Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 20240712 : vimar

Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 20240712

On four courts in two days inside a gym in rockland and some parents are concerned because the california guidelines specifically say no indoor sporting events. The players, the families attendi attending, the coaches, the refs. One parent who doesnt want to be identified says while supporting the league and their son on the bay area base aau Basketball Team that helps young people with skills and scholarships, this gym looks alarmingly full. I was aware that it was guidelines. It was not supposed to be happening. Wishing there was another way to play. That puts you in an impossible situation when your child wants to play and they want to go to college and they have talent and theyre given an opportunity to play. We reached out both to the Sheriffs Department which says it does not enforce california sports oriented rules. As for the local Basketball Team, even after they were told multiple parents voiced concern about playing in rockland, they would not confirm that they were at the tournament. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. This is a multibillion dollar decision and it appears that there will be no College Football season. Late today, san jose state postponed its season. Cal and sanford could follow suit. College football generates the biggest money maker for most universities and generates a lot of revenue for local businesses as well. San jose state is part of the Mountain West conference which says fall sports might be played in the spring. But that scenario is also unclear. Tomorrow, the pac12 is likely to postpone the season. With the pac12 decides could lead to a domino effect with other major football conferences. Meanwhile, many of the athletes started an Online Campaign saying they want to play this fall. They claim protocols that teams have would keep them safer than if no games were played at all. President trump weighing in. Tweeting numerous times today that he wants all games to be played as scheduled. His most recent tweet is this video that shows him meeting with various College Football teams. He continues to use the hash tag that the players are using, which is we want to play. So are they ready . School starts on wednesday for san jose unified. Today they spent the day handing out materials. The entire district will start in the virtual classroom at hoenl. Nbc bay area damiano owe joins us with more. The Digital Divide is a nationwide concern. So san jose unified is doing all it can to make sure Distance Learning is equitable for all. They lined up this morning. Teachers getting a facetoface meeting with some students. They ipads and internet hotspots. The things theyll need to even get to a class on wednesday. Some students worry about the all virtual lesson plan. I think its going to be pretty hard to learn because i feel like i do better in school instead of on a computer. Oh, my god. Were very nervous. The aguilar family set up sophias classroom at home trying to make sure shes ready to tackle first grade. Im at home on a leave of absence. At san jose unified, no kids will be in classrooms. But teachers will. The district is requiring them to teach those virtual lessons from their actual classrooms in hopes of creating some sense of normalcy. Shes nervous because she doesnt know a thing about computers and now needs to work as a virtual teachers aide. We know that Distance Learning is inequitable in general. Were going to have a lot of trouble having any semblance of equi equity. Theyve invested millions to make sure no child falls in the Digital Divide. Damian trujillo. All nine bay area counties are on the governors watch list. How do we get off that list . To be removed, counties must meet certain key indicators. Meet them consistently for three straight days. Lets take a look at how two of the local counties are doing. First, Alameda County. Its failing in the number of people its testing for the virus. Its failing in the number of positive cases. Its too high. Alameda county has seen a decline in hospitalizations. So it is meeting that mark. Now, San Francisco. The testing is good. The right amount of people is being done. Homg hospitalizations are down. The number of people testing positive it still too high. The case numbers now. Large number of cases confirmed this Santa Clara County in the last 24 hours. More than 750 confirmed. Thats because Santa Clara County catching up on the backlog of tests due that data glitch. The county has more than 12,000 cases. You can see the number there. Contra costa county confirming 222 new cases. Alameda county continues to be the hotspot with more than 13,000 cases. A shakeup at the state Public Health department lit last night. California Health Officer abruptly resigned. Today the governor announced the bay area doctor willher. This is after a major data glitch of thousands of covid test results. Marianne favro has more on the missing results and has some Health Officials saying we were flying blind. We were able to process all of these cases over the weekend, as well as do all of the normal weekend work to ensure that we ended the weekend with few records in the cal ready system. Weve eliminated that backlog. Today state Public Health leaders said theyre taking steps to make sure the computer and human errors that caused the data disaster wont happen again. While hundreds of thousands of test results were delayed, Governor Newsom says they didnt affect the overall trend, which shows californias numbers are improving. Snie we referenced about 6300 individuals that were hospitalized. Now, below 6,000 represents a 19 decrease over a 14day period. Despite the good news, there are still grim realities. The coronavirus has killed more than 10,000 californians and infected more than 550,000. Now, the state is dealing with a Public Health shakeup. After state Health Officer dr. Sonia angel abruptly resigned without explanation last night. Today the governor was repeatedly asked if the resignation was tied to the data glitch, but refused to answer snien. She resigned. Wrote a Resignation Letter and i accepted her resignation. What he did say was former Public Health officer, dr. Erica pan will be the new acting state Public Health officer. Now that the state fixed the backlog, Santa Clara County will receive more accurate covid19 numbers. Those numbers could play a krit al role in determining when the county gets off the states watch list n san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you. The governor responded to President Trumps executive orders. The governor says the state cannot afford the Unemployment Benefits plan. The president signed those orders over the weekend, on saturday. They include an extra 400 a week in Unemployment Benefits. Now, the states would this the state would have to contribute 100 of that money. The extra cash would be a huge benefit for californians who have lost their jobs. So the governor says the plan would cost the state 700 million a week. There is no money sitting in the piggy bank to be reconstituted for this purpose. It would create a even a state as large as california can never absorb. A couple things there. The state would need more money from the federal government. The governor emphasized. Cuts would have to happen for them to come up with the money for unemployment benefit. Up next, the first day of school unlike any other. How students in oakland are handling it. Different word but not a different message. The new street mural demanding racial equality in San Francisco. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Ill have details on a meteor shower and who has the best chance to see it, plus details on how will things go tomorrow coming up in a few minutes. Can my side be firm . And my side super soft . Yes, with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. Can it help me fall asleep faster . Yes, by gently warming your feet. But can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. So you can really promise better sleep . Not promise. Prove. Its our weekend special, save up to 500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. Plus 0 interest for 48 months on all smart beds. Ends monday backtoschool or nowadays, back to zoom. This is the first day for oakland schools. Teachers are still butting heads over how the Distance Learning will work this semester. Melissa colorado has the latest from Oakland Tech High School. Reporter while classrooms sat empty like the ones here at oakland technical high school, teachers and students joined more than 2,000 zoom sessions today. Students say the classes about. Enough time for the teachers to get to know their new class. Welcome. Come on in guys. Its not the way he had envisioned this first day of high school. Its a little weird not getting to like go to school and experience first day of high school. We caught up with theo and his dad mark when they pulled up to Oakland Tech High School to pick up his textbooks. His only online class today lasted for about an hour where he got to meet his teacher for the first time. Labor says the bulk of that time was spent on working through tech issues and making sure all of his classmates were on the same page. Its kind of complicated because we have the zoom calls and everything and we have to work out getting all the kids in and everything. Its a lot of little moving parts. As much as this woman would like her son to experience every high school milestone, she says safety comes first. I would rather them do it online than him going into a classroom not knowing if the classes theyre taking to keep everybody safe. When will the zoom session start to look like a structured class schedule, thats what the Teachers Union and the district are hammering out. The union is pushing for a Distance Learning plan calling for less live instruction plan ardmore time to check out with students and establish lines of communication with parents. Building, you know, relationships with the students and taking these this week to make sure that families get access to technology, thats very important. They surveyed parents who overwhelmingly said they want their kids to have more live instruction. Were doing our best during these tense circumstances because of the pandemic to still bring normalcy for our students and families. In oakland, melissa, colorado, nbc bay area news. Across the bay, students in South San Francisco could have their school year pushed back. The superintendent made a recommendation to delay the start of school until next monday. Theyre supposed to begin this wednesday. The belief is that the extra days will allow families to better understand the plans for a phased reopening while allowing teachers and staff more time to prepare. The Teachers Union still has to vote on pushing back the start. B. A. R. T. Is working on a plan to restructure public safety. The boofrd of directors and Police Citizen review board met this evening. They emphasized Police Enforcement for homelessness, behavior issues and substance abuse. It is the first of its kind in the u. S. A housing black mural went up today in San Francisco. Weve known how politically charged the black lives matter murals have become. The artist is hoping this mural focuses on the attention of a specific problem in the city. Volunteers of all ages and races came out to the tenderloin to help paint the words housing black on golden gate avenue. In a city known for welcoming immigrants, homeless advocates say that the city needs to do a better job with the black community. Its estimated black makeup only about 5 of the population in San Francisco. But 40 of its homeless population. Its a different day that were standing in. Especially in the times were wearing our masks, right . Its a very severe circumstance that were dealing with and this is probably the best way to get it in the concrete, in the street. The mayor of the tenderloin says he believes that black experience has layers of bias. Including unfair and biased background checks not given to other applicants. He says people are leaving the city due to the pandemic and job loss might help blacks in their fight for housing. In the next few months well see a greater opportunity. There are a lot of people now homeowners in San Francisco that have always had an extra room and maybe we can market those extra rooms. Reporter supervisor haney says he will introduce a resolution tomorrow that supports the message that more funding is needed to support programs to house blacks in the community. In San Francisco, sharon an important groundbreaking. City leaders gathered at a future housing site east of willow glen. Modular units will provide habitat for humanity will lead the construction which is more needed every we also are build we have a crisis within a crisis. The need for housing is tremendous and now we have a Health Crisis on top of that. Were able to build as little as 85,000 per unit. Ordinarily, it would cost more than 700,000 per unit to build. Were able to build it in four months rather than four years. Thats the kind of progress we need to make. Mayorly card owe says the development could be a powerful example that could be replicated locally and even nationally. Get ready to look up. Meteors will be lighting up the bay area skies. The annual Perseid Meteor Shower is back. Its made up of debris left by comets. That debris crashes into the earths atmosphere creating bright streaks in the sky. Perseid lasts for weeks, but the peak of the shower, well confirm with jeff, we believe the peak is tomorrow night and wednesday night. Is that right . How is it going to look for us . You got that right. I wish conditions were going to be better. We do have the fog and low clouds couto contend with. Theres one spot with the best chance across the bay area. Lets take a look at what were dealing w the Perseid Meteor Shower. As we talked about, it peaks tuesday into wednesday morning. Best time to see it is before dawn from 2 00 to 5 30 in the morning. You want to find basically a panoramic view, if possible and look up. You can see here im pinpointing the south bay with the best chance to be able to see some of the shooting stars that are traveling 36 miles per second. So as they hit earths atmosphere, its creating this friction from high speeds, which, again, creates the flashes of light that we call shooting stars. So south bay, you got the best chance to see this if you want to get up early and get a view of that. Lets bring you into tomorrow morning. You can see all of the cloud cover here over marin, napa, sonoma counties. Fog in San Francisco. Then theres a little window of clearing down here for san jose. But youll notice gilroy will have the cloud cover and also spotty drizzle chances. Well clear back from that fog by 11 00 while the coastline hangs on to patchy clouds. With that cooler breeze remaining at the coast tomorrow, it will make it very comfortable. 82 in napa. Upper 80s out here inland with 87 in livermore. Head closer to the bay, 71 in oakland. Coming up in 25 minutes, were going to talk about this complex weather pattern that has not only heat but possibly some humidity from hurricane a lit a building into the forecast. Well give you a nice long look at the sevenday forecast close to 100 this week. Ill see you in 25 minutes with that update. Sounds good. See you shortly, jeff. Up next here at 6 00, the new way to attend the concert. Get ready for metallica. Well tell you about a secret concert with a twist. A musician getting verbally slapped with his own lyrics. In south dakota, smashmouths lead singer started the set by shouting f that covid stuff. He didnt say that. I aint the sharpest tool in the shed. Masks were only suggested, not required. It appeared very few people actually chose to wear the masks. The audience members, bikers, who converge annually on sturgis for a massive motorcycle rally. That rally expected to draw a quarter million riders. This might be the story of the night. A drivein movie without the movie. Instead, its a metallica concert. The legendary bay area band announcing this morning its rehearsing for its first concert in nearly a year. You can watch the concert at driveins across the country. Its prerecorded pandemicstyle for 115 bucks a carload. Fans can rock out to a unique show. The Production Company called encore live has produced two other concerts as part of the drivein series. They think metallica will be the biggest show yet. Bring your pickup truck. Put your lawn chairs in the back. Get ready. Its going to be rowdy and a ton of fun. Youre going to be poise today have a great time. Its relatively safe. Theyre going to record the performance at a secret location. Apparently here in the bay area. Sometime this week. Then the concert will be shown at the driveins on august 29th across the country. Locally, you can watch it in concord and the Alameda County fairgrounds. Tickets go on sale this wednesday. Loving the drivein situation. 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