The east bay. Lets take a look from sutro tower. You can see some of the cloud cover slipping through and were waking up mostly clear inland and partly cloudy around the bay and the coast. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s and well stay in the 50s at the coast where we will eventually clear out of the clouds because the breezes will pick up. 69 to 73 with that quicker sunshine and the breeze will hold 72 to 78 and 50s and 60s if youre heading out this evening. More on that weekend heat coming up. First, heres reggie. Uc schools are moving ahead with their plans for the fall and according to the systems president , it looks like there are going to be classes held in person, at least sometimes. Because of the pandemic, our efforts here at abc7 to build a better bay area are focused on four key areas. That includes education. Ucs approach is different than another huge University System we have been following recently. Amy hollyfield live for us at uc berkeley this morning. Amy . Hi, goo
As so many, those that were torn asunder in conflict and wars, its those that lose their lives coming back home that never left the battlefield. I want to express my deep respect and admiration on memorial day. Also to veterans and those that have come back from the more contemporary wars overseas and to extend our heartfelt thank you and deep respect and acknowledgment to the challenges and struggles that many of our veterans continue to have as they come back from the horrific experiences in combat and other experiences, noble experiences related to their service at war. We are here in their spirit, in that light of optimism and respect for the opportunities they have all provided us. I want to make a point as we are here to make this point. We not only hold those things dear and rhetorical terms but in terms of our practices. I want to recognize the outstanding practice of leadership that is demonstrable, the veterans homes from the state of california. , the veterans homes from the
Veterans continue to have as they come back from the horrific experiences in combat and other experiences, noble experiences related to their service at war. We are here in their spirit, in that light of optimism and respect for the opportunities they have all provided us. I want to make a point as we are here to make this point. We not only hold those things dear and rhetorical terms but in terms of our practices. I want to recognize the outstanding practice of demonstrable,t is the veterans homes from the state of california. 2000 veterans in these homes, protected disproportionately so because the outstanding leadership of our secretary of Veterans Affairs and his remarkable team, outstanding frontline staff. That is not something every governor in the state of california or across this country can say. The reality is a lot of our veterans homes have been disproportionately impacted by covid19 and the spread of this virus. A lot of american heroes from world war ii, not just korean
Physically in the classroom, but we hope and expect our learning every day. The issues of equity, the issues of access and availability, laptops, computers, screens. Issues of connectivity as it relates to internet and broadband. All of those issues, vaccines, even on the natural but particularly under the circumstances made more acute and more foundational in terms of our ability to not just promote the promise of education during this time but to actually deliver on it. Ive been very proud of the work that many folks have done from the superintendent of Public Education to the president of the state school board, linda darling hammond, both of which are on the phone today but ive also been very blessed by someone that i know very well, and thats my wife, the first partner of the state of california. She, in partnership with members of my team, ben cheetah and others, have been working hard over the last few weeks to build on the announcement we made a few weeks ago about those 100,00
And were hearing from San Francisco mayor london breed announcing a program to help find out who has coronavirus its all part of the effort to flatten the curve. And i will tran in san jose at a food bank coronavirus is impacting how they deliver food will have a live interview coming up in just a few minutes or not. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and im James Fletcher it is thursday april 16th President Trump as you heard a moment ago announcing new guidelines potentially to reopen the country and the economy were expecting those to come down later today the president says the u. S. Is past its pandemic peak. But others disagree karin caifa has the latest from washington. The battle continues, but the data suggest that the nationwide we have passed. The peak her on new cases President Trump signaling america may be past the pandemic peak as lindseys is plans to reopen the country are coming on thursday, were going to be announcing. Guidelines. And well be talk