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grand reopening for san jose unified is set for april 21.a couple hours, we are expecting governor newsom to sign his plan to open schools sooner rather than later in order to receive funding. the virtual ceremony is set to happen. >>> santa cruz will wrap up teacher vaccinations. roughly 5,000k through 12 teachers who want the vaccine would have at least one dose offered by today. with a majority vaccinated nearly all schools will resume in class instruction by mid april. last check, nearly three quarters of santa cruz county's population of adults 65 and older have received at least one dose. in marin residents 65 or older, those who have no internet access or people who need language interpretation can call the number on the screen to book vaccination appointments. the service center can help arrange rides to and from an appointment. >>> easing pandemic restrictions as case totals drop. next week, 16 states will have no mask requirement. texas is making the change as spring break begins. march is expected to be pretty busy in san antonio

we've supported good republicans, we've supported unifying democrats and we've supported independentsas an insurgent party within a party, within the republican party over the last decade, it worked solely within the republican party, meaning it only supported republican candidates. and if their candidate didn't win in the primaries, against the democrat. we'll operate a little differently. and we've already been doing that. and what i mean by that is, for example, if you have an extremist republican, say, in arizona, there are a number of extremist republicans who are likely to run for senate in this next cycle, in this current cycle in 2022 versus mark kelly, the moderate, unifying democrat who won one of the arizona senate seats in the last cycle, he'll have to defend it again in this cycle. you know, if it's a republican extremist in that race against mark kelly, we'll be for mark kelly. and that's not something new for us, but it's different from what the tea party did. but one thing we know about politics is that it's not just about core principles. it's also about charisma and

coordinated sanctions a unified coordinated arms embargo and i think we have to take and it immediately institute accountability mechanisms traditional mechanisms to hold these brutal leaders accountable for the mass atrocities that we're we're seeing i think clearly we have crimes against humanity being caused and committed right across right you know it's one of our very eyes and the question right now is what the international community is willing to do about it. that was un special envoy for myanmar tom andrus now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. 2 people died in bangladesh when police there opened fire on protesters on sunday they were demonstrating against a visit by indian prime minister narendra modi critics accuse his hindu nationalist party of stoking religious tensions in india and time muslims scream anation. engineers are still unable to free the container ship stuck in the suez canal tens of billions of dollars in cargo have been held up for days egypt's president has told authorities to remove containers from the grounded ever giv

brokered right about to hold elections and unify the country after years of war. matric used to be systematic and premeditated killings amnesty international releases a report on the crackdown on and he can protest. but chief justice protesters in argentina demand on cisse into the death of football star diego maradona who died last year after a heart attack. so it is a stimulus plan that u.s. president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollars they've had 19 relief bill it is one of the country's largest economic relief packages an official has more now from washington d.c. . if you're going to applaud the house deliver joe biden's twice significant victory as president a $1.00 trillion dollar corporate relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support. this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative legislation thanks goes to the senators who are standing here are great committee chair

the prime minister abdul hamid has said that he plans on unifying libya still institutions including the military now the military and libya's divided those in eastern libya controlled by belief i have to and in western libya previously by the g.n.a.s. so the hope is now to this military track that the u.n. is the scylla to meetings have been ongoing to sort of unify libya's military ranks but there's also other issues for instance according to the u.n. support mission there's over $20000.00 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then of course in the foreign fighters out of the business one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw elections city looser paoli elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to are so whether or not elections can take place in december this government's main objective is to le

some students are returning to school in oakland next week while the oakland unified school district is reopening. >> doors to certain classrooms tuesday. not all classrooms will be open. this kron four's. michelle kingston reports that is because some teachers have opted out of coming back to the buildings. >> these empty school buildings in oakland will soon be filled the students and staff once again, but not so fast. dealing with her disappointment. again. you know, it's been a hard while oakland unified school district is welcoming some students back next week. teachers have the option to return to the classroom leaving many students who thought they were going to be able to go back to school next week. stuck at home for just a little while longer, but couldn't believe it or teachers. want to show up. susie. that's tp. antos daughter is a first grader at hillcrest elementary school. >> she was planning to return next week. but it's no longer able to do so because her teacher opted out hillcrest elementary school parents received an e-mail on wednesday that said, in part at this

the same oakland unified when we open in march and moving forward as we were in january. we're going to be better. we've learned a great deal. the other piece i want to make sure i'm clear about is we're moving forward because of the relationships we have with our labor partners. we have seven unions/employee on a regular basis. and their cooperation, their leadership, along with our board of trustees and my cabinet, who has worked tirelessly since march are all the reason we're able to move forward. we're about equity. we're about serving all kids and we're going to do everything we can moving forward to make sure that happens. so, again, excited to have you here with us at franklin unified and i'm excited to ove introduce jim cooper. >> thank you, superintendent hoffman. good morning. i'm jim cooper. i call elk grove home. i want to thank governor newsom, pro tempe atkins and speaker rendon and their staff for the tireless work that led up to today's announcement. as we approach the one-year mark of the lockdown, today's news could not come at a better time. kids, paren

coordinated sanctions a unified coordinated arms embargo and i think we have to take and it immediately institute accountability mechanisms traditional mechanisms to hold these brutal leaders accountable for the mass atrocities that were pushing i think clearly we have crimes against humanity being caused and committed right across right in front of our very eyes and the question right now is what the international community is willing to do about it almost anders when you see russian and chinese officials supporting what's happening and for example moscow's deputy defense minister even visiting the minutes for yesterday does this not frustrate any form of international attempt to keep the. ball get them from backing down. well of course it does the fact is we have not yet had vote in the security council security council has not had this crisis but certainly on its agenda and before that's exactly what has to have if russia or china or anyone else on the security council wants to veto or vote against foreign action ok stand up and do that but at least we need to be able to see where na

we begin with san ramone valley unified school district. emily turner asked danville students and teachers how they're feeling about their campus reunion. >> the campus here will be a little bit more crowded moving forward as students who opted in say good-bye to hybrid and are clnormal orudentsand staff the san ramone valley school district today will be one step closer to prepandemic life. about 10,000 students total will be back to full time in person learning, all day, four days. >> we made all the changes in january and all we had to do was move more desks back in. we are ready to go. >> i am excited to be in the classroom and get to be on campus because i am a senior and won't be able to again. >> reporter: middle and high school go back today. elementary students go tomorrow. after a year of the unexpected, four days of knowing what's in store will be a welcome relief. >> some continuity, the idea of being in class every day for the daily routine. >> it's important to get back into the environment of the classroom especially since i

unify the country and end the fighting years of conflict and political divisions have weakened state institutions and divided people libya has had 2 rival powers for years the internationally recognized government of national court in the capital tripoli and another administration in the east which was controlled by the warlords lisa huster who launched the failed military campaign to capture tripoli in 2019 with the support of egypt the u.a.e. and russia his forces later retreated towards the east after the un recognized government receives support from turkey in june 2020 but not before shelling residential neighborhoods hospitals and migrant centers the attacks have led to accusations of war crimes. after government forces we took western libya reports of mass graves rumors in the city of 2 who know where have to this military command center was base according to officials at least 139 bodies have been recovered so for the families of those killed want justice and those responsible to be held accountable before any reconciliation process can begin but for m.p.'s and certain ones a

and the east bay, the oakland unified school district will welcome pre k through second graders back to campuses for in person instruction next tuesday. classrooms have been rearranged to accommodate a maximum of 12 students to allow for proper physical distancing air purifiers have been installed. the district has also invested up to 5 million dollars in personal protective equipment for students and staff and safety protocols will be enforced. >> ensuring that our scholars in our community continue to wear masks continue to physically distance continued to wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. >> for traffic will be capped to one side of the hallways. restrooms will have capacity limits with some stalls and 6 blocked off overall members of oakland unified say they expect about 58% of the district's population to return to campus. which means 42% of students will not be returning to campus next week and for some families, it's a choice. they did not get a chance to make. turns out some teachers opted out of coming back to the building's kron four's, michelle kingston reports. >> t

santa's a unified school district officials say they have appointments for all of their employees tove a covid-19 vaccine as ktvu is jesse gary tells us the announcement comes as a district prepares to resume in person learning. i got my first vaccination tuesday. how did it feel? i cried because i felt like we're going to make it out of this nightmare. graystone elementary school teacher allison medlin isn't alone in her emotional reaction to receiving the first covid-19 shot. she's one of 4000 san jose unified school district employees who are signed up for the covid vaccination but includes teachers substitutes classified staff contractors, all of the education workers that supports it is unified district hr director jacqueline murphy says the majority are still waited to receive or have already received the first shot. the move comes more than a month before the district resumes in person learning april 21st teachers union reps say this crucial layer of covid protection was critical to agreeing on our return to normal. we set up several different paths, toe gettinto, full reopeni

this morning. >>> good news for san francisco unified. high school sports are back starting next month. sf unified says they can start april 12 in baseball, softball, flag football, tennis, soccer, track and field. for football and outdoor basketball it's practices only. there will be no play offs or championship games and no games are schools outside the district. >>> 6:09. still to come, new video of terrible storms in the southeast. several tornadoes overnight. coming up, some of the damage and what one woman had to do to not get blown away. >>> a wet thursday for the bay area. we are looking at overnight rain that pushed across our region and more rain to come. rounds of it in fact. we are looking at off and on rain throughout the day today, a little bit drier friday, and then warming up this weekend into early next week. i will show you futurecast, coming up. >>> we are keeping a close eye on the roadways as we are dealing with slick surfaces. i will have details on a crash as we are we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an

one district, san francisco unified, though, will not meet that deadline so they will not qualify for the money set aside because of that bill. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> there is a new warning from the leader of the cdc, this is about the newest threat of yet another spike in covid cases and she even warns of impending doom. >> we have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are, and so much reason for hope, but right now, i'm scared. >> the cdc director rochelle walensky is fearful that the recent case spike we're seeing in some 30 states will lead to another surge if restrictions are lifted too soon but one ucsf infectious disease expert believe states slower to lift restrictions and more aggressive with vaccinations including california will not see that surge. >> we are keeping some restrictions. we're not opening too fast. we're keeping our cases and hospitalizations low, and we're rolling out vaccine fast. >> experts do warn as long as transmissions continue, mutations will continue to lead

within the berkeley unified school district back to you nicely that thank you well time now 7.35 andsan francisco elementary students could be returning to the classroom there in mid april the district made the long-awaited announcement. >>that it made a deal with its teachers kron 4 dan kerman has more on that. >>beginning april 12th, the san francisco unified school district plans to reopen more than 70 elementary schools in the district for those pre k through second grade. well, 12 schools in wave, one will open 27 of 28 schools in a wave to will open and 37 a 51 schools in waves 3 will open. the remaining schools and waves 2, 3, will open over the following 2 weeks. also beginning april 26 3rd through 5th graders will begin returning as well as secondary students with special needs. >>and this and every level of those parties students are sitting you learned moderates are severe. is the sea classrooms, orange county programs. those are the students who would be but on the 26th. as well a homeless and foster use newcomer students. our students residing in public housing students

that we're going to capture you and we're going to catch everyone is welcome here and we are here, unified t o hell. from hate violence and a pandemic. oakland mayor libby chef urged people to support chinatown businesses. put your money where your values are, and in san mateo county, local leaders pushed for a no hate act legislation that would provide funds for local governments to address hate crimes in south san francisco. san mateo county leaders also joined in the course against hate. the time has come enough is enough. we will no longer be the asylum and minor ready. there's a second part to this day of action, and that's healing. the hope is an end to the violence and optimism for the future henry lee ktvu fox two news, several rallies were held today in southern california in solidarity with the asian community, the y m c. a organized this event in the koreatown neighborhood of los angeles. people carried signs reading hate is the virus. earlier in compton, black and asian leaders stood side by side to stand against racism and violence by labeling us with the races in terms, coron

through thursday with lincoln and austin coming to a soul on the face of it we are likely to see a unified alliance this is an alliance that goes back decades they will want to show that but of course behind closed doors there are some tensions in particular south korea is very keen to try to breathe new life back into this dialogue between itself and north korea and then maybe at some point trying to restart talks as it has in the past facilitate a negotiations between north korea and the u.s. but in order for it to do that it really has to have the approval from the senior partner in this alliance and there's very little indication that the u.s. are likely to give their approval especially if it involves any kind of relaxation of the sanctions against north korea and b. this of the by the ministration or not they like the trumpet ministration the obama administration before that etc still held to this policy of maximum pressure through sanctions or right to live for us there in the south korean capital seoul rob thank you let's cross cross over to katrina news she joins us live from beij

support mission there's over 20000 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then forcing the foreign fighters out of the business one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw lections city of new supposedly elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to whether or not elections can take place in december the government's main objective is to leave the country until elections so whether or not that will be able to take place some some people are concerned that that might not happen but for the most part libyans and i think now the international community want to see libya move towards a democratically elected country so the hope is that libya will see a unified country and allow. it was in december. but jerry and officials say gunmen have abducted 3 teaches from a primary school in northwestern state of good so

the new prime minister abdul hamid to be has promised to improve government services and unify state institutions but that won't be easy but the hardest challenge facing this government will be forcing foreign fighters you know parts of this country out they constitute a major obstacle to the government and to elections so it must be a priority we do not want a foreign presence in libya and this is a popular demand we as well he is a local journalist in tripoli and says people want action we hope that this government will not be like their predecessors and help the average citizen for 10 years libyans have heard empty promises that's made it hard for them to believe politicians in order for the government to gain popular support they should focus on domestic issues that touch citizens like providing electricity in basic services before looking to international and political issues. while the government has many challenges for many here in tripoli it's covert 19 that needs to be addressed 1st. the government needs to focus on the health sector make getting covert 900 vaccines a priori

it's gotten really nasty. >> reporter: san ramone unified serves more than 32,000 students. kpix5's emily turner will have more with details on today's reopening in our next half hour. >>> also happening today in the east bay, berkeley students returning to the classroom. the school district will first welcome back youngest students up to 2nd grade. upper elementary and middle school students are set to return april 12 followed by high school on april 15. in santa rosa they're scheduled to return for hybrid learning starting thursday. elementary will return first. middle and high school will likely return at the end of next month. >>> millions demanding justice for george floyd get their day in court as the murder and manslaughter trial of derek chauvin will get underway. more from minneapolis. >> reporter: opening statements begin this morning in the trial of a former police officer accused of killing george floyd. derek chauvin has pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter charges stemming from floyd's death may 25. a bystander's video shows floyd on the ground in hand

diablo unified school district board has voted to start bringing students back into classrooms in the next two weeks. in the past to 30 minutes the board of trustees voted 3-2 to set a targeted reopening day of march 22nd. preschoolers through second graders will be the first to return to class. all other grade levels will return by march 29th. parents could choose to keep their children at home if they wish, or return to school. >> one more big school development, the san francisco unified superintendent is retiring. vincent matthew started as the superintendent in may of 2017. the announcement comes after the district and teachers unions finally reached a reopening agreement. they've been locked in a months long battle about how to reopen safely. matthews will leave at the end of june. >>> taking a live look at the white house where president biden will be giving his first prime time address tomorrow night to mark one year since covid-19 was declared a pandemic. tonight one of the largest economic stimulus bills in u.s. history is heading to the president desk after congress approve

libya for the first time in years has a unified government.ion here is, will the gunman who committed atrocities across the country still rule here? the seven alcany brothers terrorized this town. they played both sides in the civil war. they were the law here. you picked the wrong side, you were run out out of town. libya's had a vicious 10 years the country was split in two and extremists thrived. finally a ceasefire was called last october. that's allowed a respite of sorts for funerals old and new. it's at least given tarhuna time to recover its dead. elsewhere in libya, the killings haven't stopped, despite ceasefire. the men with guns haven't relinquished power and are still adding to the country's body count. bbc news,, lya. katty: so much fighting in that country and so many weapons, as well. now there's been anger in italy after dozens of women who had an abortion or miscarriage discovered their fetuses had been given a religious burial. what's more, the graves were marked with the women's names. our correspondent has the story. [spea

oakland unified says it will begin reopening before the end of march. the move comes after the teacher's union and the district reached a deal. the first phase of reopening will be for pre-k to second grade. san jose will bring back kids april 21st. walnut creek a week from today while san ramon unified is this wednesday. we have more on oakland's plan to reopen in a couple weeks. >> i think overall, it's much healthier for kids to get back to school. >> reporter: we caught up with a parent who was still helping his son participating in zoom. the plan calls for pre-k through second graders to go back march 30th. >> we are hopeful that all of our staff gets vaccinated and frankly, all of our families do, too. we know vaccinations are the way that we as a nation, as a world, are going to get to a point where we can really move past this pandemic. >> reporter: it will be voluntary for teachers to go back to campus later this month but mandatory come april. jules green is a principal at an oakland private school and is on maternity leave right now but recal

the prime minister abdul hamid has said that he plans on unifying libya still institutions including the military now the military and libya's divided those in eastern libya controlled by. and in western libya previously by the g.n.a.s. so the hope is now to this military track that the u.n. is facilitating meetings have been ongoing to sort of unify libya's military ranks but there's also other issues for instance according to the u.n. support mission there's over $20000.00 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then foreseen the foreign fighters out of is just one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw lections city of new supposedly elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to so whether or not elections can take place in december the government's main objective is to leave the country until elect

. >> san jose unified school district also issued a statement about it, and they say they received a call this morning and took action to remove the graffiti and apply fresh paint, and it helps to keep schools crime free by reporting the crimes. the district right away in schools. >>> other top story, the weather. clouds rolling in, and so is the wind in some parts of the bay area, and we saw rain a little while ago, and maybe some snow on the way. rob mayeda has it all categorized for us. what is going on out there? >> just saw the sky camera view, dealing with the rain and we'll take you to the storm ranger mobile doppler radar showing how the rain is starting to push out of the north bay out of sonoma county and northern napa county, and richmond and over to lafayette and san ramon. some of the rain spilling into the tri-valley, not quite into san jose but this is the first initial rainband we will see over the next 24 hours, and it's pushing through the bay area right now. what we will also see become more widespread tonight is the gusty winds, look at san francisco and the coast

that's how galvanizing, unifying it was. and how in the

we also aim to unite ourselves to keep syria united and unified.m sure the regime will be toppled. after 10 years we will still be ongoing and have not stopped. the efforts of all of the free people across syria will definitely topple the regime. >> as long as we have the will and as long as people from everywhere are here, the regime will be toppled,, sooner or later. we are here to convey a message to the entire world, that there is no power but the power of allah, and the power of the syrians. >> with president assad's forces firmly in control of most of the country, many are asking if it is all worth it looking back at a decade of conflict. >> this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2011. opposition members call this the end of the dream of a democratic country. it is 2018 and the government recaptured the southern province after seven years of existence. [speaking foreign language] >> i almost had a breakdown, after all the sacrifices, when they raise the flag. we felt stabbed. the town have a lot of symbolism for the revolution. >> it w

we need stronger and unified voices.her and coordinated sanctions against this military. not onlyjust the military but also all the people who involved in helping the military to take the power from the people of myanmar. here's the thing, why do you think that perhaps the most important players in this, that is china and your neighbours in asean. are not speaking out in the way that you would like against the military coup? you said recently, "good neighbours should not play games with military coup leaders who are holding these smoking guns." and yet at the very same time we know that asean was reaching out to the military regime, was holding talks with them. so why, in your opinion, is asean not following your wishes? unfortunately, i think they do not realise that having this has made generals on their side. will put asean on shame international stage. and their legacy as asean will be damage. in their reputation and dignity gone. i think they do not realise the reality of that calculation that history willjudge us h

san francisco unified said that their time line cannot be changed. there are still many steps that we need to take to get there and many of those are not able to be expedited even with the financial incentives. disappointing for governor newsom who said that after weeks of negotiations with all parties most of the students would have a full two months of in-person learning. >> i am sure that you will find some people who will have the strong opinion, but the bottom line is that we createded a framework that we believe is consensus. >> reporter: before i forget for all of the teachers out there that vaccination site in northern california is the ring central oakland coliseum. the governor wants to set aside $4.6 billion for the learning loss that has occur swid a real thing, and whether they add a month in the summer or extend the learning day, the state is going to pour money into the programs. in the newsroom, leeann melendez, abc7 news. >> okay. talking about the the time line, and drill down on what that means. >> well, dan, the time line has to d

meantime come the san leandro's unified school district and teachers unions have reached a tentative agreement allowing for hybrid instruction, if it becomes official students of all grade levels will be able to attend classes in person, starting april 12. the teachers association will vote whether to ratify the agreement next week. >>> the president of santa clara's university is on leave, made an investigation into reports of impropriety. 54-year-old reverend kevin o'brien has headed the university for two years. he is also a longtime friend of the biden family, conducted mass in washington ahead of the president's inauguration. a notice sent to the university board of trustees did not elaborate on the allegations against him but university told us in a statement, it has to do with adult conversations that may have stepped over the established jesuit boundaries. the school went on to say the board supports the pro -- program and the father's investigation. >> reporter: from tragedy, his family is opening a new community resource center, called stephan's house. they plan to shuttle

joint unified school district can return back to campus for in person learning. also this week, the mount diablo unified school district is set to welcome its students back on campus last week. the district and the teachers union agreed on a reopening plan that would allow for hybrid learning starting thursday pre k through. second graders will return back to class 3rd through 12th graders will return back to class next monday, march 29th. >> new rules for social distancing and schools now allow students to sit as close as 3 feet apart in classrooms and some teachers unions have opposed the closer spacing, but pediatric experts say it's important for kids to return to in person. learning san francisco's acting health officer doctor susan phillips tells us here. while schools will have to continues to covid protocol. she supports the cdc's new guidelines, adding that some schools in the bay area have already been opened for months but not san francisco. >> the distancing moving to 3 feet is really only safe when children consistently mask, but we have experience f

you're watching kron. 4 news heading now at a teachers and the oakland unified school district have reached a deal to get students back into the classroom. >> we'll tell you when they finally could be returning. also the list of those people eligible for vaccine has been greatly expanded statewide who now qualifies to get the shot and we'll talk to a bay area woman who has literally driven all over the state to try to find available vaccines where she finally was able to track one down. good evening. thanks for joining us for the news today. i'm ken wayne. and i'm catherine heenan. pam moore has the night off. >> tonight. we begin with the expansion of vaccine eligibility across the state. people who now qualify to get a vaccine include anyone with cancer. chronic kidney disease down syndrome, pregnant women and patients with heart conditions. people aged 16 to 64 with those serious illnesses. there are now eligible to get vaccinated californians who work for public transit jails, homeless shelters and airports can also sign up to get a shot. >> state officials say they believe these additi

>> yeah, so in the case of san francisco unified, distance learning will continue to be an option, no doubt. it will look very similar to what they have been doing. so basically, students will get

this is a unifying proposal in the american public. president biden made a commitment to govern in a way that unified the country. he's done that. he's proposed a bill that has the broad support of republicans and democrats. i don't know that it's his fault that it can't draw republican support in congress despite the fact that it draws republican support from the public. and finally, mr. president, this was maybe the most interesting theme of the complaints. it's not covid relief. i've heard different statistics thrown out by my republican friends, some of them suggest only 5% of this bill is covid relief. i'm not sure exactly how they come to that calculation, but what i understand them to say is that anything that isn't directly related to putting shots in people's arms or treating people with present cases of covid is not covid relief. well, let's just take a look at what was broadly part of the cares act that was supported by every single republican and what is broadly part of the american rescue plan. because my republican collea

learning returns tuesday for students in the oakland unified school district. if you are a parent looking for information about the big usd spokesperson john sasaki says there's something important that you need to know the most important thing to know is we have a new daily health screening. they were asking all of our families to take every single day. they send their kids to school. it is something that is very simple. i think 3 question questionnaire just basically asking if you've had any covid symptoms that have tested positive things like that. he says if the answers are no, you will receive a green check that you must present when you bring your child to school. there's a gate we'll walk up say goodbye to my son and hill going. parents should also be expecting another change not being able to walk your little ones into their classrooms. >> it will be different because last year we walked them to this classroom on the first day in you know, he cried to didn't say goodbye. so you know, we'll be able to go all the way with usd teachers are asking folks to

we need to unify myanmar behind new leadership." is that what you feel now or not?not go back to the past. we have to move on to the future. of course, the situation is different now than it was then, under aung san suu kyi's administration, health care, education and infrastructure, and all those sectors of the economy, they've been improved. they've been hugely improved. of course, this is not the time for us to blame any elected officials. these are the generals who have been there for decades, almost half a century, you know, are killing us, they're persecuting us. it's not our society who killed rohingya people. it is the generals, the same generals who killed at rakhine, a big minority people in 1997 and i998... 1988, they killed 1,000 students, yeah? 1997 again. 2007 more, and again 2017 rohingya. and now again in 2021, so it is for the international community and the world and asean and china to decide. it's better for us to have a stable country, democratic country, free country. it's notjust only for the people of myanmar, but it is for asean, it's for chi

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also happening in the east bay mount diablo unified school district. well, welcome students back on campus this week. the district and the teachers union agreed on a reopening plan last week allowing hybrid learning starting thursday pre-k through second graders can return for in person learning 3rd through 12th graders have the option of returning back to the class next monday, march 29th. happening today. students at all grade levels of the livermore valley joint unified school district can resume in person learning last month. the board unanimously approved letting kids in all grade levels return. new rules for social distancing and schools were really saying students can now sit as close as 3 feet apart in classrooms, acting health officer doctor susan phillips says while schools will have to continue strict covid protocols. she supports the cdc's new guidance, adding that some schools in the bay area have been open for months. >> the distancing moving to 3 feet is really only safe when children consistently mask, but we have experience from right

coordinated sanctions a unified coordinated arms embargo and i think we have to take and it immediately institute accountability mechanisms judicial mechanisms to hold these brutal leaders accountable for the mass atrocities that were we're seeing i think clearly we have crimes against humanity being caused and committed way to right you know it's one of our very eyes and the question right now is what the international community is willing to do about it. militants have killed dozens of civilians in northern mozambique an armed group is holding the town of paul munder siege it is a hub for international gas projects worth some $60000000000.00 the mozambique government says hundreds of local people and foreign workers have been rescued and the french energy group total has suspended work on a huge construction project. correspondent increase was in mozambique before the latest fighting began and is following developments from cape town she sent us this update about the situation and paula. a very poor part of the country actually the poorest part of the country a lot of people be that t

oakland unified has reached an agreement to open schools in just weeks. we have details on this announcement they came most of you are sleep. >>> under this agreement, students would return in phases . pre-k through second grade and priority students would return starting march 30. teachers would have to opt in for the launch. those who do would start preparing for the transition march 25th. the second phase would expand up through fifth grade and at least one secondary grade. they would return april 19. all remaining teachers would return to campus to prep starting april 14 with some teachers and parents against this plan. they plan to hold a news conference about the opposition at 5:00 p.m. they say covid transmission is still high and the schools reopen five days a week, families would lose pandemic unemployment assistance benefits. the teachers union members will be voting on the deal this week, and the school board of education will vote after that. >>> today in the east bay, alameda unified schools will welcome that some students including k through

the district is implementing a hybrid model of learning castro unified school will also into the 3rd phase of its reopening plan. 3rd through 5th graders will be allowed back on saturday are back on campus today. the district is looking to bring all grades back under a hybrid model by april 12 full-time in person instruction could happen by august. berkeley, unified students in preschool transition kindergarten and kate, 12 grade levels can also return back to campus starting today. we have all the details on history. openings on our website at kron 4 dot com. bay area restaurants have been able to increase their indoor dining capacity as more counties move into the orange tier. but some health experts are cautioning against 8 inside. but one bay area. doctors offering some tips. if you choose to in dorne dine. take a listen to keep the windows open. the doors yeah. yeah. it's a group you >> depending upon how nation works in that particular room. >> if you have really good airflow with multiple air exchanges meeting. the air is being exchange. many terms of the hour. >> doctors want