And well begin with whats happening in this video. This evening the abc 7 news iteam is learning new details about two of the Alameda Police officers who handcuffed and pinned a black man to the ground after reports he was dancing in the street. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. In an exclusive iteam interview, our iteam reporter spoke with alamedas police chief to see how the department is responding. She joins us live. Reporter we learned today the first two officers who detained Miley Watkins were brand new to the Alameda Police department, both still in training up until just a few months ago. There is not a single use of force that ever happens in police work where youre not concerned. Reporter the Alameda Police chief speaks exclusively to the iteam for the First Time Since this body cam footage was released last week. Youre dancing in the street. So what . Im dancing in the street. Yes. Hold on. Youre not free to go. Since when is dancing in the street a crime . Yeah. Im unaw
We may actually have to be very flexible with our school models. Trying to create things that honor the social distancing requirements, but dont create a system thats scary for kids. The thing that i miss the most about school is constantly having something to motive me. That feeling of gratification when it comes to learning a subject and applying yourself. I want to see my friends and my teachers. I also miss my friends, and i also misplaying. I miss recess at school. I want to go back to school in the fall. Its not going to be a common open for every Single School district in the district. There is no one size fits all. Together we are working to meet the needs of our 6. 2 million students. Abc7 presents education a bay area conversation. And there is so much to discuss. Thank you so much for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news. Im ama daetz with lyanne melendez. Instead of our 4 00 p. M. Newscast, today were going to spend the hour talking with experts and you in an ab
Ukraine for tion help. And that the white house e tried to cover it up. On thursday, the acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire, testified before congress about the complaint which he called quote unpreced ted. It centers phone call the president held with the ukraine president in july where he asked him repeatedly to open a torruption investigation his 2020 president ial rival, joe biden. On tuesday, House Speaker nancy pelosi announced the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against the pepresident accusin him of betraying his oath of president tr called the p fice. Impeachment inquiry quote a witchhunt and attacked the credibility and charactetlof ujoining us now via skype from washington dc is political reporter jessica taylor. And here in studio the editor politics and government, scott shafer. Jessica taylor and scott shafer, thank you for bein here. Scott, of course given californias representation and congressional leadership, we are playing a prominent ro i
Now it is under 510 miles per hour. The breeze along the coast is picked up. Ocean temps are running slightly below to near average. Bodega bay doing is 49. The average is 50. The San Francisco bully is 53. In Santa Barbara is at 56. The average is 59. You dont find 60s until you get near santa monica. It should be about 55 for santa cruz. It is slightly below average. That helps on these coastal temperatures being so cool. Also with the fog forming, although the parameters are falling apart. Still a few clouds and isolated shower to the north or will northwest. That will be the breeze today. Santa rosa is now 42 cool degrees. Airfield is 45. Palo alto at 51. There a lot of 40s from tiburon all way up to kensington. Napa is at 43. It is a breezy blustery day under mostly sunny skies. The system has to dig in from the Pacific Northwest and that will keep us cool here going all the way into early next week. A couple of soft 70s. Lot of 60s on the coast. Soft 70s. Seals and cropped. Seals
What teachers, students, parents said about San Francisco Bay Area schools reopening
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many San Francisco Bay Area public schools have been closed for nearly a full year. And while we ve heard a lot about whether they should reopen from both politicians and teacher unions, we haven t heard nearly as much from actual teachers, or parents, or even students.
So, we decided to give them the floor.
Our call for reader emails Monday resulted in an overwhelming response we received more than 300 messages from teachers, district superintendents, parents, students, grandparents, doctors, college professors and community members.