of covid-19 cases and deaths and the highest rate of testing when compared to other jurisdictions, including los angeles, seattle, denver, boston, new york. >> reporter: good perspective but it doesn't mean cases won't surge. >> as cases increase, it's plausible we could get in a new york-like situation in the late summer or early fall. >> reporter: dr. colfax pointed out, it took 38 days or the cases in san francisco to increase by 1,000. we're seeing spikes like that in just a mere 13 days. live in the newsroom. abc7 news. >> thank you very much. san francisco's famous and
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iconic ferry building must chose because of the health order. malls and counties on the state's watch list must close to reduce the spread of coronavirus. we're told the building itself will remain open. there is a farmer's mark and outdoor tables will stay at operation. restaurants with outdoor entrances can stay open. others must use delivery, curbside or online retail. 58 counties are on the watch list so where does your county stand? you can check out the entire state with our interactive feature. see not only how long each region has been on the list but why the state is keeping an eye on the spread of the coronavirus where you live. california set several coronavirus records today. the governor gave an update to address the rising concerns. liz? >> reporter: hi. yesterday we had said that this
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mile stone was imminent and here it is today. the most cases in the country. now, governor newsom expressed concerns about this but he did say we are ramping up ppe in the state and he believes the state is prepared. >> inside aware house full of ppe, the governor announced it officially. california has overtaken new york for the state with the most coronavirus cases in the country. >> now reaching north of 400,000 positive cases that we've collected here in the state of california. >> reporter: if california were a country, we would rank fifth in the world for most number of cases. eye popping, yes. but there is this important nuance. >> the highest in the nation. not highest per cam at a. not highest. in respect but nonetheless, a be reminder of why we are taking things as seriously as we are. >> reporter: emover the past 24 hours, california has hit 12,807 cases. a record in the state for the most number of cases in one day. the statewide positivity race
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continues to climb. the seven-day average now, 7.6%. and deaths are rising too. up nearly 20% over the past 14 days. >> yesterday reported 115 deaths here in the state of california. >> reporter: here in the bay area, we've reported more than 1,000 new cases overnight. a number we never started to hear since mid july. when will the reason rollbacks to reopening make a difference? >> it may take up to three, four, five weeks the feel the full impact of some of those changes that you've seen in the past couple weeks. >> reporter: these kinds of discouraging trends are in large part why the governor decided to even hold this prompbls in a ppe warehouse. despite the growing numbers, he said we haven't seen an overwhelmed health care system because the state is prerpared. he asked us all to do our part and even gave president trump a mention. >> i want to applaud the
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president and others for now wearing a mask and sending a message. i expect that will have an impact. >> as we mentioned, 35 of california's 58 counties are on the state's watch list. that accounts for 91% of the state's population. live in marin. abc 7 news. another numbers question for you. so california saw 12,000 cases in one day. only 1,000 from the bay area though. where are all the other cases coming from? >> yeah. a lot of math. a lot of numbers. a lot of the cases, the bulk of the cases we're seeing are in southern california. particularly in l.a. county. over the past 24 hours, they reported more than 3,000 new cases. so about three times what we're seeing here in the bay area. 60% of their cases there are among young people and they're seeing a rise in hospitalizations among young people as well. >> thank you.
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? some hospitals unable to get new n-95 masks have been seconding their used masks to a facility to decontaminate them for free. the governor is encouraging this. it is paid for by the federal government. a look at the technology and explains why one of the largest nurses unions in the state doesn't approve of this process. >> reporter: this machine pumps hydrogen peroxide into an air tight container full of used n-95 masks. >> it will produce water vapor inside. it looks like when you take a shower. it is saturating them and killing the viruses on them. >> reporter: the masks spend about four hours in this room soaking in the solution before getting aired out. staff in full ppe gear inspect the masks before shipping them out again. all within 72 hours. >> we always suggest the health care providers, the first responders, have a brands new mask every day. but we're in a pandemic and
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there's an extreme shortage of ppe currently. until the supply chain picks up and catches up to our current need, this is a solution. >> reporter: it is approved by the cdc and authorized by the fda. health care workers from all over the bay area have signed up to use the free service. but earlier this month the california nurses association sent this letter to the governor. we respect any request that the state no longer allow use of the battelle system and similar systems. adding that they believe it doesn't effectively kill the virus or prevent damage to the mask. they also took issue with the use of hydrogen peroxide. >> the testing we did in our lab with you a worst case scenario simulating an actual exposure to the sars virus with a cough or an aerosol event. and we proved that we could inactivate the virus. our sveum is we're happy to talk with you, share the data with
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you. we think we have extremely sound process backed up by data. >> reporter: at the fremont facility, they've decontaminated 90,000 masks. nationwide, 1.5 million. they intend to keep going as long as there is a need. abc7 news. we talk a lot about bebldsing the curve of coronavirus cases. what about bending the arc? the arc of justice? to end the death penalty. that's what you get when you call the e.d.d. for benefits and it's why people are now calling michael finney. i'm spencer christian. our temperatures will be a little up and down the next few days but mainly up over the days but mainly up over the weekend. (birds chirping)ing) - [narrator] order (family gasps) rewarded with a side of quiet.
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a video of federal troops beating with black lives matter is getting a lot of attention. today this got a lot of attention on today's episode of getting answers. >> i wanted to go down there and ask the officers, the federal officers, why they were violating their oath to the constitution. i just wanted to ask them a question. so i decided to go down there and put on my navy gear so as a way of trying to identify myself as a veteran. and i was hoping on the other side, there would be veterans as well and maybe it would give them pause long enough that we could have a conversation. that was a complete mistake. they didn't care. >> david says his hand was broken in the beating. he's not deterred. he says he now wants to create the wall of vets at the protest site. in santa clara county, jeff rosen has unveiled new reform plan to address racial inequality in the criminal justice system. this includes abandoning his
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pursuit of the death penalty in all cases that his office prosecutes. chris nguyen has more on this changing policy. >> reporter: following the public outcry over the killing of george floyd, santa clara district attorney jeff rosen has unveiled a series of reforms focused on racial equity and oversight. >> it has changed our country and our community. it has changed my office. it has changed me. >> reporter: rosen announced he would no longer seek the death penalty moving forward. his office previously charged four capital punishment cases during his tenure as district attorney although none have resulted in a death sentence. >> i am proposing these reforms to pose as a bridge and to strengthen the trust between law enforcement and the people we serve. which is essential for the health and well being of our democracy. >> reporter: santa clara university says research shows
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it doesn't prevent crime. she's glad he has changed his prosecution philosophy. >> once someone in law enforcement acknowledges we have a problem, then solutions are possible. then conversations can begin. then ideas can be, if it is encouraged and exchanged. >> reporter: in addition to a slew of outreach initiatives, she intends to have a police investigative unit. the daflt's office man's to back away from prosecuting minor crimes. his team has stand alone resisting arrest charges. the move was criticized by the head of the san jose police union. >> as of today, those officers on the street, not only the city of san jose but the count, they're less safe. their target just became bigger. >> reporter: he responded by saying these changes would help to de-escalate tensions. social justice groups say the reforms are a step in the right direction but more needs to be
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fortunately nobody was hurt there. let's turn to our weather. i think we're waiting for a warm-up. >> we are, indeed. it's been a little cool but nice nonetheless. >> that's true. it has been cool for most of this week. cooler than average but pleasant. we have majorly sunny skies. the low clouds and fog are building. it is pretty breezy out there. we have wind speeds up to 20 miles an hour, gusts to 33 at fairfield. so breezy evening but a pleasant one. this is the view from emeryville. you can see the fog rolling on in. 63 in fran right now, oakland, 69, 75 at mountain view and only 67 at pacifica. this is the view from mt. tam. other temperature readings, 69 in santa rosa, which is pretty cool for this time of day.
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we have napa, 68, 77 at fairfield and concord and livermore are both at 74 degrees. and as we look along the embarcadero, these are our forecast features. tomorrow we get off to a foggy start in the morning hours. maybe even a patchy drizzle. up and down temperature readings. do you mean friday but then a warmer, more july-like pattern. we'll settle into the weekend and that will carry us the upper level low has brought in the cooling influence of the marine layer, enough moisture to produce a couple of morning drizzle liz the last couple days. that will be pushing inland over the next couple days. a ridge of high pressure will build in behind it. that will bring in a string of sunnier days. overnight, the surge of low clouds and fog and the flecks of green indicate where we might see some drizzle. low temperatures during the
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overnight hours will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. so it will be relevantly mild overnight despite the presence of the fog. then tomorrow, look for mainly soinl skies. the high temperatures will range from mid 60s at the coast under breezy conditions to mid to upper 70s right along the bay shoreline to mid to upper 80s in the warmest inland spots. if you want to get even warmer, go farther north. 90 at lake port and it will be breezy and cooler than it will be tomorrow. then the temperatures bounce right back up to low 90s inland. upper 70s along the bay. and that pattern, that range of temperatures will stay with us all way into and perhaps even beyond the middle of next week. looking pretty good. >> definitely. i think we agree. thank you. well, evictions on hold
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because of the pandemic but won't last forever. when the rules change, thousands of families could be out of their homes. tonight we're looking at what could help them. why are thousands of unemployed workers unable to get their edd benefits? i'm michael finney and 7 on your side investigates in a couple of moments. and also, tomorrow, join me at 5:15 for my special town hall cry for help. you will hear the frustrations of bay area folks trying to get unemployment benefits and discuss possible solutions with two lawmakers and an hr manager. we'll be talking for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub?
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>> tonight we have a deeper look at what went wrong at edd and the financial dispair it caused for so many. michael? >> reporter: ama, dan, look. help was supposed to come quick. instead in many cases, it never came at all. it is leaving people up at night concerned. how are they going to make it? >> covid-19 has created a big increase in the number of calls. we are here to help you. >> reporter: she is on the edd helpline, going around in circles. >> press 2. >> reporter: she's been trying for hours, weeks, months, to reach somebody. anybody at edd. >> press 5. otherwise, press 2. >> i don't know which option to pick. >> reporter: none of the choices seem likely to help. >> please make an entry or your call will be disconnected. >> they tell you right then and there. you're not going to talk to anybody. >> reporter: she was laid off from her marshalling job for
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napa valley wineries. she made one mistake on her edd form. it seemed minor. it proved fatal. >> i made an error on a date by one day. >> reporter: she was laid off on the 22nd. not the 21st. she e-mailed edd right away to fix it. instead, edd said she made a false statement. slapped her with penalties. she's received no benefits at all. >> i made a mistake. i owned my mistake. and now you're penalizing me for this? it is hurtful. i truly try to live my life by doing the right thing. >> i had lots of bookings for this >>ep cqueline feng w jt taking off when the pandemic hit. in her edd application, she admitted, she isn't working. it's not possible. >> face painting, you can't have the mask and do any amount of their face that will be significant, plus you have to be
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closer than six feet away from them. >> reporter: workers are eligible for benefits. yet, edd disqualified her. no explanation. no money. at age 74, she's struggling. >> definitely running out of money and desperately need to find a way to get ahold of the edd to get this to go through. >> reporter: which she is still trying to do. >> please make an entry or your call will be disconnected. the number you entered -- >> i must have called them hundreds of times. >> reporter: melissa gutierrez was laid off as a bar tender when the pandemic forced local bars to shut down. yet she was disqualified, too. >> and i had no idea why. >> reporter: she's haunted by one answer she put on her edd form. >> they asked me if i was able to go find work and i put no. because shelter-in-place. >> reporter: baltimore her fatal mistake? >> i wrote them an email. even hand written letters. >> reporter: no response from edd. >> all our representatives are
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busy at this time. >> reporter: which brings us back to ima. she's now trying to new edd helpline. after 26 minutes on hold -- >> please stay on the line and the first available representative will help you. >> reporter: a real voice! >> why does your system say i made wrong statements and penalized me and why have i not been able to -- you have no idea? >> reporter: it turns out the new help line is only for tech support. >> as you can imagine, this is extremely frustrating. >> reporter: we asked the edd why these folks who seem so clearly eligible to us are not receiving their benefits. 'll tkc ually got a re. responses on a report on friday. tomorrow, at 3:00, we're doing an interview with the spokeswoman for the edd and we will continue our reporting at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. please join us. >> all right. so frustrating.
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the clock is tiging on federal under employment benefits. millions of unemployed americans have been getting benefits. it has been an economic high of line for people who lost their jobs because of the pandemic but the benefits expire at the end of this week. haums are working on a possible extension. one in five rentalers could lose their home. >> there are only three weeks left until the august work period and republicans are still in the opening phases of preparing their bill? we don't have time for this mess that the republicans are in. >> democrats want the deal to include funding for more testing. the president has pushed for a tax cut. there is a question about the ballooning price tag. there is a political divide over the way americans view the health impact of covid-19. a new pew poll found 85% of democrats say it is a major health let the. only 46% of republicans see it that way.
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45% of republicans say it is a minor health threat. ten ants and landlords are facing a tough time. the economy is a critical component of our focus on building a better bay area. david louie looks at what some are calling a ticking time bomb as tenants face eviction for not paying their rental. >> reporter: an estimated 43,000 households could be facing eviction as they slip four months behind in rent because they lost their jobs. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: she said she's been served with eviction notices. mostly latino and black families have been facing a situation that is a ticking time bomb by working partnerships usa. ? it's not too late for policy makers to prevent this result and we have time to stabilize our families. >> reporter: santa clara county passed an evict moratorium but
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it ends next month. and people are choosing to buy food and internet service for distance learning over rental. >> tenants will not be able to pay the tens of thousands in back rent that they will be facing in the six months to a year that the county ordinance requires. >> reporter: property owners are victims of the pandemic without rent collections to pay their mortgages. >> we don't want people to go homeless. we want to make sure that there is housing for everybody. and we want to make sure that the tenants have the assistance they need to pay their rent and not slip further into debt. >> reporter: but it's not clear. >> counties don't print money. states don't print money. only the federal government does. so their willingness to step in and may a leadership role is critical. >> reporter: the nonprofit destination home has raised $35
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million. it is anticipating it will need even more donations. >> if you're dealing with issues like eviction during this pandemic as so many are, we are here to help. go to abc7news.com. you will see a button labeled covid-19 help information and resources. the pandemic is exposing many inequalities and perhaps the most is an area called the canal. and next, the
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to building a better bay area. we covered around social justice is a part of that. today the legacy of john muir is in question over what the sierra club is calling racist writing and friendships. >> reporter: environmentalist john muir is being scrutinized under a 2020 spotlight. he founded the sierra club 128 years ago. today they issued a statement saying, they're going to reexamine our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy. they cited his friendships with people who believed in eugenics and said he made derogatory comments about black people and indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful raitt stereo times. >> his legacy is things like the national park service, setting aside sites like yosemite and sequoia but also what he was doing at the time and the society he was living in. >> there was still a degree of
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racism to muir, even though he was so enlightened in so many other ways. >> the environmentalist wrote with his friendship with teddy roosevelt whose statue is now coming down at the museum of natural history. so what impact could those revelations have on june muir's legacy? could his name be removed from parks and buildings around the bay area? >> john muir is like george washington and abraham lincoln. he is for the ages. muir's name will stay. there may be though at muir woods, an explanation that he was not a perfect human being. in some ways, he was a hostage to his time and was not a true progressive in today's sense when it comes to racial equal. >> this is not a movement to get rid of his name or his place in history. it is more of coming to terms and recognizing that we are an
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as part of our ongoing effort to build a better bay area, we are exploring issues of race and social justice. how in so many important ways, this pandemic is bringing systemic inequities to life. in california, for example, latinos make up more than 50% of covid-19 cases. in marin county, latinos account for nearly 80% of the cases
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despite being only 16% of the population. there's one neighborhood in particular that is bearing the brunnel. here's liz and the photo journalist with the story. >> reporter: in marin county, coronavirus cases are on the rise. san quentin prison has the largest outbreak. but take those numbers out of the equation and more than half of all the cases in the county are concentrated here. nestled between some of the wealthiest in the country -- the canal looks and feels a lot different than much of its neighboring communities. it is 80% latino and largely low income. you won't find the mansions here. rather, the densely crowded apartments of the workers. she is an immigrant from guatemala who works as a housekeeper and lives in a three
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bedroom apartment in the canal with nine of her family members including two of her children with underlying health conditions. she and her husband recently both had coronavirus. she has since tested negative. when she got her results, she let her clients know. >> i home you are well. you and your family. others asked, why? didn't you take care of yourself? they want to know how and where did we get infected? we only go to work and get gas and buy our food. it was very difficult to finds out we were positive. >> reporter: she still doesn't know exactly where she became infected but she does know she's part of a broader story. latinos make up just 16% of the population. yet they currently know for roughly 80% of all the county's cases. it is the largest racial disparity in the bay area. >> our land scapers, our construction workers.
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in some ways, the virus is a truth teller around inequities. >> reporter: if there's one person working to bridge these inequities, it is the ceo of a small community organization called the canal alliance. because this area is such a hot spot, the county has strategically set up testing sites but there are challenges. you can see the long lines of people here today. some people saying they showed up at 7:00 in the morning. six hours before the site open. and there are not enough tests. >> i tell people, all the tests for today, a lot of people will be disappointed. it is what it is. we cannot control how many per day. >> omar says their site gives between 80 and 120 tests twice a week and it is never enough. >> reporter: i asked for help. marin county called me. they said you tested positive.
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you need to be home. get away from your family. get away from your children. i can't leave my children. where was i going to go? i need food for my children. or to pay the rent. don't worry, he told me. tomorrow we're going to help you. what did they bring me? a potato, two squash, expired grounds beef for hamburgers. what could i do with those things? >> reporter: the county says they are working on solutions, ramping up testing and offering income supplementation and housing to those who test positive. important steps but as omar has seen first hand, not only perfect ones in practice. >> this idea that i stay home safe and shelter myself. i don't care about what's happening around me. that's the wrong perception. because we are so interconnected. what the pandemic has done to all of us has shown if one
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person in our community is not safe, nobody is going to be safe. so the canal problems are marin county problems. >> you can watch more in depth reporting through abc7's new streaming app. look for it on apple tv, fire tv and rok you. just search abc7 bay area and down load it for free. some great material on there for to you everybonjoy and learn fr. let's turn to the forecast. i don't mind it a little cool. we don't get that often in july. >> yeah. i don't mind either. apparently we don't have a choice, right, spencer? >> that's true, too. c still our you. i prefer it the way it is now. we've got mainly sunny skies. we'll see fog surging across the bay and inland during the overnight hours. the temperatures will be majorly in the mid to upper 50s.
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even with the presence of fog, it won't be a cool night. it will be mainly mild. tomorrow by afternoon, we'll have sunny skies away from the coast and high temperatures will range from mid 60s at the coast to mainly mid to upper 70s along the bay shoreline and upper 80s. here's the accuweather forecast. friday it will cool down again but just for one day. breezy and cooler. them starting on the weekend, we'll see a steady warm pattern. a seasonable range of temperatures. low 90s inland will be the highs. upper 70s along the bay. low 60s at the coast. and that pattern will continue into the middle of next week. looking good, dama. >> certainly. all right. thank you. >> larry, i'm happy about it but it is strange to be talking about baseball. >> it's time! actually, it was time months ago but we're doing it now because of obvious reasons. the giants heading to l.a. for
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to help the military community find out more at usaa.com good evening. the giants opened their 60-game schedule against the dodgers in l.a. and alyssa nakken will be a story wherever this team goes. as the first female assistant coach in baseball history. nakken played softball for sac state, worked for the giants in baseball operations since 2014. the skimmer added her to the staff and had her coaching in the two exhibition games this week. >> whether it is leading an outfield drill, leading the base running, going out to coach first base in a major league game. that's how anybody grows. being put in those uncomfortable situations, and really stepping
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far outside your comfort zone and just doing it and learning. and knowing that yeah, you don't know everything. but you don't have to know everything. and that's when i just, i'm a total sponge and i absorb everything that i can and ask a lot of questions. >> what an opportunity. what an inspiring story. mookie betts, he got a good story, too. he'll playing his dodgers debut. today was even better. he agreed to a contract extension worth $392 million over 13 years. that's about $30 million a year. all guaranteed for the star outfielder the dodgers acquired in the off-season from boston. where o where should toronto go? they can't play in toronto. the u.s. teams can't across the border. they had a deal to may in pittsburgh butheniaai , no, they don't want the blue jays
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possibly bringing the virus into their state. opening day is friday. the blue jays could end up playing all 60 of their games on the road. that i know warriors fans remember the late player, his son opened some eyes today in orlando. the nba teams have started scrimmaging. they're getting ready for the restart in eight days. he made in only nine days in oregon because of a foot injury. the nuggets drafted him and he can play at 7'2", pulling up for the soft touch. six blocks in the scrimmage against the wizards. yeah. he can obviously dunk. he was immediately drug tested after that. the nba says that was prescheduled. uh-huh. remember the ads, wanna get away in they should put rashad holmes in their commercial. he ended up in quarantine for ten days because he left the nba bubble in orlando, crossing the hotel boundary to pick up a delivery of chicken wings.
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and then they wouldn't let him back in. >> so pretty much i ordered some food, some wings. and went to grab the wings. i was not really too aware of border. i kind of knew what was going on but the specific area i was in, i was not aware. >> the lure of lemon pepper and barbecue cost him ten days in quarantine. time for abc7 call my play. i call the action. say hi to pablo. he's a dog. we've all played this game before with friends, right in don't let the balloon hit the ground. pablo the frenchie absolutely loves this game. pablo is obsessed with keeping that balloon off the floor! listen to his little feet on the hardwood. he's grunting and snorting and laser locked in his focus. pablo lives in oakland. i'll bet there isn't a dog on
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the block who is beating him. send me your video with the #abc7 call my play so we can put you or your dog on tv. finally, tie reek hill of the chiefs may be the fastest man in the nfl. but terrelle owens, not the that far behind. in the 40 yard dash, hill pulls away. this is actually the 100. it was another race. at age 46, he was a couple seconds behind in the 40. he randal a 4.4. that was the 100 and they gave him a ten-yard head start. and hill couldn't catch him. he's 46 and he is still just a physical specimen that is unbelievable. a freak of nature. a freeiak of nature. >> i mean, i work out a lot but -- come on! sad! hard hit by the coronavirus
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pandemic. now a major effort to help asian and pacific islander communities in the south bay. and pool testing is being called a game changer. the bay area just got some critical funding for it. that will do it for this edition of abc7 news. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, all. us here, we appreciate your time. we'll see you at 11:00.
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hello, everyone. we're opening up the "jeopardy!" vault to showcase the best episodes from the first decade of "jeopardy!" now, when the show began, contestants were limited to five appearances. five wins, and they were done and competed in the next tournament of champions. this show from the second season of "jeopardy!" features the first contestant who really became a breakout star on "jeopardy!" chuck forrest, who at the time was a 24-year-old law student from grand blanc, michigan, won $72,800, setting the record for most money won, using a strategy that's come to be called the "forrest bounce," and it persists to this day. watch for it. [ cheers and applause ] this is "jeopardy!" now entering the studio are today's contestants-- a student and an actress originally from los angeles, california-- linda ausnauer. an office automation manager
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from san francisco, california--susan mcgowen. and our returning champion-- a student from grand blanc, michigan-- chuck forrest-- whose cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we have an enthusiastic audience with us today-- a group of young people touring america. they're from the east coast, and they're part of the frontiersmen #2 group. correct? [ cheers and applause ] all right. they're excited about being here. i'm excited because we have a super champion in this young man-- chuck forrest. he--we discovered at a contestant search in detroit some months ago. he was not the number-one contestant to come out of that search. and yet, on our show this week, he is the number-one all-time cash winner on "jeopardy!" with $60,000, averaging $15,000 a pop, trying to continue today. it's up to susan and linda to see if you can stop him. good luck to all three of you.
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