More than a quarter million tests in the system. We learned about it after the presentation and i think we have spent time that we wo not have put out those data points if we had known that. uand made aware later that e evening. Backlog is now clear. Meaning todays coronavirus data should be more accurate leading to more decisionmaking for the state and counties. We were able to process these cases over the weekend and to do all of the normal weekend work to ensure we ended the weekend was very few records in the system. The former Public Health officer, Governor Newsom declined to discuss the issues and whether or not he called for it. We are all accountable of what happens underneath us. I dont want to air any more than that, but if it is not obvious i encourage you to consider that we accept the resignation, appreciate her work, we all have a role and responsibility of what happens. Anyone who has dealt with the state knows technical glitches and not the Public Health problem, did he talk about that . The other agency . Yes, he talked about the technical backlog and the i. T. S issues that plagued state agencies in the Unemployment Department as well as the dmv as things can get backed up. We are talking about decades of misinvestment and not pushing forward with Computer Systems that are not uptodate to the current 2020 standard to do the kind of processing that we all expect that we can get on the internet instantaneously with Computer Systems not up to that level and kind of across the board. He is looking to invest in that across the board and across all agencies. Hardware and software out of date. We first brought you the governors update to live on cbsn bay area, stay up to date 24 7 by streaming us on kpix. Com. Other digital platforms as well. Students in oakland went back to School Virtually of course. School building sat empty as teachers and students logged on from home. The principal at one school popped in to see how everything was going. The start of the year is always an exciting time even when its crazy and different like this. The principal says there are several teachers who have opted to teach their zoom classes from the campus itself and even though school has started the district into the union are still negotiating on a Distance Learning plan. Both sides want come to an agreement. I am disappointed that its the first day of school and we dont have an agreement. Coming up tonight, parent say the first day was chaos and kids are left hanging while teachers and the district focus on negotiations. We wanted to know, what is it like for teachers teaching from home . Emily turner is life in san pablo with the story. Reporter the Overall School district really determines the curriculum, each school here in this district has a little bit of their own tweak to that. Beyond that with a lesson plan it is really up to the teachers, in school here or at home. Theyre getting creative. This is my classroom. This year will look a lot different for alex and her students. Not only will her kindergarten class be done through distance it will be done out of her house. Whats going on. She converted the bedroom into a classroom where she will teach 25yearolds how to read and write using a combination of videos with digital assignments. I click on the links and select, they can still see my face and also the screen i am seeing. Bay view elementary is a title i school. 97 of her classes on free or reduced lunch. Once they get their hotspots and tablets and they are online the digital element work to their advantage. Is going to be a lot of small group and oneonone conferences. So learning is going to be a little bit more personalized to the kids. There is a real and digital library, a whiteboard and decorations. She is packing up similar supplies to deliver to her kids. The year will be a big experiment for everyone she says. It might lead to permanent changes in education but she says nothing will ever replace the value of kids in the classroom. They have such incredible personalities, they are so unfiltered and hilarious and that is what i am going to miss. What are the schools doing to make sure the kids are up and running from a technology standpoint . Reporter that is a big concern, it is interesting from our perspective, we are so worried about that the kids are so tech savvy in general. The first week will go over all of the different dashboards that they have and in addition they get these tablets, but they are preloaded with the websites that the schools will use. They just have to get in there, log on, and then they are up and running. Kindergartners can do more on a tablet or iphone than i can. They have an advantage and hopefully that will ease the learning curve when it comes to this new world of digital learning. All right, thanks. The South San Francisco unified School District is pushing back the start date from wednesday to august 17th. It will start the year with all students in Distance Learning and eventually have a phased reopening. And, for the latest on what your School District is doing, head to our website. The as are taking on the angels and they could be with out one of their best players pretty soon. Dennis odonnell joins us with the fallout from yesterdays bench clearing brawl. In the lineup tonight, he is awaiting suspension from major league baseball. Tovebench incidentsld. He said he was set off by astros bench coach who made a comment about his mother. I am a man, whatever happens happens. I will take it and i could not keep my cool, and i should have. And i wasted my time with that guy. Meanwhile it is looking more and more that we are not going to have College Football this fall. The president will meet tomorrow to vote on canceling the season entirely. The conference with san jose state has reportedly reached their decision to postpone all fall sports and the big ten is expected to make the same announcement tomorrow. But some of the other coaches dont agree with that decision. Or university is going to play no matter what that looks like and how that looks. So we will see how the chips fall, we hope it is in the big ten. I think if it doesnt we are prepared to look for other options. President trump is hoping there is College Sports this fall. Student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be canceled and he said we want to play, the players have been using on social media and allen, elizabeth. The plans to play, the acc plans to play, no word on the sec but i will tell you what, if College Football vacates the saturday landscape expects the nfl to move in, it is a much coveted day for professional sports. Absolutely, so is the advertising money. Follow the money. All right, dennis. Thanks a lot. New at 5 00. A San Francisco judge is granted a preliminary injunction ordering uber and lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent workers. They requested the injunction as part of a lawsuit claiming that uber and lyft are violating a new law that requires workers to be classified as employees to ensure benefits. Right now a county employee and her husband are facing charges of conspiracy, extortion, and labor trafficking involving their nanny. Authorities say that the couple recruited their nanny from nigeria and told her to obtain a fraudulent that come here. Once she arrived they allegedly took her passport. Investigators say the victim was forced to sleep on the floor and was not allowed to take breaks or days off and was paid 150 a month. She was recruited through her church, her trust was gained and she was brought to this country to take care of the children and offered a wage to which he agreed. She had no idea what her rights were. The couple has pleaded not guilty. Still ahead and streaming on cbsn bay area, only on 5 00, testing a brandnew class of drugs to treat coronavirus. Why it could be a game changer. It was catastrophic, like a bomb. A massive gas explosion levels homes. Hear from the neighbors that ran toward the last to save those trapped in the rubble. Chaos in chicago, the widespread damage after looters trashed one of the citys most famous streets. As the fog creeps into downtown San Francisco still plenty of sunshine. The fog is going to continue spreading inland want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Crews and canine units are searching for victims after a gas explosion obliterated three homes. Gas leak is suspected hedlrt. Neighbor say they heard a loud boom and felt the ground shake this morning. From the ground you can see the force of the blast, Strong Enough to snap powerlines, shatter windows, some witnesses rushed to the scene, moments after the explosion. We said is anybody in here, yell out to us. We heard hey, i am here. Help me, help me. We started digging by hand. No tools, no anything. So, brief. Fire officials determining if there are other victims and the atf is investigating. A massive cleanup is now underway in chicago after widespread looting following a police shooting. The scene outside of best buy. Police say looters took off with cash, merchandise and anything else they could carry in the upscale magnificent mile. The camera crew caught looters leaving the stores. You can see display tables completely cleared out, atms were also destroyed or carried away, this comes after an officer involved shooting yesterday afternoon. Officers responded to a report of an armed person when he 20 yearold man ran and started shooting. Today the mayor had this message. This wasnt an exercise of First Amendment rights. This wasnt actions of people who were poor and trying to engage in activity to feed their families. Unfortunately this was straight up criminal activity and looting in our downtown and we will just not tolerate it. 13 officers were injured in all of this and more than 100 people were arrested. Lebanons Prime Minister and the cabinets are stepping down in the wake of the deadly explosint. The investigation, we know that hily went off killing more than 200 people, but it is unclear what sparked the explosion. The Prime Minister says it was somehow the result of widespread corruption, lebanons president is standing firm, ruling out an international investigation. We heard from President Trump a short time ago, he said he is considering more tax cuts down the line for Economic Relief amid the pandemic. He and democrats are blaming each other for the stalled out relief package. We would like to get the democrats to focus on something other than what they are focusing on which is a bailout of poorly running states. There are many great running states that are setting records and, lets see what happens with respect to that. Democrats say the white house turned down an offer to meet them halfway, this weekend the president took executive action issuing an order to see if measures to hold evictions are needed. He is also deferring federal student loan payments and the payroll tax until the end of the year. And he is taking money from fema to offer an extra 400 in weekly unemployment benefits. But, states would chip in a quarter of that in california, that is roughly 700 million per week. Even a state as large as california can never absorb. Without again massive cuts to important services. The governor says under the president s plan, california would have to reprogram its Computer System and there would likely be delays for those filing for unemployment. Campaign 2020, any day now, that is the latest word from joe biden on his running mate pick. The list according to cbs news has been narrowed down to these contenders and among them, former National Security advisor susan rice, keisha lance bottoms, kamala harris, and gretchen witmer. The dnc was planned for milwaukee, but it will now be held virtually, democrats will nominate the next candidates for vice president. Be aftermath in indonesia, this is what it looked like earlier today. This is the second time the mountain erupted in three days. It sent smoke and ash, more than three miles into the air. Because of possible lava flows. I guess enjoy the cooler stuff, because it is going to warm up. We are so in for some heat into september and early october and this weekend is going to be in the beginning of that. So the next couple of days, enjoy some weather including the fog spreading ready for inland through this evening and night. It will backup as we head through the day on tuesday, near normal temperatures tomorrow and wednesday even though wednesday will be slightly warmer, the bulk of the heat is going to hold off until late this week and stick around for the weekend and into early next week. Temperatures into the 90s for inland portions of the bay area. The fog is swallowing up the top of the sales force tower. As we head through the rest of this evening, 70 degrees in oakland, 63 downtown, 72 comfortable in santa rosa. Bringing in some of the marine air and seen plenty of sunshine. Below 80 but in the mid to upper 80s for concord and livermore. Concord and livermore, the temperatures are are substantially cooler almost 10 degrees cooler for santa rosa, and in fairfield, temperatures might drop another degree or two and we will start warming up each day as we head through the rest of this week. The fog is going to be widespread. All of these red shaded areas reduce visibility and plenty of low cloud cover even if it is not sitting on the ground, then it backs up rapidly improving visibilitys for inland portions of the bay area it is still going to hang out over the city and along the coast. Animal clearing, right along the coast but i think we are going to see her inland portions on east and south sides itself. Tempter strapping down not too far, mid to upper 50s slightly above average for this time of year but despite the end above average start, near or may be below normal for this time of year. The winds are going to be noticeable, 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Not overly windy for the middle of august but you can see the stronger gust are in the evening close to 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour on the road if youre not careful. High temperatures, pretty close to what is normal for this time of year. Same thing for the city and a lot of 70s on the map. Another day of southwesterly winds bringing the cooler air towards you. The upper half of the 80s for the warm spots on the east side. Warming up a few degrees especially away from the water. A few more degrees thursday and friday and you can see where that puts us by the end of the work week into the weekend. Mid 90s for the middle ground of inland temperatures which means the hottest spots around the bay, high temperatures in the low 70s and upper 70s close to 80 degrees on the east side of the bay to keep you updated on that. We will take an hour by hour look at tomorrows temperatures. Thank you, coming trelers, m the bizarre trend discovered by the tsa. Money doesnt grow on trees, but masks apparently do . Great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . 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The company is suing the former executive for roughly 14 million the amount of his exit package. He isnt talking, mcdonalds cut ties with the former ceo last fall. Healthcare workers got some muchneeded help today. They were ever to able to pick up protective medical gear for free, donated by the state and local medical associations during a giveaway at the college. It aimed to healthcare workers who dont have much access to safety equipment. Those who have trouble placing large orders, are big hospitals can place orders with protective equipment, masks, and gloves. They have to stockpile to be able to wait, our practitioners, local officers dont have that luxury, so its almost missing in some ways. The healthcare workers got enough supplies to last nearly 2 months. For more positive stories like this, check out our together page, go to kpix. Com flash together. More news ahead, a covid drug that could be a game changer. The Bay Area Company testing way to crank out millions of doses of antibodies and an exclusive look. The fight to make this black lives matter mural a permanent fixture in san jose. But wyatt could set a bad precedent. Weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, more local news. An arrest made and bay area synagogue, not the first time that block has been targeted. A new project in the north bay sending a subtle message, can mask trees get more people to change their habits . The Bay Area Company has discovered a way to make a coronavirus treatment by making an entirely new class of drugs. Today a major announcement and they are about to begin human trials. 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