He was a big guy, definitely it gentle giant. Reporter Terry Blanchard was known for his big heart. His daughter said me tells me his love extended to the many at risk children he mentored, serving on the board of the east Oakland Youth Development center for 10 years. The last two, as president. He had an amazing sense of humor. He made everybody laugh. Reporter in early march blanchard and his wife deborah, both 56, contracted covid19. Possibly, their daughter says, friend falling on hard times and was staying with them. It was really hard on our family because we couldnt check on them. We can only call. Reporter sydney says her mother recovered, her father didnt have a fever at first, but eventually developed one, was hospitalized and placed on a ventilatorsunday. My dad wasnt supposed to die. He never expected to die. This is not anything we wouldve imagined. Reporter now family and friends are taking solace in remembering his impact on the east Oakland Youth Development center. Th
The capacity to detect coronavirus spreading could be the key to opening the country, but the white house and the states are clashing on if there are enough tests to go around. The governors are responsible for testing and i hope they will use the tremendous amount of capacity that we have. President trump says hes putting safety first, but critics say millions of people need to be tested before the nation can truly get back to work tick thank you for joining us tonight, im andre senior. Im Cristina Rendon on peer california has been fortunate to have fewer cases on a lower death count and smaller states. Still, the humans will hear continues to grow peer governor gavin newsom said today the 95 people died in the last 24 hour period. Also today, california sadly surpassed 1000 deaths. There are nearly 6000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the bay area and 196 people have died locally. Six bay area counties are now requiring people to work Face Coverings while out in public. The ru
Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. Now to the coronavirus pandemic and how it could lead to a legal battle for one bay area county. It was a fierce barrage of tweets by Tesla Ceo Elon musk. He says hes suing Alameda County over the shelter in place order that doesnt allow tesla to resume manufacturing operations and he may not stop there. Reporter Cornell Barnard is live in fremont with the story. Cornell . Reporter yes, eric and dion, things are moving very fast this afternoon. Abc 7 news learned that elon musk indeed filed an injunction against Alameda County to allow this plant to reopen. Musk is also threatening to relocate the entire operation to another state. The last thing i want to see them do is leave. Alameda county supervisor Scott Haggerty doing damage control following a firestorm of tweets from elon musk. Clearly, unhappy about not being able to resume manufacturing operations at his plant in fremont. Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected
This lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction against Alameda County to allow the company to resume operations. Were really focused on trying to save lives, but im also laser focused on trying to get people back to work. Reporter earlier elon musk tweeted really this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its headquarters and future programs to texas and nevada immediately. Even if we retain fremont Manufacturing Activity at all will depending on how tesla is treated in the future. He needs to give us another week to get this right. Reporter musk clearly under pressure to resume making electric cars and bring 14,000 employees back to work. Hes got a huge factory and is trying to get production back on. But at the same time were trying to make sure its safe for the community as well. Reporter the mayor of fremont appearing to side with musk, saying in a statement as the local shelterinplace order continues without provisions for major Manufacturing Activity, such as tesla, to res
Our Virtual Meeting is called to order. Before w we get started. I am gratified by the work that is being done throughout the district from our Virtual School at home to the admin working diligently, our teachers are amazing. Our families are teachers as well. The Leadership Team is amazing. These are unusual circumstances. It is a crisis and people are feeling it. I think our school board as well has risen to the challenge. We want to thank everybody and show our appreciation. With that. General information. Items of approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of april 14. So moved. Second. Any corrections . Roll call vote, please. Ms. Collins. Yes. Mr. Cook. Ms. Lam. Yes. Ms. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Sanchez. Yes. Thank you. Item 2. Is superintendents report. Thank you for the opening remarks. Tonight i want to highlight three of those areas that president sanchez was giving accolades to. I want the community to know the San Francisco School District resource link is a new service to nav