. >>> the professor that heads at the asian american studies program at the san francisco state san francisco state university is launching a new tool helping to fight racism in the pandemic. amber lee shows up how it can help people across california. >> >> reporter: this video was created by russell jim, chair of the asian american studies at san francisco state, as part of his effort to track racist behavior and hate crimes triggered by the virus. >> to give asian americans a voice. and actually great policies to stop the hate. >> reporter: the professor teamed up with asian-pacific policy -- to launch stop api hate. >> there is discrimination against the violation of human rights. >> reporter: in just two months he tells me there have been 1900 incidents, most are of asian americans being harassed or shunned. >> from 45 different states. and there is racism on the surge against asian americans. >> is just happening. >> reporter: sandy tells me while walking toward near chinatown, man directed racist comments at her. >> put on my mask because i am spreading the coronavirus, you horror. >>

that's 23 universities, including san jose state, cal state east bay, sonoma state and san francisco state university. so joining me to talk about these changes is the president of sf state, lynn mahoney. plynn, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. pleasure to be here. >> absolutely. csu is a large university system. actually the largest in the country. right? the way you guys go, a lot of other universities are follow. a lot of universities are still deciding if they want to do hybrid or they want to just hold off a little longer to see if there's a glimmer of hope. your system has pulled the trigger. tell me about the timing and why announce this now? >> it is important that people have time to plan. it's two -- the first are our students. th they're planning for housing in the fall. in the san francisco bay area, people can't find housing at the last minute. it behooves us to give them. and also provides the faculty time to prepare online experiences for the students, we did it fast this spring to meet the public health needs. we need to plan thoughtful, educationa

steven brandt, stephen is graduating from our meal high school in fairfield he'll be attending san francisco state university in the fall to major in biology shall to san francisco state and alumni you can let us know about a graduate in your life just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 it's right under the new staff then submit a picture of your grab you want to see more let us know which high school to graduate attendant and what's next for them. we love to share stories like this congratulations. all right we'll pick outside before we go just in case you know maybe you have a flight to catch so here's a live look at sfo. >>a mix of clouds around the bay area this morning but we'll have some sunshine as we head into the afternoon. mild to warm 60's and 70's around welcome back to check out this wild parade, lucky ones ranch in vacaville. >>they brought in sheep goats llamas and even tortoises to greet residents at the pacific a senior living facility. this morning we are reconizing the ranch and its owners as kron 4 heroes. tao lay and her husband are also members of law enforcement

that includes san francisco state, san jose state, and cal state east bay. white said the school made the decision because of the concern of another possible wave of covid-19 during the fall season. the public immunity rate is very low, there's no vaccine, it was an easy choice to move classes online. >>> getting to graduate safely. school districts across the bay area are experimenting trying to figure out ways to mark that milestone for high school seniors. for some that means virtual graduations. for others, it could be mean in-person ceremony, but how? damian trujillo, lay it out for us. >> reporter: the high school has five valedictorians. we spoke with three of them today becausover felt feels all students need to be recognized in a ceremony. we did today's interviews virtually. but in the next few weeks, graduating seniors will be offered a special ceremony. it will be by appoint. . each student can bring up to six family members with them. >> they'll be able to wear their cap and gown. we won't have a big celebration but we can honor each senior indi

the conference is made up of 13 schools that includes san francisco state sonoma state and cal state east bay. well the president of the university of california wants to end the use of the s a t and a c t test as that mission requirements instead she wants a homegrown test. so the president recommend suspending the standardized testing until 2024. and having a new tests ready by 2025 activists have long claimed that the test put poor and minority students at a disadvantage. a decision could be made as early as may 21st. well some california families with students eligible for free and reduced school lunches make it more state funding. it's a part of the pandemic emergency benefits transfer program that newsome eligible families will get a one time payment of up to $365 for each child payments will be uploader right on to death the cards that should arrive in the mail between today and may 20 seconds the cars can only be used to buy food and they're accepted at most groincluding w online on amazon for more information on how to apply just go to our website. we have a link there on kr

yesterday. 65 in oakland, 67 in san jose and i will show you the future cast, walking through it all coming out. >>> today, the state's retail reopening plan begins for san francisco, marin and san mateo counties. let's go live to redwood city. >> reporter: this is one of more popular outdoor stores on the peninsula and we all know the drill. the first steps of phase 2 means that they can reopen today but you have to order ahead and get curbside delivery. this includes but is not limited to book, toy, jewelry stores, clothing, shoe and home furnishing stores, sporting goods, florists, dog walking, carwashes, appliance repair and of course residential cleaning. in other words, nonessential retail or services that do not require close customer contact. we caught up with gloria and sam and they run a clothing store in burlingame and they have been close for couple of months and it will finally be able to open up starting today but they think they will be about 10% normal at first. they are focused on keeping their customers healthy. >> that is the last thing we want, then to get sick. we need them. >> it is both cited. they are my clients and our staff and our famili

san francisco and then transferring. and then ashley perez, san francisco state university. ln high school, adrian buscas, city college of san francisco. hiptop school, lucero, the san francisco state university. and john o'connell high school, san francisco state university. and civic center secondary, jordan priestley, city college san francisco. and idab. wells, amani matthews. and balboa high school, u.c. santa cruz. and congratulations to all of our students, you will receive a check within the next 10 to 14 days. >> president sanchez: everyone is applauding. thank you. our next is for educators. are you here? mr. steele, have you seen her? >> i just had her over in attendees, so hopefully try again. >> president sanchez: and the alliance for black school educators -- all right. we'll go back to miss marshall. and the association of chinese teachers, loren -- >> (indiscernible). >> hi. i'm the head counsellor for the san francisco unified. >> (indiscernible). >> president sanchez: go ahead, miss marshall. >> sorry about that. superintendent matthews and commissioners and

san francisco there. she is she's headed to san francisco state in the fall and will study physical therapy. you can let us know about to graduate in your life just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020. under the news tab. these are just some of the many photos, thank you for sending. i like the woman with the dog. i submit a picture of your grad let us know which high school that person attended and what's coming up next for us and we've been honoring people doing good things in their communities during the pandemic tonight it is brian jones sees a i t is that principle forum for product front would high and he's been helping deliver meals in that say i don't make sure i get the name right a entry in brentwood. he and 5 fellow staff members have been delivering meals to more than 40 families people who live quite far from the school and can't afford to drive into town each day in each delivery families get food to last them a week, various congratulations and you can spotlight somebody making different a big difference in your community. we have a section on our web site called kr

he will be attending diablo valley college next year, and emily stevens has graduated from san francisco stateniversity with a major in liberal studies. share your graduate photos with us, email 2020grads@cbs.com or use the hashtag kpix , include their name, something about them as well, no professional photos, please. you may see them on tv. we will be right back. >>> thank you for watching the kpix 5 news at 7:00. >> on this memorial day were going to leave you with a very special rendition of our national anthem. [ music ] announcer: it's time to playrv [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheers and applause] steve: i appreciate it. how are y'all? thank you, folks. i appreciate that. how y'all doing? i appreciate that, man. thank y'all. thank you. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man, steve harvey. [cheers and applause] got another good one for you today, folks. returning for their second day with a total of $20,000, from birmingham, alabama, it's the champs, it's kyles family. [cheers and applause] and from south philadelphia, p.a., it's the conte family.

there will be some exceptions for have to be on campus before bay area campuses affected our san francisco state sonoma san jose and cal state east bay in hayward. san mateo county has modified its shelter-in-place order to allow for what it calls vehicle based gatherings. kron four's maureen kelly says the push to allow graduation ceremonies us behind this change. >>students picking up their caps and gowns at san mateo high school say at this point the plan for their class of 2020 is to have a virtual graduation ceremony. >>you know they made a hard decision to close the schools down and you know let us be safe. so i'm grateful for whatever and i just want to graduate. >>but now the san mateo county public health officer has signed a modification of the shelter-in-place order meant to give students a way to celebrate this rite of passage together sort of the new order allows for of ends in san mateo county like high school graduations. >>to take the form of a drive-in movie but unlike a tailgate party, there's a lot of rules to these now allowed car gatherings. the events would have to be held

san francisco there. she is she's headed to san francisco state in the fall. and we'll study physical therapy and let us know about a graduate in your life we've been telling you this and we're going a lot of photos who these are just some of them i just go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 it's under the news tab. submit a picture of your graduate you can let us know which high school that person attended and what's coming up for the graduate next. and we have been honoring people doing good things in their communities during the pandemic tonight it is brian jones principal for entry and brentwood for the last few weeks a principal jones in 5 fellow staff members have been delivering meals to more than 40 families these are people who live far from the school and can't afford to drive into town each day in each delivery families, good food that will last them for about a week. you can spotlight, somebody making a difference in your community we have a section on our web site called kron 4 heroes just fill out a quick form let us know about your hero

and kyra is graduating from san francisco state university with high honors, so congratulations to the both of them. you can send us your grad shout- outs by emailing us with 2020 grads at cbs.com or sharing them with a hashtag. you might see them on tv. >>> photo shoot through facetime, how ♪ this virus is testing all of us. and it's testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. so abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. and until this fight is over, we...will...never...quit. because they never quit. >>> it is raining in the south bay. caexpect through the day coming up. >>> video calls are now being used by some photographers to do the work they would typically do in person. the virtual sessions include weddings to ad campaigns and you can see the picture quality is surprisingly good. they tell us the focus now is not on pixels and resolution but capturing a moment in time. >> we make sure it is a pretty good spot with some decent lighting and then i cracked joe's to them. >> people tend to forget what it is about. i

from in high school in hayward and will be living on to the greatest university in the world, san francisco state university. congratulations, taylor. tell them i sent you there. we also have laura wright. she is graduating from csu monterey with a bachelors in health and human services. congratulations, laura. good luck to you. share your grad photos with us. e-mail 2020 grads at kpix.com, or use hashtag >>> tonight, the owners of a lot of gyms and fitness centers are desperately seeking work kind of from what they need to do to reopen their doors safely. in a zoom meeting today with fitness company owners, the governor signaled that he would release reopening guidelines for fitness centers as early as next week. today, the governor didn't offer much else. that left a lot of owners frustrated. they say they don't have much time to wait. >> the guidelines that will be meaningful that we help to put out in the very, very near future. as a very near future because i don't want to say next week, but within a week or so. >> we can't wait. i cannot afford to wait much longer than a week at this stage.

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and marcella zaragoza is graduating from san francisco state with a bachelors in music education, congratulations. keep sharing your graduate photos with us, you can email 2020grads@cbs.com or use the hashtag kpix , include their name and where they are going next. we ask no professional photos, please and you may see them on tv. >>> still ahead, a remarkable story of survival, one california man comes back from the edge of death after nearly a month in the icu with covid- 19. he shares his harrowing story. >>> out of the big city and into the wilderness, where the pandemic is creating a real estate boom for one ski hotspot. like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you. michael, you didn't have to... and, we're going to need some help with the rest. you've worked so hard to achieve so much. perhaps it's time

san francisco and then transferring. and then ashley perez, san francisco state university. ln high school, adrian buscas, city college of san francisco. hiptop school, lucero, the san francisco state university. and john o'connell high school, san francisco state university. and civic center secondary, jordan priestley, city college san francisco. and idab. wells, amani matthews. and balboa high school, u.c. santa cruz. and congratulations to all of our students, you will receive a check within the next 10 to 14 days. >> president sanchez: everyone is applauding. thank you. our next is for educators. are you here? mr. steele, have you seen her? >> i just had her over in attendees, so hopefully try again. >> president sanchez: and the alliance for black school educators -- all right. we'll go back to miss marshall. and the association of chinese teachers, loren -- >> (indiscernible). >> hi. i'm the head counsellor for the san francisco unified. >> (indiscernible). >> president sanchez: go ahead, miss marshall. >> sorry about that. superintendent matthews and commissioners and

san francisco, san mateo county announced today they're moving forward into phase to on monday. alameda and contra costa county entering sometime next week. napa, sonoma and -- are already into phase two. across the state, some regions continue to move much faster, 15 counties in rural parts of northern or central california have now been approved by is it state to move faster through phase two, including opening dine in restaurants and schools, but all with modifications. >> this is a dynamic process, we hope in the next days, weeks, not just months, we'll continue to see more progress, but that's up to each and every one of us. >> but the picture varies throughout the state. los angeles counties, public health director said this week that l.a.'s shelter in place order will likely last for three more months. mayor eric garcetti clarified what that means. >> no so-called open state or open country that doesn't continue to have health orders, telling us to cover our faces, physically distance, that's all that the county health director was saying. >> as different regions take different approaches, the question also about how to prevent too much cross county travel, governor newsom today with this remind

san francisco state, cal state east bay. he says the university system is concerned about another potential wave of covid-19 in the fall flu season. the public immunity rate is low and with no vaccine, it just makes sense to keep classes online. >>> and san francisco, help for the city's most vuler in rabble, jock dorsey has donated $15 million to the recovery 23u7bd. it will help low income households. it's part of the give to sf program. the mayor says it will hymn people stay in their homes and get through the pandemic. >>> restaurants, it pays to be liked by facebook's founder. they gave eight of their favorite restaurants $100,000 to help them survive in the shelter in home. p the owner says she plans to pay it forward. >> i just appreciate what they give to us. and i will make sure that all money goes to help workers, and people in shelters. >> the donation means she can also afford now to give her employees more hours. other restaurants received the $100,000 restaurant are fuki sush should i and the liberty ball and g

pioneer high school in san jose, and he plans on staying in the bay area, he'll be attending san francisco state university in the fall. congratulations to hard net and way to keep it here in the bay and you can submit a graduate go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under news. submit a picture of your grad and let us know which high school the graduate, it ended and what is next for him or her. happy national nurses day. that wraps up kron 4 news at 5 our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues at 6. california is on the verge of phase 2 of reopening but several bay area counties say even if the states shelter in place order is eased. >>they're not ready. so what is it going to take to loosen restrictions here, i'm justine waldman and i'll see you for kron >>news at 6. >>now it's 6 california has millions of surgical masks and hand the shipment of ppa is helping the state move into the next phase of reopening earlier than anticipated. and we have details about the next steps that could come as early as tomorrow. thank you so much for joining us here at 6 i'm justine waldman gov

>>the san francisco rules state that a store can resume business is business if it has clear access to a sidewalk. st. parking lot or an alley to use for pickup has no more than 10 employees on site at once and is not in an enclosed shopping center unless that business has its own exterior door. this what's going to be happening on monday should include more than 90% of retailers in san francisco. so we checked in with the owners of assembly hall a san francisco clothing store for men, women and kids with stores on film a street and of his narrow. intel they tell us that curbside pickup create some additional challenges to the success of a small boutique. >>the reason why coming to a close the stories you want to try things on see how fabric feels see how things drape will be your body. tried a couple of different same size is because something's always come slightly different and so you know we're not going be able to pry provide that opportunity for a consumer anymore, the whole point of a small boutique like ours is to showcase. these unique pieces that you can't find anywhere else

the conference is made up of 12 schools including san francisco state, cal state east bay and sonoma state. so far there's still no official word about the fate of cal state's three largest athletic programs. san jose state, fresno state and san diego state or even cal poly. >>> sonoma county is lifting more park restrictions. it will allow some parking lots to reopen. also sports facilities including tennis, basketball courts will reopen on a case-by-case basis on only people living in the same household will be allowed to play together with distancing and face covering requirements a must. >>> 5:11. a look at the forecast getting out the door. how is it looking, kari? >>> yeah, we're starting out with more clouds, marcus, and we're nice and cool. but we've seen some spotty showers, very light this morning. i think we'll have a better chance of rain as we go into the afternoon. as we take it hour by hour at noon, mostly in the low 60s and upper 60s for later today for our inland east bay micro climates, the north bay. we can reach the low 70s in the south bay. we'll talk more about t

the 4 bay area campuses affected our san francisco state sonoma san jose and cal state east bay in hayward. >>tonight a bay area social media giant is giving employees the option to work from home forever. >>but some business leaders and city officials are voicing their concerns over what that could mean for the local economy. our chris has he made union has details. >>san francisco, bay's twitter was one of the first companies to adjust their business operation with employees working from hold in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic that adjustment just became a permanent option for twitter employees, the ceo of the social media company jack dorsey is now allowing twitter employees who would like to continue working from home, the ability to do so indefinitely. yes certainly the covid-19 pandemic obviously force us all to shelter in place to leave our our physical workplaces and it's going to have certainly shorter events already seeing and you know likely longer term effects like those we're seeing with the announcement from twitter roof is jeffrey's is the spokesperson for the bay area cou

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provide three meals a day as well as running water and sewer connections to each trailer. >>> san francisco statener introduced a bill that will requires the state to collect data on that lb gt q community. right now they collect information on race and gender but not sexual orientation. he said the community could be suffering more from the virus because they have higher risk of cancer, hiv and aids. they reconvene yesterday and no word on when they will discuss the bill. distract new dash cam video release today from the nampa county sheriff's department that showed a deadly shooting. sheriff is speaking out about the moments right before the officer fired. >> when i saw the video for the first time without context i was shocked. the nampa county sheriff's office released dramatic dash cam video today. it showed the chase that ended with the deputy daily shooting and armed robbery suspect from behind. the reporters says the suspect was accused of stealing from a walmart store. >>> a robbery suspect armed with a shotgun, shot and killed from behind by sheriff's deputy, greg lee. >> when i saw th

the conference is made up of 13 schools, including san francisco state sonoma state and cal state east bay tonight a bay area social media giant is now giving employees the option to work from home permanently but some business leaders and city officials voice their concerns over what that could mean for the local economy. conference has it made you has the story. >>san francisco bay's twitter was one of the first companies to adjust their business operation with employees working from home in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic that adjustment just became a permanent option for twitter employees, the ceo of the social media company jack dorsey is now allowing twitter employees who would like to continue working from home, the ability to do so indefinitely. yes certainly the covid-19 pandemic obviously force us all to shelter in place to leave our our physical workplaces and it's going to have certainly shorter events already seeing and you know likely longer term effects like those we're seeing with the announcement from twitter roof is jeffrey's is the spokesperson for the bay area cou

lifted, they are hoping that people around the bay area will be among the first to come to san francisco, state and the hotels, and enjoy the city. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> san francisco pride may be canceled, but organizers are planning a series of celebrations for next month 50th anniversary. most of the events, including live performances, will happen online. on june 27th, the pink triangle will be lit up with l.e.d. lights. organizers say they won't be able to construct a huge canvas triangle like you normally do, instead the group behind the bay bridge lights will create a huge triangle out of pink l.e.d. lights. >>> the oakland unified school district says they now have enough money to start bridging the digital divide. ktvu's cristina rendon tells us the district has received another donation to help meet their fundraising goal to ensure that all students have access to a computer and the internet. >> reporter: a lofty $12.5 million goal, met with in a week. one of the biggest contributions , $10 million from twitter ceo jack dorsey, to close the digital d

>>and they haven't been in a classroom in months, yeah, thanks a lot for that report from san francisco state robin. some california families with children eligible for free or reduced school lunches make it more state funding. >>now it's a part of a new program introduced by governor newsome eligible families will get a one time payment of up to $365 for each child payments will be uploaded on to debit card said should arrive in the mail between now and may 22nd. the cards can only be used for food they are accepted at most grocery stores, including walmart and online on amazon for more information on how to apply just visit our website kron 4 dot com. >>happening today in just a few hours the california air national guard will be flying fighter jets over the state including right here in the bay area. take a look at that map that shows the route today they should be in the east bay over oakland about 1043 this morning. then they'll go to san jose to be there about 1055 so beat her in the south bay look up to the sky about then the flyover salute is to thank local health care workers and fir

news in a minute when we do come back in the next hour we have san francisco and san mateo counties now moving into phase 2 of the state's reopening process will tell you what it means for stores here in the bay area. plus the state superintendent of schools is laying out his vision for returning to class in the fall amid the pandemic we'll tell you what they're thinking right now. meanwhile, 4 people were killed in a crash on highway 85 in san jose this morning that driver has been arrested kron four's will tran is standing by live with 4 people are dead one person arrested and all or abul accident on southbound 85 in san jose is still. >>an active scene coming up in just a few moments, i'll tell you exactly what happened in a live report. >>the just throughout santa cruz county are set to reopen today after they were shut down after a deadly shark attack over the weekend we'll

impact 10's of thousands of students right here in the bay area kron 4 sarah stinson live at san francisco state university with the latest this morning on those changes sarah. >>robin that's right. the california state university system they decided for the fall semester to be mainly online classes and that's what students have been doing this semester. it's been looking like this on campus said sf state just nobody around everyone's doing their classes online in virtually and the whole system will be doing that continuing on into the fall semester, this is the first. >>type of initiative like this in the nation to continue on till fall semester and this will impact all 23 universities, including the 4 right here in the bay area. >>sf state san jose state sonoma state and cal state east bay in hayward. >>students will be experiencing a mainly virtual semester to protect the health of students and faculty from the spread of the coronavirus there are few exceptions to this some classes will be caught we will be taught in person like labs for example, nursing students in clinical classes will stil

the conference is made up of a 13 schools, including san francisco state sonoma state and cal state east bay. a key model and increasing its projected death toll from the coronavirus in the u.s., is to for health metrics and evaluation at university of washington is now projecting 147,000 deaths by early august. that's 10,000 more than the model estimated over the weekend which is also higher than earlier projections. the institute says the reasons behind the latest increase vary from state to state but it's pointing toward some common factors, including changes in testing in reopenings the university of washington model has often been cited by the white house. the new estimate is also projecting thousands more deaths in north carolina, new york and massachusetts death toll estimates for georgia and indiana have since been revised downward. >>and while testifying before congress today doctor anthony fauci made it very clear. there could be serious consequences if states in cities open up too quickly. >>and as cnn's erica hill reports for us tonight, he's not the only one who is worried.

california. >> this video was created by russell jones, chair of asian american studies at san francisco state as part of his race to trigger recognition of these. >> reporter: in mid march, the professor teamed up with asian- pacific policy and training council and chinese for affirmative action, to stop a ipp hate. >> a website where people can submit anti-asian incidents online. in just two months, he said there have been 1900 incidents, most are of asian americans being harassed or shunned. >> we are getting these cases across the country, from 45 different states, with purulent racism is on the surge against asian americans. two we shouldn't just resign ourselves to it because it is happening. >> reporter: sandy from san francisco tells us that walking to work there chinatown a man directed racist comments at her. >> i put on my fa mask, because you are spreading the fn coronavirus. you stupid china man, you are the reason we have coronavirus. >> reporter: the professor fears the racism directed at asian americans may worsen after the pandemic is over. >> with the economy tanking and peop

i'm a san francisco native, and i'm a former advisor for san francisco state and a member of san franciscola, my neighbor organization, and i could always support amazon coming onto this property if they do a local hire when it comes to building this state, and that means hiring local union workers. i want to support this organization coming in, that they would hire union employees within this project, especially students, debt ridden students from nearby ucsf and san francisco state where they can work with the students' schedules, and health benefits. otherwise, i say good-bye amazon. >> operator: you have three questions remaining. >> this is rudy gonzalez of san francisco labor council. i just want to note that seven stores, not one of them meets area standards for working class people in this city. amazon has a record of charitiable giving, and they want to inoculate you against that. we've seen in the year that amazon has owned whole foods. they've brought that model of distribution and they want to stick that right in our neighborhoods. the implications for traffic and t.n.c. and de

i'm the youth commissioner on the san francisco youth commission and a little an urban planning student at san francisco state. i am here to support the nomination of deland chan to the planning commission. i remember meeting deland back in high school, way before i even knew what urban planning was. her work dedication to everybodying the community really inspired me to pursue planning and i'm also grateful to have been a part of urban institute last summer, which was developed and taught by her. i think deland will be a very valuable -- will be very valuable to the planning commission. thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. next speaker. >> operator: you have four questions remaining. >> supervisor ronen: go ahead. >> clerk: speaker, are you on the line? >> supervisor ronen: should we go to the next speaker? >> operator: you have three questions remaining. >> caller: good morning, supervisors. good morning, chair ronen. my name is john and i'll be speaking on item number 2. i am with the race and social equity coalition. i'm also the vice president of quattro and a mission district native. our r

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into online students and staff have had to adjust conference ella sogomonian talk to the and san francisco state ose university's about the changes. >>cal state university students will have to learn to create an online community to substitute the traditional college experience that's because the coronavirus crisis is forcing the school system to host most classes online to prevent people from getting badly sick. despite that some students will still be invited on to campus for courses that require hands on learning. but not everyone can participate in that face to face experience even for the courses for example are face to face there will be students who cannot get to campus. >>i have because they're in an at-risk group because they live so far away and they can get here so we'll accommodate every student you can't make a face to face cost. we'll also accommodate a faculty member who again because of and not risk category that he chased us accommodating physical distancing also means downsizing on campus housing. >>which means another major decision will be who can stay at the dorms and what w

at the outset of the pandemic, san francisco state universities and the asian pacific study's gunpoint anplanning in los anget community members could report incidents that were happening against asian americans and pacific islanders. in the past month and a half, we have received 1700 reports for both harassment, bullying, physical assaults and race-related property vandalism from across the country, including 117 incidents here in san francisco. the data shows that women have been proportionately harassed and all asian communities are being harmed. most is happening under shelter-in-place orders, so we expect the situation to get worse as orders are lifted. in some ways, this is not a new problem, just an escalated problem, made worse by the covid-19, as well as the trump administration to blame everything on china. we all appreciate, mayor breed, the strong, strong stance you have made towards hate towards asian americans and all communities, but given the difficult economic and budget situation facing the city and the community, are you able to have resources to build in the capaci

>>winners legislation moves to the state senate judiciary committee for discussion on friday. in san francisco dan kerman kron 4 news. >>tonight, there are more than 83,000 coronavirus cases across california and 3300 people have died nationwide more than 91,000 people have died from covid-19 and there have been one 0.5 million cases overall. the global number of coronavirus cases is approaching 5 million with more than 300,000 confirmed deaths a war of words again between house speaker nancy pelosi and president donald trump after speaker pelosi called out the president for using hydroxychloroquine because of his weight today, he responded by saying the speaker has a lot of quote mental problems today after acknowledging taking the drug the president is defending his use of hydroxychloroquine. >>last month the fda warned the drug should not be used to treat covid-19 outside of hospital settings the president also called a major study on veterans using the drug quote phony. >>it was a false study done where they gave it a very sick people extremely sick people people that were ready to die. it

abc7 news education reporter lyanne melendez has the story. >> san francisco state is one of 23 campusest make up the california state university system. that's 500,000 students. chancellor timothy white and the board of trustees thought of bringing people together in close proximity amid the coronavirus and concluded that that approach sadly just isn't in the cards now. today appearing before congress, dr. anthony fauci was asked how university presidents would navigate reopening schools. >> even at the top speed we're going, we don't see a vaccine playing in the ability of individuals to get back to school this term. >> dr. fauci did not recommend cancelling in-person classes, but instead said that testing will likely play more of a role in helping schools reopen safely. a concept shared by president trump's testing czar. >> we expect there to be 25 to 30 million point of care tests per month available. it is certainly possible to test all of the students. >> the uc system said it will make key decisions in mid-june.p with three scenarios. one, full remote instruction in the fall. scen

the president of san francisco state university is not recommending that students there take a gap year fear they might step off the academic ladder. >> they generally off are the first in their family to go to school, go to college. and a pause in their education can sometimes mean they don't return. >> reporter: most four-year colleges are expected to see a decline in enrollment in the fall. but not community colleges. in times of economic downturn, their numbers tend to go up. some college advisers are telling client it is online classes are the only option, a community college may be a smart investment. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, "abc7 news." >>> the booming business of hand made. why so many people are turning to makers right now. plus, if you want to get creative in your own home, michael finney examines two top food processors. that's coming up. >>> and abc 7 has launched new streeping a in streaming apps, so you can get breaking news, weather and more with our "abc7 news" app on all these that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. you can save by using a fan to cool

>>he plans on staying right here in the bay area he will be attending san francisco state university in the fall. our congratulations tonight to high neat. you can submit a graduate go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under the news tab submit a picture of your grad and. >>us know which high school they attend and what's next for him or her that wraps up kron 4 news at night. here's what we're tracking for tonight at 10 california could be days away from relaxing, certain restrictions. >>but several bay area county say even if the state border is these 2 they are not ready, but it's going to take to get to phase 2 flood could eating out to look like in a post-pandemic may area local restaurant owner walks us through the changes patrons can expect what's being done to protect customers plus answers about virtual chat to being hacked the steps to take to >>you're watching kron 4 news at 10. it's restaurants are anxious to get customers back in their doors looking forward to the next few phases of reopening, thanks for joining us at 10, i'm ken wayne, i'm pam moore tomorrow g

adjust to course kron four's ella sogomonian spoke with the presidents of both san jose and san francisco state university's about the changes. >>cal state university students will have to learn to create an online community to substitute the traditional college experience that's because the coronavirus crisis is forcing the school system to host most classes online to prevent people from getting badly sick. despite that some students will still be invited on to campus for courses that require hands on learning. but not everyone can participate in that face to face experience even for the courses for example are face to face there will be students who cannot get to campus. >>i have because they're an at risk group or because they live so far away and they can't get here so we'll accommodate every student you can't make a face to face cost. i will also accommodate a faculty member again because of not risk category that he chased us accommodating physical distancing also means downsizing on campus housing. >>which means another major decision will be who can stay at the dorms and what we're doin

>>is educational journey will continue at san francisco state university we want to congratulate alijah and you can submit a graduates go to kron 4 dot com find salute to grads 2020 under the news and give us a picture of your graduate and just mentioned all of this information a moment ago. >>and that is it for kron 4 news at 8. here's what we're working on for kron 4 news at 9 o'clock. >>90,000 and more us deaths in just 3 months tonight, the top projection model predicts that number could go up by 10's of thousands and experts worry the coronavirus is not slowing down their concern that was reopening cases will rise plus health and safety concerns for neighbors in san francisco, san francisco say there is a growing homeless camp near their homes. >>the homeless advocate explains one reason why >>in prime time. the news station you're watching kron 4 news at night. >>a change.

. >> reporter: the president of san francisco state university is not recommending that students there take a gap year for fear they might step off the academic ladder. >> they generally are often the first in their families to go to school or college and a pause in their education can sometimes mean they don't return. >> reporter: most four-year colleges expect to see a decline in enrollment in the fall but not community colleges. in times of economic downturn, their numbers tend to go up. some college advisers are telling clients if online classes are the only option a community college may be a smart investment. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> governor newsom explained today how we got from the shelter-in-place order to a gradual reopening. here are the key indicators. he says this allowed us to begin loosening the restrictions. >> what's changed in the last few weeks, testing has substantially increased, amount of ppe has substantially increased, the number of hospitalizations has decreased, the number of icu patients has decreased, our capacity to meet surge has been i think adva

state. we have truly saved lives. for instance, our mortality rate in san francisco is one quarter of that in new york state, and our mortalityate in san francisco is half of the california state average. and yet we must also recognize that we are still very much in the midst of a pandemic. it is not over yet, not by a long shot. the virus doesn't have a timeline. it was here in february. it was here in march and april, and it will be here in the summer and fall and beyond. and the more people move around, the more contact they will have with others, the more likely it is that the virus will spread. it is highly contagious. we know that there is more virus out there than ever before, and there are still outbreaks in our communities. we remain focused on protecting the health of the most vulnerable populations, those who live in congregate settings. in the bay area we will be watching five key indicators to track our progress. they are that the number of patients in the hospital with covid-19 is low and flat or decreasing for a sustained period of time. number two, that we have enough personal protective equipment, ppe, for al

. >> san francisco state is one of 23 campuses that make up the california state university system. that's 500,000 students. chancellor timothy white and the board of trustees thought of bringing people together in close proximity amid the coronavirus and concluded that that approach sadly just isn't in the cards now. today appearing before congress, dr. anthony fauci was asked how university presidents would navigate reopening schools. >> even at the top speed we're going, we don't see a vaccine playing in the ability of individuals to get schi fauci did not recommend cancelling in-person classes, but instead said that testing will likely play more of a role in helping schools reopen safely. a concept shared by president trump's testing czar. >> we expect there to be 25 to 30 million point of care tests per month available. it is certainly possible to test all of the students. >> the uc system said it will make key decisions in mid-june. in the meantime, they've come up with three scenarios. one, full remote instruction in the fall. scenario two, in-person with certain restrictions

every local and state government around the country is going to be in that boat. but for san francisco, the mayor says it could mean possible cuts to police, fire, muni, and homeless services. larry, she says it's all open for discussion. >> and the budget ramifications could be quite painful in some areas for sure. for the moment, dan, did the mayor say what was behind her decision to open most retail in this city? >> she did, larry. and the mayor was able to make the decision because the number of new covid-19 cases are flat. hospitalizations are flat, and hospital capacity is stable at this point. she says she hopes that by next week the city will be able to test a 1600 people per day. that would be a big change. city health director dr. grant colfax also made the point of san francisco's mortality rate for covid-19 is four times less than los angeles. and are you ready for, this larry? more than 35 times less than new york city. so that's why san francisco and the bay area is in the position it is in. the question will be as we begin to reopen, can we stay many this position or wil