Chronicle urged her to decline the vp job. The vice presidency is a great spot if your hopes and desires are simply to be the president. If you really want to make an immediate change fo, if you wan change in diversity for representation purposes, youre better off if you have power where no one gives you orders. The attorney generalship is what i was talking about in that regard. The choice of harris has been the topic of discussion for weeks if not months now. But national cochair, women for trump, dylan of San Francisco, says harris was not the best choice. Ive been following Kamala Harris career for 20 years, since i lived in San Francisco. I think shes been letting supporters down for the majority of that time. Shes taken adverse positions and flipflopped on herself so many times as a prosecutor that its hard to keep track. Obviously the pandemic will complicate this campaign, when and where might we expect to see a joint appearance . In fact, elizabeth, we expect to see a joint biden harris appearance tomorrow in wilmington delaware, the state where joe biden represented during his time in the senate. And of course at this time, were not entirely sure how that is going to play out. There are rumors that the hotel dupont, a very famous hotel in delaware there in wilmington, a grand ballroom is being set up. But time will just tell. Wow expect it tomorrow. All right, sounds good, thank you, andrea. Kamala harris was born to indian and jamaican immigrants flats where she road the buses that integrated the city schools every morning. She was driven into the hills to Thousand Oaks elementary. She went on to attend Howard University before returning to the bay area to pursue her law degree in San Francisco. She began her career at the Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office before the San Francisco da recruited her across the bay. 2003, she was elected to lead that office, harris went on to serve two terms as californias attorney general before being elected to succeed out going senator, barbara boxer. She briefly catapulted toward the top of the democratic president ial race last year before dropping out in december. Kpix 5s Julia Goodrich continues our coverage with more local reaction from the east bay, juliet . Reporter we are in fremont where theres a large south asian population here, Kamala Harris name no stranger to a lot of people here. We walked around and asked people their thoughts, they had all ready heard the news. Many excited. Because she brings a lot of firsts for women. Ive been waiting all week to hear this. Yes. So its actually really cool. Ive been practicing for almost 17 years and as a woman and as a minority, i think its a really big deal. And she fits into two first sort of categories of being a first African American and also an asian american. Im really excited about the ticket. I think im just i mean what more can you say about that ticket . Im just thrilled that theres a real chance i think now with kamala in the ticket. I was really hoping you would pick a woman of color on the ticket. Obviously im a person of color myself, im hispanic. And its cool. It feels like were getting represented at the highest office. That last gentleman that we interviewed, he actually had not heard the news until we told him. Pretty excited. Coming up at 6 00, you can see his reaction as we first unveiled the news. And well have that for you later on, in fremont, juliet goodrich, kpix 5. Calling this election an historic and proud milestone for our country, House Speaker nancy pelosi said in every leadership position she has held, Kamala Harris has advanced a more just and fair future for all. Rooted in strong values and her proud american story, Vice President harris will be a tireless champion for hard working families everywhere. And harris sister and former campaign chair, maya, posted these side by side photos on instagram captioned that day when a little girl from oak town became the first black woman to be a major party Vice President ial nominee. So incredibly proud of you meanesheiblehed the neth drespeculhave gone a different thank you very much, everybody. Coming up at 5 30, live analysis from washington on the strategy behind the selection. And how the gop will try to take on the bidenharris ticket. And stay with kpix 5. Kpix. Com. And cbsn bay area for continuing election coverage as we countdown to november. New at 5 00, just minutes ago. San mateo Police Announcing theyve made an arrest in a violent Sexual Assault case. Over the weekend, Police Released this Surveillance Video is of the suspect. They say he beat and sexually assaulted a woman in her 60s at a bus stop last wednesday. Police say that the victim had just gotten off work. She suffered lifethreatening injuries. The suspect in this case being identified as Alejandro Vanegas guvara a 17yearold transient believed to have ties to the city of redwood city. The suspect was booked into county jail on several charges, including rape and kidnapping. New at 5 00, School Starts tomorrow in san jose, and were just learning about a huge last minute change for teachers. Kpix 5s deven feely has the late breaking developments. Deven . This deal was really struck at the last minute. I didnt hear about it until i spoke to a teacher about mid morning today. Teachers say theyre relieved but rushing to get ready for a new school year thats going to look different than what they were preparing for just yesterday. Teachers say theyre relieved they will not be required to report inperson to class for the first day of school. A plan they criticized as inflexible and unsafe. Bringing people back on campus. Even if theyre alone in their room, still requires people to share spaces, share the restroom, share the office. Bere the first day of class, the San Jose Unified School district abruptly changed course. Allowing any teacher who wanted to work from home to do so. The teachers safety should have come first all along. I feel like its good for teachers to be safety j well our student safety. I think theres more risk for the more people you have in a given space. Especially when youre having concerns like, you know, everyone is going to be sharing the restroom. A spokesperson for the district says it was important to get a compliment from teachers that the quality of online instruction wouldnt slip if they were allowed to work from home. The agreement was an assurance that the quality of instruction of our teachers teaching at home would be the same quality as them teaching in the classroom. The Teachers Union acknowledges the transition to Online Learning in the spring was uneven and occasionally problematic. But they say the districts original plan punished the many for the shortcomings of the few. There were a few bad apples in the spring who literally did nothing. And those parents screamed really loud. Because the change was made so late, what are teachers planning to do tomorrow, deafen . Thats really going to vary teacher to teacher. Some of them say they may just be forced to start the school year in the classroom until they have time to transition and get their home set ups ready. Yeah, such a huge adjustment, all right, deven, thank you. For the very latest on whats happening if your school district, head to kpix. Com back to school. New at 5 00, major news for College Sports within the past few hours, today the pac12 conference voted to postpone the fall season. Kpix 5 sports director, Denis Odonnell joining us now. No sports until the end of the year, denis . Yeah, how about that . When the nca basketball tournament was canceled back in march, many thought normalcy might resume in the fall with college football. But if you were planning to go to the big game between cal and stanford, thats not going to happen. Now, for the time since the pac12 was established in 1916, its decided to put a football season on hold. Leaders of the conference say they are guided by the unknown risk of covid19. And have stopped all competition until january of 2021. That includes the start of basketball. They are in the process to figure out a way to play football in the spring. But ultimately, their hope of delaying the season until october became unfeasible given virus data projections. After reviewing all the data and considering the alternatives, and having all ready delayed the start of our season and compressed our season, the group was unanimous ltand decision was necessary. Student athletes, you know, we cannot bubble our student athletes. Like prosports can. Were part of broader campus communities. Student athletes are living peer students. On campus, interacting. The pac12 is not alone in this decision. The big10 joined them today. The acc and the sec planned to play football as scheduled, well see. Allen . Elizabeth . Back to you. They could change their minds, otherwise it will look like glorified scrimmage games im afraid. If that. Hard sell if the students arent going back to school. Theyre not in the classrooms. How theyre going to be on the football field is going to be tough. Well, the good news is scholarships, athlete scholarships will be honored. Good. All right. Thank you, denis. Still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, San Franciscos mayor with some tough love as her city tries to crush the coronavirus curve. You know what . Today is my birthday. And i wish i could have a birthday party. Her message to the people packing delores park. Russia claims victory in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. But is it safe . And the mlb drops after a bench clearing brawl between the as the astros. Cloud cover rolling through the golden gate. Well see changes to the big picture pattern. Big warm up on the way want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Lets get you the very latest on coronavirus right now. California reported 12,500 new cases today as more backlogged results are included and 109 new deaths. Hospitalizations are down 18 in the past two weeks. And the test Positivity Rate also fell to just over 6 . The bay area now has more than 900 coronavirus deaths. Santa clara and alameda counties each have more than 200. Well, right now in santa clara county, supervisors are voting on whether to fine people who dont wear masks, fines could range from 25 to 500. Businesses could be fined between 250 to 5,000. County leaders say they continue to see a ca among young people in the latin x community. Were seeing the highest case rates in East San Jose and in south county, particularly, in gilroy. Coronavirus cases are dropping in San Francisco since the outbreak n, me than 7600 people have tested positive. But even though the numbers are going down, right now, the mayor is warning that people cant get too comfortable. She says to keep the downward trend going, people need to stop gathering in large groups, as was seen at delores park over the weekend. And the only way were going to get there, the only way were going to be able to open the gyms, the nail salons, and the places that we all enjoy and love and send kids back to school and visit our parents and grandparents and others at senior homes and places that they are housed is if we change our behavior. The mayor also laid out her 446 milliondollar plan to fight coronavirus in the year ahead. 185million is designated to health care and outbreak mitigation. Another 183 million is for housing. 62million for food expenses. And 16. 5 million meant for emergency operations. We first brought you the San Francisco coronavirus update live on cbsn bay area. Keep up to date 24 7 stream us on kpix. Com. New deal in the race toward a coronavirus vaccine. President trump Just Announced the u. S. Government will buy 100 million doses of medernas experimental vaccine. Its currently in late stage human trials. Russia became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine. Theyre calling it sputnik. President Vladimir Putin says it works fairly effectively. Forms a stable immunity. And has gone through all necessary checks but many in the Global Health community are worried that researchers ignored standard gu speed up development. Some say russia skipped a critical testing phase, widespread human trials. Right now its almost a political statement, right . There is no test that shows this protects anybody from covid19. Volunteers got the first doses two months ago. It will still take several months before millions of doses are produced. President trump is considering a proposal to limit the return of u. S. Citizens and residents from abroad if theyve tested positive. The plan would give Border Agents the power to ban citizens if they reasonably believe that a person may have been exposed to coronavirus or is infected. No word how long the person would have to stay out of the country. In the past, outside legal experts have questioned whether such a move would be legal. On a storm watch right now, half a dozen states in the midwest are cleaning up this evening following a dangerous weather event known as rach olonthundefoe wund in cho, powerful storms nearly lifted this garage. Took down trees, and trapped some cars. In iowa, strong winds forced a collapse at this coop, spilling tons of grain. Take a look at the damage. One woman was killed in iowa. And almost a Million People still do not have power this afternoon. Time to bring in paul hagan. Paul you got a map that actually highlights how widespread the damage is. All the local storm reports. These are all of the wind damage, measured thunderstorm wind gusts, tornado reports, hail reports, funnel cloud reports, all of that from that storm system that moved the upp each one of these dots is a separate one of those reports. And theres about 700 of these throughout the lifetime of this system. Just a profoundly powerful system. 100mile an hour sustained wind gusts. The strongest gusts moved through iowa. Weakened slightly through illinois and indiana. Reduced the damage from around chicago. Around here, we just got some fog out there. Its starting to roll back in. Its 64 degrees downtown. 69 on the east side of the bay. 80 degrees in livermore is the warm spot. Everybody else in the mid to upper 70s. 74 and 76 in santa rosa and san jose. 9 79 degrees in concord just below 80. 21mile an hour sustained winds at sfo and the oakland airport. 24mile an hour sustained winds in fairfield. The wind is not going to be as much of a factor tomorrow. Temperatures will warm up a little bit more. Thats end th definitely going tocont we head into the rest of the workweek and into the weekend. Temperaturto upper onthe map barely dipping below 60 to start the day on wednesday with fog and low cloud cover. Which you expect this time of the year. Spreading into the inland valley toward early tomorrow morning. But its going to back up quickly. It doesnt look like well see that repeating itself into thursday and friday. Much less of the low cloud cover and fog inland. Not much around the bay or along the coast. Minimal clearing along the coast tomorrow. More sunshine in store for you by the end of the workweek, temperatures tomorrow topping out where they should be around the bay. Mid to upper 60s in San Francisco. Low 70s in oakland. A couple degrees above average farther inland. But not too hot for august standards. Mid 80s san jose. 90 degrees in concord. Mid 60s along the coast. Upper 70s. Low 80s along the south end of the bay. Mid to upper 80s. The hot spots as always on the east side of the diablo range. Low to mid 90s from fairfield to brentwood. Mostly upper 80s for the tri valley. 90 degrees Pleasant Hill and concord. Temperatures reach the upper 61s. Low to mid 71s around the bay. Exactly normal for this time of the year. A few degrees warmer for the north bay. The wind for you wont be as strong out of the southwest again. Our winds this evening, pretty gusty, tomorrow its not as much of a factor. The north bay warms up into the low 80s. The farther inland you go, its hotter. Up in the low to mid 90s for lake and mendocino counties. Nothing compared to where were going. Take a look at how much we warm up into the weekend. Inland temperatures in up ther 90s friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. Thats the middle ground. Some spots above. Some below. Well likely see triple digit temperatures on the map. Friday add and at least. And around the bay, temperatures in the 70th if. Coming up at 5 340, well look at whats brewing in the eastern pacific and a little outside influence it might have on our weather. All right, look forward to that, thank you, pa, ogle an onat d give you eahqke is about to hit. 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And how republicans are all ready going on the attack. The as will have to do without one of their best players. The punishments just handed down for that benchclearing brawl. With covid19, the surprising benefits of wearing a mask that a, we knhese e tis. Streaming on cbsn bay area. More local news at 5 30. The bench is cleared. Now the as pay the price. The punishment just handed down for one of their best players. Plus a e realize. But first, continuing coverage of joe bidens bay area pick for Vice President , california senator and east bay native, Kamala Harris. She becomes just the third woman and first black woman to be named to a major partys president ial ticket. And just hours after the big announcement, both sides are us sharpen their strategies. She has taken adverse positions and flipflopped on herself so many times as a prosecutor that its hard to keep track. Hes not going to be a roll over pick, then i think a lot of Vice President choices are just that. She is Strong Enough to stand up and say when she has an pennsylvania. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im allen martin, natalie brand joins us live from washington now, natalie, welcome, joe biden had quite the short list of hospital vps to choose from. Is it that Kamala Harris really did check all the boxes for him as they say. And all the others fell short of that . Well, allen, she checked a number of boxes, but if we go back to what joe biden said was one of his key criteria, a strong Vice President , Vice President ial candidate that d launchheor harr on day one prential bid. Even though ded be the first contest of primary season. But she has that experience