Amy hollyfield is live in berkeley for us this morning. Reporter School Districts across the bay area are discussing this now. What will Distance Learning look like. Berkeley voted on its model last nilts. O nght. One standout headline is what they decided on high school kids. They will be doing Distance Learning for the entire semester until the december break. Middle school and Elementary School students are saying that they will be Distance Learning for the first eight week. Oltslo remotely four days a week. Elementary students not in front of the computer as much, they are saying that they will meet with their teachers live online for about 30 minutes every morning and then will be 2k3wi6 given independent assignments. The school board has set up a town hall meeting for monday to help aunts questions about this new very unique way of educating students, so a good time for parents to come and ask all their questions. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. And San Francisco mayor breeze says that h breed says her budget will include money to help offset the 22 million in revenue that the district lost because of covid19. Some of that money will support Distance Learning. The mayor will reveal more details about her two year budget tomorrow. Across the country some students have started going back to school. Education secretary and dr. Fauci are still in agreement that there should not be a National Plan for schools. Jobina, there have been mixed results in places where students are back in the classroom. Absolutely. And jeffersonville, indiana, which happens to be a place aim familiar with, it is right outside louisville, kentucky, about 70 of their studens returned to school yesterday and masks and social distancing are a part of the requirements and students can do Online Learning if they preferred. They wanted to come in school and not do online, and we discussed if anything was to break out as far as corona or Something Like that, we pull them out. But in orlando, florida, nearly 300 students are quarantining after one person at an outdoor graduation tested positive. The event had been pushed back from may due to the pandemic. In a new report, the Kaiser Family foundation compiled information, and they dont advocate for a specific about policy, but point out in areas where there is Widespread Community transmission, there is a clear risk of spread with reopening schools. The pandemic is hitting the l contin Latinx Community especially hard and now there is a new outreach program, and kate larsen says it is to increase testing and hopefully contain outbreaks. Reporter the city of San Francisco announced a new strategy to bring Recovery Resources to the Latino Community which accounts for half of the citys coronavirus cases. We as a Community Need to be able to say it is okay to get tested because we have resources to help you. Reporter john was the Health Committee chair for the Latino Task Force which partnered with the city to bring awareness to new and existing programs. If you are undocumented, you know that you didnt qualify for any of the state or federal benefits that apply to others. And so if you know that, you more than likely will be timid to get tested if you are asymptomatic or not and be told that you have to stay home for two at that point if you have to stay home for two weeks and you will lose your wages, you may notld be ball game for you financially. Reporter this is a campaign to let immigrants and undocumented people know that there is money that they can access should their families be impacted by covid. The right to recover fund requires two week wage replacement based on amounting wage amounting to 1285 for up to 1500 San Francisco residents who test positive for covid19. Family relief fund already offered 500 to 1,000 monthly for families that dont qualify for local, state or federal assistance. And imgracmigrant workers Fund One Time 200 payments available. And they tested 500 people who lined up down the block. In april when we started to do testing, we had to get gift k5 cards from like safeway to get people to get tested. So now there is a huge mood shift. Reporter more resources are listed on our website, abc7news. Com. Kate larsen, abc 7 news. As you can see from this map, every bay area county is now on the states watch list. San mateo county was added yesterday. And that means that many indoor businesses face the possibility of shutting down again over the weekend. For the first time, governor new zchl is withholding money from cities that defy state Health Orders by allowing all businesses to reopen. The state is withholding nearly 65,000 from atwater and more than 35,000 from coalinga. The money is the first part of 2. 5 billion the cities and counties could risk losing if they dont follow coronavirus safe guards. Dr. Fauci is now saying that people should consider wearing goggles or a face shield in order to prevent spreading or catching covid19. Theoretically, you should protect all the mucosal surfaces. So if you have googles or an eye shield, you should use it. I mean, it is into the univer in recommended, but if you want to be complete, you should probably use it. The nations top Infectious Disease expert made the suggestion in a conversation where dr. Ashton on instagram. He also said that he hopes that face coverings will help limit the spread of the flu as well. There are different risks associated with different activities as you are well aware. Right now on our website, you can find this risk calculator. Anything from riding the bus to going to the gym. Select the activity and you can see bat experts have to say about it. So if you see me Walking Around with my swim goggles on, you will know why. Seriously, weve known that that is a possibility. Nice of him to say that. Mid to upper 50s on the peninsula under cloudy conditions, an area that could get some drizzle especially in the higher parts between the coast and the bay. And we pretty much have mid50s to near 60 everywhere. 60 in oakland, 61 at san jose, antioch 64 the warm spot. North the bay not quite as thick as it was yesterday. For your activity planner, it will be a little warmer with strong sunshine, still breezy and choppy on the bay especially north of the bay bridge through the delta. Weve been locked in this pattern. North bay, a little bit of cloud cover this morning, well start to lose that around 10 00 and 74 by noon with low to mid80s during the afternoon hours. For San Francisco, well break free of the 50s at 10 00, but never completely get rid of the cloud cover. Mid60s this afternoon. And in the east bay, were still in the 60s at noon, about 68. Low to mid70s 1 00 to 6 ouk and then a brisk 64 at 8 00. Well take a look at the weekend forecast on the way. And then a brisk 64 at 8 00. Well take a look at the weekend foecast on the way. Good morning, everyone. So far so good for our Early Morning commute. We will check in with a live look showing you our south beach camera, overall picture of the bay bridge. Earlier we did see a bit of a slowdown as people were making their way into San Francisco. The traffic has certainly picked back up now and things are moving at the limit. No fog issues this morning unlike yesterday. Our drive times here, San Francisco to sfo will be a quick 9 minute ride. Highway 238 to the maze, 14 minutes. And highway 85 to the san jose airport, a 10 minute ride. Fire crews are still on the scene of this five alarm fire this morning. The fire destroyed two buildings, caused really heavy damage to four others. One firefighter was injured and he is resting at home this morning. Three people were displaced. Firefighters havent been able to figure out what caused the fire, but they say a mattress fire at a nearby homeless encampment is part of their investigation. Coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. Also the new order for the Oakland Police department, the restrictions the Department Says that it will follow when it comes to crowd control. And nasas new rover is headed to the red planned parentho can leave you holding your breath. But Bristol Myers squibb is working to change things. By researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. Including options that are chemofree. Because were committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. An extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Wow. Ok thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Idina menzel to sing your own theme song . Tara, tara, look at her go with a fresh cup of joe. Gettin down to work early following her dreams into taxidermy oh, its. Tax attorney. I read that wrong, oh yeeaaaah geico. Save an extra 15 percent when you switch by october 7th. Give it up for tara if you are just joining us, here rts 7 things to know this morning. Number one, San Mateo County has been added to the States Coronavirus watch list. So if the county stays on the list, places like indoor malls, hair salons and gyms will have to clomse midnight saturday. And Berkeley School board is the latest to approve a Distance Learning plan. Schools will follow strict rules if campuses are allowed to reopen. And number three, john lewis will be laid to rest today in georgia. Three former president s will be in attendance including barack obama who will deliver the eulogy. Number four, Sir Francis Drake High School is changing its name. It follows the temporary removal of the sir Francis Drake statue in larksburg. And well be above average as we head into the weekend. Im let you know how long it will last. And number six, we have a nice ride for you this morning for the early commute. No major blocking issues that im following right now as we take a live look showing off the san mateo bridge this morning. Number seven, Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg is resting at a New York Hospital after undergoing a medical procedure. She is expected to be released later this week. New developments, a federal judge has sided with activists and placed more restrictions on the force that Oakland Police are allowed to use to control crowds. The new order bans wooden, rubber, or rubber coated bullets along with stinger grenades. Oakland police may still deploy tear gas and foam tipped projectiles only if there is an imminent threat of people being hurt or property being damaged. New developments in the massive College Admissions cheating scandal. A father was ste si months in prison. They pleadeds. A. T. S corrected a fraudulently portray one as a tennis star. Manuel was sentenced yesterday, elizabeth was sentenced back in march to seven months in prison. Both fay years of supervised release, hundreds of hours of Community Service and fines that combine to nearly three quarters of a million dollars. In first look, a new demonstration is showing how the placement of a ventn system in the dallas room could make a big difference. Reporter a new simulation showing how the coronavirus could spread in the classroom and what you can do to prevent it. Researchers at the university of minnesota zeroing in on the placement of ventilation ufrts, desks and people. Take a look at these two simulated classrooms. In one, they place the teacher who is likely to do thedirectlye ventilation system. In the other, the ventilation system is in the back of the room, the scenario assuming that the teacher is an zicasymptomat carrier of the virus. Look closely, the virus spreads significantly less in the classroom where the teacher is directly below the vent. Well have much more save at the co safety coming in at 7 00. Im gio benitez, abc news, new york. At the live desk, nasas latest rover is on its way to mars this morning to research if there ever has been life on the red planet. Ignition. Two, one, zero. And liftoff. As the count down to mars continues. Check it out, perseverance took off just about 25 minutes ago from Cape Canaveral florida. Once it makes it to mars, the rover will study the geology and delay mats. The goal is to find signs of ancient microbial life. And they are hoping that it will test out new technologies to one day send humans to mars. The journey to mars is 62. 5 million miles, everybody. Perseverance is expected to land on mars in february 2021. And we all know how we feel about space, except maybe not reggie. I think that weve decided that you and mike will be the first ones. Jobina went to space camp, we trust her. Im ready for the g force. Gentlemen bee in jobina will be skipping up to the rocket, here we come. Yes. I can see this happening. Yeah. Actually, that is really exciting. It will take them a while to get out there, but im excite abouted to s d to see what they find. And ill tweet the exact link, but they will have a 24 7 weather station up there that you can watch or at least look and see what theyre measuring up there, which will be pretty cool. Ill be looking at it every day. So cant wait. February. Hopefully everything is back to normal by then and we can pay more attention to fun stuff like that. Hi, everybody. Welcome to thursday. I almost said friday eve. San jose 87, and you can see that well have quite a bit of cloud cover, but slightly more sunshine and warmth today and that will continue into the weekend when the inland areas have a moderate heat risk. High temperatures will taper and they will be breezy next week. In fact we could balance this week with some below average temperatures next week. You can see by noon, the bay is in the completely cleared out, but at least more neighborhoods are seeing sunshine and then along the coast, even the north bay will try to a little bit. That is where you will find our brightest beaches. In the south bay, we go from 79 in sunnyvale to near 90 in cupertino. 80 on the peninsula. 60 to 63 along the peninsula coast. And mid to upper 60s for downtown, south San Francisco and sausalito. 78 to about 82 through the north bay. Low to mid80s around clover dale. As you head inland, 87 to about 93. Getting close to needing the air conditioner there. And my accuweather 7 day forecast, about two degrees warmer tomorrow, a couple administer for saturday and sunday, and then by tuesday and wednesday, it will be breezy with a little bit below average, mainly 60s, 70s and 80s. The first pet to contract covid19 in the u. S. Has died. Buddy, a 6yearold German Shepherd in Staten Island started having breathing trouble in mid april. He lost weight and he tested positive for cavovid19. Five days later, he in longer had the virus but he had the antibodies. His family said his hemealth go bad they had to euthanize him. And new blood work shows that he also most likely had cancer. Cleanin things has been a big focus lately and disinfectant wipes are hard to find. We spoke to dr. Patel about this and whether disinfecting really makes much of a difference. He says contaminated surfaces are not the main way this virus is transmitted. There is like a false hope that businesses are sending out saying oh, my gosh, we clean every day, so you can come here and never get coronavirus. We have to remember that the primary way you catch this is not from surfaces, it will be from airborne transmission, from droplets, it will be from people who are next to you, not the surfaces. So is it really worth our time to wipe everything down . Dr. Patel says yes and no. It is effective because it could keep the surfaces clean of course, but it is a no if people themselves are not behaving. Yeah, dont spray it don andh that fweegets the purpose. Just are put on your mask. 2r5trader joes is addressi claims that some of its products has racist names. We want to make sure that the seeds dont get planted. Yeah, were still watching these mystery seeds arriving at homes now in the bay area and all over the country. The concern if you receive some. And as we fight the coronavirus pandemic, california is mandating face masks to stop the spread and so abc 7 wants to remind you to wear a mask, lets take a look at what is going on in the tropics, and we do have a Tropical Storm right now, but we categorize these by their wind speed, but this is not going to be a wind machine, it will be more of a flooding rain as it continues to move through puerto rico. Remember up to 10 inches, so flash flooding is definitely possible there. But as it moves on, it will travel over hispaniola and squeeze between the bahamas and cuba up another ten inches of rain is possible in those areas. So more flooding is on the way. It will make it possibly to miami next week and well keep an eye on it then too. And this morning all 50 states are now warning about the strange unsolicited seeds that people are getting in the mail. And one of those people is sharing her story and tells us what tipped her off that something was not right. Here is dan ashley. So this, i have no idea what this is. Reporter kamala ordered seeds from amazon, but when her shipments arrived, she knew something was wrong. The package labels indicated that jewelry was inside, not seeds. Most people receiving the mystery seeds didnt order any at all