amy holyfield is on the story. >> i was shocked to hear that the district is representing our children this way. >> reporter: that's the reaction from parents in oakley after comments from the school board were broadcast life over a webex call, a call the board thought was private. listen as board member kim beatty talks about what she would do if parents who commented online did it to her face. >> if you are going to call me out, i'm going to [ bleep ] you up. >> i think the which juan of them spoke about a social media post, how she said come at her and she'll come back at her, something, it was really shocking to hear that. it was appalling. >> reporter: board member implies that parents want their kids to go back to school so they can sit home and smoke pot and says when your kids are home, there is no more friday. >> my brother had a delivery service for medical marijuana. clientele were parents with their kids in school. [ laughter ] >> translator: they see us writing letters. >> monthly, weekly to the board members, you know, detailing ou distance learning. so for them to say th

live in berkeley, amy holyfield abc 7 news. >>> the governor will visit long beach today giving an update on the efforts to vaccinate across the state. so far more than 7 million doses have been given out. the governor toured this popup site in inglewood yesterday. he said the vaccine is going to minority communities. the problem, though, is having enough vaccines. >> later in the summer, may, june, july, game changer. march, april, i think all of us across the country need to be a little level set a little bit with the nation to say the constraints are still likely to be with us unless there's a massive breakthrough with j and j. >> meanwhile the governor says the state is dedicating more than $4 billion to address learning loss kids have experienced since being home. >> is it more after school? summer school? are we going to extend the school year or do more for peer support or wellness? mental health? >> he says all of that is going to be up to local school districts and without offering any details, he said in the next few weeks more businesses will be able to reopen with modification

amy holyfield live at blossom field elementary with more. >> reporter: as part of the safety plan, they'll have rumors and zoomers. half of the kids will be in the classroom at one time while the other half will be at home watching on zoom. and then they will rotate that throughout the week. this just comes three weeks after parents here held a protest calling for schools to reopen. they got word schools would open today. it was a surpris for some. a happy one for some. this is the district that was just recently at the center of a vaccine controversy. san jose's good samaritan hospital offered the vaccines to hospitals raising concerns about jumping the line. more than 60 teachers signed up for the shot. the health department is now investigating and the hospital is conducting an internal review. no word yet on when middle and high schools here will reopen. today is a big day for elementary schools. abc 7 news. >>> several key co-vid metrics indicate the spread is slowing in california. the positivity rate is 6.7%. that's the lowest point for the 7 -day rate since the end of november. it'

reporting live from fremont, my holyfield. >>> st.s peter and paul church are reporting an outbreak in their church. at least three priests have fallen ill. the church is going to be closed through saturday with all services streamed online on. the san francisco city attorney's office last year sent the archdiocese a cease and desist letter larging the church to stop ordering large masses. in july at least 10 people were infected at a wedding ceremony at the church against public health orders. we were at st. mary's cathedral sunday morning with parishioner night. the state updated the guidelines for houses of worship for purple and red, they are limited to 25%. and at orange and yellow tiers, 50%. >>> metrics in california show things are improving around the state. a little bit of good news this morning. the number of people hospitalized has dropped below 12,000. a month ago it was nearly 22,000. the 7-day positivity rate now stands at 5.4%. that's a good indicator of the spread of the virus. the state did report more than 15,000 newly diagnosed cases yesterday which is about the dai

olympics olympics areo open on july 23rd run until august 8th and rivalry renewed tell ji fight between holyfieldnd delivered long time friend of tyson says two box greats will fight for over 270 million dollars. to two have fought several times including enpa infamous when he bit off the ear. >> teacher union acued of playing politics with students and school reopening plans, in chicago, the mayor announced an agreement to return students to the classroom this week although the union still said they have to approve the deal. and in philadelphia today would have been the first day back but the union is just told teachers don't go. joining me now to discuss this is lisa she's a mother of five, and in pennsylvania, and washington examiner reporter. selena who has been covering school closures as well good morning ladies. >> good morning. ainsley: lisa i'll start with you tell us how this is affecting your family. >> our children in our sound area school district they have been virtual for 11 month now so with children staring at a chrome book suffering from anxiety, depression some turned to crimin