and all the workers at usf. thank you. >> thank you for continuing to participate, mr. wu. next caller, please. >> good afternoon i'm charles cross. this pandemic affected us significantly and we're only providing essential housing as defined by the city. we have fewer students and greater financial aid needs due to changes. we provide $100,000 annually to provide financial aid. the revenue shortfall is about 16%. we're only housing 200 compared to 2500. food service provided by bone appetit management is only serving for 200 students compared to 8,000 needs per day a year ago. housing shortfall is about $35 million alone. we implemented furr lows and lay furloughs and layoffs at all levels and the moment is less than 40 of almost 2,000 employee. the layoffs were in areas where we have no work to be performed. approximately 20 employees opted for retirement programs and we have covered the benefit cost for those employees furloughed during the summer. we implemented salary reductions across the university and th

and all the workers at usf. thank you. >> thank you for continuing to participate, mr. wu. next caller, please. >> good afternoon i'm charles cross. this pandemic affected us significantly and we're only providing essential housing as defined by the city. we have fewer students and greater financial aid needs due to changes. we provide $100,000 annually to provide financial aid. the revenue shortfall is about 16%. we're only housing 200 compared to 2500. food service provided by bone appetit management is only serving for 200 students compared to 8,000 needs per day a year ago. housing shortfall is about $35 million alone. we implemented furr lows and lay furloughs and layoffs at all levels and the moment is less than 40 of almost 2,000 employee. the layoffs were in areas where we have no work to be performed. approximately 20 employees opted for retirement programs and we have covered the benefit cost for those employees furloughed during the summer. we implemented salary reductions across the university and th

and all the workers at usf. thank you. >> thank you for continuing to participate, mr. wu. next caller, please. >> good afternoon i'm charles cross. this pandemic affected us significantly and we're only providing essential housing as defined by the city. we have fewer students and greater financial aid needs due to changes. we provide $100,000 annually to provide financial aid. the revenue shortfall is about 16%. we're only housing 200 compared to 2500. food service provided by bone appetit management is only serving for 200 students compared to 8,000 needs per day a year ago. housing shortfall is about $35 million alone. we implemented furr lows and lay furloughs and layoffs at all levels and the moment is less than 40 of almost 2,000 employee. the layoffs were in areas where we have no work to be performed. approximately 20 employees opted for retirement programs and we have covered the benefit cost for those employees furloughed during the summer. we implemented salary reductions across the university and th

and all the workers at usf. thank you. >> thank you for continuing to participate, mr. wu. next caller, please. >> good afternoon i'm charles cross. this pandemic affected us significantly and we're only providing essential housing as defined by the city. we have fewer students and greater financial aid needs due to changes. we provide $100,000 annually to provide financial aid. the revenue shortfall is about 16%. we're only housing 200 compared to 2500. food service provided by bone appetit management is only serving for 200 students compared to 8,000 needs per day a year ago. housing shortfall is about $35 million alone. we implemented furr lows and lay furloughs and layoffs at all levels and the moment is less than 40 of almost 2,000 employee. the layoffs were in areas where we have no work to be performed. approximately 20 employees opted for retirement programs and we have covered the benefit cost for those employees furloughed during the summer. we implemented salary reductions across the university and th

. >> usf data scientist. great to share ideas with you. one way >>> all right. thank you so much for joining us today on this interactive "getting answers." we talked with peter chin hong of ucsf about the u.s. government. just take a quick look there. among the highlights, the vaccine will be free. most people will need two shots, about three or four weeks apart. and every weekday at 3:00 on air and on live stream answering your questions. so check us out every weekday. worl >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the hurricane slamming into the u.s. at 105 miles per hour. and president trump moments ago contradicting the cdc director on vaccines and timing here in the u.s. the president saying the director was confused today. first, hurricane sally slamming ashore as a category 2 hurricane. tonight, they are now warning of life-threatening flooding. highways washed away. a huge section falling from the pensacola bay bridge. powerful gusts spilling a tractor trailer on its side. hundreds of rescues tonight and now alerts from florida all

a usf doctor told me it could be a matter of days or even much longer depending on exactly what happened. for abc 7 i'm kate larsen. back to you. >> okay. thank you, kate. >>> coming up, caution and reluctance over new reopening guidelines. business owners in the south bay say they understand how quickly conditionschge >>, if you ever go back to the office, how lu get to your office? see how risky a high-rise elevator really is when it comes to coronavirus. >>> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" with guest host josh gad. >> thanks, dan and ama. i'm josh gad. let's see how this goes. please welcome all the way from arandale kristen bell, idina menzel, and ♪ gillette proglide and proglide gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. ♪ ♪ where you can find games, news and highlights. all in one place, right on your tv. the xfinity sports zone. use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. follow the t

usf political science professor james taylor says he's not surprised by that. >> donald trump has no incentive to take up the climate change issue or to talk about the fires in california except to use it as political fodder to talk about the political leadership of california. >> reporter: in the past, the president criticized newsom for failing to clean up the forest floors, plamie blaming the gove leadership for wildfire devastation. meanwhile, as for the presidential election, climate change is a bipartisan issue. candidate biden is treating it as a top priority while the president is waiting to talk about it until the election is over. cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> well, the giants game abruptly postponed and not because of bad air. still ahead, what we've learned about a positive covid test and why the whole weekend might be postponed for the team. >>> and a new warning from dr. fauci. how long he thinks it will be before we can return to some type of normalcy. >>> in just a few minutes i'll have details on why i think the smoke will clear out within the next couple of da

. >> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night.he four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consu

. >>> we would like to bring in the former dean of usf law. john, you have a history with justice ginsburg that goes way back to when she was nominated to the supreme court, is that right? >> yes, i had the honor to be counsel to the senate judiciary committee back in 1993. the process for supreme court nominees, they visit with senators on the committee and their staff members. i had the opportunity right after she was nominated, came to visit with my senator, paul simon of illinois. it was striking at the time. we were all amazed not by her command of the law and her vision and her wisdom, because that we knew, but her small stature and her quiet voice, we were around a very small table, we could barely hear her speak, but she certainly demonstrated the power of her pen, the power of her opinions on the court. we talk about her as a feminist icon, and that's certainly the case, but also the rights of the disabled, taking them out from being locked up, over the years, the holmstead decision in 1999. if her life means anything, it means those

. >> usf has more than 50,000 students in a state that's been a virus hot spot all summer just over a fall semester began 24 days ago. >> our students are really showing the willingness and commitment to keep the university open. >> distancing in classrooms, mandatory tests, masks, even this symptom app all playing a role. just about every university has something in place. is the difference here the difference between the rising numbers at other universities? >> we've prohibited social gatherings including fraternities and sororities so we have prohibited those. >> reporter: violators face serious consequences. >> people can be provisionally suspended from the university. >> reporter: has that happened yet? >> yes. >> reporter: that strict vigilance aimed at preventing potential super spreader events like this one in new jersey near the house used in the jersey shore reality show. the success stories do not come in one size fits all. at colgate university in central new york nearly 3,000 students, faculty, even the school's president brian casey all entered a mandatory two-week quara

and what has the communication been like between isn't fus usf?hat's the average caseload and communication and the communication been like between the community learning hubs that are currently awaiting review? can there be learning offered as a modules? how are kinder programs supported with the transition from preschool to kindergarten? and the park has created a model partnership with the preschool site to support students and families? how can other sites learn from sites with high-functioning parent groups and why are we trying to reinvent the wheel so that our division high school students can be better prepared for college and more competitive applicants in the application process? thank you. >> thank you. >> speaker: i do see some issue with balancing our responsibilities to our schools and with the community hub staffing and funding and we are seeing that we have to definitely realign some of our county dollars to meet this need, especially with hazard pay and full benefits for our staff. and we want to keep our community safe as much as

. >> reporter: usf has more than 50,000 students in a state that's been a virus hot spot all summer justillingness and commitment to try to keep the university open. >> reporter: distancing in classrooms, constant virus tests, mandatory masks even this symptom app. all playing a role just about every university has something in place is the difference here versus other universities where we see rising numbers responsibility or irresponsibility by the students? >> well, we've also prohibited any social gatherings and including our fraternities and students >> well, we've also prohibited any social gatherings and including our fraternities and sororities we've prohibited them from having in-person gatherings. >> reporter: violators face serious consequences >> people can be suspended from the university >> reporter: has that happened yet? >> yes >> reporter: that strict vigilance aimed at preventing superspreader events like this one in new jersey near the house used in the "jersey shore" reality show the success does not come as one size fits all. here nearly 3,000 students, faculty all e

i mean, are they just on their own and it's up to city college and sf state or usf or are we also giving advice at this point? >> there are two types of questions, the schools and advice and what happens with the upper higher education? >> so we're in a situation where the state will not permit in-person learning until we're off the watch list for two days and the exception of that would be any waivers with the health officer so our health officer is in the process of drafting a letter to school administrators detailing the process that would be required and the criteria required to be even considered for a potential waiver. so, the plan is for us to ensure that the environment in which schools are open is safe and we adhere at a minimum to state guidelines with regard to social distancing and good hygiene and to keep children and staff as safe as possible and as you know, i think commissioners san francisco unified school district has dedded not to open in-person a learning until next spring at the earliest and so right now, our focus is on schools that many wish to be grant aid waiver

i mean, are they just on their own and it's up to city college and sf state or usf or are we also givingdvice at this point? >> there are two types of questions, the schools and advice and what happens with the upper higher education? >> so we're in a situation where the state will not permit in-person learning until we're off the watch list for two days and the exception of that would be any waivers with the health officer so our health officer is in the process of drafting a letter to school administrators detailing the process that would be required and the criteria required to be even considered for a potential waiver. so, the plan is for us to ensure that the environment in which schools are open is safe and we adhere at a minimum to state guidelines with regard to social distancing and good hygiene and to keep children and staff as safe as possible and as you know, i think commissioners san francisco unified school district has dedded not to open in-person a learning until next spring at the earliest and so right now, our focus is on schools that many wish to be grant aid waiver to