next at 5:00, troubling signs for san francisco. health officials now say the city is in a major surge. what's being done to address a disturbing trend. plus, medical professionals wear face shields. should all of us be wearing them? the new push that underscores how masks may not be enough. also ahead, berkeley church leaders say arson was an act of terror. the outside sign that leaders say turned them into a target. plus painting over the past. the controversy over change and the rally taking shape because of it. also ahead, coping with the pandemic. what can feel like a tsunami of stress, but then finding a silver lining. major surge of covid-19.

>> 1,000 cases in ten days and a new peak in hospitalizations. tonight san francisco is taking new steps to prepare for worst-case scenarios. good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. city health director dr. grant colfax says the virus is moving fast and more people are getting seriously ill. 107 coronavirus patients are currently hospitalized, the highest number since the pandemic began. 25% of those are in intensive care. the city is opening a new hospital site that would be used to accommodate non-covid patients if necessary. >> we are creating a care site in the presidio that we hope we will not need. this site is designated for hospitalized patients without covid-19 who no longer need acute medical care but aren't quite ready to go home. >> the facility will eventually have the capacity for 93 patients. dr. colfax really emphasized today that we need to commit and recommit to being careful.

part of doing that is wearing masks. but what about face shields or eye goggles in addition to masking, should that also be a requirement? abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra is looking into that question and has an update on the city's projected worst-case scenario. stephanie, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, dan, worst case, 2,400 hospitalizations by mid-october and 1,800 deaths in san francisco by the end of the year. and that is triple what's currently estimated right now. wearing face coverings, as dr. colfax pointed out, is our strongest line of defense. but is wearing just a mask enough? >> spit happens. think about it. >> reporter: imagine this, you're inside a lab at the national institute of health. at the peak of this experiment, this gentleman dispersed 347 particles without a mask. >> spit happens. think about it. >> reporter: yet with a mask, speaking the same verbiage, less than one particle was dispersed.

that's the power of face masks. as dr. grant colfax said today. >> covering our faces may be the most important. >> reporter: but the one part of our face not required tor covered in public is our eyes. the question is should it be? >> if you really want perfect protection of your mucosal surfaces, you have it in the nose, the mouth and the eye. theoretically you should protect all the mucosal surfaces. >> reporter: this means masks plus eye goggles or face shields. dr. deborah birx announced today wearing face shields will help stop the spread of covid-19 by protecting people from touching their eyes and blocking droplets from their face. >> in an ideal world, yes, people would all be wearing masks and goggles. >> reporter: the doctor agrees but was quick to point out the

reality. >> do i think people are going to do that every single day, every single interaction? no, i do not. so i would prefer the face covering because this is the largest hole, the two nostrils and the mouth. >> reporter: dr. gandhi explained the virus is less likely to enter through our eyes and emphasizing face shields are for the hospital, traditional masking is for the public. >> i can say with certainty probably, though, that 100% mask compliance by society will probably between cutting down infection and cutting down severe illness would get us through this pandemic in six to eight weeks. >> reporter: ultimately in addition to any face covering, wearing any kind of ggoggles, face shield or even glasses will only help protect you, especially if you have any underlying disease. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> so much to think about always.

stephanie, does dr. colfax foresee face shields or eye goggles becoming a requirement in the future? >> it's not looking likely it will be a requirement for the public, at least for now. i did ask dr. colfax but he made it clear the city is looking to provide that additional protection for hospitals and health care providers right now, not the public just yet. >> stephanie, thank you very much. new at 5:00, health officials are saying clusters of coronavirus cases have been reported at four costcos in santa clara county. at least 13 workers have tested positive at the costco in sunnyvale, at 150 sunnyvale station road and it is still open to customers. smaller clusters were at the costcos in mountain view, gilroy and san jose. the health department is working with the stores to investigate a solution. >> the initial investigation shows that most likely it was not inside the store. the cases were most likely infected outside of the

workplace. >> essential workers at bay area grocery stores have been hit hard by the coronavirus. workers in the fruitvale neighborhood tested positive and eight at trader joe's tested positive earlier this month. here's a look at confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay area since the start of the pandemic. we are over 51,500. those numbers include people who tested positive but have recovered, keep in minding. alameda county continues to have the most in the bay area, now over 11,000. deaths in the bay area have just passed 800 in the last 24 hours. a small fire at a church is fanning the flames of controversy in berkeley. the pastor says it was intentionally set on the same day the church put up a black lives matter banner. here's abc 7 news anchor eric thomas. >> reporter: there's a visible scar of scorch mark and bubbled painting at the way christian center in berkeley.

below that, evidence of a fire deliberately set that melted two large plastic trash bins and blackened a metal one. >> we are angry and we are upset. there is nothing more dangerous in the world than righteous indignation. >> reporter: the way church has been around for 40 years and the pastor has been a fer venting civil rights person. he believes someone was trying to burn down the church because of this, a black lives matter banner put up tuesday afternoon. the fire happened tuesday night. >> we know this is a historical legacy of intimidation. >> reporter: mcbride calls it a hate crime and says not only is he upset with the culprit, he's angry with the way police responded. >> the only notification i received or our church received was this report slid underneath the front of our church. >> reporter: berkeley's mayor says he's disappointed that this happened in one of america's

most progressive city, and he's also disappointed with the way police handled it initially. >> just slipping your business card under the door is not acceptable. any place of worship, whether it's a church or a synagogue, we have to take that very seriously as a potential hate crime. >> reporter: he's told the city manager and berkeley police to investigate this as a hate crime and to make the case a top priority. in berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> and here at abc 7 news we are focused on race and social justice issues as part of our efforts to build a better bay area and that includes the black lives matter movement. in marin county san anselmo there's a rally by people that want the name sir francis drake banned. we're joined live from the campus on sir francis drake boulevard. wayne. >> reporter: at least for a while. we're officially sir francis

drake high school. the name was right there. it has been 441 years since sir francis drake landed in california. now he's under attack and there's nothing the golden heinz 22 guns could have done about it. if the sign said drake or pirate, it was a goner today at the san anselmo high school that till technically bears that name. >> signage, letters, stickers. >> reporter: earlier this week the city of larkspur hauled away this statue for the sake of public safety. now the move to erase any memory of him on the campus that has celebrated the explorer and has now labeled him a racist. >> i think this is the easy way out. >> reporter: sophia martin is the only black member of next year's class. she told us she's had issued with the name for a long time. when a group of teachers went to

the school district suggesting a name change, the superintendent began the process which accelerated this morning. >> i think we wanted to remove sp symbols that people were finding painful and hurtful. >> reporter: but hurt seems unavoidable. where does it stop? and how will it stop? chuck came by to check out the tearing down and painting over today. he's from the class of '74, does not like any of the suggested new names, even one for indiana jones who has a statue downtown. >> somebody could dig deep enough and find a skeleton in anybody's closet. >> reporter: but for now it's sir francis drake. >> i think it's the start of changes that can be made that will make a difference, but simply changing the name, no, i don't believe it's going to do anything. >> reporter: so what are some of the changes they want? a change in curriculum. they want more teachers of color. as for the cost of such a change, even the district

doesn't have an estimate yet. that rally starts here at 6:00 p.m. in san anselmo, wayne freedman, abc 7. >> all right, wayne, thank you. just ahead, new insight into how the pandemic impacts millenials differently and a possible silver lining coming from this crisis. also, an organization that helps low income and homeless people makes an urgent plea for help itself. and -- >> zero. >> release. >> up, up and away. nasa's mission to mars is officially under way. what local nasa scientists are what local nasa scientists are saying abo (birds chirping) (woman chattering) - [narrator] ordering dinner for the family? (family gasps) rewarded with a side of quiet. (baby murmuring) grubhub rewards you, (scooter horn honking) get a free delivery perk when you order. (doorbell rings) - [group] grubhub.

obviously each of us is dealing with stress and anxiety because of the coronavirus and this crisis it's created.

health is an important aspect of building a better pbay area and it could be tied to a job loss, dealing with sick family members or social isolation. david louie shares a newly released survey that has some revealing interesting insights into the fact that we're all coping differently. >> reporter: while everyone is impacted by the pandemic, not everyone is handling it the same way. >> this is the first time that i experienced anxiety as this overwhelming problem. i stopped being able to eat, it was like this fire burning inside of me. >> reporter: she turned to a san francisco based tool that helps people deal with anxiety and stress developed by a stanford-trained clinical psychologist. it conducted a survey of 2100 users globally. nearly two-thirds of millenials and gen z respondents said they feel anxiety nearly every day, that's triple of boomers.

it could be tied to younger people having lost their jobs or not having a wide network of emotional support from friends or a relationship. only one in five essential workers acknowledged they were depressed or hopeless compared to 27% of all respondents. essential workers, of course, are often dealing with the sick and dying or related aspects of the coronavirus crisis. allison darcy is the founder of robot health. >> it just speaks to the importance of having meaning and purpose in the day-to-day work you do and how that can convey some protection against the worst effects of an emotional distress. >> reporter: the survey also revealed people dealing with stress and anxiety have identified some positive developments, labeled silver linings. a large number ranging from 59% to 79% said they created new possibilities, strengthened their connections with others, saw an increased appreciation of life, identified personal strength and created personal change. >> i started noticing that i was

trying to reach out to friends and i thought hold on a second. i'm lonely and i need to do something about that. >> reporter: that feeling of isolation she believes is due to her husband being an essential worker, a special needs teacher, who had to go to work and leave her alone. what's emerging from this survey is that each of us has different thresholds of stress and that out of that can come positive change. >> often we don't know how strong we are until we're faced with the situation in which we have to exercise those strengths. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. to take action, log on to our website, abc7news.com/takeaction. there are links to resources on mental health, coronavirus, and other issues that you may be dealing with. an organization that helps low income and homeless people in santa clara county is now asking for help itself. west valley community services is looking to raise the final $300,000 of a $2 million fund-raising campaign it started last year. the money is needed to offset the triple-digit increase demand

in services since the pandemic began. it will also be used to expand its food pantry which is too small to allow social distancing and can no longer allow clients to pick out their own food as it used to. >> we need the community's help to get us over that hump so we can make these resources available now. >> west valley community services received a jumpstart towards it goal. today a cupertino cement plant which sits idle because of the pandemic donated $10,000 to the campaign. the california supreme court has ruled to uphold a state law that stops county public workers from pension spiking. today's ruling prohibits a strategy where public employees worked longer hours or cashed in years of vacation or sick pay right before retiring in order to inflate their pension. in 2012 governor jerry brown passed a law to stop this. alameda county along with other counties and unions filed lawsuits. the court upheld governor

brownes ovbrown es's overhaul but kept some protection. still ahead, we can expect a slight warmup tomorrow. the weekend promises more than that. sandhya patel will be here with a timeline next. as we go to break, jimmy garoppolo has passed his coronavirus test to start training camp. today the 49ers tweeted a photo of jimmy g. wearing a mask. they follo

as we all face the california pandemic, california is mandating face masks to stop the spread. that's why abc 7 wants to remind you to wear a mask for you, your loved ones and your community. please, wear because you care. caltrans shared this image today saying for the first time it will repave a highway using 100% recycled materials. this is highway 162.

they are using recycled asphalt pavement and liquid plastic made with 150,000 plastic bottles. if all goes well, caltrans will deploy the idea on more projects. hi there, everyone. let's take a look at our forecast, and it is looking good to ending the workweek going into the weekend. we have the best of both worlds. emeryville camera showing you the fog as it's pushing in across the golden gate. in the 70s from oakland to san francisco and 84 in gilroy. golden gate bridge camera showing a little blue and the flag blowing in the breeze there. 91 in fairfield, it is currently a warm 89 in livermore. live doppler 7 showing you the fog right along the coastline. later on tonight you'll see it pushing in over the bay and into some of our valleys. so seeing the bright skies, low clouds and fog will spread overnight, a little warmer tomorrow and we'll just take that heat up a few more degrees

for the weekend. it's going to feel like summer this upcoming weekend for our inland valleys. the fog will spread by morning. 5:00 to 8:00 a.m. the fog footprint is around the bay, along the coast. i don't think it will be quite as widespread so that will allow earlier clearing and allow the sun to pull through. tomorrow afternoon expect a nice day. tomorrow morning it's going to be a great start. cool in the morning. temperatures mainly in the 50s, a few low 60s in the inland east bay and then in the afternoon in the south bay a warm day. 82 santa clara, san jose 83, 93 in morgan hill. on the peninsula 75 in san mateo, 79 in mountain view. along the coastline low to mid-60s. downtown san francisco getting up to 67 degrees. there will be some lingering fog in the sunset district as we expect around this time of year. and in the north bay we'll have the nice, wide range of temperatures from the 60s at the beaches to the 90s around places like cloverdale, ukiah. santa rosa 86, 82 in vallejo, 81

in san rafael. 79 fremont. head inland and this is where it's going to get warm. 91 in concord, 94 in antioch. i want to turn your attention to tropical storm isaias. it is heading towards the bahamas. it has been dumping some rain on the dominican republic and the next stop after the bahamas will be southeastern florida where watches, tropical storm watches are already up. it is expected to strengthen to a category 1 hurricane this weekend with 75-mile-an-hour winds. so flooding rain could be a potential problem for the southeastern united states. no problems here weatherwise. the accuweather seven-day forecast, just a little warmer the next few days, mid-90s inland, low 60s coast side. pleasant for the second half of your weekend. next week we'll cool it down, bring it a little drizzle. mid-50s to the mid-80s, so cooler than average. something for everyone. well, a mission to the moon

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to music is what really can unite us. >> getting out here and pushing some sound vibrations through the air, even if we just do it once a week on fridays and just for fun, it's just so that we can make music right now. >> we're enjoying a stronger relationship with our neighbors because here we are. we're all kind of in this together. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, with every bay area county now on it, we look into what it takes to get removed from the state's covid-19 watch list. if any local counties are even close to that. also from 7 on your side, the real fear of another foreclosure crisis. michael finney examines what homeowners can do now to we hope keep their home down the road. and what parents are buying as back-to-school shopping begins during this pandemic. it's different this time around. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. join us then. but finally tonight, something to celebrate.

>> yes, nasa launched a new mission to mars from cape canavarel this morning. it carries the most advanced mars rover ever built. the perseverance is expected to arrive on the red planet in february of next year. it will be nasa's first attempt at bringing back samples that could help us understand if there was ever life there. nasa aims scientist david demoray picks why they picked the landing spot. >> a lot of places on mars have water but this is the most promising place to search for evidence of fossils. it had a lake the size of lake tahoe, it had a delta that preserves organic matter in fossils. finally we've got the technology to land there safely. >> nasa sent a small helicopter called ingenuity. it will become the first powered aircraft to fly on another planet. we'll monitor the progress.

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tonight, here in atlanta, three former presidents honoring a giant. the late congressman john lewis. also developing, president trump floating the idea of delaying the election. and a former presidential candidate dying from covid-19. but first, john lewis. the son of alabama sharecroppers, his legacy of fighting for justice and racial equality. tributes tonight from former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. former president barack obama delivering the eulogy. saying america was built by people like john lewis. and he went on to say few elections are as urgent as this one. what he's concerned about. it comes just hours after president trump, who did not attend the funeral, suggested moving the election in a tweet. it set off a firestorm, including leaders of his own party. what mitch mcconnell is now