but our primetime news continues at top the hour is grant lotus and vicki here's what's coming up next on kron, 4 news at 9 terrifying moments tonight at that. >> popular oakridge mall in san jose see a lot of action reports of a shooting sending people running for cover. now police are searching stores going through trying to make sure everyone gets out safely and new at 9. we'll hear from people forced to hide when the chaos started. and the omicron variant. it continues to surge across the country now making up nearly 3 quarters of all covid cases. what doctors are urging everyone to do in addition to getting booster shots before the holidays. those stories and more coming up on properties at night. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. mayor london breed and health director doctor grant colfax making. >> that announcement today ahead of new year's eve celebrations. the city is also making changes to booster shot requirements amid this omicron surge cut for us. rob nesbitt has more on that. they say temporary changes going into effect starting tomorrow. good evening, rob. grant mask indoors and booster shots required for health care workers. san francisco is making several changes starting tomorrow to reduce the spread of covid. >> california has been requiring mask indoors for weeks. but starting thursday san francisco will get rid of their exemptions mask must be kept on when inside public places regardless of if you've been vaccinated or not. you think about the ginseng aria, for example. a lot of aerobic activity. >> people expelling a lot of a virus in the air and it's indoors. it's going to be risk air infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin-hong says the temporary rules set to last through january,

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. kron 4 taylor bisacky breaks it all down for us. >> as at home. covid-19 antigen test fly off the shelves at your local stores. some people are now questioning their accuracy in detecting the omicron variant some doubts have been raised after the fda put out this report on tuesday reading, quote, early data suggests that indigent s do detect the omicron variant but may have reduced sensitivity fda didn't do anybody any favors today by reporting out sensitivity. >> what they should have been reporting out as negative predictive value, which is different cut on that. you

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i'm grant lotus. vicki liviakis, the threat of the omicron variant. he's had bay area residents really just scrambling to find those at home. covid-19 test. >> to help people in the east bay. one supervisor taking matters into his own hand. kron four's. dan thorn has the story from contra, costa county. >> contra, costa county supervisor john joya is trying to help out his community by giving out free at-home covid-19 tests. the concerns of the omicron variant have been growing by the day. and wh

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. we're tracking a series of upcoming storms. >> expected to sweep through the bay area this holiday weekend. but some areas in the region. boy, they already experienced some pretty heavy flooding. take a look at this cal fire. czu tweeted this video water flooding the streets of moss beach this morning. this was near highway one the crews had to respond to the area make sure the drivers were safe. but no reports of

i'm grant lotus liviakis. we have team coverage on the sudden passing. i'm john madden from current and former colleagues in broadcasting coaching and much more to how he's being remembered by the sports writers reporters who covered madden during his decades long career. >> and we begin now with kron four's sports reporter kate rooney, who joins us now live from the newsroom. kate? >> hi. grand high vicky, what can you say. he was simply one of the most impactful individuals in the game of pro football and it was late this afternoon that the nfl announced maddon's unexpected passing early this morning. he was beloved throughout the game of football that perhaps especially here in the bay area as the oakland raiders head coach from 1969 to 1978 he led the team

grant lotus is in the newsroom. him to has more on that grant. well, catherine pan long meeting marathon meeting today talking about 7 hours. >> you know, a lot of debate back and forth on this issue. finally, though, a vote at the end of the day, the city council opting to increase the number of officers in oakland. today's vote comes as the city is dealing with a spike in homicides, a 129 lives lost so far this year. and that city. but that's not the only reason the city is looking to hire additional officers right now. the police force stands at 676 officers. that is to below the amount required by the voter approved measure z which uses parcel tax money to fund public safety. so the council voted to reallocate money in the city's budget to fund 2 new police academies and task an independent contractor to conduct a nationwide search to try to find suitable candidates to bring on board. much of today's debate centered around the issue of bringing in officers from other cities. >> we already been through a lateral academy and we did. we failed i

. >> our grant lotus is here now with more on how the there you got here. what we know about it and more than so much. we don't know about including perhaps how to say it. you know, you hear omicron a crime, a different health experts say it's a different ways. that's not really the point. the point is we know it's here in san francisco and we know within a few weeks we're going to have a clear picture of how dangerous it is. how fast iw spreads, how the vaccines do. against it. but for now, a lot of unanswered questions. health officials are confirming now that the first known covid case with this omicron variant is in the u.s. and it is close to home. a san francisco resident who recently returned to the u.s. after traveling in south africa. this person fell ill shortly after getting back to san francisco on november 22nd the person received a positive test result on monday. the 29th. so this past monday couple days ago and promptly contacted the department of public health knowing they had just been in south africa that positive sample was brought to a u

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updates on the challenges his officers face and new details on some recent investigation found 4 grant lotus is joining us here in the studio. he has more on all of this grant almost like a state of the police department, a state of oakland's crime troubles. a lengthy. >> and revealing a press conference today. the chief opening up in oakland is set to get more officers set a time when retention is a big issue can hang on to these officers. today we learned the department has 70 fewer officers. then it did at the same time. just last year and that is one of several ongoing challenges. chief leronne armstrong outlined at a press conference today. >> i think we need to make ourselves competitive in this very difficult market of higher police officers across the country. >> the chief hopes to make the department more attractive by asking the city council for hiring incentives for new officers. in addition to recruitment chief armstrong says technology would help prevent and solve crimes. he's now asking the city to add a surveillance camera system along oakland streets. armstrong says the camer

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. kron 4 taylor bisacky breaks it all down for us. >> as at home. covid-19 antigen test fly off the shelves at your local stores. some people are now questioning their accuracy in detecting the omicron variant some doubts have been raised after the fda put out this report on tuesday reading, quote, early data suggests that indigent s do detect the omicron variant but may have reduced sensitivity fda didn't do anybody any favors today by reporting out sensitivity. >> what they should have been reporting out as negative predictive value, which is different cut on that. you know, when you this and 2 by 2 table. it's a different cut if you have a negative test asher. can you how positive can you be that it's negative that's truly negative. the answers you know, but they're 45 cases per 100,000 in san francisco, for instance, the vast majority and by the fast, i mean, 99% of negative tests are going to be true negatives. >> professor of epidemiology at ucsf doctor george rutherford disagrees

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i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus. the victim says it happened last month. but she is now sharing her story after she says. >> she got nowhere with police when filing a report and trying to share a video of suspects with the department. >> our conference taylor second joins us now live in the studio with more on this repeat and troubling story. taylor. >> that's right. vicki grand, as you know, i've done a lot of these stories, whether it be in oakland or in san francisco. what the victim clifford is. feeling is common among many of the people that i speak with. in some flat out told me that they no longer bother to file reports anymore or a lack of updates results. >> cell phone video captured getting another smash-and-grab at lake merritt in oakland. >> the victim clifford says when she returned to her car, she found shattered glass and a note left by a witness learning her that they were able to grab video of the suspects. >> it happened last month by clifford says she's now sharing her story. >> after she had an issue when filing a police report with opd

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. the first day of winter living up to its name. it is bringing rain and more rain our way. the weather. >> did cause some delays at sfo some wet made for some challenging commute. so late this afternoon we turn now to kron first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at the forecast and more on when this rain ease up. yeah. we've got series of storms coming our way. storm after storm after storm about 5, maybe 6

our coverage begins with grant lotus side. joining us in the studio with a message from the governor today grant another wave of covid, another stage of the pandemic. and with that a lot of new information will run you through it as covid. >> cases and now demand for testing are soaring here in california, especially people headed to visit loved ones. governor newson said todt

here are grant lotus. i'm justine waldman will count us down to 2022. it's the bay area's only live fireworks show the party starts at 1130 on new year's eve. only on kron 4. the classic hollywood story. we meet the hero, the all-new nissan frontier hero faces seemingly impossible challenge. tension builds... the plot twist the hero prevails in hollywood, this would be the end. but our here, we are just getting started. introducing the all-new nissan frontier. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ but our here, we are just getting started. ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >> the omicron variant not stopping last minute christmas shopping that foot traffic and us stores and shopping centers on super saturday last week. that was up 19% over last year. one of the early winners at this point. target where sales rose about 10% last month. outdoing even wal-mart and amazon christmas eve is tomorrow. but there's time for some last minute. last last minute gift by some pe

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our coverage begins with grant lotus side. joining us in the studio with a message from the governor today grant another wave of covid, another stage of the pandemic. and with that a lot of new information will run you through it as covid. >> cases and now demand for testing are soaring here in california, especially people headed to visit loved ones. governor newson said today the state is focused on expanding access to testing and they're trying to get health care workers boosted all of them newsom announcing today from a vaccination site in oakland that the state will provide up to to take home covid tests for all students in public school in california, k through 12 for free. so they can test for covid before returning to school after this winter break. cannot impress upon you more. how important that is to keep our schools open and how important it is to get our kids tested vaccinated and continuing our mask requirements. still working through the logistics of how to exactly get these tests to families before they return

. >> we have time to adapt to a lotus no future. we have plenty of folks in academia, private industry, and policymakers thinking about this. >> climate change is happening right now. we are seeing it in real time. we have got to make some major investments in decisions today which will help us out tomorrow. >>> now at 6:00, san jose police want to use license plate readers to catch retail fees. how much it could cost, and by some say it is a big waste of money. >>> the crimes have made headlines across the country. how the contra costa da says a retail theft suspect was released from jail by mistake. >>> even if you have tons of money, why you still may not be able to land that dream home in the south bay. >>> we start with a controversial solution to stopping retail theft in the south bay. >> san jose police are pushing to buy and use or license plate readers to catch those crooks. kpix 5's da lin , kiet do is live with why the plan is not sitting well with some. >> reporter: they are still debating as we speak. we are watching a

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i'm grant lotus will kuz. several family members and 2 toddlers. >> we're in that car when it happened near lombard street witness was able to snap the photos that we showed you earlier of the suspect during the break in victim spoke to our current course, taylor bisacky tonight. he joins us now live from our newsroom with more taylor. i can only imagine how they're feeling this is just really horrible. definitely horrible and frightening moments for these victims. they're actually from chicago and say. >> crime in a big city isn't anything new to them. but what shocked them the most with the fact that this all happened while they had small children in the backseat. what also makes this smash-and-grab different from many others is one of the victims had something in the stolen bag that's been tracking every move of the thieves since the robbery. >> i was in the car when it happened. all i could hear was a smash. and then i said no, i jumped out of the car, but it was quick. it was like a 5 2nd. >> kimberly bal

our grant lotus and justine waltman. well, take over to help us ring in the new year. we'll celebrate with a live fireworks show from the inert entertainment capital. the world las vegas. and that is right here only on kron 4. you might be popping some corks to celebrate the new year. but supply chain problems. >> have hit the wine industry pretty hard and that does include champagne. there's now a shortage. >> you've got the ship's read. champagne is coming over. but you've also that trucks in france that need to get it from the winery to the port and then they're shipping it over need to have trucks here in the u.s. and it's not even just that basic transportation issue. we're also looking at things like shortages of the cage that goes on top of your bottle. boxes to put mine in. >> rough harvest center. a booming demand are factors in the shortage. a lot of retailers are low on supplies and prices have been climbing crab goes with champagne. and just in time for new year's the bay area's dungeness crab season for commercial fishermen. >> has finally begun. it was de

grant lotus is going to have more on these changes and what you can do right now to prepare for them. >> to the state drought emergency. now californians could soon face fines for wasting water. the california state water resources control board says the move comes after historically hot and dry weather these past 2 months. the agency recently released a draft to propose fines of up to $500,000 for residents who waste water fines will be imposed for people who have excessive sprinkler runoff or if they hose off their driveway, if they what are their lawns within 48 hours of rain. can't do any of those if the proposal is approved by the board. it would go into effect. come january and boy, opdo we need some rain week or take a live look out here tonight at a mostly dry san francisco and looking at a lit up coit tower. >> kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us with some good news about that rain. yeah. i think we're going to see a significant rain event will into the bay area. maybe not as strong as what we had early on this season. but this going to be an atmospheric riv

and don't forget to join us here at kron 4 as we ring in 2022, count you down grant lotus and justine waltman host the bay. area's only live fireworks show join us for the party which kicks off at 1130 on new year's eve right here on kron. 4. entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. >> this is the scene outside of san francisco's grace cathedral charge this afternoon 90 bells tolling from the church in honor of the life and legacy of south african archbishop desmond tutu who passed away earlier today at the age of 90. archbishop to to use his voice and his faith to help in apartheid in south africa. it is being remember

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. it was a celebration of life. >> and a somber goodbye. hundreds of people gathered in san jose today to honor kevin nishita kron four's rob fladeboe was at the memorial service and has this report. >> the blue line is one officer short tonight. >> his name is kevin nishita. we said goodbye to kaavan today we being hundreds of bay area. police officers. his family and many friends, which include members of the media. >> calls all soon. >> in a traditional buddhist memorial service here inside the san jose civic theater. the veteran police officer was honored and remembered for his service to the various communities. he served in the long and decorated career in law enforcement. >> kevin devoted his life to his family and practice to get love service compassion. and being ethical every day. >> retired officer, a security guard kevin nishita laid down his life, protecting a kron 4 news reporter in oakland. his killer remains at large. such heroics and dedication come as no surprise to those who knew kevin. >> stitt said a means family. the c

and want to join us on kron 4 as we ring in the new year are grant lotus and justine waltman there. that count is down to 2020 to look at their sparkly outfit. you want to watch the bay. area's only live fireworks show as it sparkles all over the bay bridge. that will be nice. a partisan started 11:30pm on new year's eve only on kron. 4 on monday up watching and celebrating with them will be right back after the break. >> the time for you now. 04:30am, here on this tuesday. again, a really cool date. 12 2120 21 say that 10 times fast. all right, harvey, thank you for joining us this morning. and today we have a few not surprise in the forecast. definitely. there's a time period that you're going to want to get out and get things done. like i'm already planning our meteorologists john's frable talking about that rain. that is inevitably on the way. good morning, john. yeah, the rain is finally working its way back into the picture. it delayed its arrival by a couple of days by stalling out just offshore but working its way back in towards the middle of the day today. so starting toda

grant lotus and justine waltman will count us down to 2022. >> watch the bay area's only live fireworks said spain's and sparkles over the bay bridge. that party starts at 11:30pm new year's eve only on kron 4. welcome back kron. 4 news at 6. a live look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge shun the conditions out there. it is wet and there's quite a bit traffic at this hour. there and it is all just the beginning of what's going to what christmas season >> chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here with details on the timeline of this latest storm. yeah, it looks like it's going to be a rough ride. i think for tomorrow morning's commute, especially by the afternoon. he's going to start to break up that rain. we're kind of in between systems right now. but we've got more on the way that's going to be sliding through overnight tonight. finally can see quite our just earlier this evening shrouded in fog. but now begin to see that a little bit. they start to mix up a little bit in the atmosphere. but one front headed toward point conception. the next one a little further to the north bay a

thank you for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 5 everyone i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis mayor breed announced the number a public safety initiatives today, including the promise that arrests will be made part for us. rob nesbitt joins us now live from the newsroom with more on what inspired the mayor's initiative grant and vicki mayor breed announced her initiatives after talking with families who live in the tenderloin she's clearly discuss it with what they have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. >> and less tolerant. that is destroyed our city. mayor breed not holding back and cracking down saying public drug use like this will not be tolerated in san francisco. we're not going to just walk by and let someone use in broad daylight on the streets and not give them a choice between going to the location. we have identified them. we're going to jail. she's frustrated with how areas of the tenderloin have become overrun with public safety concerns. >> the city's emergency management team will continue to offer community support with addiction and mental health issues. bu

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i'm grant lotus. vicki liviakis colorado and new york are some of the latest state to detect the why also registering that variant new york health officials are confirming 5 people have tested positive for the variant, including one person who recently returned from south africa, a woman in colorado has also tested positive. she also recently returned from a trip to south africa and the hawaii department of health announcing today that one case has been detected on oahu. this comes after minnesota confirmed one case of the omicron variant following san francisco's announcement yesterday. meanwhile, has that variant spreads across the country. president biden has laid out a pandemic response strategy for the winter. the president says his plan includes several steps including increased booster, outreach opening new family vaccination clinics. a one-stop shop. increasing covid surge response teams making at home. covid tests. more readily available and sharing more vaccine doses with the world. one thin

this is a a little family hike day that that the lotus is did this land and like. a mini you write about and this is in >> but gold, which falls which is dry and summer and the fall. but is that great to see corgis really coming down. thank well there. and it's a it's it's framed, right? we're not looking at like a vertical thing. they're syria. well, you know, definitely trained eye you what can i say. you've got to flip the the camera phone for for that's not going to see more, we've got more waymthat water full by the end of this week. it's going to be quite snow for the mountains. that's good news is going take a little breather as we head into christmas. and the next week we do it again. all that up on the east bay shoreline. take a look at that. >> temperature check. we've got some lower 50's gun down there in santa clara valley. meanwhile, off to the east bay 40's 40's also up in the north bay to mid 40's. and that's a pretty close to where those lows are going to be anyway. but for the next 3 hours we were waiting for rain to develop around midnight. but no

and i'm grant lotus. public health officials confirming today, the first known covid case with the omicron variant is in the u.s. and it is a san francisco resident who recently returned from traveling to south africa. kron four's, dan kerman joins us live tonight with more. dan, almost everybody. knew it would show up in the u.s. eventually. and here it is in the bay area. that's right here in the bay area here in san francisco, likely first identified here because of the quick testing that goes on and so much testing going on in san francisco. maybe not the first place it actually was located. but certainly the first place it's been identified. >> wednesday. san francisco health officials announced a local resident who tested positive for covid-19. >> was infected with the omicron variant making this the first identified case in the nation. this is not a surprise. >> for those of you have been following this. we knew that on a crime. was going to be here. we thought it it was already we just haven't det

everyone i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. the el dorado district attorney says a father and son have been arrested they're accused of reckless arson. they have been identified as 66 year-old david smith and 32 year-old travis smith, you may recall the fire caused evacuations in south lake tahoe and burned dangerously close to ski resorts in total. the fire scorched nearly 222,000 acres in eldorado and amador counties started back on august 14th. we're working to get more information on the arrests and bring you any details as soon as they come in to the kron 4 news room. now to some developing news tonight. nearly 2 decades after being sentenced to death. scott peterson has been re-sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, lacy and their unborn son, connor. the state supreme court threw out his original death penalty last today, prosecutors opted to settle for life without parole members of lacey's family spoke in court today harper's rob nesbitt has more on what was said during the emotional hearing. lacey peterson's

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. we begin tonight hearing for the first time from the family of kevin nishita spoke with kron four's pam moore the earlier today and are begging anyone who has any information in connection with this murder to come forward immediately. i kindly, please ask if anybody was in the area in the oakland community. in the area at the time that this incident happened that. >> they cell phone footage, but they please. give it to the oakland police department are seeking to find. the reasoning behind all of this. so that. so that we can have some closure. can understand why. what happens. he didn't deserve this. he the tire. he was just, you know, look at the state prison you know, we just wish you can come home. >> we just need the closure. we don't like this open ended, not knowing how some of that love pass to we just need to know and have peace. just come home and. starr can really what it's all over. it's justice for for kevin. it he was a security guard and he was out there to protect the

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thank you for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 5 everybody i'm grant lotus the is the winter solstice is bringing some christmas time rainfall here to the bay area. showers started earlier this morning for parts of the north bay. and now most. >> of the bay's seeing some of that rain making for a pretty wet commute home. so take a look at how this weather is impacting traffic all across the bay area. take a look at all the bridges moving pretty at a pretty fast clip. but again, you want to be careful if it's wet because you can go sliding around the weather having a we have minor impact on flight to the sfo. as you see the shot there at san francisco international. we've told by the airport that about 15% of the flights are experiencing some delays. so a lot of rain over the course of the next several days. meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now. and we're still in a drought. so this is good. you know, this is all good and and these look like huge gigantic storms. i was a little worried last week. >> that some of these really might. produce too much of a good thing. too much rain,

we ring in the new year are grant lotus i'm justine waldman will be counting astound of 2022. we'll celebrate with a live fireworks show from las vegas. the party starts at 1130 on new year's eve. only on kron 4. (swords clashing) -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. california's minimum wage will go up for the state's lowest paid workers. >> businesses with 26 or more employees will have to pay salaries of at least $15 an hour, which is a dollar more than the current minimum employers with 25 or fewer workers will have to raise pay to at least $14 an hour and that will go up to $15 and 2023. a lot of new state laws will take effect january 1st capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains the changes that will be affecting schools. >> new year, new rules for california, education systems across the state starting in 2022 middle and high schools that offer at least one course in health education must also start incorporating mental he

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but there's no reason to panic kron four's grant lotus has more. this is not a surprise. >> for those of you have been following this. we knew that on a crime. was going to be here. a san francisco man has been identified as the first person known to be sickened with the omicron variant of covid. >> officials say on november 22nd he flew into sfo following a trip to south africa where the variant was first detected shortly after he fell ill with mild symptoms of covid and got tested the person received a positive test result this past monday, november 29th and contacted the department of public health that positive sample was then brought to a ucsf lab for rapid sequencing. and early this morning scientists there confirmed it was omicron. we have actually been testing and looking for for the passes for the past week. but this is the first example of where we saw the s jean drop out. they had received a full dose of the moderna vaccine. >> but no, this term they had mild symptoms and thankfully have now recovered this time. experts say the vaccine l

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i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. san francisco city officials have declared a state of emergency in the tenderloin neighborhood in hopes of finally turning things around there. it's been bad for a long time and it's getting worse. they say this new move will allow them to more quickly tackled the area's problems. kron four's, dan kerman live with us tonight with the latest on this story. good evening, dan. >> good evening, grant vicki they're talking about that. this is going to blow right through the red tape and the bureaucracy that's involved in with city government and allow them to start bringing help to those who need it. a lot quicker. >> i am with our various leaders in san francisco to officially declare a state of emergency in the tenderloin community of the city and county of san francisco. at a news conference friday san francisco mayor london breed announced the state of emergency in the tenderloin will allow city officials. >> to be aggressive about getting help to those who live in this neighborhood ri

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kron. 4 news at 5 everybody on vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus the health officer in santa clara county announced 10 confirmed cases of omicron all were symptomatic. but none of the people had to be hospitalized our kron four's rob nesbitt joins us now live in the studio with more on the print tentative measures they're asking us to take. that's right. grant vicki of the 10 people who tested positive for omicron in santa clara county. only one of them had been boosted health officials there aren't happy with the low percentage of those who have received their booster shots. what i see is perhaps one of the most challenging moments that we've had yet in the pandemic when it comes to omicron santa clara county health officer. doctor sara cody has a long list of concerns with 10 confirmed cases of the variant she used thursday's press conference to stress the importance of booster shots much less likely to go to the hospital much less likely to die and. >> much less likely that you're going to spread infection to someone's who is at greater risk. she's impressed with the numbers of those w