watching kron 4 news. >>major vaccine announcement in marin county a new segment of the population is eligible to get the shot. so what we should be focusing on is getting our population fox needed as quickly as possible. >>a focus on vaccines not covid variant why ucsf doctor believes we are panicking too much about coronavirus mutations. >>just kept running with pushing pulling. >>yikes a trip to target takes a terrifying turn in the east bay families forced to take cover when bullets start flying good evening, everybody. thanks for being with us on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock tonight, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis tonight. we have learned the san francisco board of education. >>has reached an agreement with the teachers union on the health and safety of reopening schools. the school district says an updated plan has also been discussed for in person learning the health and safety standards agreement says of san francisco is in the red tier than staff, hu will be teaching in person must have the op

watching kron 4 news. now 9 another storm and more rain moving through the bay area you're looking at a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza and stormtracker 4. >>as we continue to monitor conditions on the roadways tonight good evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan for pam moore tonight kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. >>joining so lawrence of training now when does it stop what's next. yeah, it looks like it's going to be pretty wet throughout the night tonight certainly around the bay area we do have some pockets of some heavier downpours now beginning to show up >>next system begins to roll in after a break over the weekend and now here comes that rain once again and it will be heavy at times throughout the evening hours. the good news is most this is going to come overnight tonight and begin to taper off as we head through the day tomorrow still is very slick out many of the roadways now looking out toward the golden gate bridge just settle down a little bit but the rain stil

>>real quick breaking news just into the kron 4 news room this stories on our website kron 4 dot com right now. we are reporting that larry flynt the founder of hustler has died at the age of 78. team zia's reporting that flynn died of heart failure working to get more information and we'll have updates for you coming up tonight at 5, 6, a very sweet moment caught on camera in new jersey as a man is reunited with his dog that he credits with saving his life. brian meyer suffered a stroke last month and he says his dog satie knew that he was in trouble and help hold him across the floor. >>so he could get his phone and call for help. he adopted this german shun of october in october this german shepherd in october and says it was the best decision he could have ever made. >>looks like sadie's so happy that he is happy and healthy and doing well and she even backs off his glasses and his mask with all those and that's why dogs are the best. >>we're going to check in now really quickly with mabrisa to find out about our weather forecast. i'm really interested in the timing of the next s

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>we anticipate receiving 380,000 380,300 doses of the j j vaccine next week and predictably over the next 3 weeks. >>the long wait for the 3rd covid-19 vaccine is coming to an end after a fda panel endorsed the single shot vaccine from johnson johnson. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman we want to start with that breaking news on the fight against covid that fda panel has just approved. johnson and johnson's coronavirus vaccine and governor gavin newsome says the federal government plans to send more than 1 million doses of the single shot to california by the end of march and that shipment will begin next week with more than 380,000 doses kron 4 sanaz tahernia has been following the story she's listening to that approval meeting she joins us now live from the newsroom. with what happens now some. that's right just so the voted to recommend approval and emergency use authorization was unanimous. >>the group of independent advisers to the fda

>>in oakley michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>on the president's line every school students in san carlos taking their first steps today to returning back to the classroom. >>big moves say we're all excited that he cares the first graders there and britain acres they arrive for their first day of orientation today is the beginning of what will soon be a hybrid model a mix of in person classes and distance learning that will start next week the principal says this orientation help students with the basics of learning how to learn during a pandemic. >>she know how to wear a mask we're talking about a young students here so we want to make sure kids are comfortable with wearing masks. we want to show them how you wash hands how often they need to wash hands. how to use hand sanitizer walking through what our recess procedures will be like how to use the bathroom here because we are limiting the number of students in each bathroom. >>this was kids just 5 years old the students will be returning to the classroom, starting next week

at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>coming up on kron 4 news at 8 imagine getting this in the mail driver's license with a picture of your face covered by a mask. we're hearing from the california was surprised with this face mask family. >>small business support a new grant program that's providing access to resources for recovery. >>basically i was every school board member in one east bay district resigning after a virtual meeting of them lasting parents went public. so what happens next as students await word on a return to the classroom. and the weather outside going to be getting a little windy but very very warm to break down >>a temporary school board is now in place for the oakley union elementary school district after its former board members all resigned you may remember just last week they were all caught on tape blasting parents during a virtual meeting when they thought no one was airing them don't want thought they were being recorded kron four's michelle kingston explains what now happens. >>basically

francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>coming up next gop senators meet with president biden today talking about a new covid relief bill will have a live report from washington on it's time for sleep number's january sale on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring... exactly. no problem. ...and done. and now, save $1,000 on the sleep number 360 special edition smart bed. plus, free premium delivery when you add a base. ends monday. >>international news tonight this week all eyes will be on washington as congress and the president work out a new covid-19 relief deal hopefully they get something done today. a group of 10 republican senators met with president biden to present their own relief deal. we want to go live now to washington our correspondent hudson has the latest from the nation's capital rashad are we any closer. >>good evening. no deal yet. but senators are calling that meeting with the president cordial and productive they say they're looking forward to more meetings

watching kron 4 news. >>nowadays long lines to get the covid-19 vaccine people took their chances and waited at a drop in vaccination clinic at san francisco general hospital so did they got a shot good evening. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news in prime time tonight. i'm justine waldman i'm jonathan mccall no appointments are needed at the san francisco general vaccine clinic, but you must be a san francisco resident in order to get a shot there. >>and in the north bay, a new drive-thru vaccination clinic is set to begin tomorrow at the larkspur ferry terminal. >>kron four's gayle ong is live for us there right now in the north bay. she has details on both of the sites that are now open in the bay area good evening go how are they going. >>good evening, justine and john it then you can see here at the larkspur ferry that ensor here this is where people are going to drive up being get their shots starting tomorrow. we started our day at sf general work people had better luck getting in l

watching kron 4 news. now 90 c berkeley confirms 2 students have tested positive for the more contagious strain of coronavirus that was first detected. >>in the united kingdom. 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

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>the director of the cdc says schools can open safely even if teachers are not vaccinated from the coronavirus doctor rochelle walensky cited cdc data showing that social distancing and wearing masks significantly reduces the spread of the virus in school setting. so a lot of questions about this. we're joined now by noble the director of the covid response at ucsf medical emergency department thanks for joining us with a lot of questions not enough time as usual, but what does this study say then about the ability to open up schools and as a doctor how do you feel about it. >>yeah, i 100% agree with the cdc. we now have an abundance of evidence that schools can be operated safely and teachers do not need to be vaccinated to return to campus is safe place masking and social distancing are on par with vaccines in terms of the effectiveness of blocking covid spread. we have a great new dataset released from duke researchers last month following 90,000 k through 12 students 10,000 teach

>>and that wraps up kron 4 news at 3 hour can coverage continues at the top of the hour on our kron on app i'm not turning. i think so often. bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. bay area homeowners, learn how your neighbors are accessing hundreds of thousands of dollars with a reverse mortgage loan from the bay area's number one reverse mortgage lender other mortgages are paid each month, but with a reverse mortgage, you can pay whatever you can, when it works for you, or, you can wait, and pay it off in one lump sum when you leave use a reverse mortgage loan to renovate and update your home, pay off

dan kerman kron 4 news than good tips. >>coming up one thing in particular could convince more americans actually get a covid-19 vaccine. how many people say having the option to travel would be a good reason to get the shot. and there's a covid outbreak at a maintenance yard in san francisco. what we know about that situation tonight plus the oakland coliseum set to become a mass covid-19 vaccination site how soon it will open and start administering shots. and we toyed around with a couple little sprinkles going this afternoon concentrated mostly up in the north bay looking ahead though it's lots of >>east bay federal help is on the way to oakland to stop the spread of covid-19 boy do we need it today governor newsom announced a partnership with the biden administration to transition the colosseum there in oakland into a mass vaccination site our kron four's phillipe djegal reports that it will be the first of at least 100 sites. the federal government hopes to open biden's first 100 days in office. >>the quiet oakland a

on our website kron 4 dot com. all right the san francisco school district is that the negotiation negotiation table right now with the teachers union trying to hammer out a plan that would get kids back to school kron four's when kelly joins us now live as the city ut just sent out the sort of scathing letter to the teachers union warning them that they need to come to agreement to get kids back in the classroom saying that it can be done safely. marine with the latest. >>just seen city attorney dennis herrera sent this letter to the head of the teachers union this afternoon. basically warning them that the deal they've already worked out. 4 partially reopening schools. they haven't worked out the entire deal yet but even apart, they have worked out in the city attorney's view it's against the law and he plans on challenging it in court. >>in a letter the city attorney files a legal warning shot saying that the school district and the school board both of which he's already filed a lawsuit against for not having a

>>in orinda phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>jeff bezos who founded amazon and turn it into an online shopping giant today says that he's stepping down as the company's ceo, which is a role that he said for nearly 30 years. he will be replaced in the fall by andy jassy who runs amazon's cloud computing business the 57 year-old bezos will then become the company's executive chair. in a blog post employees bezos says that he plans to focus on new products and early initiatives being developed at amazon and he says that he's going to more time for side projects like a space exploration company blue origin the newspaper that owns the washington post and several charities. >>alright basis steps down we step up way up into the sierra. how about a little more than 9,000 feet this is interstate 80 at castle peak as you can see. >>it is something of a winter wonderland up there. yeah, it looks cold war, it's a lot of you know. yeah a lot of snow up there in guys they are looking at the snow coming down and chain up on both 8050 across

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>meanwhile in the east bay, a steady improvement in the covid case rate in contra costa county has paved the way for the san ramon valley unified school district to reopen some schools for in person instruction as crowd forcefully to go reports some students returning to class starting tomorrow. >>preschoolers through second graders have been cleared to return to campus is in the san ramon valley unified school district. the state and country costa county public health departments approved the district's covid-19 safety plan friday and the covid-19 adjusted case rate has remained below 25 per 100,000 residents for 5 consecutive days, a state metric met allowing kids to take part in a hybrid in-person learning structure starting wednesday, not every student is okay in a remote space and we know that. >>we're not able to reach every student we're not able to support every student and for that alone this is a really important next step for us to take superintendent doctor john malloy sa

in danville fleet all kron 4 news. >>turning our attention now to the weather is a live look at the golden gate bridge is gray skies overhead heard a little bit of that. rain coming down in the middle of the night without proper meteorologist dave spahr he joins us from the weather center looks like we may have some more rain this week right yeah, we're looking for an unsettled pattern to finish it off however we have some sun mixed into that mixture today including tomorrow. >>before we get there right now live shot of the gray skies, you're talking about their son to half moon bay. it's been like this all day today is there anything behind all of that let's take a quick and radar here you have it it's been kind of splotches all day. a lot of this is virgie that's evaporation the rain before it strikes the ground but some locations besides just little droplets may be on the windshield actually picking up a couple hundredths of an inch of rain depending on your location most of his been concentrated down here to the sa

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>learning how to get students and teachers back into the classroom after being shut down for almost a year schools may soon be able to reopen safely. happy friday. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman today the centers for disease control and prevention announced a plan to safely reopen schools for in person learning kron 4 tahernia joins us now live from the newsroom with details on what this plan looks like. what's next in power to do this good news for parents just seen i know you're going to be really happy out about this. >>now this comes as the cdc says in person learning is not a substantial driver of covid-19 spread here in the u.s. and that transmission among students and now it is considered relatively rare. this in newer reopening roadmap target schools teaching kindergarten up to the 12th grade and it requires mask-wearing hand washing disinfection of school facilities access to covid-19 testing and contact tracing. it also require

reporting live dan kerman kron 4 news stand. thank you well as concerned about the new covid variants grows cdc research shows that double masking wearing 2 masks. >>provides up to 95% protection from the virus. the cdc says to better protect yourself you should either double up with a cloth mask on top of the circle surgical mask or not the loops of a single surgical mask to reduce the space between the mask your face. the key is to prevent air or droplets from leaking out. one bay area health official agrees these methods increase protection against the virus. but he says it also depends on the setting. >>if people can do the double mask which is simply a regular surgical mask. and a cloth mask. over it. you know that's that's great. but again if you're going in clark and running and there's nobody else around. it doesn't really matter if you wear. to my soul, one if you're in the middle wet point event slated in northeast. and the occupation you know we need you to be in that space for a very long period of time. ben mee be e

watching kron 4 news. thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 9 o'clock everybody i'm grant lodes vicki liviakis we begin with pandemic progress to bay area counties have now moved into the less restrictive red reopening tier. >>san mateo and marin counties. well it's a good step forward health officials want to remind people that the virus is still out there. >>it's good i think it it says that we're moving in the right direction and things are getting better or seats we could get. >>the more we can serve the community. the better we can do as a business and we really see this bright light at the end of the tunnel is great news that 20% of our our community has been vaccinated that means 80% has not been vaccinated so we're still at it at significant risk and we could lose these games we've achieved if we let our guard down. >>and while san mateo and marin county are the only ones moving into the red tier now here in the bay area it's expected that others could join as early as next week. a majori

>>dan kerman kron 4 news. >>although a handful of schools are reopening educators are calling for an aggressive statewide plan to try to limit the spread of covid the head of a widespread return to campus. california teachers association wants a 100 days to come up with a safety plan and although vaccinations are at the top of the priority list. the association's president says that's just one layer of protection. >>not one up to care item will mitigate the virus. see have a vaccine. you have the mask where you have the the other ppe have a ventilation you have the. testing contract tracing everything together well. you know close those holes. >>teachers are included in tier one b of the state's vaccine distribution health officials in santa clara they're worried that the fraternity parties see photos there might have been a super spreader event it happened 2 weekends ago at the cal fire house photos from the party suggest at least 75 people attended the party and apparently ignored the social not wearing mask

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up the new study says a certain dna may play a part in how your body reacts to the coronavirus why those whose only experience mild symptoms of covid-19 and one particular thing. and extreme winter weather throwing a wrench in covid-19 vaccine delivery schedules when officials say we could be back on track. >>plus california lawmakers have reached an agreement on >>today, california lawmakers and governor newsome reached an agreement on an economic relief package to try to help individuals and small businesses across the state and they needed capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has details for us. >>the 9.6 billion dollar plan aims to help those hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic the plan provides $600 direct payments to low income earners making less than $30,000 a year along with some undocumented workers and other 2 did not qualify for federal stimulus state leaders estimate, they'll make 5.7 million of these payments, the package also includes 2 billion dollars in gra

is real concern over how many people those sites will be able to serve thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 5 everybody. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis are grand for dan kerman live for us now at moscow knee. >>in san francisco where one of those sites just opened up today. dan. that's right and they're doing a several 1000 people here at this site here at last county center and they're going to keep that number up. >>but the maximum that they would allow at this site they're nowhere near that amount and that's not because they don't want to it's not because they don't have the infrastructure, it's for at this point. this site like other mass vaccination sites simply don't have enough supply. >>i can't tell you how excited i am to open this. vaccination site right here in moscow knee center we're very happy to announce today. >>a partnership with the forty-niners and levi stadium. >>to begin a mass vaccination site at the levi's stadium. >>early next week within a 24 hour period, san francisco has opened its largest mass vaccination site to date at the moscow knee center a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>still to come a live report from tampa ahead of super bowl 55 we'll take a closer look at the first city in the nfl among coaches and players. in sunday's big game. >>plus a strong goal of 6,000 doses a day the mass vaccination site opening up in the east bay. california is second snowpack survey of the season taken today in the sierra. >>and the results are welcome news. >>hey we're looking for some chilly temperatures going on for tonight, maybe even some scattered frost potentially but fighting that breezy it looks like i >>all new at 6 city year where we're seeing the first woman officiate in a super bowl diversity or lack. it is still a hot topic in national football league jack doles joins us now live from the super bowl site this year tampa florida with. >>that story, jack is the nfl doing enough to improve diversity. >>grant i think the answer to that question if you if you just ask this question. there are 32 teams in the national football league and only 3 have black head

watching kron 4 news. >>welcome to kron 4 news at 8 o'clock this sunday night i'm jonathan mccall thank so much for joining us justine has the night off. it is official the tampa bay buccaneers once again super bowl champions. they beat the kansas city chiefs tonight in super bowl 55 in tampa florida 31 to 9. the bucs becoming the first team to win the super bowl in their very home stadium. quarterback in san mateo native tom brady securing his 7th lombardi trophy by far the most of any player. in nfl history, a great game unfolding tonight meanwhile in the east fans took their festivities outside trying to comply with covid-19 restrictions, one sports bar set up tv's for outdoor viewing of the big game outside kron four's gayle ong live for us tonight in pleasanton with a look at some of the festivities that folks took part in tonight. >>jonathan i'm here at a sports bar in pleasanton at the restaurant here and it's starting to close down but it was the owner's 48 super bowl here and of course it look dif

>>kron 4 news at 3 starts right now. >>from the local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >>it is really my honor to offer you the position of chief of police of the city of oakland california thank you. i accept. >>now at 3 the search is over for police chief in oakland today, mayor libby shaft named ron armstrong as the city's top cop. thank you so much for joining us this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman armstrong chief armstrong is a longtime veteran of the oakland police department, the oakland native joined the force back in 1999. and has recently been serving as the department's deputy chief a swearing-in ceremony for armstrong is set for monday morning at 10:00am he will succeed. the department's former chief anne kirkpatrick who was fired by the police commission last year susan manheimer has also been the acting chief of police there for almost a year since then the new appointment is coming as the oakland police department says it just experienced the deadliest january in 2 decades, we'll go into a lot more detail on the new chief of the

i a new kron 4 news. >>kron 4 did receive a statement from the mayor's office, it reads in part quote all city departments have been directed to propose a budget that includes cuts of up to 10%. this is not mean that those cuts will be accepted or adopted in the final budget. they are just used as a starting point for discussion as the city budget is developed the mayor's priority is to avoid layoffs and service reductions wherever possible and that includes the san francisco police department. >>the alameda county sheriff's office began vaccinating its more than 3,000 county employees today on forcefully to call reports from dublin where the first 1100 vaccinations are being administered. >>among the first members of the alameda county sheriff's office to receive the pfizer covid-19 vaccine thursday in dublin, the head of the agency sheriff greg ahern has a good day for us the vaccine offered to the 1800 members of the sheriff's office as well as all public safety personnel in alameda county we hope to v

this is kron 4 news at 3. did not. >>and this is enough and we need to get together as a community but also ask members of outside you need to help us in this fight and help us with this crisis we're under attack and we need help. >>a cry for help out of oakland's chinatown as the asian community says they are being violently targeted. thank you for joining us this afternoon on kron 4 news at 3 i'm tahernia our top story this afternoon, oakland police have arrested a man they say attacked elderly residents in oakland's chinatown neighborhood kron four's maureen kelly is following this story and joins us now live from oakland morning. >>that's right so dogs today oakland's newly appointed newly sworn-in police chief announced today that a suspect by the name of you i a muslim. arrested in the case involving a 91 year-old man being pushed to the ground the. >>district attorney for alameda county's says the same suspect is being charged with 2 other assaults here in chinatown. the attack is equally sickening as it is chal

watching kron 4 news. >>and the bay area continues to try and get a grip on the pandemic as more and more vaccination sides continue to open giving hope that things are going in the right direction. good evening. everybody thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 10, i'm pam moore and i'm catherine heenan ken wayne has the night off you're looking at 3 of the newest sites in the bay area on the left it's the new site at the alameda fairgrounds. >>and there's a site at sfo which also open today and now there is the site at levi stadium in santa clara county it actually opened yesterday but it ran into some serious problems on the first day with some people having to wait hours to get a shot in fact. >>one person waiting so long they actually passed out now, however they say things are fixed they're running a lot more smoothly kron four's terisa stasio shows us what they're doing differently. >>officials tell kron 4 news that they say that they did have some problems but they are working on finding a reme

>>kron 4 dot com. >>and the covid variants are raising some concerns among doctors but not all of them, so we will talk with a local expert says we really don't need to be worried. bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. bay area homeowners, learn how your neighbors are accessing hundreds of thousands of dollars with a reverse mortgage loan from the bay area's number one reverse mortgage lender other mortgages are paid each month, but with a reverse mortgage, you can pay whatever you can, when it works for you, or, you c

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watching kron 4 news. now 9 kaiser canceled thousands of covid vaccination appointments in santa clara county. >>blaming a supply shortage good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan for pam moore tonight. >>the cancellations began last or appointments have been canceled out this week kron four's tell of a second joins us live from kaiser permanente's san jose medical center and she's got the latest taylor. >>well 4500 appointments were canceled this weekend 750 more the week before. well kaiser says they understand the frustrations. they say they just did not receive the anticipated vaccine supply. >>thousands of seniors backlogged and forced to reschedule covid-19 vaccination appointments in santa clara county kaiser permanente says it had to cancel more than 5,000 appointments from january 29th through february 5th due to a shortage of supply in a statement to kron 4 news kaiser permanente said quote we did not receive the vaccine supplies anticipated when the appointments were made estimated o

has it made kron 4 news. >>today vaccination clinic at sfo will now offer covid-19 vaccine to san mateo county residents too are 65 and older regardless of their health insurance. drive through site is open wednesdays and fridays at sfo at the long-term parking garage. the city of millbrae shared this picture with us fights on twitter up until now it only offered appointments to residents covered under the health plan of sam, a tail, eligible residents must make appointments online to get their vaccine and as more vaccine. clinics open up across the bay area check out our website kron 4 dot com for all the vaccine sites and how you can sign up by each bay area county. san francisco, a police are investigating a shooting and a previous shelter-in-place has been cleared the investigation is happening on campbell and tucker avenues between delta and rockland streets. >>that's in the visitation valley neighborhood now police say the shelter-in-place that was earlier that has since been cleared. they say officers

>>dan kerman kron 4 news. >>guarding against coronavirus variants 2 of them discovered here in the bay area, how stanford university's tracking and studying them. >>also local college students are under investigation after photos surface >>last night we brought you these photos are these are from a party 2 weekends ago at a santa clara university, fraternity house, the gathering a clear violation of local and state health orders. tonight kron four's rob fladeboe has reaction from the university and health officials. >>i think everyone is is growing more member of a neighboring fraternity who wishes to remain anonymous said the party here at the offcampus california phi fraternity. a week ago saturday has led to a backlash that has put other fraternities and perhaps shot of clara university itself in a bad light. we need to take a look at. >>at how. >>how these parties and everything how that affects not just people's. people's health everything but how they affect the. >>the perception of the school and photos

ken wayne kron 4 news. >>i love it too unusual friends side by welcome back we're going to get another check of weather with john trouble as you start your weekend and this is a weekend to socially distance but also be up to be outside absolutely i sense a children's book idea from that tell a little i know you had a friend in me was like plan and that my hand so cute, such a good weekend really to get out there enjoy some sunshine. we are looking at conditions out there today that will we will see winds picking later on today. >>unfortunately are a little dry spell a dry spell is going to be lasting are calmer spell of weather not really going to be taking us all the way through the day today center tower view is certainly nice and clear this morning that a good news for commuters is the vast majority of the bay is fog free there are a couple of spots of fog though, especially right down along san jose milpitas fremont on over into the tri valley and even down areas morgan hill so watch out for a couple of

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>today we learned from california health and human services secretary doctor mark golly that the bay area is staying in the most restrictive tier of the state's reopening plan all purple, california's death toll has climbed rapidly since the worst surge of the pandemic technically started in mid-october the new head thanksgiving. things really spiraled out of control new cases and hospitalizations surging to record heights. but fortunately that has declined rapidly within the past 2 weeks and here is the for weeks icu capacity projection. this updated just today. so these are new by march 1st the bay area could have at least 33% of its icu beds available. the greater sacramento region which includes tahoe could have more than 31% available northern california. just over 29% the san joaquin valley, 35% and get this southern california which for weeks has been at 0% capacity is now projected at nearly 44% of its icu beds available that would be the most out of any region in the state a

kron 4 news. >>thank you dan governor newsome meanwhile says state lawmakers are close to making a deal on when and how to finally reopen schools, yeah, they work throughout the weekend to sort out details for the return to in person learning. >>from my perspective, the the to ask sir what's important flexibility and funding the reopening plan that he put out there was very rigid. almost every school said this is just not feasible. for us to do. and then there's his blueprint framework which quite frankly is still an impediment if you're saying you can open until you get your red tier well well most of the state is still in purple teeth. >>a major sticking point negotiations says been the teachers unions calls for educators to be vaccinated before stepping foot back in the classroom. the state is prioritizing teachers in the next phase of vaccinations an agreement on when in person learning may resume could be reached this week. >>one east bay school district is preparing to welcome back students

kron 4 news. >>all 9 bay area counties remain in the state's most restrictive, purple tier here when it comes to. >>the state said businesses and activities that they're allowing to be open but. >>governor newsome believes that some counties across california could be entering a less restrictive tier as soon as tomorrow and 3 bay area counties that are appeared appearing to be poised to do so or san francisco, san mateo or in the red tier capacity at retail and grocery stores is up to 50% and museums and zoos could have people inside 25% capacity gyms could have people inside 10% capacity and indoor dining would be allowed at 25% capacity. now more outdoor activities are on the way for people in santa clara county today health leaders said you sports performing arts and other activities will be allowed there. starting later this week all because of a a drop in covid cases kron four's dan thorn has that story now from san jose. >>county health leaders say this is exciting news considering santa cla

the kron 4 news at 3 starts now. >>from the local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >>we miss the feeling of community. and today we have a community that is doing the work to vaccinate the community. >>now at 3 vaccine equity temperatures go debuts a new covid-19 vaccine site in the city's mission district. an area hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic thank you for joining us this monday for kron 4 news at 3. i'm tahernia according to the city the 24th and capp street site is set to be followed shortly by another neighborhood vaccine site in the bayview to ensure that highly impacted neighborhoods have equitable access to the vaccine. kron four's charles clifford joins us live from san francisco, chuck, a critical critical step. in our fight against the virus. >>yeah, you know the latino community here in san francisco like all across california has struggled with the coronavirus and now the city has set up a coronavirus vaccination location here in the mission. it's a hopeful one help people get vaccinated but also convince people who are skeptical get that that

watching kron 4 news. >>i got the it kind of alarming but also something that i kind of thought was already going to happen. >>tonight u c berkeley is warning students about a surge in covid-19 cases on campus this is coming after 44 students tested positive for the virus. just on saturday. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock tonight, i'm justine waltman i'm jonathan mccall since august the university has seen more than 500 confirmed cases. >>kron four's dan thorn live tonight at u c berkeley with reaction from the school along with the students on campus in. >>and that's right jonathan, the students here some of them telling us that they were alarmed by this news other saying that they were actually expecting this news as some people were coming back from break. the university says that they are wanting everyone, especially the residential community to reduce the spread of covid-19 here on campus and they are also saying that if this does get out of control quarantine spaces

>>has it made you kron 4 news. >>california is releasing 4 week icu capacity projections for each of the 5 regions by march 1st the bay area could have 33% of icu beds available. the greater sacramento and northern california regions there about 30%. the 2 biggest are in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions for more than 35% of beds are projected to be available meantime today we learned that the all bay area counties will remain in the purple tier or widespread tier in the state's reopening plan. >>that determines what businesses and activities are allowed to take place for a complete list, go to our website kron 4 dot com. >>a few communities have been hit harder by the pandemic than east san jose get the communities, ripped fitness gym is openly defying health orders arguing it cannot operate indoors. there are signs outside claiming constitutional protection and clients who appear to be using masks and physical distancing. they are applauding the gyms defiance. >>and it's not as great as peopl

>>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>san francisco has launched its 3rd max a mass vaccination site wednesday located at sf market the bayview hunters point neighborhood. you can see they've got it already this city's health officials say that this area has seen. well one of the highest rates in both covid-19 cases and deaths now currently the site is only vaccinating health care workers and people 65 and older, you have to make an appointment so make sure you do that before you head out there. the supply issues still affecting san francisco's most county center and city college vaccine site both of those locations remain closed. they don't have vaccines right now. the biden administration though is trying to get enough americans vaccinated to achieve herd immunity and to allow life to get at least somewhat closer to normal. but some states still say they're running out of doses and they expand. i should say as they expand the roll out to more and more groups so the large portion of the general public apparently is goi

as it has been in the united kingdom maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>in the east bay, a pop-up vaccination clinic in lafayette will not be giving any more vaccines after complaints of unfair vaccine distribution. doctor rebecca parish hosted this pop up drive-thru clinic at stanley middle school. back in the middle of january the clinic initially focused on getting people 75 and older vaccinated but just days before that pop up pope and governor newsome allowed folks 65 and older to get the shot a total of 569 seniors between the ages of 65 and a 100 were treated at the clinic and volunteers under the age of 55. we're also vaccinated but they were in an eligible tier as health care workers. a doctor who volunteered to administer shots at the clinic filed this complaint with the county. >>vaccinated almost 600 people dow making a penny and stance. and one person who apparently did not understand the rules thought that i guess we don't really even know that people under 75 are not committed to get the vaccine. >>hundreds of seniors will now need to get

reporting live dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan. >>as concerned about new covid variants grows the cdc research shows that double masking wearing 2 masks provides up to 95% protection from the virus. the cdc says to better protect yourself you should either double up with a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask or not the loops of a single surgical mask to reduce the space between the mask and your face. the key is to prevent air or droplets from leaking in or out one bay area health official agrees these methods increase protection against the virus but as a lot also depends on the setting. >>if people can do the double mask which is simply a regular surgical mask. and a cloth mask. over it. you know that's that's great. but again if you're going in clark and running and there's nobody else around. it doesn't really matter if you wear. to my soul, one if you're in the middle wet point event slated in northeast. and the occupation you know we need you to be in that space for a very long period of time. ben mee be extra protection wou

watching kron 4 news. and genomic sequencing testing is how we will spot variance early before they spread. >>so we need to make a significant investment in ramp up testina across the country. >>now at 9 covid-19 infection and hospitalization rates are falling in the united states but officials now have their eyes set on stopping the spread of covid-19 variance using testing good evening, everybody i'm pam moore and i'm catherine heenan for can tonight. >>california health officials are tracking the number of variants they've been popping up around the state as of february 10th governor newsome says there were 2 south african variants both discovered in the bay area also 159 british mutations and more than 1200 west coast. variance that were found in other parts of california. we're going to have a a live interview with a medical expert that will be coming up. >>meantime in the south bay effect a february 20 a santa clara county is expanding eligibility for covid vaccinations to teachers food service worke

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>and they're being absolutely there can be improvements and that's not just for the that's for every department in our city one. >>now at 3 a violent week for the city of antioch this as a new police reform plan just rolled out. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 on this thursday, i'm justine waldman the city of antioch is really from a series of shootings and in-custody death that happened this week and for that reason kron 4 sweet ago reports the mayor has now called a special council meeting where he is seeking approval for police reforms that he believes need to happen right now. >>this past week in antioch to first responders were shot. a man died in police custody, and 2 men were arrested wednesday after shots were fired inside a target store that left one man wounded. >>mayor lamar says he planned on holding discussions with the city council next month about police reform but in light of the recent spike in violent incidents, he has called a special meet

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>now at 3 it's a wet 1 one of 3 storms coming our way has just arrived, let's track the storm right now we can see there's some green on the screen, thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman we do a lot of local stories to get to this afternoon. but we want to check in right now with our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez what's the timing of this storm over the next several hours well, it is going to start to peak justine between 4 o'clock through 5 o'clock tonight impacting your rush hour commute already having a huge impact with those slick roads ahead. >>in fact for those of you along the san francisco peninsula and most of the east bay we are tracking widespread light showers drive for those of you in the south bay with widespread rain making its way for those of you in the north bay in fact you've notice, those showers even through the early morning hours radar for though is picking up a plenty of showers still off the coast expected to make its

watching kron 4 news. now big covid-19 announcement from governor newsome several cases of the south african strain they've been uncovered here in the bay area. >>why that means both those to have avoided the virus and those 2 have survived the virus need to be careful. >>also a massive cleanup in the bays underway after hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked into the water tonight we're learning exactly what caused that mess felt like spring today it is back to wintery weather we're just hours away from the storm system coming in how affect your day tomorrow. >>good evening, everybody thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock i'm grant lotus and vicki liviakis the south african covid-19 variant, it's been detected in 2 parts of the bay area marking the first confirmed cases in the entire state at this point it is believed vaccines are at least somewhat less affective on that kron four's dan kerman has details as of a few hours ago. >>we have the first reported cases of south african variance 2

watching kron 4 news. >>i got the kind of alarming but also something that i kind of thought was already going to happen. >>now 9 u c berkeley is warning students about a surge in covid-19 cases on campus after 44 students tested positive for the virus. just in the last day. thank you so much for joining us here in primetime tonight here on kron 4 news at 9 i'm justine waldman i'm jonathan mccall since august u c berkeley says more than 500 cases of the virus have been reported on campus. >>kron four's dan thorn lot tonight on the u c berkeley campus talking with school leaders along with students about the new >>jonathan and justine some of the students we spoke with say they were alarmed by learning about this news today other say they were expecting it as students were beginning to slowly come back to campus housing. the university says that they are wanting everybody to be careful, especially those staying in the residential housing and there also. looking into this situation and making sure that there

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up a war of words erupting between a popular north a restaurant in a former employee, whom refused to take off for black lives matter face mask. >>also talks on when and how to get students back into the classroom and one of contra costa county's biggest school districts next an update on when in person learning mike rizzo and take a look at the storm tracker 4 radar right now you can see rain coming down just about everywhere but lawrence will have the close-up details in >>in the north bay, a former restaurant server has accused her past employer of unfairly attacking her beliefs and now the restaurant is defending itself in september server candy stout more a black lives matter mask while working at the girl and the fig downtown sonoma. she says that a customer complained and that led to a change in the dress code and the restaurant asked her not to wear a mask at work. she refused she resigned in protest, leading to a backlash against the restaurant. today, the owners hel

kron 4 news. >>20 million additional coronavirus vaccine doses could be in the u.s. by the end of the month or next month. that's of johnson and johnson's vaccine gets a green light from federal regulators. an advisory committee will or for the fda will meet thursday to vote on whether to authorize the experimental vaccine. emergency authorization of johnson johnson's one shot vaccine could come as soon as friday. state lawmakers in california are holding off on voting on the legislature school reopening plan. the move would require health departments to provide vaccines, teachers and extend the reopening deadline to mid april. that's what they want to access the money meant to help with in person learning. dozens of districts and administrative boards from across the states in a letter listing concerns about timing collective bargaining in testing logistics within that plan. >>the little tone deaf. it showed a complete lack of for parents and students schools face the same covid-19. we shouldn't