and so we're trying to take a responsible approach. >> reporter: in daly city, amanda dell ka ti amanda dell castillo. >> what about the rest of the bay area? alameda county plans to reopen next week. contra costa county is considering next week, and santa clara county has no time line. >>> it is the question weighing heavily tonight on parents, teachers, and students. what will cool look like in the fall? education is one of the four pillars of promises we've made to you to help build a better bay area out of all of this and tonight we're getting a better idea of what families can expect the next school year. j.r. stone is in the newsroom with the story. >> so many districts are out there talking about what they may do next year. palo alto unified has a blueprint of what could end up happening. >> we are looking at about 12 to 15 students in a classroom right now. >> that from palo alto unified school district don austin who says they're looking at the possibility next year of having middle and high school students come to school two days a week and work from home the other three days. >> students c

and so we're trying to take a responsible approach. >> reporter: in daly city, i'm amanda dell ka ti amanda dell castillo. >> what about the rest of the bay area? alameda county plans to reopen next week. contra costa county is considering next week, and santa clara county has no time line. >>> it is the question weighing heavily tonight on parents, teachers, and students. what will cool look like in the fall? education is one of the four pillars of promises we've made to you to help build a better bay area out of all of this and tonight we're getting a better idea of what families can expect the next school year. j.r. stone is in the newsroom with the story. >> so many districts are out there talking about what they may do next year. palo alto unified has a blueprint of what could end up happening. >> we are looking at about 12 to 15 students in a classroom right now. >> that from palo alto unified school district don austin who says they're looking at the possibility next year of having middle and high school students come to school two days a week and work from home the other three days. >> students c

in san jose, i'm amanda dell castillo abc 7 news. >>> as california reopens you can expect to see more traffic on the roadways. taking a look at your emeryville cameras, you can see more commute traffic compared to last month. the bay area transportation commission is worried we may see even worse traffic than before the coronavirus outbreak. at's bileiding public transit. >> when we reopen, we know we're not going to have packed transit. we know that. and that's because there's going to be social distancing or other requirements. people may not wish to come back. so, i think one thing we're going to get for sure is packed freeways and the question is what does that mean and what does that look like and we just don't know yet. >> the mtc released data today comparing all of the bay area's bridge traffic with a week in march for the same time last year. the 2020 numbers are way down compared to 2019 but it's starting to rise. >>> birthdays and graduations have not been the same because of the shelter-in-place rules. now santa clara rule has banned car parades or drive through celebratio

in san jose, i'm amanda dell castillo abc 7 news. >>> as california reopens you can expect to see more traffic on the roadways. taking a look at your emeryville cameras, you can see more commute traffic compared to last month. the bay area transportation commission is worried we may see even worse traffic than before the coronavirus outbreak. that's because they expect fewer people will chance riding public transit. >> when we reopen, we know we're not going to have packed transit. we know that. and that's because there's going to be social distancing or other requirements. people may not wish to come back. so, i think one thing we're going to get for sure is packed freeways and the question is what does that mean and what does that look like and we just don't know yet. >> the mtc released data today comparing all of the bay area's bridge traffic with a week in march for the same time last year. the 2020 numbers are way down compared to 2019 but it's starting to rise. >>> birthdays and graduations have not been the same because of the shelter-in-place rules. now santa clara rule has ba

abc 7 news reporter amanda dell castillo is with us. are you there? you can walk us through -- >> >> reporter: powerful, powerful scene here in downtown san jose. today's effort was organized mainly through social media. we came across several posts, people inviting others to protest the death of george floyd through marching through downtown san jose. we know that started at 2:00 this afternoon. attracting hundreds to city hall. at that point, we hadn't witnessed any violence or vandalism. instead, a diverse group of protesters who made their way down east santa clara street. after 3:00, that group of more than 100 protesters entered the on ramp on to southbound 101 at the santa clara street exit. we witnessed frustration between a driver -- between several drivers, i should say and a few protesters that ended with the protesters smashing the driver's rear window. then a confrontation led to someone smashing the skateboard through the rear window of another car. these instances were not reflective of the early crowds we were seeing. they were for the

amanda dell castillo has that story. >> reporter: after months of sheltering in place, many are ready to get back into the workplace. >> i miss interacting with colleagues, lunches, face to face with customers. >> reporter: even with the excitement, there is clear concern. >> any day job i get an office that's more closed in. >> a lot of companies, they're very international. we have a lot of people normally coming off of planes from asia and europe. >> until there's a vaccine, no one is fully secure. the last two and a half months have encouraged people and companies to reduce risk. >> i'm confident if we can return they'll set it up in a safe way. >> reporter: many will have strict social distancing, staggered schedules, constant hand washing, and of course face masks. >> we've got to find a way to live our life with this situation as smartly as we can knowing our own particular risk factors of age and health and family and all of that. >> reporter: santa clara university psychology professor thomas plant says there's a number of factors that can shape someone's interaction, whether

amanda dell castillo has that story. >> reporter: after months of sheltering in place, many are ready to get back into the workplace. >> i miss interacting with colleagues, lunches, face to face with customers. >> reporter: even with the excitement, there is clear concern. >> any day job i get an office that's more closed in. >> a lot of companies, they're very international. we have a lot of people normally coming off of planes from asia and europe. >> until there's a vaccine, no one is fully secure. the last two and a half months have encouraged people and companies to reduce risk. >> i'm confident if we can return they'll set it up in a safe way. >> reporter: many will have strict social distancing, staggered schedules, constant hand washing, and of course face masks. >> we've got to find a way to live our life with this situation as smartly as we can knowing our own particular risk factors of age and health and family and all of that. >> reporter: santa clara university psychology professor thomas plant says there's a number of factors that can shape someone's interaction, whether