head coach justin wilcox and couple of players talked tonight, one word we heard over and over, frustrating. terry mcsweeney. >> i understand the frustration by the players. >> reporter: cal football team went on offense tonight, head coach justin wilcox responding to the berkeley health department report that players did not get tested or stay home when sick or wear masks indoors. players admitting the vaccination rate may have led to false sense of security. >> it's not minimizing covid-19. >> reporter: two dozen players and coaches sidelined by positive test at arizona game. now more than 40 tests are positive, requiring ten days of isolation and more covid testing nine days before the big game against stanford. >> clock is ticking for most guys, they want to compete. there's only so many chances to do that. >> reporter: uc berkeley and public health department mandating different and stricter covid protocols than other schools. with the team's high vaccination rate, it's hoped they're blaise based on the latest cdc information. >> symptomatic breakthroughs can possibly transmit infectio

head coach, justin wilcox said in a statement, "postponing this game was a last resort and not an action any of us wanted to take. however, it was not possible for us to field a team on saturday." the game has been rescheduled for december 4th. several top players have the voice their displeasure for the schools policy, which is different from the rest conference and left them without 24 players last saturday at arizona. that is a very upset clubhouse. >> absolutely. thanks. >>> alameda county has issued a new health order on vaccinations. >> it is giving first responders and ambulance employees for december 21st deadline to get fully vaccinated. we are in fremont with the details. >> reporter: the health order affects everyone who enters high risk healthcare facilities, which includes medical transport workers, like mike. he says he sees both sides of the push to get the top. >> got vaccinated as i want to see my family. rules are rules. as far as my family goes, yes. >> reporter: alameda county department of public health turning up the pressure on paramedics, firefighters, and law enf

justin wilcox wanted seven points instead of three . arizona with a solid drive with two minutes to go and michael wiley had the only touchdown of the game, 10-3 final, arizona improves to 1-8. the bears fell to 3-6 and here is justin wilcox with the state of his covid stricken team. >> you have instruction from the school or the pac-12 about what has to happen for them to be eligible next week? >> i have not heard anything from the pac-12.this is a city of berkeley, and the campus, they relay the information to me. i will belooking forward to sharing more at a later time. i don't think this moment is the time to discuss that. >>> all kinds of characters in west lafayette, indiana, third- ranked michigan state against purdue. a reverse flea flicker bubble screen, look at this, he scampers away, a 39 yard touchdown run and perdue with the big ten shocker, beating the spartans, 40-29. high school ball, a packed house, number three sarah against st. francis. the bird play. 46 yard touchdown, just the start of the big game for atkinson. he

oversee cal head football coach justin wilcox not specifically addressing the comments made from the health department. >> but says he is optimistic moving forward about his players and his program. there's still a lot of. >> a lot of good out there and you know, i don't envision this being a long-term. issue. you know, next year in the year beyond not to say that it's ioing to go away. but maybe that we're in a better place. >> so we did learn that 2 members of the cal berkeley football team are currently not vaccinated. one of the questions as to head coach justin wilcox tonight was if he didn't know if one of those 2 members of the team, carly not vaccinated is also among the 44 members who are infected with covid-19. obviously cannot answer that question because of hippa violations. another issue that we want to ask is that because we know that 44 members of his team are currently testing positive for covid-19. they're also mingling in on this campus as well with other students. we reached out to cal berkeley officials to see if they are now concerned about a possible outbreak as

the bears head coach justin wilcox responded last night. >> i don't necessarily want to get into a back and forth with the city of berkeley. we have followed the guidance based on our vaccinated population and/or unvaccinated population which was very small. we have followed guidance given to us as a program through our athletic department, through the campus, through the city of berkeley. >> yesterday the raiders showed off its new toy, wide receiver desean jackson running routes with his new team. he will be active sunday when vegas hosts chiefs. he is an l.a. native, former cal bears football star. he knew at some point that the raiders would come into his life. >> i think my first nfl game was a raider game at the colosseum. i was on the sidelines and took a picture. i was seven or eight years old. since then i wanted to play in the nfl. you look back at how time turns, putting on the black and silver will be special. >> healthy desean jackson is a dangerous one. raiders can use him. i can use him. i just put him on my fantasy team. have a good one. see you later. >>> coming up on k

we'll hear from cal head football coach justin wilcox on the team's covid-19 outbreak. 40 athletes and staff testing positive also ahead emotional testimony in the trial of kyle rittenhouse that heated exchange during today's cross examination. out tr windsor mayor dominic poli. the sonoma county sheriff's office tells us the warrant was in connection with the ongoing investigation into for poli. nine women have accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. he resigned in may amid the allegations and has denied any wrongdoing. san francisco mayor london breed says she supports the recall of three san francisco school board members, the mayor said today the three have become a distraction. but mayor breed also said she is still weighing her decision when it comes to the recall effort of district attorney chase of boudin, and we are following a developing story right now. in oakland, a woman was struck by gunfire near the fox theater at about 2 30 this afternoon. at this time, we know she's been taken to the hospital and is listed in stable condition. the concert, scheduled for tonight a

justin wilcox hope for more than just a field goal. arizona with the solid drive two minutes of the game could 10-3, arizona gives the victory and improves to 1-8 while the bears are 3-6. the coach on his covid issues . >> you have instruction from the school or the pac-12 about what has to happen for them to be eligible next week? >> i have not heard anything from the pac-12. this is a city of berkeley, and the campus, they relay the information to me. looking forward to sharing more at a later time. i don't think this moment is the time to discuss that. >>> developing story. did he think it was still halloween? wake forest is unbeaten on the road at north carolina. wake forest up a touchdown but here come the tar heels. they tied the game. chandler with the big day. look at this play. under two minutes, he extend the lead for my north carolina with a 50 yard run and he rushed for 213 yards and four touchdowns, north carolina broke the hearts of the wake forest fans as they outlast wake forest in this acc battle, 58-55. >>> high schoo

bears coach justin wilcox. >> going to that team meeting yesterday, i mean, just the energy in there felt like the first day of fall camp. there's been some adversity and thinks out of there, out of our control, so they are very eager to practice and play and focused on moving forward. >>> and the warm reaction to brewers pitcher corbin burns upon learning he was named the national league cry young winner. the former st. mary's gales star edged out zack wheeler. giants kevin gausman finished 6th. so that's pretty good news on brandon belt, huh? >> that's fantastic. >> that means the giants have brother brandons in the line-up for 2022. >> true. >> future is very bright. >> you bet. thanks, vern. >>> next, rock legends metallica planning a bay area takeover. the big celebration announced today. >> and a remind wish we're asking you to help our neighbors in need this holiday season. to find out how to donate your time or money to a good cause, go to kpix.com/giv >>> tonight bay area rock legends metallica announcing plans to take over san francisco. the band just announced a week of li

oversee cal head football coach justin wilcox not specifically addressing the comments made from the health department. >> but says he is optimistic moving forward about his players and his program. there's still a lot of. >> a lot of good out there and you know, i don't envision this being a long-term. issue. you know, next year in the year beyond not to say that it's going to go away. but maybe that we're in a better place jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >> as we get closer to winter leaders at the federal, state and local levels are all now pushing for people to get vaccinated against covid santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody held a news conference urging everyone who's eligible for a booster shot to get one. the cdc says boosters are available to those who are age 65 those 18 and over with underlying health conditions and those who work or live in high-risk settings. doctor cody says you might be eligible to get a booster and you don't even realize it. >> underlying medical conditions include everything, including depression anxiety. hypertension, diabetes obesity. th

football coach justin wilcox blaming the problem, in part, on poor communication between city health experts and campus. quote, cases emerge in an environment of ongoing failure to abide by public health measures. people in the program did not get tested when sick, stay home when sick, wear masks indoors. i asked an expert how a team described as 99.5% fully vaccinated could have an oult outbreak. >> are these players symptomatic? in which case, they can transmit the infection and the appropriate thing to do to cancel this game. so i think we need a little more information from what is happening. >> reporter: cal football trying to get it all behind them. >> we have tested every one of our student athletes now three times. and he can see that we are at the back end of this. we are going to stay vigilant but i am very confident that, um, you know, when we kick it off next week and start preparing for stanford, we are going to be in a great spot. >> reporter: yeah, so the usc game has now been pushed back to december 4th but long before that, he mentioned it, raj mentioned it. there is

the cow football coach justin wilcox pushed back at a virtual news conference wednesday. we have followed the guidelines, uh, through the athletic department, the university and the city of berkley. we have health professionals housed in our building at our practices on our planes, wilcox said. between all the school county and ncaa protocols, there was confusion and misunderstanding, wilcox says moving forward there will be changes now. there will be multiple tests during the week. there's going to be. uh you know, foods grab and go. workouts will be structured differently. you see, officials say the team was 99% vaccinated. the outbreak forced the golden bears to play last week against arizona without starting quarterback chase. garber's that was very difficult, um, to prepare for football games with kind of being on edge about. um who's going to be available this weekend? and who's not players say they did meet with a doctor from university health services. i think moving forward everyone is very clear about you know the protocols that are in place going forward. the t

head coach justin wilcox is responding to reports that proper covid protocols were not followed. players admit nearly 100% vaccination may have led to a false sense of security. >> there was a lot of frustration from lack of clarity and communication to us players. >> so now there will be multiple tests during the week. there is going to be foods grab and go. workouts will be structured differently. >> cal plays stanford nine days from now. and the usc game will be december 4th. >>> all morning long we are honoring those who have served on this veterans day. it was here on nbc bay area's today in the bay about two years ago that we first told you about jake larson. >> a go fund me campaign raised thousands so he could go to normandy. now he is 98. we recently caught up with him at his home in martinez. he says it is important to remember how world war ii troops shaped american history. >> if it weren't for veterans, we'd all be speaking german right now. hitler's goal was to conquer the world. that meant you did what he told you to do. if you didn't do it, he'd just kill you. >>

coach justin wilcox a short time ago trying to focus on football, following this being the only major covid postponement in all of college football. >> i have never had a meeting regarding the egregious non- compliance of our players. do we have to remind people from time to time to put their mask on? have i been told that? yeah, absolutely. i would also think maybe there are folks in the city of berkeley walking down the street or going to church or dinner or whatever and maybe students on campus that might fall into the same category. i cannot confirm that but i would think that is probably likely. larry: clearly coach did not think there were egregious non-compliance issues within his program. the sharks had a major covid issue of their own after a two week wait. they should get their head coach and five key players back by the end of the week. he said his parents were staying with him in san jose when he came up positive, so he had to stay in a hotel. the sharks went 3-1-1 in his absence. >> thank god for the vaccines, because it worked. i did not get sick, and i could still manag

wilcox, obviously frustrated. this is a city of berkeley. and the campus and so they're the ones that relay the information to me. looking forward to sharing more at a later time. i don't think this moment the time to discuss that but it's san jose state trying to snap a nine-game losing streak to and become bull eligible at the same. i'm brent brennan fired up. look who's back quarterbacks. nick starkel late third down 10 starkville to malachi miller 48 yards spartans within three they tied on a field will to make it 17. all nevada retakes the lead in the fourth carson strong to romeo dubs. what a play 24/17 packed under two minutes ago fourth and goal for san jose state. charcoal to derek dies for the tying touchdown tied at 24. he had three touchdowns seven seconds ago though, nevada kicker brandon tarletonsed thred goals, but makes this one from 45 yards out for the win nevada wins 27-24 this spartans have now lost 10 straight. to nevada like cal football the san jose sharks have also been dealing with covid i

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oversee cal head football coach justin wilcox not specifically addressing the comments made from the health department. >> but says he is optimistic moving forward about his players and his program. there's still a lot of. >> a lot of good out there and you know, i don't envision this being a long-term. issue. you know, next year in the year beyond not to say that it's going to go away. but maybe that we're in a better place. >> so we do know that 2 members of the cal berkeley football team are currently not vaccinated. one of the questions posed to head coach justin earlier tonight was if those 2 members, if any of those 2 members are among the initial players now who have tested positive for covid-19 in this latest round. he would not answer that question, obviously because of hippa concerns as well. another big issue that we were concerned about is because 44 members of the football team have tested positive for covid-19 are there better get bigger concerns of a covid outbreak here on the cal berkeley campus earlier today i did reach out to school officials. so far we have yet to

the cow football coach justin wilcox pushed back at a virtual news conference wednesday. we have followed the guidelines, uh, through the athletic department, the university and the city of berkley. we have health professionals housed in our building at our practices on our planes, wilcox said. between all the school county and ncaa protocols, there was confusion and misunderstanding, wilcox says moving forward there will be changes now. there will be multiple tests during the week. there's going to be, uh, you know, food you grab and go. workouts will be structured differently. you see, officials say the team was 99% vaccinated. the outbreak forced the golden bears to play last week against arizona without starting quarterback chase. garber's it was very difficult, um, to prepare for football games with kind of being on edge about. um who's going to be available this weekend? and who's not players say they did meet with a doctor from university health services. i think moving forward everyone is very clear about you know the protocols that are in place going forward. the

justin wilcox and company trying to get a crucial win to stay in contention for a bowl game after ucl a took a 10. nothing lead. the bears come roaring back. chase garbers in from a yard out 1410 stairs right before the half the end of the half brother. >> kazmir allen. takes it in for the bruins there goes over the line. you see la does get the score 1714. they take the lead second-half all quarterback dorian thompson robinson one of his 3 touchdown passes. he aired it out there. this one to greg lewis itch from 29 yards out right now you still running away with it. this game still going on 40 to 14 late in the 4th quarter. stanford hosting number 6, notre dame honoree. captain andrew luck posing with john lynch a couple of cardinal law comes on senior night. >> but this came was all irish. jack coan finds tight end george tech that tax cuts for the 2 yard score. 14 zip notre dame was 24 nothing at the half 3rd quarter stanford finally showing signs of life running back austin jones battling. powers it in from 5 yards out. 24 7. that was about it for stanford, though. notre dame's ba

the cow football coach justin wilcox pushed back at a virtual news conference wednesday. we have followed the guidelines, uh, through the athletic department, the university and the city of berkley. we have health professionals housed in our building at our practices on our planes, wilcox said. between all the school county and ncaa protocols, there was confusion and misunderstanding, wilcox says moving forward there will be changes now. there will be multiple tests during the week. there's going to be, uh, you know, food you grab and go. workouts will be structured differently. you see, officials say the team was 99% vaccinated. the outbreak forced the golden bears to play last week against arizona without starting quarterback chase. garber's. garber said in a twitter post, he felt the testing and removal from play was unfair. other players said it has been hard. it was very difficult, um, to prepare for football games with kind of being on edge about. um who's going to be available this weekend? and who's not players say they did meet with a doctor from university healt