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shut down now and start over. >> help is on the way to stressed out workers on the front lines of this pandemic. free mental health counseling available to them. in san francisco, this school was vandalized overnight. turning hate into an opportunity for unity. referring today, warmer for the weekend. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. tonight the numbers tell the story of the coronavirus pandemic. cases rising in 40 states. 17 ds by augus.ing thereould in califni for the second day in a row, we reported a record

daily number of deaths. today it was 159, two more than yesterday with more than 8,000 deaths total. the state has more than 435,000 cases and a test positivity average of 7.9%. >> now some health experts and decision makers say the only way out of this is to shut down again and start over. abc 7 news reporter has the story. >> reporter: more than 150 health experts across the u.s. say it is time to hit the reset button. they have signed an open letter to lawmakers. >> i believe everybody that signed that endorses it and sees this crisis for what it is, a crisis. that's not gotten any better. it's only gotten worse. >> reporter: the message, shut it down and start over. the warning, if you don't take these actions, the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death.

he says america struggle to contain the virus is evident on the world stage. >> we have seen many countries act swiftly and efficiently to quash the pandemic, and they're reopening and they're doing fine. we didn't. >> reporter: a proposal was introduced to require residents to once again shelter in place, doing so until the rate of positive tests over two weeks dips below 2%. >> our objective is to kill this virus. a shelter in place is the medicine we need to take. >> reporter: san jose, named one of 12 cities being tracked by the feds as covid-19 cases rise. county executive addressing what it would take to stop the spread. >> the only treatment we have now is setter in place. >> reporter: if we don't, health experts fear inconsistent messages, uninforced policies and pushback over mask wearing could be devastating. >> there is nothing that's ever been less political than the

coronavirus. right? the coronavirus doesn't care if you are a democrat or republican. >> reporter: experts pleading in the open letter, we need you to lead. we remind you that history has its eyes on you. help is on the way for essential workers on the front mental health is the key focus. and abc 7 reporter tonight on how hundreds of local therapists are offering counseling all for free. >> we have a lot of stressed nurses right now. >> reporter: michael hill is a veteran nurse no oakland where covid cases are on the rise. he says the stress level is often so high it can't be measured. >> this is an increased rate of patients dying on us, and it is all age groups. and so, you know, you do take

that home because it becomes personal. >> reporter: it is a burden many health care workers face every day. >> grief, loss, guilt, frustration. >> reporter: dr. elizabeth says those emotions often need to be talked about. she's the san francisco psychiatrist who started the front line workers project, bay area licensed therapists providing free mental counseling to all workers from doctors the nurses and firefighters and postal workers. >> there is of course anxiety about the pandemic at large, about one's own risk of exposure to covid. >> reporter: this all began with a simple idea, a fews thking aboutow to help. it's now grown to over 150 therapists offering their services for free. she can't say how many people have reached out since the program began in march. it is funded by private

donations. signing up is easy on the project's website. >> i think a lot of nurses could take advantage of it. >> reporter: michael hill is trying to stay healthy during these times and good mental health is so important, too, for the road ahead. abc 7 news. today governor newsom announced additional protections for covid front line workers. the majority of front line workers are people of color. >> when people ask, as they often do, where are we seeing the spread, this is where we're seeing the spread, essential workforce disproportionally represented. >> reporter: he is implementing an education campaign for workers and a program to help them quarantine safely if needed and working with the legislature to expand protections like paid sick leave. in the east bay, the first bay area county to exceed 10,000

diagnosed cases. nearly half come from oakland. officials say they're surprised by numbers from the ruth's community health center showing a steep rise in covid cases among 18 to 50-year-olds. >> as i drive around the lake and see folks hanging out, i get it. we're tired. we want to socialize. but even being outside can be deadly if we're not being careful. i see folks not wearing masks at all, sharing food, sharing drinks, sharing smokes. oakland, we got to do better than this. >> this weekend place will be asking food trucks to leave. but there will be no mask enforcement. see where your county stands on the watch list with our interactive feature. you could check out 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 there.

a second alameda sheriff county employee has died of coronavirus complications, the department's second death in 24 hours. the officer says it was a civilian non-sworn staff member who died. last night a deputy and 25-year veteran of the force died. tonight a firsthand look at the long road back from the virus. it comes as more schools around the country introduce virtual learning plans for fall. >> reporter: tonight texas is organizing 1,200 troops under a joint command to support hospitals in multiple hard hit cities. the coronavirus taking such a heavy toll on houston, the city now announcing virtual classes only when students return the day after labor day. coming after president trump said certain hot spots may need to delay reopening schools. >> i hope that local leaders put the full health and well-being

of their students first and to make the right decision for children, parents, teachers and not make political decisions. >> reporter: nationwide more tough measures. mcdonald's and chipoltle now requiring masks. the country's top infectious disease doctor pushing for more action from states saying those hardest hit should push off reopening but offering hope when it comes to the virus. >> at this time, i think we can turn it around. >> reporter: some patients turning their fate around, too. >> you got this. you can do it. breathe. >> one, two, three. >> nice job. nice job, grant. >> reporter: at this houston rehab facility, covid survivor grant lively spent the last month and a half relearning basic motions. >> hey, kids. love you. >> reporter: on friday he could hug his family again and go

home. >> i could have told you three or four weeks ago this would ever happen. and the south bay was calling a viral video deeply disturbing and appalling. the video shows san jose police kicking a woman and then dragging her while she's handcuffed. in a follow up, this was not a case of an officer being confronted with violent conduct, at most resisting. in a statement, the police chief says the woman was pulled over because the car was wanted for earlier instances of evading officers. the chief says an internal investigation is underway. valet hoe police released three new body cam video tonight when a young man was shot and killed by a police officer. >> don't move. do not move! >> do not move! >> officers ordered shawn not to move after firing shots at him through the front windshield of

their windshield. police said they thought he had a gun. turned out to be aal thsdr vids d s whaefe wasprotes. organizers don't want them to renew a contract with the sheriffs office, demanding african-american studies program. in a statement tonight, stanford said they had reached out to organizers and taken steps to advance racial justice, including starting a community board on public safety. in san francisco protesters on a black lives matter march came across police handling a separate standoff situation. look at this. they reached a roadblock where police had been negotiated were hours as a vet reopening a metal pipe. protesters were patient during

the interruption. the veteran was eventually taken into custody. in the east bay, folks in berkeley have begun work on a street mural that will read reparations now. neighbors told berkeley side they wanted to honor a late neighbor who fought for social justice issues. now, when it comes to issues of social justice and racial equality, we are here to help you find your ally. up next, we'll here from the ar main yan community about how an act of vandalism has turned into an opportunity for unity. coming up, billions of dollars have gone to small businesses because of the pandemic, but did a south bay man get millions he did not deserve. and the powerful message of unity by the a's in their home

opener. i'm sandy patel. we lost a few degrees today, but we will gain them back this weekend. >> all that's ahead. first here is a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks, dan. join me tonight. i made ziti. i want to go with ryan because i know if we go from kelly first we're not going to hear from ryan. >> how fast you figure that out this is about the next 10 years.

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tonight calls for unity after a school is vandalized with hateful graffiti and slurs against kim kardashian. san francisco police say they are investigating the threats. it is located on brotherhood way. liz pena with more on the attack and the community's response. >> reporter: flashbacks of what they fled from. >> we became victims of the

hateful crimes and we ended up as refugees. >> hateful and racist graffiti in this armenian school. parents concerned for the safety of their children. >> i'm afraid now for my son. >> reporter: the police released a video showing multiple men vandalizing the school property around 2:00 a.m. >> i am disturbed. i am very disappointed. thank god the students are not here to see this. >> reporter: an attack that the students alumni turned into opportunity. >> they can graffiti our school. they can say whatever they want. but at the end of the day we stand together. >> but this is not an isolated attack. >> throughout the world. >> reporter: pointing to tensions and hostility between

the two former soviet states. >> it is also a turkish nation and they clearly left their signature with their red, blue and green flag. >> reporter: san francisco d.a. calling this attack inconsistent with san francisco's values and a crime, pointing to an investigation by san francisco police. >> in armenian hye means armenian. so we always say when they go low, we go hye. >> reporter: abc 7 news. the coronavirus pandemic has had a terrible impact, obviously, on call businesses. 110,000 have already closed across the country and seven million more are at risk of the same fate. to address that, the small business administration is handing out billions of dollars in loans to help companies pay their employees. but the i team is investigating many reports of possible fraud.

i team reporter dan noys has a story you will only see tonight. >> it's been only four months since president trump signed the cares act. >> i wanted that to be a good signature. >> reporter: that set up the paycheck protection program and five million small businesses have already received more than half a trillion dollars in low interest loans that may be forgiven. >> it is meant to keep employees on payroll while the businesses are impacted by covid-19. >> so it is our tax dollars. >> this is our tax dollars. >> the small business administration tells me so much money went out the door so quickly, that provided an opportunity for possible fraud. some abc 7 viewers checked the list of businesses who received ppp loans and contacted me with questions about an applicant from the south bay who used 88 in his company names. 88 cloud computing, 88 enterprise services, 88 investment empire. the owner claimed to have 48

employeed and received between $350,000 to $1 million for each of those businesses. i ran the company names and they all come back to this 39-year-old. this is his picture from linkedin. >> tran told me his businesses are real. he insisted he has 48 employees but when i asked to see his operation he hung up. i ran the address listed as the headquarters for those businesses and turns out it's his mother's house. i stopped by there several times and never found anyone home and i repeatedly called him and texted him. i'm waiting for that call back. i also went to the home in san jose and found people lounging on his kauch. does he own this house? >> yeah. >> is he here? >d up the drivewa his saraoga

>> dod him? >> i'm doing a story on him. >> i never heard back. the small business administration also had questions for him. records show he formed those four companies in the last couple of months, well after the pandemic started, and that would violate ppp guidelines. >> ppp program was for businesses that were already in business before covid-19. >> miriam explains the sba guarantees the loans but it is up to banks and lending institutions to process the lending applications and review a business's financials. three of the online lenders he used, fundbox, harvest and lendistry did not return my comments. >> obviously sba takes this seouy any fraud anvestiga tole >> the fbi has formed a ppp fraud working group with the small business administration and opened nearly 100

investigations with more than $42 million of potential fraud identified so far. >> the sba tells me tran was on their radar before our call occ occurred. and we'll say on it. the oakland a's hosted their season opener tonight four months late because of the pandemic. but still it was a sign of something familiar in this summer of quarantines, watch lists and social distancing. the a's hosted the angels at a deserted oakland coliseum. players wearing black lives matter jerseys during the pregame workout. the a's posted this picture. and second baseman tony kemp raising his arm in a black power salute. >> it is underway. >> and then the first pitch in what will be a 60 game season. during the televised broadcast you could hear fan noise to give

viewers a sense of what baseball is supposed to look like. but in the seats cardboard cutouts of fans and a few former a's stars. you heard the voice of actor tom hanks hawking peanuts just like he did when he was a teenager at the coliseum. he is lending his voice to the a's as a virtual concessions vendor just in time for opening day today. >> hot dogs here! >> abc sports director larry bale will have all the highlights coming up in sports. now your forecast. >> and the weather was san fastic for opening day. let's take a look at a time lapse from our town cam. you notice the fog rolling in. that marine layer was deeper last night. cked up those winds. you w it round the coast a on e bay a look at live7. temperatures anywhere from the

50s to the 60s. it's cooled off nicely. here is a gray view, but it is looking lovely in san francisco. fog low clouds, patchy drizzle in the weekend. we are expecting minor fluctuations. 7:00 a.m. when you wake up, you will find the overcast. skies around most areas. as we head into 11:00 a.m., the fog peels back to the coast and will sit there this afternoon but the tempertures will come up compared to today as the sea breeze will not be quite as song. upper 40s to upper 50s, so definitely sweater weather early on in the day but for the afternoon it is really going to be a nice day in the south bay. 84 in san jose. 88 in gill roy. 80 degrees in palo alto. 63 degrees in pacifica. 67 degrees. we'll have a few patches of fog lingering right near the coast. 82 in napa heading into the east

bay. 71 in berkeley. quite comfortable there. inland areas will be warm but not too hot. 98 in concord. 92 in antioch. first one is tropical storm hannah, expected to become a hurricane as it makes land fall tomorrow. that is expected to be a soaker for the southern states there. and also a storm surge. the bigger storm here is hurricane douglas. it has weakened since it was a category 40 last night. it is now category 3. but flash flood watches already up for the hawaii islands. where it's headed, it is packing winds of 115 miles per hour now. expected to weaken to a cat 1 as it makes its approach near hawaii. it will be the soaking rain, gusty winds and storm storm swells. the forecast warmer tomorrow, even warmer on sunday: mid-90s

hot spots inland. temperatures will come down a couple of degrees, but it is not until wednesday, thursday that we drop you out of 90s, in the 80s for the warmest spots. i don't think we have too much to complain about, at least weather-wise. have a nice weekend. >> it is something to roar about.

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after being closed for more than 100 days, the oakland zoo is getting ready to open. it begins tomorrow at put experiences with tigers, buy son babies and the lemurs. the zoo is hoping to raise haon dollars. they officially open to the general public on july 29th. hopefully a lot of people can

take part because it is such a great resource. let's go on to sports director larry beal. >> history made tonight, dan, in oakland with a new extra inning rule. plus pablo sandoval getting upclose and

the a's made history in their season opener with the angels tonight. the first extra inning game with the new rules in 2020. khris davis fist up during the national anthem. they call them laser ramon for a reason. with the a's first bomb of the year, and it's tied at one. you don't see this often.oued t chapman, the platinum run in th.

liriano double to right. we are tied at two. and then chappy crushing a blast off-the-wall to score liriano. a's take a 3-2 lead. hendricks to end it, but castro says aloha. new rules put a runner at second to start the 10th and it didn't matter. grand slam matt olson. good night. game over. 7-3 in 10. >> he has a flair for the dramatic. he had an idea what he was looking for when he went up there and he got it. just trying to get the ball in the air and did more than that. we've seen him walk off some good left handers before. we always feel good with him in those situations. >> giants visiting the dodgers. pablo sandoval says dodge this, chris taylor. that is the butt facial. and this salon is dodgers in th.

davis homers in his first at bat of the season, but it was the only run of the night for the giants. max muncy homered in the first, deep again in the sixth. 5-1 dodgers. giants look awful for the second straight game. bases loaded in the eighth. he knocked in a run for the single. dodgers cruise 9-1. oh, he's back. missed most of the pass two seasons with injuries. the former a stars beating the braves 1-0. and the mets win

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all right. that is going to do it for tonight. thanks for joining us. >> thanks so much for being here.

we appreciate your time. right now, jimmy kimmel. have a great weekend. ♪ >> dicky: from hollywood, it's jimmy kimmel live. with sebastian maniscalco. tonight, kelly ripa and ryan seacrest, and jj watt. and now, here's sebastian maniscalco. hello and welcome to "jimmy kimmel live!" i am your guest host for the next two nights sebastian maniscalco. i'm really happy jimmy asked me to host his show, but come on. when italians host we need two things, food and a lot of people. i'm looking at two guys in hazmat suits, am i safe? i went from performing in front of 20,000 people a night to a laundry room in west hollywood. [ buzz ] the sheets are done.