i would say that right now we're back to feeling blind. >> a blunt assessment by santa clara county's top health officer. why she says she can't confirm if cases there are rising or flling. in the north bay the focus is on this hotel near the heart of downtown. why it could become a landing spot for the homeless during the pandemic. also ahead new guidelines for school athletes. sports is probably out and rec and club teams will probably pick up the slack. the as sue over alleged pollution at what they hope is their future ballpark. the outcome may hinge on whether what is good for the team is also good for the

we begin serious concerns about the quality of its covid-19 testing data. health officials there say a statewide glitch is causing massive under counting and is now affecting their ability to track the spread of the virus. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. chris wynne has our top story from san jose. >> reporter: tonight growing concerns after officials discovered a glitch with cal redie the covid-19 reporting system. >> we are back to blind. we don't know how the epidemic is trending. >> reporter: a fraessment as she the data isouies on it to gde t reopening of econog businesses and schoo very anxio issue to get resolved. we expect all of these numbers are going to gohat extent we do. >> reporter: so far the governor

hasn't said much about the problem. however, the state's top health official shared this during a recent briefing. >> there is a specific component that feeds information from labs to both the state system and local public health system that may be the place where data is getting stuck. >> reporter: for now the state does not believe the number of deaths or hospitalizations are impacted since those stats are reported separately. in santa clara county the two categories appear to be steady but health officials say cases are on the rise among people under the age of 35. >> while they, themselves, are at much lower risk of dying or suffering severe complications from sars covid-19 infection they are capable of spreading the to others they come into contact with. >> reporter: the push to wear face coverings and practice social distancing more important than ever before but for those who choose not to follow the rules -- >> it shouldn't feel right. it should feel like being in a

car without a seat belt. you must wear your face coverings any time you're outside your home. >> reporter: some also suggesting that those in multi generational households consider taking extra precaution even inside their homes. >> either a separate room or mask wearing by members of the family for example that might be out of the house more doing essential work. that would add protection for vulnerable family members. >> reporter: covid-19 still very much a threat and widely circulating within our community. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> on the peninsula san mateo county's board of supervisors voted to declare racism a public health crisis. it is the second bay area county to do this. the board funding toward racial equity programs and initiatives to fight systemic racism. supervisor david knopa

cosponsored the legislation and says the declaration should have been made 50 years ago. >> by acknowledging this and to go on record and say we are acknowledging as a public health crisis the action we'll be able to take moving forward, really sets guidance. >> he spoke with us today at a rally to support nurses. in june santa clara county became the first bay area county to make a similar declaration vowing to also end institutional and systemic racism there. >> the latest numbers show sonoma county has almost 3,000 homeless people. finding shelter in a time of covid-19 for them has proven challenging. now the county may have found a solution putting them up at a hotel near downtown sebastopol. >> reporter: in quiet, peaceful, and at least spiritually bucolic sebastopol the news caught everyone by surprise including this woman who runs a coffee house next door to ground zero. >> the first reaction was pure

shock. >> reporter: not how there are vacancies in the inn a few yards away but they might be filled with the homeless. sonoma county is considering buying the place and turning it into a shelter. >> fundamentally i think the inn is about stepping up and saying yes to solutions. >> reporter: this supervisor linda hopkins will not hear the words not in my back yard coming from her. >> homeless people are fundamentally people. if you give them a home they are just people. >> reporter: the purchase would tap into part of $1.3 billion set aside by the state of california to help cities and counties buy turnkey ready hotels, motels, and apartments for homeless people in need and sonoma county does have a problem. >> i wish they would have contacted the people who work here as well as the property owners and got our feedback, yeah. it would have been nice. >> reporter: not that kelly or others nearby are completely opposed. >> this is a haven for compassionate people. >> reporter: their main concern what kind of homeless will be living next door?

>> it is definitely a threat in some aspects because you don't know. >> reporter: the county says no drug addicts, no violent people. they would be the hand picked most vulnerable homeless over age 65. that news sits better with most locals. >> well, you want homeless seniors on this street for god's sake? >> reporter: the county continues formal discussions on the purchase tomorrow. the informal discussions are ongoing >> i would not want a homeless shelter right next to where i live. i think it's great here. >> reporter: abc 7 news. yet another bay area university will maintain distance learning in the fall. santa clara university will begin the year with nearly all courses held online and will keep on campus housing closed wth some exceptions. officials call the decisions difficult and disappointing but say they were necessary to protect the health and safety of the campus community.

about 5500 under graduates attend santa clara. it could be months before high school sports resume in california because of covid-19. state health officials have okayed the resumption of preseason practices under specific guidelines and school sports aren't the only ones bre >> reporter: coronavirus fears mean it will be december at the earliest that high school football resumes. that time frame is also true for high school basketball and in both sports many schools have held off on a grueling preseason practices lacking state health department guidelines for keeping the practices safe. the california department of public health finally released those guidelines this week not only for school sports but also for club sports and recreational programs like the brentwood seawolves swim team. >> it is not normal but they're in the water. they're into just physical exercise. >> reporter: the young athletes took part in swim camps during the summer but these are the first practices since the new state guidelines were handed

down. in order to begin practice the team or school must meet these criteria. practices must be outside. participants must stay 6 feet apart. there must be a stable group or cohort of players. the team must get a waiver from the local health department. the seawolves were already doing some of these things. >> they are very similar. you have to stay in cohorts. you have to take temperatures. we are more stringent in that we assign lanes. everybody has to have the same lane and we don't change lanes. >> even with all the restrictions the team believes the workouts are good for the mental and physical well being of the nearly #90 kids who take part. they range in age from kindergarten through high school. there is only one drawback. >> absolutely no meets. just practice. >> reporter: that probably means no meets before 2021 and even then probably no spectators allowed in to view the meets in person. in brentwood, eric thomas, abc 7

news. >> in the east bay there is another legal twist in the battle to build a new water front ballpark for the oakland as. the team announced today it is filing suit against the state's department of toxic substances control. the as are accusing the agency of failing to regulate environmental law against a long time west oakland metal recycler schnitzer steel which opposes the stadium and has a lawsuit hoping to block the ballpark from being built. the move has nothing to do with the team wanting to build its new stadium nearby. >> if we built a ballpark on the moon we'd still follow through with this litigation and ensure that our community where we live, where we work, where we play, i safe. >> he points to a number of fires that have broken out at the steel facility and says there have been five in the last two years alone putting up smoke into west oakland. in a statement to abc 7 news schnitzer steel says suing the

state agency that regulates industrial businesses is an attempt by the as to distract from the lack of information and accountability they have demonstrated in planning for a commercial real estate development at the working waterfront. the challenge of virtual internships for 4,000 students. how one local company is making it work, next. hi my name is eric. i am 14 years old. >> hello immy name is victoria mendoza. >> i'm jasmine garcia. i am 13 years old. >> one-on-one with students during covid-19 and the school year about to start. a candid conversation w

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thousands of students don't have adequate computers or internet access. he also says 97% of the schools plan to open with remote learning so this is critical. there are 6 million public school students in the state. since school is about to start we want to ask high school students about how they feel about once again learning remotely. so here is abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone. >> when they said this year is going to start at a distance what was your reaction? >> i said oh, that's stupid. but okay. i guess. >> reporter: jason dempsey will be a freshman at castro valley high school there and you heard her there. she is not so happy about starting the school year distance learning from home. >> people are saying that the teachers are scared. i don't know why they should be scared. if we're staying 6 feet and wearing masks it's like we're outside but we're inside. >> reporter: not everyone though feels as comfortable going back. for this story we talked with teens all across the bay

>> hi my name is eric. i am 14 years old. >> i am victoria mendoza. >> i am jasmine mendoza. i'm 13 years old. >> reporter: everyone we talked with did some form of distance learning last year. >> it went really well. all of my grades were good. i don't think there is any problem staying at home. >> i see it as a new challenge. >> reporter: for several students we spoke with distance learning did not go so well. >> it is a struggle for kids like me to have iep. the last three months at the end of the school year i struggled a lot. >> our teacher posts it for the other class and we didn't know that. and she keeps confusing us. when she says she is going to clang it but she didn't. >> the main issue i have with distance learning is the quality of education we'll be getting. >> reporter: while many kids might not be a fan of distance learning at home, they do understand why they're doing it >> i am worried about my family

and friends, health and i've been really paranoid so i haven't left the house and if i have to go outside i wear a mask and bring sanitizer. >> i really hope we do online school. i don't want to get coronavirus. >> high school sports have been put on hold but we found this student practicing on the baseball field with his dad and with his own thoughts on the upcoming year. >> i don't mind the online stuff but i prefer to go to actual school. >> reporter: doctors have said the younger kids are the most impacted by not seeing other children but in our conversations it was clear that impact is felt by most >> i can't go anywhere. it's kind of boring. >> we had a meeting today. it was kind of cool. but i wish it was like real life where we get to see each other. >> i am just frustrated and scared with how the school year is going to end up playing.

>> students and their families are preparing with the hope that maybe just maybe at one point they'll be able to see classmates and meet their teachers. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> all week long we're talking with experts in education, leaders in child development, families, and teachers. each day don't miss a bay area conversation about different education related topics. tomorrow, we'll take a closer look at colleges and friday, teachers. you can watch the conversation and our other abc 7 listens town halls on our website abc7news.com, on the abc 7 news app, and anywhere you stream. a bay area angel investors and micro school advocate lit up social media with an over-the-top offer to hire a teacher for a group of 2 to 7 kids. he has addressed some of the criticism he's been getting from teachers unions and other parents on our 3:00 p.m. getting answers show. >> some people have been telling me listen i know people in the union.

they're targetng you for harassment on twitter, trying to discredit you. i'm not trying to break a union. all i want to do is keep my kids safe and educate them and we're still in public school. i could afford to go to private school. i believe in the public school system. we're going to go back to public school after the pandemic. >> he is guaranteeing a teacher a one-year contract with a generous salary. he is also going to reward the person who refers the hire with a $2,000 uber eats gift card. all right. it felt a little bit like fall today. that, though, is about to

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there is now an interactive app that lets you explore the risk of being exposed to covid-19 anywhere in the country. set the size of the group and click on any county. for instance the risk level for a 25-person group in san francisco is 34%. that means if you were to go to an event with 25 people in the city, there would be a 34%

chance at least one person there would have covid-19. you can find the map created at georgia tech on a a hi there everyone. this weather just doesn't feel like summer time for sure unless you are in san francisco. take a look at the view from the golden gate camera. pretty socked in right now. the marine layer has deepened in the last 24 hours about 3,000 feet deep and those temperatures being impacted by it, 64 in livermore. #please 4 petaluma. live look from our kgo roof camera and you'll notice the trees blowing in the wind. good onshore wind right now. 62 in the city. 66 in oakland. 67 in san jose. the onshore winds gusting to 36 miles an hour in san francisco. really can feel the breeze in concord right now. 30 miles an hour. compared to 24 hours ago inland spots have dropped some more. 12 degrees cooler in livermore.

8-degree drop in san jose. here is a live look from our emeryville camera. you can see the setup as we head into tomorrow. the last 24 hours we've received measurable precip. half moon bay, 0.04. la honda 0.11 inch. may have needed the wipers. be prepared for that. here is a look at live doppler 7 and the low clouds will advance while you sleep tonight. san jose camera showing a peak of blue there. here is a look at the forecast. cloudy, damp, breezy tonight. early tomorrow morning. warming trend begins tomorrow. we are looking at seasonal warmth over the weekend. here is the hour by hour forecast. we'll see more drizzle andrizzld you'll notice tomorrow morning slippery roadways again with reduced visibility between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. take it easy out there. later in the day look at the clouds getting swept away except near the coast. we'll see more sun. temperatures will respond as a result.

first thing in the morning clouds drizzle. 50s, 60s. out the door for the afternoon. i think you'll be able to change up the sweaters for short for st sleeves away from the coast tomorrow afternoon. 86 degrees in concord. #plea 8 #please in oakland. 79 in san jose. breezy. 78 in san rafael. 86 degrees in santa rosa. here is a look at the accu weather seven day forecast and the temperatures will bounce back tomorrow low 60s to upper 80s after the morning drizzle. even warmer on friday. it turns hot inland this weekend with mid 90s inland. low to mid 60s coast side and our typical range as we head into the early to middle part of next week. you know what i have to tell you? this is the kind of weather that some people like me prefer to just crawl up under a blanket and read a good book and others find it refreshing. i don't know how you feel about this. >> that's a good point.

i don't mind it. i like it a little bit cooler. >> it's a nice change. >> good. >> stay with us. the power of an internship even or perhaps especially during a

abc 7 has launched new streaming apps so wherever you are you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather, and more with our new abc 7 bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv, and roku. just search abc 7 bay area and down load it for free. 6:00 two homeless people are arrested accused of running a meth lab in the san francisco motel room. the city paid for it to get them off the streets during the pandemic. we asked chronicle insider what this might mean to this controversial program. also keeping workers safe. we examine the push under way now in sacramento to make it mandatory for employers to report covid cases. from 7 on your side the return policies retailers are putting into place that are more generous than those before the pandemic. all coming up for you at 6:00. finally here tonight a different vantage point on how the pandemic has changed the work place. >> we're talking about google and the challenge of managing

its 4,000 interns when the program went virtual. abc 7 news reporter gives us an inside look at how google did it. >> reporter: armando was elected after a very competitive process to intern at google in new york this summer. covid-19 forced him and 4,000 others from 43 countries to work remotely. in armando's case from home in monterrey in northeastern mexico. google didn't lower expectations. >> we are looking for someone who can come in and have impact. these interns are working on real projects on real teams and doing real work all summer. >> reporter: armando is teamed up with two other interns to work with shaun johnston and another google engineer. they've been working on a timely project, an app to allow teachers to give interactive quizzes to students talking classes online. >> these tools have become kind of the only means of interaction between students and teachers so we are very excited to build something that can have positive impact on our communities.

>> reporter: google turned perhaps not surprisingly to an algorithm to make sure the interns didn't lose out on making valuable connections. >> it will match you with googlers to have copy with. people you wouldn't maybe engage with in a normal summer virtually. >> what do you guys think is a good end or good go? >> i think if we have what we have right now -- >> reporter: google looks at the internship program as a way to identify promising talent to hire. one of its first interns 21 years ago is now a google senior vice president. >> we are expecting these students to come in and do what we might expect someone to do as an entry level employee. >> with pay to match though it won't disclose salaries. armando and his fellow interns are still working on their app an idea they proposed and that could advance learning during and after the pandemic. abc 7 news. >> "world news tonight with david muir" is next. we appreciate your time.

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tonight, as we come on the air, the president just moments ago on the coronavirus, saying, we need schools open, after saying today children are, quote, virtually immune, and that this thing is going away. tonight, florida, for one, reporting a record increase in hospitalizations in a single day. more than 157,000 americans dead. the debate over returning to schools. tonight, the districts that have opened already. the cases, the students testing positive. images inside one georgia school, packed hallways, no masks. chicago announcing they will begin the school year online. and the other unfolding crisis in texas, new moms testing positive, separated from their newborns. also tonight, the pandemic presidential election. tonight, the president's campaign trying to halt mail-in

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