bob wachter, chair of ucsf's department of medicine, joins us. doctor, thank you for joining the program today. we heard governor newsom say earlier this week the hospital capacity is at 8%, which means there is some room, but what are you seeing at ucsf? >> we are seeing many more patients than we were about a month ago. it really felt like our first several months were amazingly good. but right now we've got about 25 patients in ucsf's medical center compared to a low of about 8 or 10 a month 'a go. we're definitely seeing an uptick. >> so 25 patients, covid-19 patients. how many patients can you hold? where you don't get overrun. >> we can hold many, many times that. the problem is when we get -- if we get maybe two or three times busier than this then we would have to cut off our access to other patients. so in march and april we stopped doing a lot of elective surgeries. we told patients not to come in to see us in the clinic. right now we're wide open to see all of the patients at ucsf. we want to stay that way. we're a long way away from b

peter chin hong, infectious disease specialist at ucsf. doctor, what kind of numbers are you seeing at ucsf? >> thanks for having me on, janelle. i would say, over time, on june 7 we had seven patients with covid in the hospital, at ucsf. on july 24, we had 19 patients, today we have 38 to 40 patients with covid. that's about a five-time increase just locally in our hospital. >> wow, that's incredible. so is this coming from the july 4 surge were people were hanging out in groups and gatherings? >> it's a little bit of a mix. certainly we have the folks who went to barbecues around july 4 and we're seeing those repercussions now. but there are quite a lot of essential workers still, and more than half of our patients are latinx. two-thirds of my patients i'm taking care of are latinx and half of them are ventilated. >> oh, my goodness, that's terrible to hear. governor newsom highlighted this week that the latinx population, especially in the central valley, because they are front line workers, farm workers, they're working those jobs, the

we're discussing this with the chair of ucsf's department of medicine, dr. bob walker. the governor's orders today, a sweeping order really. run this through really quickly with our viewers. governor newsom ordered closures in some sectors, three consecutive days. 19 of these counties. ones closer to the bay area, sawn joaquin, merced and sacramento. they have to close indoor operations at the following. restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms. movie theatres, family entertainment centers, museums and card rooms. as for casinos, on tribal land, the governor says he's working with them and will have an update soon. as for the fourth of july weekend, all parking facilities and state beaches and southern california will be closed. the beaches will be open but the states will open where local beaches are closed. state parks remain everywhere and do not gather with people you don't live crowds. that in a nutshell. thank you for joining us. good to see you again. >> my pleasure. thank you. let's understand what realities compel the governor, what is california's covid situati

. >>> ucsf medical center nurses demanding all staff be tested for covid-19 network. they say only symptomatic nurses have been offered tests. those nurses were protesting the policy outside of the test site earlier today. this site is not run by ucsf but nurses say this is where they must cover testing if they are not showing any symptoms of the virus. >> well we think it is outrageous that especially in the context of having known work exposure that ucsf refuses to offer us testing. we know people can transmit covid while being asymptomatic, and we also know that we are working the front lines of this pandemic and we are caring for covid positive patients, and sometimes you get exposed at work. >> in a statement, ucsf says in the last five months only 25 of our 15,000 faculty and staff are believed to have contracted the virus, and we will begin asymptomatic surveillance testing of employees on july 21st. >>> california unemployment claims just jump to the highest level in more than two months. an estimated 287,700 workers filed initial claims last week. that is a j

george rutherford of ucsf. at one point, we went rapid fire asking what he would and wouldn't do, outdoor dining okay, but he wouldn't eat inside restaurants. backyard gatherings are okay depending on friends in your bubble and what they've done. staying in hotel is okay too, depending on standards there and swimming outdoors is fine. we talked about what it takes to reopen schools, hopefully you learned something from our conversation today. we'll be here every day at 3:00 on air and on live stream answering your questions, facebook live, youtube live, abc7news.com and the >>> tonight, news just coming in on the coronavirus here in the u.s. now soaring to record levels. more than 130,000 lives now lost. and atlanta's mayor tonight just revealing she has tested positive. at least nine states reporting record numbers of infections over the holiday weekend. growing concern tonight about the huge crowds. hundreds attending a massive lake party in michigan. miami-dade tonight closing restaurants to indoor seating.

. >> we went to ucsf with his claims. while no one has been laid off, emthe management seems to be scheduling less staff for the same. a work pre covid. they semius this statement. ucsf takes staffing in our hospitals seriously and ensure that's the needs of our patients are met amongst the many clinical and nonclinical staff. >> all of our most skilled nurses are saying we need more pcas. we need support. we're getting nothing from management. >> in late june, he protested in front of his own hospital. ucsf has not laid off front line workers but on july 1st, the ceo sent out a letter telling staff that revenue loss means learning to work more officially. it is a letter that worries mcknight and prompted him to speak out now while he still has a job. >> when they're looking to make cuts, why are they looking at the most essential workers, the ones who showed up through it. >> building a better bay area means digging deeper into issues surroundsing education. teachers are starting to plan a potential rush to the class rul

we have details from a new study that's coming out of ucsf. we're getting tossed from our community there are fast eyes and ears right now. >>plus a south bay community compiling coronavirus related complaints. thousands of calls about residents and businesses violating health orders. >>good evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm justine waltman in for pam moore tonight, thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8. >>we begin with that major development from the nfl, the league canceling all pre season games this year. kron four's ella sogomonian joins us now from the newsroom with what led up to the decision and delaware the lee goes from here. >>that's right ken this is something the players have been pushing for and were extremely vocal about on social media over the weekend high-profile players, including drew brees patrick mahomes and the niners richard sherman took to twitter accusing the league of ignoring the safety recommendations from experts and the safety demands from players among those demands not playing any games in augus

ucsf has not laid off front line workers. but mark sent out a letter telling staff that revenue loss means learning to be more efficiently. >> when uc is looking to make cuts, i don't know why they're looking at the most essential workers. the heroes who showed up through it. >> reporter: in san francisco, chris reyes, abc7 news. >> the question, to cloth face masks really work? they were put to the test by a scientist at fresno state. the samples were put in an incubator for 24 hours and then came the results. from a distance of three feet coughing and talking without a mask spread bacteria with sneezing spreading it the most, if you add a face covering to the test, the results were pretty telling. >> with my mask completely on, there are no colonies that grew on the plate. >> interesting. viruses won't show up in these tests but bacteria act as a proxy. scientists say if you can get rid of bacteria cells, you'll have a really good chance of stopping the virus. this test shows a mask can help get rid of both. >>> the covid-1

but we are closely affiliated with ucsf, stanford and berkeley. early in march, we got into the game, we thought we need to get more testing to more californians. how are we going do-to-do that? we have this work force, post f op open, graduate students that wered by theling their thumbs during shelter in place. we could put them to produce and execute more free testing for more californians. >> you know what, it's interesting what you are saying and the need for testing and how quickly you have a turn around of 24, 48 hours, seems to really be resonating with people on facebook right now. people like judy who share the story of her daughter being in the icu 15 days. the situation is getting ridiculous. because they're overrun with need and also people leak judy has kins saying covid has taken over 16 days to get back and also we had a story recently about a person from california, a man who flew to idaho in order to get tested. talk about how you identified the need or at least the group of biohub did, the need to make this a priority well before

the study conducted by ucsf is the first known study to assess stress levels of physicians in the u.s. during this pandemic kron four's michelle kingston spoke to a local emergency room doctor about how she's handling it all. >>i think i think it really does have a lot to do with the unknown and the anticipation and just not knowing what lies ahead emergency medicine physicians in 7 cities across the country say they're experiencing rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion none of this is necessarily surprising as doctors continue to work tirelessly through the coronavirus pandemic it interesting that i think is emergency physicians we are used to dealing with a lot of uncertainty and stress all the time, but this is a new and different level according to a new analysis led by ucsf frontline physicians are feeling moderate to severe levels of stress and anxiety bowl that work and at home worrying about exposing relatives and friends to the virus. >>worrying about the lack of rapid diagnostic testing in lack of personal protective equipment for doctor murray of raven the chief

but new research out of ucsf shows that wearing a face covering actually protects you as well. it has to do with blocking the amount of virus that can get into your body. nbc bay area's ian cull spoke with the doctor in charge of that study. >> reporter: until now, most research on the coronavirus has shown wearing a mask helps the people around you. but new findings from ucsf doctors reveal it helps the person wearing it too. >> so we're seeing these rates of not getting sick being driven up in places that mask, and that's why it's important to message that masks help you. they help your family, and that's why we all have to wear masks. >> dr. monica ghandi is an infectious disease physician and led the team of doctors. they gathered data from multiple studies to come to this conclusion. >> if you are wearing a mask, you're getting less of a viral dose. you're unlikely to get the infection. but if you do get the infection, you're more likely to get asymptomatic infection, having no symptoms or not getting sick. >> reporter: they also studied multiple outbreaks at workplaces th

lack of personal protective equipment for doctor murray of raven the chief of emergency medicine at ucsf. >>her biggest concern is when or if the ucsf emergency room will see a major surge in coronavirus patients, everyone really needs to get on people need to wear masks or face coverings they need it to socially distance may need to wash their hands and they really really need to just consider the fact that. >>they're not just protecting themselves there protecting her leg on 426 emergency physicians were surveyed for the study which was led by doctor robert rodriguez a ucsf professor of emergency medicine who is currently on his way to texas to help in the hospital is experiencing a significant rise in cases there. the study found a slight difference between men and women physicians with women reporting a higher level of stress in san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>the first possible vaccine is set to begin final stage testing next week. the study will involve 30,000 people to see of the covid vaccine is safe and effective doctor anthony fauci from the white house task for

i worked for ucsf. they are a leader and there is no reason that our health department -- it's a challenge, but it's a challenge so worth meeting on every front. thank you. >> thank you, can we have the next speaker? >> hi, my name is leslie goldbe goldberg. i want to thank supervisor fewer and the others working on this good food purchasing program because it's acknowledging and starting to address some of the most pressing challenges we have in our world today. one point i wanted to make was i appreciate the difficulty and the challenge of providing nutritious and tasty meals for hospital patients. i hope the administrators will understand that the american dietics association says vet began meals, well planned vegan or vettarian meals are healthy for people at all stages of their lives. they can even provide health benefits. so i think that, that's something that is really important for them to understand and also other folks have mentioned, antibiotic resistance is a problem that effects all of us b

. >> reporter: ucsf dr. monica gandhi says to slow the spread, people to know if they're infected as soon as possible so they can quarantine. otherwise they can unknowingly pass the virus tories. >> by time you get the test back, you're not even social distancing anymore. it doesn't make sense to have tests that take a long time. >> reporter: quest diagnostics which has 2200 labs throughout the u.s., says the fda approval speeds the extracting dna from specimens. the turnaround time should be two to three days for most. lab corp., its rival says it's already meeting those numbers. this comes as health officials say people should only get tested if they really need it so the labs don't get backlogged even more than they are right now. but for many, they just want answers. >> if you got faster results, i feel like you could get faster treatment and find out who you might have exposed faster. >> reporter: in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> california has set a new record for covid deaths. yesterday 1

this is according to a new study done at ucsf kron four's michelle kingston has reaction from a local ert doctor. >>i think i think it really does have a lot to do with the unknown and the anticipation and just not knowing what lies ahead emergency medicine physicians in 7 cities across the country say they're experiencing rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion none of this is necessarily surprising as doctors continue to work tirelessly through the coronavirus pandemic it interesting that i think is emergency physicians we are used to dealing with a lot of uncertainty and stress all the time, but this isn't new and different level according to a new analysis led by ucsf frontline physicians are feeling moderate to severe levels of stress and anxiety both at work and at home worrying about exposing relatives and friends to the virus. >>worrying about the lack of rapid diagnostic testing in lack of personal protective equipment for doctor murray of raven the chief of emergency medicine at ucsf her biggest concern is when or if the ucsf emergency room will see a major surge i

ucsf hospitals are seeing more people with covid-19 symptoms in the emergency room now. our analysis shows all nine bay area counties are seeing an increase in hospitalization rates and certainly, doctors are worried about that trend. abc7 news reporter chris reyes explains how they're preparing. >> we need to be prepared to ramp up quicklyere it concer>>ar ravs chief of ucsf's department of emergency immediate single where they are seeing up to 20 people show up daily with covid-19 symptoms. not a surge but an upfick they're watching closely along with these numbers. this chart shows the number of covid-19 patients in the city's hospitals. notice that after a gradual dip from may, the numbers are now rising in june. >> the notion of hospitalization is not quite as scary as it was in march. but we really do not want to have our hospitals overrun with patients with covid. >> reporter: at you were csf, this is how they're preparing. these tents outside the emergency room still ready to go. they were first erected in march. >> as soon as the surge hit, we will most likely c

in 1948, ucsf covered the mural cycle with wallpaper. you can see in the back here during the 1953, lecture, the wallpaper that was covering the mural at the time. they were uncovered in the 1960s and underwent conservation treatment by the artist on nathan b. zakheim here on the right and jennifer walker in the 1970s. with funding from ucsf alumni faculty association. bernard zakheim on the left died in 1985. the importance of the history of medicine in california is acknowledged, recognized and undisputed even by the university of california san francisco. ucsf representatives described frescoes california treasure and the jewel of university art collection. ucsf draft environmental report issued last week on july 13, 2020 admits the series is a historical resource and the proposal to remove it, substituting a digital representation would be a significant impact for purposes of the californian environmental quality act. beyond its high artistic value the history of medicine in california is -- exceptionally rare. the series is associat

lack of personal protective equipment for doctor murray of raven the chief of emergency medicine at ucsf. >>her biggest concern is when or if the ucsf emergency room will see a major surge in coronavirus patients, everyone really needs to get on people need to wear masks or face coverings they need it to socially distance they need to wash their hands and they really really need to just consider the fact that. >>they're not just protecting themselves there protecting her leg on 426 emergency physicians were surveyed for the study which was led by doctor robert rodriguez, a ucsf professor of emergency medicine who is currently on his way to texas. >>to help in the hospital is experiencing a significant rise in cases there. the study found a slight difference between men and women physicians with women reporting a higher level of stress in san francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>in the east bay, there's a deadly coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home in walnut creek so far it's killed. >>12 people kron four's dan kerman has the latest. the california department of public health say

why can't ucsf get around tobin hall and save the hall. it's very dangerous to move these murals. it's not something you want to do and maybe at the very, very last resort but these murals could be damaged and the other thing is where are you going to put these murals. these large murals and thank you for considering this important issue. >> thank you mr. rothman, are there any. >> public comment is closed. i want to say a few high-level things. the item before us is not going to change the world. but in the middle of the great depression has been a narrative in our society all my life. the new deal was what we all came to know as the new government golf at solution and millions and millions of people to work and and gave us this incredible legacy of art and public works that still serve us today and and i have known that for a long time but what i've come to realize is that happened less than 25 years after a pandemic that was the spanish flu that killed a half million americans and we had a much smaller population at the time and so i want to put this all in that historic contex

certified n 95 volunteers are tying knots at the end of the new elastic band to hold them in place a ucsf physician and an engineer or heading the project and both say they love that people will now have access to them who otherwise may have had to go without it feels good to see it scaling. >>the plan and the vision were exciting. but there's nothing like actually seeing the mass go into the hands of someone who really needs it can to get one was. >>super gratifying and. it's just great to have something to focus energy into and try to make a difference, you with with everything going on in the world right now in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news and tomorrow people are meeting at the community presbyterian church on yelp and otto in danville if you'd like to help refurbish these masks they one volunteers, we have a link on our website. >>if you'd like to register to help out that's kron 4 dot com. a developing story out of san francisco, a chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to the chinese military. >>on a visa application is now in custody, the 37 year-old one t

that determination was made by ucsf leadership. right now we have plans for a research and academic building on the footprint of u.c. hall with lot of amenities to the community. that project would start with demolition of u.c. hall in 2022 and then construction would begin soon after that. that's where the murals are located. as you mentioned, -- i think it was supervisor peskin mentioned, commissioned part of works project administration. i will get to in a minute the conversations we had the general services administration of the federal government. u. of the impacts we identified is the damage or destruction of the zakheim murals because of their -- with paint on wet plaster. their large 2500 panels each attached to the structure itself. they have some damage, some water damage. unfortunately that entire building has significant amount of defer maintenance. what we did, we issued -- we requested professional opinion from a.r.g. to determine the likelihood of the process success of removing the murals to be clear, they didn't sa

that determination was made by ucsf leadership. right now we have plans for a research and academic building on the footprint of u.c. hall with lot of amenities to the community. that project would start with demolition of u.c. hall in 2022 and then construction would begin soon after that. that's where the murals are located. as you mentioned, -- i think it was supervisor peskin mentioned, commissioned part of works project administration. i will get to in a minute the conversations we had the general services administration of the federal government. u. of the impacts we identified is the damage or destruction of the zakheim murals because of their -- with paint on wet plaster. their large 2500 panels each attached to the structure itself. they have some damage, some water damage. unfortunately that entire building has significant amount of defer maintenance. what we did, we issued -- we requested professional opinion from a.r.g. to determine the likelihood of the process success of removing the murals to be clear, they didn't sa

>>more like the most people are now going to develop that section and go out and spread it ucsf or elegy professor doctor george rutherford says. >>until there's a vaccine controlling the spread of covid-19 is best done by identifying and quarantining those who are positive and then isolating the people they've been in contact with which is why a quick return on results is critical. >>3 to the extent that their their keys long delays built in testing that makes the contact tracing less effective. you want to happen, you know pretty quickly in order to find the people who are infected the contacts were infected get them tested and get them and isolation are courting. >>because of backlogs of quest and others. that we're experiencing a multi-day analyzed during his update wednesday, the governor acknowledged the delay in results and said it's being addressed working to match some are testing capacity. with local. labs. with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot. >>of the delays occurring. >>the governor says he should have an update on the revamped t

kron 4 sanaz tahernia talked to a pediatrician at ucsf benioff children's hospital for her insight. >>it's not if it's not going to do anybody any favors to get schools reopened for not doing it safely because we're just going to close them down again if there if it's not safe enough we don't have to supports in place for teachers and for families and for students to do it in a way that doesn't drive transmission by would actually worry the most about the adults in the equation which is counterintuitive we always think about the kids and what if the kids are nervous and don't do it but if they're at risk, it's fine. it's actually the adults and the entire school community that we have to think about you have to take a relatively holistic view. kids are relatively well rests i would actually want to encourage families to feel a little less anxiety around their own specific children but actually to think about advocating for the whole community. >>and you can hear more on the subject and other interviews as well on our 24 hour streaming. news service kronon it's a free app to download

we checked with kaiser permanente, sutter health, ucsf, stanford, and san jose regional medical center. all have instituted strict no visitor policies, and are only allowing one support person to join women in the delivery room. kira: obviously, there's nothing more in the world that i want than my husband to be by my side. and so, at this point, we think that he'll be allowed to come to the birth, but we don't know. bigad: kira woodward hopes the study will reveal the actual risks so hospitals can make informed decisions on whether to ease up on restrictions, or institute more of them. kira: if it is found that it is safer for me and the hospital staff and the baby that there's less people in the room and my husband can't be there, then that's a choice we're willing to make. bigad: more than 600 women have agreed to be part of this study, which will track the health and progress of those new moms and their babies for about a year. researchers tell us they hope the findings will improve medical care and address some of the uncertainty surrounding this virus. now, if you have a tip for

to take the step joining us now to talk more about these new guidelines is doctor naomi barta with ucsf benioff children's hospital doctor, thank you so much for joining us. i know it is important to note that while the cdc did issue these guidelines california has its own guidelines mandating online learning for school the following counties that are still on the states watch list. in a general sense do you think it's a smart move at this stage in the game to bring the should students back into a classroom. >>the best data we have and the best public health approach we have tells us said if the community provinces high that it is not a great idea to reopen schools that would not be recommended idea. it's not if it's not going to do anybody any favors to get schools reopened for not doing it safely because we're just going to close them down again if there if it's not safe enough we don't have to supports in place for teachers and for families and for students to do it in a way that doesn't drive transmission. >>you interact with parents on a daily you know with as a pediatrician. there

so this is interesting information coming from right here at ucsf. so happy to have dr. monica gandhi joining us and mention that among other things, she's director of the ucsf gladstone center for aids research. thank you for the time. >> thank you very much for hving me. >> so tell me about this paper that you're putting together and what the takeaway is for all of us when it comes to wearing our masks. >> yes, so we basically put together evidence from both virology and epidemiology and what's going on with this virus and put together the theory. we think viral determines whether you get the infection or get sick with the infection. the oldest we could find from 1938 that how much virus you get in the system makes you either very sick if you get a lot of virus or not very sick if you don't get hardly any virus. and what a mask does is for you as an individual is it protects you from getting either any virus depending on the mask or just a little bit of virus and you're more likely to get what's called asymptomatic disease for not having symptoms at all. and this is hu

george rutherford, epidemiologist at ucsf. doctor, you've always been blunt with us. numbers are going in the wrong direction. how concerned are you? >> oh, we have to be concerned when the numbers are going in the wrong direction. the hospital numbers are a bit of an artifact, though, because we're getting transports both from san quentin as well as a handful from imperial county that are taking beds. but, you know, that's part of the deal. we have to be able to help out the other counties in california who are overloaded. but that's created some pressure on the icu beds. >> more people are getting tested. that's the upside. but it's taking five to eight days to get those results back. how damaging is that? >> it's not good. it's not good. it's the wrong direction. it makes it particularly difficult for contact tracing, you know, unless people self-quarantine while they're waiting for their results because it just takes -- it's that many more people who are going to get exposed by someone walking around who turns out to be infected. >> initially thoughts on the gover

. >> reporter: another benefit, ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. peter chin-hong says sample pooling requires fewer reagents to run covid-19 tests, which is critical because the chemicals needed for the test remain scarce. >> so we're definitely seeing a shortage of reagents. >> reporter: the fda has already given commercial lab quest diagnostics approval to do sample pooling, and other bay area labs may start using it too. >> ucsf is not using sample pooling at the moment, but it's something we're actively discussing. >> reporter: new strategies to save resources. in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> right now let's take a look at where we stand with covid-19 cases here in the bay area. santa clara county reporting 114 new cases today for a total of more than 8,800. contra costa county reporting 143 new cases. alameda county, 116 new cases today. all in all, the bay area now has more than 45,000 cases and 750 people have died. statewide now, same story. cases are surging. california now with more than 445,000 cases. 8,300 people hav

a day or 2 ucsf or allergy professor doctor, george rutherford says until there's a vaccine controlling the spread is best done by identifying and quarantining those who are positive and then isolating the people they've been in contact with that's why a quick return and results is critical to slowing the spread. the longer the period of time from you getting tested que getting results back or us getting results back. at the at the local health departments. there are that many more people you can in fact we're going to be much more strategic much more dynamic in our testing during his update wednesday, the governor acknowledged the delay in test results. instead it's being addressed much more strategies for testing to get that response time diminish substantially. >>that was dan kerman reporting. >>as ashleigh mentioned a little bit ago napa county is the latest bay area county to be added to california's covid-19 watch list. business owners told this week to prepare to shut down after the county reported a rise in cases the order taking effect tomorrow it orders the closure of business

plaza is made possible by ucsf, b.a.r.t. and the city. the groups also realize that fear of a positive test result is another reason that this work is so important. many of this community are worried that if they do test positive, they will have to self-quarantine and that means that they miss work. again the goal is to catch the virus before it causes those problems. julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> the numbers for oakland show which neighborhoods are being hit hardest by covid-19. the east bay times is reporting that the positivity rate in the 94603 area code is 21%. in the 94601 zip code, it is 23%. and in the 94621 zip code, it is 25%. and just to give you context, compared with alameda county as a whole, the positivity rate is just 13%. alameda county is on the state's watch list though and you can check out where your county stands with our interactive feature at abc7news.com. the map will hoe the area has been on the list. >>> refusing to wear a mask or social distance will now cost you in contra costa the county has voted to fine an

ucsf doctors found that masks prevent a person from inhaling large amounts of the coronavirus if they are exposed. lead doctors say that that data is from several recent and old studies. the team also looked at outbreaks in processing facilities. these are places that require masks. at the show that the virus still spread, but most of those workers never had symptoms. >> if you are wearing a mask, you get in less of a viral dose. you're unlikely to get the infection. but if you do get the infection, you're more likely to get asymptomatic infection, having no symptoms or not getting sick. >> now, ucsf findings will be published in a medical journal next week. >>> well, just in, santa clara county district attorney announcing that its prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty in cases. d.a. jeff rosen actually also laying out other reforms. gavin newsom put a moratorium on any death sentence while he's in office. the san jose police union already fighting back, saying that the proposed criminal justice reforms are quite, quote, reckless. our marianne favro is tracking this sto

from ucsf. if you have a few people over, definitely social distance and wear a mask. >> stay in your bubble. >> yes. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> great advice. >>> a sad ending to share with the story of a young mountain lion that prowled around san francisco. it was hit by a car along highway 1 in pacifica. here is video taken earlier of the cub exploring san francisco last month. it was captured and tagged and then this morning it was found on the shoulder of a skyline boulevard off ramp. california highway patrol says the driver that hit the cub did not stop. they say up to 100 young lions h are hit by a car every year. >>> busted again. what we know about a so-called underground nightclub shut down by police and ties to a similar club raided earlier in this pandemic. >>> pg&e has managed to put its bankruptcy behind it. it began with a devastating and deadly series of fires in 2017 and 2018. the utility was to blame for most of them because of deficient equipment maintenance. a feder

>>doctor, peter chin, hong is an infectious disease expert with ucsf he and other health experts say that the next few weeks are going to be critical for several reasons for one california was already showing troubling signs of the corona virus infecting more and more people pushing up the positivity rate. >>we don't only have a test positivity rate increase. we also have an increase in hospitalizations and the number of icu beds use and in some counties like imperial county and riverside. things look a little bit more concerning of course we have marin county with san quentin serve exploding right now doctor chan hong says that if. >>you were one to go to a 4th of july party and not wear a mask with people not in your immediate family or if you traveled over the holiday weekend getting tested should be on your to do list. >>long flights tend to fill up people might not mas in those us together. you know it's a party may be and where mass that's a high risk situation i would definitely think about getting tested, but they could baller old people at home doctor chan hong says that whi

. >>> some jarring comments from the chair of the ucsf medical department. he said the miracle is over in california. >> our raj mathai explains and joins us with the details. raj? >> reporter: yeah, we're seeing it in our own community. you might even be seeing it in your own family. a lot of those same things, fighting this disease has become a political battle. just like the flu or taking away my freedom or maybe this is an anti-trump movement. whatever you think, a local doctor says forget about it. he doesn't want to hear any of that stuff. he's the chair at ucsf of the medical department and well-recognized as an expert on covid-19. he issued a thread of 24 tweets this week. the miracle is over. the sooner we acknowledge that, the better off we'll be. that's what the doctor says. he says california's gone from a state with remarkably low spread to one where hospital beds are filling up fast. overall, according to the doctor, the last two weeks are bleak. new cases doubled. hospitalizations went up 43%. here's a big one. test positivity rates, getting t

here at ucsf, thankfully we didn't have a big number of patients like new york. so we have had month to build our hospital like at our mt. zion campus to help train people to care for covid patients. so we can say we have a lot of experience caring for you goes a long way. >> that is very, very, very comfortable. thank you, doctor for speaking with us, and thank you for the work you are doing in the hospital. >> thank you for having me and for all of the support. >> save our salons was the unusual rally call today. they said allowing haircutting outside doesn't help them. their specialties are hair color and extensions that must be done indoors according to the code. one salon owner said her salon was gutted when they didn't allow them to reopen. i would ask somebody have this conversation with us, how to be safe so we can get back to business and continue to take care of our families. >> workers say they are trained and licensed to do their jobs cleanly and all people could use relaxation. >>> today the japanese teagarden once again reopened their or nate gates

certified n 95 volunteers are tying knots at the end of the new elastic band to hold them in place a ucsf physician and an engineer or heading the project and both say they love that people will now have access to them who otherwise may have had to go without it feels good to see it scaling. >>the plan and the vision were exciting. but there's nothing like actually seeing the mass go into the hands of someone who really needs it can to get one was. >>super gratifying and. it's just great to have something to focus energy into and try to make a difference, you with with everything going on in the world right now in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>tomorrow people are meeting at the community presbyterian church on l and in danville if you'd like to help refurbished the masks we have a link on our website to register to volunteer that's kron 4 dot com. >>still to come tonight vandalism at a local school. the ethnic group targeted and what's being done about it. also a legal decision considered a blow for top oregon law enforcement officials as federal agents do not appear to b

tam: we have ucsf hospital. we have the warriors coming. we have a bunch of new apartment buildings. scholl: you have corporate headquarters of facebook, google, microsoft. christensen: we realize we live in such an amazing place with so much creativity and innovation. i'm excited when i see the young people in the tech industry all overer town, allll over the e by area commuting backck and forth. there's an energy here. renteria: in mission bay, everyone pretty much works in tech, working on the next start-up. woman: i have 3 cappuccinos for here. renteria: i'll do a coffee. ok. thanks. i'm considered a millennial. we kind of are free spirits, and we don't believe so much in just full-time gigs. i work in social media marketing, so it's definitely a new industry. a lot of people don't quite understand it, but i run social for a living. the really cool thing about a job in social media or just tech is that you can work remotely. coffee shops are free. yes, san francisco is really expensive. there is no other place like san francisco where y

we also are seeking to work with the ucsf prevention and disease intervention specialists. these are the staff that are very famous now very some of the covid work that they have been doing and the core group of staff and experts with people who have syphilis and helping identify the partners and treated for presengs services as well. this would be the purpose of the dollars and we feel it is really important for the efforts overall to improve sexual health in san francisco to be able to utilize them. >> thank you very much. any comments or questions for my colleagues? there is no billing report on this. i have one question which is, do you have the racial demographics for this upward trend of people who are contracting syphilis? >> we do. i am happy to share those data. in a rate per population, it is most impacting people of color, burglarly black african-american women and happy to share the exact rates with the committee. >> superviser fewer: i hope that the funds are really targeted to the population. and we have a high infant mortality rate among african-american also

left a replicated when they got back home and that his devices found studies from ucsf that they allege he planned to share with his pl and lap this news comes as the chinese consulate over houston texas was ordered to close by the trump administration today live in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news all no doubt more to develop on this story after taking 40 million dollars from the oakland police department's budget last month. >>the city council has rejected 2 proposals that would have led to even more budget cuts it's a controversial issue which is also connected to the recent attack on the home of oakland mayor libby shaft kron four's dan kerman has more. >>the cleanup was underway wednesday at the home of oakland mayor libby shaft. >>on tuesday vandals spray painted graffiti across or garage calling for the defunding of oakland police an investigation into the incident is now under way but oakland police are saying little else. >>in june. the city council pulled more than 14 million dollars out of opd is budget. but tuesday night they rejected a bid to pull out an additional

joins us now live from the newsroom with more on what's stressing out the doctors l a canada's team ucsf study found doctors in 7 cities around the country. >>experience rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion regardless of the local spread rate. their top stress factor, according to the study is lack of personal protective equipment. doctors also said they need better access to rapid turnaround testing due to the risk of community spread by patients and co-workers diagnosed with covid-19 and get this female doctors reported higher stress levels than their male counterparts but the chief of emergency medicine at ucsf says that her biggest concern is when or if their emergency room will see a major surge in coronavirus patients. >>everyone really needs to get on people need to wear masks or face coverings they need it to socially distance may need to wash their hands and they really really need to just consider the fact that they're not just protecting themselves there protecting her left. >>according to the san francisco department of public health over the weekend there were 9

. >> ucsf researchers have a warning tonight for young adults who smoke. the results of a new study found that smoking makes them more vulnerable to developing severe cases of covid-19 and even death. the study looked at 8,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 29 and those who smoked were found to be 100% vulnerable to severe cases of the virus. >> they found that 20% of our sample had been engaging in cigarette or e-cigarette use in the last 30 days, which is considered current use. and that overall, that was the largest factor that would involve vulnerability for young adults. >> smoking was even -- smoking was even a bigger factor than asthma, obesity and immune disorders. the researchers are encouraging young people to stop smoking to reduce their risk of developing a severe case of covid-19. >> time now to look at the weather. drew was saying this would be the hottest day out of the next few. is that still the case, drew? >> yeah, we're going to hold onto that cool coast that we had today, and we're going to find that tomorrow, more refreshing a

a ucsf study looked at the data from the cruise ship in japan where more than 80% of those on board had covid-related symptoms. that was before wearing face coverings was recommended. on a different cruise where people covered their faces, less than 20% had symptoms. researchers say think of a mask like an umbrella that can keep you from getting too wet. >>> in these times of pandemic, many educators have become frontline workers. that's the case at a preschool that dates back to before the last pandemic. how it's now fighting to survive this one. >> reporter: there's a sound you'll hear at the corner of 16th and mission that almost seems foreign in these covid times. it's the sound of children playing at the holy family day home preschool. >> music to our ears. >> reporter: the music of young voices has been striking a chord on this same corner since 1900. >> we're about 120 years old. >> reporter: the school has been around so long, it served families during the 1918 flu pandemic. after closing down on morado reopened late last month at 60% capacity. while she's worried about the risk

. >>> a medical team from ucsf in san francisco is working hard to ensure a hard earned success story isn't reversed. it is happening on the massive navajo nation which has battled some of the highest infection rates in the country and now they're facing a new challenge. for members of the navajo nation which stretches across sections of new mexico, utah and arizona, the battle against covid-19 has been an epic struggle for survival. abc7 first brought you will these images in late may. as a second wave of volunteers from ucsf were arriving to help the nation's overwhelmed health care system. led by the doctor. >> during april, may, june, we add over 40 nurses and doctors. >> reporter: new cases were surging so quickly that the nation's leadership mandated some of the strictest measures in the country including universal mask requirements and a mandatory shelter in place order. as doctors worked furiously, infections climbed into the thousands. then the nation's discipline and hard work began to show results. while new deaths are still being reported, the curve is flattening. >> it is

the ucsf task force is mapping out a plan for a safe return when they return to the classroom. we spoke with doctors to sort out the. from the fact. >> reporter: the task force gathered data from other countries that have successfully. out what works and what doesn't. tanks in the information, doctors have some solid science as the schools try to figure out how to get back to the in- person learning. >> it's hard. the only way is for all of us to work together. >> reporter: the doctors on the ucsf task force for safe return to school. >> i think the error we made this time around was opening the bars and restaurants before the schools, probably because it was summer time. as a society we should look toward opening the school's first. >> reporter: 30 of 58 counties on the california monitoring list. doctors say there is a way to get the kids back to school but that hinges on a decline in covid-19 cases. >> with rising community prevalence it will not work. good data shows if there is community transmission going on that will transmit into the school and mostly in adults. >> repo

just take a little bit. >> reporter: he is an infectious disease special i have at ucsf. he said the concept is to combine a i will teeny portion of samples. by performing one test could you potentially determine the residents are clear of the virus. >> it no longer represents one individual. each sample can represent in the example i just gave, 100. >> reporter: if it is positive, they would test each individually to locate the infected personal. he said pool testing was used extensively in the wake. hiv aids epidemic but it does have limitations. the more samples added to the mix, the more each is diluted making it critical to detect smaller amounts of the virus. to blishl what that threshold is for covid-19, they examined reams of samples. their couldn't collusion, that it could be 20 times as efficient as individual testing and still remain accurate. >> we were pleasantly surprised and kind of excited. >> reporter: with the challenges of reopening schools and businesses looming, fast and affordable testing could be the key to a safe future. now this week one federal o

ucsf health specialists will be at the pop up site from 7:00 this morning until 6:00 this evening. if you can't make it today, you can stop by friday during the same time slot. those organizing the event say this might be the first low barrier testing site in the u.s. >>> also happening today, free covid tests in berkeley. the site is at san pablo park on park street. tests are by appointment only and officials say the two day pilot program includes the use of a new saliva based method. for a full list across the area, just go to kpix.com. >>> developing this morning, an attorney in vallejo is asking a judge to order the da to investigate two fatal police shootings. officers shot and killed sean monterrosa lost month. the other shooting was last year when police killed willie mccoy. he was shot asleep at drive- thru. police say when he woke up he reached for his gun. the da asked the state's attorney general to take up the cases but he refused saying there's no conflict of interest. >> she does not have the confidence of the african- american community and the hispanic community in

ucsf donated some supplies to san francisco general hospital earlier this week. remdesivir is an intravenous antiviral drug made by foster city's gilead sciences. it helps patients who are extremely ill get better sooner. >>> alameda county health officials today blame social gatherings for much of that county's recent increase in cases. those officials are also asking people to give lake merritt a break this weekend. >> reporter: despite numerous warnings, health officials say people gathering in places, such as here at lake merritt, have led to a spike in the covid-19 infection rate. dr. nicholas moss, alameda county's interim public health director, says the infection rate is now three times what it was on june 1st. >> over the past month we have seen more people infected by attending parties, social events and family gatherings. while these aren't the only places that we see transmission, social gatherings play a much larger role than we had expected. >> reporter: the new study by the ritz community health center found the number of covid-19 infections have d

>>ucsf or elegy professor doctor george rutherford says until there's a vaccine controlling the spread of covid-19 is best done by identifying and quarantining those who are positive and then isolating the people they've been in contact with which is why a quick return on results is critical to the extent that that there are these long delays built in testing that makes the contact tracing less effective. >>he wanted to happen, you know pretty quickly. in order to find the people who are infected the contacts were infected get them tested and get them and isolation are courting. >>because of backlogs of quest and others. that we're experiencing a multi-day delays during his update wednesday, the governor acknowledged the delay in results and said it's being addressed we're working to match some are testing capacity. with local. labs. with many of our hospitals and not just doing these national labs we've seen a lot of the delays occurring. the governor is supposed to release new strategies in terms of testing either friday or monday. dan kerman kron 4 news. and here's a closer look at

ucsf's top epidemiologist explains what we can do to stop the spread. >>> chiiacers filling the cove as we speak. >> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. what to expect tomorrow plus an update on the drought and our reservoirs. we'll have that for in about 7 minutes. >>> just today california became the second state to report more than 400,000 covid-19 cases. we join new york as the only two states to top that threshold. and it's expected california will soon pass new york as we continue to see a surge in cases, and new york is actually flattening the curve. nbc bay area lili tan sat down with one of the nation's experts on tracing to find out how this happened. >>> california is now on track to overtake new york as the worst hit state in the country for covid-19 infections. >> it's a proportion of people surviving icu stays is going up and up and up. >> reporter: that was the good news when we checked with the ucsf epidemiologist george rutherford. as of now san francisco has trained 140 disease detectives who are tracking cases seven days a week. now the bad news. with growing del