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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon July 12, 2024

In the bay area, 57,000 cases and 860 deaths. State Officials Say a Technical Glitch could account for data that showed a drop in positive cases. Health and Human Services secretary acknowledges problems with the states Electronic Laboratory reporting system. He said that resulted in counties underreporting some of their positive cases. Apple and tmobile are teaming up with School Districts across the state to digitally connect students in need for Distance Learning this fall. The state superintendent announce a collaboration with apple and tmobile to help as many as 1 million california students. The companies will fulfill orders with discounted ipads already equipped with high Speed Internet connectivity. He is still in School Officials how to get the equipment they need to start the school year. Because of the help of our governor and legislature, there is money to make the purchases they need around Distance Learning including devices. We are trying to put School Districts together that need the devices with those that have the Computing Devices and to remind you that you have the resources that you need to make those purchases. All but 3 of california students are expected to begin the school year but Distance Learning due to covert 19. Some say they are grappling with the decision to buy the report to school or consider retirement. School campuses are not ready for their return. We have more on how some teachers say they are willing to risk their jobs. There is a lot of anxiety. Everything seems uncertain. Reporter at a time with this educator should be preparing her lesson plan, the School Year Begins a week from wednesday. The sixthgrade teacher cannot focus. The citys Largest School district is putting her in a tough spot. Am i going to have to choose between doing what i love professionally versus keeping the people that i love safe personally. Reporter she lives with her parents which are both high risk. When of 1600 teachers told to teach in an empty classroom to a computer while students are from home. Patrick bernhardt is with the san jose teachers union. He says the School District may be overreacting. I think that they are concerned about accountability if they have come under criticism from some portions of the community. Reporter district Officials Say advantages to working in the classroom, wifi connectivity and tech support. Sharing common areas which will be thoroughly cleaned. We are committed to providing the best quality instruction possible on august 12 reporter she appreciates the safety precautions but they do not eliminate the risk. I can always get another job. If i lose a family member, i cannot get them back. Reporter next week she plans on reporting from home. My deep fear and concern is that we will see a lot of educators at the very last minute just end up leaving for one reason or another. There will be a lot of students who dont have a teacher the first day of school. Reporter ktvu fox2 news. A protest last night. They are demanding the right to choose whether or not they have to return to the classroom. The district has them returning to the classroom. Educators say the five hours of screen time is not appropriate for k8 students. School is back in session on august 20. Nurses and hospital workers are holding a day of action. They are protesting what they say is a lack of Government Action to protect people against not only the coronavirus, but the financial hardships that come with it. Here is more. Reporter nurses, respiratory therapists and others are taking part in this nationwide day of action. They want to raise their concerns about the pandemic. Reporter 30 to 40 healthcare workers gathered for a picket line outside the kaiser medical center. Healthcare workers say they want to raise awareness about what they say is a lack of government and employer support during the pandemic. We feel like we are not getting protected. Every day we put our lives on the line. We have to go home to our families, and we want to protect our families as much as we want to protect our patients. Reporter Health Advisors are calling on the u. S. Senate to pass legislation that will allow the u. S. To manufacture their own personal protective equipment. One of the kaiser nurses told us about her concern about the use of masks. A nurse is giving five disposable letter in i95 masks. They are designed to be disposable and onetime use only. Will they wait for us to contract the virus and infected families and our communities . Ppe shortage should be addressed at the national level. Reporter kaiser said, we have had the appropriate ppe and have stabilized our supply chain for future searches. We could not have achieved this without the work of our staff to follow conservation efforts. We understand this is a stressful time for healthcare workers balancing extraordinary and healthcare workers say they Want Congress to extend pandemic related Unemployment Benefits that expired at the end of july. They have seen the economic toll the pandemic has taken. Reporter along with the rallies this morning, there are about one dozen other similar events planned throughout the afternoon hours here in the bay area at both kaiser and sutter hospitals. Reporting live, ktvu fox2 news. A man grabbed the San Jose Police officers gun and fired shots while being handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. It led to a standoff at the Santa Clara County jail. And forced the gel to lock down as Law Enforcement tried to negotiate with that suspect. We have the details. Reporter Joseph Castro is identified as a suspect at the center of the standoff. It was a tense four hours in san jose this morning. It started as an arrest for mail theft and probation violation. A San Jose Police officer at the 40yearold handcuffed and back of his patrol suv. They were in the parking lot at 1 40 a. M. When this happened. He somehow managed to break into the cargo area and access that officers firearm. Reporter castro fired off multiple shots. The officer got away and call for help. Castro fired shots from inside the patrol vehicle. Reporter for four hours they blocked off the area around the jail. The job was put on lockdown as negotiators tried to get castro to surrender. To get a Better Vantage Point of the suspect and see what he was doing and not put our officers are deputies at risk. Reporter just before 6 00 a. M. , castro turned himself in. Castro will be booked to multiple felonies. The Sheriffs Office says he was inside the suv and handcuffed the entire time. The officer followed proper protocol. How he got the gun and pulled the trigger is under investigation. This is an example of a determined suspect. Reporter ktvu fox2 news. Cooled down for the bay area. Our meteorologist is here to tell us what is next. A trail of distraction from south to north along the eastern seaboard. I am windsor, North Carolina without a couple of children escaped with their lives. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with morning sun two. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att our reporter shows us the damage today. Reporter this was the gate that is now in the woods somewhere. People up and down the east coast or dealing with the aftermath of the storm isaias. And pummeled the coast with heavy rain. It continues sustained winds of 65 Miles Per Hour within 18 hours after it made landfall. It triggered tornadoes in maryland, delaware, and new jersey. On the deck, a lot of our stuff is being tossed around by the wind. Reporter the storm killed six as it made his way north. Two people died in 20 others were wounded when a tornado tore through trailer park. Some say the storm strength took them by surprise. We were planning ahead and expecting something not this bad. Sure enough, the winds kicked up and we heard a tree break. Reporter storm isaias switch between Tropical Storm and hurricane. And quickly made his way through the mid atlantic and northeastern states and by tuesday evening, more than 3. 7 Million People were without power. Our transformer is down. I am expecting that it may be two or three days before we get power. Reporter one of the things that made the storm unique is how quickly it moved. This is just the beginning of the most active part of hurricane season. Ktvu fox2 news. Our meteorologist is keeping an eye on whats happening in the bay area and also following isaias. I am happy to say it is kind of gone. It is remnants of what it was and not causing problems. It cost incredible power outages. It doesnt have to be a category 3 or a category 4 to cause a lot of problems. And today, we are enjoying a much cooler day. Our marine layer is present this morning. You can see it over the last few hours. We have a beautiful clearing and the northbay. But the rest of us are socked in with sunshine starting to break again. As we take a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge look at that flag on the right side of your screen. It is breezy, and blue skies are breaking through. Santa rosa, sunny and 73 degrees. San francisco, 56 degrees. Oakland, 58. San jose, 69 degrees. This is the difference in temperatures between now and this time yesterday. Take a look at conquered in livermore running 15 degrees cooler. Almost 10 degrees cooler in san jose. We do have some wind out there you can see mount diablo at 25 Miles Per Hour. Those breezy conditions are part of that system. Not quite as breezy down to the surface, but we do have some wind out there you can see we have 24 mile per hour gusts at sfo and 40 Miles Per Hour in san jose. Today will be the coolest day of the week, no doubt about it. Im sure you figured that out when you walked out the door. Our marine layer has been hanging on. We will get that afternoon sun, but it will take its own sweet time developing. The northbay, 84. Look at San Francisco. Well below average a high of 67. Oakland, 72. 89, livermore is your average. 72 will be the high for today. San jose will only get up to 70 degrees and the average high is 84. So here is a look at your extended forecast. Today we will have that cool feeling and moist air. We will get sunshine with breezy conditions. Highs around the bay will be an the 60s. Low 60s at the coast. We do start to run, warm up. Saturday and sunday, sunshine and we will start to warm up and then push to above average. The day it will be a cool one. Enjoy that. I think for people who live in the in the communities, there will be a bit of a welcome break. It is comfortable. Thank you. A new report showing that u. S. Businesses sharply reduce hiring last month. According to payroll processor, adp, 167,000 jobs were added. Last month limited hiring means the economy has 13 million fewer jobs than it did in just february. Stocks are rising as negotiators reported some progress in talks for more support for the struggling economy. The dow jones is up to one full percentage point. Its nice to see 300 points. The s p is up by 1 . Struck still to come at noon, a path of destruction following an explosion in bay route. Thousands of people are still missing. The investigation is underway. Stay right there. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . woman chattering [narrator] ordering dinner for the family . family gasps rewarded with a side of quiet. baby murmuring grubhub rewards you, scooter horn honking get a free delivery perk when you order. doorbell rings [group] grubhub. A search for survivors continues in beirut following the deadly explosion. What the 100 people have died, and thousands of missing. A man was rescued under a building that collapsed. The lebanese government says an unspecified number of officials are under house arrest. Ray bogan has the latest. Reporter this is the moment an explosion shook lebanons capital, beirut, and sent a Mushroom Cloud into the sky. I saw something flash, and i couldnt hear anymore. Reporter the building is destroyed. Some beyond repair. The victims overwhelmed hospitals. They urgently asked for blood donations and generators to keep the lights on. I do not know. A catastrophe hit lebanon. Reporter countries around the world are pledging support including britain, france, and the United States. We will be there to help. Reporter an investigation is underway. Sodium nitrate may have been stored improperly and ignited. President trump indicated his top generals believe it may have been an attack. They seem to think it was a mom. Reporter this is a difficult time for lebanon. In addition to the pandemic, the country is in economic turmoil. Inflation is soaring in addition to unemployment and poverty. The foreign minister resigned. Foxnews. In miami, several workers have been taken to the hospital after they were injured in a partial business collapse. This happened at the retail and Residential Development under construction early this morning. Concrete slabs fell trapping people inside. An investigation is under way in florida. The u. S. Navy has located an amphibious vehicle that sank after military training exercises. Seven marines and one sailor are presumed dead. The search was called off last sunday. Remote cameras showed their bodies are still on board. One marine was declared dead at the scene right after this sinking, seven others were rescued. A bay area is missing more than one month after she went on a road trip to the desert in southern california. She told friends and family she was going to Joshua Tree National park midjune to camp and clear her mind. Her parents say she had been feeling stressed and was not able to work as a hairstylist during the pandemic. Her car was found abandoned. The windows were shattered. I miss her a lot. It is hard to not know what happened to her. Someone has to know something. Reporter friend say she would never abandon her 12year old son. Police in san jose are investigating a burglary at a jewelry store. It happen at forever diamonds and more. Store owners are unable to monitor surveillance cameras from home. They will got to see a man had broken into their store. He comes in and smashes through the front door and smashes cases and we have a jewelers room and he kicked in that door. We lock everything up and keep it highly secure. He wasnt able to get anything of high value. Police have not identified the man and no arrests have been made. Still to come at noontime, looking into how soon a new vaccine could be developed. What experts are saying about availability, and who should get tdap vaccine first. A new surge of cases and deaths and more than two dozen states as the coronavirus pandemic goes on. I have the details coming up. There were no more than 4. 8 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States with almost 160 south is and deaths. It looks like there is no end in sight. We have more out of miami. Public Health Officials are scrambling to get a handle on this new surge of coronavirus cases. Within 60,000 new cases every day. That is down from the peak in july, but cases are still rising for test climbing at 35 states including in florida. The governor is resisting pressure to issue a statewide mass quarter. He is considering loosening social distancing rules including allowing visitors back in Nursing Homes for the First Time Since march. 4. 5 months is a long long time. Weve got to look at this and say is there anything we can do right now . Reporter there has been a surge and hospitalizations. There is limited access to healthcare. In southern texas another hot spot, doctors are reporting shortages from masks to ventilators. 49 calls we had to make before we can secure a bed for this patient. As lawmakers on capitol hill remains stalled on the new relief bill, anxious Business Owners are asking them to allow to be reopened claiming they can find a way to keep the customers safe. We are asking them to tell us what we can do to open. We are asking for them to give us the exact protocols. Reporter they hope to have a deal on the relief package by the end of this week. In miami, ktvu fox2 news. Santa clara county Health Officials are warning the pandemic is far from over. A Health Officer said that misrepresented covid19 data from the cal ready station could be making the situation look better than it is because of a problem with the system, the number of new cases has been underreported for days and even weeks. 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