On the covid19 monitoring list. I dont think a waiver is appropriate given the rate of transmission and the number of cases. Reporter david howard is a parent of School Age Children in mill valley. He is planning to protest along with the Teachers Association tonight. You get a bunch of kids in a classroom with stagnant air. Thats a petrie dish to spread the virus. Reporter a marin county spokesperson said no ma ridge county schools have applied for the waiver yet because a specific application will not be dribbled until this friday. The California Department of Public Health recommends that schools within jurisdictions with 14day case rates, more than two times the threshold to be on the county monitoring, should not be considered for a waiver to reopen in person instruction. California state epidemiologist dr. Erica they need to be consulting with their local communities which may include staff, parent organizations, we want this to be a close contact in the community. In an email, they told abc7 news, Educators Want desperately to be back in classrooms and schools with their students doing the work they love. But there is too much at stake to ignore science, facts and safety. San Francisco Unified School District said it is planning to begin the fall semester in Distance Learning for all students. Also, that it will take the waiver option into consideratio gradual hybrid of inperson learning for some students this fall. Oakland Unified School District said it will not be seeking any waivers. Abc7 news. Tomorrow, oakland teachers are back on the job for a school year with a lot more questions than answers. Theyre still negotiating what a return to school will look heres leslie brinkley. This is brooklyn. Shes 6. Reporter what will school be kehen it starts next week . No one in oakland knows for sure. I wish we knew more. What weve heard from the school is that theyre planning a 30minute whole class zoom for kids each day for the first few weeks of school. Theyre going to try to have teachers do some individual time with families, and some home visits. Reporter brooklyn at least has a School Tablet she was allowed to keep over the summer. There is a big Sticking Point of starting up another round of virtual classes. My biggest fear is that the Virtual Learning will be ineffective. We need prep time to make sure we can do this right. Thats the most Common Feedback were hearing from families. The spring did not go well. I think we can be a lot more effective this ti areking at a situation where this might be long term. Reporter Teachers Want more flexibility so they can care for their families when classes resume and they want wellness time to destress. Safety, of course, is paramount as the year begins with crisis Distance Learning. The district hopes to go back to inperson teaching but there are so many variables. Brooklyn said she misses her friends but likes being close to her family. She imagines her school day. A little practicing my writing and reading, and then at the end of the day, im going to practice my math. Reporter all thats known is tomorrow, teachers start lesson planning and professional development and it will be a very strange first day of school for everyone next monday. In oakland. Abc7 news. Weve created this interactive maam to help you figure out what School Districts are doing this fall. It details each School Districts start date, their Distance Learning plans and plans to safely return to campus. You can check it all out at abc7news. Com. The surge of coronavirus cases is slowing a bit. Santa cruz county reported 5 final new cases. California added another 4,500, bringing the states total to more than 519,000. That is about 3,000 cases below the average for the past week. Nationwide, nearly 4. 8 million cases. California health and Human Services secretary says 14. 5 of all tests conducted in the u. S. Are being performed in california. But he wants even more testing. We want to see an increased number of tests, identification of cases so we can intervene at the local level. The earlier we find a case, the earlier we can act. And this is why we focus so much test processing delays, getting our testing up to scale across the state. He said he continues to see hot spots. Especially in the central valley. California has recorded 6. 5 of all the deaths in the u. S. San franciscos director of health says the city has the highest rates of testing in the u. S. We are finding about ca of covid19 every day. That number has started to drop a bit from its high point two weeks ago. But it is still very concerning. This is one of our key health indicators. Anything above 50 cases a day continues to put us in the red zone. He said new Research Shows if 80 of the population uses face coverings, we can prevent outbraegs of covid19. Authorities are considering issuing citations for people not wearing a mask. If approved, the f f the first offense would be 100. If you get caught a second time, would it double to 200. A third offense, 500. Av mir measures. Good luck trying to find disinfectant wipes in stores. They said the oakland based company is out of wipes and probably wont have any more until next year. The ceo said the company has been unable to keep one a sixfold increase in demand. Part of the problem stems from supply chain issues in china. The martinez couple accused of paging over a black lives matter mural in martinez appeared in court for the first time today. Nicole anderson and david nelson enter not guilty pleas to three misdemeanor charges after being captured on video, pouring black paint on the mural on the july 4th holiday. The attorney said the couple took action as a way to protest the citysthe District Attorney office for charminging with a hate crime. Had she just charged vandalism would be a different issue. That she charged it as vandalism and a hate crime is what makes this problematic. A reach, an overcharge, a political message. The Justice Department should not be weaponized in that matter. If convicted, the couple could receive a year in jail. San joses police chief is stepping down. Eddie garcia has been with the force for 28 years. Chris nguyen spoke with the chief to learn more with what went into his decision and what he plans to do next as he approaches retirement. Reporter in the bay areas largest city, eddie garcia said serving his community to the best of his ability has been a personal mission. This is where i moved to. Where my entire family learned to speak english when we got here and rose to the tenth largest city as the chief. Reporter the chiefs announcement this week that he would be retiring at the end of the year may have caught some people by surprise bundle to chose closest to him. That was always going to be my intention when i turned 50. Ive been doing this six i was 21 years old. Nearly 29 years since i started my academy. We sat down with the chief as he spoke about the strides made under his leadership since taking on the role in 2016 after rising through ranks. The chief pointing to his commitment to Greater Transparency as well as his focus on community policing. We can get better. We know we need to get better and we can honor the work that these men and women do on a daily basis when theyre keeping our streets safe. Reporter so whats next for san joses top com . For now, hes focused on a smooth transition. I have no idea what the future holds for me. I can channel my inner brett favre. Reporter the chief hinting his next act could involve a blend of Law Enforcement ander is vandservant leadership. Im going to reflect and i guess well see. Reporter with four months to go until depart you, the chief is giving himself some time to soak it all in. I think we can say there are things we should have done better but overall, im proud of what we accomplished. I couldnt have double it on my own if not for the men and women working here. A former Police Officer had his personalized license plate request rejected by the dmv and he blames antiLaw Enforcement attitudes. Scott parker applied for a plate that red, blue thin l which he says is thin for blue thin line. A term used for Law Enforcement. He said he applied for it before junes social unrest and then it was approved. Well, he received the rejection letter last week. The dmv calling that request aggressive, threatening or hostile. I feel that my rights have been violated as far as freedom of speech, freedom of expression. W forcemenofcers have parkhu motorcycle that reflect his time as an officer. The dmvs rules on personalized plates state that kit reject any request that may be deemed offensive to good taste and decency or which would be misleading. Distance learning. Back to school in the fall. The ups and downs and what you can expect. Hitting the links. Golf is back. The championship round underway right here in the bay area. And window on the world. Cant travel . This might be just one way to see the world. Im Spencer Christian duffle like todays refreshing 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. People are looking for change, for answers. One answer is at your fingertips, the 2020 census. Census takers will be visiting households to make sure we are counted. Because an undercounted community could miss out on billions of funding for schools, healthcare and job assistance each year for the next ten years. Too much is at stake. Respond online today. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. Part of our commitment building a better bay area includes education. All this week well focus what back to school will like for parents, teachers and students. In a few days and weeks, instead of being in the classroom, students will learn virtually. Has online improved enough . A look at what teachers are saying and what schools are doing to make it more robust. School is a big part of life. Learning new concepts, forming new friendships. Independence. For a brief period, we thought everything was going as planned. Until it wasnt. This was july 21st. This is abc7 news. We begin with californias sobering mile stone. 400,000 coronavirus cases. Students, teachers and parents had to face grim reality as more School Districts opted for Distance Learning due to covid19. A lot of sadness about it and frustration. Yet an oakland teefler pauses as she recalls the first day of kindergarten last year. One of my favorite days of the school year as a teacher. Everything is new. Theyve got, their hair is perfectly combed. So much nervousness and excitement amongst everybody, parents, teachers, students. When she was forced to teach online, she already had a relationship with her students and knew how to engage with they will. She knows nothing about her new students. The classroom will be in your home. And im going only the your teacher. But your caregiver is going to have to play a very different role than they would normally. I am lucky enough to work from home. My husband is working from home. So we can try to be available to help as much as we can. But i cant do high school math. Ndy feelings are echoed by other parents throughout the bay area. She has three daughters. One of them, sophia, will Start High School online. I was hoping to meet new people and through zoom, thats very hard. Through Distance Learning, thats harder. With only a if you days before the start of classes, parents want to know if the online experience has improved since march when schools wednesday on lockdown. The short answer . I would say more prepared than in march. He willen is the director of leadership public charter schools. Here she is, in a meeting with her staff. Last march, schools mostly used asink ron us learning which uses online channels like google classroom and others without realtime interaction. The teacher asigns assignments to all the students here. And then the students get the assignments and then they post back. Its not live. It is whenever they can do it. Exactly. Schools are now committed to do more learning. The teachers see the students and the students see us. Teachers will be able to use document cameras commonly known as elmos. You can be sitting at a desk, especially with a math problem, and write it out and the students can see you doing this live. Even though things seem to be coming together, our oakland Kindergarten Teacher worries her students wont have enough tablets to begin the year. School districts have invested heavily in purchasing tablets and chrome books. Bundle every family is prepared to deal with the intricate rasys of technology. The analogy ive made, if i had my 27 kids in my class and i said ive got pencils for you and ill get you a pencil in october. I dont know how to think about that aspect of the kids who will be unable to participate. Abc7 news. And coming up at 4 30, she will continue the conversation about how Elementary Schools can move forward and educate students during this pandemic. Its part of our building a better education week. Thats coming up at 4 30. Are you tired of being cooped up at home . How about checking out some windows of the world. Window swap lets you enjoy the view from other peoples windows. It lets you gaze through dozens of windows, oh, thats nice. You can also submit your own view. And it is time right now to peer into the windows at chateau christian. Which sounds a little bit creepy. Fear not, kids. Its just a guy at his computer. Its safe. Its safe. With a few windows behind him. Good that i have windows so i know what the weather is like outside. It is windy today and much, much cooler than yesterday. We had gusts to 28 miles an hour. Fairfield right now. Check out the 24hour temperature change. Weve had a sharp cooldown since this time yesterday. Heres a view from emeryville. Only 63 degrees. 68 in oakland. Mid 70s in mountain view. San jose and gilroy. You can see the fog pushing through the golden gate right now. Still warm upnorth. 74 in napa. 88 in fairfield and concord and livermore, coming in in the low 80s. Hesg in. These are the forecast features. Damp and drizzly the next two nights. Windy and even cooler tomorrow than today. And well be warming up over the weekend. Areas of drizzle continuing through the evening hours into tomorrow morning. There will likely be some areas of wet roadway for the morning commuters, and the showers and drizzles will continue into tomorrow evening. It will be rather wet by august standards. We estimate totals by tomorrow night will be up to about a tenth at fremont. Those totals will grow even more going into the overnight hours tomorrow night. For this night, look for lots of clouds and fog and drizzle and overnotice lows in the upper 50s. Then tomorrow, well see very breezy to gusty conditions. Lingering low clouds. High theres range from upper 50s at the coast to mid to upper 70s inland. Heres the accuweather forecast. It will start to warm up a little bit thursday, friday. Saturday and sunday will bring us temperatures in a range that is more typical for this time of year. Upper physical to about 80. And then temperatures will moderate and cool down next week. It looks like an interesting seven days ahead. Windy and drizzly and then warming up to summerlike temperatures over the weekend. The kind of weather and variety you would like the enjoy from a chateau. Specially chateau christian. Oh, yes. Thank you, spencer. An olympic swimmer without an olympics taking on a rather unusual new role. Why shes swimming with a glass of milk on her head. How where can a healthier heart lead you . For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. Or high blood potassium. Fenow theres more to wlove with xfinity x1, . The ultimate entertainment experience. Like live sports. Theyre back with the best way to watch. And more streaming apps all in one place. More classics. More premiers. Plus, more to easily find using just your voice. Hello, more. Where have you been all my life . Xfinity. The future of awesome. Golf is taking place in our own backyard this week. Abc7 sports anchor joining us on a classic summer day in San Francisco biffle that, i mean its a good day for niece and 17 layers. Chris in. Reporter im doing good. I have 19 layers. The fog is present. This event was supposed to be in mid may. It is a beautiful week for golf. Were ready for it. We got a sneak peek of the course today. The fog obviously present. Mostly afternoon. Even now. It got a look at the course, several holes. 110 and 18. All the best are here including tiger woods, Brooks Koepka and the ones number one golfer, justin thomas. It is very different. No fan this year. Something that will be very missed. It will be very different. But its still a major championship. Still the best players in the world. We all understand that. There will be plenty of energy from the competitive side. I think you draw some energy from the fans. You really do. Even if you play poorly, that comment, come on. Go get them, whatever it might be. It might wake you up a bit. There continues to be a lot of firsts. I think the world is starting for a major sporting event. Reporter this should be a