Kpix 5s kiet do on the reason behind the early decision. Reporter Santa Clara County was upgraded to the read tier nine days ago and even though indoor gatherings are still prohibited, there is redemption guides, k12 schools can reopen in as little as five days from now but santa fe Unified School District says there is no way they can do that in good conscience. Indoor guidance is prohibited. We cant rationalize bringing 30 students back into a classroom. We need to make sure the Community Around us is ready reporter san jose unified made the announcement last night that campuses will remain closed to students and Distance Learning would continue through the end of the year. Even though cases have been declining in the Santa Clara County, case rates are still high relative to march when the lockdown began. Right now the pandemic is not giving us evidence that we campsafeng our students back eporter they are in the parent the district agrees, saying kids benefit from routine so flipflopping back and forth between closing and opening will be disruptive and make learning harder. You can see when things have opened up. We have sent from the beginning if we reopen schools, we want to keep them open. We do not want to go back and forth with family and students. It is disruptive to our staff. Once we make the decision to open, we will be open. All of the prep work without getting paid. Reporter Richard Sutton says his wife who is a teacher and her colleagues wofo free for much of mmer, ar ich alsohas a the district. T ds back and thshuti there needs to be minimal. I am ready to go back. Reporter jen ingram was on her way to deliver coffee to a teacher. Do you think the districtto dont have an easy answer for other people. I know they are doing their best. Reporter in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. We are posting updates from Bay Area School districts in a special section on our website. Just visit www. Kpix. Com. New at noon, police and firefighters rescue a man trapped inside a van that was burning as it moved. It happened this morning on an offramp from 880 southbound to hagan berger road near the airport officers to stop the van from rolling. Then firefighters pulled the driver out of the wreckage and put out the fire. He is now being treated at a hospital. An earlymorning homicide has Pittsburgh Police searching for gunman. The shooting happened shortly before 3 00 this morning in parking lot of a supermarket on atlantic avenue. Investigators say a man and woman were walking through the lot when a car approached and a suspect got out. And there was a brief argument thleviim laed atay in the oppos im anne makovec at the lies news desk. Santa clara county Just Announced new measures to combat the flu and the coronavirus at the same time, something we will all be facing soon. Free flu shots will not be available with no appointment needed at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. Shots will be available every saturday through mid december in the morning until 4 00 p. M. Regardless of immigration or insurance status. Anyone ages 3 an older is encouraged to come and get a free shot. What the flu vaccine will do is prevent you from ending up in the hospital and making sure that we have hospitals s ilable for those who do have you can melocation, the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. There is a popup testing site open today at overfilled high school on cunningham avenue in the san jose. Nasal swab testing is free for everybody. You can get your results via text as soon as the next day. For a full list of all of the covid testing sites around the bay area, they are expanding. Go to our website, www. Kpix. Com. We brought you that update from Santa Clara County leaders live on cbsn bay area. We are in 24 7 streaming on www. Kpix. Com. The race coronavirus vaccine, now says it expects to know by novemberthe vaccine at this testing works. The company is in late stage trial. It is one of three drugmakers the u. S. Government had thrown money behind to create a vaccine. The others are pfizer and astrazeneca. President donald trump appears to be taking issue of testimony from the director of the cdc and his comments about a vaccine. Reporter President Donald Trump is disputing his own cdc directors testimony at a congressional hearing wednesday. Maybe he misunderstood the questions. Reporter dr. Robert redfield told lawmakers a vaccine could be approved by the end of the year but may not be widely available until next year. If you are asking me when it will be generally available to the American Public so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think we are looking at late second quarter, Third Quarter 2021. Under no circumstance will it be as late as the doctor said. Reporter the white house pushing back this morning, saying the cdc is not the only agency involved in the deployment and distribution of a vaccine. While dr. Redfield may have a timeline in mind, to my knowledge, he has not had disc processes. Reporter it was not just the timing of Vaccine Distribution that President Donald Trump contradicted. He also took it to dr. Redfields testimony about masks. They work and they are our best defense. I might even go so far as to say this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid then when i take a covid vaccine. When i called up robert today, i said to him, what is with the mask . He said i think i answer that question incorrectly. Reporter in a statement, dr. Redfield did not directly address the president s claim but he did reiterate masks are part of the best defense against the spread of the virus. We have to have this national mandate. We must do it. Reporter democratic president ial nominee joe biden says his legal team would have the authority as president to order the National Mask mandate. President donald trump held a rally in the key swing state of wisconsin. Joe biden is headed to pennsylvania. His running mate, senator kamala harris, is in and sylvania rlierd small businesses. She and biden both argue President Donald Trump is politicizing the development of a vaccine and say he cant be trusted. To wall street now where stocks are falling today. Taking a look at the big board, the dow is down over 300 points. Techs stocks like apple and amazon are all taking a hit. Anto thdepartmef labor, another 860,000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. The pandemic, the highest level ever reported was 671,000 which was back in 1982. Claims have improved steadily over the past few weeks after hitting an all time high of more than 6 million back in march. Airline executives were at the white house today pushing for passage of a relief package to avert layoffs. Unless something passes by october 1, thousands of Airline Workers will be furloughed. They are out there putting their uniforms on, going to work every day, making sure we are moving. Without action, they will be furloughed october 1. It is not fair to them. It is not fair to our country. United airlines plans to furlough more than 16,000 employees next month unleaded gets more government aid. Delta says it may have to furlough some pilots. On the storm watch, sally is a posttropical depression drenching parts of the e sttorough abama agonizpace. Sally tour room saw buildings and downed power lines. The recordbreaking rainfall caused catastrophic flooding. The Florida National guard came into health. In one county, crews rescued 400 people from the floodwaters. Sally packed powerful winds. S w roads, roofs, lifted off holdings entries. We started hearing our windows pop. Part of the roof started coming off. The siding was ripping. More than half 1 Million People across the region are without power. Some could be in the dark for days. Still ahead, a california observatory in the midst of wildfires. New video as crews worked to keep the flames away. We have been told to stay 6 feet apart during the pandemic but what if you can see what is around you. How you can help guide dogs and their owners. It is so nice to have clean air, fresh air across the bay area. I will let you know how long this will last in a few minutes. Kpix 5 is working to bring you the positive stories during this difficult time. Check them out on www. Kpix. Com together. You can send your ideas jackie, im looking at your mri. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Well, dr. Farrell, it feels really good. Thats good. And. Im sorry. Baby, dont touch that. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. still singing up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Im so glad that your shoulder is feeling better. But, how are you doing . Im hanging in there. Schedule a video visit with your doctor. And get quality care with no copay. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. We sand my heart fell. Okee with no copay. I knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. You never know what youll be faced with. Please, vote yes on 19. [upb i fell asleep tobut when i woke up. I put everything in perspective. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. On our fire watch, Deadly Wildfires up and down the west coast, forcing tens of thousands of people into shelters. The famed mount wilson sey near los angeles has so far survived a close call on the hills just northeast of the city. The bobcat fire came within 500 feet of the observatory. Dramatic timelapse photos taken from the observatory show the fire glowing orange. 50,000 acres have burned nearby with 3 containment. This bear was caught taking a dip in a pool at an arcadia home. The resident says they had seen several deer, coyotes, and bears recently. Today marks six months since the bay area shut down and we began isolation. Social distancing changed pretty much everyones way of life, especially for the blind or vision impaired. Seeing eye dogs are trained to how cial diarn ats where the public can step in to help. Really, a person can be helpful by communicating their distance from the blind person with their dog and letting them know that i am here. When you recognize a guide dog and its owner, it is up to you to distance yourself. Experts say dont try to pet or interact with a guide dog. To our weather now and what a difference outside. Check out this timelapse of our sunrise today. How beautiful is that . That is a nice shot there. Time now for a check of our forecast with meteorologist mary lee. That timelapse is so beautiful with the sun rising above the fog. We are looking at clean and fresh air across the bay area. This is so nice to see. Good qualityludwood for n leandro. 9 for oakland. 6 in livermore. Looking at the north bay, 5 for hills berg, santa rosa, 6 for san rafael. Ad through our day. We are looking at some glares through our Treasure Island camera. Mid60s in San Francisco and oakland. Mid70s in santa rosa. Upper 70s in concord. About 80 degrees right now in livermore. That strong seabreeze is cleaning out the air for us, mixing up all of that smoke. It is because of this low pressure system ushering in that stronger onshore flow. We have a better air quality today for tomorrow. We will catch that clearing for the us except for the coast with that cloud cover still hanging around. Very similar for friday with that strong ocean breeze. Temperatures are cooler even for friday. Watching the weekend us that low pushes east, it could bring offshore winds. That means the possibility of a high fire danger and the northerly winds could bring some smoke from our wildfires burning to our north into the bay area. The daytime highs are seasonal for this time of year. Mid80s in concord. Upper 70s for san jose. Mid70s for oakland. There is that extended forecast with temperatures a little bit cooler but still looking at that better air quality as we head through the day tomorrow. Then, fosome offshoreindstemperatures on the rise as we look to the weekend. Distancelearning help in the bay area and around the world. One e. Of a mans mission. Kpix 5 has a new app that gives you 24 access access to cbsn bay area and kpix 5 newscasts. Also, realtime news updates. A walnut creek man is on a mission to give as many children as possible the tools for a good education. Sharon chen introduces us to him and tells us what inspires him. Ooin orter budgetso, e principal says a 10,000 donation of art supplies is a big deal. The childrens faces will light up when they see everything we just received. Reporter from paints to kranz, the firstgrade teacher says the schools nearly 400 students now have what they need to unleash their creativity. We would not be able to function without it. The art supplies donated by walnut creek and a norofitdon india, witnessing heartbreak and poverty. What bothered me the most were little children sleeping on the sidewalks in near freezing temperatures. Reporter sunny realized he could had been one of them had his adoptive parents not given him a better life so he started yours humanly in 2013 to give underserved kids access to an education. I am going to give the same opportunity that was wod. Reporter sunny says yours humanly has served more than 2500 children in six countries. In nepal, a director says bay area donations have funded scholarships, uniforms, and books are 2000 kids since 2015, giving them hope. Otherwise they would be farm laborers without an education in a very rural place where you can barely grow cropsnow,fu de reporter in the east bay, mt. Diablo unified School Board Member charisse count had seen sunnys nonprofit donate equipment from s. T. E. M. Kits to chthey understand how much of a need there is. They want to feel the need right away. Reporter for providing underserved children around the world, tools for a life changing education, this week is jefferson award in the bay area goes to sunny. Sharon chen, kpix 5. You can nominate your local hero or a jefferson award online on www. Kpix. Com 0. Coming up, a new option for gamers if they are willing to wait to get their hands on it. Today on the Drew Barrymore show, an interview with actress charlize theron. Plus, drew learns the art of cups, plates, burgers, chips. Masks, outdoor air, 6 feet of distance, as few people as possible, and pl ke sure lowering 6the riof distance, of spreading covid19 is on your list for your next small gathering. Do your part to lower the risk. An emotional day in court for a bay area man accused of killing an Italian Police officer. His unexpected plea to the man s family. We will have that story and more at 5 00. Lets get one last check of weather with mary. Hopefully you are taking advantage of our cleaner, fresher air by having your windows open and taking a walk outside. We are looking at a that good air quality. It is so great to see all of that green indicating our healthy air across the bay area. We will continue with our better air quality with the strong ocean breeze kicking in for tomorrow as well. Then, we could see offshore winds for your weekend with temperatures on the rise. Something new for gamers. Sony is out with its playstation 5. It comes in two versions with a bluray drive that will cost you 500 or 400 for when that relies solely on digital downloads. Preorders were supposed to start today but many retailers like walmart, target, and game stop jumped the gun yesterday and have already sold out. The new ps5 ships on november 12. Thomas seems like someones a little freaked out my sisters spending time with another guy. Liam yeah. Youre right. Im so sorry. Excuse me for being concerned about your sister. Thomas youre t concerned about my sister. Youre concerned about yourself and your ego. Liam are you kidding me . This has nothing to do with me. Im worried that steffys doctor is too interested in her to do his job. Thomas he should be interested in her. It is his job. Liam you know damn well im not talking professionally. Thomas no. I know whats got you all riled up. You finally got competition when it comes to steffy. You dont have to sit back and wait for her to realize shes got her seasonal turn with you, right . How does that feel, by the way, being the jealous one