Theres not been sufficient training to roll it out in any way, shape or form by august 5th. Reporter the recommendation is to begin online. For the first two weeks, teachers will have zoom sessions to inform they will of the semesters expectations. Each family gets about 45 minutes. During the two weeks, teachers will assess their studens while they also work on homework. On week three, teachers will determine where students stand academically. From there they will be put into groups which the district has determined is the most effective way to teach students during this pandemic. Heres what oakland superintendent said in early july in anticipation of the plan. We have to start that process of actually having a specifc plan at the elementary, middle level and High School Level for in person learning. Thats an expectation of all districts. Small Group Instruction will begin in week four, again, online. This person is concerned with the lack of adequate technology. Four or five kids in school. It will be a lot of technical difficulties with that. Reporter the expectation is that schools will take a hybrid approach to teaching after those four weeks. What that will look like has yet to be determined if it happens at all. All of that which you just heard is being negotiated at this moment with the teachers union. Eventually the Bargaining Team will have to approve something before the members vote. In a about an hour, the School District will have a press conference to talk about these recommendations, including plans at middle and high schools. Well, of course, keep you in the loop. Lyanne melendez. The question of how to do it is asked every day. We clarify, who is saying what . Reporter if you were to ask where different experts stand on masks, take dr. Anthony fauci. In a recent news conferece he said wear a mask, period. Dr. Sarah cody in talking about Santa Clara County schools said yes to masks but with more conditions. Some students but not all should wear them. And not at all times. For example, it should be a requirement for middle and High School Students but not for the younger kids. The cdc issues a more generic guideline that students and teachers wear masks whenever feasible. The merge academy of pediatrics representingoss the country issued advice to wear masks only if they are developmentally appropriate and can be worn safely. Science magazine looked at practices around the world. Heres the divide. China, south korea, japan and vietnam. Schools there required masks for almost all students. While in canada, denmark, norway, the u. K. And sweden, masks are optional for students and staff. She says if theres some consensus at all, its this. The studies have found pretty consistently, kids are about a half to a third as likely to catch the virus and thats especially true in younger kids. That low risk at ymca, caring for more than 10,000 work children and essential workers at the height of the pandemic. They recorded no more than one case at any of their sites. She said have the the people she interviewed agreed, the guidelines must be nimble and tailored to the community. We want the answer, what should a school do but i dont think theres one anxious. I think it depends on that community, on whats happening there with the virus, it depends on a lot of factors. Reporter chris reyes, abc7 news. Lets dive a little deep entire this. What can you tell us about coronavirus and School Age Children . This has been. So different information coming out over the last four months. A lot of information right now. Kids seem less susceptible to coronavirus. Theyre getting less hospitalizations, less icu stays. Cdc reports looking the a all cases in the states from january until the end of may show School Age Children from age 09 are only 1. 5 . But this could change as we gather more kids together and we drive up more person to person transmission. Weve seen increased reports about multisystem inflammatory system as well. Its not that kids are spared. Its just that all the data looks promising. I know this is a little tricky to answer, doctor, but could kids be safe at school . Theres a reason that the flu spreads and colds spread in schools so ramp antly. We cant expect kids to follow all the rules all the time and theyre in close quarters. Can they be safe in a coronavirus environment . We definitely cant expect our kids to follow all the rules. Even answering this question right now is giving me anxiety. Any School District anywhere in the country in any county needs to be ready for the reality that coronavirus could show up at that school at any day. So kids, regardless of what we think right now, may or may not be safe depending on the school. So ill echo the American Academy of pediatrics when say theres no one size fits all rule. So schools need to take into account their specific county, their transmission rate, their teacher and faculty population, they need to do everything they can within their limits to create those physical distances, spread desks out, maybe physical barriers, ventilation, windows, anything they can. We have to assume there could be an outbreak at any school any time. We know kids tend to be able to spread things like diarrhea in daycare, 92 and whooping cough. We dont know what will happen in the fall with covid19. That brings me to the next question. Obviously kids have not been as adversely affected as older people but could they become super spreaders . Maybe the worry isnt as much for their safety, and of course were concerned about their safety, but could they expose teachers and parents at home and have it spread that way. Youll hear it live. No doctor likes to say i dont know but heres the thing, i dont know. We know kids can develop mild cases at the same rate of adults. There are a lot of asymptomatic kids out there as well. We have to consider the teachers and the faculty. So if you have older teachers, teachers who have comorbidities, when you gather a lot of kids together, they can potentially get sick. This is why everyone is stressing that teachers need to have a backup plan and a way to protect the faculty. We focus on the children but also everyone else working at the school. Dont get me wrong. 55 million kids have been at home without school and that represents a huge, huge gap in not only academic needs but social ones as well. We have to figure out how to do it safely. It is a huge lethk us faced with a coronavirus outbreak at state prisons, california announced it will release about 8,000 inmates by august. The releases will be on a rolling basis and will include those whose sentences are ending soon as well as those who might get infected. It will be those with six months or less hers a welcome at the coronavirus numbers across the state up to the minute. There are 296,499 cases in california. There are 33,606 cases in the greater bay area. Sonoma county is the greatest addition to the watch list with 1561 cases. For residents there, that notice means a likely shutdown and another tough time for businesses already reeling and devastated. Wayne freedman is live in petaluma tonight. Some very disturbing news. Reporter if you want to gauge reaction, it comowoo dis. The second word might be perseverance. The only good news is that in home anda county, people have been you this this before. They know what to expect. By now youve read about and heard this narrative before. Having reopened oncehe coronavirus numbers are pushing Sonoma County and places like petaluma back toward shutdown mode. Who do you blame for the numbers . Thats a good question. Its an act of god. Lets just say that. Reporter but also state and local government like the Sonoma County board of supervisors. We wont be announcing closures today or tomorrow. But potentially as early as monday. Reporter meaning this could be a last gasp weekend for indoor bars, tasting restaurants, where theres i am side dining and they went from 30 tables to nine. Do you sleep at night . Its hard to sleepni what will happen. W rep memories of the last shutdown are more than enough. Judith closed do you mean her antique collect from march 18th through mothers day. When we closed down, thrm no cars downtown. Reporter pet loom did a still has a small town feel. Small restaurants like this, part of the lexicon. Tiffany meyers owns the place with her mother and sister. We asked her about sleeping, too. Am i sleeping at night . No, no. Reporter special when i seven employees facing reduced hours at best. Got to do what you have to do to keep everybody safe. Reporter so we department and adjust again. Already an exhausting narrative. Youre talking about peoples livelihood but also peoples safety. And how do you balance those two in. Reporter well, that is the question, isnt it . It is worth noting a lot of people, in home aSonoma County,e are Wearing Masks. Yesterday they looked at putting in guidelines and perhaps even penalties for people caught on the street not Wearing Masks like a lot of other counties are doing. Live in petaluma. Thank you. Zoo is reopening to the public on july 15th. I think its the 13. Well check only. It was expecting to sooner but then it got put on hold due to rising covid19 cases in the city. Today city officials gave it permission to reopen. July 15th. The city will provide reopening guidance for some other businesses like hair salons and tattoo shops next week. An exciting story we first told you about. A 6yearold east bay girl has been selling home made bracelets to raise money for the oakland zoo, now in danger of closing because of the pandemic. Shes raised over 100,000. Her friends will help make the bracelets to deal with the huge amount of orders. Seeing the future of covid19 cases. And opting out. Why buster posey will not hit the field this summer. What some schools are doing right now with sports. Inland heat will be with us through weekend. It will be with us big time on it will be with us big time on sunday. California phones offers free specialized phones. Like cordless phones, phone ringing big button, and volumeenhanced phones. Get details on this state program. Call or visit i wanted my hepatitis c gone. I put off treating mine. Epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. Whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. I just found out about mine. I knew for years. Epclusa has a 98 overall cure rate. 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The Mountain View based company says the policy will prohibit the promotion of products or services that track or monitor another person or their activities without their authorization. Good idea. This does not include products intended for parents to monitor their children or the services of private investigators. The policy will go into effect on august 11th. Nf one Positive Side effect of covid19. Americans are shrinking their Credit Card Debt substantially. A new report found the amount owed on credit cards dropped more than 24 billion in may. It is the first time that amount has been under 1 trillion since 2017. An lists say it indicates Many Americans are anticipating a difficult economy ahead and are shoring you their finances by saving more and paying down debt. Walmart appears ready to try the, to try the try and challenge. Theyre reporting that walmart is close to launching a yearly Subscription Service called walmart plus. It would cost 98 a year and include same day delivery, fuel discounts as well as grocery options. Walmart has already been experimenting with a oneday delivery in some areas. It sounds dead on like theyre going to take on amazon. This should be good news for consumers. Thank you very much. Google is now banning actually, lets tell you this story. Amazon is taking back an email semito employees tellingo delete tiktok app from their phon retailert s in error and the tiktok policy is not changing. It was owned by a Chinese Company called bite dance. And u. S. Officials are worried the chinese could use it for surveillance. The weekend is upon us and so is the heat, it sounds like. Okay, its been quite warm in our inland areas. Its going to get even warmer. Heres a look at current conditions. A few high clouds around. Its breezy, of course. 22mileperhour winds. Hook out over San Francisco, we see a fouew of the clouds. Mountain view, 85, gilroy, 61. Looking northward from the golden gate, some really warm readings. 95 at than rosa, people in at petaluma. Only 79 at napa. It was 100 in fairfield a couple minutes ago. As we look back at fran from emeryville, these are our forecast features. Inland heat persists. Cooling begins early next week. Notice in addition to a few high clouds, well see some low clouds at the coast. They wont stay there very long. Theyll get swept away in the overnight hours. Well have a mainly soinl day tomorrow except for some lingering clouds at the coast. And lets look at overnight conditions. The overnight temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. Low 50s on the coast and low 50s in the valleys as well. Conditions tomorrow, sunny most hoe indications away from the coast. A little hoe, a little low cloudiness at the coast. Well see some highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lots of mid 90s inland. On sunday, the scorcher, well see high temperatures inland in the upper 90s to maybe even above 100 in places like antioch. Monday, a nice cool down of 7 to 10 degrees. Similar highs on tuesday. After sundays intense inland heat, nice warm levels monday and tuesday. There will be further cooling. If we get past sunday, we can expect some cooler weather conditions next week. Heres Something Else to look forward to. Aids walk San Francisco is just nine days away. The virtual walksfhi t sunday, a. M. Aids walk live at home will stream online and on air. Air. Ai. Theres still time to register and raise funds. For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure kidney problems, or high blood potassium. Ask your doctor about entresto. The risk of the coronavirus and the arrival of adopted twin daughters is prompting the giants pitcher buster posey to hang up his spikes. The twins were born prematurely. Thank god they are doing really well. But theyll have to be in the nicu for quite some time. After much discussion with my wife and doctors, a decision that ive wrestled with, quite a bit since i knew this adoption was on the table, ive decided toment on out of the 2020 baseball season. Poseys announcement comes a week after the twins were born. The 33yearold star left the teams workouts at oracle park on wednesday, just two weeks before baseballs abbreviated 60game season begins. The giants issued a statement saying they fully support the decision and they look forward to having him back in 2021. The fans are back in the stands in japans professional Baseball League three weeks after the season stard. O 5,000 fans into the games, or 50 of the stadium capacity, whichever is smaller. Fans Must Wear Masks and use hand sanitizers and have their temperatures taken before entering the stadium. Food and drinks are for sale but alcohol isnt allowed. Will tre high aldays time. Some schools areetting will players start thinking just in case. How players at Marin Catholic high school are working out. Reporter in an average year, this would seem like typical summer workout. But there is something very different this time around. A minimum of six feet apart. Everyone comes in with a mask. They take it off to be able to exercise. Reporter ma Ridge Catholic high school, like other schools in the bay area, is hough School Athletes to train ever since Health Officials allowed summer camps to open. It is fundamentals. No scrimmaging. No competition. Reporter Marin Catholic is following the same