Geico. Save an extra 15 percent when you switch by october 7th. Give it up for tara school is scheduled to start in a matter of weeks. Here we are in front of Mill Valley Middle School with people protesting. Multiple counties across the bay say you should quarantine ten days if you have covid19. Not 14. A local economy spinning. Reporter damp and dreary start tomorrow. Find out where youll see measurable rain. Hi abc7 tonight north bay is relevanting a shorter isolation period for those who test positive for covid19. Instead of 14 days, Solano County Health Officials advise ten days. And its not the only bay area county to make the change. J. R. Stone explains why. All quiet in the solano town of benicia. Big changes announced by the county Health Department who now recommend those with covid19 isolate for just ten days before going back to work. Something being backed by doctors from ucsf and stanford. For the healthy individual, ten days will be plenty. And we just havent seen the e
Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. Food banks have been stretched thin and mid the pandemic. Someone sabotaged five delivery trucks, delaying yesterdays shipments. New at 10 00, ktvus amber lee in san rafael with the impact. Reporter the food bank says four of these trucks were damaged, along with one rental. Police told me they are following a strong lead and they are confident they will catch the person is danceable. Five delivery trucks used by the San Francisco Marin Food Bank are out of commission after someone poured an acid like detergent into their gas tanks. The vandalism was discovered monday morning. Roger crago, a deacon with st. Andrews Presbyterian Church in marin city tells me the sabotaged caused a minor delay in delivery to its food pantry during its weekly monday food giveaway. 25 to 30 more hungry people are coming to is now the pandemic has hit than once before. It is even more important we get this food our clients. The food bank was able to qu
From ktvus asthma smith who tells us some teachers are willing to risk their jobs. Reporter the concern is that teachers may not be there for the first day of school, which is a week from tomorrow. One teacher i spoke with says she will return to the classroom only when its safe. There is a lot of anxiety. Everything seems uncertain. Reporter at a time when tonya jacobs should be preparing her lesson plan, the School Year Begins a week from wednesday in the sixth grade teacher at Hoover Middle School in san jose cant focus. The citys Largest School district is putting her in a am i going to have to choose between doing what i love professionally, versus keeping the people that i love safe personally . Reporter she lives with her parents, both high risk. One of 1600 teachers in san jose unified told to teach in an empty classroom to a computer while students learn from home. Patrick bernhardt is with the San Jose Teachers Union and said the School District may be overreacting. They defi
Period of time. Reporter new cdc guidelines say those with covid19 who have mild to moderate symptoms should isolate for ten days from the start of the symptoms or a positive test. Those who are hospitalized or those with underlying conditions should isolate for 20 days. Its not everyone and there are still other pieces that need to be met. But the tenday rule will work a lot better for some of our workers. Reporter we talked with a business own here said ten, 14 or 20 days. Its hard to make sense of anything right now. I have nothing given to me as a business owner. I dont know. Were doing the best we can and the roles change week by week. In fact, multiple counties are recommending that people dont get a second test before going back to work because dead covid virus cells can sometimes linger two to three months in patients, even if theyve recovered. Some people do shed virus, at least in our study, up to two months. But whether or not that is infectious virus or not is unclear. Repo
In the bay area, 57,000 cases and 860 deaths. State Officials Say a Technical Glitch could account for data that showed a drop in positive cases. Health and Human Services secretary acknowledges problems with the states Electronic Laboratory reporting system. He said that resulted in counties underreporting some of their positive cases. Apple and tmobile are teaming up with School Districts across the state to digitally connect students in need for Distance Learning this fall. The state superintendent announce a collaboration with apple and tmobile to help as many as 1 million california students. The companies will fulfill orders with discounted ipads already equipped with high Speed Internet connectivity. He is still in School Officials how to get the equipment they need to start the school year. Because of the help of our governor and legislature, there is money to make the purchases they need around Distance Learning including devices. We are trying to put School Districts together