i am priya david clemens and this is kqed newsroom.arlier this week, california logged its 7 million case of the coronavirus, adding 1 million cases in just one week. still, there are signs that the omicron surge is starting to descend from its peak as test positivity rates drop from a high of 23% last week, down to 20% this week. hospitals are still scrambling and death rates are still nearly double what they were a month ago in california. joining me now to talk about this is marin county public health officer, dr. matt willis. thank you for joining us. you said this week the case rate is declining steadily in marin county. tell us what you are seeing. >> we are seeing our cases speak really in the first week of january. our high single day was january 4th. we had almost 700 cases on that day. for context, that is about seven times the highest number of cases we have seen and the delta search that happened in august. since then, we have seen steady declines in cases now for the past 10 days, fewer and fewer cases each day. we are abo

>>> tonight on kqed newsroom. a crisis is unfolding in the classroom. teachers experience burnout and are considering leaving the profession in record numbers. we speak with this gas guest with teach for america. hundreds of acres of land turns to america. nancy pelosi will seek another term in office. this week's big stories in california. plus, iguanas, turtles and boa constrictors. this week look at something beautiful takes us inside the reptilian mecca that is in the east bay of liberia. this friday, january 28, 2022. >>> hello and welcome to the show. this is kqed newsroom. i am priya david clemens. we start the show with education. the pandemic has had incredible pressure on our school systems and teachers in particular. they are experiencing significant stress and burnout. twice as many teachers experience stress than other professions and three times more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. >> i'm feeling burned out. every teacher i work with and every teacher i know is experiencing some level of burnout right now. >> we are all in a

>> tonight on a kqed newsroom. how to handle the omicron wave of covid-19 infections and when it will be over. the latest from stanford epidemiologist dr. yvonne malta model. our specialist tonight is the meta made headlines when he was elected mayor of stockton. michael tubbs talks about is the one more and what he is doing now to tackle poverty in california. >>> how bay area lawmakers marked the anniversary of the january 6th riots. and look at head of the political stories brewing in the new year. coming to you from kqed headquarters in seven cisco. this friday , january 7th, 2022. >>> welcome back two kqed. caviar. at the start of the new year and still talking about the same thing. the coronavirus. at the omicron variant to be specific. which as you undoubtedly know by now it is far more contagious than the previous delta variant. hospitals are running and staffing shortages due to sick employees. intensive care units are filling up. indoor mask mandates are being extended. cloth masks are not enough anymore.

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it kqed newsroom is on twitter and facebook. or you can email us at cayenne are at kqed.org you can always reach me on twitter at priya d clements. we will see you right back here next friday night . have a great weekend. >> sedition charges, could be usion in the fight for voting rights. members of the extremist oath keepers group charge for their role in the capital attack. >> omicron with this degree of transmissibility will ultimately find it just about everybody. >> the supreme court strikes down the president's vaccine or test mandate for big businesses. pres. biden: i am tired of being quiet. >> president biden doubles down on voting rights legislation. pres. biden: do you want to be on the side of martin luther king or george wallace? >> but itai

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kqed reports that -- he is willing to extend it.pany is put on probation for starting a pair of wildfires including the deadly zog fire during a monday court hearing the judge reportedly expressed frustration at measures imposes during pg&e's probation failed to change the utility's behavior. pg&e pushed back saying the company has learned important safety lessons during it's probation period. >>> still ahead tomorrow is a year since the deadly assault on the united states capitol. we are live with the latest on the ongoing probe. next. pretty looking view from treasure island but a cloudy one. we are barely seeing the tops of the bay bridge. there is fog in the north bay valley. we will spotlight that and then look ahead to our next chance of rain. doesn't get here until friday morning. >>> it's 6:40 and the market just opened about ten minutes ago. we will take a check on the big board. the dow is up in i've lost count of how many asthma attacks i've had. but my nunormal with nucala? fewer asthma attacks. nucala is a once-monthly

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. >>> tonight on kqed newsroom. a crisis is unfolding in the classroom.dering leaving the profession in record numbers. we speak with this gas guest with teach for america. hundreds of acres of land turns to america. nancy pelosi will seek another term in office. this week's big stories in california.