For some schools where a reopening plan is in the works but it is subject to change. Cornell bernard is live with the story. Reporter thiss changing by the hour, by the day. And it could transform lunch areas like this one here at steele lane elementary into learning spaces. It all depends on what covid19 decides to do in Sonoma County. We are planning for whatever may come. Santa rosa city schools superintendent feels like shes preparing for battle. Thats what back to school is feeling like these days. An arsenal of supplies has been ordered. Enough hand sanitizers. Well have one gallon jugs in each classroom. We have enough face masks and shields. Reporter theres also a plan for 16,000 students to return to School August 17th. Were splitting our student body in half. Reporter the districts plan looks Something Like this. 8,000 students would be at school just two days a week. Then switch places with the second group of students, Distance Learning from home. The fifth day, everyone would be learning virtually. We think maybe 80 of our students will come twice a week. Reporter the Teachers Union president think as maximum of 16 students will be allowed per classroom. Some teaching could be done outside. So well utilize outside spaces but we have rain in Sonoma County. Reporter the plan comes a day after Sonoma County made the states watch list for covid19 because cases are spiking. For that reason, many parents are under easy about sending kids back. Im not feeling that it should be 100 secure for them. It is better to continue with online school. Its a rock and a hard place. The kids need to go back to school for more than just abcs. Theres socialization sxerg. Reporter the district will need more teachers and cushis towedians to make it work in it is to paul the ability to pivot depending on what covid19 does. And thats the uncertainty. Reporter yeah. Uncertainty for sure. If cases of covid continue to rise, the district says it will pivot and return to all Distance Learning. Whatever happens, students and teachers who run comfortable about returning to these classes will be allowed to remain home. The district is scheduled to vote on a draft of the plan tonight at 6 00. Abc7 news. Thank you. On good morning america, the director of the Global Health institute weigh in the on schools reopening and he said our actions right now can dig tate what happens for schools. The question isnt do we want schools to reopen. The question is what do we need to do to keep schools open. The single biggest thing is to keep the level of virus low in the community. If you try to open up schools right now in florida or arizona or texas, you couldnt keep them open. Too many people would get sick and you would have to shut down. So i want to have a reasoned debate driven by science that says lets do what we need to do. Close bars, indoor large gatherings, have everybody wearing masks. If we start that now, i think theres a good chance we can open schools and keep them open all fall. The doctor points out further willeluse. All th more ream to get on top of covid19 right now. California state universitys classes may be virtual for the entire academico before representative hearing. He said csu leaders believe it would cost 50 million a month to test students and faculty on a routine basis according to the chronicle of Higher Education. Just 9 of colleges plan on holding exclusively online in the fall. The coronavirus pandemic having a huge Financial Impact on universities. Stanford today blamed Financial Hardship for a huge blow to its athletics community. Theyll be cutting 11 varsity sports programs. Abc7 news report he chris reyes has the details. Reporter 11 varsity programs in total on the chopping block at the end of the 2020 21 Academic Year including fencing, field hockey, squash, swimming, volleyball and wrestling. In a statement Stanford University and its Athletics Department had this to say. This is heart breaking news to share. These 11 programs consist of more than 240 incredible student athletes and 22 dedicated coaches. They were built by more than 4,000 alumni whose contributions led to 20 national championships. 27 olympic medals and an untold number of academic and professional achievements. It goes without saying that sports are a huge part of life on campus. I was shocked. Stanford, at least when i went there, won a lot of olympic medals in their sports. It is a source of a lot of pride for students and faculty. The most important fact is that stanford has a really huge endowment. Reporter it was 28 billion. But the statement outlined Financial Hardship in supporting one of the largest Athletics Departments in the country. The University Projects a 70 million short fall over the next few years. A number that was alr growing before covid19 and now made worse by the pandemic. I think the whole reason why you have an endowment is so you dont have to have these financial troubles for sports teams and nipgs are important for the community. Reporter stanford says teams will be able to n if covid student scholarships will be active if they choose to remain for their undergraduate years. Abc7 news. This is really an ominous sign. Not just at stamp but for collegiate athletics around the country. As chris pointed out in the story, stanford has this huge endowment. Theyre sitting on about 12 billion. So stanford could easily absorb the costs of these 11 sports, that is, if they wanted to. Most schools dont have this kind of money sitting around. They run deficits every year. And the nonrevenued sports really rely on football and basketball and my fear is that this is just the beginning. Almost every major Athletic Department is fueled by revenue from College Football. If there is no College Football season, especially when you talk about the southeast conference, the big ten, schools will be facing massive deficits. And you may see nonrevenue sports wiped out at many universities across the country. Meanwhile, the ivy league is putting all sports on hold until at least january because of this pandemic. The conference is the first in Division One Sports to make such a decision and could really be influential for otherivsitis we this environment with covid19 out there. Ivy league coaches, football in particular, are holding out hope that they might be able to play and resume playing football next spring. Even more Higher Education news. Two prestigious universities filed suit against the Trump Administration today over a controversial new directive that targets International Students in the wake of covid19. Harvard and m. I. T. Are challenging the new policy that will deny International Students visas if they take classes entirely online this fall. The universities claim the administration violated federal law by failing toreasonable bas policy. The administration issued the directive on monday. The same day harvard announced it would be keeping its Classes Online this fall due to the pandemic. Today President Trump is threatening to reduce funding to states that refuse to reopen schools in the fall. Betsy devos today said the students must continue to lerm full time. Lyanne melendez said not every school is committed tom. It was strongest statement delivered from the white house on the reopening of public schools. Lets look at San Francisco unified. Their school board has yet to review the districts plans for fall learning. That will happen when the board meets on july 14. Then its members will vote on july 28th. Right now, we dont know exactly what that is. It will likely be some form of hybrid in Home Learning at school learning, percentages we dont know yet. That will become clear so ncaihese plas asktes hools for wll beoong for waygiv d encoagement to get kids back to school. Had the white house is demanding. What we need to address is safely reopening the schools and we need to make it a foundational principle. Governor newsom said they must have a 60day supply of ppe and replenish it every 30 days. In the meantime, the San Francisco department of health released the interim guidance plan for interim learning if conditions allow. Face coverings will be required and recommend stable groups. Physical distancing, maximizing outdoor space and limiting up in a essential staff and visitors. We also found out this friday, parents can kids in San Francisco schools will be will have get to see for the first time that high level plan that will be reviewed by the board. Lyane melendez. Abc7 news. Thank you. We have more resources about what schools can expect. Just head to abc7news. Com coronavirus. Well be theres this gametime internetting room. Nity. So fun. Wow. And then theres this workfromhome internetting room. Finally, the openconcept internetting room. This is not an open house. But your front door was open, so technically it is. Get the most inhome wifi coverage with xfinity xfi. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Or, ask about packages with speed up to a gig. Click, call or visit a store today. I felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. 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One of those shots hit and killed the 22yearold. The officer thought that he was pointing a gun at him. It turned out to be a hammer. Coming up at 6 00, well hear reaction from his family. And back to our coronavirus coverage now. Napa has joined the states watch list again. It is there with 25 other counties. A sixth san quentin death row inmate has died. Nearly 1,400 have tested positive, thats in marin county. Governor newsom said the goal is to have less than 3,000 there which could happen in less than three weeks. What else is governor talked every day we are hearing a similar message. Cases, hospitalizations, icu admissions, all rising. But not the death rate. And according to health experts, there are several reasons why that is. The cause and effect of why people are ending up in the hospitals. Reporter the governor announced yet another jump in hospitalizations. New data shows a 44 increase over the past two weeks. Icu admissions following suit with a 34 jump in two weeks. But death rates arent following the same trend. Deaths lag well behind new cases and positivity. Reporter does this mean we should expect a spike in three weeks . Not necessarily. According to the lead epidemiologist dr. George rutherford. Were not really seeing it in many parts of the country and in the united thetatytes are comin case counts are soaring. Reporter across the u. S. And california, began resurging around memorial day. Five and a half weeks ago. Well past the threeweek lag period. At least one explanation is that people who are getting it are not as likely to progress to that you will mond that you will mondayary disease and thats because theyre younger. Reporter while younger people are less vulnerable, it doesnt mean the death rate wont climb back up. The real clear data from florida that says as cases go up in 20 to 30yearolds and 30 to 40yearolds, they also go up in people over itik tse populisolated. Reporter he also pointed out ce areease in Hospital Capacity ftorshat cld explain why the death rate is lagging and hopefully it stays that way. Abc7 news. All right. Thank you. Nflt lets get a check on the weather now with Spencer Christian. Hey there. Weve got some breezy and warm weather out there. Sunny skies from coast to bay to inland and its breezy. That has been our pattern all week long. We have the onshore flow which has kept temperatures down a little bit. But its a bit warmer in most inland locations. Heres the 24 hour temperature change. Concord its 3 degrees warmer and fairfield, 4 degrees warmer and it looks like well have meall thehe next seven days. The view from the roof top camera. Clear skies over the bay. 65 degrees in the city right now, 73 in oakland. 59 atcica you can see coole tpetu reading now. Napa, 82, 95 in fairfield. Thats our warmest reading nooflt in concord and 89 in livermore. And looking out over the bay, the north bay, from our sutro tower camera, it will be very moist with this moist pattern. It will stay with us through the weekend. It will even warm up a bit more on sunday. Well have above average temperatures for at least the next seven days. And of course, that means heightened fire concerns. Now, forecast animation shows very little developing overnight in the way of coastal fog. Maybe some along the south coast. But very far south of the golden gate. It doesnt look like morning commuters will have to deal with anything in the way of fog or reduced visibility. Soinl skies from coast to bay and inland tomorrow. Fairly mild overnight with mainly clear skies and low temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. N the s as wl. 98 in antioch, 97, fairfield, concord, 96. 94 at santa rosa. Along the bay shoreline, low to mid 80s. Then maybe a drop in the coastal readings. Similar readings on saturday. Maybe a couple degrees cooler at the bay. Then sunday, temperatures surge again. You are and on forecast models are indicating triple digits. Well keep a eye on that. Heres the accuweather forecast, low to mid 80s along the bay. Sunday warms up a bit. Mid to upper 80s around the bay, mid to upper 60s at the coast. And then temperatures moderate just a few degrees monday, tuesday, wednesday. Not much of a cool down is expected. Well have a very, very warm period of weather through the next seven days before we see any changes. Today a major sign, how United Airlines is explaining plans to lay off up to 36,000 workers. Plus, 7 on your sides Michael Finney breaking down a new study on employment. Is it possible to make more money by not working . And join us tomorrow as we host an hour long roundtable discussion on the importance of allies in action. Allies in action. A bay arcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. 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Like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. phone ringing get details on this state program call or visit United Airlines is sending layoff notices to 36,000 employees. That represents 45 of its u. S. Staff. The notice is required by law, but the airline is hoping to limit the number of layoffs by offering early retirement and hopefully return to higher travel demand. They cant lay off workers until october 1st under the provisions of the federal cares act. The coronavirus is pushing Brooks Brothers into bankruptcy. The 200yearold privately owned company filed for bankruptcy protection today. In addition to the virus, the retailed has struggled as business attire has become more casual in recent years. According to the bankruptcy filing, theyve secured 75 million in financing to continue operating but it does plan to close 50 of its 250 stores. Lets take a look at other consumer news. Michael . The first one is good news for a lot of people. As it turns out, locker room got laid off and could get benefits made more money not working than they would have had they been working. The National Bureau of Economic Research says data from the past three months shows, as many as twothirds of displaced workers could have received the higher payments. Earners in the bottom percent of workers are eligible for 200 of their salaries. Those are the rules. These include food service, janitors and medical assistants. Th