Smollett haynes. And im frank somerville. We julie. And im frank umpire is. Soms frank somerville. Classes will be empty, defraud of the usual travel on the first day of school. There is currently no formal plan in place regarding what the day will look like for students and teachers. One teacher said its like being asked to play the super bowl with no game plan. Teacher and students share that anxiety about the unknown. Im definitely nervous and dont know what to expect. It could either go well, or really bad, think. It has been pretty stressful. I mean, its very hard to know how the year is going to look. Reporter students will be behind screens from home as the district kicks off what is being called the strong start program, but one middle School Teacher said theyll have only 30 minutes of instruction dale the first week with the future being unknown. The teachers and School District district are trying to line out myriad issues. Two sticking points, the unions desire to have subst
Class Vincent Polanco is mourning the death of his father, gilbert, a san quentin prison guard, first admitted to the hospital in july, after contracting the coronavirus. Then on life support. Sergeant Gilbert Polanco died at Kaiser Santa Teresa at 5 00 sunday morning. Covid19 is a real thing. It takes peoples lives away, and my dad is one of those people, and he did not need to go at the age he was at. Reporter at 55 years old, vincents father gilbert, a san jose native, had wanted to become a prison guard after passing san quentin on a ferry ride in middle school. And he saw one of the guards there as a kid, and he waved at my dad, he literally waved at my dad, and he, like, theres all of these kids, too, but my dad knew that this man waved at him. Reporter after serving in the army and national guard, he worked at san quentin for 30 years. A crisis created after the Corrections Department brought in untested inmates from a prison in chino, where there had been an outbreak. Visible s
Stating aess owners for help. Today they sidestepped congress and signed an executive order mandating the check. Not having any calls for anything like that. Family in this bay area and across the country are desperate for unemployment help. President called for new benefits but it may not be a done deal. It could face legal challenges. With that, good evening. The economy is one of the key things were focus on as part of our efforts to build a better bay area for all of us during this pandemic. And it has been a tough month for the unemployed the 600 weekly unemployment benefit expired on july 31st. Ppp, which has helped Small Businesses meet their pay roll expires today. Trump signed his plan after talks fell apart this past week. Reporter President Trump blaming democrats after negotiations collapsed friday. Democrats are obstructing all of it. Therefore, im taking executive action. Weve had it. And restarting Unemployment Benefits and cutting the checks to 400. And extending evicti
Time when President Donald Trump suspended h 1 b visas to the end of this year. So canada is putting it out there. Their doors are open in Silicon Valley and ceos are seeing the impact. Sitting in board members, ceos have related theyre trying to hire programmers from russia or other parts of the world. Reporter how worried should Silicon Valley be, with them trying to poach talent from our area . We should always be concerned that we are protecting and preserving our competitive advantage as the hub of the innovation economy. Reporter the pandemic and immigration halt has take an toll. But the pay in canada still does not compare to Silicon Valleys. On average, the tech workers here in the United States in Silicon Valley can make almost double what theyre making in some of the tech hubs in canada. Reporter but the hope is that when the pandemic ends, the talent comes back or holds on. Or theres always canada. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. Making the bay area a better place to
Outside the white house. The new details this morning. Chicago crackdown. Overnight the city under curfew, bridges lifted after that mass looting leading to more than 100 arrests. Violent storms wreaking havoc in the midwest leaving more than a million without power. Winds blowing at more than 100 Miles Per Hour, flipping this semi truck on an iowa highway in blinding rain and ripping this roof off a chicago building. And overnight a wildfire shutting down an interstate in ning, the red flag warnings for fire danger in the west. Ginger is tracking it all. Faceoff. 14 popular face coverings put to the test. The new demonstration using lasers to see how effective they are and the one mask researchers found that was actually worse than no mask at all. Game over . One of the top conferences in College Football reportedly on the verge of canceling the entire season. Will other conferences follow if the big ten backs out, ivorin for a chance to take the field. The commissioner of the powerfu