katie nielsen has been monitoring that meeting at city hall all evening. katie? >> reporter: right now, the san jose city council is talking about an ordinance that would require grocery store chains like lucky to pay their workers an extra three dollars per hour in hero pay, as some people are calling it. >> reporter: grocery stores are one of the essential businesses that have never closed during the pandemic shutdowns. workers showing up every day to keep shelves stocked. >> this is an important way to look things up, someone who is giving up something of themselves to benefit us. >> reporter: sergio gimenez opposed paying grocery store workers an extra three dollars per hour. this is the next average grocery store makes $18 per hours of this bump would take them up to 21. >> these people are not going out and buying boats and new vehicles because of this big >> reporter: if approved, the hero pay mandate will only apply to workers at large chain grocery stores coming up small local markets. other city councilmembers say this kind of pay bump could have uninte

as kpix five katie nielsen reports. >> we are delighted they committed to a timeframe which creates some urgency. >> reporter: part of the community advisory vaccine committee which helps set state guidelines about who should get a covid vaccine and import order. >> people under 65 at high risk of getting covid and dying of covid because of their disabilities and they should be a priority. >> it started march 15th in people aged 16 to 64 with certain medical conditions can get covid vaccine, including those who have cancer, advanced kidney disease or lung disease for oxygen and down syndrome, sickle-cell, a woman pregnant and those with coronary artery disease. >> i want the disability community to know we've heard you and we will do more and better to provide access. >> that's an additional 4 million people to 6 million people eligible next month on top of the 13 million eligible right now. >> we have the tools and we have the supply and we will move through as expeditiously as possible. >> katie nielsen, tran25. >> by next month 20 million people will be eligible and that's about half

kpix 5's katie nielsen spoke with the player an askia to altl >> one the last games stella buch play before restrictions went into play on youth sports almost a year ago, sports team is severely. >> volleyball has been a key part of my life. it has shaped me as a person. >> reporter: a freshman in high school, stella started playing volleyball in fourth grade. >> i was looking forward to playing volleyball for a long time. i would be so happy if i could get a season >> reporter: when she and her mother saw restrictions lifted on some outdoor sports, they could not help but wonder why our indoor high schools when indoor college and professional sports are not? >> there is no answer or explanation that we have gotten about why the warriors can play, why college can play at those levels but not at high school. >> reporter: that is why stella and her mom found this lawsuit at san mateo county asking the courts to decide the very issue. their attorney wrote, if a sport is safe for professionals to play one following certain protocols, is it no less safe were high school student athletes c

katie? >> reporter: here at the alameda county fairgrounds, each tent is already up, ready to start mass vaccination within the next few weeks, meeting capacity as more people become eligible for a vaccine starting march 15th. >> we are delighted that they committed to a timeframe that has created some urgency. >> reporter: anthony is the director of disability rights california, and a member of the community advisory vaccine committee who helped to set state guidelines on who should be oval eligible for a vaccine. there are people under 65 years old who are at high risk of getting covid, and dying from covid, because of disabilities and health conditions, and they should be a priority. >> reporter: starting march 15th, people age 16364 with certain medical conditions can get covid vaccines, if they have lung disease, downstream, sickle cell disease, women who are pregnant, and those with coronary artery during disease or diabetes. >> we are going to do more, and better to provide access, ev

. >>> some major changes tonight to the vaccine rollout in santa clara county, kpix5's katie nielsen is at the fairgrounds to explain it all to us. katie? >> reporter: yeah, liz, county health officials today announced anyone over age 65 can now sign up to get vaccinated at one of these mass vaccination sites like the one here at the fairgrounds regardless of their health plan. getting shots in arms, that's the priority right now for santa clara county. >> the highest risk populations are 65 and older. >> reporter: according to county peck active dr. jeff smith, the state hasn't given enough doses of the covid vaccine to kaiser and palo alto medical foundation for people over age 65. that's why pened up the vaccination appointments to everyone in that age group. >> we know that we don't have a lot of vaccine, but we know that we need to focus on the older populations. >> reporter: but with johnson & johnson filing for emergency fda authorization today the hope is within the coming months there won't be so many issues with the supply. >> it will make it easier to get a lot of people v

tonight katie nielsen reports, it is all because the companies gave oakland an ultimatum. >> reporter: walgreens and targets are the latest stores to hire off-duty police officers like this one to provide security. drive by a walgreens in oakland and chances are there will be a patrol car parked out front. but it's not an officer on patrol, the officer is off- duty, working as private security paid for by the store itself. >> paying the officer $100 per hour overtime to protract protect and patrol these businesses. >> this was a last resort for these businesses, tired of dealing with shoplifting and attacks on employees almost daily. the program started a few years ago after conversations with home depot readership where they said they needed the city's help with dealing with issues at the store on fruitvale avenue, or they were leaving. >> that means they would take 325 jobs of entry-level people who live in the neighborhood. >> the store worked out a deal with the city so they could hire off-duty officers to help.>> i've gone to this home depot probably five times.>> reporter: miche

tonight katie nielsen reports, it is all because the companies gave oakland an ultimatum. >> reporter: walgreens and targets are the latest stores to hire off-duty police officers like this one to provide security. drive by a walgreens in oakland and chances are there will be a patrol car parked out front. but it's not an officer on patrol, the officer is off- duty, working as private itse. ty paid for by the stor >> paying the officer $100 per hour overtime to protract protect and patrol these businesses. >> this was a last resort for these businesses, tired of dealing with shoplifting and attacks on employees almost daily. the program started a few years ago after conversations with home depot readership where they said they needed the city's help with dealing with issues at the store on fruitvale avenue, or they were leaving. >> that mes ta 32bs op who live in the neighborhood. >> the store worked out a deal with the city so they could hire off-duty officers to help.>> i've gone to this home depot probably five times.>> reporter: michelle said she never felt safe coming to this loc

in katie nielsen reports that other big changes will be taking effect in less than an hour. >> reporter: santa clara county health department announced that starting tomorrow they will start easing restrictions on some outdoor activities and then by midweek next week the county could be back in the red, meaning some of these outdoor dining spaces could be moving back indoors. >> we are very excited. we then cooped up at home for a very long time. >> reporter: this family said they are anxious for santa clara county to start easing restrictions. >> they had to do what they had to do. was it effective, the question is still to be answered. >> reporter: starting tomorrow the county will relax restrictions on youth and adult sports and other outdoor gatherings. that is thanks in part to fewer covid cases. and they could move back to the red tier as early as next wednesday. meaning that teams and restaurants could open indoors with a limited number of people. >> there is covid fatigue, and then you go to a different county and you see that they are starting to go back to the way things were.

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. >>> some major changes tonight to the vaccine rollout in santa clara county, kpix5's katie nielsen is at the fairgrounds to explain it all to us. katie? >> reporter: yeah, liz, county health officials today announced anyone over age 65 can now sign up to get vaccinated at one of these mass vaccination sites like the one here at the fairgrounds regardless of their health plan. getting shots in arms, that's the priority right now for santa clara county. >> the highest risk populations are 65 and older. >> reporter: according to county peck active dr. jeff smith, the state hasn't given enough doses of the covid vaccine to kaiser and palo alto medical foundation for people over age 65. that's why the county opened up the vaccination appointments to everyone in that age group. >> we know that we don't have a lot of vaccine, but we know that we need to focus on the older populations. >> reporter: but with johnson & johnson filing for emergency fda authorization today the hope is within the coming months there won't be so many issues with the supply. >> it will make it easier to get a lot

katie nielsen joins us now live from livermore with the battle over a bike repair shop. >> reporter:'s of the city of livermore actually cited aj wright last week for operating a bicycle repair shop out of his garage after a neighbor complained multiple times. but when we spoke with aj he said he is just trying to do what he can to survive. >> i cannot pay rent, i did not have a stimulus. >> reporter: the shop closed right at the start of the pandemic. so he brought his equipment home. >> i have all the tools needed to do the work. i will try, i will put feelers out there and see what happens. >> reporter: he started it is like service last april and within a few weeks he had enough customers to keep him busy full-time. >> it has been working really smoothly and fine. basically up until now. >> reporter: one of the neighbors on his street complaints to the city about the fact he was operating a business in a residential neighborhood. the city of livermore cited him last week and told him he had to shut it down. >> it is kind of ridiculous. >> reporter: he lives across the street from

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