the district will welcome students in transitional kindergarten tk through 5th grade starting monday with increased cleaning measures. >> will be masks that are required and we have stockpiled several just in case anyone forgets to bring their mask on to campus. they absolutely need to maintain a social distance of at least 3 feet with our students and then 6 feet for all of the adults on our campuses. we are implementing regular routines for washing our hands. we have provided hand sanitizer and as well as shield for all of our staff. and we've given each of our school states grew just case they needed and we it we've entering abided plexiglass barriers put some of our campuses are some of sons. excuse me as well. that will give just an extra and extra just for our staff to feel safe. >> it's big deal. getting back in person. the superintendent says approximately 54% of families in the district of said they want their kids to return for in person instruction while some families are remaining in distance learning. this interview, by the way, first aired on our streaming service krono

tomorrow schools will allow all grade levels to return to class students from transitional kindergarten through high school will go back to class for a hybrid in person and at home schedule for the rest of the school year. the teachers union and the school district reached an agreement on reopening plants last month. students will have the option of staying fully remote if they want to. california's covid numbers continue to trend in the right direction. the seven day positivity rate dropped slightly over yesterday. the 1.6% a growing number of people are getting their vaccines. almost 23 million vaccine doses have now been given out statewide right now, 6.3 million people are partially vaccinated. about 19% of california's population and 8.7 million are fully vaccinated about 27% and in just a few days this thursday, april 15th everyone in california age 16 and older can make an appointment for a shot in west oakland, pop up covid-19 testing and vaccination clinics are hundreds of people today, the moshe health hosted the clinic and beth even baptist church near the acorn neighborhood.

the district will welcome students in transitional kindergarten t k through 5th grade starting monday with increased cleaning measures. >> will be masks that are required and we have stockpiled several just in case anyone forgets to bring their mask on to campus. they absolutely need to maintain a a% social distance of at least 3 feet with our students and then 6 feet for all of the adults on our campuses. we are implementing regular routines for washing our hands. we have provided hand sanitizer and as well as shield for all of our staff. and we've given each of our schools safe to go just in case they needed and we it. we've only abided plexiglass barriers put some of our campuses are some of sons. excuse me as well. that will give just an extra and extra just for our staff to feel safe. >> the superintendent says about 54% of families have said they want to opt in, have their kids return to in person instruction. well, almost half of families say they want to remain in distance, learning this year. and this interview first aired on our streaming service kronon you can download kron

but starting tomorrow, 22 schools in the city will partially reopen their doors for transitional kindergarten through second grade students. classrooms will practice social distance in and be capped at 22 students. students will also see clear partitions and eat lunch in the classroom instead of the cafeteria. really excited that students are going back to the classroom, and i think there's still more that can be done, and i think they'll figure it out. other schools will begin reopening next monday. and by the end of the month, all elementary school students tk to fifth grade will be allowed to return to school students at city college of san francisco are speaking out against cutbacks. no. demonstrators held a march and rally this afternoon to save see csf from what they say is unnecessary downsizing. they're hoping to draw attention to the school's plans to cut classes and staffing. the students say money from covid relief fund should be used to maintain current programs and classes that are offered. way have been protest thing. time and time and time again. we go to do public comment. we

and i have a big issue with transitional kindergarten. i was born in december.his young mother's child was born in november. so twelve years from now, this young child will be 19 years old in the 12th grade because someone. so i've gotten a call, e-mail back from the early ed director today. i want someone to work with us in epc to talk about how this computer knows not to make their classes diverse and why are we taking the child up on the hill where there's lots of gun violence. thank you. >> clerk: hello, michelle. >> hi. >> clerk: oops. my apologies, michelle. are you there? >> hi. my name is michelle kirby. i'm a middle school teacher. i'm calling because i'm kind of disappointed around the board's response to that parent before who said the students weren't smart enough to go to lowell. i looked at your faces. i didn't see any comment. i hope to get an e-mail from one of you guys. just to be very clear, we sit there and talk to the students about choosing the best school for them. not all of our kiddos, not all the black and brown kids want to go. and i'm

the district will welcome students in transitional kindergarten through 5th grade starting on monday. >> 5.11. is a time. and coming up after they break a controversial push to expand the supreme court. why republicans are against it. and how far this could really go to happening in a live report from dc. >> and we are starting to weekend mild, but we're going to be ending it with some much warmer conditions to just get ready for that temperatures right now in the 40's for most spots 50's 60's and 70's come the afternoon. your forecast ahead. and this friday morning as your commute starts to pick up. we're tracking your drive times right now. no major hot spots on your roadways. we'll have more on that coming up after the break. >> 5.14 right now. and i forgot it was friday when i woke up, which means i got a bonus when i remember that's right all. like finding money in your pocket. you didn't realize was there but yeah, that's how we're kind of feeling this friday and the weather and it's paid a 2. it's nice friday. john and apparently james turns into a minnesotan when he finds a $2

we'll see some transitional kindergarten through.ond graders and as well as we'll see some 7th and 8th graders back in the classrooms next monday. they'll further reopen as well. and joining us now is the principle much tomato elementary schools is a mrs. frank enough. thank you for joining us. how are you feeling today i am so excited to be able to actually welcome our students in person. our teachers have the monumental task of teaching the kids in the room in addition to the kids online. we have been prepping for this for a long time and we are ready and excited. i'm sure. and what's interesting for you is you're the principal. but you knew your first year was 2020. this is my first year at the school site. so for some of these kids, it's the first time we're going to meet in person which is very exciting. i excited and nervous, too busy to meet him in person. you've been doing this virtually new of your own kid. we've been doing this virtually as well. what has it been like? it has been an unprecedented year. lots of challenges.

transitional kindergarten through 5th grade starting monday with increased cleaning measures. >> will be masks that are required and we have stockpiled several just in case anyone forgets to bring their mask on to campus. they absolutely need to maintain a social distance of at least 3 feet with our students and then 6 feet for all of the adults on our campuses. we are implementing regular routines for washing our hands. we have provided hand sanitizer and as well as shield for all of our staff. and we've given each of we it we enter an by did plexiglass barriers put up some of our campuses are some of sons. excuse me as well. that will give just an extra and extra just for our staff to feel safe. the superintendent says approximately. >> 54% of their families have said they want their kids to return for in person instruction low. some families will be remaining in distance learning. now the full interview with the superintendent first ran on our streaming service kronon which you can download the app for free in your app store right now. and i'll tell you how you can do that in a sec

the district will welcome students in transitional kindergarten through 5th grade starting monday through the last day of school which is may 28. >> big news in california's fight against the pandemic anyone 16 years old or older is now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine. the state is now racing to get as many people vaccinated as possible ahead of the covid variance. >> there are still some popping up capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the latest. >> in the race against the variants. california leaders are hoping to get ahead after expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults thursday and we're not prepared as a state, as a nation. the world more broadly. now we're trying to build around. to run the 90 yard dash. we have work to do so far more than 9.5 million californians have been fully vaccinated. and another 6.3 million partially officials say 50% of those eligible to get vaccinated have done so already 24 million doses total have been distributed in the state. we lead this nation by some 8.1 million more than any other state in this country. but newsom said thursday manufac

we will see transitional kindergarten through second graders as well as 7th and 8th graders in the classrooms next monday through through 6th graders will return to school's students will be continuing with distance learning and the they will joining the kids that are in person seal see the kids on this on the computer screen as well as the kids in person all in one classroom. of course, kids will have to wear masks all day and keep that 6 feet of social distancing. >> having a first day at the end of april is not normal, but it's definitely exciting for them to finally get to this point because as you know, it takes a lot of work to even get with the school district, the teachers, the teachers union and of course the kids and the parents as well. so we'll start seeing those kids arriving at 8 this morning. it will definitely be exciting to see them walking in with their. >> little backpacks and they'll be walking through these balloons right here as well. for now, live in san jose. sarah stinson kron 4 news flood sarah, we'll check in with you later. >> and we have a number of other school d

as of tomorrow, students from transitional kindergarten through high school will go back to class with a hybrid in person and at home schedule for the rest of the school year. last month, the teacher's union and the school district reached an agreement on reopening plans. students will also have the option of staying fully remote if they want to coming up concerns of another coronavirus surge later tonight how michigan is battling thousands of new cases every day, even as a record number of americans are getting vaccinated. hey, we're looking at a pretty nice week. it had no rain. unfortunately we'll talk about a bit of a warm ups and fog at the coast. the usual stuff. i'll see. you back here right after the break, and also ahead tonight. a very dry winter means we could be in for an early and devastating fire season. how communities and fire officials are preparing fire season is just around the corner, and we know based on what happene yes. sir. an r. robe suspect stole a bike. the daily cal reports that happened on grizzly peak yesterday around two in the afternoon, the suspects too

we will see transitional kindergarten through second graders as well as 7th and 8th graders in the classroomnday we'll see 3rd through 6th graders returning as well. students will continue with distance learning and they will join virtually alongside the kids in person all in one classroom. of course, kids will have to wear masks all day with 6 feet of social distancing, of course, having a first day at the end of april is a little weird. it's a little unusual, but it's still exciting nonetheless. so we'll see those kids arriving around 8 o'clock this morning. make sure to join us. we'll be talking with everybody because we know it takes a lot to get to this point. between the school and the teachers. teachers union the parents and they're here today. so join us and we'll show you how it's all going down for now. i'm live in san jose. sarah stinson, back to you. all right. i love the balloons. big celebration for school. thanks a lot, sarah. >> 6.34 is the time. let's turn our attention to some national news there's a rise in covid-19 cases around the u.s. and that has doctors a bit concerne

the district will be welcoming students in transitional kindergarten through 5th grade starting on monday. >> still ahead, a controversial push to expand the supreme court. why republicans are against it and how close it is to reality. a live report from dc. this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. the time right now. checking out the weather heading into the weekend. absolutely. on this friday. we'll say good morning to john morning on hey, guys, good morning to ou. it is a little bit gray out there this morning. it's going to take a bit longer to tap into our sunshine today. >> than what we saw yesterday when it was really clear and getting really pretty at this point. you can see in berkeley right here. the low gray that's hanging out right above us across the east bay conditions out there today as i mentioned, will be a little bit cloudier than we were yesterday at this time we're going to stay that way through the 10:00am hour. so a bit of a grey start. but visibility for mo

of our key children serving partners to the table to ensure that we provide services for transitional kindergarten to 12th grade students and we have to take time during the summer to build back all of our children to support them in getting on target to learning and being prepared to ga back into the classroom in the fall. summer together aims to help sfusd students who have been impacted by learning loss and social isolation and we're going to engage them in fun academiccally -- academically integrated programs with sfusd and rec and park and other non-profit organizations we'll be offering a cornucopia of programs and [technical difficulties] it's going to take a lot of time and effort and it's all hands on deck. someone said to me for the earthquake i forgot one year now the big earthquake took a couple seconds but took years to rebuild and recover from the earthquake and this is somewhat the same and we need to come together to figure out how to support our children and families and not only mitigate what happened last year and to build further into look forward. we'll be working together on

of our key children serving partners to the table to ensure that we provide services for transitional kindergarten to 12th grade students and we have to take time during the summer to build back all of our children to support them in getting on target to learning and being prepared to ga back into the classroom in the fall. summer together aims to help sfusd students who have been impacted by learning loss and social isolation and we're going to engage them in fun academiccally -- academically integrated programs with sfusd and rec and park and other non-profit organizations we'll be offering a cornucopia of programs and [technical difficulties] it's going to take a lot of time and effort and it's all hands on deck. someone said to me for the earthquake i forgot one year now the big earthquake took a couple seconds but took years to rebuild and recover from the earthquake and this is somewhat the same and we need to come together to figure out how to support our children and families and not only mitigate what happened last year and to build further into look forward. we'll be working together on

my third concern is that this transitional kindergarten is unfair in the later part of the year, that they be -- they're forced to wait a whole year before they can enter kindergarten in usfsd. thank you so much. >> hello, camille? >> can you hear me? >> we can. >> oh, okay. you know, as a parent with two kids in this school district, i voted for alison collins and she's been doing what i elected her to do. until the school board members decided to undo my vote because you were manipulated by partisan political. and this ridiculous distraction stripping commissioner collins of her duties is taking away from the pressing work of getting our kids back in school. as one of the few black moms and s.f. native left in the city, we need alison collins back in her elected position, fighting for the underserved children in all of our communities. thank you. >> thank you. hello, tara? >> hi, my name is tara ramos, i'm a teacher and parent. i'm calling today to express my disappointment in the conflicts on this board. i voted for every single one of you sitting on the board today. -- could get a

my third concern is that this transitional kindergarten is unfair in the later part of the year, that they be -- they're forced to wait a whole year before they can enter kindergarten in usfsd. thank you so much. >> hello, camille? >> can you hear me? >> we can. >> oh, okay. you know, as a parent with two kids in this school district, i voted for alison collins and she's been doing what i elected her to do. until the school board members decided to undo my vote because you were manipulated by partisan political. and this ridiculous distraction stripping commissioner collins of her duties is taking away from the pressing work of getting our kids back in school. as one of the few black moms and s.f. native left in the city, we need alison collins back in her elected position, fighting for the underserved children in all of our communities. thank you. >> thank you. hello, tara? >> hi, my name is tara ramos, i'm a teacher and parent. i'm calling today to express my disappointment in the conflicts on this board. i voted for every single one of you sitting on the board today. -- could get a

raising the school starting age to seven, with a kindergarten stage for three to six—year—olds. and a rapid transitionth sea, when? we clearly are being honest about the fact that with far more fossil fuel available than we can afford to burn we need to see a substantial reduction in extraction over the next ten years, but we also need to be building up the alternative industries that will create economic activity, the opportunities for people in the oil and gas industries to move across, but also opportunities for our whole society. invest in this transition now, they say, and avoid the economic damage caused by previous deindustrialisation. the greens admit some of their ambitious plans for tax raising and the transition to renewable energy cannot be achieved with the powers the scottish parliament currently has. they think an independent scotland could take a much more radical path. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. large sections of a cliff on dorset�*sjurassic coast have collapsed, dramatically changing the landscape. it's the biggest landslide in 60 years, with a substantial rock fall near thornco

raising the school starting age to seven, with a kindergarten stage for three to six—year—olds. and a rapid transitiont with far more fossil fuel available than we can afford to burn we need to see a substantial reduction in extraction over the next ten years, but we also need to be building up the alternative industries that will create economic activity, the opportunities for people in the oil and gas industries to move across, but also opportunities for our whole society. invest in this transition now, they say, and avoid the economic damage caused by previous deindustrialisation. the greens admit some of their ambitious plans for tax raising and the transition to renewable energy cannot be achieved with the powers the scottish parliament currently has. they think an independent scotland could take a much more radical path. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. and finally, large sections of a cliff on dorset�*sjurassic coast have collapsed. it's the biggest landslide to happen in 60 years — and the incident has dramatically changed the coast�*s landscape. dorset council warned that, with ground drying o

raising the school starting age to seven, with a kindergarten stage for three to six—year—olds. and a rapid transitionil fuel available that we can afford to burn we need to see a substantial reduction in extraction over the next ten years, but we also need to be building up the alternative industries that will create economic activity, the opportunities for people in the oil and gas industries to move across, but also opportunities for our whole society. invest in this transition now, they say, and avoid the economic damage caused by previous deindustrialisation. the greens admit some of their ambitious plans for tax raising and the transition to renewable energy cannot be achieved with the powers the scottish parliament currently has. they think an independent scotland could take a much more radical path. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. after a day uk leading providers cut their costs yesterday under plans to restart foreign travel from england next month even returning passengers will still need to test negative for covid—19 on arrival using a swamp. the transport secretary says he is committed to