clÍnicas de vacunaciÓn mÓvil para aquellos que mÁs lo necesitan en la alameda. recursos financieros para estudiantes. noticias univisiÓn 14 comienza ya. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ramÓn: muy buenas noches. gracias por acompaÑarnos. comenzamos hablando de las temperaturas en el Área de la bahÍa. este es el panorama en san josÉ, sin lluvias. vamos con suheily y el reporte completo. suheily: buenas noches y saludos. nos toca el paso de un dÉbil frente frÍo. contaremos con temperaturas en el rango de 40°. lluvia en la madrugada al este de la bahÍa, contra costa, solano, alameda. la lÍnea de aguaceros se estarÁ alejando por completo luego de las 5:00 de la maÑana. la tarde del sÁbado serÁ bastante tranquila y el domingo estarÁ seco. nada de precipitaciones el fin de semana. podemos amanecer con temperaturas de 42° al norte de la bahÍa. 48° en oakland. 60° las mÁximas del sÁbado. ramÓn: gracias. california reportÓ mÁs de 6 millones de personas vacunadas. sÓlo el 16% de los vacunados son latinos. una joven de oakland logrÓ conseguir que vacunarÁn a s

one in alameda county. and one in santa clara county. >>now at 3 it has been confirmed the south african variant of the coronavirus has been found here in the bay area and this marks the first confirmed cases in the entire state. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman the governor confirmed this news today during a news conference in fresno he says the cases of the variant which is called be 1, 3, 51 were found in santa clara and alameda county, a news conference has just started with health officers from those counties we want to listen in just 4 minutes we can get some more information about the south african variant of the coronavirus that has now been detected in 2 bay area counties ask a he's also identified the media outlet, your way. >>following the conclusion of the english an air south portion of our press conference. we will go on to statements in chinese spanish beat knees entered college. thank you very much and with that i will hand it over to doctor sara cody. thank you and good aftern

>>in alameda county more than 283 people have received a vaccine more than 236,000 vaccines have been given in contra costa county and in san francisco. 168,215 vaccines have been administered. and as we know supply really has been an issue in getting the bay area vaccinated up to now it's been just you know not enough doses to go around. >>right but now a new problem unfortunately, bad weather across much of the u.s. is leading to vaccine appointments 7 to be canceled here in the bay area kron four's dan kerman joins us live with details. dan another week another hurdle. >>that's right so what could come next, that's the real question first it was just a lack of supply now they're having trouble getting it here because of the bad weather we're not seeing here but that it's coming from elsewhere and as a result we're seeing appointments that are having to be canceled and rescheduled. whether in the bay area can be nicer winter storms across the country have been wreaking havoc on the bay area's effort. >>to vaccinate people for covid-19 we had about 3500 moderna doses that were schedu

another person in alameda county had it too. >> efforts are under way in alameda and across california to systemically improve surveillance for variants of concern. we expect to receive more reports from labs detecting such variants in the coming weeks. >> reporter: the two positive tests were some of the few sent sequencing that confirmed the variant. doctors say on a one to ten scale their level of concern is a five because it's more contakes you. >> people are tired of taking precautions, perhaps loosening up a little bit and this isn't the time to do that. >> reporter: the cdc says there is no evidence the variant is more deadly. ucsf dr. hong says this strain may be more resistant to them. >> with the south african variant you have the super power of being easily transmissible but that the vaccines may not work as well. >> reporter: in men lo parkway pacific bio sciences is working to decode how it might work against those mutations. >> it's going to be used by the vaccine companies and by the health labs, the cdc and is so forth, to study how effective vaccines are to the new var

pero no hay suficientes facturas >> la noticia esperada por muchos padres y maestros >> el condado alameda comenzó la fase uno b que incluya los trabajadores del sector educación harán una lista de quienes califican asegura la portavoz. los beneficiarios podrán obtener la vacuna través de su seguro médico era esperada con ansias en la comunidad >> son como todos tienen alguien en la familia tiene diferentes problemas de salud o están cuidando a la abuelita que tiene 80 algo mayor. son igual que los que quieren >> estoy emocionado quisiera tener la vacuna para poder estar en menos riesgo >> el problemas que aún no hay vacuna suficientes segundos informó el condado la gran pregunta es cómo impactada este el inicio de clases >> el portavoz del distrito dice que es un paso importante que mientras más personas están vacunadas mejor pero que aún no tienen una fecha definitiva para regreso a las aulas >> no hay una fecha en específico todavía depende de las condiciones de cada edificio de cada escuela pero ya algunas escuelas empiezan a tener grupos pequeños abiertos >> en méxico

at the pleasanton fairgrounds, the first day of a new mass vaccination site in alameda county. perhaps not as fun as a thrill ride but a huge relief for many. >> i'm happy. >> we are excited to be able to vaccinate our communities, get everyone healthy and be getting back to a new normal. >> reporter: those receiving shots were divided into lanes based on whether they signed up through their provider, sutter or stanford health, or the county's website. unlike it's been for many these days, for salonia williams the process of getting an appointment was relatively easy. >> i'm pleasantly surprised. i was kind of apprehensive. but i just got online last night. i was surprised that i was able to get an appointment today. so that was good. and i thought, well, okay, go for it. >> reporter: like all of the mass vaccination centers we've seen here so far in california, this one could ramp up and do a lot more doses per day once they have the supply. >> as that supply grows and as that supply develops, we'll actually be able to scale this up in a pretty meaningful way. potentially up t

one in alameda county. and one in santa clara county during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsom announced the south african variant of covid-19 has made its way to the bay area. >>during an afternoon briefing santa clara county's health officer said the resident infected there had traveled internationally the encouraging >>from our end. as that person upon returning. i immediately and we don't know of any for further spread. within our community. >>but kony remains unconvinced these are the only cases in the bay area. that's because so little testing is done to determine variance we don't do this every positive specimen and so in some ways we sort of have to >>that perhaps these variants of concern are already circulating we just don't know to what extent alameda county's health officer had little information about the travel history of the resident in his county but said to tamp down any possible spread or future surge. bay area residents must double down on safety measures residents are str

esta variante podría ser propagada más rápido dicen expertos en salud confirmó la santa clara y en alameda [hablando inglés] . >> el miércoles el gobernador anuncióque detectaron los primeros casos de la variante proveniente de sudáfrica de covid-19 en el estado en santa clara y alameda. >> el caso de santa clara la persona lloviendo del hogar regresó de viaje internacional a media 12 de enero experimentaron síntomas paresias después de regresar. >> hasta ahora sólo han confirmado que una persona se infectó con esta nueva variante en el caso del condado alameda. >> ilusión investigador hasta ahora no tenemos muchos detalles de este caso. >> el doctor experto en enfermedades infecciosas nos explica que es una variante del coronavirus . >> los virus cuando se multiplican hacen errores son negativos para el virus y mueren. >> pero dicen que este no es el caso con el coronavirus preso la nueva variante despreocupa. >> que sea mucho más agresivo también que se multiplique más rápido con este nuevo cambio como encontraron la cepa de gran bretaña y de sudáfrica. >> esto quiere dec

. >>> sites also in alameda county, the parking lot with big white tents. and oakland coliseum is getting ready to distribute vaccines. partnership between the state and biden administration. fema is providing for this site. tents also set up here, as alameda county announced it is vaccinating people on tier 1b, over the age of 65, agriculture and education workers and first responders. >> california is picking up the pace, administered 2/3 of its vaccine, governor spoke from petco park, mass vaccination site in san diego. said while the sites are great, may be hard for others to get there. so office is sending vaccines to over 100 small local community organizations. >> we want fast, efficient and equitable distribution of the vaccines, we recognize we have more work to do in that space. >> as of now, california has no confirmed cases of the south african and brazilian variant, but the uk is mostly in southern california. >>> deal in the works to get kids back in the classroom. school district and teachers union reached tentative agreement. both agreed the

the good news is that alameda county health officer dr. nicholas moss believes the current pfizer and moderna vaccines still have decent efficacy against the variants. >> even if there's somewhat reduced efficacy in some cases overall it is still very good. but i think prudently the manufacturers and others are looking at booster strategies. >> reporter: so both doctors emphasized with the new variants in the uk -- from the uk and south africa now confirmed in california that it is so important to continue wearing masks and maintaining that social distance. we have to be vigilant. because of limited testing they just do not know how widespread these variants are right now in the bay area or the u.s. the santa clara county patients have fully recovered. they were never hospitalized. and alameda county says they're still investigating their case and have not shared many details about their patient. we do have more details coming up at 6:00. i'm kate larsen for abc 7 news. back to you. >> all right, kate, thank you. >>> and new numbers today

live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. today two more bay area cities will consider proposals to add hazard pay for workers at large grocery stores. the oakland and san jose city councils will consider paying employees an additional $5 an hour. th in san jose it would apply to those who have 300 hour more workers. the if passed in san jose, it would go into effect he immediately. >>> in an email from case kai e greg adams, he says it comes down to supply. they only received 300,000 doses. and that averages to about 43,000 doses a week. if that rate continues, it means that it would take roughly 216 weeks or just over four years to have enough of the first dose for all of kaiser's california patients. vaccine production is ramping up and more should be available soon. >> i think the challenge for all of us will be we just need to know how many vaccines are going to be made available in the next couple of weeks, in the next couple of months. >> kaiser says they have the capacity and are prepared to administer more than 200,0

this morning here in alameda. in the meantime they are planning to have a meeting tomorrow where they kind of go over what happened today and what the future looks like for the rest of this reopening plan. of course we will be here through the morning to bring you the latest with how that goes. reporting live. emily turner. >>> a vaccine super station will open next week at uc san diego's main campus. the hope is to vaccinate 5,000 per day if enough doses are made available. the walk through will run out of the arena and could double the number of vaccinations the university is already doing at another super station in downtown san diego. >>> the white house said its ramping up vaccine distribution even more. the government will start shipping out another 500,000 vaccines nationwide. >> for the next three weeks, we will provide a minimum of 10.5 million in total doses per week. >> this just one week after increasing the weekly supply given to the states by 16%. it's now adding another 5% on top of it.. >>> pfizer

his death shocked the normally peaceful alameda. the island city was abuzz with talk as to whether darren's pending divorce could have played a role. his marriage was unhappy and there was a lot of hard feelings there, and there was a lot of money at stake, too. they were fairly well off. there was an insurance policy. there was a lot of things going on there. there was also another reason people were upset it, darrin. only months earlier, he had been arrested and charged with child molestation. the alleged victim was a relative who was very confident that he was going to be exonerated. raven all said, even with the criminal charge pending that was not licensed to kill his son to kill somebody for a suspicion of a crime is absurd. he believes his son was targeted was clearly i hit, they shot him a and nothing was taken. darren's friend mark malone believes several people know what happened. they all keep quiet. they all cover each other's tracks and our alibis for each other. i think it's going to be very difficult to figure it out.

but they are going to be starting that here in alameda county. live in fremont, abc 7 news. >> good to know, amy. thank you. >>> starting today sonoma county will vaccinate people 70 and older at pharmacy clinics. 11 safeway stores are offering vaccinations by appointment only. each pharmacy will have the capacity to administer up to 20 vaccinations on week days only. other locations are the sonoma county fairgrounds and sonoma valley high school. >>> and health providers have ramped up vaccination efforts and intend to vaccinate 10,000 people a day starting today in san mateo county. it's at the san mateo event center and by appointment only for eligible patients. traffic there is changing to help manage the influx of visitors. be careful driving if you're in the area. >>> the nation's top health experts say the vaccine rollout is gaining momentum. the cdc says more than 2.2 million doses were given out saturday. and that brings the 7-day average to 1.4 million shots a day. it's still not enough to meet demand. however, dr. anthony fauci says th

expert and people waiting to get vaccinated, amber julie here in alameda, people tell me they're not overly concerned because they have confidence in the vaccines that are rolling out. but what they would like to see is that the vaccines be more readily available at their local pharmacy, people enjoyed the return of outdoor dining along park street in alameda. on this february night, some. say they're aware that the uk variant of the coronavirus is in california, but it's news to them that it's now close to home here in alameda county. all of this is good, so the difference between a new version i'm going to keep doing what i'm gonna keep caring for. my family were to wear a mask without washing hands were to keep distance. i wasn't really that concerned. i mean, now that we've been to the whole cover thing i'm not is you know is long is the vaccines take care of all the strains? they don't want people to be worried about. dr monica gandhi and infectious disease expert with ucsf says the uk vary. it may be more contagious but isn't necessarily more deadly. what i do know for sure is

well there's very little information the investigations in santa clara county in alameda county are just getting underway. but some positive news with that information from santa clara county residents. so too. variance. >>that we identify south african variants now are in the state of california. >>during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsome announce california's first to covid cases with the south african variant are in alameda and santa clara county. during an afternoon briefing, santa clara county's health officer said the resident infected there had traveled internationally but quarantine immediately upon return is required and developed symptoms days later, good news is that at no time during their infectious period. >>or the contact with anyone outside their household. so so that that encouraging to us and that for this particular case. we have no evidence that there was any further risk for spread within the community, but both cody in alameda county's health officer point out there's very little testing done to determine variance we have a limited picture. >>only

also in alameda county the bewilderment over why some first responders have yet to get a vaccine even though they are exposed to covid-19 nearly every day and the scathing report of covid at san quentin saying it's a public health disaster and san francisco's new maximum vaccination site and how it's serving one of the haarest hit communities and tony bennett's neurologist and what he says about his situation. >>> we begin tonight with new developmen ovid vaccine is impacting so many of us. with that we say good evening an thank you for joining us. >> in al moda county first responders are feeling their frustration grow. they have yet to get a shot more than a month before vaccines begin to roll out there. the president of moderna admits bolt next are indeed a problem and the company is trying to actively trying to speed things up and kaiser's ceo says the company doesn't have enough to go around. >> he says they serve of 9 million californians but have only received 300,000 doses. that works out to just over 2% getting vaccinated so far. abc 7 news anchor us off tonight at this rate

reportera: liz ortega del sindicato centro laboral de alameda, explicÓ que hay mÁs de 500 empleados a nivel nacional. si la vida de estas personas estarÁ en peligro, ¿serÁ suficiente to cinco dÓlares la hora? >> ellos cuando comenzaron sus carreras de trabajo. >> vamos a pasar a la resoluciÓn a la unÍ media de la tarde. ya tenemos el acuerdo. reportera: ya la pandemia va para mÁs de un aÑo, ¿por quÉ ahora, por quÉ no le hicimos antes? >> a veces lo que pasa es que sale uno de los empleados positivos en nÚmeros. reportera: ¿por quÉ no se hizo antes? >> es algo la semana pasada nos juntamos con la uniÓn de mando, nos dijeron que necesita mucha ayuda, porque 40% de los empleados en esos negocios estÁn dando positivo. >> cinco dÓlares la hora para los trabajadores de supermercados y trabajadores de tiendas que venden comida, esto se aplica todas las tiendas que tienen mÁs de 300 empleados a nivel nacional. reportera: por su parte la asociaciÓn de supermercados de california, dice que estas iniciativas son drÁsticas y daÑinas para el sector. asegura que al final los em

primero empezamos con una alerta informativa, autoridades del condado alameda detuvieron al sospechoso con varios ataques a personas de la tercera edad en oakland. tuvimos un fin de semana con temperaturas agradables, de esto seguiremos hablando de la noche. este fin de semana vaya que disfrutamos del clima, este lunes la situaciÓn cambiÓ drÁsticamente en algunas ciudades. veamos estas imÁgenes de la ciudad de san josÉ, cuando faltan segundos para las 6:00 de la tarde. nuestra meteorÓloganos explica por quÉ tuvimos estos cambios en nuestras temperaturas. meteorÓloga: nos espera una jornada variable en la bahÍa de san francisco, podemos apreciar algunas lloviznas en caminos para esos condados adyacentes al pacÍfico. un sistema frontal bastante dÉbil estarÁ avanzando la regiÓn para martes en la tarde. el miÉrcoles serÁ un dÍa bastante tranquilo, pero el jueves es posible que estemos entrando en un periodo inestable con la llegada de aguaceros, por el momento no se pronostica evento de inundaciÓn en la bahÍa de san francisco. el modelo proyecta sobre todo este prÓximo m

alameda and santa clara county health officials held a joint virtual news conference addressing this new covid development, they share this virus will continue to adopt and change. that's its job. experts say the south african variant is 30 to 50% more contagious but its symptoms and illness or less severe, officials say information on the presence of variants, legs do too time consuming lab work needed to identify the new strains. we're looking at the genetic code of the virus to identify these mutations that have been described, researchers say. the fda approved covid-19 vaccinations currently being administered are effective. against the south african variant. but the drug produced by oxford, astrazeneca is less effective in terms of preventing mild to moderate disease. it appears to be less effective. um it's not to say it's ineffective, experts say it's unlikely we'll see a surge of covid varian similar to what we went through last year, but there is still the possibility which is why they say we need to maintain the defensive steps we've been taking all along, coupled with vacc

alameda, san francisco, santa fe, santa clara y sonoma. entre otras de la regiÓn que obtendrÁn la vacuna disponiblea partir de maÑana, 11 de febrero. es necesario programar una cita. para pedir una cita, visite la pÁgina web cvs.com o al 7467287. los representantes dijeron que no se va a vacunar a ninguna persona que no tenga una cita.a dÍas de que la corte federal del distrito en el norte de california suspendiÓ de manera temporal la orden emitida el lunes que obligaba al condado de santa clara a permitir misas dentro de templos, dejando vigente la prohibiciÓn de ceremonias en espacios interiores, explica en detalle lo que podrÍa pasarnos adelante. tamara: la modificaciÓn de fallo se da luego de que reconsiderara la decisiÓn, seÑalando que con el hallazgo de nuevas variantes de coronavirus provinientes de sudÁfrica y reino unido, el departamento de salud tiene como objetivo incrementar los protocolos de seguridad para minimizar la propagaciÓn del virus. informal fundado a travÉs de un comunicado. la diÓcesis de san josÉ qu

alameda county confirmed 6 cases of the new strain, including the u c berkeley students. meanwhile, scientists say the u.s. is behind on detecting dangerous coronavirus mutations and is only now beginning to really look for them, blaming an absence of national leadership and lack of funding and supplies to hunt for mutations. the stanford lab is on the front lines of american efforts to attract new strains testing samples every day from the bay area very important for us to know was there that is out there. >>in all some of the have been linked to increase in in transmission of the virus. >>the british variant is more contagious and may carry a higher risk of death than the original strain, the fear is new variants could make existing vaccine less effective a number of these mutations that may their ability to be. >>neutralized by the antibodies generated from vaccinations so they could impact the performance of the vaccines mega u c berkeley 44 students tested positive for covid last week. >>since august the university has seen more than 500 confirmed cases likely connec

you have to sign up for alert on the alameda county website. we have a link to it on o things reportedly running very smoothly out of the call. see him site and now the alameda fairgrounds. good to see allie. thank you. no one knew it across the bay. the san francisco unified school district is giving an update on efforts to get students back into the classroom. the district reached a tentative agreement with unions last week over health and safety issues. the district says another agreement reached gives it the flexibility to expand in person education next year if more people are vaccinated in the pandemic eases. the school board is expected to ratify the agreements next week. just this morning, the superintendent, dr vincent matthew you re opened tr schools for reopening. we have inspected 15,000 windows across over 1600 classrooms. if we work closely with our site leaders at each elementary school in the first wave to plan for how their school sites will meet the health and safety guidelines. comes during an ongoing lawsuit by the citool d,

representative barbara lee says the death rate among black people, an alameda county due to covid-19 is almost twice the. rate of white people, not on the website. there's nothing there's no, there's no links. what she's talking about is a federal program meant to help people pay for the funerals of coronavirus victims coming up frustration from families having trouble accessing that money, a person, another bay area company, relocating workers to a difference. state why gilly adis, sending dozens of employees really? ease. ca ons and moving some to north carolina. the chronicle reports that 168 jobs will be eliminated at the company's foster city location and to tend in southern california. up to 89 of those jobs will be moved to north carolina. gilly at is the latest bay area business to move workers to a cheaper state. the paper says the company is getting a grant from north carolina. they could reimburse them for nearly $10 million if it creates enough jobs there. all right, just into the newsroom. now in the last 10 minutes, house democrats passed on nearly $2 trillion measure f

moss, alameda health offices some counties like alameda are working to improving how they monitor for the variants. dr. moss says the county is expected to start receiving reports from labs actually detecting varntsz of the virus in the coming weeks and as the strain first identified in south africa is identified in the bay researchers are looking for other varntsz including strains from the uk and brazil. the question across the u.s. how effective are the available vaccines against these strains. dr. anthony fauci spoke to the "today" show's savannah guthrie about that variant identified in the united kingdom. take a listen. >> the sobering news it does spread more rapidly. we know that from the uk experience. the uplifting news the vaccines we have, the moderna and the pfizer and very likely the ones that will be coming online soon, seem to do well against this uk variant. >> reporter: now dr. fauci said the next steps to slow the spread what is we've been doing so far, stepping up the public health measure of masking an practicing the social distancing combined with vaccinations. h

daly city 57, 58 for oak land and alameda. north bay with the rain arriving first, cooler temperatures in the mid 50s this afternoon. lunar new year tomorrow as we celebrate the year of the ox, we are looking at dry conditions with partly sunny skies friday, scattered showers saturday, a break sunday for valentine's day and unsettled weather for early next week and president's day on monday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today. >> you think you are not ready. >> there are more qualified. >> no one is more qualified. >> i can't do the lip thing either. clarice is picking up where the silence of the lambs left off. the fbi agent returns to the field to investigate serial killings. we spoke with her about what fans of the movie can expect. >> i think that's also really exciting if you ow and love the film because it's not like it's 20 years and that's a distant memory. this literally just happened. as a show we throw back in reference to the film so much that it is really a continuation of a world that if you love, you will love

miramos condado con condado, los 58 de california, y uno de esos resaltÓ, el condado alameda que me cuanto a la velocidad en la que suministran las vacunas, dijo el gobernador gavin newsom. presentadora: el departamento de salud pÚblica de santa clara se uniÓ a otros siete condados para buscar priorizar la vacuna para adultos mayores. de esta forma contra costa, san mateo, san francisco, ademÁs de solano y santos, coordinarÁn esfuerzos para inmunizaciÓn a los mÁs vulnerables. el condado de marines tiene en la poblaciÓn de adultos mayores per cÁpita mÁs alta de todos los condados en california. una vacuna tiene 300 veces mÁs opciones de salvar la vida de una persona mayor de 75 aÑos, que la de alguien menor de 50. kaiser permanente cancelÓ mÁs de 5000 citas programadas para administrar las vacunas contra el coronavirus en el condado de santa clara. representante de pfizer informaron que es una situaciÓn desafortunada, pero que no pueden cumplir con las vacunaciones, ya que no han recibido las dosis necesarias. las Ácidas para las personas mayores de 75 aÑos serÁn reprograma

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but it's news to them that it's now close to home here in alameda county. all of this is good. so the difference between a new version i'm going to keep doing what i'm gonna keep carrying coming. the family were to wear a mask, but wash your hands were to keep distance. i wasn't really that concerned. i mean, now that we've been to the whole cover thing, they don't want people to be worried about it. dr monica gandhi and infectious disease expert with ucsf says the uk vary. it may be more contagious but isn't necessarily more deadly. what ie authorized in this country work against this variant, the most important thing we could do for the american people. get the vaccine in them as fast as possible. then the virus will stop replicating as much and it can't mutate as much. there's nothing more urgent than rolling out the vaccine, making covid-19 vaccines more readily available is a component of the biden administration's plan. it announced that the federal government will start distributing vaccines directly to pharmacies across the country. starting on february 11th. it's part

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today alameda is starting a can coronavirus testing program of its staff. under the governor's proposed safe schools for all plan, districts need to submit a lap to test all students and staff before reopening. testing will continue weekly or bi weekly depending on the regional case rate. alameda hopes to get some elementary students back in class on march 8th. >>> we should mention the director of the cdc said that teacher vaccinations are not a requirement for the reopening and that social distance and mask wearing reduces the spread of the virus in school settings. >>> developing news on a plan to put a mass vaccination site at the oakland coliseum. it's a federal state project set to open on february 16th if not before. that site is set to distribute about 6,000 doses a day. co run by the federal emergency management agency which will provide staffing and operational support and the office of emergency services. the doses used here will not decrease the supply for other sites in alameda county and the site will have two mabile clinics as well to get in

out of the six cases in alameda county, those are found this week. two were uc berke berke >> what we saw in the last week roughly was a doubling in the southern california and florida region. i would expect in the next couple weekshe we as much in th area, but given the traffic between the two regions, it's just a matter of time. >>> the scarcity in supply has led napa county to stop vaccinating residents with their first doses. according to the chronicle, the county started dipping into doses of those who have already had their first shot. to make sure everyone can get their second dose, the county has temporarily stopped vaccinating first time residents all because of that limited supply. >>> all santa clara county residents 65 and up can get vaccinated. it it allows health care workers and anyone 65 and up to receive a vaccine anywhere in the county regardless of insurance or health care provider. officials also announced they are prioritizing people living in areas with high infection rates like east san jose. to schedule a vaccine appointment,

alameda county says there are a lot of people they have to get to in this tier. it has 325,000 people in this phase to vaccinate and, of course, limited supply of vaccines. county officials say educators will need to be patient as they work to get to everyone. they are advising people in this tier to first contact their health provider about the vacce. he suggest looking for outreach from their employer or community groups. alameda county school districts are preparing to return to in person learning on their own timetable. each district has its own timeline based on the needs in each community, but they're working on getting reopened while the county is working to get teachers here vaccinated and that starts the is week. big progress here. reporting live in fremont hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> parents are planning to protest for not reopening schools for older students. the district reopened elementary schools to hybrid learning in october and planning to bring sixth graders back in march. there are no plans to bring back older students until this fall, which has

san leandro, 58 for alameda, for the east bayshore line. nta n sonoma, 59 7 58 for windsor. heyou can expect after morning showers again we are looking at that clearing and we oon. feshowers are possible your wednesday with that little weather system and then after that high pressure builds in and we will see plenty of sun. in fact temperatures will be on the rise as we look to the rest of the workweek and especially into the weekend. nice weekend to get out there, any outdoor activity that you lecheck in with gianna for a look at traffic with the slick roadways in spots this morning. >>> yeah. you want to be careful, especially when you are dealing that wet weather. we always get reports of vehicles that spin out, taking you on the on and off ramps. slow down just a little bit. taking a live look at the bay bridge. we are not seeing any major issues or delays. if you are traveling out of oakland, emoryville and going over to san francisco across the upper deck things are moving at the limit for the st par oks iny. definitely watch the roadways there this morning. we have tr

>> reporter: good morning, yes, alameda county fairgrounds gate eight this is the entrance. just like the mass vaccination site that opened yesterday at the coliseum, this is by appointment only, open to health care workers and alameda county residents 65 years of age and older. you can see on your tv screen the alamedacountyfair.com website to give you the covid-19 vaccination link there. the mass vaccination site in the oakland coliseum is the first one in the country run by the federal government, a partnership between the biden administration and the state of california. fema will be providing a majority of the vaccine doses there. right now the coliseum is equipped to give about 3,000 shots a day by the end of the week, the number is expected to grow to 6,000 and they plan to do that seven days a week and for at least the next eight weeks. san francisco is trying to expand the access to the vaccine to different parts of its population. yesterday the city transformed a portion of sf market, a wholesale produce market in san francisco's bay view district, and turned that

>well happening today, governor gavin newsom is going to be visiting a mobile vaccination clinic in alameda county the clinic is providing vaccinations for teachers and school staff in areas that are heavily impacted by the virus. this is part of governors. the nuisance plant to highlight the state's effort to ramp up vaccinations not california has administered so far nearly 7 million doses and obviously we want that number to go way up. after almost a year of distance learning speaking to teachers california lawmakers are now pushing forward with a 12.6 billion dollar plan to reopen schools by april 15th. the full state assembly is expected to vote on this plan next week where the governor gives plus or not the first 2 billion dollars will go towards paying for school reopening costs. now schools would need to start in person learning for certain student groups by that april deadline if they want to receive any of that 2 billion dollars can't meet the reopening requirements. well they'll have to opt out of getting any state aid. >>for schools to get access to the 2 billion dollars of reop

one in santa clara and the other in the alameda area. not much is known about the alameda case. both test samples were seek went for the variant at stanford medicine. >> this is really important to know. we don't do the sequencing on every positive specimen. >> i want what viruses do. the more infections there are, the more opportunities the virus has to generate new variants. >> not all positive covid tests are sequenced for identifying variants because it's expensive and takes a lot of time. that's why experts say the best thing we can do to prevent mutations is stop infections with vaccinations, mask wearing, and hand washing. >>> today, you can start signing up for a vaccine at cvs. first appointments begin tomorrow. pharmacies in california will be receiving nearly 82,000 doses to start. cities with cvs locations participating in vaccine distribution include san francisco, sonoma, sunnyvale. you have to stale quirem walgs ores also plan to begin vaccinations friday. appointments are required and can be made on the walgreens website. >>> cdc is urging americans to wear two m

one in alameda county. and one in santa clara county. >>governor gavin newsome making that announcement earlier today in fresno scientists and health officials fear that these variants could be more contagious and more likely to re infect people whom have already have the covid virus. good evening. everybody, thank you for joining us, i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne, the south african variant was first identified in the united states late last month and south carolina at this point. >>it's believed vaccines are less effective on that very crime dan kerman has been following the story he joins us live now with the latest and. well there's very little information the investigations in santa clara county in alameda county are just getting underway. but some positive news with that information from santa clara county residents. so too. variance. >>that we identify south african variants now are in the state of california. >>during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsome announce california's first to covid cases with the south af

. >>4 bay area public health departments alameda county, san mateo county and san francisco say they have cut off one medical from getting more covid-19 vaccine. the medical provider known for its personalized concierge service and nearly $200 annual the got this letter from the deputy director of san francisco's vaccine branch operations telling them to return their remaining 270 pfizer viles which translates to 1600 doses, but they let them know they can still go ahead and give second says san francisco's department of public health says they asked one medical to help vaccinate phase. one health care workers and when asked for an accounting in mid february quote one medical's response indicates a number of doses were administered to patients. hu are under 65 to self identified as phase one a health care workers but we're not dph referrals or one medical health care worker employees and because of this and our inability to verify. the status of this cohort dph has stopped allocating doses to one medical one medical says they've done nothing wrong and is maintaining that the doses in

the note of course the overnight roadwork closes that posey from alameda to oakland. use high street or fruitvale street. i see slowing headed toward the high street bridge. there's something reported nearby. >>> cleanup efforts are beginning from an oil spill in san francisco bay. overnight some 600 gallons of oil spilled from an pipeline in chevron's richmond refinery, happened yesterday afternoon. the spill is said to be contained and as "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports, there are still many unanswered questions. >> reporter: nighttime cleanup has been suspended, this following a petroleum spill from a pipe near the chevron refinery long wharf, a major tanker terminal and port facility in point richmond. >> i smelled this smell coming in. i thought it's either chevron or the wharf, and then i heard the helicopters and so i thought okay, it's the wharf. >> reporter: helicopters the fi will it be the last. >> took a while for chevron to discover it, and then a bit more time passed before it was reported to the county, so sometime close to 3:30 is when the cou

this is what it looked like in alameda a short time ago. here's a live look from our cameras various parts of the bay area. you can expect this for a few more hours. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with what's happening right now on live doppler 7. >> it is active, dan, and that's exactly what we need right now. the rain that is welcome here in the bay area it is coming down in the east bay. i'm going to take you into street level radar to oakland. alameda, you can see harbor parkway seeing some moderate to heavy rain. also right around the antioch, brentwood, pittsburgh area deer valley road, unfortunately the evening commute is not knowing to be easy for those who have to hit the road. san francisco, mission street seeing some light to moderate rain. and as we head into the south bay and santa cruz mountains also getting the wed roadways out there. wet evening commute, breezy to gusty conditions out there. as you look at the hour by hour time line notice the rain is passing through the region. by 10:00 p.m. the showers are focused rig

. >> reporter: that variant's now been found in adults in santa clara and alameda counties. today alameda county health officials would not share any information about the infected person there. but santa clara health officials say the sick person in their county quarantined after an international trip. so exposure to others may be low, but they still want to warn people not to let their guard down. >> in some ways we still have to assume that perhaps these variants of concern are already circulating. we just don't know to what extent. and so we need to adapt and change our behavior and really doubling down on all those important things that we're doing, like wearing masks. >>> getting kids back into school, san francisco flexing its muscles even more now, seeking an emergency court order against the school district to compel it to reopen. today the city attorney filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the district and superintendent. it says the failure to allow in-person classes violates the constitutional rights of the students. the city has filed a lawsuit ag

threshold includes san francisco alameda, san matteo, santa clara and marin county's alameda county health leaders are investigating six possible variants here in the bay area. that variant by the way, first detected in the u. k k interviews and early reports on what's being done to keep these variants from actually spreading right here in the bay area. people enjoyed the return of outdoor dining along park street and alameda on this february night. some say they're aware that the uk variant of the coronavirus is in california. it's news to them that it's now close to home here in alameda county. all of this is good. so the difference between a new version i'm going to keep doing what i'm gonna keep caring for my family were to wear a mask without washing hands were to keep distance. i wasn't really that concerned. i mean, now that we've been to the whole cover thing i'm not is you know as long as the vaccines take care of all the strains, they don't want people to be worried about it. dr monica gandhi and infectious disease expert with ucsf says. the uk vary. it may be more contagious but

still ahead tonight, the final preparations are underway at the oakland alameda county coliseum. >>when the >>he's made final preparations are now underway at the oakland-alameda collin county coliseum next week the site will host a mass covid vaccination clinic capable of vaccinating more than 6,000 people every day this is kron four's we've reports governor gavin newsome made a bay area stop today checking in on another large scale vaccination site. >>during his friday visit to the mosque only center in san francisco governor gavin newsome touting the transformation of the convention halls into a mass covid-19 vaccination site as a key asset in the fight to stop the virus from continuing to spread a large scale sites down. >>at levi stadium. oakland coliseum got go park in. >>san diego vaccines have been administered the muskogee center since last friday mayor london breed joined the governor on his tour in the site we have the ability to vaccinate. >>at least 10,000 people a day. >>across the bay, the federal emergency management agency and governor's office of emergency servi

mass vaccination site at the alameda county fairgrounds. for kindergarten teacher mandy bonnet, the vaccination site can't open soon enough. >> teaching online has definitely been a challenge. >> reporter: to include essential workers and education and child care. emergency services, and food and agriculture. mandy has been told to the process is starting but she is still unclear as to what that means. what is starting the process mean? >> well, i know that there's a lot of people to be vaccinated but we have not heard anything yet from our district as far as when it is our turn. >> reporter: community and county vaccination sites, doctors offices, clinics and pharmacies are gearing up to distribute close to 82,000 pfizer vaccines and 90,200 moderna vaccine's countywide. school districts have been asked to >>> a list of names based on priority, placing educators already working with children in person at the top of the list. >> they give us a ranking system, so it is first for the teachers who are actually face- to-face. i would like to get

alameda has confirmed six new cases of the uk variant. two are uc berkeley students. >> university says there is no indication the two students had been on campus except for testing. contact tracing revealed both recently arrived in u.s. from abroad and were connected. >>> major changes to the vaccine roll out yover 65 can s county officials say 81% of covid-19 related deaths in the county involve people over 65. >>> johnson & johnson applied for emergency use authorization from fda. if approved it could be a game changer. unlike moderna and pfizer, johnson & johnson vaccine requires a single dose. >>> in an effort to combat attacks on asian americans, the president of the oakland china town chamber of cocehanding out whistles to residents. sheriffs deputies are stepping up patrols in the area especially during lunar new year. >>> san francisco eastern syria castro district. >>> streaming on cbsn bay area, we'll g thatd reopening news conference 8:00 plus ahead of the super bowl patriot' lawrence guy talks about what he learned playing wi

that's now a total of 6 confirmed cases of the uk variant in alameda county. good evening. i'm ken wayne and i pale more public health officials say all the more reason to take the virus very seriously to prevent the spread. >>kron four's gayle ong is live in berkeley tonight. she has the details on these latest cases, gayle. >>the uk variant was spotted days after a campus surge at u c berkeley, but researchers say they can confirm that these 2 new variant cases are not linked to that search. >>the faster spreading variants of covid-19 known as the uk variant has shown up in to u c berkeley students. researchers say the infected studen

well there are now 6 total cases of this period in alameda county. kron four's gayle ong has that story. >>the uk variant was spotted days after a campus surge, u c berkeley but researchers say they can confirm that these 2 new variant cases are not linked to that search the faster spreading variants of covid-19 known as the uk variant has shown up into u c berkeley students. researchers say the infected students tested positive for covid in january contact tracing revealed both recently arrived in the united states from abroad and we're connected in a statement the university health services medical director says it is unfortunately no surprise that this and other variants are being detected locally even the extent of viral spread happening currently regionally nationally and internationally the more efficiently we can contain the spread the better chance we have of nipping this in the bud the new variant known as b 1, 1, 7 was discovered in the united less than 2 months ago. alameda county confirmed 6 cases of the new strain, including the u c berk

it's already underway in alameda in napa county in san mateo county education and child care workers. food and agriculture workers and emergency workers can begin signing up on february 22nd. 2 days later that sector will be allowed to register and san francisco county february 28th in santa clara county. for more information on signing up for shots for yourself or for someone else. we have links on our web site to the vaccination clinics across the bay area just head to kron 4 dot com and look for the info on the coronavirus section of our website under the news tab. the body of a missing man was found in a crawl space of a home in san francisco. police found the body of christopher will tell in a 3 foot high space above the bathroom of his home in the city's mission district we'll tell was reportedly missing for about 5 weeks ago. police said foul play is not suspected in this incident. the cause of the death has not been released. hate crime investigation is underway in the east bay after a swastika was found at a synagogue. the hand drawn symbol was discovered your classroom. temp

>>oakland alameda berkeley, san francisco, some of your spots in the 50's this morning. it's a cool morning but not all that cold, especially because we're not really in the midst of 2 breezy conditions just yet. now winds will increase aloft not really at the surface, but in those mountain peaks are really going to notice mount tam cameras starting to shake tomorrow is going to be a breezy day so tomorrow is going to come along with cooler temperatures also breezier conditions today really is a good one to enjoy highs. well into the 70's this afternoon i'm talking exactly what to expect where you wrap come this afternoon and also the rest of the forecast still to come so stay with us john thank you if you are hitting the road this morning or community is really nice. i'm not seeing any major hot spots you drive into the city from the east bay. >>under 11 minutes, so that's going to be good for you. the san mateo bridge and across to the peninsula, let's get a look at that drive times 11 minutes start to get