Absolutely spread into the community at large. Reporter out of the 8000 prisoners statewide, only a couple hundred are expected to be released here from san quentin. There is support for this, obviously as we just saw but what more can you tell us that the timing of the releases . Reporter we are hearing that 3500 prisoners are expected to be released by the end of this month and it will continue until august and possibly go into september. Thank you. California experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic yet averaging more than 80 deaths per day and that is the average. Nearly 7800 new confirmed cases yesterday and yesterday 140 new debts. The test Positivity Rate is up to 7. 4. Los angeles county remains a hotspot for the most new cases. Right now Oakland Unified School district officials are holding a Virtual Meeting to discuss plans for the start of the school year next month and the meeting is just getting underway and the first day of instruction is set for august 10 and distr
Just over one hour ago the School District announcing students will be headed back to class but with big changes. Good evening. Betty yu is in oakland with the latebreaking details. Reporter the unified School District said the first day of school this year will not be filled with the kind of joy and excitement that teachers, parents and staff traditionally look forward to because of the pandemic and we are hearing initial pushback against the plan that was just released via a Virtual Press conference. School in oakland will begin in one month with Distance Learning for all students and the district will introduce phases of blended learning where students will attend Student School in person and to some Distance Learning. The district expects that the first base phase will last for weeks and it will ensure the school sites in oakland will have enough time to implement covid 19 safety plans. The district is also encouraging everyone in the community and that is students and teachers to
Left being problematic. Its only 15 contained the one on the right. The park fire is 70 contained. So we do want to start with the one that is more out of control this morning. Yeah of activation orders again as mentioned lifted at morgan hill says not to worry about that its the ones that remain in place for the gilroy area thats where kron fours will tran is standing by with the latest will. James you might have seen a cal fire truck race right behind me theyre crisscrossing this area keeping a close eye on the situation. They me tell you it is not windy and im thankful for that because the fire continues to burn and look at the hillside it is so dry. But the one right behind me just went up in flames. They knew this area would be a problematic area which is why they evacuated people. Yesterday along this area, this is canyon out a road. That home often the distance right there its empty we never saw any lights turn on because they were told to leave this area in fact the media we we
15 contained right now or i should say on the right side of the park fire thats the other one that sparked early yesterday morning at morgan hill actually. Saturday night. Park fire has burned more than 340 acres now 70 contained so theyre making some progress on that fact all evacuation orders have been lifted near morgan hill. But the evacuations are still in place in gilroy lets go there now kron fours will tran. Has the very latest will. Daria more specifically the evacuation orders are forking out a road in fact the only people out here are firefighters and the media we have to drive through a barrier just to get to this location you can see what the fire did right behind me when it broke out. Yesterday afternoon still burning out of control because its only approximately 15 contained and were still waiting to hear from cal fire for some new numbers. There has been more firefighters thrown at this look at that the bottom of the hill james and aerial look at that cal fire vehicle r
Dublin. And they have been a little slower than the rest. Reporter but today is their day, reggie. They can now sit out here at this table at this restaurant and have a meal. How does that sound . Alameda county is slowly reopening. And you can also go inside a store and shop here in Alameda County, no more curbside pickup. Stores must cut their customers in half. The number of customers, not literally their customers. They will only be allowed to let in half of their capacity. So people can properly distance from each other. And also allow religious services with 100 people in attendance. And outdoor workouts can reopen and dog parks also are reopening. And alameda just now entering phase two of reopenig. And Health Officials say they had a surge of covid19 cases that forced them to slow down on reopening, but Officials Say hospitalizations have stabilized over the next two weeks. They are emphasizing that we arent out of the woods yet. This pandemic is not over, we need to be careful