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please welcome gayle, everybody!mmy: that was -- no, no, no this is just all talking and getting to know each ohter >> great, i love talking [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i -- i -- congrats on everything >> thank you >> jimmy: what a year for you. i want to talk -- can we just talk about the -- the single cover? [ laughter ] what -- is this -- [ cheers and applause the song is giant, but what is the cover here is this -- is this real? >> it's -- yeah, it's my actual middle finger. >> jimmy: that's your -- >> but -- yeah, yeah, yeah that -- you should've seen that with skin on it was -- >> jimmy: but what happened to you? [ laughter ] >> i wish i had this exciting story of like i was fighting a a bear or something. >> jimmy: yeah >> no. i -- literally, i had to take my dog out and it was raining outside my dog didn't want to go outside, so she was like, under my mom's bed and so i rang the front door bell and then she, like, started sprinting. she started barking. and then she saw me, so she went to run under the bed.

gayle is celebrating her tenth anniversary with cbs news. spoke with colbert about what it was like on her first day at cbs ten years ago. >> i remember that first day being very nervous not that i was worried about could i do the job because i thought i could do it, but i just wanted it to be great. you know that feeling when you it, that's what i wantle mher t yellow dress that she wore on the first show a decade ago. and colbert held up side-by-side photos showing gayle in the same dress ten years apart. the ten-year challenge, and she looks great. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," actor david arquette tells us about the latest installment of the "scream" franchise 25 years after the release of the original film. >>> i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." plaque psoriasis, the tightness, stinging... ...the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk

>> well, thank you, gayle.l, it's really important for everyone to understand what's at stake. around our country, there have been purposeful, direct attempts to make it more difficult for people to vote, access to the ballot. so that's the issue, when we talk about voting rights, attacks on our democracy, if you boil it down, one of the specific issues is folks are making it -- people in elected offices in states are making it more difficult for their citizens to vote. so, for example, they are making it more difficult for people to vote by mail. well, think about folks who have disabilities, parents who have, you know, obligations every day or work two or three shifts. voting by mail is the best way they can vote. they're passing laws eliminating or reducing the number of drop boxes. again, if you're a single parent, a mom or a dad, you got those three kids in the back seat and you want to vote, and it's much easier for you to fill out your ballot at home and drive by, drop it in the drop box than to have tho

gayle, joe biden was never going to be fdr because he's got a 50-50 senate.ay the media jacked up expectations way too high in part because he wasn't donald trump? >> yes, because they had decided as "the new york times" said in the 2016 campaign that they were abandoning objectivity to cover donald trump, and the press is being soft on president biden right now because all these supposed negative stories have a positive spin. it's like ross doubt at of the "the new york times" said, it's like the good guy is flailing, and we'd like to stop seeing him flailing. and you had an excellent piece on this talking about the coverage of president biden and responding to the washington post columnist who said that there is more negative coverage of biden than there has been of donald trump which is patently absurd, and anyone with eyes can see. and the study that he used, the chummist for "the washington post," was completely flawed. and i think you have to understand that the tone with biden is that he's a good guy who's nailing, and we want to stop seeing him flaili

. >> gayle was her mother. >> nicki was sunshine.as the kind of person that when she walked in a room, the room lit up. >> gayle raised nicki and her sister tanya in the suburbs of seattle. there were carefree days at the nearby lake. >> is nicki your annoying kid sister, or she pretty cool? >> she was a very annoying kid sister! mom insisted on dressing us alike. >> and high school, mia allwood says nicki was a friend to everyone. >> every day we ate lunch together. she never sat. she would walk around and visit with people. she always saw the good in people. she didn't see the bad in people. >> after graduation, nicki brought that winning spirit into the workplace. eventually landing a position in the head offices of bally total fitness. >> nikki was a great boss. she cared about how your day was. she cared about how you are feeling. she cared about your birthday. bally's it is where nicki met another employee. he exuded a smooth confidence. his coworkers recall he was going places. >> he was definitely a very nice man, easy to tal

four's gayle ong was there with the festivities that have already started here in the bay area. >> i and dan's welcoming the year of the tiger. many gathered no celebrate the start of the lunar new year at v a museum history park in san jose with boots full of food decorations, read a goal collar. >> and deadly representing well represent health represent >> lunar new year is also known as tent for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. sam organized the event. it's an opportunity for us reflect the past. >> at to look forward to the new year with us here hope and a resolution to will be better and opportunity. is there. >> many festivities were canceled or scaled back last year due to the pandemic. free covid test kits were passed out saturday as are celebrated the holiday. happy. in san mateo. the traditional red envelopes symbolizing luck and happiness were passed out at the hillsdale shopping center. visitors share their favorite holiday traditions. definitely clean. the is on suspicious dishes like fish for. for having plentif

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at chase center, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> and let's get now to our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside of the cold, san francisco on this evening. kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here with more. the sun was shining across the bay area today. hopefully things will definitely pick up and son chase center as well as we. >> celebrate this big day here in the bay area. >> yeah, i don't really know how i can top clay day, but today we certainly notice beautiful weather out there. so welcome back. lee thompson, we're tracking crystal clear skies out there, but we are going to see an increase in cloud cover throughout tonight. radar for seeing some high clouds starting to stream overhead right along the bay area coastline eventually making its way inland within just a few hours. but we are tracking milder temperatures out there right now at this 6 o'clock hour, half moon bay, 56 degrees. but livermore, 10 degrees cooler at 46 degrees. still in the low to mid 50's for most bay area cities. petaluma though 48 degrees downtown san francisco at 54 with oakland in the low 50's a

gayle ong spent the day talking to flyers returning home at sfo. >> we just want to check in and get everything ready before we left. okay. you get her sister tiffany arrived to san francisco international airport extra early sunday and relieved. there were no long lines, especially with likes the pandemic right now kind of the same boat spend christmas and new year's visiting family in the bay area and took extra safety precautions. it was just us at home. you know, just our family and then our visited so you can really invite anybody else. so try to keep in the we've got and both of our vaccinations and a booster shot just to come here. >> because there's a lot of rules now, especially with traveling. so we try to keep ourselves and people around the safe nationwide. the holiday travel rush turned into a nightmare as millions of americans dealt with jam packed airports. >> combined with bad weather and staff shortages due to omicron. make it as a different story with lines at security airport officials say they were at least 60 flight cancellations and about 170 delays on sunday. b

gayle king. gayle king said what, what she attacked by your talking points?u for a second and last ten seconds but going back, he mentioned gail who? king? kennedy: yes, that's the one. >> so gayle can, however, bottom line, facts are facts. to debate something scientific, asking somebody for a small sacrifice, put on a mask . kennedy: okay then let's talk about the science of masks. let's talk about landfills being clogged by masks, let's talk about sea creatures being choked -- >> you are an environmentalist? kennedy: apparently you've never watched welcome to the show. i've only been around for 30 years but yes, i've always talked about the environment and this is one of the main things that concerns me the most is your scientific argument all the masks clogging and polluting everything, they don't stop the virus. so stop with the claptrap, it's a simple thing. party panel, the nih? that's another argument for another day. thank you for letting me tune you out. what were they hiding? that's another one for another day. they are not conspiracy theories. re,

castro theater for comment on sunday's demonstration but have not yet heard back in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 >> we're taking a live look outside right now across the golden gate bridge on the sunday night. and we do have some wet weather coming our way. we're just going to hold out a little bit longer. i know a lot of folks anticipating that a rival. >> kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here tonight to get you ready for the start of your new week end when that rain will arrive. yeah, we're tracking dry weather pattern for most of this upcoming workweek inning to even intend to next weekend. but >> we are seeing, though, beautiful sunset out there tonight. thanks to those smoke particles from the colorado fire. the one good thing that we get from all that smoke and haze amazing sunset. so i hope you enjoyed that tonight. radar for we are seeing dry, calm conditions. temperatures cooling down as well. upper 40's for half moon bay, 10 degrees warmer for those of you in fremont at 59 degrees. so very unique microclimate forecast out there now that the winds have calmed down out

gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> meanwhile, starting tomorrow, nike is expected to begin firing its unvaccinated workers. right now. it's unknown just how many of the company's 73,000 workers have not yet received a vaccine. nike said it had planned to have workers return back to the office on january 10th on a hybrid schedule. those plans have since been scrapped. a new return date has not yet been announced. >> tennis star novak djokovich will not be able to defend his australian open title. djokovich is being kicked out of the country before the start of the australian open 3 judges in a court there upheld the decision to cancel the tennis star's visa. it was revoked on friday because of issues surrounding his stance against the covid-19 vaccination job act was trying to use a medical exemption to get around the requirements that everybody at the australian open be vaccinated, including players and their support. team djokovich is not vaccinated. the tennis star said he is disappointed by the court's decision, but he respects it. a new study found that a booster shot of the johnson and johnso

i have a question for gayle king.t now through times square? is oprah keeping you from doing that? the lockdown has been over for a year and a half, what is this, you are a 550th day to stop the spread? unbelievable. we stopped quarantining after what come like a month maybe. maybe if you live in a $10 million connecticut estate, media takes two years to leave that $10 million connecticut estate. greg, if she streaks through times square that's the official end of the pandemic. not february 1st, then it's officially over. she says this, i'm sick and tired -- i'm about to break free. i'm sick and tired of being scared. well, we are sick and tired of you being scared of, too. everyone is scared to come up half the country is scared and half the country is living through it and here's why. the media sells fear for profit. conservative media sold facts. we on the show talked about comorbidities and therapeutics on the social cost of lockdowns, we went through that but now because the media is a mob, they finally like all

but you watch the game back at sunshine it is all about the food and good company in pleasanton gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> let's talk about our forecast right now as we take a live look outside here in san francisco. top of the sales force tower also written on the red and gold go niners game right now. those folks in green bay got to be you. >> a little jealous right having to deal with the ball. me 15 degrees, something we're not dealing with here tonight in the bay area. kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here tonight with a look at what you can expect as you head out for your evening plans yet today was an exceptionally beautiful day. didn't look or feel like winter at all in the bay area. we're tracking widespread mid to upper 60's 5 to 10 degrees above average. check out santa rosa, though. the winner today. warming up to 75 degrees. 17 degrees above average. when you should be at 58 degrees. certainly felt a lot more like summer out there right now. >> temperatures as you head out the door still in the 50's and widespread 60's. but 2 outliers to report out there right now.

kron four's gayle ong breaks down the details on what's inside of it. >> on saturday, governor gavin newsom's administration unveiled a proposed 2.7 billion dollars covid-19 emergency response package. overall. the package includes 1.2 billion dollars to bolster testing by expanding hours and capacity at testing sites throughout the state. 583 million to accelerate vaccination and booster efforts combat misinformation. 614 million to support frontline workers. >> 200 million to support state response operations and 110 million to support vulnerable populations. the governor's proposed budget also calls for new legislation to put supplemental paid sick leave policies in place to protect the state's health care workers. this amid the surge driven by the omicron variant last year, there was an emergency supplemental paid sick leave policy that expired last fall. it provided additional 80 hours of paid sick leave state administration officials say additional contracted health care workers from out of state will be deployed to help hospitals stretched thin. governor newsom will present hi

kron four's gayle ong continuing our team coverage tonight. >> in county. emergency crews spent the day monitoring the surges that richardson bay, the strong currents following a large underwater volcanic eruption near the tonga islands friday night. the county sheriff's department was notified just after 05:00am saturday morning alerting to the tsunami advisory. we've got some people together, matt and started coming up with a game plan for placing people throughout the county and then also just alerting residents. we've got really busy this morning. the national weather service issued the advisory for the coast of california, including parts of the bay area. this is something like we've never seen before with an underwater volcanic eruption, creating the displacement of water and ultimately the tsunami that's impacting u.s.. saturday was not a day for surfers, swimmers, boaters and by standards on the beach, that surge can round up the beach really fast and catch you off guard and sweep you out to sea easily. in this case. what makes it so dangerous, espe

so it's not like you're in hunker down mode for 6 months. >> gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> now the cdc has updated its timeline for booster shots. it's now recommending children between 12 and 17 who got the pfizer vaccine initially get their boosters 5 months later, the cdc says people 18 and older and got either the pfizer or moderna vaccine also get their booster shot 5 months after their initial doses. people got the johnson and johnson vaccine are advised to wait just 2 months before getting a booster. governor gavin newsome travel to la county to address the state's covid emergency response while visiting one of the state's 50 mobile covid testing site. the governor laid out the details of his pandemic emergency response plan to help ramp of vaccines boosters statewide testing as well as medical response of personnel. he also urged the unvaccinated to start taking the pandemic seriously. >> maybe omicron awake, folks up. >> i mean they're not a one of a sudden know. more than a handful of folks that have gotten covid in the last few weeks. maybe that will finally wake folks and remem

libby schaff is set to be one of the speakers gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> well, one of the events happening at the capitol today is a virtual roundtable discussion hosted by oakland representative barbara lee. we have links to that on our website at kron 4 dot com. if you'd like to watch. well, the smithsonian museum is working to make sure that no one forgets the events of january 6. it's continuing its continuing to collect artifacts from the insurrection. employees began collecting items last year on january 7th, and they include a black vest worn by journalist that day. protest signs and whips and sticks that were used as weapons. museum officials say that currently there's no plan to still collecting. those are the facts. 4.22. is the time. we'll take a break. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. more information on the deadly house fire tragedy. >> in philadelphia and how it's affecting that community. we'll have more on that coming up after the break. >> well, an unthinkable tragedy in philadelphia. a dozen people, most of them children killed during a row. house fire. they're

gayle ong kron 4 news. >> and at 6.30. we will have more on betty white's long and amazing career. now to a developing story this afternoon. longtime bay area tv news anchor frank somerville is facing dui charges for a crash that happened in oakland last night. >> kron 4 has video of the collision. >> well, as you can see in that video a porsche rear ended. another vehicle believed to be an audi forcing the audi driver to get out of their car. the person driving the porsche is believed to have been frank somerville. that vehicle and pushes through the intersection into the other vehicle and crashes into a pole on the other side of the street. well, as you see a group of people watched the entire scene play out. some with their phones recording the incident. this happened at the intersection of grand avenue and broadway just after 7.45 last night, somerville was taken to the hospital to be checked out and later taken to santa rita jail where he was booked on dui charges. the other driver was not hurt. frank somerville, of course, has been a longtime anchor of ktvu fox 2 but has not

gayle ong kron 4 news. >> many whites death is being felt across the entertainment world tonight and somehow it felt surprising even though she was just about a 100 years old. it seemed

the oakland unified school district has already sent out notices to parents kron four's gayle ong has the story. >> on friday, oakland educators are planning a one-day sickout for school safety. this really sent thursday with a list of demands for the oakland unified school district from mass distribution of n 95. and kn 95 mask weekly pcr testing, retroactive extension of covid leave and hepa filters and large common areas. here is smith. a teacher at skyline high school is planning the sick out. we would love to be in in person. >> just as much as everyone else wants us to be. but the fact of the matter is, our campuses are safe right now. on thursday, the school district notified parents about the sick out. in part the note highlighting covid protocols are in place. hepa filters were distributed to every classroom and regular testing is available to all students and staff. it just feels like that's not true. we need some time to get the resources that we need on campus in order make it safe seek out is not sanctioned by the teachers union. it is unclear if educators at other school

at chase center, gayle ong kron. 4 news that some good energy right there. >> now, the next half hour, we're going to hear how thompson is feeling about his return. >> and we're also going to hpshow you how the forty-niners clinch a wild card spot. well, coming up on the kron 4 morning news, tensions are rising between the u.s. and russia. >> what the u.s. says he's going to happen if russia invades ukraine. >> plus, an apartment fire hills. more than a dozen people in new york. what fire officials say started that fire. and fans are remembering the life of bob sag it. why they say they enjoy watching him on tv for years. we'll be right back. >> well, the time view now 04:14am. and welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news on a monday. the forecast i just have a feeling this good feeling. i don't know that the weather is going to be nice, yeah, you know, after we can do in the weather that starts to pan last acts. yes, yeah, the last but yeah, definitely. good forecast ahead of us. rain that we are looking at clear skies dry conditions really favorable for you as you're venturing outsi

gayle king joins us live from new york. good morning, gayle. >>> good morning. good to see you. ahead, al gore, we all know him, has been wondering about dangers of climate change for decades. the former vice president tells us why he remains optimistic about solving the crisis. this is him on his farm in tennessee with ben tracy. if you are struggling to stick to your new year's resolutions, you are part of a very big club. we'll show you how technology can help you achieve your goals in 2022. >>> david begnaud tells the story of how a scammer's phone call from more than 6,000 miles away led to an unlikely friendship. my prediction, this may be your favorite news story in this broadcast today. >> i am looking forward to it. >> we'll see you in 15, 16 minutes. that was a tease. >> i like it. >> see you in about 16 minutes. bye. >>> a warning from irs, it could take longer to get your refund this tax season. irs blaming staff shortages for creating a nightmare scenario saying it might make or have 1 million returns backlogged but the number this year is several times worse. all t

kron four's, gayle ong was at sfo to speak to travelers. >> we just want to check in and get everything ready before we left. okay. you get her sister tiffany arrived to san francisco international airport extra early sunday and relieved. there were no long lines, especially with likes the pandemic right now trying save both spend christmas and new year's visiting family in the bay area and took extra safety precautions. it was just us at home. you know, just our family and then our visited so you can really invite anybody else. so try to keep in the we've got and both of our vaccinations and a booster shot just to come here. >> because there's a lot of rules now, especially with traveling. so we try to keep ourselves and people around the safe nationwide. the holiday travel rush turned into a nightmare as millions of americans dealt with jam packed their 4th. >> combined, the bad weather and staff shortages due to omicron. bank. it has a fo a different story with lines at security airport officials say they were at least 60 flight cancellations and about 170 delays on sunday. but traff

we caught up with some of them after the game in burlingame kron four's gayle ong chats with them. >> bad after the forty-niners loss to the rams in the nfc championship game on sunday. the crowd quiet at american bull bar and grill in burlingame. speechless >> but a different scene earlier. >> excited fans arrived hours before kickoff to the place known as a longtime gathering spot for the forty-niners faithful. even though the niners are not going to the super bowl that no matter you know, they did a good effort, great team. you know, stuff happens. >> we come back next i'm really excited a doubt want to get better represent and be kid again open and unity. a san francisco team. >> whatever count one is going to be a you know, they went as far as and when we had great >> in burlingame, gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> well, we'll have much more on the niners and the fans, the reaction, the team all out throughout the morning. so stay tuned. in the meantime, we'll turn our attention to the latest with our coronavirus coverage infectious disease experts are warning people to stay vigilant a

gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> now to the south bay and santa clara county is urging people not to go to the emergency room for covid testing. health officials are saying emergency rooms throughout the county are very full and they have seen an uptick in people using the er to get covid test and this is delaying services for patients who need emergency care. >> santa rosa police say an argument is being blamed for the city's fcrst homicide of 2022. it happened early yesterday morning near sebastopol road and west avenue. police say the suspect shot the victim then fled from the scene. the victim did die at that scene. officers arrested the suspect hours later. detectives say the victim and the suspect did not know each other. when this argument started right now, there's no word on what started the argument. the suspect is behind bars at the sonoma county jail charged with homicide. >> another big story we're watching tonight at the east bay. as that french bulldog was stolen at gunpoint over the weekend in the bay area. this year's t tow. and he's just the latest dog stolen in an armed

now that they've lifted some of their harshest water restrictions, including those fines, proffers gayle ong takes a look. >> historic rainfall in october and december helped eased water restrictions in marine county. now we're currently at 95% of our total storage capacity, which is well above our normal average. that dent in the drought prompting are in water board directors to repeal customers, water use and penalties at a meeting tuesday night. if the word remained in effect. customers that exceeded the established amounts would have received penalties on their bye monthly water bill starting february. first, the board had previously imposed water saving restrictions on december. 1st, when reservoirs reach historic, low levels in the summer, marin county was classified under exceptional drought. >> about 75% of the county's water supply depends on rainfall. the rest comes from sonoma counties, russian river water system in july. the water district declared a water shortage emergency and set a goal to reduce water use by 40%. we do want to thank our customers for their success in redu

bring live shows to the neighborhood and plans to reinvent the theater as alive venue kron four's gayle ong has more on what they're concerned about. >> movie lovers left messages on the sidewalk outside san francisco's historic castor theater at its very best. this is, you know, >> the best place to see a movie in san francisco been coming to the castro theater for about 50 years. and i'm very concerned that they will be showing movies anymore or film festivals have been coming to the film festivals in particular long time to vote like bruce oats are concerned about changes to the venue. >> after the theater announced a new partnership to bring shows to the neighborhood and reinvent the theater has a live event venue. the theater's owners are working with planet entertainment to upgrade and modernize the building. we're not against change. >> what word against is the lack of communication. that's why michael patrol is speak out sunday afternoon. >> calling on the owners to keep showing movies. according to a statement that theater plans to host live music and comedy shows and community

tive who was pushed to her death in front of a new york city subway train kron four's gayle ong was at a vigil tonight in fremont. >> friends and community members gathered for a vigil in freeman friday night to honor the life of 40 year-old michelle go. even though i didn't know her i just feel like she could be any one of and i just want to be here supporting family through this very, very difficult time on january 15, go was waiting on a new york city subway platform in times square when police say she was pushed in front of a train in an unprovoked attack. 61 year-old simon marshall who was described as homeless and emotionally disturbed, turned himself in friends say go was a volunteer helping at risk in homeless families. she also worked as a consultant in manhattan. go was born in berkeley and grew up in fremont. >> philip j knew her since middle school. everything that they said about her. it's true. he's absolutely the best person and we've lost a really good person. >> michelle was one of fremont city council member to receive paying organized the vigil calling her death a se

. >> kron four's gayle ong spoke to one south bay couple who say that buying tickets was worth it. >>thrilled. leticia and selma. stone thrilled they booked tickets to the forty-niners rams nfc championship game right after the niners victory over the green bay packers. so the moment they won, we jumped online. >> we started searching everything from stub hub, too. they yeah. to a online researching a bunch of different ticket booking website as where the grand total the tickets were $900 with fees included. that's $900 per person. and for these forty-niners season ticket holders, it is all about the experience. >> it's a big deal for sure. but, you know, we've been laying low the last 2 years because of the covid. so we figured heck we're going to splurge going to go and enjoy a nice day in the life is short and get to enjoy the moment. you know, you never know when you get that shot again. >> to get back there, the milestones are flying out to los angeles from san jose airport this weekend to meet up with friends and neighbors who are also attending the game. now that the quest sear

some pharmacies as kron four's gayle ong reports. >> pharmacists have been dealing with staffing problems. well, before this omicron search. >> pharmacists have ended testing they've prescribing vaccines, administering vaccines. they've been doing a monoclonal antibody infusions. those are just some of the additional duties assigned a pharmacist during the pandemic. >> michael hogue, former president of american pharmacists association says the extra workload has lead to burnout. so when you add omicron on top of that situation, it definitely creates quite a problem. >> a problem we are seeing nationwide, 2 of the country's largest retail pharmacies are temporarily closing stores on weekends due to an increase in the number of covid-19 infections among staffers. in a statement to kron 4, a walgreens spokesperson says in part this is extremely limited in on a store by store bases and not specific to any region are area as we make every effort to staff and keep pharmacies open for our patients and the community. a cbs spokesperson says the store closures on water boat days of the weekend ar

gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> 143 mount diablo. teachers were reported absent from school today. school district officials say the virus in an ongoing teacher shortage are to blame. but despite those challenges, the superintendent doctor adam clark says students still receive their lessons from other credentialed staff members who stepped in. doctor. clarke expects to continue to see a high number of staff absences for the near future. and he adds he does not anticipate having to temporarily close any schools due to the staff shortages. the union and the school district are currently in contract negotiations. the union says the 2 sides have hit a wall. that a strike is possible. in the north bay bridge county health leaders are working to try to protect school staff and students are now back in the classroom say really several guidelines today adapting to new omicron data kron four's ella sogomonian is in our newsroom tonight with more on the decisions. l a >> pam. and ken, although 89% of marin county residents have reportedly been fully vaccinated, the omicron variant continues

castro theater for comment on sunday's demonstration but have not yet heard back in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 >> about our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look at the golden gate bridge on this sunday night. >> our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us with the beach hazards that are in effect for tomorrow. and also a look ahead at that head of tenet has some rain. and it i know finally get to show off the rain icon at the 10, not look a lot of sun and it is winter. so i'd rather see more rain, icons and son. even though the weather has been exceptionally beautiful in the bay area recently. >> let's take a look, though, at the dangerous surf that i need to warn you about northwest swell is going to bring us dangerous rip currents right along the bay area coastline is highs up to 6 feet from now. all the way through monday afternoon. so fishermen and even those of you who plan on going boating or just enjoying the beach. yeah. still water pistol there. we are going to see the dangerous serve continuing tonight through tomorrow. so just a heads up there. but taking a look at your

at chase center, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> we'll go back now to jason dumas. see is actually a center for us tonight. he was there for all the excitement and that dunk. so jason, did the clay deliver? >> in points in 20 minutes, he had the first points of the night. he wasted no time. it was funny. steve kerr actually said that first he drew up, wasn't designed to go to clay, but clay called it on the wing in. you look around and say, you know what, i'm taking this to the rim. he went to the rim and scored and, you know, if you could just feel like it was a weight lifted off his shoulder because he was playing so freely. after that, it looked like he had missed a beat in this guy had played in 941 days. not only that just too traumatic injuries, injuries that can really end a player's career. he went through to love them to get through one, get all the way back to the summit right before you're going to return and then have another one is devastating and mentally, he said that was the most tough thing. you know, he said physically, i felt like my body was back

gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> now to the south bay. in santa clara county is urging people not to go to the emergency room for covid testing. health officials say emergency rooms throughout the county are very fall. they have seen an uptick in people using the r to get a covid test and this is delaying services for patients who really need emergency care. so the county is asking people not to use emergency resources for covid testing >> covid infections once again soaring at american nursing homes, according to the centers for disease control and prevention deaths and cases are up. health officials blame the omicron variant for that setback. nursing homes reported a near record of roughly 32,000 cases in nearly 650 deaths for the week ending on january 9th, despite the surge deaths are down from december of 2020. that's because the cdc says that 87% of nursing home residents here in the u.s. are now vaccinated. chinese authorities have issued tough new rules for the upcoming olympic games on top of being vaccinated. athletes will need

they're expecting to see the most passengers on monday when people from the holidays reporting from gaylen 4 news. >> well, the time love another look at our 4 zone forecast. a live look along the san francisco embarcadero. let's get you ready to head out the door for the start of your new monday. your first complete week of 2022. but reese is here with a look at what's on the way. yeah, we're going to see some changes, not just along our coastal areas but also inland valleys as well. >> we are tracking, though, first this fog advisory in effect for the bay area shoreline because of the return of teen tides. >> final day will be through monday morning. and that's when we could see the high tide as high as more than 7 feet shortly before your new lunchtime hour with the lowest low tide of the year expected early sunday. but for your monday evening at 6 o'clock. so this flood advisory going to remain in effect through monday morning as a result of that. but we are expecting to see the return of some scattered showers. so this isn't going to be a huge storm or atmosphere river by any standar

both announced temporary closures kron four's gayle ong the latest. >> pharmacists ended testing they've prescribing vaccines, administering vaccines. they've been doing a monoclonal antibody infusions. those are just some of the additional duties assigned a pharmacist during the pandemic. >> michael hogue, former president of american pharmacists association says the extra workload has lead to burnout. so when you add omicron on top of that situation, it definitely creates quite a problem. >> a problem we are seeing nationwide, 2 of the country's largest retail pharmacies are temporarily closing stores on weekends due to an increase in the number of covid-19 infections among staffers. in a statement to kron 4, a walgreens spokesperson says in part this is extremely limited in on a store by store bases and not specific to any region are area as we make every effort to staff and keep pharmacies open for our patients in the community. a cbs spokesperson says the store closures on water boat days of the weekend are temporary. >> and in response to the fast-spreading omicron coronavirus vari

but experts still say that we need to conserve water and kron on's gayle ong has a closer look for us. all the rain and snow from the fall and winter came down all at once, making a dent on the state's drought. here's the latest map on the left is from october when most of the state was an exceptional drought on the right 3 months later, us drought monitor data showing all of california is now under severe to moderate conditions after 2 years significant rainfall deficits. >>year so far for the water here. and by the way, the water year runs from october. first through september, 30th this year for the water year around the bay area. we're sitting in the 150 to 200% of normal far. meteorologists brian garcia with the national weather service ads. we can expect a midwinter dry spell. this is something that we typically see. the question now is. do we rolled back into a wet pattern as we get towards the end of january and into february. that's why garcia says we can't forget about water conservation. we don't know ultimately what the rest of the water, your fault for us. and we want to

gayle ong kron. 4 news. and today governor gavin newsome also issued an executive order that bans price gouging on at-home covid-19, testing kits. and under this order, sellers of the cats >> are banned from increasing prices on the kids by more than 10%. the order also gives additional tools to the california department of justice and attorney general's offices, district attorneys and other law enforcement agencies to take action against price gougers. >> meanwhile, the rise in new covid-19 cases is now prompting a number of bay area schools and colleges to make changes for learning. reports of sick students and school staff are growing and so are the frustrations among school administrators, teachers and parents. >> the list of school closing closing campuses is a growing. and here's a look at where things stand right now. here's current colleges and universities that are turning to online classes because of increasing covid cases. san francisco state university uc berkeley, uc santa cruz, cal state, east

. >> as a reminder to be prepared, kron four's gayle ong has the story. >> marin county emergency crews spent the day monitoring the surges that richardson bay, the strong currents following a large underwater volcanic eruption near he tonga islands friday night. the county sheriff's department was notified just after 05:00am saturday morning alerting to the tsunami advisory. we've got some people together, matt and started coming up with a game plan for placing people throughout the county and then also just alerting residents. we've got really busy this morning. the national weather service issued the advisory for the coast of california, including parts of the bay area. this is something like we've never seen before with an underwater volcanic eruption, creating the displacement of water and ultimately the tsunami that's impacting u.s.. saturday was not a day for surfers, swimmers, boaters and by standards on the beach, that surge can round up the beach really fast and catch you off guard and sweep you out to sea easily. in this case. what makes it so dangerous, especially in the eve

. >>> and coming up today on the drew barrymore show, the good dish co host, gayle simmons and others appear. that's today at two. >>> and ahead gayle spoke to dolly parton about her career and newest upcoming projects. cbs this morning at seven. c i'm looking forward >>> >> we have been talking about the foggy conditions and the dense fog advisory has just been issue from the north bay valley, the bayshore line and san francisco. that's in effect until 10:00 a.m. with the visibility down to a quarter mile or less. slow down if you are about to hit the roadways. use your low beams and keep plenty of distance. want to make sure are you safe. you can see that blanket of fog. it is a chilly start. down to the 30's and 40's. by full forecast coming up. back to you. >>> time now for a look at the entertain met headlines. less than a week into resuming his tour after a nearly two year hiatus elton john has postponed two shows. this after testing positive for covid. a statement say he is experiencing only mild symptoms despite being vaccinated and boosted. the shows will be rescheduled. >>>

kron four's gayle ong got a chance to talk with some fans. the chase center tonight. >> it was so excited that we got tickets for this game and that is coming back. the excitement for the return of golden state warriors shooting guard klay thompson. and that even have people who see me in >> because it's my first time to good luck to us. >> drive city. a chase center was quiet sunday afternoon. but inside the warriors shop fan stocking up on thompson gear of to 6 his head and says and as jersey. thompson returning to the court for the first time in 2 and a half years after being sidelined by 2 injuries. it's been a long time for actually, we've been keeping track him when it but he's back with us and, >> you know, good for all loyal fans keeping track of his progress and sending nothing but well wishes saw we love you and it we're so glad you're back. and we know that you're going to do. >> everything that you've always that and also create new things for us, ok, you just going to be fantastic. at chase center, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> thei

gayle ong talk with one of the actors who played quite sit character rose. >> i know exactly how you feel. she's really part of my life and having her be gone off a sudden is heartbreaking darcy drawing or played betty white's beloved character rose nyland for 7 years in the draft version of the golden girls really gotten to know. >> her as an actress and i've lived with her my whole life and growing up with mary tyler moore show tillis i even shared the same birth date drawling or is the owner of oasis nightclub in san francisco. any producer and director of the live adaptation. i was really angry. the golden girls lived has been a san francisco tradition since 2000, 7. >> the show just wrapped a week ago at victoria theater the tv legend died friday just days before her 100 birthday. >> drawing or never got the chance to meet fight but says rather than being said, i want to be inspired and how i can be a little more like betty white walking through the world. a true original amazing master comedians. >> it's tough. but the live show will go on drilling or says next year's performan

kron on's gayle ong shows us how people were celebrating. >>i and dan's welcoming the year of the tiger. many gathered to celebrate the start of the lunar new year and v a museum history park in san jose with boots full of games. food decorations had a goal collar. >>certainly represent well represent health represent prosperity. >>lunar new year is also known as tent for the vietnamese culture and is considered the most important festival in holiday in vietnam. sam, how organized the event? it's an opportunity for us reflect the past. >>and to repair work to the new year with us here and a resolution to tomorrow will be better and opportunity. is there. >>many festivities were canceled or scaled back last year due to the pandemic. free covid test kits were passed down saturday as best it can go over. celebrated the holiday. happy. in san mateo, the traditional red envelopes symbolizing luck and happiness were passed out at the hillsdale shopping center. visitors share their favorite holiday traditions definitely cleaned on suspicious dishes

. >> kron four's gayle ong talk to a local infectious disease expert to get her take. >> we will not be likely masking and contact tracing, doing asymptomatic testing an optimistic view of what doctor monica gandhi, ucsf infectious disease doctor is describing as the endemic will manage it. more like influenza, which is vaccines treatment. and and recommending masks for the vulnerable inside. >> doctor gandhi said the highly transmissible omicron variant can drive the pandemic in to miss city. there's incredible number of pieces of omicron in both unvaccinated and vaccinated. >> what that does is it exposes you to the entire virus and you develop antibodies t cells and b cells across the entire virus. it is a challenging period. we're going to get through this few more weeks at a press conference last week, governor gavin newsom announced the end is near and that is preparing for not the pandemic face. >> of this reality. but the endemic face of this reality and how we live. >> with future variants infectious disease doctors are monitoring the omicron surge around the world data samp

castro theater for comment on sunday's demonstration but have not yet heard back in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> still ahead, 8 o'clock tonight, a record number of guns confiscated by the tsa. why officials are seeing more people carrying weapons while they travel. >> welcome back, everyone. gun confiscation, zed american airports have now hit a 20 year high. many of those guns found fully loaded. tsa agents say they found all of those guns in cary on bags discovered his passengers went through airport screening as michael shure reports, many of the passengers say they simply forgot. >> that they have the guns with them. >> the transportation safety administration reporting a sharp increase in firearms confiscated at airport security checkpoints last year with cases up over 80% from 2020 across 268 airports nationally. but it will show an increase from. >> the 4,432 that were detected in 2019 prior to the start of the pandemic. when many more people were so farbstein spokesperson with the tsa says that most passengers say they forgot that they had their fire on, but it goes

the forty-niners fans were expecting kron four's gayle ong has some postgame reaction talking to some very >> heartbroken niners fans and burlingame. >> bad after the forty-niners loss to the rams in the nfc championship game on sunday, the crowd quiet at american bull bar and grill in burlingame. speechless are >> but a different scene earlier. >> excited fans arrived hours before kickoff to the place known as a longtime gathering spot for the forty-niners fateful. even though the niners are not going to the super bowl that no matter you know, they did a good effort, great team. you know, stuff happens. >> we come back next i'm really excited a fever down when they get better represent and be kid. eyes open and unity. a san francisco team. >> whatever count one is going to be a you know, they went as far as and when we have great >> in burlingame, gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> so about our 4 zone forecast tonight, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza as folks are heading into the city. hopefully they were maybe coming home from tahoe this week and kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodrig

kron four's gayle ong continuing our team coverage. >> county emergency crews spent the day monitoring the surges that richardson bay, the strong currents following a large underwater volcanic eruption near the tonga islands friday night. the county sheriff's department was notified just after 05:00am saturday morning alerting to the tsunami advisory. we've got some people together, matt and started coming up with a game plan for placing people throughout the county and then also just alerting residents. we've got really busy this morning. the national weather service issued the advisory for the coast of california, including parts of the bay area. this is something like we've never seen before with an underwater volcanic eruption, creating the displacement of water and ultimately the tsunami that's impacting u.s.. saturday was not a day for surfers, swimmers, boaters and by standards on the beach, that surge can round up the beach really fast and catch you off guard and sweep you out to sea easily. in this case. what makes it so dangerous, especially in the events like this? >> isn't

space kron four's gayle ong has the details. >> movie lovers left messages on the sidewalk outside san francisco's historic castor theater at its very best. this is, you know, >> the best place to see a movie in san francisco been coming to the castro theater for about 50 years. and i'm very concerned that they will be showing movies anymore or film festivals have been coming to the film festivals in particular long time to vote like bruce oats are concerned about changes to the venue. >> after the theater announced a new partnership to bring shows to the neighborhood and reinvent the theater has a live event venue. the theater's owners are working with planet entertainment to upgrade and modernize the building. we're not against change. >> what word against is the lack of communication. that's why michael patrol is speak out sunday afternoon. >> calling on the owners to keep showing movies. according to a statement that theater plans to host live music and comedy shows and community events. the theater will still screen select movies were nervous because they haven't held a town hall