unified, require students to test weekly, while many bay area districts like oakland and pleasanton unified currently don't require tests at all. rather, they offer tests to anyone experiencing symptoms. in alum rock union school district in san jose, schools reopened before it had any district-wide testing program, saying on facebook they're offering covid testing for students in the near future. these pleasanton moms say their kids don't feel safe at a school without more frequent testing. female: he was telling me today, "oh, mom, i didn't go to the restroom, i have been meaning to go since seventh period, and i'm holding because i don't want to use the restroom at school." dr. yvonne maldonado: it is a scary time-- candice: dr. yvonne maldonado is a professor of global health she says, "testing is important but not more important than students masking up and social distancing." dr. maldonado: and i think families should feel very comfortable if their district is requiring masks. i would make sure my child wears their mask. candice: dr. maldonado says most students who test positive are

unified require students to test weekly, while many bay area districts like oakland and pleasonton unified currently don't require tests at all. rather they offer tests to anyone experiencing symptoms. in alum rock union school district in san jose, schools reopened before it had any districtwide testing program, saying on facebook they're offering covid testing for students in the near future. these pleasanton moms say their kids don't feel safe at the school without more frequent testing. >> my child is holding because he doesn't want to use the restroom at school. >> reporter: a professor of global health and infectious diseases at stanford says testing is important but not more important than students masking up and social distancing. >> i think families should feel very comfortable if their district is requiring masks, i would make sure my child wears their mask. >> reporter: most students who test positive are catching covid outside the classroom. >> they're getting infected. individual contact with friends, family, gatherings at home, i think testing is important and it's not the on

oakland unified, piedmont unified and the biggest district in the state, l.a. unified, are now mandated to get the vaccine. this opens up a can of worms for a lot of people. sam davis is a former schoolteacher and the father of a tenth grader. we also have our coworker dr. monica ghandi. sam, let's start with you tonight. parents, a lot of pushback here. how passionate or angry has this been? i listened in to some of that last night. >> our school boards are always lively, but i think there was a lot of support, so we were glad to have the support of the teachers' union for this, also a non-profit organization that works with some of our school-based health centers. i want to be clear this is not going into effect tomorrow. there's going to be a timeline. it's not actually fixed, the date at this point. we still want to focus first on just getting the information out there, really encouraging students to get the vaccine for their families, to get them vaccinated, to get the information they need in order to feel comfortable with that for those who haven't, beca

costa unified and oakland unified. well, for some. and a harry talks with people from both communities for their reactions to that possible mandate. amanda >> good evening. all the people i spoke to had some mixed opinions on whether or not this should be happening. but they did all agree it's good we're talking about possibly mandating vaccines. >> our priority should always be keeping people healthy and keeping people safe and keeping our schools open in a safe way. west contra costa unified school district was supposed to be the first bay area district to address possibly mandating vaccines. >> for all staff and students, 12 and older. but the superintindent canceled a meeting for tuesday. there's no date yet to reschedule president of united teachers of richmond. marissa glidden says their union members are for a mandate. we bear a survey and 90% of our members. we're in favor of of vaccine mandate force. all eligible students and staff. she says they believe in addition to the mandate, the district should take on the responsibili

what we're learning about the decision last night in oakland unified affecting all students, 12 and older. also we continue to follow the latest developments in the death of gabby petitto, the new details emerging in the case as the fbi continues to search for that person of interest. the news at noon starts now. this is katie fox two news at noon. good afternoon, everyone. i'm mike mibach. i'm gasia mikaelian happening right now. the cdc is meeting to decide who should get a fighter booster shot. and when ktvu amanda king tana in our newsroom here with what this means for this plan to get third shots into some people's arms. yesterday the fda announced its approval of booster shots, they decided not to make them available for the general public, but instead just for three groups that people 65 older those with underlying conditions and people working in high risk environments right now, we don't know what kind of underlying conditions or work would make someone eligible. today's meeting should give us some of those answers. so we'll get clarity as to whether or not the cdc agrees with th

oakland. in l.a. unifiedntil january for their students 12 and older to be vaccinated. >>> breaking news in the crisis at the southern border. chris pollone is live on capitol hill this morning. i understand there's now a new resignation to talk about. >> reporter: that's right. in the last hour president biden's envoy to haiti has submitted his resignation, citing what he calls the inhumane treatment and deportation of haitians at the southern border. daniel foot was appointed to the job just back in july following the assassination of haiti's president. even before the crisis at the southern border, the career diplomat was known to be deeply frustrated with what he considered a lack of urgency in washington and a glacial pace on efforts to improve conditions in haiti. u.s. officials say thousands of those migrants in del rio, texas, are being released into the united states. they've been camping out in that border town for weeks. many now have 60 days to appear at an immigration office. this outcome require

oakland unified responded by hiring a team of experts to find the source of the problem. >> raccoons we have been seeing may have been bringing the fleas with them. >> the theory is they came from this wooded area. to show you how close this is to the school, the wooded area is here, this is the parking lot and that is the school. they're closed for the next two days so they can ex terminate and remove carpet where fleas like to nest. >> they hitch hike. when you walk through an area they jump on your shoes, your pants. as you walk they'll take a ride with you to wherever you are going. >> oakland unified school district realizes this flea problem will not go away in two days but school will resume on monday. andrea nakano, kpix5. >> we asked the district spokesperson are more schools at risk and he says other schools are dealing with similar issues because they were vacant for so long but not to the same level as the two schools that closed. >>> on the road to recovery as we look live in san jose, retailers across bay area are gearing up for a busy holiday season. number one item on

kumasi: the oakland unified school district is now mandating full covid vaccination for all students ages 12 and up. those with certain medical cases and religious beliefs are exempt but no doubt this is major with the delta variant spreading quickly among children. this decision could be monumental for the state. amy: it was a long night. they did not take the vote until after midnight. this may be news this morning. it has motivated a lot of discussion, the oakland school board voted 5-1 to pass this, to require students to get the covid vaccine. they would be exemptions allowed for medical or personal reasons. if the student is not vaccinated, they will face a weekly covid test. before the vote, supporters and opponents on the plan. >> please vaccinate and make it a mandate. it is a simple mandate to preserve our community. >> i am opposed to a mandate. parents and students must have the choice of whether or not to take the vaccine. amy: oakland is leading the way, one of the first in northern california, to pass a vaccine requirement. l.a. has passed a similar requirement. they h

the oakland unified school district. >> vaccinations are a must. please. vaccinate and make it mandated. it is a simple mandate to preserve our community. >> the school board took the matter up wednesday night, but not before parents questioned the current safety of their kids schools. >> how dare you make it saf my son to be in school. you taking a gamble with our children's lives. >> but not everyone was on board with the idea of a student vaccination mandate. some fired back, saying parents should decide what goes into their kids bodies, not schools. >> i am opposed to vaccine mandate, parents and students must have the choice of whether or not to take the vaccine. >> student leaders who attended said there are still many questions from teenagers who would be required to get the vaccine. >> students expressed concern about alienating students and families with a strict policy, particularly considering parents and guardians have the ultimate decision-making power. >> some students wanting the vaccine and not being allowed to get it because of families or

oakland unified responded by hiring a team of, peters to find the source of the problem. bringing the flees with them. >> the thaoer sethe raccoons came from this wooded to show you how close this is to the school the wooded area is here, this is the parking lot, and that is the school. the district closed the schools for the next two days so exterminators can deep clean and remove carpets where flees like to nest. having no one on campus will also limit the spread of the flees. >> they hitchhike when you walk through area with flees, as you walk they will take a ride with you to wherever you are going. if you then sit down on a carpet. >> reporter: the oakland unified school district realizes the flee problem will not go away in the next two days but school will resume on monday. in oakland, back to you. >>> we asked the district spokesperson are more schools at risk of this? he says other schools are dealing with similar issues because they were vacant for so long. but, not to the same level at the 2 schools that closed. >>> new at 11:00, itbe the esma seizure they ever

prompted officials to call homicide investigators to the scene plus tracking covid cases in the oakland unified school district. the encouraging trend district is noticing for cases among staff and students. also sunday night football returned to levi stadium by the first home game with fans since the niners hosted the nfc championship game against the packers was such a heartbreaker. the news at noon starts now. this is ktvu fox two news at noon. afternoon i'm gasia mikaelian i'm ali rasmus infer mike mibach. the santa clara county sheriff's office is investigating a deadly house fire in cupertino. as ktvu james torres reports, deputies say the details on the fire seemed suspicious enough. to bring out homicide detectives. it was after four o'clock this morning when firefighters came to a house here on tuscany place to find it fully engulfed in smoke and flames. law enforcement now tell us that they've been here before, but would not specify for what reasons. and neighbors nearby say this house has caused him some trouble in the past. flames s early this morning fire got into the attic, and so

the oakland unified school district. >> vaccinations are a must. please. vaccinate and make it mandated. it is a simple mandate to preserve our community. >> the school board took the matter up wednesday night, but not before parents questioned the current safety of their kids schools. >> how dare you make it s my son to be in school. you taking a gamble with our children's lives. >> but not everyone was on board with the idea of a student vaccination mandate. some fired back, saying parents should decide what goes into their kids bodies, not schools. >> i am opposed to vaccine mandate, parents and students must have the choice of whether or not to take the vaccine. >> student leaders who attended said there are still many questions from teenagers who would be required to get the vaccine. >> students expressed concern about alienating students and families with a strict policy, particularly considering parents and guardians have the ultimate decision-making power. >> some students wanting the vaccine and not being allowed to get it because of families or v

what exceptions we need to have vice president of the oakland unified school district board. sam davis introduced the proposal. he says more than 70% of students 12 through 18 years old are already vaccinated. but that's not enough. >> well, i really want to see our students in school. he thinks this mandate will help keep them in school. but oakland unified school board director of district 5 mike hutchinson says he's not for the mandate, but there is a real difference between improving access in education as opposed to dictating something as mandatory. he says he believes this is a statewide issue and shouldn't be left to individual school board's action needs to come from the state legislature. and i just know for myself as a citizen in california. i don't want local school boards making the decision around what to require vaccination and what's not like you heard west contra, costa county canceled their meeting. >> they haven't reschedule that yet. oakland will be having their meeting on wednesday. they'll just be discussing the topic of mandating covid vaccines, but it m

in oakland unified school district, they'll vote on a similar age requirement next wednesday. health leaders are preparing to vaccinate kids in marin county as young as 5 up to age 11. the fda is anticipating approval for a pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 in the next month. marin county has a goal of giving the first dose of the optional vaccine to at least 75% of children in the county when it becomes available. with more schools and communities switching their focus to vaccinating some of those younger children, l.a. unified school district really making national headlines. they've already enacted their vaccine mandate for the covid vaccine. students that do not show that proof of vaccination by october will have to make some sort of different arrangements. so far, since school started, the district saw 5,000 covid cases in just the school-aged children. they're really working to try to mitigate that risk there in that district. we're live in san francisco. cierra johnson for nbc bay area schools. >> difficult decision. thank you. >>> while many americans have yet to re

west contra costa and oakland unified will vote on this mandate as soon as next week. there's already a lot of pushback from parents. let's bring in ginger in the east bay with the details. ginger? >> reporter: raj, as you can imagine, this was a hot topic for parents and students. tens of thousands of students would be affected in west contra costa and oakland with a mandate like this. oakland's unified saying over 50% of its students are fully vaccinated while over 70% have had at least one dose. we spoke to sam davis, one of the board members pushing for this new proposal. he says his goal here is really very simple. it's to make schools as safe as possible. >> we really believe that what will make students safest is if all students age 12 and up are vaccinated. >> ginger, this is a big deal. a lot of students would have to get that vaccine. what's the time line here? we know the vote could happen next week. when would this take effect and when would those kids have to get vaccinated? >> reporter: in talking to sam davis, the timeline is really one of the things tha

this is all taking place in the oakland unified school district. the parents and students had a long discussion with the school board members but the school board members ultimately decided to approve the resolution. what this means now is all students over the age of 12 will now be required to be fully vaccinated against covid-19. there will be some exemptions with a doctor's note and when the vaccine will be required. right now we are not sure of the date but we'll keep you updated on the topic. and the issue of mandating a vaccine seems to be gaining popularity because there are some other districts in the bay area also discussing that issue. now, berkeley unified school district as well as piedmont have discussed the mandate. berkeley right now has not made anything official. piedmont has decided to move forward with the mandate for the students 12 and older, those eligible students will now have until november 17th to receive their shots. and going back to the oakland unified school districts, in terms of enforcement right now, that is unclear

12 and older. >> people we spoke with agreed with the idea. >> oakland unified school board member, sam david, helped write the proposed policy that would help children 12 and above to get the mandate -- >> we would be the next city to require vaccinations 12 and up, and we don't have a lot of details in our resolution that l.a. has in there. >> on september 12th, l.a. unified became the largest district in the country to require students to be vaccinated. the rules down south are strict, there are no alternatives to the vaccination. this vaccine idea is spreading. in berkeley the district vaccine requirement is in the early stages. not as strict as the mandate in l.a., allowing students to get a shot or submit to weekly testing. contra costa schools are also exploring a possibility of a student mandate. all have one unanswered questions. what happens to those kids that refuse? one family we talked to feel it's the only way to fight the deadly virus. >> it spares kids' risks and parents and grandparents' risk. >>> contra costa will not extend the eviction moratorium. now it will exp

. >>> oakland unified school district will mandate vaccines for eligible students.about midnight after a late night meeting. a time line needs to be hammered out. >>> drought monitor updating and not much has changed. peninsula and south bay remain in extreme drought category. good morning. it is 6:30 on am len kiese. good morning. so glad to have you with us on this thursday. a bit of a warm up. >>> good morning. temperatures are going to rebound back to the 80s and 90s inland this afternoon. hopefully you enjoyed that cooler weather because it didn't last too long. this is a gorgeous view. you see the blanket of fog and above the fog the colors in the sky with our sunrise. let's check it out with what you can expect, upper 60s to low 70s. we have mid 80s along the peninsula and daytime highs inland, upper 80s. south bay and san jose, upper 90s concord as well as for liver more and north bay, low to mid 90s. heads up if you are taking bart. let's check with gianna. >>> we are getting information from bart. there is a station closure at richmond due to major medical

a new covid protocol is in place for the oakland unified school district. all oakland unified staff are either require to be. >> fully vaccinated or have weekly covid testing that includes remote workers contractors as well as volunteers. the district already requires everyone to wear masks, indoors and outdoors on campuses. the santa rita jail in alameda county is in the middle of a covid-19 outbreak. according to the sheriff's department, covid-19 cases jumped 400% in just one day. the sheriff says the spike in covid cases at the santa rita jail is a reflection of what's happening in that community. he says inmates who arrive at the jail. a quarantine for 14 days before being moved into general population. pots. >> when the delta fire, it came out. we were very worried that we some type of issues of the jail. so we talk about that plan to that. and we're ready for when they came in norcia. this isn't does concerning to us because in the summer we had an outbreak where there are over a 110 positive cases. and we quickly mitigated that. >> this was at 46 po

those school districts are west contra costa unified and oakland unified our coffers. amanda hari talk with people from both communities for their reactions to a possible mandate. >> the people i spoke to had mixed opinions on whether or not school board should be in charge of mandating whether or not staff and students over the age of 12. get vaccinated against covid-19, but they all agreed it was good. we're talking about the topic. >> west contra, costa unified school district was supposed to be the first bay area district to address possibly mandating vaccines for all staff and students, 12 and older. but the superintendent canceled a meeting for tuesday. there's no date yet to reschedule president of united teachers of richmond. marissa glidden says their union members are for a mandate it but we survey and 90% of our members. >> we're in favor of vaccine mandate force all eligible students and staff. she says they believe in addition to the mandate the district should take on the responsibility of clinics and education on the vaccine in oakland, the school board

reggie: oakland unified willer l eligible students to be vaccinated. ould get students -- give students until october 31 to get their second dose. vaccine track. they told us 73% of young people in oakland have one shot. kumasi: teachers have filed a formal complaint over covid safety concerns. the chronicle obtained in email summarizing the points which was submitted last month. the union said schools failed to hold regular covid testing, sanitize classrooms after positive cases and to notify staff who might have been exposed. the school board was supposed to vote this week but that meeting was canceled and it is not clear if the vote will be rescheduled. reggie: president biden is expanding an effort to get more people around the world vaccinated. the u.s. is buying more of pfizer's vaccine to send around the country. this all follows the president's first address, and the messages that america is back at the table. pres. biden: we we we we we we e paris climate agreement and we are running to take a seat on the human rights council. reggie: instead o

the oakland unified school board said they are meeting next month to discuss how they will enforce this mandate. they're not the only district now in the state that has a vaccine mandate. l.a. unified had a mandate enacted september 9th for students to be fully vaccinated by january of 2022. >>> west contra costa schoolteachers fired a complaint with cal osha accusing the district of not following covid related protocols. the complaint was filed about three weeks ago, details now coming to light. the concerns center around quarantining, cleaning and informational issues. district leaders would not comment but say efforts are being made to resolve it. cal osha says the district must respond by next week. >>> a break today in the elizabeth holmes' criminal fraud trial. jurors saw thousands of texts between the one-time ceo and her boyfriend. about 12,000 texts were introduced. >> these messages show intimacy. they show a knowledge of how the company was operating and not operating. yeah, they're absolutely text messages that show that they knew that edison technology, their famous black b

. >> the mandate was voted on just before midnight by oakland unified school board. justin andrews is live in oakland with all the details on that new man date. justin. >> reporter: good morning. this is the first bay area school district to implement such a policy. it will impact a lot of students. looming discussions in other bay area school districts means it might not be the last. this is something they have been talking about for a while and last night, a late night decision came down and mandated students 12 and older to be fully vaccinated. only exceptions are medical or personal belief reasons. i want to be clear with you. the district has not worked out a time line or implementation plan, so this is not effective immediately. the board still wants to iron out details before it lays out everything by the end of next month and then go from there. it is also important to note this morning that this mandate for students does not allow testing as alternative to the vaccination mandate. meanwhile, there are testing concerns as a whole though from the oakland educat

so those three districts, berkeley unified, piedmont as well as oakland unified school districts haveing place today and if passed that mandate would apply to students 12 and older. so far berkeley has a tentative date of january 3rd 2022 for students to complete the investigations, and that mandate does allow for medical and religious exemptions, and piedmont has not set a date of when vaccinations must be completed if that measure is alive -- approved, excuse me. not all the families are in favor of getting their child a covid shot, but one family member we spoke with said this is the only way to beat the virus. >> it spares the risks and it's the best over all option where it's a win-win. >> reporter: so far contra costa district has not set a date when they would vote on the measure. on september 9th, that's when l.a. unified approved vaccines mandatory for students 12 and older. right now there are no exemptions, and they are the largest district in the country to approve such a measure. >> thank you. >>> happening today, the fda expected to make its highly anticipated decision o

. >> the school districts, west contra costa and oakland unified school district, both will have theiror not the vaccine needs to be mandatory for their students. contra costa, their vote takes place next tuesday and it would mandate whether or not students 12 and older would be fully vaccinated by october 31st, and those that don't make that deadline will have to switch to remote learning. and in oakland, they will vote on a similar age requirement next wednesday. health leaders in marin county are preparing to vaccinate kids 5 to 11 years old next month. marin has the goal of giving that first dose to at least 75% of children in the county. >> in order to do that we are working very closely with marin county office of education to identify opportunities to have school-based clinics as well as some one-day larger clinics to make it easy for families to access the vaccine. >> and the vaccine would be optional, so with more schools and communities shifting their focus to vaccinating some of the younger students, and l.a. unified, if their students do not receive the vaccine they need to

oakland unified became the first bay area district to approve mandate for students. it requires kids ages 12 and older to be fully vaccinated with exceptions made for medical or religious reasons. the school board has yet to decide when the mandate will take effect. >>> federal and state health authorities say they are confident they have enough vaccine doses for booster shots and young children. public health officials are confident they can avoid repeat of the slow roll out of covid- 19 vaccines across the country earlier this year. more than 70 million americans remain unvaccinated despite lottery prizes and pleas from healthcare workers. >>> crews have up'd containment on fawn fire, have built a fire line around the blaze in shasta but the wind is still posing danger. some are upset about the response to the fire. they gathered at a meeting over the weekend to question cal fire's air tactics. some say initial air attack ended too soon. >> there was still lots of daylight. i am going to stand by that because i was there watching them go overhead. there was still p

details coming overnight from oakland unified's plan to require students to get the shot.: a witness just came forward on the gabby petito case. reggie: testimony from the former secretary of defense on elizabeth holmes. kumasi: a bunch of new bay area restaurants have just been recognized by the michelin guides. we will take you to the places you want to try next. reggie: good morning. where life right now on hulu live and wherever you stream. kumasi: we want to start with a check of our forecast. mike: happy friday, everybody. i want to take it to the north bay and show you what's going on. fog. of inhales, it is warm with an offshore breeze come of that is capping the atmosphere and putting a lot of moisture into the valley. visibility is down to less than one quarter of a mile. it will be that way through the better part of the morning commute. you can see a nice blanket of clouds at about 1000 feet sitting on top of most of the bay. it will not translate into our east bay neighborhoods. the offshore breezes will chase away the low clouds. even at the coast, wilsey a l

email alert from the oakland unified school district about covid cases, it was a false alarm.t old cases, including people testing positive for the virus who had symptoms. you can ignore those emails. they're turning off the system so they can fix the problem. for every thing covid-19 related, we have an entire team dedicated to getting you the latest information. ask questions, go to abc7news.com/vaccine. >> california recall election in just over a week. the race is heating up with democrats concerned about the potential national implications. governor newsom spent a week in fighting for his job. he campaigned in southern california yesterday. he had help from some high-profile members of the democratic party that included minnesota senator amy klobuchar in massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. in an exclusive joint interview with abc news, senator warren explains why the democratic party is paying particular attention to the recall race. she says her party could lose a majority in the senate if newsom is recalled. >> the leading opponent here larry elder has already said

oakland unified staff, contractors and volunteers also required to be fully vaccinated by tuesday.and like san francisco, anybody not fully vaccinated must undergo weekly testing. >>> and then several groups took part in the protest including the raging grannies, and refuse fascism. doctors see the abortion issue as part of a larger issue in texas. >> the texas law, which some people might think it's only about women's rights or reproductive rights, it's about textbook fascism. people don't know the history and the situation of other governments across the world right now. when autocrats want to take over, what they do is curtail women's rights first. >> texas' new law bans abortion after six weeks. >>> concession workers still working at oracle park tonight, and that's a good thing, they avoided a strike last night. contractor bone apity. >>> then the highly anticipated trial of elizabeth holmes gets under way. last week a jury of seven men and five women were chosen to decide her fate. she faces a dozen counts of wire fraud and conspiracy charges for allegedly defrauding investor

kristen: oakland unified expected to vote shortly. l.a. unified has already voted to approve. a group of oakland teachers and activists today held another news conference saying in person learning should not happen. face mortal danger. their words. do you agree with that? >> i have respect for oakland educators and their associations. i would say it is possible for us to have in person instruction. we should accelerate vaccines and i want to commend many leaders in the school district who have been talking about more vaccine outreach, covid testing and mitigations. i have to look to san francisco unified. last week -- i have not seen today's data -- but as of last week, they have not had a single case of the need to close a school or shut down because they have such high mitigations. it is incredible what is happening in san francisco. to me, it is a sign it can be done and we know our students need access to personal instruction, educators and peers. kristen: we will take a short break on the air, but hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure

we will talk to the oakland unified school board member who is proposing requiring all eligible students be vaccinated. first, we are following lots of news when it comes to covid-19 vaccines. joining us thank you for joining us today. you reached back into -- reinstating mask mandates and counseling against travel, the single most effective policy for preventing covid spread was quietly ignored. what was the thing that was ignored in your opinion? dr. raven: the thing that was ignored was a vaccine mandate. we all know we started vaccinating but in order to achieve adequate population level immunity that can stop surges like the one we have been experiencing with delta, we need more people to get vaccinated and the way that can happen cost-effectively is through a mandate. >> we do have some as you have seen, certainly various like restaurants and gyms. is that not enough? >> correct, it is great. i am glad some public spaces are doing this and mandating proof of vaccination. it is not enough yet. we really need all public spaces from schools and gyms and restaurants as you mentioned, a

oakland unified school leaders will talk about this as well, their plans are to discuss this on wednesday. we will keep you posted on both of these districts. and contra costa county, justin andrews , kpix 5. >>> government regulators are leaving right now to review pfizer's request for booster shots and people 16 and older. some are questioning the real need for a third shot. >> reporter: the fda's advisory committee is debating whether to approve the third booster shot for the pfizer vaccine. >> the effectiveness of additional dose is not sufficient for fda approval. a determination that the additional dose is safe for the intended use is also required. >> reporter: dr. gruber, who announced her retirement this week co-authored a paper, questioning the need for boostersthe general population. supporters point to israel, which is already deploying the booster shots. data from the country showed the shot increased protection nearly 20 fold in people 60 and older. >> we would have come to the capacity of the israel hospitalization capabilities and probably gone beyond a. >> reporter: revie

school district and all oakland unified staff are now either required to be fully vaccinated or have weekly covid testing. that includes remote workers, contractors and volunteers. >> the district already requires everybody to wear masks indoors and outdoors on school campuses. every bay area county except solano county has an indoor mask mandate in is it having an effect on reducing cases around the bay area force has minute in time to a pair of health officers to find out. >> it has been a few weeks in several counties here in the bay area issued mask mandates and some indoor settings. the question is, is there a direct connection to a decrease in covid-19 cases during that time frame contra, costa health services officer doctor chris farnitano so it's always hard to tie one particular intervention to a change like this. so our county, we had about 230 patients with covid in local area hospitals a couple weeks ago and now we're down about a 190. so that's pretty significant decrease. >> taking a quick look at a pair of covid-19 deaths boards in neighboring alameda and santa

. >> reporter: according to data presented to the oakland unified school board, only for 54% of young people aged 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated in oakland. >> we have consistently seen that there disparities existing in the disparity of the vaccines. >> reporter: the doctor says that while implementing these mandates is the right thing to do from a public health perspective, it's important to understand why some underserved communities might be hesitant to get vaccinated. >> a lot of that has to do with historical issues about trust in institutions, particularly medicine and public health. >> reporter: vaccination requirements to attend in person school are not new. right now, california already requires schoolchildren to be vaccinated for diphtheria, hepatitis b, measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox. parents say that they are in favor of adding the covid shot. >> we have a pandemic going on right now and we need to help stop that. this is how we have done it with other pandemics and infectious diseases in the past. >> having vaccines helps to protect everyone and not go back to on

making sure students are vaccinated is a problem for oakland unified. the number of fully vaccinated students is close to 60%. >> the infections have been really disruptive. students have to leave on quarantine and if they are sick, it takes a while for them to be able to come back. >> the school board voted to have the students get the vaccine. it excludes those with medical issues or religious beliefs but it is not clear if those who refuse to get it will be -- will be banned from school. >> there are no perimeters set about how it will be in effect, how it is enforced, those are things that the staff will have to work out. >> the mandate will not go in effect until january 1 2022. this way there will be no distal -- no disruptions in the classroom. it gives the district time to inform more students and their communities. the school district invited a ucf doctor to speak about the benefits of the vaccine. when we attended that it was obvious to some students were not getting the right information about the vaccine. >> there are a lot of things that pe

. >> well, new covid protocols in place now for the oakland unified school district.all oakland unified staff now are either required to be fully vaccinated or indoor weekly covid testing and that includes remote workers contractors even volunteers. the district already requires everyone to wear masks indoors and outdoors while on campus. it's 8.42. we'll be right back. >> a 44 right now. checking out the weather and i would say give the dog a break today from a want a while like the next hour. yeah. because later today that payments going to be pretty hot job. my little guy. graham, thanks you so is done with the y at its. let's to go from its us. it is it is. i feel for we are looking outside at some hot. can this you know, he's reaching that age where you need to be the stroller, thing. i know i seem as long as you don't put it out on him. that's a bad combo. he likes the smells and guess is that cooler a wagon the stroller's legs or this long the he's a little it's so sad to see them get old and when it's hot. it's next fun for but yeah, another scorcher head skie

. >> the oakland unified school board is looking at whether or not to require every student to be vaccinatedthey want to be on campus. the late night details now. >> reporter: the oakland school board's proposal was eagerly awaited and debated. the most unique perspectives come from the student members of the school board. some teens they talked on voiced support. others worry it may be too strict. >> particularly considering that they have the ultimate decision making power in deciding whether or not to receive the vaccine, this leaves students at an uncomfortable intersection if they themselves want the vaccine but cannot receive it because their guardian's decision. >> reporter: among other concerns, when students and staff would have to comply. adopting a vaccine mandate is still controversial. only los angeles public done in it california. this is an issue garnering attention from parent groups and community organizers. one group holding a news conference as it started. >> we have to have mandatory vaccines in order to make sure that the schools are safe. >> reporter: during the night,

what exceptions we need to have vice president of the oakland unified school district board. sam davis introduced the proposal. he says more than 70% of students 12 through 18 years old are already vaccinated. but that's not enough. >> well, i really want to see our students in school. he thinks this mandate will help keep them in school. but oakland unified school board director of district 5 mike hutchinson says he's not for the mandate, but there is a real difference between improving access in education as opposed to dictating something as mandatory. he says he believes this is a statewide issue and shouldn't be left to individual school board's action needs to come from the state legislature. and i just know for myself as a citizen in california. i don't want local school boards making the decision around what to require vaccination and what's not like you heard west contra, costa county canceled their meeting. >> they haven't reschedule that yet. oakland will be having their meeting on wednesday. they'll just be discussing the topic of mandating covid vaccines, but it m

what exceptions we need to have vice president of the oakland unified school district board. sam davis introduced the proposal. he says more than 70% of students 12 through 18 years old are already vaccinated. but that's not enough. >> well, i really want to see our students in school. he thinks this mandate will help keep them in school. but oakland unified school board director of district 5 mike hutchinson says he's not for the mandate. there is a real difference between improving access in education as opposed to dictating something as mandatory. he says he believes this is a statewide issue and shouldn't be left to individual school board's action needs to come from the state legislature. and i just know for myself as a citizen in california. i don't want local school boards making the decision around what to require vaccination and what's not like you heard west contra, costa county canceled their meeting. >> they haven't reschedule that yet. oakland will be having their meeting on wednesday. they'll just be discussing the topic of mandating covid vaccines, but it may n

the oakland unified school district has now become the first large district in northern california touire students be vaccinated. that vote by the school board came after a lengthy and emotional debate that stretched well past midnight. ktvu is. rob roth spoke with students and oakland school officials. at oakland tech high school. the plan to make covid vaccines mandatory for students to be allowed in class is drawing mixed reviews among the students just protecting all of us, and i think it's just safer for us. so it won't spread. we should still be able to choose whether we want to get vaccinated or not. it's still kind of forcing people to get vaccinated. the oakland unified school district board of education voted early thursday morning to require all students ages, 12 and up to be fully vaccinated if they want to come on campus. the board is allowing exemptions for personal beliefs, although the district still needs to define exactly what those beliefs will entail. the superintendent is expected to present details of the plan sometime in october, with the plan taking effect in j

oakland unified which is in alameda county, tells us they could bring it up for a vote as soon as next week. >> what's going to happen to our students who don't want to get vaccines. >> in terms of implementation, timeline, what exemptions, those are what i want to hear from my colleagues. it is just a proposal this point. >> staff and teachers would have to be fully vaccinated. the consequences for not getting vaccinated, that issue still being discussed. starting next wednesday back in contra costa county, this county will require proof of vaccination or a negative covid test within with the past 72 hours for customers going into restaurants, gyms and other indoor businesses. the county is concerned about the delta variant. [ inaudible ] as "the east bay times" points out the county is seeing rates similar to february. marcus? >> several other schools across the state are considering vaccine mandates including sacramento unified. l.a. unified made that mandate. >> correct. unfortunately -- go ahead. >> i was just going to say tell us about that new data they just came out with. >> we

a new covid protocol is in place now for the oakland unified school district. oakland unified staff are required to be fully vaccinated or have weekly covid testing and that includes remote workers contractors volunteers. the district already requires everyone to wear masks indoors and outdoors on campuses. >> it's 7.36 in the santa rita jail in alameda county is in the middle of a covid outbreak. according to the sheriff's department. >> covid cases jumped 400% in one day. the sheriff says the spike at the santa rita jail is a reflection of what's happening in the community. he says inmates who arrive at the jail our quarantine for 14 days before being moved into the general population. >> when the delta came out, we were very worried that we some type of issues of the jail. so we talk about that plan to that. and we're ready for when they came in this isn't does concerning to us because in the summer we had an outbreak where there are over a 110 positive cases. and we quickly mitigated that. >> this was at 46 positive cases. we're now down to 44 many of these

. >> reporter: according to data presented to the oakland unified school board the health department numbers show only 54% of young people, age 12-17 are fully vaccinated in oakland. >> we consistently have seen that disparities exist in the vaccines. >> uc berkeley professor says while implementing these mandates is the right thing to do from a public health perspective it is important to understand why underserved communities might be hesitant. >> a lot of that has to do with historical issues and trust in institutions particularly medicine, public health. >> he says vaccination requirements to attend in-person school are not new. right now california already requires schoolchildren to be vaccinated parents and students we talked with today say they are in favor of adding a covid-19 shot to the list of the vaccines. >> we have a pandemic going on right now. we need to help stop that and this is the way we have done it with other pandemics and infectious diseases in the past. >> having vaccines boost, protect everyone not go back to online school. that would be pretty sad. >> reporte

if you got an email alert from the oakland unified school district about covid cases, it was in error. the district says in error -- an error sent out false messages every hour starting at midnight, containing information about old cases, including people testing positive for the virus or people who had symptoms. you can ignore the emails. they are turning off the system so they can fix the problem. we are nine days out from the recall election. governor newsom is pulling out all the stops this weekend. see who joined him today. plus, hear from the republicans who are trying to replace him. due to the pandemic, one of the main actors wasn't here for filming. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn't feel like things were as sharp as i knew they once were. i heard about prevagen and then i started taking it about two years now. started noticing things a little sharper, a little clearer. i feel like it's kept me on my game. i'm able to remember thin

the oakland unified school district board of education voted early thursday morning to require all students ages, 12 and up to be fully vaccinated if they want to come on campus. the board is allowing exemptions for personal beliefs, although the district still needs to define exactly what those beliefs will entail. the superintendent is expected to present details of the plan sometime in october, with the plan taking effect in january at the earliest at the moment, there are no parameters set. as to what it's going to look like how it's going to be in effect how it's going to be enforced anything like that. those are things that the staff here at usd will have to work out. vaccination is really the way that we get to herd immunity. and um, we just follow. it was urgent to take this step. school board vice president sam davis, who introduced the resolution says the district will need to launch an education campaign about the vaccine. but while alameda county has a fully vaccinated rate of 77% african americans and latinos have only about a 60% vaccination rate. such numbers could mean a rac

a new covid protocol is in place for the oakland unified school district. >> all oakland unified staff are either require to be fully vaccinated or have weekly covid testing. that includes remote workers, contractors and volunteers. the district already requires everyone to wear masks indoors and outdoors on school campuses. every bay area county except solano county has an indoor mask mandate in is it having an effect in reducing covid cases around the bay area. kron four's haaziq madyun talk with a pair of health officers to find out if there's a link. >> it has been a few weeks in several counties here in the bay area issued mask mandates and some indoor settings. the question is, is there a direct connection to a decrease in covid-19 cases during that time frame contra, costa health services officer doctor chris farnitano so it's always hard to tie one particular intervention to a change like this. so our county, we had about 230 patients with covid in local area hospitals a couple weeks ago and now we're down about a 190. so that's pretty significant decrease. >> taking a quick lo

the oakland unified school board is expected to vote on whether all eligible students will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. it's going to make a huge difference for safety for keeping kids safe for keeping families safe for keeping staff safe, adding this vaccine as a requirement would be premature. it passed, the oakland unified school district would be the first in the bay area to require students be vaccinated in order to attend in person classes. good evening. i'm julie julie haener. i'm andre senior frank is off. now. the oakland school district board meeting is still going on at this hour and ktvu jana katsuyama joins us live. with the very latest, jenna, andre and julie. we've been hearing public comment, but so far there has been no board vote. yet it is expected tonight, and certainly there has been a lot of emotion and a little bit of divisiveness over this controversial issue. vaccine mandates for children have become an ongoing debate as students return to school this year and the numbers of covid-19 cases increase at the oakland school boards virtual m

a new covid protocol, by the way, is in place for the oakland unified school district all oakland unified staff are either required now to be fully vaccinated or have weekly covid testing and that includes remote workers to and contractors and volunteers. the district already requires everyone to wear masks indoors and outdoors if they're on campus by the way, as you're talking about oakland schools miami dade in less than a month. >> their school district has seen 13 workers die of covid and that's where they have, you know, if your vaccinations, if your people wearing masks. meantime, the santa rita jail in alameda county is the middle of a covid outbreak. according to the sheriff's department, covid cases jumped 400% in one day. >> the sheriff says the spike at the santa rita jail is a reflection of what's happening in the community. he says that inmates who arrive at the jail. our quarantine for 14 days before they're moved into the general population pots. >> when the delta variant came out really were very worried that we have some type of issues of the jail. so we talk about that p