University system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. Campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then theyll approve courses. Reporter wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. Those we talked to on campus said to them this is a nobrainer. She recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. Like i said, i was a Public Health major. I feel like it was built in our curriculum. Of course it could be put into our curriculum a lot more. Reporter dr. Alison wren says some csu schools had requirements in place, but this puts them on place on all 2 and students. Some believe this measure should be taken a step further and put into high schools. I even say in the general ed in the earlier two years they add that type of study in there as a required course. Reporter unclear at this point if that will happen, but this is one of the most widereaching College Requirements of its kin
In the wilderness for 40 hours, a hiker documents his wild ordeal. The new research on people who spend too much time on social media. What it really says about your personality. And from a new warning about a nationwide beer shortage to Martha Stewart like weve never seen her before, all the trending stories for your thursday morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Dr. Anthony fauci says it is clear we are not winning the battle against covid19. Hes been called to testify next week on capitol hill about the response to this pandemic, and breaking overnight, word from washington that a cafeteria worker on the white house campus has now tested positive. Coronavirus deaths are on the rise in 28 states with record numbers in the south. There is some good news. The percentage of positive test results is leveling off or decrs. The mato of thisaggeri. W di virus. 12 of them in the same month. But we begin our coverage with the breaking news overnight from washington. This morning, a corona
More coming up. Get your tickets in advance lets go above the cloud. Back to you, laura. Looking at cupertino this online. We want to make sure that we morning checking out the south thank you very much, mike. Breaking news this morning dont have too many people bay. Our temperature trend still in San Francisco. There. As we look at our spread in the fbi says a former college looks very much like yesterdays temperatures across the bay area, were in the mid 60s in with some clouds to start researcher who lied about her clearing out and some upper 70s connections to the chinese today. San francisco and then you head well get a look at all of our military is seeking refuge at across the bay to oakland and in the chinese consulate in the the low 70s and up to 90 in mic microclimates in the forecast coming up. Antioch and reaching as high as 90 degrees in clear lake. Kari, a little progress on city. Last fall tang juan received to the Traffic Alert into san mateo and foster city. West 92 ha
Coast today. Breezy by noon for the bay and inland neighborhoods where well hang out 70 to 77. 77 to 84s as we head to 4 00. And a comfortable evening on the way. There is a rush going on right now throughout the bay area to get students the items they need to go back to school. Tony thurma will be talking about will Digital Divide later this afternoon. There is some good news, you can actually do something to help out if you have some electronics laying around the house you dont use. Julian glover has more on that. Reporter good morning. Yeah, the Digital Divide, the difference between those students who have a computer and stable Internet Connection at home and those who dont, such a critical issue with a majority of those k through 12 schools opting for Distance Learning for the start of the school year. Well be hearing from the states superintendent of schools tony thurman on what the state will be doing about it and well talk about what you can do about it in a second. But i want
The afternoon. So very comfortable for us especially with dry air. And then back into the 70s by the time we get to 7 00. Well talk about the warmer weekend coming up. And there is a rush going on throughout the bay area to get students the tools they need so they can properly learn from home. Today you will hear more about this from the state superintendent as there is still a Digital Divide in so many communities. Education is one of the areas that were focused on as we try to build a better bay area. And there is some good news because there is something that we can do to help. Julian glover is joining us with more. Reporter yeah, that Digital Divide, the difference between students who do have access to a laptop and those who dont, it is a critical issue and we expect the state of california to be announcing today steps they are taking to close that gap, but there are also things that you can do at home. Well tell you about that in a second. Again, the divide was a major concern in