contra. costa county have gone unfilled. while, san francisco and marin counties could move into the yellow tier this week. that means capacity limits at most businesses will go up. bars could be able to open indoors at 25%. capacity. outdoor venues could increase capacity to 67% and amusement parks could allow 35% capacity. health officials say they are assessing the situation and will decide tomorrow. >> well, pile up more and more businesses are expanding as covid cases go down and vaccinations go up a lot of the places forced to close and operate under capacity restrictions for the last 14 months. they are still heard case in point restaurants and bars. but now some financial help could soon be on the way. kron four's. dan kerman live for us in the city tonight with more on this stand. there's a lot of businesses have been struggling for more than a year now. absolutely bars and restaurants. struggling re looking at 28.6 billion dollars in grant money and what's important about that is this would be a grant. >> it's not a

it is falling as we speak pick up other shower cluster that moved through contra costa county has now completely fallen apart. the showers will fall apart, about an hour away from sunset and that is when things tends to calm down both in terms of rain and in terms of the wind but we have another two hours to go on the wind advisory right along the coast until nine p.m. 20 to 30 miles an hour sustained wind but gusting up to 50 miles per hour possible. the forecast for the end of the work week tomorrow and we look ahead to the weekend, coming up in a few minutes. >>> the cooler weather actually helped fire crews with a couple of close calls in walnut creek. they were able to contain this brushfires about half-acre but it got uncomfortably close to some homes near sutherland drive and walnut boulevard. and as a couple of hours ago, firefighters had to act pretty quickly to keep a fire that erupted at a historic house on weaver lane racing through the overgrown yard, surrounding it. no word yet on how either fire got started. >>> a flaming tennis ball set off the fire that destroyed one

we reached out to contra, costa county fire protection district. said they are not interested in the idea either. contra costa county supervisor candice anderson says she thinks this idea will be squashed fast. from my perspective when you have a really well-run fire district. >> it's well funded and supported by the community has an excellent that's doing what they need to do they're meeting their emergency medical response times. they're dressing fire safety particular fire. there really would be no reason for a sick on fire to even think that seen them get town council will discuss this at their meeting on wednesday night are in debt city council will talk about it that their meeting and next week. >> and the lefty will also talk about it at their meeting next week. they along with the contra costa county board of supervisors are the ones who will ultimately make the final a decision in morocco. michelle kingston kron 4 news. >> everything changed in the weather today is low clouds and fog moved in along the coastline. the sea breeze has returne

for upper elevations of rain and a counties eastern napa county, all of solano county and inland portions of contra costand alameda counties. now today's daytime highs pretty wide range of numbers. you can definitely see that coastal influence in areas like san francisco, right along the bay shore areas like burlingame, south san francisco holding on to the 70's today. well, little bit further south venturing into the mid 80's for redwood city seeing carlos in mountain view and just below 90 degrees for campbell in san jose. each 89 today east bay daytime highs 80's to 90's for most areas further inland with some 70's in oakland berkeley and richmond. if you need us, keep those 90's in walnut creek danville in concord just head over the hills on 24 and you'll be in some much more comfortable territory. right along the bay shore for fairfield that 92 pittsburgh 93 well, santa rosa down through nevado in the mid to upper 80's today. now, tomorrow still going to be a hot one. we will see red flag warnings expiring, though, as winds do temper a bit now thursday. noticeably cooler and getting even cooler yet

and in contra, costa county, they have done such a good job. james and darya that they say in contra, costa county, at least 68% of the people who live in this county 12 years and older have already received at least their first vaccination. those who are under 18 years old and they're her seniors or 18 years old. you don't have to have a parent's permission. anybody younger than that. you will have to have your parent here and then for that parent assigned to give that doctors and the nurses permission to inject your arm, but they're getting closer to getting a lot of people or most people in contra costa county vaccinated don't worry. this is a rolling clinic. they will go all over contra. costa county from now until mid july. but why wait, you know, getting a car should be a nice day come down, get vaccinated back to you. hopefully a lot of people do. thank you very much. well, 5. '09, is the time. and if you've got your phone handy. >> get the camera up and loaded right now scan that qr code because it will take you directly to our special s

and in the past 2 weeks appointment to different sites in contra, costa county have gone unfilled. meanwhile, san francisco and marin counties could move into the yellow tier this week. that means capacity limits most businesses will go up. bars will able to open indoors at 25%. capacity. outdoor venues could increase capacity to 67% and amusement parks could allow 35%. health officials say they are assessing the situation and they'll make that decision tomorrow. >> some us health experts are getting pretty discouraged about reaching so-called herd immunity against the coronavirus herd immunity is achieved one between 60 to 70% of the population becomes immune to an infectious disease and the case of covid-19, one of the mutations forced experts to push the threshold up to 80% now because of the variance possible resistance to the vaccine to consider that and slipping vaccination rates overall. they don't think herd immunity will be reached this year or maybe ever. well, more businesses are expanding as covid cases go down and vaccinations go up a lot of the places forced to close a

there have been new signs up in contra costa county letting folks know they need to have that defensible space around their home, wanting it to be done by may 31st and firefighters already dealing with vegetation fires in contra costa county, specifically martinez, earlier this week, leaving some bay area residents already extremely nervous about the upcoming fireon. >> in the last few years, year i think it's probably on everybody's mind. >> reporter: and there's already been one water district declare a drought east bay mud directors voted april 27th to declare a stage one drought so that's giving us a little peek into what some of the other communities can expect, as we've mentioned, it's only may. we're not quite yet in fire season. folks are preparing to have their constituents put in some ways of conserving water. live in the valley, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> anybody in the bay area can drive around and see and feel just how dry it is out there. you've been looking at the drought conditions for quite some time, kari. >> yes, and so we are in an extreme drought for m

we reached out to contra, costa county fire protection district. they said they are not interested in the idea either. contra costa county supervisor candice anderson says she thinks this idea will be squashed fast. from my perspective when you have a really well-run fire district. >> it's well funded and supported by the community has an excellent that's doing what they need to do they're meeting their emergency medical response times. they're dressing fire safety particular fire. there really would be no reason for a sick on fire to even think that seen them get town council will discuss this at their meeting on wednesday night are in debt city council will talk about it that their meeting and next week. >> and the lefty will also talk about it at their meeting next week. they along with the contra costa county board of supervisors are the ones who will ultimately make the final decision in morocco. michelle kingston kron 4 news alive. let's get another check of weather this morning. the johns fable who's been actively getting us ready for this we

teens in contra, costa county are now able to get vaccinated. a local schools. that's all thanks to a mobile vaccination clinic that started yesterday. thousands of teens are already vaccinated in contra, costa county. and as kron four's michelle kingston reports because of this program. more them will be vaccinated soon. it was really quick. >> it doesn't hurt that much. >> geovany alfaro is 12 years old and got his first covid-19 vaccination shot on tuesday at an york middle school. it's the first day of the county's vaccination clinic that will rotate through different county schools every week for the next few months. i feel. >> safer like not. like we have to wear a mask every single timing out the door. so we had to do. but now we can just i feel safer about that. giovanni is one of thousands of young teens in contra, costa county who have never received one dose of the kids. >> our low but they're not totally without risk for severe covid complications. and those teens and kids can pass on to vulneraole, adults contra costa county health officer doctor chr

i can tell you 68% of contra costa county residents, james and area. they have already received at least one shot. >> and then there are about 65,000 people in contra, costa county, 12 years to 15 years old. so they want to get that group done. no appointment, necessary. come on down. it looks like it's the pfizer or moderna because they've already said according to the contra costa county health department. this bus is rolling clinic will rotate back for the second shot back to you. >> good enough. thank you very much. we'll and of course, if you have a phone handy use the camera on it right now. scan that qr code because we put together a special section on our website. kron 4 dot com for this kind of information that you need when it comes to covid-19 vaccine clinics. we've got information there about of the locations there in cocoa county and other counties to along with hours of operation and everything else. so take wills advice get down to where he is right now. get that shot. and if you need another clinic site again, that qr code take you right

contra. costa solano and napa counties. some pretty widespread red flag warning territory today as those winds with out of the north. now today's daytime highs will be hot yet again for another day leading into tomorrow. some more temperatures. pretty cool along the coastline with 50's and 60's right along the shore 60's 70's to just a few low 80's right along the bay shore. little bit further inland redwood city in mountain view not right along the bay shore. at least you'll see some mid 80's san jose and campbell right below 90 degrees for your highs today. well, east bay daytime highs like in pleasanton and livermore right up to 90 degrees, walnut creek and conquered right above that mark oakland berkeley richmond in the mid 70's today. pretty nice, right along the bayshore. well, our inland areas yet again. see temperatures soar and can vacaville up to 94 degrees. well, santa rosa nevado each up to 87 tomorrow's temperatures still hot for inland areas. but we start to see some relief, especially from the winds tomorrow

contra costa county plans to offer the vaccine.arin setting the goal of vaccinating half of its children. parents can book through the state website. vaccinations are slightly up again across the country. more than 2 million shots given. that's the first time we've gone above 2 million shots since march. the struggle continues to get black and latino californians vaccinated. just one-third have gotten the first shot. this is in comparison to 50% of asian and white californians getting the first shot. >>> happening today in santa clara county protests are brewing over the newly approved water rate hike. the protesters are calling for people to speak out at today's california public utility commission's meeting on those rate hikes. >>> we certainly could use the water. i don't think it's coming, though. kari, you mention it had won't land on the ground but could create lightning strike situations. that would be horrible. >>> that would be horrible. it does look like it kind of avoids the bay area. if you will be heading out we are lo

here are your travel times through that portion of contra costa county, and the bay bridge toll plaza even though it's slowing on the incline no backup and no wait here. back to you. >> all right, thanks. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> two frustrating complaints, $2,000 on the line and one invitation for to you join us over the weekend. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. >>> but first check out the photos kari hall posting reuniting with jeff ranieri. ♪ reunited and it feels so good ♪ >>> much more on "today in the bay," it is 6:23. this academic year has been, um, challenging. but i think there's so much success to celebrate. woman: it's been a year like no other. man: yet, for educators across california, the care, compassion, and teaching has never stopped. woman: addressing their unique needs... man: ...and providing a safe learning environment students could count on. woman: join us in honoring the work of educators. together, we will build a better california for all of us. ♪ ♪ together, we will build a be

we reached out to contra, costa county fire protection district. they said they are not interested in the idea either. contra costa county supervisor candice anderson says she thinks this idea will be squashed fast. from my perspective when you have a really well-run fire district. >> it's well funded and supported by the community has an excellent that's doing what they need to do they're meeting their%emergency medical response times. they're dressing fire safety particular wildland fire. there really would be no reason for a sick on fire to even think that seen them have. >> that vote. no votes are going to be taking place any time soon. tomorrow moraga town council will discuss this issue and next week or into city council and mls d. we'll talk about it at their meetings live in morocco. michelle kingston, kron 4 news. michelle, thank you. the fire season will officially start next week for the folks living in santa rosa. living in santa rosa. >> the fire department say will declare this coming monday may 17th as the start of the fire season. th

backup approaching the span head the out of contra costa county and in toward san rafael and the traveles the slowest drive through contra costa county is highly 4 coming through concord. there are three routes to cut that corner, pitts bug, overrg t creek gives you an idea of what your best route might be coming up. >> thanks, quarter to 7:00 right now. >>> caitlyn jenner under fire from the transgender rights community and it's from comments she recently made to tmz opposing transgender girls competing in girls sports in schools. jenner is the 1976 olympic decathlon gold medalist who later came out as transgender in 2015. she is now running for governor. jenner in the past came down against the trump administration for discriminatory actions against trans people even though she was a trump supporter. >>> the recall for a governor re-election tate announcement will not likely happen until next month. the wheels are spinning for both sides. vice president kamala harris talked about white house support for governor newsom. she and the president both support him 100%. meanwhile, costs for

the break, how school officials and health departments are working together to get teens in contra, costa county vaccinated. >> now the fda has authorized pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12 years old schools and 100 cross. the county are working on a plan to get their students vaccinated. kron four's charles clifford spoke with the contra costa county superintendent. he joins us now live with more on their plans. charles. >> yeah. well, if kids between 15 and up can now get vaccinated. that is very good news for parents are trying to get their kids into summer camps and looking forward to next fall. i did talk to department of education here in contra, costa county they are working with health services to try to make. it is easy. as go as quickly as possible to help people get vaccinated. >> the pfizer doses, the kids 12 and up would get is the same vaccine that adults are getting kids apparently handled the vaccines very well during clinical trials. that's good news for parents and children who are eager to get back to normal life and to get back into the classroom full time

remain in effect through 06:00pm for upper elevations of marine and sonoma counties, inland portions of napa solano contra. costa and alameda counties, too. as you can see, those areas widespread lit up in red, especially just east of the bay now temperatures right now are in the 40's and 50's for most spots pittsburgh. you are definitely the warm spot this morning sitting at 67 degrees. our inland areas will continue to be hot this afternoon as well as very dry and very windy. a hot dry day yet again before some cooler weather around the corner. i'm talking that much needed relief that we are expecting still to come, reyna. >> john, thank you for that. let's go ahead and check on your bridges this morning as you head into the city from the maze that fremont street exit a little under 9 minutes for your drive time there not tracking any high wind advisories across the bay bridge or the san mateo bridge a little under 9 minutes for you to make it across towards the peninsula as we're going to have look at that and then we'll also that's your commute. is your head across towards the san mateo on the san mateo brid

vehicles and a couple of 100 spectators swarmed a several intersections for illegal sideshows in contra, costa county kron four's haaziq spoke to a police chief who says california lawmakers are to blame for sideshows growing out of control. >> illegal sideshows this past weekend in cities and east contra costa county drew over 150 vehicles and 200 spectators. it started around 10:45pm in antioch at the intersection of west 10th street tulsa dry. as you can see from these tread marks evidence of drivers doing tire burnout in the parking lot of this arco gas station east county law enforcement officers joined forces in breaking up the sideshow at that location. resulting in 20 people being cited in 21 vehicles being told. but the site still didn't stop the president right now. just said here was a reckless driving events crossed over into the city of brentwood at the intersection of lone tree way and highway for some of our biggest cities up in dealing with this problem for a long time and now it seems they made their way out to these counties contra, costa county. so we have been dealing with some of

the contra costa county fire protection district and the city of richmond fire department showed up andrganizations were able to surround a fire, keep the flames from spreading. you see all the wooden pallets there took about an hour to get this thing under control. nobody was injured. the cause of the firetis being investigated. >> still ahead, keeping your kids safe at school a new server, a study rather from the cdc shows us how schools can limit the spread of covid in the classroom. >> and business owners spent their sunday cleaning up after this out of control party in southern california. how the whole thing got started. >> take a look at this. a party really got out of hand with thousands of people attending it happened in southern california. many breaking the covid rules down there. it happened saturday night at huntington beach. this party was promoted on a tiktok video that went viral about 2500 people. they showed up with the party flowing into the downtown area. as you can see there, people were seen climbing up polls. they were hurling objects at police. curfew went into e

vaccine supply is no longer an issue in contra costa county. in fact, the county says it has so many vaccines. it is opening up appointments for anyone in the country, 16 and older. you heard that right? contra costa county is now opening up vaccinations to people who live in other parts of the bay area. other parts of california and even other parts of the us all you have to be a 16 years of age and older. contra costa county says if you've had trouble signing up in your home county, you can now sign up there. starting today, the county says it's able to do this because some appointments at the county run vaccine sites have gone unfilled over the past few weeks. a c transit has restarted its free vaccine shuttle in the east bay. the shuttle will run every 15 minutes directly from the coliseum, bart station to the oakland coliseum, spin destiny in village and tell sunday. the shuttle allows writers with mobility issues direct access with having to make the long walk from the coliseum or nearby bus stops. shuttle writers must social distance on b

heat advisories going up around part of the north bay and parts of the east bay alameda contra, costa countyd we're watching for excessive heat area as you head towards solano county. some of those temperatures may be as high as a 105 degrees. so we're talking about some serious heat around the bay area. but we're going to see a slow warming trend through tomorrow. tomorrow. not to be the big hot day. i think we have to wait till sunday. that's when those temperatures are likely going to soar high pressure taking over and here we go. get ready for the hottest temperatures of the year. so far. guys, back to you. all right, lawrence, you want to be a millionaire. what your chances of that go up. if you got vaccinated in california. >> and investigating the insurrection of capitol put on pause why republican senators blocked a vote to review the january 6th attack. >> the hottest weather so far this year. and with that higher chances for wildfires this holiday weekend. how you can celebrate safely. pain? yeah. here. aspercreme with max-strength* lidocaine. works fast and lasts. keep it. you're

to the east bay now contra costa county.has deteriorated from the extreme category to the even more distressed exceptional tier. >> which is deepening concerns about environmental conditions on the custom. what shaping up to be a long, hot, dry summer cross for charles clifford spoke to fire officials today about the drought conditions and the fire danger there. >> well, we now know that all of the bay area's experiencing either extreme or exceptional drought conditions here in contra, costa county. they have both take a look at the hills behind me here. they are brown and dry normally at this mid-may. there's some green up on these hills right now. it is all brown. now the contra, costa county fire protection district has been dealing with these drought conditions for weeks now they've been running around putting out these little grass fires. these fast-moving little spot fires. the pop up along freeways and all over the county. they say they are not surprised that contra costa county is experiencing exceptional and extreme

can provide as many as 500 vaccines a day to anyone, 16 or older. >> who lives or works in contra, costa county it feels like we're protected and you just perfect. >> contra costa county's vaccination rate is among the highest in the state with more than 1 million vaccines already distributed and about 70% of the counties. eligible population having already received at least one dose of the vaccine. but this is the first week that the county has seen the number of appointments they have available go unused until this week. we had more people wanting vaccine that we can and this week we've really seen that shift. and so we know that our role now is to write down every barrier to getting vaccine. and one of those is. >> location. some of those is, you know, how we schedule appointments. county health officials are working hard to ensure that communities with lower vaccination rates like conquered gain better access to it conquered has lagged behind in vaccinations in the county with just about 38% of residents fully vaccinated as of friday ranking 19th out of the 31 communities listed on the cont

but first, we'll start with amanda hari who is live in contra, costa county. and i know you have been talking to firefighters. what are they telling you? >> yes, so far. they say things are going really well here in contra, costa county. they've been very fortunate that's what the fire marshal has to say and i've been here at this fire station. fire station. 16 for a couple of hours and i've watched as firefighters have gotten out here and worked on this engine here to make sure everything is in tip top shape in case they have to go out and battle one of those fires. i spoke with the contra costa fire marshal and he says they're keeping their staff ready now at the red flag warning has been extended until 06:00pm on tuesday. he says they have a task force. the additional units that includes battalion chief and 3 engines. he says they want people to clean up their properties of any debris. >> but hold off owing for now. >> there's been some cases already over the weekend in other jurisdictions where. owing and all takes us iraq. in this park workers and the hard

tom terry grew up in contra costa county. by all accounts, tom was deeply loved. >> women loved him, dogs loved him, children loved him. he was beautiful. on the inside. >> reporter: a welder by trade, tom had a well-paying union job. >> a new future wise he would be set for life. >> reporter: then the pandemic hit, and all his jobs dried up. tom worried about the rent. in july tom texted a friend saying he was off to buy xanax, and anti-anxiety drug, from a dealer. >> he thought they were legitimate. what he ended up taking was fentanyl. it was three times the amount of a >>eporter: tom did not return his mother's calls. >> i got to his house as quickly as i could. when i found him, he was gone. >> reporter: tom died, he was 26. fentanyl is flooding the illicit drug market and it takes just a few specs to kill you. the opioid is sold as a power or pressed into counterfeit bills like the one that tom took. >> 26% of the pills sted contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. >> reporter: wade shannon is the one in charge. shannon says

contra. costa county all morning long and has the details. >> yes. this drought emergency applies to for bay area counties right where i'm reporting in the contra costa county area as well as alameda, solano and napa counties as well. you can see behind me it's as high fire danger, drought conditions means wildfire conditions. take a look at video just shot. you can see just that dry grass that we're seeing across the bay area in the east bay hills. the north bay hills. and it's just of major concern since we're seeing. low humidity and high offshore wings. now this this is very concerning because we have historic and dangerous water supply shortages causing this drought. emergency there. we're not only looking at wildfire danger, we're also looking at potential for communities to run out of water. this summer. state officials say they've never seen a reservoir. is this low, the governors asking state lawmakers to approve what is a record 5.1 billion dollars over 4 years for water projects as well as 1 billion dollars to help a million californians wh

so many wonder what the benefit of merging with the contra costa county fire protection district truly would be county supervisors. also add that they would lose control over their own funding. if this went through. >> from my perspective. when you have a really well-run fire district. it's well funded and supported by the community has an excellent that's doing what they need to do they're meeting their emergency medical response times. they're dressing fire safety particular fire. there really would be no reason for a sick on fire to even think that seen them have. >> the fire department will discuss this next week. hopefully we can catch up with somebody involved today. this morning, the contra costa county board of supervisors. they're the ones will make the final decision in the meantime, them rugged town council meets tonight at 6.30, virtually still and they will discuss what they think, which as we know, we know they oppose is they're probably going to come up with some sort of formal opposition to this idea for now reporting live in moraga sarah stinson back to you, ok. thank

the fire marshal tells me things have been going pretty well here in contra, costa county. he says they've been very fortunate with fires all weekend. and i've been here at station number 16 for a couple hours now and i've watched as firefighters have come out and worked on this engine right behind me here just to make sure everything is ready. if there is a fire that they have to go out to. >> increase your levels of preparedness by adding a task force to be additional units that task force includes a battalion chief and 3 additional contra costa fire marshal chris bachmann says they're keeping their staff ready now. the red flag warning has been extended until 06:00pm on tuesday. >> bachmann says they're asking people not to mow their lawns during the morning. >> there's been some cases already over the weekend in other jurisdictions where owing and all takes us iraq. in this park workers and the harder control it wrong. when he says if you want to keep your property as safe as possible. >> you can do other things likely flowing and cleaning out he says we're seeing fire

you saw live pictures of the fire in contra costa county. now the worsening drought will deepen the problems across the bay area. bob redell is live for us from the east bay. what could this mean? we could see more fire this is coming fire season. >> reporter: correct, marcus. the conditions for wildfires are so bad contra costa county fire protection district stops referring to it as a wildfire season since there's pretty much now fire activity year round. you can see why, as we look over at the tri-valley from the hills, dublin. you can see those brown hills, historically dry fuels ready to burn. in other words, no one has ever seen the grass and brush this parched before. contra costa county fire protection district says this new drought ranking doesn't change much in terms of its preparation. they've already readied themselves for what they know will be a challenging year for wildfires. conditions we are seeing now, normally you do not see until july or august. here we are in mid-may. the district expects the fires to start earlier, last

we'll and in related news, the ship over contra costa county where that county will probably stay in orange tier right up until that june 15th time frame when. >> as will mentioned, california will lift restrictions statewide infections are about twice the level they need to be right now in order to move to the yellow tier. and so that's why they're going to stay in orange contra, costa county health officials say it's just a reminder of how important it is to get vaccinated when you become eligible also in contra costa county schools say they're not going to waste any time in helping kids get. >> covered, get their covid shots now that the fda is giving the green light 2 shots for children. but from 12 to 15 with the pfizer vaccine. >> now. the school districts can't force students to get their shots. but they can encourage families that are on the fence. here is how. >> it will be doing town halls. we will. i will take personal phone calls to tell people about it. our health department know answer questions. we'll try to get out accurate information to the community to help put the

contra, costa. he cut costa county. they are doing the same and they're worried. >> so tells us we have a long fire season ahead of usually. weather conditions and fire behavior that we're seeing now is what we are experiencing in july and august. >> the best way to keep yourself and your family protected is to create a defensible space. >> around your home. you want to get of dry brush like you see there because that can park spark a fire. you know what else can spark a fire. >> leaf look mowing the lawn and also you want to get rid of all the gunk in your gutters because that too can be dry and fuel for a fire. and we've got all of these tips and more on our website. the easiest way to get there to europe to search around. >> on kron 4 dot com is to just point your phone to this qr code will take you right to the spot on our website. that is all about wildfire season. >> another big story that we're following this morning. more than 2 million california kids ages 12 to 15 are now eligible to receive pfizer's covid-19

contra costa county's district attorney ruled theo officers acted reasonably and would not face any charges that this is happening all the time, right so we can't just sit back and accept a ruling like this. now there's a call for the new california attorney general rob bonta, to take the case and a new bill called the. miles whole lifeline act an alternative to 911 when someone suffers a mental crisis help, not handcuffs. that's what we want to push holes family joined with others who lost loved ones at the hands of police, hoping this will be the start of a new approach. miles case is at the forefront of counties looking at these issues, cities looking at these issues and seeing what can be done in order to put in place other kinds of mechanisms, not require a gun. i'm tasers, walnut creek's mayor stands behind the da's decision, saying officers acted within policy but also admitting more resource is need to be available for those who are mentally ill. this is a mental health crisis issue, and we need to better for mental health cr

contra costa county a little bit 71% of the people there are fully vaccinated. amazing. solano county is the only bay area county below 50%, at 47%. >>> the clinics continue to come up with creative ways to encourage more people to get vaccinated. today there was a family vaccination event at the sfpd command center. people got a shot and a chance to winfrey tickets for the ferris wheel in golden gate park, the zoo, and fine arts museums in the city. organizers home family day events will give entire households incentive to get vaccinated. >>> the event industry is coming back in a big way. event planners in california say the phones are ringing off the hook. some people are anxious to rebook a wedding venue after more than a year of postponements. others are booking meetings, celebrations, conferences, and more. with the state inching closer to that june 15th full reopening, the excitement is growing, but so is the challenge to fit everyone in. >> it's lots of work, late nights, timelines, deadlines. you know, playing catch-up business all the vendors that we have availa

contra costa county tells me they're booking appointments for kids 12 and up at all county sites. parents can also walk up. additionally on may 18th they're going to offer the pfizer vaccine at a handful of school sites. marin set the goal of vaccinating at least half of the 14,000 kids in the age group in their county within the next week. that's a lofty goal. in napa county, st. helena hospital will begin vaccinations as well. san francisco will have appointments starting at 8:00 this morning and the city's health department held a virtual town hall meeting for parents who had questioned the doctors on the panel, parents themselves. >> want to clarify the emergency use authorization does involve careful attention to safety. it does not mean there were corners cut or we didn't look at things. >> it is a way for them to ant decrease cases in schools even further. >> reporter: parents can also book appointments for their children 12 and up through myturn.ca.gov starting this morning. if you have questions, you can reach out to your own pediatrician or your family doctor and perhaps

contra. costa county firefighters recommend people barbecue away from dead vegetation. make sure the chains from your boats are not dragging on the ground. steer clear of dry grass when pulling over avoid the yard work in dry conditions and do not set off fireworks and so if they're doing anything out and. >> wild land area or around dry vegetation to be extra careful it's the same message repeated every year. >> that fire departments continue to respond to vegetation fires. normally caused by human activity. i will say every year it seems like we have a fire. >> the residents are surprised that occurred and that they were the ones started the fire. we haven't even reached the height of fire season. >> but robert byrd expect it will be a busy few months. we were writing on david yesterday. it was all dried out the longtime california resident says he is always prepared and add here is to the warnings. homeowners like him should create a defensible space around their home like clearing out dead vegetation and avoid foliage hanging from your roof and you try and keep your

contra costa county trying to make it easier for kids to get vaccinated. the drive through clinic can give out 15,000 doses a week and handle as many as 2,000 appointments a day. you can see there was a long line of cars there today. appointments are required if you want to get your shots. contra costa is teaming up with >>> vaccination rates are stalling now. we highlighted zip codes with the slowest growth in places where fewer than 65% of the population there have gotten at least one dose. between mid-april and the first week of may these places, you see him on the map, have the fewest number of people getting vaccinated. the lowest just 7% of people got a shot. in contra costa county, 10%. in napa county, 12%. near sf state, 15% of people got their shots. in the south bay in san jose, vaccination rates have slowed to 22%. we should note vax rates in marin county are still slows, but no zip codes from that county appmarin county as a hol is higher than 65%. >>> well, tonight we investigate the rise in fights, fines and citations at airports and planes f

but now we can just i feel safer about giovanni is one of thousands of young teens in contra, costa county who have never received one dose of the kids. >> our low but they're not totally without risk for severe covid complications. and those teens and kids can pass on to vulnerable, adults contra costa county health officer doctor chris farnitano says they started the vaccine clinic here in new york middle school. >> because it's an area that is seeing some of the lowest vaccination rates so far as we've vaccinated more and more of our adults. we're seeing a higher proportion of the cases of covid. >> in in our teens and giovanni's mom, elizabeth off. says she was hesitant at first, but ultimately decided to vaccinate her kids it, make it easier to go back to school. >> i just as she's the best choice to the vaccine clinic here at antioch middle school is through saturday. it will be open from 8 to 3 concord high school is also holding a vaccine clinic through saturday. also the hours there are 8 to 3 in antioch. michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> well, the cdc says fully vaccinated peopl

i want to stay in contra costa county and go to discovery bay. this was a fire that happened yesterday evening, east of yellowstone circle, also burning roughly 15 acres. no injuries and the fire was also contained. however, it is under investigation and it appears there could be evidence of fireworks at the scene. we'll continue to follow that. we take you back down here live to concord. no reports of any other brush fires this morning, outside of the ones we will continue to monitor conditions and provide . >> you can see how dry it is behind you, pete. certainly the fuel for those fires. pete, thank you. >>> now to a follow-up on a traffic nightmare for much of the morning. all lanes of westbound 580 in the tri-valley are finally back open after this big rig right here. you see that accident. it happened around 2:00 this morning near that 680 split. it took hours for cleanup and the big fuel spill there as well. crews managed to get everything back open around 7:15 this morning. chp confirms no one was hurt and no other vehicles were involved

. >>> contra costa county now has an abundance of the covid vaccine and it is now offering a dose to anyone no matter where they live. so anybody 16 and older can now get vaccinated at any of the counties clinics. he comes on the same day the county opened two more walk insights. one located in concord, the other bay points. no appointments necessary. the public locations will be open until thursday. >>> meanwhile, there can to to help people get to and from the mass vaccination site at the oakland coliseum. starting today through sunday it will provide free shuttle from the coliseum bart station to the walk of pedestrian village. anyone eckstein and older who lives and works in alameda or contra costa county's can get vaccinated there. >>> a grep a group of veterinarians and pet owners are calling on the state to make telemedicine appointments a permanent option. the san francisco society for the prevention of cruelty to animals filed a lawsuit saying the state should not and waivers for remote visits that were allowed during the pandemic. the group msa fit amendment right for pet o

nbc bay area jodi hernandez says contra costa county is working on plans to make it as easy as possible. >> reporter: starting next week middle schools and high schools across contra costa county will begin hosting covid-19 vaccination clinics. kids ages 12 to 15 are about to become eligible, and the county wants to bring the vaccine to them. >> well, i was feeling pretty hopeful because that means we can get one step further in battling this pandemic. >> reporter: that's how 13-year-old angie is feeling after learning her age group is days away from being eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine. she says she's been waiting for her turn to get a dose of protection. >> i think that getting vaccinated would be a big relief because being a child, although the affects of covid-19 are not severe for us, we can still pass it on to other people. and i think that getting vaccinated will mean that our community can be a whole lot safer. >> reporter: contra costa county's public health officer announced this morning the county will soon be opening vaccination clinics at a handful of schools. startin

and then there's a fire live in contra, costa county. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> thank you, amanda. coming up on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock. a good samaritan in san francisco found herself in danger after catching thieves in the act. >> if planning a getaway this holiday weekend be prepared to dig a little bit deeper. maybe a lot deeper into your wallet. how much you should expect to pay for gas around the bay area. >> also coming up tonight after 9.11 congress investigated. why that attack happened. that attack, of course, came from outside the u.s. now after the january 6th insurrection at attack that came from inside the u.s. congress says we do not need to dig deeper into that when we c >> new data car break-in caught on camera in san francisco in the woman who shot this hopes the video will help catch the thieves. it happened just before one 30 this afternoon near alamo square park in san francisco. kimberly murray oliver says she saw 2 men smashed the windows on a dark suv while a 3rd man sat in what appeared to be a getaway car. al

. >> more than a 100 drivers and at least 200 spectators swarmed intersections in contra, costa countyhis weekend for illegal sideshows from 4 says he might gain talk to a police chief who says california lawmakers are to blame for sideshows growing out of control. there's good intentions behind these laws and some i mentioned earlier. >> but there's attendant consequences that i can tell you. we're going to happen. it's having real impact on our community. >> illegal sideshows this past weekend in cities and east contra costa county drew over 150 vehicles and 200 spectators. it started around 10:45pm in antioch at the intersection of west 10th street wilson a dry as you can see from these tread marks evidence of drivers doing tire burnout in the parking lot of this article gas station east county, law enforcement officers joined forces in breaking up the sideshow at that location. resulting in 20 people being cited in 21 vehicles being told. but the site still didn't stop the president right now. just said here was a reckless driving events crossed over into the city of brentwood at t

. >>> anyone 16 and older can get vaccinated in contra costa county, regardless of where they are from even if somebody is from out-of- state. health officials were out answering questions about this new rollout at a clinic in pleasant hill today. they say the expansion won't affect any local residents who do want to get their shot. supply simplex the demand and appointments haven't been filling up. >> today we have a lot of moderna. but we do have some flex ability. especially for teenagers, the 16 and 17-year-olds who want to come in. we will have pfizer available for the sum of them as well. and johnson & johnson. we have it available. >> people can schedule appointments online or just drop by any of those walk-in clinics. >>> santa clara county is trying to get more shots into the east san jose community. it opened a walk in clinic today at children of the rainbow park. that will be open until 7:00 tonight, so people can drop by afterward. no appointments necessary and anyone 16 and older is welcome. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and cbsn bay area, student athletes in the south bay feel

the contra costa county public defender's office joined the petition in support of mister lewis's re sentencing in early release of what we think this is a really important change in the law. there are far too many people in our community who are largely black and brown people that have suffered disproportionately long inter county and $0.7. >> for the is the organization that i founded and i launched in 2019. in response to wanting to have some way to implement this new law, former san francisco prosecutor and current executive director of the nonprofit for the people organization. hillary blowout. >> says derrick lewis was a model prisoner who took advantage of rehabilitation programs, including getting his ged taking multiple college courses and tutoring his fellow inmates while he was behind bars. >> somebody like mister lewis was already designated by the prison as being low risk to reoffend and so certainly i know that right now with covid and all the people that are struggling to make ends meet. we simply do not want to be spending a $100,000 a year to keep somebody like miste

they will have their says on staff in contra, costa county about 68% of people in this particular county. they've already at least receive their first shot and waiting for their second shot. and in contra, costa county, those 12 to 15 years old. that's about 65,000 people here alone. so they want to do that as well. no appointment necessary. it looks like it's the pfizer or moderna shot because according to the contra costa county health department. they said that this rolling clinic. we'll circle back for the second shot. so, you if you can't come to them, they'll come to you and a lot of kids are having hybrid. some at home, some in school. so this will be really easy for those kids. no excuses. i know kids are used to giving excuses no excuses. this time buehler. back to you. that's right. thank you very much. well, and by the if maybe that. >> location is a little out of your way or maybe it you do want to head out there. but you can't remember all the information later today when you're trying to plans just scan this qr code right now. we'll take you to a special section of our webs

contra. costa county is may 16th. >> those who live in the western or central part of the county have until maymaureen kelly kron 4 news. yeah. defensible space. that's the name of the game key. and if you have like internal clock. you know, when the kids are done. school get it memorial day. but i guess you have to move up the timeline. the moving up. things already turned brown out there, right. so if you see a turnaround, probably a pretty good idea. >> firing the weed whacker, but don't use a gas powered yeah. you got to clean it up out there. get ready just in case things do happen because going to happen fast and. >> we're look at the possibilities more fire danger on the increase doesn't look like red flag, warning stuff. but certainly something to watch out for in the next 48 hours. you can see it right there. some of the areas inland begin to see some of moisture beginning to build up and it looks like the possibility of stronger winds beginning to develop and move. in fact, we'll move this to the clock here you see as we take you into wednesday beginning to see a couple places the pop

in contra, costa county. people can now get a vaccine shot at any county run site. even if you don't have an appointment, anyone 16 and older is eligible. you don't have to live in contra, costa county. people can also choose whether they want a one dose or 2 dose vaccine more than 70% of the eligible population in that county has had at least one shot. >> pfizer has applied for full approval from the fda today in order for its covid-19 vaccine to be used in people aged 16 and older full approval by the fda could confirm that the vaccine is safe and does exactly what it's being used for without any major issues are side effects despite the current widespread use of the pfizer vaccine. the number of vaccinated people aged 16 to 24 still remains low. local health officials think that vaccinating children is the key to controlling this pandemic. >> children pool for spreading this virus to their parents and their grandparents and other people in the community and the way we're going to get control over this pandemic is to get the bulk of the people in our country vaccin

contra costa county, all the way down to the interchange, an easy drive.o delays, unusual delays, and vasco down to 580. highway 84 over at the closure at sunol and we do find traffic on the san mateo bridge, guys. back to you. >>> thank you very much, mike. 4:52 right now. this morning a teacher's vacation stirring up a lot of controversy after a kindergarten teacher in contra costa county reportedly told teachers and parents the zoom classes would be held somewhere else. she's in mexico for a wedding. >> frustrated parents are pointing the finger at the district for giving teachers the option to work from home. >> reporter: a teacher in the east bay may have earned herself an "f" for attendance after a parent sent this email to the group reopen california schools. the advocacy group's founder is jonathan zachreson, a father of two from roseville. he says the contra costa teacher sent parents this email alerting them she would be traveling to mexico for her son's wedding next week. the email warned parents, while i will be teaching from mexico, some days

this fall here in contra, costa county health services and the office of education have teamed up to try to get as many kids vaccinated. >> as possible. the pfizer doses, the kids 12 and up would get is the same vaccine that adults are getting kids apparently handled the vaccines very well during clinical trials. that's good news for parents and children who are eager to get back to normal life and to get back into the classroom. >> full time here in contra, costa county, the office of education says getting students vaccinated is the safest and fastest way to get kids back to full in-person learning the more people that get vaccinated, the more children that get vaccinated. >> the more comfortable people are going to be with coming back to school been able to be in the classroom feeling comfortable feeling at ease and teachers will be more comfortable students will be safer but schools can't force students to get the shots and there will be parents who opt not to have their children vaccinated. >> the district says they will work with parents and contra. costa health services to enc

contra. costa county is may 16th. >> those who live in the western or central part of the county have until may 26 maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> for chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now with a look at the fire danger that just seems to stay with us. earlier and earlier. yeah, it's going to be here with us right through october, whenever the next rains really come around. so we'll be dealing with us all summer long. but yeah, we're just getting into it now. and you can see a red flag warnings have come down and slama county. that's some good news, actually brought down early, but models are starting to pick up on the winds kicking in again. there you go. you start to see a lot of yellow, some orange that's going to be some >> fire activity, possibly as we head in toward the next 48 hours. some are going to watch out very closely in the coming days here, especially in parts of the east bay. let's really through time here as we head through the next couple of days. not too bad to begin with. as we get into tomorrow, there's going up of the sea breeze that onshore breeze will bring a