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>>> tonight on kqed newsroom, coronavirus cases climb in california, bringing more uncertainty as the federal government grapples with a new virus belief package. >>> a e santa cldistrict attorney announces new criminal justice reforms, will they be ough to address ncerns over police misconduct in san jose? >>> the crowds are gone, but sports lives on, how athletesba are playing like never before. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom. this weekend, it will mark six months sin the first confirmed for the virus case in california, there have now been more than 400,000 cases and s 8000 dea the state, this week, we have seen the highest number of new cases in california and across the nation. inashington, d.c., the senate is working toward a new coronavirus relief package, the white house dropped its demand for a payroll tax cut, which gop lawmakers had opposed, big divisions remain as unemployment benefits are set to expire next week for 20 million people. meanwhile, democrats on capil hill are championing a $3li trillion plan that includes eight. closer to home, governor gavin newsom announced

. ♪ >>> tonight on kqed newsroom, coronavirus cases climb in california, bringing more uncertainty asal government grapples with a new virus belief package. >>> a e santa cldistrict attorney announces new criminal justice reforms, will they be ough to address ncerns over police misconduct in san jose? >>> the crowds are gone, but sports lives on, how athletesba are playing like never before. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom. this weekend, it will mark six months sin the first confirmed for the virus case in california, there have now been more than 400,000 cases and s 8000 dea the state, this week, we have seen the highest number of new cases

>> tonight on kqed newsroom. s coronavirucases are on the rise. there are more infections among younger people. extract challenges facing the san francisco zoo and the oakland zoo. an the imals still need feeding . >> scientists are collerorating across boto fight covid- 19. we spoke to researchers in california and in bolivia about their pioneering solutions . >> good evening. public health officials hoped to see fewer conavirus cases since it is summer. instead, the cases are on the rise. it is across the globe, across the nation anin california. senior citizens seem to be the hardest hit. now younger people are making up the larger number ofpeople falling ill. since the beginning 65of july of the cases are between the ages of 18 and 49. domingo. e by skype is dr. thank you for joining us. >> reporter: thank you. the age of affection is dropping drastically. why is this? is it related to reopt ing? >> tis a great question. we see the average age of earlier in the pandemic was 65 years old. now some reports are as low as 35 years old. we have see

welcome to kqed newsroom. it is hard to believe but we are just a few weeks away from n schools reg for the fall semester. today gov. gavin newsom announced all children in third grade and up must wear a mask to ishool. itthe first order of its kind in the nation. also schools are only permitted to physically eiopen if county has been off the watch list for at least two weeks. this week the two largest ic school dis in the state, los angeles and san diego, announced they would only provide online education when they reopened. in the bay area school districts are mixed to. several will open for distance learning only. others are planning for some in person education and if you have not decided. our first guest today the congresswoman from santa clara who wrote opinion article this week calling for more government funding for education. she joins us from washington dc. thank you for being on. >> you have kids and i have kids, this is a situatioop impacting whether they have children or not because there are pare

. >> tonight on kqed newsroom. s coronavirucases are on the rise.here are more infections among younger people. extract challenges facing the san francisco zoo and the oakland zoo. an the imals still need feeding . >> scientists are collerorating across boto fight covid- 19. we spoke to researchers in california and in bolivia about their pioneering solutions . >> good evening. public health officials hoped to see fewer conavirus cases since it is summer. instead, the cases are on the rise. it is across the globe, across the nation anin california.

welcome to kqed newsroom. away from schools reopening for the fall semester. today gov. gavin news