today in the bay's bob riddell is live for us.. >> reporter: you are correct, marcus. the teachers within oakland unified acknowledges that as much, that covid cases are down within the district. here are the latest numbers. you can see the week of september 27th, there were 21 students and four staff that tested positive for covid, and as of this morning two classrooms within the district are in quarantine, and these numbers are low when you consider the enrollment is 35,000 students plus 4,800 students and staff. in spite of this teachers say there are many safety issues that need to be addressed when it comes to covid. one teacher pointed out there's only ten testing sites throughout the district that are only open between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00. >> we won't know what the real infection rate is or how many cases there actually are until test something available at every single school site. >> we have done more testing in oakland than any other school district besides los angeles. >> they have already tested more than 41,000

today in the bay's bob riddell is live this morning.tember is so far the deadliest month this year. >> reporter: 17 people murdered in oakland in september. sadly the violence is continuing in the month of october. just last night somebody was shot outside the whole foods market near lake merritt in oakland, and that person has nonlife-threatening injuries. this past friday night, a well known activist for education in oakland, he was shot and killed by an intruder in oakland. oakland on pace for a record-breaking year for homicides. yesterday oakland police chief armstrong held a news conference to address the violence and called for a moment of silence for those murdered in oakland. he said police staffing is a problem. there are less than 700 officers on the streets. a mother whose son was killed seven years ago spoke. >> get your children. if you need help, if they are doing things and you need help, there are a lot of organizations out there that could provide mentoringship. >> we will have to bring out staff from inside the buildi

today in the bay's bob riddell posting this picture of the sunrise over san francisco. waking up to in the bay area. that's why we call it terrific tuesday, or at least i call it terrific tuesday. >> i call it taco tuesday. >> we, too! >> yeah, we'll combine the two. let's look at dublin. if you are out and about to join them, we are looking at better air quality in parts of the east bay. santa clara valley seeing moderate air quality. if you are about to step out in oakland, we are have mid-50s for the next hour. you can see there will be clouds mixing in with the sun and that will linger today with the slow warm-up with the south bay highs headed towards the 70s. we're heading towards 80 today. you can see the cooling we will see for the inland east bay, and danville reaching 81. fremont today heading towards 76. 76 also in redwood city. san francisco at 64 for the sunset. and mill valley will see 78, and 72 in clearlake. it seems like this system is drying up before it gets to us, and there will be showers further to the north and the cool air will arrive. we're goin

. >> bob riddell is live. the number of cases in oakland schools, we thought they were pretty low?reporter: they are. the number is low. the teachers within the oakland unified school district acknowledge the covid cases are down. here are the latest numbers from oakland unified. 21 students and 4 staff tested positive for covid within the district. as of this morning, two classrooms are in quarantine. these numbers are low when you consider the total enrollment for oakland unified is over 35,000 students and 4,800 teachers and staff. in spite of this the teachers say there are safety issues that need to be addressed when it comes to covid. one teacher pointed out there are only ten testing sites throughout the entire district and those sites are open between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00. >> we won't know what the real infectious rate is until regular test something accessible at every school site. >> we have done more testing than any other district outside of los angeles. >> that spokesperson tells us the district has already tested more than 41,000 students and staff members, and

today in the bay's bob riddell is live for us this morning. what has to happen before we can remove the masks indoors? >> reporter: good morning, alameda county where i am at and other counties in the bay area must meet requirements before taking off the masks indoors in the bay area. this will take weeks. first, the county has to reach the moderate yellow tier for covid transmission, and stay at or below that tier for at least three weeks. right now most counties are in the orange tier except for napa, which is in the red. hospitalizations will be low and stable. hospitalizations are going down across the bay area. you can see the chart right here, it shows hospitalizations in santa clara, as an example, which shows their hospitalizations dropping steadily for a few weeks now. finally, 80% of the area's population, including kids must be fully vaccinated. however, if a county is not yet at 80% and this is eight weeks after a vaccine for kids is approved, health officers say they will drop the mask rules as well as the other requirements are m

. >>> i am bob riddell, and tonight the school district here will rally to try and pressure the schoolave done more testing than any district outside of los angeles. the district said it used federal dollars to upgrade the school's air-conditioning system. >>> beautiful sunrise over the bay area, and we will have cooler temperatures today, kari. >> yeah, we are seeing the sun coming up under the clouds today. the system, as it comes in it will bring our temperatures up in the mid-70s, and cooler tomorrow with upper 60s. a nice warm up for the weekend as we get more sunshine inland. laura? >> thank you so much. >>> another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company, recology provides good-paying local jobs for san franciscans. we're proud to have built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big cit

. >> i am bob riddell.efore is advising americans to celebrate the upcoming holiday virtually, do meal drop-offs, and drive through neighborhoods to say hi. if you are going to get together, celebrate outdoors. the cdc also recommending those unvaccinated do not travel. >>> let's check the forecast right now with meteorologist, kari hall. >> we're waking up to a hazy sunshine this morning with the live look outside in san jose. some of the worst of our air quality today will be in parts of the east bay where we are looking at more wildfires, smoke and ozone. most of us will need to limit time outside today as temperatures reach into the low 90s. a big cooldown headed our way starting tomorrow and continues through the end of the week. more clouds with showers to the north and breezy winds, and we should be seeing improvements in our air quality with the weekend forecast in the low 70s. it will feel fall-like, will san francisco goes from 70s today to low 60s by the end of the week, and we will watch that fo

. >>> and then i am bob riddell. oakland on pace to break a record for homicides so far.e yesterday to address the violence. chief armstrong says police staff something a problem. too many officers leaving right now, less than 700 officers on the streets. a mother whose son was killed seven years ago, and she spoke and plead with parents of those murderers. >>> it's going to be a nice day. take a look at the sunrise. we have been keeping an eye on the air quality, and it will be improving for the north bay, east bay and south bay. we will get fresher breezes coming in thanks to cooler air dipping into the bay area that will stay with us into the weekend, laura. >> thank you. we'll have another update in half an hour. wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion

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