Plus the bay area county making an impassioned plea for people to wear masks. Also i feel 100 comfortable sending my kids back to school with safety precautions. I desperately miss my students, and i missed them all spring, but we also want to be safe. So whats the right answer . The question so many families and teachers are struggling with. Tonight more difficult decisions were made. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Parents and teachers are getting a lot of mixed messages. Is it safe to return to campus . Tonight San Ramon Valley unified joining several other School Systems by keeping students and teachers at home. Is it the right decision . Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is at district headquarters in danville. Reporter this is a decision that comes after lots of deliberation. There are plenty of parents, students, and teachers that are breathing a sigh of relief. But there are some people who had been pushing for students to return to class five days a week.
During business hours. A number of student athletes have tested positive for covid19 here at uc berkeley. Two of the Largest Bay Area School Districts have announced plans on how students and staff will return in the fall. Promoting parties drawing the pandemic. How social media posts by one south bay club are leading to concern, anger and pushback. Heat and hazy skies in the forecast. Ill have a closer look coming up. News 11 00 starts right urthi. Tonight, two of the largest School Districts in the bay area agree. It will be Distance Learning this fall. San jose unified and San Ramon Valley unified announced their decisions ahead of official state guidance tomorrow. The pandemic has forced School Leaders to make some very difficult decision, and their plans for the school year are a big focus of our efforts to build a better bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is in the newsroom with the details tonight. Lauren . Dan, san ramon and san jose made decisions late tonight to not
Churns offshore. You have to adapt to the skimming the coastline as it haener. Slowly moves north. I am frank somerville. Everybody is hoping it stays here is the latest on the rules. Offshore. Apple fire. We know we will get some cal fire said it burned 21,000 part of the castro can send flooding. Acres. Reporter authorities are trying to balance the storm and tonight it is only 5 contained. Shutdown to allow for room for more than 8000 people have been outdoor dining. Not everyone supports the plan. Evacuated and at least one whole the pandemic in areas where coronavirus has surged. Home has been destroyed. We are now joined with the point of contention. Officials closing beaches and it is just northwest of palm outdoor covid testing sites. Special safety precautions were springs. The flames broke out near the plan involves closing a takendoesnt that cherry valley, just south of designated area. Voluntarily evacuated. The San Bernardino national that is the crux of the problem. Most
A brush fire explodes in size not far from the bay area. People being told to grab what they can and get out. And its an interview you will only see on kpix five. The das office defending a controversial move in the investigation of a Vallejo Police shooting. To try to find someone who hasnt had some controversy or people disagree with them, you wont find anyone. Coming up with a plan or we will, the words from these teachers threatening to take action if the district doesnt release a backtoschool plan. Palo alto closing down streets to help with Outdoor Dining, why some businesses are not happy with this plan. We start with a fastmoving fire at 11. The sites fire has exploded to more than 1000 acres, video from the front lines showing planes dropping retardant on trees in the area as flames whip through the hills. Evacuations are underway. At least a dozen structures are being threatened. That time lapse captures the moment the fire started. Fire crews have said they made no progress.
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten