Along the bay, some 90s popping up in land and ill talk more about what to expect later on this monday still to come daria thanks a lot john at 5 oclock our top story, the fall semester for oakland starts today online thousands of students will have class virtually yeah, but the Teachers Union and the district are still hashing out plans for Distance Learning even though online instruction begins. This morning. We have kron fours gayle ong to explain. On monday, thousands of students with the Oakland Unified School district will report to class virtually in the zoom call usd spokesperson john sasaki had little to say about specific teaching plans, partly because the district is still in negotiations with labor partners the beginning of year so important for teachers to ponder students yet another stunts to get to know their backgrounds and the things they deal with outside of school. And they cant do that now because we are all this is sort of the Teachers Union and district have been
Drift so there are partly cloudy skies. Some cli da the majority will see some calling today. It will be continuing hot inland. It will be 100 today. 50s on most of the temps. Look for the fog to retreat and bigger onshore breeze. It was up to 30. So it is coming down but it does look like a little bit more of a breeze today. Overall highs will come down but still it will be in the 90s. Otherwise everyone else will be pretty close to seasonal averages. Lets say good morning to al. Good morning steve. Yes i am in for sal this morning. Things look pretty calm on your commute. We will check in the usual spots including the far east bay. All the way clear maze, just a once you get to the bay bridge toll plaza things are open here. Lets go back to the headlines. Happening today in just a few hours online classes begin for the new school year in the Oakland Unified School district. There is still no longterm plan. But all of the students will start the year working from home. The district an
But look at that, quick sunshine, 60s at the coasts, 70s and 80s. Well be back into the 70s by 7 00. Well talk whenabout a cooling d before we get back to above average temperatures. And were focused on how to bill build a better bay area and were looking at education. And Distance Learning is beginning in oakland, although students wont see much of their teachers today. Lauren martinez live in the newsroom to tell us why that is. Yeah, the new year will start with an hour of daily live interaction. There is still 23450 agreement on more than the instruction. Two main issues are the request for Small Group Instruction with substitutes used as a way to help out. And Flexible Work day schedules. I thought that last week we could come to an agreement just because what were poping, ite t reasonable and l. A. Unified came to basically an agreement that is similar to what were proposing around using substitute teachers for targeted Small Group Instruction. And the superintendent sent this le
That will hold us up a little bit. Temperatures are near average to above. We are only at 90 today. All right, over to allie, she has been busy. There are things to talk about. There is something new to talk about, steve. This is a crash in the oakland area. Lets show you on the map. This is near grant avenue. A couple crashed vehicles are involved. According to the chps notes, they are doing a traffic bake break so they can respond to this. We will keep an eye on it. The ll plaza is very busy. You will see it slowing, a 10 to 15 minute delay, this usually clears up in the next hour or so. Here is the drive from the san mateo bridge, no major problems. 6 01, lets go to the days headlines. Happening today, it is the first day of school for students in oakland set to begin in just a few hours. There is still no deal between the Oakland Unified School district and the Teachers Union as a distancelearning plan for the fall is still unfolding. Our reporter is joining us live with that story
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