The First School Board meeting wednesday, the same day the district reached a tentative agreement with the Teachers Union the 2 sides have been working for more than a month to reach a deal regarding distancelearning neither are available for an on camera interview but released this joint statement from the superintendent and Oakland Education Association president saying quote. While we do not always agree on the details boat ustr passionate about serving oakland students and families we have worked diligently to reach an agreement dish a Distance Learning for all students members on tuesday Union Officials told kron 4 money is not the issue teachers are concerned about time from packing a full semester down 2 weeks another issue was being able to use retired teachers and substitute stucco teach. The union is requesting no mandated schedules begin before 09 00am or after 02 15pm that allows time for those who are caregivers to parents sequence or children as of wednesday, the district and union are working out the details of the agreement oh yea members and the district will vote in the coming days, gayle ong kron 4 news. Student for the San Jose Unified School district had their first fall class today, but this time from home. There were some bumps along the road preparing for this day frustrated teachers had a were all with some changes in the days leading up to it. Our coffers Ella Sogomonian is live in the newsroom with how it went l a. Theyre vicki at rep at the School District told me that the first day went well overall but there were definitely some challenges to the summer chu learning environment that they will be trouble shooting over the next few weeks the first issue was resolved this week after teachers fought and won a plan to work from home at a fear of contracting covid on campus. Then when teachers spoke with said that this week there were also slamming too upload their lessons to the Online Platform just 2 nights before the start of the school year which was very stressful because of a glitch over the weekend. Thats when it was supposed to happen, but it took a lot of preparations to get here for folks to staff the parents and the kids today, the rep told me the teachers were able to connect with most of the students in some form majority got the tech that they needed last week, but he didnt specify how many more may still require supplies. We have about 28,000 students and sanders Unified School District and we committed to making sure that every student who needs one. I would have a computing either an ipad or chromebook depending on the grade level and then that families in need could have side internet to connect to the internet if they need of that. We have been running distributions the beginning of last week at our schools to try to get families everything that they need there may be some other needs that crop up in the days to come certainly and certainly we will be working to try to make sure that many families who might be experiencing issues connecting were going to do everything we can to try to make sure that those issues get but weve given out 10s of ipads from books hot spots, textbooks and other School Supplies over the past couple of weeks in preparation for today. So for 6 weeks are fully at Home Learning which may change based on Health Reports as we go further into the semester but another teacher that he spoke with says that shes concerned for the younger kids and those with learning disabilities who may not have strong support at home to stay engaged for a whole day online live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. This entire business sector is about to collapse. San francisco, fed the studios fair widespread permanent closures throughout the city as the coronavirus pushes them deeper into financial date with their Current Health order indoor gyms have to stay closed, but a select few have been able to reopen partially outdoors with the special permits of course tonight kron fours taylor per second talk to and max 3 focus in the Castro District about their pleas to the city taylor. Well this Fitness Studio in a majority of the others in the city want to be considered an essential service. He also want to reopen safely soon before its too late. Now this Fitness Studios actually one of the luckier ones in the city because its partially reopen for some sidewalk. Workouts but still the owner here says that its not enough to pay the bills. If the city doesnt do something to allow us to reopen safely. You can expect that every neighborhood Fitness Studio is going to die the character is the coowner of a mixed 3 fitness in San Franciscos castro neighborhood. Hes also a member of the San Francisco independent Fitness Studio coalition, a group of 60 small neighborhood Fitness Studios representing was 700 employees. Just in the last 2 weeks. Kicker says 6 of the groups Fitness Centers closed because of the pandemic. We anticipate many more on the horizon i was talking to a gym. Just the other day one of the bigger gyms and they have right now a quarter of a Million Dollars worth of debt. We have 20,000 worth of debt. Well makes 3 fitness recently opened supervised sidewalk workouts or 2 people can work out in a time for 55 minutes kicker says. His Business Model will keep them open for long a little bit of a bandaid but were still down 80 in terms of our revenue sadly, a number that makes character lucky considering many similar Fitness Centers remain completely shut down. Earlier this week, the independent Fitness Studio coalition, took these concerns to the citys Health Officer, asking why physical therapist can reopen, but Services Like personal training cant i cant give you a rational reason why. A physical therapist could do this and something just personal Services Like theyll come in to get risk and Health Officer doctor tomas aragon leader suggested that the city may alter we reopen some are promoting the idea of moving towards a risk based approach so that were focusing on Risk Behavior sending in a tent city. That increases rest so that were not taking one industry versus another. Carriker says that these smaller Fitness Studios shouldnt be lumped in together with the big box gyms and he says if things continue that way well were going to need some Financial Relief to stay open to stay afloat here in the city, otherwise we may see a lot more empty store fronts. For now live in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news alright, Taylor Santa Clara county now joins the list of other bay area counties that will. Write citations an issue fines for anyone not wearing a mask. In santa clara county, a mask citation will set you back 500 businesses caught not following Health Orders could be fined as much as 5,000. Right now its not clear just who is going to be enforcing this new ordinance but the initial proposal calls for a 72 hour grace period before a finer action is taken. Counties like sonoma napa amarin have similar mask citations that range between 25 to 500 for individuals and 250 to 10,000 for businesses and Contra Costa County will spend nearly 2 Million Dollars in covid19 relief money to hire 2 sheriffs deputies. Theyre going to be responsible for supporting the Mental Health of inmates at the remodel martinez detention center. The decision comes despite dozens of county residents. Asking the board of supervisors to spend the cares act money on Health Services instead of policing. The coronavirus it does continue to spread at high rates and parts of the country nationally the 7 day average for covid related deaths roughly 1000 the average for new cases about 53,000. We have a look at the latest numbers, globally more than 20 million cases. The u. S. Has more than 5 million california has more than 591,000 in the bay area there are more than 64,000 cases, 916 deaths we have more details on kron 4 dot com. As the summer surge in coronavirus cases begins to level off by the death rate does remain alarmingly high. Our reporter whitney wild talked with one woman who says behind every death statistics is a person. I seen him on friday i seen him on saturday shanique mills says her brother died from coronavirus i mean he was functioning and so for him to be gone on sunday, its just. Its a lot to take in robert ruiz was just 31. His sister wants people to know the man behind the statistic it was uplifting and encouraging. He was such a rare soul that words cant describe medical professionals say we are far from out of the woods, any cases anywhere really keep risk. Pretty all across the entirety of the United States new guidance from the association of american medical colleges urging people to wear face coverings in indoor public settings over the nose and chin. Minimizing any gaps it says cloth masks should have at least 2 layers of fabric preferably 3 the president turning his attention to College Football part of his administrations larger push to get schools open to a large extent its going to happen they want to do it, ill tell you whats that doing to the players and the coaches. The big 10, the pac 12 the Mountain West and the midamerican conferences are all postponing the fall season, the road to reopening sports schools and and the economy. Lies in dramatically, reducing rates of infection in the community. Mills just wants everyone to take the virus seriously and i dont think people understand until it hits home. Because that would be one to say that i took it really lightly into a home at the white house with the wild kron 4 news. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly had an impact on all types of businesses as well including Rideshare Companies like uber and left this week, a judge ordered both companies to classify their california drivers as employees. Instead of independent contractors, but uber ceo says they might have to shut down if this order sticks kron fours michelle kingston explains. I would rather see them shut down that continue to exploit people steve gregg drove for uber for almost 4 years totaling at more than 16,000 rides throughout the bay area are quit basically in a panic attack when coronavirus hit greg stop driving fearful of getting sick. He also saw this as a way out of the company one that he says was never supportive of its drivers if you cant. Some like to provide a social safety net. As these laws are designed to do for the people who are working for you whether their employees or contractors, not in the system is broken and needs to change just this week, a california judge ordered both uber and lyft to treat their california drivers as employees instead of independent contractors guaranteeing them benefits like any other fulltime employee uber says it will likely be forced to shut down operations in the state for several months if its required to do this the attorney general in city attorneys in san diego, los angeles and here in San Francisco sued the ride hailing firms arguing they were violating the law by deeming their drivers to be independent contractors both companies are under pressure to alter their Business Models in california. Well some drivers though actually prefer the flexibility of working independently. Majority of drivers are parttime they are doing 10 or 20 hours a week or less so its probably not a shocker that a lot of them kind of you know uber and lyft have its problems to have its positives and negatives that have been well documented, but i think a lot of drivers are scared about losing that flexibility to log on whenever and wherever you aunt lawyers for uber and lyft say drivers are not fundamental to the business i want to see people who were working for a living. Earning a fair wage and having a social safety net not living in fear of not having insurance not living in fear of losing their job both uber and lyft are expected to fight the ruling. And San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news and the transport Workers Union released this statement regarding over possibly shutting down saying uber threatening to cease operations in california is one of the oldest Union Busting tactics in the book it shows just how scared their ceo is if hes resorting to bullying empty threats and intimidation. Food Delivery Service ap a doordash also faces legal action over its classifying of workers, San Francisco dha subdued dean announced today. He requested a court order to immediately halt doordash from classifying its workers as independent contractors instead of employees. The deans office first filed a lawsuit against or dashon. Over worker caught classification. And i said joe when you called me, im incredibly honored by this responsibility. And im ready to get to work. Im ready to get to work. And the work starts now joe biden and senator Kamala Harris, they appeared together today for the first time as running mates just the dean has your highlights. The first look and his story ticket i had a great choice, but i have no doubt that i picked the right person to join me as the next vice pres the United States of america and that Sen Kamala Harris newly named Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris joining the Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden today in wilmington, delaware. I couldnt be prouder. To be by his side running to represent you. The people as well biden also taking President Trumps criticism of his pick to head on is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem. The strong women are strong women across the board after the event harris and biden along with their spouses headlined an online fundraiser with grassroots supporters yesterday we are at our best grassroots fundraising day of the campaign. More than double our previous record and in doing so we set a singleday record for online Political Fund raising. And i think i know why. Todays events come just one day after biden announced his historic choice you ready to go to work. And a new Campaign Video released today showed the moment biden told harris she was his pick 90 minutes later, hes decision was announced to the world first of all is the answer. Yes, where is right here. I exciting bidens decision to choose harris follows a months long vetting process that began with at least 20 women over the last 10 days biden conducted one on one interviews with the final 11 prospective nominees either in person or over video chat. The attorney general of the state of delaware, but during her interview harris spoke at length about her friendship with bidens late son beau biden. Harrison beau biden served as attorneys general together i learned quickly. That boat was the kind of guy who inspired people to be a better version of themselves. He really was the best of us. And when i would ask him where to get that where this come from. He knows talk about. Now with his Vice President ial search behind him by believes he has the right person by his side. Cano knows how to govern. She knows how to make the hard calls. Shes ready to do this job on day one. And jessica dean reporting for us tonight, President Trump also weighing in today on senator harris calling her quote very very nasty. And quote the meanest the most horrible most disrespectful of anybody on the u. S. Senate. After the that News Conference that you saw San Francisco maryland, a bridge. She talked to cnn about her former colleague Kamala Harris and what she says is the need to get back to humanity in the election. Well it was spot on it was so moving it just reminded me of the need for humanity in this election. We have been dealing with so many challenges with the Trump Administration for far too long and her speech got us back to focusing on whats most important. The American People the challenges that were facing in this country because of this Global Pandemic and the need for strong leadership and that is really what we need