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the parents are now demanding answers from school district officials kron four's michelle kingston has that story for us. >> hunched are right in the face knocked around grabbed a big chunk of her hair holder down to the ground on her face and continue to pummel her in the face. the parents of a 12 year-old student at canyon middle school in castro valley are not showing their faces wanting to protect their child's identity who they say was beaten by another student last thursday during a lunch break. both of her albums are scrapes her knees. her back. >> her face has a footprint on it as well as numerous other bruises. her lip. eyes, her hair, the parents as well as many community members are upset with how the district is handling the fight. the parents say they were not notified until 2 hours later. >> and that their child was never given any medical treatment until they took their child to the emergency room themselves. this is a copy of the doctor's note describing their child severe concussion. they describe what their child looked like when they first got to the school. her eyes

michelle kingston has more on the warning there. >> for people planning to travel this weekend that 2 things to think about. they begin with the virus and the vaccines labor day weekend is just days away and the cdc is advising unvaccinated people to not travel. >> hospitalizations are the virus decision. we haven't you very and delta. that's much mall transmissible. it's much more infectious. so what might have worked for you in the last labor day may not work this year, particularly if you're unvaccinated stanford health's infectious disease. specialist doctor peter chin-hong says if you are vaccinated in planning to travel. >> to consider getting tested before takeoff during travel mask-up sit near a window, put the air vent on and when visiting with others. avoid crowds and being indoors. doctor chin-hong, thanks. a lot of people are going to leave home this weekend despite vaccination status. i think a lot of people travel many people have made a long time ago when we thought that. >> you know, society to be much open up. >> i this point. the cdc says if you are vaccinated, you c

now, these are the patients and they've been calling them long haulers kron four's, michelle kingston spoke to one bay area business owner who still has no taste or smell and it's been 7 months. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my brain. it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickne

cook without being able the taste of theirs asset or salt in certain products in benicia michelle kingstonn 4 news. >> and now to our 4 zone. weather forecasts. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow getting up out of his desk walking over in front of the monitor and taking one last look at those computer models are. >> yeah, it looks like it is going to work out ok, the week ahead. going to stay hot in spots in let's going take a while to cool things down with that nice ocean air is bringing that fog along the coastline. how about that right below some of the tops of the towers there of the golden gate bridge. nice blanket of fog that you see it so compressed and not going to be able to make its way over these fields and cooling off in the valley. so we're going to keep that ridge of high pressure around some hazy conditions, too. as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. a lot of smoke still in the atmosphere from those fires outside that will continue to be the case, although i think we're going to see some improving conditions as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. a little more of a sea b

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. >> one local business owner told kron four's michelle kingston that even after 7 months, she stillemember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickness and don't need to be hospitalized report. feeling side effects and symptoms long after their free of the virus. th

michelle kingston has more. >> for people planning to travel this weekend that 2 things to think aboutines labor day weekend is just days away and the cdc is advising unvaccinated people to not travel. >> hospitalizations are the virus decision. we haven't you very and delta. that's much mall transmissible. it's much more infectious. so what might have worked for you in the last labor day may not work this year, particularly if you're unvaccinated stanford health's infectious disease. specialist doctor peter chin-hong says if you are vaccinated in planning to travel. >> to consider getting tested before takeoff during travel mask-up sit near a window, put the air vent on and when visiting with others. avoid crowds and being indoors. doctor chin-hong, thanks. a lot of people are going to leave home this weekend despite vaccination status. i think a lot of people travel many people mean a long time ago when we thought that. >> you know, society to be much open up. >> i this point. the cdc says if you are vaccinated, you can travel. but to be cautious in wear your mask. lot of people are

if that's the case, these patients are called long haulers and kron four's, michelle kingston spoke with one bay area business owner who still has no taste or smell 7 months after her infection. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my brain. it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickness

michelle kington kingston spoke to still no taste or smell even after 7 months. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickness and don't need to be hospitalized report. feeling side effects and symptoms long after their free of the virus. the study

they told our michelle kingston that they didn't learn about what happened until several hours after that incident. >> hunched are right in the face knocked around grabbed a big chunk of her hair holder down to the ground on her face and continue to pummel her in the face. the parents of a 12 year-old student at canyon middle school in castro valley are not showing their faces wanting to protect their child's identity who they say was beaten by another student last thursday during a lunch break. both of her albums are scrapes her knees. her back her face has a footprint on it as well as numerous other bruises. her lip. >> eyes, her hair, the parents as well as many community members are upset with how the district is handling the fight. the parents say they were not notified until 2 hours later. >> and that their child was never given any medical treatment until they took their child to the emergency room themselves. this is a copy of the doctor's note describing their child severe concussion. they describe what their child looked like when they first got to the school. her eyes are

michelle kingston spoke to one bay area business owner who still has no taste or smell and this is 7 months after infection. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers. >> while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickness and don't need to be hospitalized report. feeling side effects and sy

michelle kingston has more on this new warning. >> for people planning to travel this weekend that 2 things to think about. they begin with the virus and the vaccines labor day weekend is just days away and the cdc is advising unvaccinated people to not travel. >> hospitalizations are the virus decision. we haven't you very and delta. that's much mall transmissible. it's much more infectious. so what might have worked for you in the last labor day may not work this year, particularly if you're unvaccinated stanford health's infectious disease. specialist doctor peter chin-hong says if you are vaccinated in planning to travel. >> to consider getting tested before takeoff during travel mask-up sit near a window, put the air vent on and when visiting with others. avoid crowds and being indoors. doctor chin-hong, thanks. a lot of people are going to leave home this weekend despite vaccination status. i think a lot of people travel many people have made a long time ago when we thought that. >> you know, society to be much open up. >> i this point. the cdc says if you are vaccinated, you c

michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> in the south bay jury selection.al fraud trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes holmes arrived at the federal courthouse in san jose yesterday for the start of her trial. prosecutors claim that she engineer to massive fraud scheme with her company theranos. the company was created back in 2003 and it was once worth 9 billion dollars. holmes those accused of defrauding investors and patients. the company said that with its unique technology, hundreds of diseases could be screened with just a finger. that never did materialize and homes is expected to stand trial now opening statements are set to get underway after labor day. in the south bay as well. the santa clara county board of supervisors has unanimously declared no confidence in sheriff laurie smith smith has been under the microscope since san jose mayor sam liccardo called for her resignation last month. the carter says that under smith's 23 year tenure inmates in the county's jail system have been severely beaten even killed. he also accused her of not co

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may last months and if it does, those patients are often termed long haulers proffers, michelle kingston actually spoke to one bay area business owner who still has no taste or smell and it's been 7 months. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything in case anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickne

michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> still to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 10 o'clock. the trial of elizabeth holmes underweight starting today. let you know what happened in court as the once billionaire and rising silicon valley star now faces up to 20 years in prison. plus, sweltering heat in the south is bringing more misery tonight to the victims of hurricane ida. millions of people still in the dark with the cleanup efforts and just getting started. plus the taliban down declaring victory in afghanistan. but president biden calling the withdrawal an extraordinary success. how he's defending his decision. still to come. >> maybe august the 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. it was designed to save american lives. >> tonight, president joe biden is standing behind his decision to pull all american troops from out of afghanistan marking the end to america's longest war. the biden administration calling the withdrawal a success. but his opponents now calling for him to be impeached and somewhere between one and 200 americans are still in afghanistan right now.

michelle kingston kron 4 news. >> next kron. 4 news at 9.dor fire turning a resort town into a ghost town will have the latest on the fight. >> to save south lake tahoe and with more than a dozen wildfires raging right now in california state lawmakers met today to talk about prevention efforts. the ideas that were discussed. plus, san francisco is considering paying people to not commit crimes, were going play in the proposed initiative. kron 4 news at 9. we'll be righ welcome back. we're continuing to follow that caldor fire raging tonight near south lake tahoe. so far, 299,000 acres is just 18% contained tonight. >> nancy loo has the latest now on the firefight. >> right now. fire crews are working hard to save homes in this residential community just a few miles away from south lake tahoe, a major push is on to prevent these flames from reaching the resort town. south lake tahoe is under guard and a ghost town tonight with an upcoming holiday weekend. this was supposed to be the busiest stretch of the summer season in this popular vacati

. >> like one business owner that kron four's michelle kingston talked with still no taste or smell even after 7 months. >> you know, i remember sitting in my bedroom with i could smell anything and taste anything. and i thought like, wow, this is like this is actually happening more than 7 and a half months ago handily per been tested positive for covid. she lost her sense of taste and smell difficult symptom to swallow as a head baker in co owner of the restaurant. everything tasted wrong. everything. tasted like burning and like trash and. >> you know, apple's just tasted like peaches like everything, just the connections were right in my brain. it's been it hasn't really been getting any better. purvin works at one house bakery in benicia. >> she's one of many people who have tested positive for covid who are now being called long haulers while it's all still being studied research suggests about one in 3 adults who get coronavirus up symptoms that last more than 2 weeks. even people who only get mild sickness and don't need to be hospitalized report. feeling side effects and symptom

i want to bring in this is from daniel kingston that he's the international relations lecturer, troy university. and he speaks a bit to the mindset. i think of kim jong on many the southern part of the korean peninsula already has been de nuclear, arrived south korean in full compliance with this nuclear nonproliferation treaty commitments. however, north korea has demonstrated over decades that the leadership is committed to producing, acquiring, and deploying nuclear weapons. i don't believe north korea will abandon its nuclear ambitions unless the leadership abandons its hostile ideology towards the rest of the world. they view the world as a menacing environment where northwest is constantly under a threat is and you could as a north korean nuclear program inevitable. i mean the problem exists, but then be a full nuclear state. is it inevitable? well, i mean they are, they are a dealer weapon stay today, and i think they intend to retain that status. we've already heard about some of the reasons why they've decided that this nuclear weapons are an essential component of their nat

kingston hospital's already achieving that by opening up operating theatres for longer, but getting alreadyts and nurses are doing extra lists now, i can't see them being able to carry that on ad infinitum. but i do think they'll be able to do it to give us time, then, to recruit and plan for the future such that we can build up the workforce. it's a challenging prospect. like most hospitals, it's extremely busy here right now, and what makes planning ahead so difficult is uncertainty over what the winter might bring in terms of covid and flu. rising demand for urgent care in the months ahead might yet cause more delays for routine operations, and that could make the task of cutting numbers on the waiting list even harder. hugh pym, bbc news. the tax rises outlined today mean workers paying more, but when combined with the rises announced in the budget earlier this year, government income from taxes will reach the highest level in a0 years. 0ur economic editor faisal islam is here with his analysis. at £12 billion, this is the sort of tax rise on pay packets we havent seen in years. so, who

of course and facing off any potential threat is a key focus of military drills now happening in kingston. luckily l t is considered roscoe his right that he brings us this report. the cloud. well the military, we have just been crickets down have officially kicked off a show of force displayed by famous rocket artillery launcher is the famous grab and elsewhere. the training facility troops have also engaged in active shooting, and these are well under way. now these were games are stage of annual leave that this year. they are common on the back, on the backdrop of the disaster. it's us redraw from, again, it's dana and which is by the way, not far from here. and as the taliban is still trying to establish itself as the new government and cobble neighboring countries, namely, get than that gets dam is biggest down as well as russia. their main military ally are weary of uncontrolled militants for extreme as he might take advantage of the situation and cause trouble and lapse. not forget about refugees who are fleet again to stand to the neighboring countries. and this is also something

so they did their post-grad studies at queen's university in kingston, ontario. >> sean: that's crazy, what's going on with the accounting thing? >> they are. it took them a while to get there, let's just say that. they like to -- you know, i'm sure they're taking credit for all of it with all of their friends. i remember i was in the car, turning onto hollywood boulevard for the first time, they were with me, and it was just such an incredible moment. because you know, the whole street had been cordoned off. it was all red carpet, hundreds of fans that were waiting outside for us. such an incredible moment. my parents were like caught up in it. and i was like -- you know, you didn't want me to do this, right? [ laughter ] you know that, right? >> sean: yeah, take that! >> and i love the mental gymnastics my parents have done and continue to do, because you know, my dad turns to me and he's like, you know, what we did made you stronger. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] what we did was we made you truly fight for what you wanted. [ laughter ] so, you're welcome, basically. >> sean:

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kai davis died after being stabbed near a nightcub on clarence street, in kingston on saturday the 21sting challenge it's best not to dwell on what you have lost, but rather to concentrate on what you can still do. i was getting too weak to be able to take part in racing or other more physically demanding challenges, so blinking seemed to be the obvious thing for me to be able to keep doing something positive to help others who raise funds for the mnd association. let's take a look at the travel situation this morning. the tubes aren't too bad. central line is part suspended though between leytonstone and hainault — that'd because of a power failure. minor delays on rest of the line. for all the other travel news, to find out what's happening on the roads, you can tune into your local bbc radio station for regular updates throughout the morning. on to the weather now with elizabth rizzini. hello, good morning. the last slice of summery september sunshine continues across the capital again today. here are some of our weather watcher pictures from yesterday — glorious blue skies in vauxha

jonathan in kingston, rhode island, an independent. jonathan. >> caller: good morning, greta. nice to talk to you. so i would like to speak to the american people and just let them know that the debt ceiling discussion in congress is all just political theater. congress discussing the debt limit is like a group of lions getting together and promising to only eat zebras when they're hungry. because we have a fiat currency system, money can be created out of thin air, so there is no real tangible limit on the amount of money we can create. when richard nixon took us off the gold standard in 1971 to help fund the vietnam war, he destroyed the integrity of our currency, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. get ready, america. there's nothing we can do to stop it. have a pleasant day, greta. it's wonderful to talk to you. >> all right, jonathan. this is from politico's reporting about what passed in the house last night along that party line vote and is now being sent to the senate, and they will vote either later this week or early next week. and politico reports that th

kingston hospital's already achieving that by opening up operating theatres for longer, but getting alreadys and nurses are doing extra lists now, i can't see them being able to carry that on ad infinitum. but i do think they'll be able to do it to give us time, then, to recruit and plan for the future such that we can build up the workforce. it's a challenging prospect. like most hospitals, it's extremely busy here right now, and what makes planning ahead so difficult is uncertainty over what the winter might bring in terms of covid and flu. rising demand for urgent care in the months ahead might yet cause more delays for routine operations, and that could make the task of cutting numbers on the waiting list even harder. hugh pym, bbc news. we can talk to the former chairman of this commission on social care and thank you so much for being with us. when the kid on the government is tackling this issue head—on. are you relieved that at last something is being done about an issue which previous governments frankly have duct? �* ., ., , duct? i'm delighted that action is bein: duct? i'm delig

. >> reporter: kingston, new york is about 100 miles north of new york city.n the country. >> i'm the head of the upstate real estate team. 90% of the clients that we work with are either coming from the city moving up here, or they're second homeowners who primarily live in the city and are selling. >> it means home prices, property prices have increased as well? >> yes, they have. from july 2020 to july 2021. ulster county where we're driving right now, the increase was a little over 20%. >> that's significant. >> yeah. it's huge. >> i mean, that is a delicate balance of trying to maintain the characteristic and the personality of this place because it's such a unique personality. >> 100%. and the people who are most interested in preserving the open space and the environment and all these things are the least likely to want there to be additional housing built, and that's what's exacerbates the affordable housing issue. >> oh, my gosh, this was so fun. >> thank you for being with me. i don't have a driver's license, i just made all that up. >> reporter: for

one of nine farmer owned owners of the hudson valley fresh, this group of farmers loan a plant in kingston, new york and process over 1 million pounds of raw milk each month in a high quality yogurt ice cream mix. hudson valley fresh, used by the military academy. thank you very much for being here today jim. we just introduce christina and senator highsmith introduce myself you can proceed with your testimony mr. davenport. >> okay thank you been good morning and i would like to thank senator gillibrand pressed me down to testify today in our small farm of 64 milking cows, over 50 percent of the labor and omar 90 percent of management and therefore, i'm fully aware that hundred 16 hours in a week in any week that i work less than half of those hours is good. and taking time off to be here weeks is a good week. i would like to thank senator children for her work on making this current dmc program so responsive to the needs of the small dairy farms. during this time of skyhigh prices. i will be started chipping milk in 1986, there were about to have 50000 licensed dairies in the u.s. and at

this group of farmers own a bottling plant in kingston, new york, and process over 1 million pounds of raw milk each month into high-quality fluid milk, yogurt, and sour cream mix. they supply all the dairy products used at west point military academy. mr. davenport, you can proceed with your testimony. >> okay. thank you. good morning. i'd like to thank senator gillibrand for asking me down to testify today on our small farm of 64 milking cows. i am over 50% of the hourly labor and over 90% of the management. therefore i am fully aware that there are 168 hours in a week. any week that i work less than half of those hours is good. taking time off to be here makes this a good week. i would also like to thank senator gillibrand for work on making the current dmc program so responsive to the needs of the small dairy farms during this period of sky-high feed prices and inadequate milk prices. when we started shipping milk in 1986 there were about 250,000 licensed dareies in the u.s. at the end of 2020 there are under 32,000. in 1986 the average dairy farm was 43 cows. today it's close to 3

kingston and i can go down this line. damian. i met damian when he was working with the united players before he started his own organization. a mentor to me. that's what the united players are doing. i'll say this too, the one thing i love about the united players is that i'm watching the kids that since i've been apart of this program, i'm watching the kids that are moving up in our program through elementary, through middle school, through the high school, they are now the mentors. we're not going in to prison to get them. we're bringing them people out, making them mentors and then teaching these kids how to be mentors before they ever have to go inside a prison and learn it the way i had to learn it. preventing them from learning the lessons the hard way. [applause] >> okay. so what i do in the community is i educate the community on living a healthy and natural lifestyle. so what that means to me is african americans, black americans, we've been taught to eat, think, feel unhealthy before 400 years. we then changed to a pan