s time in the city of berkeley. andrew greenwood announced he will be retiring after 35 years on the force. the berkeley native says it's time to focus on family and health. is last day will be next friday. >>> still ahead, tonight at 11 and streaming in the bay area. a major northern california zoo runs out of money. what's going to happen to all of the animals? >> people are still coming and they are still supporting the zoo. it takes a little bit more than that. >>> if your neighborhood -- a better picture tonight of the bay area! this.>>> an iconic bay area park still smoldering after six months after it was ravaged by fire. why the fire is still not out. >>> a woman makes a creepy discovery in her bathroom that mirrors a cold horror classic. >>> we have good news and the weather forecast. river storm system over the pacific i will send rain towards the bay area. we will track that and more rain next week coming up in the >>> to go i look at the state capital were just several hours ago the governor newsom signe

it's located right across from the uc berkeley campus. protesters say they're upset over the planned by you. sea regions to demolish the rent controlled building and replace it with student housing near here to protect, you know, to tell the university not to demolish rent control housing, you know it is valuable. it provides affordable housing for people, you see regions haven't commented on the group's demand. the building dates back to the early 19 hundreds, and organizers say there are several residents who have lived there for more than 20 years. one year since the bay area shelter in place order how local leaders marked the anniversary plus very different st patrick's day last year, the holiday was totally cancel, but not this year. we'll show you the festivities, fireworks last year on st patrick's day, and it was just me serving food to go, and it was really sad, so i've been really looking forward to the state. ♪["i'll be seeing you" by billie holiday] ♪ i'll be seeing you ♪ ♪ in all the old familiar places ♪ later. after the cit

also, this is what berkeley always let the world.his is welcome protected from the rain but can't quite see through the bout well, it is unfortunately very much so like this out there for a lot of the bay area this morning. but as we work our way through the day less and less like this. more and more blue skies ahead of us. now zooming in on radar. you see that blanket of cloud cover, very thick across the bay. >> a couple of showers. now moving back into san francisco down shoreline along highway one towards specific as well and across the north bay. it's that blanket of cloud cover that you can see very easily their and our radar view right now. cold front swung through yesterday. not so much of a thing anymore is it will just be a breezy day today showers exiting the region but staying in the sierra nevada well into the afternoon. so if you're planning on enjoying some of that new snowfall up on the slopes plan on bringing the chains, as you've already expected. i'm sure that slow traffic that you encounter on a friday night, like

and berkeley. today, several 100 people turned out for a stop asian hate rally that was organized by a 12 year old girl at the beginning of the pandemic men if a door who is asian, spoke out about xenophobia at a school assembly. ah year later, she says that she wanted to take more action. at first she had planned to just hanging awareness sign from the university avenue pedestrian bridge that crosses interstate 80. but then she and her friends decided to organize the ap. i youth rising rally in berkeley today. we are the future were young people were going to grow up in. do things souto porton to hear from us. and um yeah, also, i feel like it also brings a bit more power when you start speaking, because, um, e. don't know when you get involved with it, and it heightens its been that is a pretty impressive 12 year old. today's rally included speeches by youth leaders, community activists and berkeley city council members. they then marched to the pedestrian bridge, where they continued the rally a

a new turn in the months-long debate over reopening east bay schools, the berkeley teachers union is facing heavy backlash after a video was released showing the union president taking his child to school. the images struck a nerve with some parents who say they do not have the same opportunity as kron four's has it doing explains. >>this is video showing the president of the berkeley federation of teachers met my are walking his 2 year-old daughter to preschool last month gorilla bob's a parent activists group of self-described angry mobs uploaded the video on youtube they about in a direct message interview on twitter they told the meyer has told the district for months it is not safe to open and that children will not wear a mask based upon his experience as a teacher. but all the time he was taking his own child to school where she had to wear a mask. he has denied 8700 other children the same opportunity here they want schools open 5 days a week and that public health says it's safe to open now directly addressing the controversy surrounding his child attending school bet myers

the hope is to raise more youth voices. >> in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> the co-founder of the stop a p i hate group is now calling on community members to continue their calls for justice during the uptick in violence. cynthia choi says community ambassador programs have been a great way to help those most vulnerable. but she says there are other ways to help as well. >> we need to really focus on intervention and prevention support community based organizations that are working with their use across communities. most importantly or equally important that we support organizations that are trying to build. racial unity that we have so much to work together around to address the drivers of violence in crime and racial violence and that's to hearing that's your educational programs and rent to efforts that bring our communities together around racial and economic equality in this country. >> choi says it is also important that these types of conversations and efforts. our continued far beyond the uptick in violence that we're seeing

this is for elementary schools in berkeley.ng children, those parents need to know they have an important deadline coming up. here is what the new plan looks like. parents can choose an on campus plan, five days a week option, or they can continue distance learning for the rest of the year. tk through 2nd grade would return to the classroom in three weeks on march 29th. and then third through fifth graders will go back in five weeks on april 12th. they're still working out the details. they will have to move some students to a different teacher and class and they had so far this year. so they need parents to let them know by noon this thursday if they plan to send their kids back to school or keep them home so they can start working out those new classrooms. district officials say they're able to reopen because of the vaccination program that has been offered here in aboutlberk. teachers will be tested for covid every two week and they're working on a plan now to get students tested as well. reporting live in berkeley, amy holl

uc berkeley experts say the move from petaluma might not necessarily be the answer in california where gas prices are already sky high. >> i worry a little bit that blocking new entry of gas stations could lead to even higher prices because the gas stations will not worry about new competition. >> reporter: instead, he says there needs to be more incentives to buy electric cars and ultimately a change in habit. >> the way we're going to get off gasoline is by encouraging the demand side to change, not by impeding the supply side. i think ultimately we need people to prefer to drive electric vehicles. >> city of petaluma says it is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2030, just nine years by now. we'll keep you updated on the vote. >>> tools used to steal catalytic converters from cars are in the custody of the sheriff. deputies busted three suspects after neighbors phoned in the suspicious activity. the sheriff says they were arrested for conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of stolen property, grand theft, and possession of burglary tools. >>> san mateo county is appealing

we're live tonight in berkeley jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >>thank you jonathan still to come on kron 4 news at 9 another brutal attack on an asian person once again in oakland, a local leaders and law enforcement are responding to what has become a very troubling trends. >>and then a disturbing attack caught on camera what led to this ugly ride in an uber. and the latest on a recall effort not for governor newsome but san francisco da. >>jason wu we'll tell you who's >>this is a live look now at our storm tracker radar right that the moment as you can see well plenty of rain still moving through the bay area. we're going to get another update from learned to just a few minutes. meantime san francisco department of elections cleared campaign to recall a district attorney chesa boudin which will allow them to collect signatures for a recall the coalition will be required to collect more than 51,000 signatures about 10% of the city's voters by mid august. >>in order to qualify for a special election. for sale of the second joins us live from th

the hope is to raise more youth voices. >> in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news. happening today. students and a number of bay area. schools are set to return. >> back to campus to resume in person learning sandra fell city or to in class learning 5 days a week for all students students are going to be classroom for about 4 and a half hours a day. the district has been on a hybrid model since about november. 3rd through 12th graders in mount diablo unified schools. we'll also have the option of returning to campus today pre k through 12 second graders were welcome back. on thursday. 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 det

berkeley superintendent sent that note out to families in berkeley. and while some families say this is the news, they've been waiting for. others are saying it's still not safe. berkeley schools have been empty for months. but now the district superintendent says that will all change at the end of march, the district notifying parents that starting march 29th transitional kindergarten through second grade will be allowed to return for five days. a week of in person instruction. if they choose. we want our school's back lay levy is one of the parents who's been pushing for this, hoping her first grader can get back to in class learning. it's really promising news that we might have five full days of school in person. but again, that's just a date. um, we've had dates before. i think that until our kids are on campus, we're going to keep you know, advocating for our kids. the district is preparing to send third through fifth graders back in person instruction if they want it on april 12th at this point, there's no word on timeline for middle or high sc

and it looks like a hercules 6765 for berkeley, chilly spot blasewitz 63. up to county we warm up to the lower 70's again 74 napa and sonoma. and santa rosa. again with a lot of cloud cover but this air mass is coming from the south so that helps out looking ahead to things in the seven-day forecast holding steady with those temps sure. cloud cover redevelops on saturday and by sunday, here's that rain chance and by monday between us kids here we'll probably see the rain return. again, but hey we need it we're going springtime temperatures with itself. 2 thumbs up back to you. >>i 2 thumbs up coming up the future of nightclubs just out different. the vegas strip if maybe the next time you visit, maybe the next time you visit, it's back, guys! check it out! what up, people? jack! what are you doing in my car? oh, just sharing my triple bonus jack combo... triple meat and cheese, secret sauce... go ahead, tell them how much it is... it's just $5.99! only at jack in the box. sorry, what were you going to say? good news friends, my triple bonus jack combo is ba

so the hot spot here, richmond and berkeley.hose are finally clear but definitely still some slowing along 84 you. >> a look at your commute into the city right now. 18 minutes. and that's still because remember a high wind advisory still here. they have those metering lights on. so things are still pretty slow as you're trying to commute into the city and across towards the peninsula under 14 minutes for your drive time there've been no issues here and look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge finally back down to under 8 minutes tracking drive times for you. but darya and james, back to you. thanks a lot, rhonda. 9.16 and another big story, the san leandro school district and teachers have reached a tentative deal. >> to get the kids back in class. yeah. this on the heels of what we're just talking about with the loosening restrictions for students. according to cdc will tran live in saint landry with more on this new tentative agreement that's been struck a will. >> they may be trendsetters in san leandro because i heard your

uc berkeley as his sponsor had sole access to his confidential file and gave him the wrong date.he law school's program director told him, he deeply regretted the error. bottom line, he told him he would have to return to brazil and try to work things out from there. when he got to the airport, agents detained him, put him in shackles for eight hours, then escorted him on to the plane he was about to board voluntarily. >> it was worst experience of my life. everybody was just staring at me. like this is a criminal. that he committed some kind of crime. so it was terrible. >> in the end he was left not only jobless but officially deported. >> enrique lost everything. he was on his way to achieve an amazing career and berkeley slammed the door in his face. >> reporter: she is suing on his behalf, trying to recover $100,000 in loans and other costs, along with damages for emotional distress. the law school has since revampled its program. while it said it cannot comment on penaltying litigation, it said generally speaking regarding our process, the campus makes its best effort to su

let's get to all that right now you can see out there from your berkeley cam right here there's somelow cloud cover sitting up above compher berkeley right now the rainfall continues to be pushing it now i mentioned that area of convection thunderstorm activity to the northeast of the bay area, let's first focus on that because that does affect areas like antioch

would you believe berkeley? yep."the new york times" has put bagel fanatics in a frenzy by saying california has the best bagels in the country, and they're talking about boichik bagels in berkeley. >> there is a lot of very angry new yorkers in new york, but there is a lot out here who are like hey, don't knock it until you try it. we've been eating these for a year now, and they're amazing. >> she is having a great time. winston started making bagels out of her kitchen in alameda, and then opened boichik bagels in 2019. she says her store has still been doing really well during the pandemic because with bagels you can, quote, grab and go. she has some real fancy combination there's, by the way. and ever since that "new york times" article was posted, business has been even busier. congratulations to her. we're back in a moment with the oakland a's' newest team member and what her role will be this season. stay with us. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you that's why

but you're just using regular berkeley tap water.>>regular tap water, not even filtering and we have really great water or water is calm positionally similar to new york's. >>i all i can say is takes the bagel and it's not a water stop a magical new york you're right, it's that it's that east bay water. >>which it made a record 5500 bales it's sold out yesterday. coming up in the next hour high school students in the pleasant and unified school district will be heading back to in person classes. we're live with the details. san mateo county is preparing to enter the orange reopening tier. >>hear from business owners ahead. president biden will be giving his first primetime address tonight, a live report from washington dc on what we can expect. >>news stations, you're watching the car. >>waking up with us we're trying to dry out i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher little tough this morning go around a few sprinkles. >>you probably don't know i just didn't mean to say that we were trying to dry out may sound like you know we're on

we have learned that berkeley the berkeley school board is set to hold a meeting tomorrow night and one of the big items on that agenda is the school reopening so much will come from and we'll let you know what officials here decide on on that issue tomorrow. tonight in berkeley jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >>we know parents will be paying attention to that meeting tomorrow night jonathan mccall appreciate the live report. >>francisco unified continues making progress towards reopening campuses a school board president gabriela lopez announced that more than 2000 district employees have been vaccinated so far and that number is expected to grow this week. the district is hosting its own vaccination site this week where 1500 johnson and johnson single dose shots. we're going to be given to district employees is taking place at the district office on franklin street. the site will be open thursday through saturday from 09:00am to 04:00pm. we have posted information to schedule an appointment on our website kron 4 dot com. a bit of frustration among business owners in contra costa county t

the video released by a group called guerrilla moms here in berkeley. in it, you can see federation teacher president matt meyer walking his 2-year-old daughter to a private preschool. meyer confirmed it was him in that video but the parents group that released that video says it shows the hypocrisy in the reopening process. meyer responded in part there are no public school options for kids her age, and that frustration regarding not being able to be in the classroom continues in oakland. that is where parents gathered to show support of a phased reopening plan that was yesterday, alameda county recently met state requirements for in-person learning and oakland unified is expected to reopen by the middle of this month. parents at the rally say this is a long time coming. >> i am a proud parent of an ousd student and that is why this is bigger than politics. in fact, this is about education, the value of science, what research says, and the fact that oakland has an approved back-to-school plan that ensures safety for all. [ cheers and applause ] >> repo

but you're just using regular berkeley tap water. tap water, not even filtering in we have a really great water or water is calm positionally similar to new york's. >>i all i can say is take the bagel and it's not a water stop the magical new york water you're right, it's the it's that east bay water. >>wow all right so boychuk made a record. 5 5500 bagels and they all sold out yesterday that's how. >>in demand they are now you give me a good bagel with everything in a schmear that's good a lot she's on it that's that's my jam it sacrilege but i like a chocolate chip bail to be on jewish and not but i love it i did the 6 right now coming up in the next hour high school students getting back to class and in pleasanton they're going to in person classes and we've got a live report on that. >>plus cbs going to be opening hundreds of new vaccine sites, including ones in the bay area we'll tell you where and president biden is going to be giving his first state of the state address state of the union and we'll have a live report from dc d

(giggling) >>> a very exciting day for one of the most beloved couples that you see berkeley.nnie, the falcon laid her first egg of the season. >> she and her mate have been taking turns incubating the egg. annie is expected to lay three more about 48 hours apart. it is so amazing and precious to watch that. thank you for watching tonight at 6:00. the cbs evening news is captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, the nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan is headed to president biden's desk, and the news that the largest stimulus check ever might be hea >> o'donnell: tonight, the nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan is headed to president biden's desk, and the news that the largest stimulus check ever might be headed your way. most americans will receive $1,400. we'll answer some of your big questions: when will you get that money? what else is included? and why not a single republican voted for ? 100 miiorees: whusders m jon & joson's sh texas opens: the lone star state allows 100% capacity at restaurants, bars, and baseball games. the concer

and then he was wearing how the berkeley campus was shutting down because of covid-19 so at about two in the morning she wakes up her husband james says get in the car, we're going to have to go and pick up and be at this camp and he's an only child so as you can expect he's rolling his eyes, he's upset when his parents come away but what happens is as they're driving out of the parking lot they all get attacks that there's robot competition is canceled, all kids should go home and that's when she says she gets back to berkeley the next day he convenes 50 scientists from the bay area and says all right, put down the research of whateveryou're doing. grab your contacts in your test tubes .we're going to break into teams and were going to start fighting the coronavirus was a perfect segue in my book and as you know the book begins with that picking up her kid and the last second of the book is okay, how are we going to fight this coronavirus? >> what's interesting is then moderna and pfizer, their process is the same as this gene editing, they're using a version of this. >> they're usin

the lower issue are going through emeryville and berkeley.there, we're going to check back in with rosemary on just how much more rain. discover the replenishing power of new pronamel mineral boost. teeth need natural minerals to keep enamel healthy, strong, and white. but every day, acidic food and drink can wash these minerals away, weakening and dulling enamel over time. pronamel mineral boost protects teeth by working with your mouth to boost absorption of calcium and phosphate which naturally strengthens enamel. pronamel mineral boost helps keep teeth strong, white, and protected from sensitivity. new pronamel mineral boost of lightning jensen rain chances of snow in this year. oh, that's actually happening right now. rosemary but little of everything, absolutely. as hello, michaela garcia. it's one of those. it's an active pattern, but there's still some people looking outside the window thinking. is it kind of rain or not? because we do see the clouds a little bit of drizzle falling over the central and south bay, but not much so far.

temperatures are starting to climb now a few less 30's on the map hayward you're at 46 oakland and berkeley each in the 50's along with pittsburgh. well santa rosa in petaluma still hanging out in the upper 30's right now i've got more on your forecast still to come and that does include some rain this time around first though let's get a look at traffic with we've had a very busy morning. we actually had a hot spot. here in san paolo, but again this is clear but you're still seeing major delays from that hot spot 80 westbound at san pablo dam road and again it's also causing delays along the richmond sandra fell bridge here in the south bay westbound to told avenue in sunnyvale. >>traffic collision there so again we're seeing slow down there in the south bay. this is what the richmond sandra fell from the looks like you for you right now out of richmond 14 minutes for your drive time, but the bay bridge has started to improve erupted on 19 minutes earlier now we're back down to under 15 minutes for your drive time to the fremont street exit a look at the san mateo bridge heading across the

but you're just using regular berkeley tap water. >>regular tap water, not even filtering in we have a really great water or water is composition lee similar to new york's. so it's not so i haven't tried making bagels and other places with completely different water. so i don't know how that would affect things i all i can say is takes the bagel and it's not a water stop a magical new york right is that it's that east bay water. >>so >>well there you go boy check has even had to suspend mail shipments because of the huge increase in orders today. they made a record 5500 bagels and they sold every single one of them you can now i want one of course hosted have to get over there when it's all dies down that wraps up kron 4 news at 00:00am tonight at 6 the state offering a new way to become eligible for getting the covid-19 vaccine a little earlier you can volunteer your time. >>but could lock actually trying to take advantage of look at how the new program in theory anyway, works and we've been tracking some that wild weather across th

the apartment building on walnut street is located right across from the uc berkeley campus.re upset over the plan by uc regents to demolish the rent controlled building and replace it with student housing near here to protect, you know, to tell the university not to demolish rent control housing, you know it is valuable. it provides affordable housing for people. you see regions haven't commented on the group's demand. the building dates back to the early 19. hundreds and organizers say there are several residents who lived there for more than 20 years. coming up an important day for the campaign to recall governor gavin newsom. what county registrars are now doing to prepare for the potential ballot measure. and the i. r. s postpones the april 15th tax deadline. want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile, you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network? sure thing! and with fast, nationwide 5g included - at no extra cost? we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1

berkeley fired did not respond. james tells me he wants the person responsible to pay for the damages. julie amberleigh reporting live for us tonight. amber. thank you. also in berkeley police are investigating a serious of armed robberies that all happened within blocks of each other. according to burke, wayside, there were at least five street robberies in 10 days between march 19th and march 29th involving suspects with handguns. most of them happened at night, but one was before nine in the morning. two of them happened on blake and ellsworth streets. there was another at parker and fulton and two on channing way, the mayor of berkeley is set to attend a zoom town. hall tomorrow night to talk about the crime in his city. people who live near a park in west oakland say they're worried about a growing homeless camp, especially after a fire and gunshots in that same day new attend tonight. ktvu is deborah villalon joins us now, with the concerns that families are facing deb, it's a small neighborhood park, julie, a

here in berkeley.m back into the hallways and classrooms and parents do have an important deadline coming up. so pay close texattention to th options. parent kanscan choose an on cam five-day a week option or they can continue distance learning for rest of the year. tk-second grade would return to the classroom in three weeks, that would be march 29th. 3rd through 5th would go back in five weeks on april 12th. they are still work out the details. they would have to move some student to a different teacher and class. so they need parents to receilem know by noon this thursday. they are able to reopen because of the vaccination program offers here in berkeley. teachers will be test forward covid every two weeks and they are working on plans on getting students tested as well. reporting live in berkeley. amy hollyfield abc7 news. >>> thank you amy. the final passage of president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill will be happening tomorrow. and fewer americans el i believe now. only people making 75,

>>on the story from the city of berkeley good morning. well. >>good morning james and area the berkeley unified school district there putting parents on the clock they need to know are you in or are you out and the deadline is thursday at noon it's almost like planning for a party you want to know how many people are showing up so you can buy all the necessary things like food and chairs and make arrangements so it looks like march 29th will be the day elementary school kids will come back 5 days a week for the classrooms, but they want to hear from the parents so they can start planning where did the teachers go how many teachers do they need how many buses do they need and then the desks they have to be socially distant during that particular time because obviously the pandemic is still going but things are starting to fall into place the teachers union seems to agree with the school district to get the teachers back inside the classrooms. many teachers have already been vaccinated at least their first shot with the second shot just down the

berkeley doctor. let's start today with the results of a new cdc study just released. it found that a study of about 4000 healthcare personnel, police, firefighters and other essential workers that the vaccine reduce the risk of infection by 80% after one shot and 90% following the second dose. how significant is this? well it's fabulous news. um you know, the studies showed in terms of what are called efficacy studies that these vaccines worked really? well, 94 95% of the time but in the real world that oftentimes the numbers aren't nearly that good. and the fact is that. study out of the cdc in health care workers suggests that it's just about is good. that means that people just aren't getting sick after they get vaccinated. it's very rare. sadly though, cases are up and more than half the states in the country, and today the cdc director had an ominous warning about a possible fourth serge. she said. quote i'm going to reflect on the recurring feeling i have of impending doom. we have so much to look forward to so much promise and potential of where we are and so m

berkeley unified school district reopened all 11 of its elementary school campuses this morning. and unlike many other bay area school district, they will be going back to class five days a week. it's the first day of school in the middle of spring after more than a year of distance learning students lined up outside rosa parks elementary in berkeley to walk onto their campus for the first time. i'm very excited to go back to school. i really missing my friend, transitional kindergarten through second grade, returned to campus this morning. third through fifth grade will go back april. 12 excited every teacher who i talked to had a smile beneath their mask. i could just tell it was there. the u. s. d is one of the. first public school district's in alameda county to bring back elementary students for five days a week in person instruction. the daily schedule eight tow one pm for some elementary schools, 9 to 2 for others the start times or staggered to minimize crowds. but even lunch and recess are allowed. i'm glad that i don't have to be on the computer that that much all of ou

. >>> anti-asian hate rally drew big crowds of supporters today in berkeley, all organized by a seventh grader and her friends. da lin has the story. >> reporter: someone said long ago, hate is more than just a virus. it is a cancer. it may go into remission but it comes back with vengeance. these folks right here are looking for a cure. >> these issues keep getting worse and worse and i hear about kids walking to school with sticks to protect themselves and elders who are afraid to leave their homes. >> reporter: she teamed up with her middle school friends to organize this rally. >> i hope that it will definitely spread more awareness and also, helped to raise youth voices. people have to listen more to the youth than those who are there age because it just feels like the same thing that has been happening. >> reporter: they are looking for sustainable change. >> we feel like we're in a bubble here at the east bay, right? but then we are really not. it happens all the time. >> reporter: their life expense may be limited, but these attacks are not new to the community. many speakership

>>this is video showing the president of the berkeley federation of teachers met my are walking his 2 year-old daughter to preschool last month gorilla bob's a parent activists group of self-described angry mobs uploaded the video on youtube they about in a direct message interview on twitter they told the buyer has told the district for months it is not safe to open and that children will not wear a mask based upon his experience as a teacher. but all the time he was taking his own child to school where she had to wear a mask. he has denied 8700 other children the same opportunity here until they want schools open 5 days a week and that public health says it's safe to open now directly addressing the controversy surrounding his child attending school that myers sent kron 4 a statement that reads in part quote my 2 year-old does attend preschool but fortunately there are public options for kids her age. there are significant differences in running a small preschool and ready a public school district of all those 9 to 500 students in terms of size facilities public health guidance and

slow down the east shore freeway and berkeley curve.ible movement at the tu. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening now, the family of a missing 19-year-old bay area girl is now offering a $25,000 reward to help bring her home. today is the six-month anniversary of sydney west's disappearance, last seen september 30th at the golden gate bridge. her family says she could be anywhere now. her phone, social media and bank accounts have not been used since her disappearance. sydney grew up in north carolina and pleasanton, and had started her freshman year at uc berkeley. >> let's hope she's okay. >>> coming up negotiation, w will next, a quick look at a key deadline approaching, time running out for school districts still district learning as the east bay's largest school district this morning welcomes back some students. a live report on the money potentially being left on the table. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. here's a quick look at the top stories we're following, including oakland schools today joining the parade of r

and it looks like a hercules 6765 for berkeley, chilly spot blasewitz 63. but up to county we warm up to the lower 70's again 74 napa and sonoma. and santa rosa. again with a lot of cloud cover but this air mass is coming from the south so that helps out looking ahead to things in the seven-day forecast holding steady with those temps sure. cloud cover redevelops on saturday and by sunday, here's that rain chance and by monday between us kids here we'll probably see the rain return. again, but hey we needed organ the springtime temperatures with itself. 2 thumbs up back to you. >>he was he loved people he loved to help everybody. hardworking man is my answer as who killed him and why. >>a family in the north bay still looking for answers tonight nearly 4 months after their loved one was shot and killed 24 year-old gabriel mendoza had just become a father when he was struck by gunfire in the late show it happened last november. well for dan thorn talked with the victim's family, he has the story from the late show. >>the last several months have been heart w

berkeley parents.ter than thursday at noon the unified school district they have to make a decision and plans on how they will resume on march 29th, yes march 29th, the looks like it's going to happen just like all the other school districts that i've covered over the past couple of weeks, including a renda because things are starting to fall into place in berkeley, teachers are getting vaccinated or lease getting their first shot and with their second shot down the road. so that's happening things are happening as far as the number of covid cases going down. they want the elementary school kids not the middle or high school kids just yet, but the elementary school kids possibly back in school over the next couple of weeks and just like all the other school districts they want them to be safe so it probably will be a hybrid meeting half day in school have to home. 6 feet apart inside the classrooms. they want to know from the parents are you in or you out it's not personal it's his business if you're o

think al berkeley senior also the second jim ness to earn a perfect score. in cal's history. was nearly 30 years ago in 1992. she also held their team breaking nc double a record with a 49.8 5 barr rotations scored if you know gymnastics and you know what that means while i think she's probably a shoe in for the olympic team you would think wow yeah this is all going on now you know there's a lot of people are already starting to watch it. you know stick saturday pics interesting know there's the mask because he yeah she's rolling around so much it could even see about so precise and sticking the landing without any i just yeah that's attempt i didn't know got so rowdy though the crowds and jim this. >>our 5.56 the time coming up the next hour the berkeley unified school district announcing their reopening plans look details on that coming up in a live report. plus the cdc has released new plus the cdc has released new guidelines on what facts a serena: it's my 4:10, no-excuses-on-game-day migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes without worryin

berkeley, california. all of this while being a mom grandmother and great grandma. if you think she's going to slow down and her passion for helping others. yes, again. >> i cook. i cook put it hurt. i cook for everybody. i think my activity keep me going. >> and i feel that i'm not going to sit down to got say sit down. >> hopefully that is a long time from now. has it made you 4 news. what? >> spirit, what a life put in the spirit and she's this. it is not slowing down at all. well, the news doesn't stop here. yeah, we've got a full half hour, rather full hour ahead on kron on. that's right. i just involved in live in the newsroom now with a look at what we're working on for kron on at 7 just say we go from 7 to 8 vicki and grant. and here's what we're working on tonight. the killing of a 17 year-old boy earlier this week as the 30th homicide of the year. >> for the city of oakland marking one of the most deadly start to the year in decades will be hearing from a homicide detective who will talk to us ab

you look outside from berkeley. looks beautiful, right. let's get a look at wind speeds berkeley, oakland hayward san francisco, all nice and calm right now. there are parts of the north bay where you are in the still some breezy spots and at times winds will pick up for the rest of us. but what you're seeing overall is a much calmer day ahead of us compared to the extremely gusty conditions that some of us have had these past couple of days now radar shows you the clear skies that were also in the midst of after yesterday's partly cloudy conditions cloud covers really worked its way out of the region. and this is setting us up for really mild weekend ahead of us, not just mild but pretty warm, actually happen. bay is one of our spots in the 30's along with livermore. well, the north bay actually in the 40's along with areas like oakland, berkeley and san francisco. so pretty wide range of numbers to start this morning. some of us like fairfield are just a touch warmer than yesterday. well, most of the bay area's actually off to a colder s

now this morning we're already off to a calmer start across the bay area, your view outside from berkeley right now is showing a pretty calm scene looking out toward the east bay there down into the bay itself now that's not to say we don't have a few lingering showers hanging on. let's zoom in on a couple the spots where we are looking at some rainfall that includes our neighbors down in the south bay right now you are in san jose up to milpitas in down towards saratoga as well as campbell we are looking at some areas of light to moderate shower activity. no we do have some snow it's mostly staying above 17 though as you cross the santa cruz mountains down to santa cruz itself. so do expect some slick spots but the good news is snow line is above 17. we also have some snow up into blurs just east of san jose a little bit further north on the map and we are looking at conditions out definitely still rainy up areas like the great just a couple of sprinkles hanging out for most of these spots again that's a little bit further north on the map you can see that they're the snaps having a toug

>>if past san francisco would join other bay area cities, including oakland berkeley, san leandro and santa clara implementing hazard pay. >>5.18 right now and in washington democrats are pushing to pass president biden's covid relief package before key benefits start to expire, but the problem is getting republican lawmakers on board if that's even possible. we have our washington correspondent alexandra le mon live in d c. >>with more pretty big task alex. >>hey there good morning. it is and that's why the white house says president biden is personally involved in these negotiations to try to ensure that even every democrat is on board for his emergency spending package because democrats can't afford to lose even even a single vote from their own party. democrats are racing against the clock to pass president biden's coronavirus relief bill before enhanced unemployment benefits expire on march 14th. >>to through action. the greatest health crisis our country has faced democratic leader chuck schumer said the senate will vote on the 1.9 trillion dollar emergency aid package this week

the hope is to raise more youth voices. >> in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> thank you. meanwhile, one of the founders of the group. stop a p. i hate now calling on folks to continue fighting for justice of the victims of violence during the rise in crime against asian americans. sophia choi says that community investor programs have been a great way to help those most vulnerable. but she says that there are other ways to help as well. >> we need to really focus on intervention and prevention support community based organizations that are working with their use. across communities. most importantly or equally important that we support organizations that are trying to build. racial unity that we have so much to work together around to address the drivers of violence and crime and racial bias and that's to hearing that's your educational programs and rent to efforts that bring our communities together around racial and economic equality in this country. >> choi says it is also important that these conversations and efforts our continued beyond the recent increase in violen

. >>> berkeley is reportedly moving forward with bay. berkeley reports that city council had two measures that would create 9,000 new housing units. remove single home zoning in berkeley and allow more multi-family building. >> could massive amounts of now vacant office space lead to more apartments in san francisco? "the chronicle" reports there's so many vacant office space due to pandemic it could fill 11 salesforce tower so there's talk about whether that office space should or could be converted into apartments. there's precedent here. after the dotcom boom and bust the city did it. still it's report that had holding on to that office space might be more lucrative for building owners than apartments especially if work from home sours and we're called back to the office. rental prices, by the way, have dropped. new data from the rental website zumper, up-red room plum s32% in sunnyvale and santa clara and redwood city down 29%. dropped 24% in san francisco, 20% in oakland and 18% in san jose. >>> we have new details this morning. vta

you can see outside from our berkeley cam this morning. skies are actually pretty clear. we have some fog streaming in last night. a lot of that is lifted and we're actually looking at a fairly fog free start to the morning to watch out for pockets of it. but overall, your commute has been very favorable so far. we are off to a clear start, a dry start and that's the way the week is shaping up. we're in for mild conditions to start this week. more dry skies and we are going to be seeing winds picking up tonight. now there's no wind advisories out there this morning. a generous on shore flow is pushing in. but it's not enough to be any problems now, tonight after 06:00pm on into early morning hours tomorrow we are going to be seeing some very breezy conditions and that does mean some wind advisories during overnight hours monday night tonight leading on into tomorrow morning. just to note there. a brief uptick in wind speeds during overnight hours, futurecast shows you clear skies today. tomorrow going to be just as clear and tomorrow's temperatures going to be warming bac

and right now we're getting five hours a week, berkeley kids will get five hours each day, five days a week for the rest of the year so there is a lot of inequity there. >> reporter: timothy douglas is a fifth-grade teacher and on the team bargaining with usd. >> childcare is a really big issue for about 40% of our members. they need to figure out what will happen with her own kids when they go back so that is one of the reasons some of our members have not been able to get vaccine appointments yet. and then some of the spaces are still making sure with our safety walk-throughs that they are physically meeting the criteria that we have. >> reporter: april 19 is a mandated return date for teachers. >> we're hoping by the time we get to the fall the conditions will allow us to be completely open with full capacity in all of our last rooms. >> reporter: in a survey of teachers, around 82% say they intend to return on april 19th. live in oakland tonight, andria borba, kpix5. >>> now to the road to recovery, napa is on track to move into the orange tier next week. that means wineries can

san francisco and berkeley chip. 48. then you got the north bay where you're sitting in the upper 30's napa petaluma and nevado each at 37 degrees santa rosa at 38 right now. so it's a nice start to the morning. it's a bit chilly out there at least you have that to hold on to as you're sitting around in traffic at the bay bridge high as it sounds like that's what you're going to be doing a lot of damage. you know, have actually got some good news. we are recovering from that early morning hot spot that was on a bridge. >> they have that vehicle that was near the center anchorage. the meteor lights are still on. the people are able to still get into the city, not as bad as it was just about 30 minutes ago has been across towards the peninsula there. 14 minutes for your drive time. we do have a high wind advisory on the san mateo bridge. so just drive slow looking at the richmond sandra fell bridge not tracking any accidents. just a little slow down. 12 minutes as you head out of richmond and checking on things along 1 one

. >>> berkeley police are trying to figure out who attacked the homes of several university employees. some are pointing their fingers at the protesters at people's park. those demonstrators say they had nothing to do with it. protesters have been occupying the park for weeks and hope of preventing uc berkeley from holding student housing. the homes of several staff members connected with that proposed project were vandalized. >> we had nothing to do with it and we have nobody who was doing anything regarding the vandalism. >> i don't believe it. it is people trying to tie it to us. they have a lot of enemies in the ecological community because they are bad stewards of land. >> so far, no one has been arrested for the vandalism. >>> a first look at the suspect accused of attacking that elderly asian man in oakland within the last hour. law-enforcement sources confirming to kpix 5 , the suspect is this man, teaunte bailey. this is his mug shot from when he was arrested last year after an armed robbery. katie nielsen has more from oakland. >> oakland police have not released any additio