Money to create learning pods for their children often led by a private tutor in charge of supervising school work in a group setting. I have a lot of concerns of equity and the potential for resegregation. Reporter this letter signed by 14 School Principals raises the same fears, that learning pods will only deepen learning inequalities, principals from schools primarily from the more affluent neighborhoods say they will not accommodate requests to place their students together in the same class, simply because they are in the same learning pod. Theres a lot that goes into manning a classroom. Reporter district spokesperson says if parents commit to joining a pod in the fall, the district hope it is families do it safely and that they offer slots to families with less means. I would hope that you would invite some of the kids from perhaps across town, as well. Reporter melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. The Central Valley is new hot spot of covid19 in california. Governor newsom says experts are concerned of big cities and now covid is spreading at record levels across the states agricultural regions. The Central Valleys Positivity Rate is up to nearly 18 and says essential workers at farms, manufacturing and prisons in the central vayly are hit especially hard. Of particular concern are fresno, king counties. Sets of the challenge we have in eight counties making up the Central Valley disproportionately impacted currently by community spread. The governor announced a 52 million grant from the cdc toen crease covid testing and to support other Safety Measures to try to flatten the curve in the Central Valley. People being hit the hardest are farm workers, not only seen the highest ennext rates but a growing number of claims of mistreat. Today the united farm workers filed a grievance of retaliation. We have a look at the fight to protect all farm workers and more from morgan hill. Reporter agriculture is a 50 billion industry in california making it the largest Food Producer in the united states. But those at the center of this industry are being ravaged by covid19. Advocates have been pushing growers across the state to provide workers with proper equipment amid reports of unsafe conditions and today the united farm workers announced a National Complaint against the company primex farms. Workers that are complaining about a lack of social distancing, a lack of information of exposure to covid19, and a lack of being paid for being out due to covid19 or being in quarantine. Reporter primex did not return our mess annuals and the usw does not represent the primex workers but the union found that 99 primex employees tested positive and infected extended family members. This worker says hr said there was no personal leave with the company and if worried about exposure the only option was to quit. This is the population that works really hard to provide the food supplies. Reporter she runs a clinic for farm workers saying a Biggest Issue is that farm workers are afraid of getting tested for covid. A problem with this you have to quarantine for ten to 14 days and that can be lost wages and then people dont want do get tested and they continue to spread. Reporter the governor committed 52 million for testing and support in eight Central Valley counties because of this issue. Some agencies provide funding so they can quarantine if they get coronavirus. All of it to make sure that give us so much and make so little can survive the pandemic. Nbc bay area news. When we look statewide the cases continue to climb. This graph shows the number of new cases added each day here in california since march. Just in the last 24 hours, look at that, almost 6,900 new cases, thats about half the number we saw the previous tuesday, almost 13,000 cases. But that was the highest single day case since the pandemic began. So while the recent number is considerably lower its a significant amount of new infections. When we talk about new cases it is important to watch the states Positivity Rate, thats the percentage of people who test positive. This thin blue line shows the Positivity Rate, right now 7. 5 . You can see early on in prid how high it was because most of the people tested had system toms of the virus and tested positive. As more people got tested the Positivity Rate is dropping and thats a good thing. It is 7. 5 here. This yellow line represents the goal which is keeping the total number below 8 . Lets look at where things stand across the bay area now. More than 47,000 cases, Alameda County continues to be a hotspot, only county with more than 10,000 cases. Santa clara isnt far behind with just over 9, 200 cases. Many people have postponed weddings because of covid but one still took place in San Francisco and now appears to be the source of an outbreak. We are learning that this month the City Attorney stepped in to stop a big wedding. Investigators say the Church Helped plan it, the wedding and estimated 100 guests were moved outside to a connecting Basketball Court but now the San Francisco chronicle reports that the bride, the groom and as many as eight other guests have tested positive. One church parisher said this is a perfect example of why covid cases are spiking. People want to go on with their life and we would be able to do that if we get on the same page at the same time. Nbc bay area reached out and left a message with the bride and did not hear back. The archdiocese says it allows them to manage its own events. In a statement today, the City Attorney said in part, he hopes the incident will shock the archdiocese to take responsibility for what happens at its churches. Dana double field is a super bowl champion ian a onetime nfl defensive player of the year and also now a convicted rapist. He sat in a santa clara courtroom as a jury found him guilty of rape while using a gun and false imprisonment. The victim is a disabled woman who went to the morgan hill home in 2015 to interview for a babysitting job. She was not the only victim of the defendant to testify in this trial. Two other victims came forward who were previously sexually assaulted by the defendant. Now its in the hands of an Appellate Court and were going to do everything we can to make sure that we represent him and make sure that he gets a fair due process he is entitled to. He faces 15 years to life. The final sentencing is expected at the end of august. New at 6 00, was it a coverup or routine handling of evidence . California attorney general has formally launched a state investigation of accusations of destruction of evidence of police and tonight the attorney for the officer is speaking out. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez says that the officer did nothing wrong. This is an issue that has been hyped way out of proportion. Reporter thats how the attorney that represents the Vallejo Police officers describe the situation. Sad situation that two very, very foon Police Officers now are on administrative leave over a bunch of nonsense. Reporter the lieutenants and unnamed detective on add man straitive leave as the state investigates the matter. Early last month, a man killed and shot and killed. Fatally wounding the 22yearold. Just three days later, the windshield was replaced and the car returned to service. I think they should be trm nated. Reporter the attorney for the family says the replacement of the windshield means that their experts will never get the chance to analyze the evidence for themselves. She says the family is crushed. For them to find out so quickly what we thought might give them answers is now gone and unpreserved is difficult, insult to injury. It is not an outrage. There was no wrongdoing at all. Reporter the Attorney Says replacing the windshield was Standard Operating Procedure after a crime scene investigator finished analyzing it. This photograph from the outside, the outside, measurements taken, all of that was done that night. It took roughly six hours after the shooting to get all that work done. Reporter rain says nicalini didnt make the decision to replace the windshield but he was notified about it. He says hes certain state investigators will clear things up. That investigation i am absolutely confident is going to clear everyone at the Police Department from any wrongdoing in connection with this windshield. Reporter Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. 200,000, thats what the bill is going to be for cleaning up and repairing the vandalism in oakland over the weekend. A small group broke away from a peaceful demonstration saturday night. The vandals smashed windows, set fire to an entrance to the Supreme Court and spray painted the walls, shot fireworks at officers and targeted a federal courthouse. Oakland police said they made several arrests. Up next, gilroy one year latter, we look back at the tragedy that unfolded with the people who were there and the healing that is taking place now. Plus, the gates are open once again. The excitement growing as the oakland zoo welcomes guests back after months of being shut down. Im chief meteorologist jeff rannier. Ill show you where the fog rolls in for tomorrow morning and where things are beginning to dip in about eight minutes. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] for the ultimate inhome wifi, click, call or visit us today. One year later, and they are still gilroy strong. Tomorrow is a year since the mass shooting at the gar olympic festival. The violence has forever changed that tightknit city but the pain and grief has brought the Community Together in ways they never could have imagined. Tonight our reporter sits down with the mayor of gilroy at the site of the shooting as he reflects on the painful year its been and the path forward. Reporter one year later in a not so small town where garlic is king, the wounds still run deep. Came into the park from the creek along the northbound reporter eerie for you to be back here speaking with me . Truth be told, i was hesitating because i did not want to do this interview. Its hard coming back out here. Its hard reliving all this stuff over again. Reporter mayor was at the garlic festival when the shots rang out. As people ran for their lives, he quickly transitioned from mayor to First Responder and started treating the victims. There were probably, probably right around here somewhere. It was just it was an organized chaos. This whole area was just filled with flashing lights. I remember walking this way, there was the trails of blood from some of the victims as they were coming in to this command post area. Reporter the teenage gunman, he came through the creek, broke through a fence and unloaded his terror. This person was determined to cause death and chaos. And exactly what he did. You have a large reporter amidst the pain and grief what we discovered about gilroy that week was an overwhelming sense of community. Chris sid was among the many Restaurant Owners that sprang into action to help feed the First Responders and victims. The whole town seen that and then everybody just jumped in. So i mean, at the end of the day i jumped in and because i felt like i needed to do something. I couldnt just stay home and not do anything. I have been fortunate to live here almost 16 years and i felt that love from the community and i sigh when something tragic happens here in gilroy everyone comes together and its a bond that i have never felt anywhere else. In memory of trevor ruby, kala salazar, steven romero. Reporter there is no happy ending here, at least not yet. Its kind of broke our hearts but didnt break our spirits. Which makes me emotional. Its been difficult. Business people saw business drop against 60 after the shootings. We were just starting to recover and then covid hit. It is safe to say that the garlic festival took a lot of gas out of here and it was earlier this year that i announced im not running for reelection, no. Ill let somebody else do it. I will support my community in other ways. I dont have to be the mayor to do that. Reporter life marches on in gilroy where this comeback story is still in progress. Nbc bay area news. Pretty powerful stuff. Our coverage continues in gilroy tomorrow. Tomorrow beginning at 5 00 well bring you coverage from the official memorial. At 5 15, with the bay area proud, well profile the woman behind many of those gilroy strong shirts and then at 6 00 the honey lady, vendors shot who take a look at the incredible fight to keep the business running. Full coverage also on nbc bay area. Com. The emotions are still so raw. There is no question schools will look a little different this year but that doesnt mean kids dont need school supplies. Parents drove to the Sunnyvale Community Service center for the backpack pickup. Backpacks are filled with supplies and a 45 gift card for new shoes and the never giveaway on august 3rd. If youre with us in the 5 00 hour, you heard nothing but good news from jeff ranieri and hoping for more now, jeff. I do what i can on that. Monday it is good to start off with good news in the weather department. Give us all something to look forward to because it seems like the weather the only thing thats been somewhat stable. We have had weeks on end hish of the fog, strong at the coast loon and its helped to keep us out of the hot 105degree temperature range we can get into this time of the year. Itch a split screen here of the different sky cameras and the temperatures, 60 in San Francisco with the fog rolling in really strong and then san jose sunshine and 74 degrees. So tomorrow morning, get ready for fog to return. You can see in the cloud map here we do have those low clouds through the north bay extending into napa and the east bay, concord. Few patchy clouds for livermore san jose. Down through gilroy. Watch the gray areas leave the map. Thats the cloud cover that will be pushing on out for the amp so we will get our sunshine. Temperatures will set up beautifully tomorrow. At the coastline, 60s but you head away from the ocean breeze we are at 94. Clear lake 97. I tell you the place to be would be san jose with temperatures in the low 80s. Now, with the dry weather recently i want to show you the reservoirs that are dropping. 75 of normal. San pablo, 69 . Legislati lexington. In southern california, reservoirs 90 to 120 of normal. From late season rain. So not all bad news there but coming up well take a look at my extendsed outlook and what could be coming our way for august, the rain chances. See you all in about 25 minutes. Look forward to it. Thank you, jeff. Still to come, after four months the oakland zoo is finally back open again. The changes you will be seeing once you walk through the gates. Thats next. This protest ended with handcuffs today right outside governor newsoms mansion. Police arrested 14 people calling for more action amid rising covid19 rates in state prison. Earlier this month the governor announced plans to release inmates this saturday, 7 of the prison population. Work from home even longer. It is very quiet at googles complex. The Mountain View based Company Announced most of the employees can work from home nearly another year. The ceo sent an email saying they can work from home through june of 2021. Many believe other Top Companies will follow the google lead. One startup said it could help with recruiting allowing people to work for bay area tech firms without having to pay bay area rental and housing prices. Lots of to always hire the best person, no matter where they may be. This is easier. People are interested and so in a sense the rules changed in our favor. Google isnt alone. Both twitter and facebook are among the companies who have told many employees they can work from home indefinitely. After weeks of wondering whether it would survive the pandemic, the oakland zoo reopened the gates today. The zoo held a socalled soft opening for its members. The general public can start to visit wednesday. A month ago zoo officials warned they were running out of money and may have to close permanently if they couldnt reopen soon. Were not like a retail shop or restaurant. We have a living population of animals. The zoo is limiting daily attendance to 2,500 visitors. They said they believe it should generate enough income to keep going. Visitors will now have to buy tickets online and wear masks on zoo grounds. Up next at 6 30, is help on the way for those who lost jobs because of covid19 . News about another stimulus check. 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