if you have business at kaiser, wait before you show up. there is a police situation unfolding. >> also today a new call for an urgent response to the monkeypox outbreak. this is as the rate of infection grows. today we are live in san francisco. some say there is less of a sense of urgency because it is not affecting the entire community. >> reporter: that is right. there are people speaking up for those at risk communities and they are saying more needs to be done. california has one of the highest monkeypox infection totals in the country. according to the centers for disease control and prevention currently the state has 146 cases. california is second to new york that has 156 cases and there are 500 confirmed cases in the country. later today the san francisco supervisor and community leaders are calling on the centers for disease control and prevention and the state health department to lead a aggressive vaccination campaign. so far this has affected and bisexual men. last week they called the response a public health failure for not

wiener, along with representatives from the national union of healthcare workers and kaiser employees express their concern at a virtual press conference this morning. >> according to kaiser, my clinic is fully staffed yet. patients currently have to wait about a month and a half in between therapy. sessions. not that long ago when we weren't fully staffed the wait time was 2 months or more in between appointments. kaiser says that we're fully staffed now, but we're not remotely close to providing clinically appropriate care or meeting the requirements of senate bill. 2.21. >> kaiser permanente has maintained it is committed to growing their workforce in order to meet the requirements of sb to 21. >> well, shifting topics here. we're taking another live look outside this time at the san francisco skyline. the transamerica period pair met there with the some floating clouds on by and look who else just floated in. yeah, everybody wants to talk about the 4th of july to, you know, you get to this time of year. they're like. >> we don't want to talk about you what it's going to be like on

wiener along with representatives from the national union of healthcare workers and kaiser employees expressed their concerns during a virtual news conference today. >> according to kaiser, my clinic fully staffed yet. patients currently have to wait about a month and a half in between therapy. sessions. not that long ago when we weren't fully staffed the wait time was 2 months or more in between appointments. kaiser says that we're fully staffed now, but we're not remotely close to providing clinically appropriate care or meeting the requirements of senate bill. 2.21. >> kaiser permanente has maintained that it is committed to growing this workforce in order to meet the requirements of sb 2 to one. >> coming up at 6, the supreme court just makes another controversial decision today. this time to limit the power of invite of the environmental protection agency. we'll explain why some say that ruling could cause more pollution. >> also, the significance of today's swearing-in of justice, kentucky ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. >> plus, a sinkhole in an east bay neighborho

during a virtual news conference today. >> according to kaiser, my clinic fully staffed yet. patients currently have to wait about a month and a half in between therapy. sessions. not that long ago when we weren't fully staffed the wait time was 2 months or more in between appointments. kaiser says that we're fully staffed now, but we're not remotely close to providing clinically appropriate care or meeting the requirements of senate bill. 2.21. >> kaiser permanente has maintained that it is committed to growing its workforce in order to meet the requirements of sb 2 to one. >> happening nor, the city of mountain view is issuing more water restrictions. homeowners can only water lawns twice a week. the city says people with even home address numbers can water their lawns, tuesdays and fridays people with odd numbers of on the dresses, mondays and thursdays and decorative water features anything like a pool fountain or pond. those have to stay dry. that is unless animals or fish are loving >> coming up tonight at 8, a very divisive term comes to a close. we'll have the latest

police say they got a call around five am to report to kaiser's emergency room. they have not yet released specifics on that emergency but say this is not the case of an active shooter, nor were any shots fired. police arrived with tactical gear and shields put in the er on lockdown. they have not yet confirmed if someone inside had a gun were also still working to find out if the person arrested is a patient or employee of the hospital. some patients say they're glad they missed the hectic scene. did you notice any everything was calm and everything was routine. now that's very scary with what's everything with what everything's going on these days. every day. there's a couple of mass shootings. it sounds like i did speak to a representative from kaiser permanente, and they are not offering a statement at this time and say all information should be coming from police. officers tell me this emergency came to a peaceful resolution. they expect to put out more specific details on social media later this afternoon. reporting in santa clara. i'm james torres , ktvu f

kaiser santa clara has a surprise visit from super friends this afternoon. >> look at that batman. superman. captain america were just some of the heroes who took the day off from stopping crime. they're always out there checking it out making sure things are safe to give kids at the pediatric unit a first-hand view of some super heroes window washing. >> i loved the looks on their faces when the super heroes rappel down and they don't know they're coming and see them for the first time. just priceless. >> a true gift to those kids in there. >> a great program. thanks for watching. the news continues streaming on cbs news bay ♪ ♪ aleve x. its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible. announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey. [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: how's everybody? i appreciate that. how y'all? thank y'all. hey, what's happening, y'all? i see you. i appreciated that. thank y'all. thank you, everybody. yeah, i do. well, welcome to "family feud," eve

yes, good 0. nature shows how much damage flash flooding can do right now we're at kaiser plot. you can see that the streets here were completely flooded. drive us were taken by surprise in a situation like that. it's not even possible to horton off the streets in china. we never know with the rain will be heaviest and what damage will cause. we also, thanks to technology developed by union hoffman often is the 1st german city with a risk based early warning system for plu, feel flash floods. first, he used to drone to create a cartography of the entire city. the heavy rainfall simulation shows that water flows to the lowest part of the city, the kaiser plants square. the data for the pilot project is supplied by a weather radar house in an industrial park on the outskirts of the city. and from there, it's a midi relaunch. decal gauge to measure or estimate rainfall or other forms of precipitation in a given area on that ego or another need are flux oper, donaldson yet. and the way it works is it emits a signal that interacts with the precipitation and then relate back to the ra

yes. mean on her partner stephan kaiser. to prepare for the german bodybuilding championship. the weeks he's been eating as little as possible and training as much as he can to make sure that barely a gram of fact we visible on his body on competition day. but even if they're not here, building is a bit thankless, because you have to perform at your best when you've dieted to your lowest pointing of discomfort. so basically when you're actually kind of exhausted watchful, missouri does, that's what drives you to get as close as you can to that point to comb manhattan, you have an image in your mind what you want to achieve are a few weeks just the german bodybuilding championships. get underway. yes, mean, hers are and stuff and kaiser have arrived with their teen pets. old has good chances of winning his skin is shaded darker to ensure the bodies contours are clearly visible under the bright spotlights of the stage. pale skin is too light excited. i respond, hum, turn greeting, not anxious, nor just a bit unsure his eyes, which was hand is on to the stage. now it's not just a

despite the kaiser family foundation surveys. >> overall, bay area vaccination rates are higher than the national average, which is 3% of children who received their first dose about 21% of children under age 4 got their first shot in san francisco county. but the national findings reveal parents have their reason on why they don't plan to get their child vaccinated. air concerned about potential side effects and the new knesset, the vaccines. >> and then also the fact that most parents haven't had a chance to talk to their child's pediatrician or another health care provider about these vaccines. doctor willis cautions parents to know the health risks children are, in fact, less likely to become severely ill with covid-19. that's been true throughout the pandemic remains true. but lower risk doesn't be no risk. yes, children are still ending up in the hospital. we're still seeing pediatric deaths from covid-19. anyone is obviously tragic and preventable with vaccines. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> an urgent plea to stop the transfer of patients out of the nation's largest nursing home,

super heroes at kaiser in santa clara today. they took time off from saving the world and fighting crime to clean some windows. you can see spider-man there, captain america wiping down windows on the third floor while kids watched and waved at them through the windows.it had is al part of a program kaiser started years ago to bring smiles to these kids faces. and they certainly are the super heroes, those kids. >>> still ahead the scary moment a whale jumped out of the ocean, landed right on top of the sh boat,fiing hi, my name is cherrie. i'm 76 and i live on the oregon coast. my husband, sam, we've been married 53 years. we love to walk on the beach. i have two daughters and then two granddaughters. i noticed that memories were not there like they were when i was much younger. since taking prevagen, my memory has gotten better and it's like the puzzle pieces have all been [click] put together. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> a shocking moment at sea after a humpback whale breached and landed on top of a boat. take

police say they got a call around five this morning to report kaiser's, or rather to report to kaiser's emergency room. they have not yet released specifics on that emergency. but they say this is not the case of an active shooter, nor were shots fired at all. police arrived with tactical gear and shields, putting the emergency room on lockdown. they have not yet confirmed. if someone inside had a gun were also still working to find out if the person arrested as a patient or as an employee of the hospital has any connection with the hospital. all i did speak to a representative from kaiser permanente over the phone, they say that they are not offering a statement at this time. and they say all information should be coming from police officers did tell me this emergency came to a peaceful resolution. that's the best case scenario for a situation like this. they expect to put out more specific details on social media a little later today. of course, once we have that information, we will pass it along to you. but just to recap and emergencies. they call it a significant incident that happ

the heavy rainfall simulation shows that water flows to the lowest part of the city, the kaiser plants square. the data for the pilot project is supplied by a weather radar house in an industrial park on the outskirts of the city. from there, it's a midi relaunch local gauge for such a measure or estimate rainfall or other forms of precipitation in a given area. on the big or, or under them need are flux oper, donaldson yet. and the way it works is it emits a signal that interacts with the precipitation and then relate back to the radar. on done, we don't follow that from either. this data allows you leon hoffman to make a precise prediction about which areas will be most affected. no guns come on and you can see it very clearly when you look at the simulation and evaluate it. this is vasa, that's actually the water flows along the street and goes around bens, when t o and from the finish. i know is here is a small traffic island which is factored in, looks like so. the water flows along it and then reaches a local low point on soon m look on teeth. this is the vest bonham station and

yes. mean has a and stuff on kaiser have arrived with their teen pets. old has good chances of winning his skin is shaded darker to ensure the bodies contours are clearly visible under the bright spotlights of the stage. pale skin is too light, is he excited? i respond, i'm turned real, not anxious, nor just a bit unsure who's i it was it was and is on to the stage. now it's not just a matter of how much effort the bodybuilders of put in. the judges are also looking for self confidence and a sense of ease, both in the performance bodies and on stage wasn't the hard work and sacrifice really worth it. it was so pets, all this germany knew bodybuilding champion in his 1st season tea. a huge success for him and the whole team. he's won his german champion. totally awesome. for goodness and i'm happy his day i've actually been thinking about next year for the last 3 weeks on what it's going to look like. they're not, he's done all the good. i'll be competing with better athletes and i look even better. yeah. i think i just got, i'm always thinking your head or the samsung. this is just the

yes, mean hes a and stuff and kaiser have arrived with their team. pets old has good chances of winning. his scan is shaded darker to ensure the bodies contours are clearly visible under the bright spotlights of the stage. pale skin is too light, is he excited? i respond. i'm turn really not anxious, nor just a bit unsure who's i wanted to was and is on to the stage. now it's not just a matter of how much effort the bodybuilders of put in the judges are also looking for self confidence and a sense of ease. both in the performance bodies and on stage was on the hard work and sacrifice really worth it. it was so pet sold is germany new bodybuilding champion in his 1st season to a huge success for him and the whole team. he's won his german champion. totally awesome for goodness. and i'm happy his day i've actually been thinking about next year for the last 3 weeks. what it's going to look like. they're not, he's done all seem good. i'll be competing with better athletes and i look even better. yeah. i think i used to just, i'm always thinking your head or the samsung. this is just the beg

i'd now like to ask gypsy again, kaiser from the community project journalist to come forward. good afternoon. my name is gypsy again kaiser. i am the advocacy director at the committee to protect journalists. we are a press freedom organization. we work globally to defend the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. the rights of journalists lecturing. i am grateful to stand here to day with the family of sharina barclay. and thank you for everything you're doing. it takes a brave family to push this through we stand here with them and demand a full transparent and independent u. s. lead investigation. one month ago, we wrote to president biden making this demand. we detailed the numerous flagrant press freedom, violations taking place in israel and be occupied territory palestinian territory. we received no response to day. we remind president biden of his own global commitments, his pledge to champion democracy and a free press as a corner stone of a world where the collective fabric of fact matters. if biden's words at his inauguration to lead, quo

that's according to a new survey by the kaiser family foundation. >> researchers also found about 40% of parents with young kids say they have no plans to get them vaccinated. kron four's gayle ong has reaction now from one local health department. >> parents are sort of proceeding with more caution on getting vaccinations for their children then they were as adults getting that for themselves. liz hamel studies public opinion at the kaiser family foundation. >> the organizations surveyed parents to determine vaccine hesitancy. >> in young kids, there's a much larger group that says they wantoait and see child vaccinated and then really lack share about fight. have that say they just don't plan to get the vaccine for their child? you know, this is a choice is not. it's not a mandate. as of wednesday, about 30% of marine county children ages 6 months to 4 years old, have gotten their first dose marin county public health officer doctor matthew willis says. >> that's about 3,000 of them. some 9,000 children in the county, the success we've had about that with those 3,000 that have gotte

that's according to a new survey by the kaiser family foundation. researchers also found about 40% of parents with young children say they have no plans to get them vaccinated. >> kron four's gayle ong has reaction from one local health department. >> parents are sort of proceeding with more caution on getting vaccinations for their children then they were as adults getting that for themselves. liz hamel studies public opinion at the kaiser family foundation. >> the organizations surveyed parents to determine vaccine hesitancy. >> in young kids, there's a much larger group that says they want to wait and see before getting their child vaccinated and then really lack share about fight. have that say they just don't plan to get the vaccine for their child? you know, this is a choice is not. it's not a mandate. as of wednesday, about 30% of marine county children ages 6 months to 4 years old, have gotten their first dose marin county public health officer doctor matthew willis says. >> that's about 3,000 of them. some 9,000 children in the county, the

kaiser has not commented on the criticism about its ability to comply with the new law.ds of warning for parents of newborns, a popular flotation device could actually harm your little ones. the fda warned. parents against using neck floats marketed for babies as pool season gets underway. and these floats can increase the risk of neck strain and other injuries. the agency warns that infants with developmental delays or special needs could be most at risk. some manufacturers claimed the product helps water therapy interventions by building muscle strength and increasing lung capacity. but that link has not yet been established by the fda. for the first couple of days. this week, we had temperatures well above average and our inland areas and now today a good 14 degrees below normal are high temperatures. bank between 59 pacifica to 85 degrees in antioco and also in morgan hill . but check out livermore 74 degrees. it was 63, sam mateo and upper fifties in san francisco. so if you want to compare livermore was 14 degrees , but low average san jose 13. 10 degrees below nor

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emily: there have been comparisons between amazon and kaiser.u think they could be a competitor? >> imagine if kaiser were starting today what they would build. that's a question amazon has in front of them. they imagine having at all. pharmacy, lab and diagnostic, and primary care. think about what they could do with the referral networks they are building with health systems and how do you send patients to the right care? for years, they have been talking about building a true front door to health care. if your patients need help, what do you do? how do you access care at the right price? that's what amazon could do and they could be the first player to do it. emily: it hasn't all gone right. amazon, the jp morgan venture with berkshire hathaway collapsed. meantime, you have apple pushing into this business. how do you see amazon differentiating itself from apple? yesterday we were asking if apple might buy peloton. could that be of interest to amazon as well? >> peloton could be of interest to both companies. the difference i see with amazon

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clinics at kaiser permanente and sf. >>> a man was stabbed near the baggage claim. they operate kiosks near security and an area of the airport that is open to the public. >> in infrom the public can be in this area. from time to time. we have had issues that we have to deal with for people who make the way from the street to other public transportation modes. >> because of where the stabbing happened flights were not impacted. police identified the suspect as a man in the 40s and taken into custody. >>> a 24-year-old man is chan challenged with assault. part of the promise to crack down on crime. police said the man that was attacked is a director. he says when he asked two people just to step away from the front steps he was beaten by a wooden plank. a sec suspect is still wanted. >>> the city of no var ro has a new police chief making history by becoming the first woman to lead the police department. she was a captain for the martinez police department as 289 years of law enforcement experience. >>> the mlb commissioner speaks out about the future of the a's in o

when she got statistics i least shown on who do they love the hutch, miss luna kaiser and pull machine guns from the cylinder. but the number shuts them civilians get her. the ukrainian armed forces, him shell de village to make that presence felt that parameter shinning around on the ceiling and the such her bring him up with with have a deborah? yes with yahoo! i know she had to pay you as a hint to provincial you are allowing him when he gets in there and see which one he has that he gets that out. the was it was selling air. inspect my circ long as we kinda fell when you moved on with that, they said no, i meant the full option you when you check every one here cherishes the don't, has the ukrainian military often had civilian facilities. so older ladies aren't uncommon here. let's evolve the guy, the 300 means wounded. this move? well, she isn't going to finance the bucket or take for chris, but somebody nearly snowballs or in the doors to live or come with the po much those usually get the awesome. he has a lot of design necessary other than yours. so we're on, you know, in a ful

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according to the kaiser family foundation, nearly one in ten adults, or roughly 23 million people, oh medical debt. as of 2020, american families collectively owed over 140 billion dollars in medical debt. in georgia, there is over 120 million million dollars -- in medical for folks. this is unacceptable. people should not have to choose between getting that prescription drugs they need and groceries. this is why i introduced the capping prescription drug costs act. and the affordable insulin now act which will cap out of pocket drug costs for americans. mr., how would proposals that cap out of pocket drug costs like a mine alleviate or help to alleviate the medical debt crisis in our country? >> thank you senator warnock. -- supports both pieces of your legislation. thank you for that. it is quite clear, based on the testimony of many people here, that it's underlying health care costs and peoples inability to afford health care as a major driving factor. the kaiser family foundation also found that of people who have incurred medical bills they have they cannot afford, -- prescripti

this afternoon, there were some scary moments as we heard reports of heavy police activity at the kaiser permanente hospital and santa clara. those first reports came in around 7 o'clock this morning. police were summoned to the emergency room at that kaiser within half an hour, we heard police were able to come to a peaceful resolution with the person who was in the er. we're not being told exactly what happened here. but good news is no one was hurt. santa clara police say they will release more information later today will bring you that update when we receive it. happening now, the january 6 committee holding its 7th a public hearing as part of its inve,tigation into the riot at the capitol. this is a live picture of the hearing. they're listening to some testimony here. lawmakers are exploring how former president trump allegedly called on his supporters, including right wing extremists to come to the nation's capital. now the panel says trump did this with a persuasive tweet. one lawmaker referred to it as donald trump's siren call to come to washington. >> as we'll see donald trum

according to the kaiser family foundation, nearly one in ten adults, or roughly 23 million people, oh medical debt. as of 2020, american families collectively owed over 140 billion dollars in medical debt. in georgia, there is over 120 million million dollars -- in medical for folks. this is unacceptable. people should not have to choose between getting that prescription drugs they need and groceries. this is why i introduced the capping prescription drug costs act. and the affordable insulin now act which will cap out of pocket drug costs for americans. mr., how would proposals that cap out of pocket drug costs like a mine alleviate or help to alleviate the medical debt crisis in our country? >> thank you senator warnock. -- supports both pieces of your legislation. thank you for that. it is quite clear, based on the testimony of many people here, that it's underlying health care costs and peoples inability to afford health care as a major driving factor. the kaiser family foundation also found that of people who have incurred medical bills they have they cannot afford, -- prescripti

from the kaiser family foundation, elizabeth what do they say?e, they show a real lack of enthusiasm for vaccinating young children, children ages 6 months to 5 years. let's take a look. it's actually gotten worse over time than better. folks, parents who say they definitely will not vaccinate their children in the kaiser family foundation survey, 43% over april, 27%. there's less and less enthusiasm for vaccinating very young children. now, let's take a look at how this works by party. because as we know vaccination has become so politicized. when you look at this definitely not crowd, democratic-leaning folks, only 21% said they will definitely not vaccinate their small children. for republicans, it's 64%. that is the huge. scholar% of people who lean republican say they definitely will not vaccinate their young child against covid-19. it's unfortunate, a great opportunity to protect their child and they're not taking it. >> totally annex dotal, i was about a week into the process of getting my child vaccinated. when we went, i learned he was t

kaiser hospital says it's absolutely prepared to comply with this new california mental health parity law. that's despite some mental health experts saying the hospital and some of the states other healthcare providers may not be ready. kaiser says that accusation is the latest effort to try and pressure the hospital into giving into contract demands for one of its unions. california voters will decide on seven ballot propositions in november. yesterday was the deadline for propositions to qualifying to make it onto the ballot. proposition one would enshrine abortion rights access in the state constitution. but it will also decide on two initiatives on sports betting. one would let people bet that horse racing tracks on native american land. another would let people use their phones to place bets on sports. if both of those pass only the one with the most votes will become law. another proposition would require 1% of state funding for public schools to be used on music and arts education. one measure would impose more regulation on kidney dialysis clinics. another would raise taxes on

they include kaiser ucf. they are not taking appointments but that may change. san francisco declared monkeypox a public health emergency hoping to declare a faster and more efficient response to this outbreak. some of the things that state emergency designation will do is speed up a better response to monkeypox. lit help with emergency planning, staffing, coordination across agencies allowing for future reimbursement for the state and federal government as well as raise awareness. you mentioned california department of public health giving update this is morning in a telle conference call. we'll have the latest update on this evening newscast. we'll post other updates and information on nbc bay area.com. >> chris? >> thank you, ginger. we're tracking all monkeypox developments on our website. you can also find the latest on the nbc bay area app. we have put all of that information at the top. >>> to developing news out of kentucky now where the governor confirms 16, including two children died in devastating flooding. that number is expected to grow because hom

matthew sullivan , with kaiser permanente joins us now to further discuss the new study.ks so much for joining us. thanks so much for having this is so interesting. i think you know, like anyone who has young children in their household. no, the running noses. they come home. they're at school. they bring it all home, and everyone kind of gets sick at the same time, and there's a silver lining to it. it seems from this study is that general immunity kind of gets higher. we get used to maybe fighting off sickness. yeah definitely. i, um you know, i think ever since the pandemic started the medical community and really everybody in the world has been working feverishly to learn everything we can about this virus, and one of the most striking things about the virus is how it affects people so differently. you know, some people get mild infections, while others get severe or even deadly infections , and some seem to avoid getting infected altogether. um now we all know that the virus that causes covid-19 is in the coronavirus family. but there are other coronavirus is that re

despite the kaiser family foundation surveys. >> overall, bay area vaccination rates are higher than the national average, which is 3% of children who received their first dose about 21% of children under age 4 got their first shot in san francisco county. but the national findings reveal parents have their reason on why they don't plan to get their child vaccinated. air concerned about potential side effects and the new knesset, the vaccines. >> and then also the fact that most parents haven't had a chance to talk to their child's pediatrician or another health care provider about these vaccines. doctor willis cautions parents to know the health risks children are, in fact, less likely to become severely ill with covid-19. that's been true throughout the pandemic remains true. but lower risk doesn't mean no risk. yes, children are still ending up in the hospital. we're still seeing pediatric deaths from covid-19. anyone is obviously tragic and preventable with vaccines. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> now let's move on from covid to monkeypox. the u.s. now officially leads the world in m