seats are kron four's.rles clifford has details. >> well, here in santa clara county, the number of coronavirus cases has been dropping since mid-january. the county's currently in the red tier. there are high hopes that it could move to the orange tier as early as next week and health officials here want to keep it that way. and they want to avoid another wave of infections and the way they're going to do that is through vaccinations. unfortunately there just aren't enough shots right now to go around this week, santa clara county health officials say they were forced to cancel thousands of coronavirus vaccinations across the county, including first and second dose appointments. they say the culprit is the chronic short supply of vaccines coming from the state of california. >> in a statement, santa clara county said we have had to use almost all of the vaccine we received for second doses. the lack of sufficient supply from the state has been frustrating for everyone, particularly those who are eligible f

dan kerman kron 4 news.nk you dan crowd for also sat down for a one on one interview today with san francisco mayor london breed we asked her about schools said when they might finally reopen in the city. >>but ultimately do we say staff is going be unified is going to open the schools within 21 days. i don't know i hope so but regardless vaccines can not continue to be the excuse even though vaccines are not necessary in order to open our schools. >>we a lot more questions about covid in this city and the vaccine supply we will have much more on our chat with the mayor tonight on kron 4 news at 9 o'clock. >>coming up indoor use sports can now resume statewide but one of the precautions for kids to go back out to play safely. >>and gorgeous weather around the bay area today but we've got some rain that is brewing >>big news today indoor youth sports can now resume statewide after a settlement was reached between the state and the let them play coalition. the agreement is tentative. it allows for indoor and o

noelle bellow kron 4 news. so we saw how hard it can be to find a vaccine supply problems are making the scheduling of appointments tough for an awful lot of people. >> kron four's. dan kerman has some advice from medical experts. >> californians aged 16 to 64 with underlying conditions are now eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine but getting it is proving difficult from the state's might turn website checking that box for underlying conditions works and you're told you're eligible. but when it comes to finding a site. most are finding there are no appointments available. and that turns out to be for good reason. the state of california says by adding this new group they have added 4.4 million californians the problem is california will only receive 1.7 million doses of vaccine this week. >> we've expanded the size of the ball that we're putting people into. the pale and now we just need to fill it up with vaccine. and you know, i mean, it's not going to be perfect here for the you weeks days to a week or so. u

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kron 4 dot com. >> back to our top story. a kron four's dan kerman. he was with the governor today in the city as he met with members of the asian american community. to discuss what the state can do to help combat it ever increasing search of attacks against that community. dan, what did he have to say. >> well, the governor met with community members that want to find out what roles the state can play both in education, both prevention, both an intervention all with the idea of bringing down what is currently escalating. >> we are concerned as was evidence in the atlanta area that if we don't intervene, if we don't attack this in the way that we're trying to address this pandemic. matters will escalate leaders of san francisco's asian american and pacific islander community. >> met with governor newsome friday to share concerns about the escalating attacks on members of their community. nearly 1700 in the last 12 months in california alone is or traumatizing events. these are events that at our core make us feel unsafe and that basic denial sense of

kron four's. terisa stasio has more. >> this was the same just less than 24 hours ago. gun casings from shots fired. just a few feet away from someone's oakland home. you know, this community needs a lot to me as well. >> i lived here. my family lives here. and so every day as we're working to try to, you know, curb the violence. take those things into consideration as well. >> that's deputy chief adrenaline. see how bad is it in oakland right now. the statistics show an unnerving trend currently 30 people have been killed since the beginning of the year. that's compared to 7 killed the same time last year, making it a jump of 314% assault with a firearm up a 113% from last year and carjackings have jumped a 150%. and to that disturbing reality. look at all of these guns, just a sliver. what's been confiscated been able to recover more 200 guns this year. which a 172 of those fans were connected to crimes. the deputy chief says that they are deploying new tactics to try and blunt the escalation of

kron four's. dan kerman has some advice from medical experts californians aged 16 to 64 with underlying conditions are now eligible. >> to get the covid-19 vaccine but getting it is proving difficult from the state's might turn website checking that box for underlying conditions works and you're told you're eligible. but when it comes to finding a site. most are finding there are no appointments available. and that turns out to be for good reason. the state of california says by adding this new group they have added 4.4 million californians the problem is california will only receive 1.7 million doses of vaccine this week. >> we've expanded the size of the ball that we're putting people into. the pale and now we just need to fill it up with vaccine. and you know, i mean, it's not going to be perfect here for the you weeks days to a week or so. ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford. >> his confidence supply will increase in time. he says in the meantime, those waiting to get t

gayle ong kron 4 news jan let up just said, gail, thank you. today, folks living on treasure island receiving their first access to the covid-19 vaccine. >> thanks to a new vaccination clinic on the island. this is the first of 3 consecutive saturdays were folks in one of the city's most underserved communities will have access to the vaccine. >> kron four's phillipe djegal was there and has the story. >> it's been a long time coming for treasure island. residents who have awaited access to a covid-19 vaccine i've waited for almost 2 months. the state has identified the island as a priority for vaccinations to meet state equity goals on saturday. the ship shape community center. welcome to island residents only for their first of 2 shots administered by members of the san francisco fire department. and so happy. when i saw them. i got my vaccine had tears in my eyes because. >> happy tears because i just it's been such a long year and i'm so happy this community has felt like they haven't been well served and they've been very grateful that we'

maureen kelly kron 4 nays.ight time to take another check on the forecast storm tracker for keeping an eye on rain moving through the bay area sounds like things are going to get pretty wild a live look at it at the radar right now you see it's just about to covering everything in the bay area chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking the storm and marched through looks like we'll get a little bit of everything yeah it could be a really wild night ahead around the weather see some weather. >>we just used to hear some numerous thunderstorms out there with those thunderstorm to get some hail out there as well some gusty winds and of course some heavy downpours are already being reported skies looking very ominous looking from timber on back toward the coastline. you're looking at the thunderstorms right now just moving in along the coast and. >>yeah it started producing a lot of lightning out there along the coastal sections as well watch out for that very closely here you can see numerous strikes just off the

>>just in to the kron 4 news room cal. oh, yes is disputing a report of a botched covid vaccine operation at the oakland coliseum in a statement kron 4 just released the state agency said it cannot substantiate a report of people being under vaccinated not getting enough of the vaccine in the shot and the agency says it has serious concerns of the claims being made this comes after a local media report that thousands of people who visited the oakland coliseum vaccination site recently received the wrong dosage is the wrong amount of vaccine. officials said the public should be quote are they should rest assured that the vaccines administered at the coliseum site are being dispensed in a manner consistent with medical and scientific best practices and will work as designed coliseum opened as a mass covid vaccination clinic in mid february. this is a developing story though we'll have much more coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 8 o'clock federal agents are now investigating whether yesterday's fatal crash near the us-mexic

kron 4. sarah stinson reports now from the lafayette bart station. >> bart and caltrain have started to notice a big uptick in ridership. so much so they're both going to expand services. i talked to people who ride bart every morning. they say this is going to help them get to where they're going much so would make my day because is way too long and happen to miss up and that an of even do that that will be great be fighting fund that make up. i'm standing me needs at pains to 15 minutes. >> nice steady meanings. this woman said it used to take her one hour to get from lafayette to hayward. now it takes her 2 hours to get there. >> so with the new schedule expanding, that's going to help. bart will keep its current service hours. but the new schedule for each of the 6 train lines will now allow 26 more trips. barr ridership data to see which stops are most used on weekdays bart trains from richmond on the red line will continue to sfo without writers having to transfer to macarthur next satu

kron four's. dan kerman reports from burlingame on what this means for businesses that have struggled during the pandemic. >> along burlingame avenue. those running restaurants are excited about san mateo counties move to the orange reopening tier means more people's more. >> our capacity for the customers, especially in this kind of weather. conceding. they in fact moving from red to orange will double indoor capacity from 25% which started 3 weeks ago to 50%. we will have to bring more staff back just because we want. >> we'll need extra people. because they're all working outside sidewalks, those who run a line as and 6 does restaurants say. >> just in the last 3 weeks. they've notice their customers have no hesitation about eating inside. it's kind of interesting. they feel really confident, i think because everyone's been getting vaccines. the move from red to orange. also means fitness studios like yoga 6 in south san francisco can open at 25% capacity after being close. most of the last 12

kron four's. jonathan mccall live for us tonight in concord with the details and reaction to this news. jonathan. yeah, thousands of parents and students have to get ready. can you know what? according to the 61 pages of this memorandum agreement between the district and the teachers union kids could come back to class as early as next thursday. that's march. 25th with the remainder of students coming back. some time. just 4 to make sure it equips parents with all this information possible. so they can make an informed choice to get their kids back in class. >> after months of protests from parents and long delays in person. learning is set to finally return for students in mount diablo unified schools is going to go into. >> making sure that we have. you know, systems and protocol set up that are going to support students. with with what their needs are and death tuesday. the district in the teachers union signed off on a tentative deal that would shift the district from distance learning to a hy

kron 4 dot coms for your money the sunday night. there's some good news for bay area, small businesses and nonprofits starting on april 6, the small business administration will be offering up to your loans. up to $500,000 previous loans were limited to just 6 months and $150,000. the sba says the expansion is because of the long lasting pandemic which has especially hurt small businesses. let's talk weather for this sunday night at 9 o'clock a live look who that is. absolutely gorgeous out there. a full moon tonight and we're tracking some warmer temperatures headed our way for this workweek. let's get you ready for the start of your monday. here's kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez with a look at just how warm things will get. that's officially my favorite shot of the night. thank you so much joe. our producer for setting that up. i requested a full moon shot. i thought to be a little bit blurry or, you know, >> that was perfect. thank you so much. just leave that up all night with they really should get rid of this golden gat

this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> thank you for joining us this tuesday afternoon here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm tahernia we begin in the east bay today we're contra costa county has now open vaccine appointments to everyone. 16 and older. the county says they will no longer be following the state's tier system to determine who can get the vaccine county health officials say they have thousands of appointments available at the community clinics. now, if you want to get an appointment. you cannot book them through the state. some might turn website. you must request them through the contra. costa county health department kron four's phillipe following the story today and we'll have more for us coming up on kron 4 news at 5. in the meantime, let's take a look at vaccine distribution around the bay area. so far more than 4 million vaccines have been administered across all 9 bay area counties. santa clara county has given the most with more than 876,000 vaccines administered. so far followed by alameda contra costa and san francisco. and over in the north bay sonoma county officials expected

kron four's. dan kerman is live tonight in burlingame with what this means for. >> businesses hit so hard by the pandemic than i would think if cautiously optimistic cartwheels was a thing. they be doing those. >> absolutely. you know, all of them. remember a year ago having to get rid of all of their food because that shelter in place order came so quickly giving it to firefighters giving it to whoever would show up so it would not spoil now. here we are a year later and they're allowing 50% dining in restaurants starting tomorrow. over the last year. outdoor dining has become the norm. but with san mateo county now moving to the orange tier restaurants will now be able to open indoors as well at 50% capacity means a lot after one year. he's been like a roller coaster for us. >> means like opening close. i mean, open more people for customers will capacity to the vacancy indoor. especially when the weather is cold. will be a lot for us when san mateo county opened indoor dining at 25% capacity ju

kron 4 dot com. the news is not as good in the north bay sonoma county officials say they expect their supply of vaccines to drastically decrease over the next 3 weeks up until last week, sonomi county had been vaccinating about 15,000 people a week. but due to the low supply. there. the county says it only expects to vaccinate about 12,000 people this week and they project that number will go even lower next week. supervisors say they have the capacity to vaccinate more than 40,000 people a week if they could just get more doses from the state. >> some encouraging news tonight from the cdc regarding the covid vaccine. new research indicates that fully vaccinated adults do not carry the virus. and therefore they don't transferred to people who are unvaccinated the cdc directors pointing to both clinical trials and real information as evidence of this. at last check, more than 4 million vaccines have been administered in the bay area. well, today marked the first day back in the classroom for in perso

dan kerman kron 4 news.hank you dan and the time for look at the forecast on this monday a sun-like include some rain that's right crawford chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now lauren said there's already some moisture in parts of the area and yes in some pop-up showers already but this just the beginning is a very unusual system setting a very cold storm moving in go to bring some scattered showers not going to be in the bring that real steady rain but there's a possibility get this unstable air you can see some thunderstorms periods of gusty winds, maybe a little hail and unusually low snow down to about 2500 feet that continues on and off right through wednesday possibly into thursday morning too. outside tonight, some clouds begin to move in we have some scattered showers popping up along the peninsula that big swirl in the atmosphere that is that low pressure center that is going to start to sag for the south overnight tonight and bring with it more rain on and off last few hours we've got s

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you so much dan more from your conversation tonight at 5, 6, >>there's also a new campaign called the conversation between us about us and it's working to encourage the bla-k community to get vaccinated against the coronavirus bay area, comedian and tv host w kamau bell as part of the effort which launched today on youtube but earlier today we've got a chance to speak with bell about the campaign and the barriers about getting people vaccinated. >>we don't have we don't all have access to broadband internet we took we don't have and a lot of getting the vaccine is getting on the computer and refreshing the screen over and over again and waiting for points to wait to open up so we don't have access to even if you say go to your computer go to your smartphone and get that vaccine. we don't have all have access to the things that we can't we don't access to the to the heart software or the hardware to get the vaccines, we're talk about some very basic things the digital divide so t

watching kron 4 news. we have 3 very effective vaccines all >>should have equitable it even access to each vaccine. >>now attend the trucks are loaded the shipments are on their way johnson and johnson rolling out the first round of its covid vaccine just days after the fda granted emergency use approval. thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 10, i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, those doses are expected to arrive in california this week a significant step and slowing down the virus with 3 vaccines now available in the u.s. and while more supply is of course a good thing federal health officials are also warning communities. not to open back up too quickly. kron four's dan kerman explains. federal officials announced monday that 3.9 million doses of the newly approved johnson and

kron 4 news today.e'll be right back. >> 3 victims of that shooting at the colorado supermarket were gunned down while just putting in a day's work. another was a police officer who raced in to try to rescue then then others from monday's attack that ultimately left 10 people dead. and tonight portraits of the lives lost her coming into view as the suspect in the killings waits behind bars for his court appearance tomorrow. >> a reporter bruce hurtle joins us now live from boulder with the very latest on this sad story of bruce. what can you tell us. >> well, with heavy obviously vicki and grant. we continue to plow forward do, whether it's tea, organic creation of memorials. the tight for officer eric talley at the a boulder police department or right behind me here at the site of the shooting. the outpouring of love and support in this community is giving strong credence to the hashtag boulder strong. hundreds of mourners keeping candlelight vigil for the victims of the each other. so many struggling

dan kerman kron 4 news. >> coming up on kron 4 news at 8. a warning impending doom. why the director of the cdc says it's not time to let down our guard in the fight against covid. >> but first, an unholy act that left dozens of windows shattered. lots of broken glass. somebody caught on camera doing 10's of thousan >> san mateo county fair officials say the tradition this back regardless of tier status. they are getting ready to host the fair gun. candy corn dogs coming your way at scheduled for june 5th through the 13th kron four's amanda hari talk to officials about the process of planning something like this. and how they can guarantee people's safety. >> mateo county fair officials tell me they've been planning this pair since october. they say it's more difficult than repairing for traditional fare because they don't know what kind of issues they may run into to the fair. >> we waited for your return. the first weekend of june. this fairgrounds will be transformed. this is video from the last san mateo county fair back in june of 2019 fair operations manager ju

kron four's. gayle ong spent the day in berkeley learning how this girl's actions now inspiring change. >> the violence and hate incidents against asian americans since the start of the pandemic inspired this event and it drew hundreds of people. >> these demonstrators had enough violence enough with the hate. they are saying no war. we isn't new. >> and we know what happens here in the bay area. >> if you look 6 what is happening in the world. little by little and most importantly, together hundreds gathered at aquatic park in berkeley sunday afternoon to support the asian-american community. >> the movement against violence park since the pandemic in high end after fatal attacks in the bay area. and nationwide i think that the atlanta shooting really brought this more into the spotlight smaller things have been happening that you don't hear as much. but then suddenly it's being broadcast everywhere and everyone everybody understands how big of an issue that i think that really might be a lot of

kron 4 news. households earning over a $120,000 have twice the access to vaccines. >>then communities that have been disproportionally impacted that is what we have to reconcile we have to own up to that. >>now at 9 california will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to try to not delay people most at risk from coronavirus and get the state's economy open more quickly. >>good evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan. >>the state says more than one and a half million doses have been distributed in the targeted areas. once 2 million doses have been distributed the state will make it easier for counties to reach the red tier meaning they can resume or activities. more details expected on this and the next few days the contra costa county health department is addressing inequity by adding pop-up vaccination and testing sites. >>in the hardest hit areas there kron 4 sleep chagall has the story. the darkest areas of th

this is kron 4 news at 3. >>today on kron 4 news at 3 to more bay area counties are moving out of the most restrictive purple tier meaning covid-19 restrictions can be eased we've got reaction from struggling businesses. >>and we have lot of sunshine today and now we're going to pay for with all that energy in the atmosphere thunderstorms expected for tonight, i'll have your forecast. >>and shocking new video today showing an altercation during an uber ride and it was all over a face mask. >>thank you for joining us this tuesday here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm sanaz tahernia now we are tracking several big stories this afternoon first 2 more bay area counties have joined the less restrictive red tier in the state's reopening plan, allowing for more indoor activities and family entertainment centers to reopen we'll get to that in just a minute with a live report right now our other top story is the cold showers and isolated thunderstorms. we're monitoring them late here in the winter season radar right now showing

you're watching kron. 4 news at good evening. thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 9. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. >> we begin this hour with a look at the weather because a wind advisory is in effect lawrence karnow was here, lawrence, could be some problems. yeah. we're going to see some strong, gusty winds overnight tonight. we've seen this play out over the last 7 to 10 days. we'll see these weak cold front drop to the bay area. unfortunately not leave behind any raindrops may bt a couple passing clouds, but one so fronts move through high pressure tries to build back in on the backside of it and that's where we start to see those gusty winds. we're seeing that play out again for tonight. they just beginning to set themselves up out there right now. we've got mostly clear skies around the bay area. winds have not been a major issue just yet. that front moving on through. not a limb behind any clouds around the bay area today clearing out your skies everywhere you go now and now we are waiting for the wind so far haven't seen much picking

watching kron 4 news.cking rain moving through the bay as we speak we have reporters on the ground keeping an eye on things. >>we're also tracking it here in the weather center for you. good evening, thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 9 everybody, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis we sure have a lot to cover tonight. so we want to get straight to write lawrence with your forecast florence, hey guys, yeah that rain really picking up this afternoon continuing around the bay area tonight. we have reports some lightning strikes and heavy downpours. >>and we continue to see more of that outside right now so it's going to be active night you got a lot of cold air very un

well, bellow kron 4 news. there is some optimism tonight as the cdc is looking into whether students can be seated. >> closer together in the classroom. new evidence shows that it may be safe for students to sit 3 feet apart instead of the previously recommended 6 feet. the change follows a recent harvard study that demonstrates safe ways to get students back in classrooms, students in castro valley they return to the classroom today. kindergartners at chabot elementary return to in person instruction. this is part of the district's 5 phase reopening. the superintendent says all educators have had the opportunity to be vaccinated first and second graders. they're set to go back next week, followed by 3rd through 5th grades and all bridge scheduled to be back in the classroom by april 12. also on the east bay. it looks like some students at the mount diablo unified school district will be back in a there as soon as next week. a tentative deal has been worked out between the district and the teachers union kron

>>dan kerman kron 4 news. >>as mentioned alameda county is now move to the red tier of the state's coronavirus watch list we checked in with businesses in downtown pleasanton where people say there eager to get customers inside again and while most people are happy about restrictions being eased some sounded cautious. >>i think it needs to happen for businesses to come back to life. and i think with more people getting the vaccination it might be a tad early but i think it's good to happen that people will be safe. >>i think it's a little the variance still out covid still out there. i i wish we would pull back just a little bit. >>some business owners also told us to loosen restrictions came at a great time because of the rainy weather. now we're getting today. and on the peninsula, san mateo county is getting ready to move to the less restrictive orange tier as early as next week. the county been in the less restrictive red tier for nearly 2 weeks already, and in that time case in positivity rates have remai

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >> still ahead on kron 4 news at 6. we're learning a facility in california will be used to house migrant children were explain where and when this will be happening. plus, red cross is asking for help. just in time for tomorrow's giving day now the organization is planning for the year ahead. and president trump has been banned from most of social media. former president trump now is thinking of creating his

still to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 9.we will talk to the superintendent on the west contra costa unified school district about the deal reached with teachers to resume in person classes. also, we'll see how all that social media time. the students have been using during the pandemic is now starting to impact them. 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

i'm sure and you can tune in right here on kron 4.we will be covering the president's address to the nation our coverage will begin at 5 o'clock tonight for now. we'll take a break and be right back. well, as covid-19 restrictions are easing across the country. more people are going out and as spring break approaches families and students are taking vacations. and this does have health experts a little bit worried. nancy loo reports. >> vacations are already underway for a lot of families who are desperate for amusement after a long dark year. the family mask up to spend the day at downtown disney in anaheim, even though there's no rights or anything. >> to be able to go and experience all the magic is. but we want it. >> the right will be back soon. disneyland has announced an exact date yet reopening is projected for late next month. capacity will be very limited and for in-state residents only. i like it that it is. >> smaller, that there's less people i know that when they open, it's going to be 15% to 15% means 12,500 people. >>

kron 4. sarah stinson is in sonoma county with details. >> if you're planning on heading to sonoma and napa counties this weekend and you want to get a glass of wine or do a wine tasting starting tomorrow. you don't have to order food and alcohol vendors don't have to offer it to you no matter if they're in the purple or red tiers sonoma county is currently in the purple tier. and if you want to head to say roast winery again, you don't have to order food. these wineries can now focus on what they do best. and that's serving up their best glass of wine. this goes for breweries and distilleries to they've been able to stay open throughout most of the pandemic so long as they provide a meal. so this is a huge change. it was hard at first for alcohol vendors who never previously served meals to customers. some didn't have their own kitchens. so they had to get creative partnering with food trucks or they would have to remain closed if they were in a county that was in the purple or red tier whic

dan kerman kron 4 news. good advice. thank you, dan. in the east bay the and refill unified school district has voted unanimously to continue distance, learning the board rejected a proposed hybrid model because because community members said it would disrupt learning this late into the school year. they're now looking at ways to increase student activities like athletics and end of the year. events. the district will continue to run turning learning hubs for students who need academic support while doing distance learning. also in the east bay a tentative agreement has been reached between the oakland unified school district. >> and the union that represents oakland teachers kron four's haaziq spoke with both sides about the key details that parents, students and teachers all want to know about. >> the bottom line is this is very good news for the district. now that a tentative bargain has been reached between the oakland unified school district and the oakland education association when will students returned to their classrooms. our

watching kron 4 news. and next to stay inside we're tracking rain moving through the bay as we speak we have reporters on the ground keeping an eye on things. >>we're also tracking it here in the weather center for you. good evening, thanks for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 9 everybody, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis we sure have a lot to cover tonight. so we want to get straight to write lawrence with your forecast florence, hey guys, yeah that rain really picking up this afternoon continuing around the bay area tonight. we have reports some lightning strikes and heavy downpours. >>and we continue to see more of that outside right now so it's going to be active night you got a lot of cold air very unstable air that is now moving overhead. all that settling in now for not only tonight, but i think tomorrow is going to kind of on and off throughout the day as well you can see all of the cold speckle clouds off our coastline that cold storm system that is rolling up the really well organized f

this kron four's. michelle kingston reports that is because some teachers have opted out of coming back to the buildings. >> these empty school buildings in oakland will soon be filled the students and staff once again, but not so fast. dealing with her disappointment. again. you know, it's been a hard while oakland unified school district is welcoming some students back next week. teachers have the option to return to the classroom leaving many students who thought they were going to be able to go back to school next week. stuck at home for just a little while longer, but couldn't believe it or teachers. want to show up. susie. that's tp. antos daughter is a first grader at hillcrest elementary school. >> she was planning to return next week. but it's no longer able to do so because her teacher opted out hillcrest elementary school parents received an e-mail on wednesday that said, in part at this time we have insufficient staff who walked into an early return to open all k through 2 classrooms in a w

dan thorn kron 4 news. dan, thank you. >> meanwhile, this week, thousands of students across the bay area will have their chance to return back to class for in person. learning starting tomorrow. all students in the livermore valley. joint unified school district can return back to campus for in person learning. also this week, the mount diablo unified school district is set to welcome its students back on campus last week. the district and the teachers union agreed on a reopening plan that would allow for hybrid learning starting thursday pre k through. second graders will return back to class 3rd through 12th graders will return back to class next monday, march 29th. >> new rules for social distancing and schools now allow students to sit as close as 3 feet apart in classrooms and some teachers unions have opposed the closer spacing, but pediatric experts say it's important for kids to return to in person. learning san francisco's acting health officer doctor susan phillips tells us here. while schools wi

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan and under the peninsula now san mateo county officials are hopeful the new johnson and johnson vaccine will. >>find its way to communities just proportionally impacted by covid-19 among those hardest hit communities is east palo alto where one in 6 residents has gotten covid since the pandemic started are rob fladeboe has more on that story he is live in east palo alto rob. >>well that's right grant and vicki east palo alto has the lowest vaccination rate in all of san mateo county. it's under 11% elected leaders has stood out in front of a raid was in middle school here today with a message for the federal government sent more vaccine. they say any vaccine there's more. >>east palo alto maybe a city on the move but it's dead last when it comes to access to the covid-19 vaccine here in san mateo county. despite having the most cases per 100,000 residents in the county for communities with a population over 1500 with one in 6 people testing positive for the virus east pal

that's kron 4 dot com. let's talk weather this saturday night to our 4 zone forecast a warm weather weekend on tap kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez with a look at when we could see temperatures in the mid 80's. >> yeah, that's going to happen. midweek this upcoming week. but we're going to be close to mid 80's by your sunday afternoon for some of our inland valleys. let's take a look at today's daytime highs. we were in the mid to upper 70's and we don't typically see those temperatures until may. june. so the start of our summer. but jonathan, we're starting with these temperatures for start of spring when we should be in the mid 60's and tomorrow's going to be even warmer than today. so i know you love the warm temperatures today as lot of bay area residents enjoying the outdoor safely. glad you had fun because i was stuck indoors here in the studio with the isis. i'm not really complaining either. but let's take a look at temperatures as you head out the door right now, half moon bay currently in t

reporting live dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you. a big story we're following tonight house lawmakers they have passed president biden's 1.9 trillion dollar relief bill democrats say this is a celebration. but republicans are calling it a sad day for the country, washington correspondent anna wiernicki joins us live from the nation's capital with more >>good eating that's right the nearly 2 trillion dollar covid relief bill is now heading to the white house president biden says that he is planning on signing this bill into law on friday but republicans weren't too happy about how this all played out. the bill passed both chambers without any republican support. president biden says he stands ready to sign the american rescue plan following the house vote. >>this bill represents historic historic victory for the american people. >>any party line vote the house of representatives passed one of the largest rescue measures in u.s. history we heard the american people and we went big massachusetts democrat richard neal says the 1.9 trilli

dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all right dan thank you for that. now as we have reported before san francisco city attorney has filed a lawsuit against the district to to get kids back in the classroom. so we asked of today's announcement changed anything, dennis whereas office gave us this statement. it says quote we have not seen in a written agreement concerned that the school district statements do not provide all of the information necessary for parents to know when their children will be offered in person instruction. we eagerly await additional information from the school district and time for a look at the forecast, let's look live outside looking at the golden gate bridge. you can tell it looks pretty dry. but there is rain in the bay area right now sir, some serious cloud cover out there we kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with more on when. >>not when we are seeing showers the where the seeing showers right now. yeah, we see those showers popping up around the bay area but we're headed into a very interesting period

in mountain view jonathan mccall kron 4 news.>>and san jose 3 people died in a rash of gun violence that began on friday. and the most recent shooting a man was killed near the corner of cardi lee and drive in santee drive off mike collins avenue approximately 24 hours earlier near bowling green drive and allen avenue another man was shot and killed and early last friday morning, a man was fatally shot in his driveway on clint court. so far police have not released information about a motive or anything to suggest the shootings are connected. neighbors say they're shocked one of the shootings happened just around the corner from an elementary school. >>because we have kids then. we supposed to keep kids safe. >>police noted that they are seen a sharp uptick in the number of illegal guns being taken off the streets, including the arrest of 2 people for manufacturing, ghost guns, which are homemade improvised guns that don't have commercial serial numbers on them. a judge is expected to decide this friday whether convicted murderer

dan thorn kron 4 news. >>beginning april 12 to san francisco unified school district plans to reopen more than 70 elementary schools for pre k second grade. the district released a timeline for students to return and officials say it will happen in 3 ways and many cases children will return 5 days a week with their regular teachers, however, in schools where there's a high demand to return to in person learning there will be a hybrid model and students will attend in person 2 days a week. this all came about after the district reached an agreement with teachers on friday. >>we emphasize from the start that we wanted to make sure that students were able to stay with the teachers they've had all year as much as possible and we achieved that we also wanted to make sure that students whose parents choose not to send them back if they're not quite ready to send their kids back to school in person that they continue to receive quality instruction as well. >>as part of the agreement teachers and students will have

you're watching kron. 4 news heading. >> caught on camera. another violent attack on a member of the area's asian community. and tonight people in the community say they're shaken what they see happening right here and all the other tax that happening across the bay area and the country. thank you so much for joining us here on kron, 4 news, 8 o'clock tonight. i'm justine while i'm jonathan mccall. good to see you again. this latest attack happened thursday in daly city. >> that woman simply walking outside when she was blindsided by that suspect out of nowhere. >> tonight. police now hoping that video can lead them to the person behind this latest attack kron four's. dan thorn live tonight after talking with folks in that community. he's live in daly city with what they're saying tonight and obviously they have to be shaken up dead. >> well, jonathan, in justine the neighbors tell us that they've been disturbed by all of the anti asian crimes they've been seeing across the bay area. but to have this specific crime happening in their neighbor

that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. doesn't it. i think we're going to talk real quickly e digital age and you know, on twitter the little blue checkmark thing is if you're if you're verified on twitter. >> you have one of those. well, now you can actually get one of those for your whole. started as a social media stunt turned into an actual thing earlier today kron 4 sanaz tahernia spoke with the san francisco artists behind it. >> i was walking around san francisco and i saw. i was actually wondering what the symbols on existing crests are there are, you know, lots of victorian homes in the bay area have shields with marks on them. diagonal lines. and i posted on twitter if anyone knew what those symbols meant and someone replied. that was me. blue checkmark before twitter. and i thought, oh, well, what if there is a modern day equivalent to where you could get ugly check on your homes. interesting idea. >> baskin. that is danielle not carol says she has already received about 700 applications for the blue check. crest installati

dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan. still ahead tonight a live report from the nation's capital on the millions of doses expected this week from the recently approved johnson and johnson vaccine. >>plus local leaders call on the federal and state governments to prioritize vaccines in hard-hit communities and what a beautiful day in the bay, it was our meteorologist dave spahr of the highs and lows and when we could possibly see rain this week. keep it here rain this week. keep it here kron we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa ♪ >>a big story that we're following for you tonight after being approve

rob fladeboe kron 4 news., thanks very first possible democratic candidate is emerging amid the effort to. >> recall governor gavin newsome and ashley zavala explains the latest surrounding the attempt to remove know some from office. >> former democratic presidential candidate tom stier is the latest name to surface as the governor's recall election looms. stier is reportedly pulling into offering himself as a potential fallback candidate. according to politico skier's team wednesday would not confirm or deny the reports tire davis a statement saying, quote, the recall effort in california are a clear attempt by gop to take back control of the state and schools. the progressive momentum that swept through 2020 and will carry forward. that's why i oppose the recall governor newsome sidestepping the question when asked about steyer's actions wednesday canada overwhelm with the incredible support. >> that democratic party has shown in opposition of this recall. i've been humbled by that. and very proud to have t

theresa kron 4 news.e'll be right back after the break. >> here's another swede reason to get yourself vaccinated. krispy kreme is offering one free donut every day for the rest of the year. if you get your shot. the company says anyone shows their covid-19 vaccination record card will get a free original glazed doughnut offer is valid at all. krispy kreme in the united states qualified guests include anyone who has received at least one or 2 shots of the moderna or pfizer or the johnson and johnson vaccine a photo of your vaccination car will not work. you must show your actual record car, but get this. you can come back every day for the rest of the year. show the car and get a free doughnut. if you want. coming up the next hour on the kron 4 morning news gunman is in custody after a mass shooting. >> that killed 10 people. the latest details ahead. plus, there are concerns over the latest data on the astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine. what we learned overnight. several bay area counties could be moving into

rob fladeboe kron 4 news. california legislative proposal that reduces the penalty for committing armed robberies is drawing condemnation from a broad coalition. it opposes the idea. they say it's dangerous. but the lawmaker behind the senate bill says it will prevent overcharging nonviolent criminals. harper says it made, you has the story. >> but that it sound a shunt hold. chartered is this bill as matter of fact, in our opinion it is a crime in and of itself. california state assembly. bill sb 82 would reduce robberies that do not involve a weapon or to sot with great bodily injury from felony crimes to misdemeanors. >> simply put. >> senator leahy to encourage more robberies to occur in creates a dangerous environment to put all of california in danger. >> this statewide coalition of community leaders law enforcement officials victims rights advocates are sounding the alarm warning of what they say will be an incentive for more crimes being committed. it punishment is reduced during virtual press conferen

watching kron 4 news. we're told there's last track scenes of 5 coming to austin alameda county and santa clara >>now a dine the rush to get shots into arms has hit another roadblock. stanford health is the latest medical provider to announced it is canceling 8701st dose appointments scheduled for this week. good evening, everybody thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 9 i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki officials say those appointments are being canceled because there are a lot meant. from santa clara and alameda county will not meet the demand so. stanford's a chief medical officer says that the vaccines are going to be used for second dose appointments, those appointments for patients needing a first dose. those are being rescheduled this week stanford health officials say they have rescheduled 20 days out hoping that by then they're going to have a more stable vaccine supply they're hoping san francisco leaders say they still have not seen a single dose of the vaccine. come to their underserved communiti