kenny choi looks at what this means for bay area families and the economy. >> reporter: sfo is lit up until engel to commemorate the night, the first nonstop service between vietnam and the united states. airport and airline officials say that growing demand in the bay area is making this possible. >> reporter: the check-in line for vietnam airlines inaugural flight from san francisco to [null] chi minh city was stretched to the entrance. >> we have had the service for over 20 years. >> reporter: the new route will open more opportunities. >> not just for vietnamese- american businessmen and women, or american entrepreneurs, but they can come over here and do business in vietnam. >> it will connect families, connect cultures and businesses. we know that people of the bay area are looking forward to traveling to vietnam from the research that we have done. >> reporter: the research is 24 years and the making. they are line will offer two flights and plans to increase that number and expand to other cities within the country. >> this is a beautiful night to see the plane, i could see th

kenny choi has the story. >> i loved him because i wanted to be in this class. >> reporter: children lined up to remember and honor their beloved para teacher. >> i think he is a good spirit for everyone. >> reporter: wiping away tears, friends and family held a candle light vigil. he attended sherman elementary as a child. >> how lucky andrew was to come to work every day to a place he loved and he was loved. >> reporter: flowers and posters cover the wall at the intersection of franklin and union streets where the 30-year- old was walking last wednesday before fatally struck by a car. school leaders have been calling on the city for changes to make this area safer saying this is a tragedy that was preventable. >> the street is designed to encourage fast driving and they're coming down a hill, flying at the intersection. it's treacherous. >> i don't want anybody else to get hurt that work in the school. >> reporter: 13 years' worth of correspondence with the city around making the streets around here safer. >> reporter: inside the school, students filled hallways with pictures and l

that was kenny choi. khan is survived by two children and two grandchildren. alameda police say a female driver involved in the incident is cooperating with the investigation. >>> looking live at san francisco now that children ages 5 to 11 are eligible for covid shots, public health officials say soon they will have to show proof of vaccination before entering public spaces like restaurants, gyms, and large events like adults. thousands throughout the bay area rolled up their sleeves for the first time yesterday to get vaccines. hundreds showed up to this site in san jose. >> it looks like it could work. >> i was basically thinking i just want to get this over with. then after, i was glad i finally got the first round of the vaccine. >> cdc approved pfizer vaccine for about 28 million grade school children. their shot is one third the strength of adult dose and given with a much smaller needle. for everything you need to know about getting your child vaccinated including where to sign up head to kpix.com and click the banner at the top of the home page. >>> f

kenny choi, kpix5. >>> inflation may be cooking up most expensive thanksgiving dinner in history. the average dinner cost is up 5% percent but american farm bureau says it may be as much as 14% higher. survey shows hikes on potatoes, cranberries, turkeys, which are nearing a record high. >>> business owners on high after a series of retail robberies. >> vows to stop the organized time in its tracks. maria medina spoke to nervous shoppers. >> reporter: we have noticed a heavy police and security presence where days ago thieves hit the lulu lemon store. >> it's scary to have to come to work sometimes. >> reporter: this season the sprinkling of holiday lights is unfortunately paired with security lights. >> we see security outside of the mall. >> reporter: not only are armed guards fixed at store entrances but san jose police is also making their presence known at valley fair as well as santana row. >> barricade and block certain roads and even entrances to the parking structures. there was a macy's hit, lulu lemon, blooming dale. >> what do you do as a mother? >> reporter: her daugh

live in san francisco my kenny choi , kpix 5. >>> some friendships make a lasting impression. this evening, the story of a little boy who faithfully weights each week for his pal to pull up at his driveway point >> he shows up every time. kpix 5's juliette goodrich is live in san ramon, with the story of two dark garbage buddies. >> reporter: this is my favorite story of the year. you know trash day. it's that infamous night we have to bring the garbage cans out onto the street. sometimes you forget. you hear the garbage truck early in the morning. he run out to but the cans and. let me tell you this. there is a little boy inside of that house. his name is finn. trash day is met with excitement and anticipation. once per week for the last 2 years, 5-year-old finn would listen to that familiar sound, and run outside. tuesday, trash day. >> he originally was a little shy and he would wave goodbye, but now we are buddies. >> reporter: todd gonzales works for alameda county industries, and has been in the business from 1994. he has met a lot of people around his routes. >> every d

kpix5 kenny choy is live. kenny, what have you learned about what actually happened? >> so,al -- so, i talked to the police. it is an altercation with no shooting. a report of a knife attack and a shooting inside of this mall. >> they started telling everybody to run away. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams and law enforcement officers scrambled to search inside of the mall looking for a possible shooter soon after a call reporting gunfire inside the burlington coat factory came in at 5:30 this evening. >> automatically switch to, you know, searching the interior of the mall because we believed based on the reports that we have there was a shooting that occurred. >> stores went into lockdown. closing gates, people inside of the stores expected the worst outcome. >> we were all hiding there. keeping quiet. as much as possible. >> reporter: no witnesses we spoke to say they heard gunshots. the police escorted out employees and customers to safety. >> it is like empty inside. they rushed me out of the main entrance, the rear entrance, i honestly thought i was going to be arrest

i am kenny choi . our top story, an earthquake and several aftershocks rattling east bay today. the latest measure by the usgs shows it was a 3.9 center near san ramon just before noon. we flew over the area right after it, largely residential. we are live. what are people saying? >> reporter: where i am standing in danville on conway , right behind the fences in the backyards of some folks is where the epicenter of the largest earthquake today was. the first of this warm, the 3.9 happened at 11:43 this morning and registered a 3.9. three minutes later, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 hit, and another 3.0 this time at 11:58. michelle has lived in this neighborhood for 20 years and this was the longest quake she has felt in a while. >> yes, felt he clearly, my neighbor and i we an e g anthe >> reporter: michelle tells us she did not feel the rest of the swarm in danville, possibly because she was so spooked by the first one. coming up tonight, news about more residents in this area who say they had quite a fright when the first largest earthquake in the swarm hit. we

i am kenny choi . >>> fallout from the retail crime sprees around the bay area. an hour from now, the san francisco district attorney is expected to announce charges against suspected thieves who hit the louis vuitton store and union square last weekend . mayor london breed was asked how she plans to keep people safe in the city. >> make sure we have officers who were out on the streets and on the ground. once the arrests are made, we are hopeful that our district attorney will prosecute. talk does not mean anything unless we can demonstrate that we actually follow through on what we say we are going to do and people are held accountable for the crimes that they commit in our city. uare to talk to shoppers about the crime spree. >> reporter: things seem to be normal in union square, people walking their dogs, shopping, may be getting some food. when you see boarded-up buildings and extra security le the normal mood changes. days before black friday, normally a time to shop and spread holiday cheer. >> that is scary. >> sad and scary and disappointing. >> reporter

thanks for joining us, i'm kenny choi. we start with breaking news on the coronavirus front. the centers for disease control advisory panel is recommending pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old. reporter michael george has more. >>> a cdc advisory panel has voted to recommend use of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5-11. >> the vaccine is safe and efficacious in children ages 5- 11 years of age. >> reporter: more than 67,000 children under age 17 have been hospitalized since august of 2020. while the most severe outcomes are rare, there have been 94 deaths in kids 5-11. >> the risk is too high and too devastating to our children. and far higher than for many other diseases for which we vaccinate children. >> reporter: some parents say access to a pediatric vaccine will lift a heavy burden. >> make life that much easier. to take the kids places. to not feel so worried about having to mask. being around other kids. >> reporter: a recent survey shows only 27% of parents say they will vaccinate their kids right away. a third say they will wait and see ho

i am kenny choi and our top story , elizabeth holmes is back on the witness stand in the theranos fraud trial, this time answering to prosecutors . len ramirez stepped out of court to bring us this update. >> reporter: the prosecutor started cross examination of elizabeth holmes by asking about the 2015 wall street journal article which was highly critical of theranos . elizabeth holmes says she mishandled the process of the aftermath of the article and call the company response a disaster. she said she was trying to protect trade secrets by having company attorneys put pressure on some of the whistleblowers like tyler scholz. she cannot remember she says when pressed on key subjects and she cried on the witness stand after prosecutors asked her to read 2011 through 2016 text messages allowed expressing love and expression with business notes, she wiped away tears and at one point was barely speaking, they were romantically involved for 10 years. the cross-examination is expected to take several days. >>> breaking news out of michigan, another deadly school shooting as police say a 15-

. >> kenny choi stopped at the golden skate in san ramone to figure out why it is shutting down. >> reporter: this is one of the last roller skating rinks in the bay area. people have come to know and love this place and are lacing up their skates to say good- bye. it's a place to spin, groove, and shake. >> it's magic. we skate our hearts out and we feel amazing. >> people that are older, younger, smoother. >> reporter: turning on the lights after covid restrictions gave the owners a glimmer of hope but the negative impact is still forcing them to close their doors. >> we still celebrate all the holidays together. so it feels like a family. >> reporter: she came to america in 1995 and has been working here since and even convinced me to put on skates. this rink has been here since 1975. the thought of it closing is hard to accept for a lot of people who coose really breaks me down. >> i am heart broken. i am absolutely heart broken. >> it means a lot because this is a place that feels like another home basically. >> for kids like michelle, it's an ending they don't want to believe but are r

i'm kenny choi. our top story at 3:00 on kpix 5 and cbs and bay area, a wave of weekend crime, retail stores hit and you weekend of potshots. awaiting news conference from oakland's police chief to begin. we will bring that to you when it starts. >>> one of the alleged looting incidents happened at 3:00 this morning in the eastmont neighborhood of oakland. police responded to a report of a robbery on macarthur boulevard and saw several people trying to leave the area in different vehicles. someone in one of the vehicles opened fire. a marked opd vehicle was hit several times according to police. none of the officers work inside. >>> about an hour before that around 2:00 this morning, police responded to what we are hearing may have been a looting incident at a pot dispensary on telegraph. in san leandro, a shooting incident at the bluhm dispensary on fairway drive police were seen collecting evidence around 3:00 this morning around nicholson street. a photographer could see shell casings and a bolt c

kenny choi has how it went down. >> left my office at 4:45. >> reporter: slow crawl, bumper to bumper traffic clogging streets in every direction, testing people's patience. >> an hour and a half, normally takes 20 minutes. >> reporter: some like this driver turned around in frustration. nearby, protesters voiced opposition to government vaccine rules. >> pro freedom, antityranny, prochoice, anticoercion. >> no control of we the people. >> reporter: hours into the peaceful protest that never made it to the bridge an suv collides into a street sweeper this ends up hitting multiple officers and bridge patrol workers with protesters on the other side. >> we just heard a bang and next thing i know, i looked and someone is yelling "do we have any doctors, a medic." >> reporter: one officer had to be transported to the hospital. >> injured but we don't know the extent. we think he will be all right. he is getting checked out. >> reporter: workers eventually opened roads, back up leading to a long commute home. >> i appreciate people's right to peaceful protest but tonight is the one night i

we're live in alameda tonight, kenny choi, kpix 5. >>> now to the weather, and a live look at the commute, which could be pretty damp by morning. >> paul heggen is tracking the next round of rain just hours away, paul. >> yeah, the good news is the heaviest rain will fall overnight. the bad news is the road probably still going to be let. so allow patience and extra time. that have any falling along the northern california coast right now. let's check out our hour-by- hour-rain chances. north of the golden gate santa rosa, those rain chances packing there around midnight, and then ramping down quickly as we head into the early hours of thursday morning. this starts to move in around midnight, with the most widespread rain around 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, also winding down quickly. for san jose, it's going to be even later. still a good chance of at least some measurable rain. anything more than a trace, but a couple hundredths is likely the extent of what you're looking at there. this is not the last rain event we have in the forecast. i'll show you the rest coming up in a few minu

choi will have all the details tonight at 11:00 point >>> a day after marin largely lifted its indoor mask made it, it is one of two bay area counties taking a step backward on the cdc covid heat map. along with san francisco, it rejoins the rest of the region in the moderate or substantial transmission categories. in the past couple of hours, marin officials are telling us that the county expects to see the ebbs and flows throughout winter, and transmission rates won't be the only factors affecting decisions on mandates. >> just because we moved into orange today doesn't mean we will hurry and reissue an indoor mask order, because the other two criteria are still looking good work more than 80% of our entire population is vaccinated, and the local hospitalization rates are some of the lowest we have seen in months. >>> also tonight, for the second time in severed san francisco history, a police officer has been charged in a fatal shooting. kpix 5's andria borba tells us the charges, nearly 5 years after the deadly encounter. >> reporter: there is an arrest warrant for officer kenneth

i'm kenny choi. >>> making news at 3:00 on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs n bay area. the cdc recommending all adults get their booster shot as concerns grow over the omicron variant. president biden says his top health officials are coordinating with the south african scientists to learn how dangerous it might be. >> the things that we don't know right now is whether the people who get infected have a severe form of the disease or whether it is a like disease or somewhat the same as delta. >>> today's the first day of travel restrictions keeping non- us citizens from entering the country from u.s. from africa. the variant has spread well beyond southern africa reaching out to at least 14 countries including canada. president biden says his team is working with pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson to develop contingency plans four vaccines are boosters focused on "omicron if needed. officials say now is the time to get vaccinated or boosted. any new covid variant sounds alarming but what is it that makes omicron more worrisome than others that we have seen? cbs report

i'm kenny choi. a recent uptick in crime and where we go from here. >> i had a conversation with council member loren taylor who has a daughter around the same age as one of the victims in last nights shooting. >> to have a mother and her 11- year-old daughter shot is preposterous. >> reporter: council member loren taylor still reeling about a phone call on sterling drive in oakland last night. audio shows what is left of the window after a blast of bullets went to the home. shots spotter indicated more than 20 shots. a 40-year-old mother and her 11- year-old daughter shocked. >> i think about my own daughter, 12 years all. investigators say when officers arrived they found the mother and daughter with gunshot wounds. the gunmen, gone. >> we have to really step up and treat this crisis with the urgency it deserves and that means we've got to focus on increasing the effectiveness of prevention and deterrence as well as our response. >> reporter: this just one of the latest shootings capping another st

. >>> i am kenny choi . we begin with breaking those, a deadly bay bridge shooting. andria borba is live near the toll plaza with the latest developments. >> reporter: traffic was stopped for hours with the shooting hpe morng be e toll az our cameras captured a burgundy buick suv with windows blown out on the driver side and passenger side. we captured the body of a woman being removed from the passenger side and transferred to the office of the coroner. the latest shooting has alameda county taking extra planning steps. >> watch were times, when you fill your gas, what time you get home. you have to watch out for your safety. you have to be two steps ahead. >> reporter: the latest fatal freeway shooting alameda county is earlier this month nearly 2- year-old jasper wu was killed near seventh street in oakland on i-80 . the chp said there have been nearly 80 freeway shootings in alameda county in the past 12 months. coitleaders about this latest outburst vience, including the police chief of oakland, as well as a gospel leader. back to you. >>> we brought you live pi

i am kenny choi , our top story, a mixup in doses for some kids getting the covid vaccine in the east bay . justin andrews is in antioch with more from sutter health. >> reporter: sutter health is being tightlipped with this and not telling us many details. we did get a statement from them and here is what we know, the healthcare company telling us that, over the weekend, 14 kids at the antioch pediatric vaccine clinic got the wrong dose of the vaccine. they were supposed to get 10 micrograms but kids got double that amount. sutter health says, based on the cdc guidelines, these kids may have soreness in their arm, fatigue, headache, or maybe even a fever. there is a portion of the statement, "as soon as we learned of this, we contacted the parents and advise them of cdc guidance in this situation. the safety of our patients is our top priority and we immediately reviewed our processes to help make sure this does not happen again." we spoke to a doctor, an infectious disease expert. >> i think what is great, for you and others in the media to talk about it because human error does occ

kpix5 kenny choi with new information on how the county plans to vaccinate as many children as they can in a matter of days. >> here, the goal is to vaccinate 75% of 5-11-year-olds before the holiday season. this comes as the biden administration announced today it is starting to send out millions of doses anticipating cdc approval this week. >> reporter: speaking through her daughter, there is a hesitancy to get her 8-year-old son vaccinated even though her 12-year-old girl is fully vaxxed. >> she is planning get it just waiting to see how people react, probably. >> reporter: starting this weekend the county schools and department of health will open up their first super pods for the 21,000 five-11-year-olds likely eligible in days. >> the thing for families to remember is that it is their choice to make this decision. this is not a mandate. >> reporter: doctor's offices and pharmacies will distribute shots, too. the super pods is the county's way of quickly getting students vaccinated and an easy option for willing parents. >> the more people vaccinated the safer we can all be. it doe

. >>> thanks for joining us i'm kenny choi. the top orhere on kpix 5 and cbs bay area, it's about to get wet and windy. let's take you live outside. dry at the moment across the region but that is all about to change. chief meteorologist, paul heggen is here with the timing of the storm. >> the first showers are starting to move into the north bay as we speak. this is like activity. the moderate to heavy rainfall into the pacific but making its way closer. those in the north bay, about the western half of sonoma county has green indicating light rainfall edging into marin county. you will see the first showers that will spread across the entire bay area through the rest of the evening and tonight. it is going to rain 100% chance for everybody across the bay area. beneficial rain. chances are it will take longer to make their way into san francisco but i think we will see wet roads across the larger part of the bay area with the heaviest rain falling later this evening and overnight heading up to about 1 inch or 2 inches in the

at sfo, kenny choi, kpix5. >> reporter: the police released body camera video of a deadly officer-involved shooting inside of a residential hotel. the man rushed at two police officers with a knife before the officer shot him. 41-year-old man died from his injuries. the incident began early friday morning at the covered wagon hotel where he live inside a city-rented room. the police were responding to a 911 call from a hotel employee who reported that he was walking through the hallways, threatening people with a knife. according to the chronicle, he had a history of mental illness. he spent years serving as an afghan interpreter for u.s. forces. >>> still ahead and streaming on cbsnbay area. >>> not raining tonight but this street looks flooded. what caused this wet mess in the north bay? >> it happened again. this time in the southern california. the department store heist investigation unfolding right now. >>> plus, what all of these people were waiting for tonight. we take you inside of the last minute holiday rush. >>> and a reminder our foot for bay area families drive is on. to dona

kenny choi has new information about how that will happen. look for his report tonight at 11:00. >>> meanwhile, in contra costa county, they are no longer required in places like offices, gyms, churches, if everyone inside is vaccinated. but we found out that even after 18-plus months of masking, not everybody is ready to give it up. >> reporter: to some, unmasking in public feels, well -- >> naked. [ laughter ] >> reporter: you don't want to do that? >> no, new, yeah, i feel more comfortable with it on at this point. >> reporter: and for kerry williams and her two sons? >> it has become a security complaint. blanket. >> makes me feel safer at school, because a lot of people are cough at stool sometimes. >> reporter: what the end game? >> well, weapon there are in some states but not there in others. >> reporter: dr. monica gandhi said california's infection rates are so low and vaccination rates so high that life is getting back to so- called normal again. she said the virus won't disappear, but it will just become endemic. >> it's going to

kenny choi has a story. >> i love tim because i wanted to be in his class. >> reporter: children and up to one up and honor their teacher. >> he has a good spirit everyone. >> reporter: wiping away tears, friends and family members a candlelight vigil was a under -- who attended german elementary as a child. >> how lucky andrew was to come to work every day to a place he loved, and he was left. >> reporter: flowers and posters cover this wall of the intersection, where the 30-year- old was walking last wednesday before being fatally struck by a car. school leaders have been calling on the city for changes to make this area safer, saying this is a tragedy that was preventable., it wasthey'rng doi lying at inters.an el to get hurt. >>> the pta has 30 years worth of correspondence with the city around making the streets around her safer. >> reporter: inside the school, students have filled hallways with pictures and loving notes. >> he was a good soul. i am heartbroken. >> reporter: the father said his son ashes arrived today and hearing stories of his son tonight are helping the family

at ocean beach, kenny choy, kpix5. >>> researchers at the national academy of science predicts most of the waste from the pandemic will end up in beaches by the end of the century. >>> tonight, california is considering rolling out a first of its kind warning system to alert people ahead of dangerous heat waves. an investigation by the l.a. times revealed 4,000 californians have died in heat waves over the last decade. the danger will only increase with the effects of climate change. the proposed warning system will rank them by number similar to how hurricanes are measured, ciand c safety measures at each stage. >> we never think about the issue of heat when we think about an emergency. we just look at it as just another sunny day in california or southern california you know, get your sandals and go out to the beach. no, we have serious implications. >>> all right, it is not quite going to be that severe. >> we love ranking stuff. >> we do. >> it is going to be warmer at least for this time of the year. pleasant. >> pleasantly warm heading into the weekend. it will be interesting to

at ocean beach, kenny choy, kpix5. >>> researchers at the national academy of science predicts most of the waste from the pandemic will end up in beaches by e th >>tot,california is considering rolling out a first of its kind warning system to alert people ahead of dangerous heat waves. an investigation by the l.a. times revealed 4,000 californians have died in heat waves over the last decade. the danger will only increase with the effects of climate change. the proposed warning system will rank them by number similar to how hurricanes are measured, would require cities and towns to take specific safety measures at each stage. >> we never think about the issue of heat when we think about an emergency. we just look at it as just another sunny day in california or southern california you know, get your sandals and go out to the beach. no, we have serious implications. >>> all right, it is not quite going to be that severe. >> we love ranking stuff. >> we do. >> it is going to be warmer at least for this time of the year. pleasant. >> pleasantly warm heading into the weekend. it will be i

kenny choi has a story. >> i love tim because i wanted to be in his class. >> reporter: children and up to one up and honor their teacher. >> he has a good spirit everyone. >> reporter: wiping away tears, friends and family members a candlelight vigil was a under -- who attended german elementary as a child. >> how lucky andrew was to come to work every day to a place he loved, and he was left. >> reporter: flowers and posters cover this wall of the intersection, where the 30-year- old was walking last wednesday before being fatally struck by a car. school leaders have been calling on the city for changes to make this area safer, saying this is a tragedy that was preventable., it was designed to encourage fast driving. they're coming down a hill, lying at the intersection. >> i do not want anyone else to get hurt. >>> the pta has 30 years worth of correspondence with the city around making the streets around her safer. >> reporter: inside the school, students have filled hallways with pictures and loving notes. >> he was a good soul. i am heartbroken. >> reporter: the father said his

. >> kenny choi sat the vigil right now speaking with students, teachers, family and friends. look for his full report this evening at 11:00. >>> still to bay area freeway. a wrong way chase that started in one week, ends with a crash math to, and tonight two deputies recovering from their work to stop it. >>> did you pay your tax this year if you may have another refund headed your way. >>> and a conservation catch- 22, why california may have to cut back too much meets our new war saving goals. >>> and we have kicked off our annual food drive to help our neighbors in need this holiday season. to donate your time or money to the cause, and just i didn't have to shout out for help. because you didn't have another dvt. not today. one blood clot puts you at risk of having another, so we chose xarelto®, to help keep you protected. xarelto® is proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt or pe blood clots from happening again. almost 98% of people did not have another dvt or pe. don't stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor, as this may increase risk of blood clots. w

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kpix5kenny choi is there with what travel experts and doctors are saying, kenny? >> reporter: liz travel experts say expect long lines, similar to precovid-19 levels. there is an overwhelming sense it is safe to travel. but there are things to consider before you book the flight. >> if you hear someone coughing everyone is nervous, looking, trying to get away. >> that is not stopping the traveler who's say nurse and knows exactly what covid-19 can do. >> i am vaccinated. i feel comfortable. i think i am 50/50 on it. >> reporter: triple-a forecasts that air travel will be up 80% compared to last year. >> domestic travel is operating at effective precovid-19 levels. >> before traveling for the holidays, recommending a few things including vaccination status of attendees and level of community transmission. >> numbers are increasing again in the u.s. and exploding over in europe with 50% of the world's cases. >> the scary part of traveling is going to an area where it is not taken as seriously as it is here. >> reporter: medical risk of the household and setting of a