Now 11 00, times up, and oakland still doesnt have a distancelearning plan, what it means for students back in School Tomorrow morning. Coworkers remembering the life of a san quentin guard who died of coronavirus. Probably one of the wisest people to were uniform and treat people with respect, and above all, he loved people. A graduate makes a he in san fr from the sound lab to a biotech laboratory, the bay area woman and rapper working on covid19 vaccines. Breaking news 11 00, good evening. Within the past 30 minutes, one of californias top Health Officers has abruptly stepped down, according to the same just go critical, sonia angel, in charge of developing the response to the pandemic, she did not give a reason for her resignation, it comes less than a week after officials disclosed a glitch that led to the undercounting of thousands of coronavirus cases. Angel had served in her position as a state Health Officer sioctober,you can join our morning team for the latest on this develo
The better off well all be out there. Ikea. Make the dream yours. Announcer from abc7 live, breaking news. Director of the California Department of public health, dr. Sonia angel reportedly announced she resigned her post effective immediately. In email to staff didnt give a reason for resignation. But departure comes a week after glitch was discovered in the data system that caused underreporting of the cases in the state. Governor thanked her for her service. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. On the heels of that resignation, lets look where coronavirus stands in california right now. State reported more than 8,300 new cases of the coronavirus today, well above the sevenday average, may be due to clearing a backlog. Positivity rate is back up to 5. 7 . As the pandemic goes on, were focused on how to build a better bay area for all of us during this time. Health is part of that, another part is education. Were less than 24 hours away from the start of the school year for thousands of kids
Families are getting online. The student Meal Distribution program was up and running. 22 school sites are handing out meals monday through thursday. The meal Program Began when consumes closed back in mid march. Since then, the district has distributed close to 4 million student meals. And it really was a first day of school unlike any other. Rob roth spoke with parents, teachers, and students, about how the day went in oakland, and now rob joins us with their stories. Cristina, some say the first day of school went better than expected some say it went worse, but they all agree it was a challenge. Freshman jonnys first ever class at Oakland High School on monday was biology. He said so far so good. I set up and wasnt struggling. Reporter for this mother of an Oakland Tech High School student, the day of remote Distance Learning was easier than this past weekend leading up to it. There was a lot of rush of information over the weekend, even up to last night, at the last minute, to get
Piggy bank to fund the president s unemployment plan. He said it would cost the state roughly 700 million per week. Heres Melanie Woodrow with more. Reporter for unemployed california residents, an additional 600 per week of Unemployment Benefits expired at the end of july. President trump signed an executive order that would give 400 a week in enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits through the end of december. Now the governor says california wont be able to contribute the states required 25 . Stlz is no money sitting in the piggy bank of the previous c. A. R. E. S. Act to be reprioritized or reconstituted for this purpose. Simply does not exist. Reporter he said ste as lge as califorurn gove to fron those eporte goverr d whealifornians who need that money will get it. Meantime, 3 4 of renters have fallen behind on their rent, with the majority being in the latin x community. Dr. Mark elly provided an update on the failure. 295,000 backlogged records were processed over the weekend. T
The new teach frer a screen. This as the district and the Teachers Union are butting heads over how Distance Learning is going to work for everyone this semester. Melissa colorado joins us live from oakland with more on what the district superintendent is saying about the start of the new school year. Melissa, parents cant be happy with this. Reporter you know, the superintendent called it unprecedented and weird. She used that term to describe the first day of school or the first day of zoom here at ousd. Right in front of the Oakland Tech High School which is obviously closed. But earlier today we saw a line of students and parents coming here to receive textbooks as well as chromebooks. Now, we got some new attendance numbers. The district says attendance numbers are still coming in but so far more than 21,000 students showed up or, i should say, logged on to their first day of school. The district anticipates that number to grow as more students receive chromebooks and hot spots th