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
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
National security prompted President Donald Trump to weeks ago threat an ban on both apps. Today secretary ross said the clock is ticking. For all practicing purposes will be shut down. Reporter the Trump Administration fearing these chineseowned platforms can exploit security gaps and harvest data from u. S. Users in in theory, it argues it threatens u. S. Foreign policy and the overall economy. Were not going to do anything to jeopardize security. Reporter users will no longer be able wnload either app or receive upgrades. If you want to become a tiktok user, you wont be able to download it assuming the Trump Administration action actually takes place. Is that the same for we chat as well . You certainly wont be able to download we chat. Based on what you like, it gives you content that they think that youll enjoy, and like he and my friends can look completely different, like if you do dancing videos, or comedy videos. It really caters to you. We chat is geared for communication, pa
Breaking news in hillsborough county. Deputies are working a deadly shooting in town n county. Reporter let me just move out of the way so you can see there are a ton of hillsborough deputies still out here tonight. This shooting happened several hours ago in this gated community. One person was killed. We were told that an altercation happened inside one of those apartments. Deputies are interviewing the shooter. Authorities say the person who was killed does not live inside this or inside that apartment. Do not believe at this point. Detectives do have an idea about a motive but they do not want to release that at this time. You can see deputies still investigating. We were told theyre going to hours. One person was killed, and they are talking to the shooter. Politics is a blood sport. Now to our other big story. A former county for largo county city commissioner is getting out of the race. Hes claiming another candidate threatened him to get out of the race or else. Abc action News
They found her body. The state Attorneys Office is seeking a seconddegree murder charge. The Manatee School district could close schools and transfer kids, one of which is wakeland elementary here in bradenton. It has structural issues. So they want to move all the kids to another school, johnson middle school. But the deal . This school is more than a mile away. So not all parents are happy about it. Reporter the plan for state of the unions in older schools into new ones like this one. While that makes sense, some parents arent sure. Sushi considers wakeland elementary her school. My son did attend this school. He was able to walk. Reporter within weeks, manatee leaders may take steps to shut its door, sending kids to johnson middle school, which the foundation is sinking and will soon be beyond repair. If its structurally bad, lets do something about it. I just think the district has been negligent in taking care of their property. Reporter the School District is in the process of r