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District about whats ahead for kids returning to the classroom and more self driving taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco, even as residents and city leaders are split on the decision. My from jack london square. This is morning time to the nine to today is friday, august 11th. Were looking live from maui right now where the sun is coming up. Just past this shot is a devastating scene on the Hawaiian Island. Welcome to the nine. Officials in hawaii have now confirmed the deaths of at least 55 people from the fire on the western side of maui. Yeah, crews start searching through burned out buildings and that could lead to a rise in the death tolls. Most of the deaths are in lahaina. The wildfires there destroyed more than 1000 buildings and more than 1000 people are still reported missing, though the Maui County Police chief says that that number could be much smaller. He went on to say they truly dont know how many people are unaccounted for because its so difficult to get a hold of people and to check family, family and friends to check on their loved ones because the Communication System on the island is down. Hawaiis governor says this is the worst Natural Disaster in the states history. It is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. When you see the full the full extent of the destruction of lahaina, it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off. If i may add. And all of those buildings virtually are going to have to be rebuilt. It will be a new lahaina. Some of the people who survived the fire say hawaiis Emergency Warning System did not alert them as fire raced towards their homes. Officials confirmed that Emergency Management records show no sign that warning sirens ever went off. A woman who owns a shop on front street in lahaina that burned to the ground says the destruction is just devastating. Line is such a special place and not just for the people that live there, but for so many people that. Sorry, im holding it together, but im on the edge for the community and for all of the islands and for so many visitors that come see us every year. Its the historic significance and id just be the memories there. State Officials Say it will take billions of dollars to rebuild lahaina. More help is on the way to maui. Thats right. Strike teams and volunteer groups from the bay area will play a role in helping survivors of the wildfires burning in lahaina. Ctvs james torres is live from san jose Bonita International airport. And james, you just talked to a volunteer who was heading to hawaii this morning. Tell us about it. Yeah, andre, alyssa, good morning to you this morning. That volunteer has been with red cross for about 18 years. He says hes responded to a number of different disasters wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, you name it. He says this one shouldnt be much different than what hes seen in the past, despite hearing lots of what hes seen in the News Coverage and what some of the images and photos that weve all been exposed to coming out of lahaina. And he says what his goal is there is to support all the evacuees, support all the survivors, and also be somewhat of a liaison between those folks and some of the resources that will be offered there. Now, lets talk about some of the mission of the red cross in general. About 13 relief workers left for the Hawaiian Island yesterday. More leaving this morning and this weekend. We spoke to the ceo of the red st. She says that she owned a house along front street thats now destroyed and this volunteer that i spoke to this morning also said that hes been on this flight several times in his lifetime and just like responding to pretty much any other Natural Disaster, i asked him if he felt nervous today. Heres what he had to say. But ive been trained and ive read up on the on the web on whats going on. I watched your newscast. Thank god that i could see all of that and get prepared. And then ive been doing this for a while. So well give it a go. And ive got a lot of people to help me both locally and in the local government. People are trained to deal with disasters so its not just me. Im a part of a whole team. Additionally, governor gavin newsom signed off on sending an urban search and rescue strike team to maui. Part of that team also includes a firefighter from oakland. Each of those members have extensive experience handling wildfires and the aftermath, Officials Say in maui, there is another search and rescue team thats there from nevada already with boots on will plan to play a variety of different roles. You heard from the gentleman earlier talking about his service as a government liaison. Other folks will be there just to hand out supplies, collect supplies, run some of these donation shelters, something that tom tanner, who we spoke to earlier, says that hes served many of those roles in a number of different of these Natural Disasters. And, of course, he says hes been having to prepare himself to see what exactly he will see when he gets there. Again you heard from the governor a little earlier this morning talking about it looks like a bomb went off. Mr. Tanner tells me that the red cross puts these people through some trainings to kind of expect some of that impact and that shock, as well as trainings to deal with some of the emotions of the folks that you talked to there who are dealing with homes lost, family members lost, a whole variety of things that come with a Natural Disaster. He says he expects to be on the island anywhere between 2 to 3 weeks or a lot this morning. From the san jose manette airport. Im james torres, ktvu fox two news help on the way for those people there. James thank you so much. For more insight on the response to the disaster in hawaii right now were joined by former fema coordinator mark duvall. Mark, thank you so much for joining us. Mark we know femas going to be heavily involved here and that started after the Emergency Declaration from the president. Actually a little bit before that. Yeah, because theyve got a Permanent Office already in oahu. So as soon as they knew there were problems, they started sending staff over to maui to be able to coordinate as well as putting staff in what they call the crater, which is Emergency Operations center in hawaii on oahu. All right. So lets go to the number of fatalities now jumping overnight here. Were learning its gone up from 36 to 55. And were also learning it happened in the three mile stretch. What does that tell you as someone who worked with fema before, what are you thinking in your mind as you were part of fema on the ground there right now . Well, you think about a three mile stretch in a 2000 acre fire creating such devastation. And as we start to go through more searching area, youre going to find, unfortunately, more fatality. So now were starting to approach that. This could possibly be one of the worst fires, if not the worst in our countrys history. So pray that does not happen. Yeah well, lets jump to this real quick, because there are some comparisons between this fire something people that died in that one. Yeah what you this has been noted right now. Thereintee fires start burning in in a forested area and then they roll down into a very populated area, which is what exactly what happened here in a three mile stretch, we devastate, you know, thousands of buildings. Number of fatalities, destroyed, infrastructure, and all took place in a relatively short time, same as the paradise fire. So we know it doesnt take long. 80 mile an hour winds pushing those flames, devastation. This will be something that that will be studying. Emergency officials will be studying this. And as well as Something Else that happened on the island, were getting a report from the Associated Press that the sirens didnt go off. Right. But we know electricity was affected because the fire moved so, so quickly, so fast. Now, Officials Say they did send out Emergency Alerts on the phones that you normally get. Now, thats the new way of sending things out. But we also had an issue with Cell Phone Service as well. This is something, you know, as youre looking at this as an emergency official, this is something youre going to have to consider Going Forward now, right . No question. And thats the challenge to any emergency official or any disaster. Electricity is probably number one priority. Restoring that so you can recover and rebuild. But in this case, the sirens that youre talking about did not operate, it sounds like, because of downed electricity, there were notifications sent out in the Emergency Alert system, which does allow peoplet its me to be able to send those messages to cell phones. Personally. We have better response than the sirens work. They came from the Civil Defense days, not as effective as effective. Right. But but now what do you what do you do now when you have the cell service thats thats disrupted, thats going to be something to be considered Going Forward now, no question like yeah, like in maui as well, because they dont have any backup on the mainland. Weve got backup grids to be able to energize, but we still face the same situation. Theres no solution necessarily. They can bring out whats known as cals cellular on wheels, which brings power to those areas. And they can get that in relatively, which were seeing happening right now deploy those. So people are able to communicate not only by phone, but by texting as well. Something that fema does when these situations are the ones that bring out these portable equipment to help people communicate, not so much. They coordinate with the telephone. At t verizon, there are Emergency Response units within those companies. The federal government, fema can mandate with them and mandates that, yeah, okay. So thats thats one of the roles that they could be playing there right now. Absolutely. It is going on. All right. Sose support civilians, authorities. And, you know, this is very rare. What is it and why is it not used as much . Well, its access in the department of defense, army, navy, air force and those resources and to move that is pretty bureau matic and its hard to do its typically used in like probably the last time katrina is where it was mostly used. But because there are so many uniformed personnel in hawaii due to the bases being there and they were close distance and being able to get them from, if you will, oahu over to maui. And those resources. Otherwise, a lot of the resources would have to come from the mainland. So theyre putting them into service. And ive got family that work on the tarmac and they were telling me yesterday, sending pictures about how many military aircraft were flying in and out of the airport. Yeah wow. Wow. So youve got people there on the ground giving you information about whats happening there. Yeah, a lot of people looking to get some more information. Thank you for your insight to give us kind of a picture of whats happening there on the ground right now, because a lot of people are worried still cant get in touch with family on still cant touch a thousand people still missing. Yeah, thats thats the challenge question. Its pretty sad. Mark, david, thank you for your insight today. Youre welcome. Andre, nice to see you. For the very latest updates on the situation in maui, you can head to our website. Just go to ktvu. Com. Coming up on mornings on 29, despite opposition from some residents in first responders, there will likely be more robo taxis rolling through San Francisco. The controversial vote that has both strong supporters and harsh critics, too. Also ahead, the sun is setting on summer for students in the Berkeley Unified School district. Next on the nine, were talking live with the districts superintendent to see what students and parents can expect for the new academic year. Well be and now please welcome ana montoya. [applause] [suspense] hello there, fellow students. There it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Who knows what you can do when you du more with less asthma. Ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. Largest School Districts. We want to welcome this time superintendent nikki ford. More with the Berkeley Unified School district. Thanks for being here this morning. Thank you for having me. When you were last here a year ago, you were just about to start your first year as a superintendent for usd. Now you have a year under your belt. Youre starting your second year. What are the things youve done or changed in the last year that you felt were the most impactful for the district . Yes, we had an amazing year last year. I would say that really thinking about our partnerships was a critical focus of ours last year, thinking about how do we focus first when partnering with our families and focusing on partnering with the cities and our Community Based organizations, partnering with our students to really understand who we are as the usd, whats working, whats not working, and then use that to create a plan to do better. So started off the year with listening and learning and found out about all the issues with parents and students and students and Community Partners and just folks who dont even have students in the district anymore. Just to really, again, figure out how well are we doing in Movement Towards our mission and our accomplishment, our four es equity excellence, enrichment and engagement, and then use that information to create a plan. What was the number one thing they wanted you to change when you talk to them . The number one thing, of course, is to focus on student achievement. And then the second one was to think about student wellness, wellbeing and sense of connection and those are all been a part of our plan. Last year, and were going to continue those efforts going into this year. We did a lot to focus on the classroom, focus on instruction, making sure our educators had what they needed, to make sure they able to reach our students and all of their diversity, and that we created a really a data informed system to figure out where our students are and how what we need to do to move them to the next level to realize all of their brilliance. How does that data system work . I mean, do you take like record the test every week or theres a number of different ways you can use data to figure out how kids are doing, but how did you do that in berkeley . First and foremost, we definitely see and saw data as information. It helps us tell a story. When we talked about our data, we werent just talking about achievement or assessment data. And the more traditional form were talking about talking to our students and understanding who they are and what their interests are and how they learn and whats working for them, whats not working for them. So we also had more qualitative data as well. But we have a new system called edge climate where our educators are able to input data achievement data on the various interim assessments, attendance data, social, emotional or behavioral data so that we can, on a regular basis, look at our students and where they are figuring out what they need and come up with plans and so data monitoring or progress monitoring is what we call it which helps us to be morert of responsive and helpsng scores, because they did go up for black and latino studentspast year. The percentage of students in that group that were identified as being as high risk for not reading at grade level dropped almost in half. How did you do that . So were still waiting for those final results, but we have definitely seen from our interim assessments for sure the a positive trajectory. And what i think was the was the key. If you will, was that we really focused on our teacher collaboration, professional development and coaching, and really started to streamline and get on the same page around what good quality instruction looks like, what is good quality reading instruction, because theres a big debate among parents whether it should be very phonics based or a balance of sight reading and phonics where does berkeley stand in that . So berkeley stands on implementing research based, science based instruction, the science of reading, science, of reading definitely brings in years and years of research and understanding around how reading develops, and that includes the foundational skills like phonemic awareness, that includes being able to comprehend, that includes writing. And so were trying to create a comprehensive literacy experience for our students. And because of that, we focused a lot on professional development. Our students, our teachers are kindergarten through eighth grade and engaged in common planning and common pd. This whole year was the first time last year where they were able to collaborate not just within their sites but across sites. They had a shared book study and were going to continue that focus on literacy going into this school year so everyone can collaborate and share what works, what didnt. This is what i hate, i think you should do in third grade. In. Yes, yes. This class. Yes, yes. And again, root that in what . Science and research tells us. Works for reading acquisition and development and have that informed by our regular progress monitoring, looking at data, looking ahead to this school year, how was the budget . Oh our budget is healthy and stable. We went through a very robust budgeting season last spring and what i would say that i love about berkeley is really is a community which means that when we were making those budget decisions, we were engaging various stakeholders to make sure again that our budget allocations are responsive to the needs of our community and that we were thinking from different perspectives and purview. So anticipate any cuts. I know a lot of districts have funding that is going to be expiring in the next year or so. Is that the case or do you think you wont have to make any big cuts . We dont know that just yet, but we do know is that we have amazing and tremendous support from our community. So we have a local measure called berkeley schools excellence program, which funds a lot of the unique and Amazing Things that happen in our district, our small class sizes, our instruments, our library, our fully staffed, etcetera. And so in partnership, again with our community, were able to do great things for our students. And we were excited that this budgeting season were able to continue to have that focus and continue to provide those programs. Really quickly before we have to go. Earlier this year, you convened a task force to study the issue of reparations for black students in asd. Whats the status of that . That task force is still meeting and thinking and coming, coming up with a lot of different ideas of what it might look like if we try to respond to some of the some of the atrocities that have happened to folks in the past. We will wait for more news on that and Everything Else happening in the Berkeley Unified School district for more superintendent of bsd, thank you for speaking with us and sharing all that info. Thank you so much. Have a great first day of School Next Week to you, your students and your families and teachers and bsd. Thank you. Well, coming up on mornings on two, the nine breaking barriers to Higher Education. Were talking live with the president of Laney College to talk about their Free Tuition Program this fall. And today is the day for music fans in San Francisco. Whats in store for the outside lands Music Festival . Well also tell you the recommendations for folks heading to Golden Gate Park this weekend. Stay with us this morning. This week, crews have been busy setting up the stage and vendors have been setting up their booths. Organizers say theyve sold 225,000 tickets and this year, fans can expect larger cocktail areas and more menu items. San francisco Officials Say the festival is expected to generate 70 million for the city. This festival is employing 5000 human beings. And at a time when all eyes are on our economy and our economic recovery, this festival is critical to San Franciscos ability to thrive. Featured artists scheduled to perform include rapper Kendrick Lamar and the foo fighters. Were also learning that drag icon trixie mattel has canceled her outside lands performance. Mattel posting the news on instagram, citing unforeseen circumstances. Sfgate reports. Bob, the drag queen is now slated to fill in, and there could be some issues for people on the peninsula trying to get to the festival. Caltrain is suspending its service between millbrae and San Francisco this weekend and next weekend due to a construction project. But the agency says they will be offering a bus bridge during the suspension on 924. Lets get over to Steve Paulson for a look at the forecast and a little bit of changes under way. Its definitely more humid. That is true. Thatll be with us all the way probably into early next week. And not only the combination of the tropical clouds. Now, there are some sun breaks, but you can see the cloud cover coming over from the Sacramento Valley off the motherlode and a huge fog bank, although it is beginning to erode to the south. But its locked in for many thats up and down the coast. The tropical clouds did produce a little bit of activity, shower activity associated with that low which tapped into it. The majority of it stayed south, but right through milpitas, fremont, san jose had some brief activity right there. That line went right by sunnyvale, cupertino and speaking of cupertino, sunnyvale, that tropical cloud deck makes for a muggy feel. And you can see even some activity went through the santa cruz mountains, santa clara valley. But look at the temps here. Santa clara is almost 70. Campbell is 68. San jose 67, cupertino, 71. So you had this cloud cover in here, some of that cloud cover and that tropical san jose now 70. So it is much warmer by ten degrees. San jose over central santa rosa because they have more in the way of fog. San jose has more in the way of those tropical clouds. Most of the activity is kind of cleared out. Theyll be bands moving through off and on into the weekend. I think sunday night, monday i would prepare for monday. Forecast models are are giving us a cloudy, muggy day, maybe more shower activity, a little bit of drizzle, a big fog bank in place, mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Again that fog may last longer than some hope or wish, but its in place and a few showers to the south are possible. Also over. The Sierra Nevada is going to pick up and that moisture looks like getting caught around that low will take a beeline right towards us. Late sunday into monday for what looks to be a cloudy, mostly cloudy day. Big fog bank, again, a mix of fog, sun clouds, kind of a muggy feel, tropical, humid, feel 60s, 70s, 80s on the temps, inland temps should warm up a little bit on the weekend. Im not sure theyll get the 90s with the cloud cover but itll be tropical feel with a lot of fog and low clouds. Coast in bay you guys steve thank you. Flights from the bay area to the mainland to from the mainland to maui are starting to go out two, the out after those devastating fires into both the opposition and support about more robotaxis rolling through the city visit your local volvo retailer, to experience a volvo fully electric vehicle during the summer safely savings event. Subways now slicing their meats fresh. Thats why soccer pros like me profer the grand slam ham. And this rookie prefers fresh sliced turkey. Perfect for when youre subbed out of the game. And if we profer it, we know youll prefer it too. Nothing better than a sub, sub. Over the hillsides there. This is where strike teams and volunteer groups from the bay area are headed to this morning. They will play a role in helping survivors of the devastating wildfires that have happened there this week. Welcome back to the nine. At least 55 people are confirmed dead in more than 1000 homes and businesses were destroyed in the Historic Town of lahaina. Reporter jake alexis is in maui, where he shows us the heartbreaking images of the destruction there. Dozens are dead and an entire town is wiped out here in maui in. Firefighters say the flames are still spreading in some areas. Its hawaiis deadliest Natural Disaster in 60 years. Fire crews are still struggling to contain at least four wildfires burning across maui. The flames completely destroying the town of lahaina, killing more than four dozen people. And the death toll is expected to rise. Survivors say when the wildfires hit, thousands of people rushed to evacuate on a single lane highway for about an hour. It was just chaos. Complete confusion, and nobody really knew what to do. Hawaii officials are now pushing back on criticism that there wasnt enough warning given. Critics say lives could have been saved if the states Emergency Warning System was activated sooner. But mauis mayor claims residents ignored orders to shelter in place. People were asked to stay there, but people still tried to get out. They didnt want to stay there. They werent listening. Now the focus is turning to rescue and recovery. President biden has declared a major disaster and more than 100 National Guard members have been activated. Part of a larger push to get maui back on its feet as soon as possible. Theres been such a outpouring of support, and youve been able to see it across the islands, whether its the schools or even at the state legislature. Police here are urging residents to stay away from lahaina, saying the damage is still being assessed and the area isnt safe in maui jake. Alexis fox news. Some airlines are adding flights to get people off the island of maui. Many flights to maui have been canceled because of this emergency. This is a live look at San Francisco international airport. Its one of the airports managing cancellations or rerouted flights from the island. United airlines canceled all passenger flights to kyle louis airport instead, its sending empty plates to the island so it can be used to bring passengers back to the mainland. A few people who landed sfo after evacuating are still in shock. Devastation sadness. Yesterday i cried all day. Its just its really bad. It was crazy. And then we made to the airport and 30 plus hours later we finally got home. Have you got the Evacuation Order . So in the five minutes we put everything in our bags and leave and then we saw the smoke. The airport in maui was packed with people yesterday trying to leave the island. Hawaii state officials are discouraging all nonessential travel to the island right now. Many airlines are allowing people who had plans to travel to the island this week to reschedule without paying extra fees. Right now, cell service and other communication is still wiped out near lahaina and Officials Say the outages could last days, if not weeks. This is making it difficult for people trying to find loved ones. Theyre one woman in maui has put together a spreadsheet to help with this. It lists the status of people in the lahaina area. Now, if you dont see the name of people youre looking for, you can add some of their information to this list and check back for updates. Now we have a link to that spreadsheet on the web links section of our website. You can also go to our home page for the very latest updates from officials in maui. Its all at ktvu. Com get ready to see more driverless taxis on the streets of San Francisco after six hours of public comment, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to expand driverless Taxi Services in the city. Ktvu dave detailing is live for us now to talk about the changes this will bring to city streets. Dave good morning, sal. For one thing, companies, waymo and cruise will now be allowed to charge for those autonomous rides. We can also expect to see an unlimited amount of those avs on the streets of San Francisco. Now yesterdays meeting included six hours of public comment. Many people argued that Companies Like waymo and cruise are not ready to expand the service, adding they cause traffic problems and get in the way of first responders. But others said Driverless Cars are safer than cars with humans behind the wheel, with permits being granted for the two companies, we can expect to see more of these vehicles out on the road, no longer constrained to certain hours of the day. While some begged the commission to put a brake on the driverless program, supporters said the vehicles improve peoples lives. Im tired of watching my family be put in danger and we have a solution to the danger that human drivers cause, which nobody is really addressing. And i think selfdriving cars are infinitely better than human drivers right now. The greater problem is that the cars dont recognize unusual situation. An like a lot of people said today , theyre still learning and a lot of people weighing in. San Francisco Mayor london breed responded to the vote saying in part, Autonomous Vehicles are a key part of the future of transportation, not just in San Francisco, but in the world as a city that leads on innovation. We are committed to integrating avs and improving how they can work safely and effectively in our city. There remain challenges. We need to work to resolve, especially when avs interfere with our first responders. Now, while it appears that the city has given driverless taxis a go and has the city support, the president of the San Francisco board of supervisors says he will likely ask for a rehearing. Were live this morning in San Francisco. Dave detailing ktvu fox two news. Dave thank you. All right. Talk about breaking barriers to Higher Education here for the second year in a row, Laney College in oakland is offering free tuition. This fall with more than 130 different programs and more than 600 classes. Theres probably something for everyone, right . So joining us now is Laney College president rudy best. Thank you so much for joining us today, rudy. A pleasure to be here. So, rudy, when you hear free tuition, you always think that theres got to be a catch to all of this. So what is it here . Is there a catch . There is no free classes at Laney College. There is no catch all. We ask our students to do is apply for financial aid, which is the federal fafsa form. And with that, regardless of the outcome for our resident students, refugee students and undocumented students, we will cover tuition and fees along with books that will issue a laptop. We provide meals on campus four days a week in addition to that free parking. And if students are taking an equivalent of two classes, they get a free ac transit pass. Is this being funded by the federal government . Money from from the pandemic . Is that how this is happening . So weve kind of triaged and brought together a variety of funds in addition to that and which is sunsetting. Now, there are there are also statewide block grants that were using in addition to that, along the way, with the 140,000 lunches to active students that weve served to date, we had some cooperation from the Alameda County food bank as well. So were really triaging why do this, though . I mean, schools, you know, they make money off of the tuition. So what . Why are you offering this . And is this unlimited to any student that just really wants to go to school . Honestly two barriers out there for a lot of students, they think, well, college is expensive. Yeah theres no way i can apply for aid and even if i did, i wouldnt qualify. Thats really not true to a great extent. And then along with that, you know, a lot of students, they pay their tuition. They think im good. But you know what . You have to go to the bookstore and you have to get other things. Oh, yeah. So were taking care a lot of a lot of those associated costs of education just to support students. Yeah. Free bus passes as well to go with it. So theres a way for you to get to i mean, you guys pretty much have the bases covered. You just dont have a place to live. But if you have a place to live, you can pretty much go to school for free. So the programs and well get to the programs and what they are just a moment. But are they transferable to a four year school, though . Because thats important for some people. Many of our programs, including a lot in the Career Education area, are transferable. And then with our Career Education programs, we pretty much have the gamut when it comes to the Building Trades construction. On top of that, we have like welding and all that you can you can do carpentry, welding, construction management, architecture. We have all those things all the way up to management. Okay . We also have an incredible culinary program, including a bistro on campus thats open to the public. We have a cosmetology program, just a variety of things that were students can actually work while theyre attending and advance in their jobs. And these fall under the 130 programs for the free tuition. Thats correct. Everythings included. Okay nothings exempt. You mentioned this as a second year. I wonder with the most popular programs were that you saw in the first year people signing up for well , you know what . Business is something thats very popular and certainly a lot of students are looking at in the areas of accounting, entrepreneurship. Yes. Management a lot of those things. And the response has been incredible, actually, with in our communities compared to the year before. We had a an 18 increase in tuition, the number of students that applied. And in our communities, we had 33 more African American students attend and 22 programs linked to this program. Yes. And 22 more latinx students. Its been great. Wow, thats thats pretty thats pretty impressive. All right. Lets talk about eligibility here. I know you said applying for fasfa. And regardless of the outcome, you could still qualify for that. But. But who is eligible even apply for fast food and to the school and to this Free Tuition Program. Everyone, everyone. Wow, thats thats crazy. I wish i had that one. I was wrong. All right. And what does one i have to do to get the free courses . I mean, once you get the tuition, you can sign up just like you normally would when i was in college. Correct. You go to laney, edu backslash, enroll, and you can sign up. But one thing thats great is tomorrow the 12th and then on saturday in the 19th, were having one stop saturday events where oakland residents can come to campus at laney from 10 to 1 come as residents leave as full time or part time. Laney College Students. All right. Remind me those dates and when thats happening. Yeah august 12th and august 19th, from 10 to 1 00. All right. You can just come there and get all the information. Everyones going to be there that you can talk to. Were going to have breakfast and refreshments and all the personal attention thats needed folks can get because, you know, it can be a lot. So thats thats why thats helping. We really have kind of an all hands on deck approach as far as those saturdays go. What does the College Students health fees, what is that part . Is this part of the thats also included . What is that . So that would cover we have through our our arrangements we have access to the roots clinic in oakland where students can attend for care, but that is covered within their fees. Wow, that is impressive. Thats a lot. So and the number of African American and latinx students that are coming in is truly impressive. So it does provide provide that for them. Rudi, thank you so much for joining us from Laney College. This is a Great Program that can get so many people that next level that theyre looking for and removes that major barrier that stops them, you know, gets in your head and youre like, man, its just going to be so expensive now. Thank you for the opportunity to be here and thank you to so many in our community who have championed laney. All right. So youll have more information on your website about the events coming up that people can go to and ask the questions. Rudi, thank you again. All right. Pleasure. Still to come, the 40 niners and raiders holding their joint practices ahead of the start of the preseason. Well hear from a local sports analyst about what he hopes to see from a familiar face whos now playing in the silver and black. And a quick reminder that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. You can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your amazon fire tv on your roku or your apple tv or your Amazon Android tv. Just search for fox local. The fox local app and then just select ktvu investigation, garland said he is naming david weiss, the us attorney in delaware, who has been investigating the financial and business dealings of the president s son as the special counsel. Garland said that we told him that in his judgment, his investigation has reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a special counsel, and he has to be appointed to this position. The move comes amid a pair of sweeping Justice Department investigations into donald trump, the former president and president bidens chief rival in next years election. Well, could the Virtual World of the metaverse replace the neighborhood gym . One company in england hope so. They want to take Virtual Reality workouts to the next level. Theyve developed special armbands to do that. That can make you feel like youre lifting weights, even though theyre completely virtual. We use electro muscular stimulation, ems for short, which fundamental interacts with your muscles to create that same electrical impulse that your brain perceives when youre holding a cup, a mug, a water bottle, or a dumbbell. The company says the same system is being used to develop virtual punching bags, dumbbells and other metaverse gym equipment. Im not against this idea, andre , but it seems like if you can make a workout fun, thats always an incentive. Sure. But then if you think of peloton during the pandemic, people were really into that and then they got bored of it. People are hanging your clothes on the peloton. I dont know. They say. They say the Virtual Reality headsets are the wave of the future. You know, i dont have room for a punching bag. You know, i box. I dont have room for punching bag in my place because i have a small apartment, but maybe that Virtual Reality might i would have to put some vents in the mask because if you get sweaty, fogged up, im sure theyve thought i was wondering how much you going to get sweaty . How much is it going to cost . Right because you could. Yeah, thats true. I mean, you could go outside and run for free. You could, you know, do push ups for free, you know. Anyway you know, youre absolutely right. Well see how long well well keep track of that. All right. The San Francisco 49 ers are in las vegas this morning ahead of sundays preseason opening game against the raiders. The teams are holding another joint practice today after yesterdays workout together, the 49 ers starting quarterback brock purdy is expected to get a lot of playing time in practice against the raiders starters. However, 40 niners coach Kyle Shanahan hasnt said whether purdy will see any playing time in the preseason games of ahead of the regular Season Opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers in september. I caught up with 95 seven the games joshi to hear his thoughts on whether or not purdy is the right choice as the teams starting quarterback, he is for now. I mean, during the Kyle Shanahan era, theyve used at minimum, three quarterbacks in five of the last six seasons. The 2019 with Jimmy Garoppolo. So, you know, fair or not, those are those are the facts. And this is what i say. Niner fans have always been arguing about quarterbacks john brody flipping off the keys are crowd whether its joe montana and steve young and me arguing with my grandfather at candlestick or Colin Kaepernick and alex smith, Jimmy Garoppolo, now brock purdy , were always arguing about the quarterback for the 40 niners 40 niners are playing against a familiar face Jimmy Garoppolo is the raiders starting quarterback this season. As you know he spent six seasons with the niners. Qashqai shared his thoughts on jimmy gs fresh start with a Different Team is Josh Mcdaniels going to treat him like a seasoned veteran that he is or is he going to treat him like someone whos new to the system . I want to see jimmy play. Im really interested to see can jimmy thrive away from Kyle Shanahan. You know, i want to see what that looks like. Can Kyle Shanahan thrive and sustain success with any of these quarterbacks . Not named Jimmy Garoppolo . Jimmy gs former teammates enjoyed seeing him again at practice yesterday, even though hes now playing for the silver and black. Hes good to see old jim. Hes doing good. He looks healthy and good and just talking about, you know, how everything is here and how he loves it and how we miss him. Brock was a cool dude on and off the field, you know, he really i mean, as a rookie, he was pretty quiet off the get go. But he started to open up towards the end, especially once he started playing. Football is back, baby. A reminder the 49 ers played the raiders this sunday in las vegas will have the post game on sunday right here on kctv fox two. Whats not so upset about it . Sal a recent study went to about a dozen football websites to rank the greatest Wide Receivers in the nfl in the history of the nfl, according to researchers. Former San Francisco 40 niners standout and hall of famer jerry rice tops that list. Rice is the leagues all time leader in just about every major statistical receiving category. Randy moss, who played one season with the oakland raiders, came in second on that list. And terrell owens, another former niner rounded out the top four. The giants and their fans welcomed back one of the most Popular Figures in team history. Bruce bochy won three world series championships as manager of the giants. He retired back in 2019 after 13 seasons leading the giants. But he never lost a coaching bug. He managed france in the world baseball classic the next year and is now manager of the American League West Division leaders texas rangers. Bochy and the rangers wrapped a series in oakland against the as and will face the giants this weekend at oracle park, a Youth Baseball Team from Contra Costa County is one game away from advancing to the Little League world series. A team from san ramon will take on el segundo of Los Angeles County today and the west regional final. The winner of tonights game in San Bernardino goes to the Little League world series in williamsport, pennsylvania, next week. Santa runs bollinger canyon. Little league has won three straight Northern California championships. Wow. All right. Good luck to them. Still to come, every once working for the weekend that used to be a song, by the way. Next on the nine. The reason researchers say mondays might be known for their mayhem, but a different day is actually worse for productive at work and now please welcome ana montoya. [applause] [suspense] hello there, fellow students. warehouse ambience introducing togos new french dip sandwiches featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today only at togos there it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Who knows what you can do when you du more with less asthma. Ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. Seeking public input on the qualities people want to see in the next leader of the department. Its been six months since oakland mayor shengtao fired former chief loren armstrong. At the time, she said she had lost confidence in him for his handling of Police Misconduct cases. The commission is responsible for vetting candidates and submitting a final choice to the city council and mayor for approval if this final candidate is reject bid, the entire process has to start all over again. Tomorrows first session is at the 81st Avenue Branch library at 1030 in the morning, the second hearing starts at 2 00 in the afternoon tomorrow at the west oakland Branch Library on adeline street, san jose is off to a slow start, filling the many open positions in its police department. This years city budget set aside 2. 9 million to create 31 new staff positions. Another 1. 3 million was set aside to fund bonuses and other incentives to hire and retain police officers. Mayor matt marin says san jose has fallen short of its hiring goals for this year and still has one of the Smallest Police departments of any major city in the us. Well, florida is reversing a decision that will allow an ap psychology class to be taught without violating state law. The news came out the night before the first day of school for most students in the state, the High School Course was banned because it included content on Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Now, some districts are sticking with the alternative options they scrambled to put together last week. Despite the new decision, the College Board said that floridas latest statement offered clear guidance that provides state educators, parents and students the certainty they need. After seeing the course would violate state law earlier this month. Well, in the years after the start of the covid 19 pandemic, most students went back to class, but not all of them. A stanford study showed the rate of students absentees in 2018 2019 was about 14. Then in 2021, 22, school year, the rate jumped to 28. And that means there were more than 1 Million Students absent from inperson classes. Thats the highest in the country. Some of the bay areas largest districts experienced those high rates of absenteeism. Oakland had one of the highest rates of absentees at 47 for the 2021 22 school year. Thats an increase of about 13. Other large School Districts saw similar increases to as for the highest overall in the bay area, vallejo topped at 57, 29 increase. You can see your screens, how others are on your screens, how others had major increases as well over that time. School districts across the state are facing a number of challenges as the new school year begins. This includes worsening Teacher Shortages. This has been a big challenge for our thousand School Districts and our districts in the bay area. They have positions to fill californias superintendent of public instruction, tony thurmond, says the state will Fund Training programs for teachers and sponsor bills for more educator housing and increasing pay for school staff. You know, the trend of a Teacher Shortage is one that everyones been tracking nationwide since before the pandemic. It grew during the pandemic. A lot of times, you know, working conditions have been tough. You know, the number one thing we can do to attract more teachers is pay teachers better. Thurmond said his focus is also on Mental Health and academic losses from the pandemic. The states granted nearly 8 million for expanded learning, including before and after school programs. Well, its the time of year for College Students to move in and furnish their first apartments. And while tuition is a lot of money, you dont want to break the bank on furnishings that might not be treated so gently. Jenna sachs gives us some advice. College roommates Arthur Panetta and Cooper Rookwood shared a mini fridge in their dorm room, and this year its traveling with them to their first apartment. No matter where youre living, some type of refrigerator is a must. And if space is an issue, a mini fridge can be a good option. Consumer reports says there convenient and can help cut down on food costs. A mini fridge allows you to stash some snacks, drinks and a meal or two so you dont have to spend all your money on meals at the dining hall, whether youre on or off campus. A coffeemaker can keep you from overspend vending at the cafe. You might think a single serve is the way to go, but many are pricey and that doesnt factor into the cost of the pods, which are also wasteful. If you cant recycle them, reduce waste and have enough coffee for your roommate. With this hamilton beach, it costs less than 30 bucks. And if a mug of tea feels more like home, an electric kettle like this top rated secura heats up fast and is easy to clean. And finally, when you want to kind of cook in your first place, consider a toaster oven instead of a microwave. You may want to consider a toaster oven. Theyre much more versatile. And these days, air, fryer, toaster ovens are very popular. So you get three appliances in one. This cuisinart offers convection cooks and can bake, broil, reheat and is also an air fryer. Now all your student will need to do is learn how to clean up that kitchen. Im just talking about the keg i had in my college apartment. Never mind that. That was jenna sachs reporting. Many unmarried couples who drove who move in together say financial considerations played a role in the decision. According to a recent survey by the Thriving Center of psychology, 61 of unmarried millennial couples say cutting down on some expenses was a contributing factor in deciding to live together. Experts say its important for couples to discuss how they are going to manage their money and who is going to pay for what to avoid what can be a stressful situation. It happens a lot here in the bay area too, since its so expensive. Right. All right. Mondays are manic for many people, but a new study says another day is worse for productivity research. Teachers at texas a m say friday afternoon is when your work is really fried. The study examined computer use at a Large Company to find out what days are most and least productive. And check this out. Fridays had less activity in typed words Mouse Movement and mouse clicks and scrolls too. And guess what . The most typos people are just not paying attention to whats happening on friday. Your brains fried. Usually tired. I got a few more hours. Two guys are off. I got a few more hours to go. Ill be slacking extra coffee on fridays. You know . Yeah. Go home, take a nap. My mind is already there right now. We want to thank you for joining us. Be sure to join us again on our next newscast at noon. Sherri shepherd is next. Youre taking a live look outdoors. A little bit of fog and clouds out here, but s uld [cheering] [cheering]