Decision about Education University of california campuses. Will no longer require High School Students to submit an a c t e r s a t score for admission. Thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis to use the regents voted unanimously to eliminate the exams today. Its the latest attempt to address fairness when it comes to getting into college. The s a t and a c t exams have long been criticized for favoring wealthy white High School Students. The new policy calls for those tests to be suspended through the year 2024. As the University System works to develop its own testing standard. The exams will be completely eliminated by 2025 even if the new you see specific standard test isnt approved yet and tonight californias top educator says that longawaited guidance on how to reopen schools in the fall. Could be coming in a matter of days today, educators from across the state weighed in on what they believe the process should look like our firs
They key grand were here at historic murphy avenue where a lot of businesses here at the shutter its doors because of the pandemic know well the new order begins tomorrow. We spoke to one business owner, who got permission from the city of sunnyvale to get a head start with reopening. Customers stop by lees favorite books and Downtown Sunnyvale to pick up orders thursday afternoon. Lee odom is the owner shes been relying on delivery the past 2 months to keep or store float. Odom says she spoke to sonny bill city officials who gave her the green light to offer Curbside Pickup early weve really had change our system and completely change the way we do business changes like shifting online for doing everything from updating our website helping customers by email sometimes video you know facebook pose curating selections for customers Santa Clara County was ground 0 of copa 19 but county Public Health Officials Say theres been significant progress in controlling the spread of the virus on
Filed for initial Unemployment Benefits as the coronavirus slammed the u. S. Economy. A total of 38. 6 Million People have filed since midmarch when lockdowns began all across the country you know if theres any relatively positive news here. Its that firsttime claims have declined for 7 straight weeks. They peaked at 6. 9 million in the final week of march. And while layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of the labor market President Trump is optimistic the economy. Well bounce back nadia romero explains from washington. Its a tale of 2 perspectives economy will recover it will take time clearly the economy is not going to snap back come july jobless claims released thursday showed 2. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total nationwide to more than 38 million since midmarch. But the president believes the jobs are only temporarily lost. Thursday touring a ford plant in michigan, heres my mask great. Very much wearing a face mask for parts of his
And birthday blastoff. The out of this world surprise for this little boy in lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. Memorial day weekend is here and more of america is opening up. As more people venture out to the beach or parks, some states are relaxing their rules against large gatherings. Dr. Anthony fauci who has been out of the spotlight recently now says hell likely be more visible in the coming days. Hes warning states to be on alert for possible spikes in the number of coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, new evidence of the Economic Impact of this crisis, 47 of u. S. Households say theyve lost some form of employment income. Nearly 40 million americans are out of a job. And this morning President Trump is explaining his decision not to wear a mask during part of his factory tour in michigan thursday. But we begin our coverage with preparations for the holiday. This morning, dr. Anthony fauci is encouraging americans to go out for the Holiday Weekend while taking precautions. I
Im marcus washington. Say it one more time. Friday. Im friday garcia. All right, well make it through this day. Its been a long workweek for a lot of people. Kari hall, when will we start seeing that warmup . Yeah, thats going to happen this weekend. Hopefully its a long weekend as well since its been a long week. Lets get a look at our temperature trend for san jose, starting out at 53 degrees. As we go through the day its going to be a nice one with our high temperatures reaching into the upper 70s. But we do see 80s and even 90s in the forecast. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Looking here to the maps showing a smooth flow of traffic. Well get you out where ive circled the bottom of the screen. 101 had the scheduled closure. A glimpse showed traffic flowing. Were going to say use caution as you approach and you should be all right for 101. I do believe traffic has been restored. As we look at the rest of the bay, a smooth flow of traffic. We dont expect a high volume but sti