still a few more weeks to go at least they say that's why san franciscans must take extra steps. health officials say. >> to protect themselves. >> we're learning what it means to live with covid. >> san francisco mayor london breed at a news briefing tuesday as she and public health officials addressed how the omicron variant is saturating the city. our seven-day average case rate is 829 cases per day, which is more than double last winter's peak hospitalizations are rising with cases but not as rapidly due to what health officials call san francisco's wall of immunity due to vaccinations. but with breakthrough cases common among even those boosted officials say the surge will likely continue for at least 2 more weeks. we call on all of you to take extra care over the next several >> lower your household risk for possible and layer up on your defense with breakthrough cases already impacting healthcare workers. police fire muni and other city workers. officials are calling on residents to take extra steps so as not to make matters worse. that includes getting vaccinated and boos

supervisor connie chan saying, quote, san franciscans have said no to unchecked authoritarian surveillance before and we must stand firm to protect our rights. >> mayor breed goal is to address this issue at the board of supervisors meeting next tuesday. she says of an agreement cannot be met. >> she's committed to making her proposal a ballot question that voters will decide on in june live in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. all right, rob, but it has been a deadly year for traffic collisions and one south bay city. over half dozen people killed and 2 of those were pedestrians who died after being hit by a car just last night. our kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the latest. details now on the investigation. it's stark. all right. the vehicle had a green light. very difficult to see people crossing after hours. >> those were the conditions with a deadly vehicle collision happened, killing 2 pedestrians and injuring a 3rd person tuesday at around 8.24, p you here with all expressway foxworthy avenue in san jose, san jose police sergeant christian cabriales says 3 adults. the 2

supervisor connie chan saying, quote, san franciscans have said no to unchecked authoritarian surveillance before and we must stand firm to protect our rights. mayor breed's goal is to address this issue at the board of supervisors meeting next tuesday. she says if an agreement cannot be met, she's committed to making her proposal a ballot measure that voters will decide on in june. in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay, the walnut creek city council voted to endorse a buffer area around planned parenthood. walnut creek police. they've received 42 calls for service at the planned parenthood on oakland boulevard between january of 2020 in november of last year. the east complaints include accusations of harassment and intimidation of patients as well as protesters blocking sidewalks. the final ordinance will come back to the city council for final approval. our first theresa stasi was following up on this and we'll have more tonight coming up in our prime time newscast. now to our covid coverage and stanford university students have fewer than 2 weeks to show pr

a study found that being educated in the san franciscans to affect tate san fran. more than 3 quarters said they will stop using it. also, majority of americans wpll buy votes far say they want to keep politics out of their airline travels. when asked if they would fly on an airline with a political point of view. majority 58% said no, they would not. well, coffee and milk are the most expensive they've been during the pandemic coffee cost about 4.97 per pound on average. that's up 10% compared to a year ago. and milk has seen pretty much the same increase over that time. no home sales hit a 16 year high last year. the average mortgage loan size. so this is nationwide. is that a record? 400, $18,000. that's what the mortgage bankers association. the housing market has not been this hot since 2000, 6. well has established a taco bell business school. so this is a little it's a six-week business boot camp, but it teaches the top performing workers are interesting getting in the management, maybe even owning a talk about franchise about this. a sailor about finance an

>>and here's some numbers for you. 82 1% of san franciscans are vaccinated with 61% boost it kron on's dan kerman is on the story for you and he will give us a rundown update. coming up on kron. 4 news at 3. what concerns over some mass forcing an east bay school district to take some action. the oakland unified school district issuing a letter addressing concerns about those k n 95 mask the district saying that the mask or appropriate for school use at issue is whether the mask can be used in medical settings. august of 2020. the fda issued an umbrella emergency use for kn 95 mask to be used because of a shortage of those n 95 mask. but then recently updated the entire authorization saying that they are not authorized in supplies of those. n 95 masks are plentiful. this is led to some confusion, as you can understand and some concern thinking that the mask or not good enough, but the clarification coming out of the district with district officials emphasizing the master safe, give more protection than surgical mask and or cloth mask. san mateo county officials are admitting that they'

it says in part he is an inspiration to countless lowell alumni and san franciscans. we are immensely grateful and proud of his long commitment to justice fairness and the rule of law. and during his campaign, president biden promised to appoint a black woman to the high court east bay congresswoman barbara lee taking to twitter calling on the president to do just that and nominate a black woman to fill justice briar seat saying no black woman who's ever served on our nation's highest court. i'm calling on president biden to hold true to his campaign promise and nominate a black woman for his they can see on the courts. representative lee will be joining us tonight at 8.15 to discuss those tweets and her thoughts and just to its it it that in that vacant seat. a lot of speculation today as to who could be nominated to replace justice briar kron four's terisa stasio spoke with constitutional law professor rory little about who may be nominated and now there are several local justices. the president biden may consider. >> let the speculation race began. president biden

supervisor connie chan saying, quote, san franciscans have said no to unchecked authoritarian surveillance before and we must stand firm to protect our rights. mayor breed's goal is to address this issue at the board of supervisors meeting nert tuesday. she says if an agreement cannot be met, she's committed to making her proposal a ballot measure that voters will decide on in june. in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> plans for the a's waterfront. ballpark moved a big step forward. the oakland oakland planning commission sentence recommendation city council to approve the final environmental impact report. that report looks at how the stadium could potentially hurt the environment in the area. and so far the commission has not raised any significant concerns. >> in a statement, mayor libby schaff says that this puts open one step closer to building the waterfront ballpark. this, of course, is a developing story and we will continue to provide updates as soon as they become available. also in the east bay, a contentious battle over first amendment rights and the choice to see

a statement says in part he is an inspiration to countless low alumni and san franciscans. we are immensely grateful and proud of his long commitment to justice fairness and the rule of law. >> though the retirement announcement came today. there's already an early short list of nominees that reportedly includes federal district judge brown jackson, california supreme court associate justice leondra kruger sales, south carolina federal judge jay michelle childs and a civil rights lawyer, sherrilyn eyeful. a lot of speculation today as to just who would be nominated to replace justice briar, our core force resist asking, spoke with constitutional law professor rory little about who may be nominated and how there are several local justices that president biden may consider. >> let the speculation race began. president biden now focused on placing his pick on the united states supreme court following justice bryars retirement from the bench. joe biden said when he was running for president that he was going to nominate a black woman. he was going to make a historical nominatio

he is an inspiration to countless low alumni and san franciscans. we are immensely grateful. i'm proud of his long commitment to justice fairness and the rule of law and briars retirement will give president joe biden his first court pick. but is there a way that the president's nominee could be blocked from joining the court kron four's noelle bellow spoke with a constitutional law expert and has the side of the story from us. she is here live in the newsroom. good good afternoon, justine short answer to that last question. it's highly unlikely a nominee from the president will be blocked on like when president obama nominated merrick garland. >> the republicans do not control the senate now. so while there might be some delay tactics in the judiciary committee, as long as the democrats keep their 50 vote majority. plus the vote from the p harris. however, the president nominates will likely get through. now justice buyers announcement gives the president plenty of time to pick a replacement before the end of june. president biden, as you heard, has previously said he would

franciscans. we're immensely grateful and proud of his long commitment to justice fairness and the rule of law. >> though the retirement announcement came out today. the really has already early short list of nominees. it reportedly includes federal district judge cut angie brown jackson, california supreme court associate justice leondra kruger, south carolina federal judge jay michelle childs and civil rights lawyer cheryl and i fall a lot of speculation today as to who could be nominated to replace justice briar. our first recess stasio spoke with constitutional law professor rory little about who may be nominated and how there are several local justices. the president may consider. >> let the speculation race began. president biden now focused on placing his pick on the united states supreme court following justice priors retirement from the bench. joe biden said when he was running for president that he was going to nominate a black woman. he was going to make a historical nomination of a bla