School district announced today that its 54,000 students will be getting their Education Online this fall. The district summit said the decision was made after reviewing evidence from Health Officials as well as getting input from staff, students and families. School administrators will reveal more about how this is going to work in the next few weeks. When im on zoom with my 18 students, there is only so much we can do. At least they can see each other and i can put them in breakout rooms and they can chat and have recess. But there is no substitute for being in school live with your students. The district still needs to get chrome books in the hands of students that dont already have a computer. Plus the sf unified is having internet hot spots around the city so students can connect with their teachers. The fall semester begins august 17th. And conditions have changed significantly in reason weeks with a spike in cases in several counties as we reported. He says safety is paramount here. If the conditions that we see now, you know, continue, and if school were to open tomorrow, it seems clear that we would need to be in a protective mode. Were going to continue to monitor and work with our School Districts. Now, he echos what Health Officials tell us, that the public can play a Critical Role in whether schools can by Wearing Masks and following social distancing guidelines. And quickly, back to San Francisco for a moment. The board president mark sanchez said he would like to see Online Learning be a version of two hours of live instruction along with assignments posted online. But again, theyre trying to figure out how this is all going to play out when the semester starts august 17. We should know more in the next couple of weeks. Back to you guys. All right. Thank you. Heres a look at the latest coronavirus numbers. There have been more than 3. 4 million cases in the united states. This according to data supplied by john hopkins university. We mentioned california recording a Record Number of new cases. Were now at a total of 347,634 cases. In the bay areas nine counties, over 37,000 cases. We should point out this includes patients who have recovered but testing results appear to be really slowing down. It can take days, up to a week to get results and thats a best case scenario. In many cities, there are so many back lags at labs. We talked to two doctors who said without a National Testing strategy, it will be very difficult to fix a very problematic delay. About an hour after opening, this is the line for testing. For those who got here earlier. A short he wait. We came here at 9 45 and we made a line. We thought it would be long, like twohour wait. It was only one hour. These two baristas consider themselves lucky. This bombup location requires no appointment, no doctors note or even symptoms and results should be available in two to four days. In many other parts of california, a different story. Certain people have said testing happened fairly promptly. And others have said, its that kinds of horror story where it took many, many days to get tested. Some of the backlog is not in all the sites. Mostly in these commercial labs that are being used by the state. The state has issued guidelines on who should get tested first, prioritizing cases in hospitals and essential workers because of the backup in labs. In santa clara county, theyre putting up testing sites but theyre not working in coordination with the state. A lot of our response has been patch work. I think it comes from the top. Without something is really put together nicely for the entire country, we are destined to have to do this by state and by county. Were all competing for the same materials, the same reagents. What would have been nice three or four months ago is to say this is a national problem. For those at the site where 500 tests are available a day, theyre happy they could get one, even if it means standing in line. We want to be safe for work when we go back. We dont want to contaminate anyone. Reporter abc7 news. Alameda county has received permission from the state today. It allows the oakland zoo to reopen. It was facing the possibility of permanent closure because of lack of revenue. Workers have put up signage, sanitation protocols, plans are already in place. It will open to the general public on wednesday, july 29th. Everyone is toiching get outdoors. The zoo will be just another socially distanced opportunity to safely bring families outside and to also help this beloved Institution Stay open. Also today, the state is requiring that places of worship can hold services only outdoors. All indoor malls must close. However, Outdoor Dining can reopen. A surge in covid19 cases is prompting the city of San Francisco to put a pause on reopening. Today the city announced that personal services such as hair and nail slonls as well as indoor museums, aquariums and swimming pools will remain closed indefinitely. Officials say they based on a jump in the reproductive rate to 1. 3. That means one infected person is passing on the virus to an average of 1. 3 people. Obviously, the acceptable number is under one. 1. 3 doesnt seem that different from one. That far from one. But if we do not do better, we are looking at major problems by late august and september. The doctor said if the current pace continues, San Francisco could see an average of nine hundred hospitalizations a day by october. That is ten times previous surge in april. Shopping malls already struggling amidst restrictions during the pandemic. The governors latest order means indoor malls in most of the bay area must chose. Some are still able to do business. Abc news report he chris nguyen explains exactly how. As kaess of covid19 continue to spread at alarming rates according to the state, businesses are left to improvise. We were a little bit nervous on monday as this order was being delivered. In santa clara county, bloomingdales Vice President said covid19 has accelerated inovation. Customers can shop online, select products, within an hour, have them in the back of their car through contactless pickup curbside. While businesses are closed because of the order, bloomingdales is among the lucky few can stay open because of access to an outside entrance from the street. The same for ch premier jewellers. It has been in the bay area for did he go aids. The general manager says his staff is allowing customers in store on an employment basis. It has been a privilege for us to create that trust between us and the clientele, to invite them in, see the product. And even during this challenging time, people have been showing interest. There will be Curbside Pickup. When there are challenges to face, good people rise up together on create impact. Reporter the young art opener has that i have had to an online model so it is engaging to kids. We do classes six days a week on zoom, through afternoon and all modalities. Reporter some retailers nationwide will look at their locations and decide whether or not being in a small still makes sense. In the past it was a good deal to be in the mall. You have the that he had strand traffic. Lots of other stores to bring people in and bring them by your store front. But many are folksed on the now and grateful for the Community Support theyve received. Abc 7 news. The 2020 rose parade, the latest victim of the virus, the parade scheduled for january 1st will be canceled because of the rise of covid19. Since its inception in 1891, the parade has only been canceled during war time years, 1942, 43 and 45. Right now it is still moving forward for the football game. Responding to calls to defund police, the city of berkeley is moving forward with a plan that could dramatically shift many responsibilities to nonsworn traffic and social workers. Heres laura anthony. Reporter a message heard loud and clear by the berkeley city council. Now moving ahead by 50 . The council had a number of reforms to cut the 70 million budget. We began a yearlong process to begin to reimagine public safety. Swornl officers would no longer make the majority of traffic stops. Instead heaving those the a separate traffic contingent and. Of the work done by police would go to social workers. We get a lot of calls around homelessness that dont involve any threats or allegations of violence. Reporter but some worry that reducing the number of swornl officers could put citizens in jeopardy. Officers could put citizens in jeopardy. They say it is too soon to determine it. The department will evaluate calls for service that perhaps another city service could handle safely instead. The vote taken by the City Council Last Night sets the goal of defunding Berkeley Police by 50 . Whether it actually happens will play out over the next year as part of the budget process. Berkeleys mayor believes shifting responses away from sworn officers might free them up to address more serious crimes. Abc7 news. Transit trouble. The effort to keep it on track. Covid fearsful are they healthy or harmful . Well talk with a psychologist about why sometimes a little fear isnt a bad thing. New technology. The rapidly changing work place and how you could be affected. Im spencer christian. Were on a Weather Track that could carry us into a very warm, could carry us into a very warm, 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. 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Many of the tweets were taken down within minutes but there are reports that more than 100,000 was already sent. Twitter posted the tweet saying, theyre aware of the security incidents and theyre taking steps to fix it. Meanwhile, disaster looming for a cabrera Transit Agency because of the pandemic. Today caltrans says its on the brimpg of shutting down because of failing ridership and a failure to put it on the ballot. Looking at the grim future of public transportation. Its been dead. No one has been on there. Thats it. Im like the only person on there. He commutes to work in redwood city, often alone on cal train. Ridership is down 95 due to the pandemic. The station on king street is a ghost town. How bad is it for cal train right now . Its devastating. Were facing a fiscal cliff in october. The rail line may simply cease to exist. Running between San Francisco and san jose faces shutdown after the board of supervisors failed to support the measure for the november ballot. The supervisor said there are bigger priorities. Our city is facing a 1. 7 billion deficit. Our own Municipal Transportation Agency is suffering. Immuny facing its own crisis. The director tweeting some sobering facts. Immuny eliminated 40 bus lines. They cut half the service to San Francisco. B. A. R. T. Facing a billiondollar loss. Cal train may end service completely. This is public transit, reality in america. I think were now in a fast crisis. Reporter from the uc. Policy institute for energy, environment and the economy says transit may depend on a covid vaccine. Justifiably, so worried about being in the same space as other people that well need to see good science and good data and then get people comfortable with sharing space together again. Reporter meantime, agencies like cal train working to find other Funding Sources before its too late. With many businesses having to chose again after reopening, a lot of workers are wondering what it means for their unemployment benefits. On getting answers earlier today, i was joined by the States Development department. A lot of people. Its quite a problem. They go back to work for a while. So stop certifying for benefits. If they have to go back to collecting benefits again, they can do so by going back to your ui online account. And it says in the middle of the screen that says reopen my claim. We even have a video tutorial. It is a more abbreviated process than the initial application for benefits and that way you can your claim and get the access to any balance you have. A lot more information. You can watch the full interview on our facebook page. We also have resources on our website. Smoke from a fire burning near coalinga. The bay area air Quality Management district says the smoke has not exceeded National Standards so far. Conditions are expected to remain this way through friday as firefighters try to get a handle on what is now an 11,000 acre fire. Weve got hot weather here for the next few days. Creating concern for firefighters. Youre right. Happy haze to you. It will be with us for a while. In fact, an air quality advisory is in effect because of the smoke drifting into the bay area from the fire down there. The air quality is moderate. It is not bad but it had been good in most areas prior to the smoke beginning to billow into our area. You can see the upper level winds carrying the smoke northwestward into the bay area. Thats why we have the haze. It will be with us for a while. As larry poibltd out, well have some sunny and warm days ahead. Right now the current temperatures are 64 in San Francisco, 70 in oakland, 62 in pacifica. As we look out from the east bay hills camera, 76 in santa rosa, upper 80s at fairfield, concord and livermore. So quite warm in our inland locations. Hes the are our forecast features. Well see low clouds and fog. Lingering through Early Morning commute. Hazy sunshine will be with us and well have mild to nearly warm conditions inland. Let me give you a look. If you like looking sky ward, you will see tonight through saturday. July im. Look at the northwestern sky. Assuming the sky conditions permit, you will have a good view. Showing the expansive clouds overnight along the coast. It will burn back to the coastline tomorrow giving as you mainly sunny day over the bay. And low temperatres tonight with the fog expanding will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. And then highs tomorrow under hazy sunshine. It will range from low 60s at the coast to near 90 inland. The warming continues you this the weekend friday through saturday. Well see mid to upper fries inland. Mid to upper 60s on the coast. And then gradual cooling early next week. Oh, let me tell you about aids walk San Francisco. It is only four days away. 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