kevin faulconer has announced he's entering the race for governor. the governor's approval rating plumb melts over his handling of covid-19. >> what voters in california are expressing is frustration, frustration over how the covid-19 pandemic has been handled in california, somf the challenges in the unemployment insurance program. so i think a lot of this stuff is really additive. voters are beginning to sort of question whether governor newsom is the right leader for california, and the poll reflects that. >> that was american policy adviser and political commentator lonnie chen speaking on abc 7 news this afternoon. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz spoke one-on-one with mayor faulconer today. liz, faulkner is prepared to run against governor knew some if there is a recall. >> he is. faulconer seems to be capitalizing on a moment here, that potential recall effort and frustrations around newsom's job performance. his approval rating dropped nearly 20 points since september. 22 months before the midterm election where governor gavin newsom will face re

>>and we caught up with former san diego mayor kevin faulconer today, the republican announcing last night, he's running for california governor newsome gets recalls. and after the break a south bay jim openly defying the local health orders in santa clara county. we'll have a live re look at this human trying to get in shape. you know what he will get? muscle pain. give up, the couch is calling. i say, it's me, the couch, i'm calling. pain says you can't. advil says you can. ♪ ♪ when the chapstick goes on. it's on. get yours on at chapstick.com >>to the south bay this afternoon, although santa clara county is back into the slightly less restrictive purple tier of the states covid health orders. fitness centers are still prohibited from operating indoors but as kron four's rob fladeboe reports for us now live from san jose. one fitness center is defying the order and remains open kyra. >>pelosi yet you know we know several businesses have been a flying under the radar for several months here defying the health order restrictions and we've learned a confirmed from the county that one

>>california comeback moderate republican and former mayor kevin faulconer says he's ready to run forgovernor somebody who is a proven problem solver who gets results. a track record of success. the run in the second largest city in the state. and somebody who can work with with everybody republicans and democrats that's what our state needs right now one party rule is not serving us well the announcement comes after faulkner launched an exploratory committee to begin raising money. >>netting more than 1 million dollars in less than a month says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin, newsome is recalled and we are going to protect lives and we're going to protect livelihoods under california. economy i feel so strong and so passionate. we have to get our public schools open faulkner's announcement comes as a new poll released by u c berkeley shows a sinking approval rating for governor gavin newsome and his pandemic related policies. the rating now at 46% compared to the 64% approval rating he had 4 months ago, according to the po

>>for the first time since announcing his run for governor kevin faulconer stepped in california's capitaly wednesday outside the california department of education building the republican criticized the state's lack of progress in opening up public schools, taking aim at governor gavin newsome all we continue to hear as rhetoric all we continue to hear us. >>we're going to come up with another plan we're still talking about it. and yes, schools aren't open private schools are open. >>for the last couple of months the governor and legislature have been an ongoing debate over how and when to reopen schools, the governor says he's confident will come to an agreement soon i'm not going to get any details in the weeds right now we're word. i'm not saying where. >>you know the one or 2 yard line but we're certainly in the red zone in terms of working with the legislature and this leave it at that we look forward to working together this week and see where we end up the school reopening standstill comes as teachers unions demand safety and access to vaccines school administrators and districts w

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cuomo's actions could tonight we have kt mcfarland, michael pillsbury along with san diego mayor kevin faulconer, ford o'connell and tom homan. more on the super spreader disaster in nursing homes tied to the executive order turning into a political disaster for him did cuomo or anyone on his team right to government investigators? that's what the fdi went to general flynn for, that is the debate tonight, key question for u.s. attorney john durham of the trump russia investigation should they zoom in on the month of january 2017th and find the crime and why the obama administration and fbi under james comey kept trump russia in the general flynn case open when government documents more revealed both the cases were falling apart and top officials later would admit to that in shocking footage from inside a public school board meeting school board officials caught on tape making fun of parents even cursing them out parents who desperately need their kids back in the classroom they want schools reopen, the parents are fighting back and senators demanding more from hearings and what happened to the p

and kevin faulconer has that on him. t baggage. >> reporter: we address this issue with faulconer. do you really think we're in a political climate right now where californians are ultimately willing to vote for a republican? >> i think people are ready for a change. >> ready for a change. faulconer is considered a moderate republican, but strategists point out he isn't that well-known outside of san diego, and many democrats believe republicans will need a schwarzenegger type figure to have any chance of winning. they don't think republicans will have that. live in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> liz, on that point, we know faulconer and san diego businessman john cox. who else are you hearing might jump into this race? >> those are the two that have sort of officially jumped into the race so far. in terms of democrats getting in, he thinks former mayor antonio villaraigosa could do it. he ran against newsom before. if there is a recall, we can expect it to be truly a total circus. remember, in 2003, there are ov

and kevin faulconer has that on him. > reporter: we address this issue with faulconer. do you really think we're in a political climate right now where californians are ultimately willing to vote for a republican? >> i think people are ready for a change. >> reporter: now faulconer is considered a moderate republican, but strategists point out that he isn't that well-known and many democrats believe that republicans will need a schwarzenegger type figure for them to have any chance of winning, and they don't think republicans will have that. live in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> so interesting faulconer says people are ready for a change. that's what san diego businessman john cox told me as well. so those two we know. who else might jump into this race? >> right. you and i are following this closely. those are the two that sort of officially started to jump into the race already. in terms of democrats getting in, he believes l.a. mayor antoniovil vilvil vilville there doesn't seem that many establishment republ

it's hardball. >> reporter: so who is kevin faulconer? dad of two was born in san jose, grew up in oxnard and moved to san diego for college. he was an executive at a public relations firm before getting into local san diego politics. ultimately serving as mayor for two terms from 2014 to 2020. he touts his record on combatting the city's homelessness crisis, although critics say he used controversial tactics such as police enforcement and sweeps of homeless camps. in response this week, a spokesperson for newsom called him a trump supporter who is exploiting the pandemic to advance his own political career. the strategy for team newsom seems to be to brand you as a trump republican. is that how you would describe yourself? >> gavin newsom always wants to talk about donald trump because he never wants to talk about his failures in sacramento. the governor and his team are clearly worried about me. and they should be. >> reporter: faulconer will likely be one of many republicans to jump in the race if there is a recall. so far the group sa

>>former san diego mayor kevin faulconer says he's officially running for governor to try to replace gavin newsome and this comes as a new poll is out and shows new sums approval ratings. our declining among california voters our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>it's time for california comeback moderate republican and former mayor kevin faulconer says he's ready to run for california governor that somebody was problem solver. >>who gets results. a track record of success. they're running the second largest city in the state. and somebody who can work with with everybody republicans and democrats that's what our state needs right now one party rule is not serving us well the announcement comes after faulkner launched an exploratory committee to begin raising money. >>netting more than 1 million dollars in less than a month doctor says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin, newsome is recalled and we are going to protect lives. and we're going to protect livelihoods under california. economy i feel so strong and s

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>>now former san diego mayor kevin faulconer says that he's officially running for governor to replaceme our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the latest. it's time for california comeback moderate republican and former mayor kevin faulconer says he's ready to run for california governor somebody who is a proven problem solver who gets results. >>a track record of success. the run in the second largest city in the state. and somebody who can work with with everybody republicans and democrats that's what our state needs right now one party rule is not serving us well the announcement comes after faulkner launched an exploratory committee to begin raising money. >>netting more than 1 million dollars in less than a month says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin, newsome is recalled and we are going to protect lives. and we're going to protect livelihoods under california. economy i feel so strong and so passionate. we have to get our public schools open faulkner's announcement comes as a new poll released by u c berkeley sho

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer is getting involved in the statewide debate over how and when to get kids back into the classrooms. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala joins us now live from a very windy. sacramento with more details on this good afternoon nationally. >>and good afternoon just say nyet kevin faulkner luckily missed this wind that we're seeing right here now but overall the republicans primary platform for now has been reopening schools, something he says the current governor is not doing. we are in real danger. of losing an entire other semester for the first time since announcing his run for governor kevin faulconer stepped in california's capital city wednesday outside the california department of education building the republican criticized the state's lack of progress in opening up public schools. >>taking aim at governor gavin newsome all we continue to hear is rhetoric all we continue to hear us. >>we're going to come up with another plan we're still talking about it. and yes, schools aren't open private schools are open. >>for the last couple of m

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i called out kevin faulconer, who gave a sweetheart deal to a major donor, bought a building from himasbestos. it's those kind of corruption by republicans and democrats. you know, kristen, i'm a businessman. i'm not a career politician. i just want to solve the problems of this state. i hope people recognize that we can have water. we can have electricity. well can do something about the fires. we can do something about homelessness and the cost of living and housing, but we've got to get away from these politicians who really aren't interested in solving the problems. th'r intereste i their future and their ambitions. i'm just interested in getting this state back on track, getting real solutions. and i hope that's what people focus on. >> so we're out of time, but i don't want to just infer. so you're saying ted cruz probably should not have gone to cancun? >> if he knew the state was having these problems, no, i wouldn't have gone to cancun. but listen, we need to call out all kinds of misbehavior on people. he was dealing with his own kids. what i'm focused on is california. i'm

prominent republicans throw their hat in the ring if the recall qualified john cox on monday kevin faulconersan diego on tuesday what that also means is that gavin newsom is going to have to start raising money while dealing with the pandemic and all of the other issues around the budget around recession. all of this is a dramatic amount of pressure within the shoe or within if you will the inner circle of gavin newsom. >>he says california is seeing a rise of no party preference, voters. these are people in the middle they are upset about the pandemic the vaccine rollout if the measure does qualify for the ballot. mckeown says it will dominate the political year despite anything happening in washington dc. grant and vicki. >>stay tuned, there, thank you catherine. now for a check on the forecast as we prepare to get into the weekend here beautiful day today as crawford's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here to tell us what he's serving up for super bowl. so it is going to be a good one to we're going to see a lot of sunshine sunny side up i think on sunday, although we're going to get c

i think we have kevin faulconer with us. your honor, welcome to the program.andidate because if you split the republican vote you are dead. i see you nodding your head, you want to be the candidate don't you? >> the momentum we have had this last week has been incredible and to that point it is getting everybody aligned with one goal, how do we get a new governor, in sacramento and we are ready to do that, as mayor of san diego for two terms which i'm the only candidate that has successfully won innovator democrat city and got reelected. stuart: what would you do if you were elected, what is the first thing you would do? when you open everything schools included? >> schools need to open now. i have been outspoken about that. i was in los angeles last week in front of a public school that was shut and right across the street a private school was open with teachers safely teaching students safely learning. we have to get public schools open now, not a month from now or a year from now. that is incredible important. the other issues you and i spoke about before t

>>just in to the kron 4 former san diego mayor kevin faulconer has just formally announced he will be running for california governor. faulkner has been a vocal critic of governor newson see says. he'll run in 2022, but it's not yet clear if he will run in a potential recall election if that recall effort gets enough verified signatures. he joins businessman and former gubernatorial candidate john cox and billionaire venture capitalist climate pereida as potential challengers to newsome the governor has faced increasing backlash for his administration's response to the pandemic. i whether time as we get a check on storm tracker for that rain is pushing more and more on to the coast as we're in for another rainy night. yeah and apparently that a green really should be white in some areas because we're going to be seen some of the white stuff. >>yeah we're going to see snow whole lot of at least over the sierra nevada again that is the great news, you know some parts of the high country from that last storm we had last week over 1910 feet of snow so they're waiting now the roadways are

>>and since that story was filed we just learned tonight, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer has formally announced he will run for governor. faulkner has been a vocal critic of governor newson see says a run in 2022, but it's not yet clear if you will run in a potential recall election if that effort gets enough verified signatures as ashleigh mentioned in her story he joins businessman and former gubernatorial candidate john cox and the billionaire venture capitalist shell us poly as potential challengers to newsome as california nears a one year anniversary of distance learning educators are calling for an aggressive. >>statewide plan to limit the spread of covid-19 ahead of reopening schools as our for his has he made you reports for us tonight if. >>the vaccines are here get him into the educators arms, let's get that process started 100 days to come up with a plan to limit the transmission of covid-19 in order to reopen schools of the state of california that is the call made by the california teachers association they say it is important that all stakeholders are invited t

>>it's time for a california comeback moderate republican and former mayor kevin faulconer says he's ready to run for california governor somebody who is a proven problem solver who gets results. a track record of success. they're running the second largest city in the state. and somebody who can work with with everybody republicans and democrats that's what our state needs right now one party rule is not serving us well the announcement comes after faulkner launched an exploratory committee to begin raising money. >>netting more than 1 million dollars in less than a month doctor says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin, newsome is recalled and we are going to protect lives and we're going to protect livelihoods under california. economy i feel so strong and so passionate. we have to get our public schools open faulkner's announcement comes as a new poll released by u c berkeley shows a sinking approval rating for governor gavin newsome and his pandemic related policies. the rating now at 46% compared to the 64% approval rating

a run against gavin newsome in 2022, former republican or i should say former san diego mayor kevin faulconer says that he is ready to run for california governor the move comes as a recall effort to remove miss him, gather steam. while a new poll shows the governor's popularity is also plummeting among california voters. nancy loo has a closer look now to see if this recall actually has a chance. >>he cruised to victory in 2018 to become california's 40th governor but according to a new poll by the berkeley institute of governmental studies, gavin newsom's approval rating has plummeted from over 60% for months ago to 46% today, he held up pretty well over the first 2 years of his term but the his performance on the pandemic has really suffered over the past 3 months. >>and that's i think fueling the decline lead pollster mark di camillo says while instances like new sums french laundry dinner have drawn criticism. >>those surveyed were most anxious over the pandemic other concerns include the slow vaccine. rollout and massive unemployment fraud about a 3rd of those polled say they would vote

today kevin faulconer launched his campaign with the slogan, it is time for the california comeback. to recall governor newsom. a recall needs nearly 1.5 million signatures to get the proposal on the ballot. people have until mid-march to do so. newsom is expected to run for a second term. >>> elon musk announced the spacex c all-civilian crew to se at the end of the year. he talked about it with nbc news. >> when america went to the moon in '69, it wasn't just a few people. humanity went to the moon. >> the 37-year-old billionaire, jared isaacman will pilot the mission with three other civilians. isaacman won't say how much he is paying for the trip, but the mission is a massive fundraising effort to raise $200 million for cancer research at st. jude children's hospital. he has written a check for $100 million. meanwhile, musk says he is nervous. >> any mission where there's a crew on board makes me nervous just because the risk is not zero. we will do everything we can to get as close as possible to zero. >> there will be a massive introduction to the search for the new crew member

>>former san diego mayor kevin faulconer has to formally announce he's going to run for governor faulkner has been a vocal critic of governor gavin newsome he says he'll run in 2022, he joins businessman and former gubernatorial candidate john cox and billionaire venture capitalists. some os paul eisen as potential challengers to noosa. this comes as the organizers working to recall news, some say they're confident they will get enough signatures for the issue to be left up to voters this year. >>so far they say they've collected more than 1.3 million signatures on these recall petitions the secretary of state says the group has until mid march to collect about one and a half million certified signatures in order to get this issue to the voters. those behind the recall say they're upset about issues, including vaccine development and problems with the state's employment development department. next 8 o'clock we're heading to the side of the super bowl super bowl 55 to find out >>all right so now we're less than a week away from a super bowl 55 in tampa florida, the kansas city chiefs taki

kicked off his campaign earlier today by airing a statewide ad attacking both his republican rival kevin faulconer governor gavin newsome cox lost his 2018 bid against newsome by a wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the 1.5 million signatures needed for a recall proposal to move forward against newsome those signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17. >>for the second time now in less than a week people living in the northeast and midwest are digging out from a powerful storm. this recent one wasn't nearly as bad as the previous nor'easter that dumped up to 3 feet of snow in some areas yeah, but it some brutally cold temperatures some as low. as 20 degrees below 0. according to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow a polar vortex. it's going to be felt across much of the country here that may be balmy compared to what is going to be like this week you had these temperatures really going to plummet all across the better part of the u.s. california yeah we're going to be spirit here but much of the country is going to watch these temperatures really fall

>>now republican candidate for california governor kevin faulconer was campaigning in san francisco today calling for schools to reopen. faulkner was over at abraham lincoln high school this morning it's one of the dozens of schools, the board of education plans to rename in an effort to condemn racist symbols. a father says the school board should instead focus on reopening he also slammed governor gavin newsome for not getting kids back in classrooms, quicker. >>monday. was presidents day. making this the perfect week. and the school board to fix this mess. the stop using. your vote to rename schools. and start using your vote to reopen schools. gavin newsom's failed leadership. has left an entire generation of kids falling behind because he won't stand up for our kids. >>announce he is running for governor earlier this month. he says the campaign is for the 2022 race but would be prepared to put his name in if governor gavin newsome is recalled organizers of the recall newsome efforts say they've got a gathered enough signatures to get a special election on the ballots. and over in the

schools in california along with the leadership in the state is former san diego american fought kevin faulconer. >>he was san francisco today campaigning to replace governor gavin newsome call for selling sogomonian live in the studio tonight with his message l a. >>and the republican from san diego faulkner has his eye on the state capitol with a strong desire to break a decade of democratic leadership at the top by putting his hat in the ring for governor calling the one party rule out of touch. while today standing in front of abraham lincoln high school in san francisco, falter question the slow comeback for kids and students to learn and teach inside the classroom, claiming new sums children of him back to private school while california's public schools are lagging behind. >>and the absence of leadership from the governor's office. this dysfunction. it's spreading all across our state. as a farmer mer. and a father with 2 kids in public school. i stand with frustrated parents. i stand with them saying public schools need to safely reopen now not next month. not next year. >>as for his cam

>>republican and former san diego mayor kevin faulconer says that he is ready to be governor of californias announcement that he's going to be running comes as a recall effort to remove the current governor gavin newsome is gaining some momentum. nancy loo has a closer look to see if this recall actually has a chance. >>he cruised to victory in 2018 to become california's 40th governor but according to a new poll by the berkeley institute of governmental studies gavin newsom's approval rating has plummeted from over 60% for months ago to 46% today, he held up pretty well over the first 2 years of his term but the his performance on the pandemic has really suffered over the past 3 months. >>and that's i think fueling the decline lead pollster mark di camillo says while instances like new sums french laundry dinner have drawn criticism. >>those surveyed were most anxious over the pandemic other concerns include the slow vaccine. rollout and massive unemployment fraud about a 3rd of those polled say they would vote newsome out if a recall election happens i would have said a month ago the cha

and somebody behind the recall is actually going to run former san diego mayor kevin faulconer who helpedh that recall effort has announced that he's going to run for governor in 2022. 9.41 right now and we'll continue tracking. the storm be back with more weather in just a few minutes. >>welcome back 9.44 on this tuesday morning. it's been a rainy start a cloudy start there's some clouds right below mount am right now really starting to see skies clearing up in just below mount tam a timber on can see a little bit of blue between those clouds that are still hovering especially across the north bay this morning. showers of gradually moved out to the east following a cold front that pushed through the bay area last night still holding on to some showers around the altamont pass in areas further east in the bay, north bay is nice and quiet though just starting to see those clouds really clearing out now some misty conditions on the peninsula as well as over some of our bridges on the bay and the south bay is looking at some pockets of moderate rainfall mostly lighter though, so we've really

yeah, so we've got former san diego mayor kevin faulconer you see here on the right. he is running to replace governor newsome capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has more on this recall effort. >>it's not about to go sir when it goes through and it will go through of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome said they've collected one 0.8 to 5 million signatures as of thursday meeting about 1.5 million signatures validated by the secretary of state's office supporters say they're aiming for 2 million signatures to account for potential rejection rate of about 25% that having what is continuing and we think that there's going to be a special election later this year, the update comes after the governor spent 2 weeks touring various vaccination sites up and down the state with other local democratic leaders. newsome has said he's not focused on the recall effort against him recall proponents note shuttered schools, businesses and vaccine distribution delays have fueled the recent wave of petitions pretty pathetic if he said look about how he's tried to you. >>you k

>>kevin faulconer he's the former san diego mayor and candidate for california governor he criticized the lack of progress in opening up the public schools. he says he would offer money to school districts that reopen something that governor newsome has tried before. >>in the south bay, the effort to vaccinate teachers has hit a bit of a snag over eligibility requirements. one example is willow glen high school music teacher kelly walker. now she hasn't been able to get the vaccine because she works in santa clara county. yes, but she lives in santa cruz county. and that's the rub santa clara county says it's working right now to make some adjustments to try to accommodate more people who've may live out of county but work inside santa clara county. >>i feel a little bit like a political between the 2 that there. canada disputing it was responsibility we all should be i'm by far not the only one i know there are hundreds that all throughout county. teachers as well as other education employees to live in other counties, specifically santa cruz county. >>in fact beginning february 28 s

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer who are helped launch the recall effort. he's announced that he will. run for governor in 2022. coming up next on kron 4 news at 10 why advocates for long-term care facilities say. >>the lack of vaccine information provided by the state makes it difficult to ensure everyone has a fair chance to get a shot plus which republican is supporting the house democrats efforts to censure and punished that controversial georgia representative marjorie taylor greene and a san francisco man behind bars tonight for his alleged role in the capitol riots will explain the charges. he's facing kron 4 news at 10 we'll be right back. >>and storm clouds roll to the bay area now we've got some pretty good downpours outside, but we're not that much rain >>welcome back to kron 4 news at 10 on a lot of people got outside this past weekend, a nice weather. so good thing you did if you did because as you can see on the doppler for radar. another storm moving across the bay area, here's a live look at the golden gate bridge and you see it is wet out t

cox rolled out his campaign with an ad attacking newsom and his leading gop rival, kevin faulconer.had enough of this. i'm john cox. i'm a businessman, not a politician. let's lower housing costs and get people back to work. go to john cox. dr cox filed paperwork with the state last week to establish a committee to raise money. still ahead here historic monument in the south bay defaced by vandals. the significance of the £11,000 rock covered now in red graffiti, find it hard to imagine if people really understood that symbolism that they would they would do something like this later in sports, steph curry pours in 32 points for the warriors, but was it enough to beat the spurs sports director mark baniyas has the highlights plus the bay area. district attorney now facing criticism for reportedly violating county health orders after hosting a wedding reception in her backyard last summer. how diana sit. sir. josey in japan was vandalized overnight. ktvu is as a smith is here now and azenith smith, the latest in a syriza of crimes in san jose's japantown, yes, frank city leaders say

employment development department and the former san diego mayor kevin faulconer who helped to launchrecall effort. he's put his hat into the ring he's going to run for governor against newsome in 2022. >>here's a quick look at the radar as we are once again keeping an eye on storm tracker for scattered showers still for the peninsula. with more substantial light rain for the south bay john trouble we'll have another look at the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>well on the kron four's honoring black history and the divide in america continues to play communities of color. i found one organization that is bridging that gap with help from tech giants. >>when the van prince was 20 years old a career in tech was far from what he ever envision for his life. >>i mean you know what that meant like working in tech and when does that mean i'm kid from ridgecrest california have it would have big cities and come from the van says he was a shy introverted kid when his uncle told him about the nonprofit europe. >>whose mission is to close the opportunity divide in the u.s. and he's lik

>>and that's kevin faulconer he's the former san diego a current candidate for governor and he's criticized the lack of progress in opening public schools, he says that he would offer money to school districts that reopen governor newsome says. he's also tried that several times. >>in the south bay, the effort to vaccinate teachers as a requirement for reopening schools has hit a snag over eligibility requirements, some teachers say they are falling through the cracks kron four's rob fladeboe explains. >>we keep hearing the terminology like no wrong door you can go anywhere to get vaccinated well there's no right door for us right now teaching remotely from her school office in san jose willow glen high school music teacher kelly walker says she has not been able to get the vaccine because she works in santa clara county but leaves over the hill in santa cruz i feel a little bit like a political between the 2 that there. >>canada disputing it was responsibility we all should be think the teachers dilemma, santa cruz county public health issued a statement wednesday that reads in part quote.

2018 matchup, cox rolled out his campaign with an ad attacking newsom and his leading gop rival, kevin faulconer it qualifies for the ballot, cox will be a candidate in the proposed recall election that threatens to oust newsome this year or he will run against newsome when he is expected to seek a second term in 2020 coming up on ktvu channel two news at 6 30 vaccine hesitation surveys finding a lot of americans are refusing or at least waiting to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. we'll take a deeper look at the issue and what's behind it, and a little later in sports. the 49ers sign of veteran quarterback to a new deal. we'll have the details with sports director marco baniyas also ahead. former president trump's second impeachment trial kicks off in just hours i'm lauren blanchard in washington what both sides are saying about the san is holds services rather in defiance of santa clara county law. thus far senate clara county has find the church $2 million on friday, u. s. supreme court ruled that a state ban barring houses of worship from holding indoor services is unconscious. itu sch

prominent republicans throw their hat in the ring if the recall qualified john cox on monday kevin faulconer of san diego on tuesday what that also means is that gavin newsom is going to have to start raising money while dealing with the pandemic and all of the other issues around the budget around recession. all of this is a dramatic amount of pressure within the shoe or within if you will the inner circle of gavin newsom. >>mckeown says the latest recall effort will likely qualify to get on the ballot voters would then have to decide in a special election. >>whether to recall newsome and at the same time which candidate they would prefer instead justine. >>thank you so much katherine. let's talk about our forecast now as we take a live look outside here at highway 24 in walnut creek. people have some fun plans for the weekend. i'm sure and and if it includes going to top kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has details on what this like there going. yeah we're tracking right now the sierra snowpack up to 70% of average and daytime highs today lasting all weekend long. >>about 5 to 10 deg

kicked off his campaign by airing this a 32nd ad statewide attacking both his republican rival kevin faulconer and governor gavin newsome cox lost his bid against newsome back in 2018 by a wide margin. his announcement comes as organizers close in on the 1.5 million signatures needed for a recall to a proposal to move forward against newsome the signatures must be submitted to election officials by march 17th. switching gears for a moment take a look at our forecast is a live look outside and highway 24 in walnut creek. we had a beautiful weekend a little chillier today. so let's turn things over to kron 4 meteorologist rebecca strom for a look at what things we'll be looking like this week rebecca, yes, and as a gray skies out there we're seeing around the bay area not a whole lot of sunshine like we did see. >>over super bowl weekend and even temperatures getting into the 70's. we're in for a cooldown you probably felt around the bay area today peaks of sunshine though we do get that get that briefly but again we're going to things just cool off for the entire week and the possibility rain o

recall governor newsome called him out today over the fact that most schools are still closed why kevin faulconer says newsome and the san francisco school board need to rearrange their priorities. but first the latest effort in the east bay to try and protect the city's asian american community in the wake of recent i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my hiv treatment,... there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor... and switched to... fewer medicines with dovato. prescription dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with... just 2 medicines... in 1 pill,... dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed... and get to and stay undetectable... can no longer transmit hiv through sex. don't take dovato if you're allergic to any of its ingredients... or if you take dofetilide. hepatitis b can become harder to treat while taking dovato. do not stop dovato witho

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer by the way who helped launch the recall effort has announced thats to run for governor in 2022. >>time now is 5.21 and our big story today is the weather because we are getting some rain you can take a look here live at storm tracker 4 and pick out your neighborhood but you can just wait for a full report from john in a few minutes. dad! no shoes in the house. our son says, since tide antibacterial fabric spray kills 99.9% of bacteria. just to be sure. he wants us to spray everything every time we walk into the door. it's just to be sure. just to be sure! i thought you just sprayed those. ma, it's just to be sure. see, he takes after my side of the family. for every just to be sure, it's got to be tide antibacterial fabric spray. when it comes to flooring, i'm hard to please. so, i go to floor & decor where they don't just know the difference between products, they live for it. from american hardwood to spanish porcelain to italian marble, i'm looking for inspiration from every part of the world. so, when it comes to discovering every imaginable til

yeah we have former san diego mayor kevin faulconer running to replace governor newsom capitol reporter ashley zavala has a closer look at this latest recall effort. >>it's not about to go sir when it goes through and it will go through of the effort to recall governor gavin newsome said they've collected one 0.8 to 5 million signatures as of thursday meeting about 1.5 million signatures validated by the secretary of state's office supporters say they're aiming for 2 million signatures to account for potential rejection rate of about 25% that having what is continuing and we think that there's going to be a special election later this year, the update comes after the governor spent 2 weeks touring various vaccination sites up and down the state with other local democratic leaders. newsome has said he's not focused on the recall effort against him recall proponents note shuttered schools, businesses and vaccine distribution delays have fueled the recent wave of petitions pretty pathetic if he said look about how he's tried to you. you know get out of the situation that he by. >>by doing

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer who helped launch the recall effort has announced that. he is going to run for governor in 2022. >>we'll take a break 7.25 we'll be right back with more in a minute. here's a quick live look at stormtracker four's were again watching those showers exit to our east and to our south john trouble have more on the timing of this rain and when we'll see it go bye-bye for good. we'll be right back. by harnessing california's abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden. >>7.20 right now and we're checking out the weather for you and this storm that kind of sweep in and out i fairly quickly i think it is yeah, we've got john keeping a track of it seeing how quickly it's ushering its way out of here we've got. >>more on that good morning john yeah guys we saw the rainfall pushing in last night first for the north bay sweeping through the rest of the bay area through your early morning. >>and now right now we're still in the midst of some of those lingering showers th

2018 matchup, cox rolled out his campaign with an ad attacking newsom and his leading gop rival, kevin faulconer, if it qualifies for the ballot, cox will be a candidate in the proposed recall election that threatens to oust newsome this year or he'll run against newsome when he's expected to seek a second term in 2022. cox filed paperwork with the state last week to establish a committee. to raise money. it's been really fun, and it's been exciting to be so unique in this way, and i'm really excited to watch other girls follow behind us coming up next meet the united states who get to call themselves eagle scouts. bed and among the first to achieve the highest honor in an organization that is traditionally for boys. ktvu is marine naylor introduces this net introduces us now to the first female eagle scouts in the nation. i'm very proudto be an eagle scout. these are some of the young barrier women among the first to become eagle scouts since the boy scouts of america changed their program two years ago to allow girls and i think it's fantastic. i've been looking for this equality and scouting

former san diego mayor kevin faulconer, house democrats are expected to unveil another economic stimulus package that would put thousands of dollars right into the hands of many parents. ray bogan has the story. increased taxes, inflation and restrictions on free business. that's the final argument republicans are making against president biden's coronavirus stimulus package as it slowly makes its way toward approval. it's gonna be $1.9 trillion. there's really nothing we can do about that. hopefully they at least target that to the people that actually needed, so we're just not shotgunning that out throughout the economy, democrats argued the exact opposite and say the risk is not doing too much, but too little. treasury secretary janetcountry back to full emplot next year, she says without it, unemployment may not go below 4% until 2025 that's really critically important. absolutely no reason why we should suffer through a long, slow recovery. there's a big focus on direct payments in the american rescue plan. the president wants to give many americans $1400 stimulus checks and house d

>>kevin faulconer he see there is the former san diego mayor and current candidate for california governor he's criticizing the lack of progress in opening public schools. he says that he would offer money to school districts to reopen. newsome has tried similar programs. >>in the south bay, the effort to vaccinate teachers as a requirement for reopening schools has hit a snag over eligibility requirements, some teachers say they are falling through the cracks kron four's rob fladeboe explains. >>we keep hearing the terminology like no wrong door you can go anywhere to get vaccinated well there's no right door for us right now teaching remotely from her school office in san jose willow glen high school music teacher kelly walker says she has not been able to get the vaccine because she works in santa clara county but leaves over the hill in santa cruz, i feel a little bit like a political between the 2 that there. >>canada disputing it was responsibility we all should be think the teachers dilemma, santa cruz county public health issued a statement wednesday that reads in part quote. >>a s

>>kevin faulconer the former san diego mayor and candidate for california governor he criticized the lack of progress in opening up public schools, he says he would offer money to school districts that reopen. governor governor gavin newsome has tried similar programs. >>in the south bay, the effort to vaccinate teachers has hit a snag over eligibility requirements for we have willow glen high school music teacher kelly walker. she has been able to get the vaccine because she yes she works in santa clara county but she lives in santa cruz county. so if santa clara county now saying it's going to work to make the necessary adjustments to accommodate more people like that teacher to work in their county. >>i feel a little bit like a political between the 2 that there. canada disputing it was responsibility we all should be i'm by far not the only one i know there are hundreds all throughout santa clara county. teachers as well as other education employees to live in other counties, specifically santa cruz county. >>in fact beginning february 28 santa clara county will be expanding vacc

and former san diego mayor kevin faulconer by the way who helped launch this recall effort. he's just announced that he also would like to run for governor in 2022. here's a quick live look radar for you this morning as we continue to track showers across the bay you can see it falling primarily in the east bay and south bay looks like the main brunt of its beginning to move out john troubles keeping an eye on its path and let us know when we might start to see the skies clear. >>later on today we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>if you say schools, they were years back in action tonight following saturday's win over the detroit pistons. well it was a win and a loss. >>were lost rookie james wiseman because he got injured. >>sprain his wrist steph curry says not is going to be an adjustment. >>we'll figure it out injuries obviously part of every season matter. when they come just got to go to know dancers with the rota

kevin faulconer the former san diego mayor and candidate for california governor criticized the lack of progress in opening public schools. faulkner says he would he would offer money to school districts that reopen, newsome has tried. >>similar programs. >>in the south bay, the effort to vaccinate teachers has hit. bit of a snag over eligibility requirements, one example is willow glen high school music teacher kelly walker. she hasn't been eligible to get the vaccine because she works in santa clara county. yes, but she lives in santa cruz county. santa clara county says it's working right now to make the necessary adjustments to accommodate more people who've actually work in their county. >>i feel a little bit like a political between the 2 that there. canada disputing it was responsibility we all should be i'm by far not the only one i know there are hundreds all throughout county. teachers as well as other education employees to live in other counties, specifically santa cruz county. >>beginning february 28 santa clara county will expand vaccinations to include teachers but unt

. >>> happening today, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer will officially announce he's running for governor. he says he will run if a recall effort reaches the ballot this year. if it doesn't, he will run next year. when governor newsom would be up for re-election. those backing the recall have to submit 1.5 million verified signatures by the middle of next month. governor newsom's opponent in 2018, john cox, has also expressed interest in running. >>> coming up, the iconic bar in san francisco that could become a historic landmark if one measure passes today. >>> and punxsutawney phil comes out of his borough as part of a decades long tradition. the groundhog forecasting when spring will come. >>> eagerly awaiting this day. let's look what the's going on in san jose. it is raining on 101 and 880, .004. if you're thinking about being outside it going to be much safer later when the showers are gone. so whether it is errands or at home or exercising, i'll show you when the best time to get these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, yo

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