>> reporter: sunday morning service at st. george orthodox church in daily city was in the parking lot, they tried to adjust, although the priest pointed out it was pretty cold outside yesterday morning. many parishioners said they were disappointed to not be able to go to their house of worship, some churches streaming services online. no word on how long this latest order will be in place here in san mateo county. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. the latest numbers show that california reported 132 people dying from covid-19 yesterday are. and that is down considerably from the record of 219 reported on saturday. however, the number of new cases spiked topping 9,000. the positivity rate, which is a good indicator of testing and the transmission rate, it is heading back down. the 7 day rate is at 6.4% and last weekend it was at 8%. the 14 day rate is now at about

7%. california's benchmark is 8%. governor newsom is set to give an update today on the state's response to the pandemic. last week he announced that the state is withholding money from cities that defy health orders would i allowi by allowing all businesses to reopen. you can watch the update live at noon right here on action 7, on the free abc 7 news app and also on abc7news.com. three bay area college football plays, two from cal, one from stanford, joined other pac-12 student athletes threatening to boycott the coming season. these 13 players are demanding greater protections against student-athletes, and ending racial injustice. the group also believes that coaches, the pac-12's commissioner and school leaders should take voluntary pay cuts. another demand calls to stanford to use endowment money to fund 11 sports due to be cut and this is according to the players

tribune. make sure that you are paying for your parking in san jose and l san jose will not issue citations with time limts, so 90 minutes of free parking will be available at the downtown parking garages. but after that, initial hour and a half, visitors will have to pay $1 for every 15 minutes. t continuing to set new records for coronavirus and there are now more than 4.6 million case nationwide. the cdc is redinkpredicting mor 180,000 americans could die. >> and nancy pelosi is blasting dr. deborah birx and the federal response to covid-19, pelosi says she does not have confidence in the coronavirus task force coordinator. we're also learning here that july had the worst number since the pandemic began with nearly 2 million cases, 22 states,

washington, d.c. and puerto rico are seeing an increase. dr. birx says the country is entering a, quote, new phase of the pandemic. >> what we're seeing today is different from march and april. it is extraordinarily widespread, it is into the rural and as equal urban areas. everybody in the rural area, you are not immune from this rus. so that is why we keep saying no matter where you live in america, you need to wear a mask and socially distance. >> dr. birx is also telling any americans who travel to a vacation hot spot to assume that they are infected and consider sl self ace lisolating. negotiations will continue on capitol hill over a new covi. top democrats and the trump administration met other the weekend, but still no deal has been made. democrats want for 2i7b tcontin

$600 weekly checks but the republicans proposed $200. they argue that it gives some people not to return to work. all this week, abc 7 is focusing on what back to school will look like for parents, for teachers and for students in the fall. so the majority of bay area schools will start online. child care and preschools will be allowed to open for in-persog lee yanne melendez got a look a how one preschool is already open. >> reporter: it is 6:00 in the evening. the deep cleaning process at brilliant kids child care and preschool is set to begin. wearing a mask, and gloves, and keeping our distance, we're by bba o witness the steps taken serena to keep children virus-free. >> all the tables, they sit fewfour kids. >> reporter: every surface is sprayed, the tables are wiped down in one direction to keep from redepositing germs that

they just wiped up. >> from left to right. authorithoroughly cleaned at thf the day and every time a child uses it. so if they have eight children going to the restroom twice a day, that is 16 times. >> happen the time is spent cleaning and half the time spent teaching. >> reporter: small programs like this one have lost nearly half of their daily attendants because of the pandemic. this is not sustainable long term because these facilities op margins. >> i would put the safety and health in priority first. even though i need, you know, my economy not that good, but i will do lyanne melendez reporting. this afternoon at 4 orks she will have more on how they can be a model for reopening schools. a wildfire in southern

california threatening homes and evacuate. coming up next, the bay area firefighters hitting the frontlines. and two nasa astronauts end a 64 day trip in 135space. we'll share their dramatic return to earth. oh, my goodness. always something. happy they made it back. >> yeah, they pull them up and put them on a stretcher, and i'm like wow, that is pretty intense. let's take a look at the weather. hi, everybody. welcome to monday. we'll take a look at our temperatures. away from the coast, we are warmer thanks to arier air mass, northerly wind and even with clear conditions out there with temperatures running -- look at this, 57 in fremont, that is the cool spot. 63 in hayward. we have temperatures running from the mid-40s to the low 60s

in most neighborhoods. east bay valleys, a little warmer. concord 65, look at the 70s around brentwood. here is a look at your commute planner. comfy to hot this afternoon if you are traveling from san francisco back anywhere. breezy early, same thing on the roads and on the water. it will be choppy early today, about 12 hours of gusty winds starting at 9:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the evening. here is a look at the peninsula, 65 at 8:00, we'll hang out in the upper 70s for several hours this afternoon. down to 65 by the evening hours. for the south bay, 66 at 8:00, 80 at noon, low to mid 80s this afternoon. and by 8:00, 69. and the last stop is the east bay valleys, the warmest and last time we'll see the 90s for a while. 70s through 10:00, 86 at noon, low to mid-90s through 5:00 and then 79 at 8:00. we'll take a look at the cooling

trend coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. good morning for jobina, how are you, did you have a good weekend? >> i did have a nice weekend, mike, thank you. i'm glad you had a very restful one it sounds like. for t got a little alone time. i ge i get that. we did have a few incidents this morning, but things have cleared up. so taking a live look right now, in emeryville, seeing what things look like out there, a few headlights making their further westbound, it is starting to build there. but no major slowdowns across the area except for coming out of tracy. you can see that, it is pretty much slow all the way out as you approach livermore through the altamont pass. and then bringing in the drive times here, tracy to dublin, it will be about 36 34i79 minutes. antioch to concord, 13.

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let's take a look at what is going onrom our exploratorium camera. it is pretty clear as we look back from pier 15. and that will be the case only this morning. we'll have a lot more cloud cover the next couple mornings.

low to mid 60s along the coast today, 74 to 77 around the bay. 82 to 87 inland from noon to 4:00. and everybody back in the 50s at the coast, 60s and 70s for the rest of us. small craft advisory, 12 hours today of blustery conditions from 9:00 this the morning to 9:00 in the evening. and look at the central valley, the 97 to 102, even 98 in yosemite where it will be hazy. bay area fire crews were in southern california this morning to help fight a wildfire there that is raging out of control. the apple fire is burning 25 acres. thousands are under evacuation orders this morning. and the apple fire has destroyed at least one home and two buildings. it started as two separate fires on friday, and then they came together on saturday to form one massive fire. at this point, it is only 5%

contained. crews are dealing where rugged terrain and temperatures around 100 degrees. firefighters from walnut creek have been deployed to that fire zone. and a fast moving wildfire has led to evacuations, the sites fire has already scorched 1,000 acres of land. the fire started late yesterday afternoon and these flames are now threatening about a dozen buildings. president trump's renomination vote could be done in private without members of th month's republican national convention in charlotte will be closed to the press because of the pandemic. they site but no final decisions have been made yet. the convention is set to start three weeks from today. and joe biden is expected to announce his pick for vice president in the coming days. a democratic congresswoman from california says being vetted for

the job is a pretty interesting process. cnn is reporting that karen bass has gained some real traction in the late stages of the search. bass represents los angeles and is on the congressional black caucus. she says she is ready to be vice present. >> mainly because i am so concerned with where we are in our country right now, 154,000 dead americans from covid virus, our country ripped apart because of race, the policing issues, the economic devastation that we're facing, all of these issues. >> and reports indicate 11 women are being considered to be biden's running mate and that includes kamala harris and also susan rice. nasa snaupts doug hurley and one behnken are back on earth this morning, their capsule today splashing down in the gulf of mexico avoiding the tropical storm along the florida east coast. gio benitez has the story from

houston. >> endeavor has returned home. >> reporter: after 64 days and 27 million miles, a successful splash down just off the coast of pensacola. >> we're honored and privileged. >> reporter: the drama of return, a spacecraft traveling at 17,500 miles per hour slowing dwn to just 15 miles per hour before splashing down. and the tense moments after reentry. >> reaching temperatures of around 3500 degrees. >> reporter: during the expected loss of communication -- >> good morning, dragon endeavor. >> reporter: the day starting on a sweet note from the churn of astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken. >> we love you, daddy. we can't wait to see you. >> reporter: the astronauts will be reunited with their families in houston with a big welcome home party at ellington air force base. this was technically a test mission, so now nasa and spacex will be looking at the drag gone

and t and the data and apply what they learn to the next full mission next month. gio benitez, abc news at the johnson space center in houston. >> definitely an adventure, right? >> right. how many years since the last splash down? >> it was a lot. >> gill says 45. >> yeah, guess who was old enough to -- i don't remember it, but i was old enough to be there. i don't, thankfully. it is amazing in 45 years we haven't come up with something better? john. i don't understa i don't understand that either. but there are smarter people than me out there. welcome to monday. we'll look from the east bay hills camera and you can see the nearly full moonshining on the bay. that is gorgeous. some clouds are trying to coach alo develop along the coast, but that is where they will stay.

we'll have a few clouds along the coast,0 5 tough wednesday. an measurable drizzle will be day morning,utce tor your winds? might want to make sure. with our 3450ik crow delmicrocl 90s in gym roy ailroy and morgal 7 5 to 75 to 80 along the peninsula. near 70 in downtown. sal sausalito at 75. we have 64 to 65 along the coast. and along the east bay shore, 74 to about 80 degrees from berkeley to hercules. and 834 84 in san ramon, but 90s in plenty wood. a brechbtd wo brentwood. and you can see a little bit of drizzle around half moon bay.

mid-50s to low 60s tonight. so tomorrow, you can see drizzle mainly along the coast. but look at that, up to 0.05 of. an inch of heavy drizzle possible into the east bay wednesday morning. that commute will be interesting. so look at these temperatures. down in the 50s, 60s and 70s wednesday, easily our coolest day. we'll rebound bloack to averagee friday. and east bay congressman says that the decision to indefinitely ilgts dle a refine a huge loss,auop ip inp p ip i n demand for gas. and marathon is also putting a

new mexico refinery on indefinite hold. some little boys want toy fire trucks for their firbirthd th real thg. that is nice. because of social distancing, 10-year-old sean didn't expect to get much for miss bihis birt but the fire department came out to help him celebrate. people got to enjoy a birthday treat from the ice cream truck also. a man just about jumps in his pool to beat the heat. but what stopped him? and a froyard zoo that mosq mosque neighbors.

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. want to isaias carolisilnot be solucky. the north at 13 and y c seehen thet. up to 80-mile-per-hour winds, so that is a very densely tree populated area, the carolinas are. and some coastal flooding and inland flooding from the rain. here is a look at our temperatures. look at this, 60s, 70s, barely some 80s tuesday, only 60s and 70s for wednesday. a little touch of fall and then the 60s, 70s and 80s return thursday. we'll take a greater look at that wednesday wet weather

coming up. merchandise from the failed fire festival is up for auction and the proceeds will go toward eicms ofhe scam so 126heev anth i shirts, sweat shirts and wrist bands. you can bid all the way up until the 13s. the festival back in 2017 was billed as a once in a lifetime musical experience, but it ended up being a catastrophe. the main organizer billy mcfarland now owes investors $26 million. covid-19 prevents a lot of families from going to fun places where kids can learn, but in southern california, one family has come up with a solution. the ruff family created an outdoor aquarium and zoo in their front yard and the neighbors helped expand it. right now you can find about bo recycled materials like this was a juice bottle, this was a lawn

i didn laundry pod container. and it is helping the kids do something fun and very creative. >> that is really creative. look at her.ollecting art supplies for third grade students in los angeles. they say that their zoo will keep growing until they run out of amazon delivery boxes. an alameda man encountered a problem, he found this uninvited visitor just taking some laps in the pool. an alligator scaled his fence and jumped into the pool looking for some relief from the gulf coast heat. >> i'm missing one, he's in my pool. come get him. thank you! >> look at it. so the man says now he will look twice the next time he decides

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