Strangers. Probably not today. We will see. Maybe things will change in the next couple of months. We will see. Lets change the topics here. A call to address the covid19 pandemic and other disasters like hurricane laura. This morning were joined by cathy from the traveling nursing staff to tell us about the demand and tell us about how this works. Cathy, good morning. Does the agency hire people from here in the bay area . Good morning. Thank you for having me. Certainly we hire nurses from all over the country, and some live in Northern California and taking their skills among all of the counties whether its in california or other parts of the country. Reporter all right. I was areas. Reading a little bit about the theres nothing like jumping on that and seeing it going. Theres a good way to get the agency, sounds like these nurses exercise and just a good sport. Are highly qualified and ready to go between 24 and 48 hours, you know, speakingover sports, what a day that we had in the
A whole other feeling that whatever the police does now in the street they detain protest something that has become popular every day life is not something that the government can really clamp down with. What has a man at the center of all this president look. Doing in the face face of this protest. Well we had another extraordinary photo shoots by his president ial press office today as last week and again this weekend only 66 percent of the christians in military fatigues again holding a gun again with a mission unloaded i dont quite see what this is trying to achieve its trying to come across as a show of strength working people were showing the strength of. The government is at a bit of a loss. They have mentioned earlier they arrested some of the leaders of this but if you so do the jews and so widespread without really a clear leadership that its not clear what they can now do to really put this genie back in the book. And how do people you talk to. Things are all 6. I think that
Students who tested positive for covid19 had been participating in summer conditioning, gearing up for the High School Sports season. While he doesnt believe they contracted the virus while in their workout group, parents are worried. I would be very concerned at this point to send my child back to school. I know these kids want to be out living their normal lives, but its not worth the risk. Reporter thats how parents in brentwood are feeling on learning as many as three High School Students in the district have cases of covid19. The superintendent issued a letter yesterday notifying families. He says a student athlete at Heritage High School and another at liberty high have tested positive, while a third student is experiencing symptoms and likely has it. We do not believe they got it from anything that happened on campus. We believe that this was a Community Transmission that happened off campus. Reporter we talked about parents and students as they picked up yearbooks at Heritage H
Plus the bay area county making an impassioned plea for people to wear masks. Also i feel 100 comfortable sending my kids back to school with safety precautions. I desperately miss my students, and i missed them all spring, but we also want to be safe. So whats the right answer . The question so many families and teachers are struggling with. Tonight more difficult decisions were made. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Parents and teachers are getting a lot of mixed messages. Is it safe to return to campus . Tonight San Ramon Valley unified joining several other School Systems by keeping students and teachers at home. Is it the right decision . Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is at district headquarters in danville. Reporter this is a decision that comes after lots of deliberation. There are plenty of parents, students, and teachers that are breathing a sigh of relief. But there are some people who had been pushing for students to return to class five days a week.
Clear out future cast for is going to show us that you can see right now visibility down to a few miles for some of the shore freeway areas. The fox really going to be sticking for coastal spots for the rest of the afternoon and then pretty much sunny and clear everywhere else temperatures smile to even ones, well have those coming up in just a bit daria thanks a lot. Lets start with the latest coronavirus numbers the u. S. Set to pass a grim milestone, a 141,000 americans have died of covid across the country nearly 60,000 people are in the hospital. The cdc is forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will be killed by the virus by august 8th. And now Health Officials and government leaders are pushing for more americans to wear masks. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. And months after the cdc first recommended it the president is now telling americans to mascot and showing himself, wearin