Have been shattered across the country. The race for the white house is intensifying in the final weekend before the election. The bay area voters sinners open their doors in a matter of hours and what election workers want you to know. San francisco is hailed as a Success Story in containing the virus, but why are they hitting the brakes on reopening . When the virus takes off, it takes off quickly. Good morning. Happy halloween on this saturday, october 31st. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely. Breaking news, actor sean connery has died, and we have more on that later in the show. This is a spectacular early november halloween weekend weatherwise, 10 degrees above average. That will not change until the end of the 7day forecast. We have more on that later, but first, lets get you ready for saturday morning. Here is a pretty shot of the Salesforce Tower. We are beginning to see the typical morning scenario and it is 10 degrees colder than everywhere else. If we were number 4 degrees
Granddaughter asking that she not be replaced until after the election. Im sure well get into that. But she was thinking about that even at the very end. Yeah, thats something that people are definitely going to be talking about. As we look pack at her, because she was a big influence on the court, on america, what are some of the top issues that caused her to be a standout star on the court . Sure. Well, even as a litigator, she is the path breaker in terms of bringing equality to women. The Supreme Court, she has a long series of pathbreaking lawsuits that she argued as a lawyer, and shen she continued that on the Supreme Court. A zealous defender of civil rights, but especially womens rights. A very, very clear writer, very good about creating coalitions on the court, a very wellliked person. You might recall she and Justice Scalia were close personal friends, their families spending a lot of social time together. So she was somebody who could work across the board in the Supreme Co
Thousands of families in sonoma are being told covid will keep students out of the classroom until the end of the new year, or until this new year. Summer actually pushing back. We have the frustration being felt by so many. Reporter following Public Health directives, Santa Rosa School board has voted unanimously to stick with distancelearning through december. That brought a boisterous response. No more zoom no more zoom reporter masks couldnt muffle their discontent. Dozens of parents, students and teachers mind santa rosas old Courthouse Square to say no to zoom school. We need to get these kids back in the classroom. What started off as a 2 to 3 week shutdown has turned into six months. These kids are really suffering. Reporter critics note Sonoma County has about a half million residents and 114 covid death. These families say in person instructioshybrid is a great wa start. You have half the kids go in monday, tuesday, sanitize wednesday and the other kids go in thursday, friday
I like the sound of that. Were admitted during a sixyear mike is keeping his eye on the period. New for you that morning Southern California parents are taking legal action against a School District saying that the commute. Distance learning is not yes, nice, comfortable temperatures but a few more engaging. Nine parents say during the drifts of smoke coming back in. Pandemic the los angeles unified School Districts plan for that means the north bay as well Distance Learning not meeting the states standards. As the east bay. They say theres a lack of it will still be good for much instruction with teachers and of the peninsula and the south bay and down to the coast. Some students cant connect with the online platform. One mother says all she wants is we are going to see our testimony cooler than normal for her child to get the support she needs. Especially in south bay some low and i wanted to make sure she will be engaged from 9 00 to 70s for oakland and then we head over to the inla
Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas