Reopen as planned for 30,000 students on august 12th. Its been pretty challenging. Simply because the district, no one was really prepared for this. Reporter mike flynns son will be a junior in the fall, a critical year for college admissions. Hes worries worried his educational and social needs are not being met. Online is working at the moment because its all we have, but we need more to go forward. Everything is possible right now. Virtual learning, a hybrid model, a full reopen. Reporter three districts across the bay area are considering it. They are guided by an education code, no guidebook on how to reopen schools and but the pandemic. They are collaborating with other School Districts in santa clara county, following the directive from Public Health officer doctor sara cody. With limited class sizes the possibility. When we have the health order that tells us what size those groups can be, if that information will help us develop our plan for anything that might be instruction tony thurman says some schools may require teachers and students to wear masks and for learning to occur during different dayparts to accommodate smaller class sizes. I think most teachers are feeling overwhelmed. I think this is an unprecedented situation. They are being asked to do things that theyve never done in their professional careers before. Reporter Patrick Bernhardt is with the San Jose Teachers Association and hopes the decision will focus on equity. Internet connectivity has been a challenge. A teacher himself, he gave a candid response to what he prefers. If i can get back in the classroom with my students, that is always what i would prefer. At the thats where i do my best work. The communicating online definitely feels artificial. Reporter he has concerns surrounding Contact Tracing in schools and how to keeps kids socially distant in the classroom. Everyone realizing, well health and safety come first, at what cost of Public Education . That will look a lot different moving forward. The superintendent is waiting to receive feedback from the bargaining teams and parent surveys. She is hopeful she will have more specifics in the next four to five weeks. Officials in oakland say as many as half the students in the Public Schools dont have their own computer or reliable internet access. So now the School District is partnering with the oakland Publication Fund to launch a Fundraising Campaign and bridge the digital divide. They have already loaned out 18,000 chrome books, but that wasnt enough. There also distributing global hotspots to improve connectivity with another 4000 hotspots in order. We are Encouraging Companies and individuals to also donate gently used technology. That Tech Exchange can put their our refurbishing operation and be part of the solution. The goal is to raise 12. 5 million. The first 2 1 2 million is to ensure students have a computer at home through the summer and the start of the next school year. The other 10 million is a long term goal to provide students with a computer both at home and at school. New tonight, the patchwork of plans for reopening california. 19 role counties are allowing people to shop and dine out. Most urban counties are still essentially blocked out. We have the different approaches that are confusing a lot of people. Reporter its confusing, sometimes aggravating. The governor admits it tempts people to travel to counties where they can do more and go back home. Tomorrow Sonoma County uses up some access, but just a little. We really dont know when its going to happen, we have no idea. Reporter beginning friday in Sonoma County, residents can once again get their car washed and dog room, but not around here. We have clients were constantly calling us do you have any idea when we are going to get our hair cut . [ laughter ] reporter salons, dine in food, malls, gyms and winetasting are held back by state standards on covid debts, testing and hospital space. We should be able to open. We are not the same as some of the large counties in lots of cases. We are a completely different animal in southern california. Its hard for people because its so fluid and everyday something new comes out. Reporter county leaders hear the frustration in Sonoma County is more than among 30 counties asking for a state waiver to accelerate the next phase. We dont want to go rogue and we dont want to open the floodgates, but we do want to do all we can to make sure that our businesses are successful. Reporter 19 counties reopened after showing containment. One requirement, two weeks without a death. Is your for small counties than large. And critics say more flexibility is needed. Really a Risk Assessment as opposed to just a prohibition. I do think at the end of the day its going to be about all of our behaviors more than any orders pick Small Businesses survive without on sales. You actually come in for the pot and frying pan, but what else you need for that . Reporter owners of a longtime Kitchen Store stayed home as is until the past few months, but had no foot traffic. With other merchants opening, they are having to sell outside. No one can go in and browse. It puts a damper on sales. They could do one or two people in our stores and we still do social distancing for a Clothing Store and still get that opportunity. When can they just come in in a safe fashion . What the state wants from businesses in terms of precaution is spelled out on californias covid19 website. Reporter those would close contact, like salons, will be among the last to win clearance. Now we go to napa county, where officials are hoping to move more quickly through phase two of the states guidelines. Among the businesses there hoping to reopen is all of the worldfamous wineries and tasting rooms. The county has submitted a plan to the state to allow more workplaces to reopen. Napa has only reported 83 cases of coronavirus. Sadly three people have died. From a huge Budget Surplus to a strict red ink, the state is grappling with of covid19. The governor unveiled his revised budget. It would drain the state 16. 2 billion Rainy Day Fund over three years. More than a quarter of the shortfall will be made up by budget cuts, including a proposed 10 wage cut for state workers. We are going to tighten our belt across the border. We will find, you deserve a leaner government that is more nimble and effective. And targets the needs of the most honorable. The governors plan also cut 7 million from k12, education and another 2 billion from higher education. The ymca has had to lay off hundreds of workers in the bay area. According to state data, the ymca had to close 15 Fitness Centers because of the shelter in place order. As a result, more than 1900 Staff Members were laid off. The ymca locations in San Francisco were hit the hardest with some 900 workers losing their jobs. No word yet on when the gems will be allowed to reopen. General motors self driving park unit called cruise has laid off 150 workers. Cruise first debuted this past january in San Francisco. Cuts will occur throughout the company, including staff, design and product strategy. Cruise recently deployed a few of their view was during the pandemic to help bay area food banks deliver the goods. New tonight, a chef in the east bay is providing free meals to unemployed restaurant workers. Chef Nelson Herman on the armand kitchen and bar in downtown oakland. He says he wanted to help workers in his industry because they didnt make much money even before the shelter in place. Over the past two months the National RestaurantAssociation Says 8 Million People who work at restaurants, have been laid off or furloughed. The chef hopes the free meals will provide some comfort during this difficult time. We all go through the struggles, right . When you struggle with other people it kind of builds you stronger in the family. Reporter with the help of volunteers the meals are given out wednesdays through sundays from 4 to 6 p. M. People are asked to provide a paystub as proof of employment with the restaurant industry. Coming up, the safety modifications that are being rolled out at Oakland International airport. Also, four People Killed in a horrible car crash in the south bay. What chp is saying about the cause. New at 11, a peaceful resolution to intense standoff in San Francisco. Sheriffs deputies responded to the travel lodge at market and valencia at about 3 40 this afternoon. An employee there is that a man had locked himself in a bathroom picked the man said he had a gun and he wanted to be shot and killed by police. Crisis negotiators were called in to talk to the man. Turns out he actually didnt have a gun. He was taken into custody about three hours later. Now to oakland where police have identified a suspect in a hitandrun that killed a mother of seven Young Children about four months ago. Authorities are looking for 26 yearold henry melendez. They think he was driving the Nissan Maxima that killed her. On january 17th, 40yearold lisha singleton was picking up some of her children from Elmhurst Middle School when she was hit and killed in the crosswalk at 90th avenue. A 10,000 award is being offered for information leading to an arrest the Highway Patrol says a drunk driver and speeding are to blame for a horrific accident in the south bay that left four people dead. The crash happened last night on highway 85, just south of cottle road in san jose. Ktvus henry lee says there were six people in the suv, only two survived. Reporter for lives lost because chp says the driver of this suv who survived chose to drink and drive before he crashed on highway 85 in south san jose. This is a solo vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control for an unknown reason. The reason is under investigation. Reporter the wreck happened in the southbound direction near cottle road at about 10 15 wednesday night. Chp says the driver of a Dodge Durango lost control, spun out and ran out several times before smashing into a sound wall. There were six people in the vehicle at the time, a driver and five passengers. Reporter three men died at the scene, woman died at the hospital. Drivers arrested was kumara con of san jose on suspicion of dui. Is really no reason for anybody to drink alcohol and get behind the wheel of the car there. There are too many options these days, whether it be staying at your location, where you are coming using the rideshare service. Reporter a driver and fifth passenger suffered minor injuries. The Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team got drone footage at the scene. Authorities did not have the drivers speed or bloodalcohol level. The drivers being held without bail. The santa clara Counties Office will look into the driving history to determine if he could face more serious charges. Pg e is appealing new probation conditions that were imposed by a federal judge in San Francisco. The requirements are intended to help prevent wildfires started by downed pg e power lines. The judge told pg e to hire their own crew of tree inspectors, edition two subcontractors. Pg e also asked to identify every piece of equipment on their highvoltage transmission towers and lines and design a new inspection system. Pg e says the judges order will cause the company irreparable harm and will do more to threaten Public Safety then improve it. Tesla is reportedly planning to introduce a new low cost, long life battery in its model three sedan. The big reveal is not expected until later this year or early next year. People familiar with the plans told reuters the new lowcost batteries are designed to last for 1 million miles of use. The battery is said to have been jointly developed with chinas anthrax technology and Deploys Technology developed by tesla. Facebook today rolled out its new group chat option called messenger rooms. The new future looks a lot like zoom and allows users to connect with up to 50 people with no time limit. s users can create rooms for messenger or facebook and then invite anyone to join, even if they dont have a facebook account. Its a staple of summer in San Francisco. Coming up, the cancellation of the stern grove Music Festival. From plexiglas to Hand Sanitizer, the changes underway at local and International Airport for when passengers start to return. Sunshine for your friday, but another storm system heading our way over the weekend. Right now, you need dependable internet and endless entertainment. Xfinity has you covered, with reliably fast speeds, the most inhome wifi coverage, and advanced security included. Plus, access all your streaming apps in one place, including peacock. And now you can get up running quickly with contactless equipment drop off. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get started with xfinity for thirty four ninety nine a month for 12 months and get xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashboard for all your favorite apps. Click or call today. For the first time in 20 years aaa will not issue a Memorial Day Travel forecast. It says the accuracy of the Economic Data it uses to create the forecast has been vacated by the coronavirus. Aaa says last year 43 million americans traveled for the memorial day weekend, which was the secondhighest travel volume on record. But this year, the travel volume for memorial day is likely to set a record low. Oakland International Airport is announcing new safety measures. Ktvus ann rubin tells us about the protocols the airport wants to have in place when travelers return in force. Reporter at Oakland International airport they are preparing for what they call the new normal. Long gone are the days of travelers pack shoulder to shoulder in the terminal. We have started placing six foot social distancing markers on the ground, they are on plexiglas shields being put up at the ticketing founders. And places where passengers will have to interface. Reporter some of the plexiglas shields are already up , so our 50 Hand Sanitizer dispensers throughout the fundamentals and masks have become mandatory. There will also be adjusted gate seating and staffing plans to help with social distancing. Airplanes and airports, we are not designed for social distancing, quite the opposite. The map until now has been for how many people you can pack into a space. Reporter now airports are trying to figure out how these new numbers work and as airline analysts point out, they are doing it without federal directive. If you are an airport, you want to make Big Decisions and Big Investments before you know if theres going to be some sort of uniform standard Going Forward on the other hand, youve got to do something. Because right now people are scared. Reporter at Oakland International there hoping the changes will reassure. There temporarily suspending taxi stands and shuttle buses. There permanently adding practices like extra deep cleaning. Really excited to welcome passengers back into the terminals. We are working long hours and very intently on making sure we are the cleanest and most safe airport. The report created something called the Resiliency Task force, because they know the rules will evolve over time. There also working on education and enforcement. The stern grove Music Festival has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus. This is the first time in its 83 year history that the summer Concert Series has been called off. The free event happens on select sundays at stern grove in San Francisco. Some of the acts being canceled include billy ray cyrus, macy gray and jimmy cliff. Instead organizers said they are creating a best of the fest video series featuring performances from the years passed and the video will be shown on the stern grove website. Now we turn our attention to our bay area whether. We have a very mild night out there, we are watching some of the clouds clear and rain take a walk away from us. That is been with us for a little while, all of this drizzle. Take a look at the temperatures outside right now, oakland 62 degrees right now, 55 in santa rosa and about 61 in san jose. This is look at the Storm Tracker showing those clouds turning to break up. You dont see any green except the dot on the radar, probably not hitting the ground there either. Tomorrow we are going to get some clearing. A little fog in the morning will lead to beautiful, fair skies in the afternoon and temperatures above average. Oakland, you get up to 70 degrees, 78 in santa rosa, 76 at napa, vallejo, concord. Mid70s at morgan hill. Wanted to point this out, unfortunately we have had a deficit of rain and that is let our latest job model update to show that we are now looking into the bay area severe drought conditions. What that means is we really need to get more rain and weve been doing pretty well so far with a little bit. This is your friday, looks beautiful tomorrow. Theres 3 00, not bad. By saturday he will start to see the clouds increase in a new system roll in from north to south. Now this one will not be a north bay system. This is 10 00 saturday. On sunday it continues to roll through sunday and monday and in its wake we are going to get significant rainfall, much needed rainfall. Are talking about potentially half of an inch of rain in San Francisco, an inch in the north bay and even a half an inch down in the south bay as well. East bay looking about the same in the half inch range. That is good news coming our way. But if youre ready for some sunshine, you get to have that tomorrow. Maybe get out in the yard, doolittle yardwork, spent some time on the patio, get some sunshine into your life. Saturday the clouds will increase and temperatures pulled back a bit. Impulse through sunday and monday and we could even see a few thunderstorms with this. Temperatures will pull back monday. By tuesday we start to clear out and then we see another warmup. Some good, beneficial rain on the way saturday night. But tomorrow inch with the sunshine. Former oakland as manager are howell is hospitalized with a confirmed case of the coronavirus. Thats kind of the thing thats been getting me through quarantine, going from being helpless to like having a significant purpose. Narrator here are aarp top tips on caregiver preparedness during coronavirus. Former caregiving team, inventory essential supplies and medications. Make a plan to stay connected, maintain selfcare and fellow cdc guidelines. Learn more on our website. Good evening, everybody. Former as manager art howell has been hospitalized with the coronavirus. How was checked into an icu unit of a houstonbased hospital, the 73yearold said hes starting to feel symptoms. 11 days ago he was trying to recover at home, but then on tuesday he took a turn for the worst. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital and today, from the hospital, he spoke by phone to a tv station in houston. I still have the chills. Then you lose your taste buds. Just total fatigue. Ive never experienced anything like it in my life. And really wasnt getting much better at all. My wife had the ambulance come and pick me up and bring me into the hospital. You manage the as in 2002 when he led them to 103 wins, including a 20 game win streak. As for this baseball season, still no word on whether we will have a season. On monday owners proposed an 82 game season that would start up in early july. They also proposed a 5050 revenue split that would mean players would have to take sizable pay cuts. Tampa bay rays pitcher and former cyan young winter blake snell, who is yet to make 7 million in the season, says no way hes taking a pay cut. For me to take a pay cut is not happening. Because the risk is through the roof. Ive got to get my money. Im not playing unless i get mine, okay. Thats just the way it is for me. Im sorry if you guys think differently, but the risk is way higher than the amount of money i make is way lower. Why would i think about doing that . Not all Major League Players feel that way. We spoke with former giant and Current Texas ranger third baseman matt duffy earlier today. He says theres lots of fine print still to be worked out between management and his players. But he definitely wants the season to get going as soon as possible. Everybody is preparing as if we are going to play. I think if you are not preparing to play at this point youre doing yourself a disservice. We agreed to certain terms when things got shut down and i think what theyre hoping happens as those terms are now met. We have an actual live sporting event to show you from the bay area. The first time in a long time, lets take you about the Golden Gate Fields along the east shore freeway in albany. Horse racing back after a six week shutdown. Race number nine and down the stretch they come in spanish. King eddie is your winter, that was by Jackie Ricardo gonzalez. Paid 960. Frank and julie, its sports love to see it, have it come back. Thank you thanks for joining us, good night. Youll wake lily. whispering how drunk are you . I told you three times shes on that school trip. whispering id feel more confident if you werent also whispering. normal voice fair point. normal voice are are you wearing lipstick . Hm . Am i wearing nail polish . So, we kind of had a crazy night out. It started off at this little undertheradar speakeasy i heard about. Uh, he googled cool bars near me. Anyway, we met a group of 20somethings that took a shine to us. They introduced us to the world of underground parties and 18 cocktails. It was so burnt. Lit. Lit. Lit. I dont even remember half these bars. Did we go to a hospital last night . Okay, grandma tuckers hangover remedy put a pat of butter underneath your tongue, tip your head back, and ill pour the hot sauce up your nose. cellphones chimes, vibrates wait, wait, wait, wait. Thats a group text from binker. What . Mmhmm. Cameron oh, my gosh. The gang wants to get back together and party tonight. groans and you said wed never hear from them after they saw us in that horrible dennys lighting