Theyre hoping to finalize an agreement by early next week. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Classes begin on thursday in contra costa thursday. What classes will look like will be the product from teachers and also, parents themselves. Heres laura anthony. Back to school will look a lot different this year. In contrast to the abrupt shift to online in the spring. This falls Distance Learning will be much improved. Were going to be offering a more robust and interactive experience for our students. That was part of the feedback that we got from parents during our surveys last spring. That the kids needed to have more scheduled time that was similar to a Typical School experience. In many, Contra Costa County districts will be in School Virtually from 8 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. At least several days per week. In a given class period, we expect that 50 to 6 0 of the that time would be the teacher talking directly to the kids, instructing them. Working with the kids. The rest of that time, while
Hop Health Officer abruptly resigned. I try not to have personnel conversations in public. I dont know that it serves the larger good. At the end of the day, he buck stops with me. Im accountable. Reporter the governor saying testing is one of the governments top priorities, and said there are encouraging signs that the number of coronavirus cases is slowing from the rapid increases we saw in july. Encouraging signs, but not the kind of stability and long term decline that we ultimately need to get to where everybody wants to go. For now, dr. Erica pan, previouslyiously alameda countys top Health Officer is the states top Health Officer. In San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. In washington, President Trumps Coronavirus Briefing was interrupted this afternoon by secret Service Agent who asked the president to leave the room. The briefing had just gotten started when the agent came in and spoke to the president who quickly followed him out of the room. We later learned ther
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
Reporting a spike in killings so far this year. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. And tonight there was a call to stop the killings. Opd says its investigators have solved nearly half of the homicide cases so far in 2020. This virus is testing all of us. New at 10, amber leeginous us and its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. Tonight at the site of the so abbott is getting new tests into their hands, vigil. Reporter julie, organizers say its important to know the delivering the critical results they need. Names of the homicide victims. And until this fight is over, that their lives matter. We. Will. Never. Quit. Tonight a show of support to because they never quit. Those who lost their lives to gun violence this weekend. Reporter Community Leaders but what if you could startdo better than that . Held a vigil at mandana plaza park to mourn the victim of like adapt. Discover. Deliver. In new ways. To new customers. What if you
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