jana randow joining us from frankfurt. let's look at where markets are trading. out of an asian session that felt fairly bleak. we got to lower first thing this morning. we are off the floor, but still down, and on ok volume. ftse 100 down by around 1%. the dax getting hit the hardest. it is the cyclicals, the autos that are really down at the bottom of the pile today. but as i say, we are definitely off the floor, and it is interesting to see what is happening with travel stocks, not actually doing that badly. the close is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile. with nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and lou! on the most reliable network, lou! smart kid, bill. oh oh so true. and now, the moon christmas special. gotta go! take the savings challenge at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes switching fast and easy this holiday season. guy: we are

ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live with the details. jenna. julie the city of oakland, says the nonprofit named covid clinic only told them they were closing last night. the city says it wanted the clinic to stay and even continue into 2022 if demand for shots remained high. kobe clinic, however, says it was a business decision because it couldn't afford staffing costs and rising parking fees. waiting baloo and her husband, vishal thought it'd be simple, getting a covid test wednesday for their flight home to toronto earlier today, we booked a test for each of us at the frank gaba plaza. but when she arrived at 2 50 frank ogawa plaza, the lobby was empty. it was a 4 30 appointment. a handwritten note taped to the door told people to go across town to a clinic in the fruitvale district of five mile trek across town during rush hour to the clinic, which was closing soon. really nervous because it was said that it closed up five. yeah and then we just rushed over here. other people say they also had to scramble after scheduling vaccinations at th

ktvu jana katsuyama joining us live from the newsroom with those details, jenna. casino oakland city council member dan called says that he's proposing indoor vaccination checks at tuesday's meeting, he says if the plan is approved, people would need to show proof of vaccination at many indoor sites starting next month. as people gather for the holidays, public officials are sounding the alarm that close contact with the highly transmissible omicron variant could lead to a spike in covid 19 cases. so oakland city council member dan called new year's wish. it's for the council to pass an indoor covid-19 vaccination mandate. as we know if your unvaccinated you're more likely to contract the disease and therefore more likely to spread the disease. his proposed emergency ordinance would require proof of vaccination or a negative covid test at indoor sites. including dining sights, such as restaurants, bars, coffee shops , tasting rooms and banquet halls. entertainment venues including theaters, concert venues and recreation sites, plus gyms, fitness and yoga centers,

ktvu jana katsuyama tells us the red cross is now making an urgent plea for more donations so they can meet demand through the holidays. for me. this will be a little bit of a hard christmas. it's our first christmas. without him. there are many gifts people can give during the holidays. alec apec knows the ones that mean the most. her step dad, paul davis got sick suddenly last january, just 54 years old and had to go into the hospital. a lot of bleeding that was happening, and so the platelets actually. gave him a fighting chance to have the surgery that he needed those platelets, and the surgery, she says, helped keep him alive for another two precious weeks. in that moment, when you know my loved one was sick. it really meant a lot. now she's helping others becoming a donor at the red cross blood center in san jose. it's a gift needed now, more than ever. it's the lowest blood supply that we've had in the last decade. cantor in ceo of the american red cross is silicon valley chapter, says the bay area is severely short on blood platelets and plasma. the usual blood drives at school

ktvu jana katsuyama was there and tells us the event was in partnership with glide. one of you.ght it was santa's workshop, the bustling busy sounds of tiny hands hard at work. there we go, creating cards and crafts. for people they love. i did. it was making one from my mom and i well for kumari, laying 1/5 grader made a card for his mom and his teacher, mr j. he's a good kid. i liked him and he brings me good spirits. he's really nice to me, and you always have my back on the top floor of old navy's flagship store in san francisco. the staff hosted children in glides janice america, tani family and childcare center. the children received $100 each for a shopping spree, choosing things online in advance to pick up at the store. a night of fun. whatever they like about this is that we actually get to have a christmas spirit. a spirit of joy and giving this year was a celebration of resiliency because for past two years we have really have a hard time glide staff say 93% of their centers. families lost income this year because of the pandemic. still the children say what's most i

reporting from san mateo, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news.new video tonight of an incredible sight. a woman off the coast of jacksonville beach captured this video showing a man joined by a part of dolphins during an early morning swim. she says they were swimming alongside each other for about two minutes yesterday morning. the man swimming in the video says he never felt like he was in any danger. they just seem to be curious and playing around. yeah that's right, because they're dolphins. yeah yeah, like the friendliest they are. of course he was in danger. i mean, anytime i'm in the ocean. i'm always like, yeah, well, you see the fan, though, first, right, right. you know, that's a little check the fit. yeah okay . okay so temperatures outside today we had numbers that were in the fifties and sixties highs tomorrow will be about the same. no big changes tomorrow. the change comes on wednesday night into thursday morning, and there it is kind of wednesday thursday morning about five a.m. it's a non event, but it's opening the door for this

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. variant is now prompting more employers to require vaccinations. willis towers, watson surveyed 543 employers and found that 57% either require or plan to require their employees be vaccinated. just 3% of employers reported a spike in resignations due to a vaccine mandate. president biden has worked to implement a nationwide vaccine mandate for large employers. but osha is holding off on enforcing that mandate because more than two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the policy, you can find the very latest coronavirus developments on our website just had two ktvu .com/ covid-19. the vallejo police officers association says officers are leaving the department at an unprecedented rate in a post on its website. the union says an unspecified number of officers have left the department in recent weeks, with some going to other bay area departments and some retiring. they say the department is currently at 66% staffing a budgeted positions. the embattled department has been under review by the state doj since 2020 over a series of deadly police sho

amy: jana winter is an investigative correspondent for yahoo! news.ill link to your major new exposÉ "operation whistle pig: inside the secret cbp unit with no rules that investigates americans." when we come back, we speak with one of the workers at a buffalo starbucks who just won a historic victory to unionize, making them the first to do so out of the 9000 starbucks stores in the united days. and to memphis to speak with one of 1400 kellogg's workers who have now been on strike for two months. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to look at the historic workers' victory. at the only starbucks store in buffalo, new york, where workers successfully voted to unionize last week, making them the first to do so among starbucks' 9000 locations in the united states. [cheers] amy: workers cheered as the results of their vote re announce 19 worrs voted ifavor an eight against forming a union. a union vote faed at us ke a starbus locationnd a th

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. still to come tonight at t s, a agent hailed a hero video showing how she did not hesitate to save a baby who suddenly stopped breathing in the security line. and we'll show you the winners of this year's holiday decorating competition among san francisco fire stations. holiday decorating cont night we showed you some of the station entries, and tonight we have a winner. the department says. first place went to the bureau of equipment on 25th street. you can see they had a lot of lights, decorations, even fake snow, the defending champions station, 38 won second place and station 19 by stones town took home third. first place wins. $3000 2nd place 2000 and third place 1000. the station's donate their prize money to the charity of their choice. it's a good story. well, a mother and daughter in the east bay have been using and unusual canvas to spread messages of hope. as ktvu is, amberleigh shows us. they've been using their garage door to spread love during the pandemic. looking reall

alright, jana katsuyama . thank you, marin county's public health officer told us today it is possible that a mask mandate could return. to protect people against this new strength. if we do see surges in cases, especially if it's related to the, um a cranberry in our policies will have to match that new circumstance those new conditions and it's possible that we would reinstitute the mask mandate if necessary. importantly we are seeing that marine county residents by and large, understand the value of mask wearing if you go to a grocery store in marin county, more than 90% of people are wearing their masks currently. marin county is the only bay area county to meet all of the metrics to lift their indoor mask requirement and a reminder that you can always find the very latest on the coronavirus developments on our website. just visit ktvu .com/ covid-19. new at 11 tonight. a man arrested on suspicion of retail theft and carjacking is now facing several felony charges. 30 year old philander johnson was taken i

julie jana katsuyama reporting live tonight. thanks, janna. the spread of the omicron variant has president biden preparing a speech to the nation tomorrow. the white house says he plans to outline new steps being taken to limit the spread of the virus. this is not a speech about locking the country down. this is a speech outlining and being direct and clear with the american people about the benefits of being vaccinated. vaccinated he will restate tomorrow. i should say that well vaccinated individuals get covid due to the highly transmissible in a certain nature of omicron. their cases will likely be mild for asymptomatic. we continue to see in our health experts assess that you're 14 times more likely to die of covid if you have not been vaccinated versus vaccinated. look for live coverage of the president's speech on ktvu. his speech is expected to begin at about 11 30 tomorrow morning. when it begins , we will bring it to you. area congressman eric swalwell, along with several other house democrats are voicing their support for a federal

jana katsuyama reporting live for us tonight in antioch. janet. thank you. you can get cash for your guns tomorrow. no questions asked, is part of the annual gun buyback program making its come back to san francisco. the group united players is hosting the event at 10 38. howard street doors will open at eight in the morning. anyone who turns in handguns, shotguns or rifles will get $100. $200 will go to people who give up assault weapons. united players has been hosting gun buyback programs in san francisco for 10 years, the group has taken more than 3000 firearms off the streets. well get ready for a sharp drop in temperatures overnight. meteorologist mark tamayo tracking the system, bringing us a blast of cold air and more mark. yes that's right, cold enough. we are talking about freeze warnings for parts of the bay area. a few neighborhoods could be started out tomorrow morning in the upper twenties, but at least lots of thirties out there so your weekend starts off dry but very cold. but as we had in his sunday, our next storm comes on board and rainfal

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news.ne day after announcing a new statewide mask mandate, california health officials today updated their guidance. the state says some local jurisdictions that had their own mask requirements can keep them without having to implement the state's new standards tomorrow. so for san francisco that means places such as offices and gyms that verify full vaccination status. can continue to allow people to go masculine indoors. the state's order requires counties without any masking guidelines to implement them for many indoor public spaces as of tomorrow. ahead of that statewide mask mandate. the head of the california health and human services, dr marc galle, toured a vaccine clinic in los angeles today to commemorate one year since the covid-19 vaccine rollout. in that year, nearly 70% of eligible californians have been fully vaccinated. still, dr galley talked about the importance of mask wearing, especially during the winter months. i can't stress enough. we know that this virus spreads mos

more now from ktvu s jana katsuyama. one of you.ave thought it was santa's workshop , the bustling busy sounds of tiny hands hard at work. there we go, creating cards and crafts. for people they love. i did. it was making one from my mom. can i offer kumari laying 1/5 grader made a card for his mom and his teacher, mr. j. he's a good kid. i like him and. he brings me good spirits. he's really nice to me, and he always had my back on the top floor of old navy's flagship store in san francisco. the staff hosted children in glides janice marika tani family and childcare center. the children received $100 each for a shopping spree, choosing things online in advance to pick up at the store . a night of fun. whatever they like about this is that we actually get to have a christmas spirit. a spirit of joy and giving this year was a celebration of resiliency because for past two years we have really have a hard time glide staff say 93% of their centers. families lost income this year because of the pandemic. still the children say what's mo

jana katsuyama thanks for breaking all of that down for us live in antioch tonight. disturbing images coming to us from the midwest coming up, see some of the damage left behind by severe weather spanning multiple states. emergency crews rushing tonight to get people trapped by debris to safety. plus. we want is calling on three we could see this crowd gathering tonight for a rally and march through san francisco coming up the message they hope to get across to president biden. and north bay volunteer group finds suc i'm 53, but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take oste bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to, it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex, plus vitamin d for immune support. osteo bi-flex, plus vitamin d midwest at least two residents of a nursing home in arkansas are dead after a powerful tornado tore through the building tonight in the city of moaning. authorities say the roof collapsed on dozens of residents inside and at least four others were hurt. and in southern illinois tonight there is an active search

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news.w study suggests people are far less likely to be sent to the hospital from the macron variant, a study published today by the uk government says that those who contract omicron are estimated to be between 31 45% less likely to go to the emergency room. and 50 to 70% less likely to be admitted to the hospital. the findings are based on a small number of macron cases. 132 people who were admitted to the hospital or transferred from emergency rooms. 17 of those people were said to have received their covid booster 74 were double vaccinated and 27 were unvaccinated the us where our macron is the dominant strain of covid is reporting over 160,000 new cases every day. in washington, d c. democrats are still fighting internally about their build back better bill and the january six capital riot committee is considering what to do about republican lawmakers, who are refusing to cooperate with the congressional investigation. fox's chad program reports. democrats hope the holidays cool tempers

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. mountain view.home burglary where the suspect right now is barricaded inside, but the residents have made it out safely. this started around 10 o'clock this morning at a home on front street. the mountain view. police department tweeted out these photos, according to police, the residents say they locked themselves inside their bedroom before calling pd. the fire department eventually helped evacuate them. county mental health personnel have been called to the scene and are now working to get the man out safely. oakland mayor libby schaaf says she is fighting to keep her cities safe as they deal with a spike in violent crime. mayor chef joined us live here. earlier on mornings on two, she says the pandemic has slowed down police hiring and more officers have left the department or change positions. the mayor says she's now pushing for increase in police staffing and for more police academies. but those officers in most cases won't be sworn in for months down the road, so we asked her about. the plan

jana katsuyama reporting live for us tonight, janet. thank you. now to the coronavirus said the latest numbers from the state. california's department of public health says it's reported an average of 5400 daily cases over the past week in cases are rising quickly. l a county is set to report more than 6500 new cases for today alone. that's double yesterday's total there. to put all this in perspective one year ago before widespread vaccine distribution , the state recorded more than 60,000 new infections. san francisco became the first major city to restrict indoor dining to vaccinated customers back in august, and now two restaurants have decided those rules don't go far enough as ktvu zach sauce tells us there now requiring proof of a booster to eat inside. we want to make. we want to create a safe working environment for us and with the omicron variant on the rise in the bay area, the co owner of cassava and san francisco's outer richmond neighborhood worried the city's indoor vaccine requirement wasn't doing enough to poll on instagram story.

i'm christina radom and i'm jana katsuyama in for andre senior. the governor's new plan would dedicate an additional $300 million to preventing and prosecuting these crimes are political reporter greg lee breaks down the numbers and the response to the plan. but we also have to recognize this moment we're in and we have to recognize people's fears and anxieties in response to a series of large scale retail thefts in the bay area and around the state. governor, newsom said the state needs to do more, flanked by attorney general rob bonta and other lawmakers at the chp headquarters in dublin, the governor rolled out a public safety budget proposal. these recent acts of retail theft and robberies and mass. mob burglaries throughout northern california can no longer be tolerated. the plan includes $255 million in grants for law enforcement to combat retail theft, 30 million for local da's to prosecute the crimes full time retail theft task force within the eggs office 20 million for small businesses that are victims of crime. and 25 million for gun bu

jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news.of san francisco is now providing an amnesty period for some city workers who are not fully vaccinated and agreement recently reached between city leaders and workers union will allow many employees to keep their jobs for up to 120 days or no later than april. 1st of 2022. during the next 120 days. employees who become fully vaccinated will be able to return to work. those who refuse will be kept on unpaid leave and officially lose their jobs in april. the city extended the deadline, which was originally set for last month. very congressman, eric swalwell wants to prevent unvaccinated people from flying domestically. congressman swalwell flew back to the bay area over the weekend , and he tweeted this on a flight now to the bay area, and it's 100% batty that the unvaccinated are allowed to fly. it is unsafe in the cabin, and we're transporting this virus requiring the vaccine to fly is the least we can do to stop the spread. now he, along with several other house democrats are voicing

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. ktvu fox two news at five starts now.rime scene when a father is killed in his 15 year old son winds up behind bars. after a month long, dry spell. what weather is returning to the bay area? i'll have the timeline in which areas will receive the most rainfall coming up. plus we're hearing the police from students who marched through san francisco today to demand sexual harassment. accountability good evening. i'm andre senior and i'm cristina rendon, a teenage boy is in custody tonight accused of fatally stabbing his father in the oakland hills are crime reporter henry lee is in the newsroom. now with what he's learned, henry. christina this is a double tragedy. the families now struggling with the loss of the father allegedly killed at the hands of a son. 15 year old boy is in custody accused of fatally stabbing his father, oakland police were called to a home on golf links road near grass valley road at about 10 thursday night, officers found the 51 year old father unconscious and not breathing. he was pronounced dead a

ktvu jana katsuyama. is there live with what she's learned about the investigation? janna. well the police were here for about five hours today, and they just left about an hour ago. they were collecting evidence as you mentioned in the parking lot. this is on the south side of tesla's fremont. factory and i did speak with a police captain who talks about what they found when they got here. fremont police say the call from someone at the tesla fremont factory came in to 911 about 3 26 monday afternoon. our fire department responded out to the tesla facility on a report of a person down in the parking lot. so when they arrived, they found the subject and provided medical aid . that person was later pronounced dead and fire crews alerted fremont police about a suspicious death. they summoned our department officers responded, arrived on scene. and then at that point called out or homicide investigators to follow up tesla plant workers arriving for their afternoon shifts say they received no notice about the death and had not heard of the incident. the alameda county coroner's

jana katsuyama reporting live for us tonight, janet. thank you. santa clara county says it is bracing for a surgeon macron cases today, health officials there announced 10. cases of the variants have been confirmed in the county so far. of those cases forward unvaccinated five were fully vaccinated and had yet to receive a booster. one person received a booster dose but had not yet eclipsed the two week protection period. health officials say now is the time to get a booster and are warning of more macron cases. when i look around the corner ahead. what i see is a day luge of, um, a crime vaccinations are most importance and our boosters are most important. but again, there's still the need to use all of the tools in our toolbox. that means people should still wear masks while indoors, especially when around unvaccinated people, and stanford is making changes in its protocol. overall macron concerns, university officials announced today. the first two weeks of the upcoming winter quarter will be held online. students returned to campus on time but

jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news schools across the country, including many right here in the bay area are warning both students and parents about possible threats today on campuses, parents were notified in a number of bay area school districts about a tiktok challenge. where students are encouraged to bring weapons to school and commit acts of violence when i school and gilroy actually canceled classes today district say they had not received any direct threats of violence. officials at tiktok posted a statement on twitter, saying. we handle even rumored threats without most seriousness , which is why we're working with law enforcement to looking to warnings about potential violence at schools, even though we have not found evidence of such threats originating or spreading via tiktok closing arguments expected to wrap up today at the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes, people line up very early this morning to be inside the courtroom when closing arguments presumed. the prosecution wrapped up summarizing its case yesterday, telling the jury that holmes made the decision to de

jana katsuyama loving union city. thank you.who worked as an uber driver was shot and killed while in san francisco, fighting back tears, kamala youssoufi holds onto the memory of her husband, ahmad. speaking through a family friend, she says the 31 year old afghan refugee was shot and killed in the mission district on november 28th. the couple called sacramento home, but common list says her husband would sometimes go to the bay area for work. she says he was in his car when someone walked up to him and tried to steal his wallet. and then shot him. he was a caring man he was carrying about his family and. he just sacrificed his life for his family. uber says he was not working during the time he was shot. san francisco police say they are still investigating the killing, but no arrests have been made. former empire actor jesse smollett took the witness stand today in his own criminal trial. as foxes met, finn tells us small ed. denied that he staged an anti gay racist attack on himself and insisted that he was the victim of a h

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. beginning on new year's eve, president biden will lift travel restrictions on southern africa cut off most travel from eight countries in the region because that's where the omicron variant was first detected. the cdc encouraged him to lift the restrictions because the us is making progress and understanding the variant and macron has already spread worldwide. continuing the burn, they say, makes no difference. new cdc guidelines mean that asymptomatic health care workers who test positive for covid can return to work after seven days in isolation and after testing negative. previously, the quarantine time was 10 days. the cdc also says fully vaccinated and boosted healthcare workers who are exposed to the virus do not need to isolate at home. if they test negative people working at sonoma county public schools must show they received a booster shot or they'll have to be tested for covid at least twice a week. the county health department says this new policy is aimed at protecting ag

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news.eason opened today in part of the bay area, the state department official wildlife announced. recreational fishing will be allowed from pigeon point to lopez point in big sur today. the commercial dungeness crab season in the same area opens thursday. however both commercial and recreational crab fishing still not allowed in the waters around san francisco. that move is meant to protect dozens of humpback whales recently spotted in the area. we are two weeks away from christmas eve up next with the cdc is saying about holiday gatherings in the questions you should be thinking about leading up to the celebrations. we have a wet, windy forecast for you better details on when this storm is expected to arrive coming up. festival tragedy. raps scott said that he didn't know fans died at his concert until after his performance ended. it's just been a lot of thoughts . you know a lot of feelings. a lot of grieving, um. and just, you know, trying to get you wrap my head around it, you know? i

at the last minute ktvu jana katsuyama as the story.ng baloo and her husband, vishal thought it'd be simple getting a covid test wednesday for their flight home to toronto earlier today, we booked a test for each of us at the frank gaba plaza. but when she arrived at 2 50 frank ogawa plaza, the lobby was empty. it was a 4 30 appointment. a handwritten note taped to the door told people to go across town to a clinic in the fruitvale district, a five mile trek across town during rush hour to the clinic, which was closing soon. really nervous because it was said that it closed up five. yeah, and then we just rushed over here. other people say they also had to scramble after scheduling vaccinations at the downtown site and getting no notice that the clinic had closed. it was earlier this week, and then they sent to text messages and then it got a little confusing, and then we arrived there and they told us it's here. the operator is a nonprofit called covid clinic, based in southern california, which operates testing sites nationwide. the c

i'm jana katsuyama and i am greg liggins, andre and christina. have the night off. we begin tonight with holiday travel problems affecting people. across the country right now we are going to take a live look out at sfo and you can see doesn't look terribly crowded right now. so hopefully if you're traveling soon, you won't have to wait in a line that's very long. well the spread of the omicron variant is being blamed for more than 600 flight cancelations today. ktvu s amanda king tana joins us live in the newsroom. now she has a look at how sfo is dealing with the cancelations on one of the busiest travel days of the year, amanda yes. well greg, we've been covering this story all day. this morning. there were 31 flights canceled at sfo. now that count has gone up to 44 half of those cancelations from united that nine from skywest and eight from delta. but the good news is most passengers. we saw it as a foe. today they've been rebooked and they're not letting this hiccup or when their holidays. patrick schuler in the bay area on business is having trouble trying to

jana katsuyama joins us now live from sfo with more on how this variant was identified. well heather bury it. airports don't have direct flights from south africa. so screening can be very challenging, and that's why health officials are really praising this traveler for recognizing the symptoms being proactive and getting tested and then contacting health officials once the test came back positive. i heard about it, actually yesterday at about three pm doctor charles chiu runs a lab at ucsf and wasted no time the international expert and his team worked through the night to determine whether the bay area travelers positive. covid test might be the omicron very end. we were able to receive the sample in the laboratory by eight pm we ran a very fast molecular test, which looks for what we call spike jean drop out to confirm the finding he needed to sequence the genome of the virus. we used a pocket sized sequence are called banana pour sequencer that this is a. a sequencing technology in which we can go from detecting the virus to being able to assemble the entire genome

i'm christina radom and i'm jana katsuyama in for andre senior. $300 million to preventing and prosecuting these crimes are political reporter greg lee breaks down the numbers and the response to the plan. but we also have to recognize this moment we're in and we have to recognize people's fears and anxieties in response to a series of large scale retail thefts in the bay area and around the state. governor, newsom said the state needs to do more, flanked by attorney general rob bonta and other lawmakers at the chp headquarters in dublin, the governor rolled out a public safety budget proposal. these recent acts of retail theft and robberies and mass. mob burglaries throughout northern california can no longer be tolerated. the plan includes $255 million in grants for law enforcement to combat retail theft, 30 million for local da's to prosecute the crimes full time retail theft task

as ktvu jana katsuyama reports the surgeon omicron infections as many people taking extra precautionsflights are full as people take off for the holidays . i wanted to leave before it gets too busy at sfo wednesday night, people with packed bags were eager to travel the pandemic now leading to pent up demand. despite covid concerns. we're going to have to stay in a long quarantine when i get home triple a says the number of people on the move this holiday season is about 92% of pre pandemic 2019 levels. we're expecting about 109 million people to travel. we're talking december 23rd through january 2nd so christmas and new year's all the standard. procedures we, we usually we're doing everything we can to be safe. i got my vaccine. i got my vaccine . now i'm waiting for my booster. oakland international airport says they're expecting nearly 370,000 passengers in the coming week about three times what they saw last year in california the amount of people who are going to be flying to their holiday destination is right on par with what we saw in 2019 masks are still mandatory for everyon

ktvu is jana katsuyama reports. fremont police say the call from someone at the tesla fremont factory came in to 911 about 3 26 monday afternoon. our fire department responded out to the tesla facility on a report of a person down in the parking lot. so when they arrived, they found the subject and provided medical aid. that person was later pronounced dead and fire crews alerted fremont police about a suspicious death. they summoned our department officers responded, arrived on scene. and then at that point called out or homicide investigators to follow up tesla plant workers arriving for their afternoon shifts say they received no notice about the death and had not heard of the incident. the alameda county coroner's investigators were called to the scene and as it got dark fremont police is mobile command center also arrived. detectives working in pouring rain to collect evidence with the weather as it is right now, our goal is to, you know, try to secure as much evidence as possible, police said. they are still l

alright, jana katsuyama. thank you. kaiser permanente says it's identified omicron cases among its hospital staff here in the bay area. the hospital identified 12 cases of the new variant last week. it says 11 of them are employees at the oakland medical center. all of the workers are fully vaccinated and have received booster shots . their exposure to covid-19 happened at a wedding out of state not through their work at the hospital. all of those workers are isolated at home with mild symptoms. no attend. another bay area tech company has delayed its return to work plan, according to bloomberg lift today told employees they can work remotely for the entirety of 2022. employees were previously scheduled to return to the office in february. and facebook's parent company, metta says employees can delay their return by 3 to 5 months, the company will fully reopen its u. s offices on january 31st. even though some staff may not be back right away. the social media company says the office deferral program is meant to give em

ktvu is jana katsuyama has more on how bay area labs will study these cases in the future. i heard about it. actually yesterday at about three pm doctor charles chiu runs a lab at ucsf and wasted no time the international expert and his team worked through the night to determine whether the bay area travelers positive. covid test might be the omicron variant. we ran a very fast molecular test, which looks for what we call spike jean drop out to confirm the finding he needed to sequence the genome of the virus . we used a pocket sized sequence are called banana pour sequences. we can go from detecting the virus to being able to assemble the entire genome within a few hours, dr chu says. by four a.m. wednesday they had assembled most of the genome. county health officials then rushed to alert the patient and any contacts they had received a full dose of the moderna vaccine. but no booster. they had mild symptoms and, thankfully have now recovered. health officers say the speed of a local lab was essential. the key thing is with the sequencing right now at the state level at t

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. a warning tonight from the u.al vivek murthy, he says young people in this country are facing a mental health crisis. ucsf associate professor tells us in 2020. there were five times as many children who died from suicide. then died from covid-19. we have a real increase in the number of kids who are suffering from depression and anxiety, and we've had suicide attempts. we saw more than 20% increase in the number of kids who completed suicide. the report cited that in the u. s emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51% for adolescent girls in early 2021 compared to the same time period in 2019. symptoms of depression and anxiety have doubled during the pandemic, with 25% of youth experiencing depression symptoms and 20% experiencing anxiety symptoms. and if you or someone you know, needs help, you can call the national suicide prevention lifeline. there are trained crisis workers available to talk 24 hours a day, seven days a week. the number is there on your screen. it's 1 802 73 talk. coming up tonight

reporting from san mateo, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news.rrow with ukraine's leader on the crisis with russia. the president held a two hour virtual meeting with russian president vladimir putin, white house sources say. president biden warned the kremlin of severe economic penalties if moscow invades ukraine, the national security adviser, suggesting the us halt operations on a gas pipeline between germany and russia as a bargaining chip. gas is not currently flowing through the north stream two pipeline if vladimir putin wants to see guests flow through that pipeline, he may not want to take the risk of invading ukraine. satellite images show russian troop build up near the ukrainian border. u. s intelligence says moscow could launch an offensive in months, president biden told reporters today he will not send american troops but that putin received his warning of dire consequences if there is an invasion. canada will join the united states, united kingdom and australia in a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter games. the boycott is to

ktvu jana katsuyama reports.here are some concerns about self testing, including the availability of test kits. it looks like a food truck but stepping up to this window in downtown berkeley, got you a swab for your nose and a free covid pcr test? yeah they just give you the little swamp and then you just do it yourself and then you can't attend. how was it? it was fine. i mean, it doesn't really hurt. i just wanted to get tested in advance of the holidays and getting together with family with the holidays and the macron fueled surge in covid cases converging president biden's plan to send out 500 million at home covid tests to americans nationwide. got nods of approval. i think that we should be prioritizing testing and not just relying on vaccines. that's the only strategy. i think it's great use of taxpayer dollars because you can't really get them at the store. we tried yesterday. they're sold out down the street . the walgreens pharmacy was sold out of at home. covid tests the shelves empty and assigned at t

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. a federal judge in louisiana has stopped president biden from enforcing a nationwide covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers . the judge said that biden administration does not have the constitutional authority to go around congress by issuing such a mandate. the mandate was a key part of president biden strategy for controlling the spread of the coronavirus. it would have required more than two million unvaccinated health care workers to get a covid shot. the legal setback for president biden's vaccine policy comes as concerns that the omicron variant could trigger a new wave of infections . the white house has declined comment. a panel of us health advisers has narrowly backed the benefits of a covid pill from merck. this now sets the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that americans can take at home to treat the virus. the panel considered information that the drug is less effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths than first reported ultimately, t

police say 16-year-old janae hairston walked into the family's garage around 4:30 and her father openede after he believed she was a burglar. no charges have been filed. the case will be reviewed by the county prosecutor. >>> outside dallas police are searching for the 14-year-old suspect in a triple killing. detectives say abel acosta should be considered armed and dangerous. he allegedly killed three other teens at a convenient store in garland sunday. acosta's father is also under arrest. he's accused of being his son's getaway driver. >>> next a zoo in naples, florida, is closed today following a tiger attack on a worker. deputies shot and killed the animal after the man went into an unauthorized area. now the case is being compared to the shooting of harambe. this morning an investigation is under way in southwest florida wherever a tiger attacked a maintenance worker at the zoo. >> the tiger is still inside the tiger's cage. >> reporter: they say a maintenance worker at the zoo put his hand inside and and andd still had his arm in the tiger's mouth forcing the deputy to shoot the

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about the h stadiums both full, the school cup each and every one of them. features a conditioning jana guzman rosco's with me. in the studio, this is a topic that you know just a little bit about, isn't it id yes, pacing it originally. when kathy was given, the world cup went back in 2010. it was meant to be held in the northern hemisphere summer. and that would have been the ambient temperatures across doe, honda and around the stadium would have been in the forty's. so they had to come up with some sort of engineering concept to try and keep the temperatures lower in the stadiums and keep the fans and the players comfortable. so engineering team at catholic university started working on the technology. subsequently the well cut was moved to extend the time to time, but they still felt that they needed this technology, and i was lucky enough to go behind the scenes and our bite stadium with the man behind all of that technology. the man i cold looked cool before the big, we have the air air conditioner stadiums in kata said the stadium is one of them. so it was mark one for us and we

and it has paved the way for the likes of amelie mauresmo, jana novotna, conchita martinez and sam stosurd slam winners who happen to be gay. they haven't necessarily been active campaigners, as such, but not everybody wants to be, and not everybody has to be. alison van uytvanck of belgium is one of a new generation of players that really wants to be able to talk about her relationship. and she's been with her partner greet minnen for five years. they got engaged at christmas. they've played doubles together and they also sometimes play on opposing sides of the court. they did that in a tournament in germany recently and after the match was over, as couples do, they kissed. this is what alison had to say about it. it was actually not a bad match. we were like 0k, we willjust go fully, both of us, and we'll see what happens. i think we were happy it was done. but before and after, it was fine. i mean, we had a good match. and whoever won, after the match, it was done. and we were back girlfriends, so. yeah, it wasn't easy, for sure. you just have to put aside that she was my girlfriend. w

ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live tonight from the newsroom with a look at how this new variant is already having an effect on local event organizers. heather and andre. one nonprofit, was planning to have the biggest fundraiser of the year tomorrow, but they decided to put it on hold to do the news of this omicron variant , a very difficult decision that is adding more uncertainty for event organizers. health officials say the minnesota resident who tested positive for the omicron variant had attended a large enemy convention in new york city last week, prompting organizers to post this tweet thursday, urging the 53,000 attendees to get covid tests. the warning comes just as conventions and large gatherings were beginning to return. it's going to happen. steve wyatt organizes and promotes comic con events throughout northern california and says the omicron case was not a surprise. but why it and many others are disappointed. the new variant is dealing another painful blow to convention and event organizers . i make 100% of my income. and social gathering. whether i'm selling that

you're in jana's book. thanks very much. jonah hope looks back now. desmond tutu, life this is jasmine to to hearing the news that nelson mandela would soon be released. he was seldom one to contain his feelings, it just to get me off this to twos responses, head of south africa, the truth and reconciliation commission on hearing details of atrocities committed by both sides is not just mentioned. then we get the blood from ms. desmond and pillow to, to was born in a mining town outside johannesburg at a time of strict segregation. things would get much worse. as he grew up to 2 was 17 when the national party came to power. in 1948 racial inequality became law. apartheid. he wanted to be a doctor, but became a teacher instead witnessing 1st hand the government's policy of depriving black south africans of education, consigning them to servitude. and the protests that followed the show like the sharp fil massacre in 196069 people were killed and most of them were short in the bag as running away, protesting against the passio

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i'm greg liggins and i'm jana katsuyama. andre and christina have the night off. we are following breaking news in san mateo and san francisco tonight. first we are going to begin on the peninsula. police in san mateo are on the scene of a shooting in a residential neighborhood not far from san mateo high school. it happened at about 8 40 tonight, north claremont street right now, we don't know if there are any victims, but officers are scouring the area, looking in cars and around houses for possible suspect. police have set up a perimeter around north claremont street and are asking people to avoid that street and the surrounding area. we will, of course, bring you more information about this breaking news story when it becomes available. also breaking tonight . san francisco police officers are investigating a homicide police say the killing happened in the 1900 block of sunnyvale avenue. the victim is an adult male who was shot to death. there's no word yet on a suspect. investigators are asking anyone with information to contact san francisco police and you c