for malcolm welcome to kqed. coronavirus infections have dropped dramatically in the past month here in california. this week governor newsom said the current rate of positive test results is 2%. down from 6% 30 days ago. vaccinations are ramping up with nearly 10 million doses delivered to californians so far. on thursday newsom announced 40% of the vaccine will now be set aside for communities that have had the highest rates of infection. joining me now by skype to discuss the new distribution clan is marie salonga's. and los angeles times columnist mark needs bareback. newly minted columnist. welcome to the show. >> either. marie so let's start with governor newsom signing the deal reopening the schools. what is in the agreement? >> this is $6 billion. 2 billion would go as an incentive fodistricts able to open their doors by the end of march to the youngest learners. the students who have the biggest challenges in the pandemic. high need students. the other 4 billion is really looking at trying to help school

>> tonight on kqed newsroom. it has been one year since the pandemic began speaking across the golden street . uc health experts discuss where we have been and where we have going. >> -- joins us to discuss women in business and hurt efforts to improve water energy to the state and nation. >>> welcome to kqed i am priya david clements. when years ago our lives were turned upside down. children place orders went into effect shutting down businesses and schools. now is vaccine stream and the state we are seeing an end in sight. california's coronavirus map is shifting colors from lots of purple for counties and widespread risks to read for the milder substantial risk tears with orange for moderate risk. even yellow for minimum risk is showing up. the state has provided almost 11 million vaccinations institute is governor gavin newsom touted california's progress. >> today we have the most robust vaccination program in the country. think about this. california ranked sixth in the world for vaccination distribution.

. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom. all rise, eyes have been on the rise of hate against asian americans. yesterday asian american congress members testified

>>> tonight, on kqed newsroom. in the wake of increased hate crimes against asian americans, several california leaders are urging governor newsom to appoint an asian american as the next attorney general. buffy wicks talks about managing motherhood in a pandemic. tiny homes in oakland, built for young people who need shelter, are in the spotlight at this week's look at something beautiful. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom. all rise, eyes have been on the rise of hate against asian ericans. yesterday asian american congress members testified about the rise in violence against the community in the last year. the hearing took place in the wake of a mass shooting that claimed the lives of several asian american women in georgia. now that the former attorney general, xavier becerra, has been confirmed, narrowly, as the new director of health and human services, governor newsom will appoint a successor. several lawmakers are urging him to put someone of asian descent in that seat, in part, to combat this disturbing rise in

welcome to kqed newsroom. we have a special focus tonight and justice, and police reform as we will be talking with leaders of two of the bay area's largest police forces. before we begin, if you highlights from this week's news in california. >>> of hospitalizations continued their downward trend throughout the state, and more counties are moving into the orange tear. meaning, bars can open our doors without food service, and inter- businesses, such as restaurants and movie theaters, can increase their capacity to 50%. governor gavin newsom appointed assembly memo new attorney general. if confirmed by the state legislature as expected, he will become the first filipino- american in the position. >> now more than ever we need leaders in government and leaders in law enforcement will build bridges with communities that have been persecuted, targeted. >> we are entering another drought in california. the state water board morning is to brace for cuts and have asked users to conserve water supplies. we turn out t

by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> tonight on kqedndemic began speaking across the golden street . uc health experts discuss where we have been and where we have going. >> -- joins us to discuss women in business and hurt efforts to improve water energy to the state and nation. >>> welcome to kqed i am priya david clements. when years ago our lives were turned upside down. children place orders went into effect shutting down businesses

for malcolm welcome to kqed.ve dropped dramatically in the past month here in california. this week governor newsom said the current rate of positive test results is 2%. down from 6% 30 days ag

. ♪ >>> tonight, on kqed newsroom.s against asian americans, several california leaders are urging governor newsom to appoint an asian american as the next attorney general. buffy wicks talks about managing motherhood in a pandemic. tiny homes in oakland, built for young people who need shelter, are in the spotlight at this week's look at something beautiful. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom. all rise, eyes have been on the rise of hate against asian americans. yesterday asian american congress members testified

gavin newsom is acknowledging the recent recall effort against him in an interview with kqed, newsometed he made some mistakes in handling the coronavirus pandemic, but said the effort against him is politically motivated. he says his opponents are taking aim. it is border progressive policy address. nda. excuse me broader, progressive apology agenda, including his stance on immigration, health care and environmental issues, recall organizers say they've collected two million signatures they need to turn in 1.5 million verify. signatures by wednesday to force a recall election. we'll bury a weather a bit of a cool down today after some patchy cloud cover this morning, some sunshine this afternoon, but we have some bigger changes to talk about it. we head into sunday, especially by sunday late sunday afternoon into sunday night. first i'll take a look at the highest from today and you'll notice these dubbers. they seem okay but stud actually cooler than yesterday. so friday, the warmest day of the week highs today instead of some seventies. some sixties out towards santa rosa, vallejo

when mayor breed, the first question comes to you from joe with kqed. mayor breed k you ask ms. kelly to resign? if so, or if not, why? >> well, many of you know better than to ask about personnel issues. the fact is we cannot discuss them. so we will not be discussing anything regarding anything that is personnel related. >> thank you, mayor breed. and should she be confirmed, are you tasks carmen chu with any specific tasks to address the allegations of corruption within the city that would be in her purview? what are those tasks? >> so just to be clear, last year when many of these allegations first began to surface, i immediately sent out an executive directive asking our city attorney and our controller's office as well as all city departments to not only investigate many of the allegations but to also look at ways in which to strengthen our policies so that we can make sure that the things that we saw happen or that people were being accused of are not easy to be able to happen moving forward. so what we did was to make sure that people are on alert when they are making re

welcome to kqed newsroom.ce, and police reform as we will be talking with leaders of two of the bay area's largest police forces. before we begin,