Money to create learning pods for their children often led by a private tutor in charge of supervising school work in a group setting. I have a lot of concerns of equity and the potential for resegregation. Reporter this letter signed by 14 School Principals raises the same fears, that learning pods will only deepen learning inequalities, principals from schools primarily from the more affluent neighborhoods say they will not accommodate requests to place their students together in the same class, simply because they are in the same learning pod. Theres a lot that goes into manning a classroom. Reporter district spokesperson says if parents commit to joining a pod in the fall, the district hope it is families do it safely and that they offer slots to families with less means. I would hope that you would invite some of the kids from perhaps across town, as well. Reporter melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. The Central Valley is new hot spot of covid19 in california. Governor newsom say
Mind blowing. Reporter grind bartfelt said when he first heard about the fire this morning, he had no idea how bath it would be until 4th arrived on scene. High heart sunk add i saw our building up in flames when i turned the corner. Reporter he building where his family started the business more than 70 years ago appears to be a complete loss. While he hopes insurance will allow them to carry on, right now he says its simply too early to say. When the dust clears, the smoke clears, so to speak, you know, what the obviously big time damage, you know, well cross that bridge when we get to it. Reporter and lieutenant Jonathan Baxter from San Francisco fire is on scene briefing us with the latest developments. Well go to that live right now. That firefighter has recent by released from the Trauma Center and is going to be okay. We have the three displaced residents, as well as an unaccounted number of employees from the established businesses that are affected from this fire. Our Fire Dep
Are we at a point right now where we can say everybody who wants a test can get a test . Not today. We need to prioritize testing for those who need it the most and for Public Health purposes. Reporter according to the state department of Public Health, those with systems, essential workers, First Responders, and those possibly exposed to a person with covid should be the first to get a test. People like james. A coworker, he had flulike symptoms friday of last week. So my supervisor asked me that i must leave work and get tested. Reporter Santa Clara County Public Health has not changed its guidelines, which have been in effect since may, and says its popupng sites are open to everyone, not just those the state considers a top priority. We dont ask why theyre getting testing, no. Reporter in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. If you get tested for covid, youll be asked to state your Sexual Orientation which many might find irrelevant or offensive, but the state says its aski
Help see how interventions are working. It is like getting a new pair of glasses that helps us see more clearly. Or using binoculars that help us see a little further out. In california, the covid Positivity Rate for the lati te lags spiked from 47 last were to 56 this week. The death rate among africanamericans nearly dulloud during the same time. You can get tested at a new popup site in berkeley today. It is a supervised but personal mouth swab and cough kiosk. The results are expected within one to two days. It is free without Health Insurance and deductibles will be waived if you do have insurance. And you have to make an appointment online. A south bay congressman is partnering with Bernie Sanders on a proposal that would send free face masks to every american. The masks for allbity spend 5 million to make reusable Face Covering and send them out. The congressman says if they can spend 740 million on defense, they can afford to send every american a face mask. Today the chief exe
From or if he or she ran a stoplight. There was a second car, an suv involved and that driver stopped and is cooperating but investigators are not saying how exactly they were involved. Back here live now, you could the seat this small some s smallalitior will grow and they plan to release a description of the suspect vehicle soon. For now live in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. And hours ago there was a dead hitandrun in the south bay. In this case the suspect has been arrested. It happened at Rancho San Antonio county park in cupertino and this is a homicide investigation. Abc 7 News Reporter kris reyes joins us live from the park with the kris . [ inaudible ]. The initial caller reports that a vehicle struck one pedestrian and led to two pedestrians and continued to drive away from the scene. Reporter one victim died in the hospital another treated on scene and released. This is now a homicide investigation, however police say they wont release any details about the suspect